After this battle, Guo Peng planned to train troops on the south bank of the Huai River with Shouchun as the center, train an army familiar with the warm and humid climate of Huainan and familiar with the water nature, and prepare for the future battle across the Yangtze River to fight in Jiangnan.

For now, Guo Peng does not intend to cross the river to fight.

It is true that there is no preparation or plan. He has more important things to do, but preparation is still necessary.

Yuan Shu is no longer an obstacle. Yuan Shu is already a dead bone in the tomb waiting for death.

Guo Peng must start to consider what happened after Yuan Shu's death and how to plan every step.

Every step must be taken well, no matter what, if you don’t walk well, you may lose everything.

I don’t know if the previous planning and layout has started to work, but if Guo Peng doesn’t believe it, he will not be able to play a role if he doesn’t believe it.

In any case, you cannot panic or be confused at this time, and you must stay steady.

Lu Mian's thoughts are the same as Guo Peng. The more dangerous the moment, the more we cannot panic, be confused, and keep it steady.

As a general and Optimus Prime, Lu Mian's actions are even more important for the Chen Empire in the midst of storms.

In order to calm the hearts of the people, he invited the Crown Prince Yuan Yao to supervise the country. He exercised power on behalf of Yuan Shu before he woke up. With his help, he issued a number of decrees to stabilize Shouchun City in the chaos.

Then Lu Mian sent troops to announce an edict from all sides, saying that a small defeat would not shake the foundation of the country and to stabilize the hearts of the people.

Although everyone knows that Yuan Shu has lost all his capital, he still has to stabilize it on the surface. Now that he has messed up Shouchun, everyone is going to be finished.

Especially the officials who accepted the official position of Chen State were all equivalent to betraying the Han Empire, and everyone was a political stain on walking.

They were greedy for high power and thought that Yuan Shu could really succeed with such an arrogant look. Who would have thought that Yuan Shu was a rather unused embroidered pillow!

The defeat of the 100,000 troops was simply defeated and was defeated in one battle. With less than 10,000 people fled back one after another. If it weren't for the efforts of General Lu Mian, he would have been in chaos in Shouchun City and the Chen Empire would have died on his own initiative.

Yuan Shu seems to be a real squatter.

Seeing that Shouchun City could not be preserved, the Yuan Empire was about to be destroyed in a flash, and everyone had to consider their lives and future.

As a result, Lu Mian seemed to have seen through what some people thought and recruited private soldiers from major families in the city to join the army in advance to "protect the country" so that they did not even have a handful of people.

Facing the strong Lu Mian, although they hated him, they were helpless and in a very difficult situation.

Lu Mian has the army and the force. If they want to resist, if they are dissatisfied with Lu Mian and express it, they will be completely attacked by Lu Mian and taken down on the charge of "rebellion" and imprisoned. I don't know if they can survive until after the war.

After some suppression, no one dared to oppose the wartime policy implemented by Lu Mian, and no one had any favors towards Lu Mian.

In fact, there are many close friends around Lu Mian who are very worried about the current situation and are not optimistic about Lu Mian's choice, thinking that Lu Mian's choice is problematic.

For the Chen Empire, which was about to collapse at the storm, Lu Mian still had to do such a thing. Isn’t this seeking death?

"Duke Lu, the situation has reached such a situation. A hundred thousand troops are destroyed. Guo Zifeng's army is on the verge of Huaihe River. As long as you cross the river, there is no danger to defend in the north of Shouchun City. Guo Zifeng's army is driving straight into the future without any obstacles. Why don't Lu think about it for himself?"

A close friend advised Lu Mian like this.

Lu Mian shook his head.

"Your Majesty treats me as much as a mountain, and I will never do such a thing as betray Your Majesty."

"But in the current situation, Mr. Lu doesn't consider himself, but also for his family. The strength of the two armies is very different. Once Shouchun falls, Guo Zifeng will definitely liquidate us. Han Chen will not let us wait. Don't Mr. Lu consider it?"

Lu Mian frowned.

"My family enjoyed the kindness I received, and they were also deeply grateful to His Majesty. They died for His Majesty, and there was nothing to say."

"Duke Lu! Think twice! The last moment has not arrived yet. If you raise the city and give surrender, you will atone for your sins in time and be an example, you will not lose the courtesy of being a marquis and generals. What else is there to be doubtful about Duke Lu?"

The confidant still refused to give up and continued to persuade him.

"I have decided, and there is no need to persuade you anymore. If you want to leave, you will walk by yourself. I will not leave Shouchun. I will guard Your Majesty until the last moment."

Lu Mian left with her sleeves.

The confidant looked sad, shook his head repeatedly, and sighed.

"Why? Why?"

Lu Mian has no choice but to do anything, but the other people's ideas will not be eliminated.

They will also consider a future for themselves.

So a group of court officials gathered together to discuss, thinking that the Secretary of State Order Han Yin would come forward to find Lu Mian, and to make him move him with reason and affection. It was his own business that he wanted to die, so he should not let Lu Mian drag everyone to death.

If the city is finally captured by Guo Zifeng, Guo Zifeng will definitely launch a political liquidation. Maybe it will even massacre the city. By then, everyone will be a political stain on their way and will definitely not be able to escape.

Han Yin knew what these people were thinking clearly, and sighed, and he shook his head.

"You don't understand Lu Mian's loyalty to His Majesty. Lu Mian will never surrender or betray His Majesty. Even if I come forward, it will be the same."

Han Yin continued to review the memorials that were no longer effective and continued to perform his duties.

"But Han Lingjun, we are all with our family, and life and death do not matter if we have to pay a whole family for it. It is too difficult for us to live alone. We are not willing to cherish our lives. But once Guo Zifeng's army enters the city, how can our family members be protected!"

An official kneeled on the ground with red eyes and cried.

Another official also knelt on the ground and cried.

"Han Lingjun, you also have family members. Would you like to watch your family be killed by Guo Zifeng together?"

Han Yin continued to shake his head.

"When you accept the official positions of the new dynasty, you should have thought that there will be today. Since you are greedy for high officials and generous salaries, you are now trying to escape unstoppable. Where is such an easy thing in the world? We must be responsible for our choices."

Han Yin stood up, helped two officials kneeling on the ground and cried bitterly, and slowly said, "It's time to come, what's the use of crying bitterly? Isn't Guo Zifeng calling? The Huaihe River defense line is still in operation. As cold and cold land is frozen today, it's unknown if Guo Zifeng retreats his troops if the food and supplies are not enough. It's too early to give up now."

Such statements do not comfort this group of frightened officials.

"Han Lingjun, a hundred thousand army! One hundred thousand! In order to gather the 100 thousand army, the surrounding households were swept away. The eleven or twelve-year-old boy and the old man in his fifties were dragged to the battlefield. The households in Jiujiang in Shouchun were all lost. In this way, our dynasty had already lost all the hearts of the people. Even if Guo Zifeng retreated, can our dynasty still maintain it?"

An official asked Han Yin with red eyes.

Han Yin was stunned, Shaoqing lowered his head in pain.

"I understand what you said, and I know everything. However, being a minister can eat people's salary and cannot share people's worries. It is a dereliction of duty, and you will betray it when you are about to come, and you will have no integrity. If you lose these, how can we stand between heaven and earth? Don't you understand?"

A group of officials couldn't speak at all.

Then there was another cry.

The atmosphere in Shouchun City was so bad and miserable that if there weren’t food to be stored to deal with, the order in the city would have collapsed long ago.
Chapter completed!