Chapter 945: Battle of Shouchun (11)

After hearing this, Yuan Shu wiped away his dejection, sat up straight and asked, "Yan Aiqing, please tell me how to improve morale?"

"I ask your Majesty to come to the city in person tomorrow to motivate the soldiers. At the same time, he will reward the three armies greatly and give each soldier two months' salary. He will also tell the soldiers that after they defend the city, there will be another reward to encourage the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely!" Yan Xiang's face was straightened and his tone was firm. 's request;

He knew that his lord was kind to the scholars and courteous to the virtuous corporals, but he was too contemptuous of ordinary soldiers. However, the current situation no longer allowed him to take ordinary soldiers seriously, so he made some serious requests.

Upon hearing this, everyone in Ji Ling hurriedly requested in unison: "Master Yan's words are reasonable. Please also ask Your Majesty to come to the city in person and reward the three armies!"

At this time, Yuan Shu also knew that his dynasty was at its last moment. After thinking for a while, he said: "I agree. I will personally go to the city tomorrow to reward the three armies!"

"My Holy Emperor!" Everyone was overjoyed and praised together;

Sure enough, early the next morning, Yuan Shu, escorted by Shu Shao and other cronies and thousands of imperial guards, personally climbed onto the east wall of Shouchun and personally announced to the soldiers that he would reward the three armies with a big reward, with each soldier receiving two months. Pay and silver, and also announced that after repelling the army of princes, there will be another reward.

Immediately after Yuan Shu made the announcement, the Royal Forest Army carried boxes of coins and distributed them to various ministries on the spot. Yuan Shu's soldiers cheered like thunder, and everyone shouted long live, and the morale of the army was high.

What happened in the east city was quickly spread to the other walls and military camps in the city by Ji Ling's soldiers. All the soldiers in the city immediately joined in the cheers, and the whole Shouchun City was filled with thunderous shouts. The three princes outside the city who were preparing to attack all looked at each other and postponed their morning attack.

In Guo Jia's words, the enemy's front is in full swing, which is just enough for the army to rest for a day and attack again tomorrow to avoid the front's danger. As for Yuan Shu's act of rewarding the three armies, in Guo Jia's opinion, it is not worth mentioning. As a master of player conspiracy, Yuan Shu's reward is actually not difficult to decipher.

After thinking about it for a moment, Guo Jia immediately ordered Shi A to send orders to the shadow guards in the city, regardless of their identity being exposed, and spread rumors in the city, saying that the reason why Yuan Shu wanted to reward the three armies at this time was because he knew that Shouchun City was very powerful. It was almost impossible to defend, so he wanted the city defenders to hold back the besieging three armies of princes, while he himself wanted to break out of the encirclement with the jade seal wealth under the protection of the imperial guards, and go to Fuling to meet the prince. Ten thousand armies gathered together.

In fact, Huangfu Chaobo has a better way to capture Shouchun City, and that is another trump card in his hand: the five thousand digging army. At the beginning, the Dizi Army had a small test of its skills in the battle of Puyang City, but it was not exposed because the city had been occupied by the Anton Army for a period of time. Cao Cao thought afterwards that it was a tunnel that Zhao Yun had left beforehand.

The reason why the Dizi Army was not used is for two purposes. One is to train troops. It is imminent to complete the training of the Yuzhou war barracks. If you want to give Cao Cao's army a fatal blow in next year's war, several war barracks in Yuzhou The combat power must be raised, otherwise it will become a joke.

The second is that the Dizi Army is Huangfu Chaobo's trump card, and he will not expose it to the world unless he has to. There are three armies of princes besieging Shouchun City, so why should he bother to do so.

Similar to the reaction of Anton's army, the other two princes also canceled their siege for the day. No one was a fool to touch this hard rock when the morale of Yuan Shu's army was at its highest. Not only that, Sima Yi also came up with a plan to use this incident to spread rumors in the city.

Therefore, with the efforts of the two princes, in less than a day, news spread throughout Shouchun City that Yuan Shu would abandon the city and flee. The morale that Yuan Shu had finally built up by spending a lot of money was rapidly declining at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The sudden change made Yuan Shu and others stunned and speechless for a long time. The morale that he had worked hard to improve with money and food was suddenly wiped out in less than a day.

At this time, Emperor Yuan Shu suddenly exploded.

"Is this the strategy you mentioned to defeat the enemy? I spent a lot of my property in exchange for the princes' army not attacking the city for a day? Not only did the morale of the soldiers not improve, but it became even lower, ah? Who can answer me? "I, who will tell me how to deal with it?"

"I deserve death for my crime!"

"The crime deserves ten thousand deaths. Can ten thousand deaths be exchanged for the rebels outside the city to retreat? If possible, I don't want you to wait ten thousand deaths. I only need you to wait to die once."

"General, come and tell me, how should we respond next?"

"Reporting to your majesty, Shouchun is no longer defended. The prince is still in Fuling. According to previous news, Sun Ce's army has not yet captured Fuling and Quanjiao. Therefore, your majesty, please make preparations in advance. I will risk my life to escort your majesty to Fu. Ling, make plans after meeting the prince." Ji Ling said;

"No, never, I am the emperor of the Zhong Dynasty, how can I be driven out of my capital like a lost dog? I will never?"

"What is Cao Ah'an? He is just a nunnery person. What is Huangfu Chaobo? He is just a bastard recognized by Huangfu Song for the Huangfu family. What is Sun Ce? He is just a small official in a county. How can such a person be compared? I am the legitimate son of the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince."

At this time, Yuan Shu was almost crazy, roaring and cursing in a hissing manner, using the long sword in his hand to chop at the objects in the hall that he could move, except of course people.

After a long time, Yuan Shu calmed down a little, and then he collapsed on the throne like a deflated rubber ball, speechless for a long time. He was also a battle-hardened man, so he didn't know that his Zhong dynasty was at the end of its rope, but he was really unwilling to know why it fell so quickly.

Seeing that His Majesty had finally calmed down, everyone in the palace relaxed their worries a little. Several people winked at Ji Ling. Seeing this, Ji Ling gently stepped forward and shouted carefully: "Your Majesty... "

Yuan Shu raised a hand and waved it weakly: "You all, please step aside and let me be quiet!"

Ji Ling was about to speak again to persuade, but he saw Yuan Shu raising his head and glaring at him. In desperation, he had no choice but to bow and salute with everyone, and then slowly exited the hall.

After everyone retreated, all the eunuchs and maids in the entire hall were also pushed back by Yuan Shu. Only Yuan Shu was left in the empty hall, sitting there quietly, with empty eyes and a dull mouth. He was muttering something softly.