After three consecutive days and three nights of artillery attacks, Murong Fu finally stood at the head of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia. At that time, the blood stains on the city wall had not yet been washed, and there was already a silence in Xingqing Mansion.

Murong Fu stretched out his hand and gently stroked the ruined wall, and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice. I saw that in the cracks of the broken wall that were blackened and exploded by the artillery, they were not only soaked in blood, but also embedded in a lot of fine pieces of flesh and bones. The Western Xia has been established for nearly a hundred years, and even if it is poor, it has some heritage. For example, the protective wall of Xingqing Mansion is majestic and tall, not inferior to the Great Song Dynasty. And the Dangxiang clan knew that the country was about to die, and they were also very brave when they fought to the death. The bitter battle between the Yan army and the Xingqing garrison lasted for three days, and this city wall was like a huge meat grinder, strangling the flesh and blood of countless Great Song and Western Xia warriors. It was not until three days later that the roaring artillery bombarded the west gate of Xingqing Mansion, and Murong Fu had been ambushed in Western Xia for many years and connected the Han people in the city to revolt, and the capital of Western Xia was completely conquered.

"Someone, eight hundred miles urgent, report victory!" Murong Fu exhaled heavily, expelled the smell of blood that filled his chest, and immediately ordered in a deep voice. "On the third day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Yuan You, 100,000 soldiers of the Yan army fought hard for three days to break through Xingqing Mansion, and the Empress Dowager Liang and Emperor Li Qianshun of Western Xia were martyred! Western Xia, dead! ”

The pawn who was accompanying Murong Fu quickly made notes, lest he miss a word. As soon as Murong Fu's voice fell, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted, answered loudly "yes", and hurriedly walked towards the city. Obviously, to be sent to deliver such a good news, this pawn is also inexplicably excited, and does not suffer from the long distance.

As soon as the little pawn who reported the victory left, the seed master Dao, who was also standing beside Murong Fu, couldn't help but ask: "Empress Dowager Liang and Emperor Xixia were martyred?" "If the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Xia Kingdom are gone, then who are the mother and son who are now being tightly imprisoned in the Yan Army?

Murong Fu nodded casually and sighed softly, "Yes! This Li mother and son were stubborn and would rather die than surrender, and also set fire to the Western Xia Palace. How many treasures of great value have been buried for them! Pity! Pity! ”

Murong Fu said nonsense with his eyes open like this, and the seed master Dao was immediately choked and rolled his eyes, and he didn't know how to talk for a long time.

But it was Murong Fu who had obviously dissipated the joy of victory at this time, and adjusted his thoughts to the state of work again. "Although the Xia Kingdom is dead, what we have to do is only the beginning. It has been occupied by aliens for nearly a hundred years, and it will take time to bring it to maturity. This official made a few requests, and hoped that the military order would be banned! ”

Seeing that Murong Fu had turned to the topic, the seed master immediately bowed and said loudly: "Please show me!" ”

"First, clean up. In the name of Li's mother and son, the edict ordered the garrisons in various parts of the Xia State to abandon their weapons and surrender within one month, and those who did not surrender within the time limit were slaughtered by the whole army for treason. All the royal families, families, and high-ranking officials in Xingqing Mansion were all arrested and imprisoned, and if any of their family members were leading the troops outside, they could be summoned to surrender and avoid death; The rest of the people, etc., ask about the property, and kill them. To sweep away the remnants of the party that have fled, we would rather kill them by mistake than let them go. ”

"Second, Fumin. Ordered the officers and soldiers of the Yan Army to take over the security of the city, strengthen the vigilance in the city, and suppress the riot/chaos at any time. I did my best to find the fish scale atlas of the Xia Kingdom for me to see, and at the same time arranged for people to check the population registration of Xingqing Prefecture. During the inventory process, arson, looting, rape/adultery are strictly prohibited, and violators will be immediately executed. When the ships carrying grain and grass arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow, grain will be distributed according to household registration at the rate of one bucket of rice per person every 10 days. ”

"Third, ask for sin. All the officials of the former Xia State were waiting to be investigated, and the powerful in the city restricted their actions and encouraged the people in the city to complain. As soon as his crime was verified to be true, it was immediately announced to the public, and he was punished with the "Song Criminal Code" and all family property was confiscated. ”

