The nightlife of people in this era is very monotonous, even if it is a prince and nobleman, it is nothing more than lighting candles, drinking wine, and watching a few beauties dance, even if the grade is a little higher, it is just to get more dancing beauties, and make a "eight hundred dance in the court", and the nightlife of later generations is completely incomparable. Because of this, people in this era are accustomed to going to bed as soon as the sun goes down. It's the people who are outcasts, and most of the time it's no exception.

Huang Zide is naturally no exception, not to mention that compared with several other rogue leaders, Huang Zide is notoriously uninteresting in life, neither like Zhang Bingzhong who likes to make long night drinks, nor does he have a special hobby for wives like Luo Mengde. So in the evening, he took a turn in the barracks, and saw that all the arrangements on duty in the barracks were in place, and there were no omissions, so he went back to his military tent, washed his feet with Shang Xiuying, and went to bed.

Lying on the bed, Huang Zide said to Shang Xiuying: "Xiuying, what do you think of Mr. Niu?" ”

"Mr. Niu is also a capable person." In the dark, I heard Shang Xiuying say, "It's just that it's still not as long as the Tao." Moreover, Mr. Niu is a little arrogant, easy to look down on people, and is not as approachable as the Taoist chief. Xuanyi Daoist is anyone, even if it is a firehead, as long as there is anything you don't understand, you can ask him. Even if it's something like how to cook rice to make it sweeter, Daoist Xuan Yi is willing to talk to him. But Mr. Niu is a little arrogant, so some of the brothers don't like him very much now. ”

Huang Zide knew that Shang Xiuying said "Some brothers don't like him very much now", mainly referring to Liu Jiexuan, so he couldn't help laughing: "Lao Liu, who usually likes to talk about some strange stories about the mountains and seas, such as yellow skins, fox spirits, nine-life fierce cats, and thousand-year-old zombies." It's funny to say, he doesn't really believe in this himself, but he likes to talk about it. Hehe, the Taoist chief is a Taoist priest, of course it's okay to talk to him about this, but Mr. Niu is a Confucian student! Well, Sage Kong is silent, and of course Mr. Niu has to learn from him. Lao Liu ran to talk to him about these things, isn't this just running to the monk's temple to read the Tao Te Ching? Thanks to Mr. Niu, he endured it for a long time. You know, Dao Chang and we were originally ninth-rate characters, and there was no one who was high or low, so it naturally seemed easy. And Mr. Niu is a lifter, if it weren't for the rebellion, we would all kowtow and say hello when we see him. It was already very easy for him to be what he is now. ”

In fact, Huang Zide is not disgusted with Niu Juming's "arrogance". This is not because he is broad-minded or anything, nor because he can understand Niu Juming with his heart, but because he knows very well that one of the great values of Niu Juming as a Confucian is that he can attract more Confucian students to join his team in the future. And Niu Juming is also easy to become the leader of these people. If the entire civil official system follows Niu Juming, and Niu Juming can still have a close relationship with the "brothers" of the military general system, it is really not a good thing.

The two were about to say more, but they heard the sound of walking outside the military tent, and then a voice rang out: "Marshal, there is a new enemy!" ”

Huang Zide was taken aback, he could hear that it was his nephew Huang Guo's voice, so he said, "Guo'er, you wait a minute, I'll get up immediately!" ”

As he spoke, Huang Zide lifted the quilt and sat up. Shang Xiuying also got up, took out a set of fire sickles from the side of the bed, and lit the oil lamp with a tinkling fire. The tent was suddenly filled with a warm yellow light. At this time, Huang Zide had already put on his clothes in the dark. Shang Xiuying put on her own clothes, tidied up her hair again, and then looked at Huang Zide, who had completely put on her clothes. Shang Xiuying went over to tidy up the mattress a little, and then said outside, "Come on, you can come in." ”

Huang Guo took Huang Laiheng and several of Huang Zide's personal guards into the military tent, clasped his hands into fists and saluted Huang Zide and Shang Xiuying: "Marshal, aunt, Lai Heng went out today and found reinforcements from the imperial court. Come to Heng, you and the marshal will talk about it in detail. ”

Huang Laiheng recounted in detail what he had seen, and said: "The enemy army I saw was about three to five thousand people, and there were smoke and dust in the distance, so there should be more people." They went to Songjiadu, probably planning to cross the river from there. ”

When Huang Zide heard this, he said to the guards: "You go and invite General Liu, Dao Chang, General He, General Dang, General Tian, well, and Mr. Niu." ”

After a while, this group of people gathered in Huang Zide's military tent.

Huang Zide's guards spread a rough map on the table, and everyone looked around the map.

