At this time, the Yuanlu army was located in Xiurong County, Xinzhou, and had left Lou Fu Pass one hundred and fifty miles, and it was also about one hundred and fifty miles away from Taiyuan City, which happened to be in a position that could not be up or down.

Yuan Lu also has unspeakable pain in his heart, he knows that it is useless for the army to kill Taiyuan City, there is no siege weapon at all, but if he doesn't go, he can't explain to his soldiers, he has 20,000 elites, and a large part of their parents, wives and children are in Taiyuan City.

A lot of things have to be done knowing that they don't make sense, and here's why.

Before dawn, Yuan Lu gathered an army of 20,000 troops, left Xiurong County, and continued to kill Taiyuan Mansion.......

Yuan Lingxiang led the headquarters of 3,000 troops to the north at the time of the two watches, which aroused the general dissatisfaction of the soldiers, and their wives and children were in Taiyuan City, and they all shouted to go south, but Yuan Lingxiang was unmoved and forced the army to go north.

The 20,000 yuan Lu army returned to the heart like an arrow, marched forcibly all the way, and walked for another day and night, and at noon on the third day, the 20,000 army finally arrived at the city of Taiyuan.

The Yuanlu army was not short of food, they robbed the official warehouses and granaries of large families in Xiurong County and Yangqu County in a row, each soldier had a few buckets of grain in his hands, but what made the soldiers desperate was that they were simply unable to attack the city, the city gate was closed, the drawbridge was hung high, and the high city head was full of Hexi army soldiers.

Yuan Lu looked at the city tower, he found that there was a human head hanging on the boom in front of the city tower, and after looking at it for a long time, Yuan Lu suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell off the horse on his back, and the soldiers panicked, and hurriedly woke him up, Yuan Lu cried loudly, and he recognized that the head on the boom was his father Yuan Xuanhu.

There was a lot of discussion in the army, and many people guessed that it must be the head of the old prince, and if it wasn't good, the Yuan family had been killed.

At that moment, the head of the city 'bang! With a loud bang, a heavy trebuchet threw a huge wooden shell ball, and in mid-air, the wooden shell ball exploded with a bang, and thousands of leaflets fell one after another over the army, and the soldiers scrambled for the leaflets.

The literate soldier read aloud: 'The Yuan family has been destroyed, and your family is safe and sound, as long as you don't work for Yuan Lu, abandon the army and flee, and return to Taiyuan to reunite with your family in the future, if you resist stubbornly and want to fight against the Hexi army, the family will be executed.' The signing was Guo Song, the commander of the Hexi Army.

This is a promise and a threat, if you leave the Yuanlu army in time, then the family is safe and the whole family can be reunited, if you don't listen to persuasion and continue to resist, then yourself and the whole family are a dead end.

This is the punishment of the heart, putting the things that the soldiers are most worried and afraid of on the surface, if you want your family not to die, there is only one way, to become a deserter immediately.

When Yuan Lu realized that the situation was not right, he immediately ordered the collection of the leaflets, which were basically hidden by the soldiers.

The 20,000 men were not Yuan soldiers, but just well-trained ordinary soldiers, and when they lost their allegiance and their families were threatened, the morale of the army began to be unstable, and morale quickly became low.

In desperation, Yuan Lu had to lead the army to retreat north to Yangqu County and find another way.

That same night, the well-trained army finally fled, battalion by battalion, along with the patrols.

Yuan Lu was really helpless, so he had to convene all the generals to discuss the matter, and he said to everyone: "If you really want to leave, I won't stop you, but the condition is that you must leave tonight, and there will be no more escapes tomorrow, otherwise you will be beheaded as a deserter!" ”

Yuan Lu thought that the soldiers whose homes were in Taiyuan City must have no intention of following him, and they would leave if they wanted to, but the soldiers whose homes were outside Taiyuan City must stay, and he estimated that there were about 8,000 people, which was enough for him to rule Daizhou and Shuozhou.

But Yuan Lu still underestimated the impact of Yuan Xuanhu's killing, Yuan Xuanhu is dead, then the Yuan regime is over, the Yuan family's wealth was all robbed by the Hexi army, the army doesn't even have tents, and the military is impossible to talk about, what will Yuan Lu support? Who is willing to work for the Yuan family?

In addition, Yuan Lu's personal charm is relatively low, the cohesion is not strong, except for the children of the Yuan family, the rest of the generals have packed up their things and left, the soldiers who are in Taiyuan are unwilling to sell their lives, and the soldiers who are outside Taiyuan are also unwilling to sell their lives, at dawn, the wilderness is a mess, there are discarded armor and spears everywhere, and there is no trace.

In addition to more than a dozen Yuan disciples, only 3,000 Yuan family soldiers were left who did not flee, and this result made Yuan Lu panic, so he had to lead the army to flee north.

........

Guo Song got the report of the scouts at the first time, and also got the news of Li Tie, the general of Lou Fu Pass, that an army of 3,000 people tried to recapture Lou Fu Pass, but was repelled by the defenders.

