All the leaders of the vassal tribes looked pale and looked as dumb as the smoke at the entrance of the South Gate slowly dissipated. This impact was too shocking for them. They had never thought about anything else in this world that could cause such harm. However, what they were even more afraid of was what position they should stand when they were with the Song Dynasty in the future--the vassal tribes were also very thoughtful about the Hexi Corridor. Although the two families are now allies, the foundation of the allies was based on the military threat of the northwest power of Xixia. Now the Xixia is about to disappear. Can the Fan and Han families still be allies? Princess Wencheng married Songtsen Gampo, and the Han vassals have only achieved decades of peace!

No matter how these vas tribe leaders think about the future relationship with the Song Dynasty, Zhong Yan and his generals still had a relaxed expression on their faces. When the earth mountain was established, the Song army began to secretly dig tunnels to the Xingqing Mansion Tower. This traditional siege method was taken out because Zhong Yan wanted to use an extremely shocking method to shock the vassal tribes, while Tianji applied for a batch of gunpowder from Fu Bi. Because it was impossible to calculate how much gunpowder was needed to be used to transfer it.

The city tower in Xingqing Mansion collapsed, so at the beginning, I only thought of burying as much gunpowder as possible underground. By explosion, it first destroys the city tower, and then completely destroys the city tower through incendiary bombs. However, from the current actual effect, the gunpowder buried underground is enough to blow up the city tower, and there is no need to further destroy it with incendiary bombs. This is also conducive to the Song army pouring in from the south gate, without waiting for the fire caused by the incendiary bombs to be extinguished as planned, and the speed of advancement is accelerated.

Originally, the explosion of firearms used by the Song army during the siege had already caused chaos in Xingqing Prefecture to be a storm, but Empress Dowager Liang firmly controlled the army and immediately suppressed the residents in the panic, and finally calmed down slightly. However, the violent explosion of the South Gate Tower made Empress Dowager Liang's turbulent turmoil immediately fall into disaster. This time, the explosion resounded throughout the city, especially in the area close to the South Gate, and it was no exaggeration to use the ground to shake the mountain.

Facing the murderous Song army rushing in from the South Gate, the Dangxiang army, who survived the southern gate to defend the city, had completely lost the sense of resistance and allowed the Song army to surrender the weapons they had. The Song army poured into the South Gate without much resistance at all. In an instant, it occupied the entire Nancheng area and calmed the residents here to leave. However, other urban areas under the control of the Dangxiang people were still in chaos, which gave the Song army a great opportunity to take advantage of the situation to quickly rush into the city from the South Gate. And along the city wall that had been taken down by the South Gate, attacking other city walls. Although there were sporadic resistance, this could not be achieved until the Song army's attack pace.

Queen Mother Liang did not expect that the 400,000 defenders she gathered were so bad when facing the real siege of the Song army. At this time, the Liang family was responsible for guarding Xingqing Prefecture. The Song army shouted the slogan of killing Liang, launched wave after wave of attacks on the Xiang army guarding the city. When Liang Qiduo buried his subordinates saw this scene, many surrendered people were unwilling to destroy the Liang family. Moreover, the Song army had successfully entered the city, and the number of people was not superior. In terms of fighting spirit, it was even more incomparable. Xingqing Prefecture was about to be occupied by the Song army.

Seeing that the war was not good, Liang Qiduom immediately entered the palace to meet Empress Dowager Liang. She bent over in front of Empress Dowager Liang and asked Empress Dowager Liang to prepare to clean up immediately. He would gather elite troops in the imperial squad to escort him, intending to break through a bloody way. At this time, Empress Dowager Liang was not as angry as when the Song army just attacked the city. She was very calm and refused Liang Qiduom's request to break through. She knew very well that the Song army would not let her go this time. She had seen the neatly arranged Song army lineup outside the city. Now the Song army surrounded Xingqing Mansion like an iron barrel, so how could she allow herself to break through again. It was just a joke about the goal.

"Let your soldiers put down their weapons and surrender to the Song army!" Queen Mother Liang said lightly, not realizing that letting the army she possessed would be sentenced to death.

"Empress Dowager!" Liang Zhuoduo buried his head deeply on the ground and cried. At this time, Li Yuanhao had been establishing Western Xia for a full thirty-six years. Amid the crying of Liang Zhuoduo, it finally began to come to an end and withdrew from the stage of history.

