In the second year of Taiwu, October 22, Yangqu, Linfenyi.

At this time, outside the reception pavilion of Linfen Station, all kinds of flags, umbrellas, and honor guards hugged the straight road, and hundreds of armored soldiers also stood solemnly under the mulberry forest of the pavilion under the scorching sun and holding these cards high.

The October sun was warm, but it was still so hot that everyone's clothes were soaked, especially those in armor, a few of them were sunburned, and then they were dragged to rest in the pavilion.

But even so, it didn't move.

Because their general, Guo Lin, was right in front of them, dressed like them in the scorching sun.

The person Guo Lin is waiting for is Wang Yun.

In the end, this secretary of the state still came to Taiyuan. This is not only Ding Yuan's invitation, but also his nostalgia for his hometown.

After Wang Yun arrived in Taiyuan, he didn't have a long greeting with Ding Yuan, and he heard that Guo Lin had won the battle, and then volunteered to pay the army.

Now Guo Lin is waiting for Wang Yun's car.

Speaking of Guo Lin, he was also hit on the head by an accident, who would have thought that a Guan defense commander who was not optimistic about it would suddenly rise to prominence, and he was a ruthless man who could kill his nephew to stabilize the army's heart.

Xun Cheng's killing of his nephew had already spread all over the rear, and Guo Lin was also shocked when he heard it.

You must know that the foundation of the wealthy family in this world is the blood relatives of the clan, and it can be said that there is a family first and then a country, so it is natural that they are the ones who first serve the family and then the country, and they have not heard of the people who destroy the family for the country.

And now? Xun has become a gatekeeper, and he can kill his own nephews, this is to abandon his own family.

Guo Lin felt that he couldn't be so ruthless as Xun Cheng, if he didn't have a blood feud with the Taishan army opposite, and his family was not tolerated by the Taishan army, he wouldn't have fought to the death like this.

But why is Xun Cheng like this now? It's like for the sake of an inconspicuous thing, you just play with people and don't understand.

However, Guo Lin didn't plan to delve into what kind of motives this person had, his main task now was to receive Wang Yun well.

Wang Yun's identity is very special, he is a person who is trusted by the three forces of Taiyuan, the state army, and the Guanxi court.

With him, Ding Yuan knew that the Taiyuan heroes would continue to support him, and the reinforcements from the Guanxi Imperial Court would also arrive. So Ding Yuan had already written to Guo Lin and asked him to protect Wang Yun.

So, Guo Lin brought all his ironclad soldiers over.

But time passed little by little, but there was still no shadow of Wang Yun's frame, and Guo Lin was already a little anxious at this time.

Guo Huai, the nephew next to him, saw his uncle's uneasiness and took the initiative to ask for an order:

"Uncle, I'll take a few horsemen to explore first."

Guo Lin turned his head and glanced at his nephew, whose armor was bigger than his body, and the softness in his heart was touched.

He said gently:

"No, since Wang Shangshu doesn't let us match, then we'll listen. As for Wang Shangshu's safety, you don't have to worry too much, you may not know that our Wang Shangshu's riding and archery skills are no worse than your uncle's. ”

Guo Huai was surprised, but he still obeyed the military salute and didn't ask any more questions.

Seeing that her nephew was so sensible, Guo Lin was both relieved and sad.

Before he returned to the clan to be a soldier, Guo Huai, who was not yet the crown, also wanted to join the army, Guo Lin felt that his nephew was too young, and he was the only blood left by his deceased brother, so he refused.

But Guo Huai said something like this:

"My Guo family's sons and daughters can't avenge their father's life, and they can't donate to the country when they die, so what can they do if they live in the world?"

The words were full of the martial arts children's strong spirit, so Guo Lin didn't persuade again, and asked the patriarch to give Guo Huai a crown in advance, and then took him to join the army.

And Guo Huai's performance in the army made Guo Lin firmly believe that whoever can prosper my Guo family must be this person.

Just as Guo's uncle and nephew were talking, a puff of dust rolled up on the straight road to the south, and the festival given by the Son of Heaven was fluttering in the wind, and more than ten carriages and horses were heading towards the post station.

Guo Lin hurriedly took the chief of Cao Cao of Yangqu County and the heavy generals under his command to greet him.

From a distance, Guo Lin saw Wang Yun's tall and sturdy figure standing on the head car, and hurriedly wanted to bow down.

But at this time, Wang Yun's unique loud voice came from the people:

"Junqing, why do you and I have such false courtesies."

Guo Lin did not slow down because of this sentence, and still led a group of people to complete the suppression of the envoy of the Son of Heaven. This is not only because Wang Yun represents the only remaining authority of the Han family, but also because Guo Lin knows this person too well.

