Three Kingdoms King of the North

In order not to delay Han Zhan's important event, Huang Zhong ordered people to release more than 1000 surrendered soldiers locked in the barracks as soon as he finished breakfast.Before letting him go, he said to the surrendered soldiers: "Li Jue conspired against him, and those who follow him will be thieves, and there will be a lot of trouble in the future. You are all from Xiliang. Why should you follow him to make trouble in the capital? Come back quickly." home, so as not to implicate the family in the future."

After saying these words, Huang Zhong ordered the soldiers to be given two naans and a bag of water each, and then drove them out of Hangu Pass.These surrendered soldiers yesterday were forced to surrender. Seeing that Huang Zhong wanted to let him go home, he was overjoyed.As soon as they got out of Hangu Pass, everyone scattered and headed west in small groups.

Besides, after Li Jue defeated Yang Feng, he fought Guo Si again.The two sides fought for several days in a row, winning and losing each other, but neither could do anything to the other.This day, when the troops were withdrawn and returned to the camp, they were still panting. Suddenly, a soldier came to report that the soldiers who had followed Li Ying to Hangu Pass had returned.

Li Jue was taken aback when he heard the news, and secretly said in his heart that these soldiers were not at Hangu Pass to help his brothers defend the city, so why did they all run back to the capital?Thinking of this, he quickly ordered two soldiers to come in, wanting to ask what was going on.

The two soldiers who were called into the tent saw Li Jue sitting in the middle of the big tent, and quickly crawled up in front of him with hands and feet, and said in a crying voice: "Da Sima, General Li was in an accident outside Hangu Pass." , and please avenge him."

"What, my brother encountered an accident outside Hangu Pass." Li Jue couldn't help but feel dark when he heard the news. If he hadn't held on to the table in front of him in time, he would have fallen to the ground long ago.He got up and walked over to grab the skirt of a soldier and asked, "Tell me, Sima, who did it?"

The surrendered soldiers who were released were all imprisoned in Hangu Pass for a long time, so they naturally knew who was occupying the pass.Hearing Li Jue's question at this moment, he quickly replied, "It's Jizhou soldiers and horses!"

"What, Jizhou soldiers and horses?"

Because Yang Feng appeared as a mediator, Li Jue realized that the soldiers and horses he deployed to the east of the capital were a little unreliable.In order to prevent another person like Yang Feng from appearing again, Li Jue specially sent his brother Li Ying to lead thousands of people to Hangu Pass to prevent the princes outside the pass from being released into the pass.

Although he dispatched Li Ying in time, it was still a step too late.When Li Ying arrived at Hangu Pass, the guard Zhang Bao had already dedicated the pass to the Jizhou army.And Li Ying also became the ghost under Huang Zhong's sword without knowing it.

After annihilating the Li Jue army led by Li Ying, in order to prevent his whereabouts from being revealed prematurely, Xun You sent someone to clean up the battlefield, dug a big pit, and threw the corpses of the Li Jue troops who died in the battle into the big pit.

After doing all this, Xun You said to Huang Zhong: "Han Sheng, in order to prevent Li Jue's army from noticing that our army has entered the pass, the scouts sent out should wear the clothes of Li Jue's army, so as not to show their feet."

"What Mr. Xun said is very true." Huang Zhong felt that what Xun You said was very reasonable. If Li Jue knew that the Jizhou army was marching towards Chang'an, he would definitely have a truce with Guo Si, and then the two armies would join forces to deal with the Jizhou army.Even if the Jizhou army wins at that time, it will inevitably pay a big price.

In the early morning of the next day, when Huang Zhong and Xun You were having breakfast, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Send to Captain Huang and Mr. Xun, there is a messenger from the lord outside asking to see you."

In the early morning of the next day, when Huang Zhong and Xun You were having breakfast, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Send to Captain Huang and Mr. Xun, there is a messenger from the lord outside asking to see you."

Chapter 276 Persuading Wang Chang to Surrender

At the end of the encirclement and suppression of the Qiang people led by Wang Chang, they suddenly heard that Guo Bang's soldiers had rushed into the camp.He was deeply afraid that Li Jue would be in danger, so he left a military marquis and led 500 troops to continue to suppress the remaining Qiang people, while he himself led thousands of soldiers and horses, forcing Guo Si's army to rush over.

When he was approaching the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Chang suddenly saw Li Jue galloping towards him on horseback.After getting closer, he found that Li Jue's left face was covered with blood, and he couldn't help but asked in panic, "Da Sima, are you injured?"

