Chapter 360 Emperor Xia’s blood letter, wanting to move reinforcements
At the Yellow River crossing outside the former Xipingfu City, hundreds of warships from the Song Dynasty set sail in order and moved northward...
At this time, no soldier in Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, one hundred and forty or fifty miles away, knew that the Song army had come down from the upper reaches of the Yellow River to attack their capital.
The reason is for no other reason than that the 50,000 soldiers from the Song Prefecture previously sent by Butler Zhao cleared the Xia army strongholds and ferry defenders on both sides of the Yellow River for more than a hundred miles along the Northern Expedition. As a result, the capital of Western Xia was prosperous. The government cut off intelligence sources in the direction of Xiping Mansion.
In the capital of Xia Kingdom, in the main hall of the imperial city, Li Qianshun was sitting on the dragon chair, listening to the strategy of "killing chickens to scare monkeys" proposed by King Shu Li Renli:
"Your Majesty can select the nephews and nephews of tribal leaders who are sitting on the wall from among the six squadrons in the imperial siege, and publicly execute them to serve as a warning to others and to demonstrate the imperial power!"
Li Qianshun thought for a long time.
If it was true, he naturally hated the tribal leaders who were watching from both ends. He really wanted to kill a few more tribal leaders who did not come to King Qin when they heard that the capital was in trouble and annihilate their three tribes.
Even if those tribal leaders had received the imperial decree and remained stationary, Li Qianshun, who was in the palace of the Xia Kingdom, could not cure their crimes for the time being, nor could he kill them;
However, when Daxia was founded, an alliance was formed between the central imperial power of Daxia and various local military tribes.
In order to maintain the stability of this alliance, the Daxia imperial power gave local governments more financial, military, and personnel autonomy. In order to better control local tribes, the emperor of Daxia ordered his sons and nephews to enter the capital and enter the imperial siege. Working as a errand in the inner six squads is actually serving as a proton.
Li Qianshun spoke slowly: "Although the wise nephew's strategy can relieve the hatred in my heart, doesn't it force all the tribes to quickly rebel? I don't think it is feasible. I have a clever plan of my own!"
Seeing that Emperor Xia was so confident, Li Renli did not dare to say anything more.
According to the list drawn up in advance, Li Qianshun summoned more than 200 officers, big and small, from the "Yuwei Six Banzhi". They were all local tribal leaders or important generals who did not send troops to serve the king during the Song-Xia war. The proton of his son.
These protons were disarmed outside the hall.
They walked into the hall and after performing the ceremonial ceremony as kings and ministers, they were laid down behind their backs and lined up in two rows, standing on the left and right sides of the hall.
Li Qianshun asked the protons in the court:
"I regard you as my disciples and soldiers! How have I ever treated you badly?"
More than a hundred proton officers were at a loss. They were all frightened and said tremblingly:
"Your Majesty is the father of my ministers and kings, and I have never treated my ministers badly..."
"Humph!" Li Qianshun snorted angrily and said coldly and angrily:
"Now the country is in trouble, but your father and brothers have led troops and are stationed in various places in our country, but they are standing still and watching from the wall, resisting the order and not coming to serve the king! Do you know?"
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After hearing the holy words, the more than two hundred protons were so frightened that they knelt down in the hall again, kowtowed like garlic, and defended themselves:
"Wei Chen doesn't know! Wei Chen is loyal to His Majesty!"
"I didn't know that my father was so rebellious..."
"I swear to be loyal to Your Majesty to the death!"
"Wei minister, please fight to the death with the enemy of Song Dynasty. I am willing to pledge myself to the country to atone for my father's sin of not coming to serve the king!"
"I also ask for a fight to atone for my father's sins..."
"Wei ministers also invite us to fight..."
Li Qianshun said with an moved face: "You are all fifteen years old, and when you are old enough for me to recruit soldiers in the Great Xia Kingdom, you 'volunteer' from various tribal armies to come to my side to serve as bodyguards. Among you, the older ones have already accompanied me. The king has been able to keep me safe for nearly twenty years, how could I not know your loyalty?"
"However, you, fathers and brothers, are standing still, not coming to serve the king, and resisting the king's orders. It is true that I am extremely disappointed!"
"The princes and important ministers in the court are all very angry. They advise me to kill you as punishment for the sins of your father and brother!"
The more than 200 protons in the main hall were frightened out of their wits, trembling with fear, kowtowing repeatedly, begging for mercy, and wanting to make meritorious deeds...
Li Qianshun saw that his goal of intimidating the hostages had been achieved, so he changed the subject and said:
"I will give you, father and brother, one more chance to redeem themselves and make meritorious deeds, but I need your cooperation. Are you willing?"
Among the protons in the main hall, who dares not to do so? They all expressed their willingness to help His Majesty the Emperor of Great Xia solve his problems...
"Okay!" Li Qianshun praised, and then revealed his ultimate goal.
"I and your brothers and sisters made a blood alliance in this hall and wrote a blood letter. I then sent dozens of imperial envoys to hold this blood letter and ride fast horses to the military camp of your father and brother. I moved King Qin to rescue the troops and quickly Come to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of our Great Xia Kingdom, to aid us. All ministries must work together to resist the invasion of our capital by the Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty who led his troops to attack our capital."
In order to survive, the hostages in the main hall were naturally very willing to obey the Emperor Xia's will. They rushed to sign up to write letters in blood according to Emperor Xia's holy will, requesting their father and brother to lead troops to go to the capital to fight against the enemy of the Song Dynasty.
At this time, King Shu Li Renli, who had been watching in the main hall, realized that Emperor Xia's strategy was indeed much more clever than his own strategy of killing the protons.
