Although the three iron fire mines projected were not as violent and terrifying as the large iron fire mines, the three explosions also produced powerful power. The soldiers were blown to pieces and more than a hundred soldiers were blown over or killed.
The shrapnel hit, but the greater power was a psychological shock to the enemy soldiers. When the smoke cleared, the soldiers who reacted turned around and ran wildly. They shouted in fear, and the Jin soldiers in the rear also retreated, with a look in their eyes.
The look of fear.
The effect of the three iron fire mines was very obvious, severely damaging the enemy's plan to seize Lingshi Pass, but they were unable to retreat. Ten miles behind were intercepted by the main force of the Hexi Army. They were unable to advance or retreat. Eight thousand soldiers were trapped in the
In the ten-mile-long valley, their dry food could only last three days, which really made them desperate.
At dusk, Li Dan sat alone under a big tree and drank. He was upset but had no choice but to drink to relieve his worries.
At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "To the general, there were soldiers fighting over food, and some people were killed!"
Li Dan was furious, stood up and said: "Take me to see where the fight is!"
There was a conflict between the 7th Battalion and the 2nd Battalion. The soldiers of the 7th Battalion hunted a wild boar and carried it back to prepare for a feast. However, they encountered the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion. The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion took advantage of the large number of people and forcibly snatched the wild boar.
, soldiers from the 7th Battalion came to support one after another, and the two sides clashed over the wild boar.
More than a thousand soldiers from the two battalions were at war, and the conflict was about to break out. At this time, Li Dan hurried over with more than a dozen soldiers. Jia Yun, the lieutenant general of the second battalion, quickly stepped forward to complain. The first to third battalions were all direct descendants of Li Dan.
General Lang was also his confidant. After listening to the story, Li Dan nodded and said: "Since the wild boar was hunted by the second battalion, it belongs to the second battalion. All soldiers should go back and no more unreasonable troubles are allowed, otherwise they will be severely punished.
"
This decision caused an uproar among the soldiers of the 7th Battalion. General Yang Meng saw that the commander was confusing right and wrong and blatantly protecting him. He could no longer hold back the anger in his heart and stepped forward to accuse: "Why did the commander only listen to one side of the story? Could it be that our
Brother is just being unreasonable?"
Li Dan said coldly: "How dare you do the following?"
"I don't dare to do the following in a humble position, but at least the coach should be fair and cannot openly protect the robber, but the victim is regarded as unreasonable. This coach is not qualified!"
"Someone is coming!"
Li Dan shouted angrily: "Drag him down and beat him with a hundred military sticks!"
More than a dozen soldiers came forward to drag Yang Meng. Yang Meng struggled desperately and cursed: "You are unfair in rewards and punishments. You are stupid and incompetent and have ruined the entire army!"
Li Dan became even more angry and said sternly: "The following offenders will be killed without mercy. Drag them down and behead them!"
At this time, the soldiers of the 7th Battalion finally broke out, and a captain shouted: "We will fight him!"
The soldiers of the seventh battalion were extremely angry and rushed forward with their swords drawn. They surrounded Li Dan and his soldiers and killed them with swords. Li Dan had no way to escape. He and more than a dozen soldiers were killed by the swords.
Yang Meng was rescued. When he saw that Li Dan had been killed by the rebels, he knew that the situation was over, so he had to shout: "We are desperate. Brothers from the Hexi Army who are willing to follow me and surrender, please come with me!"
For a time, the soldiers responded one after another, and more than 7,000 of the 8,000 soldiers were willing to follow. Jia Yun, the general of the second battalion, saw that the situation was not good and led hundreds of people to flee into the mountains and forests.
Someone reported this to Yang Meng. Yang Meng shook his head and said, "Everyone has his own ambitions. We won't force them. If they want to die in the mountains and forests, let them do it!"
To the east is a huge mountain. It is impossible to get out. Sooner or later, you will be trapped in the mountain. Yang Meng led more than 7,000 soldiers to ask for surrender from the Hexi Army in the rear. Guo Song ordered to accept the surrender. The 7,000 soldiers took off their armor and put down their weapons.
They were taken to Huoyi County. At this point, the 15,000 Jin troops guarding Shuque Valley surrendered to the Hexi Army, except for casualties and more than a thousand people who fled.
Guo Song immediately reorganized the new army in Huoyi County. The brigade commanders and captains were all soldiers from the Hexi Army. The surrendered generals continued to be employed with the same official rank, but their military positions were demoted one level and they went to Taiyuan Military Academy for training as alternate generals.
After Guo Song destroyed the Yuan family last year, in order to brainwash the generals of the Yuan family, he built a military school in Taiyuan. It mainly taught the generals to read, read, and learn the art of war. On the one hand, it gave them time to change their allegiance, and on the other hand,
After proper inspection, once there are new surrendered soldiers, the military academy candidate generals will take over.
