Eight thousand Zhu Si troops were marching at full speed. They were still more than a hundred miles away from the confluence of the Yellow River in Fengzhou. It was already afternoon. At this moment, the front army suddenly heard an earth-shattering explosion, 'Boom!'
Fire burst out and black smoke rose into the sky. This was a small iron fire mine without a stinger, which exploded among the team.
The front army suddenly fell into chaos. The soldiers were scared out of their wits. Their horses neighed and they were in chaos. A cavalry force, numbering thousands of people, came out from the nearby mountain col and rushed into the front army. At the same time, the Chinese army and
The rear army also heard earth-shattering explosions one after another. Zhu Si's army was seriously disturbed and chaos broke out. Two Hexi cavalry took advantage of the enemy's chaos to attack the central army and the rear army.
Li Huanshan had recovered from the initial confusion. He knew that he was encountering an ambush and shouted urgently: "Form up and resist!"
Someone nearby laughed, "It's too late, either surrender or die!"
When Li Huanshan turned around, he saw a general coming towards him from a diagonal stab. He was already more than ten steps away from him. When he saw that the general was wearing a golden helmet, he was shocked and asked: "Who are you?"
"Hexi Guosong!"
After Guo Song finished speaking, he waved his arms, and Fang Tian's painted halberd swept towards him. It was powerful and unstoppable. Li Huanshan's eyes widened. It turned out to be Guo Song of the Hexi Army?
He hurriedly raised his sword to block, and with a loud noise, Li Huanshan's sword flew out of his hands. His arms were almost broken. Li Huanshan yelled, urged his horse and ran away, but he was still a step too late.
, he felt a chill on his vest, his body rose into the air, and the tip of the halberd emerged from his chest.
Li Huanshan screamed heartbreakingly and died on the spot.
Guo Song threw his body on the ground and shouted: "Pick up his head and order the enemy to surrender and avoid death. Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
Several soldiers chopped off Li Huanshan's head, raised it in the air with spears, and galloped their horses shouting: "Your commander is dead, those who surrender will be spared death, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
The soldiers shouted all the way. When Zhu Si's army saw that their general was killed, they no longer wanted to resist. They all dismounted, knelt down and raised their hands to surrender.
The battle ended after half an hour. More than a thousand of the eight thousand soldiers died in the battle, hundreds of them escaped, and the rest all surrendered to the Hexi Army.
The news that the Fengzhou army was completely destroyed in the sneak attack reached Chang'an on the fourth day. At the same time, the news that the Hexi army wiped out the Dangxiang people and occupied Shuofang also reached Chang'an at the same time. Zhu Si was greatly frightened and immediately ordered the news to be blocked. No one was allowed to do so.
The news came out.
Zhu Si did not take Guo Song seriously before. He did not object to Guo Song's desire to be the king of the Western Regions. He even supported the Hexi Army's westward development until he drove more than 600,000 refugees to the Hexi Corridor and stabbed Guo Song hard.
Song Yi Dao, but in the end the problem of refugees was resolved, and they lost Longyou instead.
Zhu Si then began to pay attention to Guo Song, but Guo Song wanted to seize the opportunity of Li Sheng's demotion and capture Shannan East Road, so he did not pay attention to Guo Song.
It wasn't until Shuofang was captured by the Hexi Army that Zhu Si suddenly realized how powerful the Hexi Army was, and it actually unified the three Jiedu prefectures of Shuofang, Hexi and Longyou.
Zhu Si was panicked and urgently summoned several close ministers to discuss countermeasures.
In the lobby, Zhu Si worriedly said to everyone: "We always thought that Guo and Song Dynasties only had 20,000 to 30,000 troops. After dividing their troops to defend Beiting and Anxi, there were not many left. But now it seems that we were all wrong. The Hexi Army was severely damaged by us."
I underestimate them, they have at least a hundred thousand troops, and I want to know now, where is our intelligence?"
Everyone looked at Deputy Military Advisor Yan Wenda. Yan Wenda kept a low profile and had been responsible for collecting intelligence from various places.
Under the gaze of everyone, Yan Wenda cheered up and said: "Our intelligence should be very good, very comprehensive, and very timely, including Chengdu, Luoyang, Jiangnan, Ziqing, and Hebei."
"I don't want to hear your words of praise, I'm asking Hexi!"
Zhu Si couldn't help but roared: "Why is there no information about Hexi?"
Yan Wenda smiled bitterly and said: "The humble post sent several intelligence spies to Hexi, and businessmen who went to Hexi are also looking for information. However, the internal affairs camp in Hexi is very powerful, and our people have lost contact one after another."
"Then you know it's the Hexi Internal Affairs Camp!"
"Bizhi learned this while exchanging information with King Ji. Their spies in Hexi eventually lost contact."
Zhu Si shook his head, "Even if the other party is very powerful, it doesn't mean you can't get the information."
Yan Wenda bowed and said, "You have neglected your humble duty!"
