In the imperial palace in Chengdu, the emperor of Shu Li Shi and his ministers were like ants on a hot pot, and they were in a hurry.

In the direction of due north, the Northern Expeditionary Army waved its division south from Luocheng, and was approaching Chengdu, and in the direction of due south, the road leading to Wuyang City was also stuck by the Jin army, and the specific situation of Wuyang City, Li Shi could not grasp it, but he felt that it was more auspicious and less.

These two unfavorable news spread to Chengdu at the same time, like a thunderbolt from the sky, which greatly alarmed Li Shi and his ministers.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Shi hurriedly summoned the ministers of Chengdu to the palace to discuss countermeasures, and all the officials above the fifth grade in Chengdu went to the palace hall in order to discuss countermeasures.

Seeing that the hall was full of ministers, Li Shi got up from the dragon chair, walked to the ministers, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Jin army has attacked my Han in the north and south, and now, the city has been lost for many days, and the 20,000 Jin army is approaching Chengdu, and the road to Wuyang City has also been cut off by the Jin army. After speaking, he looked at the ministers with an anxious face.

"Your Majesty, we will do our best to serve the emperor." The ministers' expressions were dull, and they symbolically echoed.

"Okay, all of you Aiqing are loyal ministers of mine." Li Shi hurriedly praised it, and then asked: "In view of the current attack between the two armies of the Jin army in the north and south, what are the good strategies of Aiqing, you might as well say it all, and discuss it together." ”

Most of the ministers in the main hall are corpses and vegetarian meals, usually writing poems, engaging in sacrifices, flattering, and oppressing the people. It can come in handy, but when it is really faced with the invasion of foreign enemies, it will already be chaotic, besides, most of these ministers have received letters of persuasion from Li Guang and Li Fu, and they have already drawn a clear line with Li Shi, the faint king, so how can they give advice for Li Shi?

Most of the ministers bowed their heads and remained silent, while the rest looked at each other a few times. Then he bowed his head and remained silent. As if he hadn't heard Li Shi's questioning.

Seeing that all the ministers didn't speak, Li Shi couldn't help but be furious, turned around a few times above the main hall, and shouted: "You have been eating Hanlu for a long time." But they can't come up with an idea for me. I want you to be useful. What's the use, waste, it's all a bunch of waste. ”

Seeing that Li Shi was angry. The ministers didn't dare to speak out, for fear that if they said the wrong thing, their lives would be lost.

In fact, in the hearts of most courtiers, they have long been looking forward to the fall of Li Shi, because this violent emperor is completely a lawless and faint king.

Under his rule, the people of the entire Shuzhong region were poor, wild beasts were rampant, and even wild people like Fangren emerged from the deep mountains.

All the officials in Shuzhong are also walking on thin ice, and if they are not careful, they may offend Li Shi's Tianwei and be killed.

Seeing with their own eyes that one by one loyal ministers were beheaded by Li Shi, the ministers in the palace no longer dared to be loyal to Li Shi, and it was the real idea in their hearts to take refuge in the new lord at the right time.

"Feng Fu, you are my loyal minister, what do you say, how can you block the attack of the Jin army." Li Shi walked up to Feng Fu and asked loudly.

Feng Fu frowned, hugged his fists and said: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, Weichen has already arranged the capital like an iron bucket, and the city has been prepared with grain and grass for a year, as long as the soldiers are loyal and brave, there is no need to be afraid of the Jin army at all." ”

"Oh, great, it's still Feng Aiqing's most loyal to me." Li Shi hurriedly praised Feng Fu, then frowned, and said suspiciously: "Feng Aiqing, our army only has 7,000 men, and the Jin army should not be less than 50,000 men and horses in the north and south, the difference in strength is huge, can our army really hold out for a year?" ”

The reason why Feng Fu said so confidently was completely to comfort Li Shi and the ministers in the hall, in fact, in his heart, he didn't have much confidence in resisting the Jin army.

However, in order to reassure Emperor Li Shi and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, he had no choice but to say this, after all, once the emperor and the ministers were in a panic, then the soldiers and people in the city would be even more panicked, and even flee out of the city.

In this way, the original glimmer of chance of winning will also be gone, and the Han country will be completely destroyed.

Feng Fu thought for a moment, clenched his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, although the Jin army has many soldiers and horses, but from afar, in a short period of time, the people of Shu will not submit to the Jin army, the Jin army has no support from the people, grain and grass will inevitably be scarce, if the Jin army robs the people of food, it will incur the people's retaliation, the more people and horses, the greater the demand for grain and grass, as long as our army holds the capital, within a month, the Jin army will inevitably run out of food, and our army can win without a fight." ”

"Yes, yes, Feng Aiqing's words are very true, 50,000 troops, a lot of food and grass per day, how can the Jin army last for a long time, hahaha! Our army's victory over the Jin army is not far off. Li Shi suddenly became excited, as if victory was in sight.

