Five hundred and tenth chapter arrogant soldiers will be defeated
The five hundred cavalrymen quickly rushed to the Wuting River. They reined in their reins one after another and looked at the river in horror. The bridge on the river had disappeared, leaving only a few wooden piles standing in the middle of the river.
Wugong County was a few miles ahead, and the city wall was clearly visible, but they could not cross the river.
The cavalrymen looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Suddenly someone shouted, "There are enemy troops!"
When the general turned around, countless cavalry appeared behind them. The general was so frightened that he shouted: "Go north!"
To the south was the Chengguo Canal, and they had no choice but to go north. The five hundred cavalrymen turned their horses and ran towards the north. Not far after running, a group of cavalry shot out in front and blocked the way. They were surrounded.
The general shouted: "Break out!"
The five hundred cavalry turned around and rushed eastward, shouting and trying to break out of the encirclement. Guo Song coldly ordered: "Kill them all and leave no one alive!"
Thousands of arrows were shot at the five hundred cavalrymen at the same time...
Twenty thousand soldiers of the Jingyuan Army were hungry and thirsty. They were dizzy from hunger and covered in cold sweat. They walked for more than an hour, cursing Wugong County as they walked. If scolding can kill people, the officials and people of Wugong County have no idea.
How many times have you been massacred?
But when we reached the Wuting River, all the shouting and cursing suddenly stopped. Everyone stared at the river blankly. There was no bridge. Where did the five hundred cavalry go?
Wang Lien suddenly reacted and shouted: "Get ready to fight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a low horn sound sounded in the distance, "Woo——"
A cavalry force of 4,000 people appeared at a height one mile northeast behind them, looking at them coldly. The leader of the cavalry was wearing a golden helmet and holding a square-shaped halberd. It was Guo Song, the governor of Hexi Province.
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There was a sudden chaos among the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army. Wang Lien shouted: "Don't be chaotic, gather in formation immediately!"
The premise for the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army to assemble in formation is to temporarily give up their belongings and leave the donkeys and belongings aside, and then they can form up the formation wholeheartedly to fight. Wang Lianen also thought of this, so he decided to go to Yong County first and collect the soldiers' belongings.
The property is stored in the county to ensure safety, so that the soldiers can go all out to follow them and fight to the death with Guo and Song's army.
But now he can't do it. There is no place for the soldiers to store it, so the soldiers can only give up their money.
Wang Lien thought too much. The soldiers of the Jingyuan Army rebelled just to seize wealth. How could they give up hundreds of taels of gold and silver and a large amount of jewelry for the sake of fighting? Their will to fight had already broken open Qionglin Library and Daying.
After the library, everything disappeared.
If you don’t want to fight and want to keep your gold and silver property, there is only one way, escape!
The soldiers did not listen to the command at all. They took off their helmets and armor, threw away the spears that were in the way, and fled to the north with their donkeys and mules. First, hundreds of people in the far north fled, and then thousands of people fled, and then it evolved.
Twenty thousand troops fled collectively.
Guo Song waved his sword and coldly ordered: "Kill!"
Four thousand cavalry suddenly launched into action, like a flash flood. Thousands of cavalry shouted and charged towards the Jingyuan Army. The soldiers of the Jingyuan Army were terrified and fled desperately. The east bank of Wuting River quickly turned into a one-sided massacre.
This army committed many evil deeds in Chang'an. Guo Song issued a killing order. The cavalry refused to accept the soldiers' pleas to surrender. Their heads were chopped off with swords and their chests were pierced with spears. Dead bodies were everywhere on the grassland for more than ten miles, and blood flowed into rivers.
Wuting River dyed red, many people jumped into the river to escape, but only a few people could swim to the other side, and most of them drowned in the river.
This killing lasted for more than an hour. Except for hundreds of people who swam to the other side and escaped, the other 20,000 soldiers died under the sword of the Hexi Army. This was the Battle of Wutingchuan that shocked the world and launched the Jingyuan Mutiny.
The entire army of 20,000 soldiers was wiped out at Wutingchuan.
Part of the property they looted in Chang'an fell into the hands of Zhu Si, and part of the property they carried with them became the spoils of the Hexi Army. Even Guo Song did not expect that the harvest of this annihilation battle would be so rich.
However, the main general Wang Lien escaped. He was guarded by dozens of soldiers and fled north on horseback. He escaped before the Hexi Army closed the encirclement and fled all the way to Fengtian County, and then fled back to Chang'an from Fengtian County.
Guo Song immediately ordered the battlefield to be cleaned and a temporary bridge built.
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Zhang Guangsheng was summoned to the Xingqing Palace by Zhu Si overnight. He didn't know what happened, but when he saw Wang Lien kneeling in the yard, covered in blood, his head went "buzzing!" and he understood that Wang Lien was defeated.
And the defeat was disastrous. It had only been a few days since the army was sent out, but was it already defeated?
The lights in the lobby were bright, Zhu Si's face was filled with anger, and he was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. Yuan Xiu and Yao Lingyan had already arrived first, and were standing aside with complicated expressions.
