He was seriously injured and had not yet recovered, but he was barely able to hold on. Stirred by the scene in front of him, he spit out a mouthful of blood and fell into a complete coma again. Tuoba Jiqian fell into a coma again, which completely shattered the morale of the rebels who were already in chaos. Although the tribal leaders are also desperately trying to regroup, trying to rally the broken teams.
It's just that at this time, the rebels who have completely lost their military morale will have a few people to take care of them. These originally aloof clan leaders and leaders. Everyone has parents and wives at home. If you die in battle, what will your family do? At this time, the thoughts of survival had already occupied the minds of the rebel soldiers. There was only one thought in their minds: "Go north, stay alive, and go see your family."
One can sweep away ten, and ten can sweep away a hundred. The rebels, whose military morale was in turmoil, desperately fled northward for their lives. He Yuanfeng mobilized a large army and pursued them for more than thirty miles before stopping the pursuit. At this time, the clan leaders who had risked their lives to rescue Tuoba Jiqian did not dare to make any further delay. They gathered together the people who could barely assemble and protected Tuoba Jiqian as he fled north.
But before they reached this point, they had already retreated seventy or eighty miles. Seeing that the sky was getting slightly brighter, and then looking at the few teams left around them, and the lack of pursuers behind them, these clan leaders and leaders breathed a sigh of relief. On their right flank, a loud blast of horns suddenly came to mind. Thousands of official cavalry suddenly came out from the rebel flank.
The thousands of officers and soldiers who suddenly came out from the flank were none other than Feng Zhoushan of the Right Route Army. After receiving the news from He Yuanfeng that the main force of the rebels was most likely hiding in Daluo Mountain, Feng Zhoushan and his troops abandoned their baggage, each carrying only three days of dry food, and secretly moved towards the Central Army. . In order to maintain confidentiality along the way, everyone they met was arrested and taken with the army.
Only the day before, he received an order from He Yuanfeng. Let him not have to lead the right army and move closer to the center army. Instead, they secretly moved northward and set up an ambush between the Big and Small Salt Ponds and the Luopu River. He has only one mission, which is to never allow the rebels to enter Shigou City and have a place to live and cultivate. When the remaining rebels retreated here, Feng Zhoushan happened to arrive at the same time.
At this time, Ni Ya, the chief demon patient of the Mewei tribe who temporarily replaced Tuoba and led the remaining rebels, could only bite the bullet and command his remaining tribe army of more than a thousand and the remaining troops to meet them. How could the rebels, who had no intention of fighting at this time, withstand the charge of thousands of elite cavalry who had been waiting for them for a long time? After two hours of bloody fighting, only a thousand rebels were able to escape the battlefield.
Among the dozens of clan chiefs and leaders who fought in the army, only Yu Nibu, the chief of the Mewu tribe, was left. The rest were either killed in battle or missing and their whereabouts are unknown. Yu Nibu finally got rid of the officers and soldiers. Under the desperate cover of the demon patient Ni Ya, he placed the unconscious Tuoba Jiqian on the camel sedan and ran all the way towards Shigou City. There are still more than a thousand troops there, and they are protected by city walls.
As long as they retreat to Shigou City, they will have a place to breathe. When these rebels arrived at Shigou City, they were rolling and crawling all the way. The city gates were open happily, just waiting for these rebels who were eager to rest and enter the city without careful observation. However, all the rebel flags on the city top were replaced, and a large number of archers appeared on the city wall, with sharp arrows pointing at the rebels entering the city.
Just when Ji Nibu was at a loss, he saw a pole erected on the city wall, which read the words "Quan Zhi Shaanxi, Longyou System and Ambassador, and the King of England's Flag", which made him immediately dumbfounded. At this time, Tuoba Jiqian finally woke up from his coma. Seeing the scene in front of me, I knew that I was completely defeated. The rebellion that he had painstakingly planned for more than ten years ended with only a splash.
