Zhu Jun's 20,000 reinforcements crossed the Danzheng Gorge overnight and rushed to Pinggao County in the north, and this army was led by Zhu Zhu's henchman Liang Xiong, whose mission was to support Xiao Pass and prevent the Hexi Army from opening the passage to Xiao Pass.

Although Zhu Zhu's intelligence was accurate, there was still a time gap, and when the army arrived in Jingzhou, Pinggao County had already been lost, but the 20,000 reinforcements did not get the news and continued to march in the direction of Pinggao County.

Xigang Town, here is the fork of the west to Liupanguan and Pinggao County in the north, as soon as the day dawns, the 20,000 army will be mighty, they are almost all infantry, wearing leather armor, carrying spears, wearing knives at the waist, carrying dry food bags and kettles on their backs, the soldiers have traveled a long distance, they all seem a little tired, but the main general Liang Xiong is still constantly urging the soldiers to speed up.

"Quick! Hurry up, bastard, no rest! ”

Under Liang Xiong's strong urging, in less than a quarter of an hour, the 20,000 army passed through Xigang Town, heading north, in the woods outside the town, several scouts observed the movement of Zhu Jun's army, and when the 20,000 army went north, they came out of the woods, beat their horses and ran in the direction of Liupanguan.

An hour later, Tian Xijian got the scout's report, he immediately ordered to open the city gate, Tian Xijian waited until now to order the city gate, mainly because he was worried that the news would leak and affect the strategy of the Hexi army, at this time, the 10,000 Hexi cavalry who had been waiting outside the city entered the city under the leadership of Zhonglang General Gan Xin, the iron hooves were rolling, the momentum was mighty, and the 10,000 cavalry rushed towards Pinggao County.

At this time, Liang Wu had already received the news that 20,000 enemy troops were heading north, but he was still waiting for the pigeon letter from Liupanguan, at the head of the city, Liang Wu looked at the south, he had to admire Guo Song's precise planning, using the two passages of Xiaoguan and Liupanguan, deploying a pocket trap, just waiting for the enemy's reinforcements to go north, a very beautiful siege strategy.

At this time, a soldier galloped up and presented a pigeon letter, "General, Liupanguan pigeon letter!" ”

Liang Wu was in high spirits, and hurriedly opened the pigeon letter, and sure enough, it was the news he was waiting for, and the 10,000 cavalry led by Gan Xin had entered the Liupan Pass.

Liang Wu immediately shouted: "The army is out of the city!" ”

The 23,000 cavalry had already been assembled, the south gate of Pinggao County was opened, and the army went out of the city gate and went straight to the south.

Liang Wu's army marched less than thirty miles south, and then stopped moving forward, and in front of it was an open land of dozens of miles, which was very suitable for cavalry battles, and at this time Liang Wu had received news from the scouts, and Zhu Zhu's reinforcements were less than twenty miles away from them.

As soon as Liang Wu gave an order, 23,000 Hexi cavalry quickly assembled and set up a formation, and the Hexi army arranged a large array as wide as seven or eight miles, like a black dragon lying across the field.

Not long after, a mighty army appeared in the distance, 20,000 Zhu Zhu reinforcements finally arrived at the battlefield, Zhu Zhu army suddenly found the cavalry, have stopped moving forward, have run to report Liang Xiong, Liang Xiong was taken aback, hurriedly urged the horse to take a closer look, there is indeed a huge cavalry in the distance.

Liang Xiong immediately realized that it must be the Hexi army that had captured Xiao Pass and had already killed it, and he suddenly felt fear in his heart, how could his infantry be the opponent of the opposing cavalry? Before he could decide whether to fight or retreat, a low horn suddenly sounded in the distance: 'Woo-'

The horn of the attack sounded, and 23,000 cavalry suddenly launched, and 10,000 horses galloped, rolling up billowing yellow dust, and the dust covered the sky and the sun, like a sandstorm coming from afar.

Liang Xiong was shocked and shouted urgently: "Formation! Formation! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a great chaos in the rear army, and some soldiers shouted: "General, there is also a cavalry in the back!" The brothers in the rear army could not resist. ”

Liang Xiong was desperate, he was actually caught by two cavalry, at this time, the army began to break and flee, the formation could no longer be assembled, many generals abandoned their soldiers and fled for their lives, and 20,000 soldiers fell into chaos and panic.

Liang Xiong had no choice but to order the whole army to retreat to the east! To the west was the Maling River, and the army could not cross it, so it had to evacuate to the east.

Zhu Jun's army was in chaos, scrambling to flee to the east, and the soldiers threw away their armor and weapons, and ran wildly for their lives.

However, the 20,000 men of Zhu Zhu's army were infantry, and they could not outrun the high-speed and mobile cavalry, they were caught up in the blink of an eye, and the cavalry swung their spears and swords into the enemy ranks.

