Gu Wuchen's beard and hair were all white, blown by the wind, and his skinny face looked like an old tree that had been soaked in the pond for many years. Only his eyes were shining, making him still look like Yuanting's resolute demeanor at this moment. When he saw Gu Siyuan and Ma
Chao, Zhao Qinmin, Zhao Jin and others all climbed to the top of the city and said calmly in a hoarse voice: "The food reserves in the city are about to end, and reinforcements are far away. It seems that we can't expect reinforcements to come. Yang and I
Park discussed it and estimated that the enemy is likely to continue to mobilize troops from here into the hinterland. If they want to break through, now is the last chance..."
Zhao Qinmin advised: "My lord, please think twice about breaking out of the encirclement. Yangxin's grain reserves will be exhausted, and the enemy may not be better than us. Maybe if we persist for a few more days, we can hold on until the clouds clear and the moon shines..."
There are certain things that Zhao Qinmin knows very well: the city's grain reserves are running out, and there are no reinforcements from outside. Defending is a dead end. However, hundreds of thousands of Hu cavalry rebels are coveting one side, and they can escape by relying on their 20,000 to 30,000 weak soldiers to break through.
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Even if he abandoned his city and fled to Jiangning, he would still be a bereaved dog. Zhao Qinmin looked at Gu Wuchen and thought to himself, has he not tasted enough of being a bereaved dog after living on the sidelines for ten years?
"Father..." Gu Wuchen frowned and said as if he had made a lot of determination, "If I fight out, even if I kowtow to my brother-in-law to apologize, I must ask him to send a support force to the outside to meet him. Only by breaking through can I have a chance to survive.
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"I have made up my mind and will not delay it any longer," Gu Wuchen interrupted Gu Siyuan and said, "Please make sure to be prepared within three days. Siyuan, Qingzhou is in today's situation, and both you and my father are worried.
It is a responsibility that cannot be shied away, so you and I have to shoulder the responsibility at this time. Now there are sea ships parked at the mouth of the Zhulong River in Huaidong. The Hulu should be prepared for our army to break out eastward. Whether we can break out smoothly this time, everything depends on
It depends on whether the soldiers and horses breaking out to the east can successfully attract the Hulu's attention, and whether I can trust you?"
"I..." Gu Siyuan clenched his fists and nodded heavily.
Gu Wuchen looked at Yang Pu and ordered him: "Assist Si Yuan to select candidates to break out to the east and attract the attention of the Hu Lu. When the Hu Lu pay attention to attract the troops to break out to the east, I will lead the main force to break out to the south. As long as
If you can cross the Xiaoqing River first, while the Hulu troops south of the Xiaoqing River are limited, your chances of escaping will be greatly improved..."
Yang Pu hesitated to speak, but in the end he just said in a muffled voice.
Ma Chao walked up to Gu Wuchen, kowtowed three times, and said, "Old Ma, I can't wait for you anymore..." The implicit plan was to follow Gu Siyuan to the east to break out of the encirclement and act as a bait to attract the enemy's attention.
"Okay, okay," Gu Wuchen excitedly lifted Ma Chao up from the ground, took off the saber from his waist, stuffed it into Ma Chao's hand, and said, "You have been with me for more than ten years, and you are nominally a master and servant. I sincerely say
I regard you and Yang Pu as brothers. This sword has been with me for a few years, but it has been blind for following me. I have never had the opportunity to go into battle to cut blood. I will give it to you today to kill a few more enemies for me. Don't
Let this sword be known as a precious blade..."
Zhao Jin wanted to stand up and speak, but Zhao Qinmin gently pulled him from behind.
Yang Pu saw Zhao Qinmin's little action and just sighed in his heart without saying anything.
Gu Siyuan stopped talking, but Gu Wuchen reached out and pressed his shoulder, saying, "Don't say any more. Even if you hate me in your heart, you must bear the responsibility of breaking out to the east to attract the enemy's attention!"
