Chapter 465: City Massacre

"Prince of the Kingdom..." When he saw Prime Minister Xiao Gong, Xixia's king Li Ganshun had found the organization, and he called out in a crying voice.

When the Xixia king, who was in the territory of Xixia but was desperate, saw his prime minister, his first feeling was: hungry. He suddenly remembered that he had not eaten several meals. But after he opened his mouth, he realized that it was very inappropriate to say this at this critical moment... Then, he could only cry.

The king and his ministers cried for a moment, and the king of Xixia (Chongzong) remembered the Song army again. He looked around and asked silently: "Prime Minister Xiao, where is the guard army? Where has the sixth squad gone? Where is the sister? Where did Lang'er die when he was moved?"

"Mei Le" and "Langer Ei Yi" are among the top leaders of Suwei's personal army among the most important soldiers in the Xixia official positions. In today's terms, they are "the chief experts of the Dawen".

Xiao Guoxiang sighed, spread his hands and replied: "Master, where can I find them in this situation?"

The Xixia Kingdom advocated opened his mouth, as if he wanted to yell a few times on the spot, but he immediately covered his mouth and glanced at the direction of Xingqing Mansion worriedly, as if he was afraid that his call would attract the pursuit of the Song army.

When the Prime Minister Xiao Gong saw that his king had become like this, he sighed helplessly and persuaded him weakly: "Your Majesty, let's set sail on Helan Mountain first-the Song army may not dare to chase him into the mountains, we can rest in Helan Mountain for a while."

The Prime Minister Xiao Gong guessed correctly, and the Song army had no intention of chasing. At this moment, Zhao Xing was ramming into the city wall of Xingqing Mansion. He jumped directly from the deck onto the broken wall, waved his standing knife and shouted: "Eliminate everything? Death it, destroy it!"

This sentence is expressed in modern meaning, that is: if you have a mistake in killing, you will not let it go.

This sentence was originally said by Genghis Khan. He is a good role model for us to learn from.

Fires were coming out everywhere in the city, and thick smoke was rolling. Song soldiers screamed, and they swarmed into the city over Zhao Xing. In the distance, many Song soldiers were rushing to attack with fireworks... Of course, they were also the makers of fireworks. Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment and immediately chased the soldiers and shouted: "Whoever occupys them, whoever owns them!"

The original words of this were shouted by the Spanish colonists.

Zhao Xing's order was equivalent to saying that he rewarded all the treasures of the capital of Xixia to the conquered soldiers.

After saying this, Zhao Xing's boatman and the chef could not sit still. They picked up a kitchen knife and rushed out. The slow-handed person could not grab the kitchen knife, and even let the bench go, and he carried the small bench and rushed to the city screaming from the deck.

Zhao Xing was about to jump off the city wall with his sword in his hand. Lu Qiu was anxiously shouting behind him: "Stop, the Grand Master stop!"

Zhao Xing turned his head and stared at Luqiuguan with dissatisfaction. Luqiuguan bowed his hand with a grim expression: "If the Taishi rewards this city to the soldiers, everyone can enter the city, only the Taishi cannot!"

When Zhao Xing heard this reminder, a cold sweat broke out all over his body. He turned around and looked. There were only military intelligence departments, several officials from the Statistics Bureau, and the guards around him.

Zhao Xing nodded slowly, and he inserted his waist knife back into the sheath, waved his hand to Luqiuguan: "Take people to the pseudo-king palace, go to the Xingqing Prefecture government office, and immediately take over the palace and the Xixia Prefecture government office. Tell the soldiers that we Han people are not wild animals, so it is okay to kill the enemy, but it is not enough to destroy it - whoever dares to burn books is my enemy. The classics and household registration materials, documents, historical books, etc. in Xingqing Prefecture belong to the official family, the Song Dynasty... and I dare to destroy my property, think about my name "Zhao Laohu".

Luqiuguan asked again: "So, how should the Taishi deal with it tonight?"

Zhao Xing looked around and replied: "Tonight, I will stay on the boat."

Luqiuguan thought for a while, agreed, and led the man to jump onto the city wall. Zhao Xing watched the other party leave, returned to the deck, and sat down slowly. At this time, most of the guards beside him had followed Luqiuguan, and only Yuan Yeping and a few Japanese soldiers were guarding Zhao Xing. And Wen Xixing had already run away and disappeared.

