At dawn the next day, Yuan Lu led 3,000 Yuan soldiers to rush out of Xiurong County and ran north along the official road.

Yuan Lu's top priority is to join Yuan Lingxiang, although the two of them only have a total of 6,000 troops, but if they recruit another 4,000 troops, the strength can reach 10,000 people, plus the support of the Hui people, they can also become the king of the northern part of the state, didn't Liu Wuzhou call the emperor in the north of the state?

The army went all the way north, and at this time, passing through a large woods, Yuanlu's war horse suddenly raised its head and shouted, 'Slippery-'

Yuan Lu was stunned, his war horse usually neighed like this only on the battlefield, could it be ........

A strong uneasiness swelled in his heart, and he looked at the woods on both sides, only to see that the woods a hundred paces away were filled with murderous aura, and he faintly saw a figure swaying in the woods.

"Not good!"

Yuan Lu shouted, "There is an ambush!" ”

His warning was still a step too late, that is, at the same time as he shouted, there was a sound of bangs in the woods, and then ten thousand arrows were fired, and twelve thousand arrows were shot at the Yuan family soldiers from the left and right.

Arrows like a storm, the Yuan family soldiers were caught off guard, they were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, screams came and went, not only the cavalry, but also the war horses were hit by a lot of arrows, and a tight round of arrows made the Yuan family soldiers lose half, and the twelve sons of the Yuan family also fell five people with arrows.

At this time, the drums of the woods and woods were loud, and six thousand cavalry were killed in the woods on both sides, cutting off the retreat of the Yuan family soldiers and surrounding them.

But what really attacked the Yuan family soldiers was the two thousand heavy armored infantry, who trotted in line from the north and south, quickly assembled, brandished a long Mo knife, and slashed at the Yuan family soldiers.

"Breakout! Breakthrough! ”

Yuan Lu shouted loudly, and the soldiers also struggled to break through, but the thousand Mo Dao soldiers in the north were like a mountain, making them insurmountable.

The cavalry of the Hexi Army, which formed an encirclement on both sides, was not idle, they kept opening their bows and firing arrows, and the arrows were more sharp and accurate, which made the Yuan clan unable to guard against it, and they were shot down by an arrow if they were not careful.

At this time, Guo Song was a little impatient, and shouted: "The cavalry is on and killed!" ”

One of the trumpeters immediately blew the antlers, 'Woo-'

"Kill—"

10,000 cavalry shouted loudly, brandished spears and killed, the front and rear were intercepted by Mo swordsmen, and the cavalry on both sides were flanked, and 1,500 Yuan family soldiers were wiped out.

At this time, Guo Song saw Yuanlu, about one hundred and fifty steps away from him, he took off his riding bow, pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind him, stretched the bow and pulled the string, pulled the bow like a full moon, and shot an arrow, and the arrow shot at Yuanlu like lightning.

Yuan Lu was eagerly directing the soldiers to break through, his back was protected by the pro-soldiers, the two pro-soldiers suddenly shot an arrow, they hurriedly raised their shields to meet each other, but they did not expect the speed of the arrow to be incomparably fast, from the gap between the two shields passed through, the two pro-soldiers were shocked, and when they turned around, they saw an arrow through the neck of the commander, the arrow entered from the back of the neck, and the tip of the arrow penetrated from the neck.

Yuan Lu's body shook, 'Plop! 'Roll over and fall off the horse........

In the summer of the second year of Zhenyuan, the Hexi army made a sneak attack, occupied Taiyuan City, and quickly disintegrated the military heart of the Yuan army, and finally annihilated the last 3,000 troops in Xinzhou, and the Yuan family army and the Yuan family were wiped out.

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Taiyuan Mansion and Longyou, Shuofang are not the same, Longyou and Shuofang belong to the border after all, and Tai Principle belongs to the core area of the Tang Dynasty, with a large population, developed economy, many families here, profound cultural heritage, and a great influence on the Tang Dynasty.

Several prestigious families in Taiyuan, as the brunt of the Taiyuan Wang family, Taiyuan Wang family talents, many are still relatives of the emperor, such as Wang Wei, Wang Jin brothers, Xiang Wang Yu, and many local thorn history, it is precisely because of generations of talents that the Wang family has become one of the seven hopes.

In addition to the Wang family, there are also several major families of the Wu family, the Wen family, and the Xue family.

The two major families that Guo Song focused on were the Wang family and the Xue family, after all, his wife was born in the Xue family.

On this morning, Guo Song came to the Wang family mansion in the east of the city, the ancestral home of the Wang family is located in Qi County, Taiyuan Prefecture, and there is also a family mansion in Taiyuan City, covering an area of nearly 100 acres.

