Zhang Xutuo defeated Wang Bo in Linyi County, Qi County, drove the Changbai Mountain Rebel Army across the frozen river and drove out of Qi County. Then he ordered the soldiers Cao Shuzuo Qin Qionghuo to lead his army south to Lu County, and joined forces with the Lu County army to encircle and suppress the Mengshan bandits.

Qin Qiong led three village regiments to Qufu and confronted the Mengshan rebel army on the front line of Fangshan.

Duan Wencao focused all his energy on the establishment of local troops and actively worked hard to coordinate. He estimated that the army would be completed before the end of the year, and intensive training would be carried out after the New Year, so that he could bring on the battlefield to suppress the rebellion and suppress the thieves in the spring.

At the same time, Dong Zhitong, the general of Wuyalang of the Right Guard, led the troops of five regiments of Zhuyingyang from eastern Lu. After defeating Meng Rang in the Ju County of Langya, he went south to Fei County and prepared to attack Mengshan.

Dou Xuan also made every effort to form a local army, but he, a Guanlong man, could hardly win the support of Langya local hope. The progress was slow in the early stage. Fortunately, Meng Rang's burning, killing, abducting, angered the noble bureaucrats of Langya County to a certain extent, resulting in a greatly accelerated the speed of the establishment of the army.

Mengshan was trapped in the middle of the attacks between the government troops.

At this moment, the imperial edict from the Eastern Capital arrived in Pengcheng.

At the strong request of Zhou Fashang, the deputy commander of the navy, the Dongdu ordered the Xuzhou army to enter Mengshan to suppress the bandits. The Xuzhou army entering Mengshan to suppress the bandits must comply with Zhou Fashang's orders to facilitate unified command.

Liang Dezhong immediately ordered a thief-suppressing army with six regiments, drawn from Yingyang Mansions in Pengcheng, Tengcheng and Peicheng, and the commander of this army was Wei Yunyue, the general of Yingyang Lang of Peicheng. According to Liang Dezhong's requirements, Wei Yunyue must lead his army to Changlu before the end of the year and command the thief-suppressing army to surround Mengshan from Tengcheng and Lanling. Just wait for the heavy snow to melt and the mountain road to be unobstructed, he launched an attack on Nancheng, an important town on the southern foot of Mengshan.

The establishment of the Pengcheng local army was very smooth. With Cui Deben's order, the Pengcheng local people rushed to come one after another. Within a month, an army of 10,000 people was formed. The next step was to train the army and plan to cooperate with the Xuzhou army to attack Mengshan after the New Year.

At this point, the official army formed a three-sided siege against Mengshan, and was tense and about to break out.

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The New Year is approaching, and the wheels of history roll forward, rumble into the eighth year of Daye (612 AD).

The Eastern Expedition began.

On the second day of the first lunar month, the emperor issued an edict to advance 24 armies in the east to attack and directly kill Pyongyang.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Mai Tiezhang, the general of Zuotun Guard, led the first army to leave Zhuojun and headed straight for Liaodong.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the emperor left Linshuo Palace and led the palace to the front line of the Eastern Expedition.

The Central Earth army, known as two million powerful troops, drove to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition in a mighty manner. This was a national war that determined the honor, disgrace, rise and fall of Central Earth. The Central Earth was boiling and dedicating their strength to the Eastern Expedition.

Spring is coming, and the snow on Mengshan has melted, but the battle to encircle Mengshan has not begun as scheduled.

Zhou Fashang's idea was very clear. The Eastern Expedition was the first, and the Navy's Expedition Crossing the Sea was the first, so everything had to be carried out around the Eastern Expedition. If the Eastern Expedition was won, all the crises and difficulties would be solved. Therefore, his main purpose of suppressing the bandits in Mengshan was to surround Mengshan without fighting, and to surround Mengshan like an iron barrel, so that the thieves would have the opportunity to go down the mountain to plunder.

On the 25th day of the first lunar month, the inner historian Ling Yuanshou died of illness on the way to the eastern expedition.

The central government of this dynasty consists of three provinces: Shangshu, Neishi and Junshi. Among them, Shangshu Province is the highest administrative agency and is responsible for implementing important national decrees. The inner history and Junshi are both decision-making bodies. Among them, the inner history province is responsible for drafting and issuing emperor's edicts, while the inner history province is responsible for reviewing the decisions made by the inner history province. Therefore, the officials and chiefs of the three provinces are all central members and decision makers of the dynasty, and the position of the inner history order is particularly important.

