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Chapter 359: Insidious Assumptions

Yang Xuangan wants to usurp the throne? His real purpose of launching a military coup was to usurp the throne, and to be the emperor himself?

This inference was too amazing. It not only shocked Li Zixiong, but also gave Wei Fusi, Dong Chun and Li Shanheng a strong impact.

If Li Fengyun's inference is correct, and Yang Xuangan's purpose of launching this military coup is not simply. He deceived all his allies, then of course it is difficult for him to get the full help of the conservative forces of China-Turkey, and it is even more difficult to win the strong support of major aristocratic groups. His failure is completely foreseeable.

This is the root of the contradiction and what makes Li Zixiong angry the most.

If King Yang Nan of Qi is willing to be a "big banner" and is willing to fight to the death, then this mutiny will definitely be successful. After all, the identity, reputation and strength of King Yang of Qi is there. Although it cannot be responded to one call, there must be many supporters. However, since Li Fengyun came into contact with King Yang of Qi, he repeatedly "inculcated" the prophecy that mutiny will be defeated, and took out a lot of reasons as evidence. As a result, the current bad situation was in such a bad situation. King Qi was loyal to the Holy Lord and was even more unwilling to gamble with his wealth and life. In this way, the mutiny was in an unfavorable situation from the beginning, very passive in politics, and of course there was little chance of victory.

This is also the reason why Li Zixiong questioned Li Fengyun. Looking back now, since Li Fengyun suddenly entered the Central Plains last year, there seemed to be an invisible hand quietly manipulating the situation. If Li Fengyun had not entered the Central Plains west, how could the King of Qi Yang Nan have the chance to escape from the Dongdu? If King of Qi Yang Nan had not escaped from the Dongdu, then when the Holy Lord launched a new round of the dispute over the imperial rule due to political passivity, in fact, deposed the King of Qi Yang Nan's qualification as the heir of the imperial rule, Yang Nan would be imprisoned in disguise. During the Second Eastern Expedition, the Holy Lord would take him with him to prevent accidents. In this way, no matter what the result of the mutiny was, the King of Qi would be completely abolished, and he would have no effect when Middle Earth fell into division and war.

However, the situation of the King of Qi is different now. He is politically up and down without worries. If he can make full use of this mutiny to make contributions, he can not only effectively ease the tension between him and the Holy Lord and win some political benefits, but also stay away from the Eastern Capital again, continue to make contributions on the battlefield in the northern border, and develop and grow down to the ground until he controls the side. When Middle-earth falls into division and war, King of Qi will have the ability to save Middle-earth from danger and turn the tide.

Such a far-sighted and exquisite and grand layout not only requires outstanding wisdom and strategy, but also rich political experience. Therefore, it is certain that this layout was not the hands of the young Li Fengyun, but the neutral political forces behind him. From this, these people not only know the alliance of the mutiny, but also accurately predict that the mutiny would launch a mutiny at a certain right time. However, due to the complex domestic and foreign situation and the turbulent political situation in the Dongdu, coupled with the lack of direct and effective evidence, they could only spy on one side, leverage the force to save the crisis, and prepare for possible divisions and wars in the future. The King of Qi was obviously the savior prepared by these people for the future Middle Earth, and Li Fengyun was the sharp weapon to protect this savior.

If these speculations are correct, then Li Fengyun will not only not let the King of Qi fall into the conspiracy of the mutiny, but will also give the mutiny a fatal blow at the critical moment.

Sure enough, under Li Zixiong's aggressive threat, Li Fengyun fought back furiously, with one blow fatal blow.

If Yang Xuangan launched a military coup to usurp the throne, who would support Yang Xuangan? At least, King Yang Nan, Wei Fusi, Dong Chun and Li Shanheng completely cut off their thoughts and dared not have any more inappropriate thoughts.

Li Zixiong didn't dare to persist. Since Li Fengyun put forward this assumption very sinisterly, if he continued to persist, the consequences would be serious. He could not afford the anger of King Qi. What's more serious is that he had to leave a way out for himself and his family.

The discussion atmosphere was much more harmonious. Li Zixiong, Wei Fusi, Dong Chun and Li Shanheng basically agreed with Li Fengyun's plan, but because the variables were too large, they could not draw up a specific plan, so they could only fight according to the profit-making theme and the ultimate goal, and each of them was in their own hands. However, Li Fengyun knew that the possibility of five people gathering again in the next few months was very small. Therefore, this time, not only should we set the development strategy for the future period be determined, but all possible variables during the period must be taken into account, and on this basis, we should draw up a contextual plan. Then all parties will steadily advance based on this "text" to ensure that there will be no major deviations during the implementation process, so as not to lose control of the situation, and then fall into it, lose direction, and fail in a mess.

Li Fengyun's suggestion was supported by everyone. The situation is already very complicated. If a mutiny breaks out, the situation will be even more complicated. It is too difficult to "take the jaws from the fire" in such a complex situation. At that time, all parties were in the situation. It is inevitable that the authorities would be lost. On the ever-changing battlefield, they lost their direction in the turbulent political game. So everyone was very nervous and had no bottom. However, if there is a clearly visible "text" as the reference direction for progress, the possibility of being lost will be greatly reduced and the risks encountered will be reduced accordingly.

So four old guys with rich military and political experience, a little guy who predicts the future, worked together to conduct a detailed analysis and deduction of the situation in the next few months, and came up with a lot of sets of response measures and emergency plans.

As dawn is approaching, the meeting of the five people is coming to an end. The main "text" and many details about using the Dongdu mutiny to make profits have been finalized. The rest is the preliminary preparations.

