Li Qianshun ran for several miles with a few personal guards. When he heard the pursuers suddenly dispersed, they were chasing after him from behind. He couldn't care about the direction and could only run forward.
"Hua Hua"
When Li Qianshun was running for his life in panic, he heard the sound of running water coming from ahead.
No, I was driven to the waterside.
There is a big river south of Xixia Camp, flowing from west to east.
The Prince of Daliang led his army from the north, and the Liupan Mountain Pass in the east was blocked by the Deshun Army. Only the state capitals in the west were either captured by the Xixia or dedicated to the Xixia by the Qiang people in the territory, and were stationed with Xixia soldiers and horses.
Therefore, Li Qianshun planned to flee to the west state capital and then return to Xixia.
But I didn't expect to be chased by a large army, and actually ran in the wrong direction and ended up by the river in the south.
Sure enough, they didn't run very far before they came to the river. The river was several feet wide and Li Qianshun, who couldn't swim, couldn't cross it on horseback, so he had to run westward along the river.
Suddenly a guard pointed to the river and said: "Your Majesty, there is a boat on the river."
Li Qianshun looked over, and sure enough there was a small boat on the river with a light hanging on the bow.
Li Qianshun asked doubtfully: "How can there be people sailing at this time?"
The guard said: "People who sell smuggled salt or do other businesses prohibited by the government often sneak across at night."
Li Qianshun also felt that it was reasonable. Hearing that the pursuers were already rushing towards the river in overwhelming numbers, he didn't care anymore and hurriedly signaled to his guards to shout.
A soldier who could speak Chinese immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Boatman on the river, ferry us across the river. I'll give you more money for crossing."
The boatman on the river seemed to have heard the soldiers' shouting and stopped the boat in the river.
When the bodyguard saw it, he hurriedly shouted: "We will cross over and you won't have to do business anymore."
The boatman seemed to be persuaded and came closer.
When I arrived, I saw a tall man standing on the bow of the boat, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a red face. There were two grown men behind him who were rowing, and they didn't look like they were doing good business.
When Li Qianshun heard that his pursuers were approaching, he didn't care to speak. He hurriedly led his men to abandon their horses and get on the boat, urging the boatman to cross the river.
As soon as they reached the center of the river, Sun Li chased him to the river and hurriedly shouted: "The people on the boat are Han people. What you are saving is the leader of the Xixia Kingdom. Come here quickly."
When Li Qianshun heard this, he hurriedly asked the guards to look at the two men rocking the oars.
The boatman smiled and said, "Are you really the lord of Xixia?"
"Exactly."
Li Qianshun is also the leader of a country. Although he is in some trouble now, he is not afraid to admit his identity.
When the boatman heard that it was Li Qianshun, he couldn't help but look happy.
On the bank, Sun Li saw that the boat in the river was still rocking to the other side, and shouted: "If you don't stop the boat, I will shoot the arrow."
When Li Qianshun heard this, his heart tightened and he hurriedly pulled out his sword, preparing to block the arrow.
But the boatman shouted: "General Sun, don't shoot your arrows. I am Li Jun."
Li Qianshun heard that the boatman knew General Liang, and felt something was wrong, and hurriedly signaled to his guards to arrest Li Jun.
The two of them had just taken a step forward when Li Jun suddenly plunged into the water.
Tong Wei and Tong Meng, who were rocking the oar behind, also jumped into the water together.
Li Qianshun hurriedly asked his bodyguard to rock the oar.
However, the two guards did not know how to drive the boat, so they rowed the oar a few times and the boat started to spin in the river.
When Li Qianshun was in a hurry, he heard a "gud-dong-dong" sound under his feet.
"It's gone."
"There's water here too."
Li Qianshun saw water rising from several places on the ship's board. He hurriedly shouted: "Hurry and block the water inlet."
It turned out that Li Jun and others had made many holes in the boat and plugged them with plugs from below. The three of them pulled the plugs from below. No matter how Li Qianshun and others were able to plug them, the boat sank into the water within a moment.