This is also a common practice. For example, the generals who surrendered in Taiyuan were the alternate generals. At this time, the outstanding generals among them were appointed as General Lang or General Zhonglang to lead the new surrendered army, while the middle and lower-level officers promoted the soldiers of the Hexi Army.
The advantage of this is to prevent the army from becoming the general's private army to the greatest extent, and at the same time enable Guo Song to control the soldiers from the bottom.
Guo Song immediately ordered Pei Xin to lead three thousand troops into the mountains to annihilate Jia Yun and hundreds of his men to prevent any accidents.
After the reorganization of Huoyi County, the number of Hexi troops reached more than 50,000, and the fleet began to transport large quantities of grain and grass supplies to Huoyi County. Guo Song indeed used Huoyi County as a logistics base to seize the entire territory of Hedong southward.
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At Xingqing Palace in Chang'an, Zhu Si has been feeling a little restless these past two days. He has received news from the Hexi Army that the Hexi Army has launched an offensive southward.
Of course he knew very well that Guo Song would definitely attack the southeastern part of Henan Province, but he did not expect that Guo Song would attack so quickly, which made him jump anxiously.
Military advisor Liu Sigu advised him: "If the captain is impatient, it is better to capture Puzhou first and have a foothold in the east of the river."
Zhu Si sighed: "I am afraid that the epidemic in Puzhou is serious and the army will be infected in the past."
"I have two suggestions. First, don't send too many troops. Three thousand people are enough. Then station troops at Pujin Pass to support Hedong at any time. Secondly, the army can stay away from Hedong City and try not to come into contact with the local people. Then
We need to send people to understand the epidemic situation, and I also suggested supporting Li Huaiguang in fighting Guo and Song's army, and supporting him with money, food, and soldiers."
Zhu Si took a few steps with his hands behind his back and immediately said: "The military advisor is right, we must make an immediate decision. We cannot make it easy, lest we miss the opportunity."
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Li Huaiguang never dreamed that Zhu Si would support him, support him with 20,000 sets of armor and 100,000 stones of food. Of course, this was a weasel paying New Year greetings to the chicken, and he had no good intentions. But with these soldiers and food, how could he immediately
Recruit an army of 20,000 to alleviate the problem of insufficient troops.
Zhu Si's envoy was Shi Zhangxian, the governor of Tongzhou. Of course, he could not immediately bring soldiers and food. He only sent the gift list first to encourage Li Huaiguang to keep his strong fighting spirit and not to be overwhelmed by the Hexi Army.
"When will the food and soldiers be delivered?" Li Huaiguang asked eagerly.
"Food and armor have to be transported from Guangtong Warehouse. It will be a few days late. I promise that they will be delivered within five days."
Li Huaiguang walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked, "Do you, Captain Zhu, have any plans to send troops to assist me?"
This is a relatively implicit statement. In fact, it is asking Zhang Xian, will Zhu Si take the opportunity to send troops?
"Well... I'm not sure. I was just ordered to deliver food and armor. Troop mobilization is not within my scope of responsibilities."
"Okay! Thank you Zhang Changshi."
Zhang Xian said goodbye and left. Li Huaiguang sneered and turned around to ask his staff Han Yu: "Sir, do you think Zhu Si will send troops?"
Han Yu nodded, "With Zhu Si's consistent temperament, how could he just watch Guo Song monopolize Hedong? He will definitely send troops, but to what extent he will send troops, it is hard to say because of his humble position, but one thing is for sure, he will not fight with
Hexi Army fights, otherwise he will not support us with soldiers and food."
"Sir, you are right. What kind of armor do you think he will support us with?"
Han Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Zhu Si has a large army of baggage at Pujin Pass. Does he still need to go to Guangtong Warehouse to transport it? It must be Chen rice and leather armor. They don't use it themselves, so they are piled in Guangtong Warehouse."
"I knew that bastard Zhu Si didn't have any sincerity."
Li Huaiguang cursed, but said helplessly: "Zhu Si is shameless on the one hand, but we have to recruit troops immediately. With the 25,000 people we have in Jiangzhou and Luzhou, we are no match for the Hexi Army.
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"Your Majesty is right. We need to recruit 20,000 troops immediately. I suggest we form a militia to get the troops. Train them first, and then equip them after the soldiers arrive."
Li Huaiguang nodded. He knew that not many people would sign up for the recruitment, so forming a militia would be a good idea.
In the afternoon of that day, Li Huaiguang issued an order to form a militia group to each state government, requiring each state government to send the formed militia soldiers to Luzhou for training within five days. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!