Just like Wang Yun said, the relationship between the two is very close, and both of them were Guo Tai's protégés back then. Guo Tai is the uncle of Guo Yun and Guo Lin, and the two have been studying by Guo Tai's side since they were children, and Wang Yun is the same.

So Guo Lin and Wang Yunshi have the same friendship.

Moreover, Guo Lin also had a favor to Wang Yun, when his border army went south with Ding Yuan, and then was stranded in Hedong.

Wang Yun said in front of Liu Hong that he and Ding Yuan Mo Wei were really lies, and it was Guo Lin who really had a relationship with Mo Yi, and he believed that Guo Lin would help him.

Later, when Wang Yun rode into Ding Yuan's camp, Ding Yuan was shocked. He didn't know anything about Wang Yun, so he naturally didn't dare to entrust his net worth and life to this person.

At this time, Guo Linli Chen, he said to Ding Yuan:

"This is the only person who can stabilize the country."

Ding Yuan was very skeptical:

"Junqing's words are not right, even in Bingzhou, I heard that this person is stubborn and self-serving, can this be a stable country?"

Guo Lin said:

"Wang Zishi is a square, selfless and selfless person, and he is a true loyal person to the Han family. It is precisely because of this person's uprightness that there is such slander. The general raised troops to the south for the Han family, and those who can protect the country in troubled times in the future, I think that the princes of the imperial court are all protectors, and those who can ignore others for the Han family are this person. The general believes it and lets it be. ”

Guo Lin, as Ding Yuan's humerus, has a decisive influence on his decision-making. With Guo Lin as a guarantor, Ding Yuan decided to meet this person.

After seeing it, Guo was impressed by Wang Yun's bearing and ability, and finally willingly took the border soldiers of Bingzhou to cross the river south.

It can be said that the fate of Wang Yun and Ding Yuan was decided because of Guo Lin's words.

Since the two knew each other when they were young and achieved each other in their careers, why did Guo Lin still be so restrained about Wang Yun?

Without him, because he knew too well what pride was behind Wang Yun's strength.

Wang Yun was very extraordinary, and his family background was inconspicuous among the protégés of Guo Tai at that time. At that time, there was only the Jinyang Wang family in the family, and no one cared about the Qixian Wang family.

For example, Wang Rou and Wang Ze are from the Jinyang Wang family and are wealthy families.

But at that time, Guo Tai gave these people, none of them could compare to Wang Yun, and Wang Yun won the reputation of "Wang Zuozhicai".

What is Wang Zuozhicai? That's the name of the Three Princes. What is this evaluation?

If the children of the family want to be the three princes, even if their ability, morality, and prestige are very outstanding, they must depend on their luck. And a family that has never had a third prince in the family wants to be ranked as the third prince, and its difficulty can be imagined.

In other words, if Wang Yun could really do this, he could directly jump his family from a county lord family who only produced a hundred stone county officials to the top public family.

It can be seen how high Guo Tai's evaluation of Wang Yun is.

And then Wang Yun's development is indeed the same. He inherited the position of the family when he was young, was a county official in Taiyuan, and learned to ride and shoot the best in Taiyuan, and his temperament was also very strong, and he dared not do anything.

At that time, Guo Tai, as the leader of the party, had hundreds of protégés, but when it was time to hunt down the eunuchs' forces in Taiyuan, everyone else was hesitating, so Wang Yun decisively took over the task and rushed to the forefront.

The final result was that both the party and the eunuch were defeated, but in the end Wang Yun was saved, and then entered the Situ Mansion with the protector Deng Sheng. After that, he exalted his prestige on the battlefield of Runan and was promoted to the history of Yuzhou Assassin with his merits.

But later, because of the stain of his stay in the Guanxi Imperial Court, Wang Yun, who had just returned to Guanxi, was only a Shangshu, and then he had several meritorious deeds, and now he is a Shangshu Ling, one step away from the position of the third duke.

With such meritorious achievements and resumes, let's ask Wang Yun why he can't be proud.

But Guo Lin knows what is behind this pride? That's paranoia, wanton behavior.

As early as the time of Emperor Ling, this monarch had a disagreement with Liu Hong about the causes and culprits of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. At that time, Wang Yun seized the evidence of Zhang Rang's guests contacting the Yellow Turban tribe on the battlefield, so he denounced Zhang Rang on the spot at the court.

Originally, Liu Hong also angrily reprimanded Zhang Rang's careless behavior, but when Wang Yun said that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was caused by the eunuch group, Liu Hong was unhappy.

But at that time, the party members did achieve a lot of results in the Yellow Turban, and Liu Hong didn't want to say more and was ready to get up and leave.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yun's temperament came up, and he came up directly and dragged Liu Hong's sleeve to prevent him from leaving, which can be said to be a real crime.

Among the courtiers, there are not many who can do it like Wang Yun.

It is precisely because of this that Guo Lin understands more and more that even though he has an irreversible relationship with Wang Yun, he still has to follow this person, clarify his position, and hold him on it.

