Chapter 318: Slaughtering the City
The resistance of Western Xia is just the final madness, the city walls have been breached, and the rest is only a matter of time, with the courage of blood and blood, it can barely resist it, but in the face of indiscriminate flat push tactics, especially crazy arson and killing.
In the era when there was no cement and steel bar, flames were the biggest threat to the city, and even Bianliang, Tokyo, had a record of the spread of fires, let alone Xingqing Prefecture.
Every time the Liao army takes a step forward, it will bring huge killings, and even because of the killings, huge casualties are inevitable.
Xingqingfu is a big city, the most important city in Western Xia, some soldiers were even born here, the local guards, are conscientious, so they invested great enthusiasm, in the capture of the city, not only did not reduce the casualties, but increased, more irritated the Liao army.
When the news was gathered to Liao Xingzong, under the premise that the Northern Song Dynasty captured the city, they forcibly took the final attack, but the losses were huge, conservatively estimated, there were nearly 10,000 people, some meritorious teams, and even more than half of the casualties, which was unacceptable to the Liao State.
The original purpose of attacking Western Xia was just to prepare for a lesson to Yuan Hao, but until now, it has become the destruction of Western Xia, even if Yuan Hao did not take it, but since Xingqing Mansion has been captured, Lingzhou belongs to the Northern Song Dynasty, and the two northern states and Xingqing Mansion were taken by the Liao State, and the core of the five continents, there is only one left, and Yuan Hao has basically ceased to exist from a Western Xia on an equal footing with the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty.
The change in the status of the country comes from the strength, it is precisely because of the victory of the Western Xia that the three wars of the founding of the country have the right to sit on an equal footing with the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao State, and now, having lost a large amount of territory and population, he can only be regarded as a local force at most, in the face of such a force, how can there be a hand.
The change in mentality, coupled with the difficulties and obstacles along the way, all of which turned into the final resentment, all of which turned into tyranny under the stimulation of Xingqing Mansion.
At the strong demand of the officers below, and with the indulgence of the upper echelons, the bloodiest killings began.
The Liao State itself was established by nomads, and with some of the characteristics of nomads, the Western Xia did not retreat from the battle, so they issued an order to slaughter the city, regardless of men, women, old and children, all in one piece, regardless of whether there was a problem or not.
At this moment, Xingqing Mansion turned into a sea of blood, and countless ordinary people were cut down to the ground, and blood flowed like a river.
The Song army camp has contracted the Northern Song Dynasty, and has not relaxed its vigilance, and now, with a more advanced longbow team, at the same time, it has also gone through a few hours of rest, even if the Liao State is attacking the city, the Song army, which is not afraid at all, still does a good job of prevention.
Their combat effectiveness is strong, but the Liao State doesn't know that the Liao State forced it before, and there is no reason, but Han Qi retreated slightly, in case, the Liao State has a bloody outbreak, and if they want to gain an inch, they will also have to deal with it.
The scorching battle in Xingqing Mansion surprised Chongji, even the city wall was captured, and the internal battle still caused the powerful Liao army to lose more than 15,000, which was unimaginable in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The Northern Song Dynasty has a sharp weapon for street fighting, and the protective ability of the heavy infantry is higher than that of the Liao army, but the number of less than 10,000 people really enters the Xingqing Mansion of 700,000, what will it be, as long as the losses reach a certain level, plus the Liao army is eyeing the side, the result is unimaginable.
He was a little lamented by Han Qi's foresight, but he didn't know that Han Qi was also very happy at this time.
The reason why Han Qi agreed to the unreasonable demands of the Liao State was that the Northern Song Dynasty had already achieved its strategic goal, and the goal of destroying and weakening the Western Xia had been achieved.
One Lingzhou, two northern states, plus Xingqing Prefecture, the five most core states of Western Xia, have removed the fourth, the Northern Song Dynasty is not ready, occupy the entire territory of Western Xia, with the help of the territory of Western Xia, to fight against the preparation of Liao, in this case, contraction is the only option.
Who would have thought that such a contraction is just right, the ferocity of Western Xia can be seen, the huge city of 700,000 people, when it is the responsibility to defend the territory, the combat effectiveness that erupts is eye-catching.
Even when they faced this situation, really, they didn't do as well as the Liao army.
The reason lies in benevolence and morality, traditional Chinese human nature, benevolence and morality, so that the slaughter of the city has become the most barbaric behavior, even if Han Qi is classified as a privy envoy and a scholar doctor, it is impossible to give this order casually, under such a premise, it is the best choice to cut the mess quickly.
Not to mention 40,000 people, even if it is 150,000 or 200,000, facing a city of 700,000 people, it is still crazy, like a city of trapped beasts, what can it do.
While Han Qi was happy, he felt that there was still some cheapness to take advantage of.
Not to mention the Lingzhou that has been occupied, that is the original purpose, it has passed through dozens of fortresses, and the guards are impregnable, so it is said that the harvest after leaving Lingzhou is enough to satisfy the Northern Song Dynasty.
