Chapter 363 Emperor Xia was determined to win, but was slapped in the face by the Song army
Emperor Xia Li Qianshun announced in public:
"The commander-in-chief of the six squadrons of imperial siege will be succeeded by King Shu Li Renli..."
"I am benevolent, thank you Lord for your kindness!" Shu Wang Li Renli knelt down to express his gratitude.
Although he was crowned king last year, he had never had the opportunity to gain real power before.
Now, the Emperor of Xia publicly promoted him to the command of the Sixth Imperial Guard Division. He was the highest officer in charge of the more than 4,700 imperial guards who defended the Emperor of Great Xia and the inner city of the palace. This made him feel very proud.
However, after Li Renli was proud, he also thought of his elder brother Li Renzhong, who was like his father, who died for his country while resisting the Song Dynasty, and he couldn't help but feel sad and resentful.
After Li Renli thanked Emperor Xia for his kindness, he swore loudly:
"I am a humble minister who is benevolent and will live up to the holy hope. I will definitely fulfill my duties as the commander of the six squadrons of the imperial siege, lead my subordinates to guard the imperial city at all times, and swear to protect His Majesty to the death!"
"If a humble minister needs to be benevolent and benevolent to fight for the country, he must be brave and not afraid of death. He must wear strong armor and take the lead in resisting the invasion of the Song army. He must kill as many soldiers as possible from the Song Dynasty. It is best to kill or capture alive the person who is the imperial commander of the Song Dynasty. Dog Emperor, I am willing to repay the country with my life, and repay your majesty with my life. I am also willing to repay my brother's blood feud with my body!"
Li Qianshun was moved. After listening to Li Renli's heartfelt oath, he pointed at Li Renli in public and praised:
"It is precisely because I value Aiqing's loyalty and bravery that I entrust Aiqing with the important task of being the commander of the sixth squadron of the imperial siege!"
All the soldiers present immediately shouted:
"Your Majesty is wise..."
"Long live my emperor..."
Thousands of soldiers and generals on duty in the Sixth Squadron present were shouting long live, but in their hearts they were all shocked and confused.
Why did Emperor Xia suddenly replace such an important position with a member of the royal family in his twenties?
Most of them have similar thoughts:
'Your Majesty, are you no longer trusting us, the children of various tribes and powerful families?'
They were all frightened, thinking that they were just like the more than 200 officers and officers of the Sixth Squadron who suddenly disappeared. They were all hostages left in the capital!
Will he also be suddenly demoted or disappeared?
Li Qianshun, a shrewd and capable man, looked around the generals, and through the micro-expressions on the generals' faces, he sensed that they were doubtful and fearful.
"My dear friends, please don't be suspicious!" Li Qianshun spoke to appease the soldiers and lied:
"The Song army has invaded, and the front line is tight! I have transferred some generals from the sixth squadron of the imperial siege and put them into other important positions!"
As soon as Emperor Xia said this, all the soldiers and generals present were dubious.
"I will also select loyal and courageous people from all the beloved ministers and promote them to official positions to fill the vacant positions."
Those who had just questioned it in the sixth squadron of the imperial siege, although they still have some doubts now, are eager to give it a try, hoping that they can be promoted and reused by Emperor Xia.
Li Qianshun said leisurely: "Just now, I summoned King Shu in the main hall to discuss and draw up a list of those who should be promoted in the six squads of the imperial siege."
After he finished speaking, he took out a holy edict filled with plans to promote generals and handed it to King Shu Li Renli to read it out.
Li Renli received the imperial edict with trembling hands. He knew that he had just been summoned into the main hall by His Majesty to discuss matters, and he had not discussed the list of officials to be promoted to the Sixth Division of the Imperial Guard at all. This was done by Emperor Xia alone before.
And now, Emperor Xia said this and asked him, the newly appointed top officer of the Sixth Squadron of the Imperial Guard, to read out the imperial edict for the promotion of new officials. This is because Emperor Xia values himself and gives him the good thing that can win over his subordinates. A new chief officer will do it!
Li Renli gratefully accepted the imperial edict and read it loudly in public...
A total of more than 200 people were newly promoted from the sixth squad of the imperial siege, filling the official positions of the more than 200 protons from various tribes who had been placed under house arrest by Emperor Xia's secret order.
The newly promoted people were all smiles and happily bowed and thanked...
Those who have not been promoted are full of envy...
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Xia Emperor Li Qianshun issued another edict: Prepare wine, meat, gold and silver, money, and clothing to reward the soldiers guarding Xingqing Mansion in the capital.
King Shu Li Renli gave advice to Emperor Xia and reminded him: "Your Majesty rewarded the soldiers of the three armies who guarded the capital. This is a great kindness."