Li Qianshun didn't know how to swim, and he was wearing armor. He fell into the water and sank to the bottom, struggling wildly with his hands and feet.
Li Jun originally wanted to go up and arrest Li Qianshun, but when he saw a soldier next to Li Qianshun cut into two pieces by Li Qianshun's sword, he was frightened and had to watch Li Qianshun floating in the water.
Li Qianshun struggled for a while and drank a lot of water before he calmed down.
Seeing no danger, Li Jun swam over and picked up Li Qianshun and headed to the shore.
Sun Li watched Li Jun and Tong Wei and Tong Meng drag Li Qianshun out of the water on the shore. He couldn't help but wonder: "How did brother Li Jun get here?"
Li Jun cupped his fists and said, "I originally led the navy to transport grain and grass to Wating Village, but I didn't expect that General Lu and General Dong had already arrived at the Deshun Army. I then escorted the grain and grass to the Deshun Army. Tonight, the two of them are going to attack the camp. "My younger brother had nothing to do in the city, so he and his brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng went to the river to try their luck to see if any Xixia generals would crash into the river. Unexpectedly, they caught Li Qianshun and robbed my brother of his business. Please forgive me."
Sun Li shook his head helplessly and said: "Today the prince dispatched troops and horses, five people drew lots, and I was the last one. Unexpectedly, they all failed and asked me to come here to ambush. I thought I was lucky enough, but I didn't expect my brother's luck to be better. ah."
Li Jun said with a smile: "If my brother hadn't chased Li Qianshun in a panic, my younger brother wouldn't have had such luck. How about we round up and capture Li Qian by the way?"
Sun Li smiled and said: "What you catch is what you catch. It's not bad that I captured Li Qianshun's thousand-mile horse. It was a good horse, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye."
Sun Li saw that Li Qianshun had been captured and did not dare to be careless, so he took his troops and horses to escort Li Jun and others to Deshun's army.
When a group of people arrived at Deshun Army, the sky was already a little bright.
The Zhongshi guarding the city had already heard the news of Xixia's defeat. When they saw the large group of soldiers and horses in black clothes and armor, they also ordered the city gate to be opened.
Li Qianshun had been rescued by Li Jun. He did not expect that he would enter the Deshun Army that had been besieging them for more than a month, and he was filled with emotion.
Naturally, all the troops were familiar with Li Qianshun, who had besieged the city for more than a month. When he saw Li Qianshun being sandwiched between Sun Li, Li Jun and the soldiers behind him, he immediately ran down the city wall.
After besieging the city for more than a month, Deshun's 30,000-strong army was left with less than 5,000 men.
When the cultivators saw Li Qianshun, the culprit, their eyes suddenly turned red. They wanted to draw their swords and kill Li Qianshun several times, but they were stopped by reason.
Li Qianshun also saw the hesitation in Master Zhong, and on his horse he held up his hands and said: "General Zhong, you are well."
Li Jun, Sun Li respected him as the lord of the country, but did not tie him up. He just took away all the weapons from him and gave him a bad horse. The original thousand-mile horse became Sun Li's trophy.
The seed master gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "A few days ago, I was showing off my power outside the city, but I didn't expect that I would become a prisoner so soon."
Li Qianshun smiled and said: "Maybe General Zhong will have to send me out of the city in a few days, haha."
Li Jun looked at Li Qianshun strangely and said, "Isn't the leader of the Xixia Kingdom an idiot?"
Li Qianshun said with a smile: "I already know the current situation of Daliang. If they capture me, Xixia will not let it go. Daliang is unable to fight in the northwest. The prince should ask our country to pay the same ransom as Liao to redeem me."
When Sun Li and Li Jun heard this, they couldn't help but think about it.
But Zhong Shizhong smiled and said: "I also understand the situation in Xixia. If I let you go back, Xixia will still be monolithic. Your son is still young. If I kill you, there will definitely be civil strife in Xixia. Hahaha."
