Chapter 976: Gradually Clear

Xingqing Mansion of Xia Kingdom, with the tension in the city after a month of brewing, finally broke out on June 20, a large number of proton troops, iron harriers, etc. rushed into Xingqing City, which also made Li Heng, Liu Keshi, and Li Zhongfang, who were guarding the central guard, get a little respite in those two days.

The turmoil in Xingqing City, which lasted for three days, finally eased and stabilized after Li An'an personally led his troops to storm the palace and capture Li Chunyou alive.

However, the sporadic burning, killing and looting did not decrease because of this, even if the hot Gongji begged Li An'an to enter the palace several times, but Li An'an continued to acquiesce to the proton army under his command and began to loot in Xingqing City on the grounds that all the soldiers were meritorious, and that he was unwavering in his position at the beginning and refused to stand on his side.

And those courtiers who wavered in their position at the beginning, especially those who chose to stand on Li Chunyou's side, were almost all arrested and put in prison in this conflict, even their families were implicated, and their wives and children could not escape the clutches of the Proton Army.

The Proton Army has always been organized by the royal family and nobles, and those who have festivals on weekdays and look at each other unpleasantly, and those who did not stand on Li An'an's side in this conflict have been implicated, and the family is also innumerable, and the noblewoman who was originally high above has become a plaything in the hands of the Proton Army overnight, and the gold, silver and jewelry in the family have also been looted.

It was only three days of turmoil, but it made the entire Xingqing City fall into a situation where everyone was in danger, and it was not until the night of June 23 that Su Dao finally began to suppress the turmoil in the city unhurriedly after receiving Li An'an's order.

After a whole night of suppression, as a large number of troops were sent out of Xingqing City, only some necessary force was left to guard the outside of the palace, and the rest of the army was sent out of Xingqing City to garrison.

Xingqing City has returned to its former tranquility, but it is only the devastation caused by the turmoil of three days, that is, even Su Dao, who patrolled the city early in the morning, was secretly frightened, and couldn't help but secretly scolded: Damn, how good it would be if these people could use their hatred for their own people on the Song people!

When they went to attack the central defenders one by one, they all found various reasons to prevaricate and were reluctant to go, but they were all holding back their strength for this sack of Xingqing City.

However, Su Dao turned around and touched his waist that had swelled up in three days, including the rare treasures that his subordinates had dedicated to him, so he became less concerned about the various burning, killing and looting that happened in Xingqing City.

The common people were slightly less affected, and more were the courtiers and nobles, who were as if they had suffered a catastrophe in this turmoil, but almost all those who had not stood on the same side as Li An'an before suffered varying degrees of losses.

But it was precisely because of Li An'an's high-pressure and robbing appeasement that the court on the morning of June 24 was full of courtiers shouting loudly to support him as the emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom.

I have to say that Li An'an's high-pressure thunder method is much more effective than the gentle tactics of others, but in just a few days, it has made the officials, nobles, and royal families in the entire Xingqing City, whether sincere or false, but after all, they all recognize the legitimacy of him, the emperor who is about to succeed to the throne.

Li An'an, who entered the palace, has not yet chosen an auspicious day to succeed to the throne, and the biggest hero, Hot Gongji, under the gaze of many officials, whispered in the ear of Li An'an, who was proud of the spring breeze: "Holy Lord, Song Chen Ye Qing's letter." "Oh? At this time, the sudden letter came, is it to show goodwill? Li An'an smiled coldly and casually took the envelope handed over by Hot Gongji.

Li An'an had reason to believe that Ye Qing's letter at this time was to show favor to him, after all, in his opinion, Ye Qing must not have imagined that he would win the throne from Li Chunyou's hands in such a short period of time.

Therefore, Ye Qing, who originally wanted to take advantage of the internal strife between him and Li Chunyou to seize the Great Xia City, obviously saw that the wind was not in the right direction, so he planned to stop fighting and negotiate peace.

But when he opened the letter, there was only a simple and clear sentence: Beware of the Mongols taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the summer.

The courtiers led by Hot Gongji and the others looked at Li An'an, who was originally sneering and disdainful, and his expression became cloudy and uncertain in an instant, and finally his whole face became gloomy and became more and more difficult to look at.

And just like Ye Qing's letter to Li An'an, Temujin, who was conquering Liao at this time, was in a tangle, not only wanting to take Liao in one fell swoop, but also not wanting to give up coveting Xia when Xia was now in internal strife.

What's more, what worried him at the beginning still happened, he originally wanted to use Jin and Xia to contain Ye Qing and make him unable to move south of the Yellow River, but in the end Ye Qing still chose to take risks, and even did not hesitate to fight with Jin and Xia at the same time.

He knew very well that Ye Qing's reason for doing this was that he didn't want to sit idly by and watch him Temujin grow and develop step by step, so he had to choose this risky move to strengthen his strength.

Of course, Temujin also believed that Ye Qing turned to the defensive after attacking the central defender of the Xia Solstice, and then began to switch from defense to offense a few days ago, not really changing his mind halfway and wanting to swallow Xia by himself, but instead putting on a bait that was extremely tempting to himself and the leaders of the tribes, forcing them to think about the Xia Kingdom that was now in trouble when attacking Liao.

