After listening to Brother Wei Mingcha's words, Cao Mian was speechless!
He never thought that the commander-in-chief of the Dabai Gao Kingdom and the King of Jin, Brother Richard, would be such a shameless person... He just wanted to escape, but he actually wanted to defend Xingqing Mansion to delay time. !
What's even more hateful is that they actually use the Guazhou Cao family to threaten them!
"Your Majesty," of course Cao Mian was not willing to carry the big pot of Xiping Mansion alone, so he pulled Brother Cha's sleeve and said, "Xiping Mansion City has strong walls and tens of thousands of strong men. The food can last for a year. The Lord of Song Dynasty is coming from afar, and the rear is unstable, so I bet he won’t be able to last long. Why don’t we stick together and delay for a month or two, and maybe we can turn defeat into victory!"
Of course Brother Wei Mingcha would not listen to Cao Mian - where is Xiping Mansion? That was Lingzhou City in the Tang and Song Dynasties! Most of the people in the city are Han!
Chage, the king of the Xiang Dynasty, has been riding on the heads of the working people of the Han nationality for generations. Now let him defend the city together with the hundreds of thousands of Han people who have been oppressed by him and his ancestors for so many years, against the Han Emperor Zhao Kai who already has "immortal means"... How stupid must he be to do this? !
If he really wanted to stay in Xiping Mansion, his head might be cut off and sold at a good price!
Thinking of this, Brother Cha felt a chill on his neck. He quickly shook his hand, and with a "squeak" sound, his sleeve actually broke, and half of it fell into Cao Mian's hand.
When Cao Mian saw that he had pulled Brother Cha's sleeve down halfway, he wanted to apologize and try to persuade him again. But how can Brother Cha be willing to listen? He was already striding towards the horse path on the west wall of Xiping City.
A group of officers from the Suwei Army and Cha Ge's soldiers who came from Xingqing Prefecture saw that the boss was about to leave, and they all hurriedly followed him. A group of people descended the city wall like flying, and then went straight to the military camp of Xiping Prefecture. Go... there are many Party Guard officers and soldiers who came with Brother Cha, and they have to run away with them!
Seeing Brother Wei Mingcha resolutely run away, Cao Mian and a group of powerful officials from Xiping Prefecture didn't know what to do for a while.
If Brother Cha doesn't leave, they and others will know better... If that doesn't work, they can kidnap Brother Cha and present it to the officials of the Song Dynasty as a certificate of surrender.
With this "state", the officials of the Song Dynasty should allow them to preserve their wealth. But Brother Cha, this old fox, is too cunning. He leaves just as soon as he says... Xiping Mansion! That was the territory that his ancestor Li Jiqian fought hard to conquer. Why don't he want it now? Is this worthy of our ancestors? Wouldn't it be better for you to stay in Xiping Mansion and serve the country well?
What an unfilial son!
Brother Weiming Cha cannot be sold... He did not come alone, and he also brought the Su Wei Army of Party members with him, so it was not easy to take action. Now I am determined to leave without giving any chance!
So everyone had to look at Cao Mian - Cao Mian was the father-in-law of Brother Weiming Cha. His daughter Cao Shunfei gave birth to the second son Weiming Renxiao for Qianshun. Now Qianshun's eldest son Weiming Renai has died of worry and anger. So Renxiao is the crown prince of Dabai Gao Kingdom!
The prince's grandfather should be worth a lot of money, right?
In addition, Cao Mian is a direct descendant of Cao's Dingnan Army, and his family is from a wealthy and prominent family in Guazhou and Shazhou. Is this worth two cents?
How about you sacrifice something?
Everyone looked at Cao Mian with apologetic eyes.
Cao Mian was so frightened by the looks of this group of people... As soon as Brother Weimingcha left, he who knew the affairs of Xiping Mansion was left empty-handed. If he were in Xiping Military Division (in charge of Guasha Prefecture), his family would still have some strength. But here in Xiping Mansion, who knows the descendants of Cao's Dingnan Army?
And Cao Mian himself couldn't offer the city to surrender to the Song Dynasty... This is the suffering of the aristocratic family!
This group of wealthy people in Lingzhou are not single men, and they cannot ignore the lives of their entire family. He, Cao Mian, also cannot ignore the families in Gua and Sha.
That bastard Cha Ge knew this and forced Cao Mian to take charge of the overall situation of Xiping Mansion and cut off the throne for him.
But how to end this? This group of people in Lingzhou City have made it clear that they are going to surrender to Da Songna!
As soon as Cha Ge's army leaves, they may attack!
If they let him be kidnapped to the camp of the Song Dynasty officials, then he would have to choose between killing himself or his whole family.
The two brothers Qian Shun and Brother Cha are not very good, especially Qian Shun... a ruthless man who killed his mother, his wife, and his son!
What does it matter if he kills his father-in-law’s entire family?
But Cao Mian didn't really want to die for the country of Dabai Gao... Being killed hurts, but even if it doesn't hurt, he doesn't want to be killed!
Cao Mian's face turned livid. After thinking for a moment, he actually found a way to protect himself and his family.
"Everyone," Cao Mian said to everyone, "now the river embankments and canals are about to fall into the hands of the Song army... Maybe the officials of the Song Dynasty will order the release of water! We must now clear all the city gates Seal them all to prevent floods from pouring into the city!
Let's do this, you are responsible for the east, south and west gates, and I will bring my own people to block the north gate. "
The north gate is the city gate where Weiming Cha Ge retreated. It cannot be blocked immediately. It can only be blocked after Cha Ge's men and horses have finished leaving.
