From eunuch to emperor

Yangcheng was under siege, and Shi Le had to rely on Kong Ji as his main general, but Shi Haoran attacked Zhaoti Temple in Wangcheng.

If Kong Ji is forced to reverse, Shi Le will be finished.

Ma Fang had just released the eagle and came back when she saw Shi Le was furious.

Ma Fang didn't dare to dissuade her, so she could only wait quietly at the side.

Seeing Shi Le's anger, the maids and eunuchs who were waiting around trembled.

When Shi Le lost his temper, killing people was commonplace, and more than a dozen people had already been killed.

When Shi Le's anger subsided, Ma Fang said, "Your Majesty, the flying eagle has been released."

Shi Le said coldly: "It doesn't matter whether you ask or not, the son is so reckless and disregarding the overall situation!"

Ma Fang bowed her head and dared not speak any more.

Outside the door, the privy envoy Lu Qichang hurried in and said: "Your Majesty, it's not good, those soldiers who drank the water from the moat started to suffer from abdominal pain and diarrhea. Long Cheng'en really poisoned the water."

Shi Le let out a long sigh, and said, "Long Chengen put up a sign there, saying that the water in the moat is poisonous, how could they still..."

Lu Qichang didn't answer, and Shi Le didn't continue.

Why do soldiers still drink the water knowing it is poisonous?It's not because there is no water in the city.

At the beginning, Shi Le wanted to use Yangcheng's solid fortifications to defend because of his unstable morale, but he didn't expect that Long Chen would not follow the routine and only surrounded but not attacked the city.

There was no problem with Shi Le's decision at the time. If he forced a decisive battle with the Long family army outside the city, the Xixia army would be defeated and Yangcheng would not be able to defend.

But if you don't fight now, you will become a turtle in a urn again, and you will still be a dry bastard.

"How do you feel about the decisive battle with Long Chengen now?"

Shi Le didn't want to stay in the city, he wanted to go out and fight while the soldiers still had strength.

Lu Qichang said: "Things in the city are still talking about the Zhaoti Temple, coupled with the lack of water these days, there is a lot of resentment."

"However, I feel that we can take advantage of the lack of water to fight Long Chengen."

Shi Le understood what Lu Qichang meant.

Soldiers are very thirsty and they want to drink water. This can be used to make them temporarily forget about Qiu Zitang and work together to fight a battle.

If you win the battle, everyone will have water to drink. This proposal is very tempting.

"Go, tell the soldiers that there is no water to drink now, and if you want to survive, you must defeat Long Cheng'en, and the decisive battle will be tomorrow."

"Drink water if you win, wait for death if you lose!"

Shi Le gave the order, and Lu Qichang went to deliver the order immediately.

After Lu Qichang left, Shi Le felt that he had to discuss this matter with Kong Ji.

There is going to be a war tomorrow, if Kong Ji doesn't know, I'm afraid he will be dissatisfied again.

Shi Le relies on Kongji, so he cares about Kongji's thoughts very much.

"You go to the national teacher to find it."

Shi Le gave an order, and Ma Fang immediately went out to the Kongji mansion.

Hastily arrived at the empty mansion, two monk soldiers guarded the door.

Seeing Ma Fang, the monks clasped their hands together and saluted, and Ma Fang raised his feet to enter.

In the room, Kong Ji was sitting on the futon, looking at the flames of the oil lamp in a daze.

The slightly jumping flames flickered, and the empty thoughts were disturbed.

This battle was beyond Kong Ji's expectation, he thought that Long Chen would not be able to get in, at most it would be a tug-of-war between Jade Buddha Pass and Zhenguo Temple.

Coupled with Nanliang's attack, Long Chen couldn't fight for long.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the war started, Deshan was killed and Zhenguo Temple was captured.

Later, Shi Le stormed Zhenguo Temple out of anger and lost a large number of elites.

What was even more unexpected was that Long Chen actually took advantage of the matter of Qiuzitang, causing Xi Xia to be dissatisfied, and people's hearts were instantly scattered.

After this war, can Xixia continue to exist, and what should Zhaoti Temple do?

Monk Kongji has never been so confused as he is today.

