Chapter 734: Western Xia is over

"It's always better than him being the target of public criticism in Sichuan." Xu Weidao. "He is both old and in poor health, although the conditions in Luoyang are not good, but after all, they are quieter than Sichuan, right?"

Zhang Jun thought about it and admitted: "This is also true. ”

"Moreover, with his current rank, if he can stay in Xijing and know Henan Mansion, he will also have a high level in a few years, and his treatment will be better after retirement." Xu Wei explained the reason.

Zhang Jun heard it in his ears and sighed: "The king thinks more thoughtfully than the lower officials. ”

"Alas, he has done a lot of work for Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he has suffered a lot of grievances, and what I can do for him is just that." Xu Wei smiled bitterly. "I won't talk to him, you find an opportunity to talk to him, let him make a book to the court himself, and I'll fight for him again."

"Yes, I'll have a good talk with him sometime." Zhang Jun should go down. At this point, he looked at Xu Wei and asked tentatively, "Wang, Sichuan Caifu has always entrusted you with full authority to Zhao Kai, if he leaves, I'm afraid he won't be able to find a suitable successor for a while." Could it be that the king wants to ......"

Xu Wei was speechless for a while, and said for a long time: "It's not for me to decide, look at Hangzhou." ”

The next day, Xu Wei and Zhang Jun left Chengdu to inspect the Yongkang Army, and then ran non-stop to several places, asking about the people's livelihood, inspecting officials, listening to the voices of all walks of life, and returning to Xingyuan Mansion in late May. After this trip, Xu Wei learned about some of the real situation in Sichuan, and also felt the pressure and dissatisfaction of the Shu people. Of course, there is also some awareness of the resistance of Sichuan officials. Therefore, as soon as he returned to Xingyuan Mansion, he immediately issued an order to transfer the Xingyuan Prefect and the Chengdu Prefect. transferred the Chengdu prefect, who had been avoided, to his nose.

During the period when he left Xingyuan Mansion, the war in the north took a new turn. After the Song-Liao coalition army conquered Xiping Mansion, it continued to advance, twice defeated the heavy troops of the Xia army, and the only remaining elite of the Jin King Chage, who held the handle of Western Xia, organized the party to give it a go, and was also defeated by Yelu Tiege. Even losing two important places in Jingzhou and Shunzhou, the Song-Liao coalition army advanced to less than sixty miles away from Xingqingfu, the summer capital. Just one step away, the soldiers are coming to the city.

At this time, the Jurchens joined the battle and fought with the Liao army in Huaizhou. As long as Huaizhou is a moment, the summer capital will be naked, without any cover, and Western Xia is only one step away from the death of the country. It is conceivable that the party members will do their best to defend the country. Needless to say, the Pingxia Iron Harrier, the Hengshan Bubazi, and even the guards of the Xia Lord were also sent out. And the Jurchens also made a real effort to aid Western Xia this time, claiming to be 100,000, but there are always 30,000 or 40,000.

What a fight! Song, Liao, Jin, and Xia, the four teams appeared on the same battlefield for the first time in history! Arrows and rocks are flying, and flesh and blood are splattered! At the critical time, the Xia army was already defeated, and when the Jin King Chage saw this, he led the army to attack with the heart of martyrdom and attacked Xiao Heda. Xiao was scattered, and the flanks of the coalition army were exposed, but the Liao army and the Jingyuan army simply withstood the flood of the Jinxia coalition army and fought back!

Hundreds of thousands of troops from all sides fought endlessly in this land that was later known as the Yinchuan Plain. In the afternoon, the Xia army couldn't resist and began to retreat, and Yelu Tiege's column army slammed down! The Jinxia coalition army was defeated, and was chased by Yelu Tiege all the way to the summer capital, and the corpse was ambushed for more than ten miles.

The most direct effect of the change in Huaizhou is to make a mess of Xingqing Mansion, the summer capital. When Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, heard the bad news, he led the prince, concubines, and hundreds of officials of the court to flee the capital and died in Saibei. In a hurry, he issued an edict, and when he responded to state affairs, he was appointed to Brother Cha, the king of Jin, and ordered him to stay behind.

Brother Cha bitterly persuaded Li Renxiao to hold on to Xingqing, live and die with Great Xia, and asked the Jurchens for more reinforcements. But Li Renxiao, like Emperor Daojun of Song Huizong, has made up his mind and will never look back. In desperation, Cha Ge pinned his hopes on joining forces with the Jin army to block the Song-Liao coalition army from attacking Xingqing Mansion.

The two sides fought again in a bloody battle on the outskirts of the summer capital, and this battle was even more miserable. The Pingxia Iron Harrier was wiped out under the stormy blow of the Liao Army's iron cavalry! The entire elite of the Xia army was almost all lost! The loss of the Jurchens was not small, and after two battles, the soldiers of the Jin army had only one feeling, the Western Xia was finished, and the immortals could not save it......

The haze of the dead country shrouded in the head of the summer capital, just in response to the sentence that the wall fell down and everyone pushed, and the drum was beaten by 10,000 people, just at the moment when the Xingqing defense battle was about to start, the Jin army that had been "righteous" to rescue the Western Xia suddenly withdrew overnight and went north. After this upheaval, Chago is almost desperate! And the people in Xingqing City are violent, and the people are like the end of the world! The performance of the Liao Army's iron cavalry storm came to an end for the time being, and the next thing to appear on the stage was the earth-shattering roar from the Song Army's mighty cannon!

