100,000 urgent military reports from the cities in the south of the Yangtze River to the imperial capital, just after the New Year, the imperial capital began to make a commotion, and there were fast horses from all over the night to rush to the capital......

In the imperial capital, outside the south city gate, the soldiers guarding the city gate held spears, leaned lazily on the side of the city gate, yawned a lot, and looked at the people who came and went in and out of the city gate with blank eyes and tiredness.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves broke the calm atmosphere, and the guards of the city stood for a while, and then stood on tiptoe to look out, but saw that under the blood-red sunset, a fast horse rushed towards the city gate, and the fast horse was getting closer and closer to the city gate, and it was only a few dozen feet away from the city gate in a few breaths.

I saw the knight on the horse, his face was covered with wind and dust, he couldn't recognize his appearance, his strength seemed to be almost exhausted, and he still repeatedly whipped the horse under his crotch, and the horse he was riding was panting heavily, because of the long run, a lot of white foam had come out of the horse's mouth, and it seemed that his physical strength was about to reach the limit, and he was about to fall.

The soldiers guarding the city gate were startled, and then cheered up, pointed their spears at the knights, and shouted: "Come and stay on the horses!" The imperial capital is important, and you can't run on a horse! ”

Immediately, the knight raised his godless eyes when he heard this, and raised his head to see the word "Dijing" engraved on the city gate, and the knight couldn't help but lift his spirits, and breathed a long sigh of relief as if relieved, and his eyes shone with joy.

Seeing the guards holding spears in their hands and pointing at him vigilantly, the knight hurriedly pulled behind his back, took out a black box with a red feather, and then ran forward without stopping, the knight held the black box high, and shouted: "Jiangnan military report, 100,000 urgent, who dares to stop me?" ”

As soon as they heard the report of 100,000 urgent, the soldiers defending the city knew the rules, and hurriedly flashed to both sides, making way for a wide road, and let the knights rush into the city without stopping.

After the knight, a gust of wind was set off at the city gate, and the soldiers looked at each other, with a little uneasiness in their eyes, Jiangnan, is it the barbarians who are not restless, or the family, will they, the soldiers of the capital, be sent to the front line to kill the enemy?

Immediately the knight galloped all the way until he reached the stone plaque at the gate of the palace, and the horse under his crotch finally neighed, his strength was completely overdrawn, and his front hooves went limp, and he fell to the ground. The knight couldn't stand the long run, and after falling to the ground and rolling a few times, he never moved again.

There were several eunuchs on duty standing outside the Fengtian Gate, they were taken aback when they saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward, seeing that the knight was unconscious, but he was holding a black box with a red feather in his hand, and the eunuchs recognized that this was a hundred thousand urgent military reports, and everyone had a look on their faces, and hurriedly broke off the knight's fingers, and took the black box in his hand, a eunuch held the box, and hurried to the palace without saying a word, and several eunuchs carried the knight to the Tai Hospital on the side of Fengtianmen for treatment.

It didn't take long for this black box to be placed on the jade case of the Qinzheng Palace, Shaowu Hengyong's face was very ugly, staring at this black box, his fists were clenched extremely tightly, and he relaxed again in a moment.

In the Qinzheng Palace, there are still a few people sitting, there are famous generals in Dijing, and there are also members of the military department, but the leader is the military department Shangshu Yan Fair, Yan Fair's face is not very good-looking, he looks sick, and the whole person is much older.

"Liu Fa rebelled and approached the Central Plains, what do you think?"

Shaowu Hengyong glanced at the ministers of the court, with a playfulness in his eyes, and a hint of trembling, these 150,000 soldiers and horses are not a small number, and they are not something that can be solved casually......

"Your Majesty, at this time, troops are being used in the northwest, and the defense of the imperial capital is empty, and there are no troops available, alas, ......"

Yan Gongdao coughed, struggled to kneel down, his steps were a little staggering, and Yan Shaobing on the side also knelt on the ground, he is now also ranked in Jiuqing, and has been reused by Shaowu Hengyong.

Shaowu Hengyong saw that Yan Gongdao knelt down, and immediately raised his hand: "Yan Aiqing, don't be polite, sit down, I will allow you to sit down and play the court!" ”

Yan Gongdao nodded gratefully, then stood up again, and said no more, what he said was not a lie, and there was no need to tell a lie, now the situation is such a situation, the treasury is empty, the Jiangnan soldiers and horses are insufficient, and the northwest is using troops, plus the land dragon of the six counties of Ganning has turned over, it is really an eventful autumn, if you want to fight with Liu Fa, it is really a bit of an egg to hit the stone.

The generals also stood aside, with relatives in their hearts, and didn't know how to deal with it, Shaowu Hengyong sat behind the jade case, his brows furrowed even tighter, what Yan Gongdao said was true, and his words, Shaowu Hengyong also understood it, if he couldn't beat it, what should he do, there was only peace, what else could he do besides peace, but would Liu Fan accept peace, Shaowu Hengyong shook his head and dispelled the idea of fingering.

Shaowu Hengyong and the ministers of Great Xia were at a loss for what to do about the current passive situation, and no one could think of a good way. In the end, Han Liben, the right attendant of the military department, took a step forward cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, the 150,000 army is about to come to the city, and the defenders of my imperial capital city are less than 100,000, which is really ...... It's hard to resist, and in the opinion of Wei Chen, we ...... There is only one way left to negotiate peace with Liu Fa, and there is only one way to go......"

