In the second year of Baoyi in Western Xia, late autumn, Zhongxing Mansion.

In late autumn, the grass and trees of Helan Mountain are withered and yellow, and the red, purple and yellow of the mountain are intertwined, colorful and colorful. The wind is strong, the mountains are majestic, and the horses are galloping. Beside the Yellow River, patches of golden reeds sway with the wind, and a flock of birds flutter their wings in the sky, and the water and the sky meet each other, which is magnificent.

But for the people of Western Xia in the place of Xingling at the foot of Helan Mountain, especially the scholars, it seems that they do not have so much leisure to enjoy the magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers.

Since entering the autumn, there has been an earth-shattering news in the land of Xingling in Western Xia, and the Hexi Corridor of the Great Xia Kingdom has been occupied by the Song army.

"How could this happen?"

"Didn't the Song people just send troops to save us, how could they occupy Hexi?"

"Do Emperor Xia and the ministers know about this?"

There was not much panic, there was no panic, everyone in the Western Xia people was stunned, and the government and the opposition were full of suspicion.

The Song army had just helped them defend the city, and the Song Emperor was married to the princess of Anguo of Western Xia, and the Song Emperor had just marched north to repel the brutal Tatar army......

Moreover, what the people of Western Xia eat now in their bowls is still the relief food sent by the Song people.

How could the Song people occupy Hexi? How could it be possible to occupy Hexi?

Few Xia people would believe the news. Many people believe that the Song army recaptured Hexi from the Mongol army, and it was just to help the Xia people manage it.

Or it is possible that the Song army helped the Great Xia state defeat the Tatar army, and the Great Xia state gave Hexi to the Song army.

Only some party nobles and scholars in the court were crying for the national fortunes and future of the Great Xia Kingdom. Some also roared and shouted that they would fight the Song people and retake the war-torn Hexi.

The Song army captured Hexi, what is the difference between it and the murderous Tatar army?

In the hearts of most of the Western Xia people, they were worried about the Great Xia, which was greatly damaged and had many disasters. Great Xia is only left with the land of Xingling, which is no different from the dead country, and it seems that there is no future.

The weather is getting cooler, and if the Tatar army comes to attack again, where will the Great Xia Kingdom, which has only 340,000 people, 340,000 remnants of the defeated generals, and the army disheartened?

Perhaps in less than a month, the Tatar army will break through Zhongxing and Lingzhou. Western Xia, but he is really going to die.

In the Xixia Palace, in the main hall, the top crack left by the earthquake has just been filled, no sunlight has entered, the hall is cloudy, the ministers are solemn, and the atmosphere is depressing.

"Your Majesty, the students outside the palace are sit-in and petition, asking Your Majesty to send an envoy to negotiate with the Song State and take back Hexi!"

In the imperial history, Zhang Gongfu's face was solemn, and he first stood up and bowed to the Western Xia Emperor Li Su.

"Your Majesty, the Song people openly occupy the territory of my Great Xia Kingdom, which is tolerable or unbearable. Please give a decree to Your Majesty, and the ministers are willing to wave their troops to the south to crusade against the Song army in Hexi! ”

It was the old minister of Western Xia again, who was named Linggong, and rushed forward angrily to ask for his life.

Hexi is the barrier of the Great Xia Kingdom, half of the country. Without Hexi, is Daxia still Daxia?

"Your Majesty, the top priority now is not how to deal with the Song army, but to restore the national strength and the people to recuperate. Your Majesty! ”

Li Zhongge, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked out and bowed.

Retake Hexi? Tens of thousands of Song soldiers in Hexi, Mongolian iron cavalry may not dare to break through, let alone the weak Western Xia?

"Your Majesty, just after the great battle, it is not appropriate to raise swords again. It is better to send an envoy to the Song land to confirm the matter with the Song army, and then discuss countermeasures before it is too late. ”

The privy envoy Li Yuanji was also serious and did not want to use the sword in vain.

The words of Li Zhongge and Li Yuanji made Wei Mingling angry and reprimanded loudly.

"Li Shangshu, Li Xianggong, are you saying good things for the Song Dynasty? The Song army occupies our country's land, and the wolf is ambitious, and only by sending troops can the Song army be driven out! ”

"Your Majesty, the Song people are so deceitful too much, if Your Majesty doesn't blame the Song Dynasty, my Great Xia National Prestige will be lost, how can I save face?"

Seeing that the emperor was silent, Zhang Gongfu followed with indignation.

Wei Ming Linggong and Zhang Gongfu wanted to protect the dignity of Western Xia, although they were impassioned, but in the main hall, few ministers responded.

Everyone knows what the situation is in Western Xia now. At this time, it is important to have enough food, where is there still energy to start a war.

In case the Song army cut off the food supply, wouldn't the people of Western Xia starve to death?

