King of Song

Chapter 671 Once and for all

In Xingqing Mansion, Liang Yibu was extremely depressed!
In any case, he never expected that things would develop like this.

Lingxia was inexplicably lost; when the counterattack was brewing, Li Bingchang died, and the most important winter was missed like this.

I thought that after the spring, summer and autumn, when the cold winter came, there would still be a chance to counterattack again.It doesn't matter even if the Song people have already established a firm foothold in Lingxia, it's just a matter of spending more effort.

But soon, Zhuo Luo Junsi lost again, and Hexi was already in danger.

There is only one Ningxia Plain left, and Xixia, which is a desert behind Helan Mountain, what else can it do?It is definitely not an easy task to rise again and restore the glory of the year.

At least he couldn't do it on his own, so Liang Yibu sent someone to the Liao Kingdom for help early on.The result was greatly unexpected and was rejected.Prince Yelujun of the Liao Kingdom blatantly opposed it!
Liang Yibu was already unable to complain about how miserable the situation of the Liao Kingdom would be without Xixia, the people of the Liao Kingdom were short-sighted and so on.Everything is useless, and the Liao Kingdom just doesn't care.

With the loss of foreign aid, life in Xixia, which is in decline, is even more difficult. It is not bad to be able to survive, but it is simply a dream to rise again.

But soon, Liang Yibu found that it might be difficult to live on.

The terminally ill Wei Minglangyu unexpectedly recovered suddenly, and he raised his arms and stood in Xiliang Mansion, calling on all the nobles of the party to resist him.The effect was very good, and the nobles of the party responded one after another. Now the strength of Xiliang Mansion is comparable to that of Xingqing Mansion.

What's more terrible is that there are still many party nobles in the capital who are about to move, these are factors of instability.It is also the foundation for my persistence. Although it is unstable, I dare not suppress it.

The situation is precarious. Xingqing Mansion and Xiliang Mansion are facing each other. Xixia, which was originally just a corner, has ended up in a situation of being divided into two and fighting endlessly.

Luck, luck is so bad!

Liang Yi wanted to cry but had no tears, he hated it!

Cursing Wei Minglangyu repeatedly, the old man deliberately found fault, regardless of the timing.Doesn't he know the truth that the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit?Today's infighting will only benefit the people of the Song Dynasty in the end.

But things have come to this, what can we do?At this time, it is impossible to persuade Wei Minglangyu.The conflict between Liang's relatives and party nobles has been going on for a long time, and now it is irreconcilable.

Liang Yibu also blamed himself. If he hadn't been defeated in the war, and if he hadn't suppressed the party aristocrats too much, the situation might not have been so bad.

For now, the only way to solve it seems to be...

"no!"

As soon as Liang Yibu said it, the Empress Dowager Liang vetoed it loudly. She was surprised, did my brother's head show off?What the hell is he thinking?Actually planning to resign and hand over the power of Xixia to Wei Minglangyu?
"Sister, this is the only way to calm the current turmoil, integrate all the last strength of Xixia, and unite to deal with the Song Dynasty people. Otherwise, it won't be long before the Song Dynasty people will defeat each other, and eventually the entire army will be wiped out."

It was rare for Liang Yibu to take care of the overall situation and stand upright. He said in a deep voice, "Anyway, we will all die in the end. It is better to give up early and leave a chance to save Xixia and our descendants."

"No, absolutely not!" The Empress Dowager Liang said resolutely: "Who is Wei Minglangyu? They have some skills, but they are already in their twilight years. Can they lead Xixia out of the predicament? If he takes power, he will let you go me?"

"However, if things go on like this, sooner or later we will die together!" Liang Yi said: "Maybe Wei Minglangyu can turn the tide and save Xixia from danger. At least Qianshun can be safe and sound, and Xixia's throne can continue."

"Wei Minglangyu is Li Liangzuo's uncle. Will he give up the throne himself and support his great-grandson as king?" Queen Mother Liang shouted, "Wake up and think about how to defend against the enemy and how to preserve our last Jiye, even if it's a fight to the death in the end, so what?"

With the successive deaths of her husband and son, the situation in Xixia became worse and worse. The huge pressure made the Empress Dowager Liang, who was already a grandmother, a little depressed and a little manic in her performance.

At this moment, she has already made plans to kill the fish and break the net.

"Okay!" Liang Yibu felt that his sister was crazy, so why not himself?It's a crazy adventure to do anything, so what can be done now?
From the day they lost Lingzhou, they no longer had much choice.

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In Mingsha City, Zhao Zhao stood on the bank of the Yellow River and said with emotion: "The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun is setting in the long river. Wang Youcheng sincerely does not deceive me!"

Li Cheng echoed: "Such a grand scene, of course it will become a part of our great Song Dynasty!"

"That's natural!" Zhao Zhao asked, "Is Mingsha's deployment in place? Has Wei Minglangyu's envoy arrived?"

"The [-] troops are ready. As for the envoys, they have already landed, and they will come to meet His Highness in a short time!"

"Okay, my king is waiting!"

The messenger came very quickly. He was a middle-aged man in his 40s named Wei Mingqi!
Zhao Zhao knew that today's Dangxiang royal family was surnamed Li, but Wei Ming Langyu was the first to restore the old surname "Wei Ming".It can be seen that this person's identity is not trivial.

Sure enough, Wei Mingqi bowed and said, "Qi represents my father, Wei Minglangyu, to see His Royal Highness King Qin."

"It turned out to be the son of a well-known old general. This king is rude!"

"Where, Your Highness is serious!"

Zhao Zhaoming knew the reason and asked, "I don't know why the young general came here?"

"Our department is willing to surrender to His Highness King Qin!"

