The battle is merciless

Early the next morning, Li Yanshou was arraigned, and Dong Haotian took the position of deputy marshal and gave up the position of coach. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoWen Zaiye insisted on not accepting it, and everyone would persuade him to meet together. Wen Zaiye said: "After this incident, I deeply feel that I am old and do not have the courage I had back then. After this battle, I should also unload my armor and return to the field to live a clean life, during my absence, Haotian put the army in order very well, I believe that he can lead everyone to win this battle. ”

Dong Haotian said: "You are the commander, the emperor has no will, the army cannot change the commander, and I hope that the commander will not shirk and lead our army." ”

Wen Zaiye said: "We didn't change the coach, I am still the coach, you are the deputy coach, but you exercise the right on my behalf." Haotian, the safety of the northwest in the future depends on you, you are still young, you can't shirk your responsibility. ”

Dong Haotian was supported by him single-handedly, and he was very talented, and he asked Dong Haotian to preside over military affairs this time, precisely to enhance his prestige in the army, so that when he returned to his hometown, Dong Haotian could inherit his great ambition and command the army to defend the stability of the northwest region. The generals also understood his intentions, and in their opinion, Dong Haotian was as important as Wen Zaiye, so they recommended Dong Haotian one after another.

Haotian knew his intentions and said: "The marshal's volunteer Haotian understands that he must lead the army to win this battle in order to repay the marshal's kindness." After speaking, he sat in the coach's seat, and Wen Zaino sat on the side.

Li Yanshou was mentioned, and he looked at everyone with a look of disdain. Dong Haotian asked people to remove the ropes and shackles from his body, and asked, "Li Yanshou, when you led the troops to invade my realm, did you ever think that you would become a prisoner of my Great Song Dynasty today?"

Li Yanshou raised his head and replied: "Who are you, why are you asking?" Your handsome Wen Zaizye is my prisoner, how old are you?"

Wen Zaiye said angrily: "Li Yanshou, don't be too arrogant, this is the camp of the Song army, not your Western Xia, this one in front of you is the commander of our army, you better be clear." ”

Li Yanshou said: "Aren't you afraid that the Great Song Emperor will blame you for changing the commander without permission?"

Wen Zaiye said: "As long as the Western Xia army is defeated, what am I afraid of? I will bear all the blame!" Li Yanshou was speechless.

Dong Haotian said: "Li Yanshou, do you want to leave our Song camp alive?"

Li Yanshou said: "Since I was caught by you, I will treat myself as dead, and I will kill or kill you." ”

Dong Haotian said: "The commander of the first army is captured, but it is very different from death, you can change the commander if you die, but you can't if you are captured." You can't be without a commander in the army, see how you fight this battle?"

Li Yanshou laughed and said: "You can change commanders in your army, why can't we? When I left, I had already handed over the military power to Li Qi, and he would definitely be able to defeat you." ”

Dong Haotian said: "But yesterday he was annihilated by us with 30,000 horses, and he was almost captured, can you trust such a waste?"

Li Yanshou said angrily: "That was just his impulse, he fell for your tricks, and he will never do it in the future." ”

Dong Haotian said: "The soldiers are not tired of cheating, if he can win the plan once, there will be a second time, and if you continue to fight like this, your army will only return with a heavy defeat!"

Li Yanshou said: "Don't talk too much, be careful that you will be defeated in the future." ”

Dong Haotian said: "There won't be that day. I ask you now, if you were to exchange your life for the withdrawal of your army, would you agree?"

Li Yanshou laughed and said, "You're still scared...... Hahahaha, I don't promise. In the near future, our army will definitely break your army, and you will kill me with your sword to bury me. ”

Dong Haotian said: "I let your army retreat, but I just want the two armies to stop fighting and hurt people's lives, you and I should cherish the lives of the soldiers as commanders." ”

Li Yanshou said: "The soldiers will be used to fight, their lives belong to the country, and it is beyond reproach to sacrifice their lives for the country." ”

Dong Haotian said: "But if they are defeated, their death will be worthless, and you, as the coach, should feel guilty for this." ”

Li Yanshou said: "What do you want to say?"

