"Who is behind the white-haired thief? Have you found any clues so far? Only by finding out the person behind the white-haired thief can we infer the reason why the white-haired thief swears to death.

The person who spoke was Wei Fusi. His father Wei Shikang was a famous minister of the Middle Land generation and was famous. He himself was also talented and had a smooth career. He once served as a member of the Neishishe, ranked at the center, participated in the secrets, and was highly valued by the emperor. However, as the pace of reform became faster and faster, his ruling philosophy gradually could not keep up with the situation, and gradually drifted away from the emperor and the central and important officials who held a radical reform stance. Especially in the matter of imperial unification, he had serious conflicts with the emperor and constant conflicts.

On the eve of the Eastern Expedition, Wei Fusi was involved in the case of "unethical" of the King of Qi, dismissed from his official position, removed from his name for the people, and kicked out of the center by the emperor and the reformists. However, Wei Fusi, who was over 50, was not depressed and depressed. On the contrary, he actively planned and looked for opportunities to make a comeback and make a comeback. Month ago, when the prefect of Jiyin Wei Baoluan saw the opportunity from the attack on the Central Plains of the southwestern Shandong and secretly told Wei Fusi, Wei Fusi rushed to the King of Qi, gave him advice, and was determined to assist the King of Qi at all costs. As long as the King of Qi came to power, he would make a comeback. More importantly, he could take this opportunity to defeat the reformists and let the big ship of Zhongtu return to the normal channel, breaking the waves on the "moderate, gradual reform" route created and insisted by the late emperor.

Wei Fusi was sensitive and was also guilty. According to principles, he should be confined to his home and was even less likely to appear next to the King of Qi. However, at an extraordinary moment, the King of Qi needed his assistance and he also needed to rely on the King of Qi to realize his ideals. Therefore, he thought of a plan to escape from his shell. In name, he went to Guanzhong Qishan Tower to treat his illness, but in fact he was secretly hiding beside the King of Qi.

There are few people who know this secret, and at this moment, the people sitting in the commander's tent are all insiders. Except for King Yang Nan of Qi, there are only the censor Wei Yunqi, the prefect of Jiyin Wei Baoluan, and the general of Wu Ben Li Shanheng, other officials such as the Chief of the Palace, Sima, officials of the Henan Inner History Office, and the Chief of the Army Zhuyingyang were all excluded.

Since the "deviant" case, the main confidants of the King of Qi were all caught in one go, either dismissed from office, exiled or killed, and suffered heavy losses. Although the royal palace officials were fully equipped soon after, they were all emperors and monitors, especially the 20,000 troops affiliated with him. All the chiefs of the Yingyang Palace were replaced, with the purpose of preventing the King of Qi from doing evil actions.

However, from a political perspective, the prince closest to the crown prince is a huge political force, and the one who can really help him is other political forces that are comparable to his strength. Those who can serve as important positions in the Qi Palace are representatives of these political forces. Killing these representatives and killing these Qi's confidants, the surface seems that the King of Qi suffered a lot, but in fact it cannot cut off the political forces behind these representatives to continue to support the King of Qi. Therefore, although the "deviant" case caused heavy losses to the King of Qi, it was far from hurting his vitality. This time, with the support of the Wei family and Li family of Guanlong, the King of Qi immediately showed his true strength, and his true strength was enough to undergo subversive drastic changes in the political situation in the Dongdu and even the situation in Zhongtu.

After Wei Fusi said this, he fell into a brief silence in the tent.

Who is behind the white-haired thief has not been found yet, but there are many clues. From these clues, it is speculated that behind the white-haired thief may be the wealthy families in Shandong, such as the Zheng family in Xingyang, or the nobles of Heluo, such as the Minister of Rites Yang Xuangan. In short, judging from the rise of the white-haired thief, these two forces cannot be avoided by these two forces, and these two forces are both opponents of the local political group of Guanlong, so there is no doubt that the white-haired thief is the enemy. If you destroy the white-haired thief, you will also destroy the conspiracy and tricks of the black hands behind the white-haired thief.

"The white-haired thief is the enemy." Wu Benlang General Li Shanheng sneered, "A very cunning enemy, it is enough for us to know this."

Li Shanheng was in his forties, strong and handsome appearance. He came from the Li family of Chengji, Longxi. He was the nephew of Li Hun, the general of the Right Guard, and the cousin of Li Min, the chief magistrate of Li Min, and the commander of the emperor who used it to control the 20,000 army belonging to the King of Qi.

Wei Fusi smiled and shook his hand, "The white-haired thief is indeed an enemy, but there are two types. If he is a chess piece set up by the Heluo people, his main target is the King of Qi. On the contrary, if he is a chess piece set up by the Shandong people, the target is not the King of Qi, but our Guanlong people, including the Heluo people, all under his calculations. Once he uses the dispute over the imperial rule to provoke the murder of the Guanlong people, it will not only aggravate the chaos in the political situation in the Dongdu, but also shake the foundation of the country's destiny. Just as Shandong people supported King Yang Liang of Han to rebel, the consequences are unimaginable, and the harm caused to us Guanlong people is also immeasurable."

As soon as these words were spoken, the arrogant look in Li Shanheng's eyes suddenly restrained a little, and Wei Yunqi and Wei Baoluan had already thought of this layer, without any surprise.

"Ming Gong means that Shandong people are our enemies." Li Shanheng asked after pondering for a moment, "Is it possible that the Zheng family of Xingyang behind the white-haired thief?"