The emperor lost his heart and was deeply saddened.

This news spread to Dongdu as quickly as possible, and then from the developed station system to counties across the country.

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The twelve ladies of the Cui family were extremely shocked when they heard this bad news.

She was not shocked by the inner historian Ling Yuanshou's unfortunate death, but by the crazy words that shocked Li Fengyun, she actually worked.

Cui Jiu and Cui Deben were also shocked. They cursed Li Fengyun so much that they wanted to swallow him alive, but now they are disgraceful. Could Li Fengyun be a master of numerology and can predict the future and kill people?

Li Fengyun predicted that in February, the emperor's cousin, Guan Yangxiong, also died of illness on the journey to the east. If this prediction is fulfilled again, Cui would have to make assumptions based on Li Fengyun's prediction, assuming that Cui Hongsheng was really only one year left to live, how should Cui deal with the series of crises that led to this?

When Xu Shiji heard the bad news, he was also shocked and rushed to Pengcheng in a hurry. If nothing unexpected happens, Cui will definitely react.

Just as Xu Shiji arrived in Pengcheng, bad news came again. Wang Yangxiong died of illness on February 12th.

It was only more than a month since the Eastern Expedition began. Before the Eastern Expedition could reach the Liaoshui River, two highly respected veteran ministers fell down at the center, and the emperor lost two important officials. This was obviously an ominous sign and a significant blow to the morale of the army.

For Cui, it means that a crisis that concerns the rise and fall of the family is coming.

After urgent discussions between the Twelve Lady and Cui Jiu and Cui Deben, they resolutely decided to carry out limited cooperation with Li Fengyun within a limited range.

The Twelve Lady urgently summoned Xu Shiji and asked him to go up the mountain quickly to convey Cui's kindness and seek limited cooperation.

Xu Shiji saw Li Fengyun again and felt awe. This brother is too mysterious. You treat him as a scammer, but in the end you find that he is the one who is out of reach. This time, Xu Shiji's mentality was completely different. Although he did not respect Li Fengyun as a god, he did not dare to judge others by himself and treat him with disdain.

However, strangely, Li Fengyun pulled up and only drank and drank with Xu Shiji. He just didn't talk about serious matters. Mengshan Mountain is barren, and now it is surrounded by an army of officials, losing external support, and the population has increased by nearly 10,000. After a winter, the severity of his stomach crisis can be imagined. Logically, Li Fengyun should be anxious at this moment, but Li Fengyun was content with leisurely and calm, as if he didn't know that the rebel army was facing the danger of being cut off.

"Brother, Cui has informed the secret of the official army surrounding Mengshan on three sides and made a hint that Brother can choose Tengcheng as a place to break through." Xu Shiji carefully tempted, "As long as Brother A is leading his army to Jiyin County, he will be able to resolve the food crisis."

Li Fengyun laughed, "I didn't see that Mengshan was in danger of being out of stock."

"Can the food in my brother's hands still last until summer? Or may my brother plan to rely on the mountains to eat, rely on the water to live on the bark of Mengshan?"

Li Fengyun laughed, "Dalang, I stood high and looked far, and you stood at the foot of the mountain and saw a lush mountain with no idea. In your opinion, Mengshan has been surrounded by the government army on three sides, like an iron barrel. If there is no external assistance, I will inevitably be helpless and struggling to death. But in one's opinion, the government army's siege of Mengshan is really vulnerable. Just wave his hand, and the government army will be wiped out like a local chicken and a dog."

Xu Shiji rolled his eyes wide and looked speechless. Who are these people? You just want to be fat, you're just panting, are you too crazy? You can wave your hand and let the officials at the foot of the mountain be destroyed. Since that's the case, you can continue to stay on the mountain and make your dream of spring and autumn.

Xu Shiji left and hurried back to Pengcheng. As soon as he walked into Cui's mansion, Cui Jiu appeared and pulled him straight to the back hall.

Something happened? Which central official died again? When Xu Shijizheng was confused, Cui Jiu took the initiative to speak, "The situation suddenly changed, Qilu was in chaos, rebels flocked to the sky, and the counties in Yanhe were in chaos, and the situation was very tense."

