Ye Chang said anxiously and angrily: "Those tenants wanted to join the army to help us fight the war two days ago. I just heard that they went to Yangcheng to join the army again and wanted to fight us in turn."
"These people are really idle wolves. The land was given to them for free."
Dugu Jiali asked in surprise: "No way, he was stuck at the foot of the mountain two days ago and refused to leave. He said he would help us defeat Shi Le."
"Why are you trying to attack us again? What's going on with these people?"
Long Chen laughed dryly and said: "What's the reason?"
Ye Chang shook his head and said: "I don't know, those people ran to Yangcheng anyway."
Dugu Jiali looked at Long Chen, and Long Chen said: "Find He Juntao over here."
Ye Chang immediately went to find He Juntao.
Dugu Jiali said angrily: "The Xixia people are really bad, they are used to being untouchables."
Long Chen smiled and said: "You can't say that, there must be a reason for them to do this."
"They are the lowest class of tenants and have no choice in many things. No matter what the world is like, the people at the bottom will always suffer the most."
"They did many things out of their control, so don't blame the people."
Dugu Jiali sighed helplessly: "Husband, sometimes I think you are too kind to the people."
After following Long Chen for so long, Dugu Jiali finally saw clearly.
Long Chen was very cruel to the powerful and officials, but sometimes he was too kind to the common people. He always said that the common people had the hardest time.
Long Chen smiled and said nothing, waiting for He Juntao to come over.
Not long after, He Juntao came over.
"grown ups."
"What happened to the tenants?"
He Juntao said: "Just when I was about to report this to your lord, Shi Le issued a royal order and granted the land of Zhenguo Temple to the tenants."
"The condition is that the tenants will help Shi Le fight the war, and each household will send a soldier. Those tenants who originally defected to us have now gone to Yangcheng to serve as soldiers."
Ye Chang said angrily: "Those scoundrels who forget their loyalty when they see profit, I should have known better not to give it to them."
Long Chen nodded slightly and said: "This is a good strategy. If we use land as a reward, the tenants will fight to the death, and the number of soldiers can be increased by tens of thousands."
Originally, the tenants around Zhenguo Temple supported Long Chen, but now that Shi Le did this, things were reversed.
I have to say that Shi Le did it beautifully.
Dugu Jiali asked: "Then what should we do? Just look at Shi Le like this?"
He Juntao said: "I don't think Shi Le really wanted to give the land to the tenants. He just wanted the tenants to help us, so he used the land as bait."
"When the war is over, the land will definitely be taken back and they will continue to be slaves."
Ye Chang said: "Sir, we can send people out to tell these tenants that Shi Le does not really want to give them the land."
"When the war is over, Shile will take back the land. Only by supporting us in the war can we keep the land."
He Juntao nodded and said: "I agree with General Ye's opinion. This should be useful."
Dugu Jiali also said: "Yes, Shi Le can say it, and we can also say it."
Long Chen shook his head slightly and said: "This... is somewhat useful, but the effect won't be too great."
"Think about it, if you were tenants in Xixia, would you believe Shi Le or me?"
The three of them were silent.
Shi Le was the king of Xixia, and Long Chen was just an enemy general. If they were tenants of Xixia, they would definitely believe Shi Le, not Long Chen.
The king's orders are definitely more effective than Long Chen's general orders.
"Let me think about how to deal with it."
Long Chen walked slowly, thinking about how to deal with it.
Dugu Jiali no longer had the time to deploy the catapult, and was waiting for Long Chen to think of countermeasures.
"Juntao, you go do something!"
Long Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a countermeasure.
"My lord, please give me your instructions!"
He Juntao was overjoyed. Long Chen said this because he had thought of a way.
Ye Chang and Dugu Jiali waited for Long Chen to speak.
Long Chen said: "Send someone to the rear of Xixia and tell me that Shi Le, in order to recruit troops for war with me, promised to allocate all the land owned by powerful landlords to tenants."
After hearing this, He Juntao suddenly realized and said happily: "What a clever plan, sir. Shi Le deceived the tenants to fight the war. We will use Shi Le's lies to instigate rebellion and incite the powerful landlords of Xixia to cause internal turmoil and rebellion! What a wonderful plan!"
The tenants around Zhenguo Temple have already believed Shi Le's lies. No matter how Long Chen explains it, they don't believe it.
Since they don't believe it, forget it and don't tell the tenants.
Long Chen, in turn, went to talk to the powerful landlords and used Shi Le's lies to intimidate those powerful landlords, causing internal turmoil and division in Xixia.
Dugu Jiali frowned and said, "But the tenants around Zhenguo Temple will still join the army and join the war."
