Yang Zilin collected the defeated soldiers, about 5,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers fled home in the defeat, Yang Zilin had no choice but to lead more than 5,000 people to bypass Yang'an County and retreat back to Luzhou.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xue Xun's family returned to Yang'an County, and Xue Xun summoned the officials of the state and county government on the sickbed, stating that he would only severely punish the first evildoer and not pursue the responsibility of other officials.

In the room, Xue Xun said to Guo Song with great emotion: "Now I know what ability is, what others can't do, but the virtuous nephew can do it, not only seize military power, but also defeat Yang Zilin, no wonder the Son of Heaven values you so much." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Uncle Shi praised me too much, I can't say that Yang Zilin's weakness is my toughness, in fact, I just happened at the right time, the real reason is that the people of Shuzhong are determined, and the ordinary people do not support the rebellion, so it leads to the instability and low morale of Yang Zilin's subordinates." ”

Xue Xun pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think that the virtuous nephew can put down Yang Zilin's rebellion before the arrival of Cui Ning's army?" ”

"Uncle Shi is very taboo about Cui Ning's army?" Guo Song saw Xue Xun's concern.

Xue Xun nodded, "If Cui Ning leads the army down, the people will suffer, Yang Zilin's army does not disturb the people much, but the Jiannan army is like a wolf and a tiger, the military discipline is corrupt, the people of Xichuan hate and fear them, the Shu rebellion has not been quelled for more than ten years, and the root cause is that the people of the Jiannan army are too angry." ”

Guo Song thought for a while and said, "I can give it a try." ”

Yang Zilin's rebels were even weaker than Guo Song imagined, giving Guo Song some confidence to defeat him.

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The 2,000 Jianzhou troops that were taken away by Yang Zilin did not follow him to Luzhou, they fled in defeat, and Guo Song successively recovered more than 500 people, bringing his strength to 1,500 people.

Guo Song handed over 500 men to Feng Yuan and ordered him to guard Yang'an County, while Guo Song himself led 1,000 men out of Yang'an County and took another longer road to Luzhou.

Jianzhou is Zizhou, and then to the south is Luzhou, which is about 300 miles away.

Five days later, the 1,000 Jianzhou army that detoured south arrived in Luchuan County, Luchuan County faces water on both sides, and Yang'an County, limited by the terrain, the city is not big, and it is relatively dilapidated, it is Luzhou Prefecture, and it is also Yang Zilin's old nest.

Guo Song's army stopped to rest in a wooded area about three miles from Luchuan County.

Xu Yan said to Guo Song worriedly: "Envoy, there is something I don't know if I should say?" ”

"What does Captain Xu want to say?"

"Envoy, in fact, our army in Jianzhou is similar to Yang Zilin's Luzhou army, they are both local armies, and their combat effectiveness is very weak, we only have a thousand people, while the other party has five or six thousand people, it is really hard, we are not opponents at all, several of us think that it is very unwise to attack Luzhou."

Guo Song smiled slightly: "The victory is not in the number of soldiers, but in the way of using troops, why do I want to detour south, is that I don't want the other party to find out that we exist, to have a heart or not, first of all, we have the upper hand." ”

"Do you want to sneak attack?"

Guo Song nodded, "It can be said that I carefully inquired about the situation in Luzhou before leaving, and the local army of Luzhou is not stationed in the city, but outside the city, I have already sent someone to investigate, and now I need to confirm this." ”

Xu Yan said for a while: "We don't have any experience in sneak attacks, especially when we fight at night, we can't tell the enemy from us, so I'm afraid that we will disappoint the envoy." ”

Guo Song patted him on the shoulder, smiled and comforted him: "No one is born to fight, tell the brothers not to worry, listen to my command, we will definitely win this battle." ”

Xu Yan was still quite worried in his heart, after all, the other party was just a supervising imperial history, how much combat experience would he have?

Soon, Yang Jun came back to report that the other party's military camp was indeed outside the city.

Yang Jun drew a picture and explained to Guo Song: "The military camp is in a wilderness, covering an area of about 100 acres, surrounded by a wall made of rammed earth, and there are more than a dozen rows of bungalows in it, which are basically made of mud and relatively simple, and there is a relatively sparse forest in the west, and after this forest is the official road to the north." ”

Guo Song listened attentively, and he asked again: "How far is the military camp from the county seat?" ”

"About two miles!"

Guo Song pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How is the situation of the sentries in the barracks?" ”

Yang Jun shook his head, "There is no guard tower, just a few guards at the gate, and the wall is very thin, so it is impossible to stand on the wall at all." ”

Guo Song basically understood that this was a very ordinary military camp, not a wartime camp, and after Yang Zilin's army returned, it basically returned to its usual situation, and did not continue to maintain its wartime state, otherwise the army's vigilance would not be so relaxed.

Although there are some strange things here, isn't Yang Zilin afraid that the Jiannan Army will retaliate?

There are a lot of strange things, but Guo Song can't think about it so much for the time being.

"Do you see the state of the soldier? Is there any training or anything like that? Guo Song asked again.

