At the same time, in Gao Jie's military tent, the general Li Chengdong was also discussing the war with Gao Jie.

"Dashuai, I think you have to be careful to guard against Bai Guangen." Li Chengdong said bluntly, "When I was talking about how to break through just now, Bai Guangen was too easy to speak, I think his mind is probably not on breaking through." At this time, his mind is not on breaking through, and it is really difficult to say what he is thinking. Dashuai, you have to guard against him. ”

Gao Jie listened, shook his head and said, "Now at this time, it's good to be able to run out, what other moths can he make?" But what you said is not completely unreasonable, this goods are famous for running, or more than 100,000 people were lost in Liaodong, and this goods ran out? Maybe you'll come up with some kind of trick and trick others, so that you can run. ”

"Dashuai." Seeing that Gao Jie didn't seem to understand what he meant, Li Chengdong added, "That's not what I said, I mean ......."

Li Chengdong was about to continue, when suddenly a personal guard came in and said, "Marshal, the Governor and General Bai are here." ”

Gao Jie stood up and went out to greet him, Li Chengdong followed behind, but he couldn't open his mouth when he wanted to say what he wanted to say just now.

As soon as the two arrived outside the military tent, they saw Sun Baigu and Bai Guangen walking over with a few personal guards.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Chief Soldier Bai." Gao Jie hurriedly greeted him and saluted.

"General Gao, the situation is urgent, don't mess with those useless etiquette. Let's go in and take counsel. Sun Baigu said as he took the lead in entering the military tent. Bai Guangen, Gao Jie and Li Chengdong hurriedly followed.

"General Gao, it is unlikely that we will regain the water source now." As soon as he came in, Sun Baigu said directly, "The current plan can only be to break through." I don't think the thieves are actually more numerous than us, but they are just more elite than us. But the ancients said that 'ten rules of encirclement', if you want to surround others, you must have a sufficient number of people. No matter how elite the army of the thieves is, the number of people is always insufficient. So it's not difficult to stand out. The hard part is what happens after you go there. ”

Hearing this, Gao Jie and the others all nodded. Indeed, it is not difficult to stand out, but after you break out, how to survive the pursuit of the enemy army is the most difficult. There are still more than 100 miles from here to Nanzhao, and they were chased and cut down by others along the way. I'm afraid that few people will live to see the walls of Nanzhao.

"So we can't all break through, we must leave people behind to contain the thief army." Sun Baigu continued.

As soon as he heard Sun Baigu say this, Gao Jie suddenly became anxious: "Lord Governor, the last general ......."

Sun Baigu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Gao, I know that you and Huang Zide have a hatred for taking your wife. Among those of us, if you ask whose head is what Huang Zide wants the most, I'm afraid it's the general. ”

Gao Jie heard that the sweat on his body came out, and he involuntarily stretched out his hand and held the hilt of the knife.

"So General Gao, you can break through, but your banner must stay, in addition, you have to find a person with a similar figure to you, let him wear armor, stay in the camp, and even at the beginning of the breakthrough, this person will wear your armor, fly your banner, and go to grab the water source again with Bentu. It's also a cover for your breakthrough. ”

When Gao Jie heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his hand also released the handle of the knife, only to feel that his body was wet with sweat.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Gao Jie suddenly realized that according to what he had just said, Sun Baigu did not break through by himself, but stayed here to cover. So he hurriedly spoke: "Your Excellency, don't you break through?" How can this work? ”

Sun Baigu heard it and said with a wry smile: "The old man was careless and humiliated the country. What are you going to do when you want to break out? General Gao, this time to break through, only the cavalry has a chance to stand out. All the infantry, except for the breakout, is left to the thief pursuers to cut off the heads (break through with some infantry, leave them alone when they run, let them be cut by the opponent, so as to delay time.) In addition, those who really want to stand out must have war horses. Now our army has a limited number of horses, and except for those who have horses, all your soldiers who can fight a little will be left for me. It can also put more pressure on the yellow thief. Mr. Huang and Mr. Bai, I hope that after you break out, you will not be discouraged and continue to serve the court. ”

At this time, Sun Baigu's words were almost his last words. And what he said is almost the only feasible way to escape for his life at present.

