Early the next morning.
Chen Zhou left two thousand men to guard Chang'an, and led the remaining troops to attack Guo Si's camp.
To deal with Guo Si in Xiwu, Chen Zhou used the same method as he used to deal with Li Jue. He asked Duan Yan to pretend to surrender and wanted to join Guo Si. As long as he could lead his troops into Xiwu, Guo Si's head would be at hand. Come.
But Guo Si was more shrewd and noticed something was wrong, and saw through Duan Xuan's intentions.
In desperation, Chen Zhou and the others had no choice but to show up and concentrate their forces on Xiwu.
Xiwu is almost like Dong Zhuo's tortoise shell. When it was first built, Dong Zhuo made it impregnable and stored a lot of food in it.
Guo Si still had more than 20,000 troops beside him. Seeing Chen Zhou's menacing approach, he immediately closed the gate of Xiwu and went into defensive mode.
However, seeing that Chen Zhou's troops were few, Guo Si immediately stopped panicking. With Dong Zhuo's food reserves in the dock and the strength of the dock, he could completely withstand Chen Zhou's attack. He was ready to wait for work and dragged Chen Zhou with him. Consume it outside, and when it is almost consumed, leave the dock to counterattack.
Chen Zhou made a strong attack, but when he saw that the effect was not good, he ordered people to retreat.
"It's not easy to storm Xiwu!"
Huangfuyi used to hang out with Dong Zhuo and knew very well how the defense inside Xiwu was.
Duan Xuan also knew how strong Xiwu was. He frowned and said, "We alone cannot defeat Xiwu. Does the military governor have any ideas?"
They knew that Chen Zhou had many ideas and should have a way to deal with Xiwu.
Chen Zhou is thinking of a way.
He tried hard to recall how Guo Bang died.
It seems that he was killed by a subordinate, a subordinate named Wu Xi.
He couldn't remember the specific information about Wu Xi, but he should be from Liangzhou and could be used as a breakthrough to attack Yiwu.
"Which of you knows Wu Xi?"
Chen Zhou asked them.
Duan Yan was from Liangzhou. When he heard this, he first said: "Wu Xi and I are from the same hometown. He was once a member of the Long Xiang Army. How come the governor also knows about Wu Xi?"
He was surprised when he said that!
Wu Xi is not well-known. He is just one of Guo Si's subordinates now. Chen Zhou is from Yanzhou, so can he know Wu Xi?
Chen Zhou said: "General Duan, don't worry about how I know Wu Xi. Can I contact him?"
Duan Xuan was unsure and said, "Let me give it a try!"
Wu Xi was in Xiwu, and Guo Bang had blocked Xiwu. It was extremely difficult to contact Wu Xi.
It's not even possible to get in touch.
Before Duan Xuan could make arrangements, Chen Zhou interrupted: "It should be difficult for General Duan to cross the city wall of Xiwu. The method of contact needs to be changed. Let's write more letters and shoot them into Xiwu. The content will be Write to persuade Wu Xi to surrender. As long as Wu Xi is willing to hold Guo Si's head and open the gate of Xiwu, the emperor can pardon all his crimes, restore his official position, and continue to return to Longxiang's army. By the way, how many Longxiangs are there under Guo Si? The old department of the Army and the Three Rivers and Five Schools?"
"There were about one or two thousand people in Longxiang's old army, who left with Wu Xi."
Duan Xuan said.
Huangfu Yi said: "I'm not sure about the old troops of the Three Rivers and Five Schools, but they must be there. Guo Bin has more than 20,000 people, and I guess seven or eight thousand are soldiers of the Three Rivers and Five Schools."
In this way, the maneuverability is much greater.
If they were all from Xiliang, they might still fight for Guo Bang.
If not all Xiliang people are willing to fight, it is not certain.
"In addition to persuading Wu Xi to surrender, he also persuaded all soldiers who were once powerful Han soldiers to surrender."
Chen Zhou continued: "Tell them that as long as they open the shed and surrender, all their charges will be pardoned, and they can return to their hometown and see their relatives. Then write down that this is the emperor's comfort to them."
Chinese people have a strong hometown complex.
Especially the ancients.
Many years have passed since the former Han soldiers followed Dong Zhuo to leave Luoyang and Henan Yin.
I believe that many of them are non-Guanzhong people who must have been homesick for so many years and would like to know how their families and relatives are doing in the chaos of war.
Even wondering if loved ones are still alive.
It can touch people's hearts to a certain extent.
The breakthrough against Xiwu came like this.
"good!"
Duan Xuan and Huangfu Yi said in unison.
They immediately asked people to prepare cloth and write enough letters to persuade them to surrender, and then according to Chen Zhou's arrangement, they shot it into Xiwu City.
The range of the arrow is enough to cross the tall city wall of Xiwu and fall into the city.
"What is this?"
Soon a soldier picked up the incoming arrow and saw that there was a strip of cloth tied to it. Someone opened it and looked at it, frowning and said: "It is full of words. Does any of you know the words? What is written on it?"
The soldier who picked it up showed the cloth to the people around him.
But those who can become ordinary soldiers are basically from poor backgrounds, and none of them can read or write.
Several soldiers shook their heads at the same time, unable to understand the content at all.
"what for?"
At this time, an officer came over and shouted angrily: "If you don't defend yourself well, what are you doing here?"
"General, we picked up the arrows shot in by people outside, and there are strips of cloth with writing on them."
A soldier saw the officer coming and shouted loudly.
The officer took it and looked at it, and saw words written on it urging Wu Xi to open the city gate and surrender.
It happened that he was Wu Xi's subordinate, so he immediately took the cloth back to Wu Xi.
But the number of cloth strips that were also shot in was increasing.
There were more soldiers who picked up the strips of cloth. Some picked up strips asking Wu Xi to surrender, while others picked up strips asking soldiers from Sanhe Five Schools and Longxiang Army to surrender.
Ordinary soldiers, not all of them are illiterate.
It happened that one or two soldiers had read books, and they happened to be soldiers from the Sanhe Fifth School. When they saw the content on the banner, they were deeply touched and quickly spread the content of the banner.
Even the soldiers of the Longxiang Army, most of whom came from Liangzhou, felt homesick after receiving those contents.
Xiwu was surrounded, and they were still under a certain amount of pressure.
Other emotions were aroused again, and my mind was shaken.
Some soldiers thought that Guo Bang was a rebel and there seemed to be no benefit in following him around. More and more people wanted to surrender.
Ever since, all kinds of rumors spread inside Xiwu.
outside the city.
Chen Zhou looked at Xiwu.
It is not yet clear what the situation is inside Xiwu, but it can be judged that those cloth strips full of words should have had a certain impact, and some soldiers should have a desire to return home.
"Next, change your strategy."
"There are three missing and one is missing."
"Let them go west, toward Ma Teng and Han Sui."
Chen Zhou said again.
It would be best if Wu Xi could kill Guo Si. If he could not kill Guo Si, he could be surrounded by three and one could drive Guo Si into the trap to the west.
I don't know what Cao Zhen's situation is in the west, but it shouldn't be a big problem to convince Ma Teng and Han Sui to formally send troops.
When Duan Xuan and Huangfu Yi heard this, they withdrew the siege to the west, surrounded by three and one missing, and waited for Guo Si to escape from Xiwu and fall into a trap.
