The three generals of the Wind, Clouds, and Fire Department also expressed their desire to share weal and woe with the soldiers, and the performance of Jushi Deduo and others touched the soldiers and played a great role in boosting the morale of the soldiers.

Several people continued to discuss, and the discussion lasted for a long time, but to no avail.

During the discussion, General Yunbe remained silent. Jushi Deduo noticed this and said to General Yunbu: "If you have any ideas, just tell me and listen to them." ”

General Yunbe hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Our current situation [520] is caused by the deliberate planning of the Tang Dynasty, the enemy army is besieged, the strength is not less than 100,000, it is well-equipped, and it occupies the advantage of geographical advantages, and it is difficult for our army to break out of the encirclement.

Even if the encirclement is highlighted, how many people will survive? The rest of these horses, starving and exhausted, how far can they run under the encirclement and interception of the enemy?

Even if it runs to the sea, the Don army blocks the strait, and our army has no ships, how can it cross the strait? ”

Jushi Dedo said: "Everyone knows what you said, so tell me what you think." ”

General Yunbe knelt on the ground and said, "Your Excellency, for the lives of the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers, surrender to the Tang Army!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the general of the fire department was furious, and he shouted: "You damned coward, you want to surrender to the enemy, it's really shameful, I'll kill you." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out his sword and put it on the neck of General Yunbe.

General Fengbu actually had the idea of surrendering, but he didn't have the courage to say it, and when he saw General Huobu threatening General Yunbe with a knife, he hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Excellency the General asked for his opinion, this is just his idea, it can be discussed." ”

The general of the fire department said angrily: "What is there to discuss? Do you want to surrender too? ”

At this time, the entourage of the general of the cloud department saw that the general of the fire department threatened their master, and hurriedly pulled out their weapons and ran over.

"Alright, let me step down." Jushide shouted, and his guards turned their swords and guns at the soldiers.

The soldiers looked at their masters, and when they saw them nodding, they all put away their swords and retreated.

Jushi Deduo was just about to say something, when a deputy general of the fire department ran over and said: "Your Excellency, just now, some soldiers couldn't stand the thirst and ventured out of the city, and wanted to go down to the river at the bottom of the valley to get water, but they were killed by the Tang army on the opposite bank with random arrows, and more than a dozen people did not survive. ”

All bad news, Jushi Dedo waved his hand in annoyance, and the lieutenant retreated.

Jushi Dedo said to the cloud general, "You go on. ”

General Yunbe said: "Your Excellency, the lowly position is not afraid of death, if these soldiers can be allowed to live, the lowly position is willing to commit suicide by cutting the abdomen to express my sincerity." ”

After saying that, he pulled out the sword at his waist and began to take off the armor on his body.

"Alright, don't make a fuss." Jushidedo stopped him.

At this time, the general of the fire department said: "Just now my soldiers took the risk to fetch water, but they can't do it during the day, and they can't do it at night?" ”

General Fengbu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this is not a way, go to fetch water at night, with the help of the reflection of the water surface, the people of the Tang Dynasty can also find out, random arrows are fired, I don't know how many soldiers will be lost."

Even if some water is fetched, what is the use of more than 10,000 horses? Taking a step back, even if they all drink water and have no food, how long can they last? ”

The general of the fire department said unconvinced: "Then what do you say?" Just waiting here to die? Do you want to surrender too? ”

General Kazebe was also a little angry at his attitude, and he said, "What are you yelling about? Isn't that figuring out a way? ”

Jushi Dedo is helpless now, he has considered surrendering, but because of the death of his son, he hates the Tang Dynasty people to the core, so he is unwilling to surrender to the Tang Dynasty people.

He asked, "Think again, is there any other way?" ”

General Yunbe took the lead in raising the issue of surrender, and when he saw that everyone did not express his position, he also felt a little embarrassed on his face. "There's another way, maybe you can try it," he said. ”

Jushi Dedo asked, "What way?" ”

General Yunbe said: "Since you want to go to the river to get water, it is better to sneak across the river at night. ”

"How to stow away?" Jushi Deduo asked, and everyone also focused their eyes on General Yunbu.

General Yunbe said: "I have carefully considered it, although there are many Tang troops surrounding our army, they are all on this side of the river, and they can't cross the river to support for a while.

The Tang army on the other side of the river had about 20,000 people, including some people from Kyushu Island, and their combat effectiveness was relatively weak. ”

The general of the fire department immediately said: "This is about the same, I agree." ”

Jushi Dedo said, "You go on. ”

General Yunbu said: "The opposite bank of the river facing the city is the focus of the Tang army's defense, and the Tang army's defense in the upper or lower reaches of the river must be lax, and they don't have so many troops to deploy defenses on such a long section of the river."

As long as we can find a convenient place to cross the river, our army will have the opportunity to quickly cross the river with a part of the people to control the other side of the river and cover the crossing of the river. ”

"Makes sense." Admiral Kazebe agreed.

General Yunbe continued: "In order to implement this plan, we can demolish the houses in the city, collect timber and bamboo, and make a large number of tools to cross the river.

In the middle of the night, scouts were sent to explore the way, and once a suitable place to cross the river was found, they hurried back to report. In the second half of the night, taking advantage of the lax defense of the Tang army, he seized the time to cross the river. ”

"Good way, you can try." Said the general of the fire department.

Admiral Kazebe also agreed.

After pondering for a long time, Jushi Dedo said, "The plan sounds doable. However, the people of the Tang Dynasty were planning to besiege our army, and we may have thought of it a long time ago. ”

The general of the fire department said: "Even if it is risky, it is better than waiting for death here, why should you give it a try." ”

Jushi Dedo really couldn't think of a better idea, and he said helplessly: "Okay, let's follow this plan." ”

Then, he asked, "How many horses are there?" ”

The lieutenant general of the Chinese army, who was standing not far away, said: "42 horses." ”

Jushi Dedo said: "Kill them all and distribute them to the whole army." ”

The lieutenant general of the Chinese army said in embarrassment: "Without water, how can you eat horse meat?" ”

Jushidedo said: "Eat it roasted, and tell the soldiers to eat something anyway, and there will be water to drink in the evening." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." The deputy general of the Chinese army said.