Cui Yu came and left in a hurry.

Li Fengyun specifically deduced the Dongdu mutiny to her, which is very credible. Although this is a prediction without factual basis, at least it can be warned to Cui, so that he can be prepared in advance to avoid being caught off guard.

But Cui's ability is limited after all, especially the head of the family Cui Hongsheng is currently taking too many heavy responsibilities in Hebei. If another mutiny broke out in Dongdu, he would definitely not be able to take care of it. He would inevitably lose sight of the other and make mistakes in his busy schedule. Therefore, it can be foreseen that Cui Hongsheng must find a way to temporarily expel the Hebei heroic commander. On the one hand, he should establish results as soon as possible in the suppression of the rebellion to reduce the heavy pressure put on him by the Holy Lord and the Dongdu. On the other hand, he should be wary of the Hebei heroic commander who was pulled onto the mutiny "pirate ship" by some ulterior motives, which would affect the Hebei nobles and affect the interests of the entire Hebei people.

Li Fengyun never made any requests to Cui from beginning to end. Although he urgently needed the Hebei heroes to cross Henan and enter the battlefield in Qijun, and he also urgently needed famous figures like Hongru Liu Xuan to provide help for him crossing Henan and going north. As long as Li Fengyun put forward these requests, Cui would definitely satisfy him. It was a small task, but Li Fengyun kept silent and never mentioned them. Even when Cui Yu took the initiative to ask him what help he needed, he did not say anything. The reason was that these requests were too little profit for Li Fengyun. As long as he waited patiently, as the situation developed, he did not need to speak, Hebei heroes to cross Henan and Liu Xuan would also come into his sight. So putting these requests now is a waste of valuable cooperation opportunities.

Li Fengyun had a great idea. When the mutiny broke out, the dominance between him and Cui changed. He took the initiative and Cui was passive. At that time, it was not that he needed Cui's help, but that Cui needed his cooperation. Li Fengyun was waiting for that moment. He needed Cui's help to open the door of the outer capital of the East Capital. As long as Yang Xuangan occupied the outer capital of the East Capital, he could definitely reverse his disadvantage in the battlefield of the East Capital. Although sticking to the outer capital of the East Capital could not change the winning or losing relationship of this mutiny, at least he could be ⊥ Yang Xuangan "a place for heroes to use their skills" and could maximize his advantages in the stalemate of the war, throw all his strength into the battlefield of the East Capital, and then delay the time of the mutiny indefinitely.

The Holy Lord and Yang Xuangan fought fiercely in the Eastern Capital, and they were full of flesh and blood. It would be difficult to take care of Li Fengyun who took the opportunity to enter Hebei. Li Fengyun thus won the sufficient time needed to enter Hebei first and then develop and grow. If Yang Xuangan had failed early, and all the troops to suppress the rebellion gathered in the Eastern Capital and took advantage of the opportunity to chase Yang Xuangan's remaining party, then even if Li Fengyun crossed the Hebei North, he would be surrounded and blocked by the official army. Not to mention growing, he would not even be able to find a place to stand.

Xu Shiyu was difficult to understand Li Fengyun's "overconfidence". In his opinion, Li Fengyun should take this opportunity to "open up" and ask Cui for more help instead of "seeking nothing", which made Cui Yu's trip seem like Cui's request for Li Fengyun.

Li Fengyun did not answer positively, but asked Xu Shiyi, "If someone goes north and goes to Hebei to develop, are you willing to leave Henan with someone?"

Xu Shiyu hesitated for a moment and said decisively, "Henan is the foundation of the Xu family, Lihu is the home of Xu family. I cannot ignore the Xu family's foundation and the family and relatives because of my own personal gain." Xu Shiyu bowed deeply and felt guilty, "Brother, I am incompetent and cannot follow my brother to fight in Hebei."

Li Fengyun smiled and nodded, not angry, and continued to tempt, "I went to Hebei to develop, and the first priority was not to separatist rule, but to resist the Northern Barbarians. The Eastern Expedition failed, and the Guards were severely damaged, which had seriously endangered the northern border. How could the ambitious Northern Barbarians miss such an opportunity for invasion? I can assert that the Civil War will surely break out within two or three years."

