Eight hundred and seventieth chapters loyal ministers are hard
After Guo Ziyi retreated to Hanzhong, he continued to recruit troops to consolidate his strength, and ordered people to go to Shuzhong to seek support. The person in charge of Shuzhong was Li Heng's 13th younger brother Li Wei, who was trusted by Li Heng and was able to succeed Jiannan Jiedu in central Sichuan.
However, Li Xuan did not know whether it was under the instruction of Li Heng or Li Fuguo. He was quite afraid of Guo Ziyi, who was famous all over the world. Therefore, he only allocated 30,000 stones of food and grass to Guo Ziyi, but did not send any armed forces or give him the power to recruit soldiers.
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What Guo Ziyi controls is only a few hundred miles of land in Hanzhong, and the population is only tens of thousands of households. Being able to recruit 20,000 people in one year has greatly overdrawn the people of Hanzhong. And Shuzhong is known as the land of abundance with millions of households.
, but refused to send a single soldier to participate in Guo Ziyi's great cause of regaining Guanzhong,
Now Guo Ziyi's shortcomings of insufficient troops have finally emerged. Hanzhong was surrounded by Li Siye's army, and Nanyang refused to send anyone to help. He sent a letter to Shuzhong asking for help. Li Xu said that he would lead troops to help, but Guo Ziyi was besieged by the Hexi army.
After waiting for more than ten days, no elite soldiers from Shu came to rescue.
In addition to his righteous indignation, Guo Xi also persuaded his father to withdraw to Shuzhong and seize Li Xuan's military governor. In this way, using the household registration tax in Shuzhong, he could train hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers in the future, and he would also have the opportunity to regain Hanzhong and advance into Guanzhong. But now father and son
The two of them were forced to hold on in Hanzhong without any help from the court, so why bother.
However, Guo Ziyi disagreed with his son's views and lectured Guo Xi: "Why are we called loyal, why are rebels called rebellious, and why are you and my son loved by the people of Hanzhong? Isn't it just because we are loyal to the Tang Dynasty?
Therefore, obedience and obedience should be punished. Even if a father cannot see clearly the general trend of the world, he still knows that loyalty, filial piety and justice have been demonstrated throughout the ages. Even if the fortunes are not good for a moment, he cannot change his integrity. If everything is like Li Siye, he will accumulate all the money in the first half of his life.
His reputation will be ruined."
Guo Xi squatted on the ground and said with a grimace: "But in today's world of the Tang Dynasty, I think it is too difficult to be a loyal minister. The better your father's reputation, the more people will think that you are pretending to be a loyal minister. One day
Your true colors will be revealed. The greater your contribution, father, the more they think you are too powerful, and they are afraid that you will threaten the emperor and the court. But haven't those who threaten the court and the emperor been exposed long ago? They won't deal with it.
Li Siye and Shi Siming instead helped them to hold us back, how can there be such a thing in the world."
"The human heart is the most sinister and complex. I have told you this countless times, but it is precisely because of this that we must stick to our hearts more and more. Those who slander our father and son are judging others by themselves. He
It depends on what kind of person we are that we will use the greatest malice to make assumptions about others. But most people in the world are sober-minded. They can judge what kind of person we are through our deeds. As long as we do what we think is right
If things go wrong, people in the world will naturally turn to us."
After a long heart-to-heart talk, the father and son looked toward the distant sky together. The flags of the Hexi Army were flying randomly in the fields, but no real army of the Tang Dynasty came to rescue them.
Li Siye rode his horse alone to the city, and shouted to the city to persuade him to surrender: "Guo Ziyi, what does it mean to you to be a loyal minister now? I think you and I were evenly matched at the beginning, and Shuofang's army was also famous all over the world, but now it is only
There are 30,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left. How can you do this with your ability? You have worked hard for half your life, but you have been hindered and defeated repeatedly. Now the world is irreversible. Rather than being defeated and captured, it is better to surrender early and join me in worshiping the current emperor.
, Lingyan Pavilion’s number one hero is still you, and you can still be given the title of King of the Three Lords!”
"Hahaha!" Guo Ziyi raised his stubborn and thin chin, and his pale beard became more and more tough. He laughed loudly: "Li Thief, I know your origins clearly. I think you were just a brave warrior in Gaoling County, Guanzhong.
You, a common man, went to Chang'an to live on the streets and make a living as a performer. If the Emperor hadn't recognized your talent with a keen eye and promoted you to be the crown prince and lead a thousand oxen out of the grass, you would not have achieved the prestige you have today. Later, you became an official in Longyou, and you were favored and used by the Emperor. In the end,
He was promoted to the position of Jiedushi of the Three Towns, and was able to be granted the title of king of the opposite sex. He stole the position of the Three Dukes, but he did not think about serving the country, and carried out treasonous acts that made the world angry. He is really an ungrateful person. You and An Thiel Lushan are in the same category.
