Cheng Teng looked quite calm, knowing that even if Zhu Di was reckless here, he didn't dare to ignore Zhu Di's face.

As soon as they met, both sides had thousands of thoughts in their hearts. Ling Xiao looked at the Cheng brothers with sharp eyes, and the three of them seemed to Ling Xiao as if they had never met, and they exchanged their names in front of Zhu Di, and Ling Xiao also said things that he had admired for a long time.

Zhu Di saw that the two sides met for the first time, the scene was very pleasant, and he said happily: "Come, this king toasts you with a glass" Several people immediately stood up when they heard this, picked up the wine glass and said: "Don't dare, don't dare" and drank it all.

Everyone had their own thoughts, and there was no word of greeting, but Ling Xiao secretly thought to himself: "Make a show in front of the prince first, and find the right opportunity to make sure you pay tribute to my father."

Several people sometimes showed discomfort, Zhu Di may have found that he didn't say it, or maybe Zhu Di really didn't notice the abnormality, and after drinking another cup Zhu Di looked at a few vegetables on the table, and said embarrassedly: "You can't help it, there is not much grain and grass in the army now, so you can only be wronged for eating so poorly, and when you return to Beiping, you must set up a big banquet to entertain a few people."

Cheng Teng said: "The prince is serious, now we don't know how difficult the army is, we can eat these, and I don't know how many people in the city will not be able to eat."

Ling Xiao also knew the situation in the army, and knew that this time to entertain them, he could take out a few small green vegetables, and a small amount of chicken and old wine, which was extremely valuable for the current situation.

Ling Xiao also hurriedly said: "General Cheng is right, it is difficult in the army, the prince said this, it is really frustrating" As he spoke, his eyes swept towards the Cheng brothers again intentionally or unintentionally, although the brothers pretended not to hear it, their hair stood upside down, and they suddenly felt like sitting on pins and needles in front of Ling Xiao.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhu Di ordered the banquet to be removed, and before he could make other arrangements, he suddenly saw a pawn running in in a panic, and knelt down in front of Zhu Di, and said: "The prince is not good, more than 50 people have died in Dongcheng" Zhu Di frowned when he heard this, and before he could ask carefully, he heard a "report..."

This person shouted that the person had arrived in front of Zhu Di, knelt on the ground and said: "Report to the prince, more than 80 people have died in Xicheng" These are all orders from Zhu Di, saying that if a person dies, he must come to report that he knows, which also shows that Zhu Di does have a heart for the people.

Zhu Di hurriedly asked: "How old are these people, why did they die" The previous pawn said: "Lord, these people are old and weak women and children or young children" As they spoke, their heads pressed lower, and then their voices were slightly choked and said: "They... They were all starving."

Most of these officers and soldiers came from Beiping, and some of them were recruited in the city to resist the southern army outside the city, and most of them had wives and children.

Seeing this kind of predicament, they saw the cruelty of war, and their hearts were very compassionate. Although Zhu Di knew that there was a shortage of food and grass, and people had been starving to death for several days, when he heard that he had starved to death so much today, his body was shocked, and he almost fell down after shaking a few times.

Zhu Di waved his hand, Cheng Shu saw that Zhu Di's mood had stabilized, so he let go of his hand, Zhu Di knew that he was not only the prince but also the commander in the army, he must not fall, let alone panic. Straightened up and said: "Come here, order the generals to raise their accounts...", swept over the faces of Ling Xiao and said, "You are also with me"

Several people came to the hall of the mansion, and Zhu Di sat firmly on the high hall. Time is not the public will have all arrived, after the salute sat down, Ling Xiao and several people also sat in it, Zhu Di said to the left and right: "Everyone, there is a shortage of grain and grass in the city, and the people are constantly starving to death due to hunger;

The generals sitting in the hall look at me, and I hope that your heart is fruitless, and you are all frowning. Ling Xiao also saw it in his eyes, although he was accidentally involved in this campaign, but as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, he also called himself a chivalrous warrior, and now he saw that the people had no way to survive, a heroic aura arose, and a plan suddenly rose from his heart.

After pondering for a moment, he stood up and hugged his fists at Zhu Di and the generals seated, and then said to Zhu Di: "Lord Wang, I have an idea below, I don't know if I should talk about it" Zhu Di saw that his subordinates were all sad and sad, and he was really anxious to see Ling Xiao get up and speak, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and hurriedly said: "Young man, if you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it"

Due to the tense atmosphere in the lobby, Ling Xiao's usual giggling look was also gone at this time. At the same time, everyone's eyes were on Ling Xiao, and he said with a straight face: "Lord Wang, I don't know how long the grain and grass in the army can be supported now."

Without waiting for Zhu Di to answer, a big man beside him said in a rough voice: "I am not satisfied that you can still support tomorrow morning with grain and grass at most, and now you are drinking gruel, if there is no food and grass supply, you won't even have to drink gruel tomorrow" said and sighed and lowered his head.

Ling Xiao knew that this person's name was Zhao Yi, and he was Qiu Fu's deputy general, and this person's voice was delicate and completely incompatible with his big shoulders and thick waist, Ling Xiao said: "That means that as long as we have grain and grass in the city, then we can support it for a little longer, and it is not difficult to even wait for the arrival of reinforcements" Everyone said: "What you are talking about is nonsense, all of us know"

Zhu Di saw Ling Xiao say this, and he didn't move to know that he hadn't finished speaking, only to see Ling Xiao continue: "I came here to meet you, I must know that I was entrusted by Meng Yuan, the grain officer; During this period, if it is discovered by the spies of the Southern Army, with General Meng's 500 troops, it will undoubtedly hit the stone with an egg, and our grain and grass may be given to the Southern Army in vain."

Everyone felt justified when they heard this, he paused and continued: "Lord Wang, for the sake of today's plan, we will sit and wait for death, it is better to fight hard to break through and make a desperate bet."

Zhu Di's expression was still not very good-looking, and he frowned and said: "Ling Shaoxia, we have also considered this, our army is not strong enough, we have broken through many times before, and have been beaten back by the southern army, we have to retreat into the city, and now the soldiers have not eaten for a few days, and they have no strength to fight."

Ling Xiao said with a smile on his face: "Lord Wang, what I mean is to come and attack the west, take the grain and grass into the city, and set a time to break through, and I am willing to break into the camp again and go out to report the news."

When Zhu Di heard this, his expression eased, and he said with a little joy: "Oh, Ling Shaoxia, what kind of sound is attacking the west, this king is willing to hear the details."