Since receiving Yu Xian's order, Yu Xian personally appointed Lu Sen, the general soldier of Pingding, Chen Chunhua, the general soldier of Yuncheng, Zhang Zhongxia, the general soldier of Zezhou, and many local army generals from all over the country have led their troops back to Taiyuan.

As of September 25, all the Jin troops stationed in various places were ordered to rush back, with more than 40,000 people, and more than 10,000 local troops from all over the country were ordered to arrive, plus the original 50,000 people in Taiyuan, and now the Jin army in Taiyuan has exceeded 100,000.

No one knew that Yuxian had already made up his mind to increase his chips, and then raise 100,000 soldiers to surrender to Wang Jundao, and everyone thought that Yuxian had gathered so many Jin troops in Taiyuan to fight to the death with the Dragon and Tiger Army, so many generals were eager to try, but most of the officers and soldiers were full of fear in their hearts.

Because the offensive of these Dragon and Tiger Army was so fierce, every day the news that came from the north of Taiyuan was the news of the defeat of the Jin army.

At this time, the eastern, central and western armies of the Dragon and Tiger Army had already broken through the Pingxing Pass, Yanmen Pass, Partial Pass, Xinkou, Hutuo River and other dangerous fortresses, all the way like a bamboo, and even fell into the counties along the way, most of the counties were shocked by the might of the Dragon and Tiger Army, and before the Dragon and Tiger Army attacked the city, the county officials from all over the country opened the city and surrendered.

By the afternoon of September 25, the main forces of the First and Second Army Corps had already joined forces in Xinzhou, and the vanguard of the First Army had already occupied Yuxian and was about to take the empty defense of Binh Dinh Mansion.

On September 26, the Sixth Army Corps, which was the Western Route Army, had already occupied Loufan County, and the two cavalry regiments of the vanguard had already reached the territory of Gujiao County.

On September 27, the Second Army captured Yangqu County, the northern gateway of Taiyuan, and the main force of the Second Army also arrived in Yangqu County a few hours later, while the First Army had already captured Pingdingfu, the eastern gateway of Taiyuan, and occupied Shouyang County, and the Sixth Army completely occupied Gujiao County to the west of Taiyuan.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Jundao personally led the main forces of the third, fourth, and fifth army corps, as well as the baggage corps, engineering corps, and logistics corps from Yanmen Pass to the south.

The 45,000 Jin troops captured in Datong also went south with the large army, at the beginning, there were still a small number of escapes, but after being captured by the Dragon and Tiger Army, they were not abused, but treated as always, and later a few people escaped, and there was no need for the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army to take action, and there were Jin brothers who captured the escapees.

Under such circumstances, within a few days, no one escaped, because even if they were prisoners of the Dragon and Tiger Army, they did not have to live worse in the Jin Army, and even more so, and the most important thing was that no one discriminated against them.

Coupled with the vigorous propaganda of the propaganda personnel and literary workers in the logistics corps, the ideological teaching of the political workers, and the preferential treatment of the brothers of the Dragon and Tiger Army, under the day and night of the southward marching army, the 45,000 Jin Army has unconsciously merged with the Dragon and Tiger Army, regardless of each other.

It has to be said that war and marching are the best way to enhance the unity and cohesion of the army.

In just a few days, Wang Jundao completely subdued these 45,000 captives, and now these people who were originally Jin troops will no longer call themselves Jin troops, but open their mouths and close their mouths to call themselves the Dragon and Tiger Army, and will no longer obey their original generals, but Commander Wang said that they have already regarded themselves as Wang Jundao's soldiers.

On the afternoon of September 28, the main force of the First Army rushed to Shouyang County, and the main force of the Sixth Army rushed to Gujiao County.

So far, the east, west, and north sides of Taiyuan have been surrounded, leaving only the south side to escape, the art of war is cloudy, the siege is missing one, and the situation of the Dragon and Tiger Army's general attack on Taiyuan has been formed.

It's just that in the past nine days of rapid attack and day and night marching, the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army will not rest for more than eight hours each, which makes the Dragon and Tiger Army, which is the elite of the elite, a little unbearable, so Wang Jundao did not order an attack, but rested on the spot.

The three legions are accompanied by the baggage corps, the engineering corps, and the logistics corps, and the army carries half a month's military supplies, so there is no need for logistics supplies within half a month, not to mention that there are compressed biscuits, jerky, canned fruits and other military supplies in the army, and the Dragon and Tiger Army is not short of nutrition, only needs two or three days of rest, and the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army can return to the state of being alive and vigorous.

The news that the First and Sixth Army Corps had arrived at the designated position as scheduled was soon transmitted to Wang Jundao by telegram.

