Shouchun.
Zhong Tianzi's palace.
Yuan Shu was enjoying the singing and dancing in the palace with all the officials. They were drinking and making merry. It was called a drunken dream.
Just as he was half drunk and in a daze, a sentry came to report.
Yuan Shu quivered and woke up from his daze.
"Is there any news?"
"Quick, quick, quick, call them in!"
Yuan Shu's expression was excited as he hurriedly ordered.
The sentry quickly entered the hall. Before he knelt down, Yuan Shu stood up and hurriedly asked,"Are you going to kill General Cao and return with a great victory?”
"Quickly invite my Great General Le in. I want to give him a great reward.”
Yuan Shu was still immersed in the beautiful dream of victory.
The sentry cavalryman knelt down with a plop and said with a miserable expression,"Your Majesty, General Le went out of the city to pursue the Cao army. He chased for five to six miles and was about to show his might when he was stabbed to death by General Cao.”
"When our army was in chaos, Cao Chun led the Tiger Leopard Cavalry to attack from both sides.”
"Out of the twenty thousand elite cavalry, only two thousand managed to escape.”
What the hell!
Everyone was shocked!
Yuan Shu's face instantly turned pale, and he fell onto the jade bed. His face was dispirited, and he no longer had the high-spirited look from before.
"How could this be!"
Yuan Shu's face was full of worry.
With Le Jiu's defeat, he had lost another ten thousand cavalrymen. Adding on the ones he had lost earlier, he had lost a total of seventy to eighty thousand cavalrymen.
Even he felt the pain.
This many soldiers were his many years of savings!
Yuan Shu was like this, and the civil and military officials in the hall were even more unbearable.
Their hearts were uneasy and their expressions were anxious!
Many people already had the intention to surrender.
"Your Majesty!"
While Yuan Shu was panicking, Yan Xiang walked out again and cupped his hands,"Immediately close the city gates and defend the city.”
"We still have 110,000 to 120,000 soldiers. As long as we survive this period of time, when Cao Cao's army runs out of food, he will retreat and the crisis will be resolved!”
"Yes!"
"You're right. Men, quickly have the army lock the city gates and defend the city. Without my orders, no one is allowed to leave the city to fight.”
Yuan Shu quickly ordered.
They fought three times and lost all three times.
He had been beaten by Cao Cao and did not dare to face Cao Cao head-on.
Yuan Shu glanced at Yan Xiang, regretting that he had not listened to Yan Xiang's suggestion. Seeing that the situation was critical, he asked,"Sir, what should I do now?”
"Your Majesty should reward the three armies to boost morale.”
"In addition, strengthen the patrols in the city to prevent some people from betraying their master and joining forces with Cao Cao.”
Yan Xiang swept his cold gaze across the officials.
He was referring to these people in front of him.
Once the situation went wrong, he would definitely be the first to betray his lord!
Yuan Shu nodded,"I will listen to you."”
"Tell the quartermaster that all soldiers guarding the city will receive an additional 20% of their monthly salary.”
"The Imperial Guards patrol the city. Anyone who contacts Cao Cao will be killed without mercy! Exterminate the entire clan!"
Yuan Shu was also a bit ruthless.
As soon as the order was issued.
The hall fell silent. The officials immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look at Yuan Shu.
"If that's the case, Shouchun will be fine!" Yan Xiang said with a sigh of relief.
Just as they were talking.
Another scout rushed into the hall with a wooden box in his hand.
"Your Majesty."
"The Cao army outside the city said that they have a gift for Your Majesty and asked Your Majesty to personally send it.”
The scout knelt down and raised the wooden box.
"Then what is Cao Aman up to?”
Yuan Shu's face was full of doubt. He waved his hand and said," Let me see."”
The eunuch next to him walked down and placed the wooden box in front of Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu casually opened it.
Inside the wooden box, Le Jiu's head opened its eyes wide and died with grievances.
Yuan Shu was almost scared to death. He quivered and slapped the wooden box away.
Clang! Clang!
The head rolled a few times in the hall and landed at the feet of a civil official. That person was so scared that he retreated repeatedly.
The people beside him were the same.
Many people were so frightened that their legs trembled and they fell to the ground.
The hall was in chaos.
It was Yan Xiang who came out and ordered people to take away Le Jiu's head, which eased the panic in the hall.
A moment later.
Yuan Shucai came back to his senses and said with both hands on the desk,"Cao Aman, you are merely a eunuch's descendant, yet you dare to threaten me.”
"Damn it!"
Yuan Shu's expression was still unsettled. When Yan Xiang saw this, he felt a headache coming on.
His Majesty was confused.
If Your Majesty does this, the hearts of the people of Shouchun will be in chaos.
What should he do?
While Yan Xiang was in a dilemma, another scout ran in, holding a piece of silk cloth with both hands and said in fear,"Your Majesty, the Cao army shot in countless pieces of silk. There seemed to be words on them. We didn't dare to look at them, so we specially took them and handed them to Your Majesty.”
Yuan Shu was still in a fit of anger, and he knew that this was something that Cao Cao was trying to stir up. He immediately said angrily,"Don't show it to me."
"Take it out and burn it. Burn it all.”
"Anyone in the city who dares to read this letter will be killed without mercy!!!”
"Yes."
The scout retreated.
However, Yuan Shu's anger had not subsided. He coldly looked at the officials below who had no image to speak of.
The civil and military officials lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
"Trash, you're all a bunch of trash!"
Yuan Shu cursed.
With a flick of his sleeve, he turned around and walked out of the palace, heading towards the backyard.
Yan Xiang let out a long sigh and left with them.
All the officials in the court looked at each other with strange expressions. Many of them had strange thoughts in their hearts.
Whether they lived or died, it was all up to them now.
After all, Cao Cao was a ruthless person. If he broke into the city, how many people would survive?
Many people shuddered at the thought of Xu Prefecture back then.
"It's not that I betrayed the Lord, but that the mediocre Lord has harmed the country and the people.”
"For the sake of the people of Yangzhou, we should join Cao Cao!”
Many people secretly found a high-sounding reason for themselves.
Then, he returned home with light footsteps and went to find another way out.
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