Incorrect sorting

Using this code:

<?php
	$the_query = new WP_Query(array(
    'post_status' =>'published',
    'post_type' =>'post',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
    'meta_key' => '_liked',
    'paged' => (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1
    ));

	$postslist = get_posts( $args );
foreach ($postslist as $post) :  setup_postdata($post); ?>

<?php the_title(); ?><br />
<?=wp_ulike_get_post_likes(get_the_ID()); ?><br />

<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata() ?>

Articls displayed from 0 to x. How to make from x to 0?
I tried DESC. Don’t work anyway.

What could it be?

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/wp-ulike/