"After the end of the war, the soldiers worked hard, Lu Junyi passed on the order of the generals, the soldiers rested for three days, and all Han people in Xingqing City were not allowed to harm their lives and property." What I mean by this is that I don't care about the Qiang, Uighur, Tibetan, and Khitan people other than the Han Chinese

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Most of the people living in Xingqing are Qiang, a small number of Tibetans, Uighurs and Khitans, and the Han people account for about a quarter of the population, and most of them live in the fang market and farming area of Xingqing's eastern city, and the signboard in the fang market is easy to distinguish whether this is a Han storefront

For three whole days, it is not an exaggeration to say that the entire Xingqing City has been in a state of chickens and dogs, because there are only Han people left in the entire Xingqing City

"Your Majesty, now all the foreigners in the city except the Han have been driven out of the city, and the towns occupied before are also holding a large number of Qiang, Tibetan, Uighur, Khitan, and a large number of Western Xia soldiers, how we deal with them, we must not let them go again." Chu Luli came to the Xixia Imperial Palace, where I was temporarily staying, and said to me

While putting down the folds sent by the fast horse in Beijing, I said to Chu Luli, "How many prisoners?" ”

"So far, a total of 110,000 Western Xia soldiers have been captured, and there are still 47,000 defenders in Dingzhou City, and 400,000 civilians of all ethnic groups have been captured except for the Han Chinese, and it is impossible to count the number of people killed in the last operation,"

"Order Shi Wengong's rear army to arrange people to escort all these captives to Yan'an Mansion, and then let Yan'an Mansion Taishou Shidao arrange people to escort the captives to Bianliang, and send an order to the Ministry of Industry, let them arrange these prisoners to repair bridges and pave roads, and use the cement that was inadvertently burned by the Ministry of Industry to burn lime for road and bridge laying, first lay a cement avenue from Yan'an Mansion in Bianliang, the road must be wide, and it will be convenient for marching, trade and people's travel in the future, and the road width will be set at twelve meters wide. Alas, with these people, the conscription of the common people can be gradually exempted, and these captives only need to feed them, and as for the women who are captive, see if the soldiers have no wives and do not dislike foreign women, let the soldiers marry and go home, and tell the generals of the armies to take good care of their soldiers, and not allow them not to insult them. "Since the Ordnance Department has successfully produced a standard ruler, the length measurement units of the entire Song Dynasty have begun to carry out a large-scale length measurement reform

"Yes, I obey." Chu Luli bowed and retreated

"Your Majesty, General Lu asks to see you." At this time, Wu Song came in again to report

"Let him in."

"Minister Lu Junyi knocks on my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"Aiqing Pingshen, is there anything wrong?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is here to ask for instructions on the next battle plan."

"Guan Sheng, there's news coming back there."

"Back to the emperor, General Guan followed all the way to chase and kill Emperor Li Qianshun of Xia, and the Western Xia army even had to stop General Guan from pursuing as if he was not dying, until finally General Guan could only watch Li Qianshun flee into Lanzhou City, and the soldiers defending the city of Lanzhou, even including their different people, all launched a desperate resistance with our army, and General Guan's attack was blocked. However, there was a good news in Dingzhou, the news said that the defenders of Dingzhou could not stand the hunger and the beating and scolding of the Taishou and the guards, killed the Dingzhou Taishou and the guards, opened the city gate and surrendered, and a total of 45,000 troops were surrendered. ”

"Ordered Hu Yanzhuo to command 10,000 troops, stay in Anqing, and the rest of the men and horses are divided into two routes, Lu Aiqing, you lead Xu Ning, Sun Li, Dong Ping, all the way to command 50,000 troops, all the way to the west, to conquer Xiliang, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, I lead Guan Sheng, Yang Zhi, Zhang Qing from the south and then to the west, to recover the Longyou area that our dynasty lost, and set off early tomorrow morning."

"Obey."

Early the next morning

I personally led an army of 50,000, sent Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and ordered Yang Zhi to divide 15,000 troops to attack the Jingsai Military Division, although the Jingsai Military Division had 40,000 defenders, but it was already empty, only the old people and children who were unable to flee remained here, Yang Zhi left 1,000 soldiers to garrison, and then returned to the division to Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division to turn with me

The 30,000 defenders of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Division were killed and wounded in less than a day under the attack of our powerful artillery, and the defenders led the remnants to abandon the city

When I arrived in Lanzhou, the city of Lanzhou was already full of Western Xia soldiers and defenders, according to intelligence, there are now 80,000 defenders in Lanzhou City, and there is enough food and grass, and I was not naïve to send people to shout for them to open the city and surrender, since the Xia Emperor Li Qianshun has been determined to fight, boring shouting will only become the laughing stock of others to me

When there were still more than two miles away from Lanzhou City, I directly instructed the herald: "Prepare artillery, put on solid bullets, target the battlements of the city wall, complete the loading and self-shooting, and prepare the heavy infantry, pikemen, and crossbowmen in the mountain formation, to prevent the enemy cavalry from charging me." ”

Then I continued to instruct my subordinate generals: "Guan Sheng, where is Zhang Qing." ”

"The end will be."

"I order you two to lead the cavalry to hold down the two wings, and wait for my orders to prepare to charge at any time."

"The last will be ordered."

"Yang Zhi, where are my 10,000 vanguard troops?"

"Long live the return, they are behind you."

"Hooray" "Hooray" "Hooray" "Hooray" "Hooray" ......

I turned my horse's head and listened to their tsunami-like shouts, and said to them: "Warriors of the empire, the emperor of the Western Xia is right in front of me, they used to be the subjects of my Great Song Empire, but they betrayed us and slaughtered a large number of our innocent people, today, here, I will rely on you to be the first to rush into the city of Lanzhou, cut off the head of the emperor of the Western Xia, the warriors of the empire, tell me loudly, are you afraid!" ”

"Not afraid" "Not afraid" "Not afraid"

"Then what are we going to do with these enemies who have betrayed us and brought us deep shame!"

"Kill" "Kill" "Kill"

"Open the cannon" As I gave a loud order, fifty heavy cannons began to roar incessantly at the four walls of Lanzhou City. Today, I don't want to let go of a Western Xia minister and soldier, including their emperor, Li Qianshun.