From eunuch to emperor

Seeing Li Chenglie's appearance, Shi Le felt uncomfortable.

This expression is not a good thing.

"My lord, the Long family army outside the city has just plundered a batch of grain and returned to the camp."

Li Chenglie saw the carriage transporting the grain, and the sacks on it belonged to the Xixia government, so he said that the grain was robbed.

Shi Le was surprised: "Who brought the grain and grass? The king didn't let them bring the grain and grass here."

Li Chenglie shook his head and said, "This... I don't know, maybe it was sent from some state capital."

Lu Qichang said: "It turns out that the king ordered the surrounding prefectures and counties to send grain to Yangcheng. They may not know that Yangcheng is under siege, and they are still transporting grain."

Shi Le cursed angrily: "The king is under siege, they don't know, waste!"

"Is this sending food and grass to this king? This is sending food and grass to Long Chengen."

Neither Li Chenglie nor Lu Qichang dared to speak.

Li Chenglie wanted to talk about Zhu Yong's defection to the enemy, but Shi Le was so angry that Li Chenglie didn't dare to say any more.

"Find a way to solve the problem of water sources, dig wells everywhere in the city, and those who can dig wells to see water will be rewarded!"

Shi Le believed that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and the water problem could always be solved.

"The minister leads the order."

Lu Qichang and Li Chenglie worshiped at the same time.

Shi Le got up and went back to the backyard, and the two slowly left the prefect's mansion.

"The Commander seems to have something to say?"

Lu Qichang saw that Li Chenglie was hesitant to speak just now, and 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 defected to the Long Family Army, and Long Cheng'en also distributed armored weapons to them."

"The incident at the Zhaoti Temple's Qiuzi Hall caused the wives and children to be separated in Daxia. How many husbands and wives and fathers and sons turned against each other. Those rioters rose up and attacked and killed court officials everywhere. Some officials even participated in it. My Daxia is already in chaos."

"Privy Envoy, you and I have been in the court for many years, and we know that foreign enemies are not to be feared, but what is to be feared is the turmoil of the people's hearts."

"As it is now, the common people, the monarchs and the ministers are alienated from their virtues. They even say...they even say that the common people resent the imperial court and that Long Chengen invaded. Instead of resisting, they turn to Long Chengen instead."

"What do the privy envoys think about the current situation? Is there anything wrong with the world?"

Lu Qichang listened silently.

He is very clear about how bad the situation is now, but he is a relative, and his sister is the queen in the palace, so he must firmly stand on Shi Le's side.

"Knowing that it can't be done, do it. You and I are both officials of the Great Xia. When the country is in danger, don't ask if it can be done, just ask if it should be."

"If the country is broken, we will die!"

Privy envoy Lu Qichang spoke tragically and helplessly.

As an important minister of Xixia, he has no choice. If Xixia is really destroyed by Long Chen, he would rather die for his country than live!

Li Chenglie looked up at the sky that was about to darken, and there were dots of stars floating in the sky.

"If there is no such thing as the Qiuzitang, how could I have established the country for hundreds of years, so why would everyone betray their relatives!"

Li Chenglie sighed slightly.

Xixia's current situation was completely caused by Shi Le and Kong Ji.

At the beginning, I thought that this would make the people of Xixia strong and strong, and make the country rich and the army strong.

In the end, cleverness was misunderstood by cleverness, discovered by Long Chen, and became the trump card to destroy Xixia's foundation.

"This matter... Your Majesty's original intention is good."

Lu Qichang said something in a low voice.

Li Chenglie said a little excitedly: "But what happened later? The king was worried that this matter would be exposed, and asked Zhaoti Temple to stop!"

"But those bald donkeys didn't listen to persuasion at all for their own lust, and instead got worse!"

"Things have reached the point where Kong Ji has an unshirkable responsibility!"

The privy envoy Lu Qichang remained silent, Li Chenglie sighed, and walked back to the mansion with heavy steps.

Xixia soldiers sat on both sides of the road, and when they saw Li Chenglie passing by, they ignored him.

The weather was hot, and the soldiers wiped their sweat with shirtless arms, and cursed a few words from time to time:

"Damn! No food, no water!"

"I'm done peeing, and I'm still playing a ball game!"

Li Chenglie sighed secretly and continued to walk back.

When I passed by Li's wine shop, I saw a simple-minded old man go in with a half bucket of water.

Li Chenglie glanced at it, but didn't pay much attention.

The old man slowly entered the backyard with half a bucket of water, put down the bucket, and quickly locked the yard.

There is a lack of water in the city, and some soldiers have already begun to break into houses to grab things.

After locking the door, the old groom continued to walk in with the bucket.

When you arrive in the kitchen, put down the bucket first, cover it, and let the water settle slowly.

The water is very turbid with many impurities and cannot be drunk directly.

There was clean water in the cistern in the kitchen. The old groom poured a jug of cold boiled water and carried it into the room.

The three of Shen Wanjin hid in the room and could not come out.

In such a hot weather, hiding in the room is very stuffy, but they are assassins, so the stuffy heat is nothing.

Putting down the kettle, the old horseman said: "Just got the news that Long Cheng'en intercepted a food delivery team."

Heifeng asked strangely: "Send food here at this time?"

Yangcheng was surrounded by Long Chen, and sending food to Yangcheng at this time was for Long Chen!

The old horseman said: "It seems that they don't know that Yangcheng is besieged, that's why they are like this."

Shen Wanjin couldn't help laughing: "Yangcheng was besieged, such a big thing, they don't know?"

Gan Xin laughed dryly and said: "The forest is so big, there are all kinds of birds, and there are more than a hundred people, of all kinds."

The old horseman poured Shen Wanjin a bowl of water, 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 of the encirclement before the chaos."

Gan Xin shook his head slightly, and said: "Shi Le made a wrong calculation from the beginning. He thought that Long Chengen would attack by force, but he didn't expect Long Chengen to choose to encircle."

"Now that there is a lack of water in the city, the soldiers are even more resentful. If they go out of the city to break through, the Xixia army will surely collapse."

Hei Feng said: "But if we don't break through, the situation will only get worse. Shi Le is waiting here to die?"

Shen Wanjin said: "That's Shi Le's own business. It depends on how he decides."

"Should I abandon Yangcheng and choose to save my troops to break through, or stick to Yangcheng and exhaust the soldiers."

Hei Feng and Gan Xin nodded slightly, the final decision on this matter rests with Shi Le.

Gan Xin asked, "Is Shi Le waiting for the aid of Uz?"

They knew everything about Puxuan and Tang Guolong's envoy to Uz country.

Shen Wanjin shook his head slightly, and said: "It's hard to put out the fire near the water. If Shi Le pins his hope on the Uz Kingdom, I'm afraid Xixia will be doomed."

The length of the whip is not as long as the belly of a horse, and the country of Uz is too far away. It is impossible to send troops on a large scale. At most, some experts will be sent to help.

Moreover, when the Uz country's reinforcements will arrive is also a problem.

The old horseman continued: "A strange thing happened today. The Xixia rebels took refuge in Long Chengen, but the number was not large, only more than 4000."

Shen Wanjin's eyes changed slightly, he was keenly aware of the subtlety of the situation.

"The Xixia's rebel army actually took refuge in Long Cheng'en. It seems that Xixia is really about to end."

"Shi Le completely lost the hearts of the people this time, and Xixia can't keep it."

Although Shen Wanjin is an assassin, he knows that the foundation of a country lies in the hearts of the people, those who win the hearts of the people will rule the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people will lose the world.

If the people no longer want the court, the court will perish.