Li Li walked slowly in front of Hatun, took her hand, led her to the middle, and said loudly: "I have reported to the emperor that Mrs. Hatun is virtuous and generous, has children, and is kind to this king. ”

Hatun was taken aback, and couldn't react at once: "How does this make Hatun immoral and incompetent, how can he be the princess?"

Li Li smiled and said: "How can you not make it? The position of princess belongs to you." ”

Everyone was convinced and sincere, and said one after another: "Madame deserves to be the princess, don't excuse yourself, congratulations to the princess." ”

Everyone knelt in the hall and knocked to see the new princess, and Hatun accepted everyone's worship half-push and half-centered. Ye Yu was on the side, watching this orphan girl who had been tortured since she was a child, finally come to the end of her hardships and sit on the throne of the princess, with mixed feelings in her heart. The circumstances of life are really wonderful, Ye Yu never imagined that in the second half of his life in the future, he would rely on the little girl he had abused in every way. Hatun and Li Qian teased Brother Xiang, the white and chubby little guy could already giggle out loud, listening to his laughter, the whole room became happy.

Three and a half years later, Li Li went to the barracks every day to train soldiers and handle military affairs. After the exercise, Mai Zu accompanied him to the city tower, patrolled various checkpoints in the city, and stood behind Li Li, Mai Zu mustered up the courage to ask: "Hatun, is she okay?"

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, looked back at him and said with a smile: "Don't worry, she is very good, she gave birth to a son for me, and I value her very much." ”

Feng Wu interjected: "She is now the princess of Pingnan, and the prince loves her like a treasure, and she is very pampered." ”

Maizu looked into the distance and thoughtfully: "I'm relieved that she's doing well." ”

Li Yan felt pity in his heart, knowing that he would never forget Hatun, and there was no persuasion in this situation, and said: "You should also become a family, I will be a matchmaker for you another day, choose a good woman, and live a good life." With your identity and ability, what kind of woman can't be found. ”

Maizu did not answer, and continued to look into the distance. Suddenly, a ride of smoke and dust rushed towards the city gate, and the man shouted while raising his horse and whip: "Get out of the way, there is an urgent report." ”

Li Li hurriedly ordered: "Bring him quickly." ”

The attendant hurriedly went downstairs and stopped the man, and the attendant said, "The king of Nanping is here, and if there is something to report quickly." ”

Li Li saw that he was a soldier's attire, his clothes were ragged, blood stained with dust, and his face was no longer visible, only a pair of tired eyes, flashing with a sharp edge. The man took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Li Li, and said: "The villain is a soldier in Suzhou, the Mongols are led by Mu Huali, and the soldiers enter Suzhou. When the garrison was dying, he helped me escape from the siege and ordered me to report to the imperial court as soon as possible. The villain didn't dare to delay the military situation, and he came here all the way non-stop, so please make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Li Li saw that the letter was just a piece of cloth, apparently torn from his clothes in a hurry, with a few words painted in blood: "Swear to destroy the Mongol Tatars to the death." ”

With tears in his eyes, Li Li handed the blood book to Maizu, and after reading it, Maizu's blood boiled: "The prince quickly ordered, dispatched troops, and quickly reinforced Suzhou." ”

Li Li said: "Suzhou has been lost, the enemy soldiers will definitely attack Ganzhou at this time, I immediately entered the palace to report to the emperor, personally led the troops to meet the enemy." "Command the attendants to take down the soldier who gave up his life to tell the news, and rest well.

When Xianzong heard that the Mongol soldiers were coming, he was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he said tremblingly: "This is already the fifth attack, it seems that they will not give up if they do not destroy my Western Xia." ”

Li Li said: "Don't be afraid, the emperor is also flesh and blood, even if we are not as many as them, we must defend the land to the death." ”

"I'm old, I'll leave these things to you, what do you say?"