Li Fengyun looked at Xu Shiyi with a heavy expression and smiled, "It is our duty to defend our country and we are unshirkable. Without a country, where can we get a family? Third brother must think about it, and this opportunity for a lifetime will be gone if we miss it."

Xu Shiyi had heard Li Fengyun's prediction of the Civil War in the past, but he was just a giant businessman, a businessman who was rushing around the north and south of the rivers. He had no clear and thorough understanding of the general trends of China and foreign countries, the causal relationship between the eastern expedition, the civil strife and the external troubles. The so-called authorities were confused. Imagine that even many military and political officials in the power of the Eastern Capital did not foresee the upcoming Civil War, let alone Xu Shiyi, who was "far from the world",

In Xu Shiyi's view, the Dongdu mutiny that Li Fengyun predicted was already alarmist, but considering that Li Fengyun had successfully predicted the defeat of the Eastern Expedition, and the Dongdu mutiny directly endangered the rise and fall of the Xu family, Xu Shiyi would rather believe that it exists than that it did not exist, and would go back and take all the precautions. Now that he heard Li Fengyun predict the Civil War again, Xu Shiyi really felt a sense of despair that the sky was about to collapse.

Since the reunification of China and the country's national strength has flourished and is ushering in an unprecedented and prosperous era. Against such a good background, it has been surging, and has suffered misfortunes, with constant natural disasters, great defeat in the Eastern Expedition, and a mutiny in the Eastern Capital. If the attacks of the Civil War are combined, the result can be imagined. No matter how good the situation is, it will disappear, no matter how strong the national strength is, it will be exhausted, and the increasingly stable cause of unification may fall apart.

It is impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Since the reunification of Middle-earth, the national fortune has been very good. It is impossible for the great defeat of the Eastern Expedition to completely ruin the national fortune and usher in a dark period of misfortune.

Xu Shiyi firmly rejected Li Fengyun's "temptation". Although Li Fengyun was his sworn brother and had a life-saving grace to him, whether it was loyal or repaying his kindness, he must follow the principle of reasonableness. He cannot lose his mind because of loyalty or repaying his kindness, lose his principles, kill people and rob, violate the law and discipline, and destroy his relatives and home.

Li Fengyun patted Xu Shiyi on the shoulder and praised, "This is the real Xu Shiyi. Only by sticking to his own principles and the bottom line of being a person and doing things can one achieve great achievements. In the future, you will definitely be a great hero who has been famous throughout the ages."

Xu Shiyi was ashamed. No matter how he heard this, he was not praising himself, but full of ridicule. However, when he looked at Li Fengyun's expression carefully, he was very sincere and did not have any dissatisfaction at all.

"Brother, one day, if Brother A needs someone, even if he is crushed to pieces, he will not refuse."

Xu Shiyu patted his chest and sweared, but he was still rational. He could sacrifice his personal life for Li Fengyun, but he could not afford the entire Lihu Xu family for Li Fengyun.

Li Fengyun didn't care at all. If Xu Shiyu was willing to follow him north, he would not agree. After all, according to the historical trajectory, Xu Shiyu stayed in Henan and the Wagang people stayed in Henan, and they would play a greater role. Just like Du Fuwei and Fu Gonghu, giving them strength and letting them spread their wings and soar, they would inevitably break into a vast world. Li Fengyun firmly believed that although he needed heroes to come to this era, he could not pull out the seedlings and encourage them to grow before the heroes grew up, and he could not "eliminate" the heroes in the bud.

"I believe you." Li Fengyun smiled, "So I will tell you the answer. The reason why I reject Cui's small favor now is to get a big gift from Cui at some point in the future."

Xu Shiyu vaguely guessed something, but Li Fengyun said everything about this, especially when Xu Shiyu publicly refused to go north with Li Fengyun, and the two interests were completely inconsistent, so Xu Shiyu could not expect Li Fengyun to tell him how many secrets it was.

