The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 473 Succession
Li Gu really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh at this time.

The throne, something he didn't even dare to think about before, but he didn't expect it to fall directly on his head at this time. This is really amazing.

To use one word to describe Li Gu's mood at this time, that is cool!
If you use two words to describe it, it is really cool!
If you can describe it in three words, it is very cool.

"Your Majesty, for the current plan, only by resisting the attack of the Mongolian army can our Xingqing Mansion be completely defended!" At this time, the Grand Scholar Kent stood up and said.

Li Gu, who was still immersed in his own excitement, was poured cold water, which completely woke up Li Gu who was still in the excitement. That's right, the top priority now is to resist the Mongolian army.

But now that the city gate has been breached, it is not easy to defend it.

If it was really easy, then Li Qianshun wouldn't run away at this time.

"Chuan this king... pass on my will, mobilize all the common people, and fight against the Mongolian army together with the army!" Li Gu ordered.

So Xixia soldiers and civilians began to act up and down, but the effect was indeed not very satisfactory.

In fact, the reason is very simple. At the beginning, Song Huizong Zhao Ji chose to pass the throne to Prince Zhao Huan when he was in trouble. It was mainly because Song Huizong Zhao Ji lost popular support in the early stage, and the common people did not support Zhao Ji.

So at that time, Li Gang suggested that Zhao Ji abdicate, so as to restore the hearts of the people.

But in the Xixia Kingdom, the situation is different. Although Li Qianshun is not such a wise monarch, at least he is not a foolish monarch, so although the common people do not support Li Qianshun very much, at least they do not oppose him.

And the emperor of a country is the weather vane of a country. Seeing the emperor of his own country would run away, the common people of course realized that the Xingqing Mansion could not be defended, so the common people also started to flee with Li Qianshun.

So in this case, it is still somewhat difficult to mobilize the common people to follow him to fight against the Mongolian army.

"Why are there only so few people?" Li Gu looked at the common people who came to support him, his face was very ugly.

At this time, the Grand Scholar Kent smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, many people fled eastward with the Supreme Emperor."

Hearing this news, Li Gu had the intention to kill people at that time. If the common people followed Li Qianshun, how could he keep the Xingqing Mansion.

But at this time, the anger is the anger, but the most important thing now is to appease the hearts of the people, and then resist the Mongolian army. If not, once the Xingqing Mansion is broken, then he, the emperor, will become a country subjugated before his ass is hot. Jun.

Arriving at the city gate to the north, the Mongolian army had already removed the stones that had been piled up at the gate of the city, and it seemed that they could break through the gate and drive straight in.

Li Gu was also in a hurry. After all, he was not a poor man, so he rushed up at this moment and shouted loudly: "Subjects, kill me!"

After finishing speaking, he threw away the guards on both sides and rushed to the front. Li Gu's archery skills are really good. He snatched the bow and arrow from a soldier next to him and shot it out. There are already densely packed Mongolian soldiers, but at this time Li Gu shot one person to death with one arrow, which is really powerful.

At this time, the scholar Kende seized the time and said: "My fellow citizens, the one in front of you is the new emperor of our Great Xia Kingdom. Let's all follow His Majesty to defend against the Mongolian army."

Hearing that the young man in front of him was the new emperor, the common people all stopped to watch. Seeing that the emperor was so brave and desperate, the soldiers and common people below were also infected and started to act one after another.

Originally, the Mongols were about to attack, but at this time, under the leadership of Li Gu, it didn't take long for the Mongol army to hold back.

"Your Majesty, there is no way to go on like this. The Mongols must be pushed outside, otherwise a large number of troops will be drawn into the gate of the city, and the city walls will not be able to defend." Ken De said to Li Gu anxiously.

Li Gu slandered in his heart, didn't he know this situation?But the question now is how to resist the Mongolian army. After all, the Mongols have already destroyed the city gate at this time.

At this time, a commoner threw a jar of shochu towards the Mongolian army, and then lit the shochu, which immediately turned into a raging fire.

Seeing such a situation, Li Gu had an idea, and ordered the soldiers to find a large amount of wood, poured wine and kerosene on it, threw it in the center of the city gate, and then set the wood on fire.

When the wood that had been doused with shochu and kerosene met the fire, it immediately turned into a raging fire, and the fire occupied the entire city gate.

This method of injuring the enemy by one thousand and self-injury eight hundred has really worked. The Mongolian army's offensive to attack from the city gate has been slowed down, and Xixia only needs someone to continue to add wood.

The scattered troops rushed to the top of the city again, and began to compete with the Mongolian army for control of the city wall.

The war was fierce, and fresh lives fell one by one, but the war did not stop, and people rushed forward one after another.

Li Gu was dirty all over his body at this time, and he still looked a bit like an emperor, but his appearance won him a lot of impression points from the common people. Time to decide to stay.

That's right, His Majesty the Emperor has already gone into battle to kill the enemy, how could they fail to defeat the invading enemy?
The number of deaths on both sides is rising sharply, but it is obvious that the number of deaths of the Mongolian army is slightly higher. After all, they are the attacking side, and the Xixia army can still rely on the city wall as a cover.

The battle lasted from morning to night, and the Mongols reluctantly withdrew their troops back. The city wall was attacked several times by the Mongols, and then driven down by the stubborn Xixia people. The defenders of Xingqing Mansion were led by Li Gu. It is indeed a great sacrifice.

After seeing the withdrawal of the Mongolian army, Li Gu sat down on his seat. He took a deep breath and said to Kent: "Take a look at the casualties. For the soldiers who died in battle, we must pay for their families. I can't let you Soldiers died in battle, and family members lost their care.”

Li Gu said this in front of everyone, naturally there was a lot of buying people's hearts in it, but I have to say that the effect of doing so is still very effective, and many soldiers have been moved to tears.

(End of this chapter)