Since it is fake.
That would of course lead him to send troops.
Chen Fuping was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, his face full of anxiety. He knew it was a trick, but there was no way to break it.
Rumors are spreading everywhere, and news is flying everywhere.
There will definitely be turmoil in the army, and over time, it will be defeated without a fight.
If we send troops, we will be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, and we will definitely lose.
To the left and right is death, to the left and right is death.
For a moment, Chen Fuping felt desperate and planned to give up. But soon he cheered up.
"Huh!!" He exhaled the turbid air in his chest, raised his head and said to the soldiers: "Go and invite all the generals to the lobby."
"Yes." The soldier responded, bent down and turned around.
Chen Fuping rolled up his sleeves, strode out of the study, and first went to the lobby to sit down. Soon after, the generals arrived one after another and took their seats after receiving the ceremony.
When everyone arrived, Chen Fuping explained the matter in a deep voice.
"Han soldiers actually burned, killed and looted in Nanyang?" A general's eyes immediately turned red and he stood up suddenly.
The human heart is made of flesh.
They are all fellow Nanyang people.
"I can guarantee that this is false. This is a rumor. A rumor deliberately spread by the Han army. In order to make us and the soldiers believe it, it led me to send troops."
Chen Fuping waved his hand at him, and then said in a deep voice: "You all go back immediately to appease the soldiers. Tell the soldiers that this is a lie."
"This is false."
"This is false."
"Let the soldiers not mess up their positions and maintain their morale."
"False?!!!" The generals were stunned, then they frowned and started talking among themselves.
"It's really possible. The Han army has strict military discipline. Wu Nian is known as the master of benevolence and righteousness, and he never harms the people. His generals don't dare to burn, kill, and loot."
"Yes. I think Wu Nian was shouting slogans back then. Expelling the Tartars, liberating Liaodong. Uniting the Han people in Liaodong, and that's how we got to the current situation."
"And that sentence, the descendants of Yan and Huang, the descendants of the emperor. If his soldiers burn, kill and loot, wouldn't they use their own crutches to beat their own legs?"
"This is a tactic."
"But we know that this is a trick, but it's not easy to crack. We can go and pacify the soldiers, but can the soldiers be pacified? You know, many family members, friends, and relatives are outside the city."
"yes."
Chen Fuping got tired of hearing this and reached out to slap the coffee table.
"Bang bang bang!!"
The generals immediately stopped talking and turned to look at Chen Fuping.
"I know everything you said. But now there is no other way except to appease the soldiers. You go back immediately."
Chen Fuping took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
"yes."
Many generals opened their mouths, but in the end nothing came out. They stood up neatly, bent down and answered, then turned and left.
Chen Fuping asked his soldiers to make a cup of tea. He drank the tea and forced himself to calm down. He thought about countermeasures, but he had no clue.
He couldn't sit still anymore, so he left the lobby and returned to the study to sit down. Unable to sit still, he stood up and pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, muttering to himself: "I'm afraid I will have to make a choice soon."
"He committed suicide in the city."
"Or will you lead your troops into a moth and die in the army?"
Some people are right, soldiers cannot be comforted just by trying to comfort them.
afternoon.
Near the east gate of the city, in the military camp. Soldiers without missions gathered together in twos and threes, chatting quietly.
Many people's faces showed hatred, and many others were filled with anxiety.
After a while, an officer named Li You was elected. Li You walked outside General Cao Gou's tent, bent down and said a few words to his soldiers, and was led into the tent.
"What's the matter?" Cao Gou put down the military book in his hand, raised his head and asked.
"General. Now the Han army is burning, killing and looting outside the city. The people in the army are furious. They all say they will go out of the city and fight to the death with the Han army."
Li You knelt down on both legs and kowtowed.
Cao Gou frowned, then relaxed his brows. He stood up from his seat with a smile, bent down to help Li You up, and said, "The Han army has always had strict military discipline. Zhang Jin set off to plunder for no reason, and there are many doubts about it." "
"This must be Zhang Jin's trick to trick us into leaving the city to fight with him. Wait a minute, I will summon the soldiers and comfort them myself."
Li You shook his head and said solemnly: "General. I also think there is something wrong with the Han army's burning, killing and looting."
"But the soldiers don't believe it. I'm afraid that over time, the soldiers will mutiny."
Cao Gou was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "No."
Cao Gou was very patient and spoke a lot to Li You in a very amiable manner. Not long after, he ordered his troops again and personally comforted the soldiers.
But the effect is so-so.
He said it was false that the Han army burned, killed and looted.
But many people from outside the city came to Nanyang to complain. The soldiers saw it with their own eyes. Some soldiers even received news that their entire family was dead.
Gradually.
Nanyang City is like a powder keg that may explode at any time.
General's Mansion, Houyanei.
On the promenade. Chen Fuping and his wife Liu sit on the beauty's back together. The couple was silent for a long time, and Chen Fuping sighed: "Madam, I am not going to die soon."
Ms. Liu felt like her heart was being cut by a knife, but she resisted the urge to shed tears. She said: "Husband, no matter what you do, I will support you."
"I died happily, but I suffered a lot from you." Chen Fuping sighed again and reached out to grab Mrs. Liu's hands.
The hands were rough, but he didn't dislike them at all.
"Husband, don't worry. I heard that the Han army is benevolent and will not do anything to us orphans and widowed mothers."
"I will support my mother-in-law for the rest of my life and raise my children."
Mrs. Liu bit her lip lightly and said.
"Okay." Chen Fuping nodded lightly, then put his arms around his wife, feeling very attached to her. After a long time, he felt cruel, pushed Mrs. Liu away, and strode away.
"Come here. Prepare military supplies and send troops tomorrow to fight the Han army to the death."
Chen Fuping yelled.
Following Chen Fuping's order, the hearts of the soldiers in the city calmed down.
Now most of the soldiers of the Chu army are very hostile to the Han army. They believed that the Han army was burning, killing and looting in Nanyang, so they all supported Chen Fuping's sending troops.
In fact, it is true, military morale is available.
The next morning, the weather was clear and cloudless.
Two teams of soldiers pulled the heavy Nanyang City Gate slowly open.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
“Dong dong dong dong!!!!”
Amidst the sounds of drums and horns, Chen Fuping left the old and weak to defend the city, led 18,000 soldiers, and headed towards the northwest.
"Dong dong dong dong!!!!" Chen Fuping's wife Liu, wearing a military uniform, stood at the top of the city, waving her drumsticks vigorously and beating the big drum.
She watched her husband die, tears rolling down her face.
Since ancient times, loyal ministers rarely end well.
As the saying goes, the wind rustles and the water becomes cold, and a strong man will never return once he is gone.
This time another strong man went.
