Chapter 1: Running out of food and destroying Zhongxing Mansion, a glimmer of life Xixia Concubine
In the leap month of the fourth year of Qianding, the Mongolian iron hoof east and west armies have besieged Zhongxing Mansion for several months, the lord of the Western Xia Dynasty, Li Hui, and the general Wei Mingling have been defending the city for half a year, the people in the city are starving all over the field, the soldiers are running out of ammunition and food, and they are suffering from locust disasters, which can be described as a lonely and withered scene, and there is no life at all. Li Hui stood on the window of the Chinese army camp, looking out, and the pain in his heart couldn't help but welling up in his heart, thinking that my great country in Western Xia has gone through one hundred and eighty-nine years since the founding emperor Yuan Hao, could it be that the great country on the border is now going to be destroyed in the hands of my Li Hui, in the hands of the hateful Mongolian barbarian Zier Temujin?
Li Hui was never convinced, but judging from the current situation, it is absolutely impossible to break through the encirclement and come back to life. Now in his heart, although Li Hui is anxious, he is quietly waiting for someone, maybe only she can turn the tide and save the Western Xia Kingdom from the brink of overthrow.
At this time, Li Hui said loudly: "Where is General Wei Mingling? ”
One of the guards hurriedly ran in and replied, "Returning to the king, the general is inspecting the military situation on the city wall!" ”
Li Hui said: "Hurry up, please go back to the general, there is something important to discuss with the general!" ”
The guard replied and hurried out the door.
A moment later, a septuagenarian general hurried over with a weapon, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by the guards: "General, slow down, no one with weapons is allowed to enter!" ”
The septuagenarian general hurriedly took off the sword at his waist and handed it to the guards, before entering the tent of the Chinese army.
When Li Hui saw General Linggong coming, his frowning face eased slightly, and then he said: "General Linggong is on duty day and night on the city wall, which is really hard work, and it is really a blessing for the people of Western Xia, and a blessing for loneliness!" ”
When General Ling Gong heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "As a minister, the minister cannot eliminate the trouble, and it is difficult to escape the blame for making the enemy go deep into this area. ”
Li Hui said: "Ling Gong hurry up, please get up quickly, I call you here today, I want you to take me to inspect the people and soldiers in the city, so as to stabilize people's hearts and support my Western Xia national fortune for some time, and I have another plan......
Ling Gong said: "Such a trivial matter, why bother the king, just go in the end!" ”
Li Hui sighed: "At such a critical moment, this king should defend against foreign enemies with everyone, don't discuss it again, the general will lead the way, and our monarch and ministers will set off immediately!" ”
Ling Gong replied: "Yes, everything is arranged by the king!" ”
Ling Gong stood up and shouted: "The king is driving, the king is driving!" ”
Immediately, the three personal guards followed, Li Hui and Wei Mingling, who came out of the Chinese army's tent and walked towards the neighborhoods in the city.
After walking a few steps, he saw a skinny man gnawing on the loess on the ground, Li Hui hurriedly went up to help the old man and said: "You are going to eat it again, how different is it from death, how different is it from death?" ”
The old man looked at Li Hui with tears in his eyes, his mouth tried hard one by one but he couldn't say half a word, and after struggling for a while, his two hands hung down, but his eyes couldn't blink for a long time.
Seeing this, Li Hui was shocked and couldn't say a word, and gently closed the eyes of the old man who left first with his hand.
Li Hui stood up and said to the guards behind him: "Be sure to choose a good place to bury it, don't abandon the corpse under the scorching sun, and be ashamed of the people of the city!" ”
After Li Hui finished speaking, a soldier dragged the old man's body straight into the distance, did not take a few steps, but was stopped by another old man, after the old man lifted a mat, the guard was stunned in place, under the mat lying hundreds of corpses, already rotten, flies and locusts flying all over the sky.
When the soldier saw this, his heart tingled, and he threw the dead old man into the pile of corpses with one hand.
The old man, who was still alive, slowly covered the straw mat again, and there was no expression in his eyes.
At this time, Li Hui had walked nearly a few hundred meters, but in this short distance, all he saw and saw were the old, weak, sick and dying people, Li Hui saw that his heart was like colic, and tears couldn't stop flowing, but he didn't expect that he, a dignified monarch, would let the people live such a life that was worse than death.