"Of course, the officers and soldiers of General Li Liangfu who guard the Yellow River ferry on the eastern outskirts of the capital should also be rewarded by your Majesty! After all, they are the first important line of defense guarding outside the capital against the Song army coming down the river. Your Majesty cannot ignore it! "
"Hahaha..." Li Qianshun, who had been worried because of the tight war situation, rarely laughed heartily and said:
"My dear nephew, you are worrying too much! The reason why I did not send anyone to reward Li Liangfu and his generals who were guarding the river is not because I have forgotten my beloved general Li Liangfu."
"Rather, I want to take charge of Li Liangfu's troops and reward Li Liangfu and his soldiers."
"ah?!
Li Renli was shocked when he heard this. After all, he had just taken over as the commander of the Sixth Squadron of Imperial Guards. He was not very capable of controlling his subordinates. He was afraid that he would protect Emperor Xia from leaving the capital during the troubled autumn when the Song Army invaded Xixia. If another accident occurs, it will be even worse for Daxia!
He hurriedly admonished: "Your Majesty, you must not venture out of the city with thousands of people! Your Majesty can just send an imperial envoy from the court to suppress Li Liangfu's troops."
Li Qianshun smiled calmly and said: "The dog emperor of the Song Dynasty can travel thousands of miles and conduct military campaigns in person, so he dares to invade my country, Daxia!"
"Then the dog emperor of the Song Dynasty is the emperor, and I am also the emperor. The emperor of Song Dynasty was so bold that he risked his life to accompany the army on the expedition. How can I be as timid as a mouse and dare not go out of the capital to comfort Li Liangfu's soldiers on the bank of the Yellow River?"
"Huh?!" Li Liangfu was speechless for a moment.
Li Qianshun changed the topic and asked angrily: "Am I not as good as Zhao Ji, the dog emperor of the Song Dynasty?"
When Li Renli heard what Emperor Xia said, he didn't dare to refute anything.
Everyone present trembled when they heard this, and all the generals flattered them one after another:
"Your Majesty is thousands of times stronger than that foolish king of the Song Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty's talents and strategies are countless times better than that of the Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty!"
"..."
After Li Renli hurriedly complimented Emperor Xia a few words, he vowed that he would lead his troops to protect Emperor Xia's safety on his way out of the city.
Li Qianshun nodded with satisfaction and said: "My good nephew quickly mobilized 2,000 elite soldiers from the Sixth Squadron to escort me out of the East City and go to the ferry crossings and docks of the Yellow River in the eastern suburbs to reward the soldiers of Li Liangfu's unit who were guarding the river."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Renli hurriedly said: "I obey the decree."
Two-quarters of an hour later, Li Renli prepared the rewards for the three armies, loaded them on more than thirty oxen carts, and ordered two thousand soldiers from the sixth squad to accompany them.
Li Renli rode on a war horse and led his troops to protect Xia Emperor Li Qianshun's royal carriage. He left the inner city of the palace and arrived at the east gate of the outer city in a mighty manner.
Li Qianshun got out of the car and visited the soldiers guarding Dongcheng on the way...
When all the soldiers saw that the Emperor of Great Xia came to reward them in person, their morale was naturally high, and they shouted "Long Live" excitedly, like a mountain roaring like a tsunami, one wave after another.
"Long live my emperor..."
"Long live my emperor..."
Li Qianshun heard the cries of the soldiers and generals who were defending the city, and saw that the morale of the soldiers and generals who were defending the city was so high that he couldn't help but feel inspired.
Accompanied by thirty generals of all sizes who were guarding the East City, and under the protection of the elite six squadrons of imperial guards led by King Shu Li Renli, he climbed to the highest tower on the East City.
Li Qianshun leaned down and looked down, and saw that the capital city of Xingqing was really deep and high. The soldiers who defended the city had strong horses and strong horses. They shared the same hatred of the enemy and their morale was high.
This inevitably aroused Li Qianshun's ambition. After comprehensively comparing the situation between the enemy and ourselves in Song and Xia at this time, he arbitrarily concluded that the defense battle of Xingqing Mansion in the capital must be won!
At the same time, in order to stabilize the morale of the Xia army defending the city and further boost their morale, he held the city wall with his hands and lectured loudly:
"I rely on the high height of the capital city of Daxia and the deep ditches and the lives of the three armies;
"In addition, my beloved general Li Liangfu has led a heavy army to guard the fortresses at the crossings of the Yellow River outside the capital. He will definitely be able to severely inflict heavy damage on the Song army coming down the Yellow River. If the dog emperor of the Song Dynasty dares to march along the river in person, he may Can become a prisoner of Li Liangfu’s tribe!”
