Chapter 379 The beauty persuades surrender in front of the formation
"According to the imperial edict of Zhao Guanjia, I ask Princess Cao of the Western Xia Dynasty to get off the sedan chair and implement the official family's clever plan to persuade her to surrender."
"Ah?!" The beauty in the car exclaimed. What she feared most has finally come.
Princess Cao was also a smart person. She saw that the Song Dynasty official army commanded by Zhao Guanjia, who was personally conquering the imperial army, was overwhelming and had already broken through the outer city of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia. However, the inner city palace of Xixia in front of her was already in danger and could be broken in just a few days.
People under the eaves have to bow their heads.
Not only for her own survival, but also for the survival of her natal Cao family in Xingqing Mansion, and to take revenge on the ruthless and unjust Xia Emperor Li Qianshun, Cao gritted her teeth and prepared to carry out the Zhao Guan family's plan to persuade them to surrender.
"Ah?!" Princess Cao gently opened the sedan curtain and saw Liu Guangshi whose face was covered in blood, and couldn't help but screamed in fright.
Liu Guangshi said hurriedly: "Concubine Cao, don't be alarmed. Liu just suffered some minor injuries. It will not delay the implementation of Zhao Guan's family's plan to persuade the Xia army to surrender. Please follow Liu to the front of the battle line to persuade the Xia army to leave the city and surrender, so as to avoid the loss of lives." , which is also a meritorious deed!”
The charming Princess Cao nodded in acquiescence.
Liu Guangshi turned around happily and led the way.
Mrs. Cao saw that Liu Guangshi's back armor had been stained red with blood and two broken arrows were stuck on it. She opened her mouth wide in surprise and hesitated to speak. She was shocked in her heart:
'Are the soldiers and generals led by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, who personally led the expedition, so brave and unafraid of death? No wonder the Song army that conquered Xia could win great victories one after another, and so quickly entered Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, and approached the imperial city. '
Accompanied by Liu Guangshi, Princess Cao slowly walked to the front of the battle array. Every step she took seemed so heavy.
Her appearance caused an uproar among the many Song soldiers and generals who were unaware of the inside story and among the Xia soldiers guarding the city.
Concubine Cao was taken to a safe place 200 steps away from the enemy city by Liu Guangshi. The entire garrison in the Xixia Imperial City was shocked. Their eyes focused on the princess who was brought out by the Song army from the city and was wearing the costume of a Xixia imperial concubine. On a beautiful woman.
Princess Cao raised her head and shouted: "I am Princess Cao of Xixia! Above the imperial city, all the officers and men must be very curious about why I appeared in the Song army?!"
Liu Guangshi was afraid that the Xia army in the city could not hear clearly, so he specially ordered the hundreds of Han and Dangxiang soldiers under him to shout and repeat every word of Princess Cao in Chinese and Dangxiang dialect alternately.
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Weiming Anhui, the Privy Councilor who was supervising the battle in the Xixia Imperial City, heard the shouts from the city. He hid behind the battlements and stuck half of his head out to look down at the city.
When Weiming Anhui confirmed that the woman under the city was actually Princess Cao, he couldn't help but be frightened and turned pale, and he couldn't understand it.
"Why does your Majesty's beloved concubine Cao appear in the Song camp?"
Princess Cao looked at the high imperial city in front of her, and thought of the person who hurt her the most - Emperor Xia Li Qianshun, who secretly gave her to the family of Emperor Zhao Guan of the Song Dynasty who was personally conquering Xixia. She couldn't help but burst into tears and shouted sadly. road:
"As the imperial concubine of Xixia Kingdom, why did I appear among the Song army?"
"Haha..." Ms. Cao said with a bitter smile: "It's all because your Xia Emperor Li Qianshun secretly sent me to the Song camp in order to personally conquer the Western Xia Song Emperor Zhao Guan's family to beg for peace!"
"Haha... But Li Qianshun thought wrong. Emperor Zhao Guan of the Song Dynasty was a sage and a powerful ruler, and he was not seduced by beauty. Emperor Xia Li Qianshun's plan to beg for peace did not succeed!"
Hearing this, not only the many Song soldiers below the city who did not know the inside story were shocked, but the Xia soldiers on the city were also shocked.
Princess Cao continued: "You should have seen that the Song Dynasty official army is overwhelming and has broken through the outer city of our Xixia capital. Although the inner city is strong, how long can it hold on?"
