Li Jiqian, the founder of Xixia, rebelled against the Song Dynasty. After capturing Lingzhou, he changed Lingzhou to Xiping Prefecture as the ruling center of the Dangxiang clan. // Fastest Update // After his son Li Deming succeeded to the throne, he believed that Xiping Prefecture was located among the four fortresses. The land was not conducive to defense, so he sent people to cross the Yellow River, build a city on the north bank, built a city palace and clan fields, and established the capital here, named Xingzhou.
After Li Deming's son Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne, he built palaces and palaces in Xingzhou, promoted Xingzhou to Xingqing Mansion, formally established civil and military classes, established the Xixia ruling organization, and built the south of Tai City. On the eleventh day of the month, he was enthroned here and became emperor.
The city of Xingqingfu is rectangular, with a circumference of more than eighteen miles. The moat is connected to Tanglai Canal and is ten feet wide.
There are two gates in the north and south, and one gate in the east and west. The roads in the city are in a square shape. In order to facilitate the cavalry, the streets are very wide. There are more than 20 neighborhoods such as Chongyi in the city. Except for the splendid palace and a few noble residences, civilians in the city Most of the people live in low mud houses or mud houses.
After the news of Li Qianshun's execution came back, the whole city went into silence. All the nobles in the city stopped entertaining and stopped going to the streets. They locked themselves in their mansions one by one as if they were mourning for Li Qianshun. The common people saw the nobles' behavior. , and they all carefully hid at home.
In the past, the six squadrons in the imperial siege that used to gallop around the city were completely wiped out in Shaanxi. Now the people guarding the capital are thousands of remnant troops who luckily returned from Shaanxi and the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses. However, except for the small number of soldiers guarding each gate, The rest were all huddled in the camp.
The entire city seemed deserted, and the palace seemed very depressing.
When the news of Li Qianshun's beheading came back two days ago, the civil and military officials asked Prince Li Ren'ai to succeed him as the head of the country to unify the orders.
After Renxiao Li Renai came to the throne, the first thing he wanted to do was to use all the troops of the country to recapture Li Qianshun's body. However, his mother Yelu Nanxian, King Shu Renli and the officials of the country unanimously opposed it. The emperor and his ministers finally reached a consensus. Send an envoy to Daliang to redeem Li Qianshun's body.
Li Renai has been versatile since childhood, proficient in Sinology, and quite sentimental.
Li Qianshun's death was a big blow to the sentimental Li Renai. He was originally weak, but now he walks even more frailly.
Seeing Ai'er like this, Yelu Nanxian hurriedly said: "Master, are those servants lazy again? These slaves must teach them a lesson. Don't be too kind."
Li Renai bowed and saluted, and then said: "They are not lazy, it's the children who won't let them follow."
Yelu Nanxian waved the servants in the room to get out, and then said: "Ren'ai, you have to take care of yourself. After your father's death, the foundation of Xixia for more than a hundred years has been maintained by you."
Li Renai nodded and said: "My child knows, but when I think about my father's head being hung on a high beam, I feel a little uncontrollable."
Although Yelu Nanxian was given by the Emperor of Liao, he had lived with Li Qianshun for many years and was very affectionate towards Li Qianshun who worked hard to govern.
Thinking of Li Qianshun's tragic situation, I couldn't help but get red eyes, but when I saw my son who was crying again in front of me, I could only blink hard to hold back the tears that were about to flow out.
"Ren'ai, no matter what the cost, we will redeem your father's body. But the most important thing now is to control the troops in the country. Your father passed away suddenly. Many tribes in the country must be ready to take action. That is King Shu Renli Be careful too."
Li Renai asked doubtfully: "Prince Shu is a minister of the clan. Is the queen worried too much?"
Yelu Nanxian shook his head and said: "Your father asked King Shu to oversee domestic affairs before he went on the expedition. Now the three-pronged army, your father's and King Jin's two-pronged troops have lost most of their troops. Only King Renzhong of Pu's 200,000 troops are left unharmed.
Loss. King Shu and King Pu are brothers, and they control most of the country's troops. There is no guarantee that they will not have different intentions."
Li Renai said painfully: "My father treats them very kindly, and they are members of the clan, so they should not cause trouble."
Yelu Nanxian said: "You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. If they can loyally assist you, that would be great, but we cannot leave our own safety to them."
Although Li Renai was a little weak, she was not stupid. Hearing this, she asked, "What plans does the queen have to teach her children?"
Yelu Nanxian said: "The Queen Mother wants Xiao Heda to take over the troops of Xingqing Mansion, lest we become the prisoners of others unknowingly."
Xiao Heda was Yelu Nanxian's domestic slave who came from Liao Kingdom as a dowry.
