The Alliance Commander issued an order to attack Qi County.

During this attack, the troops were divided into two left and right routes, with the left route as the main attack, and confronting Zhang Xutuo head-on; the right route was feint attack, which restrained part of Zhang Xutuo's troops and combined the main attack on the battlefield.

Li Fengyun was the commander of the left army and led the three armies of the inner government, the first to the fifth armies of the outer government, the eleventh armies of Han Jinluo, and the 17th armies of Shan Xiongxin, to undertake the main attack task, first entered Jibei County to fight, and then attacked Qi County along the Ji River.

Meng Haigong was the commander of the right army, leading the sixth, seventh army of the headquarters, the ninth and tenth army of the sir Rentai, and the thirteenth army of Xu Shiren, to undertake the feint attack mission, and took the Taishan Mountain to attack Licheng, the capital of Qi County.

Chen Rui stayed in Mengshan, Han Yao commanded the eighth, fourteenth, and fifteenth troops stayed in He and Si on the front line to block the Xuzhou official army.

Zhai Rang led the 16th Army to stay in Ji and He, and blocked the Henan official army.

The Alliance Command required that the troops immediately set out from the date of receiving the order, and the left armies gathered at Yushan, Jibei, and the right armies gathered at Daishan, Lujun. On the 18th of the first lunar month, they attacked Qijun at the same time.

Li Fengyun secretly sent messengers to Douzigang, Hebei to inform King Bo, and asked him to go south to Qi County; he rushed to Changbai Mountain, Qi County to inform Meng Rang, Zuo Junheng and other heroes, and asked them to join forces with the rebel army from northeast Shandong to attack Zhang Xutuo in the alliance army; he rushed to Pengcheng to inform Wei Fusi, and asked him to urge the King of Qi to lead his army into Qilu as soon as possible, station troops in Taishan, and put heavy pressure on Zhang Xutuo.

The alliance army gathered in Yushan, shocking Jibei again.

A few years ago, Li Fengyun suddenly launched troops in Jibei and caught the people of Jibei off guard. At that time, the Jibei officials thought that Li Fengyun had gone south to Xuzhou. Considering that Zhu Yingyang in Xuzhou was strong, King Yang Nan of Qi followed him and chased him. Li Fengyun was in danger. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, Li Fengyun "falls from the sky" to the bank of the river. The Jibei County Government was not prepared enough. Faced with the tide of the rebel army, the capital Lucheng had no way to resist. The nobles and bureaucrats in the city immediately abandoned the city and fled to Qi County for help.

Zhang Xutuo was very surprised when he heard the news. He urgently adjusted the deployment and transferred back to Jia Wuben, who was suppressing bandits in various parts of northeast Shandong, and planned to defend Licheng first to see how the situation developed before deciding whether to ask for help from the Donglai Navy. At that time, what he was most worried about was that the Hebei bandits went south and the river was frozen. If the Hebei Douzigang bandit army went south to fight, if they were flattened, they could reach Licheng in one breath. In addition, the bandits in eastern Shandong and Li Fengyun who came from Jibei, Licheng was in danger of attacking the thieves on three sides. Licheng was in danger, Qi County was in turmoil, and the situation in Qilu deteriorated, which affected the Second Eastern Expedition, Zhang Xutuo could not escape the blame, so Zhang Xutuo was ready to fight and did not dare to slack off at all.

Fortunately, Li Fengyun did not attack Qi County, nor even swept Jibei County, but crossed the river to Hebei. This made Zhang Xutuo puzzled and was even more wary. He did not dare to send troops to support Jibei easily. At this time, bad news came from Xuzhou. Zhu Yingyang of Xuzhou was defeated, and the Wu Ben Lang General Liang Dezhong was defeated by Li Fengyun. What surprised Zhang Xutuo was that King Yang Nan of Qi took advantage of the opportunity and controlled Xuzhou without any effort. This would definitely affect the political situation of Dongdu, but how the political situation of Dongdu changes is not important to Zhang Xutuo.