Li Fengyun immediately withdrew from the battlefield of Qilu, gave up Mengshan, integrated the Hebei rebel army into the alliance, and then moved to Henan and advanced to Liangjun. On the one hand, he attracted the attention of the Dongdu and created opportunities for Yang Xuangan to launch a mutiny, and on the other hand, he was prepared to attack the capital.

At the same time, Li Zixiong gave Yang Xuangan strong support, the focus was to pull Li Fengyun's force into a mutiny. If Li Fengyun wants to win Yang Xuangan's trust, Li Zixiong's "intermediary" and "guarantee" are crucial.

King Yang Nan of Qi took the name of suppressing thieves, on the one hand, continued to cooperate with Dong Chun, the remaining guard of Pengcheng and Li Min, the prefect of Lu County, to continuously increase the actual control of troops. On the other hand, he took the opportunity to recruit a large amount of food and grass weapons from Qilu and Xuzhou to prepare for the upcoming war in Dongdu.

When the sky was about to brighten, Li Fengyun bowed and left Kuangshan first.

On that day, Li Fengyun ordered to abandon Licheng, and the troops crossed the river and retreated to Queshan in turn, and then slowly retreated along the north bank of the Ji River to Sidujin.

On the first day of April, King Yang Nan of Qi recovered Licheng and immediately passed the news to the navy and Hebei.

The navy, who was in the upper reaches of the river, immediately went upstream under the command of Zhou Fashang, and continued to block the river and resolutely prevented the rebels from crossing the river to the north. While informing Cui Hongsheng about the rebels entering Jibei County. Jibei County in Qilu and Qinghe County in Hebei, across the river, because the navy could not block this waterway for a long time. In addition, the navy had entered the inland waterway for seven or eight hundred miles, and it was difficult for limited troops and warships to complete the blockade of such a length. Zhou Fashang was in a tight position and was worried about omissions and accidents, so he hoped that Cui Hongsheng could arrive at Qinghe earlier and enter the north bank of the river to deploy defenses, effectively alleviating the current difficulties of the navy.

Of course, it would be even better if Cui Hongsheng could cross the river and enter Qilu. The navy could even evacuate the river waterway in advance. However, Zhou Fashang knew very well that Cui Hongsheng would never be able to cross the river, and he would never have a head-on conflict with King Yang Nan of Qi. King Yang Nan of Qi also "stopped" to recover Licheng and defeat the thieves. What's more coincidental is that the thieves have become "smart" and also know the times. They took the initiative to evacuate Qi County, no longer faced the King of Qi, and no longer continued to chaotic the situation in Qi County. In this way, does Cui Hongsheng have any meaning to cross the river? The Holy Lord's edict was based on the increasingly deteriorating battle situation in Qi County. Now the situation has improved rapidly. More importantly, the thieves have escaped, and of course Cui Hongsheng will not cross the river.

Sure enough, after Cui Hongsheng received the news, his pace of going south was slower. However, considering Zhou Fashang's difficulties, he sent a team of selective troops to first arrive on the north bank of the river to set up defenses, and used the Navy of the He River to prevent the rebels from crossing the river from Jibei.

In April, Zhang Xutuo suppressed the pirates in the Beihai Sea, severely damaged the Beihai Rebel Army and surrounded the remnants of the rebel army near Niushan, which was swimming in the Zi River. In a critical moment, the Changbai Mountain Rebel Army, who was also trapped in the mountains by Zhang Xutuo, suddenly broke out. The Beihai Haoshou Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong immediately fought hard to break through Zhang Xutuo's siege, and then the two rebel army fled back to Qi County, intending to go south to Mount Tai and meet with the Haoshou Meng Rang who had retreated to Mount Tai in advance.

However, beyond their expectations, the main army of King Qi suddenly appeared in Zichuan, cutting off the rebels' way south to Mount Tai. As a result, the rebels had to turn around and go to Changbai Mountain. But at this moment, the Changbai Mountain Rebels and the Beihai Rebels suffered heavy losses and were at the end of their strength and were vulnerable. If they defended Changbai Mountain, they would definitely die. So the Zuo brothers involuntarily thought of Wang Bo.

Before, when the Changbai Mountain Rebel Army was defeated by Zhang Xutuo's pursuit, Wang Bo was very determined and resolutely led his army to retreat to Licheng and defected to Li Fengyun. Wang Bo's attitude was very clear. He had worked hard alone for a long time, but he was still wandering around and was in danger. Not to mention growing, even living was a luxury, so he made up his mind to follow Li Fengyun and join the alliance. Before he grew stronger, he had to find a big tree that could shelter from the wind and rain. At that time, the Zuo brothers still had confidence, dreams, and wanted to be the boss. They sneered at Wang Bo's persuasion, but now they regretted it.

The Zuo brothers decided to join Li Fengyun. Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong had no objection and agreed immediately. At this moment, survival is the most important thing for them, and Li Fengyun has become their last "life-saving straw", but where is Li Fengyun now? Since the King of Qi's army appeared in Zibo, it means that Licheng has been obtained by the King of Qi, and the entire southern bank of the Jishui River is not safe. If you want to find Li Fengyun, you must first cross the Jishui River, and then look west along the north bank of the Jishui River, because Li Fengyun first came from Jibei County to the west.

The two rebels immediately crossed the Ji River north, and at the same time sent their trusted subordinates to travel day and night to look for Li Fengyun.

At this moment, Li Fengyun was reorganizing the army in Sidujin.
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