Chapter six hundred and twenty third military heart confusion
At noon, the civil war in Taiyuan City ended. Except for the fierce resistance in the attack on Jinyang Palace, there was basically no resistance in other places. The Hexi Army spent most of the time searching for the fleeing enemy soldiers.
Only about 6,000 of the nearly 30,000 soldiers who defended the city were captured. The others abandoned their armor and weapons and hid among the people. It was difficult to distinguish them.
However, the way Guo Song handled the situation made the surrendered soldiers unexpected, and they cheered. Guo Song reorganized them all into the third-class Hexi Army, recruited 4,000 soldiers in the city, formed a new army of 10,000, and began training.
A curfew is still enforced in Taiyuan City, and it is prohibited to go out after dark. Although the time is short, the Hexi Army dealt with it decisively and responded effectively. In just one day, the situation in the city has completely calmed down.
Another important reason why Guo and Song Dynasty captured Taiyuan was that Taiyuan had always been an important material storage place for the Tang Dynasty, mainly involving trade with Uighurs. There were tens of millions of pieces of cloth stored in the Jinyang warehouse, followed by copper ingots and silver.
This was the largest copper ingot storage warehouse in the Tang Dynasty, storing 5 million jins of blister copper, 2 million taels of silver, and 100,000 taels of gold.
In addition, there were 500,000 dan of grain, 200,000 dans of fodder, and a large amount of other supplies. However, the soldiers and armor that Guo Song hoped to find were not available. Originally, Taiyuan had stockpiled more than 200,000 sets of soldiers and armor, but due to the rebellion in the feudal town, it had been
Li Shiyun returned to Chang'an to equip the army, and he had no copper coins, which were all used up by the Yuan family recruiting troops.
However, there are countless gold and silver jewels in the Yuan's warehouse in Jinyang Palace. This is the savings of the Yuan family for hundreds of years. In those days, the Northern Wei Dynasty accumulated immeasurable wealth. Although only a small part was left to the descendants,
After more than a hundred years of accumulation during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Yuan family's wealth had reached a level that even the emperors were dumbfounded. Even the Dugu family, which boasted itself to be the wealthiest in the world, could not compare.
But now with the destruction of the Yuan family, all these wealth belong to Guo Song.
In Guo Song's hands, there was also a list of wealth seized from Yuan and Chu. It was the wealth that the Yuan family had stored all over the world. It was too late to transport it back to Taiyuan, but most of it was manor land, various shops and businesses.
Guo Song was inspecting the situation in the warehouse. At this time, a soldier came forward to report: "To your Majesty, Commander Zhang has urgent military information to report."
Guo Song immediately realized that there must be news from the Yuanlu army. He did not bother to check the warehouse anymore and immediately returned to the military camp. As soon as he walked to the commander's hall, Zhang Yun knelt down on one knee and saluted: "See you, envoy!"
"General Zhang, please wake up. What happened?"
"Reporting to the envoy, the scouts sent back news that the Yuanlu army defeated the Youzhou army, and Zhu Tao fled into Feihuxing in panic."
Guo Song nodded and said, "Let's go to the lobby to talk in detail!"
Guo Song walked into the commander's hall and sat down. Zhang Yun continued: "The scouts reported verbally, and even for low-level positions, they can only report orally. Yuanlu's 30,000 troops overtook the Youzhou army south of Loufan Pass. The two sides fought in the wilderness.
The Youzhou army was outmatched and defeated. Zhu Tao led thousands of defeated troops to flee towards Feihuxing, but Yuan Lingxiang led his army to kill him from Yanmen Pass and cut off the retreat. Zhu Tao was defeated again and only escaped with more than a thousand people."
Guo Song took a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked, "You know the Yuanlu army better. What does he think was the reason for their victory?"
Zhang Yun pondered for a while and said: "I think there are two points in my humble opinion. One is that the Youzhou Army cannot attack Taiyuan City, and its morale has been severely hit. Moreover, there are only 17,000 of the 30,000 Youzhou Army left. Of course, they are a bit outnumbered, but
The most important reason is the second reason, which is that there are 20,000 elite troops in the Yuanlu army, all led by the children of the Yuan family. They have been trained for many years and have very strong combat effectiveness."
"Compared with the three thousand defenders of Jinyang Palace?" Guo Song asked again.
"Of course it cannot be compared with the defenders of Jinyang Palace. The defenders of Jinyang Palace are family soldiers. They have served the Yuan family for generations. They have been trained to be loyal to the Yuan family since they were young. They are willing to fight for the Yuan family, and the 20,000 elite soldiers are fighting for the Yuan family.
Most of them are well-trained, but they are still ordinary people with parents, wives and children at home, so it is impossible for them to die for the Yuan family."
"Then there are still 10,000 troops?" Guo Song pondered for a moment and asked again.
Zhang Yun laughed and said, "They can only share wealth and honor with the Yuan family, but they will never share hardships with the Yuan family. If you don't believe it, I will wait to hear news about them."
Guo Song chuckled, "I really have to wait and see."
