Shao Libao saw and said, thinking, I have been ordered to go on a mission, not only to see you alone, but also to see your empress dowager and General Yelu Dashi. Just because you don't surrender doesn't mean that your empress dowager doesn't surrender, and that doesn't mean that Yelu Dashi's defense envoy doesn't surrender either. How can you let me go and I'll leave! I can't leave. I want to go to Youzhou City to meet your empress dowager in person.
With this in mind, Shao Libao bowed to Xiao Qian and Han Ao and said loudly: "My pioneer envoy has ordered me to go to Yanjing to meet with your Empress Dowager, Prime Minister Xiao and Yelv Dashi Defense Envoy. Now, I I only met Prime Minister Xiao, but did not see your Empress Dowager and the Yelu Dashi Defense Envoy. I don’t know the opinions of your Empress Dowager and the Yelu Dashi Defense Envoy. Therefore, I will still go to Yanjing via Daoliangxiang to meet in person. See your empress dowager and Yelu Dashi’s defense envoy to convey the order of our vanguard envoy.”
Xiao Qian and Han Yu met and said, they looked at each other and exchanged opinions with their eyes, and then Xiao Qian said: "Since you must go to Yanjing to meet our empress dowager and Yelv Dashi's defense envoy, we also I can't stop you, so I have to let you go. I will send soldiers to accompany you to Yanjing to meet our empress dowager."
Shao Libao bowed his head and said loudly: "Thank you, Prime Minister Xiao and Marshal Han!" Then he stood carelessly, waiting for Xiao Qian to send someone to accompany him to Yanjing.
Xiao Qian looked at the careless Shao Lipao and thought to himself, you underestimate our empress dowager too much. If you go and order our empress dowager to surrender in the city, you will die and there will be no other consequences.
With this in mind, Xiao Qian said to Shao Lipao: "Envoy of the Song Army, since you are the envoy to the Empress Dowager and the defense envoy to our dynasty, if you have anything to say, please don't do it like we did here, so as not to cause trouble for yourself."
Shao Libao heard this and thought to himself, there are hundreds of thousands of troops behind me. If I don't be arrogant, can I scare you? ! Besides, even if I am arrogant, what do you dare to do to me? ! Do you dare not care about the hundreds of thousands of troops behind me? ! Thinking of this, Shao Libao became emboldened, bowed his head to Xiao Qian and Han Yi, and smiled contemptuously.
When Xiao Qian and Han Wei saw this, they both shook their heads. Immediately, Xiao Qian ordered his subordinate generals to accompany Shao Lipao to Yanjing to meet with Empress Xiao and the commander Yelu Dashi.
The assistant general arranged by Han Yi immediately accompanied Shao Lipao out of the tent, got on his horse, and galloped all the way into the city of Yanjing.
The city of Yanjing was both silent and chaotic. The silence was because the Liao Kingdom was holding a state funeral for Tianxi Emperor Yelu Chun; the chaos was because the Song army was approaching the city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were panicked, and each was making preparations to escape Yanjing.
After Shao Libao entered Yanjing City, he claimed that he was the envoy of the Song Army, and the Song Army had already arrived at Yanjing City. He felt that he was much more powerful, and he rode his horse in the streets of Yanjing City with a domineering and determined attitude. Run wildly.
Shao Lipao, led by the assistant general of the Liao Army, came to the gate of the Liao Palace in Yanjing and jumped off his horse. Before the accompanying Liao general could report the situation, Shao Lipao shouted loudly: "Wait for the Liao people and report in quickly. The Song army general, the vanguard envoy's personal guard, and the military envoy Shao Lipao are here and want to meet him." Your Empress Dowager and General Yelu Dashi."
When the officers on duty outside the palace gate saw Shao Lipao's posture, they dared not delay and reported in in a panic.
In the main hall of the palace, Empress Xiao sat high on the dragon chair, with a group of ministers and generals standing on both sides. At that time, Yelu Dashi was not in the hall due to the deployment of Yanjing's defense.
The officer on duty ran in in a panic and reported loudly: "The Empress Dowager is informed that the Song Army general, the vanguard envoy's personal guard, and the military envoy Shao Lipao have arrived outside the palace and want to meet the Empress Dowager and the Yelu Dashi defense envoy. "
Empress Xiao, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, felt displeased when she heard the duty officer's report, so she shouted loudly: "Send the order! Bring us in!"
The reason why Xiao Puxian's daughter was unhappy was that there had been no war between the two countries for more than a hundred years since the Chanyuan Alliance. Now, when Jin and Liao were at war, the Song Dynasty did not assist the Liao Kingdom based on the relationship between the two parties, but instead signed a contract with the Jurchen They broke the maritime alliance and attacked the Liao Kingdom from the north and the south, putting the Liao Kingdom into a state of subjugation. Moreover, the Liao Kingdom had already submitted its pledge of vassalage to the Song Dynasty, but the Song army was still approaching the city and wanted to seize Nanjing. This did not leave any room for the Liao Dynasty! So I felt very unhappy. Therefore, Empress Xiao ordered "bring in" instead of "invite in" or "pass in."
The palace official immediately reported Empress Xiao's order. After hearing the order, the soldiers guarding the palace gate twisted Shao Lipao's arms, pressed his head, and pushed him all the way to the main hall.
As the military envoy of the Song Army, Shao Lipao did not expect that the Liao Dynasty court would treat him like this.
