Yang Peng couldn't help being moved, and hugged Yelu Hanyu tightly. Yelu Hanyu melted into Yang Peng's arms like a pool of spring water. Suddenly thinking of something, I quickly left Yang Peng's arms and looked around, but I didn't see anyone. Wang Kai and other secret guards who were still in the tent just now disappeared. Yang Peng asked with a smile: "What are you looking for?" Yelu Hanyu turned around and rolled his eyes at Yang Peng.
He couldn't help but fall into Yang Peng's arms again, with memories in his eyes, and murmured: "Brother, do you still remember the scene when we met?"
Yang Peng smiled, and couldn't help but tighten his arms around Yelu Hanyu's slender waist, and said, "How could I forget? I'll remember it for the rest of my life!" He looked down at Yelu Hanyu and said with a smile, "Guanyin asked me to shoot at that time. Jinquetou, I thought Her Royal Highness the Princess of Liao was going to test my martial arts, but I didn’t expect that she was actually choosing a husband. What an unexpected surprise!” Yelu Hanyu smiled sweetly and walked out of Yang Peng’s arms. He raised his head and said in a daze: "I don't know why, but as soon as I saw my eldest brother, I felt a feeling that I had never felt before! Humph, I have seen countless men in the world, but in my heart they are nothing like dirt. different!"
Yelu Hanyu's words naturally revealed a arrogant attitude. He was aloof and looked upon the men in the world as if they were nothing. That was Yelu Hanyu back then. In fact, this is not the case for Yelu Hanyu today. She is a proud princess in front of others. Only in front of Yang Peng will she become a real woman. Her tenderness only belongs to one person, and that is Her eldest brother.
Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng, and her expression immediately became gentle again, "Only the eldest brother makes me feel an unprecedented impulse. I just want to fall into the arms of the eldest brother, and just want to be caressed by the eldest brother. Everything... Fame and wealth have become unimportant, I just want to be the little woman in my elder brother’s arms who doesn’t have to think about anything!”
Yang Peng was so moved that he hugged Yelu Hanyu tightly with both hands. Yelu Hanyu buried her head in Yang Peng's arms, with a touching smile on her beautiful face. The two of them stopped talking, enjoying the tenderness of this moment.
Na Zheng Heicheng hurried back to the city. Seeing Wei Mingji who had been waiting anxiously, he bowed and said: "General, the last general is back." Wei Mingji walked up to Zheng Heicheng in three steps and asked anxiously: "See you?" King Yan? What did King Yan say?"
Na Zhengheicheng said: "I have met King Yan. King Yan, he does not agree with the general's request. He only agrees to appoint the general as the governor of Dingzhou after the matter is completed." Wei Mingji was furious, "It's too much to bully others! I Wei Mingji held tens of thousands of troops, occupied the fortified city of Dingzhou, and surrendered to him. What a great achievement. It was more than enough to make him the governor of Xixia. King Yan was so stingy with the title, which is really chilling! Huh, I'm angry. I, I will fight him to the end to see if he regrets it or not!"...
Early the next morning, Yanyun's army came out in full force and lined up under Dingzhou City. The army was as powerful as a mountain and their murderous intent was soaring to the sky.
Yang Peng glanced at the city in front and prepared to order an attack. At this moment, the gate of Dingzhou City suddenly opened. Yang Peng and others were very surprised: Who dares to take the initiative to fight?
Tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers were seen pouring out of the city gate. Yang Peng and Yelu Hanyu looked at each other and felt incredible. Yang Jing shouted: "His grandma is so courageous. She actually dares to come out of a turtle shell and fight with us in the wild!"
After a while, tens of thousands of Xixia troops all rushed out of the city gate. Looking at this posture, it seemed that the defenders in the city were out in full force. Did Wei Mingji want to put all his efforts into a desperate fight? Then, something unexpected happened. The tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers threw away their weapons one after another, and then knelt on the ground. Tens of thousands of people knelt in a large black area. Just when Yang Peng and others were surprised, several knights flew out of the city and arrived in front of the Xixia army. Yang Peng took a look and recognized that one of the knights was Zheng Heicheng who had been here last night. He was followed by a middle-aged man with a thin and gloomy face. Needless to say, that middle-aged man must be the so-called right man. The general of the Shunjun Division of the Xiang Dynasty has gained a great reputation.
I saw Wei Mingji and others riding their horses straight over. They came to Yan Yun's army more than ten steps ahead and reined in their horses. They all turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground. Wei Mingji raised his voice and said: "The guilty minister Wei Mingji Marshal, together with the entire army and people in the city, surrender to King Yan!"
Yang Peng smiled, rode his horse to Wei Mingji and others, glanced at Wei Mingji, and said loudly: "I am very happy that the general has abandoned the dark and turned to the light! The general's move has saved many lives from suffering, and he has done a lot of credit. , I will make the general the governor of Dingzhou and manage the government affairs of Dingzhou." Wei Mingji was originally worried that Yang Peng would eat his words, but now that he said this in front of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides, he was naturally convinced Undoubtedly, I couldn't help but say thank you with great joy.
Yang Peng glanced at the tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers kneeling on the ground in the distance, and raised his voice: "All Xixia soldiers who surrender will be rewarded with one tael of silver, one jin of wine, and one jin of meat. From now on, the people of Dingzhou are the people of Yanyun. Enjoy the same treatment as the people of Yanyun, the property, houses and other interests of the people of Yanyun are protected by the Yanyun army, and any behavior that harms the people of Yanyun will be severely punished!"
The Xixia soldiers were originally uneasy, not knowing what kind of situation they would face after surrendering. They were even more worried that Yan Yun's army would massacre and loot after entering Dingzhou City. Most of these Xixia soldiers were natives of Dingzhou, so they were very worried about the people of Dingzhou. situation. However, after listening to Yang Peng's declaration, most of his uneasiness could not help but fall away. At the same time, he felt grateful in his heart, and they couldn't help but pray: "Long live, long live..."
Immediately, Yanyun's army, led by Wei Mingji and others, entered Dingzhou City. To the north of Xingqing Mansion, the extremely critical Dingzhou City was captured without a fight. Wasn't Wei Mingji dissatisfied with Yang Peng and determined to fight to the end? Why did he suddenly come out and surrender? Haha, how can you trust the determination of a person like him? The so-called fight to the end is just a few angry words. It is impossible to really do it after saying it. After careful consideration, Wei Mingji finally decided to surrender to the Yanyun Army. Although the official position of Dingzhou Governor was much lower than what he had previously thought, it was still pretty good.
Yang Peng entered the lobby of the official office, went straight to the superior and sat down. Wei Mingji, together with his generals and officials from Dingzhou, came to the hall to pay homage: "Greetings to His Highness King Yan, may he be a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!!"
Yang Peng said loudly: "You don't need to be polite." "Thank you, King Yan!" Then everyone stood up, but still lowered their heads in a respectful manner.
Yang Peng asked Wei Mingji: "I heard that there is a lot of money and grain stored in Dingzhou City. Is that true?" Wei Mingji quickly said: "Reporting to King Yan, it is true. There are 500,000 tons of grain stored in Dingzhou City. Money More than two million guan!" Then he took out a booklet from his arms, raised it above his head with both hands, walked forward, bowed and said: "This is a detailed account, please see King Yan!" Wang Kai immediately went down and took the next The pamphlet was forwarded to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the booklet, opened it, read it, put it down, and said, "Except for a small part of the money and food that will be used for local civil affairs, the rest will be handed over to our army for military expenses!" Wei Ming Ji bowed and agreed, and then praised: "King Yan left so much money and food to the people, he is really a benevolent and righteous Lord! We are so lucky to follow a monarch like King Yan!" Other officials were also busy. Flattery: "The benevolence and righteousness of King Yan is really a blessing to our people in Xixia!" "The King of Yan is compassionate and merciful. How can those tyrants and sycophants of Xixia be the opponents of King Yan!" "The king of Yan punishes crimes on behalf of heaven, and he will surely rule the world with one blow! "...
Yang Peng felt extremely disgusted when faced with the sound of flattery. After these voices subsided, Chen Xiao asked Wei Mingji: "Where are the bodies of Wei Mingjinyi and others now?"
