After hearing what Li Tongren said, Ao Daochong felt very unhappy and couldn't help but hate Li Tongren, but he didn't say anything. It can be said that this coup was caused by Ao Daochong, so Li Tongren
Although Tongren was scolding Li Ruolan, Ao Daochong thought that he was also scolding him when he pointed at Sang and Huai, so he hated Li Tongren. When Li Ruolan saw that Li Tongren dared to point at his nose and scold him, he was frightened and angry, and filled with rage.
I just wanted to kill this guy, so I shouted: "Here comes someone!"
At that moment, several guards rushed into the hall and bowed together: "What are your orders, Madam?" Li Shicheng said first, "My Madam, there is a powerful enemy at hand. It would be unlucky to kill the minister!"
Li Ruolan calmed down a little. Considering Li Tongren's influence in the officialdom and the people, she was worried that if she really killed him, it would cause unpredictable turmoil. So she suppressed her anger and said to several guards: "It's none of your business.
Everyone, retreat!" Several guards murmured in their hearts, bowed to Li Ruolan, and retreated.
Li Ruolan said in a cold tone: "If there is no way to resist Yan Yun's army, then retreat to the west! If there is no way, and you are unwilling to leave, wouldn't you just sit back and wait for death?" Li Tongren frowned, although he did not want to admit it,
But in my heart, I felt that what Li Ruolan said made sense.
At this moment, a herald rushed in anxiously. He did not bother to salute and said urgently: "Oh no, Yang Yanzhao's troops forcibly crossed the Yellow River and captured Shunzhou. Now they have surrounded Jingzhou!
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Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Li Ruolan said fearfully: "If Shunzhou is lost, I'm afraid Jingzhou won't be able to hold on for long. We don't have much time!" He glanced at the two prime ministers and said: "I have decided, immediately.
Abandon Xingqing Mansion and retreat to the west!" There was no room for negotiation in his tone and demeanor, as if I have decided that whatever you say is useless. Li Shicheng immediately agreed: "Yes, yes, retreat to the west quickly, I'm afraid it's too late if it's too late.
It's too late!" Odao rushed out: "What the empress said is absolutely true, but Xingqing Mansion is our imperial capital of Great Xia after all, so we can't abandon it!" Li Ruolan frowned.
Ao Daochong glanced at Li Tongren and said to Li Ruolan: "Prime Minister Zuo is both wise and brave, and is the best candidate to stay in Xingqing Mansion. The old minister suggested that Prime Minister Zuo should be left to guard Xingqing Mansion!" Li Tongren's face suddenly turned pale.
Xiang Ao Daochong showed confusion and annoyance in his eyes. But Li Ruolan was overjoyed. It can be said that Ao Daochong's suggestion was exactly what he wanted. Dang even said to Li Tongren: "Prime Minister Zuo, you are the only one who can take on this important task in the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty.
, please don't refuse!" Li Tongren could not refuse and could only agree, but his heart had sunk to the bottom and was extremely desolate.
Li Ruolan ignored Li Tongren and said urgently to the good office: "Right Prime Minister, all the treasury reserves must be transported away. Yan Yun cannot be taken advantage of. All other matters are left to your discretion. There is no need to ask me for instructions!"
Dao Chong bowed and agreed. Li Ruolan said to his father Li Shicheng: "Father, please pack up our belongings and wait for me to set off together." Li Shicheng agreed and left in a hurry. He must have been in a hurry to go back and pack up his family's belongings.
In the past few years, this guy has taken advantage of his daughter's favor and reaped many benefits. He could leave everything else behind, but he was reluctant to part with those gold and silver treasures.
Li Tongren asked anxiously: "Empress, Prime Minister, how many troops and horses will you leave for me to guard Xingqing Mansion?" Ao Daochong looked at Li Ruolan, and Li Ruolan said: "Prime Minister Zuo is both wise and brave. He is the pillar of the country, so he probably doesn't need it.
There are many soldiers and horses to guard, but considering the importance of Xingqing Mansion, I will definitely leave enough soldiers and horses for Prime Minister Zuo!" After hearing this, Ao Daochong couldn't help but frowned. At this moment, everyone was running for their lives.