Dong Haotian said: "The truce and the war will stop the two countries from invading each other, and the two countries will make good friends for the benefit of the people." ”

Li Yanshou said: "Well said, but unfortunately it is impossible, I will not disobey the emperor's order." You don't have to say more, and I won't say anything more. Sure enough, he was shut up, no matter how Dong Haotian asked, he finally stopped spitting out half a word.

While the two were at a stalemate, a soldier came to report, and Richie's messenger came to ask for an audience. Dong Hao ordered someone to escort Li Yanshou down, told the messenger to wait outside, and said to everyone: "The purpose of the Xixia envoy is here, the purpose is very clear, what do you think should be done?"

The generals unanimously agreed that they should kill Li Yanshou to thwart the sharp spirit of the Western Xia army, leave them leaderless, and then take the initiative to annihilate them in one fell swoop and take Juyang Pass.

Dong Haotian thought for a while and said to Qingyu: "Everyone doesn't know what they mean, what does Yu Shaoxia think?"

Qingyu said: "What the generals said is very reasonable, we should indeed thwart the spirit of the Western Xia army, but it is not appropriate to take the initiative to attack, it is better to let the Western Xia army send it to the door by itself, and we have arranged everything to be ready for battle, so that the victory will be greater." ”

Dong Haotian nodded, and after thinking about it, the generals felt that it was very reasonable, but they still had questions, and asked Qingyu: "What Shaoxia said is very good, but since Xixia can come to invade, it must be fully prepared, and it is better to take the initiative to fight for autonomy." Unless they go out in a hurry and are not fully prepared. ”

Qingyu said: "Yes, what I said is to let them rush into battle. Our army is now fully prepared and ready to fight at any time, and the Western Xia army lost its commander first, and then lost 30,000 soldiers, and its morale is low at this time, if it fights within three days, what do you think the generals think?"

The generals said: "If they dare to fight in five days, we are confident that they will be defeated and defeated." ”

Qingyu said: "That's it, I think it's better to kill a Li Yanshou than to kill a Li Qi." ”

Dong Haotian asked anxiously: "How do you say this?"

Qing Yudao: According to the information we have, although Li Yanshou is the commander, the person behind the scenes who really plans to deploy the army to fight is Li Qi. This is just our judgment, but when Li Yanshou was captured, what he thought of in a hurry was not someone else, but Li Qi, who handed over all the power in the generals to him. From this point of view, our judgment is not wrong, Li Qi is the brain of Li Yanshou and the soul of the Western Xia army. Without him, the Western Xia army would really be a headless python, and it would be difficult to move an inch. ”

The generals suddenly came to their senses and said in unison: "You mean to exchange Li Yanshou for Li Qi?"

Qingyu nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean." In fact, when he was in the city, he wanted to capture Li Qi, but in the eyes of the Western Xia army, he couldn't see the importance of Li Qi at all, and thought that the commander of the first army was the most important person. Qingyu retreated for the sake of her whole body, so she did not exchange Li Yanshou for Li Qi.

After thinking about it, the generals thought that this method was feasible, but they were afraid that Li Qi would not come, so they said: "Then Li Qi is very cunning, what if he doesn't come?"

Qingyu said: "If he doesn't come, Li Yanshou is still in our hands, and it is not too late to kill, and then Li Qi may be angry and march into the army." If he refuses to send troops, we can still take the initiative and lose nothing. The soldiers nodded one after another.

Dong Haotian said: "Okay, it's decided." ”

Qingyu said: "This matter must not be delayed, leaving them a chance to breathe, and it is best to determine it before it gets dark today." ”

Dong Haotian said: "Shaoxia is reasonable, I will take care of it." "Ordered someone to pass the envoy of Western Xia into the account.