Originally, Xu Cheng, deputy marshal of Jingyuan, was mentally prepared to fight a tough battle. But the result of the matter was beyond his expectations, and as soon as Wei Yuan cannon fired, Xia Du trembled. Within two days, many of the civil and military generals left behind in the city had crossed the city and surrendered without permission, and reported the situation in the city, as well as the news that Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, had fled to Saibei with his children and concubines, as well as hundreds of officials of the imperial court.

May 29 of the first year of Song Xingxi, Xingyuan Mansion.

It was late at night, and the city was silent, and it was pitch black all around. Only to the north of the city, there is a little bright spot moving rapidly towards the city.

The door of the Dongguan County Palace's palace suddenly slammed, waking up the servants in the gatehouse. In the middle of the night, if you dare to knock on the door of King Xu Jun, there must be urgent military affairs, otherwise, no one would dare to come to prank this leopard. The doorman put on his clothes and held the lamp, and asked through the door, "Who?" What time is this coming......"

"Quick report king, emergency military situation on the front line!" The people outside the door looked excited.

The doorman muttered as he pulled the bolt open, and when a crack was revealed in the door, he was surprised to find that there was more than one person coming from a lantern outside! He first recognized Zhang Qing and Ma Kuo, and the staff officer and Ji Yi were at the same time, which was indispensable! The drowsiness and annoyance of the doorman were swept away, and he hurriedly saluted: "Staff Officer Ma, Zhang Jiyi." ”

"Go and report to the king, a great good thing!" Ma Kuo couldn't hold back his excitement, and shouted with his hand holding the doorman.

"Yes, yes, villain, villain!" The doorman answered the voice, turned around and walked inside, but forgot to beckon everyone in.

In the bedroom, King Xu and his wife Zhang Jiujiu were already asleep. Xu Jiu was too tired these days, and he slept soundly early, but Zhang Jiujiu first heard the maid shouting outside, got up and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Madam, it was reported outside that Staff Officer Ma and Zhang Jiyi were urgently seeking to see the king." The maid replied through the door.

When Zhang Jiujiu heard this, she didn't dare to be careless, and while waking up her husband, she got out of bed and lit the lamp. Xu Wei was sleepy-eyed, propped up the bed with a pair of elbows, and asked halfway, "What time is this?" Who's coming? ”

"It's Staff Officer Ma and Zhang Jiyi, there is something important." While Zhang Jiujiu was talking, he had already taken Xu Wei's clothes and came over.

As soon as he heard these two names, Xu Wei suddenly sobered up. His two old subordinates have always been measured, and if it weren't for the urgency of 100,000, they would never come to the house in the middle of the night. His first reaction was, the front line! After helping his wife serve, Xu Wei only wore a robe and boots, tied a belt and walked out, without even wearing a hat.

Running to the hall, it was already brightly lit, up to Ma Zhanqing, down to other officials, none of them were sitting, all standing in the center of the hall, discussing some topic enthusiastically. Someone saw Xu Wei and shouted: "The king has arrived." Then the officials turned around and came forward to salute.

Xu Wei was still wiping his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Great king, great thing, great thing!" Zhang Qing's black face was also flushed with red!

Looking at the excited subordinates in the hall, Xu Wei's heart jumped, and he blurted out: "Xixia!" Isn't it Western Xia! ”

"The good news was sent to Xingyuan overnight! The Song-Liao coalition army has broken through Xingqing Mansion! King, Western Xia is over! Zhang Qing smiled.

"Oh? Bring me the military newspaper! "Xu Wei's spirit is lifted! Zhang Qing immediately submitted a good report, which was written by Xu Cheng, the deputy envoy of Jingyuan Jinglu's pacification, and the report said that not long ago, the Song-Liao coalition army broke through Xingqing Mansion, captured dozens of Western Xia civil and military officials, and had to surrender tens of thousands of troops. And Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, as well as his children and concubines, as well as the hundred officials of Western Xia, had already fled Xingqing and went to Saibei. Now, the Liao army is preparing to send troops to pursue, and the Jingyuan army is temporarily resting in the summer capital.

Reading the strike report, Xu Wei was naturally happy, but he was not as excited as others. Because the party members have already weakened, the loss of the Hengshan area is already doomed, but sooner or later. Moreover, in this summer attack, the Song army was just going to help, and the Liao army was the main attack. And it was also agreed in advance, the Western Xia was destroyed, and the territory obtained belonged to the Khitans.

"As soon as the Xingqing Mansion is broken, the Western Xia has actually declared the destruction of the country, even if the Xia Lord escapes, the general trend has gone. Even if he flees to Saibei, he can only be a lost dog. Ma Kuo analyzed.

"The party is defeated, and the Great Song Dynasty is a young enemy, you might as well guess, how do the Jurchens feel when they learn of this letter?" Someone asked.

"How else can you feel?" Zhang Qing turned his head away. "As soon as the party is destroyed, the Jurchens will face the Song and Liao sides alone, and they have no time to feel anything, so they can only prepare to fight."

Xu Wei suddenly said "um" a few times: "Don't be busy, have you noticed, Xu Cheng's military report mentioned that on the eve of the army's seizure of the city, the Jin army that came to Xia's aid suddenly withdrew overnight." ”

"What's wrong with that? Seeing that Xixia couldn't keep it, the Jurchens ran away by themselves, so as not to end up with a burning jade. Zhang Qingdao.

Xu Wei shook his head: "I agree with the first half of the sentence, but the second half of the sentence is not necessarily." In my opinion, the withdrawal of the Jin army is inevitable, but they will not go back empty-handed. ”

This sentence attracted the attention of the officials in the hall, and they would not go back empty-handed? Could it be that the Jurchens still took advantage of the fire to rob it? Ma Kuo pondered Xu Wei's words,! ~！