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Chapter 262 - Withdrawal

On the city wall, Xia Chongzong, Jin Emperor, Li Qianming and the others discussed for a long time.

Starting from the morning of the second day of the fifth month, the Song Army left from the north gate and the Western Xia people brought out carts full of gold and silver out. This 5 million gold and silver was an unimaginable sum of money for the Western Xia Royal Family. It could be said that the savings accumulated over the past hundred years had all been swept away in one go.

Waiting until the afternoon of the same day, the people of Western Xia sent Ren Yuqin's body out.

The bloody night sky that covered Ren Yuqin's body had already started to shine, and her skin appeared extremely pale.

At this moment, the blood on her body had already been washed clean and she was wearing clean clothes. Her face was still as beautiful as ever.

"Your Majesty, this is Ren Dejing's daughter, Ren Yuqin!" Yu Yunwen said.

"Send someone to bury her." Zhao Chen said indifferently.

Yu Yunwen nodded, and immediately buried Ren Yuqin. No matter how Ren Yuqin resisted the Song Army, no matter if she was a traitor, and now that she was dead, all the hatred had been resolved.

On the morning of the third day of the fifth month, another group of people came out from the north gate. The one leading them was none other than Wei Minganhui. Wan Yanzonggan also came out, but his body was currently covered with wounds, he was being dragged out by the Western Xia people. In order to survive in this country, the imperial concubines of the Western Xia citizens had all died. Their prime ministers and generals had all volunteered to leave the city to receive punishment from the Song Army.

Seeing that Wei Minganhui, Li Chage and the others had voluntarily come over, and that they did not encounter any binding, and that there was not the slightest hint of unwillingness on their faces, Zhao Chen sighed in his heart. When a nation is destroyed, there will be heroes in every nation. This Wei Minganhui, Li Chage could be called a hero at this moment.

Wei Minganhui, Li Chage and the rest were also sizing up Zhao Chen. Although Zhao Chen was only fifteen years old, his body had already fully grown. After going through countless trials and hardships, his body did not seem green in the slightest. He stood in the middle of the army with a determined expression on his face. He looked at them arrogantly with a trace of appreciation in his eyes. They immediately felt that self-respecting aura of an emperor, and this aura carried a decisive killing intent, which was completely different from the slightly weaker temperament that Xia Chongzong gave them.

"So this is the emperor of the Chinese people! He looked like a king, but also like a general. He gave off a feeling of wisdom! No wonder he was able to lead the Chinese to rise again! " Wei Minganhui sighed inwardly.

Just by looking at Xia Chongzong's appearance and temperament, he knew that there was a huge difference between him and the Emperor of Han Dynasty in front of him. Xia Chongzong was definitely not a match for this Emperor of Han Dynasty.

"Western Xia Wei Minganhui greets His Majesty the Song Dynasty!" Wei Minganhui had already knelt down, and said.

"Li Chage greets His Majesty!" Li Chage also knelt down.

"So you're Wei Minganhui. One of the main reason why the Xingqing Mansion was able to stop the army of our Song Dynasty this time around is because of you. I've wanted to see you for a long time. " Zhao Chen did not care about Li Chage, and only smiled at him.

"The subjects of a small country are not worth mentioning." Wei Minganhui said.

"Are you willing to surrender to my Song Dynasty and work for my Song Dynasty from now on? "Rest assured, I will not treat you unfairly!" Zhao Chen suddenly said.

"My life is in the Western Xia, and my death is the ghost of the Western Xia. I can only disappoint His Majesty!" Wei Minganhui said without hesitation.

"What a pity!" Zhao Chen shook his head.

"Are you the emperor of the Chinese people?" Just then, an angry shout came from behind. Wan Yanzonggan was struggling nonstop.

"That's right!" Looking at you, you are Wan Yanzonggan? " Zhao Chen looked behind him and said.