There were sounds of shouting and killing in the city, and gunfire, coupled with explosions, cries, howls, and begging. This was simply a scene of hell on earth. Fire and smoke, Song army in red uniforms jumped out of the fireworks from time to time. Zhao Xing closed his eyes and listened to the sounds. Before Yuan Yeping's answer, he said softly: "It's been a hundred years. The people of Shaanxi have experienced such scenes every day and year. They cried, they begged, they were desperate, they had no way to ask for help - but they could only bear it.

Now, everything is upside down, it is Xia Ren's turn to cry and beg... Do you think I am heartless? Why do I enjoy listening to this sound?

Yuan Yeping bowed: "Warriors should enjoy their lives in the fire and blood, such as cherry blossoms, blooming brilliantly and withering heroic spirit! The warriors in Xixia robbed their lives. They were born with swords, brilliantly gloriously and should die with swords. This is the result they must bear. The wailing of death is also their last song of life. Adults like to listen, because: this should be given to the privilege of the gods to the victors, and only the victors have the chance to hear the "song of death"...

Unfortunately, I can't enjoy the music in front of me personally. However, I, a Japanese, can follow the Changmen Palace and witness this historical moment of "destroying the country". This life is worth it. Why compete with the Qin people for the opportunity to revenge?"

Yuan Yeping's first half of the words were answering Zhao Xing's question, and the second half was an explanation - although he, a member of the Japanese people, believed that he was the "Tang system of clothing, rituals, music and Han articles" and even considered himself a "Han race", it was a war of revenge, and it was enough for him to personally participate in the "national destruction war" launched by the Song Dynasty. In this war, the Song Dynasty needed heroes of its own nation, so he did not steal the limelight from the Song people.

Zhao Xing pointed to Xingqing Prefecture and asked curiously: "How many people does Xingqing Prefecture have in total?"

Yuan Yeping replied: "According to the Bureau of Statistics, Xingqing Prefecture has a total population of about 11,000 households."

"Oh, that's about 100,000 people. It's also a big city."

Yuan Yeping shook his head: "Not so many. We have checked that the Xia Kingdom has been in war for years and the population is small. The entire Suwei army has only 3,000 troops, divided into six squads. The total population of Xingqing Prefecture is only more than 60,000 people - this population must be included in the three female camps (female barracks) in Xixia."

That's right, there are only 60,000 people in Xingqing Prefecture, of which more than 40,000 are women and children, while the young and strong men are just over 20,000.

In the Song Dynasty, the degree of urbanization of the whole world was not high. A city with a population of 200,000 was already an international metropolis. Because there were no buildings in this era, and an ordinary family needed at least several rooms to live, such as kitchens, bedrooms, pigpens... A city with a population of 200,000, and its residential land occupied by the land has exceeded the area of ​​a modern city with a population of one million. Such a large population does not grow food, which is a great burden for the agricultural society.

Therefore, it is estimated that Xia Kingdom has 60,000 permanent populations, plus more than 10,000 migrant population, and it is already amazing that the total population can reach 80,000.

After Zhao Xing calculated in his mind, he put down his thoughts hanging in the air: "That's good, that means we can't encounter street fighting."

Yuan Yeping bowed and replied: "The Taiwei's guess was correct. Xingqing Mansion was attacked suddenly. Their command system was already in chaos. The generals could not find the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the generals. It was difficult to organize effective resistance. Yuan congratulated the Taishi here on his contribution to destroying the country. The king of Xixia has been finished and the Xixia has been finished."

Zhao Xing looked at Helan Mountain in Xingqing Prefecture, and shook his head gently: "It's not over yet, our war has just begun."

At dusk, the shouts of killing in the city gradually subsided, and the Song army began to search the area according to sections. Luqiuguan and Xingqing Mansion household registration rushed to Zhao Xing's ship and reported excitedly: "The Grand Tutor, it has been found out that we have killed five of the commanders of the sixth squad, but the corpse of "Wu Luo Bu" cannot be found. Now the soldiers are searching everywhere, but the clown jumping is still unobstructed, and even the little trouble is not considered."

Zhao Xing nodded, and Luqiuguan continued to report: "According to rough statistics from each defense zone, we killed 13,000 male soldiers and captured more than 20,000 female soldiers. In other words, about half of the Xia people escaped from the city. Although this number is a bit large, we just climbed the city from one side of the river bank to assault. The other units were not advancing quickly, so it is understandable that they escaped.