At this time, he just wanted to keep the army by his side, who would be willing to share it with others? After hearing Li Ruolan's words, Zuo Prime Minister Li Tongren was very happy, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed. He only felt that if he had enough troops and horses, maybe
There is still room for maneuver.
Just listen to Li Ruolan continue: "I have left all the city defense troops of Xingqing Mansion with Prime Minister Zuo, as well as 20,000 civilian troops!" Ao Daochong couldn't help but smile, but Li Tongren was shocked and said anxiously:
"What's the use of such a small number of troops?"
The army of 150,000 to 60,000 Yanyun tigers and wolves is clearly like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth and hitting the stone with its eggs!
Li Ruolan said angrily: "Other soldiers and horses have to escort the court and His Majesty, and the soldiers and horses given to you are already enough!" Li Tongren said with a bitter smile: "Since the empress said so, what else can I say?" Li Ruolan said coldly!
He said authentically: "Since you don't have any problems, just go down and do what you should do!" Li Tongren was annoyed and left without being polite. Li Ruolan felt angry when she saw that he dared to be so rude. However,
Thinking that he would soon be shattered to pieces under the fierce attack of Yan Yun's army, he couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.
Ao Daochong bowed and said: "Mother, the old minister has also resigned!" Li Ruolan turned around and warned: "The situation is urgent. Prime Minister, please hurry up and try to leave before early tomorrow morning!" Ao Daochong said: "Don't worry.
, I will definitely do it!" Then he strode away.
Li Ruolan was stunned for a while, then quickly turned around and went to the harem. Soon after, the palace became busy. The maids and eunuchs hurriedly collected all kinds of rare treasures, and many people took the opportunity to put the treasures into their pockets;
There were loud noises one after another, the palace maids and eunuchs broke many precious porcelains in panic, and there were scenes of chickens and dogs jumping everywhere.
There was also chaos in the city. Yanyun's army was about to arrive. News that the imperial court was preparing to flee westward had spread in the city. Nobles, civilians, big businessmen and celebrities were panicking like ants on a hot pot. They packed up their belongings and headed towards the city.
They were all preparing to flee to the west; however, the four city gates were tightly closed, and despite the huge crowds of people at the city gates shouting loudly, the sergeants guarding the gates refused to open the gates.
More and more people gathered under the city gate, and the mood became more and more agitated. It was about to cause trouble. The city defense general rushed up to the city gate tower and rushed into the command post above the city gate. He saw the man who was drinking heavily.
Prime Minister Zuo Li Tongren said anxiously: "Prime Minister, the people are very excited. If they don't open the door again, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
Li Tongren drank the wine in one gulp, put the glass on the desk and gave it a heavy meal. He glanced at the city defense general and said angrily: "I have to live and die with the city, so what do others mean?
Want to escape?" The city defense general said: "But if we don't open the city gate, it will inevitably cause turmoil. What should we do then?
Li Tongren filled a glass of wine, picked up the glass, raised his head and drank it all, and said harshly: "Whoever dares to attack the city gate is a rebel. Rebels will be killed without mercy!" He glared at the city defense general and became angry.
He scolded: "Don't you know such a simple thing?" The city defense general swallowed, "But, but those are our own people!" Li Tongren said with a strange smile: "The Yanyun army is coming.
, everyone will not be able to survive! Anyway, if you can't survive, doesn't it matter whose hands you die?" The general of the city defense glared at him and shouted: "Do as I say!" The general of the city defense quickly agreed and ran down.
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Li Tongren began to pour himself a drink again, and loudly chanted Li Bai's famous sayings that have been passed down through the ages: "My white hair is three thousand feet long, and my fate is as long as my head. I don't know where I can see the autumn frost in the mirror! I draw my sword to level the world, but I fight against ten thousand enemies."
! How can you bend your eyebrows and bend your waist to serve the powerful, so that I can't be happy!"
The city defense general who had just rushed down hurried back, bowed and said: "Prime Minister, your majesty and your empress's chariot have arrived at the city gate, and they want us to open the city gate!" Li Tongren stopped in mid-air, and couldn't help but feel a surge in his heart.
