In the big tent, dozens of generals gathered together to discuss important military matters.

In the first place on the upper left side, there is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a long beard on his chin, dignified appearance, and quite an elegant temperament, this person is Huang Baichuan.

Huang Baichuan was born in Yuanzhou, Henan, he was smart since childhood, familiar with the Five Classics, especially fond of military affairs, his great-grandfather was a high-ranking official in the history of a state, and his grandfather was also a Sima in a state, but unfortunately to his father's generation, the family fell in the middle and began to decline.

Although Huang Baichuan himself is smart, but on the road of the imperial examination, it is extremely unsmooth, at the age of fifteen, he was admitted to show talent, and at the age of sixteen, he was able to achieve such an achievement, which is rare in the entire Yuanzhou, Huang Baichuan also had ambitions, and he was in and out of the phase, and he cultivated himself in the world.

Unfortunately, the wish is often beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel.

Huang Baichuan since the age of sixteen after the examination to lift people, has been stagnant, repeatedly on the Beijing palace test, but repeatedly failed, a full twenty years, once ambitious, once good wishes, in the long years, was worn out, in the face of the ridicule and strange eyes of the neighbors, life day by day embarrassment, Huang Baichuan despaired, also sank, drunk all day long, insensitive.

Until.... The outbreak of the White Turban Army Rebellion finally gave Huang Baichuan a chance to be reborn.

Liu Zhiheng, the leader of the White Turban Army, has eight King Kongs under his command, all of whom can fight well and are brave, one of them is called Wang Huan, and Huang Baichuan is a fellow villager, the two are of the same age, and have some friendship on weekdays, this person has always admired Huang Baichuan's intelligence and personality, so he strongly recommended Huang Baichuan several times in front of Liu Zhiheng, and finally, Liu Zhiheng summoned Huang Baichuan, and the two talked about it, Liu Zhiheng was shocked by Huang Baichuan's talent and insight, and immediately reused it and cited him as a confidant.

However, with the development of time and the growth of the White Turban Army, Huang Baichuan and Liu Zhiheng had fundamental differences on strategic goals.

Liu Zhiheng has only one goal, that is, to destroy the Jin Dynasty, build a new dynasty, equalize wealth, and establish a new order, so that the people of the world can have food to eat, clothes to wear, and land to plant.

Huang Baichuan's idea is just the opposite, thinking that the Jin Dynasty is indestructible, although the White Turban Army is broken and has the majority of people as the foundation, but it is not supported by the corporal clan, top-heavy, without a foundation, it will not become an emperor at all, and the last way is to follow the practice of the major feudal towns, reach a compromise with the imperial court, submit to the surface of obedience, secretly cut the land and stand on the side, and dominate the side.

Neither of the two could convince anyone, and after several quarrels, Liu Zhiheng finally transferred Huang Baichuan away from his side and guarded the place until.... Huang Baichuan privately reached an agreement with the imperial court, and ended Liu Zhiheng's short but extremely heroic life with the most drastic means.

Huang Baichuan's ambition is actually not big, and he is not too interested in Zheng Ze and others' plan to divide the south of the Yangtze River, he just wants to have a stable territory and be his own soil emperor, but unfortunately since the surrender of the imperial court, he was sealed to Caizhou, although Caizhou is wide, but it is sparsely populated, and he can't support his 50,000 troops at all, five years, Huang Baichuan strictly controlled, there are still a large number of soldiers fleeing, the former 50,000 army, to now, there are only more than 30,000 people left, so when Zheng Ze and others found Huang Baichuan, Huang Baichuan hesitated several times, Under the persuasion of his confidants, he finally chose to participate.

But now, Huang Baichuan regretted it a little.

At the top, Liu Xiang and Zheng Ze stood there talking very happily, Huang Baichuan glanced at them from the corner of his eyes, and a look of disdain flashed in his eyes, in Huang Baichuan's opinion, on that night in Pinghu County a few days ago, such a good opportunity, it was completely possible to take advantage of Huang Xian and others to take advantage of the lack of urgency, eliminate them all on the spot, and then march quickly from Yingzhou, join forces with Yang Liecheng, storm Hongzhou, and solve everything before the imperial court reacted in time and mobilized troops and horses to relieve the siege.