After Li Hui walked by, he would straighten his clothes and comb his hair for these people who were not clothed and hungry, and the people on the ground wept bitterly and thanked the king for taking care of him.
Li Hui walked a few blocks like this, all of them were like this, he didn't have the courage to go on like this anymore, now Li Hui was haggard and discouraged, but there was a voice in his heart that told him that he must persevere, even if the city is ruined, he will give the barbarian Temujin a heavy blow.
General Ling Gong looked at the king like this, and he was also in tears, and stepped forward and said: "King, let's go back, and leave the affairs in the city to the officials of Zhongxing Mansion to do!" ”
Li Hui calmed down for a moment, waved his hand and said, "No, go up to the city wall, I'm going to see the soldiers!" ”
Ling Gong was embarrassed and said: "This ......"
Li Hui said: "What is the difficulty of the general? ”
Ling Gong replied: "The last general will not dare, but the people above the city wall are even more miserable than the people under the city, and I am afraid that the king will not be able to sleep at night when he sees this!" ”
Li Hui looked up to the sky and shouted: "In such a situation now, what else is there to be afraid of, don't worry, lead the way!" ”
Ling Gong replied: "Yes! King, this way, please! ”
General Ling Gong took Li Hui step by step on the dilapidated city wall.
As soon as Li Hui climbed the city wall, he saw that outside the city wall, almost all of them were Mongolian bags, the Mongolian army was lined up neatly, the huge banners were whirring in the wind, and the groups of swarthy horses appeared to be full of energy. Compared with the disparity in strength between the two sides, Li Hui's heart sank to the bottom again!
Li Hui was frightened by the domineering spirit of the Mongol army at this moment, and he was on the city wall for a moment, and when General Ling saw this, he said softly: "King, please ...... here."
Li Hui came back to his senses from the wooden nest and hurriedly walked in the direction pointed by General Ling Gong.
I saw that on the city wall, one by one the Western Xia soldiers were staggering, hanging their heads, completely like the soldiers of the defeated army.
At this time, a Western Xia soldier struggled to look at the enemy situation in the distance through the observation port, and seemed very hard, Li Hui strangely walked through the rolling stones piled up on the city wall, and was surprised to find that the soldier was missing a thigh, and the bow and arrow in his hand were on the arrow at any time, ready to fight.
Li Hui stepped forward and hurriedly helped the soldier up and said, "Why are you so seriously injured and still holding on?" ”
The soldier looked at the king, first a little panicked, and then said very calmly: "Defend my homeland, fight if you don't die!" ”
Li Hui listened to the blood boiling, I didn't expect my Xixia sons and daughters to be so strong-standing, not afraid of strong enemies, Li Hui's heart was an unprecedented feeling welled up in his heart, both hands tightly held the soldier's hands, the two hands were no longer at any interval at the moment, and the two hands were sincerely shaking each other from the bottom of their hearts.
After a while, Li Hui helped the soldier down and sat down and said, "Rest for the time being, my Western Xia Kingdom still needs to wait!" ”
After speaking, Li Hui walked straight forward.
The soldier looked at Li Hui's crooked figure, and the blood in his heart boiled all of a sudden, and the courage in his heart to swear to live and die with Xixia rushed straight to his brain!
Li Hui hadn't walked a few steps when he saw a soldier with a broken arm, holding a rolling log with one hand, waiting for the Mongol iron hoof to attack.
Li Hui hurriedly stepped forward and touched the empty sleeve, his expression was full of pain.
The soldier with the severed hand smiled and said to Li Hui: "Please forgive the king, forgive me for not being able to visit the king now, I will devote all my energy to fighting the Mongols."
The king said bitterly: "Good way, good way, I'm not a king, I'll always belong to the land of Western Xia like you!" ”
In such a section of the city wall of several hundred meters, what Li Hui saw was either missing arms and legs, or scarred remnants of soldiers and wounded generals, but although these people were physically disabled, their will was strong, and the courage and loyalty to defend my Xixia hot land were not flawed at all.
Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "The Mongols have attacked, the Mongols have attacked......"
The soldiers, who had been languishing just now, were suddenly in high spirits and returned to their positions to prepare for battle, and it seemed that Li Hui's inspection had played an important role.