"I looked at the inside of the barracks from a big tree, and I could see very clearly that the soldiers in the barracks were eating, and they were gathered together in twos and threes, about five or six thousand people, just like a big bazaar, and I saw the soldiers fighting, and as for the training, maybe the lowly post went relatively late and didn't see it."

From Yang Jun's various detailed descriptions, Guo Song ruled out the possibility that Yang Zilin would cheat, and they really didn't find out that they were coming.

At this moment, Guo Song made up his mind........

The time gradually came to two o'clock, Guo Song led a thousand soldiers through the official road, into the small forest next to the barracks, the woods are relatively sparse, the moonlight is not bad, the dark blue sky hangs a full moon, the silver light is sprinkled to the earth, through the woods can see the low barracks wall.

The wall was overgrown with weeds and shrubs, and there was a small ditch, which collapsed a little way, about a foot wide, next to the barracks kitchen, and a path was trodden underneath, which the soldiers used to sneak into the city.

Guo Song beckoned, the soldiers rushed in from the gap, they were led by each lieutenant and brigade commander, before leaving, Guo Song told all the soldiers, the enemy and the enemy are very easy to distinguish, the armor is neat is their own people, no armor and helmets, even barefoot, is the enemy, this is a battle of life and death, if the heart is soft and dare not start, by the enemy counterattack, everyone will die in Luzhou.

The soldiers went into action, and ten of them kicked open the barracks door with one kick, rushed in and assassinated, killed them all, and then moved on to the next barracks.

In an instant, there was a scream and cry in the barracks, only the roars and shouts of the soldiers were heard, and the sleeping soldiers in the barracks were awakened one after another, and they fled out of the barracks in panic, but they encountered the soldiers of Jianzhou, who were killing with red eyes and like wolves and tigers, who were cut down by knives and stabbed by spears, so frightened that the soldiers didn't even have time to put on their shoes, and ran out of the barracks with bare feet.

The barracks were in a mess, and Zhu Cha, the chief general who had just been appointed as the captain, rushed out of the barracks with a sword and went to meet Guo Song, who was a general who specialized in killing generals.

Guo Song had already killed more than a dozen generals above the brigade commander in a row, and the soldiers of the Luzhou army were leaderless, which was even more chaotic, and the soldiers had no will to resist at all, or ran away in a panic, and knelt down to beg for mercy if they couldn't escape.

This sneak attack ended after almost half an hour, more than 2,000 of the 6,000 soldiers were killed, 1,300 were captured, and the rest of the soldiers fled in panic.

The Jianzhou army suffered more than 40 casualties, and the battle was completely victorious, and it was also this battle that made the Jianzhou army convinced Guo Song.

But the battle is not over, they have not caught the first evil Yang Zilin, Yang Zilin should still be in the city.

Guo Song left 200 people to guard the prisoners of war, and made it clear to the prisoners that once the war was over, they would be released home, and they would not be held responsible.

Guo Song led 800 soldiers to Luchuan County, a mile away.

Luchuan County is also a dilapidated old county seat, the city wall is less than two zhang high, low and dilapidated, this dilapidated city wall has no defensive value, it is easy to be breached, so there are no soldiers patrolling the city, only dozens of people guard the east and west gates.

The soldiers of Jianzhou found more than a dozen ladders from the barracks warehouse, they ran to the north of the city, they set up wooden ladders one after another, and swarmed to climb up, only for a moment, they climbed the city wall, and the soldiers divided into two roads, killing the east and west cities.

Guo Song personally led 400 people to the Assassin's Mansion, at this time just after the third watch, it was the time when the whole city was sleeping, hundreds of people ran on the street, and did not alarm the sleeping people.

The soldiers quickly surrounded the official residence, and then the soldiers turned into the house, opened the door, and nearly 100 soldiers swarmed in.

"The adulterer and the looter will be beheaded, and whoever catches Yang Zilin will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver."

Under the heavy reward, the soldiers rushed to the back house, kicked open every room and carefully searched for Yang Zilin.

Guo Song stood in the courtyard and waited, dozens of soldiers holding torches, illuminating the courtyard as if it were day.

Not long after, the soldiers pulled out a middle-aged man, someone knew him, and told Guo Song that this person was Yang Zilin, the assassin of Luzhou.

Yang Zilin also returned to Luzhou yesterday, very tired, and wanted to rest for two days before taking the next step.

Unexpectedly, the day after he returned, Guo Song led the Jianzhou army to Luchuan County and captured him alive.

Yang Zilin was only wearing a white middle coat, his hair was scattered, very embarrassed, he was pressed to kneel in front of Guo Song, his arms were pressed by the soldiers, Yang Zilin was extremely angry, raised his head and shouted: "Who are you, who have repeatedly damaged me?" ”

Guo Song lowered his head and whispered: "I am Guo Song, the envoy of the Three Towns, has Yang Envoy heard of it?" ”

"Ahh

Yang Zilin was stunned, and he shouted for a while: "You kill me!" ”

Guo Song shook his head, "I won't kill you, I will hand you over to Xue Changshi of Jianzhou, and he will send someone to escort you to Beijing." ”

Yang Zilin sighed, simply closed his eyes and said nothing, Guo Song shouted, "Take him away!" ”

The soldiers sealed Yang Zilin's mansion and escorted Yang Zilin to the barracks outside the city.

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