But Guo Lin is also worried about Wang Yun's fate in the future, such as Wang Yun's proud achievements, although he can turn the tide in times of crisis, but once he succeeds, there will be troubles.

Just when Guo Lin was lying on the ground thinking so much, a pair of thick and powerful hands grabbed his shoulders, and then scooped him up.

You must know that Guo Lin will be in armor, and the whole body will add up to more than 200 catties, but he was grabbed by Wang Yun, which shows that Wang Yun had the ability to ride and shoot in Taiyuan in the past, and I am afraid that it is really not bragging.

Wang Yun saw his friend who he hadn't seen for many days, laughed heartily, and then bent down to pat the dust on Guo Lin's military uniform.

Just when Guo Lin was warm, he heard Wang Yun sigh:

"Junqing, do you know that Uncle Youzhan died?"

Guo Lin was stunned, and couldn't believe this sentence at all.

The uncle you Wang Yun said is the current Hun Zhonglang general Wang Rou, the two of them are in the same door, Guo Lin originally sent a letter to this person to ask for reinforcements, how could he suddenly die?

It turned out that Guo Lin had been busy with the Yangqu War, and he hadn't had time to read the Di newspaper, and the information between the east and west of the state was not well communicated, so he didn't know until now.

Wang Yun said heavily:

"In order to bring the Southern Xiongnu into the customs, Shuyou provoked them to rebel. Ay....... ”

Guo Lin was in a great sadness, and he realized that if Wang Rou died in battle, the Southern Xiongnu would inevitably be unable to count on the reinforcements. And on the opposite side of him, the strength of the Taishan army is gathering more and more, which really makes people feel that Mount Tai is overpowered.

This feeling of suffocation was suddenly interrupted by Wang Yun:

"You don't have to be sad, this is Shuyou's own carelessness, inconfidentiality, and resentment against others. On the contrary, you are playing well here, and I am here this time to see how far the Yangqu defense line has been managed by you. ”

Guo Lin smiled bitterly, and was about to explain the water behind this victory, but saw that Wang Yun had already looked at the generals behind him.

He saw that there was an ordinary-looking but calm general who was not arrogant or impatient, and he was satisfied.

Wang Yun boasted of his ability to recognize people, and knew that this was a good general at first sight, so he asked with a smile:

"Junqing, who will be this army behind you? Could it be Xun Cheng who guards Yikou? ”

Guo Lin hurriedly explained:

"Commissioner Xun is still on the front line and has not come down, and this is Gao Shun, a lieutenant colonel of our army, who is in charge of my 800 'traps'."

This man named Gao Shun silently saluted Wang Yun, and then returned to indifference.

Wang Yun didn't blame the anti-joy, and said with a smile:

"The demeanor of the high school lieutenant reminds me of a person, Feng Jiehou, who had the reputation of 'General Big Tree' under Guangwu in the past."

Of course, Gao Shun knew who Feng Jiehou was, it was Feng Yi, the general of the expedition to the west. Naturally, he didn't dare to be, his face turned red, and he kept waving his hands.

Gao Shun has a calmness that surpasses his colleagues, but he is not good at words in the end, and this action made Wang Yun laugh.

With Gao Shun's Zhuyu in front, Wang Yun praised some other generals again, and the whole atmosphere was very harmonious.

Who said that our prince division is strong? It's obviously very high, and it's very sleek.

After greeting for a while, Wang Yun and Guo Lin went to the post station alone to chat secretly.

Here, Wang Yun began to talk to Guo Lin about something more real.

As soon as he came up, Wang Yun asked:

"Junqing, you and I will hand it over to the end, do you think the three levels of Yangqu can be kept?"

Guo Lin was very cautious, because he knew that his words would directly affect the support behind him, so he said truthfully:

"There is no Xiongguan in the world, and the same is true for the three passes. In the end, these three passes are only located on the passage, but no one knows how many other paths have been mined on the mountain. Although I have sent additional men to patrol the two mountains, there is no guarantee that I will be able to hold it. ”

Wang Yun touched his long hair and was calculating. He asked again:

"Can you keep it for two months?"

Guo Lin glanced at it unexpectedly, I don't know how I got these two months, he said according to the actual situation:

"If the Taiyuan heroes can supply and support in place, it will not be difficult for two months, and the Yikou Pass alone can be guarded for more than a month, not to mention that there are two more levels behind."

Wang Yun asked for this assurance, and he whispered an astonishing news:

"Reinforcements from the imperial court came, but instead of taking the Puban, they crossed the shore from Longmen. Therefore, we need to hold out for at least two months, and when winter comes, it will be the death period of those Tarzan troops. ”

This news is too exciting, of course Guo Lin understands what this sentence means, and she is overjoyed.

So, in the post station, the two looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent.