Wang Kai led a dusty herald and ran in, clasped his fists and said: "King Yan, report on the battle in the south." Then stepped aside, the herald immediately stepped forward, clasped his fists and bowed: "I am reporting to King Yan. General Yang's general came to summon the messenger. Li Shifang, the governor of Huaizhou, learned about the news that King Yan had conquered the capital, so he surrendered. Now our army has taken over Huaizhou..."
Li Tongren loudly praised: "The King of Yan is so majestic in the world, and the demons and clowns are descending in the wind!" All the generals looked sideways and said in their hearts: "This old guy!" '
Yang Peng smiled and said to the herald: "You continue." The herald responded and continued: "However, Wei Mingzhen, the governor of Jingzhou, and Li Cunxiao of Tiemen Pass refused to surrender and still resisted. General Yang and Gao General, General Xiao Duoli is supervising the attack. I believe there will be good news soon!" Yang Peng nodded and asked the herald: "Do you still have enough food and grass?" The herald clasped his fists and said: "There is still half a month of food and grass. !" Yang Peng nodded and said, "It should be enough!" He glanced at Shi Ping and asked, "How much grain and grass do we have here?" Shi Ping cupped his fists and said, "There are still more than 300,000 dans of grain and grass." Yang Peng said. : "Send 100,000 grains and grass over, just in case." Shi Ping promised with clasped fists.
Yang Peng looked at the herald and said, "Go back and tell General Yang not to be anxious. Now our army is sure of victory, so we must not make any mistakes in the rush!" The herald made a promise and retreated.
Yang Peng glanced at the generals and said: "The infantry and King Yan's cavalry are stationed in the city and outside the city to rest and recuperate. The light cavalry are scattered in all directions to wipe out the remaining enemies and restore local security!" All the generals agreed in unison. …
At noon, Yang Erya led several Feifeng female guards with food to the place where Li Qingxia was under house arrest. Now Li Qingxia has been taken from Dingzhou to Xingqing Mansion and arranged to live in the palace where she originally lived. In the bedroom. In fact, not only Li Qingxia, but also the members of the Xixia royal family, including the baby who had been emperor for just a few days, the Queen Mother Li Ruolan, the head of state Li Shicheng, etc., were all under house arrest in various places in the palace. In addition to being unable to move, their treatment was still very good. .
Yang Erya led several Feifeng female guards into the palace. When several palace maids saw them, they immediately came forward to pay homage: "I have met your empress!" These palace maids treated Yang Erya more than they did their own master Li Qingxia. Also be respectful and obedient. Yang Erya asked: "Where is your Majesty?" Several palace maids immediately pointed upstairs and said: "It's up there!" Yang Erya then led several flying phoenix girls to guard the carved railings not far away and painted them with red paint. Walking up the stairs to the second floor, I saw Li Qingxia standing behind the window not far away, looking at the scene outside the window in a daze. Li Qingxia looked at the familiar scene outside the window, only to feel that things were different and people were different, and a melancholy mood lingered in her heart. Hearing the footsteps behind him, he couldn't help but retract his thoughts, turned around and saw Yang Erya coming, a smile appeared on his originally gloomy face, and he hurriedly greeted him, "Sister Erya, are you here? "
Yang Erya smiled sweetly and asked the female guards to put down the food basket. Then she took Li Qingxia's delicate hand and walked to the window to talk. The two women looked very close, as if they had been close friends for many years. During this period, Yang Erya took care of Li Qingxia's daily life. Yang Erya unknowingly developed a good impression of this wise and extraordinary woman who was worried about the country, and Li Qingxia also developed a good impression of Yang Erya, a pure and straightforward woman. . Unknowingly, the two women became good friends and talked about everything. This is how it is between people. If they get along well, they can become close friends in the blink of an eye. If they don't get along, they will be just strangers even if they stay together for a lifetime. people.
"Sister, are you still worried about Xixia?" Yang Erya couldn't help asking when he saw Li Qingxia frowning and looking sad. Li Qingxia let out a long sigh and couldn't help but say: "The country has been destroyed, but the mountains and rivers are still there, things have changed and people have changed! I didn't expect that glorious country to be wiped out in the blink of an eye!"
Yang Erya didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only say: "Sister, don't think too much! Anyway, the matter is over, why don't you look at it a little bit!" Li Qingxia smiled bitterly, and then asked with concern: " What is the situation outside now? Has King Yan continued to march westward? "
Yang Erya said: "Odaochong raised a baby named Li Tai as emperor in Xiliang Mansion, and he was called Emperor Xia Ai. ..." Li Qingxia smiled bitterly and couldn't help but murmured: "The word 'sorrow' , It’s really appropriate! Hey, Daxia has reached this point and wants to come back to life, unless there is a miracle from heaven!” He glanced at Yang Erya and smiled apologetically, “It’s all my sister’s fault for interrupting my sister, sister, you Keep talking." Yang Erya smiled and said: "Sister, why do you have to be polite to me!" After a pause, he continued: "Our army is not going on a westward expedition, because the food and grass have been exhausted, and we can no longer do it in a short time. Let’s go on a conquest!”
Li Qingxia couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yang Erya: "Sister, I want to see King Yan, please introduce me to him!" Yang Erya smiled and said: "What's the problem? Come with me. ." Then he stood up, took Li Qingxia's delicate hand and walked towards the stairs.
Yang Peng was standing in front of the map in the back hall of the government office, looking at the situation on the map and thinking. Looking at the situation on the map, the Hetao area east of Helan Mountain has basically been occupied by the Yanyun Army. Only the Tiemenguan and Jingzhou Xixia Army are still resisting. The general situation has been determined. This battle between the Yanyun Army The massive conquest will come to a perfect end. Yang Peng's eyes fell on Zhuo Luo, Nanjun Division and Xishou Baotai Military Division, and he felt that he could take advantage of the convenience and use cavalry to attack these two places in one fell swoop. Zhuoluo and Nanjunsi are across the river from Lanzhou on Qinfeng Road under the control of Yanyun. They are to the north of the Yellow River and separated from Xiningzhou by the steep Qiliu Mountains. Xishou Baotai Military Division is west of Weizhou. To the east of Zhuoluo and Nanjunsi, to the south of the ninth section of the Yellow River, probably to the north of Jingyuan County in Ningxia Province, it is surrounded by Shaniuling, Roulang Mountain, Lingbo Mountain, and Weijing Mountain. The mountains are dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuoluo and Nanjun Division together form the entrance to the Hexi Corridor. If Yanyun wants to conquer Xiliang Prefecture and even Xuanhua Prefecture (Zhangye) and Xiping Military Division in the west, generally speaking, he must start from Xishou Baotai Army Division, Zhuoluo Army Division and Nan Army Division attacked all the way to the west.
Now the situation is very favorable for Yanyun. The Xixia army was defeated and fled in a hurry. It was a great opportunity, but the food and grass problem restricted Yanyun's actions.
Yang Peng frowned and thought. There were footsteps outside the door. Yang Peng took back his thoughts and turned around, only to see Yang Erya in military uniform leading Li Qingxia in casual clothes. Chen Xiao felt a little surprised.
Yang Erya led Li Qingxia to Yang Peng, clasped her fists and said, "Brother, sister Qingxia wants to talk to you, so the younger sister brought her here!" Yang Peng looked at Li Qingxia, and Li Qingxia also looked at her. Looking at him, their eyes met in the air, and complex emotions arose in Li Qingxia's heart. Yang Peng asked with a smile: "What does Your Majesty want to talk to me about?" When Li Qingxia heard this title, she couldn't help but feel angry in her heart, and said coldly: "You already knew that I was not the emperor, and you still called me that, You are clearly mocking me!”
Yang Peng chuckled and said, "I didn't mean that." Li Qingxia looked at the somewhat unserious man in front of her, thinking that her country was dying at his feet, and her people were in front of his soldiers. He was running for his life in a hurry, and hatred welled up in his heart. He just wanted to pounce on him and bite off the flesh piece by piece. Reluctantly calming down, she turned to Yang Erya and said, "Sister Erya, can we talk alone?" Yang Erya looked at his eldest brother, and when he saw his eldest brother nodded, he smiled and said, "You guys can talk, I Get out!" Then he turned around and left.
Yang Peng saw that Li Qingxia was only glaring at him with angry eyes but did not speak. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Do you want to stare me to death with your eyes?" Li Qingxia said fiercely; "It's a pity that I can't do it. Come on! If the sky really has a spirit, I would rather sacrifice my soul and flesh and blood, and would rather die and live forever without reincarnation. I would also beg the sky to send a thunder to kill you, the devil who is causing harm to the world!!"
Yang Peng was a little depressed. He didn't expect that there would be someone who hated him so deeply, and she was also an extremely beautiful woman. Yang Peng glanced at Li Qingxia and said mockingly: "I didn't expect that I was actually a devil in your eyes!" Li Qingxia snorted, "You destroyed our country and killed countless party members. Our dignity has been trampled to the ground mercilessly. Aren't you still the devil? I just hate that I don't have the power to turn the tide!"
Yang Peng said calmly: "Why are you so excited? During the Tang Dynasty, weren't the Dangxiang people also under the rule of the Tang Dynasty? Even in the early Song Dynasty, the Dangxiang people were under the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty! Now it's just a return to everything It’s just normal!”
Li Qingxia sneered and said: "Only letting you rule is normal. It is a crooked way for us to establish an independent country!" Then she nodded, "What you said is correct now. It has been said since ancient times, 'Success will lead to princes and thieves'." Well, if you win, then of course everything you say is right!"
Yang Peng didn't know what to say. He raised his head and glanced at Li Qingxia, "The ancestors of the Dangxiang people and the Han people are all the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. We are all descendants of China, with the same face, the same skin color, and the same bloodline. It is only because of the changes in life that you became When we become Dangxiang people, we become Han people! We are originally one family, why do we need to separate ourselves?" Li Qingxia frowned and said nothing. She felt that what Yang Peng said was reasonable, but the pride in her heart made her unwilling to say anything to her. The other party surrenders.
He raised his head and glanced at Yang Peng, "I don't want to say this. I'm here this time just to ask you for something!" Yang Peng laughed and said jokingly: "Your Majesty is your Majesty after all, and he is so arrogant and domineering when asking for help. ! Li Qingxia frowned and suddenly knelt down towards Yang Peng. Yang Peng was shocked. He was just joking, but he didn't expect that the other party would have such a big reaction.
"I beg you something as a slave!..." Li Qingxia knelt on the ground and said to Yang Peng. At this time, she was already bursting into tears. The endless humiliation lingered in her chest, weighing her down and almost out of breath. She As a Xixia princess, she had also been the Xixia emperor. With such a noble status, she had never even thought about such a humiliating thing, not to mention having done it before.
Yang Peng came to his senses and quickly stepped forward to hold her arm to help her up. However, Li Qingxia resolutely refused. She stared at Yang Peng with tearful eyes and said, "I beg you, please be kind to the people of Dangxiang and don't enslave them!"
Yang Peng felt a little surprised, and then he felt great admiration in his heart. This little woman in front of him, at this point, actually only cared about her compatriots. She gave up all dignity and just asked herself to let go of those things about her. Clan! Those men in Dangxiang should really feel ashamed compared to her!
Yang Peng helped Li Qingxia up, looked at her complicated face and smiled bitterly, and said: "Why are you doing this? If the dignity of your people requires you to fight for them like this, they will not be qualified to live in this world. !”
Li Qingxia felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She thought that Yang Peng was going to launch a massacre against the party members. She was so flustered that she only thought of one way. At this moment, she couldn't care about anything else, so she reached out and untied the belt of her long skirt. Chen Xiao felt baffled when he saw her suddenly undoing her belt. Then he saw her taking off her long skirt. Yang Peng was shocked, but Li Qingxia didn't stop yet and continued to take off all her underwear. It fell, and in the blink of an eye, a female body with lustrous flesh, alluring bulges, and trembling body appeared in front of Yang Peng's eyes. Yang Peng's head felt a little short-circuited, and he couldn't figure out which song he was singing for a moment. Suddenly, there was a blur in front of her eyes, and Li Qingxia's smooth and smooth female body was blown into her arms by the fragrant wind.
Yang Peng came back to his senses and felt Li Qingxia's body trembling in his arms. He understood in his heart why Li Qingxia did this. An inexplicable sadness couldn't help but surged into his heart. He stretched out his hand to hold Li Qingxia's shoulder and gently He pushed her away and said with a bitter smile: "Your people have abandoned you long ago, why do you sacrifice yourself like this for them! Is it worth it?" Li Qingxia said with tears: "I, I am their princess, their princess Your Majesty, as long as I can save them, I am willing to sacrifice everything!"
Yang Peng didn't know what to say, but he just thought that the princess of Xixia was very admirable. Walking not far away, he picked up the long skirt and put it on her. Li Qingxia was very surprised, and then endless worries came to her heart. What she thought was that since the other party had no interest in her body, then she would not be able to save her people! ? Yang Peng looked at her anxious and frightened face and understood what she was worried about. He smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about your tribe! Under my rule, everyone is the same and they can enjoy the same rights. , Of course, the prerequisite is that they fulfill their obligations to this country! But no matter what, what you are worried about is impossible to happen!"
Li Qingxia felt unbelievable. She stared at Yang Peng blankly and saw a smile in his eyes. Suddenly, a surge of anger surged from her chest. She raised her hand and slapped Yang Peng, yelling angrily: "You bastard!!" After cursing, he turned around and ran away. Yang Peng looked outside the study, touched his cheek and smiled bitterly: "I don't know if I owed a debt to a woman in my previous life, but I always get slapped by women in this life!" Thinking of what Li Qingxia did just now, he couldn't help but feel sad. I have infinite respect. In this ancient time, which seems very backward and barbaric to modern people, there is actually a member of the royal family who can sacrifice her people to such an extent for her country! Even among those so-called revolutionaries, I'm afraid not many can do it, and I certainly can't do it myself!
Yang Peng couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said loudly: "It's amazing!"...
Later that day, Yang Peng came to inspect the city wall and saw the turbid Yellow River rolling northward on the vast land. There was a faint thunderous sound, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. Then I couldn't help but think: 'All of this happened out of nowhere. The experience of the past few years is like a big dream. I don't know if this big dream will suddenly wake up one day! ? ' He looked up at the sky and murmured: "You thief, you have played with me enough, don't play with me again!" He looked back and looked into the distance. At this time, there happened to be a large group of wild horses. Running wildly along the Yellow River towards the south on the east bank of the Yellow River, an unrestrained atmosphere hit his face, and Yang Peng couldn't help but smile.
The sound of footsteps came from behind, pulling Yang Peng back from his thoughts. Turning around, he saw Li Tongren running towards him with a bow and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness, King Yan!" Yang Peng nodded and asked, "Is there something wrong?" Li Tongren bowed and said, "Wei ministers follow the instructions of Yan. The banquet has been arranged according to the king's instructions!" Yang Peng nodded, "You did a good job!" Li Tongren was very happy and said: "The king of Yan invited the Xixia royal family to a banquet and showed kindness. It is really wise! But Wei Xiao I think that just showing kindness is not enough, you still have to guard against them! As the saying goes, 'You must not have the intention to harm others, but you must have the intention to guard against others'!"
Yang Peng asked with a smile: "In that case, does Mr. Li have any way to prevent the slightest mistake?"
"Wei Chen is not talented, but he thought of a way. Wei Chen thought that although King Yan's kindness can influence most of the royal family, there is no guarantee that one or two guys will still have delusions! They are members of the Xixia royal family , most party members still regard them as orthodox, and as long as they remain in this land, they are a hidden danger. Wei Chen means to follow the example of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and move them all to live in the capital of the Central Plains. This not only shows that Yan The king's great grace can also make them leave their own ethnic group. In this way, even if someone has a different heart, there will definitely be no trouble! And in the capital, they can also monitor nearby, even if someone is really eaten Even if an ambitious leopard dares to do something against nature, it can be discovered in time and dealt with promptly!"
Yang Peng smiled and nodded, praising: "Master Li's proposal is very good!" Then he thought: "If this is the case, I will canonize all the royal family members at today's banquet and give them Tianjing at the same time. I want them to return to Tianjing New City with me." Li Tongren immediately worshiped: "The King of Yan is wise!"
Yang Peng smiled slightly, stepped forward, patted Li Tongren on the shoulder, and encouraged: "Do a good job, I am very optimistic about you!" Li Tongren only felt flattered, and then an impulse came over him, and he knelt down and kowtowed. : "The humble minister is loyal to the King of Yan, and his liver and brain are ruined, and he has died!" Yang Peng looked at Li Tongren who was lying on the ground, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority in his heart, which was quite satisfying. …
Night has fallen, and the main hall of the original Xixia Palace is brightly lit. Yang Peng is sitting at the top. Nearly a hundred members of the Xixia royal family are present. They are facing a table full of fine wine and delicacies, but everyone is trembling and looking frightened. However, not everyone looked so hopeless. Li Qingxia frowned slightly, thoughtfully, while Li Ruolan was radiant and high-spirited, which was particularly eye-catching.
Yang Peng glanced at His Highness and everyone, and said: "You are now Yanyun's subjects, no one dares to bully you."
Everyone was originally trembling with fear, thinking that the banquet hosted by Yang Peng was a Hongmen banquet. Now after hearing Yang Peng's words, the worries in their hearts subsided a lot. An older member of the royal family picked up a glass of wine, stood up, and said to Yang Peng: "Thanks to King Yan, we can save our lives. King Yan is our great benefactor!" Several members of the royal family rushed to grab it. Echoed, everyone looked like they were scrambling to be the first. Seeing this scene, Li Qingxia felt ashamed. She felt that although Daxia had lost, she had to defeat with courage and dignity. However, most of the highest-ranking royal members of the Dangxiang clan in front of her looked like slaves. Despicable face! Li Qingxia only felt sick.
The royal elder who spoke earlier said to the crowd: "Let's all toast King Yan with a glass of wine and thank him for his life-saving grace!" Haha, God knows where this 'grace' comes from. All the members of the royal family picked up their wine glasses and stood up, except Li Qingxia who sat there unmoved with a gloomy expression. When the royal elder saw that Li Qingxia did not stand up, he couldn't help but feel panic. Then he became a little annoyed and shouted in a low voice: "Qingxia, Qingxia!" Seeing that Li Qingxia ignored him, he couldn't help but feel angry. He felt that this junior was really too presumptuous. He immediately ignored Li Qingxia, held the wine glass and bowed to Yang Peng and said: "I respect King Yan!" Then he put the wine glass to his lips, raised his head and drank it. He obviously couldn't drink enough, and his face was in pain. However, he still tried his best to drink a large glass of wine. After he finished, he gasped for air, and his originally white face suddenly turned red with a painful expression. Others also drank the wine in the glass.
Yang Peng smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and drank it. Everyone looked very happy when they saw that Yang Peng had also finished the wine. Yang Peng put down his wine glass, glanced at everyone, and his eyes paused on Li Qingxia. At this moment, Li Qingxia was still sitting there in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.
Yang Peng glanced at Li Tongren who was standing next to him. The latter understood and came forward with an order in his hand, saying in a loud voice: "The grace of King Yan, everyone obeys!" When everyone heard this, they were really overjoyed. , left their seats one after another, came to the main hall and knelt down, Li Qingxia still sat in a daze in the distance, like a stone statue. Li Tongren had already heard about what happened during the day, so he did not dare to scold Li Qingxia, but looked at Yang Peng for his instructions. Yang Peng said: "Read it."
Li Tongren's heart moved, and he couldn't help but have the idea that Li Qingxia might still be his master. Quickly put these messy thoughts behind, opened the command, and started reading.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
