Chapter 11: Rich Escape Experience (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
This coup d'état came so suddenly that even the de facto ruler of Zhongxingfu, the prince of Western Xia, Li Deren, was not aware of it, he was captured in his sleep by soldiers who broke into the palace, and the crown prince Li Deren had been pursuing a strategy of uniting the Jin state, and the capitulation faction in the Western Xia court had long lost hope.
Li Chengzhen was also arrested, although he was escorted by a master, but he could not withstand the swarming Western Xia soldiers, and had to be captured when there was no hope of escape.
The soldiers who went to the Huitong Pavilion to arrest His Royal Highness the King of Dajin Kingdom were the largest, and there were thousands of them.
The Huitong Pavilion was a place for the Western Xia court to receive foreign envoys, and Yang Kang lived here after coming to Zhongxing Mansion, but when the Western Xia soldiers rushed into the Huitong Pavilion and broke into the courtyard where His Royal Highness lived, they found that the entire courtyard was empty, and His Royal Highness and the staff disappeared without a trace.
After a careful search, a tunnel was found in one of the rooms in the courtyard leading to the outside of the Hall, from which it was clear that His Royal Highness had escaped.
When Lou Shidao saw this tunnel, he was surprised, he felt that this Royal Highness was really too strange, he knew very well how long it would take to dig such a long tunnel, that is to say, since His Royal Highness lived here, he began to dig tunnels.
He finally understood why His Royal Highness chose this remote courtyard close to the periphery of the Huitong Hall to stay, and also understood why His Royal Highness and the blind master had been hiding in the room and not coming out, it turned out that they were digging tunnels in the room all night and night.
Lou Shidao once maliciously guessed whether there was any ambiguous relationship between His Royal Highness and the blind woman, so if you want to be tired of being together without rì and night, although His Royal Highness is not very old, the children of the royal family have innate superior conditions in this regard, and they can do nonsense.
At this moment, the Mingjiao Guangming Left Envoy felt that his thoughts were too inferior, and his thoughts were too impure, and at the same time, he was still a little moved, and he didn't expect His Royal Highness to think about him when he was fleeing for his life.
The only thing he didn't understand was that His Royal Highness seemed to know from the beginning that the Jin Kingdom would not send reinforcements, or that His Royal Highness the British King's sense of crisis was too strong, otherwise he would never have just arrived in a strange place and started digging tunnels to prepare for escape, and looking at the appearance of this tunnel, it is not just a novice who can do it, and it must have rich experience in digging tunnels.
Of course, Yang Kang has rich experience in digging tunnels, he and Mei Chaofeng have dug holes in the Zhao Wangfu in the Central Capital City, Zhao Wangfu in Kaifeng Mansion, and Yingwangfu in Chang'an City.
After living in the hall of the Xixia Kingdom, because there were too many Xixia soldiers around him, Yang Kang was inconvenient to enter and exit, so he just had a reason to close the door and concentrate on digging tunnels, he was just in case, and did not expect that there would be a coup d'état in Zhongxing Mansion, but with the delay in the arrival of reinforcements from the Jin Kingdom, His Royal Highness's worries gradually became a reality, and this tunnel finally came in handy.
This night, Mei Chaofeng heard something strange outside, it seemed that a large number of soldiers and horses were coming towards the Huitong Hall, she woke Yang Kang up, His Royal Highness did not forget his staff, and also called Lou Shidao over, and when the Western Xia soldiers rushed into the Huitong Hall, they walked into the tunnel.
The tunnel is not long, only about seven or eight zhang, the three of them can only crawl forward, the courtyard selected by Yang Kang is close to the periphery of the Huitong Hall, near the bustling market, the other end of the tunnel is in the courtyard of a merchant, some time ago, he and Mei Chaofeng dug through the tunnel and used means to control this family.
This is a relatively safe way to escape, and it is much safer than Mei Chaofeng taking him out of the thousands of troops.
When the Western Xia soldiers searched the guild hall, the three of them went out of the tunnel and came outside, Yang Kang took them into a room, which prepared some clothes and makeup utensils, among the three people, Mei Chaofeng was the most conspicuous, and he could only bring a hat to cover his face, Yang Kang tried his best to scandalize himself, and pointed out some spots on his face, which is the sadness of being an idol, and he is so bright and outstanding when he goes there.
When the Western Xia soldiers found the tunnel, the three of them had already finished dressing, walked out of the courtyard of the merchant, and walked towards the vast night.
Along the way, Lou Shidao found that this Royal Highness the British King's escape experience was too rich, which simply made him breathtaking, where to hide from the Western Xia soldiers, where to lurk, where to find remote alleys, it seemed to be in the hands of His Royal Highness the British King, making the Guangming Left Envoy mistakenly think that this Royal Highness was born as a thief.
This is the accumulation of Yang Kang's long-term escape experience, this kind of martial law situation he has encountered many times, although the central capital city and Zhongxing Mansion are different, but the structure of the imperial city and the blind spots of soldiers patrolling are the same, plus he has many experiences of escaping from dangerous situations, His Royal Highness can be deservedly called an escape expert.
After discovering the tunnel, the Western Xia soldiers immediately launched a city-wide search, and this Jin prince was a great gift to the Mongols, and there was absolutely no room for failure, so the entire Zhongxing Mansion began to be chaotic.
After dawn, the soldiers and people of Zhongxing Mansion found that the sky had changed overnight, and Li Dewang became the new emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom in a daze, although he did not hold an enthronement ceremony, he was already the nominal emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom, and the ministers did not forget to change the year name of the Western Xia Kingdom from the fifth year of Guangding to the first year of Qianding.
In this way, Li Dewang became the ninth emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom, for him, the ups and downs of life came too quickly, the first thing he did after becoming the emperor was to ask the Mongols outside the city to surrender, which is also the reason why those ministers made him emperor, only the royal blood can represent the Western Xia Kingdom to surrender to Mongolia.
This is Li Dewang's luck and his misfortune.
When the Mongol army under the city was preparing to start a new day of siege, the white flag was raised on the head of the city of Zhongxingfu, which meant a truce and surrender, and the Western Xia soldiers on the city were embarrassed, and after half a month of fighting, countless Western Xia soldiers died, and finally had to surrender.
Soldiers are different from civilian officials, of course they are also afraid of death, but they pay more attention to honor, but in this era of imperial supremacy, the emperor is about to surrender, these soldiers can only obey, otherwise they are disloyal to the country.
The Mongolian commander Mu Huali under the city was a little surprised, worried that it was a trick of the Western Xia, so he asked the Western Xia Emperor to go out of the city to surrender in the Mongolian camp, and the Western Xia Emperor Li Dewang had to come to the Mongolian camp accompanied by the minister and submitted the surrender letter, willing to kneel down to the Mongolian state and be dependent on it for generations.
On this day, the Mongol army entered Zhongxingfu, the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom, marking that the Western Xia Kingdom had existed in name only.
At the same time, in Zhongxing Mansion, the search for King Jin's Wan Yankang operation is still in full swing. (To be continued.) )