Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Iron Horse Breaks Through Helan Mountain

"Hah! The Emperor's will? "Wei Ming Linggong can't believe his ears, my Wei famous family has been loyal to the court for generations, and everyone in the Western Xia Kingdom knows about it, where did the rebel come from? Wei Ming Linggong said angrily, "Rebel general? Ha ha...... My famous family has fought for the safety of the Western Xia Kingdom from generation to generation, and is a loyal minister who is unmatched in the world. Are you worthy to say I'm a traitor? ”

"Hello! Is the famous general threatening the emperor with the fame of your famous family? Luo Yukun used his words to lead his name into the ditch, wanting to provoke him to lose his sense of proportion and reason, and say something rebellious, so as to confirm his crime of rebellion.

After all, Wei Ming is a famous family, and he has experienced a lot of sinister affairs in the court, seeing Luo Yukun talking like this, he instinctively realized that his situation was very dangerous, and he couldn't say anything or do anything, let alone resist, so he was silent and let the guards bind him, and just shouted: "I want to see the emperor!" ”

Luo Yukun saw that Wei Ming was tied up and sturdy, so he could get closer, and said with a gloomy smile on his face: "The incomparable Wei Ming Ling Gong also has today, I want to see the emperor, but the emperor doesn't have the time to see you!" ”

Wei Ming was surprised and said, "Could it be that you are pretending to pass on the holy decree?" ”

Luo Yukun despised Wei Ming and was silent for a while, looking at him slyly, what does that mean that what is fake is true and what is true, true and false are all made by Lao Tzu, and he doesn't understand anything when he dies, and he still wants to compete with Lao Tzu, hum!

Wei Ming read this meaning from Luo Yukun's face, and said angrily: "Is it really you, a villain who has brought disaster to the country and the people, to do it?" ”

"Good scolding! There are times when you understand. "Luo Yukun wants Wei Ming to know that he is the driving force behind the emperor, the life and death of your Wei Ming is in the hands of Lao Tzu, if you don't accept it, you have to accept it, you are angry that you are not negotiable, and mentally let you step over first. When the intention was reached, Luo Yukun slowly took out the holy decree from his arms, cleared his throat and happily read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the general is famous and orderly, proud of his merits, disrespectful of the will, secretly communicating with strong enemies, deliberately treasonous, the crime should be punished, read his merits in the court, dismissed from his post and investigated, and handed over to the Dali Division for trial." Chin this! ”

After reading the holy decree, Wei Ming suddenly realized that the traitorous ministers in the court and the central government were in power, confusing the emperor, disregarding the safety of the country with their own selfishness, conspiring with the ministers, and removing the troubles in their hearts with trumped-up charges. It's a pity that all this is too late, the enemy's iron hooves will inevitably break through the Helan Mountain, and Western Xia will not be protected. So he pointed at Luo Yukun and said angrily: "You are the traitor, and when the Mongolian soldiers and horses enter Western Xia, it will be the day you will perish." ”

"Haha" Luo Yukun thought that Lao Tzu was the emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom at that time, and smirked: "I'm afraid you won't see that time." Otherwise, I'll be angry with you. ”

Wei Ming Linggong was arrested and handed over to Luo Yukun for trial, Xiangzong said: "Wei Ming has a merit to the court, and has a high prestige in Western Xia, so it must be reasonable and well-founded during the trial, so as to give an explanation to the courtiers and the people." But don't hurt their lives. ”

Luo Xiangguo knocked and said: "Please rest assured, the emperor will definitely try the case according to the truth, act impartially, and give an explanation to the people of the world." ”

Xiangzong returned to Xingqing Mansion, the national capital, with Empress Luo, as if he had won a great victory and killed all the Mongolian troops, happily drinking day and night.

At this time, Luo Yukun's imperial power and military power were all in his hands, and he began not to take the emperor in his eyes, and ordered Gao Qi on the mountain to lead his troops down the mountain to attack the Mongolian army, while preparing for his ascension to the emperor's throne.

