After Li Jiqian, the founder of Western Xia, rebelled against the Song Dynasty and seized Lingzhou, he changed Lingzhou to Xiping Mansion as the ruling center of the Dangxiang clan. After his son Li Deming succeeded to the throne, he thought that Xiping Mansion was located in the land of Sisai, which was not conducive to defense, so he sent people to cross the Yellow River, build a city on the north bank, build a city palace and a clan family, and set the capital here, named Xingzhou.

After Li Yuanhao, the son of Li Deming, succeeded to the throne, he built a palace city in Xingzhou, built a palace, promoted Xingzhou to Xingqing Mansion, and officially established a civil and military class; Establishment of the Western Xia ruling body. Zhutai south of the city, in the first year of the Heavenly Rite Law Yanzuo October 11 here to be canonized, that is, the emperor's throne.

The city of Xingqing Mansion is rectangular, with a circumference of more than 18 li, and the moat connects the Tanglai Canal, which is as wide as ten zhang.

There are two gates in the north and south, and one in the east and west. The roads in the city are in a grid shape, in order to facilitate the cavalry to gallop, the streets are very wide, and there are more than 20 neighborhoods such as Chongyi in the city. In addition to the splendid royal palace and the mansions of a few nobles, the common people lived mostly in low mud houses or earthen houses.

After the news of Li Qianshun's beheading came back, the whole city was silent, and all the nobles in the city stopped entertaining and stopped going out into the streets, and locked themselves in the mansion one by one as if they were mourning for Li Qianshun. When the commoners saw the nobles' actions, they also carefully hid at home.

In the past, the six classes in the imperial encirclement of the galloping horses in the city were wiped out in Shaanxi, and now the guards of the capital are thousands of remnants of the army who came back from Shaanxi and the 5,000 soldiers and horses who stayed behind. However, except for the few soldiers who guarded the gates, the rest were all shrunk into the battalion.

The whole city seemed deserted, and the palace was even more depressing.

When the news of Li Qianshun's beheading came back two days ago, the civil and military officials let the crown prince Li Renai inherit the position of the lord of the country in order to unify the order.

After Li Ren'ai ascended the throne, the first thing he wanted to do was to mobilize the country's troops to recapture Li Qianshun's body, but he was unanimously opposed by his mother Yelu Nanxian, Shu Wang Renli and officials in the country. In the end, the monarchs and ministers reached an agreement and sent envoys to Daliang to ransom Li Qianshun's body.

Li Renai was versatile from an early age, proficient in Sinology, and quite sentimental.

Li Qianshun's death hit the sentimental Li Renai hard. The original was weak, and now he is even weaker when he walks.

Seeing Ai'er like this, Yelu Nanxian hurriedly said, "Lord of the country, are those servants lazy again?" These minions have to teach them not to be too merciful. ”

Li Renai bowed and saluted, and then said: "They are not lazy, but the children did not let them follow." ”

Yelu Nanxian waved his hand to let all the people in the house go down, and then said, "Renai, you have to take care of your body." Your father died, and the foundation of Western Xia for more than 100 years depended on you. ”

Li Renai nodded and said, "The child knows." It's just that the child thinks that his father's head is hung on a high pole by the girder, and the child is a little difficult to control. ”

Although Yelu Nanxian was given by the emperor of Liao, he has lived with Li Qianshun for many years, and he also has great feelings for Li Qianshun, who is working hard.

Thinking of Li Qianshun's tragic situation, he couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, but when he saw his son in front of him who began to cry again, he could only blink vigorously and hold back the tears that were about to flow out.

"Charity. Whatever the cost, we will redeem the body of your father. But now the most important thing is to control the soldiers and horses in the country, and the sudden death of your father will inevitably make many tribes in the country ready to move. Even King Shu Renli should be careful. ”

Li Renai was puzzled: "King Shu is a minister of the clan, so the queen mother is too worried, right?" ”

Yelu Nanxian shook his head and said: "Before your father set out on the expedition, he asked King Shu to be the governor of domestic affairs, but now the three-way army, your father and the king of Jin have lost most of their soldiers and horses. Only Pu Wang Renzhong's 200,000 soldiers and horses were left without losses. King Shu and King Pu are brothers, and they hold most of the people in the country in their hands, so it is difficult to guarantee that they will not have different intentions. ”

Li Renai said bitterly: "My father treats them very well. They are all clansmen, so they will not make trouble. ”

Yelu Nanxian said: "You can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to defend people." It would be great if they could faithfully assist you, but we should not entrust our own safety to them. ”

Although Li Renai was a little weak, he was not stupid, and when he heard this, he said: "What plan does the queen mother have to teach her children?" ”

Yelu Nanxian said: "The queen mother wants Xiao Heda to take over the soldiers and horses of Xingqing Mansion, lest we become prisoners of others unknowingly." ”

Xiao Heda was a house slave who was married by Yelu Nanxian from the Liao Kingdom.