Impulse: 'Damn it, since you want to kill me, I will fight with you. Since I can't live, no one can live!' However, these thoughts only stayed in my mind and I didn't dare to put them into practice.
He sighed, put down his wine glass, and said to the city defense general: "Since it is your concubine and your majesty, let's open the city gate!" The city defense general responded and ran down.
Immediately, Li Tongren heard earth-shattering cheers coming from the city, and then a surge of sound came from under his feet. Li Tongren stood up, walked out of the command post, and looked outside the city. He saw countless soldiers and horses filling the sky with flags, surrounded by huge troops.
Large and small jade chariots and golden chariots rolled towards the west, in a hurry and panic. Li Tongren couldn't help but murmured: "Let's go, let's go! Even if we escape to the west, we may not be able to be happy!"
Half an hour later, more than 100,000 troops supporting the royal family and the court had all left the west gate of Xingqing Mansion, and then the people rushed out. Li Tongren stared blankly at the scene outside the city. The city defense general rushed to Li Tongren
Beside him, he bowed and asked: "Prime Minister, your majesty and the others have left, do you want to close the city gate?" Li Tongren came back to his senses, glanced at the scene of people scrambling for their lives outside the city, slowly shook his head and said: "
Forget it, don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you, let them run away!” “Yes!”
Li Ruolan and others ran towards the west all night. When the sun rose from the east, hundreds of thousands of people arrived at Helan Mountain East Road. The majestic Helan Mountain was like a huge screen lying in front of everyone. The top of the mountain was covered with snow, and the green mountains below were green.
, it is really a wonderful scenery, but at this moment, no one among the hundreds of thousands of people is in the mood to watch it.
Li Ruolan and others felt very tired. Li Ruolan opened the curtain and said to the right Prime Minister Odao who was riding beside him: "Prime Minister, take a rest here!" Odao Chong looked at the team in front and behind and saw that everyone was carrying a large number of people.
The salute was already very tired, and he thought that Yan Yun's army must be marching towards Xingqing Mansion at this moment, and it was impossible to send troops to intercept it, so he saluted Li Ruolan and said: "Old minister, I obey!"
Then Aodaochong gave the order, and the herald immediately handed it down. The huge team slowly stopped, and then everyone sat down to rest in a pile here and there. The smoke from the cooking pots rose in the wilderness. Originally,
The silent wilderness became noisy.
Li Ruolan sat with her father Li Shicheng and several brothers to talk, while Aodaochong went on an inspection tour. Li Shicheng said worriedly: "I wonder if the Yanyun Army will stop here after escaping to the west!" the eldest son Li Chenglong said anxiously.
"Father, don't worry. Once we escape to Xiliang Mansion, across the desert and the Helan Mountains, Yan Yun's army will definitely not want to embarrass us again! Then we will send people to ask for peace from King Yan, and we will definitely be able to conclude a peace treaty and form an alliance forever.
Good!" Li Ruolan and Li Shicheng's youngest son Li Chenghu nodded in agreement. Li Ruolan said: "Eldest brother is right. When we get to Xiliang Mansion, across the desert and Helan Mountain, Yan Yun's army will definitely not be willing to go through all the hardships.
Helan Mountain crossed the desert to attack us, and it was really not worth the loss to pay such a huge price for the remnants of us!"
Li Shicheng felt that what his daughter and eldest son said made sense, so he felt relieved and couldn't help but longed to arrive at Xiliang Mansion and settle down as soon as possible.
Several palace maids came up quickly and offered food. Li Ruolan took a look and saw that it was a large piece of roasted black meat and thin and dry rice. She couldn't help being very annoyed and shouted: "Is this what I eat too?"
?" The hearts of several palace maids were frightened, and the leading palace maid said tremblingly: "In the wilderness, there is really no food to be found, and the cooking stoves are also very crude. Please forgive me!" Li Chenglong stood up and walked to the leading palace maid,
Kicking her over, the palace maid fell to the ground, and the rice and barbecue in her hand immediately fell to the floor. Li Chenglong shouted: "Go and reorganize! If you offer this kind of food that no beast will eat again, be careful of your dog's head!"
"The maids only obeyed and hurriedly retreated.
