It was only after Zhu Jun received the report that the generals had fled back to the Great Earthquake Pass that he knew that the cavalry of the Hexi Army had entered the Guanzhong.

This news made Zhu Jun very nervous, and he immediately summoned several confidant ministers to discuss countermeasures, but the opinions of several ministers were completely different.

Wang Lianen and Li Chulin firmly advocated a war with the Hexi Army and annihilated the cavalry that broke into the pass, while Zhang Guangsheng advocated negotiations with the Hexi Army.

Needless to say, Wang Lianen, the former governor of Hexi, was dug up by Guo Song, leaving Hexi's henchman to be killed, and he himself was dismissed from office, if Zhu Jun didn't continue to value him, he didn't know what would have become of him now, so he hated Guo Song to the core, and Li Chulin was attacked because of the big earthquake, which made him angry and ashamed.

Zhang Guangsheng owed Guo Song a favor when he was the governor of Liangzhou, so he advocated peace talks.

Wang Lian'en had the most resolute attitude, he persuaded Zhu Jun: "Since ancient times, the emperor's technique has been a combination of grace and power, although it is not advisable to be blindly tough, but only to appease and compromise is more harmful, if it is not for the opponents to show some color, they will not cherish the magnanimity of His Highness." ”

Li Chulin also persuaded: "Guo Song's troops are not many, only thousands of cavalry, and he thinks that he can use him to sharpen his sword and annihilate this army, which can play a role in killing a hundred people." ”

Although Zhang Guangsheng advocated peace talks, Zhu Zhu was still moved by Wang Lianen and Li Chulin's words, and if they didn't give their opponents some color to see, they would not cherish their magnanimity.

Zhu Jun stopped Zhang Guangsheng and said to Wang Lianen: "I know the personal grudge between you and Guo Song, I will hand over the 20,000 Jingyuan army to you, and give me the total annihilation of this Hexi army, don't let me down!" ”

Wang Lianen was extremely excited, and immediately bowed down and said, "I will never let Your Highness down!" ”

Wang Lianen left Chang'an with 20,000 Jingyuan troops on the same day, and slaughtered Fengxiang.

Yuan Xiu was a little worried, and found Zhu Zhu and said: "I see that the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army are carrying a lot of property, so I am afraid that they will take care of their property and refuse to fight for His Highness." ”

Zhu Jun smiled faintly: "Their wealth is not only the small bag they carry, but also a large box of copper coins and a large bundle of silk and satin, all in the barracks, I promised to keep it for them, this is their war collateral, if they win, these wealth will be returned to them, but if they lose, they don't think about these wealth, so in order to keep their wealth, they will definitely fight with the Hexi army, so whether it is victory or defeat, it will be good for me." ”

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On the wide and flat Xianyang Road, the 20,000 Jingyuan army is slowly swallowing up the march in the direction of Fengxiang Mansion, most of the soldiers are leading donkeys or mules, and the livestock are not carrying military supplies on their backs, but the wealth they loot such as gold, silver, jewelry, etc., which is only the wealth they can carry, they still have boxes of copper coins and large bundles of silk and satin, as well as large pieces of gold, silver, jade, etc.

The soldiers really didn't want to go to war, and complained all the way, but Zhu Zhu didn't let them be misers, he wanted them to fight with their lives, Zhu Zhu sent 500 cavalry as military discipline soldiers, and whoever dared to flee privately would be beheaded and their property confiscated.

In fact, there are not many soldiers who want to escape, they still have a lot of wealth stored in the Chang'an military camp, and those riches are like war collateral, forcing the soldiers to complain, but they can only fight honestly, and dare not think about fleeing.

Wang Lianen said viciously to the soldiers: "You bastards actually brought gold and silver to the battlefield, what a fart battle!" Find a county town to store things first, and then pick them up after the battle. ”

"General, will it be stolen?"

Wang Lianen scolded: "Who the hell dares to steal, if you lose a penny, Lao Tzu will slaughter the entire county!" ”

The surrounding soldiers were in high spirits and shouted one after another: "General, if you win the battle, you will treat us with a county seat!" You don't want money, you just have women. ”

The soldiers laughed, and Wang Lianen also shouted: "You slaughter Guo Song for me, and I will give you a three-day holiday in Yongxian, whatever you want!" ”

Hearing that they could be rewarded by Yongxian County for winning the battle, the morale of the 20,000 soldiers was greatly boosted, and they were full of yearning for this battle.