Guo Song quickly made a judgment that there were only 5,000 troops left in the army that Yuan Lu could fight with, and the time was ripe to completely annihilate the enemy army, so he immediately led 12,000 cavalry and 2,000 heavy infantry to the north to pursue the Yuan Lu army.

In Yanmen County, Daizhou, Yuan Lingxiang led 2,400 soldiers to retreat from Yanmen Pass, and he lost 600 people by attacking Loufan Pass and Yanmen Pass.

The army retreated to the county seat of Yanmen, in order to avoid the war, the county was already an empty city, the army occupied hundreds of houses, and found some grain and rice to cook to satisfy hunger.

Yuan Lingxiang was really anxious in his heart, he thought about it for a long time, and then sent someone to find the deputy general Pei Hong, Pei Hong was born in Puzhou Pei, is the great-grandson of the old Xiangguo Pei Zunqing, about thirty years old, was originally a Shence military general, and was promoted to Zhonglang general last year.

"The general is looking for me?" Pei Hong stepped forward and asked.

"What about the brethren?"

Pei Hong shook his head, "I'm depressed, and I hope to return to Taiyuan as soon as possible." ”

Yuan Lingxiang sneered and said: "Going to Taiyuan is just to die in vain, I estimate that the second uncle's army has almost dispersed, and I can't go back to Taiyuan anyway." ”

"And what does the general plan to do next?"

Yuan Lingxiang sighed and said: "I plan to take the Flying Fox Road to Hebei and defect to Wang Wujun, I have an old friend with him, and I should be able to be reused." ”

Pei Hong was taken aback, "What about that brother?" Their families are all in Taiyuan. ”

"If you want to do great things, you have to be decisive, look ahead, and consider the feelings of the soldiers, you can't do anything."

"But ......"

Yuan Lingxiang waved his hand to stop him, "This matter has been decided, tomorrow morning at five o'clock, whoever dares not to obey will be killed!" ”

Pei Hong had no choice but to nod and retreat.

He returned to his room and immediately sent someone to find several captains to discuss, several of whom were from Hedong, and they were all shocked when they heard that they were going to Hebei.

"General, he went to ask for wealth, what about our parents, wives and children? We don't go to Hebei! ”

Pei Hong nodded and said: "I have thought about it for a long time, in fact, the Yuan family has perished, Guo Song of the Hexi Army is a figure, he can achieve a great cause, the bird chooses a good tree to perch, we should go to him, there will be a future in the future, what do you think?" ”

Everyone agreed, "The general is right, we have long intended this!" ”

Pei Hongxin said: "I heard that Guo Song and the Yuan family have a grudge, Yuan Lingxiang is a powerful character, if he escapes to Hebei, there will be endless troubles, why don't we eradicate this trouble for Guo Song, what do you think?" ”

The four lieutenants were all in camp, and everyone discussed the details before they left.

At the first watch, a soldier hurriedly ran to find Yuan Lingxiang, and hurriedly reported: "There are soldiers who want to flee, General Pei can't suppress it, please go immediately!" ”

Yuan Lingxiang was taken aback, and hurriedly led a dozen soldiers to the south of the soldiers' residence, and as soon as he arrived at the soldiers' camp, countless black shadows suddenly appeared on both sides of the street, and dense spears stabbed at Yuan Lingxiang and his men.

More than a dozen of his own soldiers were stabbed to death, and Yuan Lingxiang suddenly understood, and shouted: "Pei Hong, I treat you well, why do you want to rebel?" ”

Pei Hong's voice came from the darkness, "You insist on going your own way, no matter whether others live or die, how can you not rebel?" ”

Yuan Lingxiang stretched his bow and arrows, and said while coping: "You just go, I won't stop you!" ”

Pei Hong said coldly: "Don't you want to trick me out, today is your death date, do it!" ”

Dozens of spears stabbed at Yuan Lingxiang from front to back, left and right, Yuan Lingxiang had to throw away the bow and arrow, pull out the sword and slash left and right, trying to break through, at this time, an arrow shot from the darkness, right in the throat of Yuan Lingxiang, his hand was beaten, dozens of spears pierced into his body at the same time, Yuan Lingxiang screamed, and died of anger.

.........

Two days later, the Guo Song cavalry pursued to Xinzhou, and that afternoon, a scout came to report that Yuanlu's army was in Xiurong County, thirty miles ahead.

Guo Song pondered for a moment, and immediately decided: "Bypass Xiurong County and set up an ambush ahead!" ”

Fourteen thousand troops left the official road, bypassed Xiurong County from the east, and set up an ambush about twenty miles north of Xiurong County.

At this time, the scouts of Daizhou came with the news that the 3,000 soldiers led by Yuan Lingxiang failed to attack Lou Fu Pass, and then turned to Yanmen Pass, and still did not succeed in passing the Yanmen Pass, and more than 2,300 soldiers mutinied in Yanmen County, and the deputy general Pei Hong led his troops to kill Yuan Lingxiang and 100 of their own soldiers, and led the army to surrender.