Li Chenglong returned to sit down next to Li Ruolan and said angrily: "What stupid slaves! They actually offer such food that even animals won't eat!" Li Ruolan snorted coldly and said contemptuously: "How else could I be a slave!"
Several people continued to chat, and the content of the conversation turned out to be how to build a palace after arriving in Xiliang Mansion. A few quarters of an hour later, several people were so hungry that their stomachs growled. They saw that the soldiers, palaces, eunuchs, and eunuchs around them were all feasting, and they themselves
The master was still hungry, and he couldn't help but feel very annoyed. Li Chenglong raised his voice angrily: "Why haven't you finished it yet? What are you doing so long?"
"Here it comes, here it comes!" came the anxious voice of the palace maid, and then I saw several palace ladies coming up each holding a large food tray. The food trays were steaming hot and fragrant, and each contained several attractive dishes.
, the combination of meat and vegetables is very appetizing. It is really hard for these palace ladies to cook so many exquisite dishes in this wilderness.
Several maids placed the dishes in front of Li Ruolan and others, and then stood there tremblingly, fearing that Li Ruolan would get angry again and that she would be in serious trouble. Li Ruolan looked at the dozens of dishes in front of him, still not very satisfied, but in fact
She was very hungry, so she didn't care about that much, so she picked up her chopsticks and started eating. When the maids saw Li Ruolan starting to eat, they didn't say anything to scold her, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Boom boom boom... There was a faint thunder from the sky. Li Chenglong, who was devouring his food, turned his head and looked around. He didn't see dark clouds in the sky, and he couldn't help but feel strange. But his mind was all on the food now, so he didn't think about it.
Go, turn around, and continue to wolf down the food. None of the palace maids standing nearby have eaten yet. Looking at the family devouring the food, their mouths are watering with greed, but they dare not leave without authorization to find food. If the empress wants
If you don't see anyone when you serve someone, and if you blame someone, you may lose your life.
Boom boom boom... the thunder became louder and seemed to be much closer than before. Li Ruolan looked up at the sky and saw a clear sky with only a few "white birds" floating in it. She couldn't help but be puzzled: "Strange, there is another "white bird" floating in the sky.
Without dark clouds, where did this rolling thunder come from?" As he spoke, the rolling thunder got closer, as if it was behind the hills in the northeast. Everyone looked there, and Li Chenghu said: "Maybe
It's a herd of wild horses!" Herds of wild horses are often seen here in Xixia, and the herds of wild horses gallop like thunder, so Li Chenghu's statement was recognized by everyone.
At this moment, the hills suddenly became dark, and then they saw a black wave rushing over the hills. Where were the wild horses, they were clearly tens of thousands of war horses! Everyone suddenly saw such a scene, and their minds
I couldn't turn a corner for a moment and was stunned on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, the sudden cavalry group crashed into the surrounding Xixia people, trampling them with iron hooves, and the cold light of swords and guns flying. In an instant, countless Xixia people fell to the ground, and the Xixia people who reacted screamed and ran over.
, like dominoes, passed from ten to ten, and in the blink of an eye, they rolled down like a tide! Li Ruolan and others had already stood up, their eyes wide open, with horror and disbelief on their faces. Li Ruolan couldn't help shouting:
"What, what's going on?" Damn it, at this moment, I still don't know what's going on.
The Xixia people were in chaos, and the scene was like a pot exploding. Everyone was running away with their heads in their hands, and howling. Li Dingkun, the general of the Iron Kites, wanted to lead the Iron Kites to intercept, but was unable to do so for a while. The scene was already in chaos.
It was a mess, hundreds of thousands of people were running around, and the Iron Harriers couldn't charge at all. Secondly, the Iron Harriers' heavy armored cavalry had already taken off their armor and were eating and drinking. At this time, they hurriedly put on their armor, and there was a panic scene. Even if they could charge at this time, they also
It is impossible to do it. It is a pity that these elite Xixia troops cannot play their due role in the hands of their incompetent masters. In the blink of an eye, a Yanyun war cavalry swept away the chaotic and fleeing crowd and rushed into the iron kite ferociously.
In the middle of the army, the Iron Kites soldiers were still in a hurry to put on their armor, and their horses were even more naked. Naturally, they had not put on their vests, and their saddles were missing.
