After this battle, Guo Peng planned to take Shouchun as the center to train troops on the south bank of the Huai River, train an army that is familiar with the warm and humid climate of Huainan and is familiar with the water nature, and prepare for the future crossing of the Yangtze River to conquer the south of the Yangtze River.

For the time being, Guo Peng does not plan to cross the river to fight.

It is true that there is no such preparation, there is no such plan, he has more important things to do, but the preparation must be there.

Yuan Shu is no longer an obstacle, Yuan Shu is already a dry bone waiting to die in the grave.

Guo Peng had to start thinking about what would happen after Yuan Shu's death, and how to plan every step.

Every step must be taken well, no matter what, if you don't go well, it is very likely that you will lose the whole game.

I don't know if the previous planning and layout have begun to work, but after years of layout planning, Guo Peng doesn't believe that it will not play a role.

In any case, at this time, you can't panic, you can't mess up, you have to be stable.

Lu Mian's thoughts are the same as Guo Peng's, the more critical the moment, the more you can't panic, you can't mess up, you have to be stable.

For the Chen Empire in turmoil, Lu Mian, as a general, as Optimus Prime, what he does is even more important.

In order to calm people's hearts, he invited the crown prince Yuan Yao to exercise the power of supervising the country on his behalf, and exercised power on behalf of Yuan Shu when Yuan Shu did not wake up, and with his help, he issued a number of decrees to stabilize Shouchun City in the chaos.

Then Lu Mian sent troops to announce from all directions, saying that a small defeat would not shake the country's foundation, so as to stabilize people's hearts.

Although everyone knows that Yuan Shu has lost all his money, he still has to stabilize it on the surface, and now that he has messed up Shouchun, everyone will be finished.

Especially the officials who accepted the official position of Chen Guo, one by one, they were tantamount to betraying the Han Empire, and everyone was a political stain on the walk.

They coveted high positions and power, and thought that Yuan Shu's arrogant appearance could really make things happen, who would have thought that Yuan Shu was actually an embroidered pillow that was useless!

The defeat of the 100,000 army was simply simple, the first battle was collapsed, and less than 10,000 people fled back one after another, if it were not for Lu Mian, the general, who was barely able to maintain it, it is estimated that Shouchun City would have been in chaos, and the Chen Empire had already died on his own initiative.

Yuan Shu seems to be really a parallel import.

Seeing that Shouchun City could not be saved, and the Yuan Empire was about to collapse, everyone had to think about their lives and the future.

As a result, Lu Mian seemed to see through the thoughts and thoughts of some people, and recruited the private soldiers of the major families in the city to join the army in advance, in order to "protect the family and defend the country", so that they did not even have a useful manpower.

In the face of the strong Lu Mian, although they hated it in their hearts, they were helpless and very embarrassed.

Lu Mian controls the army and the armed forces, if they want to resist, if they are dissatisfied with Lu Mian and express it, they will be completely attacked by Lu Mian, taken down on the charge of "rebellion", imprisoned, and I don't know if they can live until after the war.

After some suppression, no one dared to oppose the wartime policy pursued by Lu Mian, and no one still had a good impression of Lu Mian.

In fact, there are many cronies around Lu Mian who are very worried about the current situation, and they are not optimistic about Lu Mian's choice, and feel that Lu Mian's choice is problematic.

For the Chen Empire, which is about to collapse at the touch of a button, Lu Mian still wants to do such a thing, isn't this self-defeating?

"Lu Gong, the current situation has reached such a situation, the 100,000 army is wiped out, Guo Zifeng's army is on the verge of the Huai River, as long as the river is crossed, there is no danger to defend in the north of Shouchun City, Guo Zifeng's army will drive straight into the general without any danger, why doesn't Lu Gong think about himself?"

Some cronies admonished Lu Mian like this.

Lu Mian shook his head.

"Your Majesty treats me like a mountain, and I am in the ranks, and I must not do such a thing to betray Your Majesty."

