The prime minister and the privy councilors all said this. Xia Chongzong finally calmed down and said, "Then tell me, what should we do now?"
Li Lingyuan frowned. He was just a civil servant and didn't know anything about military preparation. He couldn't help but look at Privy Councilor Meng Liang. In fact, it wasn't just him at this moment, countless ministers in the hall were looking at Meng Liang.
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Meng Liang pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, as of today, I have three strategies to offer to Your Majesty."
Xia Chongzong hurriedly said: "What three strategies?"
Meng Liang said: "First, there are still 50,000 elite soldiers in the Zhongxing Mansion! It's just that these 50,000 elite soldiers have not received military pay for many years! I advise your Majesty to immediately open the treasury and pay the general's salary! Moreover, we must not only pay back the arrears before
If the military pay continues, the military pay for next year or even the year after will also be paid to boost morale and allow the soldiers to fight bravely! Second, Your Majesty should personally go to the city wall to supervise
The purpose of fighting is also to boost morale! Third, the Han army is so powerful that in just a few days, more than 20 cities in the north have been captured. Now it is difficult for Zhongxing Mansion alone to stop the Han people. We should issue an order
Let the army across the country be diligent! The Han people came from the north across the desert, and they must have gone deep alone. Their number of soldiers is limited! When reinforcements arrive, we will be safe and sound!"
Xia Chongzong kept nodding and said: "Yes, what you said makes sense! Aiqing is indeed the pillar of the country! I can promise you the first two now, but for the last one, we have no reinforcements available now! Zhongxing Mansion
Most of the troops from the surrounding states and counties have been sent to the southern border!"
Meng Liang said decisively: "Now we have to call back the soldiers and horses on the southern border!"
Li Lingyuan frowned and said: "There is a war going on in the south! If we call the soldiers and horses from the south back now, I'm afraid something will go wrong on the southern border, and we will probably lose a lot of territory!"
Meng Liang said: "Is it the territories in the south that are more important, the Zhongxing Mansion, or Your Majesty?"
Li Lingyuan was stunned and said: "This..."
Xia Chongzong said at this moment: "Meng Aiqing is right! As of today, we can only transfer all the 200,000 heavy troops from the south! I have made up my mind. We must immediately send people to the south before the Han people surround Zhongxing Mansion and issue an order immediately.
To the troops out there!”
This Xia Chongzong is indeed a famous emperor in history. In some respects, he is also quite wise! The reason why he said he wanted to escape from Zhongxing Mansion before was just a moment of terror! Now that he has calmed down, he behaves abnormally
decisive!
Li Lingyuan was silent for a long time and finally nodded. He also knew that bringing back heavy troops now was the only way to solve the threat of Zhongxing Mansion.
In Xixia, like the Song Dynasty, the status of eunuchs was extremely high. Xia Chongzong immediately ordered the eunuch chief in the palace to go to the southern border in person, read out the imperial edict, and let the 200,000 troops from the south return immediately to deal with the Han army!
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The sky is getting darker and darker, and the snow is falling heavier and heavier.
Xia Chongzong could not afford to rest at this moment. He led his ministers out of the palace and came to the main street of Zhongxing Mansion.
At this moment, countless people in Zhongxing Mansion had already heard the news about the arrival of Liangshan's army. These people were hiding in their homes and did not dare to come out at all. Xia Chongzong actually sent people to knock on the doors of people's homes one by one, and he actually visited these people one by one.
common people.
When the people saw Xia Chongzong's arrival, they were shocked. Then they were so excited! They knelt down on the ground to welcome Xia Chongzong's arrival.
"Everyone, please be safe! Now the Han people are about to attack Zhongxing Mansion. I can't protect the city by myself! Even the army can't protect the city! Now I need your help! Are you willing?" Xia Chongzong asked a
The middle-aged man helped him up and said warmly.
"Yes! Of course I am! For your majesty, I am willing to go through fire and water and never give up!" The middle-aged man said extremely excitedly! In the past, he had never seen the emperor of Xixia at all, but now the emperor has come to him, and his
You can imagine the excitement!
"Very well, call all the men in your family, and let's go to the city wall together to protect our home! If the women in your family are willing, you can cook some meals and deliver them to the city wall to comfort the soldiers!" Xia
Chongzongdao.
"Yes!" the middle-aged man said hurriedly.