Bai Guangen took the lead in holding his fists and said: "If the last general can break out of the encirclement, he must remember the teachings of the governor, serve the court wholeheartedly." ”

Gao Jie also hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The teachings of the adults will be remembered in the end, and I dare not forget them." ”

Sun Baigu nodded and said, "In this case, let's discuss the details of the operation." ”

A few people discussed, and after discussing for a while, Gao Jie gradually realized that something was wrong, he was just a little moved by Sun Baigu's active sacrifice, but when discussing who to take to break through, it seemed that he had suffered a little, and the quota was taken away by Bai Guangen's dog. (Of course, the cavalry with war horses is as many as they have, even if they are.) But there are still horses requisitioned in the barracks to pull carts, and these horses are all Sun Baigu's, and whoever has more now will naturally be able to bring out more of his own people. ）

"Bai Guangen of the dog day, it's really not a thing, no wonder he can run out every time!" Gao Jie remembered what Li Chengdong said, and couldn't help but secretly think, "I was almost cheated by him." ”

So a few people pulled up their skins, and it took a while to arrange the personnel who broke through. As for the time of the breakout, it was placed at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. If you stand out like this, run at a high speed, and it will be dark, which is also just conducive to escaping.

"Please also ask the Governor to send us an official letter, otherwise, if we rush to Nanzhao County at night or at dawn, but we can't enter the city, it will be troublesome." Bai Guangen added.

Gao Jie nodded in his heart: "Bai Guangen's guy is really experienced in escaping. ”

Everyone discussed, and the time was close to noon, and it was not long before the scheduled breakthrough time, so everyone went back to prepare.

After sending Sun Baigu and Bai Guangen away, Gao Jie said to Li Chengdong: "You go to the room and keep an eye on it, I estimate that Bai Guangen's guy is probably going to take advantage of us there." Send someone to watch the horse material again, don't let Bai Guangen get all the good things. ”

Breakouts and fights are very physically demanding. Therefore, before the general big combat operations in this era, the participating personnel will be asked to eat some meat and horses to eat some beans to ensure physical strength. Now the finances of the imperial court are basically empty, so people don't eat enough horses. If you don't stare at the point, maybe you will let Bai Guangen take advantage.

"That's what the marshal said. Then I went. Li Chengdong answered and went out.

After going out for a long time, Li Chengdong suddenly remembered that he was worried about whether Bai Guangen would use Gao Jie's head to surrender to Huang Zide, and suddenly felt that Bai Guangen should not be like this, he should have thought too much. So he shook his head and went to the room.

As Gao Jie expected, Bai Guangen also sent Zheng Jiadong over, and everyone stared at each other like thieves until lunch was distributed.

After lunch, it was soon time for the scheduled breakout. Before breaking through, the first was a feint, Sun Baigu took the fake Gao Jie and the fake Bai Guangen, as well as more than 4,000 infantry, and once again rushed towards Tian Xiucheng's guarded water source. In the distance, Huang Zide and Liu Jiexuan stood on a small earthen hill together, looking at the battle situation here.

"Bai Guangen's guy doesn't seem to be lying, they really plan to break through here. We've got all our ambushes arranged, right? Huang Zide asked.

"It's arranged, Erhu, Huang Guo, and Dang Shouyi have all taken their men and horses out to ambush." Liu Jiexuan replied, "Big brother, just wait, this time you will definitely be able to bring Gao Jie's head back." ”

As Sun Baigu expected, it was not too difficult to highlight the encirclement. Huang Zide's strength does not have an absolute advantage, so in fact, there is only vigilance at a single point. (Of course, if you enclose it for a while, maybe there will be a ditch and earthen wall, then the situation will be different.) It's just that as soon as it comes out, it's immediately pursued.

Bai Guangen and Gao Jie rushed out smoothly, but they didn't dare to stay, because they knew that the pursuers would soon chase after them. At this time, Bai Guangen and Gao Jie each brought 400 cavalry with them, and they took these cavalry and ran desperately to the north.

After running for half an hour, the horses began to get a little tired. The two men slowed down the cavalry, let the soldiers get off their horses, and led the horses on. Bai Guangen led the horse and walked with Gao Jie, and while walking, he also introduced some precautions to Gao Jie when escaping. Gao Jie listened as he kept looking back at the back.

"Lao Bai, how long do you say Governor Sun can hold them back?" Gao Jie asked with some uneasiness.

"Governor Sun won't be able to delay for long." Bai Guangen said, "As soon as we run, how can the soldiers under him not know that they are already outcasts?" No matter how hard Governor Sun tried, where would they still have the morale to hold back the thief army. I'm afraid that as soon as we run away, these people who come out will definitely collapse. Well, the thieves chasing us should be on their way too, but it should be a little while before they get closer, and by then our horses will be resting ....... ”

While saying this, Bai Guangen also turned his head to look behind, and then his face changed. Far behind him, a stream of yellow dust rose high, apparently raised by the cavalry chasing them.

"The thief army, the thief army is chasing after you! Get on the horse and run! Bai Guangen shouted, and was the first to jump on the horse.