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On the third day of the September 19th, the northern part of the Kingdom of Li, the main hall of the North Country City...

Li Shifang sat upright in the palace, holding a book in his hand and flipping through it quietly.

It has been half a year since he fled north, and Li Shifang is under great pressure.

Logically speaking, Guo Tao and Xu Liao could have conquered Beiguo City and captured the royal family of Li alive, ending this Eastern Expedition.

However, Xu Liao had his own idea. Taking advantage of the time when the royal family of Li escaped into the mountain city of the northern country, he took the opportunity to cut off the connection between the royal family and the local army and encircled and suppressed the rest of the territory of Li. The counties of Li, which were already dispersed, could not resist the offensive of the Far East Army, and soon took the initiative to surrender. What's ridiculous is that the reason for surrender was: they are all relatives of the ancestors and cannot kill each other. It is really shameless...

After more than four months of hard work, the actual strongholds that the royal family of Li can control is now less than ten miles above and below the mountain city of Beiguo. They are surrounded by the Far East Army and the Longmen of Yingzhou, the officers and soldiers of Liguo, and the troops of the frontier who settled in the territory of Liguo. It is difficult to move forward...

Just when Li Shifang was still confused about his future situation, the palace gate of the main hall opened, and the attendant came to him with a plate and whispered: "Your Majesty, I've had a meal..."

When Li Shifang heard this, he put down the books in his hand, and then looked at the meal on the table: a bowl of tofu soup, a small plate of peeled beans, a father's kimchi, and a dried fish soaked in water, plus a bowl of rice...

"Why are that all today?" Li Shifang asked the attendant.

The attendant bent down and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there is no excess food in the city. The lower official is still worried about whether the emperor can eat these tomorrow. Alas..."

Li Shifang was stunned when she heard this, sighed, waved to the attendant, and signaled him to retreat first.

After the attendant retreated, Li Shifang took the chopsticks, picked up the rice bowl and ate it slowly. After he had just taken a sip of tofu soup, the consul Jin Zizai walked into the hall and knelt down at Li Shifang and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the 1,500 warriors in the Li Kingdom in the city have been out of food since the day before yesterday. Now they only eat one meal a day, and they are all full of wild vegetables. Do you dare to ask if you still have to deal with the soldiers of the Great Zhou outside the city?"

Li Shifang heard this and said, "Wait a little longer, didn't Cai Xiang go out of the city to find the army of the king? We can't admit defeat..."

Jin Zizai replied after hearing this: "Your Majesty, do you really think there is a army of kings who will come to rescue you? Now there are 40,000 people everywhere outside the city. They are all soldiers and civilians of the Li Kingdom and Ying slaves who were scared by the army in the Far East. The Hu people are composed of. Cai Xiang did this and will only drag our Li Kingdom into the abyss. Please make a decision on your own and end all this as soon as possible..."

"Jin Yizheng, are you really going to make me bow down and be humiliated?" Li Shifang was slightly angry, "My Dali Kingdom has not yet surrendered to the enemy's king!"

Jin Zizai advised: "Your Majesty, you should consider the millions of people in the Li Kingdom. Everyone has little reputation and affairs, the people's country is the most important, and the army in the Far East is strong and invincible. At this time, you will only make yourself defeated faster. Only by enduring humiliation can you prepare for the future revival of the country. Please think twice..."

Li Shifang remained silent and held his forehead with one hand and thought carefully about Jin Zizai's words. In fact, he wanted to surrender long ago, but he was worried that if he surrendered like this, he would be blocked by the ministers and officials in the court. He was also worried that his throne would not be preserved.

Jin Zizai seemed to see Li Shifang's embarrassment, and hurriedly bowed and said, "As long as the emperor has this kind of heart, Jin Zizai is willing to go to the enemy camp to make a decision and strive to keep the throne of the emperor, and ask them to promise the treatment that the Dali royal family deserves. Please consider it carefully..."

After saying that, Jin Zizai bowed and bowed down, with a look of loyalty and courage.

Just as Li Shifang's heart began to shake and was about to agree, a strong voice of opposition suddenly came from outside the hall: "No!"

Cai Xian walked into the hall with an angry face, knelt in front of Li Shifang and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you must not surrender to the enemy. What is the face of my Dali royal family? How will the people think of my Dali Kingdom in the future? Will you still serve your loyalty to the royal family? Please, you must not surrender to the enemy!"

After hearing this, Jin Zizai stood up and asked, "Cai Xiang, can you ask if the warriors you sent out have ever brought news of the king's support? It's been eight days..."

Cai Xian felt embarrassed when he heard this, and did not dare to look at Jin Zizai's problem directly. Instead, he shouted to Li Shifang: "Justice, the warriors sent out to find the army of kings have returned. They said they could not break out of the enemy's heavy siege..."

"That's it that I haven't found it? Even the mountain city in North Korea can't get out?" Jin Zizai said sarcastically, "Then can you ask Cai Xiang, if the enemy troops outside the city suddenly launch an offensive at this time, how should we resist?"

