Chapter Thirty-Six: The Death of Western Xia
Hearing a loud bang, Li Qianshun's heart sank to the bottom.
There is no doubt that this is the sound of the inner city being blown apart.
This is also the proper meaning, the walls of the inner city are far less tall and strong than the walls of the outer city, and the Liangshan dog thieves can blow up the outer city, and naturally they can also blow up the inner city without difficulty, but Li Qianshun didn't expect the Liangshan army to come so quickly.
By this time, Li Qianshun was already in despair, and knew that once the Liangshan army attacked, he would be a dead end, and he would definitely be humiliated.
It is said that Li Qianshun should commit suicide and martyrdom at this time, but the only one who died through the ages, how many people have made up their minds to die when the matter comes?
If nothing else, let's just say that Zhao Ji, the second emperor of Huiqin, and Zhao Huan, father and son, were taken captive by the Jurchens to the City of the Five Kingdoms and suffered torture and humiliation.
watched his concubine and daughter being abused and raped by the Jurchen barbarians, and from time to time they were taken out and insulted like dogs.
In this way, the two still lived shamelessly for nine and thirty years.
Besides, when Hong Chengchou was captured, he said that he was bent on death, but he was still reluctant to die, not only did he become Hulu's lackey, but also was written into "The Biography of Erchen";
And it is best to talk about righteousness on weekdays, Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Jiangnan literati, isn't the water too cold and the scalp itchy when it comes to the end?
Li Qianshun was the same at this time, knowing that he would definitely die, and he also knew that if he committed suicide, he could still retain the dignity of the emperor, but he just couldn't make up his mind, or he refused to give up until the last moment, and was still waiting for a miracle.
It was only at this time that Li Qianshun, who was in turmoil, woke up a little from the confusion, and ordered with a trembling voice: "Fate Wei Bao Yuyi will defend Chongyi Fang at all costs!" ”
The eunuch who gave the order went quickly, and Li Qianshun ordered the warriors around him with great difficulty: "Order the queen and concubine to commit suicide and observe the festival!" ”
The palace, which had already been in chaos, immediately became more and more chaotic, and soon the cries and screams of countless women began to cry out in utter misery.
Some sergeants killed people when they saw them, not only were all Li Qianshun's concubines killed cleanly, but all the palace maids around them were also killed, and they died tragically on the spot.
Li Qianshun listened to these screams and wails, thinking that a delicate beauty had died like this, and only felt that his heart was bleeding, but he couldn't care about it with red eyes at this time.
At this time, his eleven-year-old crown prince and only son, Li Renai, also changed into ordinary clothes and was brought over.
Li Qianshun took his son's hand and handed him over to the two brothers, Li Renzhong and Li Renli, and said: "The prince will entrust the two of you, I hope God bless Great Xia, you can escape!"
Remember not to come out no matter what happens, and come out when the Song people are gone or give up searching for you, and depending on the situation, you can flee to the Liao Kingdom or hide incognito and flee to the Western Regions......"
I don't know if it's Li Qianshun's reason, or his queen, Princess Khitan, the daughter of Emperor Tianzuo, Yelu Nanxian is too strong, in short, Li Qianshun is in his thirties at this time, and he is in the prime of life and has countless concubines and palace maids, but there is only one heir born Li Renai, who is naturally raised in the palm of his hand as a baby since he was a child.
Li Renai, who was only eleven years old at this time, had seen this song scene before, and immediately cried: "Father...... Father, aren't you with us? ”
Li Qianshun gently stroked the top of the only son's head, and said lovingly: "Fool, how can my father go, benevolence, my father can't bless you anymore, your temperament has been weak since you were a child, I have to be strong from now on!" Don't cry, live strongly, remember our enemies, remember the country...... But the most important thing is to live! ”
Since the siege of the city, Li Qianshun naturally made the worst plan, not only secretly hid the gold, silver and jewelry in the city in a secret cellar early, but also ordered someone to dig a secret passage to the outside of the city.
It's just that the encirclement of the Western Army outside the city is too big, and the secret passage can't pass through the encirclement, and it can't escape directly, so it can only hide temporarily.
This time, Li Qianshun entrusted his son to Li Renzhong and Li Renli, and he was ready to die with the palace at the last moment.
Before Li Renzhong and Li Renli left with Li Renai, they heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the main gate of the palace, and then there was a loud uproar, and Li Qianshun suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Hurry up and go through the side door!"
Not long after the words fell, before Li Renai disappeared from his field of vision, Li Qianshun saw a guard running over covered in blood, and shouted from afar: "Your Majesty, Wei Bao has been reversed and killed with the Liangshan army." ”
Li Qianshun couldn't help but burst his eyes when he heard this, and suddenly his eyes went dark, and a sweet stream of blood spurted out of his throat: "Heaven is dead, my Great Xia!" ”
It turned out that Wei Bao Yuyi was the commander of the 5,000 proton army, and it was an emperor's personal guard force composed of people who were good at riding and archery selected by the children of the party's wealthy clan, which was equivalent to Zhao Ji's personal guards and was responsible for protecting the safety of the emperor and the palace.
Moreover, as the name suggests, in addition to the sons and nephews of these party nobles and the patriarchs of various tribes, the proton army is still the general who leads the troops outside, or the civil officials who govern the party, or the Tibetan tribes that surrendered to the Western Xia, and the children of the generals who lead the troops of the yellow-headed Uighurs must all be sent to the proton army as hostages.
Because of these reasons, Li Qianshun handed over such an important position as the commander of the Proton Army to Wei Bao Yuyi, who knew that Wei Bao Yuyi actually betrayed himself!
It turned out that Wei Bao Yuyi was an illegitimate wild seed, abandoned by his parents and orphaned, and suffered humiliation and suffering since he was a child, but such an environment created his strong physique and superhuman divine power.
Later, when Wei Bao was twelve years old, he should be beheaded because he killed the person who bullied him, but he expressed his willingness to die for the death squad to kill the enemy on the battlefield and serve the country, and finally the government really sent him to the front line to serve as a death squad, but he didn't expect him to make a great contribution and return.
Later, Li Qianshun learned about this incident, specially received him and promoted him to an officer, Wei Bao Yuyi was also grateful to Dade and loyal, and every time he would cry bitterly and kiss his shoes.
Li Qianshun was particularly moved, and saw that he was rough and upright by nature, straightforward, and obedient to himself, and he was quite fierce and ruthless, able to deter his master, and his ability was also quite good, so he regarded him as the first loyal dog and ordered him to command the proton army to guard himself.
When the governor came to an end, this "loyal" dog actually attacked his master, how could Li Qianshun not be angry?
At this time, when Wei Bao Yuyi led the way into the palace with the head of the cavalry under his command, Lin Chong, Tong Guan, Seed Master Dao and others would also come to the outside of the palace.
Listening to a small officer of the Proton Army, Basang Jiaba, the son of Xinmu Duoji, the leader of the Tubo tribes, talk about the history of Weibao's relocation, Lin Chong couldn't help but turn his head to Tong Guan and the others: "See, this is Hu Lu, there is no kindness and shame at all, it is a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!" Does Xuan Shuai still want to recruit them for his own use? Aren't you afraid of them biting back? ”