Wei Mingji quickly said: "They are all buried in mass graves in the city." Yang Peng said angrily: "How can you be so hasty? Dig out their bodies immediately and rebury them according to their official positions! Although they are enemies, But I have to give you three points of respect!"
Wei Mingji quickly agreed, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. …
At noon that day, Li Qingxia, who had been busy all morning, had dinner in the imperial study room. Suddenly, his right hand trembled, and the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground. Li Qingxia has been feeling restless recently. Now her hands are shaking for no reason and she dropped her chopsticks. She couldn't help but feel even more uneasy. She couldn't help but murmured: "Did something happen?"
At this moment, there were rapid footsteps outside the door. Li Qingxia looked up at the door and saw a general in military uniform and the left and right prime ministers in official robes rushing in. The current situation was tense. In order to facilitate discussion of military affairs with her ministers, Li Qingxia issued a special edict. The generalissimo and the left and right prime ministers could directly enter the harem to see the emperor without any notification.
Li Qingxia stood up, walked around the desk and walked to the middle of the imperial study room. Li Zongdao and three others rushed to Li Qingxia, and Li Zongdao said urgently: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation in Dingzhou!..." Li Qingxia's heart moved, and she asked calmly: "Yang Peng is dead?" Li Zongdao shook his head. Shaking his head, "Li Tuo's action failed and he committed suicide in shame and anger!"
Li Qingxia was startled, her body swayed slightly, then stabilized, frowning slightly and said: "This is actually the worst case scenario, God will not bless me Daxia!" She looked at Li Zongdao and the other three, and asked: "Why did Li Tuo's action fail?" The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads together. Li Zongdao said: "No one else entered the big account to see Yang Peng. They didn't know what happened at all. They just Knowing that Yang Peng suddenly drove them out, Li Tuo committed suicide in the carriage! We inferred the scene at that time based on other people's accounts: Li Tuo's action failed, but Yang Peng did not kill him, but He insulted him and then drove him out of the barracks. Li Tuo must have felt that he had betrayed His Majesty's great trust, so he chose to commit suicide to apologize!"
Li Qingxia closed her eyes, then opened them and said with emotion: "Although Li Tuo failed, he is worthy of being our warrior of Great Xia!" She glanced at the three people and said: "The assassination failed, Yang Peng must have been furious, and got up The army stormed Dingzhou! The defenders of Dingzhou only have 40,000 to 50,000 people, and it is difficult to resist the enemy for a long time. I decided to send 30,000 reinforcements to support Dingzhou!" The three of them looked worried. Li Tongren said: "Your Majesty, now In such a situation, our family cannot resist the Yan Yun Army no matter what. We should immediately ask the Khitan people and the Song people for help! They must understand the meaning of death and coldness! If we collapse, the next target of the Yan Yun Army will definitely be them!"
Li Zongdao frowned and said: "The Khitan people have too much time to take care of themselves now. The army is fighting fiercely with the Japanese in Goryeo. How can they still have the strength to support us? As for the Song people, huh, those cowardly scholars have long been frightened by Yan Yun. How can they dare to Take the initiative to scratch Yan Yun’s tiger’s beard?”
Li Tongren said anxiously: "According to the meaning of the generalissimo's words, we can only fight alone?" Li Zongdao said: "We can only rely on ourselves and no one can rely on us!" Li Tongren remained silent. Seeing that the two prime ministers looked discouraged, Li Qingxia comforted them: "You don't have to worry too much. In fact, as long as we persist for a while, Yan Yun himself will retreat! Yan Yun's army marched north and south, marching thousands of miles, and the food and grass were exhausted. Extremely, I guess the food and grass they managed to raise before the war have been almost consumed! As long as we persist for a while, the Yanyun Army will definitely retreat!"
The two prime ministers' originally very worried mood eased slightly. At this moment, a herald stumbled in, knelt down with a plop, and stammered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, no, it's not good, Dingzhou, Dingzhou, Dingzhou was captured by Yan Yun's army. Got it!"
When everyone heard this, they felt their heads suddenly explode. Li Qingxia walked quickly to the herald and asked angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could the Yanyun Army take Dingzhou so quickly? There are nearly 50,000 people in Dingzhou." With a large army and a fortified city to rely on, how could Yan Yun's army capture Dingzhou in less than ten days and a half!"
