(The brothers' red tickets are really powerful, the third watch is coming, continue to ask for red tickets)

The others retreated, except for Chen Zishou and Zhou Zhizheng, others such as Tang Shide were Huang Binghao's trusted staff.

Huang Binghao said a little impatiently: "Luo Xiancheng and Haowenzhuang have openly used troops against Nanyang and Xinyang in the north, what do Zhizheng and Zishou think of this?" ”

Zhou Zhizheng was shocked, thinking that this moment had finally come, and glanced up at Chen Zishou, not only was he surprised, but there was excitement in his eyes, as if he was waiting for this moment.

Zhou Zhizheng pretended to be surprised and said, "Ah, is the news true or false? ”

"Absolutely!" Huang Binghao said, "It's what I trusted, and I came south to report the news after seeing the soldiers and horses of Suizhou gather in Yindian with my own eyes - the luxury family didn't deceive me in this matter!" ”

Sure enough, there is a secret agreement with the luxury family.

Although Zhou Zhizheng did not lead the troops, he served as the general judge of Jiangzhou Mansion for a long time, the imperial history of Jiangzhou inspection school, and other important positions, and later he was in charge of Yuanzhou military camp and other matters, and had the highest prestige among the military clerks of Yuanzhou. In addition, the Zhou family is also a big family in Jiangzhou, and there are some middle-level generals in the former Jiangzhou Army and the current Yuanzhou Army who are from the Zhou family, and they regard Zhou Zhizheng as their longest.

Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou were unable to fully control the Yuan Zhou army without getting rid of Zhou Zhizheng.

However, Zhou Zhizheng's early tenure as the general judge of Jiangzhou Mansion and the imperial history of Jiangzhou Inspection School was himself ordered by the imperial court to restrain Huang Binghao, and the relationship was not harmonious. Therefore, after Huang Binghao monopolized power, Zhou Zhizheng always excluded Huang Binghao from the circle of cronies and had no opportunity to participate in secret affairs.

This time asked Huang Binghao to stay, and Zhou Zhizheng could vaguely guess that Huang Binghao was going to show the last hole cards and pull more people onto his boat.

Feeling the pressure transmitted by Huang Binghao's gaze, Zhou Zhizheng knew that he couldn't trust Huang Binghao at this time, at least what secret agreement there was between Huang Binghao and Luwenzhuang, he didn't know anything about it.

What really makes Huang Binghao trust, in addition to Chen Zishou, Zhang Xiongshan and other generals in the army who have been single-handedly raised by him, are the few private officials who have been following him for a long time.

Of course, Yuanzhou's army is not monolithic, and Huang Binghao cannot be said to have the power of life and death over everyone, and there are quite a few generals who are afraid to confront Huaidong.

Huang Binghao really had to make up his mind to fight against Huaidong, which seemed invincible, and he also had to win over some hesitant and neutral officials and generals to ensure that the situation in Yuanzhou was under his control.

Zhou Zhizheng can know Huang Binghao's mentality, so he knows that his eagle-eyed gaze at this time is not so much a suspicion of him, but a final temptation for him.

In addition to Huang Binghao's eyes staring at Zhou Zhizheng, Chen Zishou and Tang Shide and others also stared at Zhou Zhizheng.

Zhou Zhizheng frowned and thought for a moment, took a long breath, and said: "The luxury family and Changle Army, after Yanhu, will use troops against Nanyang and Xinyang together; Xinyang is difficult to say, Nanyang will not be spared, although Huaidong is invincible, it is too late to stop the Northern Yan army from going south......"

"This maybe," Huang Binghao's staff member Tang Shide smiled beside him and said, "If the East China Sea Fox can make a quick decision and quickly gather the soldiers and horses of Yuzhang, Jiangzhou, and Luzhou to the south of Qichun, join forces with the Chizhou army led by Deng Yu and Yue Zhi, and march north along the Han River to attack Hao and Luowei, maybe it can also give Nanyang a sigh of relief." ”

The Huaidong Army's elite infantry in Yuzhang, Jiangzhou, and Luzhou added up to nearly 60,000, and there were nearly 20,000 sailors in Jiangzhou, and after the Chizhou Army, there were 110,000 soldiers and horses, plus Hu Wenmu's troops in Jingzhou, the strength was as high as 1670,000.

