Hearing that Wang Lianen didn't catch Li Shi, Zhu Jun was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and he raised his sword to kill Wang Lianen, but was stopped by the left and right guards.

Yao Lingyan persuaded: "We can't blame General Wang entirely, we didn't expect that the other party had 5,000 Shence troops, if we want to blame Bai Zhizhen, that bastard, didn't take all the Shence troops away, which made us misjudge." ”

"The next time I see that bastard, I'll have to kill him with a knife."

Zhu Jun scolded angrily, and asked Han Min again, "Can that arrow shoot him?" ”

Han Min bowed and said: "Returning to the captain, he should have been seriously injured by that arrow, I dare not say if he can save it, it is too coincidental, he just turned around, otherwise he would definitely be killed on the spot!" ”

Zhu Jun snorted, and at this time, a personal soldier stepped forward to report: "Captain, Duan Xiushi has been brought!" ”

"Bring him up!"

Zhu Jun was annoyed in his heart, if Duan Xiushi hadn't sent someone to deliver the letter, he would have succeeded today.

In a moment, several soldiers pushed Duan Xiushi up, his hands and arms were tied behind his back, and he also had a rope in his mouth.

Zhu Jun stepped forward and said with a smile: "Li Shi treats you coldly, why should you be a good person in vain?" ”

Duan Xiushi's 'Woo! Speechless, Zhu Jun waved his hand, and the soldier took down the rope in Duan Xiushi's mouth, Duan Xiushi said: "Although he treats me well, he is a king after all, as a courtier, I should do my part?" ”

Zhu Jun nodded, "You've done your best, so are you willing to be loyal to me?" ”

Duan Xiushi lowered his head and muttered for a long time, and finally nodded.

Zhu Zhu was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to untie the rope, Yuan Xiu stepped forward to persuade Zhu Zhu, but Zhu Zhu stretched out his hand to stop him.

Duan Xiushi has a very high prestige in the Tang Army, among the generals of the Anxi Army that year, he is the only remaining old minister in the end, sitting on the cold bench for a long time, Zhu Jun is bent on pulling him in, although it is a bit risky, but he can't take care of it now.

Duan Xiushi was untied from the rope, he moved his arm slightly, and suddenly snatched the ivory Chaohu from the hand of Yuan Xiu next to him, and smashed it on Zhu Jun's head, Zhu Zhu couldn't dodge, and was smashed to the point that his head was bleeding, Duan Xiushi rushed forward, grabbed Zhu Jun's neck violently, and yelled at him: "Arrogant thief, I can't wait to break your body into ten thousand pieces, how can I rebel from you!" ”

The two fell to the ground and fought fiercely together, Zhu Jun was bitten by Duan Xiushi's ear, and screamed in pain like a pig.

At this time, Han Min shot an arrow in Duan Xiushi's back, Duan Xiushi pulled out the arrow in pain, and was about to assassinate Zhu Zhu with an arrow.

Zhu Jun was bitten off half of his ear, and when he saw that his soldiers were going to cut Duan Xiushi indiscriminately, he waved his hand and said: "This is a loyal man, don't humiliate his corpse anymore." ”

He sat on the ground and took a breath and said, "Return the body to his family and allow them to be buried." ”

Dozens of generals around knelt down one after another, and said with tears in their eyes: "Taiwei Enyi, we are willing to serve Taiwei to the death!" ”

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The Chang'an Mutiny attracted the attention of the whole world, and the Qin Wang Ling responded like a tide, Li Sheng led 20,000 Hedong troops south to Pujin Pass and entered Guanzhong, Li Huaiguang also led 10,000 troops to the west into Yanzhou, and turned to march south, Guo Song led 5,000 Hexi cavalry to leave the Hexi Corridor and enter Longyou, and Han Rong and Chen Shaoyou, who were far away in the south of the Yangtze River, also led their armies to march westward.

In addition, the Shuofang Army, the Jingnan Army and the Shannan Army also responded and sent troops to Qinwang.

But at the same time, the surrender of Zhu Zhu's troops from all over the country was also in an endless stream, Zhu Zhu's issued a supplementary order played a huge role, the generals of the Longyou Army Zhang Tingzhi and Duan Cheng killed the Hehuang Army's soldiers and horses Dai Lan, led 20,000 Longyou Hehuang Army into the pass to surrender Zhu Zhu, Shangzhou Assassin Xie Liangfu was killed by the regimental training army, thousands of Shangzhou regimental training troops surrendered to Zhu Zhu, so that Zhu Zhu's power expanded to Shangzhou.

In addition, Hao Tong, the envoy of Hezhou, Wuqinghe, the envoy of Wuqinghe, the 8,000 defenders of Tongguan and Pujin Pass, and the regiments and regiments of various states in the Guannai raised their flags to surrender to Zhu Zhu, and the Chang'an defenders who surrendered to Zhu Zhu raised their banners to surrender to Zhu Zhu, so that Zhu Zhu's strength rose to nearly 200,000 in a very short period of time.

