Chapter 261 - Decline 2
"Your Party member was originally a small race on the Tibetan Plateau. During the time of Tang Gao Zong, Tu Gu Hun was destroyed by Fu Fan, and your Party member lost his backing. Therefore, I request that you be subordinate to Tang Gao. When you were still afraid of the great army of Xuanzang, you once again requested the Great Tang Dynasty s to settle you in the region of Yinzhou and Xia Province, and to confer the title of throttling s as s of Xia Province. In the fifth generation and ten generations of nations, no matter who inherited the throne, your Party member would bow down to them. In the beginning of the Song Dynasty, your Party member was also a subject of my Han people. From today onwards, your Party member will still be a subject of our Han people. " Zhao Chen said.
"Yes, yes, our Party member has always been attached to the Han Chinese. From now on, we still have to rely on the Chinese. " Li Qianming anxiously said.
"Your Majesty is right, I will tell the king." Li Qianming said.
"Third, your Western Xia Party member has gone against her will, and my Great Song Dynasty has no choice but to send an army to attack you from the north! Because we consume a lot of energy from the north, your Party member must compensate us! Tell Li Qianshun to prepare five million gold each to compensate his army. " Zhao Chen said.
"Yes!" This little one understands. " Li Qianming said.
"Fourthly, Ren Dejing's daughter, Ren Yuqin, was originally a Chinese, but she actually helped the Barbarians defend the city. Tell Li Qianshun to bring Ren Yuqin's head in front of us. Other than that, I heard that it was Li Chage, Wei Minganhui and the rest who incited Li Qianshun to resist against our army, so I sent them to our army as well. Also, Nvzhen Wan Yanzonggan is my enemy in Xingqing Mansion, I want to send him out as well. Other than that, let Li Qianshun send the crown prince out of the city. From today onwards, the crown prince would be living in the Middle Han Area. In the future, when Li Qianshun dies, we will naturally return the crown prince to the Western Xia and let him inherit the Western Xia throne. " Zhao Chen said.
"AHH!" However, the Crown Prince is only seven years old right now. He might not be able to get used to suddenly going to a strange place. " Li Qianming said.
"Seven years old? That's not small! When the Kaifeng City was broken that day, we were only ten years old when we ran away! Tell Li Qianshun, when his crown prince comes to the Middle Han Area, we will not treat him badly, after all, we will still need to rely on him to take charge of your Party member in the future. " Zhao Chen sneered.
"This little one understands." Li Qianming's face became somewhat gloomy.
"Fifthly, that year, Li Jiedong made it difficult for the Song Dynasty to stand in his way. However, he rebelled brazenly, stealing the Spirit State, Liang Zhou, Xia Yinsi, and other states. Now that we have personally come to your Western Xia, these places have to be returned to my Song Dynasty. Let your king of the Western Xia give the orders to the garrison troops and officials of these places. From today onwards, these places are once again under my Song Dynasty's command. " Zhao Chen said.
"Yes sir!" Li Qianming sighed and nodded.
In any case, he was only a messenger now, he was only responsible for listening and communicating with them. However, he knew that Li Qianshun would probably agree to these conditions. Right now, the strength of the Song Dynasty was so strong, if he was determined to take down the Xingqing Mansion, in order to make the Song Army retreat, Li Qianshun would definitely agree to all of the conditions.
Li Qianming had already left. Zhao Chen and the others stayed in the camp, and Yu Yunwen said: "Your Majesty, even if the Western Xia were to cede this land, it would be very difficult for us to rule this place right now. These places were vast and far, and needed garrisons. "Our troops are limited in strength right now, so it would be hard to assign many people to be stationed here."
Zhao Chen said: We do not need to leave many soldiers behind! Spirit Province is an important place, it is close to the Xingqing Mansion and can be used to supervise it. Here, we can station ten thousand troops! Liang Zhou is also a important place in the Northwest, it was originally the ancient city of the Han Chinese, and during the Tang Dynasty it was an important stronghold of the Silk Road. As for the other places, they only needed to garrison a thousand or two. In total, thirty thousand soldiers would be more than enough. Now that the main forces of the Western Xia have been annihilated by us, and countless citizens of the Western Xia have been expelled to the Guan Shan, they have no power to resist us at all. "
Yu Yunwen thought about it and nodded his head.