The words of Emperor Li Qianshun of Great Xia were not only heard by his entourage; his words were also spread by the guards of the sixth rank of the imperial siege, who were arranged above and below the city, to the distant places below the city, and to all the soldiers guarding the east city of Xingqing Mansion. I heard it all.
Suddenly, the morale of the three armies was greatly boosted, and cheers continued from above and below the city:
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Your Majesty is a master at predicting events, and he is able to strategize and win a victory thousands of miles away!"
"Your Majesty uses his troops like a god and knows how to use them well!"
"His Majesty sent General Li Liangfu to lead a heavy army to guard the fortress at the Yellow River Ferry. He will surely defeat the Song army. They will lose their helmets and armor, sink to the bottom of the Yellow River, and be buried among the fish!"
"The Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, will definitely become a prisoner of His Majesty's subordinates!"
"..."
The high morale of the officers and men of the three armies, their determination to win, their shouts like the roar of mountains and tsunami,
The emperor of Great Xia, Li Qianshun, was so excited that he climbed high to face the wind, and the excited shouts of the soldiers could be heard in his ears.
In a daze, he felt that Daxia had won the battle to defend Xingqing Mansion in the capital!
He seemed to see Li Liangfu leading his troops to annihilate hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the Song Dynasty who invaded the Xia Kingdom, and captured the Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty ‘Zhao Ji’ alive...
He also saw that after the Xia army defeated the Song army, his beloved general Liangpu personally escorted the shirtless and tied-up Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and knelt down in front of him, the wise and mighty lord of the Great Xia Kingdom. Underfoot.
The embarrassed Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty kowtowed repeatedly, banged his head, cried and shouted:
'Zhao Ji, the lord of the defeated country, bows down to the sage king of the above country!'
'I know that I have committed a grave sin. I invaded the Xia Kingdom, provoked a war, betrayed the peace treaty, and provoked the wrath of heaven and mankind. That is why we have such a great defeat!"
‘Zhao Ji, the guilty minister, is willing to cut off the land north of the Yangtze River in the Song Dynasty and dedicate it to the superior country! In order to seek the wise king of the superior country, I will spare my life!’
'The sinful minister Zhao Ji, who had previously underestimated his ability, turned out to be so bold that he dared to ask for Princess Cao from the kingdom!'
'Fortunately, the sky has eyes. Due to busy military affairs, the unjust army led by the guilty minister Zhao Ji was defeated by the superior general Li Liangfu before he could have an affair with Princess Cao's innocent body! '
‘The guilty minister Zhao Ji will return the complete jade to Princess Cao...”
At the same time, Li Qianshun was in a daze and saw his most beloved princess Cao. She cried so hard that she threw herself into his arms...
"Hahaha..." Li Qianshun's eyes were blurred and he laughed out loud.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?!" Li Renli noticed that Emperor Xia's expression was wrong and heard Emperor Xia's strange laughter, so he cautiously warned.
"Ah!?" Li Qianshun was awakened from his daydream by the reminder from King Shu Li Renli. When he came back to his senses, he saw that it was just because he came to Dongcheng to comfort the three armies. The soldiers were shouting excitedly because of this, not He really defeated the Song army and captured the Great Song Dog Emperor who was fighting in person.
"What's the matter with my nephew?" Li Qianshun came back to his senses and asked Li Renli in order to cover up the embarrassment of the daydream he had just had in a trance.
Li Renli hurriedly said: "The sun has turned to the west. Your Majesty, during this trip, you still have to reward the soldiers of Li Liangfu's department who are guarding the river!"
Li Qianshun nodded and said: "My dear nephew, that's a great reminder. If you still don't go, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the capital until dark."
Li Qianshun went down to the city. Before leaving the city gate, he loudly delivered a wonderful speech to boost morale...
He blew the cowhide loudly and listed that the Daxia Kingdom has now obtained the right time, location, and people. The general Li Liangfu who guards the river and his troops will definitely be able to annihilate the invading Song army, and it is very likely to capture the imperial commander to fight in person. The Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty...
The current Emperor of Xia, Li Qianshun, has always been loved by the soldiers and people of Xia.
As soon as his holy words came out, all the soldiers guarding the east city of Xingqing Mansion were convinced and excitedly shouted long live...
If you tell some lies too often, you will begin to believe them to be true.
What's more, many things said by Xia Emperor Li Qianshun are true. If the war battles in the cold weapon era are based on, Li Qianshun's strategic policy is not wrong. Maybe it can really achieve the goal of using General Li Liangfu to lead his troops to defend the Yellow River ferry and give the Song army The strategic purpose of heavy damage.
At this time, Xia Emperor Li Qianshun firmly believed that in this battle, the Xia Kingdom would win and the Song Army would definitely lose!!!
