nycdaug Chapter 200 Food Crisis
Chapter 200 Food Crisis
"What do you want to do?" Hua Lan protected Li Xu behind him and asked coldly.
"We still want to ask what King Xian is going to do?" Several generals led by Zheng Nan and Yi Shan glared angrily at King Xian behind Hua Lan. Then Zheng Nan asked directly: "King Xian wants to cooperate with Emperor Lang. Is this to put us to death?"
"You are all brothers who have gone through life and death with me, Li Xu, and fought bloody battles. My future great cause will rely on you even more. What good will it do me to put you to death? General Zheng Nan's words are putting me, Li Xu, in an unkind and unjust position?" Zheng Nan's straightforward words angered these generals even more. Seeing that they were about to draw their swords, Li Xu hurriedly pushed away Hua Lan in front of him and spoke sternly.
"But if King Xian asks for peace with Emperor Lang, isn't it a clear admission of defeat to Emperor Lang? You are Emperor Lang's younger brother, and Emperor Lang may forgive you for the sake of brotherhood. But in the eyes of Emperor Lang, all of us are traitors, so how could he let us live in this world?" Although King Xian's words shocked the other generals, Yi Shan walked forward with a sneer, still looking at Li Xu with a suspicious look.
"Hahaha, General Yishan has said it before. I agreed to cooperate with Emperor Lang only to solve the urgent problem at hand. It is not admitting defeat but a delaying tactic. As you all have seen in this period of time, we have been pressed step by step by the Xiyue Army and are about to be forced to return to the western border. Are you willing to be forced into a dead end by the Xiyue Army like this?" King Xian came to the generals with a smile, patted Yishan on the shoulder and patiently comforted him.
"It turns out that we have misunderstood King Xian. I deserve to die. Please forgive me, King Xian!" Zheng Nan has always been impatient. After hearing what King Xian said, he knelt down hurriedly. The other generals also bowed their heads and knelt down.
"To be honest with you, Your Majesty. We all have miserable lives. We followed you through fire and water not only because we trust you, but also because we want to make a name for ourselves. Your Majesty, please don't play with the lives of our entire family." Only Yi Shan still stood there, looking at you doubtfully, his eyes filled with a determination to perish together with you, and a threat.
"Of course. The king and all of you brothers are now all tied in the same boat. We prosper together and suffer together." Li Xu remained calm, staring at Yi Shan in front of him, then smiled, but there was an abyss in his bright eyes.
In Fengling City, Qian Yue was ordered by King Xian to stay behind to prepare food and soldiers. He had instigated King Xian to rebel at the order of the Shadow Clan of Xiyue Country. Now that the mission was completed, he could stay out of it and continue to stay in Fengling City, which was naturally what he wanted.
That night, he was in his room making love with the dancer given to him by King Xian, when he accidentally caught a glimpse of a dark figure in front of the window. He was so frightened that he trembled all over and almost became impotent. Then, the dancer under him also screamed in fear, but a flash of light stopped the scream abruptly, and a dart was stuck in the dancer's neck.
"Master, please spare my life!" Qian Yue was so frightened that his face turned pale. He fell off the bed without even having time to put on his clothes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
"I really didn't mean to disturb your good times, and I accidentally killed your woman." A lazy but deep middle-aged male voice sounded in front of the window, and the casual tone didn't sound like an apology.
"What instructions does the Lord have?" Qian Yue knelt naked on the ground and trembled.
"Lord Qian, you have done your best to prepare food and fodder for King Xian." The black shadow continued to smile, but it was as if there was a knife hidden in that smile, which cut Qian Yue's body again and again.
"Master...Master, Qian Yue has completed the task assigned to him by the Shadow Sect. I don't know..." Qian Yue replied tremblingly, his whole body stiff. But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sneer:
"Completed? Did Shadow Clan inform Master Qian that the mission is accomplished?"
"No...no." Qian Yue was stunned for a moment before replying hurriedly.
"Instigating Prince Xian to rebel and plunging Lang into civil strife is only the first step, but Lord Qian is getting benefits from Yingmen on the one hand, and on the other hand he can't wait to be loyal to Prince Xian. What's the matter? Does Lord Qian think he has the ability to have the best of both worlds?" The black shadow suddenly sat down on the chair under the window and continued to smile dangerously.
"Master, please spare my life. Qian Yue dare not do that. Qian Yue thought that the mission was accomplished..."
"Remember, your mission will not be truly completed until Lang Kingdom is destroyed." The black shadow was impatient to listen to Qian Yue's words and ordered in a cold voice.
"Yes." Qian Yue didn't dare to say another word and responded quickly.
"The next step is to cut off King Xian's food supplies."
"Running out of food supplies? But Fengling City is the rear base of King Xian, and he has many spies here. If I were to take any action, I would definitely..."
"Isn't Master Qian always extremely smart? Is this a small matter worth Master Qian's trouble?"
"Your Excellency is overpraising me."
“Remember, find a way to cut off King Xian’s food supply. This is your current mission.” After the black shadow said this, he disappeared out the window.
Qian Yue heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the black shadow leave. He collapsed to the ground without even having time to look for his clothes.
Two days later, at three o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out inexplicably in the granary of Fengling City, and all the food and fodder that had just been collected for King Xian's army was burned.
Qian Yue, who heard the news, rushed over in a hurry. Seeing the granary in front of him destroyed by fire, he could not help but burst into tears. He kept muttering that he was ashamed of the trust of King Xian and the thousands of soldiers who fought hard in the battle. He cried even more bitterly that God was unfair. King Xian was famous for his virtue and was a role model for others. He took the lead in defending the country of Lang, but he did not receive any favor from God.
Qian Yue's wailing, which was so heart-wrenching that it moved the heavens and earth, also infected the generals beside him, and they all started wiping away their tears.
Qian Yue's superb acting skills naturally deceived the spies that King Xian had left in Fengling City, so the news King Xian received was almost the same as the report submitted by Qian Yue.
Li Xu was naturally worried as the food supply was about to run out. While instructing Qian Yue to continue raising food supplies, he also wrote a letter to Xuan'an City asking for food.
Ning Xiben had been overjoyed since receiving the letter of cooperation written by Li Xu himself, so he had been discussing the details of the cooperation with Prime Minister Lu Xiang and Shangguan Jiuyi in the past few days. Crown Prince Ying Yan was still young, so he just listened from the side and occasionally gave a few suggestions.
But when Ning Xi received another letter from Li Xu asking for food, he could not help but become furious. A rebel was so shameless to ask him for food. After supplying the Xiyue Army with food and fodder from his Lang Kingdom, he also had to supply his Xianwang Army. How could he, the king of Lang Kingdom, still have any dignity left?
Seeing that Emperor Lang was furious because of Prince Xian, Shangguan Jiuyi and Ying Yan did not dare to say a word. Lu Xiang had no choice but to appease Emperor Lang and ask him to put the overall situation first and drive the Xiyue Army out of Lang first.