The rise of the prince

Chapter 732 Another Big Fish+Jing Guojian

The other party looked terrified, and quickly knelt down and said, "My lord, please listen to me, my lord, listen to me!"

Li Xingzhou didn't speak, the room became quiet, the man hurriedly said: "That bastard Li Ji must have deceived Shangguo to tell tales, please check it out, please check it out!"

Li Xingzhou and Yan Gu looked at each other and smiled, but they held back. They didn't know that the civil war in Xia Dynasty was provoked by the palace, but only the senior officials of the palace knew about it.

At the same time, Li Xingzhou was also very emotional, how did the Xia Kingdom get into such a state? In the previous life, there were several generations of heroes in Xixia, all of whom were very smart and powerful. Under the reversal of the war, he immediately bowed his head to Song Dynasty.

At that time, the high-level officials of Xixia had a very strategic vision, and gradually realized that spending time was not the answer. The barren land where Xia Kingdom was located was destined to be unable to compete with the Central Plains.

As a result, Xixia became a vassal to Song. However, Song, the suzerain state, "rewarded" Xia with a large amount of silver every year. This suzerain and subsidiary relationship is unprecedented.

In the north, Xia Guo also professed a vassal to Liao, so if Song wanted to move Xixia, he would have to worry about Liao, and if Liao wanted to move Xixia, he would have to worry about Song, and Liao and Song were feuds, so Xia, which borders both countries, would be safe and sound.

In the face of the rise of Mongolia, Jin and Song have repeatedly retreated and adopted a stance of tolerance. Only Xixia was the first to see clearly that in the face of Mongolia, concessions would only lead to eternal doom, so the whole country resisted, while Jin and Song watched.

Therefore, among the three southern countries, Jin, Song, and Xia, Xia was the most tragic in resisting the Mongolian army. Seventy to eighty percent of the country's population was killed or injured, and it also caused terrifying damage to the Mongolian army.The Xixia royal family almost perished.

Judging from the results alone, people may laugh at Xixia's overreach, but if you look at it regardless of success or failure, as a small country occupying barren lands such as Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai, Xixia has done its best and is always the first to see clearly world situation.

At the beginning, they mediated between Song and Liao, and then stood in line between Song and Jin. Later, they were attached to Mongolia. Facing the rise of Mongolia, they were not as flattering and clinging to Song and Liao as they were at the beginning. It will not be beneficial to them like Song and Liao.

It can be said that Xia Guo, a small country, has almost never made mistakes in terms of key points of strategy.

This is due to the fact that the beginning and end of the Xia Kingdom were several generations of Ming monarchs, but the monarchs in the middle stage were much worse. Fortunately, Song, Liao, and Jin had no idea about it because of the balance between the north and the south.

And now Li Ji, the leader of the Xia Kingdom, is not a capable person, but because the Kingdom of Jin has the check and balance of the Kingdom of Jing, the Kingdom of Jing is also afraid of the Kingdom of Jin, and the grassland is still scattered, so no one dares to touch them.

Li Xingzhou pretended to be serious, and said sharply: "King Xia said that you are rebellious and rebellious thieves, you are so bold, you dare to come to see this king!"

"Jin Wang Mingcha! This is a big lie. It was lied to the prince by that bastard Li Ji. The real situation in Xia Kingdom is not what he said!" The visitor hurriedly kowtowed and said anxiously.

Even if he didn't say anything, Li Xingzhou knew in his heart that the weapons sold to Xia Guo must have achieved results in the north and defeated Zhang Jie's rebels.
He was already laughing from the bottom of his heart, this is the effect he wanted, just like the future country Z in the Middle East, selling drones to one side, and shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles to the other side, both sides were happy, and they continued to place orders , On the one hand, they all feel that they are their great benefactors.

This is the effect Li Xingzhou wants. When Zhang Jie and Li Ji fight for a few more years, and the fight is about the same, it will be the time for him to regain the Hexi Corridor!
Li Xingzhou frowned, pretending to be impatient, and asked coldly: "Oh, you said that Li Ji lied to Jingguo to go to the kingdom, what evidence do you have, what basis do you have, tell me."

The man quickly took out a piece of folded thick silk cloth from his bosom, which was densely covered with handwriting: "My lord, please look, this is the book of the people of my Xia Kingdom, and it is all about the Xia Dynasty who suffered so much for Li Jiku's government. The book of the peoples that the people of the country voluntarily wrote when they petitioned!
In fact, it was Li Ji who was cruel and innocent, abolished the Xuantie Order privately, escaped countless people and caused countless people to be displaced and their homes destroyed.Please Wang Ye clearly observe, please Shang Guo clearly! "

He said it with tears in his eyes. If Li Xingzhou didn't know the reason, he would probably have been moved by his words.