"I personally led the troops to snipe the Tartars, so that the enemy would not be killed all the way and wound my people. ”

Xianzong hurriedly said: "No, you can't go, with you by my side, I am still more down-to-earth, send someone else." ”

Li Li saw that Xianzong's beard was white, and he was very old, frightened, and very sad, and said that Kyoto was a heavy place, and it was indeed impossible to leave lightly, so he comforted him and said: "The emperor should not worry, I will not go anywhere, I will guard in Xingqing Mansion, and I will discuss with the ministers and send troops to reinforce the war ahead." ”

Xianzong put his mind at ease, Li Yan was anxious, and went all the way out of the palace and went straight to the military department. The ministers discussed and decided that Li Zhongge would mobilize troops and horses from five routes to gallop to the front, and the rear would actively prepare for battle, ready to meet the enemy at any time. It turned out that Genghis Khan had made many expeditions to the west, and he could not eliminate Khorezm for a long time, so he planned to slow down and turn his head to personally conquer the old enemy Jin.

Hearing that the Jin State and the Western Xia Kingdom have been close recently, and they have also concluded a brotherly alliance, lest the Western Xia Kingdom take the opportunity to cause chaos, so he simply ordered the general Mu Huali and his son Polu to turn the horse's head and attack the Western Xia. Mu Huali's army drove straight in, captured Suzhou and Ganzhou all the way, marched eastward, crossed the desert, crossed the Yellow River, captured Yingli and Xipingfu, and went straight to Helan Mountain.

Wherever the Mongolian soldiers went, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and the corpses were really all over the field, and rivers of blood flowed. Mu Huali passed all the way and was invincible, but he was hit hard in Helan Mountain, and Asha, a famous general of the Western Xia Kingdom, dared to be stationed in Helan Mountain.

Helan Mountain, as an important barrier to protect Xingqing Mansion, garrisoned heavy troops, relying on favorable terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Mu Huali attacked several times, all lost troops and generals, unable to pass Helan Mountain. Mu Huali had no choice but to order the army to temporarily camp and recuperate, in order to advance again, Mu Huali thought hard, and every time he attacked, he was defeated in a long canyon. The Western Xia soldiers were condescending, shooting countless rockets smeared with black oil from above, and as soon as those rockets fell on their bodies, they immediately burned the soldiers into fireballs, burned to death, and trampled to death, countless of them.

How do you deal with those rockets? On the third day of the army's stationing, it suddenly began to rain heavily, the tents leaked, the ground ran water, and the soldiers were miserable. Mu Huali suddenly thought, this is really a good opportunity sent by God, with this rain, Xia Bing's rocket will not be useful.

Mu Huali hurriedly ordered to attack in the rain, and at any cost, he must take Helan Mountain. Even with the cover of this heavy rain, the rockets of the Western Xia soldiers were ineffective, but relying on natural dangers, the Mongol soldiers still paid huge casualties and swept away the obstacles to advance with their flesh and blood. Mu Huali finally led his troops through Helan Mountain, and Asha, the defender of Helan Mountain, dared not to be a general, died on the battlefield, and was martyred.

As soon as Xianzong received the news of the loss of Helan Mountain, he began to panic, Helan Mountain was not far from Xingqing Mansion, and the Mongolian soldiers were just around the corner, and he must not be captured. He hurriedly summoned his ministers and proposed to abandon the city and flee for the time being. The ministers were immediately divided into two factions, one advocating flight and the other advocating stubborn defense, and the two sides fought hard and refused to give in to each other.

Xianzong looked at Li Li anxiously and asked, "What do you think?"

Li Li thought for a long time, and when he saw the emperor asking him, he replied: "The emperor is the lifeblood of a country, and there is no room for mistakes. ”

Seeing that Li Li said this, Xianzong was in line with his heart, and hurriedly retreated from the court, without delay, packed up the carriages and horses, and the group hurried overnight and went to Xiliang Mansion.