After Liang Qiduo surrendered, Empress Dowager Liang ended her ups and downs with a pot of poisonous wine. This woman used ruthless and ruthless means to transform from a Han woman who was discriminated against to a country's authority. No matter what happened in the middle, her suicide would turn into dust and smoke. Until her death, she still used poisonous wine to safeguard the dignity of the royal family. In her eyes, the royal family had its own way of death, and it would definitely not be as bloody as ordinary people. Little did she know that no matter what way she chose to die, she could not pull her off the pillar of shame in history. Sima Guang's writings would have to draw a stroke for this woman.

The surrender of Empress Dowager Liang at the last moment made the Song army not determined to use incendiary bombs in the city to attack fire. After all, although the fire attack can achieve military goals, it will also turn this northwest city into a scorched earth. Moreover, all the wealth accumulated by Xixia is gathered here. It is a pity to burn it with just a fire. The Song army accepted the surrender of the Dangxiang troops in the city while maintaining order in the city. For a time, the rules were strict, and the already very chaotic situation in Xingqing Prefecture was also controlled.

Of course, Zhong Yan and his generals did not forget what the biggest result of Xingqing Prefecture was. When they rushed into the palace to find their own spoils, they found that the most important spoils - the Emperor Bingchang of the Western Xia was gone! Zhong Yan and others blocked all the passages to leave the city without hesitation and also sent out cavalry. As long as they were not from the Song army within a hundred miles of Xingqing Prefecture, they would immediately detain them to avoid the tunnels leading out of the city in the palace or other places for Bingchang to escape.

According to Liang Qiduo Ben's confession, Bingchang, who was less than fourteen years old, was imprisoned in the palace by Empress Dowager Liang. However, when Empress Dowager Liang committed suicide, he did not take Bingchang to the road together. - Empress Dowager Liang knew that she was the excuse of the Song Dynasty's destruction of Xia, and she would die no matter what. As for her son Bingchang, who was captured by the Song army, most of his life would be able to save his life, but he would also be imprisoned in Kaifeng, the capital of Bian. This is also considered as a tiger poison and no matter how he eats his son.

Since Bingchang did not commit suicide with Empress Dowager Liang, he must still be in Xingqing Mansion. Although Liang Qiduobu was not aware of Bingchang's specific whereabouts, he was sure that Bingchang was hiding in a corner of the city. After obtaining Bingchang's portrait and characteristics, the Song army searched the whole city. Finally, two days later, he found the Xixia Emperor Bingchang, who was covered in black and gray in a shop in the south of the city. It turned out that when the Song army was sieging the city in chaos, an old eunuch in the palace brought him out through a secret passage in the palace, fearing that Empress Dowager Liang's inheritance would be buried with her, and he was even more unwilling to be insulted by the Xixia Emperor in the hands of the Song army.

The Song army did not make things difficult for the old eunuch. After all, such a person caused some trouble to the Song army, but such loyal servants would be respected everywhere, and even Zhong Yan himself praised it. The emperor Bingchang continued to live in the Xixia Palace, but was heavily monitored by the Song army. After Zhong Yan's consideration, he still asked the old eunuch to serve Bingchang. He did not believe that under the eyes of so many Song army guards, the old eunuch could still take Bingchang out of the palace.

In addition to the Western Xia Emperor Bingchang, the spoils also had all the wealth in Xingqing Prefecture, and due to the suggestion of the son-in-law Wang Jinghui, the Song army also sent people to protect all the official documents, archives, books and other written materials in Xingqing Prefecture, which are important objects to govern Xixia in the future. During the entire Xia Dynasty, the Song army would pay great attention to the protection of all official written materials in Xixia. If it were not forbidden to destroy these written materials, the Song army implemented this very well in the war. Only when attacking Xiping Prefecture, Wang Shao set a fire in the city with a fire bomb, destroying many of this information, but most of the official offices in Xiping Prefecture were not affected by the fire, and most of the written materials were preserved very well.