According to Shao Lipao's opinion, the Liao Kingdom was already in danger. It was in panic all day long. It was at the end of its rope and had no other options. Under such circumstances, my arrival was equivalent to the arrival of the savior. They hoped that it would be too late before they could do anything to themselves. With great respect, you are invited to enter the palace. Why are you so rude and rude now? He just twisted his arm and pressed his head. It was so arrogant! It seems that it is not the Song Dynasty that is attacking them, but they are attacking the Song Dynasty!
Shao Lipao was angry and shouted loudly: "I am the envoy of the Song Army!"
The soldiers don't care who you are. They just execute the order and escort you in. They will never be polite to you. As for whether military envoys are envoys or not, that is a matter for the court, not for our soldiers. Therefore, after Shao Lipao roared loudly, the Liao soldiers used more force and roughly pushed Shao Lipao into the hall.
After entering the main hall and in front of Empress Xiao's dragon chair, the soldiers let Shao Lipao go.
Shao Libao stood still, moved his body, bowed to Empress Xiao, and said carelessly, "The Empress of Liao is here, I am the Song Army envoy, general, and personal guard of the Pioneer Envoy, Shao Lipao. I was assigned by the Pioneer Envoy of my family to come out. Make your kingdom.”
Empress Xiao became even more angry when she saw Shao Lipao being so rude. However, Xiao Pu, who was already in trouble, wanted to hear what Shao Lipao had to say, so she still suppressed her anger and looked at Shao Lipao and asked: "Are you the military envoy of the Song Army?" , come to our country as an envoy, then tell me what your army has sent you to do."
Shao Libao said: "My pioneer officer was assigned by Privy Council Tong of our court to lead an army of 200,000 people to expedition to your country in the north to recover the hometown of Yanyun in our court. We have now arrived in Baigou. Our pioneer officer remembers the past friendship between the two countries. Do not want to kill rashly, so I am sent as an envoy to the Empress Dowager and General Yelu Dashi, ordering you to surrender the city immediately. Otherwise, the king's army will advance north, penetrate the Jia Yao soldiers, break the city, flames will shine in the sky, and the metal and stone will be burned. It’s too late to regret it!”
These words made Empress Xiao intolerable. She slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and shouted loudly: "How dare you! Come on, give this guy twenty military sticks first!"
The sergeants standing on both sides rushed over and grabbed Shao Lipao.
Shao Lipao shouted loudly: "I am the envoy!"
Empress Xiao roared angrily: "What an envoy! Beat him!"
The soldiers then overturned Shao Lipao, pushed him to the ground, and beat him with sticks until he cried.
On the dragon chair, Xiao Puxian's daughter was still angry and shouted loudly: "Put it up!"
The sergeants then held Shao Lipao up after being beaten until he could not stand up.
Xiao Pu Xiannu pointed at Shao Libao and cursed loudly: "You southern barbarian, you are simply unreasonable! What a bastard! Whose power did you borrow to dare to let loose in front of me?! The two countries of Liao and Song have been together since the Alliance of Chanzhou , for a hundred years, there has never been a dispute. Whenever there is a happy event between the two countries, they send envoys to each other to congratulate each other. Why don't you cherish the friendly relations that have been forged for a hundred years?! That barbarian Jurchen is a country of tigers and wolves. , Insatiable greed, why do you want to help Zhou do evil?! There is also chaos in Fangla in your country. Is it possible that our country will also unite with Fangla to invade your country? Your government has betrayed your trust and will be punished sooner or later! "
The Queen of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Puxian, became angrier as she spoke and shouted loudly: "Get out! Behead!"
At this point, Shao Lipao was dumbfounded and shouted loudly: "Queen Mother, if the two armies are fighting, don't kill the envoy! I was sent as an envoy under orders, and the affairs between the two countries have nothing to do with me! Please spare my life, Queen Mother!"
"Who are you?!" Xiao Pu Xiannu scolded: "You can decide things between the two countries, so you won't come as a messenger! Since you are here to be a messenger, just say what you say, why are you so arrogant?! Get out of here! !Behead!"
From then on, Shao Libao remembered what Xiao Qian said to him before he came to Yanjing, asking him to speak properly, and then he realized that when he came, Xiao Qian already knew that he was going to die.
Shao Lipao regretted it endlessly and started shouting.
The sergeants took the shouting Shao Lipao out of the hall, chopped off his head with a click of a knife. Poor Liu Yanqing's assistant general, Shao Lipao, who was coaxed and known as a general. He was supposed to show off his power, but he was beheaded by the Liao people.
After Shao Lipao was beheaded, the palace official reported in. Xiao Puxian ordered: "Send that guy's head to the front line of Liangxiang and hang it on a pole to warn the Song army! Kill their majesty."
The palace official sent the order again, and General Bi, who came with Shao Lipao, took Shao Lipao's head and returned to Liangxiang in front of the Liao army's formation, and reported the situation to Xiao Qian and Han Wei.
Han O then ordered: "Hang the heads of the Song Army envoys on the high pole in front of the formation to show them to the public."
The men then hung Shao Lipao's head on a high pole in front of the formation.
This situation was detected by the Song Army spies, who hurriedly returned to Baigou, came to the Chinese army's tent, and shouted: "Report!"
The officer on duty at the Chinese army's tent brought the spies into the tent.
The spy knelt on the ground and reported loudly: "Report to the vanguard! Military envoy Shao Lipao was beheaded by the Liao army, and his head is now hanging high in front of the Liao army's formation."
Liu Yanqing heard that Shao Lipao had been beheaded and his head was hung on a high pole in front of the Liao army. He was furious. He stood up suddenly and ordered loudly: "Send the order, prepare troops and horses immediately, attack Liangxiang, and defeat them." Liao army, capture Youzhou!"
The herald loudly answered the order and went off.