"How could the child hate his father? When things have developed to this point, the child has no excuse to forgive himself..." Gu Siyuan almost bit his lip and said with a sad voice.
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The three-day appointment period passed quickly, and a total of three thousand generals were willing to follow Gu Siyuan out of the East City to break out of the Zhulong River mouth as dead soldiers to attract the enemy's attention. Most of these three thousand dead soldiers followed Gu Siyuan before he entered Qingzhou.
Even at this time, the old man of the Gu family was willing to sacrifice his life to create conditions for the main force to break out.
At dusk, a strong wind blew up, blowing some dark clouds. Gu Siyuan looked up at the sky and said to Yang Pu: "I'm afraid there will be no stars and moon tonight, so it won't be a good opportunity for the main force to break out south..."
Yang Pu naturally knew what Gu Wuchen had in mind, and he was afraid that if he told Gu Siyuan, he would not break out alone. He advised: "You can't delay the opportunity. If you delay until the food is exhausted, you will be completely passive - as long as it is not blocked by heavy rain and there are no stars and moon at night."
There is no serious problem. How can we expect that 30,000 to 50,000 people can evacuate to Qingzhou in an orderly manner? As long as we can attract the main force of the enemy's army and let you lead the army across the Xiaoqing River. As long as the army can reach the south bank of the Xiaoqing River before being defeated.
If there is chaos, more people can escape..."
At present, the main force of Yanhu soldiers and horses is mainly concentrated on the north bank of Xiaoqing River. Those who cross the south bank of Xiaoqing River are mainly Chen Zhihu's troops. Although their combat power is strong, their troops are limited and are mostly contained on the periphery of Qingzhou City. The main force of Qingzhou Army can take the lead.
Crossing the Xiaoqing River will give you a greater chance of survival.
Gu Siyuan was silent. After a long time, he asked Yang Pu: "Uncle Yang, I have been ignorant since I was a child. I have caused so many troubles. Even before I established King Lu, my father was still able to worship the prime minister and join the cabinet. What do you think?
Did Daddy ever have any resentment in his heart?"
Although Gu Siyuan finally took on the responsibility of breaking out to the east and attracting the enemy's attention, and resolutely embarked on a narrow escape path of no return. In order to better attract the enemy, he even chose to break out to the east before dusk. It was almost foreseeable that as long as he opened the
In Dongcheng, if you stand out with three thousand elites behind you, you will be surrounded by enemy troops. At this moment, but at this moment before resolutely going to die, no one can avoid wavering and hesitating.
Yang Pu glanced at Gu Siyuan, his heart ached, but he couldn't tell the truth.
The cavalry on horseback came from the west and asked Gu Siyuan: "Young Master, do you want to say goodbye to me?"
Gu Siyuan glanced at Yang Pu, saw that he was silent, sighed softly, and said to Ma Chao: "No, a man will die generously, not like a mother-in-law." He tied the laces of the saddle firmly, and gently trudged the horse to signal.
The defenders at the gate of the city opened the east gate, and galloped out first, with their horses facing forward. Yang Pu followed closely behind, and Hu Lala first had more than two hundred horsemen, followed by armored soldiers, heading towards the outside of the east city.
Trample the enemy camp...
There will be one hundred thousand enemy troops gathered around Yangxin, but there are not many troops actually forced to camp under the city. With Yan Hu's thoughts, he cannot accurately estimate when Yangxin's grain reserves will be exhausted, and he is even more worried about the strength of the troops.
The main force will be delayed for too long under Yangxin City. For them, the best strategy is to lure the main force of the Qingzhou Army out of the city as soon as possible to break out of the siege, defeat and annihilate it in the field. Therefore, they give up the siege of Yangxin City and deliberately let Yangxin
The defenders saw hope of breaking through.
According to the original plan, Gu Siyuan led 3,000 dead soldiers out of the city and directly attacked the enemy's camp outside the east city. He tried his best to attract the enemy troops from the other three sides and get involved in the chaos. The main force came from other city gates at night.