For several days, the Western Xia soldiers did not come down the mountain, and the Mongolian army ambushed under the mountain was hungry and thirsty, Genghis Khan said to Mu Huali: "If the Western Xia soldiers don't come down the mountain today, I will cook you and eat." ”

Mu Huali said with a smile: "Today, if the soldiers and horses of Western Xia don't go down the mountain, I will jump into the pot myself, and I won't have to work hard to drive." ”

Before Mu Huali's words fell, the Tanma arrived, and the camp of Subutai at the three passes was surrounded by Western Xia soldiers, densely packed with Western Xia soldiers, and Subutai sent a signal for help.

"Good!" Genghis Khan patted Mu Huali and said, "I won't cook you!" Teng came out of the pot to cook Wei Ming, haha......"

Mu Huali said: "I'm afraid that Wei Ming won't be able to cook it." ”

Genghis Khan was surprised: "You mean that Wei Ming did not go down the mountain." ”

Mu Huali said: "He's not on the mountain, otherwise you're really going to cook me." ”

Genghis Khan said: "Yes, he wants to be on the mountain, and these Western Xia soldiers will not go down the mountain." So where would he be? ”

Mu Huali: "I'm afraid he is in the prison of the Western Xia Kingdom at this time." ”

Genghis Khan suddenly said: "This is your plan to kill people with a knife!" ”

Mu Huali said: "I used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, and Luo Yukun, the prime minister of the Western Xia Kingdom, was the one who wanted to kill people with a knife." ”

Genghis Khan said: "This eats things inside and outside, catch him and go to the belly to be punished!" ”

Mu Huali shook his head and said, "There is no need for us, once our army breaks through Helan Mountain, his death will come." ”

Not long after, the battle situation of Maquangou and Errastai also came, and a large number of Western Xia soldiers descended the mountain in both directions.

Mu Huali looked at Genghis Khan and said with a smile: "It seems that the Western Xia soldiers on the mountain have all descended the mountain, and the Great Khan can rest assured that he will fight." ”

Genghis Khan stepped on the Milky Way Horse and raised his arms and shouted: "The warriors of Western Xia have the best rice and mutton, and the women of Western Xia are the most beautiful, go into Western Xia and enjoy it!" ”

The Mongolian soldiers, who had been depressed for a few months, immediately became a hundred times more energetic, stepped on their war horses, brandished their scimitars and shouted "whoops" and rushed towards the Western Xia soldiers.

The Mongol army marched in unison, and suddenly appeared in various passes of Helan Mountain, killing the Western Xia army. Genghis Khan personally led a large army to kill all the way to the three passes, and joined forces with Subutai, killing more than 100,000 horses led by Gao Qi to the point that people were turned on their backs and corpses were all over the field. Originally, under the instigation of Gao Qi, the Western Xia soldiers saw that there were not many Mongolian soldiers, and they all wanted to make meritorious contributions and their morale was strong. Suddenly, so many Mongolian soldiers were killed, and they were so frightened that they had already lost their souls, where did they dare to fight, retreat and retreat, and wanted to retreat to the mountains, but it was too late, and the retreat was already blocked, but it was a pity that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were chopped into meat sauce inadvertently.

At the same time, Bo'ershu's army also entered the pass from Zhongwei, and successively captured Zhongning, Wuzhong, and Tongxin to march towards Xingqing Mansion.

The army of Heqi'er and the army of Jebe also broke through Maquangou and Errastai to converge at Taosigou, and even pulled Shijing, Shizuishan, Fenghuangshan, and Pingluo Town, and the soldiers pointed to Helan Town, the north barrier of Xingqing Prefecture.

Genghis Khan broke through the three passes and attacked along Huangyangtan, Pingjibao and Zhenbei Fort to the outside of Xingqing Mansion.

