Walking up to Weiyuan Tower and looking north, you can see a large area of ruins in the north of the city, with some ancestral halls standing around it.
Li Xia raised the lookout tube and saw that the ruins were covered with thick dust. Occasionally, he could see rubble under the dust, which must have been a palace.
"That place is now called 'Wazhapo'." Wang Zhongchen followed Li Xia's gaze and said.
His face was haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, his forehead was scarred, and he looked lifeless. But he was still trying his best to win Li Xia's favor.
"Wazhapo was the 'Li Family Dragon Palace' in the Tang Dynasty, and was the ancestral hall of the Li clan all over the world. It was destroyed in the war at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and there are still thick piles of rubble covering an area of more than 200 acres, some as thick as five or six feet high."
Wang Zhongchen sighed and said again: "The disaster of war."
Li Xia didn't say anything, just looked around at the situation, put away the telescope, and let Wang Zhongchen try to get close to him.
Wang Zhongchen only glanced at the sight tube and immediately guessed what it was used for. He thought that it was no wonder that Li Xia could block all the roads leading to Lintao so quickly.
"Since my father came to Gongchang, he has also tried to build the Li Family Dragon Palace. Those ancestral halls were built by my father. I also found a plaque inscribed by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and enshrined it..."
"No matter how much you say, it's useless." Li Xia said, "I'll die after I finish what I said."
"Yes, I will never dare to survive. I will try my best to do things for Li Shuai." Wang Zhongchen performed the etiquette honestly.
When he lowered his head, he glanced at the street to the north and saw that the soldiers of Song Dynasty had led the city generals over and started to line up.
Those Gongchang generals had been stripped of their armor and weapons, but they were not uneasy.
They thought they were coming to surrender.
In fact, yesterday afternoon, Wang Zhongchen ordered Gongchang to fortify its walls and clear the country. That night, the city was destroyed, and Li Xia went straight to Commander-in-Chief Gongchang's mansion.
In other words, by the time Wang Zhongchen surrendered, most of the soldiers had not even had time to put on their armor.
The Song army has completely controlled Gongchang City...
Wang Zhongchen pretended not to notice, and continued as if introducing local people, asking: "The sinner is talking too much. Li Shuai should sacrifice to the ancestral temple first to calm the hearts of the people of Longxi."
"It makes sense." Li Xia really didn't expect this. He always tended to ignore the customs of the world, so he asked: "Is that my ancestral temple too?"
"That's right. The person enshrined in the main hall is Li Zhengong, the ancestor of the Li family. He ate Li Weisheng and gave the world the Li surname. May I ask which Li family Li Shuai belongs to?"
Li Xia thought about it and vaguely remembered what Li Yong had said.
"It seems to be the aunt's room."
"In the Tang Dynasty, Guzang Fang, Wuyang Fang, Dunhuang Fang, and Danyang Fang were all the four designated families of the Li family in Longxi. May I ask which branch Li Shuai comes from?"
"have no idea."
"There are Li families in Xiangzhou, such as Li Shangyin, who came from Guzangfang."
"Shut up and prepare to help me identify him."
Wang Zhongchen bowed his head and bowed, with a sincere expression on his face, and said: "Shuai Li doesn't seem to know what I mean. In fact, the ancestors of the Li family in Longxi are descended from the Li family in Guzang..."
"I know what you want to say." Li Xia said, "But you are no longer qualified."
Wang Zhongchen quickly knelt down, cried again, and made his last effort.
"I sincerely ask Commander-in-Chief Li for advice! The Wang family is of great use. The generals stationed in the prefectures and counties in Longxi today are either from the Wang family, or from the Mu family, Li family, Zhao family, Shatuo, Kelie, and Dangxiang tribes that are allied with the Wang family.
Li Shuai can only pacify Longxi as soon as possible with the help of the Wang family. There are Lian Xixian, Shang Ting, and Liu Heima in Jingzhao Mansion, so we must not underestimate them!"
"I didn't give you a chance?"
