Chapter 47: War (Part I)
Xiao Feng knelt down on his knees, kowtowed again and again, and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to plead. β
Yelu Hongji was slightly startled and said, "What do you want?" To be an elder brother, you only have to do what you can, and nothing is allowed. β
Xiao Feng said: "Please Your Majesty think about the tens of millions of living beings in Song and Liao and take back the holy will of the Southern Expedition." Our Khitan people have always lived as nomads, and the longitudinal land of the Southern Dynasty is also useless. What's more, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and they will win in difficult times, and if there is a small setback, it will damage His Majesty's prestige. Besides, the minister has killed a lot of people in his life, and he really doesn't want his hands to be bloody, my father Xiao Yuanshan is now also a monk in the Shaolin Temple of the Southern Dynasty, he will not want to see me lead the army to cause murder, and ask His Majesty to allow the minister to resign and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests. β
When Yelu Hongji heard him say that he was going to resign, he was even more angry, and his heart immediately had a murderous intent, and when he pressed the handle of the knife, he was about to pull out the knife and cut him down the neck, but then he thought about it, "This person's martial arts are powerful, and if I cut him with a knife, he will not die, and he will be harmed." What's more, in the past, he had a great contribution to me in quelling the chaos, and he had a righteous relationship with me, but today if he disagrees, he will kill the hero, which is a loss for kindness and righteousness. β
Yelu Hongji sighed at the moment, took his hand off the hilt, and said: "You and I see the difference, and it is difficult to force it for a while, you go back and think about it, I hope you can change your mind and ask for your life to go south." β
At this time, in the Xixia Palace, Jiang Nan received the news from the front and knew that it was the last part of the plot of Tianlong Babu, the Song Liao War. At that moment, he turned to Li Qinglu and said, "Qinglu, our Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty have cold lips and teeth, and although I don't recognize the Zhao clan ruling the world, but I am also an authentic Chinese son, I will never watch the country collapse, after this catastrophe, we will come back to get married, our Western Xia Kingdom and the Song Kingdom should live in harmony, I will teach you something, let our children become the kings of Western Xia, and let our dynasty prosper from generation to generation." β
Jiang Nan spent 500 crystal points on the Tianlong Plane for only one year this time, so he knew that he had a lot of things to do. The territory of Western Xia, roughly covering today's Gansu, Ningxia, and Inner Mongolia in our country, if you take the helm and operate, you will definitely not fall under the Mongolian iron cavalry in a few decades, and there will be no regret and sigh without China after the cliff mountain, but it is a pity that you can't stay in this plane for a long time.
At this time, Li Qinglu had already been named the general of Zhenyuan by his father Li Qianshun, and the favored dragon was unmatched in the whole Western Xia.
At this time, the Western Xia Kingdom was also at the peak of its national strength, and under the leadership of Li Qianshun, the people were also thriving, the army was well-trained, and they were not afraid of war with the Liao. In history, Li Qianshun ruled from 1086 to 1139, as long as 53 years, and was called Emperor Shengwen.
And Jiang Nan can see that his fiancΓ©e, Princess Qinglu, is the pearl of the Western Xia Emperor. Judging from the emperor's consent to her posting the emperor list all over the world to find herself, how can an ordinary royal woman have this kind of treatment! The more princesses have, the less autonomy they have to marry, and they are either sent to make peace or married to the meritorious son of a powerful minister as a means of entrapment.
At this time, Yinchuan princess Li Qinglu had 1,000 iron guards under her command, all of whom were female soldiers, and as soon as Jiang Nan discussed with her, she agreed to rush to the aid of the Song Kingdom with Ailang. The thoughts that have been full of these years have turned into obedience at this moment. In other words, at this moment, Princess Yinchuan just wants to have monkeys with Jiangnan, and the rest of him can do whatever he wants.
