The news from the city defenders soon reached the court.
At this moment, Yuan Fu and Qiu Chi and other ministers were discussing countermeasures.
The number of ministers in the court was reduced by nearly half compared to before.
Some of them escaped with their families before the Northern Army surrounded them, some were executed by Yuan Fu for rebelling against his superiors, and some were simply imprisoned because they offended Yuan Fu when he was in a bad mood.
Faced with the siege of the Northern Army, the ministers of Yuan Fu and Qiuchi were already in a panic.
At this moment, after receiving the news from the city defenders, the court was shrouded in an atmosphere of panic.
"What should I do? What should I do..."
Yuan Fu looked very bad and his mental state was not right. Sometimes he was listless and sometimes he was crazy.
Now, Yuan Fu began to mutter to himself again as if he had lost his soul.
In recent days, Yuan Fu couldn't sleep at night. He was worried every day, fearing that someone would be beheaded in his sleep and his head would be presented to Yun Zheng for credit and reward.
...
...
Yuan Fu didn't know how many times he had woken up from nightmares.
He even dreamed of being beheaded by his own son Yuan Wei.
After waking up from the dream, Yuan Fu immediately settled accounts with Yuan Wei for abandoning the pass and escaping. Ignoring the advice of his ministers, he directly imprisoned Yuan Wei.
Yuan Fu knew that Yuan Wei was also forced to do so.
After all, the Sulu River Plain had been breached, and the army in front of them would either die in battle or be swallowed up by the hungry wolf Lou Yi. Even if Yuan Wei did not abandon the pass and escape, as long as the Northern Army surrounded it and cut off the food supply to Tianqiong Pass, Tianqiong Pass would still fall, and the defenders of Tianqiong Pass would surrender.
But he just felt uneasy.
Afraid that the dream will become reality.
Now, only Shazhu and Yaocuo can enter Yuanfu's bedroom.
"My lord, let's break out!"
At this time, a civil official with a sad face suggested: "We still have so many people. As long as we rush out, we can definitely escort the king away safely!"
"Charge? How?"
A general immediately stood up to object, "The enemy surrounded the city on three sides and left one side open, just to make us abandon the city and escape! The enemy has so many cavalry, and we are almost all infantry. Can we outrun the cavalry?"
Rushing out is simply seeking death!
Even if the enemy does not attack, as long as we rush out, their soldiers will flee in all directions!
"What if we don't charge? Are we just going to die in the city?"
"We can still defend! It won't be that easy for the enemy to attack the city by force, right?"
"How can we defend? The enemy will just keep hitting us with catapults. How long can our walls hold out?"
"When the city is broken, no one will be left alive! Do you think Yun Zheng can't do it?"
"Then we'll send some people out to destroy their catapults!"
"If we send people out now, we will die! Even if we destroy the catapults, the enemy can't build another one?"
“…”
For a moment, the ministers started arguing again.
In fact, most people are the Lord.
But Yuan Fu was afraid of death and still held on to a lucky mentality, so he refused to surrender.
Several ministers who had previously advocated opening the city and surrendering had all been torn into pieces by Yuan Fu.
Now, even if they advocate surrender, they dare not say it.
"Someone come!"
Just as everyone was arguing, Yuan Fu suddenly yelled.
When the palace guards outside the palace ran in, Yuan Fu immediately pointed at the civil official who spoke first and shouted angrily: "Drag this traitor away and chop him off!"
Yuan Fu's sudden outburst left everyone stunned.
They didn't even know why Yuan Fu wanted to kill this minister.
Just because he suggested Yuan Fu to lead his troops out of the city?
"Your Majesty, what crime have I committed?"
The civil official knelt on the ground with a thud, "I am doing this for the good of the king..."
"Do you think I don't know that you just want to rush out and surrender?" Yuan Fu looked like a madman, staring at the civil official with his eyes fixed, "If you want to surrender, I will never give you a chance!"
Having said that, Yuan Fu angrily urged the palace guards to quickly drag the civil official away and chop him off.
No matter how the civil officials begged for mercy, Yuan Fu remained indifferent.
Seeing that his plea for mercy was fruitless, the civil official could no longer bear it and allowed the palace guards to drag him out, cursing: "Yuan Fu, you tyrant! You will not die well! I will wait for you on the road to the underworld..."
Yuan Fu was so furious that he rushed down from the throne, rushed out of the palace gate and yelled at the palace guards: "Tear this traitor into pieces! I will make sure he dies without a complete body!!!"
Seeing Yuan Fu almost going crazy, many ministers were secretly frightened.
No one knew which of their words would anger the nearly crazy Yuan Fu.
No one knows whether he will be the next person to be killed for no reason.
At this moment, many people gave up the idea of coexisting and dying with Yufeng City.
They just want to escape from this devil's den as soon as possible.
Suddenly, Yaocuo and Shazhu felt several gazes falling on them.
Almost in an instant, the two understood what these people meant.
The two of them looked at each other silently, and returned a look to the others.
Silently, they seemed to have reached some kind of agreement.
…
The catapults hammered from morning till night.
During this period, many groups of soldiers were replaced in operating the catapults.
This is also an opportunity for the soldiers to become familiar with the use of catapults.
The deterrent power of the catapult is indeed good, but the effect is generally average.
They attacked for the entire day but didn't kill more than ten enemy soldiers in total.
The main thing is that they all concentrate their attacks in one place, and as long as the enemy is not stupid, they will know to avoid it.
However, under their continuous attacks, a gap was smashed in the top of the city wall.
If they continue to smash the wall, the gap will gradually expand and spread to the bottom of the wall.
After dinner, Yun Zheng called Dugu Ce into the tent and told him his decision.
"Thank you for your cultivation, Your Highness!"
Dugu Ce was so excited that he quickly stood up and saluted.
It would be a lie to say that Dugu Ce didn't want to go further.
But he was already the deputy commander of the Northern Army, and there was basically no possibility for him to go any further.
But this time, it is a huge opportunity.
The merit of destroying a country!
This is definitely something that will go down in history!
"Sit down and talk."
Yun Zheng pressed his hand, "You are also a veteran of the Northern Army. It's too much to say that you are being cultivated! This king is adding more burdens to your shoulders. You must be a good protector!"
Dugu Ce's chest rose and fell violently, and he nodded heavily: "I will fight to the death and will never let your highness down!"
"This king believes in you!"
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "I called you here because I want to talk to you about the future affairs of the Northwest Protectorate..."
Next, Yun Zheng started chatting with Dugu Ce in detail.
The two talked about a lot, from winning the hearts of the people to training the army, to curbing the Dayue Kingdom, they talked about everything in detail.
Just as the two were chatting animatedly, the guards outside the tent suddenly ran in with excited faces.
"Your Highness, Deputy Commander, news has come from the front that the enemy troops in the city are in chaos!"
Hearing the words of the Royal Guards, Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce stood up suddenly...
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