But what about Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang?

Do big things and seek yourself, pay too much attention to those false names, drag mud and water, a simple thing, you have to do it so complex and meticulous, plan things in people, success in the sky, where in the world will there be a perfect plan?

Now it seems that Huang Zhi is trapped here, unable to advance or retreat, and the food and grass are insufficient, and the situation is very unoptimistic, but the actual situation is that the two armies are facing each other, the strength is equal, and no one can eat anyone.

Zheng Ze and others have a very good idea, since they have successfully lured Zhao Boan out of Hongzhou, then avoid it without fighting, you advance and I retreat, you retreat and I advance, so they will contain Huang Xu's 50,000 army here, unable to move, and wait for Yang Liecheng to lead the army to capture Hongzhou, making plans.

"Brother Baichuan, what are you thinking, so distracted?"

Zheng Ze looked at Huang Baichuan and saw him bowing his head in contemplation, so he asked with a smile.

Huang Baichuan woke up from his contemplation and said silently: "It's not a matter for all of our 50,000 troops to gather here and wait, if we only need to contain Huang Xu, we don't need so many people, why don't I lead 20,000 soldiers to Hongzhou through Yingzhou to support Yang Liecheng in attacking Liangcheng?" ”

Zheng Ze smiled and said, "Why bother with that? Liangcheng only has 8,000 defenders, but Yang Liecheng has nearly 30,000 troops in his hands, several times more than the other party, and it is definitely not a problem to capture the city, so Brother Baichuan should not worry too much. ”

Liu Xiang also chuckled on the side and said: "What Brother Zheng said is extremely true, we must not act rashly now, if you lead the army and leave, you are discovered by Huang Xu, and take advantage of the weakness to attack, I am afraid we will not be able to resist, once defeated, it will affect the entire overall situation, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Huang Baichuan glanced at the two of them, nodded, and stopped talking.

When he first joined forces with Zheng Ze and others, Huang Baichuan's mood was undoubtedly very excited, but after a few days of getting along, his mood slowly faded, the two seemed to have a deep defense against him, and if there was anything, the two of them communicated privately, even if Huang Baichuan was brought together to discuss, these two people were also nostrils out of the air, firmly grasping the decision of military operations, in this regard, Huang Baichuan was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, but he always suppressed it, after all, things have developed to this point, if he falls out with them, it will lead to internal strife, will only put yourself in the most dangerous situation, and now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope.

Huang Baichuan returned to his tent, a middle-aged man in his forties, sitting there reading a book, seeing this person, Huang Baichuan was not surprised why he was in his residence, silently came to his side and sat down, his face was not good.

This person is called Huang Zhiwen, his appearance is ordinary, but he has an elegant temperament, he and Huang Baichuan are fellow villagers, and they have some relatives, the two have known each other since childhood, and the relationship is very good, Huang Zhiwen and Huang Baichuan's experience is also very similar, the same is a down-and-out talent, tried and failed, poor, after Huang Baichuan developed, he knew that his friend was very talented, so he invited him to his side and introduced him as a confidant strategist.

"Baichuan, why are you so worried?"

Huang Zhiwen put down the book in his hand and asked softly.

"We've been working here with each other for days, and I'm really uneasy."

Huang Zhiwen chuckled: "Now the situation is extremely favorable to us, and the initiative of the entire battle situation is completely on our side, Huang Zhi can't advance or retreat now, and he has lost most of the logistics baggage in Pinghu County, the grain and grass will be exhausted, the war is not, and the retreat is not, if it is consumed here, it will only become more and more unfavorable for them, but for us, it is more and more advantageous, what do we have to worry about?" ”

Huang Baichuan sighed deeply: "Huang Yu is not a wasted person, how can he sit still and wait for death?" ”

Huang Zhiwen frowned and said, "What do you see?" ”

Huang Baichuan shook his head and said silently: "I have been in a very depressed mood for the past two days, and I always feel that something bad is about to happen. ”

Just as the two were talking, dozens of miles away, hundreds of remnants of the defeated soldiers fled all the way to Mi County in panic like lost dogs, these people were all embarrassed, as if they had just experienced a war.