Even though he was desolate in his heart, even if the situation in the Chen Empire had collapsed to an irreversible level, Yuan Shu could not speak disheartened words.

He has the last persistence, and he must have the last persistence.

"Although Guo thieves have a 100,000 army, the food and fodder they need will be very huge. The weather is cold and the ground is frozen. Can Guo thieves continue to persevere? Can Guo thieves still persist until they get warmer? The logistics of 100,000 people will definitely drag down Guo thieves, and our army only needs to hold on for three months and will surely win!"

Yuan Shu raised his wine glass: "The situation is critical at the moment, but there are three generals Lu, Ji and Qiao who guard Shouchun for the sake of the lonely guards and guards the capital of the emperor. With the tall and deep walls of Shouchun, even if Guo thieves have a million soldiers, they will never be able to break Shouchun!

You guys, when the situation is critical, you can see who is truly useful to the world and what you have done. Gu believes that the three generals and you will be the most useful talents in my State of Chen. You can do everything that I hope! Come! Drink this cup full of money!"

When Guo Peng outside the city led a army to celebrate the New Year, Yuan Shu also raised his wine glass and expressed his expectations to the loyal ministers and generals with different thoughts.

And expect them to respond to their expectations.

Is this possible?

Maybe...

Of course, this is destined to be a luxury.

The Chen Empire, less than half a year after its founding, ushered in its last moment. At the last moment, these former loyal ministers and righteous men began their own plans. Although there were not many people who were willing to die for Yuan Shu, they must be a minority compared with those who were unwilling to die.

Yuan Shu hopes that everyone can die for himself, perhaps it is just a beautiful fantasy.

Shouchun City cannot stop Guo Peng's pace, nor can it stop the arrival of the new era.

On January 1, the third year of Xingping, the soldiers of Guo’s army, who had celebrated all night, were allowed to rest, and many people covered their heads and slept hard, nourishing their energy.

On January 2, the third year of Xingping, the soldiers of Guo's soldiers, who had been full of food and drink for several days, started to attack the city again.

This time, they were more fierce, more morale and more vigorous, and in all senses they thought they were as fierce, decisive and extremely sharp as they were on the battlefield.

In contrast, the weak and powerless Chen army defenders. The Chen army soldiers were only treated as hot food. Compared to the dry food that had been eaten before, they could at least eat hot food and warm their bodies.

In just a while, I couldn't eat enough, I couldn't starve to death, and I was weak all over.

But we still have to do our best to use the city-defense equipment to fight against the fierce siege troops.

Fortunately, the Shouchun city wall is tall and deep, which is the only advantage for them. If they break away from this advantage, they will be defeated instantly and the Chen Empire will be destroyed instantly.

A city wall is the biggest and last reliance.

Lu Mian tried his best to maintain the defense of the city wall, and to this end, almost all the materials available in the city were used to defend the city. The private military department confiscated it and even used the gates of each household to resist the arrows.

Not only that, but also to demolish the house.

Including ordinary families, even the extra houses of wealthy families must be demolished. As long as the houses that are not used to sleep and live in people, they must be demolished in a state of emergency. Then all the stones and woods obtained must be transported to the city walls for use as weapons to defend the city.

In short, relying on the power in his hands and the trust of Yuan Shu, Lu Mian regarded the entire Shouchun City as a weapon to defend the city.

Everything in the city, except for the palace, is available.

In order to set an example, he was the first to demolish his house, leaving only three for sleeping, and the rest were demolished without leaving any. The stone and wood were transported to the city wall to defend the city.

After Yuan Shu learned about it, he praised Lu Mian and rewarded Lu Mian with countless gold and silver. Lu Mian asked Yuan Shu to reward the soldiers with the money to boost morale.

Yuan Shu didn't object this time and did as he did, so the soldiers received a little encouragement and gained some morale.

Lu Mian made Yuan Shu happy and boosted the morale of the soldiers, but did not take the officials whose houses were demolished and suffered great losses seriously, treat them like the common people, and try their best to take them without mercy.

Li Shu was used to it and didn't know how to resist, so he could only accept Lu Mian's behavior numbly.

However, the other powerful and scholars were originally exploiters, but now they have suddenly become exploited people. They hated Lu Mian so much that they hated Yuan Shu.

How could they, the original exploiters, have to bear the cruel exploitation of a city, be able to withstand it?

So this group of people who didn't want to support Yuan Shu had a strange intention and hoped that Guo Peng would come in quickly to liberate them all day long.

But Lu Mian dispatched troops and generals to deal with it properly. Guo Peng's siege was not fast enough to satisfy these fellow villagers who were eager to eat pots of rice to welcome the king's army. When they were anxious, they gradually had new ideas.

Lu Mian is Optimus Prime in Shouchun City and Yuan Shu’s biggest and most important supporter. As long as Lu Mian is not able to hold on to Shouchun City?

So under the secret call of some people with intention, a group of people with intention gathered together and started secret negotiations.

There were officials of the pseudo-Chen Empire, ordinary powerful households, and scholars. They put aside their past grudges and gathered together for a common goal.

"How about we do it simply and send someone to assassinate Lu Mian, how about it?"

Everyone worked together and expressed their opinions. In the end, someone put forward such a suggestion.

A group of people with hearts look at me, and I look at you, and no one has expressed his opinion on this.

Then the most respected old men from the old men looked at each other, and were silent for a while, and slowly shook their heads for the leader.

"Nothing else, Lu Mian himself is a military general, and the assassination is extremely difficult. It's okay to succeed. Once he fails, Lu Mian will be furious, and Yuan Gaolu will be furious. They will inevitably lead the whole city. At present, we have no strength to protect ourselves. Once they are discovered, we will die without a place to bury. It's inappropriate, inappropriate."

Everyone thought the old man was justified, so the assassination plan was rejected.

"What should I do? Are you just waiting for death? What else would Lu Mian do with that man? No one knows when he wants our private army, our money, and our house. Next, it may be our life!"

The middle-aged man who proposed the assassination plan looked depressed.

The old man still shook his head.

"Even so, we cannot kill it. Unless you can guarantee success, the assassination is to die. We must pay attention to methods and methods in doing things. Otherwise, what is the difference between us and Yuan Gaolu? And not to mention anything else, at present, we are all Chen's Shunmin and Han's rebellion. If we don't do anything and clear our stigma, Guo Zifeng will not let us go."

This was pertinent, and everyone nodded repeatedly, thinking that the old man was right and wanted to ask for a specific way to clear the crime. The old man pondered for a moment and looked at the officials in the Yuan Shu court around him.

"You should make use of your position to make use of your convenience."

The old man narrowed his eyes: "Yuan Gonglu handed over the power to Lu Mian. Is he really relieved? The more dangerous the moment, the more suspicious he is. This is the normal thing. Yuan Gonglu now relies on Lu Mian to guard the city. If Lu Mian had a strange intention and wanted to open the city gate, wouldn't Yuan Gonglu have no place to die without a burial?"

The old man said and laughed nervously.

A group of officials looked at me and I looked at you, and they seemed to understand what the old man meant.

So they smiled together, and they understood what the old man meant.

Lu Mian became Yuan Shu's Optimus Prime, but did Yuan Shu really trust Lu Mian? Do you have no doubt at all?
Chapter completed!