The most critical part of the war to destroy Xia was finally over with the fall of the Xingqing Prefecture of Xixia and the capture of Emperor Bingchang. No matter the Hexi Corridor or the military force in the northwest of Xixia, it could not save the destruction of the ethnic minority regime established by the Dangxiang people. During the thirty-six years of the founding of the Western Xia, it also brought endless disasters to the Song Dynasty. Without the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty would have been even more glorious in the Renzong era, and would not have gone downhill due to years of wars in the northwest and huge financial expenditures. Now the Song Dynasty can finally breathe a sigh of relief, the northwest has finally been pacified, and the Song Dynasty can also shift its energy to domestic development and how to better fight against the Liao Kingdom.

The wealth of Xingqing Prefecture is not reflected in cattle, sheep and horses, nor in food, but in real gold, silver and other goods. The treasury of the Xixia state falls into the hands of the Song army. However, what disappoints the Song army is very disappointed is that the remaining finances in the entire Xixia state treasury are only less than three million guan, which is pitifully small compared to the Song Dynasty. However, the Song army was not disappointed for too long. Similar to the financial system of the Song Dynasty, the wealth of the Xixia state treasury is also divided into the treasury and the emperor's inner treasury. Compared with the shabby treasury of the national treasury, it is better to be happy in the emperor's treasury. After counting, the remaining in the treasury reached 15 million guan; of course, in addition to the treasury income of the Xixia state treasury, more than 70% of the nobles in the Xixia state lived in Xingqing Prefecture. According to previous practice, these nobles were all "friendly" searched by the Song army, and the total income was more than 70 million guan.

The wealth of Xingqing Mansion really made Zhong Yan and others overjoyed. What’s more important is that these are all statistics after comparison, because except for part of it, the wealth found by the Song army is mostly gold and silver. If it is exchanged by the private sector, the number obtained will be more - the function of preserving gold and silver is far beyond copper coins, and even national credibility!

Zhong Yan sent 40,000 soldiers to escort the wealth he obtained back to the Song Dynasty with the Emperor Bingchang of the Western Xia. They will pass through Yan'an Prefecture, and then Fu Bi will walk with them until Kaifeng, Bian Capital. The 40,000 Song troops who have been baptized by the War of Destroying Xia are enough to walk sideways on the northwest territory. Those vassal tribes who want to attack this army must also consider it. In fact, Zhong Yan's cautiousness seems to be too far-fetched. In the Battle of Xingqing Prefecture, the instant collapse of the southern city gate has completely shocked the vassal tribes. Who else dares to fight this gift-giving team specially guarded by heavy troops in the face of the great victory of the Song army?!

The impact of the news of the complete collapse of the Western Xia was extremely exciting - this was only compared to the Song Dynasty. It was very shocking for the Liao Kingdom, but not many people in the Liao Kingdom could notice what was behind this news at this time. The Liao Kingdom is now in a political struggle about the local cause of the Xiao Taowei incident, and there is no time to worry about what happened in the Southern Dynasty.

The three major national newspapers of the Song Dynasty had already reported the situation on the eighth day after the war to destroy Xia began. The contents reported were all reviewed by the Zhengshi Hall and the Privy Council. However, in this era, such communication efficiency was extremely fast. The court needed to know that the news on the front line was about six days, and the time to announce the news to the outside world was only two days later than the court. This was an extraordinary move. In fact, this was also to stabilize the folk customs and avoid the front line singing and singing all the way, but folk news was rampant. Maybe the news of the Song army was defeated, which was really not conducive to social stability. Therefore, the two governments decided to select a part of the news that was not closely related to the military aircraft to announce it.

Now, among the teahouses and restaurants in the Song Dynasty, the most discussed topic was the War of Destroying Xia. The news of the Northwest military operations winning steadily until the news of the final capture of Xingqing Prefecture came. The folk sentiment in the Song Dynasty finally reached its highest point. The image of the Song Dynasty's military also reversed the image of the "weak brigade" caused by decades of defeat. The popularity of the people increased a lot. Of course, there were also a few articles worried about the military expenditure required for Pingxia, and whether this would affect the increase of tax levels, but these topics have been diluted by the victory of the war.

After the Emperor Bingchang of the Western Xia was sent to Kaifeng, Emperor Zhao Xu and all the important ministers of the Song Dynasty met him, but there was no doubt that Bingchang would never be able to return to Xixia. He could only live in a house that was closely guarded. Of course, this house was completely built according to the standards of the royal family in the Song Dynasty. In the beautiful Bian River, Bingchang of the fourteen-year-old would spend the rest of his time.

