The war in Meiyang is much more fierce than the martial arts.

Li Jue's army is not only defending the city. There are garrisons in the more important villages near Meiyang. There may not be many, but they will lead the villagers to ambush the scouts sent by Chen Mo. Taishi Ci serves as Chen Mo's vanguard.

Official, after crossing the river and entering the territory of Meiyang, there were no large-scale battles, but small-scale battles occurred almost all the time.

Less than one out of ten of the scouts sent by Taishi Ci came back alive, so the intelligence they brought back was naturally limited.

"Then the army will kill them directly. Wouldn't it be great if Li Jue came out of the city to fight?" Zheng Tu felt a little aggrieved. After the army crossed the river, they seemed to be blind.

Taishi Ci looked at Xu Shu beside him, and saw Xu Shu slowly shaking his head and saying: "General, don't worry, Li Jue's style of attack may seem arrogant, but in fact, what he wants is the troops from the villages in Meiyang, from the scouts

According to the news brought back, only a few Xiliang troops are blocking our army, and most of them are local warriors led by these Xiliang troops."

"All the people are soldiers?" Taishi Ci said in surprise. Zang Hong seemed to have used this trick when he was in Donglai, and Chen Mo had also used it, but it was more of an assist or a bluff. He directly used the people of the village as the main force.

Zang Hong and Chen Mo are useless as the main force. After all, ordinary Xiangyong doesn't have much combat power. If this method is really used, how many casualties will there be?

"Maybe." Xu Shu nodded and said. The disgusting thing about this method is that even if they finally capture Meiyang, Meiyang will probably only be a ruin. Chen Mo occupied Guanzhong. In addition to the important land, the more important thing is the population.

, it is absolutely not what Chen Mo wants to kill all these people.

"Yuanzhi, do you have any solution to this problem?" Taishi Ci, as a pioneer general, naturally couldn't stop here and looked at Xu Shu and asked.

Xu Shu nodded: "There is no dangerous place to set up an ambush in the Meiyang area. Li Jue's move is just a desperate struggle. However, now Li Jue is recruiting civilians, building forts, and sealing off the surrounding areas. If our army marches straight in, it will inevitably be attacked on all sides."

Attack, in my humble opinion, now that the main plan has not been completed, there is no need to rush to attack the city. The general can lead the army to attack Wubao and make camp step by step. When the main plan is completed, Meiyang will become an isolated city!

"

Taishi Ci nodded when he heard this, looked at the generals under the tent and said, "Wang Biao, Zheng Tu!"

"The general is here!" Wang Biao and Zheng Tu came out of the queue and bowed.

"You two and I will each lead a battalion of troops to attack Li Jue and set up a fort. Remember, after the fort is conquered, the main purpose is to appease the people and win over the people. Do not cause too many killings." Taishi Ci said solemnly.

The atmosphere of the Xiliang Army has made the people in Guanzhong extremely distrustful of the government office. In addition to expelling and annihilating the Xiliang Army, the most important thing for Chen Mo now is to win over the people. Therefore, the most important thing in this battle is not to massacre the city at every turn.

"Here!" Wang Biao and Zheng Tu responded and turned to leave.

Taishi Ci looked at Xu Shu again and said, "I will ask Yuan Zhi to sit in the rear for me, allocate grain and grass, and ensure that my rear is open."

"Here!" Xu Shu agreed with a smile.

This time, Chen Mo gave Taishi Ci a vanguard force of ten thousand people, with five battalions in total. Taishi Ci, Wang Biao, and Zheng Tu each led one battalion to fight, while Xu Shu led the remaining two battalions to take charge of the rear. In terms of military strength, Taishi Ci's side

Even above Li Jue, Chen Mo led his army to oversee the war in the three counties in the rear, supporting all troops at any time.

Taishi Ci's step-by-step fighting style really disintegrated Li Jue's strategy of all people uniting as soldiers.

The people are the people, and they cannot be called soldiers just by using weapons. On the contrary, this method of forcing the people to fight has aroused the resistance of the people in various towns and villages. When Tai Shici and his three men led their troops to attack Wubao, they often stationed here.

As soon as the Xiliang army died, they would surrender immediately. Many of them even took advantage of the chaos and killed the Xiliang army to surrender. Not only did Li Jue's method fail to stop Taishi Ci for too long, but he accompanied nearly a thousand soldiers in, and Taishi Ci's army was unable to do so.