"It's me! Let me go quickly, my girl can really spare your life! If not, when my true female army enters the Guan Shan in the future, I will tear you into a thousand pieces. " Wan Yanzonggan said fiercely.

"Did I hear wrong?" Zhao Chen looked at his surroundings and laughed involuntarily.

The Song Dynasty warriors at the side could not help but laugh out loud.

"Someone, drag it out! Ling Chi!" Zhao Chen's expression became cold, and said indifferently.

"What are you going to do? You want to trap me? No! "No way!" Wan Yanzonggan shouted loudly.

A group of soldiers from the Song Army were dragging him away. After a while, cries of pain could be heard.

Wei Minganhui and Li Chage's expressions couldn't help but change, but they quickly calmed down. When they came, they had already predicted their own deaths. As for how they were going to die, they didn't care about that anymore.

"Very good! "You two are heroes. We respect heroes, and we will give you a quick death!" Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wei Minganhui and Li Chage were startled, and said.

Behind Wei Minganhui and Li Chage, the Western Xia Crown Prince was trembling, his eyes filled with fear. He didn't dare to look at Zhao Chen at all, only lowering his head as terror filled his heart.

"You are the Western Xia's crown prince?" Zhao Chen finally looked at him and said.

"I …" His body was trembling, and he couldn't even utter a single word.

Wei Minganhui pulled him, then knelt on the ground and said: "Li Renxiao greets Your Majesty, Your Majesty will live for ten thousand years!"

He was only seven or eight years old, and his voice was trembling, and he was on the verge of tears.

"Let's rise!" "Come to my side." Seeing his fearful expression, Zhao Chen softly sighed, and said.

He looked at Wei Minganhui, who nodded slightly, and walked towards Zhao Chen.

"Don't be afraid! You are just a child, I will not kill you! "From now on, you will follow me and learn Chinese etiquette from me. In the future, you can also become king and help me manage Western Xia." Zhao Chen said gently.

"Yes." Li Renxiao finally nodded.

He was the famous and famous Xia Ren Zong in history. Although there was chaos caused by Ren Dejing's division of power in the early days, but after Ren Dejing's death, he had quite the accomplishment. He set up schools of all levels in Western Xia to promote education. He worships Confucianism, and the great Confucius temple honors Confucius as Emperor Wen Xuan. He established the Han Lin Courtyard and compiled the annals of the dynasty. He attached great importance to music and ceremonial, and he wrote a musical book, The New Law. He worships Buddhism, worships Tibetan lamasery monks as a teacher of state, and imprints Buddhist scriptures of various kinds. He made a law and issued a code, the new law of the sky. However, after the chaos with Ren Dejing, he was abnormally prepared for military generals. His words were heavy and light, and in the end, it caused the Western Xia Army's fighting strength to drop greatly, burying the seeds for the destruction of Western Xia.

Historically, those who were able to use the title of "Ren Zong" were all well-established in the literary field, and he was no exception. However, he was only a seven year old child now. In the future, his fate would completely change.

The rain was still falling, but it was getting smaller.

"Yu Yunwen, prepare for the ceremony!" Zhao Chen said indifferently.

On this afternoon, it was raining heavily.

About ten kilometers south of Xingqing Mansion, a tall altar had already been set up.

Almost all the warriors of the Song Army came here to offer sacrifices to the heavens with Zhao Chen.

They first offered sacrifices to the heavens, and then to all the emperors of the Song Dynasty, informing the gods and the emperors of this battle.

And then it was the Song Dynasty Heroic Assassin that Zhao Chen had sacrificed to!

"I was going to transport all of your corpses back, but the situation in Guan Shan is tense, I have to bring the entire army back to Guan Shan immediately! Today, we will bury your corpses in the Western Xia territory! Someone will bring your bones back to their hometown! Teng Qingshan had buried his loyalty to the bone everywhere, so why did he need to return it with a horse skin wrapped around his corpse! From now on, Western Xia is also my Song Dynasty's territory, and you are now buried in your own territory! Someone, bring Wei Minganhui, Li Chage and the others over, and use their blood as a sacrifice to the heroic soul! " Zhao Chen suddenly said.

