Although the three iron fire thunders projected out were not as violent and terrifying as the large iron fire thunder, the three salvo explosions also produced a powerful power, the soldiers were blown up to the flesh and blood, more than a hundred soldiers were blown over, or hit by shrapnel, but the greater power was the shock to the psychology of the enemy soldiers, when the smoke dissipated, the soldiers who reacted turned around and ran wildly, they shouted in fear, and the Jin soldiers in the rear also retreated, showing fear in their eyes.

The effect of the three iron fire thunders was very obvious, and they dealt a severe blow to the enemy's plan to seize Lingshi Pass, but they could not retreat, and the main force of the Hexi Army was intercepted ten miles away from the rear, and they could not advance or retreat, and eight thousand soldiers were trapped in the ten-mile-long valley road, and their dry food could only support three days, which really made them desperate.

At dusk, Li Dan sat alone under a big tree drinking, he was upset, but there was nothing he could do, in order to suppress the turmoil in his heart, he could only drink to relieve his sorrows.

At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "General Qiyu, there are soldiers fighting for food, and someone is dying!" ”

Li Dan was furious, got up and said, "Where is the fight, take me to see!" ”

It was the 7th Battalion and the 2nd Battalion that clashed, the 7th Battalion soldiers hunted a wild boar, carried it back and prepared to feast for a while, but met the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, the 2nd Battalion soldiers relied on the large number of people and forcibly snatched the wild boar, and the 7th Battalion soldiers rushed to support, and the two sides clashed over the wild boar.

More than 1,000 soldiers in the two battalions were tense, and the conflict was about to break out, at this time, Li Dan led more than a dozen soldiers to hurry over, and Jia Yun, the second battalion Zhonglang general, hurriedly stepped forward to complain, one to three battalions are Li Dan's descendants, and Zhonglang will also be his henchmen, Li Dan listened to the story, nodded and said: "Since the wild boar is hunted by the second battalion, it belongs to the second battalion, and all the soldiers go back, and they are not allowed to make trouble unreasonably, otherwise they will be severely punished." ”

This decision made the soldiers of the seventh battalion in an uproar, and Zhonglang General Yang Meng saw that the commander reversed black and white and openly protected the other party, he could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and stepped forward to accuse: "Why does the commander only listen to one side, is it that our brothers are just unreasonable?" ”

Li Dan said coldly: "You dare to commit a crime?" ”

"I don't dare to commit a crime, but at least the coach should be fair, and he can't openly protect the robber, but the victim is regarded as vexatious, and the coach is not qualified!"

"Someone!"

Li Dan shouted angrily: "Drag him down and beat him with a hundred military sticks!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers stepped forward to drag Yang Meng, Yang Meng struggled desperately, and scolded: "You reward and punish unfairly, you are incompetent, and you have ruined the entire army!" ”

Li Dan became more and more angry, and said sharply: "The following offenders will be killed, drag me down and behead me!" ”

At this time, the soldiers of the 7th Battalion finally broke out, and one of the lieutenants shouted: "We fought with him!" ”

Furious, the soldiers of the seventh battalion drew their swords and rushed up, surrounded Li Dan and his personal soldiers, slashed and killed with knives, Li Dan had no way to escape, and he and more than a dozen personal soldiers died under the knives.

Yang Meng was rescued, he saw that Li Dan had been killed by the rebel army, and knew that the general situation had gone, so he had to shout: "We are cornered, and we are willing to follow me to surrender to the Hexi Army, please follow me!" ”

For a time, the soldiers responded one after another, and more than 7,000 of the more than 8,000 soldiers were willing to follow, and Jia Yun, the lieutenant general of the second battalion, saw that the situation was not good, and led hundreds of people to flee to the mountains and forests.

Someone reported Yang Meng, Yang Meng shook his head and said: "People have their own ambitions, we are not reluctant, they want to go to the mountains and forests to die, let them go!" ”

Yang Meng led more than 7,000 soldiers to the rear of the Hexi Army to surrender, Guo Song ordered to accept the surrender, 7,000 soldiers took off their armor, put down their weapons, and were taken to Huoyi County, so far, the 15,000 Jin troops guarding the Mouse Bird Valley surrendered to the Hexi Army except for casualties and more than 1,000 people who fled.

Guo Song immediately carried out the reorganization of the new army in Huoyi County, and the brigade commanders and captains were all served by soldiers of the Hexi Army, and the generals who surrendered continued to be hired, and their official ranks remained unchanged, but their military ranks were demoted by one level, and they went to the Taiyuan Military Academy for training as alternate generals.