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The Yuanlu army learned the news of the fall of Taiyuan on its way back in triumph, and that Taiyuan had actually been captured by the Hexi Army. This news was like a bolt from the blue, and the joy of victory was wiped away, and the morale of the army was immediately in chaos.
In desperation, Yuan Lu ordered a large amount of captured baggage and supplies to be discarded at Loufan Pass, and ordered the entire army to move south lightly and rush to Taiyuan.
Just after the Yuanlu army left, the three thousand Hexi Army that had been tracking the enemy in the distance immediately occupied Loufan Pass. These three thousand troops were the Hexi Army that wiped out the Uighur cavalry in the La Valley north of Mayi County.
Zhonglang will lead Li Tie.
He immediately divided a thousand troops and went to occupy Yanmen Pass. By occupying these two passes, he cut off the Yuanlu army's northward retreat.
At night, in a marching tent, Yuan Lu was discussing the next action with thirteen Yuan family members. Everyone was panicking. Their parents, wives, and children were all in Taiyuan. The Hexi Army occupied Taiyuan. Guo Song would let Yuan go.
Home?
Even the commander-in-chief Yuan Lu was in a state of confusion and lost control of his advance and retreat. Taiyuan was occupied by Guo Song, and the Yuan family was completely doomed, and all their ambitions and hopes were shattered.
General Longwu Yuan Lingxiang was the only one who was relatively calm among all the Yuan family disciples. When he saw that everyone was at a loss, he stood up and said: "The matter has come to this, there is no use panicking. Since Taiyuan has been captured, there is no need to call for help."
We have been rescued, I think we should consider our retreat now and not be swayed by our emotions. What if we just think about running to Taiyuan or running to the city?"
"A way out?"
Yuan Ren glared at Yuan Lingxiang fiercely and said with great dissatisfaction: "The head of the family has been humiliated, his wife has been humiliated, and his son has been slaughtered. Why don't we rush to fight for our lives? How dare we find a way out!"
Yuan Lingxiang stared at him without showing any signs of weakness and said: "You simple-minded fool, you let the Youzhou army enter the pass, do you still have the nerve to make noise here?"
"You bastard, I'll kill you!"
Yuan Ren's face was as humiliated as pig liver. He pulled out his sword and stabbed Yuan Lingxiang hard. Yuan Lingxiang was on guard and drew his sword to block his sword. The two swords met and said, 'Dang!'
A harsh sound.
"Enough!"
Yuan Lu was full of anger and said: "It's so urgent now that you are still fighting among yourself!"
Yuan Ren pointed at Yuan Lingxiang and said, "He was the one who insulted me first!"
"Shut up and go outside to calm down for a while."
Yuan Ren glared at Yuan Lingxiang bitterly, turned around and left the tent angrily.
Yuan Lu finally tolerated his dissatisfaction and asked Yuan Lingxiang, "What did you mean by leaving a way out?"
"There are two ways to retreat. One is to appease the morale of the troops and prevent them from changing. The second is to control Loufan Pass. If Taiyuan cannot be recaptured, we can also retreat to Shuozhou and other places. We can completely maintain part of our strength, and then ask for help from Huihe.
Retake Taiyuan City."
Yuan Lu was a little tempted. At this moment, Yuan Ren rushed in again and said loudly: "Second uncle, the morale of the army has mutinied!"
Yuan Lu was so shocked that he could not continue the discussion for the time being. He turned around and ran out of the marching tent. The generals of the Yuan family followed him out one after another. Yuan Lingxiang sighed secretly. At this time, he should first send an army back to Loufan Pass.
The uncle is still a little unclear about the priorities, but he has no choice but to calm down the riot as soon as possible.
The riot occurred in the Third Army, which consisted of 10,000 poorly trained soldiers. These soldiers only had a monthly military salary of 500 cents, poor treatment, and poor equipment. They had always just wanted to hang out in the army.
It is impossible for them to sacrifice their lives. The defeat of the Youzhou Army was also a great contribution made by another 20,000 people and basically had nothing to do with them.
As Zhang Yun said, you can share the blessings together, but forget about sharing the difficulties. When the news of the fall of Taiyuan came, the morale of these ten thousand soldiers began to fluctuate, and as soon as it got dark, a large number of people fled.
When the patrol soldiers heard the news and rushed over, they encountered a large number of soldiers fleeing. There was a conflict between the two sides, which also led to the complete flight of 10,000 troops.
When Yuan Lu arrived, he saw discarded armors and long weapons along the way, but the sword he carried was taken away.
The conflict has stopped, with hundreds of soldiers squatting on the ground dejectedly, but the Third Army has become sparse, with only one or two thousand people left at most, and the remaining nearly eight thousand people are missing. Needless to say, all of them must have fled.
Already.
Yuan Lu was stunned. At this time, Yuan Lingxiang stepped forward and said: "Second uncle, why not withdraw to Loufan Pass first and send someone to Taiyuan to inquire about the situation."
Yuan Lu sighed and said: "You can lead three thousand people to withdraw from Loufan Pass! I'd better lead the army to Taiyuan to take a look first."