2 Defeat with civility

No one thought that Cao Bianjiao would stand up and accuse against Zhang Ruolin, since Zhang Ruolin took power, because of Hong Chengchou's wisdom to protect his life, so that his generals swallowed his anger, and it was because of this that the previous time led to a big defeat and loss, and finally hundreds of thousands of troops, falling apart, they were beaten and scattered, only these tens of thousands of horses fled to Songshan City, which is also precarious, if you are not careful to use troops at this time, you will definitely die at that time.

"General Cao Bing, what do you mean by this, don't you know that we have no food to hold on, and there is still time for us to consume, victory or defeat in one fell swoop, General Cao, your uncle General Cao Wenzhao is a powerful world, General Cao Xiao, you are also a battle-hardened person, this time you will be the vanguard, lead your cavalry to take the lead, make a gap, and then our army will follow, so decided!"

Zhang Ruolin said with a pale face, he was very dissatisfied with Cao Bianjiao's move, since Cao Wenzhao dared to mock him, then he would give Cao Bianjiao small shoes to wear, and the task of this vanguard was originally Cao Bianjiao, but before this, Zhang Ruolin originally wanted to give him more troops, but now it seems that there is no need for that, so let Cao Bianjiao lead his headquarters to go.

Cao Bianjiao still wanted to argue about something, but Zhang Ruolin had already brushed his sleeves away, Hong Chengchou looked at Cao Bianjiao, the more he shook his head slightly, and did not speak, Cao Bianjiao was also very angry at the moment, stomped his feet and shouted: "The whole army is annihilated, and it is fighting here, can't you all see it?" Governor Hong, you started the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and the three armies have reached a critical point of survival, why do you still take care of your own body, protect your self, and refuse to speak? ”

Cao Bianjiao's words pointed directly at Hong Chengchou's weakness, and at the moment Hong Chengchou was also flushed, very ashamed, looking at Cao Bianjiao's angry state, he just shook his head, sighed and left the hall.

"General Cao, the power of the three armies has all fallen into the hands of the prison army, and Governor Hong refuses to stand up, you and I can only do to fight to the death for the country." Governor Qiu Yangmin walked to Cao Bianjiao's side, and sighed a few words helplessly.

Cao Bianjiao doesn't understand, the thinking of people in this era is like this, authority, this is what everyone dare not shake, Zhang Ruolin is the supervisor of the army, has already held the power, and is recognized by the court, then he is the authority, so even if they know that Zhang Ruolin may be wrong, but they will not easily bring it up, and they dare not guarantee that Zhang Ruolin must be wrong, or maybe it will work, this is the difference between Cao Bianjiao and them, the collision of ideas across the era, he can only suffer.

"General ......" Everyone left to go back to prepare, and only Cao Bianjiao and Deputy General Jiang Zhu were left in the conference hall, Jiang Zhu saw that Cao Bianjiao's face was ugly, and called softly.

Cao Bianjiao gritted his teeth, swallowed this breath, and said, "Go back and prepare!" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Zhu also left with Cao Bianjiao, and returned to the barracks, the anger in Cao Bianjiao's heart has not been eliminated, and it involves the wound, which makes him very uncomfortable, breaking through, it is too risky, they are not the first time to break through, which one succeeded, he was injured last time, and he has not recovered yet, when he came out of the pass, he had 17,000 soldiers, horses, and cavalry, but now, there are less than 5,000 people left, which time he Cao Bianjiao did not rush to the front, The losses are also the heaviest.

"Ziyu, how many brothers do we have now?"

"There are 3,000 cavalry and less than 2,000 infantry, and just these people, as well as many brothers, have been wounded, and there are about three or four hundred lightly and seriously wounded." Jiang Zhu also said it in 1510, he has followed Cao Bianjiao for many years, first he followed Cao Wenzhao, after Cao Wenzhao died in battle, he followed Cao Bianjiao, and now he has branded the mark of the Cao family.

"It's only 4,000 people, if you attack with all your might, you may not be able to break through, go, bring me the map!"

"Yes!" Jiang Zhu also took out the map at the moment and presented it in front of Cao Bianjiao, the drawing on it was very detailed, the terrain of the mountains and rivers was clear at a glance, Cao Bianjiao carefully looked at the map in front of him, and now the entire Songshan periphery is the Qing army, which is three or four times their strength, especially in the direction of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and it is even more arranged with heavy troops, if you want to break through, it can be said that it is not easier than ascending to the sky, and he only has so much military strength in his hands, and his strength is limited, it is almost impossible to open the gap, as for the reinforcements that Zhang Ruolin said, Now the elites of the Ming Dynasty are gathered here, and the people who come have a little courage to fight head-on, so Cao Bianjiao doesn't expect reinforcements from the outside at all, if he really has that strength, as early as the early stage of the siege, he has already joined forces inside and outside, why wait until now when they are almost desperate.

"Ziyu, we are only afraid that this time it is more auspicious and less, Zhang Ruolin does not know the soldiers, the previous defeat is a lesson, causing my tens of thousands of troops to be lost in the hands of thieves, and now we are delusional to cooperate with the outside, it is really ridiculous, we can't sit still, let him be at his mercy, this time we must put it to death and live later." Cao Bianjiao said with a resolute face, he will not act according to Zhang Ruolin's deployment, that is, he will find death by himself and let himself be cannon fodder, he Zhang Ruolin wants to be beautiful, but Cao Bianjiao will not act according to his routine.

Jiang Zhu was also puzzled and curious, not knowing what Cao Bianjiao wanted, so he immediately asked: "Dare to ask the general, how should our army act?" ”

Cao Bianjiao looked at the map, his thoughts were flying, and he quickly determined his thoughts, but he didn't say it, but considered it, this is an extremely risky behavior, he needs to think about it carefully, so that he can have a chance to live.

"This time, Huang Taiji led an army of 150,000 to attack my Ningjin defense line, and now almost all of their troops are here in the Ningjin defense line, especially in our periphery, several layers of encirclement, if we forcibly raid, the chance of victory is very small, so we can only avoid the real attack and break through from the direction they can't imagine."

Hearing Cao Bianjiao's words, Jiang Zhu also reacted at the moment, and looked in the direction of Cao Bianjiao's finger, it turned out to be the direction of Liaoyang, he felt a little incredible, Cao Bianjiao's courage was really too big.

"General, that's the rear of the Qing army, if we encircle *, it will be equivalent to getting into their stomachs, being in the enemy's territory, this food and grass supply and other matters, it is difficult for us to support."

"You forget, these years the Tartar soldiers have penetrated deep into the hinterland of my Ming Dynasty, and they have all hit the Huaisi line, but they have not brought military food and grass, why can't we learn from them, they will never think that we will go to their rear, which can achieve unexpected results."

Jiang Zhu also thought about it, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "What the general says, the last general will follow, and the rest of the last generals will not think about it, and everything will obey the general's orders." ”

"Good! Go and arrange for it, everyone is equipped with two fast horses, don't tell anyone for the time being, bring the grain and grass for the five days, travel lightly, break through the north gate first, and turn east as soon as you leave the city. Cao Bianjiao also whispered, this matter can only be known to them, if it leaks out, it will be completely finished, and he can still trust Jiang Zhu.