"I was hit by a cold arrow." Li Jue said coldly to Wang Chang: "You quickly block Guo Bang's soldiers and horses, and I will call the troops from the rear battalion to fight back."

Wang Chang left a troop of cavalry to protect Li Jue, and he took the rest of the cavalry to meet Guo Si's army who rushed into the camp. The two sides fought in the camp.

It was none other than Guo Si who shot Li Jue.He thought that after Li Jue was hit by an arrow, Li Jue's army would immediately fall apart, but suddenly a group of troops appeared and blocked his army.Although Guo Si had a large army, the troops led by Wang Chang were desperately trying to prevent them from moving forward.

Wang Chang, who blocked Guo Si, bought time for Li Jue to mobilize troops.In just one stick of incense, the assembled Li Jue army rushed towards Guo Si's army from all directions.Seeing the main force of Li Jue's army arriving, Guo Si knew that he had missed the opportunity, so he could only sigh inwardly, and immediately ordered the army to retreat.

However, Wang Chang's performance made Guo Bang's eyes shine.He knew that after successive battles, Li Jue had fewer and fewer generals to use, and Wang Chang was the best among the remaining generals. If he could persuade him to submit to him, it would be tantamount to cutting off a part of Li Jue. arm.

After Guo Si returned to his camp, he immediately summoned his confidants to discuss the matter, and said to them: "If Wang Chang hadn't led his troops to fight out suddenly today, Li Jue's life would have been lost. What can you do to persuade Wang Chang to submit? General Ben?"

After everyone was silent for a long time, a military commander asked: "General, I would like to ask, if you want to recruit Wang Chang, what kind of official position do you plan to give him?"

"He is now Li Jue's captain of cavalry." Regarding the question of the army commander, Guo Si thought for a while and replied, "If Wang Chang is willing to submit to the general, I can give him the post of captain."

"Maybe Wang Chang will not be satisfied with the post of captain." Jun Sima said hesitantly, "From the point of view of my subordinates, letting him serve as a general may make him tempted."

"It's up to you to designate him as a benevolent general." In order to win over Wang Chang, Guo Si said decisively: "I don't know who is willing to take the risk of sneaking into Li Jue's camp and persuade Wang Chang to surrender?"

Hearing what Guo Si said, the military commander quickly stepped forward and said, "General, my subordinates are willing to take on this important task."

Guo Si was overjoyed when he heard that Jun Sima was willing to persuade Wang Chang to submit, and he said quickly, "I wonder when Jun Sima plans to go to Li Jue's camp to persuade Wang Chang to submit to the general?"

"General, please be calm and don't be impatient." Jun Sima said to the impatient Guo Bang, "There is something strange about the internal strife in Li Jue's barracks today. We must first find out what happened."

"It's reasonable, it's reasonable." Guo Si immediately agreed with Jun Sima's statement: "There must be a reason for the inexplicable infighting in Li Jue's barracks today. We must find out. You immediately send someone to sneak into Li Jue's army , find out what happened."

Li Jue's army, like Guo Si's army, sent people to the nearby woods to cut firewood every day.The spies sent by the army Sima mixed with these woodcutters and sneaked into Li Jue's barracks.

Due to the deep friendship between Li and Jue, the personal relationship between the soldiers of the two armies is also good.After the spies sneaked into the camp, they immediately went to the kitchen to look for their fellow countrymen, trying to figure out what happened.

The spy was lucky. His fellow cook was cooking outside the kitchen at the moment. Seeing him, he was stunned for a moment, then pointed at him and said, "Aren't you in Da Sima's army?"

"Shut up!" The spy quickly stepped forward and covered the mouth of his fellow countryman, and said in a low voice, "If someone else hears it, my little brother's life will be in jeopardy."

After hearing this, the cook nodded and asked, "What are you doing in our camp?"

The spies looked around and saw no one around, so they lowered their voices and said, "Before our army entered the village, we heard shouts of killing in the village. I don't know what happened?"

"It is said that the Qiang people are going to rebel." The cook leaned close to the spy's ear and whispered, "So the great Sima ordered the cavalry captain Wang Chang to lead thousands of troops to wipe them out."

Hearing that it was the Qiang people who were trying to rebel, the spies asked in puzzlement, "Since the Qiang people are going to rebel, then the matter must be extremely secretive. How could the Da Sima know about it and send people to suppress it in advance?"

