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Chapter 2617 Yin Xiong gnaws the cake

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    Luoyang, outer city, city head.  Wang Shichong supported the battlements and looked coldly at the Tang Army camp outside the city. The corpses under the city had piled up like mountains. In April, the weather began to get hotter, and many corpses had begun to rot. Mosquitoes and flies were infesting these stinking corpses.  Flying back and forth, the whole air was filled with the smell of death and decay, which made people sick. In the Tang Army camp five miles away, the camp door was wide open, and a long, chest-high girdle surrounded it.  It was built to cover the entire city. Outside the long perimeter were two deep trenches more than ten feet wide, which were filled with wooden stakes and spikes. It was obvious that the Tang army was going to lay siege to Luoyang City for a long time.  The civilians at the top of the city all covered their mouths and noses with cloth towels to resist the stench. They were all sallow and thin, and their bodies were swollen. From time to time, some people were weak on their feet, slumped or leaning on the battlements, and saw Wang Shichong walking away.  After a while, they struggled to get up one by one and saluted their emperor.  Wang Shichong's eyes were full of tears. He walked past these people one by one. Everyone's face was originally full of death and fear, but as long as Wang Shichong passed by them, patted their shoulders, or held their hands  , after saying a few words, they seemed to have been injected with stimulants, their faces began to glow red again, and they kept nodding in agreement. After all, they could get comfort from the emperor, even a few beautiful words,  It was enough to make them excited enough to die right away.  When they reached a city tower, it was time for dinner. Two gang leaders carried burdens and walked up to the city. When they saw Wang Shichong, they quickly knelt down because Wang Shichong was patrolling the city every day and almost everyone knew him.  Their own emperor, they kept saying: "Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!" Wang Shichong curled his lips, helped the two gang leaders up, and kept saying: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone has worked hard."  At a glance, he saw more than a hundred large cakes in the basket. They were black and exuded an earthy smell, and a few earthworms were vaguely visible scattered on the surface of the cakes. Wang Shichong's Adam's apple moved and he pointed at these earthworms.  Dabi asked: "Are these our daily meals?" The two gang leaders looked at each other and lowered their heads: "Yes, I have been waiting for this for half a year." Wang Shichong stepped forward without saying a word.  He picked up a piece of big cake and started to eat it. Wei Zheng, Shen Guang and others beside him all changed their expressions, and they knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty, you can't." Wang Shichong ate the big cake, with tears streaming down his face.  While eating, he said: "The incompetence of the world has brought trouble to all of you. It is my fault to wrap my belly like this every day! If the sky has eyes, the sin only affects me. Don't hurt my people!" All the people on the city head knelt down in emotion.  He came down, kowtowed and kowtowed, and cried: "Your Majesty, take care, this is not your fault, it is all the Tang army that besieged the city. We are willing to serve your Majesty to the death!" Wang Shichong finished eating the big cake, wiped his mouth, and  They helped the kneeling militiamen up and said: "Everyone, please get up, please get up. I hope there will be food and wine. We are in difficulty now. The Tang army is more difficult than us. Look, there are tens of thousands of Tang troops under the city."  The corpse is the masterpiece of your efforts to defend the city. They no longer have the courage to attack the city. The hundreds of thousands of troops will also have to consume huge amounts of food and grass. As long as everyone persists, the Tang army will retreat without food. When the time comes, I, Wang Shichong, will definitely lead  Everyone ate, drank, and got drunk for three days!¡± All the militiamen¡¯s eyes flashed with excitement, and bursts of thunderous cheers broke out from the city: ¡°Long live my emperor, long live the emperor!¡±  In the midst of the sound, Wang Shichong turned around and whispered a few words to Shen Guang, then waved and walked down the city with Wei Zheng.  Half an hour later, at the top of the palace city, Wang Shichong changed into casual clothes and leaned on the battlements with a relaxed expression. The militiamen patrolling back and forth in the outer city and even in the streets and alleys inside the city were all in high spirits, and they were even walking.  Shout slogans.  Wei Zheng sighed softly: "My lord's method of inspiring people is really amazing. The popularity and morale have been declining these days due to the increasingly difficult supply of food. To give you such a tour of the city, you can eat a lot of money."  The crumbs of the pie suddenly cheered up. " Wang Shichong said coldly: "This kind of face-saving work must be done. Otherwise, the common people think that we have a lot of fish and meat every day, but they can only eat it.  Bread, since ancient times, sages have said that the people should not worry about poverty but disparity, and the country should not worry about poverty but separation. Now that we are trapped in the Eastern Capital, it seems that foreign aid is cut off, so internal unity is more important than anything else. " Wei Zhenggou.  He curled his lips and said: "But we obviously still have a lot of food stored in the palace, which can be used to supply it for two months. The Tang army will definitely not be able to last for two months and will retreat. It is said that we did not know that the Tang army was not aware of it some time ago.  How long can it last? There is still reason for us to control the food supply, but now, I don¡¯t think it is necessary.¡± Wang Shichong¡¯s eyes flashed: ¡°No, those military rations are not necessary.¡±The mobilization is to ensure the supply of our elite soldiers. Now I have transferred all the Huainan soldiers and Xiaoguo troops into the palace city. I ensure that they have one liter of rice to eat every day. This is to ensure their physical strength and energy for the decisive battle.  When the time comes, I won¡¯t become a weak-footed shrimp. As for these people, huh, they are just like grass in my eyes, so why should I care about their life and death?  There's no way I could use them in the final battle.  " Wei Zheng sighed: "My subordinates understand, we have been isolating the connection between the palace city and the outer city these days, just to prevent the people from seeing that there is still food in the palace city, but the people in the outer city cannot see it, and in the inner city  The noble children could see that they had plotted to cause trouble nine times, and they were all suppressed by their subordinates and Yang Wang. The leader was also beheaded, but such high pressure may not last long.  "Wang Shichong shook his head: "You have worked hard these days, and these dignitaries have also suffered a lot. Let's do it this way. The palace will give them two meals of gruel a day, so they don't have to chew the dirt and lose the crumbs of the cake. Maybe  There won't be any more trouble.  If we survive these days, our opportunity will come!  " Wei Zheng curled up his lips and said, "Master, how long do we have to wait for a decisive battle with Li Tang?  I think if this continues, they might run away first, and all their efforts will be wasted.  How about we secretly summon Li Jing and Yang Xuangan to send troops now?  "Wang Shichong laughed and waved his hand: "No, it's not yet time. If the Tang army wants to withdraw, they won't build a long siege to trap us. Believe me, the first one to lose his temper must not be Li Shimin, but Li Shimin.  It's Dou Jiande. If they decide the winner, the winner will definitely be reluctant to leave. When the time comes, it will be time for us to fight to determine the world!  "
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