After receiving the telegram, Wang Jundao immediately replied, first commending the three major army corps, and then letting the three army corps rest in the designated position for three days, and within three days, there would be no military action, after the three days, the rest and recuperation order was lifted, and all the troops entered a state of combat readiness.

The news that Taiyuan had been surrounded by the Dragon and Tiger Army on the east, west, and north sides not only spread to Wang Jundao, but also to Taiyuan, to Yuxian, the governor of Shanxi, and to the civil and military officials of Shanxi.

It's just that it was six hours late compared to the transmission to Wang Jundao, and after receiving the news, there was no need for Yuxian to summon him, and most of the high-level civil and military officials in Shanxi asked to see Yuxian.

Under such circumstances, of course, Yuxian couldn't close the door to thank customers, but he sold a pass and asked everyone to go back first, and after he thought through the countermeasures and had dinner, he asked people to invite them.

A group of civil and military officials don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Yuxian's gourd, now Taiyuan is surrounded on three sides, the situation is critical, if the Dragon and Tiger Army directly starts fighting, how can they resist in a hurry?

It's just that Yuxian has an order, and they have to obey it, and they can only leave with apprehension and fear one by one.

After sending these people away, Yuxian asked his personal guard commander He Fukun to find Li Tingxiao, Lu Changyi, Lu Sen, Chen Chunhua, and Zhang Zhongxia's five henchmen.

In the study, facing his confidants, Yuxian did not beat around the bush, and said bluntly: "Everyone must know the situation of the Dragon and Tiger Army surrounding Taiyuan on three sides, and I called you here to discuss how we should deal with this catastrophe." ”

When the words fell, Chen Chunhua was the youngest, only twenty-eight years old, and immediately spoke loudly: "Fight, the Dragon and Tiger Army has bullied us, and it is a death for both horizontal and vertical, it is better to fight with them to the end, so that the Dragon and Tiger Army also knows that our Jin Army is not jealous." ”

Zhang Zhongxia was a little older, thirty-three years old, and he knew that the Dragon and Tiger Army was overwhelmed, and a battle was inevitable, so he also said: "Even if we don't fight, the Dragon and Tiger Army will fight, so we have to fight, as for whether the result is to win or lose, then we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Lu Sen is a little older than Zhang Zhongxia, naturally much calmer than Zhang Zhongxia, and more sleek than him, neither said to fight, nor said not to fight, but said to Yuxian: "My lord, I listen to you, if you let me fight, I will fight, if you ask me not to fight, I will not fight." ”

Lu Changyi also nodded: "My lord, I, Lu Changyi, also listen to you." ”

Only Li Tingxiao was silent, although he was not in the military, he also knew that if he fought, the Jin army would not have any chance of winning at all, he was originally inclined to surrender, and it was inconvenient to express his position at this time.

However, Chen Chunhua and Zhang Zhongxia, who spoke before, made a statement, both of them had received Yuxian's great favor, and they were people who knew how to repay their kindness, and they almost said in unison: "Mr. Lu and Mr. Lu are right, my lord, we all listen to you." ”

Yuxian glanced at the four of them, and sighed slightly in his heart, it seems that his past efforts are not unrewarded, at least in times of crisis, these henchmen of his own did not abandon themselves, nor did they go against themselves.

Then he glanced at Li Tingxiao again, he knew that Li Tingxiao actually didn't want to fight in his heart, but because of the current situation, he didn't say it, but it didn't matter, he didn't want to fight in the first place.

So he spoke directly: "The Dragon and Tiger Army is fierce, even more than 100,000 Eight-Nation Coalition Army is not an opponent, now Taiyuan only has 100,000 Jin Army, whether it is weapons or combat power, it is not comparable to the Eight-Nation Alliance, naturally it will not be the opponent of the Dragon and Tiger Army, since the Dragon and Tiger Army entered Shanxi, only two days, it defeated our 60,000 Jin Army, and these days, the Dragon and Tiger Army thundered south, the momentum was like a bamboo, and the attack was invincible, the Dragon and Tiger Army was strictly disciplined, and the place under it, punished and eliminated the evil, and the people all clapped their hands and applauded, and along the way, they did not disturb the people, Now the entire northwest of Shanxi has been occupied by the Dragon and Tiger Army, all the dangerous fortresses have fallen, and the Dragon and Tiger Army's unification of Shanxi has been irreversible, so I decided to surrender to the Dragon and Tiger Army, not only for myself to find a way to live, but also for everyone to seek a future, but also to save Taiyuan from war, so that 100,000 Jin army brothers from war. (To be continued.) )