Ling Gong hurriedly said: "King, it is no longer safe here, please return to the Chinese army's tent quickly!" ”
Li Hui said: "Today, I want to fight the enemy together with the soldiers of the city!" ”
With that, he took off his cloak and prepared to take up his bow and arrows to fight.
General Ling Gong was frightened and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The courage of the king can be learned, and the sun and moon of the city of the king are proof, but the king is the lord of a country in Western Xia. ”
Ling Gongzhi's words were heartfelt, but Li Hui also felt the same way when he listened, so Li Hui picked up his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at the Mongolian army in front of him and shouted: "Western Xia soldiers, the same enemy, swear to defend the country to the death!" ”
At this time, I saw that all the soldiers were already in good spirits, and Li Hui quickly left the city wall accompanied by the guards.
As soon as Li Hui returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, a soldier mysteriously said beside Li Hui: "The princess is here, and she has been waiting in the tent for a long time!" ”
When Li Hui heard this, he was very happy.
Li Hui hurriedly walked into the side room of the Chinese army's big tent, and saw a young and beautiful princess with a graceful figure combing her long hair in front of the bronze mirror.
Li Hui walked over gently, and then put his hand on the princess's shoulder, the princess was shocked, turned her head and saw that it was King Li Hui, so she hurriedly knelt down and said: "King, the concubine is rude, I hope the king will forgive!" ”
Li Hui picked up the beautiful princess and looked at it carefully, and muttered in his mouth: "Gulbolejin Guo Hatun, since you entered the palace and were selected as a concubine, this king has never been fortunate to you, have you ever hated Lonely?" ”
The princess hurriedly knelt down and said: "The concubine body does not dare, the concubine body enters the palace by herself, she is born as a king, and she dies as a king ghost!" ”
Li Hui picked up the princess and said, "I didn't expect that I would snub such a naturally beautiful beauty on weekdays!" ”
The princess was overjoyed.
Li Hui turned his head to look out the window and muttered, "Ai Fei, why did you really call you here today?" ”
The princess said happily: "The king ordered someone to call me here today, presumably because he was tired of supervising the army for days, so he asked the concubine to come and serve the king!" ”
After that, the princess had quickly taken off her clothes, Li Hui turned around and looked at the bewitching princess in surprise, and a man's blood surged in her heart.
After a while, Li Hui calmed down and said, "Put on your clothes first, this king has something to discuss with you!" ”
The princess put on her clothes suspiciously, then helped the king to the throne and sat down, then snuggled under Li Hui's legs and said, "King, why did you call me here today?" ”
Li Hui pondered for a moment and said, "Concubine Ai, are you willing to do something for my Western Xia Kingdom?" ”
The princess was even more puzzled, and said in a gentle voice: "The concubine is thinking, but as a daughter, she can't solve problems for the king, I really don't know how to repay it!" ”
After struggling for a long time, Li Hui suddenly said, "Are you willing to serve the Mongolian lord Temujin?" ”
After listening to Li Hui's words, the princess was surprised for a long time and didn't react, and suddenly she got up, picked up the king's sword and put it on her neck and said: "Although the concubine is a daughter, she knows the beauty of the three virtues and the four virtues, if the king sends me to the Mongolian barbarian, I would rather kill myself than be ravaged by the old man!" ”
Li Hui hurriedly got up and said: "Love the concubine and slow, but listen to me in detail, if the concubine is still unwilling after hearing it, this king will never force the concubine!" ”
The princess slowly put down the sword in her hand, and then said in surprise: "What is the reason?" I wish to listen to the king Xiangzhi! ”
Li Hui said: "Concubine Ai, sit down for the time being, and listen to this king speak slowly!" ”
Gulborejin Guo Hu Hatun quietly waited for Li Hui to tell the truth.
Suddenly, Li Hui knelt on the ground at the princess, and the princess was so shocked that she knelt down in a panic, and cried and said, "King, what does this mean?" This is going to torment the slave family! ”
Li Hui said calmly: "This kneeling, I am kneeling for the common people of Xixia in the whole city to thank the princess for her great grace!" ”
The princess was flustered and hurriedly said, "King, please get up, if you have anything to say, let's sit down and talk about it slowly!" ”
Under the repeated urging of the princess, Li Hui finally got up.