Mu Huali's 100,000 troops soon approached the city, Li Li stood on the city tower, only to see the city under the banner waving, the sound of killing shook the sky, and couldn't help but gasp. The Mongol soldiers grew up on horseback all year round, all of them were well-ridden, and over the years, Temujin fought everywhere, so that the army has always maintained a super combat effectiveness, conquering cities and conquering cities, invincible, becoming the most powerful army in the world, and it is by no means comparable to the idle generation.

Li Li knew that in terms of military strength, he was by no means an opponent of the Mongols. We can only hope for a strong fortress, and in time, the enemy army will lose its fighting spirit when the army is alone in the depths of the army, and then look for an opportunity to break the enemy. Seeing that the enemy had set up a long ladder on the city wall, and climbed up along the ladder, Li Li ordered the soldiers, artillery and thunder stones, to wait together.

The burning wood fell like a meteor, and the Mongol soldiers could not attack it several times. Mu Huali saw that the city wall was strong and tall, and the capital was heavy, and it was really not comparable to the general city defense, and seeing that there was no stalemate, there was nothing to be done, so he had to temporarily withdraw his troops and besiege Xingqing Mansion.

Li Wei stayed in the city day and night, and he had not rested for several days, Feng Wuxi was very worried, and persuaded him to go back several times, but he ignored it. Gao Lianghui persuaded: "The enemy soldiers are besieging the city, it seems that they have planned to last for a long time, you have been sleeping like this, and your body has been burned out, how can you deal with the enemy? Here I and General Wei are watching, you go back and rest first." ”

Li Li felt reasonable, it seemed that the enemy soldiers would not make any moves for a while, and he was indeed too tired, so he nodded and agreed, went down to the city, and went back to his house to rest. As soon as he entered the door, the housekeeper saw him coming back, and hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, you are back." ”

When Hatun heard that Li Li had returned, he hurriedly came out of the house and shouted, "Since you are here, why don't you come in?"

Hatun walked over, hugged the weak Li Li, and said softly in his ear: "You still have me, I only have you in my heart." Li Li held Hatun's hand, and suddenly burst into tears.

Mu Huali has been besieging the city for a month, and in the face of the fortress-like Xingqing Mansion, he has always been at a loss, and Mu Huali began to get anxious. 100,000 troops, fighting alone, deep into the territory of Western Xia, once there are reinforcements from the Western Xia soldiers, two flanking attacks, must be abandoned, must be a quick battle, is the best policy.

He gathered the generals and encouraged them to offer ideas, and his son Polu, who had always been resourceful, said: "The child has been thinking about a plan for the past few days, I wonder if it is feasible?"

Mu Huali said: "You can talk about it, let's discuss." ”

Polu said: "The Yellow River is not far from here, we will bring the water of the Yellow River, pour it into the moat of Xingqing Mansion, and then block all the river outlets outside the city, and the moat of Xingqing Mansion will go straight to the city, so that the ditches and ravines in the city can be filled, so that only in and out, there is nowhere to discharge the flood, and in a few days, it will be the rainy season, and at that time, the city will be flooded, even if we don't do it, they will be drowned half to death." Wouldn't it be better if it rained heavily for a few days and the walls collapsed?"

Mu Huali was overjoyed: "This plan is very good. Then he became sorrowful: "Didn't that drown us together?"

Polu said: "It doesn't hurt if we choose a high place to camp and build a stronger embankment." ”

The generals said, "You can give it a try, there is no other way to attack the city anyway." ”

Mu Huali immediately issued an order, divided into 20,000 people to take turns, day and night, to build a dam, and be sure to divert the water of the Yellow River to the city before the rainy season arrived. Another 5,000 men were sent to block all the ditches and embankments out of the city. Xingqing Mansion is about thirty or forty kilometers away from the Yellow River, and 20,000 people take turns day and night, and within a few days, a river channel is dug up and leads to the moat.