Immediately, someone brought Wei Minganhui, Li Chage and the rest up. With a command, their heads were chopped off, and fresh blood spilled onto the ground!

"Record the names of the soldiers and place them in the Shrine of Loyalty when we return!" From now on, the imperial government has to offer yearly sacrifices to the Song Dynasty to thank them for their contributions! " Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty!" The Song Army warriors below all had grateful expressions on their faces.

"Cao Zhi of the Three Kingdoms Era said that his lifelong dream was to become a powerful country, to benefit the people, to build an everlasting career and to achieve great achievements. This is also the case for me. I believe that every man has such ambitions!" Today, we shall set up a stone tablet in front of the Western to record the achievements of the men of Song Dynasty! You will travel thousands of miles, from Hongzhou to Dingzhou, to Gui Prefecture, to Yanzhou, and so on! The battle at the Wudao Beach, annihilate all three hundred thousand of Western Xia's main forces! After that, my army will go to the walls of Xingqing Mansion and strip off the imperial title of Western Xia Emperor and let him change his name to Western Xia King! Let him hand over the war crimes, make him compensate for our losses, let him return Spirit State, Liang Zhou to our Song Dynasty! I want to engrave all these achievements and record them here! "Send someone to tell the Western Xia that no one is to touch the stone stele. If the stone stele is destroyed, then my army will head north again!" Zhao Chen said coldly.

The Song Dynasty warriors below all revealed looks of extreme excitement!

"However, even though we have achieved great merits today, we still have a great enmity that we haven't avenged!" Back then, Qi Dan invaded my Central Plains and took over my Yan Yun Sixteen Prefectures! After that, the woman really invaded again, occupying Hedong, Hebei and Shandong roads! When they assaulted the Kaifeng City, the two emperors were captured. So, fellow soldiers, we still need to work hard and never slack off. We need to take back the Central Plains, Yan Yun, rescue the two emperors and Song Dynasty Zhong Xing! " Zhao Chen turned around, took out the treasure sword from his waist and waved towards the sky fiercely, and said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. We will never slack off!"

"Your Majesty, we must take back the Central Plains."

Very soon, the surroundings of the altar resounded once again with the deafening sound of the heavens and the earth! This voice did not stop for a long time!

On the Xingqing Mansion's city wall five kilometers away, countless Western Xia Party member s stood there, their faces pale. Although they were lucky enough to survive, the strength of the Song Army was firmly engraved in their hearts. At this moment, there was only fear in their hearts.

"It's time to return to the Guan Shan!" Zhao Chen said.

On the morning of the fourth of May, the army officially set out.

Zhao Chen, Curved End, Yu Yunwen, and the rest were standing on the western side of the Xingqing Mansion's Yellow River, looking at the surging waves rolling down from the Yellow River.

Zhao Chen's expression changed, it was unknown what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty, we should leave as well." Yu Yunwen said.

"Leave a thousand people here!" Zhao Chen suddenly said.

"Your Majesty?" Yu Yunwen's face revealed a puzzled expression.

"When the army leaves, release the Yellow River!" Zhao Chen said.

"AHH!" Yu Yunwen was shocked, Curved End, Kang An and the rest by his side were also shocked.

"Of the towns and villages in the Yinchuan Plain, we have destroyed half, but the other half still exist. These Party member were full of wild ambition, and in the end, they would still resist. All of them will be our trouble in the future. We let go of the Yellow River and let the Yellow River break its banks, adding another disaster to this plain. With the Yellow River passing through, the entire Yinchuan Plains would be completely destroyed. At that time, Xicha would truly not be mentioned. They can't even compare to the largest tribes on the Northern Grasslands, so you don't have to worry about them anymore. " Zhao Chen said coldly.