"The Emperor of Xia, Li Qianshun, is hypocritical and benevolent, but in fact he is cruel and cruel! Why are you still working for him?"
"God helps the Song Dynasty. If Xixia wants to be destroyed, can you still resist and be destined to return?"
"Emperor Zhao Guanjia of the Song Dynasty has long promised that anyone who surrenders to the Song Dynasty will not worry about their lives and will retain their original positions; those who resist stubbornly will be killed without mercy, even their families..."
"Today, if you die in battle on the city wall, you will become the enemy of the Song Dynasty. Think about how painful and miserable your parents and wives will be when the Song army breaks the city and suffers the crime of being sentenced to death."
"As the imperial concubine of the Xixia Kingdom, I have surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, I implore you, for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in Xingqing Mansion, and for the sake of your family, put down your weapons and surrender to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible! "
Hundreds of shouting officers and soldiers from Liu Guangshi's department immediately repeated the words of Princess Cao and shouted to the Xia troops on the city...
Every word in the shouting was like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of the Xia army officers and soldiers guarding the city.
Many soldiers began to lower their heads in thought, and some even shed tears unconsciously thinking that they were about to die in battle and would harm their families.
Following Princess Cao's persuasion to surrender, many soldiers in the Xixia Imperial City began to waver.
The Xixia Privy Councilor Weiming Anhui, who was supervising the battle on the city, saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately issued an order without conscience:
"The woman below the city is someone the Song army hired to impersonate me as Princess Cao of the Great Xia Kingdom. If anyone credulously believes the Song enemy's words to persuade them to surrender, they will be killed without mercy!"
The Xia soldiers and generals on the city all believed that the beautiful and pitiful woman below the city was reasonable. It no longer mattered whether she was Cao, the current Xia Emperor's favorite concubine.
Many of the soldiers and generals of the Xia army were in a conflict. They wanted to surrender to the Song army, but they were afraid of Wei Ming Anhui and the murderous supervisors he brought with him.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Weiming Anhui ostensibly did not admit that the women in the city were Cao's imperial concubines. However, he knew in his heart that most of the women were Cao, Emperor Xia's favored concubine.
He hurriedly ordered his cronies to return to the palace as soon as possible, and secretly reported to Xia Emperor Li Qianshun that a person who looked very much like Princess Cao was coming to persuade her to surrender...
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A quarter of an hour later, the first batch of informants sent by Weiming Anhui to return to the palace to report military information to Emperor Xia returned.
"I would like to inform you that your majesty was seriously injured in the city. His right leg may not be saved. However, your majesty has God's blessing. After being treated by the imperial doctor, he has regained consciousness... However, King Li of Shu, who protected your majesty with his own body, Renli, you sacrificed yourself for your country!"
Weiming Anhui nodded sadly and asked, "What is your Majesty's decree?"
The reporting officer said: "Your Majesty wishes to live and die with the capital of Daxia Kingdom! His Majesty's imperial edict: I hope that the officers and soldiers of the three armies of Daxia Kingdom will rather die than surrender, and swear to kill the enemies of the Song Dynasty..."
Weiming Anhui listened to the imperial edict, bowed in the direction of the Xixia Palace behind him, and said:
"The humble minister Wei Ming Anhui obeys the decree and will live up to the holy hope. He vows to kill the enemy to the death and live or die with the city!"
"Report..." shouted the second batch of reporting officers who came back from the palace to report.
"The general has reported the secret report of Xianggong to Your Majesty."
An Hui, the minister of the Privy Council, asked anxiously: "What do you say, Your Majesty? Who is the person who looks like Imperial Concubine Cao among the Song troops under the city who is trying to lure our soldiers guarding the city to surrender?"
"The general reported to the Prime Minister that after hearing the secret report, His Majesty was furious! He did not answer the Prime Minister's question. However, Your Majesty hurriedly issued an order to kill the man and the woman who temporarily entered the palace today.
Your Majesty said that the two people who were killed in an emergency were Han spies who had infiltrated the Great Xia Palace!"
Weiming Anhui frowned while listening. He already had his own guess in his mind...
The reporter continued: "Your Majesty will order the heads of those two people to be wrapped up and handed over to Mr. Weiming. Then he will use a trebuchet to throw the two thin heads to the person who is pretending to be Princess Cao of the Great Xia Kingdom.