The new emperor came out to comfort the soldiers guarding the city, which inspired the entire Xuzhou City. The emperor did not only eat a bite of wild vegetables, but not just a bowl of them, but then had a meal with the soldiers and ate three large bowls.

Except for the soldiers complaining in their hearts that the new emperor had a big appetite, they all thought it was okay. They could eat with the emperor, and this wild vegetable noodle soup can also be said to be imperial meals.

"I tell you, in fact, I was hungry when I had no food before, and I had no food for two days at most. I have eaten wild vegetables, but that one is much better than this one, and it tastes too bitter."

When the new emperor said this, the soldiers next to him were amazed. Even if they were not the emperor's prince, they were still arrogant. Such a person was born to be a noble person, and he had never suffered such hardships and could not afford to eat?

"Your Majesty, it's time to go back to the palace." Min Shaoqing found that more and more soldiers gathered here, afraid of danger. Now the goal of encouraging the military has been achieved, and if it continues, it may be counterproductive. What the new emperor said, ordinary soldiers would think it was nonsense.

In fact, although the soldiers began to have some doubts, the new emperor was reluctant to leave. After discussing privately, the soldiers really felt that the new emperor was not talking nonsense, and without doubt, they were moved. The new emperor was actually a poor family like them.

"Who believes the emperor eats wild vegetables? He is not the emperor who is fighting for the country. He comes up with the golden key in his mouth."

"You don't know that this emperor made a mistake before and was kicked out of the palace. Later, he suffered a lot among the people. He knew the suffering of our people best. If it were another emperor, he would have come to the front line and eat wild vegetables with us even though he knew the dangers on the front line?"

As this news spread, more people knew the new emperor's previous life experience, which also brought the new emperor closer to the people. The emperor's fall into the mortal world not only made the people not lose their respect, but also added a sense of closeness.

But such a private matter cannot be promoted without a source. The source of this news is actually the soldiers of the Imperial Army. They are the nobles of Chang'an City, and what these nobles say is worthy of believe. No one knows why the Imperial Army dares to reveal the new emperor's old background. Over the past few days, the Imperial Army has basically reached a close relationship with the defenders in Xuzhou City. They are all rough people and have a low cultural level. Everyone gathers together to chat around the world and will soon get to know each other.

The whole family is united, and the original hard days are not that hard. On the day when the Xinhuang inspected the military camp, there were rare smiles everywhere in the city. The soldiers greeted each other, and the first sentence was "Did you see the emperor today?" or "What's the wild vegetables today?" and then smiled at each other and had a joy in the bitterness.

But then, the warmth of the Huai Army's night attack general was diluted.

During that night, the Huai Army attacked the city from three directions. The stones thrown by the catapulted cart and the impact of infantry, the two directions of Xicheng and Nancheng were almost unable to defend. The defenders followed one after another and one to go to the front line of the city wall to fight to the death, with heavy casualties.

After one night, the defenders lost more than 800 lives. In the past half month, the Xuzhou defenders have dropped from more than 11,000 to more than 6,000, and many of them are still slightly injured and unable to leave the line of fire.

The shells of the killer weapon have been used up, and now they are placed on the city wall as a decoration. Later, the Huai Army seemed to know that this thing had no power and even lost its effect of deterrence.

"It's not a solution to continue like this."

In the next few days, the new emperor went to the temporary command post every day to check the situation. After learning about the situation of the defenders in the city, the new emperor sighed with a worried look on his face. However, there was a little more longing on his face, "But it doesn't matter, the master is coming soon. He said that soon, many days have passed, and it is very likely to be tonight or tomorrow. Hold on for a while."

Now the new emperor is no longer avoiding calling Liu Wenyan the master in front of Min Shaoqing and others. His tone is full of respect and trust, but in fact, Liu Wenyan still has nowhere to go, and the news outside the entire Xuzhou city is blank. The news blockade of the Huai Army is very perfect, and many experienced scouts cannot get out of the Huai Army's defense line. If they can go out occasionally, there will be no news later.

Min Shaoqing and Qu Zhu also discussed the current issue in private. The counties and counties around Xuzhou City must have been completely captured by the Huai Army, and counties with a 500-mile area may be difficult to defend. Although it is reasonable that the Huai Army's siege is becoming more urgent, it is also a bit strange, because the recent siege is too frequent. Originally, the Huai Army was trapped in Xuzhou City, and Xuzhou City must have been not yet over the end of the year, but now the Huai Army seems to have to pay a big price to fight quickly.

There are only two explanations. One is that the general wants to make meritorious contributions. This is unlikely, because through intelligence analysis over the past few days, the commander of the Northern Army of the Huai Army is now likely to be the Huai Army Prime Minister Meng Chuliang. Meng Chuliang is good at being cautious and cannot be greedy for merit. That is likely to be the second explanation. The situation has forced the Huai Army to attack Xuzhou City at a heavy price.

If this is true, the court army has taken the initiative in the entire battlefield. Reinforcements will come to Xuzhou City at any time.

