Chapter 492: Li Liangzuo escaped
Li Liangzuo in the palace thought that he was crazy when he heard the panicked report of the inner servants that many Song soldiers had fallen from the sky, after all, Song Jun was not an immortal, how could he fall from the sky? But after the other party explained, he understood, it turned out that these Song soldiers actually entered the city in a hot air balloon that can carry people into the sky.
Hearing this astonishing news, and thinking of his previous intuition from various signs, this made Li Liangzuo also shocked, he had already guessed that this army that fell from the sky must open the city gate, and then the Song army, which had been prepared for a long time, would definitely rush in, and then Xingqing Mansion would no longer be able to hold it.
However, Li Liangzuo was not a person who was willing to admit defeat, I saw that he immediately stood up and asked people to prepare horses, and then led the five thousand proton troops under his personal control to Dongcheng to supervise the battle. It is worth mentioning that there are two extremely elite troops in Western Xia that are personally controlled by Li Liangzuo, one is the proton army of 5,000 people, and the other is the iron harrier of 3,000 people, but the iron harrier belongs to the heavy cavalry, and the charge is very effective, but in the limited space in the city, it can't exert any power at all, and the palace also needs to be guarded, so he ordered the iron harrier to stay and guard the palace.
It's just that before Li Liangzuo led his troops to Dongcheng, the gate of Dongcheng had been opened by the airborne Song army, and more than 70,000 Song troops outside the city poured in, making the Western Xia army in Dongcheng retreat again and again, and in less than half an hour, most of the entire Dongcheng area had fallen into the hands of the Song army, and the Song army also killed the palace at a very fast speed.
Seeing this situation, Li Liangzuo had to return to the palace with the proton army again, and at this time, the ministers in the city also rushed to the palace in a panic, hoping that Li Liangzuo could have any way to turn the tide, but unfortunately at this time, although Li Liangzuo was angry like thunder, there was no good way, so he could only desperately mobilize the army to deploy defenses in the city, hoping to block the way of the Song army's advance.
Xingqing Mansion is the capital of Western Xia, and it is also the most heavily defended city in Western Xia, when the Liao State sent more than 100,000 troops and failed to capture Xingqing Mansion, so in the hearts of the Western Xia people, Xingqing Mansion is their last barrier, even if the Great Song army has captured other cities one after another, but as long as Xingqing Mansion is not lost, then Western Xia will not perish, but now they suddenly found that Xingqing Mansion, which they regarded as the last barrier, was also broken by the Song army, which almost caused a devastating blow to their confidence.
It is precisely because of this that when the Western Xia army in the city encountered the Song army, there was no desire to resist, and it was no longer like before to fight to the death, and the Song army felt as if they had encountered a group of rabble, almost like no one in the city, until near the palace, they encountered fierce resistance.
Li Liangzuo also hoped that the army in the city could drive the Song army out, but he received news of the loss of the army everywhere, and even some of the army lost the news in formation, and I don't know whether it was broken up by the Song army or fled, it can be said that the situation in the entire Xingqing Mansion is getting worse and worse, and the Song army has also been killed near the palace, if he doesn't leave, I'm afraid he will really become a prisoner of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, let's run away, there is a way to stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, as long as Your Majesty is here, we can kill again one day sooner or later!" Empress Liang in the vertical arch hall persuaded Li Liangzuo, and the ministers in the palace heard the queen's words, and they also persuaded Li Liangzuo to escape, after all, it seems that now Xingqing Mansion can't hold it anyway, not to mention that they don't want to stay and be buried with Xingqing Mansion for their own safety.
Li Liangzuo didn't expect that in just one night, Xingqing Mansion, which he regarded as a barrier, would fall into the hands of the Song people, and this also marked that their Western Xia foundation would also be destroyed in his hands, which was absolutely unacceptable to Li Liangzuo, who had always been conceited.
However, although Li Liangzuo is very painful in his heart, he is an extremely rational person, he is just twenty years old this year, although he has a son, but he is not yet a year old, in this case, if he also dies in Xingqing Mansion, I am afraid that the entire Western Xia will immediately fall apart, so now for him, the most important thing is to live, as long as he lives, then he has the hope of starting again.
"Pass my order, the whole army withdraws from Xingqing Mansion!" Li Liangzuo finally gritted his teeth and ordered, but when he said this, he felt as if his heart was dripping blood.
With Li Liangzuo's order, all the Western Xia troops that were still under control immediately began to move and prepared to retreat. Since he was trying to flee for his life, he naturally couldn't bring extra things, but Li Liangzuo was extremely lustful, and there were countless concubines in the palace, so it was naturally impossible for these women to bring them all, and they might be insulted by the Song army if they stayed, and finally Li Liangzuo was ruthless, except for Queen Liang and a few other favored concubines, the rest of the concubines were all concentrated in a large hall by him, and then killed them with knives with his own hands, and hundreds of concubines were killed by him.