The three Western Xia envoys came with a large number of precious items, and before they could speak, Dong Haotian said: "I already know your intentions, no need to say it, go back with your things, tell Li Qi, if you want to save Li Yanshou, let him come in person, we will let Li Yanshou go, if he doesn't come, after nightfall today, we will execute Li Yanshou, and we will send the head back to Kangcheng early tomorrow morning." ”

The three envoys panicked and hurriedly said: "Everything is negotiable, you can change the conditions, Li will not join the army." ”

Dong Haotian said: "There is no need to discuss. "Let the subordinates fix the book and stamp it with a big seal, and say it to the three people;" You don't have to say anything, go back with this letter, Li Qi will decide after reading it, and you won't be embarrassed. ”

A subordinate general handed the letter to the messenger, and the three messengers wanted to say something, Dong Haotian waved his hand, and the four guards pushed the three of them with their gifts out of the tent. Wen Zaiye saw that he was decisive and resolute, and nodded secretly.

In the early afternoon, a soldier who was guarding outside the camp rushed to report that Li Qi and four of his men had arrived outside the camp. Dong Haotian was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately raised his account. When the generals heard that Li Qi was coming, they were all excited and waited and waited. Dong Haotian saw that everyone was about to arrive, and ordered someone to pass Li Qi into the account. Li Qi strode over, and everyone saw this Western Xia enemy who had infiltrated the army and captured the commander and defeated the Song army, and they were all resentful and glared angrily.

Dong Haotian said: "Li Qi, you really dare to come to our army." ”

Li Qi said: "How dare you not come when the marshal recruited me, I know that you have suffered in my hands, and if you want to get rid of it quickly, let's do it, I just stand here, I just hope that you will keep your word and let go of the commander of our army." ”

Dong Haotian said: "This is natural, take Li Yanshou." ”

Qingyu said: "Wait." He stepped forward and circled around Richie, and suddenly said, "You are not Richie. Everyone was shocked, this person was clearly Li Qi, why did he say that he was not.

Li Qi sneered: "If you want to regret it, don't let me go, it's shameless." ”

Qingyu said: "You are not Li Qi. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed the man's face, and the man got out of the way with one side of his body, turned and ran. Qingyu flashed in front of him, and grabbed it again, the man had nothing to do, a face was torn off, and everyone raised their eyes to watch, the person's face was full of spots Where is Li Qi. Qingyu reached out to restrain it and pressed it to the ground.

Dong Haotian shouted: "Who are you, where is Li Qi at this time?"

The man did not answer, but bit off his tongue and swallowed it. Everyone was shocked to see him so strong.

Dong Haotian scolded angrily: "Come on, push him out and slaughter him." ”

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting, "Wait." Walking into the tent, the captured pock-faced man was shocked when he saw the man.

Qingyu smiled: "Li Qi, you are finally here." ”

The man ripped off the disguise on his face, and it was none other than Richie. Said to Qingyu: "A fortune teller said that if I come east, I will meet the evil star of my fate, and I think that the evil star will be you." ”

Qingyu said: "It's a pity that you didn't listen to the fortune teller, and you wanted to come to the East." ”

Li Qi said: "But I don't regret it, if a person can die for a vigorous thing, then death will not be shaken." He turned his head to Dong Haotian and said, "Please be gracious and let this brother go, and I will bear all the guilt." ”

Dong Haotian waved his hand and motioned to his subordinates to release the pock-faced man. The pock-faced man had tears in his eyes and said vaguely: "General Li, why are you so troubled, I, Xixia, am still counting on you." ”

Li Qi said: "Good brother, don't say it, you go out and wait outside." He said to Dong Haotian again: "I know that I will die here, but you must keep your word and let Marshal Li return to the city." ”

Dong Haotian said: "Don't worry, we won't play your little tricks." "Ordered someone to take Li Yanshou.

Li Yanshou was surprised when he saw Li Qi, and hurriedly said: "Li Qi, why did you come, they arrested you? Impossible, yes...... You did it yourself?"

