In the spring of the third year of the first peace, as the winter gradually faded away, the spring breeze brought signs of the renewal of all things, and everything on the land seemed to be full of business, but in the Baibo camp outside Pingyang, there was a gloomy atmosphere.

Guo Taiying

The past winter was not easy for the White Polish Army. Since Yan Xing's Xiliang army arrived in Jiangyi, Hedong, the Baibo army has suffered frequent defeats on the frontal battlefield, and the main force of Baibo led by Guo Taiqin was defeated by the Xiliang army in Linfen with inferior troops, and fled in a hurry, and his vitality was greatly injured, so he could only retreat in the city and avoid the edge of the Xiliang army.

Although the men and horses could temporarily avoid the edge, but the problems after the retreat also followed, the outbreak of the plague after the war, caused huge losses in the White Polish army, in the case of lack of medical treatment, the white Polish army in the non-commissioned officers and soldiers were even more seriously reduced.

If it weren't for Mrs. Guo's broken wrist and decisively ordered the execution of many people and horses infected with the epidemic, I was afraid that the Baibo Army, the remnants of this army, would not die in the hands of the Xiliang Army, but would be completely buried by this nightmare-like epidemic.

However, after the epidemic dissipated, the Bai Bo army fell into the dilemma of lack of provisions, unable to conquer the city, and even the road to loot the southern city was blocked by the Xiliang army in Linfen, even though the Bai Bo army also resumed production on the territory under its control, but it had little effect, and in this winter, a large number of women, children, old and weak died of freezing and starvation.

In the face of this inextricable predicament, Guo Tai, as the head of the White Wave Army, not only was his own strength weakened day by day, but also his ruling foundation over the White Wave Army began to waver, and he could even feel that there were already many people plotting in secret and wanting to replace him.

Mrs. Guo was not willing to let the situation deteriorate like this, so he took action and summoned Bai Boqu Shuai, in addition to Yang Feng, as well as some heroes and powerful people who were guarding Wubao in the northeast of the river to come to the camp to discuss.

Mrs. Guo glanced at the people in the tent, Hu Cai, Han Xianam, as well as Li Kan, candidates, and the people of the Ma clan sent by Ma Fun, all of them lowered their heads in interest after feeling the aggressive edge in Mrs. Guo's eyes, avoiding Mrs. Guo's eyes.

Seeing this situation, Guo Tai was a little proud in his heart, although he was defeated in the hands of the Xiliang Army, although his strength was greatly reduced now, he was still the well-deserved leader of the Baibo Army, and he was still the grass king in the northeast of Hedong.

"Yang Feng, in the name of resisting the Xiliang Army, moved the camp privately, secretly colluded with the Xiliang Army, and plotted against him, I think you all know about this, so I don't need to say more."

Hearing Mrs. Guo's cold words, several people present looked at each other, and after exchanging glances, no one said a word.

It is said that Yang Feng and a certain general in the Western Liang Army have a relationship with Sangzi, Yang Feng can successively obtain salt, iron, grain and cloth smuggled to Pingyang, with these in his hands, Yang Feng's strength has been further expanded, when the soldiers and horses of other camps are shrinking, only his camp is still recruiting troops and horses, and when the other Qu Shuai army is short of supplies, only he is still hoarding excess food.

However, it was precisely because Yang Feng took the channel of the Xiliang Army that the other commanders also asked for him, and they also accepted a lot of generous gifts from Yang Feng in private, so although they were jealous of Yang Feng's behavior, when it came to taking action against Yang Feng, everyone did not intend to speak up first out of their own plans.

"Why, don't you speak, could it be that you all want to collude with the Xiliang Army?"

Guo Tai's harsh words, the silent people also had to speak. Hu Cai coughed and said with some embarrassment:

"Then I don't know Guo Shuai, how are you going to deal with this matter?"

When Mrs. Guo heard someone answering, she also snorted and said:

"If I directly order the attack on Yang Feng, I'm afraid that there will be people in the seat who will intercede for him. But Yang Feng can't be summoned now, go to his camp, presumably you also have scruples, isn't he good friends with Cheng Yin, Cheng Yin also has a camp in Pingyang, so according to me, everyone will use Cheng Yin's camp to set up a banquet, make this matter clear in person, negotiate a charter, and make a resolution, Yang Feng is also an old man in Baibo, in front of everyone, he is not afraid of someone cheating! ”

Hearing Mrs. Guo's decision, everyone whispered again and discussed for a while. They are all jealous and jealous of Yang Feng's power expansion, but they don't want to be used by Mrs. Guo, so they express their stance as the vanguard of attacking Yang Feng, and Mrs. Guo's decision can be said to solve these two major problems.

The date had been set, and the others had no objections, and everyone attending the meeting left one after another, and after Hu Cai and Han Xian walked out of the tent, they got together again.

Both of them are old men in the Baibo army, and they are also familiar with Mrs. Guo's character, Mrs. Guo is violent and wanton, how can anyone talk so easily, Yang Feng's power is expanding, for them, it is just red-eyed and jealous, but for Mrs. Guo, whose strength is declining, it is a mortal threat.

The banquet in Cheng Yin's camp is just a Hongmen banquet for Yang Feng!

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A few days later

"Qu Shuai, the front is to the Cheng family's camp!"

A sentry came back with a personal escort, galloped to Yang Feng, who was wearing a helmet and armor, and bowed on the horse and said.