After Xia Chongzong left this house, he went to another house and continued to visit! He went from house to house, constantly encouraging the Dangxiang people of Zhongxing Mansion to come out to defend the city! Gradually, not only the poor families
The men came out, and those rich and noble families, many masters, young masters and the like also took weapons and headed towards the city wall of Zhongxing Mansion!
This Xia Chongzong was a British master in history, and he also expanded his territory! At such a dangerous moment, apart from being a little timid in the palace at the beginning, he actually showed unparalleled qualities at this moment!
At midnight, he came to the city wall in person!
At this moment, countless soldiers had gathered on the city wall! When the soldiers saw Xia Chongzong's arrival, they all knelt on the ground.
"All the soldiers are safe! Come, bring the things!" Xia Chongzong said.
As Xia Chongzong finished speaking, dozens of guards came over carrying huge boxes! Xia Chongzong ordered people to open these boxes!
Under the illumination of torches, boxes of silver and copper coins appeared in front of them! In addition to these, there were also some that seemed to be treasures treasured in the palace, glowing with a faint golden or purple light, and turned out to be
Made of gold and precious stones!
"Fellow soldiers, I also know that I owe you a lot of military pay in the past two years! However, the country is in a difficult situation, and there are too many places that need to spend money! Today, I took out all the treasures in the palace. Not only did I
In order to pay everyone the military pay that is owed to everyone, I will also pay tomorrow
The military pay for the year will also be distributed to everyone! This time the Han invades, Xixia is in danger, everyone should move forward bravely! This time, if anyone performs well, whether it is an official position or a silver coin, I will never be stingy! Anyone who comes, first
Send these things out!" Xia Chongzong said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The soldiers on the city wall cheered, and many soldiers knelt on the ground again.
Li Lingyuan followed Xia Chongzong. At this moment, a smile appeared on his face and he said: "Your Majesty is wise, but unfortunately he is a little lazy! It would be great if Your Majesty is like this all year round!"
Xia Chongzong was indeed a good emperor, but since he ascended the throne, he spent a long time in the palace having fun. Sometimes, when there were important state affairs to deal with, Li Lingyuan could not even find Xia Chongzong.
Meng Liang, who was standing next to him, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is the British Master! Your Majesty is not lazy... There are many things that Your Majesty cannot do."
After more than a hundred years, Xixia has long been in ruins! Like the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty, this country has political corruption and military degeneration! And since Xia Chongzong succeeded to the throne, first the Queen Mother controlled the government, and then the King of Jin and other powerful officials
existence, it was not until the past two years that Xia Chongzong slowly took control of the entire country! But in a short time
In just two years, it was almost impossible for him to make changes in this country! The bureaucracy in this country was too powerful. Even if Li Lingyuan and Meng Liang were members of this bureaucracy, it would be impossible for them.
Xia Chongzong tolerated Xia Chongzong's wanton political reforms. Sometimes Xia Chongzong would rather disappear than deal with state affairs.
Li Lingyuan nodded silently. He was silent for a while and said: "If we can defeat the Han people this time, I will definitely assist your majesty in reforming politics and restore Xixia to the style of the founding era. By then, we will no longer be afraid of the Song Dynasty or the
Liangshan!"
Next to him, Meng Liang nodded, and he secretly vowed that in the future he would give up his family interests and devote himself to serving the country. With such an emperor, it is not impossible for Xixia to regain its glory.
Gradually, more and more soldiers and armed people came to the city wall! At this time, the number of soldiers and people on the city wall had reached 100,000!
Everyone was waiting nervously. However, when it was dark the next morning, the Liangshan army had not arrived yet.
It was not until noon the next day that the Liangshan army arrived. At this time, there were already 200,000 Xixia soldiers and civilians on the city wall of Zhongxing Mansion. Countless city defense equipment had also been moved to the city wall. Zhongxing Mansion had already made complete preparations.
Prepare, just wait for Liangshan to attack the city.
Yue Fei and Hu Yanting walked around the city and carefully observed the defense situation of Zhongxing Mansion.
Hu Yanting was secretly surprised and said: "This Zhongxing Mansion is actually so well-defended. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to defeat it."
Yue Fei nodded, but he quickly sneered and said: "We are just scaring them, it is not the time to actually attack the city! If we really want to attack the city, we will not rest in Dingzhou City for more than a day yesterday.
, we were able to arrive here yesterday evening and launch the attack overnight!"
He gave Hu Yanting a few instructions, and then he headed towards the north gate of Zhongxing Mansion alone! When he got there, he pointed the iron gun in his hand forward and shouted loudly: "Where is the Emperor of Xixia? Come out,