Li Fengyun's decision to cross the river to the north was questioned and opposed by the heroes.

What is the purpose of crossing the Hebei region? If it is a plunder, the Henan people will "cross the boundary", and they will inevitably have fierce conflicts with the Hebei people, purely because they are looking for trouble. If it is a chaotic situation in Hebei and aggravates the Hebei crisis, is this goal also the Hebei people? Did the Hebei people ask for help from the alliance? If the Hebei people have no intention of aggravating the Hebei crisis and do not ask for help from the alliance, then Li Fengyun is wishful thinking. There will be trouble after the army goes north. If Li Fengyun handles it well, he may be able to escape unscathed. If it is not handled well, there will be a disaster for the entire army to be wiped out.

Li Fengyun patiently made an analysis and explanation.

With the current situation in Qilu, if the alliance wants to occupy southwestern Shandong to develop and grow, it must defeat Zhang Xutuo, the chief minister of Qi County, the Qilu area, and his army. However, with the power of the alliance, he cannot defeat Zhang Xutuo alone. The rebel army in Northeast Shandong is a mess. Wang Bo, who lives in Hebei, must return to bring back to the northeast Shandong rebel army into a whole. Wang Bo has weak power. If he wants to return to Qilu, he must get help from the people of Hebei.

However, all the rebels in Hebei are now fighting with the official troops on the Yongji Canal, and it is impossible for Wang Bo to fight back to Qilu. What's more serious is that once the rebels in Hebei are severely damaged, Wang Bo loses his help and it is impossible for him to fight back to Qilu for the time being. The alliance's strategy to occupy southwestern Shandong will fail. From this, it is foreseen that the life of the alliance will definitely be very sad next year. Not only will it continue to suffer from the dilemma of shortage of money and food, but it will also face more and more encirclements and suppression of the government troops, and it will be difficult to walk.

On the contrary, the alliance now crosses Hebei and intensifies the Hebei crisis, which will inevitably endanger the Second Eastern Expedition. In order to ensure the Second Eastern Expedition and ensure the security of Yongji Canal, Dongdu must stabilize Hebei in the shortest time. The most effective method is to make concessions to the Hebei aristocratic families in politics. The Hebei aristocratic families have benefited and must explain to the east in action, but they cannot help the official army to suppress the Hebei rebel army, because the Hebei rebel army is a tool for them to seek political interests. Now it is the time to play its role and cannot be damaged. Therefore, the best way is to let the Hebei rebel army temporarily leave Hebei. At that moment, as long as the Hebei people are willing to help Wang Bo fight back to Qilu, the alliance's development and growth strategy will be successful.

This is why the alliance goes north. Destiny must be in one's own hands, and opportunities cannot fall from the sky. The alliance goes north to accelerate the changes in the situation in Hebei so as to strive to find opportunities for its own development and growth.

Li Fengyun's explanation sounds very reasonable, but in fact the goal is not clear and the reasons are far-fetched, because the strategy of three rebels attacking Zhang Xutuo was originally an idea. Although Li Fengyun devoted all his efforts to this, whether he could realize this idea in the end was limited to all aspects, with too many restrictions, and the possibility of realization was not great. What is particularly important is that even if this idea is realized, the three rebels fight together to attack Zhang Xutuo, are they sure of victory? Zhang Xutuo has the Donglai Naval Division as the support, and the 20,000 troops of King Yang Nan of Qi are also close. Once the Donglai Naval Division and King Yang Nan of Qi appear on the battlefield, the three rebels are no match for the three official troops at all and will undoubtedly be defeated.

If the alliance is defeated, it will also fall into a difficult situation for survival, so in comparison, the alliance's heroes hope to rely on their own strength to develop and grow. For example, this year's Western Expedition to the Central Plains is a successful example. Since Dongdu is going to have a second Eastern Expedition, why can't the alliance enter the Central Plains again to plunder Tongjiqu? Why do they have to attack Zhang Xutuo? Since they know that it is extremely difficult to defeat Zhang Xutuo, why do they still have to face the difficulties and seek trouble?

The two sides have very different views and their ideas are too different.

Li Fengyun knew the direction of history, knew Zhang Xutuo's power, and knew that Zhang Xutuo would be a nightmare for various rebels in southern Henan in the next few years. The reason why the rebels in Qilu, Henan and other places had not yet formed a whole was always a mess because Zhang Xutuo relied on his powerful force to severely attack the Qilu rebels, curbing and hindering the development and growth of the Henan rebels. It was not until after his death that the Henan rebels rose rapidly under the leadership of Li Mi. On the contrary, Hebei is different. Hebei has repeatedly defeated the rebels in the suppression of rebellion, which is precisely because of the lack of powerful figures like Zhang Xutuo. The Hebei rebels continued to grow in battle and quickly grew into one of the four major military groups that competed for the world under Dou Jiande.

Now Zhang Xutuo's military force is still in its development stage, and the rebels are still in the potential to defeat him. As long as the rebels defeat Zhang Xutuo, it will not only change history, but also the fate of various rebels in Qilu and Henan. This is Li Fengyun's ambition. When the alliance develops and grows, it will inevitably become a gathering place for the rebels in Qilu and Henan. The alliance will usher in a stage of rapid development. When the strength of the alliance expands to a certain extent, it will inevitably use Qilu as the base, across Henan and the north and south, and take all the rebels in Shandong, thus becoming the overlord of the Shandong rebels and laying a solid foundation for the competition for Zhongtu.