The reason is that the defeat of Liang Dezhong in Xuzhou is too incredible. People must use malicious intentions to speculate on the secrets hidden behind this battle. Thinking of the turbulent Tongjiqu crisis this summer, conspiracy theory naturally became the focus of Zhang Xutuo's deduction. If the goal of the King of Qi was to develop outside, if Li Fengyun had become a sharp knife in some people's hands, if Liang Dezhong was defeated by conspiracy and defeating him was to allow some people to seize control of Xuzhou, then it is obvious that Qi Lu was also the target of some people, and defeating Zhang Xutuo would be a natural thing.

Zhang Xutuo then strengthened his determination to defend Qi County. He took advantage of the slack season in winter to recruit a large number of young and strong troops to expand their troops. In addition, the number of Qi troops quickly increased to more than 20,000 people, and established a cavalry army composed of 200 cavalry. Then he trained intensively to prepare for the next battle. Zhang Xutuo firmly believed that because some people covet control of Qilu, Qi County would surely usher in an arduous battle.

Zhang Xutuo's prediction was very accurate. Just one month later, bad news came from Jibei again. Li Fengyun rushed into Jibei County for the second time. However, this time he did not cross the river and headed north, but instead commanded tens of thousands of troops to advance eastward along the Ji River, getting closer and closer to Qi County.

The atmosphere in Qi County suddenly became tense. Zhang Xutuo urgently summoned his subordinates to discuss solutions.

Sima Yang Qian, Sima of Yingyang Mansion in Licheng, analyzed the current situation in detail.

Yang Qian had returned to Qi County at the end of the late Qiuqiu. His father Yang Gongren and Xingyang Prefect Yang Qing both advised him to stay in the capital. The situation in Qilu has become worse since the news of the defeat in the Eastern Expedition spread, and it was quickly spreading to surrounding areas. Henan and Xuzhou are not in good condition, especially when Qi Wang Yang Nan is trying his best to seize control of these three places. Qilu has become a place of right and wrong, and Zhang Xutuo's situation will become more and more difficult. Staying in Qi County will be harmful to Yang Qian's development. But Yang Qian is very persistent. He firmly believes that Zhang Xutuo has the ability to stabilize Qilu and believes that he still has great potential in Qilu.

Yang Qian's deduction of the future battle situation of Qi County is exactly the same as Zhang Xutuo. "The purpose of the white-haired thief attacking Qi County was to connect Lu County, Jibei County and Qi County, and develop and grow with Qilu as the territory. Since his ultimate goal is to develop and grow, of course it is impossible to fight to the death with us. Kill a thousand enemies, lose 800 by himself, and suffer both losses. What will the white-haired thief use to stabilize his own results? If he fails to get the results, he makes a wedding dress for others. With the cunning of the white-haired thief, how can he be willing to be a wife like this?

Another stupid thing about losing troops? Besides, there are many thieves in Qilu, how can these thieves tolerate the white-haired thieves occupy Qilu? So it is certain that the white-haired thieves attacked Qi County this time, and they must share Qilu with all thieves, and unite with various thieves such as Meng Rang, Zuo Junxing, Zuo Junheng, Guo Fangyu of Beihai, Qin Junhong, Pei Changzi of Jibei, Shizihe and other thieves to attack Qi County together. In this way, we are attacked from both sides and have to fight against the thieves on multiple battlefields, which is very unfavorable to us."

Yang Qian said this and stopped, his eyes slowly swept across the faces of Jia Wuben, Qin Qiong, Zhang Yuanbei, Jia Runfu, Wu Heita and others, then returned to the map, and pointed his hand at Douzigang in the northern part of the river.

"After the rebel king Bo fled to Douzigang, the thieves of Qi and Lu lost their flag and were dispersed. Meng Rang and other thieves not only fought on their own, but even attacked each other. Therefore, the thieves of Qi and Lu were all looking forward to Wang Bo's return in order to form an alliance to grow stronger. Of course, what Wang Bo dreamed of was also returning to Qi and Lu in order to make a comeback and make a comeback

"After the frozen Dahe River, Duke Ming was on the front line of Dahe River to guard against Wang Bo to take the opportunity to go south. According to the secret reports we received, Wang Bo was indeed ready to go south, but he was weak and needed the support of Hebei traitors to go south. The Hebei traitors happened to be beaten by Duan Da, the general of Zuo Yigu, and ran away in a mess. He could not take care of the matter for a while, and the time was delayed."