After a while, it was almost a scene where the people lined the streets to welcome him. The Wubao that he had worked so hard to build became a stronghold for Taishi Ci to besiege Meiyang, and even the grain road was blocked.

At the end of July, Duan Xuan, Li Meng and others still did not come to help. Although Guo Si's side had not been affected by the war, Bao Geng occupied Chencang, Zhao Cen and Zhang Xiu's cavalry were lingering on the side. Although Xi County had food and grass, it was completely

Being blocked, Qixian, Maoling and Pingling counties directly surrendered to Chen Mo, while the other counties also adopted a wait-and-see attitude.

At the beginning of August, Taishi Ci completely cut off the communication between Meiyang and Xixian. Meiyang ran out of food and grass. On the third day of August, Li Jue and his son were beheaded by their generals at night and sent to surrender outside the city. So far, there had been

Li Jue, the powerful cavalry general, fell. At the same time, Wu Yi was defeated by Wu Yi. Wang Fang wanted to rush into the battle to kill Wu Yi, but Wu Yi killed him with a sword.

In Meiyang, the martial arts were defeated one after another. Taishi Ci and Wuyi sent their troops to besiege Xi County. Zhao Cen and Zhang Xiu led the cavalry to patrol the rear. Although Xi County was strong, it had become an isolated city. Guo Si had no choice but to send people to see Chen Mo.

"You want to surrender?" Chen Mo looked at the surrender form sent by Guo Si, shook his head, looked at Liang Xing and said: "General Liang, today, Guo Si has become trapped in the isolated city. Surrendering at this time means something to me.

It’s actually not big.”

When Liang Xing heard this, he quickly bowed and said, "What Changlinghou said is absolutely true. General Guo is indeed sincere in his views."

"I have no choice but to vote. I don't see any sincerity!" Chen Mo closed the bamboo slip and said: "Not to mention that Guo Si got the title by coercing the emperor. The Han Dynasty has always had rules. It is not a meritorious service. Guo Si's early years

It is true that he has made military exploits, but his achievements are not enough to be ranked as a county prince, let alone, since Guo Si and Li Jue occupied Chang'an, they turned their troops into bandits, plundered the people, and made the people in Guanzhong miserable. The crimes they committed are too numerous to write down.

, now that he is in a desperate situation and has surrendered, why should he still retain his title of County Marquis?"

"This..." Liang Xing was not good at words. Now that Chen Mo was detailing Guo Si's crimes one by one, he was speechless for a moment, and a lot of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"However..." Chen Mo looked at Liang Xing's appearance, and said in a slow tone: "Guo Si is the chief culprit, and his crime is unforgivable. But after the war has reached this point, I don't want to kill anyone else except Guo Si."

, the rest of the officers and men in the city are exempted, and generals like General Liang can be used according to their talents if they wish."

Liang Xing is stupid, but he is not a fool. At this point, he still doesn't understand what Chen Mo means. Guo Bin must die, but these people under Guo Bin can live and even continue to serve as generals.

"You will finally understand!" Liang Xing bowed to Chen Mo.

"As long as you understand." Chen Mo looked outside the tent and said, "It's getting late, so we won't keep the general today."

"Here! I'm going to leave now!" Liang Xing bowed in agreement and left.

"Lord, if Guo Si is willing to surrender, why don't you accept him?" After Liang Xing left, Zhang Ji looked at Chen Mo with some doubts. Chen Mo had a lot of Xiliang generals who surrendered, such as Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, Zhao Cen, Yang Ding, and Duan.

Chen Mo also accepted the letter of surrender sent the day before yesterday. Why did he not accept the letter of surrender to Guo Si alone?

"The sins committed by the Xiliang army need someone to bear, and Li Jue is one of them, but it is not enough." Chen Mo knelt down behind the handsome case and shook his head and said: "After all, now that Guanzhong has been beaten like this, Li Jue

, Guo Si’s crime is unpardonable, he also hijacked the emperor, and was good at killing famous people and ministers. I don’t know how many people want to kill him.”

