Chapter 744: The Fall of Western Xia
Di Qing and Yang Paifeng came to Xixia this time and didn't see Xiao Mo, so the two of them met with Chong Shiheng, and then Chong Shiheng said: "I have heard for a long time that the two young generals galloped on the battlefield, invincible, and today they are really majestic, defeating Zhang Yuanzhi in Jingzhou, this battle can be described as a high level of hard work!" ”
Di Qing listened, and thanked Chong Shiheng: "The prince has won the award, and the last general will pursue Zhang Yuanzhi, and then return to Taiyuan to garrison, if the general comes back, please also say hello to the general on behalf of Di Qing!" ”
Chong Shiheng nodded to Di Qing, with a look of praise and appreciation in his eyes. ()
After Di Qing and Yang Paifeng led the army out of Jingzhou, Xue Yuanli and Zhang Jinzhong came to Chong Shiheng with a face full of shame.
Seeing Xue Yuanli's appearance, Chong Shiheng said with a smile: "General Xue, it is a happy event to return to our dynasty, why is your face unhappy?" ”
Xue Yuanli sighed: "I am ashamed to be a minister, and I am ashamed to be a brother, so I am unhappy!" ”
When Chong Shiheng heard this, he exclaimed: "Sure enough, he is loyal and righteous!" General Xue is also benevolent to the Li family, please accept the old man's worship! ”
Xue Yuanli saw Chong Shiheng and did not salute Chong Shiheng, instead of being angry, Chong Shiheng praised Xue Yuanli's integrity, and then saluted Xue Yuanli.
How dare Xue Yuanli bear it? Not to mention that now he is a general, even with the fame and age of Chong Shiheng, Xue Yuanli did not dare to accept the salute of Chong Shiheng, so Xue Yuanli hurriedly rushed in front of Chong Shiheng and said to Chong Shiheng: "Ashamed...... Shame on you! ”
Seeing this, Chong Shiheng smiled slightly, he knew that Xue Yuanli was now truly surrendering to An Chao, and Xue Yuanli surrendered before, but it was just a last resort, so Xue Yuanli's heart was still a little unhappy.
But now, after receiving the courtesy of Chong Shiheng, Xue Yuanli finally saw it, so he was willing to bow to Chong Shiheng.
It was just a few words of effort, and Chong Shiheng cleaned up Xue Yuanli obediently, which also shows that Chong Shiheng's ability is indeed not small!
Chong Shiheng's resourcefulness has always been praised, and Chong Shiheng often has some unexpected tricks that make the enemy unpredictable, so when Li Yuan was alive, when he mentioned Chong Shiheng, he would say: "That old fox!" ”
The nickname of the old fox is quite appropriate for Chong Shiheng.
Now that Jingzhou has been controlled by the army of the An Dynasty, Xingqing Mansion is close at hand, and after Jingzhou is captured, the army of Chong Shiheng will be able to get in touch with Xiao Mo!
Speaking of Xiao Mo, I have to talk about the movements of Xiao Mo's army now.
After the loss of Jingzhou, the Liao army was defeated by the An Dynasty, and after the news reached Xingqing Mansion, Li Ningling and Ye Lurong were shocked, they could not have imagined that Xue Yuanli would surrender to the An Dynasty, and ...... In this way, the army of the Liao State was beaten back to the Liao State in disgrace.
In this way, Xingqing Mansion has become an isolated city.
And...... To add insult to injury, Xiao Mo's army not only divided his troops to occupy Barun Beli and blocked all the back roads of Xingqing Mansion, but also released the elite of Xixia Yipintang in Jiangzhou back to Xingqing Mansion.
These elites of Xixia Yipintang, all shouting to avenge Li Ba, after they left Huizhou, they directly killed Xingqing Mansion, the defenders of Xingqing Mansion are mostly Xue Yuanli's old department, and now there is no one in Xingqing Mansion who can control the situation, including Li Ningling, there is no prestige among these soldiers at all.
Therefore, the city gate was easily captured by the elite of Yipintang, more than 30,000 horses, killed all the way from the city gate to the Xixia Palace, from noon to night, Li Ningling, Yelu Rong and the three of them were guarded by the forbidden army inside the palace, and the rebels outside could not be attacked.
So these soldiers of Yipintang came up with a way, if you hide in the palace and don't come out, then we will set fire to the palace and burn the palace, see if you can't get out!
In this way, countless torches were thrown into the palace, so that the ministers, Li Ningling and Ye Lurong had no way to continue to hide in the palace.
Then the forbidden army escorted them to escape from the back door of the palace, and took out Xingqing Mansion all the way, but immediately ran into Xiao Mo's army.
Xiao Mo rode a high-headed horse like this, Yang Yanqi on his left, and Yu Nuer on his right, watching with interest Li Ningling colluding with his mother and concubine like this, and then killing the monarch and killing his father, and poisoning his uncle's Li Ningling, after watching it for a long time, Xiao Mo coldly ordered: "Take it away!" ”
The soldiers of the An Dynasty stepped forward, and then the forbidden army of Western Xia had to resist, but the thousands of forbidden troops were not enough to see in front of Xiao Mo's nearly 100,000 army!
defeated the Western Xia forbidden army, and then captured Li Ningling, Yelurong and the Wuyi clan alive, Xiao Mo led the army and began to enter Xingqing Mansion.
But the city gate of Xingqing Mansion was closed, and although the elites of Xixia Yipintang and the defenders of Xingqing Mansion were dissatisfied with Li Ningling and chased and killed Li Ningling, they naturally did not have a good impression of Xiao Mo!
So Xiao Mo smiled slightly, and then ordered the siege of the city, this time it was still Yang Yanqi as the vanguard.
There is no general, there is no minister, the defenders in Xingqing Mansion are just a plate of scattered sand, after the city gate was knocked open, the defenders in Xingqing Mansion began to flee in all directions, they simply gave up resistance.
Only the people and horses of Xixia Yipintang are still holding on, and the army composed of these masters on the rivers and lakes is indeed very impressive, and the two Yipin generals are even more brave.
Fortunately, Zhao Guanying's skills are also good, he and Yang Yanqi killed a first-class general, and then led a large army into the city, surrounding the 30,000 elites of the Yipintang of Western Xia.
But the soldiers of Yipintang still bravely fought the last battle against the army of the An Dynasty, and in the end, it took one night, and Xiao Mo's army paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties to eliminate these soldiers!
At this point, Xingqing Mansion fell into the hands of Xiao Mo, and the short-lived country of Western Xia was also like a flash in the pan, and the Western Xia Dynasty, which had just been established for about two or three months, was wiped out by the army of Xiao Mo and Chong Shiheng!
After capturing Xingqing Mansion, Chong Shiheng's army also came to Xingqing Mansion to join Xiao Mo.
didn't see Yang Hong, Xiao Mo asked Chong Shiheng, only to know that Cao Xiang and Yang Hong were guarding in Xiping Mansion.
On the same day, Xiao Mo ordered to appease the people of Xingqing Mansion, and the whole city celebrated the fall of the Western Xia Dynasty, and also set up a banquet at night for the army and the people to celebrate together.
And Xiao Mo also said to Xue Yuanli, let Xue Yuanli get ready, and follow the army that returned to Beijing to the capital to meet the emperor.
This day is the eighth day of the first month of November, and more than three months have passed since the founding of the Western Xia Kingdom!