And now Brother Cha's soldiers have not retreated, so the local snakes in Xiping Mansion have to hold their noses and listen to Cao Mian's words.
So everyone had no choice but to agree, so Cao Mian hastily assigned tasks. Then he led the few soldiers to the north gate of Xiping Mansion. He said that everyone who was waiting for Brother Cha had left, so he blocked the door. Then everyone can safely defend the city together...
However, as soon as Cha Ge's soldiers and horses left, Cao Mian led a small number of personal guards and headed straight for the diba city that had just been completely controlled by the Song army - because he saw Zhao Kai's six black banners and two white flags. Appeared on the Lingzhou Diba Walled City.
This shows that Zhao Kai has entered the walled city!
Cao Mian went to see Zhao Kai!
...
"You...are here to surrender?"
In Lingzhou Diba City, Zhao Kai, who had just entered the city and was preparing to discuss with Yue Fei, Dong Jingang, Li Fuchen, Huang Wubing and others on how to attack Lingzhou City next, learned that the Western Bandits knew about the affairs of Xiping Mansion and Cao Mian asked to see him. Of course, without saying a word, he immediately summoned him - he thought Cao Mian was here to surrender!
Li Fuchen, who was in charge of the security before, had already reported that a large number of Western thief cavalry had fled Lingzhou City...so Zhao Kai guessed that Lingzhou might be taken over without a fight.
So when Zhao Kai saw Cao Mian, a Han Chinese in his forties with a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, curly hair, and white skin, he bluntly asked him if he was here to surrender.
"So that the officials know that Cao is not here to ask for surrender. It's not that Cao wants to be loyal to the Gao Kingdom, but the time has not yet come, so..."
"Cao Mian!" Zhao Kai was a little impatient, "Now that things have happened, do you still want to stick to Lingzhou?"
"No," Cao Mian quickly shook his head and said, "Whether Lingzhou will hold on or not, it doesn't matter what Cao said... A group of Lingzhou nobles decided that after Cao returned to the rebel army, Gua and Sha Er Zhou is Cao’s hometown.”
"You mean..." Zhao Kai asked, "When I take back the rebel army in the future, you will surrender?" He nodded, "That's okay too!"
Anything will do!
Cao Mianxin said: How can we still make a reservation for this?
"If the official soldiers come to the west of Hexi, the tribes of Xiliang will certainly not dare to resist." Cao Mian said, "But Cao is not here today for his own affairs, but for the westward migration of Dabai Gao Kingdom!"
"Oh..." Zhao Kai understood a little bit, "The Western Bandits have lost Lingxia and can no longer establish themselves in Xingzhou. Are you ready to flee westward?"
"They must be escaping westward." Cao Mian said with a smile, "Your Majesty is not willing to block their way to the west, right?"
"Are you going to block the Xizhou Uighurs and the Kara Khanate?" Zhao Kai smiled and shook his head, "I won't do that."
Cao Mian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you issue another imperial edict and make Qian Shun the King of Xiping, the Military Envoy of Hexi, and the Protector of Anxi and Beiting."
This imperial edict is equivalent to telling Qian Shun and Brother Cha, let’s go!
After getting this imperial edict, Cao Mian can naturally return to Xingqing Mansion openly... Even if Qian Shun and Cha Ge disown each other, they will not kill Cao Mian who is delivering the edict for Zhao Kai.
Because that is tantamount to demonstrating to the Song Dynasty - you have to leave, no matter what you do, it will not do any good!
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "The King of Xiping was granted by the Later Zhou Dynasty. I'd better change my title... Let's make Li Qianshun the King of Pingxi, the Military Envoy of Hexi, and the Protector of Anxi."
There was no difference between King Pingxi and King Xiping in Cao Mian's opinion, so he quickly thanked Qian Shun. Then he rushed to Xingqing Mansion with the imperial edict that Zhao Kai asked Hanlin who accompanied the army to write.
...
Because Cao Mian traveled in a light carriage, he walked faster than Cha Ge. The two of them entered Xingqing Mansion almost together... When they arrived, Qian Shun was still waiting for the assembled army to arrive. Woolen cloth!
Unexpectedly, before his collection was completed, half of Dabai Kingdom was almost lost!
In addition to the bad news from Lingzhou, Qian Shun also just received news of the fall of Mingsha City - once Mingsha City was lost, Yu Zang's Baotai Army was bound to defect to the Song Dynasty. And once Lingzhou is lost, the Hengshan area will also be lost!
The land east of the Yellow River is no longer the land of Dabai Gao! Even if it is still the case now, it certainly won’t last much longer.
However, the Song Dynasty could not annex the territory west of the Yellow River for the time being. Because we still have to deal with the Jurchen attack, we will not stay in the northwest for long.
"Your Majesty," Cao Mian presented Zhao Kai's imperial edict with both hands, "look at this... The officials of the Song Dynasty made you the King of Pingxi, the Governor of Hexi, and the Protector of Anxi! It seems that he didn't want to Kill them all, and we will understand that Gao Guo still has a way out."
Qian Shun took the imperial edict handed over by Cao Mian, glanced at it a few times, and frowned: "Li Qianshun...he wants my surname to be Li?"
Cao Mian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the surname Li is not bad...and over there in the Western Regions, the surname Li is much easier to use than the surname Zhao!"
Qian Shun glanced at the dejected Brother Cha, "Brother Cha, what do you think?"
Brother Cha sighed: "Those who know the current affairs are heroes! The current affairs are like this, we have done our best, and there is nothing we can do if we can't hold on to the Lingxia family... The country that can move westward to continue the Dabai Gao Kingdom is better than Zuo Zuo It’s better to be trapped in the land west of Hexi.”
