Gu Wuchen's beard and hair were all white, the wind was blowing, and his thin face seemed to be an old wood that had been immersed in the pond for many years, only a pair of eyes were shining, which made him look like he still had the calm and resolute bearing of Yuanting at this moment, seeing Gu Siyuan and Ma Chao, Zhao Qinmin, Zhao Jin and others all ascending to the top of the city, and said calmly in a hoarse voice: "The grain reserves in the city are about to run out, and the reinforcements are far away, it seems that we can't expect reinforcements to come." I consulted with Yang Pu, and estimated that the enemy army is likely to continue to draw troops from this side into the hinterland, and if you want to break through, now is the last opportunity......"

Zhao Qinmin persuaded: "Breaking through the siege, please think twice before acting, Yangxin's grain reserves will be exhausted, the enemy army may not be better than us, maybe if we hold on for a few more days, we will be able to keep the clouds open and the moon ......will be bright."

There are some things in Zhao Qinmin's heart: the grain reserves in the city are about to run out, there are no reinforcements outside, and it is naturally a dead end to defend it, but tens of thousands of Hu cavalry rebels covet one side, and they can escape by relying on their 20,000 or 30,000 remnants and weak generals to break through?

Even if he abandons the city and abandons the land and flees to Jiangning, he is still a lost dog, Zhao Qinmin looked at Gu Wuchen, and said secretly in his heart, could it be that he has not tasted enough of the taste of a lost dog for ten years?

"Father......" Gu Wuchen frowned, as if he had made a lot of determination, "If I kill it, even if it is to kowtow to my brother-in-law to make amends, I must ask him to send a support army to meet on the periphery, so that I can have a better chance of life if I break through the siege?" ”

"I have made up my mind, and I will not delay any longer," Gu Wuchen interrupted Gu Siyuan's words and said, "Please be sure to prepare within three days." Hei Yuan, Qingzhou is in today's situation, you and I, father and son both have the responsibility that cannot be pushed away, so at this time, you and I will take the responsibility. Now that Huaidong has a sea boat parked at the mouth of the Zhulong River, Hu Lu should be able to guard against our army breaking through to the east, whether it can break through smoothly this time, everything depends on whether the soldiers and horses who break through to the east can successfully attract Hu Lu's attention, can I trust you? ”

"I'm ......" Gu Siyuan clenched his fists and nodded heavily.

Gu Wuchen looked at Yang Pu and instructed him, "You assist Si Yuan in choosing the candidate who will break through to the east and attract Hu Lu's attention. When Hu Lu paid attention to attracting troops to break through to the east, I immediately led the main force to break through to the south. As long as they can cross the Xiaoqing River first, and Hu Lu's troops south of the Xiaoqing River are limited, the chances of getting out of trouble will be greatly improved......"

Yang Pu wanted to speak and stopped, and in the end he only muffled his voice.

Ma Chao walked up to Gu Wuchen and kowtowed three times, and said: "Old Ma will no longer be able to wait for an opportunity in the future...... The plan is to break through to the east with Gu Siyuan and act as a bait to attract the attention of the enemy.

"Okay, good," Gu Wuchen's excited Ma Chao picked up from the ground, untied the saber from his waist, stuffed it into Ma Chao's hand, and said, "You have been with me for more than ten years, nominally a master and servant, and I regard you and Yang Pu as brothers in my heart." This saber has been with me for some years, but I am blind with me, and I have never had the opportunity to cut blood, so I will give it to you today, kill a few more enemies for me, and don't let this sword have the name of a sword......"

Zhao Jin wanted to stand up and speak, but he gave Zhao Qinmin a gentle tug in the back.

Zhao Qinmin's small action, Yang Pu saw it in his eyes, and he just sighed slightly in his heart and didn't say anything.

Gu Siyuan wanted to speak and stopped, Gu Wuchen stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder, and said: "Don't say more, even if you hate me in your heart, the responsibility of breaking through to the east to attract the attention of the enemy army must also be borne by you!" ”

"How can a child hate his father? Things have developed to this point, and the child has no excuse to forgive himself......" Gu Siyuan almost bit his lip and said in a sad voice.

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The three-day appointment period passed quickly, and a total of 3,000 generals were willing to follow Gu Siyuan out of Dongcheng to break through to the mouth of the Zhulong River, as dead soldiers to attract the attention of the enemy. Most of these 3,000 dead soldiers were old people who followed the Gu family before Gu Siyuan entered Qingzhou, and even at this time, they were willing to sacrifice their lives to create conditions for the main force to break through.

At dusk, there was a strong wind, blowing some clouds, Gu Siyuan looked up at the sky, and said to Yang Pu: "I'm afraid that there will be no stars and moon tonight, and it's a good opportunity for the main force to break through to the south......"

Yang Pu naturally knew what Gu Wuchen had in his heart, and he was afraid that Gu Siyuan would not break through alone, so he persuaded: "The timing can't be delayed, and if it is delayed until the food is exhausted, it will be completely passive-as long as it is not blocked by heavy rain, it is okay to have stars and moons at night, is it possible to expect 350,000 people to retreat to Qingzhou in an orderly manner?" As long as we can attract the main force of the enemy, let the adults lead the army to cross the Xiaoqing River. As long as the army survives to the south bank of the Xiaoqing River and then routs, many more people will be able to escape......"

At present, the main force of Yanhu's soldiers and horses is mainly concentrated on the north bank of the Xiaoqing River, and the troops who cross the south bank of the Xiaoqing River are mainly Chen Zhihu's troops. If the main force of the Qingzhou Army can cross the Xiaoqing River first, it will be able to get a greater chance of survival.

