On April 16, the rebels on both sides of Henggongdu began a large-scale mobilization, and the atmosphere that had been relaxed because of the withdrawal from the battlefield in Qijun suddenly became tense again.

Zhen Baoche, the general manager of the Alliance Tiger Army, Lu Mingxing, the general manager of the Alliance's Second Army, and Cao Kun, each led his headquarters to Heshui and advanced to kill Jinxiangcheng in one go.

Zhai Rang, Bing Yuanzhen and Wang Ruxin bid farewell to Li Fengyun and quickly returned to Juyeze headquarters camp. Shan Xiongxin also bid farewell to Li Fengyun and quickly returned to his army, leading his troops to Juyeze to meet Zhai Rang, and then returned to Wagang together, leaving the Rebel Alliance.

Almost at the same time, Meng Hai Gongzheng led his army to Yangping City.

After receiving the news from the Wagang people, Meng Haigong met Li Fengyun overnight. Li Fengyun also fulfilled his promise, not only allowing him to lead his army to leave the alliance, but also handed over all the cities on the He and Si front line occupied by the alliance to Meng Haigong. Meng Haigong's scope of activities was originally in this area. Before joining the alliance, he was mainly guerrilla warfare because his strength was limited, so he did not dare to attack cities and capture villages. Now his strength has developed, and the alliance has basically controlled the urban and rural areas of this area. Then when the alliance left, it is natural to hand over the occupied area to Meng Haigong.

Meng Haigong was grateful for Li Fengyun's generosity, but before Li Fengyun's promise became a reality, Meng Haigong remained highly vigilant in case of an accident. So after saying goodbye to Li Fengyun, he left the alliance camp overnight, and impatiently took Li Fengyun's order to take control of Yangping, Gu Ting and other cities. In his opinion, staying away from Li Fengyun is much safer than staying by Li Fengyun's side.

What are Meng Haigong worried about? He was worried that other heroes would also want to leave the alliance, such as Huo Xiaohan, Shuai Rentai and Xu Shiren. They are also active in the three waters of Ji, He and Si. If they also leave the alliance, there will be more monks and less porridge, and everyone will inevitably turn against each other and fight to grab the territory. Once both sides suffer, the result will be bad. Therefore, Meng Haigong decided to "take the initiative first", get the city first, and establish the advantage of the "boss" of his own region first.

Meng Haigong's worries are not disturbed by mediocre people. On that day, news that Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin and Meng Haigong three heroes spread among the league's top leaders, and immediately had an impact on the heroes, especially Huo Xiaohan, Shuai Rentai and Xu Shiren. They were not firm in their position in the league, and now they waved even more violently. The three of them first got together to discuss. Among the old factions in the league, Xu Shiren is the weakest, and Huo Xiaohan and Shuai Rentai's strength was originally

Yes, but the battle of Nakagawa Water caused a big mistake due to a decision-making mistake, and its strength was greatly reduced. Now it can only survive a "hard life". In addition, in the open and secret struggles between factions, Xu Shiren has always been close to Meng Haigong, but there is a sharp conflict with Huo Xiaohan and Shuai Rentai. Now that Meng Haigong has left the alliance, Xu Shiren immediately took the initiative to "get close to Huo and Shuai," purely "franchise-scarce", so Huo and Shuai do not trust him at all, and it is conceivable what the result of the discussion is.

Meng Haigong left first and seized the opportunity. Moreover, he had three armies under his corps, which were more powerful than the sum of Huo, Shuai and Xu. Therefore, if Huo, Shuai and Xu broke away from the alliance, they would inevitably face the threat of Meng Haigong, a strong opponent. In the case of unequal strength, it was too difficult to cooperate, and mergers were easier. If the three wanted to fight Meng Haigong, they had to join forces. However, Huo and Shuai could not believe Xu Shiren anyway, so they discussed and discussed that instead of leaving the alliance and becoming enemies with Meng Haigong and fighting, it would be better to follow Li Fengyun to the black road, and hope would be even bigger.