Next, Li Qianshun directly asked the chamberlain to bring a large celadon brush washer that was not filled with water and placed it on his royal writing desk.
Li Qianshun held the dagger in his right hand and cut the belly of the middle finger of his left hand. Dozens of drops of blood fell into the celadon brush washer.
With a "clang" sound, Li Qianshun threw the dagger onto the table without changing his expression.
The chamberlain official shouted: "The imperial physician enters the palace..."
The imperial doctor, who had been prepared in advance, walked into the palace and quickly bandaged Emperor Xia's wounds.
The sons and hostages in the main hall, after seeing what Emperor Xia did, naturally knew in their hearts: In this autumn of life and death, the Emperor of Great Xia was really driven by the Zhao Guan family who personally came to conquer Xia, and was forced to have no way out. , otherwise I wouldn’t have made such a decision!
A chamberlain held a celadon brush wash containing dozens of drops of Emperor Xia's dragon's blood in both hands, and walked towards where the protons were kneeling. There were five chamberlains behind him, each holding a tray with a sharp dagger.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing this scene, the protons in the hall immediately understood Emperor Xia's intentions.
These protons were deeply frightened. In order to ask their father and brother to stand still, the emperor of Daxia went so far as to use the dragon body of Daxia's son to put the dragon's blood into the brush. In order to show their loyalty to Emperor Xia, they naturally
If you don’t bleed, you will be less worthy than the noble Emperor of Daxia!
The more than two hundred protons in the main hall were divided into groups of five according to the order of official rank. They took the daggers on the tray and cut their left wrists with the sharp dagger blades. A stream of blood flowed to the bottom.
Blood inside the celadon pen wash.
Then, they gently put the daggers in their right hands back into the tray held by the chamberlain, then pulled out a large bundle of clean cloth strips that had been placed in the tray, and pressed it on the wound on their left wrist.
Stop bleeding.
After more than forty times of this operation, which lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour, more than two hundred protons in the hall were all exsanguinated on their own.
Standing in the main hall, King Shu Li Renli was a little at a loss. He asked Emperor Xia to bleed his own blood and put it into the celadon brush washer, but he was declined by Emperor Xia.
According to the order of Xia Emperor Li Qianshun, the chamberlain placed the pen wash filled with blood in the center of the main hall.
A waiter held a long-handled silver spoon and constantly stirred the blood in the celadon pen wash to prevent it from solidifying.
Li Qianshun took out the model essay he had written in advance and gave it to King Shu Li Renli to read aloud in public, so that the more than 200 protons in the hall would later have to follow the content of the model essay and write to his father and brother who were far away.
The following blood letter:
You must make it clear to your father (or brother) that this blood letter is composed of the dragon blood of the Emperor of Great Xia, my blood, and the blood of many of the attendants of the "Royal Encirclement Sixth Class". If your father and brother still stand still,
The Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was sitting back and watching his imperial conquests, led his troops to attack Xingqing Prefecture in the capital city. If I, the Emperor of Daxia, defended the city to the death and refused to give up an inch of land, I would be in danger. I am a soldier of my son, Emperor Daxia. If the city of Xingqing Prefecture is destroyed,
, this is when I kill myself to thank the world...
Later, Emperor Xia ordered another group of eunuchs who had been waiting outside the hall to enter the hall. They were divided into three teams. The first team of five people all held stacks of rice paper and distributed them to everyone in the hall.
A proton.
The trays held by the ten eunuchs in the second team all contained square clean inkstones. They used the inkstones to collect blood from the celadon brush wash and distributed it to the protons in the hall.
The five eunuchs in the third team brought bundles of brand new writing brushes and distributed them to the hostages present.
Many of the more than 200 hostages in the main hall are brothers or cousins. They looked at each other and did not dare to speak directly, but they all knew in their hearts:
'After I have written this letter in blood requesting my father (brother) to send troops to serve the king in accordance with Emperor Xia, if my father and brother still do not send troops to serve the king, then I will be executed by Emperor Xia;'
'Even if my father and brother really send troops to serve the king after seeing this blood letter written by me, but the march is too slow, I am afraid that I will be in danger of being killed;'
'If the capital of Daxia Kingdom is captured by the Song Army in advance, then I may also be killed by the angry Emperor Xia...'
These protons all know that if they do not follow Emperor Xia's imperial edict and write a letter in blood asking their father and brother to send troops to serve the king, then they will be executed immediately by Emperor Xia...
The more than 200 hostages in the main hall obediently spread the rice paper on the flat "Imperial Kiln Bricks" floor, knelt down and held pens, and wrote a blood letter according to Emperor Xia's holy will to move the reinforcements...
After they finished writing the blood letter, they dried it and asked Emperor Xia to read it.
Li Qianshun, who was so anxious, had no time to read the blood letters written by the protons one by one! However, he still asked his dozens of internal servants who were proficient in writing to carefully review the blood letters written by the protons...
After everything was completed, Li Qianshun asked his men to put the blood letters written by the protons into prepared envelopes. After sealing the envelopes, he asked the palm attendant to seal the seals of the envelopes with the jade seal of Daxia Kingdom. The big red seal. The local tribal leaders who sent it were convinced that this was written by their son, nephew or brother after they made a blood alliance with him, the Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, in the palace hall. Blood letter.
After Li Qianshun saw that everything was done, he hurriedly summoned more than forty chamberlains and assigned each to a group of ten cavalry guards. He immediately left the city and sent the blood letters written by the protons to Daxia. Among more than 40 local tribal armies...
At this time, the two hundred protons in the hall, whose left wrist wounds were still bleeding, were worried that they, who had lost Emperor Xia's trust, would be punished by Emperor Xia next?