"Your Majesty, I am humbled by my humble duty!" Zhang Guangsheng stepped forward and bowed.
Zhu Si waved his hand and said angrily: "Damn Wang Lien, this idiot, thanks to him leading so many soldiers, his brain was eaten by dogs. I told him repeatedly to lead the soldiers to advance lightly as soon as possible. He should be in Xianyang
After handling this problem well, he actually wanted to station troops in Yong County, but Guo Song ambushed him in Wugong County and the entire army was destroyed."
Zhu Si cursed Guo Song again: "That bastard named Guo was a member of the Tang Army. He was so ruthless and ruthless that he massacred all 20,000 Jingyuan troops!"
Zhang Guangsheng knew very well that the anger of the Jingyuan army and the people was too great. They not only robbed money, but also abused women. Many wives and daughters of powerful people were ruined by them. I don’t know how many people hated them to the bone. Guo Song massacred them all.
, undoubtedly handed over a beautiful letter of nomination to the powerful nobles of Chang'an.
He had not killed the soldiers of Longyou Army and Fengxiang Army before, which shows that he did not kill for the sake of killing. This was actually a very smart political skill. This young man is not ordinary!
"Is Your Highness going to gather the troops to fight him decisively?" Zhang Guangsheng asked.
Zhu Si suddenly felt like a deflated skin bag. He sat down weakly, pointed at Yuan Xiu and said: "Yuan Xiangguo, please tell me!"
Yuan Xiu stepped forward and said to Zhang Guangsheng: "I just advised your highness that Guo Song only brought 5,000 people to Guanzhong. King Qin was not very sincere, and Li Shi had already issued an edict, ordering him to immediately lead all the Hexi troops to King Qin of Bashu.
Guo Song will definitely not agree, and His Highness also regrets that he should not have followed Wang Lien and Li Chulin's instigation to send troops before, but should have negotiated with Guo Song."
Zhang Guangsheng nodded, "This is also a humble suggestion. Li Shi wanted to kill Guo Song before and seize his military power. How could Guo Song go to Bashu to die? We should be able to negotiate. Even if he refuses to be loyal to Chang'an, we can still let him remain neutral.
Everyone is safe and sound."
Yuan Xiu sighed, "That's the truth!"
"You two, stop complaining!"
Zhu Si was a little dissatisfied and said: "Just tell me the result."
Yuan Xiu said again: "Your Highness knows that the general has an old relationship with Guo Song, and wants you to serve as an envoy to negotiate with Guo Song. The general is willing to go."
Zhang Guangsheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said to Zhu Si: "I am willing to go, but I don't know what conditions His Highness wants to agree to?"
Zhu Si said impatiently: "As long as he doesn't supervise the country, everything else is easy to say. He can be crowned king and prime minister if he wants. Even if he wants to be emperor, I can catch Li Ji and let him ascend the throne."
Zhang Guangsheng smiled bitterly, Guo Song would never want to be this kind of emperor.
"I understand, I will go to Yong County early tomorrow morning."
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Guo Song had already returned to Yong County. What he didn't expect was that Zhu Si's negotiator hadn't arrived yet, but the edict sent by Li Shi had arrived in Yong County first.
The proclaimer came north from Chencang Road to Guanzhong. When he heard that Guo Song was fighting near Chang'an, he waited in Yong County.
As soon as Guo Song walked into the government office, the official who announced the decree loudly shouted: "Hexi Jiedu Envoy Guo Song has accepted the decree!"
Guo Song was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hand and said: "Wait a minute, let's make it clear first, whose decree is it that you are announcing? Is it Chang'an's decree, Chengdu's decree, or Taiyuan's decree?"
The official who announced the decree had no choice but to explain: "I am Lu Ben, the official secretary of the province and the registrar of the province. He is a disciple of Ling Yue. He has just come from Chengdu to read out the emperor's decree."
When Guo Song heard that he was his father-in-law's disciple, he immediately had a good impression of him and said: "Give me the imperial edict! Don't read it out. I'm afraid that I will disobey the edict and embarrass you."
Lu Bi had no choice but to hand the imperial edict to Guo Song. After reading the edict, Guo Song sighed in his heart. How could Li Shi not make any progress at all? He promoted himself to the title of Prince's Young Master, and then asked himself to lead the Hexi Army to serve the King of Bashu. How could this be possible?
?No wonder Cui Kuan accepted Li Ji's order and led his army back to Shuofang.
He pondered for a moment and said to Lu Ben: "When you go back to the Emperor, tell me that I accept the reward. However, the Tubo and Shatuo people are eyeing Hexi. I cannot withdraw my troops and leave. I will continue to defend the border for the Tang Dynasty. As for Chang'an, Lord Lu
You can tell the emperor that I have massacred all the 20,000 Jingyuan troops who launched a mutiny at Wutingchuan. This is my attitude."
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[This is the virtue of the Jingyuan Army in history. After robbing the palace, they were like misers, guarding their wealth all day long. Even Zhu Si couldn't command them. Anyone who dared to let them fight would fall out with him. But
In the end, this army was completely wiped out by Li Sheng, losing both men and money.]