1. Guo Si, known as Guo Duo, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord serving under the warlord Dong Zhuo during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
17 Facts About Guo Si
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Guo Si later became one of the de facto regents of Emperor Xian, wherein they occupied the capital and held the emperor and imperial officials hostage.
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Guo Si was eventually betrayed and murdered by one of his subordinates.
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At the start of the war with the eastern warlords, Guo Si was sent to assist Niu Fu to improve the defences of Mei County.
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Guo Si was defeated after being pierced by Lu Bu's spear.
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Guo Si poisoned the gifts of food that Li Jue had given to them and convinced her husband that he should not be so trusting of Li Jue.
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Later, Guo Si became very drunk at another one of Li Jue's banquets and suddenly convinced himself that he was poisoned.
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Guo Si ingested liquid feces to force himself to vomit, which greatly offended Li Jue and drove the two leaders to battle.
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The situation ended up with Li Jue kidnapping Emperor Xian and Guo Si kidnapping the emperor's ministers.
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Yang Feng, along with Dong Cheng, Yang Ding and Xu Huang, defeated Guo Si, who had led his troops in pursuit of the emperor.
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Guo Si returned to Li Jue to make a last-ditch effort to recapture Emperor Xian.
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Li Jue and Guo Si gained initial success by defeating Yang Ding, but were driven back by Yang Feng and Dong Cheng.
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Since then, Guo Si returned to Mei County and never took further action to retrieve the emperor, while Li Jue occupied Chang'an.
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Cao Cao became the next hegemonist to seize control of Emperor Xian as Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si had done before him.
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The power of Li Jue and Guo Si had greatly diminished resulting from previous infighting and the loss of Emperor Xian.
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Guo Si was eventually slain by his subordinate Wu Xi, who led his remnants to join Li Jue in 197.