The herald said anxiously: "It's Wei Mingji. He surrendered to Yan Yun. Yan Yun won't surrender without a fight!" Everyone was even more shocked. Li Qingxia staggered back a few steps, hit the desk hard, and read Looking at the herald, he asked angrily: "Where is Wei's reputation? Did he also surrender?"
"According to the information obtained by the spies, the Governor of Dingzhou, Wei Ming Ji Zhong, the Young Governor Wei Ming Ji Zhong, and several of their trusted generals were all killed by Wei Mingji!" Li Qingxia was furious and cursed through gritted teeth: "Wei Mingji, you rebellious, you are still a descendant of the Wei Ming family! I was really blind, I thought you were a loyal minister, you are worse than a pig or a dog!"
Right Prime Minister O Daochong said worriedly: "Dingzhou has been lost, and there is no barrier to the north of Xingqing Mansion. I'm afraid that it won't be long before Yanyun's army comes to the city!" Li Qingxia said decisively: "I will never let the king die in Sheji. I will surrender, and I swear to fight Yan Yun to the end!" The three of them couldn't help but cheer up, and Li Zongdao said excitedly: "I will live and die with your majesty in the end!"
At this moment, there were hurried footsteps outside the door again, and the three of them couldn't help but become nervous, worried that there would be some bad news. They all looked towards the door and saw another herald running in anxiously. He knelt down on the ground with a plop and said urgently: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the south. Yinzhou has been captured by Yanyun's army. General Epan's army is under attack. The whole army was wiped out!..." Everyone was shocked, and their hearts sank suddenly. Then they heard the messenger say: "Xiping Mansion was captured by Yang Yanzhao's troops, and General Li Yuantong was killed!" Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom, and the successive bad news made everyone feel dizzy and at a loss. …
Li Zongdao, Ao Daochong and Li Tongren left the palace and said goodbye to each other in front of the palace gate. Ao Daochong sighed, "Now that the matter has come to this, it seems that God is going to destroy us in Great Xia!" Li Zongdao said categorically: "Since ancient times, no one has died in life. The worst is to die, but it is absolutely impossible for Yang Peng to want us to surrender. !" The two prime ministers said nothing, looking sad. Li Zongdao said: "I'm going to the military camp. Say goodbye." The two men immediately said: "Come on, Generalissimo!" Li Zongdao turned his horse and led the soldiers towards the west. Ao Daochong and Li Tongren turned their horses and headed east, surrounded by their entourage.
Ao Daochong said: "How about we find a quiet place to talk?" Li Tongren nodded and glanced at Ao Daochong, "That's what I meant. This place is not far from the house, why not sit under the house? Sit down." Aodaochong nodded and said, "Okay!"
The group of people entered Li Tongren's mansion, and they went straight to the study. Li Tongren retreated to the left and right. Odaochong said: "Prime Minister, do you have any way to solve the crisis now?" Li Tongren sighed and said helplessly: "The situation has reached this point, what else can we do? Our army has been defeated in a row and lost. The division has lost ground and suffered heavy losses. The remaining army has no fighting spirit and will have no fighting spirit, while Yanyun's hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves are at their peak! Hey, if I should not say something that I shouldn't have said, the defeat is certain and there is nothing we can do!"
Ao Daochong said: "That's not entirely true!" Li Tongren looked at Ao Daochong hurriedly, "Could it be that the Prime Minister actually has a good strategy to defeat the enemy?" Ao Daochong nodded. Li Tongren was greatly puzzled: "In that case, why didn't the Prime Minister explain it to His Majesty just now?"
Al Daochong glanced at Li Tongren and said enigmatically: "If I make it clear to His Majesty, this strategy will be useless, and I will die without a burial place!" Li Tongren looked at a loss, and only felt that Al Dao Chong's words are really unfathomable and incomprehensible.
Ao Daochong left his seat, walked to Li Tongren, leaned down, and whispered a few words in Li Tongren's ear. Li Tongren opened his eyes, stood up suddenly, glared at Odao and shouted: "How dare you...?"
