After hearing Xu Huang's explanation, Yang Feng and others understood Xu Huang's good intentions.

Xu Huang continued, "But the matter is very different from the expectations of Beizhi. I thought the court would definitely send a large army to attack the big leader, and at least after early spring next year, there are few precedents of sending troops to fight in winter. Unexpectedly, this time the court not only broke the convention of not sending troops in winter, but also came for us first. This made Beizhi's previous plan fail. Linlu County, a safe place in the winter, was our place to live in winter, but now it has become our Jedi!"

"Chief, please see, Jizhou has been recruiting a large number of troops recently, but there are not many elite troops, only six thousand, and all of them are in the hands of Tuo Yi. With him leading his army to defend between Zhangshui and Huanhui, it is difficult for us to escape from the east and north into Jizhou!"

"We were relieved to have the Xiongnu garrison on the north bank of Qishui on the south side. Unexpectedly, the Xiongnu were too careless and were defeated by the imperial army crossing the river!"

"To the west is Taihang Mountain, and Huguan is likely to have been captured by the imperial court. Otherwise, the Huns would not have been able to come to us to ask for food and grass. If we want to withdraw, the only way is to cross the Taihang Mountains to Shangdang. But now it is winter. Once heavy snow falls, Taihang Mountains will be our burial place! Judging from the current weather, it is very likely that it will snow in the past few days. If we choose to cross the Taihang Mountains to evacuate, the possibility of the entire army being buried in the Taihang Mountains by heavy snow will be more than 80%.

"If we choose to fight with the official army, the possibility of victory will not exceed 30%!"

Xu Huang's analysis of the situation made Yang Feng and others realize the seriousness of the matter. Now they can't even leave. Apart from fighting with the government, there is only one way to surrender.

No one in the lobby dared to say anything anymore. Whether it was surrendering or fighting to the death, they would not be willing to maintain their current power, and no one would be willing to take responsibility if there was any problem.

Yang Feng looked at Xu Huang and asked, "Gongming, you have the courage to be unworthy of thousands of men and know about military affairs. Can't you defeat the official army?"

Xu Huang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Chief, you look down on me as Xu Huang. No matter how strong your personal force is, it is difficult to stop thousands of troops. Besides, even if I have the wisdom of heaven, it is useless in the face of an absolute gap in strength!"

At this time, the little leader who was sent by Yang Feng from the city not long ago to inquire about the news from the Huns came back. He panted and reported to Yang Feng: "Chief, the Huns are gone!"

"Absent? What does it mean to be missing?" Yang Feng was shocked, stood up and spoke anxiously.

"I just left the city and approached the Huns' camp. I found that the camp was quiet and there was no one at all at the gate. I felt something was abnormal, so I immediately ran into the camp and searched everywhere. After a round but couldn't find a single person. According to the traces they left, they should have withdrawn before dawn this morning, as if they were heading northwest!"

Xu Huang thought of something and immediately said: "Chief, the Huns did not inform us of the imperial army, nor did they quietly retreat, but they did not say hello to us. They just wanted to use us to drag the imperial army so that they could have enough time to cross the Taihang Mountains and retreat into Bingzhou!"

Yang Feng slapped the table suddenly and said furiously: "These gangsters are so cunning!"

Xu Huang clasped his fists and said, "The leader doesn't have to be angry with a group of people who are about to die. If they cross the Taihang Mountains this time, they will most likely encounter heavy snowfall from the sky. Then they will be dead! Now we have to consider whether to fight or fall!"

Yang Feng was stunned for a moment, and sighed for a while, "Send someone to contact the official army and tell the generals of the commander of the army that we can surrender, but it must be carried out in the name of the court's envoy. The court will reward us with official positions and allow us to continue to lead the original troops. The leaders under my command will also have official positions officially enthroned by the court. The court will allocate food, grass and weapons to us every month... "

Xu Huang was stunned and clasped his fists and said, "The court is afraid that the leader will not agree to such a condition!"

Yi Ping shouted: "Send someone to negotiate first. They can ask for a price all over the place, and we can also pay back the money! When it comes to what level we are, we can't let them slaughter it. If we become nothing after surrender, or even let mermaid meat be allowed, why should we surrender?"

Li Dong, however, Yang Feng clasped his fists and said, "Chief, I think we seem to be a little wishful thinking. If we take the initiative to send people to discuss surrender with the court, the court will definitely not pay attention to it. Only by fighting a war and hurting the government army and letting them know how powerful we are, will they consider recruiting us!"

Xu Huang looked at Li Dong with some surprise, but he didn't expect that this person had such a mind.

Yang Feng asked Xu Huang: "Gongming, what do you think?"

Xu Huang clasped his fists and said, "Captain Li's suggestion makes sense. Bei Zhi is worried that we can't even hold on to the first wave of the imperial army!"

Li Dong accused Xu Huang angrily: "Xu Gongming, what do you mean? Just now you have always been deliberately or unintentionally belittling our brothers' combat power and raising the combat power of the official army. I don't believe that all the soldiers in the imperial army are three heads and six arms. Only those who are stronger and weak will know who has been fighting!"

