When setting off from Huazhou, Guo Wei once again summoned his soldiers and announced the ins and outs of this military operation with sincerity. It was still the same cliche: The emperor was bewitched by traitors and killed loyal ministers indiscriminately. I was forced to lead everyone to the capital to defend their rights. , I want to ask for an explanation. Your wives, children, and children are all in the capital. To prevent your family from being implicated, you might as well kill me and take my head to receive the reward.
All the soldiers once again expressed their determination to firmly support Comrade Guo Wei.
At this time, Wang Jun announced: When the capital is pacified, you will be allowed to loot it for ten days!
As a result, "everyone was excited."
Guo Wei raises an army. Although the process is simple, it can be used as a template for team building, which is textbook level.
First of all, it must be justified, have legitimate reasons, conform to people's basic cognition, and conform to secular behavioral norms. Only in this way will the combat effectiveness of the army be improved, and at least it will not be burdened with psychological baggage or some kind of insurmountable burden.
Secondly, the team must be cleaned. Guo Wei repeatedly expressed that he did not want to involve everyone and that everyone could kill him to receive the reward. After the generals expressed their loyalty again and again, the team's thinking was highly unified.
Finally, it must not only be dignified, but also down-to-earth. With lofty ideals and firm beliefs, there must also be visible and tangible benefits. The so-called big talk is said in the general meeting, and the small talk is told in small meetings, but it should be noted that the big man is responsible for speaking grandly and describing the dragon and the phoenix. As for the small talk, it must be said by another person, such as Guo Wei Yu Yu Yi, Wang Jun Yu Yu Li.
At the same time that Guo Wei raised his troops and went south, Yanzhou Murong Yanchao also received a recruitment order from the imperial court. When he received the edict, Murong Yanchao was eating. He immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, threw away his chopsticks, and without any time to prepare, he jumped on his horse and galloped all the way to the capital.
Liu Chengyou was very moved and trusted the emperor's uncle very much, so he gave him full power to defend the capital.
Wu Qianyu from Zhengzhou also rushed to the capital to report for duty as soon as possible. He had previously been demoted from the imperial court for supporting the weakening of the military generals group. He was also a member of the staunch anti-military generals group and was a trustworthy comrade of Liu Chengyou.
On November 16, Liu Chengyou held an imperial meeting to discuss countermeasures.
Hou Yi said: "Weizhou Field Army is the elite of the empire and should not be underestimated, but their family members are all in the capital, so we'd better close the city gate tightly and not confront them head-on, but let their parents, wives and children board Go up to the city wall and call for their sons, husbands, and fathers. In this way, the Guo Wei rebels will automatically collapse without using weapons."
"Uncle Liu Huang" Murong Yanchao sneered at this and sneered on the spot: "Hou Yi is old and his mind is full of cowardly thoughts."
After all, Liu Chengyou was a passionate young man at the age of twenty, and his passion was ignited by Uncle Liu Huang's words. Is there any reason not to give the rebels a head-on blow, but to show weakness by being a coward? Fuck him for me!
Then he ordered Hou Yi, Yan Jinqing, Wu Qianyu, and Zhang Yanchao to lead the imperial army to Chanzhou.
Soldiers are very fast. As mentioned above, Guo Wei sent troops to Weizhou on the 15th and arrived at Chanzhou on the 16th.
On the 18th, the eunuch Long escaped and returned to Bianzhou, bringing back Guo Wei's secret letter.
The young British leader Liu Chengyou was about to go to the front line of Chanzhou to supervise the battle. He suddenly heard that Guo Wei had occupied Chanzhou and was marching towards Huazhou. He couldn't help but gasped and immediately canceled the plan of his own expedition and called Prime Minister Dou. Zhengu said with great annoyance: "Well...that thing happened before, maybe it was a bit sloppy..."
On one side, Li Ye, Nie Wenjin, Guo Yunming and others had looks of fear on their faces.
Li Ye proposed to use the money that had been drained from the treasury to reward the three armies and encourage them to resist the rebels.
Prime Minister Su Yugui objected. Li Ye was so anxious that he knelt down to Dou Zhengu on the spot and kept kowtowing, "Master, please don't be stingy for the safety of the emperor!"
Su Yugui could not resist the pressure, so he agreed to reward the imperial army with twenty guan each and the local troops with ten guan each. The rebel soldiers who served under Guo Wei's account were also rewarded with huge sums of ten guan each. Li Ye sent someone to send the money into the hands of their family members, and then supervise them to write letters of peace to their families and letters of persuasion to surrender, and send them to Guo Wei's army to break the rebels' fighting spirit.
On the 19th, Guo Wei's main force had arrived at Fengqiu (north of Bianzhou), close to Bianzhou. The people in the capital were panicked and Bianzhou was in chaos.
At this moment, Queen Mother Li can only do two things: one is to cry, and the other is to blame herself. Empress Dowager Li cried and muttered to herself, "Without Li Tao's advice, we could have deposed Yang Bin and Guo Wei, leading to today's downfall. Alas, we deserve it!"
Liu Chengyou finally panicked. He was running around anxiously and couldn't think of an idea for a long time.
The emperor's uncle Murong Yanchao was full of confidence and said to Liu Chengyou: "In my opinion, Guo Wei's gang of thieves are just a bunch of country chickens and dog ears. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will capture Guo Wei alive right now."
After patting his chest and saying something big, Liu Chengyou gradually regained his composure, "It all depends on uncle!"
Murong Yanchao curled his lips and grinned, and swaggered out of the hall. He happened to meet Nie Wenjin, so he asked him about the specific number of Weizhou rebels and their commanders.
Nie Wenjin reported truthfully.
After listening to the report, Murong Yanchao became uneasy, scratched his head and ears, and said to himself: "Well... I was really a little hasty just now... These grandsons are not easy to deal with..."
Murong Yanchao led his army to station in Qilidian. As can be seen from the place name, this place is only about seven miles away from Bianzhou City. Hou Yi, Liu Chongjin and Yuan Yi led their troops to station in Chigang, which was only three or four miles away from Qilidian. . The two armies echoed each other.
Yuan Zhang's father is Yuan Xiangxian, and his grandfather is Yuan Jingchu (Zhu Wen's brother-in-law).
After the army was stationed, Murong Yanchao ordered the soldiers to search the Bianzhou market for fine wine and delicacies, reward the frontline soldiers, and at the same time dig deep trenches for self-defense.
Liu Chengyou personally came to Qilidian and Chigang Labor Army to express his condolences, "Hello, comrades, comrades, you have worked hard!" After checking in, he went back to the palace and did not dare to stay for a while.
That night, Hou Yi, Liu Chongjin, and Yuan Yi's troops stationed in Chigang escaped from the battle and retreated in fear.
In the early morning of the next day (20th), the two armies met at Liu Zipo northeast of Qilidian, and the two armies faced off.
In order to prevent Murong Yanchao from Qilidian from escaping again, Liu Chengyou decided to recruit troops again to help.
Empress Dowager Li hurriedly dissuaded her, saying that Guo Wei is an old minister of our family. Unless he is forced to a dead end, he will not make trouble like this. At this time, you must not do anything to further irritate him. It is best to stand still and send him away. The edict comforts and observes what he means. If he softens his attitude, it means that there is still room for negotiation. Once the weapons are at each other, there is no way out!