Li Qi knelt on the ground and said: "I have the trust of the marshal, and I hope that the marshal will forgive my sins, I am here to change the marshal and go back to command our army." ”

Li Yanshou slapped Li Qi three times in a row, and shouted: "You bastard, you are here." Are they going to let me go? We're all going to die here, who will lead the army, and who will fulfill the emperor's orders?"

Li Qi said: "Marshal, don't worry, I have already told them that I will definitely let you go back." ”

Li Yanshou said: "Without you by my side, what will I do in the future?"

Li Qi said: "I have arranged everything, the marshal can rest assured." Said to Dong Haotian: "You have to be true to your word, let people go!"

Dong Haotian said with a smile: "You know that we only take your life, if you die, we will send Li Yanshou back immediately, and we will never lose our words." ”

Li Yanshou shouted: "No, you can't do this, kill me if you want to." ”

Li Qi said: "Needless to say, you can do it." But I have a request, there is only one person here who is qualified to kill me, he is the son of Qingyu, I want him to do it himself, I want all the Xixia people to know that I, Li Qi, did not die in the hands of Song Jun, but in his hands. ”

Li Yanshou said: "No, no one can kill him, and no one is allowed to touch him." ”

Dong Haotian said: "You are my prisoner, in my tent, anyone is qualified to kill you." ”

Li Qi said to Qingyu: "You don't dare to kill me, are you afraid, are you afraid of becoming the enemy of all the Western Xia people?"

Qingyu said: "I will kill you with my own hands, you don't have to provoke me." The Tangut people have long regarded me as a mortal enemy, and if I kill you, it will only make them more afraid of me. ”

Li Qi smiled: "Very good, you can do it." ”

Qingyu stepped forward, cut off Li Qi's head with a single sword, and said to herself: "You are the first defenseless person I killed, although I respect you as a man, but for the sake of the country, I have to do this." ”

Li Yanshou shouted: "Qi'er, my good son." "Spread on the ground. It turned out that the rumors were true, Li Qi was indeed Li Yanshou's illegitimate son.

Li Yanshou sat on the ground holding Li Qi's head, and for a while the old tears were silent, and the three major sorrows in life were the loss of his mother at an early age, the loss of a woman in middle age, and the loss of a son in old age. Although Li Qi was born to Hu Wei when he was young, and he never dared to recognize him publicly due to the pressure of the world, it was precisely because of this that he felt very sorry for Li Qi, so he doubled his favor for Li Qi, and he was even better than Li Yanting and Meng Ge who were by his side. He usually hid this shameful matter very well, making people feel that he was only reusing it because of Richie's talent, and could not see anything else, but at this time he openly revealed it in the enemy camp, which shows that his grief has reached the point of irrepressibility. The generals looked at him grief-stricken, and they couldn't help but feel sad, and felt that this matter had been overdone in terms of human ethics.

Qingyu was originally a bloody man with great feelings, and he naturally felt uncomfortable when he saw this situation, but he was a very rational person, and reason told him that this thing was done right, if he sympathized with Li Yanshou because of his hidden heart, the next step would be difficult, and all the activities he did were likely to be twice as effective with half the effort, in order to realize the plan of the war, there must be someone to act as the bad guy, so let yourself bear this despicable infamy. So he stepped forward and said to Li Yanshou: "Stop acting, your tears are worthless, you can't deceive people." You don't care about his life at all, you don't even care about anyone's life, everyone is just a tool for war in your eyes, a stepping stone for your so-called completion of the emperor's mission and victory, and their death is worthless. ”

Li Yanshou was filled with grief and indignation, and scolded: "You fart, I would rather you break my body into thousands of pieces, than see you hurt a hair of him, you are a cold-blooded and ruthless beast, you don't know feelings at all." He is my son, my most beloved son. Qi'er is Daddy, I'm sorry for you! Daddy shouldn't ......."