Guo Song led 5,000 cavalry to cross the Yellow River from Lanzhou, they carried not many large rafts, the water was turbulent at night, and they could only cross the river during the day, they took four days to completely cross the Yellow River with 5,000 cavalry, and then 5,000 cavalry advanced in the direction of Qinzhou in the south.

In the afternoon of that day, the team arrived in Chengji County, and then walked east to the no-man's land of 300 miles, where Guo Song had completely annihilated a thousand horse bandits disguised by party members.

Guo Song saw that the people and horses were a little tired, and looked around, in the distance was the towering Liupan Mountain, a little closer was the thick green hills, covered by endless forests, in front of them was an unknown shallow river, more than ten zhang wide, and the pebbles at the bottom of the water were clearly visible.

Guo Song pointed to a forest that suddenly appeared a few miles in front of him with a horsewhip and said, "Go and rest in the woods ahead!" ”

The cavalry immediately picked up speed and ran towards the woods.

The soldiers had been running for most of the day, hungry and thirsty, and they were lying on the river, and their horses had come forward to drink the cold and sweet water.

After drinking enough water, the soldiers each found a big tree to sit down and gnaw dry food, the war horses gnawed grass by the river, and more than 100 soldiers stood guard around.

Guo Song sat next to a big stone, nibbling on dry cakes while checking the map on the big stone, at this time, the deputy general Li Bing and a few generals came forward and said with a smile: "Envoy, the brothers are all talking about this Zhu Zhu rebellion, everyone is very concerned about what the consequences will be, can you tell us about it?" ”

Guo Song put down the dry cake and said to everyone: "Generally speaking, the rebellion can be divided into two situations, one is a long-planned rebellion, the other is a temporary rebellion, the latter rebellion comes and goes quickly, it is easy to quell and will not cause too serious consequences, but the former rebellion is different, by internal and external collusion, taking advantage of the instability of the current situation to launch, to be precise, it should actually be called a coup d'état, this kind of coup has the most serious consequences, a little bit will cause protracted turmoil, and if it is serious, it will cause a complete split of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Then what is the Zhu Zhu rebellion this time?" A Lang general asked.

Guo Song pondered for a while and said: "Many people think that this rebellion is a temporary mutiny caused by the Jingyuan Army's dissatisfaction with the arrears, in fact, it is a coup d'état that Zhu Zhu and the Yuan family have been planning for a long time, plus the Son of Heaven reuses traitors and eunuchs, which led to the repeated tricks and the defeat of the Central Plains, which gave Zhu Zhu an opportunity. ”

Li Bing asked again: "I heard Pan Changshi say that the Son of Heaven has a great responsibility for this mutiny. ”

Guo Song nodded, "That's true, the Son of Heaven has just ascended the throne, full of ambition, and wants to pacify the feudal town as soon as possible, so that the Tang Dynasty can achieve Zhongxing, this mood is understandable, but we must consider the reality, the financial resources do not allow this kind of large-scale reduction of the feudal domain, if the financial resources are sufficient, it will be fine, but if the national strength cannot support several fronts of combat, the Son of Heaven will inevitably be in a hurry, coupled with the instigation of the traitor Lu Qi, and the eunuchs like Song Chaofeng, Li Mian's defeat is inevitable, so the fundamental reason is twelve words: 'Good joy, In a hurry, the national strength is not supported', Emperor Yang of Sui was also defeated in these twelve words. ”

"Then does it make sense for us to be King Qin?" The generals asked.

Guo Song shook his head, "I looked at the map just now, and I also got news in the morning that the Son of Heaven retreated to Ju County, which seems to be relatively safe, and he can retreat to Hanzhong at any time."

But once he retreats to Hanzhong, it is equivalent to giving up Guanzhong to Zhu Zhu, now it is not the Anshi Rebellion, if Zhu Zhu is called the emperor, then he will inevitably be scolded by Wanfu, and he will not survive for long, but if he does not call the emperor and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, then the situation is complicated, and it is likely that a group of people will support him.

"So what do we do?" Several generals asked worriedly.

Guo Song smiled slightly, "We need to show the strong side to the people of the world, and then we will go back and continue to farm and defend the border, accumulate strength, and when the situation is clear, we will make a decision." ”

The generals said: "The envoy is right, we can't rush it. ”

At this time, the soldiers looking from the big tree shouted: "Envoy, there is an army from the west, all infantry!" ”

Guo Song stood up and asked, "Are they flying red flags or white flags?" ”

The red flag is the army that supports Zhu Zhu, and Zhu Zhu's surname is used to identify the color of the flag, and the white flag is the army of King Qin, and the word 'King Qin' will be written on the white flag.

The soldier looked at it for a moment and shouted, "Envoy, it's a red flag!" ”

Several generals immediately jumped up, "Envoy, get ready to fight!" ”

Guo Song waved his hand, "Everyone calm down!" ”

He turned back to Li Bing and ordered: "Put away our white flag and replace it with a red flag!" ”