Chapter 276: Persuading Wang Chang to Surrender
When Wang Chang's troops were encircled and suppressed the Qiang people, he suddenly heard that Guo Si's troops had rushed into the camp. He was afraid that Li Jue would be in danger, so he left a military marquis who continued to eliminate the remaining Qiang people with 500 troops, while he rushed over with thousands of troops and rushing over to Guo Si's army.
When he was about to reach the central army's tent, Wang Chang suddenly saw Li Jue riding his horse and running wildly. After getting closer, he found that Li Jue's left face was covered with blood. He couldn't help but ask in panic: Grand Sima, are you injured?
He was hit by a cold arrow. Li Jue said coldly to Wang Chang: You lead people to block Guo Si's troops, I will summon the troops from the back camp to fight back.
Wang Chang left a team of cavalry to protect Li Jue, and he brought the rest of his troops to face Guo Si's army who was rushing into the camp. The two sides fought in the camp.
The one who shot Li Jue was not someone else, but Guo Si. He thought that after Li Jue was shot, Li Jue's army would collapse immediately, but unexpectedly, a group of people suddenly appeared and blocked his army. Although Guo Si had many troops, the troops led by Wang Chang were fighting desperately, so that they could no longer move forward.
Wang Chang, who blocked Guo Si, bought time for Li Jue to mobilize troops. In just one stick of incense, the Li Jue army, who had assembled, rushed towards Guo Si from all directions. Seeing that the main force of Li Jue army arrived, Guo Si knew that he had missed the opportunity, so he could only sigh in his heart and immediately ordered the army to retreat.
However, Wang Chang's performance made Guo Si's eyes lit up. He knew that after a series of battles, Li Jue's men had fewer and fewer military generals, and Wang Chang was the best among the remaining military generals. If he could persuade him to surrender to him, it would be like cutting off one of Li Jue's arms.
After Guo Si returned to his camp, he immediately summoned his confidants to discuss matters and said to them: If Wang Chang hadn't led his troops out today, Li Jue would have lost his life. What can you do to persuade Wang Chang to surrender to this general?
After everyone was silent for a long time, a military Sima asked: General, my subordinates want to ask, if you want to surrender Wang Chang, what official position do you plan to give him?
He is now the cavalry commander under Li Jue. Guo Si thought about the issue of the army's Sima and replied: If Wang Chang was willing to surrender to this general, he could give him the position of a lieutenant.
Wang Chang might not be satisfied with the position of the lieutenant. The army Sima said hesitantly: From the perspective of his subordinates, letting him be the general may make him moved.
Just follow you, he was appointed as the general. In order to win over Wang Chang, Guo Si said decisively: Who would risk sneaking into Li Jue's camp and persuade Wang Chang to surrender?
When the army Sima heard Guo Si say this, he hurried forward and walked forward and said: General, his subordinates are willing to take on this important task.
When Guo Si heard that the army Sima was willing to persuade Wang Chang to surrender, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said: I wonder when the army Sima planned to go to Li Jue's camp and persuade Wang Chang to surrender to this general?
General, please be careful not to be impatient. Regarding Guo Si, the military Sima said: The internal strife in Li Jue’s army camp today is a bit strange. We must first figure out what happened.
It's reasonable, it's reasonable. Guo Si immediately agreed with the statement of the military Sima: Li Jue's military camp was inexplicably strife today, and there must be a reason for it. We must figure it out. You immediately send someone to sneak into Li Jue's army and find out what happened.
Like Guo Sijun, Li Juejun sent people to the nearby woods to chop wood every day. The spies sent by the army Sima mixed with these firewood-cutting soldiers and sneaked into Li Jue's military camp.
Because Li Jue and his two former friends had a deep friendship, the personal relationship between the soldiers of the two armies was also good. After the spy sneaked into the camp, he immediately went to the kitchen to find his fellow countrymen, trying to figure out what happened.
The spy was lucky. His fellow villager was making a fire outside the kitchen. When he saw him appear, he was stunned for a moment, then pointed at him and said: Aren't you in the army of Grand Sima?
Silence! The spy hurriedly stepped forward and covered his fellow villager's mouth, whispering: If someone else hears it, my life will be unsuccessful.
After hearing this, the chef nodded and asked: What are you doing in our camp?