Yan Yun's army swept across like wolves and tigers. The iron hooves trampled the Iron Kites to the ground. The swords and horse blades raised blood all over the sky. There were roars and screams. The elite Iron Kites fell one by one like slaughtered animals.
Under the blade of Yan Yun's cavalry! However, these iron kites are really brave. They did not run away in such a situation and fought back desperately. But in this situation, they are no match for Yan Yun's cavalry. Fighting back with all their might will eventually end.
It was all in vain, one by one fell into a pool of blood!
Nearly 200,000 Xixia people were crushed by 30,000 Yanyun warriors, and were reduced to pieces. Corpses were strewn across the fields, and the blood dyed the originally lush green grass into a shocking blood red. No one died.
The others were running for their lives in the wilderness and in the woods, only regretting that their parents had lost two legs...
The battle was over. Yang Peng immediately looked at the tragic battlefield on the high hillock. Nearly 200,000 Xixia people on horseback and 40,000 to 50,000 people fell on this wasteland. Thousands of prisoners were captured by Yan Yun's army.
As they were escorted past Yang Peng, everyone was uneasy, but everyone was overjoyed. For Yang Peng, this victory came too easily and too unexpectedly. Not long ago, he received news that the Xixia court had stayed overnight
He fled west, so he ordered Yelu Hanyu to lead the main force to march into Xingqing Mansion. He himself commanded 30,000 war cavalry to pursue the Xixia people. He originally planned to severely injure them, but he did not expect that after the battle, the Xixia people were unprepared.
Sweeping away the enemy troops like a ravaging force!
The sound of horse hoofbeats came from ahead. Yang Peng followed the sound and saw Shi Ping leading a dozen sergeants on horseback. When they came to the front, Shi Ping reined in the horse. Shi Ping clasped his fists excitedly and said: "General, we have captured Xixia.
The queen mother, the father-in-law, the uncle-in-law, the princes, the princesses, and the emperor!"
Yang Peng smiled slightly, "Okay, this is really like catching them all in one fell swoop! Where is the Kingdom of Zhan Jin?"
"Brother Zhan led the Xuanjia Army to pursue the enemy's remnants! By the way, brother, we have seized countless gold and silver treasures, which should be the reserves of the Xixia royal family!" Yang Peng was very happy and ordered: "Send someone to collect statistics carefully!
"Shi Ping clasped his fists in agreement, turned his horse's head, and led his soldiers down the hill.
After a while, Yang Peng saw a large team coming towards him, including many carriages and eunuchs and maids. Yang Peng knew that the team must be captured members of the Xixia royal family! Only an officer was seen riding a horse.
He ran up the hill, came to the front, reined in his horse, clasped his fists and said, "Report to King Yan, members of the Western Xia royal family are here to escort you!" As he spoke, the team at the foot of the mountain had arrived and stopped.
Yang Peng rode down the hillside, and everyone followed him. The people in Xixia looked at Yang Peng eagerly, with extremely uneasy expressions. The Yanyun officer who just came to report to Yang Peng shouted at the people in Xixia: "This is
Your Highness, King Yan, all kneel down!" All the Xixia people were shocked. They did not expect to see the legendary King Yan here. They were shocked and knelt down one after another, crying and begging for mercy.
The place was noisy.
Yang Peng frowned, his eyes fell on one of the most exquisite chariots, and asked the officer: "That carriage is the emperor of Xixia, right?" The officer followed Yang Peng's fingers and glanced,
He replied: "The Queen Mother of Xixia is sitting in that carriage, and the Emperor of Xixia is sitting on the carriage behind!" Yang Peng nodded, "You go!" The officer clasped his fists in agreement and shouted to his soldiers.
"Keep on going!" Yan Yunjun then dragged the Xixia people who were kneeling and crying on the ground and drove them toward the northeast. The Xixia people were crying and their expressions were full of fear and hesitation.
Li Ruolan opened a corner of the curtains and looked outside. She happened to see a majestic young man standing not far away. Her heart skipped a beat and she immediately guessed that he was the legendary King Yan. When she saw Yang Peng's eyes,
Looking over, he smiled charmingly, which was quite charming. Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed mockingly.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.