Xu Shiyu left with "full fruits", but his emotions were complicated. On the way back, Xu Shiyu clearly felt that because he and Li Fengyun became Jinlan and became sworn brothers, not only did Ang Lee look forward to him with courtesy, but even Cui Yu and Cui Jiu's attitude towards him changed a lot.

On February 15, Li Fengyun ordered the departments to launch an attack on Licheng based on favorable terrain and large siege equipment.

At the same time, Meng Rang and the Changbaishan Rebel Army of the Zuo brothers met with Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong's Beihai Rebel Army and assembled about 100,000 people. Thirty thousand brave men also launched an attack on Licheng under the command of Meng Rang, but they mainly launched feint attacks in the east and south directions of Licheng to restrain some of the defenders in the city.

Li Fengyun led the way, personally took the arrows and stones, rushed to the front line with Fengyun Guards. He rushed to the city tower several times, but was brave enough. His dissipated white hair and bloody long sword have become a symbol of invincibility in the hearts of the alliance's soldiers, and at the same time, it has become an indelible nightmare in the hearts of the officials.

After a few days of fierce fighting, Zhang Xutuo and Li Fengyun received news from the Dahe line almost at the same time. The official army's suppression of the rebellion in Hebei was extremely fierce. The rebels on both sides of Yongji Canal were defeated one after another. The Qinghe Hao Zhengshu brothers, Gao Jibo Hao Zhengshu Gao Shida and Dou Jiande were all evacuated to the Dahe line. The heroes of Pingyuan County Hao Xiaode and Liu Heita, Liu Badao, Sun Xuanya, Shi Liegu and other heroes of Douzigang, and Wang Bo, as well as Qi County Hao Zhengshu Wang, gathered together and gathered about 100,000 troops and stationed troops on the north bank of the Dahe River, which could be crossed the river south at any time.

Li Fengyun immediately summoned all the heroes and commanders to discuss military situations.

Wang Bo's messenger introduced the situation on the front line of the Yongji Canal in detail in the military discussion. Because the second eastern expedition was about to begin, the food, grass and supplies needed for the eastern expedition were transported from south to north through the Grand Canal, Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei, increased the efforts to suppress the rebellion. The various rebels in Hebei were unable to resist the sharp edge of the official army, and had to take the initiative to evacuate the two sides of the Yongji Canal. This made it difficult for the various rebels to survive. After all, the counties and counties on both sides of the river were repeatedly affected, and the fields were deserted and grains were not collected. In addition, the government increased the tax collection efforts of the east expedition, so both the official warehouse and the private warehouse were now empty. So the heroes of Hebei naturally turned their attention to the south bank of the river.

Although the counties and counties in the south bank of the Great River were also affected by the disaster, the He and Si line, namely the junction of Henan, Qilu and Xuzhou, were not affected by the disaster. Now this place is controlled by Li Fengyun's Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance. With Li Fengyun's strong strength, the Hebei heroes naturally did not dare to put their ideas on him, so there was only one place left, that is, the northeastern Shandong region, namely Qi County, Beihai, Gaomi and Donglai counties. Among them, Qi County and Beihai are close to each other, and you can get there by crossing the river.

However, now Li Fengyun's alliance army is attacking Licheng, the capital of Qi County. Meng Rang, the Changbaishan rebel army of the Zuo brothers, and Guo Fangyu, and Qin Junhong's Beihai rebel army are also attacking Licheng. In other words, the Hebei rebel army crosses Henan and takes advantage of the situation to rob. If they are not careful, they will cause misunderstandings. Once the brothers fight against each other, it will be troublesome. Therefore, the Hebei rebel army must first contact with the Qilu rebel army. While inquiring about the battle situation in Qi County, they can find out the attitude of the Qilu heroes towards them crossing Henan and going south. If the Qilu rebel army firmly opposes them crossing the river and opposes them going south to "snatch food", the two sides will have to negotiate.
Chapter completed!