In three days, the Mongol army formed a siege of Xingqingfu, the capital of Western Xia. The Western Xia Dynasty was in turmoil. Xiangzong Li ran out of Queen Luo's tent, didn't care about wearing a dragon robe, kicked wooden shoes and trotted to Luan Palace, and convened hundreds of officials to discuss emergency measures. The ministers also woke up from their sleep one by one, and they were summoned to the hall in a daze, only to learn that the Mongolian soldiers had surrounded Xingqing Mansion overnight, and they were already frightened, and they were all depressed, like mourning, they didn't dare to raise their heads, and their eyes secretly glanced at Luo Yukun.

At this time, Luo Yukun, the emperor's father-in-law who was above 10,000 people and had military and political power, never dreamed that Gao Qi was so useless, and he was wiped out by the Mongols as soon as he came down the mountain; I didn't expect the Mongols to deceive and hit the city so quickly. At present, the emperor's dream can't be done, Xiangguo's position is not guaranteed, and it is a question whether his life can be saved. Thinking of this, my heart trembled, and I stood aside without saying a word.

Xiangzong Li An'an was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, jumping around on the dragon couch, pointing to the minister of civil and military affairs and hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I put you one by one in an important position, and you usually enjoy endless glory and wealth, and now the Mongolian army is coming to the city, and the Western Xia Kingdom is in danger, but you should talk about how to deal with it now?" ”

Although the crown prince Chengzhen was made the crown prince, he had no power in the court, and he was usually careful everywhere, for fear of offending Luo's father and daughter, he never said a word, at this time, seeing that everyone was silent, Luo Xiangguo also bowed his head and was silent, so he boldly said: "Qiyu father, the son thinks that although the Xixia Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom are not in harmony, but after all, they are dependent on each other, so it is better to send a messenger to Jin Guoxiao to ask for help and send troops to rescue." ”

At this time, Li An'an had no master, and when he heard the prince say this, he saw that the ministers also nodded in approval, and said, "Okay, quickly send an envoy to the Jin country for help in eight hundred miles." ”

Only then did the court breathe a sigh of relief, and waited for the golden soldiers to come to help. I didn't think that at this time, the old emperor of Jin Guo died, and he had just been replaced by the incompetent Yongji as emperor. This embroidered pillow emperor did not understand the relationship between the interests of the country and the truth of the cold lips and teeth, heard that the Western Xia came to move the rescue troops, disdainfully said to the ministers: "The Western Xia has always been the head of the rat at both ends, the yang and the yin are violated, often against me, I haven't freed up my hands to clean him up, the Mongols did it for me, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble." ”

Some ministers advocated sending troops to save Western Xia, but Emperor Yongji didn't listen to the reprimand at all: "What does it have to do with me if Western Xia dies or not, and then say that those who send troops will be killed!" ”

The envoy of Western Xia did not move to rescue the soldiers and was humiliated, Li An'an was furious and scolded Jin Guo for not being a thing, and he would not save him when he saw death, and he would take revenge in the future. But how do you get through it now? Li An'an called the ministers, no matter what you say, none of the ministers raised their heads. The whole hall was silent, and the sound of heartbeats could be heard in silence. Even a few close ministers who are usually active in the court stood there honestly and did not speak, but just looked at Luo Xiangguo, who was a little trembling. Emperor Li An'an realized that even Luo Yukun didn't speak, and no one could solve this problem, if it was a famous Linggong, there would definitely be a way, right! Wei Ming, only Wei Ming can save the Western Xia Kingdom, Xiangzong remembered Wei Ming, and immediately asked: "Luo Xiangguo, where is the famous general now?" ”

As soon as he heard that the emperor wanted to make a name for him, Luo Yukun was so frightened that his legs trembled. Like a sifting of sugar, he swallowed and said: "I have been ordered to put the traitor on death row." ”