Li Qianshun couldn't help but feel his heart sink when he heard this, but he still managed to remain calm and said: "My prince is born to a princess of Liao Kingdom. Even if you kill me, no one in Xixia will dare to compete with my prince for power. When the time comes, he will We will definitely use all the troops in the country to take revenge."
In fact, he also knew that the leader of a country was captured and the chance of redemption was very small, but he was unwilling to give up hope completely. His prince was only fourteen years old at this time. Although he was smart since he was a child, he had a weak temperament and usually liked to His dancing and writing are quite sentimental as a poet. If he were allowed to be the ruler of Shoucheng, with the support of the Liao Kingdom, he might be able to do it. But if he was asked to take orders in the face of danger, he might not even be able to intimidate the people in the country, let alone protect the country. Moreover, Cha Ge and Weiming Anhui were killed in battle, and the power of the royal family was greatly reduced. The Renduo family may come out to cause trouble again.
After the founding of Xixia, there were three major families, the Weiming family, the Renduo family, and the Liang family. The Liang family gave birth to two queen mothers who controlled the government. The royal family, the Weiming family, was overwhelmed.
After Li Qianshun took office, he naturally wanted to avenge his father who had been a puppet all his life and himself who had been controlled for more than ten years. Fortunately, before he took office, Empress Dowager Xiao Liang and his brother Liang Yibu seized power. Liang Yibu conspired to usurp power. Half of the disobedient members of the Liang family were killed. Therefore, after Li Qianshun succeeded to the throne, he easily wiped out the entire Liang family.
Of the three major families, the Liang family is gone, and only the royal family, the Weiming family and the Renduo family, are left.
When the Empress Dowager of the Liang Dynasty controlled the government, the Renduo family had many contacts with the Liang family for self-protection and power. Naturally, Li Qianshun would not destroy the Liang family, but spared the Renduo family.
It's just that Ren Duobaozhong has been leading troops in Xixia for many years, and his forces are intertwined. Li Qianshun has just purged many members of the Liang family. He is also afraid that the purge will trigger turmoil in Xixia, so he can only endure it. Until Cha Ge gradually took over the power in the army, Li Qianshun Only then did he seize the evidence that Ren Duo Baozhong planned to defect to the Song Dynasty, and Ren Duo Baozhong was relieved of his duties.
Although Li Qianshun had evidence that Ren Duo Baozhong was preparing to betray the country and surrender to the Song Dynasty, due to Ren Duo Baozhong's power in the military, Li Qianshun could only dismiss Ren Duo Baozhong from his military post.
Ren Duo Baozhong was not only a brave general in Xixia, but also very scheming. When the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang was in great power, she made friends with the Liang family. Liang Yibu was preparing to usurp power. Ren Duo Baozhong helped the Empress Dowager Liang get rid of Liang Yibu, the brother of the Empress Dowager Liang. After that, she became the Empress Dowager Liang. The confidant has gained more military power.
It's just that he didn't expect that the Liao Congress would suddenly kill the Empress Dowager Liang. After Li Qianshun took charge, as a confidant of the Empress Dowager Liang, his life would naturally be difficult. He also knew that Li Qianshun would not let him go. It happened that at this time, the Song Dynasty generals Wang Hou and Quan Prime Minister Cai Jing recruited him to surrender, and Ren Duo Baozhong was also interested. However, he did not expect that Cai Jing was not secretive in his work, and the letter to Ren Duo Baozhong was robbed by Yipintang, the Xixia intelligence agency.
Li Qianshun took the evidence of Ren Duo Baozhong and immediately dismissed Ren Duo Baozhong from his post, letting Cha Ge take over the rights in Ren Duo Baozhong's army.
Although Cha Ge has eliminated the Renduo family forces from the army in recent years, Renduo Baozhong is still alive. Chage died in the battle and the king was captured again. It is difficult to guarantee that Renduo Baozhong will not come out to cause trouble. If Renduo Baozhong coerces some people If you vote for Daliang, Xixia will be in danger. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.. read.