At this time, Tong Guan was like a gambler who had fallen into a demon, commanding everyone to surround the Western Xia Palace.

The Song army captured a few Western Xia people in the city and told them to go in to report the news, as long as Li Qianshun came out to surrender, the Great Song was willing to negotiate with him.

Li Qianshun was not Zhao Ji, and he angrily killed several of his own people who were spreading the news, and blocked all the gates of the palace.

His elite soldiers are all outside, and King Qin's Xia army will soon surround Xingqing Mansion, and he will have a chance as long as he guards the palace.

The expression of the seed master is complicated, to this point, the situation has become clear, control the Xingqing Mansion, and wait for the Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses to continue to drive in, and the Western Xia country is about to fall.

How many heroes in the Northwest have gone through a hundred years of painstaking management, bloody fighting, and selfless sacrifice, and in the end, a eunuch has picked up great credit.

And this eunuch almost killed all the soldiers of the Western Army in this icy and snowy Western Xia.

After all, the Western Army troops suddenly returned to their horses and rushed to Xingqing Mansion, and they had already consumed a huge amount of physical strength.

Everyone fought in the city for a day, and the cost was no less. Now, I'm really tired to death. Everything that can be lightly loaded on the body is light, even the armor. Only the helmet and cuirass, arm and leg guards, and armor leaves remained, all of which were discarded.

An army of 200,000 and hundreds of thousands of people began to control the search for Xingqing Mansion, and there were sporadic battles everywhere in the city.

The large army surrounded the Western Xia Imperial Palace, but it was not in a hurry to start attacking the last fortress after it was ready to be repaired.

Now I am afraid that there are still a large number of Xia soldiers in the city, and the western army, which has extremely poor military discipline, has searched extensively in Xingqing Mansion, and has also caused a lot of killings.

The Xuanshuai of all roads was surprisingly unanimous, and all of them turned a blind eye and let the soldiers plunder. Every rich family here, the money in their hands is stained with the blood of the Qin, Long, and Han people.

A hundred years of war, a hundred years of feuds, few Han children in the northwest have lived past thirty-five, and widows have lived in villages for a hundred years.

This is the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom, and every citizen who seems to be unthreatening may give you a knife.

Blocked all the city gates and rested for three days, 200,000 troops defended the city, and the Qin Wang Xia soldiers outside did not dare to attack the city rashly, the key is that they did not know the emperor's situation.

Gradually, the Song army began to restrain their men, and the people gradually extinguished the fires near their homes, and the city was quiet and terrifying before it broke out.

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The battle report of the Western Army finally came, and under the delay, the post soldiers entered Bianliang, and there was bad news.

The Tubo people rebelled, the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty were defeated for ten miles, and the battle of Vaxia was a conspiracy of Western Xia from the same to the end.

Now the Western Army, which the Great Song Dynasty relied on as the northwest barrier, has all been trapped in the boundless encirclement and ambush, and I don't know how many can escape back.

On this day, countless officials from the eastern and western governments were saddened, and Bianliang City was once again shrouded in a dark cloud, and the air was filled with the smell of panic.

If the Western army is all killed, who will guard this boundless magnificence, and who will resist the ruthless and bloodthirsty foreign butchers.

The entrance to the imperial city to the east of the north corridor of the street is the Privy Council, the second book province, the second capital hall, the prime minister retreats here.

In the hall, the officials of the Privy Council and Zhongshu Province, and those who are of the rank of the court and the middle of the court are worthy of the Zijin official uniform, almost all of them are here.

Cai Jing's face was gloomy and silent, Zeng Bu's face was sad and angry, and his eyebrows were also worried.

Liang Shicheng opened his mouth and said: "The war situation in the northwest is erosive, you are all important ministers of the state, how to report this matter to Your Majesty, you are talking." ”

Who will speak? Who dares to speak? This catastrophe is the life of a degraded official, and it's too late to hide.

