Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Because of the achievements in recovering Weizhou, the imperial court opposes the generals of the Ximen Qing Army who have made great achievements in battle.

This commendation order can also be regarded as the positive response of Zhang Bangchang, the emperor of Chu State, to the rumors spread by Xixia State.

At this time, Xue Yuanli, the envoy of the Xixia Kingdom, also went through untold hardships, and chased from Pingxia City to Lingzhou City, and finally caught up with Ximen Qing, the king of Dongping County who was in charge of the military and political power of the Chu Kingdom.

Mou Ning Keren and the released prisoners of war were also "escorted" from Weizhou to Lingzhou after the battle of Lingzhou City.

Xue Yuanli entered Lingzhou City and met with the commander of the Chu army, Ximen Qing, king of Dongping County.

After communicating with Ximen Qing in accordance with diplomatic etiquette, Xue Yuanli directly asked Ximen Qing the question he cared about, that is, whether Ximen Qing would accept Xia's peace proposal and sign a peace covenant with Xia on behalf of Chu.

Ximen Qing laughed and replied to Xue Yuanli: "Your envoy has worked hard all the way, worrying about the king's affairs, which is admirable. It's a pity that your envoy came all the way from Bianliang City in Tokyo. I'm afraid you don't know that the lord of your country has already sent another envoy." Come to our army to ask for peace!

To tell you the truth, the lord of your country has promised that as long as our army ceases fighting, your country is willing to cede the Xia, Shi, Yin, Wei, and Ling states south of the Yellow River, and to go to the title of emperor, willing to become my vassal state of Great Chu .

There is a bit of sincerity in such a humble attitude.

However, this king led the army to the west this time, not for the benefit of ceding land and indemnity, but to destroy your country, so that all of your country's land will return to the Central Plains, and there will be no more wars between the two countries in the northwest. "

Xue Yuanli heard Ximen Qing speak so frankly, and after a long sigh, he suddenly bowed and saluted, and said to Ximen Qing: "The king has the ambition to swallow the summer, and the villain is willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and be the pioneer of the king! I wonder if the king will accept the villain?"

Ximen Qing frowned and asked, "Xue Yuanli, I heard that you are also an important minister beside Li Qianshun, how did you abandon Xia and vote for Chu so easily?"

Seeing Ximen Qing's displeasure, Xue Yuanli hastily explained, "Your Majesty, Rong said, it's not that the villain wants to betray the Lord and seek glory, but the fact is that the villain's family is a big Han family in Lingzhou.

Now that Lingzhou is under the rule of Chu State, and the villain's family has become the subjects of Chu State, can the villain still abandon the family and serve the Emperor Li Ganshun of the Xia Kingdom by himself?

What's more, the king has the ambition to swallow the summer, even if the villain returns to Xingqing Mansion, he will sooner or later become the king's prisoner.

Rather than relying on the king at that time, the villain should show his heart at this time, and he can still serve the king once or twice.

Your Majesty, this villain has a heart of sincerity and absolutely no lies. "

Hearing that Xue Yuanli was a big local Han family in Lingzhou, Ximenqing felt relieved.If it was because of this reason that Ximen Qing took refuge in himself, it would not be unacceptable for Ximen Qing to accept it.

After all, after the Xia Kingdom was destroyed, Ximen Qing still had to use the powerful local Han family to monitor and balance those Dangxiang tribes and help him consolidate his rule over the Xia Kingdom.

Ximenqing can use Ren Dejing, a traitor who surrendered to the Xixia Kingdom, so why can't he use Xue Yuanli's clan?

Speaking of which, since Ren Dejing joined Ximen Qing, he has made many military exploits and has been very active in the Liangzhou battlefield in the west!

He thought Xue Yuanli could do something here.

As long as they are strong, they can naturally drive these frontier tyrants to be their dogs and horses.

Therefore, Ximen Qing helped Xue Yuanli up with a smile on his face, and warmly wooed him.

In order to show his sincerity, Xue Yuanli also truthfully explained to Ximen Qing the entangled forces of his family in Lingzhou.

After the atmosphere became harmonious, Ximenqing gave Xue Yuanli a secret mission, asking him to return to Li Ganshun's side in Xingqing Mansion, and secretly cooperate with him.

Xue Yuanli is a newcomer to Ximenqing, and is about to make contributions as a step up.After receiving Ximen Qing's secret order, Xue Yuanli immediately bid farewell to Ximen Qing, left Lingzhou with the envoys, and returned north to Xingqing Mansion.

Xue Yuanli is gone, but Mou Ning Keren is still rarely free.

After the Chu army conquered the entire territory of Lingzhou, thousands of locals from Lingzhou were released and returned home among the prisoners of war. Now there are only more than [-] people around Mou Ning Keren.

What made Mou Ning Keren desperate was that among the remaining prisoners of war, the children of the Han family in Shunzhou, Jingzhou and Huaizhou in the front were expecting the Chu army to fight over earlier so that they could return home safely. .