Break through and create space.
The three thousand dead soldiers from Gu Siyuan on down were all determined to die. After leaving the city, they had no intention of surviving. They were so impassioned that they also aroused twice the bloodiness and fierce murderous intention as before. At the moment, they were like a heavy bell, using only a stick of incense.
In a short time, an enemy camp outside the east city was breached, and two enemy cavalry reinforcements of more than a thousand men were immediately attracted to attack from the left and right.
Without any intention of retreating, more enemy troops were supposed to be mobilized before dark and involved in the chaotic battlefield outside the East City. Three thousand dead soldiers were divided into two teams and marched against the cavalry without any fear.
The fierceness inspired by it actually made the enemy avoid the edge.
Gu Siyuan was not an invincible general. He had only mastered riding skills over the years. He stood astride a horse and looked at the battlefield with a stern face. After leaving the city, he was involved in a melee with the army. Even astride the horse, Gu Siyuan's sight was greatly affected.
Big restrictions can't even be seen hundreds of steps away.
At this time, Gu Siyuan could only direct the three thousand dead soldiers to follow him to the left and right according to the command flag waved from the city tower. Ma Chao led his cavalry to follow him closely without missing a step.
According to the plan agreed upon earlier, Gu Siyuan led 3,000 dead soldiers to attract more enemy troops outside the East City. However, when he turned to look at the East City Gate Tower, the command flag suddenly changed and ordered them to rush directly to the east...
Gu Siyuan was confused and looked at Yang Pu on the left. Yang Pu said loudly: "I'm afraid something happened on the other three sides. We will follow the instructions of the flag and go east along the river. Be careful of losing our direction at night."
On the battlefield, people were howling and horses were neighing, and soldiers were fighting each other. Words could not be conveyed without shouting loudly. After being involved in the melee, the field of vision was limited, and even a thousand steps away could not be seen. Non-famous generals could not clearly judge the situation.
Large groups of enemy troops were approaching on foot and cavalry from the left and right. Gu Siyuan didn't know why the flag order at the top of the city was inconsistent with the original agreement. Maybe something happened that he couldn't see. Maybe he saw in the city that they were fighting well and asked them to
Drag the enemy troops as far east as possible to create a larger gap for the main force to break through. No matter how he thought about it, Gu Siyuan could only act according to the flag order at this time, otherwise he would be blind and loud.
He shouted: "My sons, follow me to the east..."
Gu Siyuan originally thought that the farther east he fought, the more enemies on horseback would be attracted to the front to intercept, and the resistance would become greater and greater. Who would have thought that, with a protrusion of more than ten miles, the resistance to breaking out to the east would not increase, but would actually weaken.
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At this time, the sky was dark, and Gu Siyuan was surrounded on the left and right. He struggled to attack a low hill. He could observe the surrounding situation. It was dark on both sides and there were enemy troops. However, when he turned his head and looked back, he saw a huge flaming sky in the south of the city. The main force
He actually left the city early and got into a group outside Nancheng...
Gu Siyuan subconsciously spurred his horse to fight back.
Yang Pu grabbed his rope and said: "Young Master is leaving the city under the banner of your Majesty. The enemy will mistakenly think that your Majesty is greedy for life and is afraid of death, so he chooses to break out of the encirclement eastward to join the Huaidong sea ships, and will inevitably send a large number of troops."
Soldiers and horses come to intercept and pursue - this is the key to making a decision. Look to the left and right, the darkness is full of enemy troops. It is not easy to attract these enemy troops here. At this time, Shaojun carries the banner of the Lord and goes back.
If you leave, won't you ruin your master's plan to break out?"
Gu Siyuan had a gut feeling that the enemy troops in Nancheng were stronger, but after Yang Pu's advice, he became confused again.
But on the battlefield, there was no time for Gu Siyuan to wonder. At this time, enemy soldiers were coming from the left and right, and Gu Siyuan could only lead his troops to continue the charge eastward...