Ye Qing's move ...... It is quite a siege of Wei to save Zhao, or is it planning to annex the Xia Kingdom alone? Qiu Chu stroked his beard and looked at Temujin, who was silently in a daze, and said.

Temujin shook his head silently, his eyes were in a daze, and he took over the topic of Qiu Chuji's topic and said, "That's not the case. After Ye Qing attacked the central defender, he switched from offense to defense, which is enough to show that Ye Qing is not arrogant and conceited, believing that swallowing the entire Xia Kingdom with his own strength will not do him any good. The so-called Hexi Corridor, Ye Qing must be bound to win, and now it is ...... Suddenly, one attack and one defense changed to a two-way attack, in my opinion, either Ye Qing encountered any big trouble, or the Jin people gave Ye Qing great pressure, so that he had to make this decision and drag us into the water into the summer to relieve the pressure on them from the Xia people, so that he could have some respite when facing Jin and Xia at the same time. ”

Qiu Chuji looked at Temujin thoughtfully, sighed slightly in his heart, and said involuntarily: "In this way, does the Great Khan believe that Ye Qing will be like this for a woman?" ”

Temujin raised his head, looked at the soldiers and horses passing outside the military tent, and said with a smile: "The princess of the Liao Kingdom is indeed very beautiful, but which is more important than the two countries, I believe that Ye Qing must have a judgment in his heart, if he is really like this for a woman, then he Ye Qing is too unambitious, how can he talk about becoming my lifelong enemy?" Don't forget, now my Great Mongolia is only at war with the Liao State, while Ye Qing is at war with the Jin and Xia countries at the same time. At this time, he wanted to pull us into the water, making us think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, I am afraid that either the Xia people's offensive against the central defender made him feel the pressure, or the Jin people had more troops on the other side of the Yellow River than Ye Qing expected. In short, Ye Qing will never be like this because of a woman. ”

What Temujin said was categorical and unquestionable, not to mention that he had been to Lin'an once, and he had also seen other women around Ye Qing, no matter which one was compared to Yelu Yue, the princess of the Liao Kingdom, he was not left behind.

So on Ye Qing's bed, there are already so many beauties, do you still care about a princess who is about to die? Will you give up the pursuit of power because of a beauty?

As a man, as an ambitious man with a thirst for power, as long as he has enough power in his hands, what kind of woman does he want at that time? Why give up a great opportunity to make a career for the sake of a princess of Liao?

"It has always been that the Jin people are strong and the Song people are weak, but since Ye Qing took charge of the northern land, this relationship has changed. Ye Qing is now like a vassal king in the north, almost uncontrolled by the imperial court, and the year before last, he had just lost the three-way territory in a war, could it be profitable for the Jin people to face the Song people again this time? Although Qiu Chuji did not agree with Temujin's analysis, Ye Qing in his impression was also a person with a strong desire for power.

Otherwise, how could he have caused such a big stir when he was on the Jin State, and he was chased and killed in the Jin country, and had to flee to the snowy grassland in order to save his life, and finally made a big circle and returned to the Song court through the Xia Kingdom.

It can also be seen from this that Ye Qing can be so ruthless to himself, so for a woman, Ye Qing should never have a child's affection, but even so, Qiu Chuji still feels that Ye Qing's move gives Mongolia such a big bait: joining forces to completely erase such an unrefusable bait as Xia Guo is completely to be able to win a chance for the princess of Liao to escape.

"Then the Great Khan is going to ......." After thinking about it for a while, Qiu Chuji still couldn't figure out how Temujin would make a decision.

"Naturally, he sacrificed his life to accompany the gentleman, no matter what Ye Qing's purpose was, but since he Ye Qing had the courage to fight with the two countries at the same time, how could I, Temujin, lose to him in such a momentum? Whether you want to save the princess of Liao, or if you want to relieve the pressure of the offensive of Jin and Xia, my Great Mongolia will never retreat half a step. A sneer appeared on Temujin's face, of course he had confidence, from now on, he would compete with Ye Qing in all aspects.

What's more, whether it is Liao or Xia, it is far from the place where the two of them really clash, vaguely, whether it is Temujin or Ye Qing, on the day of June 24 in the fourth year of Shaoxi, when looking at the map in front of them, they all have the same feeling, that is: Maybe in the near future, the two of them will have a real head-to-head confrontation because of the Jin Kingdom.

Borshu and Mu Huali jumped off their war horses and walked into the tent quickly, even though the clothes on their bodies had just been changed, Qiu Chuji felt that he could still smell the strong smell of blood from the two of them.

Along the way, with Temujin's conquest, Qiu Chuji saw many large and small massacres, but it was precisely because of Temujin's trust in him that he had the opportunity to prevent Temujin from carrying out unnecessary massacres and saved the lives of many Liao people.

Therefore, when Mu Huali and Borshu were recruited into the military tent, Qiu Chuji knew that Temujin no longer regarded Ye Qing as a friend at this moment, let alone a so-called brother, but an enemy.