Qingyu said to him: "You are finally right, it was you who killed him, and you shouldn't have sent troops to fight and tired him of his life." Everyone saw with their own eyes that I cut off his head, yes, I killed him, but why don't you want to think about it, I have never seen him before, why should I kill him with a sword now?"

Li Yanshou said indignantly: "That's because you are narrow-minded, you lost to him in the competition, and you hold a grudge, and now you are deliberately retaliating for yourself, you are a real shameless villain." ”

Qingyu smiled faintly and said: "I am very happy that you say this, which is enough to prove from another aspect that you are short-sighted and knowledgeable like a woman, and you are by no means a general." I won two of the three games, and I had no choice but to kill Bhutto, and I would be so angry that I wanted to kill Li Qi because of a game-like contest? Hmph, it's you and not me who really killed him!"

Li Yanqing roared angrily: "You are talking nonsense. ”

Qingyu interrupted him and shouted: "I didn't talk nonsense, you killed him, the two countries are fighting to win and do everything they can to win, Li Qi is reused by you, he has a very high status in the army, and he has his own set of fighting with troops, if our army gets rid of him, will the chances of victory be greater? This is something that is no longer understood, and it can be related to personal grievances? There are not a few people in your army who have the same idea and want to get rid of me as soon as possible, if you don't raise troops to attack, who in my Song army will know that there is a Li Qi in Western Xia and want to do everything possible to get rid of him? In this way, who is the real murderer of Li Qi who is not you? It is you who have pushed him to the point where he will never recover, and it is you who have killed your own son.

Li Yanshou sat back on the ground with himself paralyzed, covered his face and cried: "Qi'er, it was Daddy who killed you, it was Daddy who killed you!"

Qingyu said: "You finally admit it, that's good, I really tell you that it's not too late to retire, otherwise you will lose not only a son, but also more relatives." ”

Li Yanshou said in horror: "You are going to do it to my other two children? I will never allow you to do this." ”

Qingyu said: "You don't have this ability, you can't protect them, in Cannes, it's easy for me to kill them." Still, they will fight for you and die on the battlefield. ”

Li Yanshou softened again for a while, Qingyu was right, Li Yanting and Meng Ge were by Qingyu's side at that time, and he was pressed under the sword of Bingchen, if Qingyu had the intention to kill the two, he couldn't do anything at all, he could only end up in the situation where the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, and he suddenly became scared when he thought about it.

Qing Yu saw that he was stunned, his eyes were full of panic, and he knew that he had been moved by his words, and continued: "The number of people who died on the battlefield is innumerable, their parents, wives and children can't even see their last face, and there is no place to bury their bones when they die, you can't see this, you only see the death of your own son, do you think you are too selfish?" Everyone in the world is born to their parents and raised by their parents, and they are all affectionate, Li Qi's death should make you feel this, for the common people in the world will no longer suffer from war, and soldiers will no longer die in a foreign land, so retire!"

Li Yanshou said in a daze: "You let me withdraw from the army?"

Qingyu said: "Yes, it was a big mistake for Western Xia to send troops, but now the two armies are just the first time to fight, and they have not yet made a big mistake, if you retreat, everything is still too late." ”

The generals nodded one after another, they didn't want to fight, but the Western Xia came to attack, and they were forced by the emperor to raise troops to defend themselves, if Li Yanshou could withdraw his troops to avoid a war, it would be a good thing.

Li Yanshou muttered to himself: "Retreat, retreat, retreat......" His eyes flashed and he suddenly saw Li Qi who was dead on the ground, turned around and shook violently, and then sneered: "Don't think about it, Qi'er can't die in vain, I want all of you here to pay for his life." ”

Qingyu smiled: "Do you have this ability? You don't, Li Qi's death is a vain death, you can't do anything for him, admit it." At this time, he already knew that it was impossible to persuade Li Yanshou to withdraw from the army, Li Qi had already occupied his entire heart, and it was impossible for him to be shaken by others, and now he could only provoke him to send troops as soon as possible, and then dispel all his sharp energy, consume his combat capital, and let him have to retreat, this is just a strategy, but it is also a helpless move.