Just as the two of them were in a strong fighting spirit, a eunuch suddenly walked in and said, "Your Majesty has summoned the princess and the concubine, please come with me." β
So Jiangnan met Li Qianshun of Chongzong of Western Xia, who created the prosperous era of Western Xia Qianshun, he was Li Qinglu's father, and Li Qingluo was also Mrs. Wang's younger brother.
The emperor announced that the two went to their own study, Jiangnan was the first time to see this famous king in history, although he was full of martial arts, but he was a little nervous to see the idol, this father and emperor can be compared with Kangxi Qianlong, I saw Li Qianshun stop the brush in his hand, looked up at Princess Yinchuan and Jiangnan who walked in side by side, and said with a smile, "Good, good, good, beautiful woman." You choose a day to get married, and I won't interfere with you if you do anything, Jiangnan, you can hurt my daughter to wait so hard, I won't pursue you, but you have to listen to my arrangement. β
Jiang Nan also wanted to give the princess an explanation, and listened to the news sent back by Xizuo, Xiao Feng should not have been imprisoned by the emperor at this time, and there should be some time before the outbreak of the war, so he married the princess first.
I have to say that if the emperor wants to do something, the mobilization speed can be quite fast, and an unprecedented grand wedding in the Western Xia Kingdom began, and the whole country was filled with a festive atmosphere.
Jiangnan sent invitations to his eldest brother and third brother, as well as the still living Tianshan Tong's grandmother, and Li Qianshun also invited the magnates of his own country and other countries to participate.
This event was in the limelight for a while.
As the old saying goes, "The green finch and the white bird, the four-horned dragon flag." Graceful with the wind, gold car and jade wheel. Heel on a green horse, tassel gold saddle. Three million dollars, all of which were worn with green silk. Three hundred miscellaneous horses, salmon in Guangzhou City. From four or five hundred people, Yu Yu ascended to the county gate. β
Jiangnan's wedding today is to marry the princess, which is naturally much bigger than the scene of Taishou's marriage, and I saw that dozens of miles out of the palace were covered with red makeup. Horse-drawn carriages lined up from the streets to the end of the streets, in an orderly manner, countless roses were spread on the roadside, and even countless red ribbons were tied to the trees all over the city.
The red lantern opened the road, blowing and blowing all the way along the way, so it was not lively.
The embroidered satin quilt in the new house is actually covered with red dates, peanuts, longan, and lotus seeds, which means "early birth of a noble son", and it is actually paved into a circle of hearts.
The guests who visited were also rare to see in a hundred years, even the summit did not come so completely, the power core of Xixia was all here, no one was absent, Tianshan Tong did not come to the scene in person, sent four maids to give a generous gift, and brought a message to Jiangnan, Jiangnan has the head of the free faction in his hand, and when he goes, Jiangnan is the only heir of the thirty-six holes and seventy-two islands, and then thousands of women and slaves are sent by Jiangnan.
The national teacher of the Tubo country came in person, wanting to see the style of Jiangnan and the princess of Yinchuan.
Emperor Zhao Zhe of the Song State also sent a prime minister as an envoy to send a generous gift. At this time, the Song State wanted to go all out to destroy Liao, so it naturally needed to pacify the Western Xia.
Although Jiangnan is the first time in his life to get married, he has no experience, but there are too many traditional wedding ceremonies. Even if this Xixia is a northwestern barbarian in his eyes, this princess's wedding is no less than that of the Central Plains Dynasty. Even if the miracle is amazing, he is also busy and dizzy.
