Yang Xuanying stood in front of the steps outside the Jinyang Palace, curiously looking at the three buildings in front of the Jinyang Palace, there is a symmetrical two-story building on the left and right, and in front of it is a horizontal official office, which is three hundred steps long, and the sign seems to say 'Chengshi Hall', which literally means the place to do things.

On both sides are the offices of various ministries and departments, and in the middle is a very empty square, where more than a dozen carriages are parked, and ordinary idle people are not allowed to enter.

It's like a small court, and if you think about it, why isn't it a small court? In addition to more than 20 prefectures in Hedong, Guannei Dao, Shuofang, Hexi, Longyou, Beiting, and Anxi are all under its rule, and the territory is more than 10,000 miles.

Just when Yang Xuanying was thinking wildly, a practitioner stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "May I ask if Your Excellency is Yang Gongzi who came with Xue Shaoqing?" ”

Yang Xuanying nodded, "I am!" ”

"Please come with me! His Royal Highness the King of Jin wants to see you. ”

Yang Xuanying was startled and hurriedly followed him towards the palace.

Before coming to the official room, he reported at the door, "Your Highness, Yang Gongzi has been brought!" ”

"Let him in!"

Yang Xuanying didn't seem to be old when he heard the voice, he was about thirty years old, he had already heard of Guo Song's name, and it was rumored that Guo Song's martial arts were transcendent, and his archery skills were invincible in the world, which made Yang Xuanying very worshipful.

"Young Master Yang, please!"

Yang Xuanying hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and then walked into the official room quickly, he saw a man about thirty years old, wearing a black gauze hat, wearing a robe, and a leather belt around his waist, with an extraordinary appearance, not angry and arrogant, and his brother-in-law Xue Yong sat aside.

Yang Xuanying hurriedly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted: "Xiaomin Yang Xuanying see His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

"Young Master Yang, please get up!"

Guo Song saw that he was doing a standard military salute, and saw that he was majestic and had slender and powerful arms, so he asked with a smile: "Yang Gongzi is a soldier?" “

"Xiaomin is training in the Yuzhou regiment and serving as a captain."

The regimental training cadet lieutenant is equivalent to the militia company commander and the middle and low-level generals of the reserve.

Guo Song held up the letter and asked, "Your father said in the letter that he could make the Jin army occupy Yuzhou without blood, what is the basis?" ”

It is normal for Guo Song to ask this question, but it is really the strategic location of Yuzhou is extremely important, Zhu Zhu has stationed 10,000 troops here, and the Yang family can command this 10,000 troops?

Yuzhou belongs to the east of the river, but it is south of the Yellow River, and borders Puzhou in the northernmost part, and this section of the border is very narrow, only 30 miles wide.

Coming out of Tongguan, it is the Ruxiang County of Yuzhou, after walking thirty miles, you will enter the Yongle County of Shaanzhou, this thirty miles of road is very dangerous, next to the Yellow River with turbulent water, on the other side is a steep mountain, there is only a narrow path in the canyon, this path is dozens of miles, and finally arrive at Tongguan.

In that year, Ge Shuhan led an army of 200,000 out of Tongguan to meet An Lushan's army, and it was on this narrow road that was dozens of miles long that he encountered an ambush by An Lushan's army, and as a result, the 200,000 army was wiped out, and An Lushan's rebels were able to enter the pass.

This kind of terrain is the most dangerous, because the army can not be assembled, can not open the battlefield, limited by the terrain, the team can only be forced to stretch very long when marching, it is easy to be cut off by the enemy in a few sections, the road into Shu is also like this, why is it important for Yan Yan to surrender, if it is not for Yan Yan to surrender at the passes along the way, it is difficult for Zhang Fei's army to attack Bashu.

Yang Xuanying said unhurriedly: "Your Highness doesn't know, most of the defenders in Yuzhou are locals, that is, the former militia soldiers have been converted into regular soldiers, and three of the four Lang generals are from Hongnong County, and the Yang family can influence their attitudes." ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment and decided to believe in the Yang family's ability, after all, the Hongnong Yang family is a world-famous family, if it can't even affect the local family, then it will really be laughed at by the world.

........

In Puzhou, in the snow, a cavalry of 20,000 men was marching south along the official road, and the commander of this army was the commander Yao Jin, who was ordered by Guo Song to go south to capture Yuzhou.

Yuzhou belongs to the Hedong Road, and its strategic location in the north is extremely important, once the northern passage is choked, Zhu Zhu will be blocked in Guanzhong.

Of course, Guo Song can also let Zhu Zhu go to Luoyang, which requires negotiations between the two sides, and what can be done and what cannot be done will be decided by Guo Song.

Guo Song originally wanted to seize Yuzhou after the beginning of spring next year, but the surrender of Hongnong Yang made Guo Song's action advance.

Yang Xuanying also traveled with Yao Jin, and he had already sent his entourage to deliver important letters to his father first.