The spy looked around and saw that there was no one nearby, so he lowered his voice and said: Before our army attacked the village, we heard a shout of killing in the village. I wonder what happened?
It is said that the Qiang people were going to rebel. The chef approached the spy's ear and whispered: Therefore, the Grand Sima ordered the cavalry commander Wang Chang to lead thousands of troops to wipe out them.
I heard that it was an encirclement and suppression of the Qiang people who were trying to rebel, and the spy asked in confusion: Since the Qiang people were going to rebel, the matter must be extremely secret. How could the Grand Sima know about it and send someone to clean it up in advance?
You don't know, the chef said in a panic: A few days ago, Grand Sima sent his younger brother Li Ying to Hangu Pass to take over the defense, but he was killed.
Ah, someone killed the eldest Sima's younger brother? The news surprised the spy and he asked back: Do you know who did it?
Who else can it be? It's the soldiers from Jizhou. The chef said disdainfully: After they killed the younger brother of the Grand Sima, they also released all the captured Qiang people and asked them to spread rumors in the camp that the Grand Sima was a rebellion. If they continued to follow the Grand Sima, they would sooner or later invade their families. After hearing the rumors, the Qiang people wanted to leave the camp and return to Xiliang. How could the Grand Sima let them leave at this time? So they ordered the King of Cavalry to clear them out.
After figuring out the whole story, the spy took advantage of the night to sneak out of the camp through the gap in the fence and ran towards Guo Si's camp.
When Guo Si heard that the spy was back, he immediately summoned him to the tent and couldn't wait to ask: Can you find out what was born in Li Juejun's camp and why there was internal strife?
The general reported to the great general that the young man had already found out the matter clearly. When the spy heard Guo Si's inquiry, he told him what he knew.
After hearing the spies' reports, the generals in the tent finally understood what was going on. No wonder their troops rushed into Li Juejun's camp so easily. It turned out that they were in internal conflicts at that time, so that the defenses in some parts of the camp were weak, which allowed them to succeed so easily.
Although Guo Si was a little bit in strategy, he was also a cunning guy. He heard that the morale of the army was shaken by rumors in Li Jue's army, and he couldn't help but be vigilant. He quickly called a cavalry captain and told him: Immediately send someone to strengthen patrols in the camp. If someone spreads rumors without authorization, he will be executed immediately.
The cavalry commander agreed, turned around and left the tent, and went outside to draw personnel to form a new patrol team, striving to eliminate the rumors that were not conducive to the army.
After the cavalry commander left, Guo Si looked at his subordinates and asked: Who would you like to come to Li Jue's army and persuade Wang Chang to surrender?
After hearing Guo Si's question, the account suddenly became quiet. Since listening to the spies' report, everyone suddenly realized that going to Li Jue's camp to persuade Wang Chang to surrender, it was a brainless thing, so they all remained silent, and no one was willing to express their opinions easily.
Seeing that his subordinates didn't say anything, Guo Si couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He slapped the table in front of him and said angrily: "Raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while, I want you to do something, but everyone will push back and forth. What's the reason?"
Guo Si, the general of the army, was furious and hurriedly said, "General, please be careful not to be impatient. Judging from his subordinates, Wang Chang made great contributions today and would definitely receive the reward from Li Jue. It is not appropriate to persuade him to surrender at this moment.
What's wrong? Guo Si said angrily: What is Li Jue? Does this general do not understand? He is a kind person who is ungrateful and has always been stingy in rewarding his subordinates. Although Wang Chang saved his life today, if you want him to reward Wang Chang, it is like a tree asking for fish.
When the army Sima heard Guo Si say this, he thought to himself: The general and Li Jue had a good relationship in the past, so he must know his character well. Since he said that Li Jue would not reward Wang Chang, he would definitely not reward him. If this is true, he could send someone to Li Jue's camp. Maybe he could really persuade Wang Chang.
Thinking of this, he quickly said: Since the general knows Li Jue so well, his subordinates are willing to go there on their behalf when sending someone to Li Jue's camp.
Seeing that his military Sima was willing to go to Li Jue's camp and persuaded Wang Chang to come and surrender, Guo Sima was overjoyed. He quickly got up and walked around the table, walked to the military Sima, grabbed his hand and asked: I wonder if there is any hope of success in the military Sima's persuasion of Wang Chang?
Jun Sima thought about it and replied: I am 50% sure.
