Long Chen took Dugu Jiali and the two captains to Zhu Yong's camp.
Zhu Yong is training his men imitating the Long family army's military training method.
Long Chen stopped and looked at it for a while, shook his head slightly and smiled.
Zhu Yong is trying his best to imitate, but these people under his command are scoundrels. They can't do what the Long Family Army does, let alone physical and martial arts.
Seeing Long Chen, Zhu Yong immediately ran over to see him: "The last general, Zhu Yong, comes to see King Wu."
Zhu Yong has learned some military etiquette.
"General Zhu, no courtesy."
Dugu Jiali presented the brocade box. Long Chen opened the box, took out a gold seal and handed it to Zhu Yong, saying: "This is the gold seal I gave you. From today on, you will be the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
Zhu Yong happily accepted the golden seal and said, "General, I will fight hard and serve the Zhou Dynasty."
Long Chen brought another scarlet gold belt and said, "This is General Zhu's belt."
In ancient times, when being granted an official title, in addition to the seal and ribbon, a belt was also given.
The ancients were particular about wearing belts. Belts were an important symbol to distinguish official rank and status. People of different ranks had different styles of belts.
The buckles used for belts are divided into gold, silver, rhinoceros, jade, iron, etc., and the colors are also divided into purple, scarlet, green, and blue.
Long Chen gave Zhu Yong a scarlet gold belt, which was a standard only for high-ranking officials, so Zhu Yong was very happy.
"Thank you King Wu."
Zhu Yong happily took the belt.
A group of brothers gathered behind him, looking at Zhu Yong's gold seal and belt with envy.
"Everyone, follow General Zhu and work hard. When the city is captured, I will also give you the ribbon belt."
Long Chen encouraged loudly, and everyone screamed like chicken blood.
Long Chen said to Zhu Yong: "General Zhu has been here for two days. I will send two captains to you today. You can set off today."
"I have made an agreement with you that all the cities you occupy will belong to you in the future."
"If you occupy a county, you will be the county magistrate, and if you occupy a state, you will be the prefect. If you can occupy half of the country, I will personally report to the emperor and make you king!"
Long Chen drew another big cake for Zhu Yong, and Zhu Yong bowed excitedly: "I will never give up even if I die!"
Long Chen said: "General Zhu holds this seal of the general who conquers the west. This king gives you the right to appoint generals. You can recruit other rebels. Below the generals, you can appoint yourself."
Long Chen only promised benefits verbally and didn't need to pay anything.
Giving Zhu Yong an empty power and letting him win over the canonized rebels would be of no harm to Long Chen.
Zhu Yong was very excited and said: "Thank you so much for your trust, King Wu, I will set off today!"
Long Chen said to Dugu Jiali: "Bring the wine, I will give General Zhu a grand tour!"
Dugu Jiali immediately ordered the soldiers to bring good wine and slaughter the sheep for cooking on the spot.
Long Chen and Zhu Yong had a good drink, and after their men had eaten and drank enough, they immediately followed Zhu Yong to the west.
After Zhu Yong left, Dugu Jiali was a little confused and asked: "Sir, have you given Zhu Yong too many benefits?"
Dugu Jiali felt that Long Chen's promise just now was a bit too much.
Long Chen smiled and said: "I'm just paying lip service. If they can raise a large army in the rear, Shi Le will have a headache."
Dugu Jiali was a little worried and said: "Even if we raise a large army, the combat effectiveness will not be enough. They are all stragglers."
Long Chen said: "It doesn't matter if the combat effectiveness is not good. They are making trouble in the rear, and Shi Le cannot recruit troops. More importantly, these people are rioters. The rioters are looting everywhere, and Shi Le cannot collect food and grass."
"If the army has no food and grass, its morale will be in chaos. How can Shi Le fight with me?"
Of course, this strategy will harm the people of Xixia.
But when countries go to war, it is impossible to have a foolproof plan.
Ending the war as soon as possible and annihilating Xixia is the greatest kindness to the people of Xixia.
Dugu Jiali nodded and said: "Your Excellency, you want to use them to contain and disrupt the enemy's rear, so that Shi Le will have no soldiers to use and no food to conquer."
Long Chen nodded slightly and watched Zhu Yong lead his troops to the west.
Tang Heizi rode over and said, "Sir, the Xixia soldiers in Yangcheng have begun to use buckets to fetch water from the moat."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Just wait, in two days, the soldiers in Yangcheng will rebel."
"Shi Le can either go out of the city and fight decisively, or he can wait to die in the city."
After being besieged for so many days, the water resources in Yangcheng have been almost exhausted, and Shi Le may not be able to hold on any longer.
On the city wall of Yangcheng, many soldiers held buckets, tied the handles with ropes, and threw them from the top of the city into the moat to fetch water.
Under the city, the Long family army looked at the soldiers on the city and mocked: "Aren't you people illiterate? The water is poisonous!"
Long Chen put up a wooden sign outside the city, stating that he had poisoned the water and that the water could not be drunk.
Long Chen did this deliberately to disgust these people.
There was no water to drink in the city. I was so thirsty that my throat was filled with smoke. I couldn't see whether the water in the moat was drinkable. I couldn't describe the pain in my heart.
"I'll drink it if it's poisonous. It's better than dying of thirst!"
The Xixia soldiers on the city didn't care at all. When the water was brought to the city, a group of people rushed to grab it. No one cared whether the water was poisonous or not.
After drinking enough water, the soldier leaned against the city wall and gasped, cursing: "It's poisonous, I drink it too!"
Some soldiers were watching to see if the person drinking the water would die.
In the end, those soldiers were completely fine, and others followed suit to fetch water frantically, throwing countless buckets from the city wall to fetch water.
In the prefect's mansion.
Infantry General Le Min entered the main hall, where Privy Councilor Lu Qichang and Commander-in-Chief Li Chenglie were discussing countermeasures.
Both of them felt that abandoning the city and retreating now was the best option, and if the situation continued, the situation would only get worse.
But I'm afraid Schle would not accept this suggestion.
Le Min walked in and said anxiously: "Two adults, the soldiers have begun to drink the water from the moat."
Li Chenglie said in shock: "Isn't the water in the moat poisonous?"
Le Min said helplessly: "It's poisonous. Long Chengen said it himself. We watched them poison it."
"But the soldiers were so thirsty that they didn't care if it was poisonous or not."
Lu Qichang looked ugly.
To take a sip of water and not even fear death shows that the soldier is reaching his limit.
Li Chenglie suddenly said: "This may be an opportunity. They are not even afraid of death. Let them go out to fight and they may win."
Lu Qichang felt that it made sense. The soldiers who were forced into a desperate situation might be able to fight.
"I'll go talk to the king."
Lu Qichang stood up and wanted to leave, but Cavalry General Sha Wenchen suddenly walked in and said anxiously: "Someone in the city spread rumors that the prince destroyed Zhaoti Temple and all the monks were killed."
"The monk soldiers in the city are very excited. They want to ask the national master for explanation."
Just now, Long Chen sent soldiers to shout outside the city and told the monk soldiers the news about Shi Haoran's destruction of Zhaoti Temple.
The monk soldiers didn't believe it at first, but Long Chen told what happened in detail.
The monk soldiers are now furious and want Monk Kongji to come out and refute the rumors.
Sha Wenchen saw the monk soldiers making trouble in the morning and hurriedly came over to report it.
When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but laugh out loud: "How could such deceptive words come from Long Chengen's mouth?"
"Zhaoti Temple is our Daxia national temple. Why did the Crown Prince want to destroy Zhaoti Temple?"
"Besides, the prince dares to make an independent decision on such a big matter?"