Odaochong said: "This is the only way now!" Then he frowned, "According to the people who came back from the mission, King Yan was originally very happy about the arrival of the mission. King Yan should be willing to negotiate peace. ! But the self-righteous assassination operation completely messed up the matter! King Yan was furious, and in an instant, Dingzhou, Yinzhou, and Xiping Mansion fell, more than 100,000 people were wiped out, and our Great Xia was one step closer to catastrophe! "
After a pause, "Nothing is useful now, unless we can eliminate King Yan's anger. As long as King Yan's anger is eliminated, I believe the peace treaty will succeed. And the method I just mentioned is the only way to eliminate King Yan's anger." "Li Tongren felt that what Odaochong said was reasonable, but he felt that that approach was really inappropriate. He couldn't make up his mind for a while and said nothing.
O Daochong struck while the iron was hot: "I know what the Prime Minister is worried about, and why would I want to do this! But when the situation has reached this point, we can only abandon the small and protect the big! The survival of our entire Dangxiang clan is better than just one person. The honor and disgrace are much more important!"
Li Tongren was moved, sighed, and said helplessly: "It seems that this is the only way!" Odaochong was overjoyed, "The Prime Minister agreed, and the matter is almost certain!" Then he told Li Tongren the specific plan. Again. Li Tongren frowned and nodded, glanced at Ao Daochong, and said, "I don't have any other opinions. I just feel that this matter is out of helplessness. We should try to kill as few people as possible!" Ao Daochong vowed: "The Prime Minister doesn't have to do this. Worry, I don’t want to commit more murders!”…
Late at night, Li Qingxia still stood in front of the map, frowning and thinking hard. She wanted to find a good strategy to bring Daxia back to life. However, in the face of Yan Yun's overwhelming military power, any strategy was ineffective. It seemed that the outcome was already decided.
There was a sudden noise outside, as if many people were shouting in the distance. Li Qingxia was worried. When she heard these voices, she couldn't help but get angry and shouted: "What's going on outside?" A female guard ran in and knelt down to report: "Reporting to your majesty, it seems to be coming from the hall. There is so much noise, General Gao Feng has already led people to check it out!"
Li Qingxia frowned and said, "Main hall?" At this time, a louder noise came, and it seemed that they had entered the backyard. At the same time, there were actually the sounds of swords and screams. Li Qingxia was shocked. She realized that there was a mutiny, and immediately said to the female guard in front of her: "Send a signal rocket immediately and ask the generalissimo to lead his army into the palace!"
The female guard agreed. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and Feng Feng, covered in blood, stumbled in. Li Qingxia and others were shocked. Gao Feng knelt down on one knee, covering his wound, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, leave quickly! The rebels have already entered the harem, and we can't resist it anymore!"
Li Qingxia said: "I won't leave! What can the rebels do to me? As long as the generalissimo and his troops arrive, the rebels will die without a burial place!" Gao Feng shook his head hurriedly and said, "The generalissimo has been killed by them. It's gone!" Li Qingxia was shocked.
kill! ah! ...The sound of fighting has already approached a place not far from the Imperial Study Room. Gao Feng was anxious and quickly stood up and ordered the female guard: "Protect His Majesty and follow me to fight out!" The female guard responded, pulled out the scimitar from her waist, then ran to Li Qingxia and supported her with her left hand. Li Qingxia followed Gao Feng and ran out of the imperial study.
As soon as I left the Imperial Study Room, I saw a large number of rebels on the corridor not far away. They were fighting towards us, and the Imperial Forest Army was trying their best to resist. However, the number of rebels was so large that the battle situation was very unfavorable for the Imperial Forest Army. Gao Feng and others quickly protected Li Qingxia and ran towards the back door of the palace. When they were approaching the back door, the back door suddenly opened with a bang, and then the rebels poured in with shouts. Gao Feng and others were shocked and quickly stopped to protect Li Qingxia!
The rebels rushed in with shouts, and in a blink of an eye, they surrounded Li Qingxia and others. The scene suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere became a little strange. Li Qingxia pushed away the peak in front of her and shouted angrily at the rebels: "Are you going to rebel?" The rebels felt guilty and lowered their heads subconsciously.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