Bingchang, who is in Biandu, can be said to be allowed to be controlled by the Song Dynasty. However, Bingchang's fate is still good now, because he still has certain value of utilization--the Xixia land is mainly composed of four major areas: Henan, Hebei, Hexi and the desert. Henan and Hebei are all under the control of the Song Dynasty. However, Hexi and the desert occupy more than three-fifths of the Xixia territory, and are not interested in the Great Song Dynasty. There is no benefit except sand. However, Hexi, especially the Hexi Corridor, through the intelligence gathering of the local intelligence bureau, the Song Dynasty knew that it was the real source of the war horses of the Xixia.

The Song Dynasty was determined to win the Hexi Corridor. In the Hexi Corridor area, there were about 100,000 troops stationed all year round. Although there were more than 400,000 Song troops around Xingqing Prefecture, the full length of the Hexi Corridor was a huge challenge for the Song army's supply system. If you save some effort to obtain the Hexi Corridor, the top leaders of the Song Dynasty would naturally not give up. Bingchang's "Sinful Edict" is the most important legal basis for the Song Dynasty to obtain the Hexi Corridor. With it, it may not necessarily cause the remaining local Dangxiang troops to lay down their weapons, but it can also effectively suppress its morale, and the Song army will progress faster.

Wang Shao's army was originally attacking the Hexi Corridor, but this guy was attracted by Xingqing Prefecture and only left more than 50,000 Song troops to attack Zhuoluo and the Southern Army Office from Lanzhou, and then advanced to Xiliang Prefecture along the snow-capped economy mulberry. After Xingqing Prefecture was captured, Wang Shao immediately led his troops to take the "Sinful Edict" stamped with the seal of the Xixia Emperor's Emperor's Seal and went to Xiliang Prefecture by Yingli, and even caught up with the 50,000 Song troops heading to Xiliang Prefecture.

After the Wang Shao tribes merged into one, the total force reached 180,000. After capturing Xiliang Prefecture, they attacked and advanced westward. All the remnants of the Party and Xiang soldiers they encountered fled in the wind or surrendered simply. Among them, Bingchang's "Sinful Sins" played a very important role. Of course, the local vassal tribes also provided great help, either filling Wang Shao's army as a vanguard, or ensuring the safety of the Song army's supply and food supply routes - their tribe leaders had already lost the determination to oppose the Song Dynasty in the big explosion outside Xingqing Prefecture, and had to follow the Song army to take some small advantage and plunder some wealth and return to the tribe.

Wang Shao cleared the Hexi Corridor and did not encounter any wars. He basically either surrendered or his opponent was not qualified and was wiped out by him. However, even so, due to the narrow and narrow east-west Hexi Corridor, Wang Shao walked for two months before he fought from Xiliang Prefecture to Shazhou, the westernmost part of the Hexi Corridor. Wang Shao suffered a lot along the way. Fortunately, he found that the remaining Dangxiang in the Hexi Corridor was low, and the number of people was very small. He felt sorry for the son-in-law who was in charge of the Intelligence Bureau thousands of miles away. It was said that it was less than 100,000. As expected, he originally thought in his heart that such an important strategic location was that the Dangxiang people would station heavy troops here, but he did not expect that it would be the ending.

After nearly four months of conquest, the Song Dynasty finally completed all the scheduled plans completely. The Western Xia disappeared completely. There were only some remnants of the Dangxiang in the depths of the northwest desert, and the rest were all taken in the Song Dynasty!

The ten chapters of killing the Western Xia were finally completed. I originally wrote sixteen chapters, but in the end I felt that they were really bloated and cut into ten chapters, especially the ones I wrote later were a little hurry. As for whether the destruction of the Western Xia was logical, Jie Nian itself felt that this was a bit unlikely. After all, Xixia was still relatively far away for the Song Dynasty, and the logistics supply was really difficult, and the Dangxiang people were not so easy to mess with. Otherwise, Xixia would not have persisted until the Mongols destroyed it. So Jie Nian confessed here - the battle to destroy Xia did not conform to certain military logic. Let's just let Jiu Nian be a horse, and regard this part as a blitzkrieg in the era of cold weapons!
Chapter completed!