, will be infamy for eternity!"
The generals behind Li Siye were angry when they heard this, and they all wanted to advance their troops to attack the city, but Li Siye waved his hands and said: "Since ancient times, those who succeed are kings, and those who lose are bandits. It is common sense to change dynasties, so you don't need to be angry."
He shouted to Guo Ziyi again: "Guo Ziyi, I will give you three more hours to think about it. If you are still stubborn after three hours, I will definitely attack the city with artillery. By then it will be too late to regret."
"Bah! Rebel, look at the arrow!"
Guo Xi, the third son of Guo Ziyi, cursed angrily, took a long bow from the soldier, put an arrow on it and aimed it at Li Siye, but he had already lost his accuracy due to the distance. Li Siye hurriedly turned around to avoid it, rode his horse and retreated a few steps.
Ten steps.
Li Siye was actually waiting for a large batch of artillery ammunition to be sent from Guanzhong. By then, hundreds of artillery fires would be fired continuously, which would be enough for Hanzhong City and the veteran Guo Ziyi to drink a pot.
By the time the cannonballs were delivered, the sky had already darkened, and Li Siye decided to wait for another night before attacking the city the next morning.
That night Li Siye had a premonition that Guo Ziyi was going to lead his troops to rob the camp and raid his grain, grass and gunpowder storage points, so he immediately ordered people to set up an ambush. When Guo Ziyi came in, he would be caught off guard and counterattack.
At the third watch, Tian Zhen led his soldiers to ambush in the haystacks on both sides of the camp. From a distance, they saw enemy troops riding horses and holding torches. They rushed outside the camp gate and threw the torches into the camp.
In the camp, I heard someone shouting to put out the fire. I thought the sneak attack was successful, so I immediately raised my horse and stormed into the camp.
Guo Xi looked up and saw empty tents everywhere, but countless arrows shot into the camp from the outside of the camp, shooting down dozens of soldiers rushing at the front. He yelled in convulsion: "We are ambushed.
!Get out quickly!”
Suddenly, there were loud shouts of killing from all sides, and the soldiers of the Hexi army rushed towards them with shields. Guo Xi waved his horse in his hand and chose a direction to lead the soldiers to break out. He stabbed and picked several Hexi soldiers who were blocking the front.
The army jumped to fight and broke out of the first layer of encirclement. Soon the Flying Tiger Cavalry also rushed towards them with long spears. Guo Xi swung his spear up and passed the enemy cavalry's spear points, and killed three of them one after another.
The cavalryman dismounted his horse.
Guo Xi broke through three encirclements in a row and fled back to Hanzhong City with some brave soldiers, but most of them failed to escape and were captured on the spot by the Tang army.
Guo Ziyi walked out of the tent, quickly helped her son off the horse and asked, "What happened?"
Guo Xi lamented and said: "It turns out that Li Siye was on guard for a long time. When we went there, we failed to find where he stored grain, grass and gunpowder. Instead, he ambushed him and killed many brothers."
Guo Ziyi nodded sadly: "It's reasonable for Li Siye to be strict with his troops. It's just a pity that he won't be able to survive the test tomorrow. He has flying tiger cavalry and siege weapons like artillery. These two
With the army in hand, I am afraid that no one in the world can be his opponent. Tomorrow you and I, father and son, will have to figure out a way out."
"All the generals hope to retreat to Shu, what do you think, father?"
When we retreated to Hanzhong, the saint intended for my father to use Shuzhong as the base and Hanzhong as the vanguard. Only by being able to advance and retreat can we deal with Li Siye. Unfortunately, Li Fuguo in the court made trouble and made slanderous remarks to His Majesty, so we could only stay here.
This corner of Hanzhong, if we don’t take Shuzhong now, where else can we go?”
Guo Ziyi sighed and said: "His Majesty may not have been really willing to let me guard Shuzhong at the beginning, otherwise he would not have changed his mind. In fact, his intention was to let me go to Jingxiang and let me guard the gate of Jiangdong so that he could rest assured
The land is peaceful in a corner."
Guo Xi said angrily: "I, the Guo family, are loyal and loyal. I fought for Li Heng to quell the rebellion in the north and south, but am I only qualified to guard the gate for him?"
Guo Ziyi glared at his son and said: "Don't say such words again! As a minister, you should share your worries for the emperor, why should you care about your status. There is nothing wrong with showing the emperor the gate. I would rather be the general Yulin guarding the palace.
Jingxiang is the gateway to Jiangdong, but as a father, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it."
The father and son were speechless and each went back to the camp to rest.