Not long after, Pei Zhen and his entourage arrived in Zhengping County, they entered the county seat from the south city gate, the county town was lively as usual, there was no war here last night, they stopped in front of the state office, and Zhao Wen greeted him.

"Why did the head of the house come in person?" Zhao Wencai was surprised.

"I'm here to see Guo Yuanjun, where is he?"

"He is outside the northern city, and he is about to lead a large army south, but it should be in time, I will arrange it for the head of the family."

Zhao Wencai took Pei Zhen to hurry outside the northern city, and saw that the 20,000 cavalry had been assembled and was about to set off, Zhao Wen found Guo Song and said to him: "The head of the Pei family has just come from Wenxi County and wants to see His Highness." ”

Guo Song was stunned, immediately turned over and dismounted, pointed to the big tent not far away, and said, "Please ask the head of the Pei family to go to the tent to talk!" ”

After a short time, Zhao Wen took Pei Zhen to the big tent, Guo Song had been waiting at the door of the tent for a long time, Guo Song hugged his fists and smiled: "Pei Shilang, I haven't seen you for many years!" ”

When Guo Song served in Fengzhou, Pei Zhen was a squire in the military department, and they often interacted with each other.

Pei Zhen arched his hand and smiled: "I haven't seen you for many years, Guo Yuanjun's demeanor is still the same, and his achievements are better than in the past, congratulations!" ”

The two walked into the big tent and sat down, and the soldiers served them tea, Pei Zhen asked with a smile: "If you take Hedong Road, has the envoy considered moving Tiance Mansion to Hedong?" ”

Guo Song thought about it, and then said frankly: "I have indeed considered that if the time is ripe, our military government will move from Hexi to Taiyuan." ”

"Thank you Guo Yuanjun for your frankness, this time I originally went to Huoyi County to have a good chat with Guo Yuanjun, since Guo Yuanjun is in a hurry to send troops, then I will make a long story short, so that you can reuse the Wang family and the Xue family in Taiyuan, it can be seen that the envoy attaches great importance to the family, I don't know if there will be a place for the Pei family in the future Tiance Mansion?"

Guo Song smiled slightly: "As long as the Pei family is interested, of course I warmly welcome it!" ”

........

Guo Song led 20,000 cavalry to leave Zhengping County and gallop south, and the 20,000 cavalry on the official road were like a long dragon, mighty and mighty, and the dust covered the sky and the sun.

At dusk, the army arrived at a small town called Baibi, which had a large area of woods and meadows to the south of the town, and a small river flowing through the periphery, which was a good place to camp.

Less than an hour after the army had rested, scouts arrived to report that 5,000 enemy troops had been found fifty miles to the south.

At this time, it was already dark, Guo Song immediately ordered the army to pull out, and 20,000 cavalry mounted their horses one after another, slowing down and rushing south.......

The 5,000 soldiers were also resting on a meadow, with a large forest to the east surrounded by a river, and a river to the west of the river.

The 5,000 troops were all infantry, and the main general was called Zhang Wanjin, who was Shi Quan's deputy general, and he received an order from the main general Shi Quan, ordering him to immediately lead the army north to converge.

At this time, Zhengping County blocked the news, Zhang Wanjin did not know that the 5,000 troops he was going to meet had been wiped out, let alone that Shi Quan was dead, he was going to rest for the night, march for another day tomorrow, and arrive in Zhengping County at night.

At this time, it was April, the spring was full of spring in the field, the temperature was comfortable at night, the soldiers slept very sweetly, and the coach Zhang Wanjin was also asleep.

There were a number of patrols on the periphery, and they looked warily at the outlying wilderness, where the twilight was vast and the outline of the village was faintly visible in the distance.

At this time, a large number of birds and sparrows suddenly flew in the woods, and several patrolmen discovered the anomaly and immediately ran to report to the captain on duty.

The captain on duty also looked into the woods, and saw a large number of resident birds flying in the woods again, several miles long, he was shocked, and immediately shouted: "Call the police!" ”

'Woo-'

Several chirping arrows shot into the sky in succession, and the sleeping ones were awakened one after another, but they were not awakened by the chirping, but the earth trembled, and woke them from their sleep.

At this time, countless cavalry were killed from the woods and slaughtered the Jin army's camp.

The war horses of the Hexi army came rapidly, and many soldiers close to the woods just got up, and before they could stand firmly, the war horses swept past them, and human heads flew up.

The soldiers, who slept far away, got up in a panic, and did not even have time to put on their shoes, and ran bare-legged, tearing off the heavy armor of their bodies as they ran, and in front of them was a small river, but it was very shallow, and the water was only up to the knees of men.

The soldiers scrambled across the water and ran wildly in the dark wilderness, but they ran less than a hundred paces, and countless cavalry were killed on the opposite side, and they were surrounded.

