Seeing Li Chenglie's appearance, Shi Le felt uncomfortable.
There's nothing good about this expression.
"Your Majesty, the Long Family Army outside the city has just robbed a batch of grain and grass and returned to camp."
Li Chenglie saw the grain-carrying carriage, and the sack style on it belonged to the Xixia government, so he said that the grain was robbed.
Shi Le was surprised and said: "Who sent the food and grass? I didn't ask them to deliver the food and grass."
Li Chenglie shook his head and said: "I don't know, this humble minister may have been sent by some state capital."
Lu Qichang said: "The king originally ordered the surrounding prefectures and counties to send food to Yangcheng. They may not know that Yangcheng is under siege, but they are still sending food here."
Shi Le was so angry that he cursed: "This king is under siege, and they don't even know it, trash!"
"Is this a gift of food and grass to me? This is a gift of food and grass to Long Chengen."
Neither Li Chenglie nor Lu Qichang dared to speak.
Li Chenglie wanted to say something about Zhu Yong and the others surrendering to the enemy, but Shi Le was so angry that Li Chenglie did not dare to say anything anymore.
"Find a way to solve the water source problem and dig wells everywhere in the city. Those who can dig wells and find water will be rewarded!"
Shi Le believed that there would be brave men under the heavy reward, and the water problem could always be solved.
"Wei Chen accepts the decree."
Lu Qichang and Li Chenglie paid their respects at the same time.
Shi Le got up and went back to the backyard, and the two of them slowly left the prefect's mansion.
"The commander-in-chief seems to have something to say?"
Seeing that Li Chenglie was hesitant to speak just now, Lu Qichang guessed that he still had something to say.
Li Chenglie looked back at the backyard and said, "I was on the city wall just now and saw many Xixia people defecting to the Long family army. Long Chengen also distributed clothes, armor and weapons to them."
"The incident of asking for children in the Zhaoti Temple caused the wives and children of Daxia to break up. Many couples and fathers and sons turned against each other. Those rogue people rose up and attacked and killed the court officials everywhere. Some officials even participated in it. I, Daxia, have been in chaos."
"Privy Councilor, you and I have been in the imperial court for many years. We know that foreign enemies are not to be feared. What is to be feared is the turmoil of people's hearts." "Now that things are like this, the people, rulers and ministers are alienated from their moral principles. They even say that the people resent the imperial court and Long Cheng'en invades. Instead of resisting, they take refuge in Long Cheng'en."
"What does the Privy Council think of the current situation? Can the affairs of the world be taken care of?"
Lu Qichang listened silently.
He knew very well how bad the situation was now, but since he was a relative and his sister was the queen in the palace, he would definitely stand on Shi Le's side.
"You know you can't do it, but you do it. You and I are both ministers of Daxia. When the country is in danger, we don't ask whether it can be done, only whether it should be done."
"If the country is destroyed, I will die!"
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang spoke tragically and helplessly.
As an important minister of Xixia, he had no choice. If Xixia was really destroyed by Long Chen, he would rather die for his country than live!
Li Chenglie looked up at the darkening sky, with stars floating in the sky.
"If it hadn't been for the Qiuzitang matter, we would have been in Daxia for hundreds of years, and why would everyone have betrayed their relatives and abandoned them!"
Li Chenglie sighed slightly.
The current situation in Xixia was entirely caused by Shi Le and Kong Ji.
At first I thought that this would make the Xixia people physically strong and make the country rich and powerful.
In the end, his cleverness was mistaken for his cleverness, and he was discovered by Long Chen, who became the trump card that destroyed the foundation of Xixia.
"The king's original intention in this matter is good."
Lu Qichang whispered.
Li Chenglie said with some excitement: "But what happened next? The king was worried that the matter would be exposed and asked Zhaoti Temple to stop!"
"But those bald donkeys didn't listen at all for their own lust, and instead went even worse!"
"Kong Ji has an unshirkable responsibility for the situation that has come to this point!"
