On the tenth day after the siege of Taiyuan, the Youzhou Army conducted two more small-scale sieges, both of which ended in failure. At this time, the Youzhou Army's siege weapons were exhausted, and the Hedong Army attacked Jingxing and Jiexiu.
The 20,000 reinforcements rushed back from the county also arrived in Taiyuan. The total strength of the Hedong Army reached 50,000, while the Youzhou Army only had 17,000 soldiers left. Their morale was low. Under tremendous pressure, the Youzhou Army began to retreat northward.
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In Jinyang Palace, the debate on whether to send troops to fight the enemy has been going on all morning, and the debate is still going on in the afternoon. Mainly, Yuan Jin and Yuan Lu have different opinions. Yuan Jin advocates defending Taiyuan, while Yuan Lu advocates
He advocated pursuing the enemy and driving them completely out of Hedong.
At this time, those who supported Yuan Lu had gained the upper hand, and Yuan Lu's questioning completely moved everyone.
"Will the Youzhou Army withdraw? Definitely not. They will occupy Loufan Pass and Yanmen Pass. Shuozhou, Daizhou, Yunzhou, Xizhou, Lanzhou and Yuzhou in the north will all be occupied by the Youzhou Army. We will only
What is left of Taiyuan Prefecture, Fenzhou and Shizhou? This is our territory? If we have only a few soldiers and few generals, it would be fine if our strength is not as good as theirs. But now that we have sufficient troops and high morale, why should we accept the shame of failure?"
Yuan Lu's questioning won the approval of the generals. In the evening, Yuan Xuanhu finally made a decision and ordered Yuan Lu to lead 30,000 elite troops to pursue Youzhou, and must completely drive the Youzhou army out of Hedong.
On Jinyang Street, 30,000 elite troops were rapidly gathering. Zhang Yun finally found an opportunity and whispered to Yuan Lu: "I am worried that Li Huaiguang's army will take the opportunity to attack Taiyuan City. I am willing to stay as a guard!"
Zhang Yun's words aroused Yuan Lu's concern. In fact, the Yuan and Jin Dynasties were firmly opposed to pursuing the Youzhou Army because they were worried that Li Huaiguang would attack from the south. If the defenders in Jiexiu County withdrew and the shield against Li Huaiguang was gone, would Li Huaiguang
Will you seize the opportunity to go north?
No one can guarantee that his brother's worries are somewhat justified. Zhang Yun's proactive reminder made Yuan Lu very happy. He patted Zhang Yun on the shoulder and said, "Then you will stay, whether Li Huaiguang comes or not? As long as the battle is over."
, Taiyuan City is safe and sound, I will promote you to Zhonglang General."
Yuan Lu admired Zhang Yun very much. He was smart, able to lead troops, brave in battle, experienced, and always able to step forward at critical moments. Such generals must be reused.
Zhang Yun quickly bowed and saluted, "General, I'm grateful for your help. I'm humble enough to do this. I will definitely do my best to guard the city gate."
Yuan Lu gave him a command arrow, named him the South Gate Defense Envoy, and ordered him to be responsible for guarding the South Gate and guarding Li Huaiguang in the south.
The city gates were opened wide, and the 30,000 Hedong Army marched toward the north in the direction of the retreat of the Youzhou Army.
On the top of the city, Zhang Yun watched the 30,000-strong army heading north, with an imperceptible smile of victory on his lips.
Zhang Yun sent his confidant Jia Hong to lead two scouts to Sanjin Manor to report the news. Of course, in name, they were leaving the city to patrol the south. He now had sufficient reasons. He was the defense envoy of the south gate and it was necessary to remain vigilant about the perimeter.
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As night fell, Guo Song led an army of 25,000 people to leave the manor and march toward Taiyuan, fifty miles away.
The scouts he sent to Jiexiu County also received news that Li Huaiguang's army had not moved northward.
This was expected by Guo Song. Before sending troops, he had received news that Zhu Si had assembled an army of 50,000 troops in the Pujinguan area. This echoed Zhu Tao's attack on Taiyuan. Once Zhu Tao captured Taiyuan, they would attack from the north and the south.
Li Huaiguang completely opened the Hedong Passage between Youzhou and Guanzhong.
At this time, Li Huaiguang should have joined hands with the Yuan family to resist, instead of adding insult to injury. In other words, he deployed heavy troops in Puzhou to be wary of Zhu Si and had no energy to take care of the battle of Taiyuan.
The Yuan family was obviously a little bit behind in strategy, and did not even see this step.
Twenty-five thousand people rode horses and rode all the way. At the fifth watch, they finally arrived at the southern city of Taiyuan.
According to the signal agreed upon by both parties, Guo Song ordered his soldiers to shoot three gunpowder arrows one mile away from the south city gate, and three bright gunpowder arrows streaked across the sky.
It was also a coincidence that Yuan Jin happened to be inspecting the night defense situation at the top of Nancheng. Three dazzling bright gunpowder arrows flew into the sky and he saw them.
Yuan Jin suddenly felt suspicious and hurried to the south gate.
Zhang Yun stood on the south gate and stared at the south. He was about to order the soldiers to light torches in response. At this moment, a soldier rushed to report, "General, Yuan and Jin are here!"