Before he could finish speaking, Shaowu Heng bravely slapped the table and interrupted Han Liben's words. Han Li originally asked him to negotiate peace, which Shaowu Hengyong could never accept.

With the current situation in Great Xia, there is no capital to negotiate peace, negotiating peace is tantamount to surrendering, tantamount to pulling him off the throne, he killed the king and killed his father, which is already shameful for the people of the world, and then he wants to grovel to Liu Fa for peace, then how can he, the emperor, still be able to be the emperor, when he thinks of having to go to Liu Fa to bear the guilt, how can Shaowu Hengyong accept such a shame?

"The enemy army has broken several cities, approaching the imperial capital, the life and death of Great Xia is on the line, as a courtier of Great Xia, you do not seek to break the enemy, for the country and the king, but also to confuse the public to surrender to the Liu Expedition Army? What's the use of these life-hungry and death-fearing people?! ”

As he spoke, Shaowu Hengyong raised his voice and said, "Where is the sword and axe hand? This traitor dragged me out and beheaded him! ”

Shaowu Hengyong gave an order, and the guards outside the main hall immediately rushed in, and two of them stepped forward and grabbed Han Liben's arms, and walked out without saying anything.

Han Liben's face turned pale with fright, his body trembled suddenly, and he shouted repeatedly: "The king spares his life, the minister is wronged, the king spares his life......"

At this moment, Yan Gongdao hurriedly stepped out of the ranks, waved his hand to the guards who were pulling Han Liben out, and then bowed his hand to Shaowu Hengyong and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Han's advice...... There may be something wrong, but it is also out of loyalty to His Majesty......"

Loyalty?

Shaowu Hengyong raised his eyebrows, he didn't see that Han Liben had any loyalty to him. Without waiting for him to speak, Yan Gongdao continued: "What's more, now that the Liu Expedition Army has broken the armies of Jinchang and Changzhou, the people in the capital are panicking, if Your Majesty kills the minister again at this time, I am afraid that it will make the hearts of the people in the city even more chaotic, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

If others persuaded him, he might not be able to listen to it, but it was Shang Shuyan of the Ministry of War who opened his mouth to plead for mercy, not to mention that what Yan Gongdao said was not unreasonable.

Shaowu Hengyong pondered silently for a moment, the coldness on his face gradually eased, he raised his head, first waved his hand at the guards, and said in a deep voice: "You all go down!" ”

Then, he glared at Han Liben fiercely, didn't say anything more, looked around at the ministers and said, "In the future, whoever dares to talk about peace again, don't blame me for turning his face and being ruthless, and severely punish him!" ”

The ministers of Great Xia were all so frightened that they shrank their necks, and they hung their heads one by one, not daring to breathe. Han Liben shrunk his shoulders and quietly slipped back to his place, while also glancing at Yan Gongdao gratefully.

To put it bluntly, Han Li was originally the pathfinder of Yan Gongdao. proposed to negotiate peace with Liu Fajun, Yan Gongdao himself was not easy to speak, so he borrowed Han Liben's mouth to test Shaowu Hengyong's attitude, which caused Shaowu Hengyong to be angry, and Yan Gongdao now understood that Shaowu Hengyong would not accept this matter no matter what, so he could only think of other ways.

Yan Gongdao saw it very clearly, Liu Fa's army came to attack, and now the imperial capital is in danger, if the war in the northwest is uneven for a day, then the imperial capital will be more crisis, and it is impossible to wait until the army returns to the dynasty, Great Xia has become history, and now the most reliable method is to negotiate peace, but it seems that Shaowu Hengyong is determined to fight, and there is no room for negotiation.

This couldn't help but make him sigh, Fang Cai Shaowu Hengyong wanted to kill Han Liben, just to make a appearance, that is, to kill the chicken and show the monkey, just to let himself see his determination, thinking of this, he sighed heavily, his expression became more and more aggrieved, Yan Shaobing watched it very clearly from the side, he naturally understood, but he didn't know what to say, just stood aside and looked at it coldly.

"Stand down, all of you!"

Seeing that the ministers had no words, Shaowu Hengyong was also quite disappointed in his heart, he waved his hand and motioned for the ministers to retreat, but he did not leave the Qinzheng Palace, but opened the black box again......

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the imperial capital is also becoming more and more deserted, this sudden war, so that the people of the imperial capital feel particularly afraid, the troubled times are thin, this turbulent year has just passed, and then the war is coming, seeing that the army is about to kill the imperial capital, the people of the imperial capital are in danger, and there is no longer the prosperity of the past.

Speaking of Liu Fa, he went all the way north, naturally he was invincible, invincible, the army set out, broke five cities in three days, and saw that he had reached the bank of the Huangshui River, which was hundreds of miles away from the imperial capital.

Just under the Hucheng on the bank of the Huangshui River, the army of Liu Fa fought with the Daxia army of Hucheng, the shouting of killing shook the sky, the arrows were like rain, and the Daxia soldiers continued to fall from the city, and the Hucheng seemed to be crumbling.

"General, in half a day, I will destroy this city!"

Qing Yunfei stood aside, looking confident, his body was full of blood, but not a drop belonged to him......