Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 656 Xixia Surrenders
The shouts of killing in Xingqing City also alarmed the Song army outside the city. Some soldiers rushed to report to Fan Ning. Fan Ning and Han Qi led the generals to the outside of the camp, where they could clearly hear the shouts of killing in the city. Voice.

"Fan Xianggong, this should be an internal strife in Xixia!"

Zhong Er rubbed his beard with a smile and said: "The Empress Dowager Liang listened to the government behind the curtain, which caused great dissatisfaction among the royal family. They demanded the implementation of the regent system. The conflict started a few years ago. It is estimated that the death of Wei Minglang caused this turmoil."

Wang Zhenxing, the governor of the capital, said in a low voice: "Fan Xianggong, this is a golden opportunity to seize Xingqing Mansion."

Fan Ning sighed slightly and said: "Although the opportunity is exciting, the epidemic is unavoidable, so we should be more cautious! Try to win Xingqing City at the lowest cost."

He immediately said to everyone: "Let's wait patiently. In these two days, we must especially prevent a large number of soldiers from attacking the Song camp. It is okay to surrender, but you must not approach the camp. Anyone who dares to approach the camp will be killed!"

Everyone bowed to the camp, and everyone returned to the camp.

The mutiny in the city was fought all night. More than 2 Xixia soldiers died tragically in the infighting, and tens of thousands of people were also involved in the killing. Even the general Du Luowei died in the rebellion. On the upper hand, the thirty or so royals who organized the mutiny were all captured, and the remaining three thousand people also put down their weapons and surrendered.

Thirty or so royal family members were escorted in front of Queen Mother Liang, and the leader was Li Chengyu. The old good man had blood on his face and looked particularly ferocious. His arms were tied behind his back and his neck was strangled by a rope. Queen Mother Liang pointed He scolded angrily: "I have treated you well, but you openly rebelled. Are you worthy of the late emperor's entrustment?"

"Pooh!"

Li Chengyu spat bloody saliva on the Empress Dowager Liang, gritted his teeth and said, "You are a slut, you have tarnished the Western Xia Palace and the late Emperor's reputation. I wish I could kill you with my own hands."

Empress Dowager Liang was furious, and ordered to the left and right: "Behead them all, and all the soldiers who participated in the mutiny will also be executed!"

Thirty or so royals cursed unceasingly, and were pushed down by the wolf-like guards. In a moment, they were all beheaded at the base of the wall, and the remaining [-] surrendering soldiers were all executed as well.

After executing all the royal families in the city, the poisonous sting on the Empress Dowager Liang's back was finally eliminated, and she ordered: "Burn all the corpses and bury them deeply to prevent the disease from spreading."

Zang Wenmu led the order to go, Liang Yibu stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, during the civil strife last night, many houses were broken into by soldiers, but it was found that the whole family died of illness, it was terrible."

Next to the chief pipe: "There is one more thing to report to the Queen Mother. The epidemic has entered the palace, and seven infected people were found in the palace!"

"what!"

Empress Dowager Liang was stunned, and for a long while she said to Liang Yi weakly: "Come with me!"

The Empress Dowager Liang took Liang Yibu to the secret room, sat there for a while and said, "You can negotiate with Fan Ning! I want three conditions, first, to protect the wealth of the Liang family; Three, you must not massacre the people of Xixia, as long as you agree to these three conditions, I can surrender the whole city, if you don't agree, then everything will be destroyed."

Liang Yibu let out a long sigh of relief, and he immediately said, "I'm going to the Song Army barracks right now."

"Go!"

The Empress Dowager Liang was extremely exhausted, she waved her hand and told Liang Yi to bury her.

An epidemic appeared in the palace, which was the last straw that overwhelmed the Empress Dowager Liang. She had been pushed to the edge of a cliff and had no way out.

When Liang Yibu came to the Song army camp, the soldiers on the sentry tower shouted: "Stop, don't go any further."

A follower shouted: "Xixia Liang Xiangguo wants to see Fan Xianggong, please report!"

A patrolling general ran up and cupped his fists and said, "Forgive me, the Song army's camp is extremely strict in preventing epidemics, and no exceptions are allowed. Please follow me to the isolation camp and wait. Someone will arrange for Liang Xiangguo, and I will report to Fan Xianggong."

Left and right were furious, Liang Yibu stopped them and asked, "How many days do you need to stay in the isolation camp?"

"In about two days, as long as there is no fever and diarrhea, you can leave the isolation camp.
Liang Yibu was not angry. He knew it was necessary, so he nodded and said to a follower: "Go back and tell the queen mother that I need to be quarantined for two days before I can meet Fan Xianggong. Please don't worry, she will be there soon." There are results."

The entourage turned and went back, Liang Yi buried his horse, took an entourage and followed the general to the isolation.