Cai Xian said arrogantly: "If this is the case, then the warriors in my city will work with the emperor to go to the national crisis, and they will be burned with the invading enemy!"

"You are the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is unable to turn things around, "Cai Xiang, things are not at this point in such a way. If the enemy outside the city really wants to attack the city, the city will fall within a few hours, but why don't they attack the city? They just wait for us to surrender, but their patience is limited. Once the patience is gone, do you really plan to ignore the people of the country of Li?"

"I..." Cai Xian was scolded by Jin Zizai, but she couldn't even say a word, and her face turned red with anger.

"Okay, stop arguing..." Seeing that the two of them became more and more fierce, Li Shifang couldn't help but stop them loudly, and then said, "It's over, and I have to beg for the sake of the country and the country to negotiate with the enemy..."

"Master!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Cai Xian wanted to persuade him again, but Jin Zizai took the lead. However, when he saw Jin Zizai's eyes were tearful, he said to Li Shifang: "Please rest assured, Jin Zizai will do everything possible to protect the country and country of Li Kingdom, and will also let the enemy troops outside the city treat you with the etiquette of the king!"

Li Shifang nodded and said to Jin Zizai: "I will fully entrust you to discuss the affairs of Jin and negotiate with the officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Remember to present the orthodox Li family's royal family in the Li Kingdom with them, so that the royal family can return to Pingjing as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Zizai knelt down again and said, "I will accept the order!"

Li Shifang nodded, looked at Cai Xian, who was dejected, and then said, "Cai Xiang, you should also follow Jin Gongzheng to go to the Great Zhou military camp outside the city to see it. Remember to be polite and reasonable to them, and never lose the demeanor of my Dali Dynasty..."

Cai Xian was about to refuse, but saw Li Shifang's resolute attitude, so he had to hold his words back and bow and say, "I will accept the order!"

Li Shifang gave out a secret breath and waved his hand: "You all retreat first, go and do your business..."

"I'm going to leave..."

After Kim Zizai and Cai Xian left, Li Shifang continued to pick up the bowl and ate it. At the moment he made the decision, he could throw away any etiquette and shame. This heart was relieved and his appetite improved...

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Outside the northern mountain city, Guo Tao, Xu Liao Daying...

A short and strong soldier in Yingzhou, with a flattering look on his face, came to Fang Xunshuang with a plate of mutton mixed with mutton. He saw Fang Xunshuang lying on a recliner and dozing.

The soldier of Yingzhou was named Hontaro. In early July, at the summoning of Somoto Iron, one of the six hundred ronin people who came to the Li Kingdom to survive from Yingzhou.

There is no way. Yingzhou is now not a place that is busy at all. The daily life rules are eating and fighting. From time to time, they have to face the difficulties of having a meal but not having a meal. The only entertainment program is to conquer the village and find local women to create a human-creating exercise.

But even so, it is not safe. It is common for the village castle to change ownership several times in a day. The people of Yingzhou in the village have not yet remembered who occupied the village. On the way to be called to meet the new "village chief", they may have changed a new village chief. In the long run, no one can stand it. Many ronin risked falling from the sea to feed the turtle to make a living, vowing to become a man like the "pirate king" and reach the peak of his life.

Ran'er's facts are cruel. After all, there is only one "pirate king". Most of the colleagues who went into the sea are destined to be a foil. Hontaro understood this point, so he gave up pursuing the footsteps of the "pirate king" and became the first batch of Yingzhou mercenaries recruited by the Far East Army overseas. He had at least a stable income and didn't have to worry about being hungry. As for killing people to go to the battlefield, is it more important than having enough food...

After Hontaro arrived in Liguo, he was immediately shocked by the solemn aura and exquisite equipment of the Far East Army. He was respectful to this army from the Central Plains Military Governor's Office. Now he served under Fang Xunshuang's command and became his subordinate.

"God, please have a meal!" Hondataro put the mutton mixed with pieces on both sides of Fang Xun and said respectfully.

Fang Xunshuang woke up from his sleep when he heard this. He looked at Hondataro, who was only 1.5 meters tall, sneered, grabbed a pile of mutton crumbs on the plate and stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them.

Honda Taro, who was beside him, couldn't help swallowing saliva. To be honest, he couldn't even think about eating meat like Fang Xunshuang when he was in Yingzhou.

After swallowing the mutton, Fang Xunshuang grabbed a dagger in the plate and waved it at Hontaro: "Come here..."

Hearing this, Honda Taro hurriedly stepped forward to listen to the order: "God General, what are your instructions?"

Fang Xunshuang pointed at two slaves in the country who were resting not far away and asked, "How many trucks of mine did they transport today?"

Hontaro thought for a while and said, "Report to the General, as you ordered, the two of them transported a total of sixteen mines in the morning..."

"Ba~"

Fang Xunshuang heard this, without saying a word, slapped Honda Taro on the face without saying a word. Honda Taro's eyes were filled with stars and was at a loss for a moment.
Chapter completed!