"Fourth, compensation. The Xia State provoked a war for no reason, resulting in the loss of the Great Song Dynasty soldiers in the battle, and they must be compensated. After the Li family and son were surrendered, all the property of the party and the royal family belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, including the ill-gotten wealth of those families, high-ranking officials, and criminals, and all the ill-gotten wealth was also nationalized to compensate for the losses of the Great Song Dynasty. Now the official family is far away in Bianjing, and all the property lists are sorted out and handed over to the official to dispose of on his behalf. ”

It wasn't until he heard all the arrangements made by Murong Fu that he suddenly realized. It turned out that what Murong Fu wanted to privately annex was not a Western Xia palace, but all the property of the entire Western Xia upper class. is so frustrating, and it is a shame to teach people. He endured and endured, and finally couldn't help but whisper and persuade: "If you eat meat, you can leave some soup for the official family!" ”

Murong Fu was unmoved, and only sneered: "I paid for the Lanqing defense line to build, I presided over the research and development of flintlock guns and artillery, I provided the new tactics of the Yan army and the Zhenrong army, I issued your food and salary, I arranged this battle to destroy the country, and even the grain and grass baggage were all borne by me." Why do the officials share the soup and drink? ”

It turned out that the Shu party led by Su Zhe in the capital bargained with Zhao Xu several times, but in the end, it was only on the condition that Qifu Zhangdun was summoned back to the court by the servant of the ministry, in exchange for Zhao Xu's approval of Murong Fu's second chapter, allowing him to act cheaply and raise his own grain and grass. As for Murong Fu's request for the imperial court to allocate grain and grass, there was no news from him. Zhao Xu acted so absurdly that Murong Fu really had nothing to say, so he had to hurriedly summon Wang Yuyan to sell the "Pingxia Le Donation Certificate" to raise the materials needed for the war and the post-war to pacify the people. Now that the Xia Kingdom is gone, the wealth of the Xia Kingdom, Murong Fu, naturally has to share the profits with the people who have purchased the "Ping Xia Le Donation Certificate".

The seed master Dao also knows that the official's family acts honestly, and he doesn't know what to say, don't say that Murong Fu can't see it, but which one of the Yan Yanjun is not deeply cold? But in the spirit of the remaining loyalty and conscience in his heart, the seed master hesitated for a long time and couldn't help but persuade: "It's better to take the Li family mother and son back to sacrifice the prisoners, so that the face of the official family will be lost." ”

"What are you doing with that money?" It's a pity that Murong Fu is really an iron rooster who can't pull out a dime. According to the etiquette process of the Song Dynasty, once the prisoners were sacrificed, it was inevitable that loess mats, flowers would be laid out, and it would be ceremonial music and singing and dancing, which one should not cost money? There are even hundreds of officials who congratulate and tout, and they can't say that they will find a few "auspicious places", which is really hard for the people and money. "Wouldn't it be over if you bring back the heads of the Li family and son to sacrifice to the Taimiao?"

It's the boss who pays the money! The seed master didn't dare to quarrel with Murong again, and peeked at the other party's tone was not good, but his face was acceptable, so he carefully added another sentence. "Let's put together a few more ritual utensils from the Xia Kingdom and sacrifice them to the Taimiao, otherwise it won't look good!"

Murong Fu was really in a good mood, nodded after a moment of silence, and said generously: "Just take a few bronze or wooden ritual vessels and keep them for the official family as a souvenir, the gold ones can't be!" ”

The Seed Master Dao was about to collapse, and he lost his voice and said, "Murong, which ordinary person dares to use the imperial ritual?" What's wrong with you just leaving a gold for the official family? ”

Murong Fu glanced at him unmoved, and said firmly: "I will order someone to melt the gold ritual vessel into gold bars, is there any problem?" By the way, although the Xixia Palace is to be demolished, try not to destroy every brick and tile inside when demolishing, these are all money! ”

The planter was speechless in the end, and after holding it for a long time, he squeezed out a sentence with difficulty: "You are really enough...... Knock on the door! ”

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

Xiao Feng paid homage to the "General of the Pacification of the Rebellion" in mid-May, but because of the urgency of the military situation, he got the edict of the Liao lord Yelu Hongji on the second day after leaving the palace, and rushed to Tongzhou with 50,000 soldiers and horses to join the 100,000 army led by Yelu Renxian earlier. However, only because Yeluren had several defeats and suffered heavy losses among the soldiers, although Xiao Feng, the "general of the pacification of chaos", claimed to lead 150,000 troops, he actually had 120,000 troops in full battle. Among these 120,000 people, the servant army accounted for more than half, and the elite leather room cavalry only had more than 20,000 people. In the face of the Jurchens, who had annexed the Hui tribe and expanded the elite to 200,000, this battle was really arduous.