Xu Shiji was shocked and suddenly remembered Li Fengyun who spoke wildly, and also remembered that Li Fengyun had tried his best to persuade the monks of Wagang to rebel. So that's it. It turned out that he had predicted that Qilu would be in chaos.

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Last year, the floods of the river were severe. From the Baima below, all counties and counties on both sides were affected, with a population of millions. At that time, the whole country was preparing for the Eastern Expedition, especially in Shandong. Because it was the rear of the Eastern Expedition, it not only had to send troops and civilians, but also food and other supplies, which caused the governments in various places to be overwhelmed. However, between the official hat and the people, the noble bureaucrats chose the official hat without exception and deliberately concealed the disaster from the emperor and the central government, resulting in poor disaster relief.

The victims had no way to survive, only rebelled, so under the leadership of some local heroes, they rose up, attacked cities, siege, burned, killed, and plundered, and struggled to survive. In this way, the places that were not affected were turned into ruins under the abduction of the rebels. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the lives were devastated, so the fields were deserted, and more people had no owners. But at this moment, the nobles and bureaucrats wanted to be the official hat, and the government had to do their best to protect the Eastern Expedition. While suppressing the rebels by force, the government not only did not try to rescue more and more civilians who were in despair, but instead increased the exploitation of innocent civilians, so more civilians had to join the ranks of rebels.

The vicious cycle begins here.

Winter has passed and spring has arrived. When spring is warm and flowers are blooming and everything is revived, it is also time to cultivate and sow. However, the land that was flooded by the flood is unsupported, and there are only weeds on the land. There is no disaster, because the rebels swept by like locusts, swallowing up everything, and there is no one to take care of them. There is only weeds on the land. On the plains on both sides of the river, there is a piece of weed. The rebels have no food to eat, and can only kill farther away, and can only expand the scope of burning, killing and looting. As a result, more counties were looted by the rebels, and more civilians were carried away by the rebels, so more land was desolate.

With such a cycle, the harsh situation can be imagined.

After the beginning of spring, the wave of uprising set off a shocking tide, sweeping across the river overnight. Countless heroes raised the flag of rebellion without hesitation, fighting against the sky, the earth, and the bloody battle with the Sui Dynasty.

Qilu has become a severely affected area.

The heroic general of Jibei County, Han Jinluo, and Zhen Baoche gathered to rebel.

The eldest son of the noble commander Pei of Qi County rose up from the Shizi River. The noble commander Zuo Junxing of Qi County defended Changbai Mountain and made a comeback after spring and made a comeback.

The heroic general of Beihai County, Guo Fangyu, and Qin Junhong raised troops to rebel.

The heroic commander Xie Xiang of Gaomi County, and Zheng Dabiao captured Jiaoxi and raised the Yi Banner. At the same time, the heroic commander Meng Rang of Qi County led his army into Gaomi County and headed straight to Beihai, and wanted to return to Qi County and go to Changbai Mountain.

The heroic Zuo Xiaoyou from Donglai County gathered tens of thousands of people, and he squatted in Goushan and turned against him.

The heroic patriarch Rentai of Lu County and the heroic patriarch Huo Xiaohan of Dongping County gathered tens of thousands of fishermen in Juyeze and raised troops to rebel.

In the surrounding areas of Qilu, the noble commander Meng Haigong of Jiyin County gathered tens of thousands of people to rebel.

The Qilu Rebel Army was blooming everywhere and flooded with disasters, and the situation in Qilu and its surrounding areas took a sharp turn.

At the same time, in Hebei, Hejian and Xindu areas, there were the heroes Lu Mingyue rebelled, there were Geqian in Bohai and Gao Kaidao rebelled, there were Du Yanbing and Wang Run rebelled, there were Wang An in Qinghe and Zhao Junde rebelled, there were Li Wenxiang in Jijun, there were Wang Deren in Weijun, and there were Yang Gongqing in Handan. In addition, the rebels who rebelled last year, including Liu Badao, Sun Xuanya, Hao Xiaode, Liu Heita, Gao Shida, Dou Jiande, Zhang Jincheng and other heroes. To the north of the river, the rebels also flocked to the forefront.

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Chapter completed!