In addition, there are countless treasures in the Xixia Palace, Li Liangzuo is not willing to leave these treasures to the Song people, so after killing the concubines, he ordered to burn the palace covered in blood, but just after his order was conveyed, the Song army had already killed outside the palace, and began to attack the palace gate, which made Li Liangzuo no longer dare to stay in the palace, and escaped from the palace with his family members and some ministers, and then the Song army entered the palace, and several buildings that had been ignited in the palace were quickly extinguished, but the Xixia palace was preserved.
With the occupation of the Xixia Palace, as well as Li Liangzuo's escape, the Xixia army in the city of Xingqing Mansion no longer has any fighting spirit, hundreds of thousands of Xixia troops in the city or died or fled or surrendered, of course, there are some stubborn people who would rather die than surrender or escape, and finally ushered in the catastrophe, so it took three days for the Song army to completely control Xingqing Mansion in their hands.
Hu Yanqing walked on the streets of Xingqing Mansion, one of his arms wrapped in gauze tightly around his neck, three days ago when he attacked the East City Gate, he was accidentally slashed on the arm by a Western Xia general, originally he was wearing heavy armor, and the general sword could not hurt him, but the other party was extremely powerful, and the weapon was extremely sharp, and he actually cut through the heavy armor with a knife, and cut out a long hole in his arm, and even the bones were almost cut off, and the other party was about to cut off his neck with the second knife, Fortunately, the old monkey and Scar sacrificed their lives to save each other, and stepped forward to kill each other together, which saved his arm.
Thinking of the old monkey and the scar, Hu Yanqing couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, this time their two thousand people parachuted into the city, but in the end there were less than nine hundred people who survived, most of them were killed by the Xixia people after landing and could not gather with others in time, and the rest were killed in the battle to seize the gate later.
Originally, the old monkey and Scar had been with him, and Shun took the gate of the urn city, only after the last control of the city, their task was completed, but when the city head was fought with the Tanguts, the old monkey and Scar fought with the brave Xixia general in order to save him, and finally the old monkey died in battle, Scar was stabbed in the stomach, and another leg was broken, and now he is still lying in the wounded barracks, the military doctor said that it is no problem to survive, but he will definitely not be able to stay in the army in the future.
Thinking of his two good brothers, Hu Yanqing felt a pain in his chest, especially when he thought that the old monkey was cut off in the stomach, and the internal organs in it flowed to the ground, at this time the other party coughed up blood and said to him, I really wanted to go to the capital to have a look, and then died in his arms, which made Hu Yanqing howl in pain at that time, and then ordered his soldiers to kill all the Xixia people in the city, in order to see off his old brother!
In fact, as a soldier, Hu Yanqing should have been accustomed to this kind of death of his brothers in battle, and he had heard some friends from the military academy say that after experiencing several such things, they looked down on life and death, and sometimes the brothers around them died by their side, they wouldn't even take a look, but they just worked hard to kill the enemy to avenge their brothers, and they didn't feel too sad afterwards, after all, sometimes feelings become numb.
However, Hu Yanqing may be different from others, even if he has experienced many deaths of his brothers around him, he still can't suppress that powerful pain, and every time at this time, he will become very bloodthirsty, as if the barbaric blood of their Huyan family has been resurrected in him, for example, the last time he tortured and killed those Western Xia prisoners of war, in fact, in addition to the other party's indiscriminate killing of innocents, there are also his brothers who also died in the hands of the other party.
In addition to the old monkey, most of his 100 brothers were killed and injured in this airborne battle, and everyone who survived was injured, in fact, none of the airborne troops who survived this time were not injured, the difference was only the severity of the injuries. However, their efforts were also exchanged for a great answer, this time Xingqing Mansion was captured, their group of people were credited with the first merit, and those who died in the war were also rewarded richly, such as the old monkey got a pension of five hundred copper coins, plus the booty that the old monkey got in private, enough for their family to live the life of a small landlord, and if the son of the old monkey is willing to join the army, he can also be given preferential treatment, and even inherit a military officer from Jiupin who accompanied the captain of Rong, which is what many low-level generals dream of.
Hu Yanqing thought about his brothers who died in battle, but there was no stop at his feet, he was going to Yang Wenguang's marshal's mansion, because as the main commander of this battle to seize the door, he was naturally the first merit in the first merit, so the reward for him was also put at the end, and today it is estimated that Yang Wenguang will announce it himself.
However, just when Huyanqing crossed a few streets and was about to see the marshal's mansion that had just been set up next to the palace, he suddenly heard someone next to him shouting: "General Huyan, help!" ”R1152