Seeing that Li Shi already had confidence in defeating the Jin army, Feng Fu continued: "Your Majesty, the Jin army's north and south armies, in order to grab merit, their actions are different, the northern expeditionary army in the north will arrive in the capital first, and the Jin army on the south road will arrive at least five days late, in this way, it will be greatly beneficial to our army, and Weichen is confident that he can block the attack of the Jin army." ”

"Okay, great, with Feng Aiqing here, the capital is worry-free." Li Shi praised Feng Fu, and then said lightly: "The situation in Wuyang City is unknown, if General Zan Jian can block the Jin army on the southern road, our army may have a chance to turn defeat into victory!" You say it's not true! After speaking, he stared at the ministers.

"Emperor Shengming, our army will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory." The ministers in the main hall hurriedly followed Li Shi's thoughts and echoed in unison.

"Hahaha! Our army will win, and the Han will win. Li Shi laughed and yelled loudly.

The ministers above the hall hurriedly hugged their fists to congratulate, but in fact, they secretly laughed in their hearts that Li Shi was ignorant and was dying, and he was still so arrogant.

The middle secretary Wang Yi and the scattered cavalry attendant Chang Xuan glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads secretly, feeling that the country was about to die, and their hearts were really mixed!

After retreating from the dynasty, the ministers in the main hall gathered together in groups to leave, and talked to each other about the current situation in Shuzhong.

The middle secretary Wang Yi walked forward with his head bowed alone, not paying any attention to the ministers around him.

"Lord Wang, wait for the old decay, wait for the old decay!" Chang Xuan, a free-riding attendant, walked over quickly and ran to Wang Yan's side.

Wang Yi looked at Chang Xuan sideways, and said softly, "Is there something wrong with Master Chang?" ”

Chang Xuan looked at the surrounding environment and said softly: "Lord Wang, this is not the place to talk, let's go, let's have a drink at my house!" ”

Wang Yan shook his head and refused: "Master Chang, when is this, you still have the heart to drink, the old man is not going, he is not going." ”

In fact, Wang Yi received a letter from Li Guang the day before, in which he persuaded him to surrender to the Jin army. In case of the East Window incident, it will be a crime of killing the head, don't go back! In case the Jin army broke through the capital, he would lose the best opportunity to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom, and this contradictory mood tortured him enough, and even his eating and sleeping were affected.

"Lord Wang, no matter when, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, go to my house to drink a glass of water and wine, no one will say anything, let's go, let's go!" As he spoke, he forcibly pulled Wang Yan in the direction of his mansion.

"Master Chang, if you can't go down, you still won't go." Wang Yi still refused.

When Chang Xuan saw it, he was angry, frowned, and said, "Lord Wang, if you don't go today, the old man will be angry." ”

"Okay, okay, just go down, just have a drink!" Saying that, he got into the sedan chair and went to Chang Xuan's mansion.

Soon, Wang Yi and Chang Xuan arrived at Chang Xuan's mansion, and the two got out of the sedan chair and walked into the mansion side by side, and went straight to the lobby.

After a while, the best wine and delicious food were brought up and displayed in front of Wang Yi and Chang Xuan.

"Come on, Lord Wang, let's have a drink." Chang Xuan said, picked up the wine glass and sent it to Wang Yan.

Wang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly raised his wine glass and drank a glass with Chang Xuan.

"Lord Wang, don't be stunned, eat vegetables!" Chang Xuan invited again.

"Okay." Wang Yan subconsciously responded, picked up the chopsticks casually, and pinched some.

Chang Xuan saw that Wang Yi had no interest in wine and food, and couldn't help but sigh: "Lord Wang has a lot of troubles, he doesn't think about tea and dinner, I don't know what happened, I can't think about it like this!" ”

Wang Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained: "It's nothing, it's just that I didn't sleep well yesterday, and Master Chang doesn't need to worry about it." ”

Chang Xuan has worked with Wang Yi for many years, so he naturally understands Wang Yan's temperament, and even his lying eyes can be seen.

As for what happened, Chang Xuan naturally knew it, because he also received a letter of persuasion from Li Guang yesterday, since Li Guang could write a letter to himself, then why wouldn't he write a letter to Wang Yi? Moreover, from Wang Yan's expression, it can already be seen that he has a big matter in his heart, in addition to persuading such a big thing, what other big thing can make Wang Yi not think about it.

However, at this time, Wang Xuan was reluctant to speak, and Chang Xuan was not pressing step by step, he still raised his wine glass and drank with Wang Xuan, first enlivening the atmosphere.

After a few glasses of water and wine, Wang Yan's love for him stretched a lot, and he said that drinking alcohol can relieve his sorrows, which seems to be not false at all!

Seeing that Wang Yan's sorrow had weakened a lot, Chang Xuan took out the letter of persuasion in his arms, handed it to Wang Wei, and said softly: "Lord Wang is worried, is it for this matter!" After speaking, he stared at Wang Yi tightly.

Wang Yi drank a few more glasses, a little drunk, he took the letter in Chang Xuan's hand, glanced at it lightly, and was suddenly shocked, and his mind immediately cleared up.

"Lord Chang, if this is discovered by the emperor's people, it will be a great sin for the nine clans! How can you bring it with you? Wang Xuan was shocked, and looked at Chang Xuan in surprise after speaking. (To be continued......)