Su Wei just listened to Zhao Shan's words and was really impressed by Zhao Shan.
The emperor is so powerful.
The breakthrough point chosen is simply wonderful.
Xiangyang City is different from other ordinary cities. It is the administrative seat of Jingzhou and an important town from Nanyang to the north and Yangzhou to the south.
Because the Han River flows through Xiangyang, you can follow the Han River all the way south to the Yangtze River and directly enter Yangzhou. At the same time, you can also continue northward along Xiangyang, and there is still water transportation.
Xiangyang City is not only a logistics hub, but also an important town. The Wengcheng alone, which is a four-sided city, is difficult to attack and will consume countless troops.
If Zhao Shan attacks forcefully, it will definitely be difficult.
Su Wei fully agreed with Zhao Shan's strategy. What Zhao Shan said just now also gave Su Wei an idea for his operation. Next, he arranged for people from the family to contact people from Dongchang to stir up public sentiment and get countless people in Xiangyang City to take action.
Su Wei's heart had already turned over thousands of times, but his expression was extremely solemn, and he solemnly said: "Your Majesty, the purpose of the Emperor's kindness to the soldiers is to undermine our military morale. In this case, Your Majesty can adopt the same strategy."
"The king adopts the strategy of heavy reward."
"For the soldiers in the city, as long as they defend Xiangyang City, each soldier will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. All the people of Xiangyang City will give their full assistance. After Xiangyang is defended, the land will be distributed to those who do not have land. Those who have land will also be given land. A little extra tax relief.”
"If the emperor can show kindness, so can the king."
Su Wei spoke eloquently: "This is my strategy. Please enlighten me."
Zhao Rui curled his lips and didn't listen at all. He said in a deep voice: "Master Su, you really don't know how valuable firewood and rice are. A soldier is rewarded with ten taels of silver. Now there are as many as 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers in Xiangyang City."
"If we continue to recruit soldiers, there will be more soldiers. Wouldn't it cost nearly one million taels of silver?"
"When someone dies in battle, he still needs to receive pensions, etc., which costs even more money."
"This is my king's money."
"Why give it to these untouchables? To defend Xiangyang, the soldiers and people are suffering. This is what they should do. If I let them live, they must serve me."
Zhao Rui spoke confidently and did not put ordinary soldiers and civilians in his eyes at all.
Su Wei sneered in his heart.
Zhao Rui was born to be pampered, indifferent to all aspects of life, and was accustomed to being aloof. He had long ignored the people and soldiers, and even regarded the soldiers and people as his slaves, and did not treat the people as human beings.
Because of this, Zhao Ruicai was unwilling to adopt Su Wei's suggestion.
Sun Pojun is a man who understands the art of war and has an online IQ. He is not as perverted as Zhao Rui. He frowned and said: "King Chu, in order to unite people's hearts, the only way is to open a granary and a money bank. Only these frivolous wealth can win over people's hearts and help you." Defend Xiangyang City. Chief Su’s suggestion is very feasible."
"no!"
Zhao Rui refused without hesitation.
His money was withheld bit by bit, how could he distribute it to the untouchables?
Zhao Rui said in a deep voice: "General Sun, you are solely responsible for the arrangements for the army. You must defend Xiangyang City. Anyone who disobeys will be killed directly. I don't believe that Xiangyang City can't stop the emperor's troops."
Sun Pojun frowned deeply.
Zhao Rui was so stubborn, shameless and shameless that he was unwilling to part with even a tiny bit of money.
Sun Pojun also hoped to block Zhao Shan and even counterattack, so he patiently continued to persuade: "King Chu, defend Xiangyang City, and you will get endless wealth. If you can defeat the emperor, there will be endless wealth. If you can't defend it, you will get endless wealth." Live in Xiangyang, but guard the money and food in the treasury. In the end, everything in your treasury and grain depot will be reduced to nothing."
Zhao Rui blinked and calculated the accounts carefully.
He has always been good at settling accounts, only in and out, only in squeezing the people but not in appeasing them.
Just like this, Sun Pojun settled an account for him to defend Xiangyang City, and Zhao Rui was suddenly moved.
After Zhao Rui thought for a moment, he ordered: "Master Su, you are responsible for opening the warehouse and putting out grain to appease the people. At the same time, allocate money and distribute it. Each soldier will be rewarded with one hundred yuan to appease the soldiers first. If we win afterwards, how much will we be rewarded? Let’s not talk about money for now.”
"As you command!"
Su Wei answered immediately.
Zhao Rui looked outside the city again, and just as he was about to continue shouting to Zhao Shan, he saw that Zhao Shan had received news about archery propaganda at other city gates. After achieving his goal, he had already evacuated with his army.
It is not worthwhile to attack Xiangyang by force.
Attacking Xiangyang with people's hearts is the most important method.
The army led by Zhao Shan was stationed outside the city, and people were arranged to shout and shoot arrows from time to time, which made Zhao Rui very nervous.
While Zhao Rui was on guard, Su Wei arranged for the allocation of food and money.
It's a pity that dogs can't change their habit of eating shit. Su Wei allocated grain to appease the people, but the officials who distributed the grain were deducted at every level. When the army distributes money to soldiers to appease the morale of the soldiers, some generals secretly deduct money.
The generals in the army did not have much recognition of Zhao Rui. Everyone knew that Zhao Rui was defeated in Nanyang, and they also knew that Zhao Shan was very strong. Many people felt that they could not stop him, so they simply took advantage of him.
So although Zhao Rui allocated money to appease the morale of the military, he seemed to have done nothing.
Su Wei ignored military matters and quickly arranged people to operate, publicizing that Zhao Shan would not pay for food when he came, and publicized the news that when the emperor came, he could divide the fields. At the same time, Su Wei used the Su family's connections to infiltrate the army and arranged for people to lead soldiers as deserters.
Some people take the lead, and others run away.
There were deserters in the army. On the first day, there were not many people who fled, only more than 300 people. The soldiers who escaped did not leave the city and went into hiding.
The number increased suddenly the next day, reaching thousands of people. On the third day when Zhao Shan was stationed outside the city, thousands of people in the army fled. They all fled and hid themselves from participating in the battle.
The army was panicked, and the news finally reached the ears of Zhao Rui, the Prince of Chu's palace.
Zhao Rui was furious when he got the news. He called Sun Pojun directly and cursed: "Sun Pojun, I have entrusted you with full power to govern the army. What on earth did you do? Now that the soldiers are constantly escaping, how can we hold on?" Xiangyang City?”
Sun Pojun was also angry and said loudly: "King Chu, you clearly said that each soldier would be rewarded with a hundred coins, but in the end, the reward for the soldiers was only ten coins. All the generals in your army are dead. How can I manage the army? How can I stabilize the morale of the army?"
brush!
Zhao Rui was furious.
He slapped his hand on the desk and roared: "How can a group of idiots and a group of jackals like this guard Xiangyang? These are my king's money. How dare they be greedy? They are looking for death."
Sun Pojun asked: "How does King Chu plan to solve this problem?"
"kill!"
Zhao Rui said without hesitation: "General Sun, I promise you to kill first and then report later, so you can kill them. Those who violate laws and disciplines will be killed directly. Those who are greedy for money will be killed directly."
Sun Pojun said: "Yes!"
"Report!"
There was a rush of footsteps, and a soldier ran in nervously and reported: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. Some soldiers in the army opened the south gate of Xiangyang and left the city. There were also countless people, They also fled out of the city one after another, and Xiangyang City was completely in chaos."
