In Li Fengyun's view, maintaining a relationship with Zhai Rang, Xu Shiyi and others Wagang Xiong is of course important, but the premise is that the maintenance of this relationship must be beneficial to its own development. If it endangers its own interests, then there is no need to maintain this relationship.

Of course, the reason why the Wagang people were reluctant to raise the flag was acceptable. After all, their area was located at the junction of the Central Plains and Qilu, which was very close to the east. Moreover, it was the intersection of the two golden waterways of the Dahe and Tongji Canal. It was the hub connecting the north-south transportation channel. With such an important strategic location, how could the Dongdu allow small people to rush around? It can be foreseen that as long as the Wagang people rebelled openly, they would be hit by the Wei army.

The reason why Li Fengyun left Mangdang and went far away from Mengshan was also based on the same reason. Now that he suddenly returned to the Central Plains, his real purpose was not to enter the Central Plains to compete for dominance, but to plunder the wealth of the Central Plains in order to develop and strengthen himself in the shortest time to win more opportunities for survival. But in this way, Li Fengyun led the war to the Central Plains, and wherever the war reached, there must be a disaster for living. Li Fengyun achieved his goal, patted his butt and ran away, but what left to the Central Plains was a mess. Li Fengyun's approach was indeed to only care about himself, ignore others, and ignore the lives of the people of the Central Plains, which was the reason for the anger of the Wagang people.

From their respective positions and interests, there is no possibility of compromise. Xu Shiyu left angrily. Although Li Fengyun saved him and his personal relationship was quite deep, it was purely private friendship. In the face of major issues, private feelings could only be put aside. Now Xu Shiyu represents the interests of the people of Wagang, Henan, while Li Fengyun represents the interests of the Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance. There was a fierce conflict in interests between the two local forces and they would inevitably break up.

The next day, Li Fengyun directed the Cangtou army to attack Dingtao.

At the same time, he wrote to the general manager and deputy general manager of the two armies in the south and north to inform Xu Shiyi of the visit and inferred that the alliance had previously expected that it would be wrong to obtain the help of Henan Zhuxiong led by Zhai Rang during the process of entering the Central Plains, and some attack strategies must be adjusted for this. Although Henan Zhuxiong led by Zhai Rang is currently limited in strength, they have the right time, place and people. Once they are enemies with the alliance, they will inevitably cause immeasurable obstacles to their attacks. Therefore, Li Fengyun asked the general manager and deputy general manager of the two armies in the south and north to work together, unite in unity and fight together, firmly resolve to enter the Central Plains, and resolutely break through the defense of the official army on the front lines of Jiyin, Dingtao and Chengshi. At the same time, they must be highly vigilant against Henan Zhuxiong, not only to beware of their actions behind their backs, but also to be careful of their implementation of a divisive plan to undermine the unity within our alliance.

When the general manager and deputy general manager of the South and North Roads received this urgent case from Li Fengyun, he was commanding the brigades under his command to plunder.

The disaster was a fact. Last year, the flood flooded the fields, and this year the drought caused the fields to dry up. The fields were not harvested, but the people were displaced and hungry. The majority of nobles and rich people had a considerable amount of property, such as land and servants, and cheap labor such as farmers. Even if they were affected by the disaster, their basic lives could be guaranteed. The first target of the rebel army was large and small manors scattered on the plains, and these manors were the property of local nobles and rich people. Because the disaster life was severely affected, and the attacks of the Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance caused a huge upsurge. The nobles and rich people with conditions took refuge in the capital or county capital, while the nobles and rich people without conditions could only defend their homes.

The rebel soldiers in southwestern Shandong were very powerful, burning, killing and looting on both sides of the Heshui River. This kind of looting was uncontrollable, robbing everything, including money, grain, silk, green and strong labor, cattle, sheep and livestock, and robbing whatever they saw, often losing their minds and almost crazy, resulting in the number of deaths rising steadily.

Civilians are the weakest and most helpless. When facing the threat of survival, they can only ask for help from the strong. The strong people are not the government, and the government does not care about them at all and abandons them. Therefore, they can only passively follow the rebel army and follow the rebel army to burn, kill and loot. What they want is nothing more than a single bite of life. A large number of noble and rich people are weak, such as ordinary poor families, towns and rich people. Faced with the aggressive invaders, they either flee or live and die with their homes, but there are few people who would rather be broken than to be full of money. Most people can be flexible and flexible. When they see the government, they will obey the government, and when they see the rebel army, they will obey the rebel army. In short, in order to save their lives, they will compromise and be servile.

There are also some nobles and rich people who have strong power, generally called local lords. Most of them live in the city. If they live outside the city, there will be strong forts and rural clan armed organizations. When the situation changes drastically, these local lords may join forces with the government to guard the city, or recruit young and strong men to expand their armed forces to defend their own lords. In the case of serious insufficient garrison in the county, it is these local lords who work hand in hand with local governments that quickly form a powerful force, using the city and forts as strongholds to defend and fight against the attacks of the rebel army.

