As night fell, the stars were looming, and several braziers were added to the Chinese army's tent in the middle of the bridge. The charcoal fire was red, reflecting the flickering candlelight, and Gao Jing's face was also reflected with a red light.
On the left and right sides were Yu Jin and Tian Feng. They stood tall and cautious at the head of the case, their faces flickering in and out, looking at the sheepskin map seized from Qiao Rui and falling into deep thought.
After a while, Qiao Rui cautiously stepped into the tent, saluted Gao Jin and said: "General, someone's personal guards have been appeased. They are also willing to serve the general. Please make a decision, general."
Gao Jin raised his eyes, glanced at Qiao Rui, nodded and said, "You did a good job."
He paused, and there was a trace of coldness in his eyes: "To be honest, I don't like you, but since you are willing to surrender, I will never pursue your past. You will serve me well."
Qiao Rui said quickly: "Thank you General for not killing me."
The camp was broken, and Qiao Rui saw that the situation was over, so he surrendered to Gao Jin. Gao Jin also stopped killing. From then on, the camp was broken. Gao Jin ordered Qiao Rui to gather his old cronies and raise a hundred people.
Others joined his team.
As for the other prisoners, he did not make them all surrender. What Gao Jin lacks now is not people, but horses. The more people there are, the less mobility will be. In addition, it will be more difficult to solve the problem of food and grass on the spot.
Therefore, Gao Jin, the remaining captives, could only choose to release them.
Gao Jin waved to Qiao Rui and said, "Come here and help me look at the map."
Qiao Rui stepped forward in response to the order. The map at this time could only be described as crude. Gao Jin thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand it at all. Qiao Rui understood it very well and explained it carefully to Gao Jin. Gao Jin's expression began to change.
Already.
Dead end!
Only then did Gao Jin realize that he had fallen into a dead end. He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time and said to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, if you were Yuan Shu, what would you do next?"
Tian Feng pondered for a moment and said: "Yuan Shu is arrogant and arrogant. This general's successive victories will definitely arouse his anger. If someone is Yuan Shu, he will definitely lead an army to station on the only way to Sishui Pass to cut off the
The general's retreat. Then lead a cavalry army to chase the general, so that the general can be killed."
Gao Jin nodded slowly. Tian Feng was right. Yuan Shu might have really angered him. If it were still the past, Yuan Shu's strategic focus was still on Yinping. Gao Jin was just a scabies disease in Yuan Shu's eyes, so he gave it to him.
Gao Jin can take advantage of this opportunity.
But if Yuan Shu really wanted to deal with Gao Jin, and led an army to camp near Sishui Pass to cut off Gao Jin's retreat, and then sent a general to lead a cavalry to pursue him, where should Gao Jin go?
To the east is the seaside, and to the north is the camp of Yuan Shu's army. The camp there is more compact, and the whole body can be affected by one move, and it is difficult for the eight hundred cavalry to do anything. If there is another cavalry to pursue, I am afraid that Gao Jin will only die.
Already.
He closed his eyes and meditated, his face suddenly changed, and he kept banging the knuckles on the table. Finally, he opened his eyes, and a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes: "It was my carelessness that I didn't explore the terrain of Donghai County and Yuan Shujun's arrangement.
So I rashly left the customs, and I’m afraid I’ll bring trouble to all of you.”
Yu Jin said: "Why did the general say that? I will follow the general to the death, and I will have no regrets even if I die."
Qiao Rui's face flickered between bright and dark, and she didn't know what she was thinking. She stood upright and didn't dare to speak.
Tian Feng said leisurely: "Why is the general so depressed? Is there really no way out?"
Gao Jin stood up with his sword in hand and said: "The most urgent task is to advance to Sishui Pass as quickly as possible and return to the pass immediately before Yuan Shu cuts off our escape route."
Tian Feng shook his head: "I'm afraid it's too late. The news of Lejiu's defeat may have reached Yuan Shu's ears last night. Yuan Shu is also an unparalleled hero. He hates generals deeply, so his first general order is nothing more than this.
Send a general to block the general's path."
Gao Jin smiled coldly and said: "He won't let me live, how can I let him live happily? If we don't attack Yuan Shu's army camp by surprise, even if we die, Yuan Shu will have to see how powerful we are."