The head of the Wang family is called Wang Hong, the fourth brother of Wang Wei, who is about sixty-seven or eighteen years old, and he happens to be in Taiyuan City these days.

Hearing that Guo Song was visiting, Wang Hong hurriedly ordered to open the main gate, he personally greeted him, Wang Hong was still a little uneasy in his heart, in the previous Northern Tang regime, he was the left minister, Yuan Jin was the right minister, after Li Yu abolished the emperor, he also resigned and went home, but the Yuan family has always treated him very favorably, he was very worried that Guo Song would calculate his previous crimes.

Guo Song hugged his fists and smiled: "I have long wanted to visit the old master, but I only have time to come over today, it is rude!" ”

"Where! Where! It should be the old man who went to visit Guo Yuanjun, and Guo Song made the arrival of Guo Songjun, which made the contemptible mansion shine and glorious. ”

"The head of the Wang family is too polite, Guo Song can't afford it!"

"Guo Yuanjun, please come in!"

The main gate of the palace creaked open, Wang Hong invited Guo Song into the palace, the two came to the atrium and sat down, and Wang Hong ordered the maid to serve tea.

In fact, Guo Song and the Wang family are a bit of a festival, mainly because of Wang Jin's downfall, but whether the festival still exists depends on their own strength, and now it is not Guo Song who is worried about the festival, but the Wang family is worried about the festival.

Wang Hong sighed and said: "The Yuan family was originally the founding hero, but it was betrayed by the court by a thought, so that it became a sinner through the ages, hateful!" Alas! ”

Guo Song talked and smiled, "How the Yuan family judges, in fact, it has nothing to do with me, it should be a matter of concern to the imperial court, I destroyed the Yuan family, it was just a personal grudge, either the Yuan family killed me, or I killed the Yuan family, that's all." ”

Wang Hong was stunned for a moment, he suddenly understood that Guo Song didn't care about the fact that he had become a puppet in the Northern Tang Dynasty, and the establishment of the imperial court by the Yuan family had nothing to do with him in Guo Song's opinion, it was a matter of the imperial court.

Wang Hong's heart suddenly fell, he couldn't help but secretly scolded himself for being stupid, the Yuan family supported the army to stand on its own and establish the imperial court, Guo Song himself was not the same, but the Yuan family was in the light, Guo Song was in the dark, how could he pay attention to whether he had betrayed the court?

Thinking of this, Wang Hong was in a good mood, and immediately recovered the shrewdness and wisdom of the old master, and he said with a smile: "Guo Yuanjun came to visit the old man, thinking about how to stabilize Hedong!" ”

"Exactly!"

Wang Hong nodded and said frankly: "In fact, a few years ago, Yuan Xuanhu also used this matter to ask me, I told it at the time, in the world of great contention, if you want to be stable and long-term, you still have to use the Jin people to govern the Jin, for the Jin people, whether it is a family or ordinary people, their needs are the same, longing for political stability, no more wars."

At that time, I told Yuan Xuanhu that it should be the Jin people to govern the government, and the Yuan clan to suppress the military, but Yuan Xuanhu did not accept my plan, after the abolition of the Northern Tang Dynasty, all important military and political positions were held by the children of the Yuan clan, and the Jin people were completely excluded, so that the Yuan clan was destroyed, and no one was willing to help them or sympathize with them, I hope that Jun will not make the same mistake on this issue. ”

Guo Song fully accepted Wang Hong's suggestion, 'In the world of great contention, if you want to be stable and long-lasting, you still have to use Jin people to govern Jin', this sentence said to his heart, and he came for this matter today.

Guo Song groaned and said: "This is also the main reason why I came to visit the head of the family today, the position of Taiyuan prefect is temporarily vacant, I hope that the Wang family will take this position, the head of the family is willing to go out of the mountain, of course, it is the best, if the head of the family does not have time and energy, I also hope that the head of the family will recommend a shrewd and capable Wang family meritocracy." ”

Wang Hong was overjoyed, he didn't expect Guo Song to be so broad-minded and take the initiative to establish trust with the Wang family, but Wang Hong himself didn't want to be out of office anymore, so as not to be caught by the court again, he could give advice behind his back.

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly: "The old man recommended the fourth brother Wang Zhen, before the Jingyuan Mutiny, he served as Taichang Shaoqing, after the court moved south, he hated Lu Qi in power, so he did not follow to Chengdu, but returned to his hometown to run a school, and he served as the prefect of Taiyuan, I think it is the most suitable." ”