"I don't want to hold anyone responsible now, but from now on, you must mobilize elite soldiers and generals to explore the intelligence of Hexi, Shuofang, and Longyou. Their importance is equal to that of Chengdu. Do you understand?"
Yan Wenda wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "I understand the humble position!"
"I'll add something more!"
Liu Sigu raised his hand and said: "I read the accounts of the soldiers who escaped from Fengzhou. They all mentioned that Hexi used a weapon that made a loud noise, which caused our army to fall into chaos. I think this detail is very important. I'm afraid
The fact that the Hexi Army wiped out the Western Region so quickly has something to do with it. We must let intelligence spies find out what this thing is."
"Liu Junjun said very quickly that this matter is indeed very important and must be investigated," Zhu Si added.
Yan Wenda nodded, "I'll take note of this."
Zhu Si turned his eyes to Liu Sigu again, and his eyes softened, "I would like to hear the opinion of the military advisor on the current situation."
Liu Sigu smiled slightly and said: "I'm afraid the captain doesn't want to hear my opinion!"
"How could that be? Military advisor, please speak frankly."
"My humble opinion is very simple. Negotiate peace with the Hexi Army and buy us time to capture Huaixi and Yangzhou, and then turn around to deal with the Hexi Army."
Zhu Si was stunned. They were actually negotiating for peace. He hesitated for a while and said, "Will they agree?"
"Bizhi feels that Guo Song will agree. He will also need time to integrate the three places and will not launch an attack on us for the time being. The key is that we also need time to clear Jianghuai so that we can get financial support."
Yuan Xiu also said: "The military advisor's proposal still makes sense. We need time, and Guo Song also needs time. I support the peace negotiation with the Hexi Army in my humble position."
Zhu Si took two steps with his hands behind his back, then turned back to Liu Sigu and said, "It's okay to negotiate peace, but who should we send to negotiate peace with Guo Song?"
Liu Sigu looked at Zhang Guangsheng
In Fengzhou City, Guo Song did not go to the three surrender cities. He stayed in Fengzhou for three days before preparing to return to Lingzhou.
Before leaving, Guo Song once again summoned the generals and said to everyone: "I have discussed with Governor Xue that the Fengzhou Economic and Strategy Department will be abolished. Governor Xue will no longer interfere with the army and will only serve as Fengzhou Governor and be responsible for Fengzhou."
Hexi was responsible for the government affairs, finance and taxation of the city, and Fengzhou established two military envoys, namely Fengzhou military envoy and Yulin military envoy. The Fengzhou military envoy was appointed by Li Ji, and the Yulin military envoy was appointed by Zhao Sen."
Li Ji and Zhao Sen immediately stood up and saluted. Guo Song smiled and waved his hands and said: "The two military commanders each command 4,000 troops. The shortfall of 3,000 troops will be made up by Xue Jishishi."
Guo Song added: "I have said everything I need to say. I will come to Fengzhou again, but it mainly relies on you. I will leave a firearms battalion of soldiers. They carry weapons to defend the city. Even if the Uighurs attack in large numbers,
We can also defend Jiuyuan City, so let’s work together!”
Everyone bowed and saluted together, "I will obey your envoy's order!"
Three days later, Guo Song led his army back to Lingzhou. Liang Wu came to greet him outside Lingzhou city. Liang Wu briefly reported to Guo Song about the placement of party members, women and children.
"There are a total of more than 32,000 women, children and elderly people. According to the envoy's previous order, the army has escorted them to Hexi. We have seized a large amount of money, food and materials from the party members, and they are currently in the Lingzhou warehouse.
When do you think we will be transferred to Zhangye?"
According to the regulations of the Hexi Army, only a small amount of materials are kept in warehouses in various places, and the rest of the materials must be transported to Zhangye Cangcheng.
Guo Song nodded and said: "You write a list of supplies and send it to Hexi, and let Pan Changshi make the arrangements! Anyway, just follow the rules."
"I understand, I understand. There is another important matter that I need to report to the envoy."
"What's up?"
"Do you still remember Liang Ju'er?"
Guo Song smiled and said: "Of course I remember, what happened to him?"
"He is currently serving as a school captain in Xiaoguan."
Guo Song was startled, "Isn't he in Fengzhou?"
"It's a long story. He originally served as a school captain in Fengzhou. Later, when his father died of illness, Liang Juer left his post and returned home to observe mourning. Later, Zhang Feng held a martial arts competition in Yuanzhou to recruit generals, and Liang Juer ran to participate.
He was appreciated by Zhang Feng and appointed him as a school captain to participate in guarding Xiaoguan. Later Zhang Feng went to Beijing to surrender to Zhu Si and then moved to Longyou. However, Liang Juer was always in Xiaoguan and he wrote a special letter two days ago.
, introduced the situation of Xiao Pass, and expressed his willingness to assist the envoy to capture Xiao Pass."
Guo Song's eyes lit up. This was a good thing. If they could seize Xiao Guan, the initiative would be in their hands.