"But in the current situation, Lu Gong doesn't think about himself, but also for his family, the strength of the two armies is very different, once Shouchun is lost, Guo Zifeng will inevitably liquidate us and others, Hanchen will not let us go, doesn't Lu Gong think about it?"

Lu Mian frowned.

"The kindness I have received, my family has also enjoyed, they are equally deeply affected by the kindness of His Majesty, and they died for His Majesty, there is nothing to say."

"Lu Gong! Think again! The last moment has not yet arrived, if the city is surrendered, and the sins are atoned for in time, and the example is set by example, then the courtesy of the marquis will not be lost, what else is there to doubt about Lu Gong? ”

The cronies are still unwilling to give up and continue to persuade hard.

"I have made up my mind, I don't need to persuade you anymore, if you want to go, go by yourself, I will not leave Shouchun, I will guard Your Majesty until the last moment."

Lu Mian brushed his sleeves away.

The cronies looked sad, shook their heads again and again, and sighed.

"Why bother? Why bother? ”

There is nothing to be done on Lu Mian's side, but other people's thoughts will still not be eliminated.

They will also think about a future for themselves.

So a group of court officials got together to discuss, and felt that they should ask Shang Shu to order Han Yin to come forward to find Lu Mian, Xiaozhi moved with reason, and it was his own business to want to die, don't let Lu Mian drag everyone to die together.

If the city is finally broken by Guo Zifeng, Guo Zifeng will definitely launch a political liquidation, and if he doesn't do it, he will slaughter the city, and everyone will be a political stain on the road, and they will definitely not be able to escape.

Han Yin was clear about what this group of people were thinking, and with a long sigh, he shook his head.

"You don't understand Lu Mian's loyalty to His Majesty, Lu Mian will never surrender, and he will never betray His Majesty, even if I come forward, it will be the same."

Han Yin continued to review the sheet that had not played much role and continued to perform his duties.

"But Han Lingjun, we are all dragging our families, it doesn't matter if one person lives or dies, but to pay for this, this is too embarrassing, I wait for one person's life is not a pity, but once Guo Zifeng's army enters the city, how can I and my family be able to keep it!"

An official fell to his knees with red eyes and cried.

Another officer also knelt on the ground and wept.

"Han Lingjun, you also have a family, are you willing to watch your family being killed by Guo Zifeng together?"

Han Yin continued to shake his head.

"When you accept the official position of the new dynasty, you should think that there will be today, since you are greedy for high-ranking officials to be officials of the new dynasty, and now you want to quit with your whole body, where is there such an easy thing in the world? We are all responsible for our own choices. ”

Han Yin stood up, helped up the two officials who were kneeling and crying bitterly, and slowly spoke: "The matter has come to this, what's the use of crying?" Didn't Guo Zifeng call yet? The Huaihe defense line is still operating, if it is freezing in the cold today, Guo Zifeng will retire if the food and grass are insufficient, and it is not known that it is too early to give up now. ”

Such a statement does not comfort this group of frightened officials.

"Han Lingjun, 100,000 troops! One hundred thousand! In order to gather the 100,000 troops, the surrounding households were swept away, eleven or twelve-year-old boys and fifty-year-old people were pulled onto the battlefield, and the households in Shouchun Jiujiang were completely lost. ”

An official asked Han Yin with red eyes.

Han Yin was stunned for a moment, leaned less, and lowered his head in pain.

"I understand what you say, I know everything, but if you are a minister, a cannibal, and can't share the worries of others, it is a dereliction of duty, and you will betray when you are about to come, and you have no integrity, if you lose these, how can we stand between heaven and earth? Don't you understand? ”

A group of officials was speechless.

Then there was another burst of crying.

The atmosphere in Shouchun City is so bad, so miserable, if it weren't for the fact that there was still food to deal with, the order in the city would have collapsed long ago.

In order to ensure the distribution of food in the city, Lu Mian also ordered useless people who could not participate in the war to be thrown out of the city.