However, 137 people in the Western Xia royal family were captured. According to statistics, only 20 or 30 people escaped. Among the people who escaped, only two were direct royal families, and the others were insignificant branches and side sections. Those few were not usually very active. Even if someone wanted to support them, someone would have to believe it.

Now, about 80% of the descendants of Xixia are captured. In addition, there are some noble people in the city who have not escaped. I took a look and found that most of the people who escaped were male and strong women. Most of them were above the city wall. Seeing that the situation was not good, they even fled without even taking care of the family. According to the soldiers' observation, most of them fled north and fled into the Helan Mountains..."

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "The rootless duckweed is a disease of scabies, and it doesn't matter."

Xingqing Prefecture in Xixia is located in a basin, with Helan Mountain to the north and Hengshan Mountains to the south. It is impossible for the Xixia people who fled into Helan Mountain to return to Xingqing Prefecture. And they want to cross the Helan Mountain thousands of miles of Helan Mountain and then run through the Tengger Desert to escape... It is estimated that after they succeed, it will be next year.

After a while, Zhao Xing touched his chin and said, "Our army has broken Xingqing Mansion, but unfortunately the army and horses on the south road do not know about us... Well, pull the Xixia royal family to the river leading to the south road, let them put on their clothes, bring all the official seal documents-behead them nearby, throw the bodies into the river, let them float along the river..."

The rivers on the southern line of Xixia are all small rivers. Only sheepskin rafts can float down the river, but there are still many places, and even sheepskin rafts cannot pass through. Therefore, the Song army's warships with deep water cannot enter the southern line. Now Zhao Xing has penetrated the capital of Xixia, and most of the troops in Xixia are in the siege between him and Xiaozhong in the southern line. However, the news is different at present. In order to notify the troops on the southern line, Zhao Xing only thought of this "stupid way" - using the corpses of the Western Xia royal family.

Luqiuguan’s answer showed that he was also a ruthless person. He replied with a smile: “There are less than 15,000 male prisoners captured by Xingqing Mansion. These people are not enough to kill them. If they are thrown into the river, they cannot form a large group of corpses, which makes the soldiers on the southern front see and wake up… It would be better to search around Xingqing Mansion and gather more than 50,000 people, which is spectacular.”

Luqiuguan smiled and added more than 30,000 people to the death list. Of course, Zhao Xing didn't mind. He replied casually: "You go and do this!"

At the same time, in the capital, all officials were still sitting in the palace behind closed doors. On March 3rd, Jin Mingchi was open to the public. Originally, the emperor should have presided over the opening ceremony with all officials and the new Jinshi, but all officials locked themselves in the palace and remained closed doors until March 15th. The people in the capital had already felt something strange, and rumors were everywhere, and there were all versions.

It has been half a month since Zhao Xing attacked, and the civil and military officials have locked themselves in the palace for more than ten days. The days of waiting are really hard. The ministers in the palace are already anxious like ants on a hot pan. Emperor Huizong has also woken up from his art world and repeatedly sent people to ask about the reasons, but all the officials have vaguely dealt with.

Zhang Shangying was sleepy and worried. He looked up at the dense clouds in the sky and said to himself worriedly: "It's March 15th. If we don't open the door and go out again, the people in the capital will inevitably make random guesses. When will this day end..."

After Zhang Shangying finished feeling, he found that no one on the left and right answered. Those who should be idle were still in a daze. Those who should be reading pretended to hold the pages of the book inverted hands and flipped thoughtfully. Zhang Shangying couldn't help but ask Huang Tingjian who was practicing calligraphy: "Lu Zhi, do you think Zhao Liren can succeed?"

Huang Tingjian finished the last stroke carefully. He lifted the pen and looked at his work with satisfaction. He stared at the copybook he had written and absent-mindedly answered: "It should be no problem. Fifteen days have passed, and there is no movement in the Liao people. In theory, if Zhao Li people cannot move forward, the Liao people should have learned the news."

Zhang Shangying turned to Privy Councilor Liu Kui and asked again: "What's going on the front line?"

Liu Kui was shaking his head and reading it with a book called "The Analects of Confucius". He did not realize that he had taken the book upside down. However, he memorized the "The Analects of Confucius" since he was a child. Although he looked at the inverted words, because his mind was not on the book, he unconsciously recited the sentences from the "The Analects of Confucius" in his mouth. In his eyes, he did not take the book upside down, and the handwriting in "The Analects of Confucius" was still presented to his eyes one by one, vividly in his mind.