Xu Shiren was confused and unwilling to accept it. He found Li Fengyun privately and sought Li Fengyun's opinions.

Li Fengyun clenched his fist with his right hand, stretched out a finger with his left hand, and asked him, "Who do you think is stronger? Is there a greater hope?"

Xu Shiren understood it and made a resolute decision, thus shaking the idea of ​​breaking away from the alliance.

Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin left, and Meng Haigong also left. The alliance suddenly vacated the organization of six armies. Li Fengyun was having to expand a large number of troops before, and he had to join the Hebei Rebel Army and the Qilu Rebel Army. This just solved Li Fengyun's urgent need.

On the morning of the 16th, Li Fengyun summoned Hebei and Qilu Haoshen to discuss the reorganization matters. Finally, it was agreed that Hao Xiaode's army was reorganized into the Sixth Army of the Alliance, Du Yanbing and Wang Run's army was reorganized into the Seventh Army of the Alliance and the Eighth Army of the Alliance, Li Deyi's army was reorganized into the 13th Army of the Alliance, Liu Heita and Liu Shishan brothers were reorganized into the 14th and 15th Army of the Alliance, Sun Xuanya and Shigui's army was reorganized into the 16th and 17th Army of the Alliance, Zuo brothers Changbaishan reorganized into the 19th and 20th Army of the Alliance, Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong's army were reorganized into the 21st and 22nd Army of the Alliance.

On this basis, Li Fengyun readjusted the troops of the internal and external offices and appointed the chief and deputy general managers of the Fifth Route General Administration Office.

Because they wanted to abandon Mengshan, the officials, army, craftsmen, civil servants, and family members who were the former Mengshan left behind camp were all included in the Alliance General Camp. Therefore, Li Fengyun ordered that the former Mengshan left behind camp and the General Camp Bailout Battalion be combined into one, while the 14th and 15th armies of the Alliance, which were originally left behind Mengshan, were combined into the Cavalry Army, which was directly under the General Camp, and were the garrison army of the General Administration Office. These two armies were also Li Fengyun's direct subordinates. They originally belonged to Han Yao's rear general administration office, and had always had serious shortages. Now the alliance's heroes have increased greatly and the army has been greatly adjusted. Considering the relationship and interests of all aspects, Li Fengyun had to integrate them into the General Administration.

After agreement, Chen Rui was appointed as the left chief of the Grand General Administration Office, Han Yao was appointed as the right chief of the Grand General Administration Office, Yuan An was appointed as the left Sima of the Grand General Administration Office, Dan Tai Wuyang was appointed as the right Sima of the Grand General Administration Office, Xiao Yi was appointed as the military officer of the Grand General Administration Office, Wang Yang and Lu Ping were appointed as the military officer of the Grand General Administration Office, and Han Shou was appointed as the general manager of the Cavalry.

Central Road General Administration Office: General Administration Guo Ming, Deputy General Administration Xiahou Zhe, has the first, second, third, fourth and fifth armies of the alliance. This is actually the main army of the alliance and Li Fengyun's direct line.

The left-road general administration office: the general administration Wang Bo, the deputy general administration Guo Fangyu, and the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd army under the jurisdiction of the alliance. These are the original team of the Qilu Rebel Army.

The General Administration Office of the Right Road: General Administration Huo Xiaohan, Deputy General Administration Han Jinluo, and the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Army under the jurisdiction of the Alliance. This is the rebel army in southwest Shandong.

Qianlu General Administration Office: General Administration Hao Xiaode, Deputy General Administration Liu Heita, and under the jurisdiction of the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Army of the Alliance. This is the former Hebei Plain Rebel Army.