"I heard that the imperial court has now made Fu Yuanxian the governor of the three sides, and this should be his men." Xuan Yi said, "According to the time when we got Fu Yuanxian to take office, his actions are really not slow. ”

"Hasn't Fu Yuanxian always been cautious?" Huang Zide frowned and said, "This action of his is not like a cautious person can make it." ”

"In today's situation, I'm afraid I can't tolerate Fu Yuanxian not taking some risks." Xuan Yi sighed, "Fu Yuanxian is very capable, and in today's imperial court, he is also a rare person who knows soldiers. If it weren't for the emperor's refusal to really use him before, this would not be the case now. If possible, we'd better keep him in this battle. ”

"Regardless of why he wasn't cautious. I don't know how many people he brought with him. Huang Guo, did you send more people to keep an eye on it? Liu Jiexuan asked.

"General Liu, I sent dozens of cavalry to Liujiadu's side, keeping an eye on the situation on the other side, and coming back to report at any time." Huang Guo replied.

"How many boats are there in Liujiadu?" Huang Zide asked.

The officers and troops on Liujiadu's side have always been the target of Huang Zide's group's attention, so Huang Zide's side knows more or less about how many ships the officers and troops on Liujiadu's side have.

"There are about 100 boats, large and small, that can bring more than 1,000 people ashore at a time. If the action is fast enough, nearly 10,000 people can be sent ashore in one day. Huang Guo replied.

"Marshal, we can wait for the enemy to attack halfway." Niu Juming said.

Huang Zide didn't speak, just shook his head slightly, but Liu Jiexuan said: "It's impossible, Liu Jiadu is all flat over there, there is no shelter, and the army can't be hidden." If the army is placed by the river, the enemy will come when it is stupid. If it is placed farther and the enemy crosses the river, the first to come will definitely be the scout cavalry, and if the scout cavalry does not see the large area in front clearly, the enemy's main force will not cross the river. As soon as these scouts came, the army still couldn't hide in this area. Half-crossing, this kind of thing, of course, can be done, but people are not stupid. How can there be so many half-crossings for you to attack. Besides, what we want in this battle is to be able to leave the reinforcements of the imperial court, and even Fu Yuanxian, the governor of the three sides. If it was really half-crossed, how could it wipe out the entire army of the imperial court and leave Fu Yuanxian behind? ”

Niu Juming listened, he was stunned, in addition to the imperial examination, he also read all kinds of military books, when he was usually fine, he also liked to fantasize about how he commanded the army, conquered everything, and was invincible and made immortal achievements. However, when he actually had the opportunity to participate in military planning for the first time in his life, he found that the strategy he proposed was completely unenforceable.

Huang Zide glanced at Liu Jiexuan and said, "Old Liu, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

Liu Jiexuan glanced at Huang Zide and said, "Big brother, haven't we always fought how you say you want?" Some time ago, the Taoist chief also analyzed that there are not many troops that the imperial court can use now. It's really all transferred, and we're not afraid, are we? So what do you want to do with those things? Besides, it's okay these times, big brother, you and the Taoist have already made a lot of contingency plans. Now that the situation has not been unexpected, can we just do it according to our plan? ”

Huang Zide nodded, and then said to Niu Juming: "Mr. has just arrived in the army, and some things are not very clear. The main purpose of our army's battle is to annihilate the remaining troops of the imperial court that can still be mobilized. The battle was about annihilating the enemy, not repelling them. ”

Then Huang Zide pointed to the map with a horsewhip and said to Huang aisle: "Guo'er, you immediately take 500 cavalry to the direction of Liujiadu, monitor the enemy's movements, and leave them along the way to guide the follow-up troops." The rest of the people harassed the officers and soldiers as much as they could while they crossed the river...... But don't trap yourself in. ”

"Order." Huang Guo said loudly. After saying that, he took the order, turned around and went out.

Huang Zide continued: "Brother Dang, I will give you 5,000 people, get up on the fourth watch tomorrow, rush to the woodland between Tangzhuang and Yanming at dawn, and set up an ambush there. When the battle starts in front, you will kill them and cut off their retreat. ”

"Order!" The party also said loudly.

"Brother Tian," Huang Zide said again, "I will also give you 5,000 men, plus 500 cavalry, you set off tomorrow on the fifth watch, go to Wanjialing to ambush, and when the enemy army passes by, you will kill it, and don't let those who are big officials run away from you." Especially Fu Yuanxian, who was mentioned by the Daoist just now, don't let him run away from you! ”

When Tian Xiucheng heard this, he laughed and said: "Marshal, I'm afraid that Fu Yuanxian won't go this way, as long as he walks from our side, there will never be a big fish running away from me!" ”

Huang Zide nodded, then turned his face away, and said to Shang Yigong, Shang Xiuying, and Niu Juming: "Brother Yigong, Xiuying, and Mr. Niu." Tomorrow I will leave 10,000 men for you, and you will sit in the old camp and keep an eye on the defenders of Kaifeng. ”

Shang Yigong and Shang Xiuying replied together: "Understood! ”

Huang Zide nodded and said: "Tomorrow's fifth watch, Dao Chang and I, as well as Lao Liu, will take 20,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to Caojiazhai and wait for them, just there, defeat them in one fell swoop!" ”

Everyone responded with a bang, and then went back to prepare.