"Although we have not completed our mission this time and have not completely exterminated the Western Xia, the Western Xia has already been destroyed. From today onwards, it will be difficult for Western Xia to threaten my Song Dynasty again. " Zhao Chen said.
The people around him nodded their heads in succession, and uncontrollably revealed smiles on their faces.
On the morning of the first day of May, Li Qianming carried the white flag and arrived at the entrance of the Xingqing Mansion.
After the Party member on the top asked about Li Qianming's identity, she immediately put down the rope and pulled Li Qianming up!
The rain continued to fall non-stop, causing Li Qianming's entire body to be drenched. He had just arrived at the top of the city wall when he noticed a few people approaching from afar.
The leader was Xia Chongzong, with Li Chage and the real Wan Yanzonggan following behind them. At the very back, there was another lady, and that lady was Ren Yuqin.
These people's bodies were more or less soaked! Although it was raining heavily, none of them dared to leave the city walls. No one knew when the Song Army would attack again, so they could only stay here.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing Li Qianshun approaching, Li Qianming ran over while crying and knelt on the ground.
"Qian Ming, get up quickly!" Li Qianshun sighed.
Li Qianming's change was so great that Li Qianshun almost did not recognize him. In fact, he himself had also changed a lot. He was much thinner than before when he was surrounded by the Song Dynasty troops.
"Your majesty, it's all because your servant offended the emperor of the Song Dynasty! That day in the Guan Shan, if I hadn't offended the Great Song Emperor, he wouldn't have used troops against my Western Xia! " Li Qianming cried.
"What has this got to do with you? It is not your fault that the country has come this far. It is not my fault! I have never made a mistake since I ascended the throne. But the Song Army still came! It could only be said that the Han people had become strong and prosperous! Every time the Han is strong and powerful, it is always a disaster for us outsiders. " Xia Chongzong laughed bitterly.
"Indeed, Your Majesty is right! Every time the Chinese rise up, it is the end of us outsiders. In the Han Dynasty, for the first time, the Han people were strong and powerful. Huo Qubing, the commander of the Han army, led the Han army to the north at the age of seventeen, and after leading the army more than two thousand miles, they crossed the Mount Hou River, crossed the Kwai River, entered the grasslands, the desert, annihilated seventy thousand soldiers of the Huns, captured the King Tun of the Huns, the King of the Han Dynasty and more than eighty other people of the Huns. During the Tang Dynasty, the Han people were once again strong, and the Han people, Li Qing, repeatedly used his troops on the Turkic army. After that, there were Xue Rengui and others who used to use their troops on the Turkic army. Our Western Xia came to the region of Xia State from the Tang Dynasty. We established our country at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, and our troops were strong and flourishing. We already numbered close to five hundred thousand people, but in less than half a year, our main forces were exhausted. The Chinese surrounded the capital with two hundred thousand men and horses, and there was nothing we could do. The Chinese army had been in hot pursuit of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the Emperor of Han Dynasty had personally come to the northwest. "It seems that the Han people have risen again." Wei Minganhui also sighed.
"I am not afraid of Chidan, not of women. They are just like us, just a small race, and they are just a bunch of strong people for a short period of time." The only people I fear are the Chinese, who have a vast land, a large population, and a prosperous civilization that lasts for thousands of years. Who would have thought that after all the suffering and suffering of the Chinese, who had occupied half of their land, they would suddenly become brave once again. At a time like this, they would once again have the bravery and ferocity of the age of the Han and Tang Dynasties. With such a large population, wealth, and advanced civilization, who would be their match? I'm afraid our Western Xia is going to die. " Xia Chongzong heaved a long sigh.
"Your Majesty … Emperor Song sent me to persuade His Majesty that as long as His Majesty agrees to their terms, Song Army will withdraw his troops. " Li Qianming clenched his teeth and said.
"AHH!"
At that moment, Xia Chongzong stood there stunned, Wei Minganhui, Li Chage and the rest stood there stunned.
"What are the conditions?" Xia Chongzong said in pleasant surprise.
"This... Your Majesty, it is really hard for this humble subject to say it. " Li Qianming said.