If Huaidong can forcibly break through the defense line of the Hao family in Qichun and Hanlu regardless of casualties, and the Liang brothers can hold out in Nanyang for ten more days and eight days, Huaidong may not have the opportunity to prevent the Lu Luo and Yanhu from joining forces.

Although the opportunity is slim, after all, it involves the problem of coordinating operations with the Chizhou Army and the Jinghu Army, but it is not impossible.

In fact, even if the Chizhou Army and the Jinghu Army were set aside, and the Huaidong Army alone gathered nearly 80,000 Shuibu soldiers in Yuzhang, Jiangzhou, and Luzhou to press between Qichun and Hanjin, and Hao and Luo would dare to cooperate with Yanhu to attack Nanyang and Xinyang with all their scruples?

Zhou Zhizheng patted his thigh with his hand, as if he wanted to think through a joint, and suggested to Huang Binghao: "Zhizheng, please agree to Huaidong's surrender conditions first, and stay in Yuanzhou." No matter how the situation develops, it will be beneficial to adults! ”

Zhou Zhizheng said this, although it was not in line with Huang Binghao's wishes, it made Huang Binghao's doubts about him greatly reduced. Although Zhou Zhizheng's advice is conservative, it does not mean that it is harmful to Huang Binghao.

Huang Binghao's suspicion was greatly reduced, so he withdrew his gaze from Zhou Zhizheng, shook his head and said: "If we agree to Huaidong's conditions, Huaidong will send three to five thousand elites in Xinyu, and we can be suffocated in Yuanzhou; The lack of three or five thousand soldiers and horses will not affect Huaidong to draw troops from Jiangxi to cross the river and force Xiangsu. Take 10,000 steps back and say, after Beiyan gets Nanyang, the next step is to cross the Han River and send troops to Jingzhou, even if Huaidong does not protect Nanyang, it must also keep Jingzhou from losing. If Huaidong wants to mobilize the main force to the north bank as quickly as possible, even if Yuluo cooperates with Beiyan to take Nanyang, it will be difficult to quickly use troops against Jingzhou. ”

Huang Binghao can be powerful at this time, and naturally he also has his extraordinary insight.

The current trend of the world is already a competition between Huaidong and Yanhu.

In order for Yanhu to gain a strategic advantage over Huaidong, with the cooperation of the two families, even if Nanyang and Xiangyang are successfully captured, it is still far from enough.

Jingzhou is also the key point to control the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Yanhu can only gain a strategic advantage over Huaidong in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River by crossing the Han River and taking Jingzhou in one go.

At present, although Hu Wenmu's Jinghu Army has 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses, in the early stage, it was to prevent the remnants of the extravagant family, and the soldiers and horses were scattered in Jiangxia, Ezhou, Jingzhou and other places. As long as Yanhu can quickly open the Nanyang Passage with the cooperation of the two families, gather hundreds of thousands or even more troops, and attack the city of Jingzhou with the momentum of thunder, he will be able to defeat Jingzhou in one fell swoop, and then completely control the Jingxiang area and the upper waterway of the Yangtze River.

But as long as Huaidong reacted immediately at this time, without waiting for the fall of Nanyang, he would transfer 80,000 elites to cross the river between Qichun and Hanjin, and then drive the water camp into Hanshui, and fight with the luxury water army.

The situation has developed to this point, and it is difficult to say who will kill the deer.

Once Huaidong started a battle with Yanhu in the Jingxiang area, Huang Binghao only had 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou, especially when the passage out of Yuanzhou was also blocked by Huaidong, it was difficult to do anything.

This is not the result that Huang Binghao wants.

"According to what you see, how should Yuan Zhou respond?" Zhou Zhizheng asked.

Huang Binghao did not answer directly, but asked Chen Zishou: "Zishou, what do you think?" ”

"When troops were sent from Yuanzhou, they attacked and captured Xinyu and Qingjiang, cut off the Ganjiang River, cut off the communication between Fuzhou, Ganzhou and Henan and Jiangxi, and contain the soldiers and horses of Huaidong in the hinterland of Jiangxi, so that they could be transferred across the river to the north to participate in the war. Even if Beiyan is called to win the world in the future, adults will inevitably have a different surname to be crowned king......" Chen Zishou said.

This is the secret agreement between Huang Binghao and Luxury, right? If it's really time to show out all the hole cards, he really can't get rid of greed, Zhou Zhizheng thought in his heart, but he quickly refuted Chen Zishou and said: "It's not ...... appropriate."