He asked in a low voice, "Has there been a disease in the camp of the Song army?"

"Not yet, nor in the isolation camp. Please rest assured Liang Xiangguo. Before that, many sick Xixia soldiers came to surrender on purpose, and they were all shot and killed by patrols. My family, Mr. Fan, is very strict in epidemic management. There is no case of 60 soldiers. Infect."

Liang Yibu sighed, "Fortunately, your court is not confused. If you change the commander, I am afraid that the epidemic will also be raging in the barracks."

Liang Yibu and his entourage bathed and changed clothes in the isolation camp. All the clothes he wore were burned. He only stayed in the isolation camp for one day before being taken to the Chinese army tent. Fan Ning knew very well that if Liang Yibu even If it is also infected, no one in the city will be spared.

Fan Ning asked Liang Yibu to sit down, ordered the soldiers to serve tea, and said with an apologetic smile, "I've neglected Liang Xiangguo a little, please forgive Liang Xiangguo!"

Liang Yibu sighed and said, "It's right to do this. If the city had been quarantined in this way earlier, the epidemic would not have been so rampant. I will not hide the truth from Mr. Fan, too many people died in the city."

"Including the royal family?"

Liang Yibu shook his head, "There is no Xixia royal family in the city anymore. They rebelled the night before yesterday, and they have all been executed."

Fan Ning and Han Jiang next to him looked at each other, as expected.

Liang Yibu said again: "Although the food in the city can last for a period of time, I still persuaded the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother agreed to surrender, but she has three conditions, please agree to it at your discretion."

Fan Ning asked people to prepare pen and ink, and Liang Yibu wrote down three conditions.

First, to protect Liang's wealth.

Second, treat the emperor Li Bingchang kindly and not humiliate him.

Third, do not massacre the people in the city, and try your best to treat the people infected with the epidemic.

Fan Ning nodded, "These three conditions should not be too much, I can agree, but there is one thing I want to tell, Liang Xiangguo, I have no intention of ill-treating the soldiers and people in the city, just to prevent and control the epidemic, I must implement the strictest management , everyone must obey the arrangement."

"Can you tell me what Xianggong plans to do?"

Fan Ning said: "I have vacated Jingzhou, Shunzhou, and Huaizhou. The people who have not yet been infected will be sent to Jingzhou and Shunzhou, and the people who are infected will be sent to Huaizhou for treatment. When there are no more living people in Xingqing Mansion, then let's go." Burn it down, otherwise, Xingqing Mansion will always be the source of disease."

Liang Yibu suddenly knelt down and begged, "I implore Mr. Fan to treat the sick people, and don't throw them in the city and burn them to death."

Fan Ning hurriedly asked him to get up, pointed at Han Jiang next to him and said with a smile: "We are both civil servants, not murderers. We can't do such a thing where people and gods are indignant. We will try our best to treat with medicine. If we can't, we won't It will burn to death."

"Good! I believe in the promise of the two gentlemen."

Fan Ning immediately signed the terms of surrender, which was regarded as a written commitment to Queen Mother Liang.

Early the next morning, Zang Wenmu led tens of thousands of soldiers out of the city first. According to the agreement, none of them wore armor or carried weapons.

All the escorted soldiers wore masks and deerskin gloves. These masks were sewn with nine layers of kapok cloth, and bamboo charcoal powder was placed in the middle. They were considered to be the oldest gas masks. The Song Army prepared a total of [-] masks. Set, including masks, gloves, boots.

The screening is mainly for cough and fever. In fact, there is no need for the Song army to screen. The Xixia soldiers will push out the symptomatic soldiers. It is related to the vital interests of everyone, and no one will be vague.

After the army left, the Empress Dowager Liang took the emperor Li Bingchang and her personal maids out of the city, no more than 20 people, as well as civil and military officials and their parents, wives and children, and could not bring domestic servants and maids.

The Song army held a brief surrender ceremony outside the city. Fan Ning accepted the imperial seal and military amulet presented by the Queen Mother Liang on behalf of the Song Dynasty. Fan Ning comforted them and sent them to the isolation camp to bathe and change clothes. Burn them, and Song Jun will provide them with clothes that match their identities.

This has been agreed before, not to humiliate, but to prevent the epidemic. After two days of observation in the isolation camp, they will take a boat to Bianliang, Tokyo.

The third step, which is also the biggest challenge, is to clean up the people in the city. All the [-] soldiers who participated in the cleanup operation have taken Quyan powder for at least ten days, and they have a good preventive ability. They all wear leather helmets, masks and Gloves, wearing a white short jacket, and only carrying a saber for self-defense.

First, nearly 50 uninfected people came out of the city and went to the open space in the south for screening. After the people had left, [-] soldiers of the Song Army entered the city through the four city gates with carts pushing quicklime and kerosene.

(End of this chapter)