Speaking of this, Li Dong said to Yang Feng: "Chief, we have not fought a war with the court yet, so we are in a hurry to send people to discuss the reunion. People are afraid that they will not pay attention to us, and even the sent people will be chopped off their heads!"

Yang Feng is not a fool. Although he doesn't believe in the war, he is still smart enough. He agrees with Li Dong's words and said, "That's right, you can win if you fight. Only by fighting will you know. If you don't hurt the court's soldiers, they will not talk to us about reunion. Passing my order, everyone will be prepared to fight with the court's soldiers from now on, organize the people and the civilians to strengthen the city wall, carry arrows, stones, wood and other city-guarding equipment to the city wall to prepare for a long battle with the court army, and immediately send people to monitor the every move of the court army, and report it immediately!"

The leaders stood up and clasped their fists and said in unison: "No!"

Xu Huang cursed in his heart: "It's really a search for death!"

In winter, when the weather is good, marching is actually a favorite thing for soldiers. Long-term marching can make people feel warm. In today's era without cotton coats, people's winter clothes can only be stuffed with silk floss into gauze or linen clothes to keep warm. The effect is much worse than cotton coats. Only wealthy businessmen, officials, and nobles have fur clothes to keep warm.

More than 20,000 people pulled out a team of several miles long. Liu Cheng rode the Red Rabbit Horse in the middle of the team. While riding a horse, he looked up at the sky and said to Jia Xu: "Looking at the current weather and temperature, I'm afraid it may snow in the next few days. Once it snows, it will be very unfavorable to the battle!"

Jia Xu took out a simple map and looked at it, saying, "My lord is right. We must defeat the Yang Feng bandit army as much as possible before the heavy snow falls. According to the spy, Hu Chuquan took the remaining two thousand Huns to the northwest. They may have wanted to cross the Taihang Mountains and retreat into Bingzhou. If it snows these days, they may be buried on the mountain! The Yang Feng tribe of the bandit army is still in Linlu County, and they may also know that it is impossible to withdraw and are actively preparing to fight our army! At the current marching speed of our army, we should be able to reach Linlu ready-made before dark!"

Liu Cheng nodded. At this time, a knight led a man wearing a white robe and a hat to gallop over. The two stopped in front of him. The knight clasped his fists at Liu Cheng and said, "Report to General, this man has your token. He said that he has something important to report to you. The villain brought him here!"

The man in white robe took off his hat. When Liu Cheng saw that it was Wang Yue, he waved his hand to the knight: "Okay, go!"

The whistle stumbled to Liu Cheng and then turned around and returned, and soon disappeared.

"Let's go and say, Wenhe is here too!" Liu Cheng said as he rode his horse to the side. Jia Xu and Wang Yue rode their horses away from the brigade and ran to Li Sheng.

Liu Cheng glanced at the main brigade of troops who were marching as usual and asked, "Commander Wang, what's new?"

Wang Yue clasped his fists and said, "I just got the exact news. The remaining Xiongnu people entered the Taihang Mountains from the northwest of Linlu County under Huchuquan. They seemed to want to cross mountains and ridges to retreat to Bingzhou. The second news was that the bandit leader Yang Feng and others learned that our army had defeated the Xiongnu and knew that they could not withdraw safely, so they could only prepare for a decisive battle with us. Now they are strengthening the fortifications of the city wall and transporting materials to the city wall to the city wall. The last general has sent people to the city, and there are about 30 people. They should be able to play some role at the critical moment! Yang Feng is a man who is ordinary, and the leaders of his men are just ordinary people. There are no one who can be used for great use. Only one person named Xu Huang is extraordinary. This man is from Hedong, with the courtesy name Gong

Ming Dynasty, he was originally a minor official in the Hedong Prefecture House. He followed the army as a civil servant in the official army to suppress Baibo's army and was in charge of letters and documents. He had repeatedly proposed to his superiors to defeat the bandit army, but his stubborn boss rejected it. In the end, the boss died in battle. He was also captured because of the defeat of the army. During the battle, this man held a long-handed and big axe and killed hundreds of bandits alone. He was unstoppable, but his manpower was exhausted, and he was finally captured. Yang Feng admired him very much. Not only did he not let him be killed or worked as a coolie like other prisoners, he also held a banquet every day, so he voted for Yang Feng. This bandit army rushed from Hedong to Hanoi. A large part of the reason was because he was charging and giving advice to Yang Feng!"

"Our brothers found out that the bandits were gathered to discuss countermeasures when they learned about our arrival. Xu Huang clearly suggested to Yang Feng to lead the army to surrender to the court, but was rejected by Yang Feng and his bandit leaders!"

"Xu Huang, Xu Gongming? He was a minor official in the Hedong Prefect's Mansion before?" Liu Cheng was quite surprised. His knowledge of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life was limited, but he had also heard of Xu Huang's name, which was one of Cao Cao's five sons and generals.
Chapter completed!