And the person who allowed his painstakingly prepared plan to fail so quickly. It was the young man standing under the flagpole with his hands behind his back, wearing a scholar's uniform. At the great court meeting on the first day of this year's Lunar New Year, Tuoba Jiqian and the King of England had met once and had a glass of wine face to face. So he was not unfamiliar with the figure standing under the flagpole.
Despite his rebellious nature, he didn't really want to bow his head. But he knew that the future and destiny of the hundreds of thousands of party members in the entire Ningxia Prefecture were in the hands of this young man. I am unwilling to give in. For the fate of the party members, I can only give in temporarily. At this time, Tuoba Jiqian, who was seriously injured internally, struggled to get up from the camel sedan with the support of his close relatives.
He reluctantly stood up straight, looked at Huang Qiong on the top of the city, and said in a deep voice: "King of England, this rebellion is my own idea and has nothing to do with them. For the imperial court, it is natural for me to move on. It is a heinous crime. But my clansmen and subordinates are only forced to follow the rebellion because of me. I, Tuoba Jigong, will be at the disposal of the King of England, but I ask the King of England to have mercy and let my clansmen go."
Looking at Tuoba Jiqian who still looked unruly even after being defeated to such an extent. Huang Qiong didn't say anything, just waved his hand, and the group was escorted off the city wall. When this group of people was escorted in front of Tuoba Jiqian, they all knelt down. One of the leaders cried: "After Liu left, on the third day after you left, officers and soldiers from unknown places appeared outside Lingzhou City."
"The fourth Yelibu who stayed behind in Lingzhou saw that there were few officers and soldiers, so he led two thousand Yelibu's tribal troops out of the city to fight. However, they were ambushed by the official army. The fourth Yelibu and the two thousand tribal troops were all killed in the battle. The officers and soldiers pretended to be the defeated troops of the Yeli tribe and falsely opened the gate of Lingzhou city. Lingzhou city was lost, and our Pingxia tribe and the families of various tribes, including several of your wives and young masters, also fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers. "
When he heard that Lingzhou was lost, his family members all fell into the hands of the imperial court. Tuoba Jiqian felt dizzy for a while, and it took a lot of effort to swallow the blood pressure that had surged into his throat. He looked at Huang Qiong on the city wall and gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, Mingxiu Zhidao , secretly attacked Chencang, exposed the three armies, and secretly sent troops and horses to attack Lingzhou, it is really a good method and a good strategy."
Regarding Tuoba's words about moving, Huang Qiong just smiled slightly and said: "To be honest, the imperial court has indeed been sorry for the party members for more than a hundred years, and it is unreasonable for you to rebel. Originally, I, the king, have already taken it out We have already reported the improvement methods to the emperor and are ready to change the old regulations. Of course, if the party ministries are really dissatisfied, they can report to the imperial court at any time."
"But in the past, you didn't report it, and you didn't talk about it during this year's meeting. Instead, you rashly launched an army and started a rebellion, which caused devastation in Ningxia. Not only did a large number of Han people have to go out and become refugees, but it also caused the party members who were originally living a stable life to suffer. A large number of young and middle-aged people died in the war. Have you ever thought about what will happen to the orphans and widows left behind by your young tribesmen who died in the war? How will they survive?"
"It's not that the imperial court didn't give you a chance to speak, but you just didn't say it. It's not that the imperial court didn't give the party members a chance, but you didn't say anything either. Tuoba Jiqian, you used the so-called restoration for your own selfish interests. Dang Xiang Rongguang used Dang Xiang Rongguang as an excuse to launch an army and cause chaos, causing countless people to lose their lives and turning the entire Ningxia mansion into a hell on earth. You and your subordinates really deserve death."