Long Chen sighed: "There is no way, if they believe it themselves, they will definitely be treated as cannon fodder and rush to the front."
"Since they have chosen to join the army and picked up weapons, they are no longer tenants, they are enemies."
Long Chen feels sorry for the people, but he is not the Holy Mother. If the people pick up weapons to kill him, they are the enemy.
Ye Chang nodded and said: "They want to kill us, so we can't stretch our necks and wait for them to be killed."
Long Chen said: "Go now and send more people."
He Juntao bowed and said, "I obey."
He Juntao immediately asked Feng He to let the Xichang spies out.
Looking to the west, Long Chen suddenly thought of a question.
"Both the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Liang Dynasty were proclaimed emperors, why did the Western Xia Dynasty only become kings?"
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the female emperor, and the Southern Liang Dynasty was Li Chengdao. Both of them became emperors.
Why did Shi Le only call himself king?
In terms of level, the king is one level lower than the emperor.
Shi Le can definitely claim the title of emperor and be equal to the empress and Li Chengdao.
Ye Chang was asked by Long Chen's question.
"This...has always been like this."
Everyone is used to it and thinks it's normal. Xixia was originally the king, and Eastern Zhou and Nanliang were originally emperors. That's how it is.
It wasn't until Long Chen asked about it that they discovered that it was indeed weird.
Dugu Jiali said: "Maybe... because Xixia is small and weak, and not strong enough to be emperor?"
Long Chen shook his head slightly and said: "No, no matter how small the place is, Shi Le is still the king of a country. He can definitely call himself emperor, so why only call him king?"
Ye Chang scratched his head and said, "I don't know, no one has ever asked such a question."
Long Chen shook his head and took Ye Chang back to the room on the top of the mountain after inspecting the troops and setting up defenses.
...
Two days later, in the main hall of the Yangcheng Prefecture.
Shi Le is sitting at the head, the prince Shi Haoran, the privy envoy Lu Qichang, the hussar general Fu Yong, the commander-in-chief Li Chenglie, and Ma Xing are standing on the left. On the right are monks Kongji, Xinkong, Xinjing and Fuhui.
side.
This time the generals are all here.
Shi Le sat on the Grand Master's chair and asked Lu Qichang: "How many troops are there now?"
Lu Qichang said: "Back to the king, we now have an army of 400,000."
In the past two days, tens of thousands more troops arrived one after another. Together with the tenant farmers who joined the army, Shi Le had a total of 400,000 troops.
Shi Le nodded slightly and said with satisfaction: "With an army of 400,000, today the king is going to destroy Zhenguo Temple, take Long Chengen's head back, and put it in Zhaoti Temple for suppression!"
Fuhui echoed: "Long Chengen is the devil who came to the world. He should be made into a golden body and buried in the Demon-Conquering Palace. He will be suppressed forever and never be able to stand up again!"
Shi Le glanced at Fuhui and said with a cold face: "Fuhui, today is your chance to avenge your shame. Don't let me down!"
Kong Ji looked at Fu Hui and sighed slightly in his heart.
Fu Hui immediately bowed and said, "The poor monk must cut off Long Cheng'en's head and offer it under the tent!"
Shi Le smiled coldly and said, "Okay! Master Fuhui will be the vanguard!"
Fu Hui felt her body go cold. It was obvious that she was going to die.
But in front of so many people, Fuhui did not dare to refuse, so he had to bow his head and say: "I accept the order, poor monk!"
Ma Xing bowed his head and said nothing. He thought to himself: Fuhui is seeking death. It is the truth to shut up at this time.
Shi Le laughed loudly and said: "Okay, I will ask Ma Xing to help you!"
Ma Xing trembled all over. With this damn person standing next to him, trouble came from the sky.
Ma Xing gritted his teeth and came out of the queue and said: "The last general has given orders!"
Shi Le looked at Ma Xing coldly and said, "Okay, the vanguard general has decided to set off!"
Shi Le strode out of the main hall, and eunuch Ma Fang prepared his war horse.
Shi Le stepped on the horse stool and got on a bloody horse.
Outside the door, a group of generals had finished dressing up.
Shi Le walked out, and everyone in Kongji got on their horses one after another.
After leaving the prefect's mansion and passing the city gate, 400,000 troops were ready to go.
Shi Le looked at the army, turned around and said: "Where is the vanguard general!"
Fu Hui and Ma Xing came up on horseback and said:
"The poor monk is here!"
"The end is here!"
Shi Le handed a pioneer flag to Fu Hui and said: "Kill!"
Fu Hui took the vanguard banner, and Ma Xing led the vanguard cavalry at the front.
Shi Le held a guard of honor and then slowly set off with his army to fight towards Zhenguo Temple.