"What's wrong?" Chen Zishou looked at Zhou Zhizheng, at this time his eyes were full of fierceness, maybe the greed in his heart made him so.

Huang Binghao, Tang Shide and others also stared at Zhou Zhizheng, it seemed that as long as Zhou Zhizheng talked about surrendering to Huaidong at this time, he would be the first to be tied up and taken to sacrifice the battle flag.

Zhou Zhizheng's back was also cold sweat, he forced himself to be calm, ignored Chen Zishou, and said directly to Huang Binghao: "Yan and Huai are fighting, how can you know for sure that Huaidong will be defeated and the Yan army will be able to win quickly?" If the Yan army is a little late along the Han River and cannot take Jingzhou in one go, my Yuanzhou will lose its ground......"

Seeing that Zhou Zhizheng was only afraid of Huaidong's strength, but his heart was not to Huaidong, and what Zhou Zhizheng said was also his heart, Huang Binghao's face eased.

Tang Shide asked on the side: "You can't stand still in Yuanzhou, it's a bit dangerous to enter Qingjiang at this time, according to what Lord Zhou has seen, how should I deal with it?" ”

Zhou Zhizheng said without hesitation: "Just enter and capture Xinyu!" Although Lin Jian ordered an ultimatum, I Yuan Zhou never responded. The last time Yuan Zhou sent an envoy to Yuzhang, he also insisted on getting Xinyu - sending troops to capture Xinyu at this time, although it would anger Huaidong, but for us, there was no dishonesty and broken promise. Xinyu is the gateway of Yuanzhou to the east, to get Xinyu, there is a road extending in all directions, you can go to southern Jiangxi, you can go to northern Jiangxi, you can go to western Jiangxi, at this time we don't need to declare war, you can contain the Huaidong soldiers and horses in the hinterland of Jiangxi. In the future, Huaidong will first have to solve the threat of the northern front, and most of them will be able to tolerate Yuanzhou, but when they enter and seize Qingjiang City, Huaidong's reaction will inevitably be much stronger, what do you think? ”

"Great goodness!" Huang Binghao's suspicions disappeared at this time, patted Zhou Zhizheng's shoulder and praised him for his good advice, and asked Tang Shide, "Mr. Tang, what do you think of what Zhizheng said?" ”

"Great goodness," Tang Shide is Huang Binghao's chief staff, Zhou Zhizheng can make such a judgment, which makes him feel a little jealous in his heart, if Huang Binghao trusts Zhou Zhizheng, it will inevitably affect his status in Huang Binghao's heart, but at this time, he still praised Zhou Zhizheng.

Huang Binghao laughed and said: "It is said that Lord Zhou is the head of Jiangzhou's scribes, which is really worthy of his reputation......

Huang Binghao can be sure at this time that Nanyang will inevitably call Yanhu to fall, but in the future, the confrontation between Huaidong and Yanhu in Jinghu will be pulled out, and who will die if the deer dies, it is too early to make a judgment at this time - Huang Binghao will not immediately force himself into a Jedi with Huaidong who will never die.

After the discussion came to the present, the final disagreement was the departure and stay of Xinyu.

Huang Binghao sent troops to seize Xinyu first, although it was a bit of a step on the line, but it was not a tear in the face, after all, Xinyu belonged to Yuanzhou Mansion, and since May, neither side has sent troops to Xinyu.

Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou, and Tang Shide have been thinking about this matter for several months, and finally judged that the bottom line that Huaidong can bear in the end is that Qingjiang City will not be lost, not Xinyu City.

The Yanhu army, with the cooperation of the two families, advanced to the north bank of the Yangtze River, even if it could not capture Jingzhou in one fell swoop, it was a great threat to Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou.

Although Huaidong will be annoyed that Yuan Zhou will take Xinyu without telling him at this time, it is likely that he will be able to bear with Yuan Zhou and adopt a policy of appeasement, after all, for Huaidong, it is more important to quickly transfer the main force to the north and stabilize the northern front first.

However, Qingjiang City, located in the middle reaches of the Ganjiang River, is related to the connection and communication of southern Jiangxi, western Jiangxi and northern Jiangxi. In this case, except for Luzhou and Jiangzhou, which are more important than Qingjiang in Huaidong, other areas can be temporarily given up first, and Yuanzhou should also be pacified first.