Zhang Yun was startled and quickly waved his hand to stop the soldiers who were about to light the torch. He saw a large group of soldiers hurriedly walking towards this direction. The leader was none other than Yuan Jin.
Zhang Yun quickly stepped forward and saluted, "See you, Prime Minister!"
The Yuan Jin Dynasty was named the Prime Minister of Wei, which was equivalent to the prime minister and was in charge of government affairs. His status was second only to the prince Yuan Xuanhu in the Taiyuan feudal town.
Yuan Jin knew that his brother valued Zhang Dayun very much, but he didn't take it seriously. Zhang Dayun was not a general of the Yuan family, and his origin was unknown. He should not be entrusted with important tasks. He just didn't want to fall out with his brother, so he tried his best to tolerate it.
"Why were there three rockets outside the city just now?" Yuan Jin asked sharply.
"The humble officer also saw it. I don't know why, but according to military practice, it should be enemy spies outside the city trying to get in touch with spies inside the city."
"Really?" Yuan Jin turned around and asked Yuan Zheng, who was accompanying him on his inspection tour.
Yuan Zheng nodded, "That's true. The three rockets represent a response, which tells the spies in the city that I have arrived."
Yuan Jin looked carefully outside the city for a moment. He felt that something was wrong outside. He could no longer hear the frogs and insects. It seemed that a large group of people were moving. There was no such feeling of silence in the middle of the night, but a strong sense of depression.
Yuan Jin immediately ordered: "Pass my order, all the soldiers in the military camp will get up and go to the city to defend immediately!"
Some of his subordinates turned around and ran down the city wall to deliver orders. Zhang Yun secretly complained that something bad was going to happen.
He immediately said to Yuan Jin: "Just now there were guards in Jinyang Palace looking for the prince. It seems that the prince has something important to do."
Although Yuan Jin suspected that there was something going on outside and that there were enemy spies inside the city who were cooperating with the outside, he never dreamed that the enemy spies who were cooperating with the outside were the Nancheng envoy in front of him.
Yuan Jin was also about to report to his father. He said to Yuan Zheng: "You continue to observe here, I will go to Jinyang Palace!"
"Follow the order!"
Yuan Jin hurried down to the city, escorted by hundreds of guards. Only Yuan Zheng and a dozen of his men were left at the top of the city.
Zhang Yun said to Yuan Zheng again: "I heard news this afternoon that a group of unknown people lived in the Lao Sanwan Inn. I wonder if they are Zhu Tao's spies or Li Huaiguang's spies?"
Yuan Zheng was startled, how could he not have heard of this?
"Are you sure?"
"I just heard about it and thought the general already knew about it."
"It's strange, why didn't anyone tell me?"
Yuan Zheng was not a simple-minded reckless man like Yuan Ren, who was easily deceived into leaving Lou Fanguan. He immediately said to his two men: "Go and inform Vice General Wang and order him to take five hundred brothers to the Lao Sanwan Inn to search
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"Follow the order!"
The two soldiers also turned around and ran down the city.
Zhang Yun was immediately anxious. If he didn't start, it would be too late. He gritted his teeth and murderous intent suddenly arose in his heart.
He quickly winked at the two captains. The two captains understood and led dozens of soldiers to stand behind Yuan Zheng's men, intentionally or unintentionally.
Zhang Yun suddenly pointed to the darkness in the east and said urgently: "General, what is that?"
Yuan Zheng was startled and quickly looked back to the east. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck. He immediately strangled his neck with his hands, looked at Zhang Yun in shock, and struggled to say two words, "It's...you!"
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"Yes, it's me!"
Zhang Yun sneered and stabbed Yuan Zheng's chest with the dagger in his hand. Yuan Zheng took two steps back and fell from the top of the city.
The two captains led the soldiers to attack at the same time. Yuan Zheng's dozen men screamed and were all killed.
Although Zhang Yun has a thousand men, the 300 soldiers guarding the city gate tonight are loyal to him and obey his orders.
"ignition!"
The three soldiers lit torches and waved them. At the same time, the South City Gate slowly opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and the Wengcheng Gate also opened.
Two miles away, Guo Song, who was waiting anxiously, saw the three torches on the top of the city. He immediately ordered: "Let's go into the city!"
Twenty-five thousand cavalry were launched, and thousands of horses galloped. Guo Song took the lead with Fang Tian's painted halberd, and galloped towards the city.
The sound of horse hooves made the earth tremble, and the patrol soldiers on both sides of the southern city also saw the raging torrent in the distance, and they hurriedly sounded the alarm.
At this time, Yuan Jin had just arrived at Jinyang Palace. He was about to enter the palace, but was stopped by the guards.
"Prince Xiang, it's not time to enter the palace yet!"
Yuan Jin was stunned and asked quickly: "Didn't the prince just send someone to announce my entry into the palace?"
The guard shook his head, "No one will leave the palace tonight!"
Yuan Jin suddenly understood that he had fallen into the trap of trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, bad! There was something wrong with that Zhang Dayun.
At this moment, a rapid alarm bell sounded from the southern city wall.
'Dang! Dang! Dang!'
The Yuan and Jin Dynasties suddenly fell into an abyss.