Wei Fusi shook his hand again, "The current situation is very unfavorable to the Zheng family of Xingyang. This is obviously not the situation they are willing to see. If the Zheng family of Xingyang wants to get rid of the current serious crisis, the most urgent task is to let the white-haired thieves leave Henan quickly, but the white-haired thieves have set up their troops to open the Jiqu and fight to the death with us. This is obviously contrary to the Zheng family of Xingyang. So someone's inference is that the Zheng family of Xingyang is not behind the Zheng family of Xingyang, but it must be one of the wealthy families in Shandong."

"If the white-haired thief is a Shandong native, then what is his purpose of fighting to the death?" Li Shanheng asked, "Is he confident of defeating us?"

"Of course, the white-haired thief has no confidence to defeat us, but he has the confidence to use the complex situation on the battlefield of Tongjiqu to provoke a fight between the Guanlong people." Wei Fusi said, "The Heluo people have already planned to us once, but failed to give us a fatal blow. This time, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity suddenly dropped from the sky. How could the Heluo people miss it? We took the tricks. Although the risks are very high, once we seize the opportunity, the harvest is unimaginable and the great harvest is unimaginable.

"Ming Gong is sure we can seize the opportunity?" Li Shanheng seemed to have some lack of confidence.

"If the Eastern Expedition goes well and the Expeditionary Force has reached the city of Pyongyang at this moment, then there will be only risks and no opportunities in the Tongjiqu battlefield, but the Eastern Expedition battlefield gives us a surprise. The Expeditionary Force has been through the Liaoshui River for more than two months, but it has not yet conquered Liaodong City. It is still more than a thousand miles away from Pyongyang. It is obvious that the emperor and the central government are gradually in an inextricable crisis, and in order to get rid of the crisis, they have to take a risk."

"In this passive situation, the emperor still wants to conquer Pyongyang, and wants to win the victory of the Eastern Expedition, and return triumphantly before winter comes?"

Li Shanheng did not believe that from a military perspective, the possibility of the Expeditionary Force conquering Pyongyang this year was slim. Unless a miracle happened, the Eastern Expedition would definitely continue until next year. In this way, the Expeditionary Force would need countless food and supplies, and its dependence on the Eastern Capital would reach an unprecedented level. In order to ensure that the Eastern Expedition could continue, the Emperor and the Central Government would inevitably make political compromises and concessions to the Eastern Capital. This is the opportunity of the King of Qi, and it is also the reason why the King of Qi could not wait to leave Beijing to suppress the rebellion, but at the same time it also led to the King of Qi's inability to destroy the white-haired thieves in one battle. If the task of suppressing the rebellion was completed too early, what would the King of Qi use to threaten the Emperor and the Central Government? How could the Emperor and the Central Government compromising on the matter of imperial unification?

Wei Fusi did not speak and had no intention of discussing too much about this matter. He could not see the future, but he knew that once an accident occurred on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition and an accident that was unfavorable to the Expeditionary Force, the situation would be very beneficial to the King of Qi.

King Yang Nan of Qi did not want to discuss things outside the battlefield of Tongjiqu. His goal was to destroy him, provoking father and son to fight each other, triggering civil war, chaotic domestic situation, and even attempting to overthrow the Yang family's reign. In fact, the father and son have a clear understanding of the cruelty of politics and know how terrible their enemies are. Therefore, both of them controlled the battle between the imperial rule within an acceptable range and were never allowed to surpass the bottom line, and they dared not repeat the mistakes that King Yang Liang of Han raised troops to rebel and even endangered the security of the country's reign.

At present, there are many traps on the battlefield of Tongjiqu and crises everywhere. If you are not careful, you will fall into the enemy's conspiracy. Therefore, for King Qi, the most urgent thing at the moment is to use the force in your hands to firmly control the situation and let the situation develop according to your own wishes, rather than being led by the enemy.

"Now the white-haired thief is going to fight to the death, but we cannot do what we want." The King of Qi looked at Wei Fusi and asked, "Where is the plan?"

"Divide the troops." Wei Fusi said flatly, "The troops were divided into two groups, and the partial troops came out of the pass to defend, and the white-haired thieves were confronted with the white-haired thieves. The main force went north to the Jishui River, and the north bank of the Jishui River directly killed Jiyin. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, he took back Jiyang, Jiyin, and Dingtao Towns. He cut off the white-haired thieves' way back to Mengshan and surrounded them. In this way, the white-haired thieves became turtles in a jar, and it was easy to take their lives."

"Shan" King Qi nodded repeatedly, his eyes slowly swept across Wei Yun, Wei Baoluan and Li Shanheng's faces, "What do you think?"

Wei Baoluan smiled happily and praised Wei Fusi's strategy of dividing troops. After the fall of Zijiyin, the dream of dreaming about how to recover Jiyin in the shortest time. Only in this way can he lose his merits, otherwise he would be unable to protect his head. Fortunately, the King of Qi is coming with an army of 20,000, and Wei Fusi is anxious. The first task of suppressing the rebellion is to help him recover Jiyin, which of course makes him feel overjoyed.

Wei Yunqi also breathed a sigh of relief. Jishui was defeated and the entire army was wiped out. His reputation was ruined and he could afford it, but if the head of Xiang was lost, he could not afford it. So he was eager to use the King of Qi's army to fight a turnaround.

Wei Yunqi and Wei Baoluan volunteered to lead the main force to the north to Jishui, recover Jiyin, and cut off the thief's retreat.
Chapter completed!