Between Lingzhou and Xingqing Mansion, there are some small cities and tribes, these are relatively close to Xingqing Mansion, originally, it is the existence that must be swept away, because of Zhou Wenxiu's misdirection, Liao has more energy, which is in another direction, and they have all survived.
It's not too big a city and tribe, and the population is not too much, but when the number reaches 40-50, the total amount is also very considerable, and the wealth is needless to say, even if the city is small, under the sand into a tower, it is also very considerable, which is nothing for the Northern Song Dynasty.
This time in the western operation, there are 300,000 guan in the initial stage, and there may be more than 2 million guan in the follow-up total funds, in terms of money, Han Qi is not lacking, these seizures are more icing on the cake.
However, Western Xia is a country established by nomads, and still retains some characteristics of nomads, these small and medium-sized tribes, even if there are only a few hundred people, thousands of people, but because of the characteristics of nomadism, there are really a lot of livestock.
Of course, these were taken away by the Northern Song Dynasty, some of which were closer to Lingzhou were sent directly to Lingzhou, and some of them were taken to Xingqing Mansion.
This is also the fundamental reason why Han Qi has no way to resist the Liao army, 20,000 horses, and nearly 300,000 heads of various livestock, which is already a rare wealth for the Northern Song Dynasty, and the transition stimulates the Liao State, which is not good.
Perhaps for the Liao State, 300,000 head of livestock, most of which are sheep, but 20,000 horses, close to 100,000 cattle, this is already a huge number that the Northern Song Dynasty cannot refuse, if these things go wrong, for the Northern Song Dynasty, it will be a nightmare.
After stopping, Han Qi watched coldly, and arranged channels to send all kinds of livestock back to Lingzhou as soon as possible, Xingqing Mansion is only more than a hundred miles away from Lingzhou, and there is no problem in sending these things away before the Liao and Song Dynasty conflicts.
The Liao State also saw the actions of the Northern Song Dynasty, they didn't care, in fact, the blockade of the Northern Song Dynasty was just a convention, and it was natural to exclude horses, which was a long-term measure, as for these 20,000 horses, for the Liao State, there was really nothing, it really made the Northern Song Dynasty have 20,000 more horses, and it didn't matter, it was very difficult to train enough military horses from among the 20,000 horses.
Some horses, in the eyes of the Northern Song Dynasty, are quite good, in the Western Xia, and even in terms of the standards of the Liao State, at most they can only be regarded as strong and unsatisfactory, and they don't care about these at all, as long as the Northern Song Dynasty does not intervene in the war, it is fine.
The war has not stopped, part of Xingqing Mansion has been occupied, Wangcheng has not been completely occupied, and there is no trace of Yuan Hao, but the overall situation has been decided, and Liao Xingzong is also relieved, at this time, Han Qi asked to see.
At this time, Han Qi came to meet, and Liao Xingzong's first thought was to refuse, but with Han Qi's identity, coupled with the fact that the Northern Song Dynasty first took Xingqing Mansion, he couldn't help but disappear.
In addition, although the situation on the battlefield is still scorching, it is not over in the end, Western Xia is already finished, no matter what they thought before, the facts have been created, and what they need to consider is how to deal with the aftermath.
Lingzhou fell into the hands of the Northern Song Dynasty, to a certain extent, this is inappropriate, which is equivalent to giving the Northern Song Dynasty a key stronghold in the west, but now, the Northern Song Dynasty has taken it, unless there is a war between the Liao and Song Dynasty, otherwise, it is difficult to take it.
Under the current situation, even the Western Xia did not completely settle down, and then rashly started a war with the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao Xingzong was not brain-dead to this extent.
Lingzhou is not Hebei, nor is it the sixteen states of Youyun, the most important thing is that this originally belonged to the land of Western Xia, and the Liao State did not have so many feelings, and if it was lost, it would be lost.
However, after Lingzhou, this section from Lingzhou to Xingqing Mansion cannot be handed over to the Northern Song Dynasty, which needs to be discussed, although this time is not the best time, but it can also start to layout.
Liao Xingzong is a very young and powerful emperor, among the emperors of Liao, except for a few in the early stage, he can be regarded as an emperor who has made a difference, even if he has the problem of young impulsiveness, but in addition, the overall situation is still good.
He keenly grasped Han Qi's fate, and determined the final bottom line, of course, the specifics still have to be discussed, at this point in time, Liao is more embarrassing.
This is also the fundamental reason for Han Qi's choice, if it is placed under the premise that the Liao State completely won the Xingqing Mansion and has a certain advantage, the Liao State will be relatively stronger, and at that time, even if it can obtain benefits, it will be weakened to very little.
He thought that Liao Xingzong would not agree to his meeting, more to show his attitude, and now that Liao Xingzong is willing to meet him, of course he has no problem, and even disregarded his safety and took the initiative to agree.
Under the incomprehensible gaze of the generals such as Chongji, Han Qi proudly walked into the Liao State military camp with a few entourages.