"If I had known this, I should have killed Long Chengen."

Monk Kong Ji regretted not beheading Long Chen at Jade Buddha Pass.

If Long Chen had been killed at that time, it would not be like this now.

"National Division."

Ma Fang knocked on the door and walked in slowly.

Kong Ji heard the knock on the door, looked back, turned to look at Ma Fang, and asked, "Elder-in-law, what's the matter?"

Ma Fang said: "The king is looking for you."

Kong Ji didn't get up immediately, nor was he in a hurry, but asked lightly: "Do you know anything?"

Ma Fang's thoughts moved slightly. Kong Ji heard that Shi Le was looking for him before, but he left immediately without saying a word.

This time, he actually asked something first, and sure enough, the emptiness changed.

"Just now the privy envoy suggested that the king will have a decisive battle with Long Chengen tomorrow. The king probably wants to hear the opinion of the national teacher."

Ma Fang heard it just now, so he said it.

This matter is not a secret to Kong Ji, there is nothing that cannot be said.

Monk Kongji responded lightly: "Oh..."

After a while, Kong Ji slowly got up and walked out, Ma Fang followed behind.

Walking on the street, it was dark at this time, and the heat subsided a little. The soldiers were shirtless to enjoy the cool, and the sound of swatting mosquitoes could be heard from time to time.

"Damn it, I have diarrhea three times after drinking that water."

"If you have diarrhea again, you will die. There is no water to drink."

"Grandma, it's a big deal to drink some water from the moat."

Looking at the soldiers on the side of the road, Ma Fang wondered how this siege would end, whether it would be useful to break out tomorrow?

Kong Ji slowly walked into the prefect's mansion, and Ma Fang followed.

An old groom saw Kong Ji go in from afar, and walked slowly back to Li's wine shop with a bucket of water from the moat in his hand.

Entered the backyard, opened the door and entered the room, and put the bucket on the table.

"Lord, this is water from the moat. The soldiers had diarrhea after drinking it, and there were no other symptoms."

Hei Feng scooped up a bowl of water and brought it to Shen Wanjin, and Gan Xin held up the oil lamp and came over.

Shen Wanjin looked carefully and said, "Only diarrhea, no other symptoms?"

The old groom nodded and said, "Yes, that's it."

Shen Wanjin smiled and said, "Yan Shuangyu's poisonous powder."

Shen Wanjin knew exactly what methods the hall master under him had. This symptom, at first glance, was Yan Shuangyu's masterpiece.

It happened that Long Chen and Yan Shuangyu got together, so it was normal to get poisonous powder from Yan Shuangyu.

Heifeng was not surprised when he knew about Yan Shuangyu.

Gan Xin was not surprised when he got some news from the old groom.

"This Long Cheng'en is poisonous enough, don't poison these people to death, just let them have diarrhea."

"When people are alive, they will survive. Soldiers will look for medicine, cause trouble, and the city will become more and more chaotic."

Shen Wanjin smiled and put down the big bowl, and stirred the water with his hands.

Gan Xin said: "It would save trouble if you poisoned him directly, and it would be troublesome to hang him half dead."

Shen Wanjin said: "This is where Long Chengen is vicious. He has calculations in everything he does. When dealing with him, we must be cautious."

Hei Feng and Gan Xin nodded slightly.

The old horseman said: "Lord, just now I heard an order from the Xixia army, saying that they will go out of the city tomorrow to find water to drink. If they win, they will drink water. If they lose, they will die of thirst."

Gan Xin asked in surprise, "Shi Le is leaving the city for a decisive battle?"

The old groom replied: "I heard them say so, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Hei Feng and Gan Xin looked at Shen Wanjin.

Shen Wanjin thought for a while, and said: "Shi Le wants to use the soldiers to drink water and let them go out of the city to fight to the death. This is a good idea."

"Because of the matter of Qiuzitang, the Xixia soldiers are separated from each other, and now they can use the matter of drinking water to unite people's hearts."

"As long as people are united, there are 50 troops in the city, enough to defeat Long Chengen."

Hei Feng felt that something was wrong, and said, "Then shall we inform Long Chengen?"