Of course, these are not the only reasons. Guo Si wants to retain the title, which means he will be on the same level as Chen Mo. If he really accepts it, how will he be resettled? But after all, he surrendered voluntarily. Chen Mo cannot kill him himself, otherwise, who else will be willing to do so in the future?

Surrender to Chen Mo? So Guo Si must die, but he must not die in Chen Mo's hands.

Zhang Ji and other Xiliang generals were silent when they heard this. They did not expect that there were so many. At the same time, they were secretly glad that Li Jue and Guo Si, the two largest Xiliang warlords, were supporting them. Otherwise, if they had

Like Li Jue and Guo Si, they generally hold great power, but now they may not even have the chance to surrender.

On the other side, after Liang Xing returned to the city, he was called by Guo Bang and asked: "What did Chen Mo say?"

Liang Xing hesitated and said: "General, General Chen said..."

"What did you say?" Guo Bang frowned and shouted.

"The general is not sincere." Liang Xing's thoughts whirled in his mind and he bowed: "General Chen feels that the title of general is the same as his, so he must still have the intention to make a comeback."

"Too much bullying!" Guo Bang slapped the table and said angrily. He only retained the title of county marquis for the sake of a better background for his descendants. He didn't even retain any official position. Isn't this considered sincerity?

At that moment, Guo Si said angrily: "Instruct the three armies to prepare for a fight to the death with Chen Mo tomorrow!"

"Here!" Liang Xing's eyes flashed, he lowered his head in agreement, turned around and left.

Guo Siyou was furious and sent several military orders one after another, preparing to have a good fight with Chen Mo tomorrow to let Chen Mo see what he was capable of and then discuss surrender.

On the other side, after Liang Xing left the Guo Mansion, he quickly found several generals in the city. These people were considered to be Guo Si's confidants and held heavy troops. However, although they were confidants, judging from the current situation, they were not willing to advance or retreat with Guo Si.

It may not all be true, after all, Liang Xing is also Guo Si's confidant, and he is also a general.

"Brother Liang, what did Chen Mo say when you went to Chen Mo's army today?" A general looked at Liang Xing and said.

"No." Liang Xing looked at the crowd with a heavy face and said, "General Chen said that the general's crimes are so serious that they cannot be forgiven."

"There are still more than ten thousand elites in this city. Is it possible that he really wants this county to turn into a river of blood?"

"That's not true." Liang Xing looked at the crowd and said, "There are some things I dare not say to the general."

"What are you talking about?" the generals asked quickly.

"We can all be pardoned, and we can even continue to serve as generals, but the two generals Li and Guo are the only ones who have committed serious sins. They violated the emperor and killed ministers without permission. They are unpardonable." Liang Xing said in a low voice.

"This..." All the generals fell silent after hearing this. The meaning of these words was very clear. Guo Si must die, but they may not.

"Brother Liang, what do you mean?" One person looked at Liang Xing and said.

After Liang Xing hesitated for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "We have followed the general for many years and have fought for him through life and death. This is not because we are disloyal, but because the general has exhausted his strength. However, I still have a wife, children and a small family, so I cannot die with the general. I

After fighting for the general for half my life, now it is time for the general to repay us, what do you think?"

After hearing the words, the generals fell into Chen Mo. After a long time, Liang Xing saw that everyone was silent and frowned: "The general has given an order before, and tomorrow there will be a decisive battle with General Chen. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life gathered outside the city, no less than a hundred thousand people.

Do you really want to die together with the general!?"

After the generals hesitated for a moment, one of them said to Liang Xing: "What are you going to do, general?"

The others heard the words, but did not express much and continued to listen.

Hearing this, Liang Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief. After discussing with everyone, he took advantage of the night to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Guo Mansion. A group of people and their guards broke into Guo Si's Mansion. Guo Si was still sleeping and was captured by the Mansion.

I was awakened by the noise and crying, and I quickly wanted to get up, but I saw Liang Xing and several generals had already kicked open the door and came in.

"What do you want!?" Guo Si frowned and shouted when he saw everyone.

"General, I'm sorry. We don't want to accompany the general to death, so we ask the general to do it!" When Liang Xing saw Guo Bang, he felt a little weak, but now that the matter was at this point, there was no room for change. He gritted his teeth and rushed forward with a sword.

, in Guo Si's angry gaze, a sword pierced Liang Xing's chest and abdomen.
Chapter completed!