The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

The man who had been hit on the head by Liu Bang turned around and saw the emperor, who was high above him in his heart.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

In an instant, he panicked completely.

He truly never expected that the emperor, who hung in the sky, would appear beside them at this moment, holding the same rice bowl as them.

"Forgive me? Forgive me for what?"

"What wrong have you done?"

Liu Bang waved his hand while holding his chopsticks.

"The emperors of my Great Wei in the past were indeed too stingy."

"But rest assured, I am now the emperor. Your days of hardship, when you made contributions but only received a little bit of insignificant reward, are over."

"From this day forward, I will not allow those aristocratic sons who have not achieved any merit to trample on your heads. On the contrary, I will make you trample those people under your feet!"

As he spoke, he also sat down on the ground like the soldiers, without any regard for appearances.

"They don't understand, but I do. Without you, there would be no such vast empire as my Great Wei."

"The real heroes are you, not those officials sitting high in the halls of power."

"So I have come here, and I also want to apologize to you on behalf of the former emperor of the Great Wei. You have suffered injustices all these years."

At that moment, the soldiers around him all had tears in their eyes.

Those selected by Guanqiu Jian to stay were all battle-hardened veterans.

Many of these men, who wouldn't utter a sound even after being stabbed twice on the battlefield, were now sobbing uncontrollably.

The person before me is none other than the emperor, who is high above all others.

The emperor actually apologized to them; the emperor actually knew about their grievances.

"With Your Majesty's words, even if I, Wang Si, die a thousand or ten thousand times, I will never have the slightest complaint!"

"If I cannot bring His Majesty back to the capital, I will die with my eyes wide open in disbelief!"

"We must personally slay those traitors in the capital for His Majesty's sake!"

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, even if we have to use our corpses to fill the city today, we will surely fill the capital!"

Seeing this scene, Guanqiu Jian couldn't help but turn his head away and secretly wipe his eyes.

Even emperors of the past, including Cao Rui who had shown him great favor, would not have treated scholars with such respect.

It is also impossible to see the sacrifices made by these lowest-ranking soldiers.

For most emperors, these soldiers were just numbers.

But the current emperor truly treats every soldier as a living, breathing person just like himself.

With such an emperor, why would he worry about not having people willing to die for him?

Guanqiu Jian dared to guarantee that in the upcoming siege, as long as one member of the Imperial Guard survived, the Emperor would not be able to harm a single hair on his head!

"Ahem, why bring this up now?"

On the other side, Liu Bang, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed by the many pairs of moved eyes he was being stared at.

"To be honest, I don't want you to die, nor do I want the other soldiers to die. If possible, if everything goes smoothly, I hope you can all survive."

"In my eyes, you are no different from the founding heroes. I hope you will survive. I intend to personally reward each of you after we capture the capital!"

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

No one responded.

They all knew how dangerous the upcoming battle would be.

Survival is a luxury for everyone.

If you said this to other people who were facing certain death, they would most likely respond with a few perfunctory words.

But the current emperor will stand with them through thick and thin, see their sacrifices, and treat them as equals.

Since the emperor said he hoped they could survive, then he must have meant it sincerely.

That's why no one is willing to be perfunctory.

They knew they wouldn't survive, so they didn't want to disappoint the emperor.

Liu Bang: “…”

He seemed to see through their thoughts, so he didn't say anything more, but just lowered his head and shoveled rice into his mouth as quickly as they did.

The silence continued until everyone was full and stuffed.

Liu Bang patiently waited until the last person put down their bowl before he got up and walked to the middle.

Guanqiu Jian didn't say much and directly arranged for someone to pour the wine.

Strong wine.

Everyone waited quietly until their bowls were full, then Liu Bang picked up one of them.

"Since you are unwilling to agree, then I will issue a different decree."

"Gentlemen, after drinking this farewell wine, I hope that you will fight bravely on the battlefield."

"If I survive, I will personally erect a monument for you all!"

After saying that, he drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp and then smashed the bowl to pieces.

"If we fail today, I will die with you all!"

……

On the city walls of the capital.

When Liu Bang's army was at the city gates, a large number of aristocratic sons led their family's loyal guards or servants on patrol every day.

After just a few days of patrolling, most of the servants and guards had not yet made any move, and those self-proclaimed noble young men were starting to get impatient.

"When will this kind of life end?"

"The old emperor neither fights nor retreats; what exactly does he want?"

"In my opinion, we should hurry up and pack up and go home to rest. Their military camps are already smoking, and we're still patrolling here. What's the point of patrolling?"

"That's right, hurry back and eat, and get a good rest for a couple of days. In my opinion, the old emperor probably doesn't have the courage to attack the city."

"I'm quitting! Whoever wants to do it can do it. I'm going back!"

Having shamelessly come up to say he wanted to earn some military merit, Jia Yan grumbled a complaint and decisively turned around and walked down the city wall.

When they saw wisps of smoke rising from the military camps outside the city, the resentment in the hearts of the aristocratic youths on the city walls reached its peak.

When had they, born into aristocratic families, ever suffered such hardship?

They patrol the city from early morning to late at night every day, without even a day off!

After Jia Yan started to quit, within a short period of time, not a single member of the aristocratic families on the city wall remained.

The servants and guards left behind looked at each other, unsure whether they should continue their patrol.

After a moment of hesitation, most people chose to stay put and rest.

After all, in their minds, since there had been no movement outside the city for so long, there was unlikely to be any trouble today.

Once the thought of relaxation welled up in my mind, I couldn't suppress it anymore.

A moment later, almost everyone leaned against the city wall. Although the food wasn't as good as outside the city, the leisure time spent basking in the sun was quite nice for them.

Just as a relaxed atmosphere filled almost all the garrison, a bugle call suddenly sounded.

In an instant, everyone was jolted awake.

Enemy attack!?

Immediately, people climbed onto the city wall to look out.

He saw the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, and the nine-tasseled dragon flag that was at the forefront, still clearly visible even amidst the smoke and dust!