"Old general, Zhang Zhongcheng, you can say hard words, but you have to do things according to your ability. To say something that shouldn't be said, if it weren't for the Song Emperor sending troops, my Great Xia Kingdom would have been destroyed. If it weren't for the grain of the Song people, would you and I still be standing here? If you really tear your face with the Great Song Dynasty, then there will be no room for redemption between the two countries! ”

Huiyu Pavilion Scholar Li Ben said cautiously.

In his opinion, the Great Song Dynasty is now the only foreign aid in Western Xia, and now he is tearing his face with the Great Song Dynasty, that is, cutting off the back road of Western Xia. Once the Mongols invaded, the current national strength of Western Xia would definitely be wiped out.

"Your Majesty, my Great Xia Kingdom is short of people, and the only thing I can do now is to negotiate peace with Song, and there is no other way. If the Tatar army comes to attack, the only thing I can count on in Great Xia is also the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Li Zhongge, the secretary of the ministry, knelt down on the main hall and played with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, it is already late autumn, in case the Tatar army sends troops to attack in winter, how can I resist it? And on the land west of the river, will not the people be utterly slaughtered? Even if the Song army does not enter Hexi, will my Great Xia be able to recover the lost territory? The Song army was recaptured from the Tatar army. Your Majesty, my people of Great Xia are still eating the grain of the Great Song Dynasty, and they must not start a war with the Great Song Dynasty! ”

The Xuanhui of the Southern Courtyard made Luo Shichang also kneel on the ground and play on the ground.

The vitality of Western Xia was greatly damaged, and there was not one out of ten people. At this time, I am afraid that the price of resisting the Great Song Dynasty will not be too great.

"Li Zhongge and Luo Shichang, you two traitors who eat inside and out, you are really disgraceful and shameless! My Great Xia is the death of the country, and I will also die with backbone, and I can't wag my tail and beg for mercy from others! ”

Wei Ming made the public furious, and directly reprimanded Luo Shichang and Li Zhongge.

These two soft bones know how to please the Song Dynasty, don't they know that the land of Great Xia is being eaten by the Song people?

"Wei Ming Linggong, you old thief, it doesn't matter if you die, do you want Your Majesty and the people of the entire Great Xia Kingdom to be buried for you? Do you want Great Xia to destroy the country and exterminate the species? ”

The privy envoy Li Yuanji angrily reprimanded Wei Mingling Gonglai.

"Li Yuanji, you are talking nonsense! When do I want His Majesty to be buried? Now that the Song army has seized the land west of the river, do we have to swallow our anger? If the Song army comes to the city to go to Zhongxing Mansion, what should we do? ”

Wei Mingling's face was red, and he roared loudly.

This rare hawk and main battle faction in the Western Xia Kingdom was tough on the Mongol army, and the same was true for the Song people.

The words of the famous Linggong made the Xixia ministers in the entire hall look at each other, and they were silent for a while.

Luo Shichang glanced at the gloomy Xia Emperor Li Li on the throne, and couldn't help but say nothing. The eyes of the ministers in the palace also gathered on Li Li.

"Luo Qing, Li Qing, get up."

The Xia Emperor Li Li on the throne was expressionless, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

has come to this point, and it is not easy for these courtiers who can hold on.

To go to war, what to take to start a war with the Song people? Take the mouth?

Don't look at it, what has become of Western Xia now?

He regrets it a little now, when Emperor Song arrived by the Yellow River, why did he resist so much? Why didn't you go to meet Emperor Song? What is the benefit of doing this on his own for Western Xia?

"Wei Ming Linggong, no one in this hall is afraid of death, but if the Song people don't supply food, what should I do with the Xia people? Shall you not starve to death in the wilderness? There aren't many of my people left! ”

It was Li Zhongge again, and after getting up tremblingly, he broke the deadlock.

The Mongol army invaded, except for the land of Xingling, the rest of the places were captured by the Mongol army, Xingling was besieged for more than half a year, and the people of Western Xia were killed, starved to death, and died of disease.

"It's a big deal, it's a big deal to borrow grain from the Jin Dynasty! Xia Jin is a country of brothers, and at this time, the Jin people will definitely ......"

When Wei Ming Linggong said this, even he himself was not confident.

When the Mongol army invaded Western Xia, the Jin State, as a brotherly state, watched from the sidelines, and did not send a single soldier or contribute a grain of grain. At this time, it is really whimsical to say that he relies on Jin Guo.

"Relying on Jin Guo, it's better to save effort. Let's just say that the Tatar army retreated, and the Jin State could have the slightest assistance except for sending envoys to come? If it weren't for the rice grain of the Song people, the people of Xingling Land would have starved to death! ”

The privy envoy Li Yuanji sneered and spoke softly.

In any case, Western Xia could not go to war with the Great Song. If this is the case, the Tanguts will die.

"Could it be that my Great Xia really wants the country to continue and destroy the country?"

Li Ben, a scholar of Huiyou Pavilion, burst into tears and choked up.