"Sinners don't dare to live. I would like to entrust my clan members to help Li Shuai with all my strength before I die. I only ask Li Shuai to allow me to persuade them to serve loyally!"
Wang Zhongchen wept every word, as if he was devoted to all his loyalty.
It seems that, just like his name, he has become a loyal minister.
Li Xia patted his neck with the tip of his sword.
"You are greedy."
"Sinners dare not...every word is planned by the benefactor Li Jun."
"Aren't you greedy? Last night you wanted to protect the 'innocent family', and this morning you want to protect the Wang family's power."
When Wang Zhongchen's thoughts were exposed, his face became increasingly sad, and he cried: "The sinner... dare not argue, but every sentence is planned by the benefactor. This combination will benefit both sides."
"late."
Li Xia seemed to be heartless and said: "If you miss it, you miss it. Today I will give you a second chance, and in the future someone will ask me for a third chance."
Wang Zhongchen became more and more anxious, and realized that Li Xia was so hard-hearted that he could not be persuaded like this.
"But how can the benefactor pacify Longxi?!"
"It's just a little hard work. If the commander is guilty, he will be killed. I will support the centurion. If the centurion is killed, I will support the commander."
"It's too late...it's too late! My benefactor should know that Lian Xixian has seen through it..."
"Let me tell you, we have agreed on the terms." Li Xia interrupted Wang Zhongchen and said, "The innocent people in your Wang family can live. Let's figure out which people are innocent... In the third year of Jiaxi, Meng Together we led the army into Sichuan to repel you Mongolian troops who massacred Shu. In the first year of Xingchang, Wang Dechen began to appease the refugees. Then I will leave the men of the Wang family under the age of seventeen, as well as women and children, for you to preserve the incense of the Wang family. "
If it were Li Xia in the past, he would have worried that someone would take revenge if he did not remove the root. But in fact, if such a large family wanted to continue the family, they would not have the guts to take revenge, nor would they have such a chance.
This is an era of killing and killing, and even hatred seems luxurious.
For example, all night till now, Wang Zhongchen has no right to hate, and it is too late for him to ask for bail.
"Benefactor...please..."
Wang Zhongchen uttered the words "please" for the first time until now, and he was finally powerless.
"Let me tell you about my sincerity again. I will send your family to Lin'an. You choose a child to petition the emperor to surrender on behalf of the Wang family. The court will treat them leniently."
Wang Zhongchen was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that he could no longer change Li Xia's mind.
If Li Xia doesn't plan to use the Wang family, then he won't leave the Wang family in Longxi; in Sichuan and Shu, the Wang family participated in the massacre of Kuaduan and cannot go; in Hanzhong and Lizhou, where the Wang family operates, they cannot go... …
Only by going to Lin'an can the Wang family have final use value.
Li Xia asked the Zhao and Song Dynasties to take a look and said, "Look, I don't want to attract the princes of the North like the Meng Communist Party."
But what about the reality?
have.
"I'm not afraid that your family will come to Lin'an and say that I am independent. Even if they say it, no one will believe it."
Li Xia seemed to be reassuring Wang Zhongchen, or because Wang Zhongchen was going to die and didn't mind saying a few more words.
"Perhaps even if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty believed it, they would have an excuse to leave me alone. They would think, 'Li Xia did not unite with the Gongchang Wang family', because they were lazy, just like the emperors who only wanted to control the generals, not the generals. Lead the troops personally.
Why did Kuo Duan treat Wang Shixian so favorably back then? Because as long as Wang Shixian surrendered, Kuo Duan could already control Longxi's military strength. This was the easiest and fastest way.
Kuo Duan was too lazy to rectify the lower-level soldiers himself. If he couldn't rectify them, he would go to Sichuan and Sichuan to rob them. He couldn't wait. The Great Mongolia had such a large territory, so every small area had to be managed with great effort, and he was too late.
of.
I am different. I have no right to be lazy, nor do I have the right to use quick and easy methods. I can only lay a solid foundation little by little, go among the soldiers, and personally control the troops. In this way, Longxi will be mine.