A cavalry shouted in the gallop: "The king of Jin has an order, and those who surrender will not be killed!" The king of Jin has an order, and those who surrender will not be killed! ”

The shouts of surrender had a huge effect, and the Zhuzhu soldiers no longer fled, but surrendered on their knees, and the Hexi army put away the killing and began to pull a big net to surround nearly 20,000 enemy troops.

20,000 enemy troops knelt in the nearly ten-mile-long wilderness, but Liang Xiong escaped on horseback with dozens of his own soldiers and fled in the direction of Gyeongju.........

The siege ended in less than a quarter of an hour, with more than 18,600 of the 20,000 troops surrendered and more than 1,000 recalcitrant resistants killed.

Of the 35,000 cavalry of the Hexi Army, Liang Wu left 5,000 prisoners of war to guard them, and he led an army of 30,000 to kill in the direction of Gyeongju........

The 30,000 Hedong Army had already crossed the Yellow River, they had logistics supplies in Yanfu County, and after the army rested for a while, Guo Song personally led the 30,000 army to advance to Yanzhou.

Before the army set off, Guo Song had sent a letter to Liu Chongjing, the assassin of Yanzhou, asking him to make a choice.

The army is still ten miles away from Fushi County, Liu Chongjing led a group of officials to greet Guo Song, everyone knelt down and saluted, Liu Chongjing said loudly: "Zhu Zhu usurped the throne and made trouble, I don't want to follow, I am willing to serve His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Liu Tingshi, please get up, all the envoys, please get up!" ”

Everyone got up, and Guo Song said again: "Let's go back to the city and talk about it in detail, let's all get on the horse!" ”

The officials all came on horseback, and everyone got on their horses and led the army towards the county seat.

Liu Chongjing saluted and said to Guo Song: "I received news from Chang'an yesterday that there are 30,000 Zhu Zhu's troops coming from Guanzhong to this side, but I don't know where they are?" ”

"I also know that Zhu Zhu sent an army to the north, please don't worry about Liu Tingshi, everything is under my control, and the army sent by Zhu Zhu will not have any meaning except to die in vain."

"Could it be that His Highness has other arrangements?"

Guo Song smiled and nodded, "I can tell Liu Tingshi that my other army is coming from Gyeongju, and I have a total of 70,000 troops in Guannai, which is enough to deal with any situation." ”

Liu Chongjing suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief.

The reason why Guo Song attaches great importance to Yanzhou is that Yanzhou is the main production area of strategic materials and oil, although other places also produce oil, but the quality is far inferior to Yanzhou's high-slave oil, Yanzhou oil is a light oil, not as viscous as the oil produced in other places, it does not need to be refined, it can be used directly to light lamps, and can be used to make a large number of fire attack weapons.

There is a special thermal oil warehouse in Yanzhou, and a large amount of thermal oil is packed in ceramic jars, each can is 50 catties, a total of more than 13,000 cans.

"Our thirteen kerosene warehouses originally had 20,000 cans of kerosene, but since the beginning of the year, more than 6,000 cans have been transported to Chang'an, and now there are 13,500 cans left."

Guo Song had already obtained thousands of barrels of fire oil from the Gongsun family before, but in comparison, the official fire oil was of better quality, with fewer impurities and a larger output.

Guo Song patted the clay pots and asked, "Where did these clay pots come from, or are they homemade locally?" ”

"It was sent from Chang'an, and we don't know where it came from, it seems to be the Central Plains."

Guo Song nodded and said with a smile: "It just so happens that pottery is produced in the clouds, and it is relatively clumsy, not suitable for home use, I am worried about finding a buyer for them, and now that I have found a buyer, I will arrange it when I go back, and Yunzhou will undertake the production of clay pots in the future." ”

Liu Chongjing smiled and said: "That's the best, Yunzhou is still close to here, and the water transportation is convenient, so it can be transported by raft." ”

At this time, a soldier quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Envoy Qiqi, General Liang has sent someone to deliver a letter!" ”

"Where are the people?"

"Already waiting in the barracks!"

Guo Song said to Liu Chong: "I'll talk to Liu Tingshi about the advantages of Yanzhou again, and now I have to take a step in advance!" ”

"Humble position is waiting for King Jin at any time!"

........

Guo Song's 30,000 troops were stationed outside the city, the big tents were all sent from Yanfu County, and the soldiers were still camping in full swing.

The messenger knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the envoy!" ”

"Get up and speak!"

"Thank you!"

The messenger stood up and presented one to Guo Song, who took the letter and asked, "How is Liang Ju'er's injury?" ”

"It's just an arrow wound on the flesh and skin, not a bone injury, and I am currently recuperating in Xiaoguan."

Guo Song opened the letter, read it in a hurry, and was immediately overjoyed, everything was completed according to his arrangement, 20,000 enemy troops were annihilated, and Liang Wu led 30,000 troops on the way to Yanzhou to join him.