The ministers were in an uproar, no wonder the Mongolian army was able to cross the natural barrier Helan Mountain, drive straight in, dare to love the famous general was captured, if Wei Ming was there, Western Xia would definitely not be beaten in by the Tartars. All the hundreds of officials knelt down and bowed: "Your Majesty, the famous general has been loyal to the country for generations, and will never commit treason, this is a villain's frame." Please ask the emperor to use the famous general, only he can save the Western Xia Kingdom. ”

Li An'an glared at Luo Yukun and said, "Don't hurry up and invite the famous general to the court!" ”

Luo Yukun didn't move, first, he was unwilling to lose like this; The second is that he didn't dare to let the emperor and ministers see what Wei Ming looked like now. So he said: "Isn't there anyone who can use it in the Western Xia Kingdom, and let a traitor lead the army to meet the enemy, wouldn't it be a tiger to return to the mountain." ”

Li An'an said angrily: "What traitor? It's all you stupid pigs, who speak falsely and are jealous, that ruined my country. Come. Quickly invite the famous general to discuss the matter. ”

The hall was silent, two hours had passed, and Wei Ming had not been seen in the court, and the battle reports outside the city came one after another, Li An'an had no choice but to send someone to block it first, and wait for Wei Ming to come. So he sent the crown prince Chengzhen general, Gao Yi as the deputy marshal, to lead the 50,000 elite soldiers defending the city and the 50,000 defenders drawn back from the Yellow River out of the city to meet the enemy. A dead horse is a live horse doctor, Li An'an is sick and rushes to the doctor, and just sent the prince out. The name of the Emperor was carried into the main hall.

At this time, his legs had been chopped off, his eyes gouged out, his tongue cut off, and he lay half-dead on the main hall. Xiangzong stepped forward and hugged Wei Ming and said, "Wei Ming, what's the matter, who dared to harm you like this?" ”

The speechless Wei Ming Ling Gong trembled and raised his hand with incomplete fingers, and laboriously wrote the word "Shou" on Li An'an's hand. Xiangzong Li An'an has burst into tears, and he is really a loyal minister, and when he was killed like this, the first thing that came to mind was my country and the Western Xia Kingdom. Li An'an stopped crying and said: "Wei Ming is the first loyal minister of my Western Xia Kingdom, and he is also the first meritorious hero!" I'll give you an explanation! ”

Li An'an kicked Luo Yukun fiercely and said, "Put Luo Yukun on death row pending trial!" ”

He also ordered someone to quickly order the prince to collect his troops, stick to the city defense, and not go out of the city to fight, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!

It was too late for Emperor Li An'an's order to reach the front. The vanguard led by Deputy Marshal Gao Yi has left the city. Genghis Khan was overjoyed to see the Western Xia soldiers out of the city, leaving an opening for the Western Xia soldiers, after Gao Yi led the 20,000 horses and horses all out of the city, the Mongolian army killed its first 20,000 people for a while and was wrapped in dumplings, and the deputy general Gao Yi resisted desperately and was captured and beheaded by the Mongolian soldiers. Prince Chengzhen received the order to retreat into the city, closed the city gate, and held out.

The Mongol army surrounded the city in three ways, and the water in the siege of Xingqingfu, the capital of Western Xia, was impassable, and began to organize the siege of the city.

The city wall of Xingqing Mansion is six meters thick, three zhang high, and there are throwing and shooting, easy to defend and difficult to attack, hundreds of years of war continues, but no army can step into the capital half a step.

Genghis Khan organized dozens of unsuccessful sieges of the city, and was so anxious that he killed and burned all the creatures outside the city. After wandering around the city walls for a day, Mu Huali proposed a plan to attack the city: flood the city with water.

The reason why Xixia is known as the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River is that there are more than a dozen yellow canals and dozens of dams, which constitute an irrigation and drinking water network for people and livestock, turning the beach into paddy fields, so that people who have neither heavenly water nor groundwater can store a source of life.