"You don't know," the cook said in a panic, "A few days ago, Da Sima sent his younger brother Li Ying to Hangu Pass to take over the defense, but he was killed."

"Ah, someone killed Da Sima's younger brother?" The spy was shocked by the news, and he asked back, "Do you know who did it?"

"Who else could it be? It's Jizhou soldiers and horses." The cook said with some disdain: "After they killed Da Sima's younger brother, they released all the captured Qiang people back and let them spread rumors in the camp. It is said that Da Sima is rebelling. If he continues to follow Da Sima, his family members will be hurt sooner or later. After those Qiang people heard the rumors, they wanted to leave the camp and return to Xiliang. How could Da Sima let them go at this time, so So he ordered Captain Wang Qi to wipe them out."

After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, the spies sneaked out of the camp through the gap in the fence in the dark, and ran towards Guo Bang's camp.

When Guo Si heard that the spy had returned, he immediately summoned him to his tent and asked impatiently, "Can you find out what happened in Li Jue's camp and why there was internal strife?"

"Report to the general, I have already inquired about the matter clearly." Hearing Guo Si's inquiry, the spy told him everything he knew.

After listening to the spies' report, the generals in the tent finally understood what was going on.No wonder my soldiers and horses rushed into Li Jue's camp so easily. It turned out that they were fighting among themselves at that time, so that the defense of some parts of the camp was weak, so that I could succeed so easily.

Although Guo Si is not good in strategy, he is also a cunning guy. He heard that rumors in Li Jue's army had shaken the army's morale, so he couldn't help but arouse his vigilance.He hurriedly called a riding captain and told him: "Send people to strengthen the patrol in the camp immediately. If anyone spreads rumors without authorization, he will be killed immediately."

Captain Qi agreed, turned around and left the big tent, and went outside to mobilize manpower to form a new patrol team, trying to eliminate the rumors that were not conducive to the army.

After Captain Qi left, Guo Si looked at his subordinates and asked, "Which of you would like to join Li Jue's army and persuade Wang Chang to surrender?"

Hearing Guo Bang's question, the tent suddenly became quiet.After listening to the spies' report, everyone suddenly realized that going to Li Jue's camp to persuade Wang Chang to surrender would be a fool's errand, so they all kept silent, and no one was willing to express their opinion easily.

Seeing that his subordinates were silent, Guo Si couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and he slapped the table in front of him vigorously.

At the end of the encirclement and suppression of the Qiang people led by Wang Chang, they suddenly heard that Guo Bang's soldiers had rushed into the camp.He was deeply afraid that Li Jue would be in danger, so he left a military marquis and led 500 troops to continue to suppress the remaining Qiang people, while he himself led thousands of soldiers and horses, forcing Guo Si's army to rush over.

When he was approaching the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Chang suddenly saw Li Jue galloping towards him on horseback.After getting closer, he found that Li Jue's left face was covered with blood, and he couldn't help but asked in panic, "Da Sima, are you injured?"

"I was hit by a cold arrow." Li Jue said coldly to Wang Chang: "You quickly block Guo Bang's soldiers and horses, and I will call the troops from the rear battalion to fight back."

Wang Chang left a troop of cavalry to protect Li Jue, and he took the rest of the cavalry to meet Guo Si's army who rushed into the camp. The two sides fought in the camp.

It was none other than Guo Si who shot Li Jue.He thought that after Li Jue was hit by an arrow, Li Jue's army would immediately fall apart, but suddenly a group of troops appeared and blocked his army.Although Guo Si had a large army, the troops led by Wang Chang were desperately trying to prevent them from moving forward.

Wang Chang, who blocked Guo Si, bought time for Li Jue to mobilize troops.In just one stick of incense, the assembled Li Jue army rushed towards Guo Si's army from all directions.Seeing the main force of Li Jue's army arriving, Guo Si knew that he had missed the opportunity, so he could only sigh inwardly, and immediately ordered the army to retreat.

However, Wang Chang's performance made Guo Bang's eyes shine.He knew that after successive battles, Li Jue had fewer and fewer generals to use, and Wang Chang was the best among the remaining generals. If he could persuade him to submit to him, it would be tantamount to cutting off a part of Li Jue. arm.

After Guo Si returned to his camp, he immediately summoned his confidants to discuss the matter, and said to them: "If Wang Chang hadn't led his troops to fight out suddenly today, Li Jue's life would have been lost. What can you do to persuade Wang Chang to submit? General Ben?"