"Solution?" Si Qin raised the corner of his lips and laughed mockingly. "Ben Khan thought that Patriarch Lu would have an idea. Who would have thought that you would ask me about it at the last minute?"
Lu Heng smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Khan, don't joke around. I'm just an official in Da Zhou. In reality, the Lu Family is just a merchant family, and I'm just a merchant. Think about it, how much knowledge can a merchant have? "
"You don't need to belittle yourself." Si Qin crossed his arms and said mockingly, "My Tatan warriors have been forced into a desperate situation. No matter how much money you have, you won't be able to transport the food and blankets here. Don't you want to contribute to this battle? "
Lu Heng smiled bitterly and sighed. He turned towards the deserted desert. He pointed to the west, and then to the east.
"There's a city wall over there. If you walk straight, you'll reach the capital. This side, however, is a barren desert. In this season, the weather in the desert changes rapidly. We don't have anything to eat or drink. If we enter this desert, we'll die. If we don't move, Da Zhou's troops will press on. We might still have a chance. If we retreat, we'll either be buried in the desert or retreat to the capital. "
Si Qin shook his head impatiently. "Isn't the situation you're talking about obvious? Either retreat to the capital, or stand here and fight to the death. What I want to ask is, if it were you, what would you choose? "
Lu Heng clenched his fists tightly with one hand behind his back.
"If it were me, I'd naturally choose to fight to the death. Although I'm not talented, I won't allow my troops to retreat and cause the people in the city to suffer."
"I couldn't tell that you were a righteous and benevolent person." Si Qin's words were somewhat mocking. He looked at Lu Heng's back with a particularly cold gaze. "Sometimes I wonder if I've fallen into your trap by allying with you to attack Da Zhou."
"A trap?" Lu Heng's heart skipped a beat, but he maintained his composure. He slowly turned around and looked at Si Qin calmly. "What kind of trap could I have set up? What's more, the Khan is a hero who is both wise and brave. If he really met with any trap, he would have seen through it with a single glance. Do you think he would have allowed me to run rampant until today? "
"It's because I don't want you to be so arrogant." Si Qin smiled as he approached Lu Heng. His eagle-like eyes stared fixedly at Lu Heng, and the smile on his lips became even colder. "You're really a good dog of Da Zhou. Even though you're being hunted down by the Emperor, you still don't forget to trick us. You came to persuade Ben Khan that now is the best time to attack. Taking advantage of the continuous natural and man-made disasters in Da Zhou, it's a good opportunity to take it down in one fell swoop. But now? "
Si Qin suddenly took a step forward, forcing Lu Heng to take a step back.
"The natural and man-made disasters you speak of are completely useless. What kind of famine is this? That Prince Zhongshun of yours actually has the ability to get food to solve the emergency. In the end, he was still able to get so many soldiers to oppose Ben Khan. What do you call this? Is this the good opportunity you speak of? "
Lu Heng's expression was calm, but his heart was already panicking.
Now that the war was not going well, Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu were coming at them menacingly, they were on the verge of defeat. If Tatan was defeated, Si Qin would indeed need an outlet to vent his anger. He and Si Qin originally only had a cooperative relationship, and there was not much trust between them. Now that Si Qin suspected him, it was not surprising.
However, in the midst of defeat, Si Qin's suspicions, if he wanted to kill him, his subordinates might not be his match.
Lu Heng's thoughts turned in the blink of an eye. He smiled slightly, cupped his hands, and said, "Khan, you're thinking too much. I've long been a sinner of the Da Zhou dynasty, the target of the Emperor of Da Zhou's pursuit. If I deceive Khan, what good will it do me? "
Si Qin stared fixedly at Lu Heng's eyes, not concealing the suspicion in his eyes. For a moment, it was as if he did not know whether to believe him or not.
Lu Heng continued, "Khan, don't worry. Me, my wife, and my servants, added together, we are just that few people. Now, we are all living in the Khan's camp. If the Khan thinks that I am lying, he can take my life at any time. Do you think that with my little strength, I have any room to resist? "
With these words, Si Qin's expression eased a little.
However, even with his ability, he was retreating step by step, as if he did not have the advantage of time, place, and people. This kind of decline was really hard to accept.
Seeing that Si Qin's expression had eased, Lu Heng's suspended heart finally calmed down. He took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Khan, actually, I was just thinking, could we secretly send people to Da Zhou to ask for help? If we can catch them off guard and launch a pincer attack, we might have a chance to counterattack. "
Si Qin's eyes revealed a thoughtful expression.
"Khan, if Da Zhou's army presses forward, our warriors will be outnumbered. It will be difficult to deal with then."
Da Zhou currently had four hundred and eighty thousand soldiers. They had plundered the entire country for two hundred thousand elite soldiers, and now they had lost more than half of them. It wasn't that there had never been a case of a few winning against many, but if it really happened to him, it wouldn't be so easy.
If he didn't do this, Si Qin couldn't think of any other way to deal with the situation.
However, if he listened to Lu Heng's suggestion, Si Qin felt like a marionette being led by the nose by the person in front of him.
"Ben Khan, think about it again."
When Lu Heng heard this, he didn't try to persuade him any further. He cupped his hands and agreed.
Si Qin calmly returned to his tent. Lu Heng also quickly returned to his own tent.
When Bian Ruohan saw that Lu Heng had returned, he hurriedly got up and rushed over, "You're finally back. Go and tell them that I want to take a bath. They don't even have hot water here. How can I stand it if I don't take a bath? "
Lu Heng's heart was filled with worries. This time, he had increased his guard against Si Qin. He was afraid that Si Qin wouldn't be able to defeat Pang Xiao and would take his anger out on him. Now that Bian Ruohan had come to stir things up, his heart was a mess.
"What kind of place is this? How can you do whatever you want?"
Bian Ruohan stomped his feet, "What kind of place do you think this is? Weren't you the one who brought me here in the first place? I'm your wife. Whatever I want, you have to do your best to satisfy me. If you can't satisfy me, then it means that you're incompetent. Now you're saying that I'm wrong? I just want to take a bath. What's wrong with that? "
"Take a bath, take a bath." Lu Heng grabbed Bian Ruohan by the neck and pushed her head out of the tent.
When he opened the tent flap, Tatan soldiers immediately followed.
Under their strict surveillance, Bian Ruohan was so frightened that she couldn't speak. Just like that, Lu Heng grabbed her by the neck and led her out.
After stumbling for a while, Lu Heng pushed her to the ground.
"Aiya!" Bian Ruohan fell to the ground. When she raised her head, what entered her sight was a boundless sea of sand.
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