"Surrender?" Zhao Zhao said with a smile: "It stands to reason that you party members should hate this king. Why did you surrender? Could it be that there is some conspiracy? Join Liang Yibu in a bitter trick, and then feign surrender?"

Wei Mingqi hastily argued: "I dare not wait. Your Highness has a strong army. He has pacified Lingxia in a few months. Hexi will also fall in a few days. The soldiers will come to Xingqing Mansion, and the horses will not be far away on Helan Mountain... There is a saying in your country Words: He who understands the current affairs is a hero, my father and I don't want to fight to the end, the difference in body size is small, leading to the extermination of the party and the family, we are ashamed of our ancestors."

"Really? Does your father not have the confidence to resist?" Zhao Zhao asked softly with a smile.

"Resistance?" Wei Mingqi seemed to be mocking himself, and said, "If it was a year ago, it would have happened naturally, but the Liang brothers and sisters have gone against the law, so that Xixia has come to this point...it is too late, even Xixia Without internal disagreements, all-out resistance is nothing more than tenacious resistance, the end result is the same, and we still don’t know the correct choice earlier.”

Zhao Zhao said with a smile: "The famous old general is very courageous!"

"To be honest with King Qin, it's courage and helplessness. My father doesn't want the Dangxiang family to perish." Wei Mingqi laughed and said, "Besides, Dangxiang was originally a subordinate of the Central Plains. Even Xixia is also a subject of the Song Dynasty. What's the point of surrendering? But again Just back to the past."

"Hmph, it's a strategy to delay the attack, recuperate, and then make plans?" Zhao Zhao asked back with a smile.

Wei Mingqi said: "King Qin is also a sensible person, so I don't have to say what I mean by saying that I have been submissive for thousands of years. Now we are afraid of King Qin's soldiers. In the future, as long as there are sage kings and generals in the Song Dynasty, the party will still dare not make any changes. But if The decline of the Central Plains is like the change of five generations a hundred years ago, and we cannot guarantee that our descendants will not have delusions! This is what I say from the bottom of my heart, please forgive me, Your Highness."

"Haha, I really like the straightforwardness of the major general!" Zhao Zhao's heart was like a mirror, and what Wei Mingqi said was right.The submission of frontier tribes depends on the strength of the Central Plains dynasty.It was also the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Tang called Tian Khan, and Siyi surrendered.After the Anshi Rebellion, the Uighurs, Khitans, and Dangxiang rose up one after another, either to stand on their own, or to rebel, or even invade the Central Plains.

Verbal surrender and agreement are meaningless, everything is based on strength.Once the Central Plains Dynasty loses its powerful force and deterrence to the frontier, it would be foolish to try to surrender them.

If you want to avoid future troubles forever, you have to cut the weeds and get rid of the roots.But Zhao Zhao can't do it now, and doesn't plan to do so.The price to pay like that is too heavy to be worthwhile.

Instead of unrealistically trying to limit party items, it is better to find a way to make the Song Dynasty as strong as possible.As for the present, the two seem to be using each other more, but the Song Dynasty has benefited more.

Zhao Zhao asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what does your father plan to do? What do you want?"

"My department will help His Highness the King of Qin conquer the Xingqing Mansion, but the King of Qin needs to agree, and tell the world, not to harm the party members, and to protect our interests!"

Zhao Zhao immediately said: "Okay, this king will tell the world that after conquering the Xingqing Mansion, the party members will not be harmed. And the old places of Xiazhou and Yinzhou in Hengshan will be set aside for your troops to recuperate. What does the Major General think?"

"Xiazhou?"

"Yes, you also know how important the Helan Mountain generation is. For the peace of mind of both of us, let's go to Hengshan, where the water and grass are abundant, and it is the ancestral land of your party." Zhao Zhaodao: "The Song Dynasty will also grant your father the title of Xiping County. The king, in charge of the various ministries of the party, is hereditary and will never be replaced. As long as the party has no two hearts, he can retire with the country and will never break his promise."

"So..." Wei Mingqi was tempted, his father was already old, and most of the title of Xiping County King would fall on him.It is almost the same as the era of ancestor Li Jiqian, except that there are only two states left in the five prefectures of Dingnan!

"That's great!" Wei Mingqi agreed without hesitation, and asked doubtfully, "It's just that King Qin can represent the Emperor of Song?"

"Hmph, what does the Major General think?" Zhao Zhao didn't answer directly, but asked softly, but the meaning was already very obvious.

Wei Mingqi said in a clever way: "I wish His Royal Highness the King of Qin that the grand plans and ambitions will be realized as soon as possible!"

"Thank you." Zhao Zhao asked with a smile: "You are so reassuring about this king? Are you not worried that this king will renege on his promise and get fat in the future?"

"As long as your highness publicly swears an alliance with our department and announces it to the world!" Wei Mingqi said: "as your highness is an honorable person, it is natural to keep your word. What's more, your highness will not stop at Hexi, Tubo and the Western Regions are probably also there. In His Highness's vision. Because of a small party item, ruined reputation, which tribe will dare to surrender and trust His Highness in the future?

Suwen heard that His Royal Highness cares for the soldiers, so naturally he doesn't want the soldiers of the Song Army to sacrifice needlessly, let alone the borders are full of unrest, right?The pros and cons, with His Highness's wisdom, naturally knows it well! "

"Hmph, it's comfortable to talk bluntly with smart people! Take practical actions, and this king will show your sincerity to your father and son." Zhao Zhao smiled and made an oath publicly, so naturally he couldn't break the contract.

In the future, he will definitely not kill the party members, but will give special preferential treatment, boiling the frogs in warm water.In the future Lingxia, there will only be naturalized Han Chinese. As for Dangxiang, let it disappear into the long river of history in obscurity!
This is the solution once and for all!

(End of this chapter)