"Okay, how many people have you brought with you from the other departments?"

"Except for Guo Shuai, who brought a thousand soldiers and horses, the other Qu Shuai were more than five or six hundred, and as few as three or four hundred, all of whom were stationed in the Cheng family's camp and did not enter the camp."

"Hmm."

After listening to the report of the guards, Yang Feng nodded reassuringly. After he received Cheng Yin's invitation to set up a banquet, he also knew that this was the meeting of the Bai Bo Army led by Mrs. Guo, and he refused to enter Mrs. Guo's camp before, this time Mrs. Guo chose to hold a banquet in Cheng Yin's camp, which was specially aimed at him, but he was not good to shirk again and again, so he could only come to the banquet with 800 soldiers and horses.

Cheng Yin has always been good friends with Yang Feng, although Yang Feng knows that Cheng Yin is still suspicious of joining forces with the Xiliang Army, but since he befriended the Xiliang Army, the benefits that Yang Feng's department has obtained, Cheng Yin also sees it, and Yang Feng also gave Cheng Yin some benefits, and this banquet is set up in Cheng Yin's camp, and all the soldiers and horses are also stationed outside, it is expected that it will not be ambushed, and it is also in full view, Yang Feng rushed to the banquet.

In his opinion, this banquet is also just a test of the attitude of the other ministries and commanders, if the attitudes of the other departments are ambiguous and unclear, hovering between himself and Mrs. Guo, then after his strength expands this time, he can plan to win over some of the marshals and attack Mrs. Guo.

Eight hundred soldiers and horses arrived outside Cheng Yin's camp, and Cheng Yin had already sent someone to meet him, Yang Feng followed the rules set by everyone, and also left his own eight hundred soldiers and horses outside the camp, only bringing twenty armored guards, under the guidance of Cheng Yin's soldiers, to the big tent in the camp.

Everything in Cheng Yinying's camp was as usual, looking at the familiar things, Yang Feng's heart gradually stabilized. When he arrived outside the camp, Yang Feng ran into Han Xian, who was also escorted, and the two were old acquaintances, so they greeted him with a smile.

However, Han Xian was extremely enthusiastic today, walked over directly, held Yang Feng's hands, and chatted with him for a few words, before laughing and taking the lead in walking to the big tent.

Yang Feng was made by Han Xian like this, but he was a chuckle in his heart, although Han Xian laughed and greeted him just now, he pinched Yang Feng hard in the palm of his hand, and then turned to leave, which seemed to release a dangerous signal to him.

Could it be that this banquet is really a Hongmen banquet?

Yang Feng had doubts in his heart, and the pace on his feet slowed down, he hesitated whether to turn around and leave directly, but if it came to this point and went straight like this, it would be completely torn apart with Mrs. Guo, and it would also offend the other Qu Shuai who were present.

After thinking about it again and again, Yang Feng decided to see the opportunity to act, turned around and gave his personal guards a look, and after asking them to be strictly vigilant, he continued to walk towards the big tent.

At this time, Cheng Yin, who was the host, was already waiting at the door of the tent. He saw Yang Feng coming over with the guards, and hurriedly greeted him in person, his tone was cordial, not like a fake, thinking that this was Cheng Yin's camp, Yang Feng's doubts in his heart were slightly reduced, leaving most of the guards, only bringing four armored guards, and following Cheng Yin into the account.

As soon as I entered the tent, I saw that Mrs. Guo was in the first place, talking and laughing with other Qu Shuai, and when he raised his eyes and saw Yang Feng in the account, he also said with a smile:

"Yang Qushuai is here, take a seat!"

Yang Feng looked at Guo Taipi's smiling face, and was secretly vigilant in his heart, but he pretended to be casual and joked with other Qu Shuai, and walked to his own place and took a seat.

He looked at the people of the other departments again, and saw that these Qu Shuai's words did not seem to be planned, and Han Xian, who had just hinted to himself in front of the neighboring big tent, was also eating meat and drinking wine at the moment, and there was no sign of something in his heart at all.

Yang Feng also talked to other Qu Shuai with a smile on his face, but he had already thought about it in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, but he couldn't say what was wrong, he could only pretend to be ordinary, but he didn't have any thoughts about the wine and meat on his desk, and he didn't bother to move the dagger again.

Yang Feng stayed up in doubt and anxiety for a while, and when all the people arrived, Mrs. Guo, who was in the top position, finally spoke.

"I have gathered all the people here today, because now that the winter has passed, and the men and horses of all the tribes have been working hard for these months, and the hard days should come to an end.

Hearing Mrs. Guo's words, the atmosphere of eating and drinking in the tent also quieted down, and everyone looked at Mrs. Guo one after another, then looked at each other again, and finally began to whisper.

Yang Feng listened to Mrs. Guo's words, and his eyes lit up, he already had the idea of defecting to the Xiliang Army in his heart, but he hid his thoughts, pretended to be thinking, and picked up the wine in front of him.

Mrs. Guo was on top, looking around at everyone, when he saw Yang Feng concealing the wine buds, he smiled coldly, retracted his eyes and looked at the wine buds in front of him, in front of him, the sifted wine was crystal clear, swaying faintly in his hands, and the reflection of his cold eyes was twisted in the wine.

He looked at the wine in his hand, as if he was looking at Yang Feng just now, his eyes were full of color, just waiting for the opportunity to swallow him in one gulp.