Xiao Feng's art of war was taught by the god of war in the western part of the Great Song Dynasty. And he himself is also talented, although he has not followed the seed for a long time, but his understanding of the art of war is very profound, and even the seed has been praised several times. After arriving in Tongzhou, Xiao Feng did not rush to raise troops to fight against Buchen, but sent a messenger to send a letter to Huanglong Mansion to surrender to Wanyan.

After Yan Agu was beaten, he still remembered that Xiao Feng, the king of the Southern Courtyard, who received a few heavy punches from him when he was in Beijing, and wanted to make amends to him. Seeing that the envoy came to surrender, Wanyan Aguda completely disdained the edict of the reward and promise, and only smiled: "Your king of the Southern Courtyard is very heroic. I want us to surrender and let this King Xiao come and talk to me personally! ”

When the news came back to Tongzhou, several generals under Xiao Feng's account scolded him, and even said that this was a trick to lure the enemy, so that Xiao Feng would ignore it.

How do you know that Xiao Feng pondered for a long time after the military case, and said: "I have seen that Yan Agu beating, he is a good man with blood!" If I make a personal trip to convince him of our sincerity, and to put an end to the war and not to ruin the lives of the people, the risk is worth taking. ”

"Oh no, my lord!" When Yelu Moge heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "The king is now in danger of the safety of the whole army, in case the king is caught ...... if he doesn't believe in his words."

Before Brother Yelu Mo finished speaking, Xiao Feng was already laughing. "With my martial arts, it's not easy for Wanyan Aguta to keep me!"

Yelu Moge shook his head and said, "There is never any morality on the battlefield. I'm afraid that people's hearts are unpredictable, and I can't prevent it! ”

Yelu Moge said this, and Xiao Feng immediately remembered the two months when he was trapped in the Shangjing Imperial Palace. However, he was kind-hearted after all, and he was silent for a while but still insisted: "I will go alone, except for the matter of meeting Yan Agu and talking about surrender, it will be okay if I don't drink or eat." ”

Yelu Moge has served Xiao Feng for more than a year and is familiar with his temperament. Seeing that he was bent on going his own way, he was no longer reluctant, and only sighed and replied: "What's the matter with the king going alone?" It was still up to the lower officials to take Yanyun's eighteen horsemen and the king to see Yan Aguta. ”

Xiao Feng instinctively wanted to refuse, but before he could say anything, he realized that this time it was a major event of the imperial court and not a negotiation between the rivers and lakes, and pomp was particularly important, so he also acquiesced to this arrangement.

But it was the deputy general Yeluren who listened to the two people's answers first, and felt unbelievable. The commander of the Chinese army personally went deep into the enemy camp to recruit and surrender, although Yeluren was old in the army, but how could he ever see a general who acted like this? In case of loss, how is it good to teach the soldiers? He hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "General Xiao, think twice!" ”

Xiao Feng shook his head and replied sincerely: "King Song, I understand what you mean, but I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me." In case I am captured, you don't care if I live or die, just destroy the rebels as we have originally agreed. ”

Xiao Feng's method of breaking the enemy was to tell Yeluren calmly on the way to the march. Now seeing Xiao Feng go deep into the tiger's den, and even the army is unguarded and entrusted to himself, Yeluren Xian's heart for Xiao Feng's little bit of mustard is immediately gone, but he has infinite admiration for his heroic and upright mind. I saw that he immediately replied in a cruel voice: "General Xiao and go to see Yan Agu with peace of mind, if he dares to touch a cold hair of the general, the old man will slaughter his entire clan!" ”

On the second day, Xiao Feng and Yelu Moge met Wanyan Aguta in the main hall of the Huanglong Mansion.

Xu is army to resist Liao, Lian Jie greatly enhanced Wanyan Aguta's self-confidence, this time when Xiao Feng saw him again, Wanyan Aguta was no longer the original sincere, simple and enthusiastic ordinary people. Noticing that the other party's words and deeds were decisive, and there was a faint hint of a master's style that could tell the life and death of a person, Xiao Feng couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart. He knew that this time the surrender would definitely not succeed. Wanyan Aguda has obviously tasted the sweetness of power, how can he be willing to bow his head and be driven by others again?

The development of the matter was indeed as Xiao Feng expected, and he saw Yan Agu listening to the conditions that the Liao State had opened to him after Yelu Moge read out with an expressionless face, and he did not say a word for a long time.