While reading, Liu Kui shook his head and heard Zhang Shangying's question. Liu Kui glanced at the screen in the hall. On the screen, it turned out that the flower and bird pictures drawn by Emperor Daojun had been removed and replaced with a huge Shaanxi map - this map is a version from the Nanyang Yamen. The map is very large, and even the nearby mountain shapes were drawn.

Liu Kui looked at the map and praised it: "The map of Nanyang Yamen is so exquisite. I heard that Shen Kuo had helped Zhao Liren make a map, and Po Xian also made a map in the past. He is worthy of being a disciple of Sumen. This map is so exquisite that it is truly superior to the blue."

Zhang Shangying asked impatiently: "I didn't ask where this map was made, I asked about the situation on the front line."

Liu Kui nodded thoughtfully at the map and replied absent-mindedly: "Five days ago, I had asked the Shaanxi Fourth Road in the southern line to report every day. Yesterday's battle report was: Qin Feng's army set out from Huizhou, crossed Roulang Mountain with the left wing, and the central army encountered obstacles in Kniuling, which has been five days since then. Huanqing Army was progressing smoothly. They came out of Baima River and were fighting fiercely in Chungang Gorge. Jingyuan Road crossed the Great Wall Ridge and surrounded the Great Wu Shenliudui, and began to fight head-on at the Jianing Army Office; Fuyan Road attacked from the Wuding River, and three days ago conquered Yinzhou and was advancing towards Xiangyou Army Office."

Zhang Shangying exclaimed: "At present, the only thing that wins the most ideal result in the Fuyan Road is that it actually conquered Yinzhou."

Liu Kui shook his head and sighed to himself: "It is useless to conquer Yinzhou. Yinzhou is north of Hengshan. If our army guards Yinzhou, there will be Xia people on all sides. Our transported materials will have to cross the entire Hengshan Mountain, and the supply will be poor unless..."

Huang Tingjian raised his eyelids and interrupted: "Unless Zhao Liren conquered Xingqing Prefecture and pushed the front line to the bottom of Helan Mountain, in this way, our army will be relocated through the vast desert and through a Helan Mountain, and our army will be able to change positions, this game of chess will be considered alive."

Zhang Shangying snorted coldly: "Conquer Xingqing Prefecture and push the front to the bottom of Helan Mountain. In this way, does the Xia Kingdom still exist? Huang Xiang's big appetite?"

Liu Kui looked up at the map and continued to whisper in an obsessive tone: "I have studied the map carefully these days. The more I have studied it, the more I found that the waterway attack strategy is really wonderful: Dongshengzhou of Liao Kingdom was drawn by the Yellow River, isolated from the south of the Yellow River, and the entire Xixia is an enlarged Dongshengzhou. The Yellow River bend is surrounded by Xingqing Prefecture, Dingzhou and other Hedong lands on the south bank, and attack along the river. As long as Zhao Li people arrive at Xingqing Prefecture, there will be several warships floating. He uses these warships to patrol along the river, and the most fertile Hedong land in the entire Xia Kingdom is all encircled into our net trap. It is wonderful, it is really wonderful!"

After hearing Liu Kui's introduction, Zhang Shangying hurriedly rushed to the map and followed the trend of the Yellow River. Then he suddenly realized: "Yes, attack Shunhe. As long as the warship hit Xingqing Mansion, Zhao Li people can block all the troops in Hedong south of the Yellow River. Even if the king of Xixia was not caught, he was over. Millions of people in Hedong and the most fertile pasture at the foot of Helan Mountain were all in the hands of the Song Dynasty. Even if Qianshun escaped, what can he do?"

After stopping, Zhang Shangying asked Liu Kui for confirmation: "You and I have seen this, Zhao Liren can't see this clearly, right?"

Liu Kui nodded as if no one was around: "Of course, we didn't see the convenience of the Yellow River at the beginning, but Zhao Liren saw it, and he used this trick repeatedly. Now, it's impossible for him to see it clearly."

Zhang Shangying immediately greeted the eunuch: "Where are the envoys sent by the four Shaanxi officials? Call them to come and ask about the specific situation?"

Huang Luzhi gently put down his brush, and he picked up his hand with no worries and replied indifferently: "Whether Zhao Liren can see this has nothing to do with me. In my post, I should be content to plan to wipe out Xixia."
Chapter completed!