Chapter 365: He is a god with a divine eye, can you blame me? Three armies are coming to the rescue, we can still save him!

Yuan Shao knelt down!

Their King Wei was not so angry that he vomited blood, nor was he so shocked that he collapsed to the ground.

Instead, he knelt directly.

As the king of the Wei Dynasty, he has experienced all kinds of storms, but now he is being killed by Liu Bei and is forced to kneel on the ground in shock?
It can be seen that his spiritual will was truly shattered by Liu Bei.

The Wei soldiers on both sides saw their king kneeling in fear, and they were all terrified and their morale was quickly disintegrating.

"My king, the soldiers are watching, you can't kneel!"

Ju Su looked horrified, let out a low roar, and forcibly helped Yuan Shao up.

He naturally knew the seriousness of Yuan Shao's kneeling.

Even you, the King of Wei, have been frightened to your knees, your spirit has collapsed, and you have given up struggling. So what reason do we, the little soldiers, have to persist?

In order to stabilize the morale of the army and prevent the soldiers from losing their morale, he had to keep Yuan Shao standing.

"Ju Gong and——"

Yuan Shao's soul that had been extracted seemed to return to his body, and he suddenly let out an angry roar.

"Is this the plan you gave me to turn the tide?"

"I couldn't kill Liu Bei, I couldn't defeat the Chu army, but I lost my eldest son's favorite general and the last of my elite troops!"

"Ju Shou, Ju Shou, if you hadn't miscalculated time and time again, how could my Wei Dynasty have ended up like this today?"

"If I perish, you will be the biggest sinner!"

Yuan Shao, who had lost his mind, pushed Ju Su away, his face full of disappointment, and started to scold him almost hysterically.

Ju Shou had spit all over his face. He felt ashamed and wronged to be spitted at in such a serious manner in front of all the soldiers.

He remained silent and could only stand there with his head down, allowing Yuan Shao to scold him.

There is no way. The more you do, the more mistakes you make.

Who made him rush forward at this critical moment and offer Yuan Shao some brilliant plan for a desperate counterattack?

Who made you less intelligent than others? You were once again seen through by Xiao Fang, who took advantage of your own trick and destroyed Yuan Shao's only remaining elite troops.

It is an indisputable fact that your miscalculation led to the annihilation of 40,000 Wei troops.

If you don't take the blame, who will? If you don't bear the rebuke from Yuan Shao, who will?

Therefore, Ju Su had no choice but to accept it, with a guilty look on his face, and silently let Yuan Shao vent his anger.

Zhang He, who was standing by, couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

It is true that the strategy was proposed by Ju Su, but the one who made the final decision was you, Yuan Shao.

From the moment Ju Su proposed the plan, he never patted his chest to guarantee that this plan would be foolproof.

But now the army has suffered a crushing defeat, and you, Yuan Shao, don't take any responsibility at all, and put all the blame for the defeat on Ju Su?
Is this appropriate?

Do you have the bearing that a powerful leader and the King of Wei should have?

From now on, who will dare to give you advice?

The more Zhang He thought about it, the more he felt wronged. He could no longer bear it and bowed his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Although Duke Ju was responsible for the miscalculation of his strategy, we cannot blame him entirely for the defeat of our army this time."

"Xiao Fang is a very smart man, just like a god with a divine eye. Looking around the world, which strategist can rival him?"

"Xu You, Feng Ji, Xin Ping...didn't they all die under Xiao Fang's cunning scheme?"

"Ju Gong knew that he had little chance of winning against Xiao Fang, but he still risked the responsibility of miscalculating and offered advice to the king, which shows his loyalty to the king."

"If Your Majesty blames this defeat entirely on Duke Ju, wouldn't that chill people's hearts?"

Yuan Shao was shocked and turned his angry eyes to Zhang He.

He obviously did not expect that Zhang He, who usually kept silent, would speak up for Ju Shou at this time.

The key point is that Zhang He's words of defense were very reasonable, which made him angry but he had no way to refute it.

Looking around again, so many soldiers were still watching, and some of them seemed to be speaking up for Ju Su.

If he continues to curse like this, it will really chill people's hearts.

Yuan Shao finally suppressed his anger and his furious emotions gradually calmed down.

"My king, the defeat is now a foregone conclusion. No one can accuse us of this."

"I believe that our most important strategy now is to quickly gather the defeated troops, boost morale, and prepare to defend Yecheng."

"Liu Bei's army is pursuing us from the south and will reach Yecheng at any time."

Zhang He made further suggestions in time, completely diverting Yuan Shao's attention away from Ju Su.

Yuan Shao finally calmed down completely and turned his trembling eyes towards the south.

At the end of the road, dust and fog were rolling, and the "Chu" battle flag was faintly visible.

It was obvious that Liu Bei, who had won a great victory, had taken advantage of the victory and was heading straight for Yecheng.

His Wei State's capital, the heart of Hebei, will soon face the attack of the Chu army.

Zhang He was right. It was meaningless to pursue the responsibility now.

Let’s defend Yecheng first and survive first.

"That's it, that's all."

"Just as you said, quickly gather the defeated soldiers and prepare to defend Yecheng to the death."

Yuan Shao waved his hands weakly, as if these words had exhausted his last bit of strength.

After saying this, Yuan Shao was no longer able to hold on, and he staggered and fell down again.

