In fact, Guo Yan has nothing now? His life was still in danger at any time, because both his former soldiers and the "riotous" people in the city surrounded him, holding all kinds of weapons, and kept saying that they would kill him.

Guo Yan knew that he had come to an end, he reflected on his behavior today, it was not that he was dizzy, but that it was really the situation, it was only because he didn't expect that this Wei Yan was so bold that he actually ordered a small group of troops to rush to Guzang and get all the families of the soldiers and soldiers of the army to the city.

Wei Yan has his family in hand, and it can be said that he is invincible, because it is absolutely impossible for the soldiers of the Xiliang Army to attack while watching their family members in the hands of the other party, and at the same time, it is impossible for these soldiers of the Xiliang Army to break through with him, because no matter which choice they choose, their family members will be put to death.

So this also means that as long as the family is in the hands of Wei Yan, it fundamentally determines Guo Yan's failure, no matter what strategy he takes, the soldiers can no longer work for him, the Han Dynasty takes filial piety first, even if the soldiers can abandon their wives and children, but how can they ignore their parents?

So even if Guo Yan's methods are not so cruel, it is inevitable that he will lose in the end, the result is doomed, and it has nothing to do with his attitude and methods, Guo Yan's attempt to rely on his brutality to deter the sergeant is only a life-saving straw in the end, but it turns out that his last efforts are futile, and eventually leads to the betrayal of his relatives, alone, facing the siege of the army, civilians and enemy troops under his rule.

Guo Yan knew that he had reached a dead end, and he would not escape death today no matter what, he saw that the soldiers under his command tried to come up and kill him, and immediately laughed loudly: "I Guo Yan has been in a long life, and I have also reached the peak of power, and I have also fallen to this day, I beat the world's heroes when I am proud, my life is so wonderful, it is enough, as for death, what is it?" Who in the world can not die? I'm just leaving a few years early, Pei Qingxiao'er, I'm waiting for you under Jiuquan, I hope you don't come too early, then it's not interesting. ”

After Guo Yan finished speaking, he pulled out the saber at his waist, looked up to the sky and laughed, and then killed himself.

"Hmph, this dog thief can be regarded as a bit of flesh, and he chose to commit suicide in this case, so don't let him suffer piecemeal, otherwise I will let him suffer and die!"

Duan Tong, who watched Guo Yan commit suicide under the city, laughed loudly, and then no longer paid attention to Guo Yan, but laughed loudly: "Guo Yan is dead, General Wei has an order, this time the thief only asks about the first evil, and the threat never asks, you can get your life when you put down your arms and surrender, if you resist, you can only die, your family is here, how can you bear to be separated from them by yin and yang?" ”

The soldiers of the Xiliang Army have long lost the heart to fight, and now that Guo Yan is dead, they naturally have no psychological burden, the only thing they are worried about is that they follow Guo Yan to make trouble, and their lives are difficult to protect.

However, I saw an old and serious veteran and said: "Mr. Duan, we believe what you say, but you are not the chief general in the army, so do your words count?" We need General Wei to personally reassure us. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately agreed, although Duan Tong surrendered to Wei Yan and became the opponent's general, but whether his words could represent the other party's main general Wei Yan, no one knows, in case Wei Yan didn't admit it, wouldn't they be happy in vain, and they also gave up the opportunity to resist?

At this time, I saw Wei Yan said solemnly: "Don't worry, Mr. Duan's words are what the general asked him to say, what he means is what the general means, you may have heard of our army's various policies of preferential treatment of prisoners, as long as you surrender, I will definitely not be embarrassed, if you are willing to join our army, then it is naturally welcome, although our army has strict military discipline, but the treatment is good, all the generals have not deducted the soldiers' salaries, greedy for the merits of the soldiers and oppressed the soldiers, as long as you dare to make meritorious contributions, will definitely get the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and even if it is not impossible to worship the general. ”

"We believe General Wei's words, since General Wei has said so, we naturally have nothing to doubt, we are willing to surrender!"

The veteran immediately laid down his arms after receiving Wei Yan's personal assurance, came to Wei Yan's army, and surrendered to Wei Yan's army.

Driven by the veterans, the officers and soldiers of the Xiliang Army naturally followed suit, threw down their weapons one after another, and surrendered to Wei Yan's army.

At the same time, Wei Yan also had a rule that anyone who was unwilling to continue to serve as a soldier could pay them travel expenses and send them home.

Later, Wei Yan explained in detail all the military discipline and treatment in Pei Qing's army, and as a result, the soldiers who were originally hesitant to disarm and return to the field also gave up their previous plans and expressed their willingness to join the Han army.

Even among the people of the city, some of the stronger people asked to join the army.

So in the next two or three hours, Wei Yan was very pleased to accept those strong men who were willing to enlist in the army, and finally after statistics, his army expanded from 5,000 to 10,000.

After this, Wei Yan announced that he would temporarily serve as Wuwei Taishou, and at the same time still let the original Zuli County Commander serve as the original position, and set out the list of Anmin, and the three chapters of the law with the people, anyone who dared to violate the people would be severely punished, and ordered to take out the grain and grass in Li Wei's army and return it to the people.

Wei Yan's actions immediately won the hearts and minds of the people, and the people beat gongs and drums to welcome Wei Yan's army into the city.

However, Wei Yan did not dare to stay immediately, he immediately led the army to advance westward after making some simple arrangements for Zuli City, completely controlling Guzang City, the county of Wuwei and completing the occupation of other counties, this can be regarded as a great success, otherwise, once Guzang City is robbed by others, it will be a lot of fun.

It turned out that Wei Yan's worries were not superfluous, after all, his army was seven or eight hundred miles away from Guzang City, and it would take six or seven days to advance at full speed, plus the seven or eight days that Duan Tong had left Guzang City to come here before, the distance between before and after could be half a month, and it was likely that there would be an accident in this half month.

"Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be any surprises, after all, Guzang City and the 1,000 people led by my fellow villager Fu Wei sent to Guzang City, with them, ordinary bandits shouldn't be able to take advantage of anything."

However, despite this, Wei Yan was still worried, and he ordered the whole army to advance quickly, and must rush to Guzang City as quickly as possible.

After a few days, seeing that the army was still more than 100 miles away from Guzang City, he suddenly saw a horse in front of him hurrying forward, and when he arrived in front of the majesty, he rolled the saddle and dismounted, and said to Wei Yan: "General, the big thing is not good, Guzang City was occupied by the thief general Han Sui, and the main general of our army, Fu Wei, did not surrender, and finally became a prisoner of Han Sui, and now his life and death ......are unknown."

When Wei Yan heard this, he was immediately furious and said, "What? Han Sui dog thief, I didn't expect to dare to attack my city, it's just bold, pass my order, the whole army will move forward quickly, I will recover Guzang in one fell swoop, let Han Sui old thief know the fate of offending our army! ”