"Hurry up and say it! As long as there is hope for the country to continue on, I can agree to any condition. " Xia Chongzong said.
"Alright!" Li Qianming began to speak.
When he said the five conditions, everyone was stunned once again.
"Ridiculous!" Ridiculous! I am the Nvzhen, and my woman is invincible in this world. You must not send me into the hands of the lowly Han people without permission! " Wan Yanzonggan was the first to start laughing coldly.
But the rest of the group, including Wei Minganhui, Li Chage and the rest, were all dumbstruck and did not say a word.
"Your Majesty, Emperor Song told us to agree to their conditions within three days. He said that they could not wait. If they did not receive a reply after three days, they would attack the city again, and at that time, they would not hesitate to take down the Xingqing Mansion. When that time comes, it will be the end of our Western Xia. " Li Qianming said.
"This... "But how could I agree to such harsh conditions?" Xia Chongzong said.
"Your Majesty, please agree to their conditions!" Just then, Wei Minganhui let out a long sigh and said.
"Huh?" Xia Chongzong was in disbelief.
Until now, they still did not know about Zhao Chen's "second plan", and did not know that half of the Yinchuan Plains had already been destroyed. Countless towns and villages had already been burnt to ashes, and countless Party member s were being forced to rush towards them.
"But, my love, how can I agree to his request that we hand over you, General Li, and the others?" Xia Chongzong said.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of my Western Xia's survival, this old subject is not afraid of death." Wei Minganhui said.
Li Chage opened his mouth but in the end, he did not say a word.
"But, he even wanted us to kill an imperial concubine? How could that be okay?" Xia Chongzong said.
Behind him, Ren Yuqin's face was pale as she looked at Xia Chongzong, her body trembling slightly. She didn't know what Xia Chongzong would decide. His father, Ren Dejing, was Chinese, but her mother was a standard Party member, so she too, possessed the bloodline of the Party member. It was very difficult for a pure Chinese to become a imperial concubine. The reason why she could become a imperial concubine was partly because of her beauty, but also because of his Party status.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of my Western Xia's future, what does a woman count as?" Just at this time, Li Qianming said fiercely.
"You … What are you talking about? I've been participating in the defense as well! "If it weren't for me, the Residence of Zhong Xing would have already been conquered!" Ren Yuqin clenched her teeth and said.
"Humph!" For the sake of my Western Xia's future, I can only sacrifice you! " Li Qianming sneered.
Just then, he suddenly took out his treasure sword from a soldier's waist and slashed towards Ren Yuqin! Although Ren Yuqin could be considered a rare girl in the world, she did not have any martial arts on her, so how could she be a match for Li Qianming? With a miserable scream, Ren Yuqin fell into a pool of blood! No one was stopping Li Qianming! Even Li Qianshun, who had said such fake words just now, did not stop Li Qianming at this moment!
"Love concubine!" Until Ren Yuqin fell to the ground and closed her eyes, Li Qianshun then squatted down, hugged his body and cried.
"Your Majesty, make your decision soon." Li Qianming said.
"Your Majesty, we are willing to die for the Western Xia!" Wei Minganhui said.
Li Chage who was at the side had his eyes filled with sadness, and gently nodded his head. He had buried three hundred thousand of the main forces of the Western Xia Empire, so he had long since had no desire to live. Now that Wei Minganhui had even said such words, he agreed as well.
"Humph!" I, Wan Yanzonggan, cannot be sold by your Party member! " Wan Yanzonggan let out a cold snort, and suddenly ran far away.
"Men, stop him!" Xia Chongzong shouted loudly.
Immediately, all of the Western Xia youths on the city wall rushed towards Wan Yanzonggan.
"Damned Party member! I am a true female noble, and if you dare to stop me, you will be guilty of a thousand deaths! " Wan Yanzonggan was extremely furious. He slashed his sword towards a Western Xia person and a Western Xia person fell in a pool of blood. However, a lot of Western Xia people were already charging towards him. After a day and night of fighting, the blood of the Western Xia people had long been stimulated. They also rushed forward without a care for their own safety.
When the fifth Western Xia person fell, Wan Yanzonggan was also pushed down to the ground by a group of Western Xia people.