In the woods in the distance, several Hexi army scouts were closely watching the army, and after the team passed, several carrier pigeons flew up and flew in the direction of Dazhen Pass.

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That night, Guo Song received a pigeon letter from the guards of Dazhen Pass, and he immediately brought Li Bing and several generals to discuss the military situation, and smiled at the new staff Li Chan: "You are familiar with the situation in Guanzhong, so let's participate together!" ”

Li Chan is the third son of Li Mi, medium stature, gentle and elegant, he has been smart and studious since he was a child, talented, last year in the examination of the fifteenth Jinshi, was awarded the post of Xianyang County Lieutenant.

His parents went to Zhangye, so he stayed behind to serve as Guo Song's staff, of course, he was a civilian official, and he would not participate in battles, and once a fierce battle broke out, he would avoid it for the time being.

Li Chan had a lot of respect for Guo Song, who was only three years older than him, but he was already the envoy of the Duzhen side.

Li Chan bowed and saluted, and followed Guo Song to the temporary meeting hall, they were not in Yongxian County at this time, but in Wangyang County between Yongxian County and Dazhenguan, Li Shuguang accepted the recruitment of the Chang'an Imperial Court, and continued to serve as the Yin of Fengxiang Mansion, Guo Song did not want to embarrass him, so he led the departure from Fengxiang Mansion and withdrew the army to Longzhou Wangyang County.

This place is relatively close to the Great Earthquake Pass, as Li Mi said, stationed here can enter the pass, retreat can return to Hexi.

Seeing the commander come in, all the generals got up and saluted, Guo Song left 500 cavalry after the Great Earthquake Pass, although he only had 4,000 cavalry in his hands at present, but they were the elite of the cavalry, all of them were good at riding and shooting, and their combat effectiveness was very strong.

"Sit down, everyone!"

Guo Song asked everyone to sit down and said to everyone: "I just received a scout pigeon letter on Xianyang Road, an army of 20,000 people is coming to kill us, the main will be Wang Lianen, our old friend, to be honest, I am looking forward to this battle, the pigeon letter said, they are infantry, but they carry a lot of items, most of the soldiers have donkeys and mules to carry items, if I am not mistaken, this army of 20,000 people should be the Jingyuan army that made trouble in Chang'an, those items are likely to be the gold and silver they looted, knowing that our Hexi army is not enough, Thousands of miles came to offer treasures. ”

Everyone laughed, the atmosphere in the hall became lively, Guo Song said again: "Of course we must make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, give full play to the advantages of cavalry, the Guanzhong Plain is more suitable for cavalry combat, I consider using harassment tactics to drag down their morale first, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop." ”

Adjutant General Li Bing said: "We are good at night warfare, so it is best to find a place far away from the county seat, with mountains, rivers and plains as a battlefield." ”

Guo Song smiled and asked Li Chandao: "County Lieutenant Li, you should be familiar with Guanzhong, where do you think it is more appropriate?" ”

Li Chan thought for a while and said: "There are too many county towns in Guanzhong, and it is difficult to find such a place, and the only place is at the junction of Qizhou and Gyeonggi Province, that is, south of Wuting River, between Fengtian County and Wugong County. ”

Lang raised Pei Xin's hand and said: "The terrain over there is indeed relatively open, the hills are relatively low, and the forests are luxuriant, but isn't it too close to Wugong County?" ”

Li Chan explained: "Wugong County is at the confluence of Wuting River and Qishui, the river is more than 20 zhang wide, the water is deep and turbulent, it is impossible for mules and horses to swim through the water, they can only take the bridge, if they take the first step to dismantle the bridge, they see that Wugong County on the opposite bank can not pass, they can only go north to find a shallow place to cross the river, and it is getting farther and farther away from Wugong County." ”

Guo Song unfolded a map, which was a map of Guanzhong, on which the capital, county seats, small towns and villages, as well as official roads, bridges, forests, hills, and mountains were clearly depicted.

Guo Song found the Wuting River on the map, which is a north-south river, which is more than 100 miles, and finally joins the Chengguo Canal north of Weishui.

This location is really good, Wugong County is in the west of Wuting River, the official road has to cross the bridge, once the bridge is removed, Wugong County will become close to the end of the world.

If you want to go back, you can only return to Xianyang [Xin] County, which is more than 100 miles away.

Guo Song nodded, pointed to Wuting Chuandong and faced everyone: "This is here, this will be our battlefield!" ”