Among them, there is one of the largest diversion canals called Tanglai Canal. The canal is 120 meters wide and 13 meters deep, traverses the urban area of Xingqing Prefecture, is 5 meters higher than the city, and the water of the Yellow River is diverted to ensure the domestic water in the city for many years, and is called the Western Summer Canal.

Mu Huali has studied the Tanglai Canal for several days, as long as the dam is built in the lower reaches to intercept the flow, the Tanglai Canal can flood the Jinshan, flood the Xingqing Mansion, and destroy the capital of Western Xia without a fight.

Genghis Khan ordered people to build a dam downstream, and sure enough, the water of the Tanglai Canal rose sharply, and the turbid Yellow River overflowed the canal embankment and poured into the city. Xingqing City is a vast ocean. After seven days and seven nights of flooding, residents climbed onto the roofs to escape the flood, killing and injuring countless people. Emperor Li An'an also led hundreds of officials to the top of the palace, watching the whole city become an ocean, hating the viciousness of the Mongols and scolding the traitorous minister Luo Yukun, repenting of the beginning, after righteous indignation, asked the ministers what to do?

Seeing that his life is gone, what else can he do. The ministers also didn't care about the many gossips, some advocating surrender and some advocating peace. In fact, it doesn't make much sense to surrender and make peace at the moment, it depends on what the Mongols want. Some people say that the purpose of the Mongols was obviously to destroy the Western Xia, and some people say that the Mongols wanted to subdue the Western Xia. Some people say, whether it is destroyed or subdued, the top priority is to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, how can you know if you don't try? Hurry up and send someone to sue for peace with the Mongols.

"That's right! Right! Sue for peace, and the Mongols will give whatever they want as long as they withdraw their troops. "Li An'an's life is important at this time, without his life, the capital, the Western Xia Kingdom, the gold and silver treasures, and the woman have no relationship with him. So he trembled and wrote a book of supplication for peace, and sent people out of the city.

At this moment, the walls of Xingqing City were soaked and collapsed, and the flood in the city suddenly roared and rushed out of the city. Water fell from the sky more than three meters high, and the villages and towns outside the city were swallowed up in an instant.

The water and fire are ruthless, and the god Mu Huali has not read "Lao Tzu" when the water is full and overflowing, so he did not expect the flood to destroy the city, and the Mongolian army stationed outside the city was washed to pieces, and the camp tent was immersed in the surging flood, and the soldiers were killed and injured countless times. Genghis Khan had to give the order to retreat.

At this time, the ministers of peace sent by the Western Xia were washed out of the city along the flood, and found Genghis Khan's account without dying, explaining his intentions, but he didn't expect Genghis Khan to agree to the peace without saying a word. The envoy of the Western Xia happily kowtowed a few times and said: "Thank you, respected Great Khan, from now on, our Western Xia Kingdom will be a vassal state of your Great Khan, only obey, every year is called the minister and the tribute, this time my lord has drawn up a list, please look at the Great Khan." ”

The Mongols looted dozens of prefectures and counties from Western Xia this time, and they couldn't finish bringing the eastern and western belts, so they didn't care about the tribute of Western Xia at all. Genghis Khan said magnanimously: "Since you are called ministers, you will pay tribute every year." This time, I think it's okay, it's all gone. There are only two conditions for the peace of the king, as long as Li An'an agrees, I will immediately withdraw my troops back to the Mongolian steppe. ”

Ho, negotiate and withdraw the army without gold, silver, treasure, and tribute, such a good thing has never been encountered. The envoys of Western Xia thought to themselves, seeing that Li An'an was so anxious that his grandson was like a grandson, not to mention two conditions, ten or eight, and it would be okay for the emperor to call you godfather. So, he said happily: "The Great Khan is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, as long as Li An'an is still the emperor, the two conditions are ten or eight, and it is no problem, I don't know if the conditions of the Great Khan are ......"