Slowly, the situation changed from the initial chaos to the distinctive confrontation between the enemy and us, and the confrontation between the official army and the rebel army

Although the rebel army had a large population and was incredible, there were very few elites with combat capabilities. The rest were all mobs. In addition, the organization was scattered, insufficient military equipment, lack of combat experience, and extremely limited strength. Such a team was purely seeking death when they attacked cities and villages. Soon, the vast and empty countryside became the territory of the rebel army, and the strong and wealthy city and fortress became the stronghold of the rebel army. However, the official army had insufficient troops and had no ability to go out to suppress the thieves, and the rebel army had no ability to capture the city and strengthen itself, which turned out to be a stalemate, and this stalemate was very unfavorable to the rebel army.

Han Jinluo, Meng Haigong and others supported Li Fengyun's strategy of advancing westward, but considering that Dongdu would never allow the rebel army to chaotic the Central Plains, it is possible to send the Gyeonggi garrison troops to encircle and suppress the Central Plains at any time. The Gyeonggi garrison troops are strong, and the rebel army is no match at all. As soon as the Gyeonggi garrison troops are launched, the rebel army will definitely take big steps to retreat. Therefore, in this attack, whether Li Fengyun can achieve the goal before the war, that is, to enter Xingyang and rob Dahe and Tongji Canal, Han Jinluo and others are skeptical. Since they lack confidence in Li Fengyun and are not optimistic about the strategy of advancing westward to the Central Plains, everyone's idea is simple. Taking advantage of the fact that Dongdu has not responded and the Gyeonggi garrison troops have not yet been dispatched, how much can be robbed? As for the attack, it is left to Li Fengyun and the Cangtou Army. Anyway, they cannot suffer any loss.

Han Jinluo, Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan from the Northern Army saw Li Fengyun's urgent case, his decision, which was not firm enough, was immediately shaken.

They are all from Qi, fighting on their own territory, taking advantage of the right time, place, and people, but even so, they are like walking on thin ice and in danger. Now that their strength has not yet recovered from the battle of Ningyang, they hurried into the strange Central Plains to fight. This was a difficult task. If you want to gain a foothold in the Central Plains with such strength, you will naturally win the support of Henan Zhuxiong led by Zhai Rang. However, unexpectedly, Zhai Rang and other Henan Zhuxiongs actually opposed the southwestern Shandong rebel army attacking the Central Plains. Of course, Henan Zhuxiong's reasons are sufficient. Although they are nominally for innocent creatures and stand on the "righteousness", they are actually standing on their own standpoint and protecting their own interests.

Han Jinluo and others looked at each other speechlessly. Could it be that if the rebel army in southwestern Shandong did not attack the Central Plains, the victims of the Central Plains could get relief from the government? They could get rid of the pursuit of the god of death? Obviously, although there was the intention of Zhai Rang and other Henan heroes to safeguard their own interests, more of them were pressured by the government and local nobles and wealthy people.

The reason why Zhai Rang and others survived in this area was even able to plunder the passing ships on the river and Tongji Canal, which was directly related to the protection and indulgence of local nobles and wealthy people, and the inaction of local governments. To put it bluntly, the black and white have common interests. Now that the rebels in southwestern Shandong have come, the common interests of both sides have been damaged, of course, they must be unanimous to the outside world.

Just as Han Jinluo and the other two were discussing whether to attack the Cheng clan and whether to attack Dingtao for strong support for Li Fengyun, Jiyin Hao looked at Wu Hailiu and asked for a visit.

Wu Hailiu and Han Jinluo are family friends, and the two families have a marriage relationship. When they were young, they also studied in class and had a deep relationship. When Han Jinluo heard that Wu Hailiu was coming, he knew it clearly. He was another lobbyist, and he was also a lobbyist with ulterior motives. Fortunately, Li Fengyun's letter came in time, which made Han Jinluo mentally prepared, so he would not be caught off guard, nor would he be deceived by Wu Hailiu and be trapped by Henan people.

Almost at the same time, on the south bank of Heshui, Duke Meng Hai also met another Jiyin hero, who was begging Fang Xianbo. Fang Xianbo bluntly told Duke Meng Hai that the governor of Jiyin County Wei Baoluan came from the Wei family in Guanzhong, and the Wei family in Guanzhong was Yang Nan, the Neishi of Henan, and the commander of the Right Guard General Li Hun, the commander of the garrison army in the capital, belonged to the same political camp in the east, and had the same interests. In this case, if Wei Baoluan was defeated and fled to Jiyin County, it would be an excuse to attack the political opponents, so King Yang Nan of Qi and General Li Hun of the Right Guard General Li Hun must send troops to support Wei Baoluan. Once the eastern capital sends troops, how can your Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance resist? When the tree falls and the money scatters, Li Fengyun has a Mengshan to hide, but what about you? You are from Jiyin, where do you escape?

Meng Haigong had a close personal relationship with Fang Xianbo. If Li Fengyun had not had the urgent matter, he would have understood the changes in the situation, perhaps he would have believed Fang Xianbo's words.
Chapter completed!