The princess helped the king to the throne and said, "The king is now careful to say, if my slave family is still useful, it is to be broken bones, and I will definitely go!" ”
Li Hui sighed: "The princess may know that now the Mongolian army of 100,000 iron hooves has besieged my Zhongxing Mansion for several months, and the city is exhausted of ammunition and food, and it is scarred. ”
The princess said suspiciously: "But as a woman, the slave family will definitely not be able to help the king with a little royal affairs, it's really embarrassing!" ”
Li Hui calmed the princess and continued: "Have you heard of Concubine Ai, that the Mongolian lord Temu Zhen is a lecherous and womanizer? ”
The princess nodded in surprise.
Li Hui continued: "I think my Western Xia has fought with the Mongolian barbarians six times, for as long as 22 years, the Mongolian barbarians have won a big victory every time with their iron hooves, and our Western Xia in order to preserve their strength, they always pay tribute to the Mongolian barbarians, and one of them is indispensable, that is, the beauties of our Western Xia country!" ”
The princess sighed and said, "What the king said is very true! The slave family also listens to rumors from the outside world! ”
Li Hui continued: "The first five times to pay tribute, we were all yin and yang, openly paying tribute to Mongolia, but secretly contacting Daliao and other tribes to overthrow Temujin's rule in one fell swoop, it was really a cultivation business, intending to make a comeback, but unfortunately it was repeatedly destroyed, and now it is probably impossible to pay tribute again, and now there is only one last way to save the life of my Western Xia national fortune!" ”
The princess said suspiciously: "What is the way?" ”
Li Hui said: "This time the king thought twice, so the princess will be dedicated to the Temujin, only said to let it be given a month of grace, I Li Hui should lead the Western Xia army and people to bow down to the vassals, the concubine can take the opportunity to kill it within this month, as long as Temujin dies, Mongolia will inevitably be in chaos, and then it will definitely withdraw the troops to Zhongxingfu, and my Western Xia country still has a glimmer of life!" ”
After hearing this, the princess said in surprise: "There are no less than 100 concubines in the queen's harem, why did you choose me alone, I have no stunts, and I have no power to bind chickens, how can I kill the Mongolian Khan Temujin, who has been spanning all his life?" ”
Li Hui said: "There are three reasons for choosing the concubine! First, Concubine Ai is a virgin, and Temujin has a quirk, and she should not be touched anywhere; Second, the concubine was loyal and loyal, and she would not be succumbed to the majesty of Temujin; Third, the concubine is smart and empathetic, and she will definitely attract Temujin's attention! ”
When the princess heard Li Hui say this, she collapsed to the ground and didn't say a word for a long time.
Seeing this, Li Hui said: "If the concubine is unwilling, I will be buried here with the people of Xixia and the whole city, and I will live up to the love of the concubine marrying me......"
After Li Hui said this, the princess was still like ashes, and she didn't know what she was thinking, maybe at this time, let her concubine calm down, so that her concubine could recover from such a great change.
So, after Li Hui took a look at the princess, he turned around and planned to leave......
"Wait...... King"
At this time, only to hear the princess calmly say such an unprecedented sentence, which really surprised Li Hui.
Li Hui turned his head to look at the princess and said, "Princess, what do you mean by calling Lonely?" ”
The princess looked at the emaciated emperor in front of her, and said calmly: "I'll go ......"
After hearing this, Li Hui desperately ran over and hugged the princess, the tears of the two instantly blended together, and the princess felt the warmth of her first time in the palace, and at the same time, it was also the last time the warmth of the king.
After a while, the princess said in Li Hui's ear: "A weak woman in the slave family, I don't know how to act, and I hope that the king will give me some advice!" ”
Li Hui hugged the princess and cried bitterly for a long time before he said slowly: "Gu has already thought of four plans, and the concubine can see the opportunity to act, thinking that these four plans will definitely make that Temujin die, I have salvation in Western Xia, and the people of Western Xia have salvation!" ”
The princess was sour again, and after a while, Li Hui told the princess all the four plans in her heart, and the princess memorized them by heart.
Immediately, Li Hui endured the pain and left the princess, and before leaving, he told the princess: "Until the last resort, you must not use the fourth plan, and the concubine must remember to ......"
The princess looked at the back of Li Hui walking out, just silently crying, at this moment he has nothing to say, at this moment he no longer belongs to the king, at this moment it belongs to an old man who has fought all his life and killed countless people......
An unprecedented murderous aura emanated from the princess's clear eyes, and disappeared in an instant!
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