The siege of Taiyuan fell on the tenth day, the Youzhou army carried out two small-scale sieges, all of which ended in failure, at this time, the siege weapons of the Youzhou army were exhausted, and the 20,000 reinforcements that the Hedong army rushed back from Jingcheng and Jiexiu County also arrived in Taiyuan, the total strength of the Hedong army reached 50,000, and the Youzhou army only had 17,000 people left, morale was low, and under great pressure, the Youzhou army began to retreat north.

In the Jinyang Palace, the debate on whether to send troops to fight with the enemy army has lasted for a morning, and it is still being debated in the afternoon, mainly because Yuan Jin and Yuan Lu have different opinions, Yuan Jin advocates defending Taiyuan, while Yuan Lu advocates pursuing the enemy army and completely expelling the enemy army from Hedong.

At this time, the people who supported Yuan Lu had already gained the upper hand, and Yuan Lu's questioning completely moved everyone.

"Will the Youzhou Army be evacuated? Definitely not, they will occupy Loufu Pass and Yanmen Pass, Shuozhou, Daizhou, Yunzhou, Xizhou, Lanzhou and Ulzhou in the north will all be occupied by the Youzhou army, and we only have Taiyuan Mansion, Fenzhou and Shizhou, this is our territory? If we have few troops and are not as strong as them, it is fine, but now that we have sufficient troops and high morale, why should we accept the shame of defeat? ”

Yuan Lu's questioning won the approval of the generals, and in the evening, Yuan Xuanhu finally made a decision, ordering Yuan Lu to lead an elite army of 30,000 to pursue Youzhou, and be sure to completely drive the Youzhou army out of Hedong.

On Jinyang Street, 30,000 elites were rapidly assembled, Zhang Yun finally found an opportunity, and whispered to Yuan Lu: "The lowly is worried that Li Huaiguang's army will take the opportunity to sneak attack Taiyuan City, and the lowly is willing to stay as a guard!" ”

Zhang Yun's words aroused a trace of worry in Yuan Lu, in fact, Yuan Jin resolutely opposed the pursuit of the Youzhou army, that is, he was worried that Li Huaiguang would kill from the south, the defenders of Jiexiu County would withdraw, and the shield against Li Huaiguang would be gone, would Li Huaiguang seize the opportunity to go north?

No one dares to guarantee that his brother's worries are also somewhat justified, Zhang Yun's active reminder made Yuan Lu very pleased, and he patted Zhang Yun on the shoulder, "Then you stay, no matter whether Li Huaiguang comes or not?" As long as the battle is over, Taiyuan City is safe and sound, I will promote you to Zhonglang General. ”

Yuan Lu appreciates Zhang Yun very much, he has brains, can lead troops, is brave in battle, has rich experience, and can always stand up at critical moments, such generals must be reused.

Zhang Yun hurriedly bowed and saluted, "The general is grateful, and he will definitely do his best to guard the city gate." ”

Yuan Lu gave him an arrow, named him the defense envoy of the south gate, and ordered him to be responsible for guarding the south gate and guarding Li Huaiguang in the south.

The city gate was opened, and the 30,000 Hedong Army marched towards the retreat of the Youzhou Army in the north.

At the head of the city, Zhang Yun watched the 30,000-strong army march north, and the corners of his mouth showed an imperceptible smile of victory.

Zhang Yun sent his henchman Jia Hong to lead two scouts to the Sanjin Manor to report the news, of course, nominally to go out of the city to inspect the south, he now has a good reason, he is the defense envoy of the south gate, it is necessary to be vigilant about the vigilance of the periphery.

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At nightfall, Guo Song led an army of 25,000 to leave the manor and march to Taiyuan, fifty miles away.

The scouts he sent to Jiexiu County also came with news that Li Huaiguang's army did not go north.

This was expected by Guo Song, before he sent troops, he got the news that Zhu Zhu had gathered 50,000 troops in the area of Pujin Pass, which was echoing Zhu Tao's attack on Taiyuan, once Zhu Tao captured Taiyuan, they would attack Li Huaiguang from the north and south, and completely open up the Hedong passage between Youzhou and Guanzhong.

At this time, Li Huaiguang should have joined hands with the Yuan clan to resist, and would not fall into the ground, or in other words, he deployed heavy troops in Puzhou and beware of Zhu Zhu, and did not have the energy to take care of the Battle of Taiyuan.

The Yuan clan was obviously still a little behind in terms of strategy, and he didn't even see this step.

25,000 people rode their horses all the way, and at the fifth watch, they finally arrived at the southern city of Taiyuan.

According to the signal agreed by both parties, Guo Song ordered his soldiers to shoot three gunpowder shots a mile away from the south city gate, and three bright gunpowder arrows streaked across the sky.

It was also a coincidence that Yuan Jin happened to be inspecting the night defense situation at the head of Nancheng, and three dazzling and bright gunpowder arrows flew into the sky and were seen by him.

Yuan Jin suddenly had doubts in his heart, and immediately hurried to the south city gate.