The General Administration Office of the Back Road: Sun Xuanya, the General Administration Officer, Li Deyi, the Deputy General Administration Officer, and the 13th, 16th and 17th Army under the jurisdiction of the Alliance. This is the former rebel army in Douzigang, Hebei.

This time, Henggongdu reorganized the army, and the scale of the army expansion was very large. The inner government expanded to four armies and seventy regiments and ten thousand people. Although the outer government was still the General Administration of the Five Routes, it expanded to twenty-two armies and eighty-eight thousand people. The combined force of the inner and outer governments reached an astonishing 102,000 people. In addition, the craftsmen, civilians, families, and elderly, weak, women and children who followed the Hebei rebel army to cross Henan and south, the total number of military and civilians in the alliance reached more than 200,000.

Such a huge team has far exceeded the carrying capacity of the alliance. What’s more serious is that at this moment, the alliance does not have a territory of its own. It can only fight guerrillas and can only survive by plundering. It can be imagined that the pressure of survival and the harsh situation is.

During this reorganization, Li Fengyun gathered all his direct troops together, allowing all major factions within the alliance to take charge of the army. Although such a "clearly distinct" pattern, although in line with the principle of cooperation of the alliance, gave the heroes the greatest autonomy and fulfilled the promise of "sharing the rights of the alliance", it seriously weakened the overall control of the alliance by Li Fengyun and the General Administration Office. Therefore, the alliance became looser, power could not be concentrated, and orders could not be imposed, which was obviously not conducive to the alliance's response to the unpredictable and complex situation that followed.

However, Li Fengyun can only choose between concentrating power and maintaining the alliance. If he continues to concentrate power, the alliance will be difficult to maintain. On the contrary, if he wants to maintain the alliance for a long time, he must share the power and wealth of the alliance with the coaches.

Although the Hebei Rebel Army and the Qilu Rebel Army chose to join the alliance at the moment of life and death, the alliance was strong in their eyes and was a big tree that was enough to shelter them from the wind and rain. Therefore, before joining, in order to protect their own interests to the greatest extent, they all tried every means to bargain with Li Fengyun. But now they have entered the alliance, the environment has changed, and their mentality has also changed. When they stand under this "big tree" and observe closely, they suddenly realized that the gap between reality and ideal is real

It's too big. At this moment, the alliance is in a difficult situation and cannot be continued. The only way to alleviate the difficulties is to go west to the Central Plains, which is to plunder Tongji Canal. Tongji Canal is right under the eyes of Dongdu. The alliance's move is tantamount to "snatching food from a tiger's mouth", and the risk is unimaginable. Because of this, the rich and handsome men cherish their interests more and more, and they can't get it. Of course, they have to hold on to what they have in their hands. If they are also lost, wouldn't they be in vain?

On the afternoon of the 16th, Li Fengyun and the senior military and political leaders of the alliance drafted specific arrangements for advancing westward to the Central Plains.

Li Fengyun led the Hu Ben, Fengyun and the three armies of the cavalry of the inner palace, as well as the five armies of the central government office, to choose the front of the westward advance, and the first target of attack was Tongjiqu.

Huo Xiaohan led the General Administration of the Right Road to follow up and attacked along the left flank of the Selected Front Army.

After completing the reorganization of the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd armies of the alliance as quickly as possible, he immediately advanced westward and attacked along the right flank of the Selected Front Army.

After completing the reorganization of the army, Hao Xiaode, the general manager of the front line, and Sun Xuanya, the general manager of the back line, immediately advanced westward. Hao Xiaode led his army to follow Huo Xiaohan, and Sun Xuanya led his army to follow Wang Bo.

Chen Rui led the General Administration to temporarily station in Kangfu City. After all the aftermath matters were settled, he quickly advanced westward to meet with the main army. The responsibilities of the General Administration to protect the General Administration were fully responsible for Han Shou, the General Administration of the General Administration.

On the night of the 16th, Li Fengyun left the camp and rushed to Jinxiangcheng.
Chapter completed!