The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 467
His eyes once again came to Xixia Kingdom.

Temujin led Zhamukhe and led 20 Mongolian troops to appear under the city of Dingzhou without anyone noticing. The defenders of Dingzhou City gave up their resistance after holding on for a day. The last defense was gone, and the Mongolian army was approaching the city.

Li Qianshun couldn't calm down anymore at this time, and deployed 10 troops from the East Road to help Xingqing Mansion, but the Mongolian army was too powerful. Li Qianshun had no idea, so he discussed it with Qin Huizhi Later, it was decided to ask the Song Dynasty for emergency help.

Above the court, there was a heated debate about asking for help from the Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible. Song Jun is not a good person. If Song Jun comes to help at this time, I am afraid that they will come and never leave." Li Yu, the doctor of censors, stood up and objected.

"But at this time, it is impossible for us Xixia's own army to fight against the Mongolian army." Hubu Shang Shuxin said with a frown.

"The army of the Song Dynasty has come. If the Mongol army is repelled and they don't leave, what should we do?" Li Yu objected.

"Master Li, it's time. We only need to solve the siege of the Mongolian army in front of us. If we don't ask the Song Dynasty for help now, can we just watch our country being occupied by the Mongols?" ?” Xin Cai asked back.

Li Yu was also asked and couldn't answer, but at this time Xixia is weak, and it is impossible not to ask others for help. He frowned and said: "I only know that the Song Dynasty will not die in its heart to destroy the country. Let's make the Song Dynasty Coming in is tantamount to leading a wolf into a house!"

Xincai shook his head and said: "Lord Li, we all know what you are worried about, but the most important thing now is to solve the problem in front of us first, only in this way, we will not perish, besides, , Now that the Song Kingdom is busy fighting with the Jin Kingdom, it is not certain whether it will send troops. Even if it sends troops, it will definitely hurt the Mongol army when the time comes. We want to drive them away Isn't it easy to get out?"

The two were arguing here, and Li Qianshun was also very irritable in his heart. He frowned and said, "Don't quarrel!" After saying this, he turned his head and asked his prime minister, Qin Huizhi, and said : "Prime Minister, what do you think of this matter?"

Qin Huizhi thought for a while, and said to Li Qianshun, "Your Majesty, before the Song Dynasty, envoys were sent to inform us of the Mongolian army's invasion, but we didn't pay attention at that time, which is why the situation like today happened."

Hearing what Qin Huizhi said, Li Qianshun frowned, feeling a little unhappy in his heart. After all, it was Li Qianshun who meant that he didn't want to see the envoys of the Song Dynasty at the beginning. Li Qianshun would naturally not be happy when Qin Huizhi said this now.

But Qin Huizhi is definitely a human being. How could he make the emperor unhappy? He changed the subject and said, "In this way, the Song Dynasty still wants to help our dynasty, no matter whether they came from Whether it's true or false, they definitely don't want our Great Xia Kingdom to be destroyed, and they will face the Mongolian army directly at that time."

Hearing what Qin Huizhi said, all the ministers couldn't help but nodded. Of course, some of them agreed with what Qin Huizhi said, and some of them agreed because of their position as prime minister. After all, Qin Huizhi at this time Huizhi has become the most powerful official of the Xixia Kingdom with one person under one man and over ten thousand people.

"Then what does the prime minister mean?" Li Qianshun questioned.

"Your Majesty, what I mean is that it is better to ask the Song Dynasty for reinforcements. If you think about it, the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom will be at war at this time, and there must be no time for him. There may not be many people who will come. If this is the case, it will be beneficial to the control of our army. " Qin Huizhi said to Li Qianshun.

Li Qianshun nodded upon hearing what Qin Huizhi said, and said, "That's right, the prime minister's analysis makes sense."

"What about the opinions of the ministers?" Li Qianshun then asked rhetorically.

At this time, the emperor and the prime minister have agreed, and the ministers below will not continue to insist even if they are stupid at this time, and there is no point in persisting. After all, at this time, the army is overwhelming and they have no other way.

Therefore, the Xixia Kingdom anxiously sent out envoys, preparing to ask the Song Dynasty to send troops to rescue.

However, the Song Dynasty was still thousands of miles away from the Xixia Kingdom. Even if the Song Dynasty's army really wanted to come, it would probably take a while. Li Qianshun still needed to ensure that the Xingqing Mansion would not be breached during this period.

However, it is not easy to achieve this.

Xingqing Mansion has not suffered the baptism of war for so many years. The city wall is not very thick, nor is it very high. The Mongolian army did not attack the city on the first day, but used hundreds of cannons. Of course, the cannons at that time That is, a catapult, which is filled with large stones.

I just used these catapults to throw at the city wall of Xingqing Mansion for a whole day. In one day, when I looked at Xingqing Mansion again, the city wall of Xingqing Mansion was already riddled with holes. Those who were smashed on the top were gone, and the top of the city wall was full of stones. Of course, the soldiers above had already withdrawn by this time, otherwise these people would have been turned into flesh.

However, after the trebuchet stopped, the Xixia soldiers still took the time to clean up the battlefield, at least to clear the stones to make a path, otherwise when the Mongolian army attacked, their people might not even have a place to stay.

At this time, the common people in Xingqing Mansion also showed their patriotic enthusiasm, and spontaneously organized to help the army sort out the stones and repair the city wall. Perhaps at this time, everyone understood that if the city wall was broken, their ladders would definitely not work. It will be fine.

In this way, the whole night was spent without any danger. On the second day, the Mongolian army came again. Today, the Mongolian army did not use the trebuchets anymore. They surrounded Xingqing Mansion, and then charged shout inside.

"Ask your Emperor to come out for peace talks, or we will attack with a large army and crush your Xingqing Mansion!" The soldiers of the Mongolian army shouted towards the inside.

The news quickly spread to the court of Xixia Kingdom.

A pot exploded in the court hall, and Li Qianshun's expression turned ugly.

"Your Majesty, don't pay attention to the shouts of the Mongols outside. At this time, how can you let Your Majesty go out for peace talks? Isn't that sending sheep to the tiger's mouth?" Prime Minister Qin Huizhi saw Li Qianshun's ugly face at this time, and said hastily.

(End of this chapter)