Yang Lin's expression was gloomy, and he didn't want to go to great lengths to get such an end.

jumped up and down by himself, did he just let the Great Song Dynasty perish ahead of schedule and the catastrophe came ahead of schedule?

Mourning is greater than heart death, and then looking at the hall, they are all the supreme members of the Great Song Temple, and they are still trying to deceive the emperor at the moment and protect the wealth...

With a bang, Yang Lin stood up, and everyone's eyes looked at him.

With a long sigh of relief, he spit out the turbidity in his chest, and Yang Lin said in a deep voice: "The battle of Vaxia, which was pinned on by the entire Great Song Dynasty, is now defeated, and the old things of Yongxi's Northern Expedition will be repeated. Our ancestors once warned us that those who are not of our race will have different hearts, but they hate our descendants for being stubborn and unwilling, and they insist on forming an alliance with the Tibetan thieves.

How can such a major event deceive Your Majesty, the immediate priority is to mobilize the Hebei Forbidden Army and prevent the Xia soldiers from going straight in. Then make good friends with the Khitan, avoid the Liao State from taking the opportunity to go south, let them mediate, I, Yang Lin, am willing to send an envoy to Beijing for the imperial court, and personally go to the Liao court to seek peace.

For such a big matter, if you have to find someone to fight, let me Yang Lin come. As long as all the ministers and palace commanders can work together, the official will enter the palace to face the saint. ”

Someone finally came out to apologize, although everyone was surprised that it was the always slippery young master Yang Lin who took the initiative to come out, but they still breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yang Shaozai, the minister of the country, is worthy of the champion, rest assured to go, we will definitely minimize the loss." It was Liang Shicheng who spoke, and he dared to speak at this time.

Cai Jing couldn't see any look on his face, he wiped his eyelids and was silent, while Wang Hao and the others were a little excited.

Zeng Bu snorted coldly and wanted to stand up, but he felt that his ass was heavier than a mountain.

How about the self-proclaimed clear stream? The sun is fierce, everything is revealed, and the ministers in the hall are not just slaves of selfishness, selfishness, and power.

Many ministers of lower rank were moved to tears, and they also wanted to come forward, but their official positions and status were not enough to bear this responsibility.

Yang Lin flicked his sleeves and walked out of the capital hall with his hands behind his back, and many officials spontaneously came forward to see him out of the hall.

The capital hall where the prime minister worked in the imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty was very close to the forbidden center where the emperor lived, and it was not long before you arrived at the imperial garden.

The eunuch Gong'e didn't know what to do, so she smiled and took him to the imperial garden, where Zhao Ji's grandson was still painting.

Zhao Ji looked at Yang Lin, who was pale, and also jumped, and was just about to speak, when Yang Lin suddenly clenched his fists and knelt on one knee.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, and the Western Army has been defeated."

Simple and clear, without the slightest embellishment or prevarication, the ruthless reality fell on the head of the merry man.

The paintbrush in Zhao Ji's hand fell to the ground, stunned in place, and muttered, "How can this be?" ”

Yang Lin said loudly: "This summer attack is planned by the minister alone, and it has nothing to do with others. The sinner is not enough to plan, and he is willing to be punished. I hope that Your Majesty and all the ministers will work together and unite sincerely, mobilize the troops and horses of the whole country, save the eroded war situation in the northwest, and protect the territory of the Central Plains.

The criminal minister was willing to follow the power of dogs and horses, sent an envoy to the Khitan, and sought mediation from the Liao. The Song and Liao alliances have been in league for decades, and the Liao people do not want to see the Great Song Dynasty destroy the Xia, and they also do not want to see the Western Xia become bigger. My elite soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty have suffered heavy losses, and there is no need to make greater sacrifices, so it is the best way to invite the Liao people to come out.

May Your Majesty forgive the ministers for their capital crimes, give them a festival, and let the ministers do their best for the Great Song Dynasty again, although they have no regrets in death. ”