Longxi, not Wang and Li, share Longxi. Right?
This is very tiring and difficult, but I am not afraid of tiredness or difficulties. The only thing I can't do is, as you said, the people stationed in Longxi Prefecture and County are your tribesmen and your in-laws. So,
I need your help, are you willing to help me?"
Li Xia said, leaning down and looking seriously into Wang Zhongchen's eyes.
Wang Zhongchen closed his eyes and felt extremely hopeless.
Li Xia wanted to kill him, his clansmen and in-laws, and destroy the foundation of the Wang family in Longxi... and then asked him if he was willing to help?
are you willing?
Absolutely not!
But, I dare not resist.
After a long time, Wang Zhongchen opened his eyes, his eyes filled with immense pain.
He pouted.
Li Xia said: "Look, you people don't care about the country, the nation, human life, or dignity... Don't rush to refute. You keep saying you care, and I heard it. But these are not what you care about most. You care most.
What I care about is your family."
The word "family" hit his ears, and Wang Zhongchen burst into tears again.
Throughout the night, he left everything behind and knelt in front of the enemy, begging for mercy. It was more painful than death and more torture than torture.
Until the word Li Xia hit me, I felt endless grievance.
"The Jin Kingdom is strong, you serve the Jin Kingdom. Mongolia is strong, you surrender to the Mongols. The Song army is coming, you can surrender now. It doesn't matter, what is the source of all your thoughts and actions? So I came and went straight to Gongchang.
Go straight to the commander-in-chief's mansion. Now that your family is in my hands, what will you choose?"
"..."
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"He went to Chengdu with my father."
In front of everyone, Wang Zhongchen raised his hand and pointed at his brother-in-law, brother-in-law, and clan brothers.
"Brother-in-law!"
"puff."
"And him, he..."
"Cousin, you..."
"Puff puff……"
In front of the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, it seemed like there was a river of blood.
Corpses were piled up on the side of the road, like a hill.
Li Xia stood upstairs in Weiyuan and watched for the whole day.
In fact, he wanted to replace these military generals without Wang Zhongchen’s identification. The reason for doing this was to completely destroy the prestige of the Wang family in Gongchang.
Then, before the news spread, he would take Wang Zhongchen to various prefectures and counties, ask Wang Zhongchen to recruit generals from various places, and then follow the same pattern.
Only by destroying the original faith in Longxi can it be rebuilt...
And Li Xia's time is running out.
He has obtained the documents in Wang Zhongchen's study, including Lian Xixian's letter...
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Chang'an City.
May 25th, late at night.
Lian Xixian sat alone in the study and read several letters again for a long time.
"Qishan Fort has been lost... Qinzhou is asking for help..."
Looking at the map, he casually swept away the war chess placed on the Qishan Road on the map, and murmured: "I underestimated Li Xia... Wang Liangchen has been completely wiped out..."
"The letter asking for help from Qinzhou will be sent on the 19th and will arrive in Fengxiang on the 22nd... So now... we are prepared but not prepared..."
Holding the red war chess at his fingertips, after hesitating for a moment, Lian Xixian placed it in Gong Chang's position.
He did not rush to think about the strategy, but first sorted out the time.
Mental arithmetic was very fast, and he soon started marking.
"Then around the tenth day of the lunar month, Li Xia ambushed Wang Liangchen... If I were to arrange it, how long would it take to arrange it?"
This timeline is very important to Lian Xixian.
When he deployed his troops to deal with Hunduhai, he said "strike first and attack later" and "if the opportunity goes wrong, don't chase after it", and Li Xia did the same when dealing with him.
Until the whole context of the matter is deduced clearly.
Lian Xixian finally got through the fog and clearly outlined Li Xia's strength in his mind.
"He has been planning for the release of Jia Hou for half a year. I was too late for him... Once the opportunity is lost, there is no chance to pursue it... Longxi is difficult to defend, so we must first recover the opportunity..."
He drew a pen on the map, then looked up at the night outside the window. There was no panic in his eyes, only fighting spirit... show_htm3();