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Lu Qichang remained silent, and Li Chenglie sighed and walked back to the mansion with heavy steps.
Xixia soldiers were sitting on both sides of the road. When they saw Li Chenglie passing by, they ignored him.
The weather was hot, and the soldiers wiped their sweat with their shirts bare, and cursed from time to time:
"Damn it! I won't give you food or water!"
"I haven't even peeed yet, but I still have a ball game!"
Li Chenglie sighed secretly and continued walking back.
When passing by Li's Liquor Shop, I saw a naive old man carrying half a bucket of water in.
Li Chenglie glanced at it and didn't pay much attention.
Carrying half a bucket of water, the old man slowly entered the backyard, put down the bucket, and quickly locked the yard.
There is a shortage of water in the city, and some soldiers have begun to break into houses and steal things.
After locking the door, the old groom continued carrying the bucket and walked inside.
When you get to the kitchen, put the bucket down first, cover it with the lid, and let the water slowly settle.
The water is very turbid and contains many impurities, so you cannot drink it directly.
There was clean water in the water cellar in the kitchen. The old groom poured a pot of cold water and carried it into the room.
Shen Wanjin and the others hid in the room and refused to come out.
In such a hot weather, it was very stuffy to hide in the room, but they were assassins, so the stuffiness was nothing.
Putting down the kettle, the old horseman said: "I just got the news that Long Chengen intercepted a team transporting grain."
Black Wind asked strangely: "Sending food at this time?"
Yangcheng is surrounded by Long Chen. If you send food to Yangcheng at this time, you are sending it to Long Chen!
The old horseman said: "It seems that they didn't know that Yangcheng was besieged, that's why they acted like this."
Shen Wanjin couldn't help but laugh after hearing this: "Yangcheng was besieged. They didn't know about such a big thing?"
Gan Xin laughed dryly and said: "The forest is so big, there are all kinds of birds, and there are hundreds of people, all kinds of people."
old The groom poured a bowl of water for Shen Wanjin. Shen Wanjin took a sip and said, "The water in the city is starting to run out. I think there will be chaos in a few days."
"If I were Shi Le, I should break out before the chaos."
Gan Xin shook his head slightly and said: "Shi Le made the wrong calculation from the beginning. He thought Long Chengen would attack by force. Unexpectedly, Long Chengen chose to surround us."
"Now that there is a lack of water in the city, the soldiers' resentment is even greater. If they break out of the city, the Xixia army will inevitably collapse."
Heifeng said: "But if we don't break out, the situation will only get worse and worse. Shi Le will wait here to die?"
Shen Wanjin said: "That is Shi Le's own business. It depends on how he makes his own decision."
"Should we abandon Yangcheng and save our troops to break out, or should we defend Yangcheng and use up all our soldiers?"
Heifeng and Ganxin nodded slightly, this matter finally decided on Shi Le.
Gan Xing said: "Is Shile waiting for assistance from the Uzbek state?"
They knew everything about Pu Xuan and Tang Guolong's mission to Us.
Shen Wanjin shook his head slightly and said: "It's hard to save a fire from afar. If Shi Le places his hope in the Uz Kingdom, I'm afraid Xixia will be doomed."
The whip is not as long as the horse's belly, and the country of Us is too far away, so it is impossible to send out large-scale troops. At best, some experts can be sent to help.
Moreover, there is also the question of when reinforcements from Uzbek State will arrive.
The old horseman continued: "A strange thing happened today. The Xixia rebels defected to Long Chengen, but the number was small, only more than 4,000."
Shen Wanjin's eyes changed slightly, and he was keenly aware of the subtlety of the situation.
"The rebels in Xixia actually defected to Long Chengen. It seems that Xixia is really doomed."
"Shi Le has completely lost the support of the people this time, and Xixia cannot keep it."
Although Shen Wanjin is an assassin, he knows very well that the foundation of a country lies in the hearts of the people. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people will lose the world.
If the people no longer care about the court, the court will die.