The analysis result was good, but there was no definite news to confirm that the current Xuzhou city had lost contact with the outside world. By the end of the winter month, the Huai Army suddenly seemed to have added reinforcements, and a batch of new siege supplies were transported over. On the 30th day of the winter month, the Huai Army launched an siege from all sides, lasting from morning to afternoon, and the siege from three sides stopped. That night, the siege on the west side continued until the second half of the night.

If you can't eat enough or wear warm clothes, you will be awakened by the sound of horns when you fall asleep at night. It's normal for flying sand and stones to fly. God is also very unpretentious. Even though you know that Xuzhou City is short of clothes and food, it's a lot of snow in this winter, and the weather is colder than usual. This is the most tragic war in the Dashun Dynasty since its founding. The entire Xuzhou City is like a huge grave.

"Master, he... will be here tomorrow."

The new emperor no longer asked General Liu where he went. Whenever he saw Min Shaoqing and others again, the first sentence of the new emperor must be this.

For two consecutive days, there was no movement on the Huai Army.

But a big incident happened in Xuzhou City, and there was a cannibalism in the city, causing a great sensation.

"Kill, you must kill! This is simply ignoring ethics!" Yuan Bolang jumped out of nowhere and made a conclusion like an old pedan.

The new emperor hesitated because he knew that people would definitely not eat people unless they had no choice.

"Premier Min, what do you think?" The new emperor looked at Min Shaoqing.

"I think that Yuan Xiang said it well."

Indeed, if this trend is not curbed, it will be unpredictable how chaos will happen in the city.

"Since that's the case, let's follow your opinion." The new emperor finally made a final decision.

That's it, but when I met the victim, everyone, including Yuan Bolang, remained silent.

On the huge grassland, several women and children were dragged over, each with pale face and thin skin, as if they had no strength at all. When the new emperor asked, he found out that the women had died because the man at home had gone to the front line and had no food, and the children were starved to death, so they saw the dead child eat.

When the new emperor learned the news, his fists were clenched tightly and he didn't say anything more.

"Your Majesty, should you kill or not?" Min Shaoqing finally asked for instructions.

The new emperor shook his head and stood up and left. Yuan Bolang sighed and said, "Send some food and put it away."

Even Yuan Bolang, who had always been stubborn, finally compromised. After all, in the face of such a situation, the people in the city only wanted one thing to live.

The government quickly posted a notice, and if there were any similar incidents, they would be beheaded and displayed on the public. The matter was settled.

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On the night of the second day of the twelfth lunar month, the Huai Army suddenly mobilized. The Huai Army, which was originally trapped in the city on all sides, suddenly gathered to the west. The city walls in the west were the most attacked by the Huai Army and were also the most severely damaged. This was a signal that the Huai Army was preparing to take a desperate bet and launch a decisive battle.

When Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng informed Qu Zhu about the news, and then informed Chai Jin and Xinhuang, the new emperor had a little confused. Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng instinctively thought about whether the emperor was timid. The new emperor asked a question for no reason: "How good is the decisive battle? Maybe we can win, right?"

If this is really a problem, Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng would definitely tell the emperor that this is impossible. Now they are embarrassed to undermine the emperor's confidence. This stupid emperor thought that the decisive battle would be a winner. In fact, there was no chance of winning in this decisive battle at all.

After Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng retreated to prepare, Qu Zhu tactfully explained the significance of the battle situation and added: "Your Majesty, General Liu had explained to me before leaving. If Xuzhou City is broken, or if His Majesty is in danger, he must take you out at any cost. Your Majesty, it is better to be so dangerous tonight..."

Su Yan waved his hand and said, "I said that if the master doesn't come, I won't go anywhere unless the master stands alive in front of me. Don't say that I'm stupid, I just believe that the master is alone. Everything he says is right. He has doubts before, but the facts prove that the master is right. He must have made him a reason for letting me stay in Xuzhou City."

"But General Liu also said that if His Majesty is in danger, he will leave!"

"Xuzhou City has not been destroyed yet. What are the dangers? From the first day, the dangers are here every day? The master wants to protect me, I know, but I just let the master see it. In fact, I am not useless to leave him!"

Qu Zhu felt something was wrong and immediately saw the new emperor wearing clothes.

"Your Majesty, if you don't leave, should you rest? It's late at night." Qu Zhu reminded.

"What are you sleeping? Didn't you say that you are going to have a decisive battle today? At the end of the decisive battle, I was still sleeping there. When I turned around, I wouldn't let this useless emperor laugh to death? I just couldn't let them laugh at it. I would go to the front line in person and fight bravely with the soldiers!"

Qu Zhuxin was in his throat. The new emperor wanted to kill the enemy before? If a decisive battle started tonight, 10% of them might be the final result of Xuzhou City breaking. In this situation, the new emperor was too late to escape. How could he let him go to risk himself? If the new emperor had an accident, what's the point of Xuzhou City's defenders sticking to this day?
Chapter completed!