However, the Haoshangs cannot see what Li Fengyun saw. Haoshangs can only deduce the future based on the facts we know so far and formulate countermeasures that are in line with their own interests, and will not develop strategies that seem incredible to others like Li Fengyun, or even sacrifice current interests to bet on future benefits.

Li Fengyun is now capable and authoritative in the alliance. He can suppress opposition and force the heroes to obey his orders, but it will also lay the root of falling apart. After all, Li Fengyun is a human, not a god, and he does not know whether the three rebels can defeat Zhang Xutuo in their battle. Once defeated, conflicts within the alliance will inevitably break out, and the alliance is very likely to collapse. Therefore, he must respect the opinions of the heroes and come up with strategies that can be accepted by the heroes to form a shared life and death, a shared honor and disgrace on the basis of unanimous interests, so as to maintain the survival and development of the alliance. Without the alliance and without strength, ideals will become dreams, meaningless.

Just as Li Fengyun was trying his best to convince the heroes, Xiao Yi suddenly said a few words in Li Fengyun's ear, and then the two of them arrived at the sidelines together.

Xiao Yi said bluntly, "Ming Gong should be very clear about the importance of the alliance, but relying solely on the power of Ming Gong, it will be more and more difficult to control the alliance. Once the setback is encountered, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, some things must be said and cannot be concealed. After all, the alliance has developed to this day and has the power to influence or even determine the regional situation. This force not only Ming Gong needs it, but the heroes need it, but other forces of all aspects also need it."

Xiao Yi looked at Li Fengyun who was concentrating on his mind and warned solemnly, "If Ming Gong cannot control the alliance, the alliance will inevitably be controlled by other forces, such as King Qi, so..."

Li Fengyun understood, and he was secretly shocked, realizing that he had made a mistake. The critical moment of concern for gains and losses will bring unpredictable consequences. The only way to control the alliance is strength, but with the expansion of the alliance and the covetousness of many forces in the alliance, his strength is no longer enough, and he must unite other forces to firmly control the alliance.

At the Alliance Military Conference, facing the members of the core level of the alliance, Li Fengyun finally revealed two secrets. One was that he established a limited cooperative relationship with the Hebei wealthy families, and the other was that he reached a secret agreement with King Yang Nan of Qi and the local forces of Guanlong led by Wei. It was just a "layout" set by the Hebei wealthy families, and its purpose was self-evident.

After hearing these secrets, the senior members of the alliance did not show surprise. They have always had speculations about Li Fengyun's mysterious identity and the secrets hidden behind the Western Expedition to the Central Plains. Today, Li Fengyun only confirmed their speculation, so no one was surprised. On the contrary, they understood why Li Fengyun insisted on crossing the river and heading north.

However, regional interests exist in fact. Even though it is very narrow and even if it is not conducive to the development of the rebel army, the people of Hebei, Henan, and Qilu stubbornly stick to their regional interests. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to help each other, mutual benefit, and at most not to invade each other. In fact, the confrontation between Shandong people in different regions is far greater than cooperation. This is also one of the reasons why the Shandong people were ultimately defeated by the Guanlong people who were not as strong as theirs in the war of unification.

From this narrow perspective, although the heroes were able to accept Li Fengyun's decision, they had no enthusiasm for participation. Last time, Li Fengyun's decision went south to Xuzhou, the heroes, except for Meng Haigong, were afraid that their own interests would be damaged, and they were unwilling to participate. This time, even Meng Haigong was unwilling to participate. Not only was he worried about defeating the battle, but he also had no idea of ​​helping the people of Hebei at all.

Li Fengyun was as always, without any intention of forcing. All he needed was that his decisions could be understood and supported by the Haoshangs, so that the alliance's decision-making level could always remain united and would not be too restricted when deploying troops. The Haoshangs could faithfully implement their intentions during the specific implementation process, so that they would not fight each other and become a mess.

Li Fengyun's deployment was exactly the same as last time he went south to Xuzhou. The only change was that Meng Haigong commanded the sixth, seventh and eighth armies at the junction of Lu County and Pengcheng to block attacks from Xuzhou. Li Fengyun personally led his army across the river and headed north, with the three armies of the inner palace and the first and second armies fighting with him. Lu Mingxing led the third, fourth and fifth armies of the alliance to deploy on the north and south fronts of the Great Henan to ensure the retreat of the army to the north.

Li Fengyun sent an envoy to report to Wei Fusi in detail the reasons for the plan change. If everything goes well and the Hebei rebel army defeats Duan Da before the end of the year, then the rebel army from the third day of next year will still have the possibility of attacking Zhang Xutuo; if things don't go well and the Hebei rebel army will be delayed again and again during the time of crossing Henan and going south, then the trouble will be great, and it may be difficult to control Qilu as expected.

But if the King of Qi wants to control Qi Lu, he must rely on the power of the alliance. Therefore, Li Fengyun is confident enough to convince Wei Fusi that after he led his army across the Hebei, he maintained a certain degree of "tactic understanding" with the alliance. The suppression of rebellion cannot be stopped, and the rebels must also encircle and suppress it. However, the King of Qi has the final say on how to fight, and the Eastern Capital is beyond the reach, and he is powerless and cannot control it even if he wants to.
Chapter completed!