Tian Feng sighed: "It's so inappropriate, but there is a way out. You can survive in death."
Gao Jin was overjoyed and asked, "Please Yuan Hao, please tell me directly."
Tian Feng closed his eyes and smiled: "Xiangnan!"
"To the south?" Gao Jin was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and looked at the map. To the south were Guangling and Shouchun, where Yuan Shu's army was based.
Gao Jin watched for a while, and then his eyes were fixed on a pass connecting Guangling County and Donghai County. After passing this pass, there was a flat plain. He murmured: "Go south... south..."
Then his eyes lit up and he said: "Yuan Hao is right. At this time, Yuan Shu's army is out in force. Guangling and Shouchun will definitely be empty. We will kill him and turn him upside down." His eyes were ambitious.
Falling at Shouchun: "Break through Shouchun and go straight to Huanglong!"
Gao Jin said to Yu Jin and Qiao Rui who were full of doubts: "Yuan Shu's army would never have thought that we would break out to the south. The pass between Guangling County and Donghai County is called Shanyang Pass. There is no war here, so the defense must be lax.
As long as this pass is broken, the entire land of Runan, Shouchun, and Guangling will be at our disposal. If Yuan Shu wants to encircle us, we will rush into his lair." A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes: "Capture Shouchun.
, forcing Yuan Shu to retreat!"
Qiao Rui said: "General, this may be too dangerous..."
Gao Jin interrupted: "Can it be more dangerous than now? We have no way out. Instead of doing this, we will sink the boat. Qiao Rui, you are familiar with the terrain there. I am afraid you have to be the leader. Don't you still have a family?
Shouchun? If Yuan Shu hears that you have rebelled and surrendered, I am afraid that your wife and children will be in great danger. We will go to Shouchun now and take your family together."
Qiao Rui was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "In this case, I would like to go to Shouchun with the general."
Gao Jin drew his sword and said loudly: "From now on, we live and die together, and if we die, we will die. As long as there is still one breath left, I will teach Yuan Shu to be restless."
He ordered Qiao Rui and Gao Shun to say: "Gather the soldiers immediately and prepare to march."
"Here!" The two of them took the order and left.
Gao Jin looked at Tian Feng and said, "Mr. Yuan Hao, this trip is going to be very bad, it's me who has caused you trouble."
Tian Feng said: "Why did the general say this? He and the general hit it off immediately. If the general hadn't saved him last time, would he still be alive? You and I are close friends, so there is no need to be so polite."
Gao Jin solemnly said: "As a close friend, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Tian Feng smiled bitterly and looked deeply at Gao Jin: "Is it possible that the general wants to persuade someone to abandon Yuan Shao and work with the general?"
"Exactly!" Gao Jin confided, "What do Yuan Hao think?"
He said unabashedly: "I know that Yuan Shaozhi is a man who has great ambitions but little wisdom, is fierce but timid, is restrained but lacks power, has many soldiers but unclear divisions, has arrogant generals but inconsistent political orders, and although his land is vast,
Although food is plentiful, it is not the capital of a heroic lord. Why should Yuan Hao serve him? You and I have a close relationship, why not start a career together?"
Tian Feng sighed: "A certain person serves Yuan Shao and only wants to serve him for the rest of his life. Even if he is ignorant at first, how can he abandon him?"
Gao Jin smiled coldly: "This is not what Yuan Hao means." He looked at Tian Feng, motionless, as if he had seen through the number one counselor in Hebei.
Tian Feng's eyes flickered, and he said after a long time: "I dare to ask the general, since Yuan Shao is not the hero, then is the general?"
This sentence touched on Gao Jin's key point. So far, Gao Jin has still relied on others. Now, let alone the hero, it may be unreasonable. However, Gao Jin did not show any embarrassment and said calmly: "What do you think Yuan Hao?"
Tian Feng sighed slightly and said: "It's a shame to have the appearance of a hero but not the foundation of a hero."
Gao Jin laughed and said: "Please give Yuan Hao a try. But Yuan Hao still needs to think carefully about this matter."
Tian Feng nodded solemnly: "In ten days, I will give the general an answer."