Li Xingzhou was amused in his heart, Li Ji is really pitiful, he is stupid, but he is not the one who escaped the money of many big families in Xia Kingdom, but Qi Fang, although it seems that Li Ji ordered the abolition of Xuan Tie Order to deceive them , but Li Ji also stopped the loss in time, and the money that was fled in the end fell into the hands of Qifang, that is, the hands of the Wangfu.

This is a lot of money, mainly used to subsidize Hei Baozi and other mountain people in the Taihang Mountains to expand the scale of cotton planting. By this fall, everyone in the new army will be able to issue a new equipment cotton coat.

Of course, Li Xingzhou would not tell him these things. He pretended to be shocked, and waved his hand to ask Yan Gu to bring the Wanmin Book. Once he opened it, it was more than one meter long and densely packed with words.

Li Xingzhou is funny, if everyone in the Xia Kingdom can write such characters, then their level of education will definitely be unrivaled in the world.

But knowing that cheating is one thing, he pretended to be shocked on the surface: "My God! There are so many people from the Xia Kingdom petitioning! Are they all voluntary?"

"My lord, the villain guarantees with his head that it is absolutely voluntary, and he is willing to fight against the dog thief Li Ji!" He said hurriedly and played his emotional card.

"My lord, our lord, Prime Minister Zhang Jie, has been Han Chinese for generations, and half of the people in Xia Kingdom are also Han Chinese. Although Li Ji changed his surname to Han and called him a Chinese name, his ancestors are all Qiang people! We are all of the same kind. It's a pity, that's why I came here to explain the whole story, and ask the big country to show mercy!" After speaking, he kowtowed again and again.

The lights outside were dim, and there was a lot of voices. It was the Lantern Festival, but it was extremely quiet in this hut.

As a later generation, Li Xingzhou is obviously more tolerant when it comes to the issue of being dumbfounded. For those heroes, no matter where he comes from or what his background is, he admires them very much.

Just like the Taizu Taizong of the Xia Kingdom, he was also a temporary figure. Between the two giants of Jingguo and Liao, he used both soft and hard tactics to insist on maintaining the independent status of Xia. What a shame.

This was a great opportunity for him, Li Xingzhou slowly handed over the "Book of Wanmin" to Yan Gu who was beside him for safekeeping, and said, "This King Xia is too outrageous! Yan Gu, what do you think?"

"Ah, oh" Yan Gu next to him rolled his eyes and quickly answered: "My lord, I also think it's too outrageous, how could King Xia deceive the lord like this, obviously he was the one who exploited the people of the Xia Kingdom, but he sent someone to say nothing It is said that Zhang Xie rebelled and persecuted the people!

The benevolent prince couldn't bear the suffering of the people of the Xia Kingdom, and he thought about the people of the world, so he sold him a strong bow and crossbow. It's really shameless! "

Li Xingzhou nodded, Yan Gu cooperated very well, some things he was not suitable to say, but Yan Gu's cooperation was much better.

"My lord, those are the powerful bows and crossbows! Li Jijun took the advantage of the bows and crossbows and defended them to death. Our side took turns to attack and suffered heavy casualties, so we had to retreat. Please, my lord, be the master for us!" beg.

Li Xingzhou wondered: "I may have misjudged this matter, but the things have already been sold, and there is nothing I can do." He deliberately emphasized the sound of "sell": "And at this time we need to beware of the northern Jin Kingdom, Not so much extra power”

"My lord, if Li Ji can buy it, so can we! I just ask my lord to open the door for convenience!"

The corner of Li Xingzhou's mouth turned up, and another big fish was hooked, but he still pretended to be embarrassed, and after thinking carefully for a while, he reluctantly agreed.

This Shangyuan night, without the literary style of poetry and poetry, without the turmoil of jealousy, there is a big harvest!

In the north, the heavy snow has stopped. In the early spring of the northern country, it still often snows heavily.

The temperature difference between day and night on the grassland is very large, and people have long been accustomed to the cold.

After defeating the Tatars, the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom presided over the rewards, and the tribes also began to withdraw to the grassland, but many people in the Qiyan tribe were very unhappy.

The reason is very simple. The Qiyan Department, who also participated in the war against the Tatars and made the greatest contribution and outstanding military exploits, was only made a fifth-rank official, and was also given a little gold and silver.

And Kreb Khan, who hadn't caught up with the war, was named the Sun King Khan, and was rewarded with twenty horses and a lot of gold and silver.

Many people were unhappy about this, complaining about the Kingdom of Jin and the Ministry of Kret. Some people even asked whether the Ministry of Kret collaborated with the Jin people to punish them.

