On the tenth day of June, under the constant harassment of Li Shouzhen's troops, the fortress built by the Han army was still basically completed. The fortresses, with continuous long walls, completely isolated Hezhong Prefecture from other places. Soon, a grain shortage broke out in the city. The grain that Li Shouzhen transported into the city in advance was divided by the army, and the supply of grain shops was completely stopped. People who could not afford high-priced grain even if they were selling children and women, starved to death...

On June 12, Guo Wei ordered people to enter the city to persuade surrender. Li Shouzhen hurriedly ordered people to confiscate the manifesto, and announced that all those who collect the manifesto privately would be beheaded, and those who spread rumors would be executed. On the same day, Guo Wei, at the suggestion of Dong Zunhui, sent an envoy to the city and made a suggestion to Li Shouzhen: In order to avoid hurting innocent people, please ask Li Shouzhen to release the people in the city. The Han army will retreat three miles away and will never attack when the city gate is opened.

Li Shouzhen was a little moved, but was dissuaded by Zonglun. Although the food was cut off in the city, as Li Shouzhen's senior aide, Zonglun was still full of food. He heard him say to Li Shouzhen: "King, the people are the foundation of your rule. If they are released, wouldn't they be like rootless duckweed after the king ascended the throne and became emperor? It is very inappropriate to release the people. Moreover, if the hungry people compare, the soldiers will become more loyal to the king. They can just take some food out and be able to live happily, so that the morale of the army will not change! If the people's wives and daughters offer them lustfulness, the soldiers guarding the city will not cause many troubles!"

Li Shouzhen was a little hesitant. He was not sympathetic to the suffering of the people, but he just didn't want to leave a bad reputation in history: "Master, otherwise we will release a group of elderly, weak, women and children, all of which are burdens that cannot be done. Anyway, they stayed in the city just wasted food and drinking water. It would be better to drive them all out. If Guo Wei gave alms, they would waste Guo Wei's food; if Guo Wei ignored it, it would damage Guo Wei's reputation!"

Although Zong Lun was a little moved, he still shook his head repeatedly, "King, if the elderly, weak, women and children are released, the young and strong in the city will be disloyal to the king. When the elderly, weak, women and children cry under the city, they will disrupt our morale!"

Seeing Li Shouzhen nodding, Zonglun cheered him up again and said, "Don't worry, you are destined to ascend the throne and become emperor. How can Guo Wei and others change it?! Now it's just that the time has not come, and it's a rampant little girl. When the time is ripe, even if you only have one-handed one's left, you can take advantage of the momentum and show your ambitions!"

Zonglun knew very well that once the city was broken, he would be executed as one of the behind-the-scenes players who persuaded Li Shouzhen to become king, and he would even be burned to death as a demon monk. So he tried his best to cheer Li Shouzhen up and encourage his confidence. Anyway, Shu Kingdom and Liao Kingdom would not watch the Han Dynasty quell the civil strife. Perhaps the situation will change in the future, and the salted fish will eventually turn over!

Just when Li Shouzhen's troops were trapped in Hezhong Prefecture, after Wang Jingchong sent his son Wang Derang to Houshu, Zhao Siwan also sent his son Zhao Huaiyi to Houshu for help.

Meng Chang knew that Wang Jingchong, Zhao Siwan and even Li Shouzhen were all in trouble. If Shu did not provide timely assistance, after the Han army pacified the three places to resist, Shu would no longer have any hope of being involved in Guanzhong. At this time, An Siqian used the excuse of shortage of food and Wanjue to send tens of thousands of hu of food and grass to An Siqian's troops, and urged An Siqian's troops to send troops immediately.

On June 28, An Siqian led his army to Sanguan, and sent the horse and scramble commander Gao Yanqi and the governor of Meizhou Shen Gui to attack the Andu Village established by Zhao Hui. The guard Yao Yuanfu failed in a hard battle and had to retreat. Zhao Hui immediately left some troops to monitor Wang Jingchong and led the main force to go south.

On June 30, An Siqian defeated Zhao Hui's troops who had come from afar at Jade Girl Pond. Zhao Hui suffered heavy losses and could only retreat to Baoji. An Siqian took the opportunity to lead his troops to enter Mobi.

On July 4, Han Baozhen, who was responsible for supporting An Siqian, advanced east with the Longzhou troops and encountered the Han army garrison troops in front of the gods. The two armies confronted each other. Although there was no decisive battle, there were constant small battles and were in a stalemate. The Han army garrison troops urgently asked Guo Congyi for help, and Guo Congyi hurriedly sent reinforcements. After Han Baozhen learned the news, he retreated to Gongchuanzhai.

On July 6, Zhao Siwan found that Guo Congyi's Beida Camp was empty and immediately sent troops to raid him and set him on fire! If Guo Congyi had not personally supervised the battle, Zhao Siwan almost took the opportunity to break through Guo Congyi's encirclement.

On July 9th, Guo Congyi and Zhao Hui jointly asked Guo Wei for help. Guo Wei thought for a moment and decisively led his army to reinforce.

On July 11, Guo Wei left Bai Wenke, Liu Ci, Wang Shenqi (at the time Du Yuhou) and others to station near Hezhong Prefecture. He personally led Wang Jun, Dong Zunhui, Shi Shouxin and others to set off and lead the main force to the west for reinforcements.

On the night of July 13, Guo Wei quietly divided his troops and led some troops to the west, and ordered Wang Jun to lead the main force to quietly return to Hezhong Prefecture.

Guo Wei said to Wang Jun: "Xiufeng, now Li Shouzhen is trapped in Hezhong Prefecture. If he does not break through in time and spends food and grass for a long time, he will definitely be captured alive by us. Now our army is evacuated, which is Li Shouzhen's only chance. He will mobilize the main force to launch a surprise attack on our army! However, because he is worried that our army has not gone far, I believe that Li Shouzhen will still launch a tentative attack in the past two days and will not send out the main force. I believe that in a few days, when the news that our troops appear near Jingzhao Prefecture comes out, Li Shouzhen will definitely attack with all his might. At that time, I hope you and General Bai will work hard to eliminate Li Shouzhen's last elite troops in one fell swoop!"

Wang Junsu replied: "Don't worry, as long as Li Shouzhen leads his troops to attack, it will be the day of his destruction! I will definitely work with General Bai to completely shatter Li Shouzhen's hope!"

Guo Wei nodded repeatedly, "I believe in Xiufeng's ability, and I feel relieved to entrust the army to you. When I go to Jingzhao Mansion, I will leave all the generals to you and only bring 5,000 people to reinforce. Guo Congyi was beaten to the dust by Zhao Siwan, and asked for reinforcements!"

Guo Wei deliberately belittled Guo Congyi in order to mention Wang Jun's fighting spirit. He knew that Wang Jun and Guo Congyi were incompatible. Since Guo Congyi did not win, Wang Jun would definitely do his best to humiliate Guo Congyi through his own victory!

Sure enough, as Guo Wei expected, Wang Jun saw Wang Jun's face flushed and saluted Guo Wei with fighting spirit, then stepped out of the tent and led his army to Hezhong Prefecture. In order to prevent Li Shouzhen from breaking through early, Wang Jun ordered Dong Zunhui to lead a thousand light infantry as vanguards and set off immediately.
Chapter completed!