The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

"My wife was pregnant when I left. She wrote to me and said that she gave birth to a big fat boy two months ago!"

Some soldiers who received the good news held up the envelopes and shouted loudly, crying and laughing, so happy that they didn't know what to do.

"My mother said that my father's illness has been cured. It was Princess Yu Nan who invited a famous doctor to treat my father, and she didn't charge a penny!"

"My dad said that my sow gave birth to more than a dozen litters of piglets, hahahaha..."

"My little daughter drew me a picture and sent it with the letter!"

"My brother got married, and he married a girl from a good family!"

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The soldiers who received the letters from home were like crazy. They jumped, shouted and yelled while holding the envelopes, and loudly shared the happy events in their families with their comrades.

The originally neatly arranged formation was now completely scattered. Everyone was immersed in the joy of receiving letters from home and forgot everything else.

"Brothers, my father said that the prince paid money out of his own pocket to each of the families of our poor soldiers. Has any of you received it?" Suddenly, a voice at the highest voice asked loudly.

"My family received it!" Someone answered immediately, his face flushed with excitement, "My family is poor, and our child is four years old and has no money to go to school. My wife said that it was the prince who sent the money that allowed the child to go to school."

"My family also received it. We used the money to buy a piece of good farm. My parents are living much better now!" Another person raised his hand.

"And me!" The responses came one after another, without stopping.

"Your Highness, thank you for sending the letter home. It helps us to relieve our homesickness!" After the soldiers recovered from the ecstasy of the letter, they began to express their gratitude to Lu Xiuyuan profusely.

"Your Majesty, you sent us a letter from home and rewarded our family with money. I will never forget your kindness!"

"Your Highness, do you know? The border is dangerous and there are no postmen. We are worried about our families and can't stop thinking about them. Now you have brought these ten thousand letters. To us, they are worth ten thousand taels of gold!"

"Your Majesty is kind and righteous, and we are grateful to you!"

"Long live the prince!"

The soldiers who received the favor knelt on the ground and thanked Lu Xiuyuan with great emotion.

Lu Xiuyuan raised his hand to let them off the hook, and said politely, "Soldiers, there is no need to be polite. You fight for the country and the people on the battlefield, and you are not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice. What's the point of me doing this little thing for you?"

Tang Guojing was not calm when he saw this scene, and his whole face turned purple with anger. He never expected that Lu Xiuyuan would bring tens of thousands of family letters to win over the army.

The soldiers at the border are all iron-blooded men who are not afraid of life and death and do not covet wealth and fame. But without exception, the biggest concern in their hearts is their family and relatives.

Lu Xiuyuan actually made use of this to make a fuss. He really underestimated him.

Judging from the performance of the soldiers, Lu Xiuyuan had shaken the morale of most of the soldiers without much effort.

"General, the soldiers originally supported you. No one welcomed Lu Xiuyuan's arrival. But look at the current situation..." Tang Guojing's confidant whispered in Tang Guojing's ear with a sad face.

Tang Guojing clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying angrily: "Lu Xiuyuan is so cunning. The military morale that I fought for decades to gain was easily shaken by him!"

"It's alright, Marshal. The soldiers are just thanking him, but that doesn't mean they will stand on his side. Your prestige is known throughout the army, how could it be defeated by a few pieces of paper?"

Hearing him say this, Tang Guojing breathed a sigh of relief. "That's right. I'm grateful, but if we want to gain the full support of the three armies, we still have to speak with strength."

"Yes, Marshal, don't worry. Even if everyone in the world betrays you, your subordinates will not betray you." The confidant assured him solemnly.

"Liu Ziyao!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xiuyuan took out a letter and wrote his name on it.

A drop of sweat dripped down Liu Ziyao's forehead. He stared at the envelope in Lu Xiuyuan's hand again and again. Finally, he couldn't resist the temptation. Under Tang Guojing's murderous gaze, he ran to get his letter from home.

"Hey, Marshal, I'm still with you. I didn't even say thank you to him."

"Fuck you, you spineless bastard!" Tang Guojing was so angry that he kicked him aside.

Lu Xiuyuan handed over the distribution of the family letters to his subordinates, then walked towards Tang Guojing and asked him with a smile: "Marshal, look, the soldiers like the gifts I brought for them very much."

Tang Guojing was unhappy, but he couldn't say it directly, so he deliberately found fault and said, "Your Highness, this is not a good idea. If their family members brought good news, it would be fine. But if someone brought bad news, the soldiers would be uneasy and worried after seeing it, wouldn't it affect their ability to fight on the battlefield?

"To put it more seriously, the prince may have accidentally caused cholera in the army."

Lu Xiuyuan laughed and asked, "Marshal Tang, let me ask you, if you were to write a letter to your family at the border, would you report the distress and disturb your family?"

"I..." Tang Guojing was speechless and completely speechless.

Obviously, in this situation, people will only report good news and not bad news, so there is no question of disrupting military morale.

"Your Highness is smart." Tang Guojing said reluctantly.

Lu Xiuyuan smiled and walked away.

How could this be his cleverness? This is because his wife is clever!

I still remember that on the eve of his departure, Xia Younan had people move these large boxes over and told him that since he was leading the troops for the first time on the battlefield, the soldiers would definitely not be convinced, so the first thing he had to do when he arrived at the border was to win over the hearts of the troops.

In order to win the hearts of the army, besides having strong means, the other thing is to give the soldiers a generous reward. However, the soldiers live a life of risking their lives, and money is not that important to them.

As the saying goes, "When the war has been going on for three months, a letter from home is worth ten thousand pieces of gold." Letters from home are undoubtedly the ultimate advantage in winning over the hearts of the troops.

So Xia Younan had people post notices all over the country, asking relatives of border soldiers to write letters to their families.

Those relatives had long been worried about their loved ones at the border, and when they heard about this opportunity, they rushed to send letters.

Two months later, Xia Younan asked someone to collect all the letters, put them together and give them to Lu Xiuyuan.

In addition, she also sold the snack street that Lu Xiuyuan gave her and used the money to provide subsidies to the families of the soldiers. It can be said that she had good intentions.

When Lu Xiuyuan learned about this, he was deeply moved and at the same time sincerely admired his wife's wisdom. If it were him, he would not be able to come up with such a good idea.

It took three or four days to distribute all the tens of thousands of letters. Instead of being shaken, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted after receiving the letters. They were eager to end the war so that they could return home to be with their families.

After some inquiries, Lu Xiuyuan discovered that the reason why Tang Guojing had been unable to capture Liangcheng for a long time was that the moat in front of Liangcheng was too wide and deep, and it took a lot of time and manpower to transport soil to fill the moat.

The opposing defenders took the opportunity to shoot arrows, preventing the soldiers who were transporting soil from moving forward, and the moat could not be filled several times.

On the other hand, Liangcheng is a mountain city, and the thing it has the most is stone. The two huge city gates are made of stone.

Traditional siege cones are made of wood and are of no use against the stone gates.

Even if someone managed to cross the moat, they would not be able to break down the two indestructible gates.