Li Yanshou said: "You don't have to provoke me, I'm very calm now, and I'll tell you honestly, unless I die, even if I fight to the last soldier, I will never retreat, you wait for his funeral." ”

Qingyu said: "Very good, the words have come to this, and I don't have to say anything more." Richie's death in exchange for your freedom, you go. ”

Li Yanshou said: "How can you count if you say it, how old are you?" said to Dong Haotian, "The surname is Dong, if you want to kill you, you have to let you say a word." ”

Dong Haotian said: "What Qingyu Shaoxia means is what I mean, you can go." ”

Li Yanshou squatted down, put Li Qi's head on the corpse, and was about to pick it up. Qingyu said: "Slow, you can't take his body away, our new rules in the Song camp, if the enemy's general is caught, he will be whipped for three days after beheading the public, and then cremated." With a conspiracy like Li Qi, we have to build another stone tower to suppress him, so that he will not have an afterlife, cannot be reborn, and will suffer from oppression forever. ”

Li Yanshou yelled: "You guys are too much, he is dead, how can you be cruel to him like this, are you still human?"

Qingyu sneered: "In your eyes, I am no longer human, I am a cold-blooded animal without humanity." He turned his head to Dong Haotian and said, "Dashuai, give the order to whip the corpse." ”

Dong Haotian nodded and shouted: "Come on, drag Li Qi's corpse out, hang it on the chess stick, and prepare to whip the corpse." The two guards stepped into the account and dragged Richie's body up.

Li Yanshou shouted: "You can't do this, I beg you, put his body down." ”

Qingyu sneered: "Isn't it ridiculous that the commanders of the first army are begging bitterly in the enemy camp, the rules are the rules, they can't be broken, drag them down." The two guards pushed Li Yanshou away and dragged the body out of the tent.

The grief and indignation in Li Yanshou's eyes turned into anger, spurting outward, and he said fiercely: "I, Li Yanshou, swear to the sky, if I don't annihilate all your Song army, I will not be a man." ”

Qingyu smiled: "If you hold on to thirty or fifty years, our gang is old, and if we come to fight again, we don't have to fight back, we all lie on the bed and stretch our necks, waiting for you, but it's no pity to die at that time." ”

Li Yanshou said: "You don't have to provoke me, I will fight within three days." Without further words, he turned and strode out of the tent.

Qingyu sighed and turned to Dong Haotian and said, "Dashuai, I have done my best, this battle must be fought." ”

Dong Haotian nodded and said, "I understand, aren't we ready to go to war in advance? ”

Qingyu bowed her head and said, "Marshal, generals, I have taken some leave in advance." "Turn around and want to leave.

Dong Haotian said: "Young man, please stay first." He stood up and turned to the generals and said, "Do the generals feel that the young man of Qingyu is very ruthless and shameful? But I want to tell you that the young man of Qingyu is by no means such a person, and he is also doing this for the smooth implementation of our army's battle plan and for our army to win this battle." Even if he didn't, I would have done it, and he was carrying this infamy for me, and I am deeply grateful to him. I also hope that you will not be prejudiced against Qingyu Shaoxia because of this, and you should respect him more. ”

All the generals stood up together and said in unison: "We understand, what Qingyu Shaoxia has done will only make us respect him more." ”

Qingyu nodded to everyone and said, "Xie Dashuai, thank you generals for your understanding of me, thank you." "Arch your hand and stride out of the account. It was very uncomfortable for him to do so, and the understanding of everyone had eased his pain a little, and he was now in dire need of finding a place where no one was to calm down, and he was so afraid that he would be unable to contain himself and shed tears.

The voice of Dong Haotian ordering the battle came from the military tent behind, and the generals replied firmly and decisively, "Receive the order".