According to Lu Mian's orders, the elderly, young children, and weak men and women all became abandoned.

They were sent out of the city in groups to take shelter from the city on the grounds of being transferred out of the city to take shelter in a safe place and separated from their families.

Life and death are not enough to describe this miserable situation. Some people want to stop it, but they are very powerless. They are quite powerless in the face of steel knives and crossbows.

They have never had the freedom to choose, and the best ending is to become tool people. Whether under Guo Peng or under the jurisdiction of other warlords, they are the same tool people, without the sense of autonomy, and without the ability to have the sense of autonomy.

I can't read, have no future, don't understand what the future is, and only know how to eat, farm, pay taxes and rebellion. This is the hard-working masses of this era.

After Lu Mian sturdyly cleared these people, Shouchun City was turned into a complete war fortress by Lu Mian.

Lu Mian has done his best to do everything he can and implemented his loyalty to Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu is still in a coma, what Lu Mian does is indeed speechless.

After Yuan Shu returned from the battlefield, he was in a coma for a long time. During this period, he woke up by chance two or three times. Before Lu Mian arrived, he fell into a coma again. Now he is nearly ten days old and still has no awakening.

Queen Feng was always by Yuan Shu's side, while other nobles hid in the palace all day and were trembling and panicked all day long.

I just experienced the honor of becoming an emperor for only a few months, and it took less than half a year. Everything seemed like a mirror, water and moon, like a dream. Before I could reach full prosperity, I was facing destruction. These emperor women were facing death before they could enjoy it.

No one can stand it if it is changed.

The only person in charge of the palace is the Crown Prince Yuan Yao.

But Yuan Yao is not a talent, but a soft boy, with no opinion at all. He was panicked when things were about to come. He had no idea how to deal with a powerful enemy, so he could only rely on Lu Mian.

Lu Mian took Yuan Yao everywhere, comforting the people as Prince Yuan Yao, giving some comfort to the defenders in the city, and consolidating the city defense.

On the tenth day of December, Yuan Shu finally recovered from his sobriety.

Under the multiple blows of sadness, heartache and impatience, Yuan Shu's hair turned much whiter during this period of coma. His originally shiny hair turned gray and fell a lot. Yuan Shu suddenly became a member of the army of hair loss.

But he woke up, and as long as he woke up, it would be a good thing.

For the Chen Empire, who was in turmoil, as long as Emperor Yuan Shu was still alive, the symbol of this country would still be there.

Yuan Shu's soberness brought a glimmer of hope to many people, but also brought a stronger despair to more people.

Why don't you die?

If you die, the Chen Empire will be over, and we can escape in the chaos!

But why don't you die?

Do you have to take us to die together?!

Yuan Shu couldn't hear the heartfelt cry of despair from these people. He woke up, recovered from his sanity, and then asked about what had happened during this period.

Yuan Shu was very moved to learn from Feng and Yuan Yao what Lu Mian did. He asked Lu Mian in person and expressed his gratitude to him.

"It's all because of Lu Qing's contribution to my family. Lu Qing's contribution is memorable."

As he said that, Yuan Shu's face turned red and he gritted his teeth.

"I hate that Guo Zifeng, who was originally just a vicious dog raised by orphans, dared to bite back and attack orphans! With such great favor from Yuan's family, he didn't want to repay him and even wanted to attack orphans! There is no more shameless traitor in the world than Guo Zifeng!"

Yuan Shu took a deep breath, took Lu Mian's hand and said, "Lu Qing must work hard, and he must not let Guo Thief succeed! He must guard Shouchun! He must!"

Lu Mian immediately said: "The weather is very cold now, and there are many Guo thieves going south, and the logistics pressure is extremely high. Our army will die to protect Shouchun. I am confident that I will hold on to Shouchun for three months, so Guo Zifeng will definitely not be able to withdrew and leave. As long as Guo Zifeng withdraws and leaves, things will turn around."

Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he heard this, and praised Lu Mian repeatedly, while Shaoqing looked sad again.

"I hate that I didn't listen to Lu Qing's opinion as soon as possible. If Gu listened as soon as possible, why would I be today? If Gu can hold on to Shouchun with a large army, how could Guo Thief be so arrogant in front of Gu? It's all Gu's fault, all Gu's fault!"

When Lu Mian heard that Yuan Shu finally admitted his mistake, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

This mood is very complicated.

I only wake up when the disaster is coming, and only admit my mistake when the death is coming. Isn’t it a little late?

Lu Mian didn't know that he only knew that he had to do what he should do.

Yuan Shu fell ill due to great stimulation, his physical fitness plummeted, he was very weak and could not wake up for a long time.

The imperial doctor asked Yuan Shu to rest more, eat more nourishing foods, and slowly take care of his body. Only in this way can he have the possibility of getting better. He must not be greatly stimulated or get angry.

So Yuan Shu had to retreat to the second line and handed over the front line to Lu Mian and his son Yuan Yao.

"My son needs to obey General Lu and don't take his own words, do you understand?"

In order to show his greatest trust in Lu Mian, Yuan Shu told Yuan Yao in front of him that he would do what Lu Mian said, which was to give Lu Mian the greatest trust and support. Lu Mian expressed his gratitude and said that he would definitely give everything for Yuan Shu.

So with the support of Yuan Shu, Lu Mian was in full power, and Lu Mian had the final say in everything in Shouchun.

On the same day when Yuan Shu woke up, on the tenth day of December, Xiahou Yuan sent someone to survey the Huai River waterway and then began to build a floating bridge.

The Chen army soldiers on the south bank of the Huai River, led by former general Qiao Rui, tried to stop them, fired arrows and blocked the construction of the pontoon bridge. They also sent people to drive ships to try to attack the pontoon bridge, but were bombarded by Xiahou Yuan, and bombarded them away, ensuring the safety of the army that built the pontoon bridge.

On December 12th, Xiahou Yuan overcomes all difficulties and leads his army to build three floating bridges successfully. It is difficult for Chen soldiers who are trying to stop the south bank of the Huai River.

Facing the vanguard army of Xiahou Yuan who was the first to cross the river, the Chen army defenders led by Qiao Rui were directly defeated, and the Huaihe River defense line was lost without much persistence. Xiahou Yuan killed the generals and seized the flag, ensuring the safety of the landing.

On December 14th, Guo Peng ordered the army to follow the steps of Xiahou Yuan's vanguard army and start crossing the river and heading towards Shouchun City.

There was no more obstacle on the southern bank of the Huai River to stop Guo Peng's army from crossing the river, and the countdown of the Chen Empire began to count down.

Lu Mian was a little surprised when he learned that Guo Peng's army was easily crossing the river, but he was not completely surprised, because he did not use many troops to defend the Huaihe River defense line at all. He knew that he could not defend it, so he just sent someone to interfere.

The real line of defense is Shouchun City.

After being heightened and reinforced, Shouchun City is very strong and can be called a war fortress. This is Yuan Shu's last stronghold.

The defenders had 40,000, and the food was relatively sufficient, so it was definitely not something Guo Peng could easily capture.

Lu Mian believed that even if Guo Peng had the trencher to make a big killer, it would never be possible to easily climb such a high city wall.

The advantage of being condescending is that it is definitely not something that can be reversed by just one device.

Therefore, Lu Mian continuously reduced his troops and defense lines, and finally gave up all defense lines outside the defense system of Shouchun City, and relied on the tall and strong Shouchun City to resist Guo Peng's attack.

The vanguard general Xiahou Yuan led his army to attack the city of Shouchun and was a little surprised to see the tall Shouchun city walls and very dense defense facilities.

He didn't expect that Shouchun would make so much preparation in a very short time.
Chapter completed!