Five-year achievement is good. Guo Si quickly ordered his men to prepare a bag of gold, silver and jewelry for the army Sima as a gift to Wang Chang. When he handed the things to the army Sima, he also bowed his fists to the other party: I would like to ask the army Sima for this matter.
The army Sima disguised himself and rode a horse away from Guo Si's military camp and headed towards Li Jue's military camp. However, he did not enter the camp from the Nanzhai Gate foolishly, but went around to the Xizhai Gate.
There were soldiers on duty outside the village gate. When they saw a single horse approaching, they immediately shouted loudly: Who is coming? Stop, otherwise we will shoot arrows.
Jun Ye, please don’t shoot arrows. Jun Sima hurriedly shouted to the other party: I am an old friend of the cavalry commander Wang Chang. I know that he came to visit him in the military camp here. Please ask Jun Ye for convenience.
I heard that the person coming was Wang Chang's friend. The soldier outside the village put down the bow and arrow and said to him: Come here! When the army Sima came closer, two soldiers immediately stepped forward and searched him to check if he had any weapons. After the search was completed, a Shi chief asked: Do you say you are the old friend of Wang Qi Duwei, but the truth?
It is the truth, of course it is the truth. If Jun Ye doesn't believe it, I have proof here. As Jun Sima said, he stuffed a bag of copper coins hidden in his sleeve into Shilong's hand.
Shi Chang weighed the wallet in his hand and said: It seems that this cannot prove your identity.
After hearing what Shi said, Jun Sima knew that he thought the money was too low, so he stuffed a bag of purse into his hand, and said with a smile: Jun Ye, can I prove my identity?
After getting two bags of money, Shi Chang no longer made things difficult for the army Sima, but said to him: Please wait here and wait for me to report to the cavalry commander. Whether he sees you depends on your luck.
The head of the army, who had accepted the bribes from the army Sima, went to less than half a stick of incense and returned to the village gate and said to the army Sima: The cavalry commander is invited, please invite him here!
Wang Chang first wiped out the rebellious Qiang people today, and then saved Li Jue's life. He thought Li Jue would give him some rewards. Who knew that he didn't see any movement at all, as if nothing had happened today. While he was sitting in a tent drinking, a famous night watchman came to report that his old friend had come to visit. He immediately ordered the other party to invite people to the camp without thinking.
When Jun Sima walked into the camp, Wang Chang recognized him as Guo Si's subordinate at a glance, and the wine bottle in his hand fell to the ground with a local sound. He looked at Jun Sima and asked in a panic: You, you are not Guo Si's subordinate, what are you doing here?
After seeing the Cavalry Commander, the Sima of the Army bowed and said, "The young man was on the order of General Guo and took the risk to visit the Cavalry Commander everywhere."
Wang Chang bent down and picked up the wine bottle that landed on the ground. He didn't ask Jun Sima to sit down, and then said angrily: Why did Guo Aduo asks you to come to see me? Do you want me to betray Grand Sima?
Seeing that Wang Chang guessed his purpose, Jun Sima did not refute, but took off a bag of gold, silver and jewelry that was slapped on his shoulder and placed it on Wang Chang's table.
Wang Chang opened the package with one hand, saw clearly what was inside, looked up at Jun Sima and asked: What is this?
This is a greeting gift from General Guo to the Cavalry Commander. The Army Sima smiled and said: If the Cavalry Commander is willing to surrender to General Guo, not only will this pack belong to you, but you can also give you an additional title.
Most of Li Jue and Guo Si's subordinates are greedy people, and Wang Chang is no exception. Seeing so many dazzling gold, silver and jewelry, he thought of his contributions, and Li Jue did not give any rewards at all, and was a little moved by Guo Si's proposal. However, he did not agree immediately, but asked: If I surrender to General Guo, I wonder what official position he would grant me?
If the cavalry commander was willing to surrender, the army Sima smiled and said: General Guo was willing to be appointed as the general of the position of deputy general.
Wang Chang originally thought that Guo Si would surrender him, in addition to this bag of gold, silver and jewelry, at best, he would give himself a post as a captain, even if he was so arrogant. At this moment, he heard that he was planning to grant him the position of General P.A., and his breathing became rapid. After a while, he finally made up his final decision: If he wanted to surrender to General Guo, I wonder what he should do?
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Chapter completed!