Along the way, Yang Xuanying introduced the basic situation of Yuzhou to Yao Jin, "The most important city in Yuzhou is Ruxiang County, which is twenty miles away from Tongguan, which just cuts off the only way to Tongguan, and the road is narrow, and the battlefield cannot be opened, and the difficulty of attacking this county is no less than Tongguan." ”

"How many troops are there in the county seat?"

"The county seat is not big, at most 5,000 troops are stationed, when I went to Taiyuan, I passed through Ruxiang County, at that time there were 5,000 garrisons in the county, and the other 5,000 troops were in Hongnong County, the main general Qiu Jingcheng, his brother was called Qiu Jingzhong, and he was one of the eight King Kongs under Zhu Jun."

"Where will this Qiu Jingcheng be?"

"He is in Ruxiang County, this is the garrison regulations, and the commander of the Yuzhou garrison must stay in Ruxiang County."

Yao Jin pondered for a moment and asked, "I heard His Royal Highness the King of Jin say that your father will persuade the defenders of Ruxiang County, right?" ”

Yang Xuanying nodded, "I don't hide it from General Yao, Yang Shan, one of the two Zhonglang generals in Ruxiang County, he is the general of the Yang family, and he has worked for the Yang family for generations. ”

At this time, the wind and snow were heavier, and the 20,000 cavalry accelerated their speed and headed south in the wind and snow.

.........

At the same time that the 20,000 Jin army was rapidly moving south, Yang Hongwei, the head of the Yang family, also arrived in Ruxiang County.

Yang Hongwei received a handwritten letter from Guo Song to him, he was greatly excited, and immediately began to move, and he had been persuaded of the 5,000 garrisons in Hongnong County.

The key is Ruxiang County, its strategic location is extremely important, just at a crossroads, to the southeast you can go to Hongnong County, to the east is to go to Shaanzhou, to the south is to enter the Qinling Yumai Mountains.

At this time, the war in Hedong Province had long subsided, and Ruxiang County was also in a non-wartime state, merchants and travelers could enter and leave the county, and Yang Hongwei's carriage also drove into the county seat.

The Yang family also has a house in Ruxiang County, Yang Hongwei first went back to his house to live, and then sent someone to send a letter to Yang Shan.

Raising family soldiers has always been the tradition of the Guanlong aristocracy, since the Northern Wei Dynasty, its genes come from the grassland tribes, after entering the Central Plains, it was changed to the tribal system, after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the tribal system was abolished by Yang Jian, and the family soldiers became the soldiers of the world, but the Guanlong nobles also changed, they turned to train the generals, and then used their connections in the army to place the generals in the army, and then consolidate their power in the military.

This way of cultivating talents is no longer limited to the Guanlong aristocracy, the major families in the Central Plains are the same, but most of the Central Plains families train literati, while the Guanlong nobles train military generals.

Hongnong Yang family is more special, it is both civil and military, both martial arts dominate the world Yang Xuangan, and Yang Xuan has both ability and political integrity,

They not only train Wang Zhihe such civil officials, but also cultivate generals, Zhonglang General Yang Shan is the Yang family trained by the generals, generations are Yang family generals, loyal to the Yang family, he was originally the deputy envoy of the Yuzhou regiment training, led two thousand regiments to train troops to defend Yuzhou, after the Yuzhou regiment training was absorbed by Zhu Zhu, he was also promoted to Zhonglang general, continue to command his subordinates.

Hearing that the head of the family was coming, Yang Shan hurriedly came to visit, Yang Shan was about thirty years old, and his father Yang Dazhi was also a general, Li Baozhen's subordinate, who died in the battle with Tian Yue five years ago.

"Yang Shan, see the head of the family!" Yang Shan knelt down on one knee and bowed.

Yang Hong smiled and said, "Let's get up and talk." ”

Yang Shan stood in front of the head of the family with his hands down and obeyed the orders of the head of the family.

"What do you think of Zhu Zhu?" Yang Hong asked with a smile.

Yang Shan hesitated, not knowing what to say, Yang Hong smiled slightly: "Don't have scruples, you just tell the truth." ”

Yang Shan thought for a while and said: "Zhu Jun is still a good person, he is bold and generous to his subordinates, and he also takes good care of the soldiers, he is a very good festival envoy, but he is the emperor, it is definitely a disaster for the people of the world, I am not optimistic about him." ”

"What about Guo Song?" Yang Hongwei asked with a smile.

Yang Shan hesitated for a moment and said, "Humble duty..... I don't know much about him, but my men are optimistic about him. ”

Yang Hong smiled, "Actually, you're also very optimistic about him, right?" ”

Yang Shan nodded embarrassedly, and Yang Hong groaned slightly, "I came to Ruxiang County to discuss with you about Guo Song." ”

"Please command, the head of the house!"

"The Yang family has decided to serve Guo Song, but compared with the major families in Hedong, our investment is a little late, which is a bit icing on the cake, so we need to pay a letter of nomination, you know what I mean!"

"What the head of the family said about the name of the petition refers to Yuzhou?"

Yang Hongwei nodded, "To be precise, it is Ruxiang County, this is why I came to you!" ”

Yang Shan was stunned, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please give specific instructions to the head of the family!" ”