"Spring has arrived, the river is being unblocked, and it is greatly difficult for Wang Bo to cross the river to go south, but does this mean that Wang Bo gave up going south to attack Qi County?"

Yang Qian turned around and looked at everyone, and said solemnly, "According to the latest news that he received, the one who replaced the General Duan of Zuo Yiwei to suppress the rebellion in Hebei was Cui Hongsheng. Cui Hongsheng returned and went to Hebei to suppress the rebellion. So how the situation in Hebei changes, you should know clearly. If the situation in Hebei is to stabilize, you must suppress the rebels, but the people of Hebei will not kill each other. Therefore, the best way for the rebels in Hebei is to cross Henan and go south, and in the name of helping Wang Bo return to Qilu, he will enter Qi County, so as to bring disaster to the east and divert the attention of the Eastern Capital to the battlefield of Qilu."

Yang Qian turned around again and pointed to Mount Tai on the map. "There are white-haired thieves west of Mount Tai, and Meng Rang east of Mount Tai, and Guo Fang predicted the thieves." Then he raised his hand and moved upwards, focusing on the river. "There are Wang Bo to the north of the river and the thieves in Hebei. Obviously, this is a plan to attack our Qi County three times. Of course, the facts may differ from our speculation, but without evidence to prove that our speculation is not correct, we must formulate countermeasures based on this speculation."

Qin Qiong looked cold and questioned without hesitation, "Are we currently have enough evidence to prove that this speculation is true and credible? The three-way gang attacks with three groups, and such a huge layout, first of all, a person with sufficient reputation among the three-way gangs must run and mediate in order to convince all gangs. Secondly, unified planning and command are required, otherwise there is no possibility of implementation."

Yang Qian pondered silently. He had no evidence to prove that his speculation was correct, but he was sure that Hebei rebels would most likely go south to Qilu. This was a political reason and the political needs of the wealthy families who manipulated the situation in Hebei. In addition, the sudden attack of the white-haired thief was closely related to the King of Qi's eagerness to control Qilu on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also related to the changes in the situation in Hebei. The people behind the white-haired thief must have seen that the Hebei rebels had the possibility of crossing Henan and going south, so they let the white-haired thief attack Qilu to attract and restrain Zhang Xutuo, thus creating better opportunities for the Hebei rebels to go south. If the opportunity to go south is good, it is profitable. What reason does Hebei rebels not go south

Zhang Xutuo spoke, "What are the countermeasures for Sima Yang?"

"Standing to wait for assistance." Yang Qian said, "There are too many rebels. If we face the enemy from all sides, we must take care of one and the other. Let's take a step back. Even if we have the ability to defeat each one, the risk is too great and the loss is too great. Once we fall into a passive position, it is unimaginable. Therefore, we cannot fight alone in this battle. We must ask the Donglai Navy for help, and we must ask Qiao Gong (Zhou Fashang) to provide the greatest support."

Ask the navy to support him? Zhang Xutuo, Jia Wuben, Qin Qiong and others looked at each other, feeling that this was impossible. The navy was defeated by Pyongyang and suffered heavy losses. However, in order to make the second eastern expedition, Hu'er came to Jiangdu to recruit Jianghuai children. Zhou Fashang went to Wuyue to dispatch Jiangnan sailors. Now the navy is Li Zixiong and Cui Junsu temporarily. One of them is the supporters of the King of Qi and has a deep grudge with the Holy Lord, and the other is from Hebei. If he is inconsistent with Zhang Xutuo, how could he support Qi County? Support Zhang Xutuo?

Zhang Xutuo sighed secretly, after hesitating for a moment, he turned to Qin Qiong, "Where is the Qin soldiers and Cao Cao's plan?"

"Rebels are invading in large numbers, and it is not advisable to fight against the enemy for gains and losses. They should gather superior forces and defeat them one by one, so as to kill the enemy's living forces as their only goal." Qin Qiong waved his hand and was full of murderous intent. "Just wait until the enemy is severely damaged, the rest will fight and flee in scattered."
Chapter completed!