Fortunately, this time the Qiyan Department did not pass by empty-handed. They had avenged their vengeance and almost killed all the Tatar men, and they will seize many Tatar war horses and supplies.

But there is always dissatisfaction. The generals complain and the soldiers are unhappy.

In the big tent, everyone was looking at Jebe in the middle with shocked faces, but the one who was shocked was not Jebe, a tall and thick guy, he had nothing to look at, but the sword in his hand.

They don't use swords, but they have never seen such a good sword. The fourth grassland scimitar has been broken, but this sword just buzzes, and there are a few small nicks on the blade. Can be as good as ever.

"Who else wants to try?" Zhebie asked, he looked around, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, no one dared to try with his treasured sword again, the four broken knives lying on the ground would be the end, the knife owners already felt distressed I was about to cry.

"Khan, I told you that I didn't lie. This sword really cuts iron like mud. It is a sword that never breaks." Jebe said.

Temujin, who was seated above, nodded again and again, also very surprised.

"I didn't pay attention when Wanyan Zongbi gave it to me, and I didn't use a sword, so I took it with me casually. Later that night when we attacked the Tatars by surprise, they sent twenty or thirty men who were not afraid of death, with ten layers of cowhide on their bodies. Rushed out to be a striker, and went out desperately to kill, killing our striker, and it seemed like a futile fight.

It was too dark at that time, and I accidentally lost my scimitar, so I had to pull out this sword. As a result, our prairie bow could not shoot, and the ten layers of skin that could not be cut by the knife were pierced by this sword. up! "Zhebe himself was a little shocked and raised the sword in his hand.

"The Tatars didn't even think that they could be easily pierced with ten layers of skin. I killed seven or eight people with blackmail, and it was very easy, because they didn't expect that I could kill them all at once. It turned out that the Tatars The striker got scared and ran back, and we also went in."

After what he said, everyone looked at the long sword in Jebe's hand even more differently.

"The people of the Kingdom of Jin can still create such a magical weapon!" Temujin sighed, and everyone's eyes were full of worry and fear. Although they were with the Kingdom of Jin this time, the biggest enemy of every prairie person was the people of the Kingdom of Jin. If the Jin people have such weapons, how will they fight in the future?
The armor is useless, and the two armies will break if they collide with their weapons a few more times.

"No, Khan, this is not a sword made by Jin Guo." Jebe said.

"It's not Jinrenren! That's it?"

Jebie turned the sword over, and there was a line of small square characters engraved on the other side of the sword. Everyone frowned, because they couldn't understand it, and even Jebie couldn't understand it, but Wanyan Zongbi told him the origin of the sword.

"what is this?"

"Chinese characters are the name of the sword maker."

Everyone was startled, and they looked at Jebe, a tough warrior, and said, "You know Chinese characters!"

"I don't understand, but Wanyan Zongbi told me."

"If you said it earlier, it wouldn't be done."

"Yeah, why are you pretending to be able to read and write? It scares me, hahaha."

Zhebie was proud, "Anyway, this sword was made by the craftsmen of Jingguo, using a kind of refined iron called Xiaogang, which is specially used in Jingguo's Xiaowang Palace. , I heard that Jingguo has an army, which is the new army of King Xiao's son, equipped with weapons made of such refined iron."

Everyone gasped: "An army, that's fine!"

Temujin also leaned forward and asked earnestly, "Is this true? Or is it a nonsense made up by those sellers."

"It's probably true. I asked many people, and they all said they knew, because the palace does business with many people." Zhebie replied, when he dared to hear this, his expression was exactly the same as that of the people in the tent.

"How many people are there in the new army?"

"They said different things, but the sum should be more than [-] and less than [-]."

As soon as these words came out, everyone took another breath, "With tens of thousands of people equipped with such weapons, Jingguo is really rich."

"If we had such powerful iron forged into weapons, wouldn't we have swept across the grasslands and avenged the Kingdom of Jin long ago." He Sa'er interjected.

"It seems that Jingguo can't be underestimated. Their craftsmen are so powerful that they are far from being comparable to those in the north. We didn't think wrongly when we wanted to buy iron from Jingguo people."

Zhebie sat back and put away his sword, "It would be great if there was a way to get the people of Jingguo to get such a sword."

Everyone nodded, their eyes were still fixed on Zhebe's sword, and their eyes were full of greed. They also knew that Jing Guo would definitely not sell them such a powerful thing.

The big tent suddenly became quiet again.

At this moment, someone from outside the tent came in: "Khan, there is an envoy from Jingguo who wants to see you!"

"Emissary of Jingguo!" Everyone looked at him one after another. The messenger was taken aback and nodded hesitantly: "It is the envoy of Jingguo. He...he said it himself."

(End of this chapter)