After Guo Song destroyed the Yuan family last year, in order to brainwash the generals of the Yuan army, he prepared to build a military school in Taiyuan, mainly to teach the generals to read and write, learn the art of war, on the one hand, give them time to change their allegiance, on the other hand, they should also properly investigate, once there are new surrendered soldiers, the military academy candidate general will go up.

This is also a kind of practice, for example, the general who surrendered in Taiyuan before is the alternate general, at this time the outstanding general among them is appointed as Lang General or Zhonglang General, leading the new surrendered army, and the middle and lower level officers are promoted to the Hexi Army soldiers, which has the advantage of preventing the army from becoming the general's private army to the greatest extent, and at the same time enabling Guo Song to control the soldiers from the bottom.

Guo Song then ordered Pei Xin to lead 3,000 troops into the mountains to exterminate Jia Yun and hundreds of his men to prevent accidents.

After the reorganization of Huoyi County, the number of Hexi Army reached more than 50,000 people, and the fleet began to transport a large amount of grain and grass materials to Huoyi County.

.........

Chang'an Xingqing Palace, Zhu Zhu has been a little restless in the past two days, he has already received news from the Hexi Army, and the Hexi Army has launched an offensive to the south.

Of course, he knew very well that Guo Song would definitely attack the southeast of the river, but he didn't expect Guo Song to attack so quickly, which made him jump to his feet in a hurry.

The military advisor Liu Sigu persuaded him: "If the Taiwei is anxious, it is better to seize Puzhou first, and have a foothold in the east of the river." ”

Zhu Jun sighed: "I'm afraid that the epidemic in Puzhou is serious, and the army will be infected in the past." ”

"There are two suggestions for the humble position, first, don't send too many troops, three thousand people are enough, and then station troops at Pujin Pass to support Hedong at any time, secondly, the army can stay away from Hedong City, try not to contact the local people, and then we have to send people to understand the epidemic situation, and the humble post also suggested supporting Li Huaiguang to fight against the Guo Song army, and supporting him in money, food, and armor."

Zhu Jun took a few steps with his hand in his hand, and immediately said: "The military advisor is right, we must make a decision immediately, not easily, so as not to miss the opportunity." ”

.........

Li Huaiguang never dreamed that Zhu Jun would actually support himself, and actually supported himself with 20,000 sets of armor and 100,000 stone grain, of course, this is a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to the chicken, and he didn't have any good intentions, but with this batch of armor and food, how could he immediately recruit 20,000 troops to alleviate the problem of insufficient troops.

Zhu Zhu's envoy was Shi Zhangxian, the governor of the same prefecture, and of course he could not bring the armor and food immediately, but he just sent the gift list first to cheer Li Huaiguang up, so that he could continue to maintain a strong fighting spirit and not be crushed by the Hexi army.

"When will the food and armor arrive?" Li Huaiguang asked eagerly.

"The grain and armor will have to be transported from the Guangtong warehouse, it will be a few days late, and I promise that it will be delivered within five days."

Li Huaiguang took a few steps and asked, "Then do you Taiwei Zhu have any plans to send troops to assist me?" ”

This is a more implicit statement, in fact, he is asking Zhang Xian, will Zhu Jun take the opportunity to send troops?

"This.... I don't know very well, I was just ordered to come and deliver food armor, and the movement of troops is not my responsibility. ”

"Alright! Thank you Changshi Zhang. ”

Zhang Xian said goodbye and left, Li Huaiguang sneered, turned back and asked his staff member Han Yu: "Does Mr. think Zhu Jun will send troops?" ”

Han Yu nodded, "With Zhu Jun's consistent temperament, how could he watch Guo Song swallow Hedong alone, he will definitely send troops, but to what extent he will send troops, it is difficult to say, but one thing is certain, he will not fight with the Hexi army, otherwise he will not support our armor and food." ”

"Sir is right, what kind of armor do you think he will support us?"

Han Yu smiled bitterly, "Zhu Zhu has a heavy army in Pujin Pass, do you still need to go to Guangtong Warehouse to transfer transportation?" It must be Chen rice and leather armor, they don't use it themselves, so they will be piled up in the Guangtong warehouse. ”

"I knew that Zhu Jun's bastard didn't have any sincerity."

Li Huaiguang scolded, but said helplessly: "Zhu Jun's shamelessness is one thing, but we ourselves have to recruit troops immediately, with our current 25,000 people in Jiangzhou and Luzhou, we are not the opponent of the Hexi Army at all." ”

"The prince said very well, we must immediately recruit 20,000 troops, and it is recommended to form a militia to get the army, train them first, and equip them after the soldiers arrive."

Li Huaiguang nodded, he knew that there would not be many people signing up for recruitment, and it was a good idea to form a militia group.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Huaiguang issued an order to the state government to organize the militia group, demanding that the state government send the militia soldiers to Luzhou for assembly and training within five days.