The cavalry shouted, "Those who surrender will not be killed!" Those who surrender do not kill! ”

The soldiers woke up from a dream and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

Zhang Wanjin led more than a dozen soldiers to flee in the southwest direction, this was his way of coming, but he met Zhonglang General Pei Xin head-on, Zhang Wanjin was shocked, and hurriedly urged the horse to gallop towards the oblique spur.

Pei Xin was not in a hurry, he opened his bow and set up an arrow, and an arrow was shot, the arrow was like lightning, hitting the hind legs of Zhang Wanjin's war horse, breaking the tendons of the war horse, Zhang Wanjin's war horse neighed, fell to the ground, and Zhang Wanjin was also overturned more than ten steps away.

His personal soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to rescue, but it was too late, hundreds of Hexi soldiers swarmed up, spears stabbed, more than a dozen personal soldiers were killed, Zhang Wanjin was also stabbed to death by spears.

30,000 cavalry of the Hexi Army surrounded the 5,000 Jin army from all directions, in fact, they could not escape the encirclement of the Hexi army at all, under the powerful offensive of the Hexi army, the Jin army quickly collapsed, kneeling all over the field, the soldiers were frightened, did not dare to move, for fear that they would stand up and be cut down by the opponent's cavalry.

The cavalry of the Hexi Army lit hundreds of torches and surrounded a large circle, all the surrendered soldiers were driven into the circle and sat down, and there were thousands of cavalry guarding the periphery, while the cavalry of the Hexi Army cleaned up the battlefield around them, burying the corpses of more than 500 enemy soldiers, and piling up all kinds of armor and weapons and other trophies.

Four and a half thousand soldiers sat on the ground, unsure of their fate.

At this time, the soldiers erected a high platform, and a burly and tall general stood on the high platform, and all the soldiers looked at him.

"I am Guo Song, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu!"

The soldiers suddenly exclaimed, this is the world-famous Guo Song.

Guo Song paused, and continued: "I led the troops to fight in the south and the north, and I know that the soldiers are suffering, the soldiers are poor, and the treatment is poor, everyone's family has parents, wives and children, and you still have to support your family, although you are an enemy, I will try not to kill and save everyone's lives......"

Guo Song's words resonated with the soldiers, and many of them wept in low voices.

"I treat all the troops equally, if you want to go home, we will give three buckets of rice, repatriated to the countryside to farm, if you are willing to join the Hexi Army, then you need to undergo two months of training, and then be organized into a third-class soldier, the third-class soldier's salary is two dollars per month, according to the regulations, half of the cash money, the other half is given to the land, the land is accumulated, and it is given together when you retire, all the soldiers of the Hexi Army are very welcome to this plan, you are the same, everyone thinks for themselves, whether you want to return to your hometown, or stay to participate in the Hexi Army, Wait for everyone's decision after dawn. ”

Guo Song's words aroused a strong reaction from the surrendering soldiers, and his sincerity and understanding of the soldiers deeply touched the hearts of every soldier, so that every surrendered soldier had a strong desire to serve him from the depths of his heart.

After dawn, the soldiers began to register, and all of the 4,500 soldiers were willing to continue to serve in the army and serve Guo Song, and none of them left.

Guo Song then ordered a lieutenant general to lead a thousand cavalry with 4,500 troops to Zhengping County to converge.

At the same time, Yao Jin also led 15,000 soldiers from Huoyi County to Linfen County, which was also the only way for Guo Song's army to go to Shangdang County, where 5,000 soldiers of the Hexi Army were stationed, and the three armies would converge in Linfen County, and a total of 40,000 troops would launch a final offensive against Luzhou.

.........

Under Li Huaiguang's strong order, 8,000 militia soldiers from Luzhou and Zezhou rushed to Shangdang County, and Li Huaiguang directly organized these 8,000 people into the Yingyang Army, plus his 8,000 Longxiang Army and 7,000 Huben Army in Shangdang, the total strength reached 23,000, which made Li Huaiguang breathe a sigh of relief.

In the big tent, Li Huaiguang paced with his hands in his hands, looking a little restless, the 10,000 troops he deployed in Jiangzhou had lost contact, and now he no longer counted on the 7,000 militia troops in Jiangzhou, only hoped that the 10,000 troops in Jiangzhou could return to Luzhou safely, but now it seems that I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.

"May I ask Mr. Han, what do you think is the possibility that 10,000 troops will return?" Li Huaiguang couldn't help but ask his staff member Han Yudao.

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Han Yu's mouth, and he hesitated for a while: "He knows General Shi very well, he is cautious, and he will tell the prince in advance of any action, and he has carrier pigeons and eagles there, and he will definitely report such a big thing as withdrawing to Luzhou." ”

"You mean to say that something has happened to him?"

Han Yu nodded, "I heard that the Hexi Army has been stationed in Linfen County, so I don't feel good. ”

"Damn Guo Song, it's too much of a deception!"

Li Huaiguang was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.