After Huang Qiong said these words, Tuoba Jiqian looked up to the sky and laughed: "Yes, it is true that I, Tuoba Jiqian, raised an army and started a rebellion, which implicated the entire Ningxia Prefecture and the lives of the Han people in Ningxia. But if you are the Great Qi Dynasty, I've really done a good job, thinking about the people wholeheartedly. How come there are so many tribesmen and people following me? Among them, there are not only party members, but also a large number of Han people."
"Don't they know that if you commit rebellion, you will lose your head? But they followed me and took the risk and rebelled against me at the risk of losing their heads? It shows that your Qi Dynasty has long been unpopular. Last year, there was a drought in Longyou, and the court How much food have we given to the victims all over Ningxia Prefecture? Anyway, the people of Ningxia Prefecture have not seen a few big men, let alone a few stones of food."
"The little money and food distributed by the imperial court is not enough for those officials who colluded with the clan to corrupt officials. The Prince of Guyuan County has more than 100,000 dan of food, but how many people support it? Last year, Ningxia Prefecture was full of victims, and the victims in Longyou did not have a grain of food for this county prince. I didn’t even see a bowl of gruel for the disaster relief food. I just saw this county prince taking the opportunity to buy the wives and daughters of the victims at low prices for his own entertainment and selling.”
"This Great Qi Dynasty has long been a piece of rotten wood that is smooth on the outside but has rotted away on the inside. There was a severe drought in Longyou last year. As long as the court takes some measures to warm people's hearts, I am afraid that not many people will follow me in rebellion. The King of England , the real source of my rebellion is the imperial court. Today I, Tuoba Jiqian, lost the battle and caused the death of so many clan members, so I will die if I die."
"But do you really think that the Qi Dynasty of yours is as stable as Helan Mountain? Can you kill me, and can you kill thousands of people in the world who are suffering from the exploitation of the government? Can you kill all of them? A party member? What's more, I, Tuoba Jiqian, am just a small pawn. The real black hand is someone else. The day when he gets into trouble, I'm afraid it will be truly fatal."
After that, Tuoba Jiqian pulled out the sword left by his ancestor Tuoba Sigong, put it on his neck, and said to Huang Qiong on the top of the city: "King of England, I'm waiting for you underground. I'm waiting for you big man The Qi Dynasty has completely fallen apart, waiting for my people to rise again. Don’t worry, I, Tuoba Jiqian, am just taking the first step today, and you and your great Qi Dynasty will not let me go for too long."
After the words fell, Tuoba Jiqian slashed the sword in his hand, and a stream of blood spurted out from his neck. After committing suicide, perhaps because the resentment in his heart had not dissipated, Tuoba Jiqian's body remained standing there, with his eyes wide open and glaring at the officers and soldiers on the city wall. The only remaining thousand or so defeated soldiers around him also knelt down when they saw this scene.
Looking at the scene below the city, Huang Qiong didn't say anything, but nodded gently to Du She. And as Du She's raised hand slashed down, hundreds of archers on the city wall loosened their bowstrings. With the sound of bowstrings, a dense rain of arrows came down. There used to be more than 100,000 rebels under the city, but the remaining remnants of more than a thousand fell to the rain of arrows.
Seeing such a tragic scene under the city wall, Du She couldn't bear to close his eyes. Huang Qiong turned around and held the string of cold jade rosary beads on her wrist, remaining silent. When the last person fell, the officers and soldiers on the city wall walked down the city wall and started to finish the job. Huang Qiongcai said to Du She who opened his eyes: "Send Tuoba Jiqian and all the clan leaders, chiefs and owl heads to the heads of the Longyou Party and Xiang tribes to show them to the public."
"He Yuanfeng and Feng Zhoushan are ordered to immediately lead troops to suppress the remnants of the rebels. Among the Dangxiang tribes, the Pingxia tribe will not pardon anyone except women. The remaining tribes will capture the leaders and clan leaders, as well as All the Tibetan officials who have been conferred by the imperial court will be escorted to Lingzhou by my king. I urge Zhang Qian that since Lingzhou has been recovered, he should not hide in the gentle village of Huanzhou."