In the entire hall, a sobbing voice suddenly sounded. Many of the Western Xia ministers burst into tears, as if they were weeping over the fate of Great Xia.

The current situation in Western Xia is based on the land of Xingling projectiles, with a population of only two or three hundred thousand, which is not as good as a large county in the Song Dynasty.

The Great Xia Kingdom is already in name only.

"Your Majesty, now you can only make friends with the Song State, and it is not appropriate to use troops. The state of etiquette of the Song people has an in-law with my Great Xia. In the opinion of the ministers, they should immediately send an envoy to negotiate with the Song State to see how the Song Emperor replied. ”

Luo Shichang played to Li Wei, who was silent on the throne.

The palace was full of noisy ministers, but they threw the emperor aside. At this time when people's hearts are in turmoil, the order of the court is gone, and the image of the death of the country has been revealed.

Luo Shichang's words called the ministers back to reality, and even the important ministers in the country, Wei Minglinggong, also returned to their original positions.

The ministers are all over the palace, and no one takes the emperor in their eyes, this is a great disrespect, is it the courtiers?

"Zhongqing, I just want to ask, can the land west of the river be taken back?"

Li Li's understatement made the ministers in the hall collectively speechless.

It's difficult to eat, and survival is even more problematic, what to take to recapture Hexi? There were tens of thousands of Song troops there.

The Song army was not even afraid of the Mongol army, could it be afraid of the defeat of the remnants of the Western Xia army?

"Wei Ming Linggong, let you lead all the Great Xia soldiers in the land of Xingling, can you recapture the land west of the river?"

Li Wei looked at the famous Linggong with a cold look in his eyes.

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister should do his best!"

The name made the public beat the drum in his heart, but he received the order with anger.

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

"Your Majesty, when Great Xia is dying, don't act in a hurry!"

Li Zhongge and Luo Shichang came out one after the other to persuade them.

"Wei Ming Linggong, you haven't answered me yet, can you recapture the land west of the river?"

Li Li ignored Luo and Li and asked directly.

"Old minister...... Not sure. However, the old ministers will fight hard and try their best to recapture Hexi! ”

The fame made the public's heart tremble. The emperor always called him "the old general", and now he calls him by his first name. It seems that the emperor is very dissatisfied with what he has done.

"Your Majesty think twice!"

"Your Majesty think twice!"

Li Zhongge and Luo Shichang scrambled to be the first to play.

If this really starts a war with the Song army, the joke will be big.

"Wei Ming Linggong, since you are not sure of retaking Hexi, don't talk nonsense anymore. Do you think my Great Xia died fast enough? ”

Li Wei understated, his tone was calm, and he sounded famous, but he was frightened, and he was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

"Your Majesty, is it possible that the matter of Hexi is just like this?"

In the imperial history, Zhang Gongfu had a good personality and was not afraid, so he immediately asked.

"Zhang Zhongcheng, what do you think? Can you lead your troops to retake Hexi? ”

Li Li suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and tried to speak as calmly as possible.

These ministers, they don't look at when, they still want to use swords and soldiers, and they want to sell their reputation, they are simply stupid at home.

The current Western Xia army and civilians are all war-weary, and the Western Xia has no national strength to wage war. Even if you want to start a war, you have to be brave and strong. Now he proposes to move troops with the Song State, is this because he is afraid that Western Xia will not die fast enough?

Didn't he bake him on the stove?

He did not send troops, saying that he was a waster, lost his power and humiliated the country, and if he sent troops, it would be a reckless army and unsympathetic to the people's livelihood.

How did he decide?

Li Li's heart was sad for a while.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Minister......"

Zhang Gongfu was stunned and wanted to speak, but Li Li's eyes widened, and his voice became louder.

"If you can't, stop talking nonsense and get out of here!"

"Minister......

Zhang Gongfu's face was red, and he retreated stupidly.

He really had nothing to say.

"Wei Minglinggong, is there anything going on on the grassland?"

The palace was silent, and Li Wei suddenly spoke, mentioning the conflict between Song and Jin.

"Your Majesty, Temujin's funeral has ended, and now we are waiting for the leaders of the tribe and the sons and daughters of Temujin to rush to the sacrifice. I don't think there will be a war for a while. ”

Wei Mingling Gong knew the customs of the grassland well and hurried to play.

"Li Xianggong, the Song army occupies Lintao Road, Lanzhou, Lintao Mansion, Taozhou, and Jishi Prefecture are all under the rule of the Song army, and there is no movement on the Jin side?"

Li Yuanji was surprised, and Li Li had already said it to himself.

"With the momentum of the Jin people, Lanzhou, Lintao Mansion and other places have been taken away, and they don't dare to compete with the Song army, what can my little Xia Kingdom do? Since the Song army has captured Hexi, let them toss it! Anyway, it's a mess there! ”

Hexi is no longer the Hexi of Great Xia. Great Xia, there is no future.