Zhao Rui was shocked by the loss of Deng County. It took him a long time to recover from the shock.
Thinking that Deng County was gone and the way back was cut off, Zhao Rui's body started to tremble slightly, his heart beat faster than expected, and he couldn't help but swallow another mouthful of saliva, but he couldn't calm down his restless mood.
Li Buyi shook his head when he saw Zhao Rui's appearance.
He stepped forward decisively, took over the initiative, and said loudly: "Zhao Shan, you can't break Xinye County, so you resorted to such means of spreading rumors and causing trouble, intending to confuse the people of Xinye County and demoralize the Xinye County army. That's Impossible. Xinye County’s army is not that fragile.”
Only then did Zhao Rui recover and said loudly: "Zhao Shan, lying is useless. I will never give in, let alone be deceived by you."
Both Li Buyi and Zhao Rui spoke with certainty.
On the tower, people's hearts gradually stabilized.
It seems that Zhao Shan really lied.
Zhao Shan heard Li Buyi and Zhao Rui's reply and said with a smile: "I am the Emperor of Daqian, and I keep my word. I lied, how do the people in the world think of me? In front of the soldiers of the three armies, I swear here, Deng The county has indeed been captured. If I lie, my cadre will not survive, and my family will be destroyed. Zhao Rui, I dare to swear to speak, do you dare to swear to be sure that I am lying? "
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Zhao Rui's cheeks twitched.
Too cruel!
Zhao Shan, the dog emperor, is so ruthless that he even took out his oath.
The oaths of this era have considerable binding effect. In some ways, it is more effective than the law because most people believe in gods.
Make an oath under the witness of the gods. If you violate it, both humans and gods will be angry. In particular, the land of Jingchu is different from the Central Plains. The land of Jingchu has many prostitution temples, many witches and gods, and a large number of people believe in them.
Just like this, Zhao Shan swore an oath in public, and the news reached the ears of Chu soldiers, which instantly acted as ironclad evidence. Many soldiers had forbidden discussion just now, but now because of Zhao Shan's words, people's hearts were agitated.
Deng County is gone.
There was no way home.
Many soldiers were hesitant and unable to remain calm.
Zhao Rui was even more anxious. He couldn't shout to testify, and he didn't dare to swear an oath easily. He could only look at Li Buyi on the side and said: "General Li, Ye Yunfei's story should be true. Now that Deng County is lost, what should we do?"
Li Buyi said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, you must defend Xinye County no matter what, and don't go to war easily. People's hearts are unstable after the loss of Deng County. If you go out to fight, you will be crushed by Zhao Shan."
"Ye Yunfei, a bandit, captured Deng County."
"It's actually not a big deal."
"Thieves are just thieves, they are just a bunch of rabble. Although they have some power, they will not affect the security of Deng County. The king only needs to arrange for people to go back to Xiangyang to recruit troops, and then recruit a large number of troops to go north to surround Deng County. Ye Yunfei can naturally be captured ."
Li Buyi looked confident and replied: "After recapturing Deng County and defeating Ye Yunfei, our way back is safe and everything is back on track."
Zhao Rui thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case. The only way to solve the problem was to mobilize people to attack from the rear.
Other methods are useless.
Zhao Rui stabilized his mind and lost his panic. He shouted again: "Zhao Shan, if you want to use mere words to influence my defense, it is impossible. In a word, if you want to attack, just come. "
Zhao Shan said: "I have already captured Deng County and cut off Xinye County's retreat and reinforcements. Why are we in a hurry to attack?"
"Zhao Rui, I will tell you my next arrangements clearly. I will set up a checkpoint in the south of Xinye County to block the road going south. Either you go out of the city and attack on your own initiative, or you will be trapped until death."
"As for whether you want to escape north of the city or escape in other directions, I am very much looking forward to it."
"Zhao Rui, wash your neck and wait for death. Enjoy your last days, you don't have many good days left."
Zhao Shan decisively led the troops to evacuate.