But Yelu Moge couldn't hold his breath, and when he saw that Yan Aguda never spoke, he couldn't help but add: "Your Majesty's reward to Wanyan is not ungenerous, Aguta, you have to think about it carefully!" ”

After Yan Agu sat behind the case, he was silent for a while, suddenly smiled, and said slowly: "Posthumously seal my brother, reward my father, allow Wanyan to move inward, and reduce the tribute by half, which is really gracious." But my brother is dead and my father is old, so what is the use of rewarding them? And no matter how raw or cooked, he is always a slave of His Majesty; No matter how much tribute is paid, there will be tribute after all! If you are a slave, you must be driven by your master; If you need tribute, you have to be whipped if you don't have it! Is there a difference between this kindness and whether there is or is not? ”

Yelu Moge didn't know the deep meaning of Yan Agu's words, and thought that he was still dissatisfied with the conditions of this move, so he couldn't help but sink his face immediately. He was about to reprimand Yan Agu for being insatiable, but he noticed that Xiao Feng suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him.

I saw Xiao Feng look up at Wanyan Aguta, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Aguta, I know that Da Liao has enslaved the Jurchens for many years, and the Jurchen clan has a lot of grievances. However, the strength of the Great Liao is far beyond the strength of a mere Jurchen clan. If you continue to be stubborn, you will only lead the Jurchens to extinction. ”

After hearing this, he laughed out loud. "I have been fighting in Huanglong Mansion since Changbai Mountain, and instead of perishing, the Jurchens have become stronger and stronger! It is the Khitan, not the Jurchens, who are about to perish! ”

Xiao Feng couldn't help but shake his head slightly when he saw Yan Aguda's arrogant appearance, and only asked softly, "How many bullets do you have left?" Without waiting for the other party to answer, he picked up again. As long as the flintlock pistol has bullets, it can be controlled by a child. If the Great Song Dynasty wants to die in the Khitan, why do you need the Jurchens to do it for you? ”

Xiao Feng's two sentences finally hit Yan Agu's heart. However, he also knew that once the Jurchens raised an army, they would fight the Khitan endlessly, so he only said: "The Han people are using the Jurchens, but do you know that the Jurchens are also using the Han people?" The world is so big, it is not yet known who will die on his day! ”

Another emperor dreames! Xiao Feng couldn't help but sigh heavily in his heart. For some reason, he suddenly got tired of the qiē in front of him, if it weren't for the countless innocent people, women and children who were involved in the war, he was afraid that he would have brushed his sleeves away on the spot. "What if you let you win Da Liao? If you win, it is also a miserable victory, can you still be the opponent of the Han people? A bone beats the brothers, and the Han people are now strong again. Only when we are huddled together can we live in peace! ”

"Yes," Wanyan said without thinking, "as long as Yelu Hongji serves me as the Lord!" ”

"Presumptuous!" When Yelu Moge heard this, he immediately got up and scolded angrily.

After finishing the face, the bones are beaten, but they are full of words. "The Khitans are people, and the Jurchens are also people. Since everyone is human, why is it that the Jurchens are slaves of the Khitans in their lives, but they can't be the Khitans who are slaves in their lives? ”

When it comes to this, the only way to see the truth on the battlefield is to see the truth.

After that, Yan Agu beat him and believed it, and Xiao Feng did not embarrass him, so he let him go lightly. Before Xiao Feng left, Wan Yan said to him with a smile: "Xiao Feng, you are a hero, we Jurchens have always admired heroes the most, so I will let you go." It's just that I invited you to drink just now, but you didn't dare to drink, your heroism is a lot worse than back then. ”

As soon as Yan Agu's words of praise and disparagement came out, a group of soldiers around him laughed in unison.

Brother Yelu Mo was about to get angry, but Xiao Feng stretched out his hand to stop him. I saw Xiao Feng looking at Wanyan Aguta with complicated eyes, and said softly: "Brother Aguta, you really look like a friend of mine." At that time, I used to laugh at him as you laughed at me. To this day, I finally understand how he felt and how stupid I was at that time. It's a pity ......"

Seeing that a good man like Xiao Feng stood up to the sky and the earth, his eyes also revealed the melancholy of the past that could not be traced, he was surprised in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Who is that friend?" ”

"You've seen him, Brother Akuta." After Yan Agu asked this question, Xiao Feng instantly woke up and smiled bitterly at the moment. "But I hope you don't see him a second time!"

"Why is that?" Wanyan Agu was curious.

"Because he's going to kill you!" Xiao Feng replied clearly.