When he learned that Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang led the 15,000 soldiers of the headquarters to retreat to Xiangzhou, without even saying hello, Huang Baichuan was completely angry, roared, and stretched out his fist and hung heavily on the table: "Two horsemen." ”

Huang Zhiwen said on the side: "Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang retreated to Xiangzhou, Yang Liecheng fought alone, it was difficult to succeed, and it was a matter of time before he was defeated, so we should make plans as soon as possible." ”

Huang Baichuan said unwillingly: "We still have 30,000 troops, and we will enter Hongzhou through the Goat Pass, and we will not have no chance, as long as we defeat Huang Xu, the battle will return to our hands." ”

"We don't have any chances"

Huang Zhiwen said affirmatively: "Baichuan, you should look at the overall situation, not just pay attention to Huang Zhi's side. ”

Huang Baichuan looked at Huang Zhiwen suspiciously, he trusted Huang Zhiwen's talent and personality very much, of course, he had just experienced a big defeat a few days ago, but Huang Baichuan didn't think it was Huang Zhiwen's fault, after all... The group of assassins told lies to deceive themselves, which led to their own defeat and deception.

Huang Zhiwen sighed: "With our current strength, we do still have the ability to fight with Huang Zhi again, but Baichuan, have you thought about it, Yingzhou City is now in the hands of the other party, Huang Zhi can completely divide his troops to attack Ezhou, even if Yang Liecheng gives it a go, does not take care of his own foundation, and goes all out to take Liangcheng, but the main force of Huang Zhi and others still exists, and there is nothing to lose, and..."

Speaking of this, Huang Zhiwen walked to the table, took out a map and spread it out, which turned out to be the whole map of Jiangnan and Huainan.

"At the beginning, the battle situation here was unclear, and the major festival envoys were still waiting for the benefit of the fisherman, but now? Huang Zhi captured the city of Yingzhou and defeated our army, the morale was greatly boosted, and the situation had begun to become clear. ”

Huang Zhiwen caressed the map to analyze the situation, pointed his finger at Chuzhou, and continued: "When the Chuzhou Festival made Wang Huailie just start fighting on our side, he had already written to the imperial court, expressing his willingness to send troops to help the war, and gathered 20,000 troops, and the troops went out of Chuzhou, which seemed to be very positive, but the actual situation was that the march was slow, three days away, walked for more than ten days, and had not yet entered the territory of Xiangzhou, Wang Huailie was actually watching the changes in the situation here with us, if Huang Huailie was defeated, he would march to Xiangzhou, stabilize the situation, and wait for the next move of the imperial court. If Huang Zhi is victorious, he will also march into Xiangzhou, trap Zheng Ze and others in the city, exterminate them, and reward the court for his merits. ”

Huang Baichuan listened to Huang Zhiwen's analysis, nodded again and again, and already understood in his heart that Huang Zhiwen had said so much, in fact, it was a truth, the initiative of the Jiangnan war situation was now in the hands of Huang Zhi, and the major festivals in the world had already made a judgment, that is, to send troops to help the imperial court encircle and suppress himself and others, even if he now led the army into Hongzhou through the Goat Pass, joined forces with Yang Liecheng, and took Liangcheng, as long as Huang Zhi could not be destroyed in a short time, the final result would still not be changed. That is, the major festivals made the leading troops come, formed a joint siege, and besieged themselves and Yang Liecheng with absolute superiority.

Huang Baichuan looked up to the sky and sighed: "Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang must have seen this, so they will say goodbye, preserve their strength, retreat to Xiangzhou, and defend the city, in order to let the court let them go." ”

Huang Zhiwen sneered: "Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang have good ideas, but unfortunately the final result may only make them feel desperate." ”

Huang Baichuan was puzzled: "How do you say this?" ”

Zheng Ze still has 15,000 soldiers in his hands, Xiangzhou City has thick walls, if he desperately defends it, the major festival envoys have always cherished the soldiers of their headquarters, I am afraid that they will not desperately attack the city, in the end, the imperial court is afraid that because of a Xiangzhou City, and lose too many soldiers and horses, in the end there is a great possibility, or will reach a compromise with it.

Huang Zhiwen said in a deep voice: "Jiangnan has always been valued by the current emperor Zhao Zhi and regarded as the foundation of the imperial court, but the existence of Yang Liecheng and Zheng Ze, Liu Xiang and others has always been a threat. ”

Huang Baichuan nodded, feeling that what Huang Zhiwen said was very reasonable, and at the same time thought of his current situation, and said worriedly: "In such a critical situation, where should we go?" ”

Huang Zhiwen looked around and saw that there were no outsiders, so he leaned close to Huang Baichuan's ear and said softly: "Zheng Ze and the others will definitely die, but we still have a chance." ”

"Where's the opportunity?"

Huang Zhiwen sneered: "We can lead the army to catch up with Zheng Ze, Mingli and them join forces, retreat to Xiangzhou, secretly kill Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang, take the heads of the two of them to plead the court, and at the same time retreat back to Caizhou, you are holding Fengjing hostage with your son-in-law, we may be able to survive." ”

Huang Baichuan frowned and said: "We were born in the White Turban Army, and we have always been jealous of Zhao Zhi, and now is a great opportunity to solve us, how can he give up?" ”

Huang Zhiwen sneered: "There are two sides to everything, it is precisely because we are from a bad background, have a bad reputation, and are despised by the scholars, but will not become a big trouble for the imperial court, Wang Huailie has been in Chuzhou for more than eight years, and the army is getting stronger and stronger, in recent years, he is no longer so obedient to the edict of the imperial court, Zhao Zhi must have taken precautions against him, Caizhou is close to Chuzhou, and our existence is also a kind of containment to Wang Huailie, if Zhao Zhi can think about this clearly, he will never simply eliminate us, Remove obstacles for Wang Huailie. ”

Huang Baichuan squinted his eyes, thought about it in his heart, and finally nodded, and said coldly: "Since Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang are unrighteous and abandon me, then don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

......

Huang Zhiwen's guess was not wrong at all, after Wang Huailie, the envoy of Chuzhou Jiedu, learned that Huang Zhi had captured Yingzhou City and defeated Huang Baichuan, he immediately ordered the army to speed up and sneak into Xiangzhou.

The Qianzhou Jiedu made Wei Wennan and the Chenzhou Jiedu make Lu Xianyao lead the army at the same time, kill Yuezhou through Tanzhou, and occupy Yang Liecheng's lair, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River completely fell to the side of Huang Xu.

Huang Qian and Zhao Bo'an led an army of 25,000, defended without fighting, stuck the road from Hongzhou to Yuezhou, trapped Yang Liecheng in Hongzhou, and could not return to Yuezhou, and the result of their defeat was a foregone conclusion.

Although Yang Liecheng led the envoys of Hubei and Yuezhou, all his money, food and foundation were in Yuezhou, and now the road to Yuezhou was blocked, and he had only one way to go, that is, to retreat to Ezhou, but most of the families of his soldiers and generals were in Yuezhou, once Yuezhou was breached, they still had the heart to follow themselves and continue to fight with the imperial court?