From eunuch to emperor

Long Chen planned to rest for a few months, but Wu Jian felt that it shouldn't be like this.

"My lord, we have won several consecutive victories. The morale of the brothers is high. We should continue to go west with all our strength, break through Guancheng, go straight to Xingqing City, and destroy Xixia."

"Although we have some difficulties with food and grass now, Shi Le is more difficult than us."

"My advice is to keep going west and not rest."

After breaking through Yangcheng, Guancheng and Bailang Mountain were right in front of him. Thinking of the past, Wu Jian's hatred burned like a fire, and he wished he could kill Shi Le immediately.

Long Chen understood Wu Jian's hatred, but the more so, the more calm he should be.

"What do you think?"

Long Chen asked what the others meant.

Zhang Qian said: "I think it's okay to take a rest, but in fact, everyone is quite tired."

Wu Xiangyun said: "I'm afraid my sister's injury needs to be recuperated."

Bai Tingting was noncommittal, she wasn't too tired.

Long Chen looked at Han Ziping and the others, and asked, "What do you think?"

Han Ziping said: "Brothers said they were a little tired."

Long Chen said to Wu Jian: "Old Wu, let's take a break. Although Shi Le has suffered a big loss, it is right to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but we also need to be more stable."

"We already have a great advantage in this battle. It should be no problem to win, but we must minimize casualties."

After destroying Xixia, Long Chen planned to march south and destroy Nanliang.

The strength of the Long family army must be well preserved, and they cannot kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.

This is also the reason why Long Chen chose to encircle rather than attack, he was saving his strength.

Wu Jian sighed slightly and said, "Then take a rest."

"However, the captives in the city have to be dealt with properly, and these people are left to waste food."

Long Chen scratched his head and said, "I'll think about how to deal with it. If it's not handled well, these people will run back again."

Tang Heizi said: "My lord, those who achieve great things must be ruthless. Let's kill these people."

Long Chen shook his head slightly, and said: "I'll think about how to deal with it, don't worry."

If Long Chen didn't nod his head, it's not easy for them to kill the prisoners.

On the same day, Wu Jian ordered all the soldiers to rest on the spot, and at the same time appease the people in the city, telling them what to do, those who want to plant the land, those who want to herd herds, and the order in Yangcheng is gradually restored.

...

Guancheng.

Shi Le didn't wake up until late, and Xiao Liang, the guard of the gate, was waiting at the door early in the morning.

"The last general pays homage to the king."

Shi Le nodded slightly and asked, "How many soldiers and horses have you returned?"

The defeated soldiers have been retreating in the direction of Guancheng, and Xiao Liang has been gathering the defeated soldiers, that's why Shi Le asked this question.

Xiao Liang replied: "Back to the king, there are 8 iron kites, more than 5 monk soldiers, and about 10 other soldiers."

After making a rough estimate, Shi Le couldn't help sighing, "It's almost 20 yuan lost."

Xiao Liang also knew that the loss was too great, but he still comforted Shi Le: "Your Majesty, not all the retreating soldiers are in Guancheng, some may have gone to other cities."

This is a comforting word, and Shi Le also knows it, but he also has a fluke mentality, and hopes that it is true.

"How is the national teacher's injury?"

Shi Le was very worried about Kong Ji.

Yesterday's emptiness was too scary, the bleeding was too much, and the bumps along the way made me feel like I was dying.

If Kongji died, Shi Le would become a polished commander.

"The last general...hasn't gone to see it yet."

Xiao Liang has been guarding Shi Le, and has no time to see how Kong Ji is doing.

Moreover, as a general, it is not appropriate for him to go to see Kong Ji privately, and he is easily accused of forming a party for personal gain.

Shi Le didn't say anything, and immediately walked towards the empty courtyard.

The gate of the yard was closed, and it was quiet inside.

Xiao Liang stepped forward to knock on the door, but there was no response from inside.

"Open the door, the king is coming to see the national teacher."

Xiao Liang yelled twice outside the door, but there was still no response from inside.

Xiao Liang looked back at Shi Le in surprise, Shi Le felt that the situation was wrong, and immediately said: "Break away!"

The gate of the courtyard was knocked open, and Shi Le strode in, and saw several monks lying at the door, their bodies were already stiff.

Xiao Liang yelled that something was wrong, Shi Le knocked open the door and rushed to the inner room.

The bed was empty except for a little blood.

"What about people?"

Shi Le stared at the empty bed in astonishment, wondering where did Kong Ji go?

Xiao Liang and the generals behind him followed in, all of them looked confused.

"Is it... the national teacher has gone out?"

Xiao Liang spoke incoherently and didn't know how to answer.

Shi Le shouted angrily: "Look! If you can't find the national teacher, come and see me!"

Xiao Liang immediately rushed out of the courtyard, summoned all the generals and soldiers in the city, and searched the whole process to find Kong Ji.

...

Yangcheng.

Long Chen was walking on the street, and the people in the city walked out with hoes on their shoulders.

Seeing the Long family army, they were still a little scared.

Long Chen stopped a farmer and asked: "You go out of the city to farm, don't you bring your cattle?"

The farmer saw that Long Chen was wearing Eastern Zhou costumes, and knew that he was a general of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so he didn't shy away from speaking, and said, "Cow? Our cattle have been eaten long ago."

"Those officers and soldiers are more powerful than bandits. They ate up all the food in the house, the cattle, and even my watchdog."

The farmer spoke very angrily, Long Chen was a little speechless, the military discipline of Xixia soldiers is a bit poor.

Long Chen smiled mischievously, and continued to walk west.

Arriving at Li's Wine Shop, Long Chen stopped.

The liquor store has reopened, but there are not many customers.

During times of chaos, not many people had the money to buy wine, and it was normal that the business was not good.

Long Chen walked in, picked a seat and sat down, the waiter immediately came over to greet him warmly.

"Guest, do you want to drink?"

Long Chen glanced at the waiter, and said with a smile: "Should you ask what kind of wine to drink? If you ask to drink? You gave the customer a chance to refuse."

"If the guest says no to drink, how do you answer? Drive people out?"

"You ask what kind of wine you want to drink, and the customer can only answer what kind of wine you want, and your business is done."

The clerk suddenly realized, saluted and thanked: "Thank you for your advice, what kind of wine do you want to drink?"

Long Chen said: "Bring the best wine."

The waiter immediately brought some clear spirits and asked, "What dish do you want to eat?"

Long Chen smiled, and said: "You're a fast learner, a child can be taught."

"Cut the mutton on a plate."

The man smiled and said, "The guest is waiting."

Soon, the cut lamb came up.

Long Chen drank wine and ate meat, and asked: "Is your shopkeeper not here?"

The clerk immediately said: "Yes, it is at the counter to settle the accounts."

The guy pointed to the man behind the counter who settled the bill.

Long Chen smiled and said: "I'm talking about Qianjin envoy Gan Xin, isn't he here?"

The guy's expression changed slightly, and he immediately smiled and said, "What did the guest say? I can't understand it. It's worth a lot of money."

Long Chen took a sip of his wine and said: "It's nothing, it seems that they are all gone, so forget it, you can go down."

Long Chen finished drinking a jug of wine, ate the cut mutton, paid the bill, and slowly walked out of the wine shop.

After the person left, the clerk finished clearing the table, handed the money to the shopkeeper, and said in a low voice, "He seems to know."