Gu Siyuan was silent, and after a long time, he asked Yang Pu: "Uncle Yang, I have been ignorant since I was a child, and I have caused so many disasters, even before supporting King Lu, my father can still worship the prime minister and enter the cabinet, do you say that my father has a grudge in his heart?" ”

Although Gu Siyuan finally assumed the responsibility of breaking through to the east and attracting the attention of the enemy, and resolutely embarked on the road of no return, in order to better attract the enemy, he even chose to break through to the east before dusk, it is almost foreseeable that as long as he opens the east city and leads the three thousand elites behind him to stand out, he will fall into the heavy encirclement of the enemy army, and come to this moment, but at this moment before he resolutely goes to death, anyone will inevitably waver and hesitate.

Yang Pu glanced at Gu Siyuan, his heart was painful, and he couldn't tell the truth.

Ma Chao's cavalry galloped from the west and asked Gu Siyuan: "Shaojun, do you want to be separated from the great man?" ”

Gu Siyuan glanced at Yang Pu, saw that he was silent, sighed lightly, and said to Ma Chao: "No, the eldest husband died generously, and there is no such mother-in-law." Tie the tie sturdy, carry the horse lightly, signal the defenders at the city gate, open the east city gate, a horse in front, galloped out first, Ma Chao, Yang Pu followed, Kulala first more than 200 horsemen, continued to be armored soldiers, and stepped head-on towards the enemy camp outside the east city......

The enemy army will have 100,000 troops and horses gathered around Yangxin, but there are not many troops who are really forced to camp under the city - according to Yan Hu's thoughts, it is impossible to accurately estimate when Yangxin's grain reserves will be exhausted, and they are more worried that the main force of the army 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 through and defeat and annihilate in the field, so they give up the siege of Yangxin's troops under the city, and intentionally let the Yangxin defenders see the hope of breaking through.

According to the original agreed plan, Gu Siyuan led 3,000 dead soldiers out of the city, directly attacked the enemy's camp outside the eastern city, attracted the enemy troops on the other three sides as much as possible, and got involved in the chaos, so that the main force could break through the other city gates at night.

The three thousand dead soldiers from Gu Siyuan and below all had the determination to die, and after leaving the city, they had no intention of surviving, and they were impassioned, and they also inspired the bloody and ferocious murderous intent that was twice as before. At that moment, it was like a heavy bell, and it only took a stick of incense to break through an enemy camp outside the east city, and immediately attracted two enemy cavalry reinforcements of more than 1,000 people to gallop from the left and right to attack.

Without the slightest intention of retreating, more enemy troops were to be mobilized before dark and involved in the chaotic battlefield outside the eastern city, and the three thousand dead soldiers were divided into two teams to meet the horses on foot, without any cowardice, and the ferocity aroused by the arousal made the enemy troops avoid the edge.

Gu Siyuan is not an invincible general, he has only practiced his riding skills over the years, straddled the horse, and looked at the battlefield with a cold face. After leaving the city, the army was involved in a scuffle, and even if Gu Siyuan straddled the horse, his vision was greatly restricted, and he couldn't even see hundreds of steps away.

At this time, Gu Siyuan could only command three thousand dead soldiers to rush left and right with him according to the order flag waved by the city tower, and Ma Chao led the cavalry to follow him closely without losing a single step.

According to the plan agreed earlier, Gu Siyuan led 3,000 dead soldiers to attract more enemy troops outside the eastern city, but when he turned his head to look at the gate building of the eastern city, the order flag suddenly changed, and he ordered them to break through directly to the east......

Gu Siyuan was puzzled, looked at Yang Pu on the left, Yang Pu said loudly: "I'm afraid that something has happened in the other three sides, we will act according to the flag order, march east along the river, and be careful of losing our way after nightfall." ”

On the battlefield, people howled and neighed, soldiers fought each other, and they could not communicate unless they shouted loudly. After being involved in the melee, his vision is limited, and he can't even see a thousand steps away, and the non-famous general can't clearly judge the situation.

There were a large number of enemy troops on the left and right, and Gu Siyuan didn't know for a while why the city's head banner order was not in agreement with the original agreement, maybe there was a change that he couldn't see, maybe the city saw that their side was fighting okay, and asked them to drag the enemy army to the east as much as possible, and pull out a larger gap, so that the main force could break through - no matter what, Gu Siyuan could only act according to the flag order at this time, otherwise he would be blind, and shouted loudly: "Sons, rush east with me......"

Gu Siyuan originally thought that the farther he farthered, the more cavalry enemies would inevitably be attracted to the front to intercept, and the resistance would become greater and greater.

At this time, the sky was dark, Gu Siyuan was hugging on the left and right, trying to attack a low hill, he could watch the surrounding situation, and the left and right black pressure were all enemy troops, but when he turned his head and looked back, he saw the big flame sky in the south of the city, and the main force actually went out of the city in advance and fought outside the south of the city......

Gu Siyuan subconsciously rode his horse to fight back.

Yang Pu grabbed his rope and said: "If the young monarch goes out of the city under the banner of an adult, the enemy army will mistakenly think that the adult is greedy for life and fear of death so he will choose to break through to the east and join the Huaidong sea ships, so he will inevitably send a large force of troops and horses to intercept and pursue - this is the key to the decision." Look left and right, this black pressure is all enemy troops, and it is not easy to attract this part of the enemy army here, Shaojun is carrying the banner of the adult and walking back at this time, isn't it a bad plan for the adult to break through? ”

Gu Siyuan intuitively felt that the enemy army in Nancheng was stronger, but when he gave Yang Pu this advice, he became puzzled again.

It's just that on the battlefield, how can there be time for Gu Siyuan to wonder, at this time, there are enemy soldiers from the left and right, Gu Siyuan can only lead his troops to continue to rush east......