Even during the evacuation, Zhao Shan followed the instructions and quickly set up horse guards and troops on the way south to block the way south from Xinye County.
Zhao Shan's army withdrew and was stationed nearly ten miles away, but still surrounded Xinye County.
Zhao Rui knew the news outside Xinye County, but he was still impatient and unable to remain stable. Fortunately, with Li Buyi's analysis, Zhao Rui temporarily calmed his restless heart.
While Zhao Rui was waiting, Su Wei received a message from Dongchang and learned about Zhao Shan's arrangement to alienate Li Buyi. As Dongchang's people were operating, news began to appear in Xinye County that Zhao Shan was arranging for people to contact him. Li Buyi’s family.
After Su Wei got the news, he did not stay out of the matter. He took the initiative to find Zhao Rui and said: "Your Majesty, countless people in the city are talking about Xinye becoming an isolated city."
Zhao Rui said sharply: "Public opinion must be controlled. Li Buyi is in charge of the army, and you are in charge of government affairs. You must stabilize people's hearts."
Su Wei said: "Your Majesty, I can't stand it."
Zhao Rui asked: "I gave you a heavy responsibility, but you said you can't handle it. Are you sure?"
Su Wei looked frightened and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't do my best, but there is a problem involving Li Buyi. In addition to the news that Deng County lost Xinye and became an isolated city, there was also news in the city that the emperor was arranging for people to sneak into Xiangyang. He persuaded Li Buyi's family members to accept Li Buyi's surrender.
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Zhao Rui's expression changed drastically, changing many times in succession, and his expression was already uncertain.
After a long time, Zhao Rui said: "I still believe in Li Buyi."
"I believe it too."
Su Wei solemnly said: "Although General Li Buyi is domineering and self-willed, he will not betray the king. However, with the persuasion of the people beside him, the persuasion of his parents, and the persuasion of his tribe, can Li Buyi be able to hold on? The king thinks that Li Buyi can Is it consistent?”
Zhao Rui's heart skipped a beat.
Su Wei's words are very reasonable. If Li Buyi is alone, there will definitely be no problem.
However, the persuasion of his family members was too influential. It is said that Li Buyi was still a filial son.
This is even more troublesome.
The more Zhao Rui thought about it, the more he felt that Su Wei's words made sense. There were too many risks in Li Buyi's place. However, Li Buyi's control of the army was the basis for his resistance to Zhao Shan, and it could not be easily eliminated.
Zhao Rui thought about it but couldn't think of anything to do, so he said: "Li Buyi's identity is sensitive, how do you think we should arrange it?"
Su Wei replied: "Your Majesty, after we arrived in Xinye, we avoided fighting from beginning to end and did not fight Zhao Shan, always wasting our elite. I think we can attack Zhao Shan now and consume Zhao Shan's troops."
"The reason for this arrangement is that after the troops are exhausted, Zhao Shan's troops will be reduced and the threat to us will be smaller. Considering the worst case scenario, even if we cannot hold on and have to evacuate, when we are covered and killed, Zhao Shan's troops It’s not too much, it’s not too lethal.”
"In addition, after Zhao Shan's troops are weakened and King Wu's reinforcements come again, we can use the new army to destroy Zhao Shan, who has exhausted his strength."
"On the contrary, we avoid fighting. We consume a lot of food every day, and we are also worried about the army mutiny. At the same time, Zhao Shan has a large number of people. Once Xinye County's defense line collapses, we will be extremely miserable."
Su Wei looked like he was talking eloquently and said: "To take the initiative to attack, first force Li Buyi to express his determination to fight to the death, and then let Li Buyi fight a war of attrition and consume Zhao Shan's troops."
"Wonderful!"
Zhao Rui looked approvingly and said: "Master Su's consumption strategy is really brilliant and can be called a classic strategy."
Su Wei said humbly: "Your Majesty, this is a great reward. Everything is to defeat the emperor."
Zhao Rui nodded approvingly and said, "Whoever comes, please notify Li Buyi to discuss the matter."