Li Renai frowned and said, "Will the people in the country reject Xiao Heda?" ”

Yelu Nanxian shook his head and said: "Xiao Heda has always been martial and brave, and he has friendships with many soldiers who defend the city, and he is the house slave I married, that is, the Western Xia people, and the people in the country will not reject him." ”

Li Renai said: "But now the soldiers and horses in the city are under the control of King Shu, and suddenly depriving him of military power will probably make him think more." ”

Yelu Nanxian smiled: "The lord of the country is too worried, and he is also avoiding suspicion at this time. In the past two days, he strictly restrained the soldiers and horses in the city, for fear of being misunderstood. The lord of the kingdom gave him an order to surrender his military power, and I am afraid that he would be desperate. ”

Li Renai was puzzled: "In this way, King Shu has no dissent, why should he deprive him of his military power?" I think it's better to continue to let him take care of it, anyway, there aren't many soldiers and horses in the city. When the soldiers and horses are formed in the future, let Xiao Heda lead the troops. lest he think too much. ”

Yelu Nanxian looked at his immature son, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "People will change, he has no dissenting heart now, but there is no guarantee that there will be no dissenting heart in the future." King Pu's soldiers and horses have not yet returned to China, and once his 200,000 troops return, it will be difficult to ensure that King Shu is not moved. Now that you are the lord of the country, you must be gracious and powerful to your subordinates. Give them kindness and be faithful to you, and have the majesty of the lord of the kingdom, lest they deceive him. You were too merciful before, and the subordinates in the palace were not afraid of you, and you have to correct it in the future. If they make a mistake, you have to punish them, otherwise they will take you less and less seriously. ”

Li Renai nodded painfully and said, "The queen mother's lesson is that the child will order Xiao Heda to take over the military power in the city. ”

"At the same time, reward King Shu more, although everyone knows our intentions in this matter, but you still have to give King Shu a step down. He can be rewarded with his heirs and officials, but he cannot be given more power. ”

Yelu Nanxian was also very unbearable to see her son's painful appearance, but the current situation forced her to let her son change.

Yelu Nanxian persuaded Li Renai for a while before letting Li Renai draw up the will.

After Shu Wang Renli received Li Renai's will, he did not feel any displeasure and immediately handed over the military power.

Xiao Heda took over the military power, and he had to promote some henchmen to control the military power.

Besides, in the Zhenrong army, Seed Master Dao, Lu Junyi, Liu Zhongwu and others all gathered in the hall.

The seed master said: "Last night I received a letter from Xue Sichang, the former envoy of Huanqing Road in the former Song Dynasty, he wanted to exchange for a chance to be rich and noble in the second half of his life, if the prince can exempt him from responsibility, he is willing to lead troops to drag Renzhong's soldiers and horses outside Hengshan." ”

When Liu Zhongwu heard this, he shook his head and said, "This person is capricious and really shameless. I just voted for Xixia, and now I see that the defeat of Xixia has been decided, but I want to come to my Liang. ”

Wu Song said: "This guy is treason and defects to the enemy, and if he doesn't destroy his three clans with the prince's temperament, it will be cheaper for him, and he still wants to be rich and rich for the rest of his life." Huang Qianshan didn't say it, and he was beheaded, but he put the Western Xia soldiers and horses directly in Shaanxi. ”

Seed Master Dao nodded and said: "Xue Sichang probably knew Huang Qianshan's fate, so he thought about not letting the imperial court seal him from official positions, but only exempting him from responsibility." ”

Mu Hong frowned and said: "This kind of pickled talent, if he is caught and killed, how can he be exempted from responsibility?" ”

Yang Zhidao: "If you can block Renzhong's 200,000 soldiers and horses, it is worth a try." ”

Wu Song said: "The prince has broken into Western Xia, and we can't delay, except for our 50,000 soldiers and horses, there will not be many soldiers and horses in Shaanxi." What if you block them? ”

Xu Guanzhong, who had been silent, said: "In my opinion, this matter is also feasible. The 50,000 soldiers and horses that received the prince could not be delayed, but there were still 50,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and horses of General Li Ying. Jingzhao Mansion has 10,000 soldiers and horses from General Lin Chong, and the Yongxing Army can also mobilize 20,000 soldiers and horses. Coupled with the soldiers and horses of Yanyan Road, it is very likely that the soldiers and horses of Renzhong will be defeated on three sides. ”

The seed master nodded and said, "General Xu is right, I also think I can give it a try." Regardless of success or failure, you can drag the Renzhong Department in Shaanxi for a while, and also relieve the pressure on the prince. If it is successful, it is worth exchanging 200,000 Western Xia soldiers and horses for Xue Sichang alone. If it is not successful, I am afraid that most of Xue Sichang's life will not be guaranteed. (To be continued......)