Even the party members among the prisoners of war are now downcast, and no one is going to argue with the Han people who are looking forward to the victory of the Chu army.

Mou Ning Keren knew that the hearts of this team had been completely dispersed.Even if these 2 people can be rearmed now, it will be difficult for them to fight against the Chu army.

Mou Ningke was disheartened, and he was also at the mercy of the Chu army, no longer speaking out against him from time to time as before.

Could it be that Great Xia is really about to be destroyed?

When Mou Ningke was suspicious and asked, in Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, a hundred miles north of Lingzhou, Li Qianshun, the ruler of the Xixia Kingdom, was also having an urgent discussion on this.

Chapter 32 Li Qianshun's retreat

In order to discuss the strategy of saving the nation, Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, Li Renzhong, the royal family nobleman, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, Li Renli, the king of Shu, and ministers from the Xingqing Mansion, such as Beizhong Sachen and Wang Cunli, all gathered together. Even veterans who had lost military power for many years Ren Duo Bao Zhong was also invited into the palace.

However, facing the unfavorable situation that Lingzhou fell, the Chu army was only a hundred miles away from the capital, and the army's morale was already in disarray.

Li Qianshun looked at the officials in the palace and sighed secretly.The current crisis has something to do with his over-reliance on his brother Li Cha in the military.

After Li Qianshun came to power, he handed over the military power to his most trusted king, Li Cha. The other clans, Pu Wang Li Renzhong and Shu Wang Li Renli, were also loyal ministers who supported Li Qianshun, but they were all appointed as civil servants and had no command of the army. experience.

Shu Wang Li Renli used to serve as a military supervisor in Weizhou, and he had some friendship with some generals in the army.

However, the Weizhou army had been completely annihilated. The old subordinates of King Shu and Li Renli died or surrendered in Weizhou, and none of them escaped.

Shu Wang and Li Renli were helpless in grief.

Veteran ministers Beizhong Sachen and Ren Duobaozhong used to hold military power together with Weiming Ah Wu, and killed the powerful minister Liang Qibu, making great contributions to Li Qianshun's consolidation of imperial power.

However, after Li Ganshun came to power, he took back the military power from these veterans, so Bei Zhongsachen and Ren Duo Baozhong ignored the military for many years.

Moreover, these two are also very old. Even if Li Qianshun wants to pay homage to the general in danger, he doesn't know whether the two of them will be able to mount a horse and go to war.

Wang Cunli simply lost his troops and lost his generals. Those who returned from the defeat in Lingzhou City had already been frightened by the Chu army.

After losing Jin Wang Li Chage, general Li Liangfu and veteran Weiming A Wu one after another, Li Qianshun's men couldn't find a general who could command the army.

Although more than [-] troops from all over the Xingqing Mansion were assembled in a chaotic manner, none of the people in the palace thought that they could stop the Chu army's offensive with this.

Just when everyone was making some random ideas, but even he couldn't convince himself, Xue Yuanli hurried back to Xingqing Mansion.

Xue Yuanli narrated to the lord Li Qianshun and the officials what he had seen and heard during his mission to Chu, saying that in his opinion, the emperor of Chu, Zhang Bangchang, was weak and incompetent, and that the real power in the court was in the hands of the commander of the Chu army, Ximenqing.

Xue Yuanli said that he had already negotiated with Ximenqing, the coach of the Chu army, but the result was that Ximenqing rejected all the peace talks proposed by Daxia and vowed to destroy Daxia.

All the ministers in the palace expressed their incomprehension. Ximen Qing, the power minister of the state of Chu, had no grievances with Daxia in the past, and has no hatred in recent days. Why can't he let the net go, but he wants to command the army to fight in this remote place in the northwest, and he must set Daxia up? What about death?

Xue Yuanli replied that based on the information he had learned in the territory of Chu, Ximen Qing, the coach of the Chu army, was indeed disobedient.

In order to accumulate enough prestige and replace the emperor Zhang Bangchang, Ximen Qing wanted to win a national war.

Originally, the best target for standing up was the Kingdom of Jin in the north.

The merits of leading the troops to take back Hebei, Hedong and Yandi were enough for Ximen Qing to justifiably replace Zhang Bangchang, the puppet emperor supported by the Jin Kingdom, and sit on the throne of the emperor.

However, Ximenqing was afraid of going to war with the mighty Kingdom of Jin, so he changed the target of Liwei to the Kingdom of Great Xia.

Xue Yuanli told everyone in the hall that in the final analysis, even though Ximen Qing, the commander of the Chu army, was aggressive and domineering towards Da Xia, he was actually a bully and fear of the hard.

If he encounters the Jin Army, Ximen Qing, the coach of the Chu Army, will definitely retreat in the face of difficulties, and dare not make mistakes.