Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 510 Xixia Surrender
As the city gate slowly opened, everyone's eyes turned over.

The King of Western Xia was seen naked from the waist up, holding a jade disk in his mouth, holding the seal that symbolized the power of the King of Western Xia, and leading the trembling civil and military officials, as well as the royal family of Western Xia, and slowly walked out of the city. Among them, many officials were holding books from the treasury.

The flags on the city wall were also thrown down directly.

When they got closer, the King of Western Xia knelt down in front of everyone.

A palace servant beside him shouted, "Emperor Daxia, bring all the civil and military officials, royal family members and relatives, and leave the city to surrender!"

Seeing this scene, Zhao Mu and Wu Xingyun stared with eyes wide open.

Zhao Mu looked at Li Qiushui and asked, "Master's wife, what is going on here?"

Li Qinglu also asked at this time: "Yes, grandmother. Father, this is..."

Li Qiushui smiled and said, "I surrender to the Song Dynasty. What's wrong? Is there anything wrong? We have all read General Helian's report, and all the civil and military officials agree to surrender. Besides, didn't we discuss it before? If you are at the gates of the city, we will surrender."

Zhao Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Well! It's true that I surrender, but my father-in-law is..."

Wu Xingyun said, "Holding a jade disk in the mouth, kneeling outside the city and surrendering is the custom during the reign of King Zhou of Shang. They started preparing for this a few days ago."

Zhao Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. He thought to himself, "These barbarians are quite ritualistic."

Zhao Mu looked at Li Qiushui and said, "Master's Wife, let my father-in-law get up. Although our two countries are at war, I have never said that I would swallow up the Western Xia Kingdom."

At this time, the King of Xixia stood up, took out the jade disk from his mouth, and then came to Zhao Mu with the seal and said, "My mother naturally told me. But I was thinking that there must be a surrender ceremony. I didn't expect to make you laugh."

Zhao Mu bowed respectfully to the King of Xixia and said with a smile: "Haha, father-in-law is really thoughtful. I am grateful for your kindness."

The generals behind Zhao Mu looked at each other after hearing about the relationship between their own prince and the King of Western Xia. All the generals felt that the relationship between their own prince and the King of Western Xia was quite complicated. The King of Western Xia called him brother, and Zhao Mu called him father-in-law.

The King of Western Xia placed the jade seal and jade bi in his hands on the tray. He handed these things to Zhao Mu, patted his shoulder and said, "Good brother! From now on, my Great Xia Kingdom will be handed over to you. I hope you can treat the people of my Great Xia Kingdom well."

Zhao Mu did not take the seal from his father-in-law. He walked to Li Qinglu and held her hand. Zhao Mu said to the King of Western Xia: "Father-in-law, you are too kind. The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has decreed that you will always be the ruler of Western Xia. The only person I can rule is Qinglu. Now the Great Song Dynasty is marching west only to recover the former Tang territory. There is no other thought."

When the civil and military officials, noble relatives and royal family members of the Western Xia Kingdom heard this, they all smiled happily.

When the news of Helian Tieshu's defeat reached Lingzhou City, everyone in the Western Xia Kingdom was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and those royal family members who advocated war no longer had their usual arrogance.

Especially after hearing that the 30,000 cavalrymen of the Liao Kingdom were also destroyed by the Song army, they felt that they could not protect themselves. Some people even began to transfer their assets to the border towns in the Western Regions.

It's just that Zhao Mu arrived too quickly, and before they had a chance to escape, they were forced by the King of Western Xia to surrender to the Song Dynasty.

Now that they heard that the Song Dynasty would not only not kill them but also allow the Western Xia Kingdom to continue to exist, how could they not be happy?
Li Qiushui said at this time: "Okay, this is not the place to talk. Let's go into the palace. When I left the palace, I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare a banquet. Now is the perfect time to welcome His Royal Highness Prince Qi into the city."

Zhao Mu smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Master's wife." Then Zhao Mu looked at the Song Dynasty soldiers behind him.

Zhao Mu said to Li Qiushui, "Master's Wife, the soldiers under my command are also very tired from the journey. Can you reward them as well?" Li Qiushui smiled and said, "Of course I can."

Zhao Mu ordered, "I will follow the Xixia king and the queen mother to the palace. The whole army will set up camp on the spot and wait for Xixia to reward the troops."

At this time, a general stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty is the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the Great Song Dynasty. Going alone like this, what if..."

Zhao Mu laughed and said, "Haha, General Liang is worrying too much. The King of Xixia is my father-in-law, and the Queen Mother of Xixia is my teacher's wife. Can they still harm me?"

The King of Xixia said, "Brother, I understand their feelings. Let them follow you into the city. They will not feel at ease if they are not in charge of the defense of Lingzhou City."

Zhao Mu thought for a moment and said, "Well, then. When the troops enter the city, do not act arrogantly or disturb the people in the city. Those who disobey my orders will be executed without mercy."

Wu Xingyun said at this time: "Now that the matter is settled, I will also..."

Seeing Wu Xingyun was about to leave, Zhao Mu hurriedly stepped forward to hold his uncle and said, "Uncle, since you're here, why don't you drink the celebratory wine for me before you leave?"

Wu Xingyun glanced at Li Qiushui, then said, "Forget it. Your uncle doesn't want to go to the Xixia Palace anymore." Wu Xingyun stroked Zhao Mu's cheek and said, "If you are really filial, then come to Lingjiu Palace more often in your free time to accompany an old lonely woman like me!"

Wu Xingyun then waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" After that, Wu Xingyun jumped away.

The four figures of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum also shouted in unison, "Farewell to our honored master."

Li Qiushui looked at Wu Xingyun's receding figure, she also smiled bitterly and said: "Alas! Senior sister's bad temper may never change until she dies. Sometimes I want to reconcile with her, but I'm afraid there is no chance. It seems that the hatred between us sisters will have to be settled in the underworld."

Zhao Mu sighed and shook his head when he heard this.

After that, everyone did not delay any longer and slowly entered the city.

Zhao Mu and Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju were invited into the Xixia Royal Palace. The soldiers that came with Zhao Mu took over the defense of Lingzhou City, except for the Xixia Royal Palace.

Because she hadn't been home for a long time, Li Qinglu hurried back to her room to touch up her makeup before attending the dinner specially for Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu followed the King of Western Xia into the imperial study.

Although the King of Western Xia was a vassal of the Song Dynasty, the furnishings here were no different from the emperor's etiquette.

The King of Western Xia led Zhao Mu here and said, "My dear brother, this place will belong to you from now on."

Zhao Mu looked around and said, "I feel really bad for taking my father-in-law's palace."

The King of Western Xia chuckled and said, "There's nothing to feel bad about. Although you and I are brothers, we are also father-in-law and son-in-law. This is the dowry that I, as a father-in-law, give to Yinchuan. Considering the power gap between Song and Xia, it's the best result that you can fight for me and Daxia to have such a future. I have also issued an imperial decree to the whole country to welcome the Song army to enter the city and take over. All the defenders of Daxia have also stopped fighting with Song. But my dear brother, your future foundation..."

Zhao Mu came back to his senses, looked at the King of Xixia and said, "I have prepared everything for my father-in-law."

(End of this chapter)