Zhang Yun stood on the south gate and watched the south, he was about to order the soldiers to light torches in response, at this moment, a soldier rushed to report, "General, Yuan Jin is here!" ”

Zhang Yun was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand to stop the soldiers who were about to light the torches, only to see a large group of soldiers hurrying towards this side, and the person at the head was Yuan Jin.

Zhang Yun hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Wang Xiang!" ”

Yuan Jin was named the prime minister of Wei, equivalent to the prime minister, in charge of government affairs, and his status was second only to the prince Yuan Xuanhu in the Taiyuan Domain.

Yuan Jin knew that his brother valued this Zhang Dayun very much, but he didn't think so, Zhang Dayun was not the general of the Yuan family, his origin was unknown, and he should not be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, but he didn't want to turn his face with his brother, so he tried to tolerate it.

"Why were there three rockets outside the city just now?" Yuan Jin asked sharply.

"I also saw it, I don't know why, but according to military practice, it should be the enemy spies outside the city trying to get in touch with the spies inside the city."

"Really?" Yuan Jin turned around and asked Yuan Zhengdao, who accompanied him on the tour.

Yuan Zheng nodded, "That's true, the three rockets represent echo, that is, to tell the spies in the city that I have arrived." ”

Yuan Jin looked carefully outside the city for a while, he felt that something was wrong outside, the frogs and insects couldn't hear it, as if there was a large group of people and horses moving, and there was no feeling of silence in the middle of the night, only a strong sense of depression.

Yuan Jin immediately ordered: "Pass my order, all the soldiers in the barracks get up and immediately go to the city for defense!" ”

Some of his subordinates turned around and ran down the city wall to give an order, Zhang Yun secretly complained, something bad was going to happen, his heart was crossed, and he could only let go at this time.

He immediately said to Yuan Jin: "Just now, there were guards in Jinyang Palace looking for Wang Xiang, it seems that the prince has something important." ”

Although Yuan Jin suspected that there was a situation outside, and suspected that there were enemy spies in the city, he never dreamed that the enemy spies who should be combined inside and outside were the envoys of the southern city in front of him.

Yuan Jin was also about to report to his father, and he said to Yuan Zheng: "You continue to observe here, I'll go to Jinyang Palace!" ”

"Obey!"

Yuan Jin hurried down the city under the escort of hundreds of guards, and there were only Yuan Zheng and a dozen of his men at the head of the city.

Zhang Yun said to Yuan Zheng again: "I heard a news this afternoon, saying that there is a group of people of unknown origin living in the old 30,000 inn, I don't know if it is Zhu Tao's spies or Li Huaiguang's spies?" ”

Yuan Zheng was stunned, how could he not have heard of this?

"Are you sure?"

"I just heard about it, and I thought the general already knew."

"Strange, why didn't anyone tell me?"

Yuan Zheng was not a simple-minded reckless man like Yuan Ren, and he was easily deceived into leaving Lou Fuguan, so he immediately said to his two subordinates: "Go and inform Vice General Wang, and ask him to immediately take five hundred brothers to the old 30,000 inn to search." ”

"Obey!"

The two soldiers also turned and ran down the city.

Zhang Yun was suddenly anxious, and it would be too late if he didn't start it, as soon as he gritted his teeth, the murderous intent in his heart suddenly rose.

He quickly gave the two lieutenants a look, and the two lieutenants understood, and stood behind Yuan Zheng's men with dozens of soldiers, intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhang Yun suddenly pointed to the darkness in the east and said urgently: "General, what is that?" ”

Yuan Zheng was stunned, and hurriedly turned his head to look to the east, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck, he immediately choked his neck with his hand, looked at Zhang Yun in shock, and struggled to pop out two words, "Yes.... You! ”

"That's right, it's me!"

Zhang Yun sneered, and stabbed the dagger in his hand into Yuan Zheng's chest, Yuan Zheng took two steps back and fell headlong from the city.

The two lieutenants led the soldiers to fight at the same time, and more than a dozen of Yuan Zheng's subordinates screamed and were all killed.

Although Zhang Yun's men had 1,000 men, the 300 soldiers guarding the city gate tonight were all loyal to him and obeyed his orders.

"Ignition!"

The three soldiers lit their torches and waved them, and at the same time, the south gate slowly opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and the gate of the urn city was opened.

Two miles away, Guo Song, who was waiting anxiously, saw the three torches on the head of the city, and he immediately ordered: "Go, enter the city!" ”

25,000 cavalry was launched, 10,000 horses galloped, Guo Song took the lead with Fang Tian's halberd, and galloped towards the city.

The sound of horses' hooves made the earth tremble, and the patrolmen on both sides of the southern city also saw the torrent rushing in the distance, and they hurriedly sounded the alarm bell.

At this time, Yuan Jin had just arrived at Jinyang Palace, and he was about to enter the palace, but was stopped by the guards.

"Prime Minister Wang, it's not yet time to enter the palace!"

Yuan Jin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't the prince send someone to announce my entry into the palace just now?" ”

The guard shook his head, "No one is out of the palace tonight!" ”

Yuan Jin suddenly understood that he had fallen into the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, which was not good! That Zhang Dayun has a problem.

At this moment, a hurried alarm bell sounded from the south of the city.

'When! While! While! ’

Yuan Jin suddenly fell into the abyss.