Duan Yu, the emperor of Dali, came to the scene in person and pushed the atmosphere to a climax, "Second brother! Long time no see, I miss my brother! β
Jiang Nan was wearing a bright red wedding dress and patted Duan Yu on the shoulder, "Good brother, we haven't seen each other for three years, I heard that you have ascended the throne as emperor?" β
Duan Yu scratched his head embarrassedly, "What emperor, Dali is just a small country in southern Xinjiang, but I later succeeded in marrying the love of my heart, which is the girl Wang I have been chasing that day, but unfortunately the second brother was not able to attend my wedding." β
Jiang Nan smiled, "It's okay, I owe you a meal, this time you come to my wedding, we brothers have a good drink, but don't use internal force to force the wine out." β
As the two were talking, the eunuch at the door announced loudly, "The envoy of the Liao State has arrived, and he will send 100 horses, 1,000 cattle and sheep, and 500 taels of gold." β
Duan Yu heard the envoy of the Liao State and asked, "Second brother, have you sent an invitation to the eldest brother?" β
Jiang Nan said, "Then why is there no such thing as the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao Kingdom." β
Duan Yu asked the envoy, "Your king of the Southern Courtyard is coming with you." β
The envoy is the Yelu royal family, snorted coldly, thinking that His Majesty sent me to use the wisdom of participating in the big wedding to explore the truth of Western Xia, and turn around to serve you in a pot, what about marrying the princess today, and turning back is the plaything of our Khitan concubines. But he still replied, "Your Majesty the Emperor of Dali, Xiao Feng doesn't know what to do, and he contradicts the king, and now he is imprisoned, and he may not be able to participate in this wedding." β
Duan Yu was shocked, "Isn't your king my eldest brother's sworn brother?" Why did the two of them turn against each other, my eldest brother is a miracle, who can lock him up? β
The envoy snorted coldly, stopped answering, and turned around to greet a high-ranking official in Western Xia.
Jiang Nan whispered to Duan Yu's ear at this time, "Third brother, don't you know, Emperor Liao wants to crusade against the Song State and sends the eldest brother as the commander to lead the troops to the south, but the eldest brother must be unwilling to lead the troops and was poisoned and imprisoned by the emperor of the Liao State." β
Things turned out to be as Jiang Nan expected, at this time, Xiao Feng was inadvertently fed poisoned wine by Ah Zi, and Yelu Hongji had already ordered the imperial camp to be seized.
The commander thought to himself that King Xiao was born with divine power, how could he be imprisoned in an ordinary prison? At that moment, he had a plan, and ordered someone to take the largest and heaviest iron chains and iron cuffs, lock his hands and feet, and then imprison him in a large iron cage. This big iron cage was used to imprison the fierce lions when Ah Zi played with lions, and each steel bar of the cage was as thick as a child's arm.
Outside the iron cage, he sent a hundred royal soldiers, each holding a spear, and surrounded four circles layer by layer, if Xiao Feng moved in the iron cage, all the soldiers could pierce the spear into the cage, no matter how strong he was, he could not break off the iron lock and iron cuffs in an instant, and break out of the cage. Outside the palace, there was a group of personal soldiers who were closely guarded. Yelu Hongji transferred all the soldiers who were originally stationed in Beijing and Nanjing out of Nanjing City, in case they were loyal to Xiao Feng and tried to save them.
Xiao Feng leaned on the railing of the iron cage, gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain in his abdomen, and had no time to think about it. It was not until twelve bright days passed, and by the evening of the second day, the medicinal properties of the poison slowly disappeared, and the severe pain decreased. Xiao Feng's strength gradually recovered, but in this situation, how could he get out of trouble? He thought to himself that it is useless to worry about it, no matter how dangerous the danger in this life is, he has experienced a lot, could it be that I, Xiao Feng, a hero, will really be trapped in this iron cage? Fortunately, all the relatives and soldiers respected him as a hero, and although the guards were never lax, they were treated with good wine and food, and there was no shortage of courtesies. Xiao Feng put a cup and drank bitterly, and the wine jar was piled up next to the iron cage for a while.
Jiang Nan got married at this time, and he actually didn't have any special feelings for Xiao Feng, and he was not in a hurry to save him, but as soon as this war started, it was inevitable that life would be ruined. Duan Yu waited until Jiangnan finished the process of the wedding and sent it to the cave room, then left a message to say goodbye first, and went to Liao to rescue the eldest brother with many personal guards.
Jiang Nan and Li Qinglu were in bed at this time, and they were charming, and the house was suddenly full of spring.