Li Renai frowned and said, "Will the people in the country reject Xiao Heda?"
Yelu Nanxian shook his head and said: "Xiao Heda has always been brave and has friendship with many soldiers guarding the city. Moreover, he is my dowry slave, that is, a Xixia native. People in the country will not reject him."
Li Renai said: "But the soldiers and horses in the city are now under the control of King Shu. If he is suddenly deprived of his military power, I am afraid it will make him think too much."
Yelu Nanxian smiled and said: "The king is worried too much. He is also avoiding suspicion at this time. He has strictly restrained the soldiers and horses in the city these two days because he is afraid of being misunderstood. The king gave him an order to hand over his military power.
I'm afraid he's eager to do so."
Li Renai said in confusion: "In this case, King Shu has no objections, so why should he be deprived of his military power? I think it is better to continue to let him control it. Anyway, there are not many soldiers in the city. We can organize troops in the future.
When the horse is ready, just let Xiao Heda lead the troops. Don't let him think too much."
Yelu Nanxian looked at his immature son and couldn't help but shook his head and said: "People can change. He has no different intentions now, but there is no guarantee that he will not have different intentions in the future. King Pu's troops have not returned home yet. Once his two hundred thousand troops
When you come back, there is no guarantee that King Shu will not be tempted. Now that you are the king of the country, you must be kind and powerful to your ministers. You must not only give them kindness and let them be loyal to you, but also have the majesty of the king to prevent them from bullying the king. You
You were too kind in the past, and the servants in the palace were not afraid of you. You have to correct them in the future. If they make mistakes, you have to punish them, otherwise they will treat you less and less."
Li Renai nodded painfully and said: "What the mother taught me is that the child immediately ordered Xiao Heda to take over the military power in the city."
"At the same time, give more rewards to King Shu. Although everyone knows our intentions in this matter, you still have to give King Shu a step down. You can reward his heirs and increase his titles, but you cannot let him have more rights."
Yelu Nanxian couldn't bear to see her son in pain, but the current situation forced her to let her son change.
Yelu Nanxian persuaded Li Renai for a while before letting Li Renai draft the decree.
After receiving Li Renai's order, Shu Wang Renli was not unhappy at all and immediately handed over his military power.
Xiao Heda took over the military power and had to promote some confidants to control the military power.
Besides, among the Zhenrong army, Zhong Shidao, Lu Junyi, Liu Zhongwu and others gathered in the hall.
Master Zhong said: "Last night I received a letter from Xue Sichang, the former Song Dynasty's Huanqing Road envoy. He wanted to exchange for a chance to be rich and prosperous for the rest of his life. If the prince could absolve him of his guilt, he was willing to lead his troops and drag Renzhong's troops to Hengshan.
outside."
Hearing this, Liu Zhongwu shook his head and said: "This person is capricious and extremely shameless. He just voted for Xixia, and now it seems that Xixia's defeat is certain, but he wants to join me, Daliang."
Wu Songdao: "This guy has betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. Because of the prince's temper, if he doesn't kill him, the three clans will be considered advantageous to him. He still thinks about wealth for the rest of his life. Huang Qianshan just said it and was beheaded, but he directly killed the Xixia soldiers and horses.
Put it in Shaanxi."
Zhong Shidao nodded and said: "I'm afraid Xue Sichang knew what happened to Huang Qianshan, so he wanted to prevent the imperial court from appointing him to an official position, just to absolve him of his guilt."
Mu Hong frowned and said, "Such a dishonest person can be killed if caught. How can we absolve him of his guilt?"
Yang Zhidao: "If we can block Renzhong's 200,000 troops, it would be worth a try."
Wu Song said: "The prince has already invaded Xixia, and we can't delay. Apart from our 50,000 soldiers and horses, Shaanxi doesn't have many soldiers and horses. What can we do if we can block them?"
Xu Guanzhong, who had been silent all the time, said: "In my opinion, this matter is feasible. The 50,000 troops to support the prince cannot be delayed, but there are still 50,000 troops and General Li Ying's 10,000 troops. There is General Lin Chong in Jingzhao Mansion.
With 10,000 troops and horses, the Yongxing Army can also mobilize 20,000 troops and horses. Coupled with the troops and horses on Fuyan Road, it is still possible to defeat Renzhong's troops and horses with a pincer attack from three sides."
Zhong Shidao nodded and said: "General Xu is right, I think we can give it a try. Regardless of success or failure, we can drag the Renzhong tribe in Shaanxi for a while and reduce the pressure on the prince. If it succeeds, we can get 200,000 Xixia soldiers and horses."
It's worth replacing Xue Sichang. If it doesn't succeed, I'm afraid Xue Sichang's life will probably be in danger." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (.) to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support.
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