One step further, entering Qingjiang also means that Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses will be extremely open, and Huang Binghao does not have the confidence to confront the Huaidong Army head-on, so he does not dare to deploy his troops and horses in front of the Huaidong Army. To enter and capture Xinyu, just show your head in front of the Huaidong Army, and there is still Xinyu City to defend, and the soldiers and horses will be safer.

Huang Binghao's doubts about Zhou Zhizheng were completely dispelled, but there was little participation in Zhou Zhizheng, an important person, to seek great things.

From the selection of generals, the transfer of troops, the promotion, the preparation of grain and grass, as well as the monitoring and defense of the generals and officials sent by the main army, Huang Binghao left Zhou Zhizheng to serve him as a staff officer, after all, in trivial military affairs, Zhou Zhizheng's ability is beyond the reach of others.

Zhou Zhizheng discussed in Huang Binghao's line all night, and did not return to the house until the early hours of the morning. He washed his face, and as soon as he returned to the study and sat down, a middle-aged man walked in and asked, "Lord Zhou didn't return overnight in Huang Binghao's mansion, is it that Yuan Zhou is going to send troops to the east in the near future?" ”

This middle-aged man is not an outsider, it is Wu Jingze, the commander of the Huaidong Military Intelligence Department in charge of southern Jiangxi affairs.

On the one hand, he sent an envoy to talk to Yuan Zhou about the surrender, and on the other hand, Wu Jingze, whose identity was not exposed, personally infiltrated Yuan Zhou and plotted to surrender Huang Binghao's subordinates.

In addition to Huang Binghao's fear of purge, there is also a factor of greed for power, which makes it difficult for him to give up military power and surrender to Huaidong, but the difficulty of subduing the generals and officials under Huang Binghao is not as high as imagined.

For example, the former Jiangzhou Prefecture recorded the official generals such as Zhou Cheng who joined the army, and they were the open main surrender faction in the Yuanzhou army. For them, even if they are worried that they will be liquidated afterwards, the possibility of losing their lives is still extremely difficult, and there is no inevitable benefit in following Huang Binghao all the way to the black and confronting Huaidong.

However, Huang Binghao was very wary of these main factions in Zhou Cheng, and secretly sent people to monitor them, making it even more difficult to participate in the confidential core of the Yuan Zhou army. After Wu Jingze persuaded Zhou Zhizheng to be used by Huaidong, he deliberately asked Zhou Zhizheng to maintain a neutral position, and with his position, he could only relax Huang Binghao's vigilance and be able to access the more core military secrets of Yuan Zhoujun.

Seeing Wu Jingze, who was disguised as a domestic servant, come in, Zhou Zhizheng looked a little tired and said: "At present, the soldiers and horses are mainly gathered in Yuanzhou City, and Huang Binghao will first send a small number of elites to block the mountain road east of Yuanzhou City to avoid news leakage. If you want to send a message to Yuzhang, you must leave immediately. In addition, Yuanzhou will use three days to secretly transfer troops to Xia Yuancheng, and then Chen Zishou will be the main general, send troops to attack Xinyu, according to Xinyu and peep into the Qingjiang River, contain the Huaidong soldiers and horses, in order to cooperate with the war of Yuluo and Yanhu in Jingxiang...... However, in just three days, will Yuzhang be in time? Yuzhang's side sent troops early, and Chen Zishou would lead his troops to retreat back to Xia Yuan; Once Chen Zishou was called to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses into Xinyu, Huaidong only had more than 10,000 elites in Yuzhang, and it was difficult to storm Xinyu City. ”

"This is not something we can consider," Wu Jingze said, "This is my one-line contact, Huaidong's dark line in Yuanzhou, I don't know that Lord Zhou is actually used by Huaidong." Lord Zhou is careful not to reveal his identity, maybe it will be of great use in the end. ”

Zhou Zhizheng nodded, Wu Jingze immediately wrote three identical secret letters in Zhou Zhizheng's study, sealed the hidden pile that was lurking in the mansion and immediately sneaked out of Yuanzhou City and reported to Yuzhang.

Wu Jingze was worried that Huang Binghao had sent someone to block the channel and that the secret pile might expose him, so he did not return to Zhou Zhizheng's house, but settled down in a distant relative's house in Yuanzhou City and waited for the situation to change.