"Your Majesty!"

Ju Su, who had just been blamed and scolded, cried out again and was the first to rush forward to support Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao, who was mentally traumatized and almost exhausted, fainted again. On the top of the city, there was another chaos, and the morale of the Wei army, which was already low, was further weakened.

...

The day.

Guan Yu personally led the 20,000 vanguard troops and was the first to arrive at the city of Ye and set up camp.

Immediately afterwards, the 170,000 main forces led by Liu Bei also came from the south and began to besiege Yecheng.

Camps one after another quickly sprang up around Yecheng.

At the beginning of summer that year, the Chu army approached Yecheng.

...

Yecheng, inside the royal palace.

The dim candlelight illuminated Yuan Shao's withered and gray face.

Perhaps he had experienced too many blows and his spirit was almost numb. After a brief fainting on the top of the city wall, he woke up quickly as if he had a last burst of energy.

Ju Su, Zhang He and other few remaining important ministers all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Yuan Shao wake up.

"What's the situation outside?"

The first thing Yuan Shao did when he woke up was to struggle to get up and ask.

Zhang He hurriedly bowed and replied:
"Reporting to the king, Liu Bei's army has arrived at the city and has begun to set up camps around the city."

"In five days at most, the Chu army should be able to complete the encirclement of our Yecheng."

"By then, I'm afraid Yecheng will be surrounded and become an isolated city!"

Zhang He deliberately emphasized the last two words "lonely city" and glanced at Yuan Shao, obviously hinting at something.

Yuan Shao's body trembled slightly, obviously touched by these two words.

After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Shao waved his hands weakly:

"The big-eared bandits are at the gates of the city, and Yecheng is about to be surrounded. If you have a good plan to turn the situation around, please speak freely."

The ministers looked at each other, as if they had a tacit understanding in their hearts, but none of them dared to say a word.

There was dead silence in the hall.

Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Yuan Shao swallowed a few times and looked at Ju Shou reluctantly:

"Gong...Gong Yu, what good plan do you have?"

Although he cursed, Yuan Shao knew very well that at this time, only Ju Su had the ability and responsibility to give him advice.

With everyone silent, he could only pretend that nothing had happened during the day and ask Ju Shou for advice.

Ju Su had originally kept silent, but Yuan Shao's almost pleading question softened his heart again.

After hesitating for a moment, Ju Su sighed softly and bowed:
"Your Majesty, the number of soldiers available in Yecheng is less than 17,000, and the soldiers are in a state of panic, and the people in the city are even more uneasy."

"I think that Yecheng cannot be defended."

"If the king is trapped in an isolated city, once Yecheng falls, our Wei will be finished."

"So I think the best strategy right now is to abandon the city and retreat to the northern part of Hebei."

The upright man risked going against Yuan Shao's wishes and once again said what the ministers wanted to say but did not dare to say.

Abandon Yecheng and retreat north!
Yuan Shao seemed to have expected Ju Su to say this, and did not get as angry as he had expected.

He was silent for a moment, then said with a determined look:

"Yecheng is the capital of our Great Wei. If I flee from Yecheng, the people of our Great Wei will be demoralized and there will be no hope of a comeback."

"I will never abandon the city and flee. I would rather live and die with Yecheng than abandon the city and flee north!"

Ju Su frowned slightly and wanted to persuade him again.

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said sternly:

"Ju Gongyu, if you still want to persuade me to abandon the city, then take back your words."

"From today on, anyone who dares to talk about abandoning Yecheng will be punished for disturbing the morale of the army!"

The words of advice that were about to come out of Ju Su's mouth were abruptly blocked.

Seeing that Yuan Shao was so determined, he could only shake his head and sigh, and no longer try to persuade him.

"Ju Gongyu, if you are truly loyal to me, you might as well tell me how I can defend Yecheng!"

Yuan Shao's tone softened a bit, and he had to lower his posture again to ask Ju Su for advice.

Ju Su hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and bowed:

"I still say the same thing. With only 170,000 people in the city, it is impossible to defend Yecheng."

"If the king is determined to hold on, he must rely on external forces!"

After that, Ju Su came to the map and pointed:
"The Third Young Master is currently stationed in Nanpi to wait and see. He still has 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Chunyu Qiong is under his command, and his 10,000 Qingzhou garrison troops are also under his command."

"That is to say, the Third Young Master has nearly 50,000 soldiers at his disposal."

"In addition, the Second Young Master is stationed in Bingzhou, and he also has 20,000 soldiers and horses available."

"And the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan, who is entrenched in the Taihang Mountains, claims to have 100,000 Black Mountain troops under his command. Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled rabble, Zhang Yan has at least 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers available."

After Ju Shou's analysis, he moved his hand back to Yecheng and emphasized:
"I think that the king should immediately issue an edict to summon the second and third princes to lead their armies from Nanpi and Bingzhou to Yecheng to rescue the king."

"At the same time, Your Majesty can also promise Zhang Yan a high position and a generous title, explain to him the principle of the lips and teeth being cold, and induce him to lead the Black Mountain Army out of Taihang and come to Yecheng to help in the battle."

"If these three groups of troops are willing to come to the rescue, Yecheng will still have a chance to be defended, and our Great Wei will still have a glimmer of hope to turn danger into safety!"

After hearing Ju Su's strategy, Yuan Shao jumped up as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

(End of this chapter)