Cao Bianjiao is designing an evacuation route, his plan is to go west from Songshan, through the Liaohe Loop to Liaoyang, of course, this is just a disguise, in fact, the real target is Gaizhou, there are Qing army sailors in Gaizhou, Qing Dynasty sailors are just decorations, Cao Bianjiao is not worried about anything, what he is worried about is the boat in their hands, as long as there is a boat, they can cross the sea to Dengzhou at that time.

"Report, general, Zu Dale and Zhu Wende, the two generals, ask to see you!"

"Please!" Cao Bianjiao also put down the work in his hand and got up to greet the two.

Soon Zu Dale and Zhu Wende both walked in, and they all smiled as they saw each other.

"The big war is coming, the two generals are not in the camp to start preparations, how can they have the leisure to come to me, please take a seat!"

Zu Dale smiled, sat down, and said: "Don't hide it from General Cao, the two of us came by order, just now, Zhang Ruolin summoned the two of us, and let the two of us lead the army to fight with the general tonight, the meaning of this, I don't say it, General Cao must also know it, today General Cao, you have greatly offended Zhang Ruolin." ”

"Yes! We didn't expect General Cao to be so courageous, since Ningyuan, we first fought a few victories under the leadership of Governor Hong, originally thought that there would be a reappearance of Ningjin's victory, but we didn't expect the imperial court to do this, so that Zhang Ruolin took charge of the army, and Governor Hong has been swallowing his anger out of the way of self-preservation, and he has not fought for anything, so he has the next consecutive defeats! We are now very clear about our fate, and we have nothing else to think about except to serve the country with our bodies! Zhu Wende also looked helpless, the Ming Dynasty has always been a civilian and temperate general, it has always been like this, now they can only follow Zhang Ruolin to the dark, he Zhu Wende will never surrender.

"Dare to ask the two generals, how many soldiers do you still have in your hands?" Cao Bianjiao also asked, what does Zhang Ruolin think, he doesn't care, he just wants to take care of his own affairs now, he Zhang Ruolin is looking for death, then let him die.

"There are only more than 2,000 infantry and cavalry left in our army's combatable soldiers, and we have suffered heavy losses in the previous breakthrough, and more than half of them have been lost!" When Zu Dale mentioned this problem, his flesh hurt, and he broke through several times, but the siege did not break through, but the losses were heavy.

"We still have 3,000 foot soldiers." Zhu Wende also replied truthfully.

Cao Bianjiao nodded, thinking in his heart, he has 5,000 people, if he can pull the two of them in, then there will be nearly 10,000 horses, and there will be a few more chances of winning.

"Two generals, forgive Cao's bluntness, now our army has been besieged for many months, Zhang Ruolin said that there are reinforcements inside and outside, but do you think there is really a chance of winning, think about it, we have been surrounded for so long, there are Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Li Fuming and others 20,000 soldiers and horses on the periphery, they can join us inside and outside, the elite of the imperial court is here with us, who has the ability to rescue us now, several times after breaking through the siege are failures, now the soldiers and horses are no longer sharp, what are the chances of winning?"

"General Cao, what do you mean by this, is it because you want to join the enemy?" Zhu Wende heard Cao Bianjiao's words, and immediately changed his face, in his opinion, Cao Bianjiao meant that he couldn't fight, and he didn't want to fight, so in addition to surrendering to the enemy, he couldn't think of Cao Bianjiao's other calculations, and he naturally couldn't guess Cao Bianjiao's thoughts.

Cao Bianjiao also became serious, got up and said: "General Zhu regards Cao as someone, a certain family has followed his uncle to fight since he was fifteen years old, and has been in the army for nearly 20 years, will Cao surrender to Jiannu?" ”

"Then what does General Cao mean?" Zu Dale hurriedly stepped forward and held down the two of them to prevent them from having a firefight.

Cao Bianjiao sat back in place and said in a low voice: "It's easy to die, but it's right to put it to death and live later, now the nine-sided elites of the Ming Dynasty are outside the gate, Wu Sangui and Bai Guangen can't count on them, we can spare our lives to fight with the Qing army, and repay the country with death, but we have fought all over, what should the court do, the Qing army has repeatedly gone south over the years, and the capital has warned many times, so we have to protect this bit of family foundation for the court." ”

The two of them were silent, Cao Bianjiao's meaning, they were also a little clear, but at the moment, apart from breaking through, was there any way, they couldn't think of it.

"Actually, Cao has an idea, the two generals might as well listen to it, at the moment the Qing army's 100,000 troops are gathered around my Songshan City, but the enemy's key defensive forces are concentrated in the north gate and the west gate, and their forces at the east gate are very weak, only less than 10,000 horses, because to the east is their hinterland, they expect that we will not be surrounded by *, if we break through from the east gate, can we catch them off guard?"

"That's what I said, but after breaking through, we still have to go north to Jinzhou or west to Benningyuan, or to go through the blockade line of the Qing army, if we lose the support of the city, if we fight with them in the field, it will not have any advantage." Zhu Wende also calmed down and analyzed the strategy that Cao Bianjiao said.

Cao Bianjiao is also in a mood of hating iron and steel, who are these people, they have ordered it so thoroughly, they still haven't turned the corner, and they are very helpless at the moment.

"Two generals, who said that we are going to Jinzhou and Ningyuan, why can't we go deep into their hinterland, now the Qing army is massively assembled here, the rear is empty, don't we have an opportunity to take advantage of, and there are two advantages to doing this, first, we can avoid the enemy's edge, avoid the real and the virtual, waiting for the opportunity to find a way to break through and return to China, and second, we can attract the attention of the enemy, we have turned them upside down in their hinterland, how can they sit idly by, and they will definitely come to encircle and suppress us at that time, and the siege of Jinzhou will not be solvedIf there is no grain and grass, we can rob them, but if we only allow him to build slaves and rob us, we can't treat them in the same way as others? ”

At this time, Cao Bianjiao completely said the big plan, both of them suddenly realized, but they both felt that it was very risky, they were all thinking, Cao Bianjiao's strategy could not be said no, but there were many changes in it, and it was necessary to take a lot of risks, not to mention, it is very likely that the Qing army made dumplings without achieving any expected purpose, and this is equivalent to giving up the rest of the troops in the city, they ran away from the east gate, and the troops that broke through the siege were weaker and the odds of victory were smaller, and they were all hesitant.

"How to choose, it depends on the two generals, our army has been assembled, ready to set off at any time, if the two generals are willing, follow Cao to march together, if not, please keep it secret for Cao!"

"General Cao, my ancestor Dale is willing to do it with you, no matter what, it's a dead end, it's better to make a mess with him, so that Jiannu also knows that my Da Ming soldiers are not allowed to be bullied by them." Zu Dale jumped out and said very excitedly, after thinking about it, he still chose to act with Cao Bianjiao.