However, Emperor Xia has not yet seen how powerful the firearms of the Song Dynasty are, nor has he seen the many generals promoted and given important tasks by Emperor Zhao Jixin of the Song Dynasty. Even now and thousands of years later, they are still famous in the history of loyalty and bravery. Famous general!
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Xia Emperor Li Qianshun was sitting in the royal carriage, being closely protected by Li Renli and his troops. He walked eastward from the suspension bridge lowered outside the East City, through the wide and deep moat...
On the east city of Xingqing Mansion, thousands of Xia army officers and soldiers poked their heads out from the crenellations of the city walls and looked at the imperial troops and horses outside the east city.
The Holy Instructions they had just received from Emperor Xia were still echoing in their ears. They learned that Emperor Xia's favorite general and the famous general Li Liangfu led a heavy force to suppress the Yellow River crossing on the front line. It was very possible that it would be as Emperor Xia said. In this way, Li Liangfu led his troops to annihilate the invading Song army along the river, and captured alive the Emperor of the Song Dynasty who was marching in person...
They were watching Emperor Xia Li Qianshun's large army. When they were more than a mile away from the east city, they suddenly heard loud thunder-like noises coming from the bank of the Yellow River more than four miles away...
"Boom boom boom..."
"Rumble..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The soldiers had never heard such weird thunder. They looked up at the sky and saw that the sky in the afternoon was blue and clear. There was no way it was a thunderstorm!
What is that strange "rumbling" sound?
Xia Jun, who was guarding the city, was extremely confused...
Similarly, Xia Emperor Li Qianshun and his escort generals, who were already one mile away from the east city, were also very confused;
At this time, even Xia Jun's war horses neighed in fear; the dozens of cattle accompanying them pulling the army supply trucks were so frightened that they kept moaning...
Li Renli, who took office as a new official, was afraid that the loud noise in the distance ahead, which was weirder than thunder, would disturb the Xia Emperor. He ordered the entire army to stop marching, and sent his cavalry to explore the horses, and quickly moved forward to explore...
"Boom boom boom..."
"Rumble..."
"Boom boom boom..."
Emperor Xia Li Qianshun listened to the continuous thunderous and strange noises in the east. He got off the chariot with some uneasiness and looked forward, only to see black smoke rising in the mid-air in the distance...
He summoned Li Renli, King of Shu, and asked: "I saw black smoke rising in the east, and I heard strange noises like thunder. They seemed to come from Li Liangfu's troops stationed along the Yellow River. I wonder what happened?"
Li Renli consoled him and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to rest assured. I have already sent cavalry to investigate!"
Not long after, several cavalry sent by Li Renli returned on fast horses, followed by thousands of fleeing Xia troops who had abandoned their helmets and armor...
"Boom boom boom..."
"Rumble..."
"Boom boom boom..."
"Report!"
Accompanied by the rumbling sound of cannon in the distance in the east, the cavalry returned anxiously from exploring their horses, trembling with fear and panting, shouting back to Emperor Xia and King Shu Li Renli:
"Report!"
"The Song army came from down the river, and the entire Yellow River was full of Song army warships!"
"I don't know what kind of magic the Song army used. Before their ships could reach the shore, they emitted flames from the ship's planks. The sound was like thunder, which caused numerous casualties to my soldiers who were guarding the ferries along the Yellow River!"
"Li Liangfu's soldiers were defeated and routed..."
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
Emperor Xia Li Qianshun and King Shu Li Renli were both shocked.
When the soldiers and generals protecting the emperor heard this report, they were also very shocked. They had just listened to Emperor Xia's eloquent talk. Li Liangfu led his troops to guard the ferry along the Yellow River, and they would definitely annihilate the Song army and capture the Emperor of Song alive! Why haven't they fought yet? How could he suffer such a disastrous defeat?
"Report..."
"Report!"
When the second batch of cavalry returned, he cried and reported loudly:
"Your Majesty, General Li Liangfu died in battle and died for his country..."
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
"Ah?!" Everyone who heard this was extremely shocked!
They never expected that General Li Liang, the general who had just been said by the Emperor of Great Xia to be able to save the building from falling and save the country from collapse, would be defeated so quickly as soon as he fought with the Song army?!
Why did Li Liangfu, a famous general who was trusted and reused by Emperor Xia, die in battle all of a sudden?
When the soldiers protecting Emperor Xia were confused and frightened,
Emperor Xia Li Qianshun also felt the same way:
‘My beloved general Li Liangfu died in battle so quickly?!’
'Then how will it end in Haikou, which I praised Li Liangfu for winning the Song army and capturing the Song Emperor alive?'
‘I am already more than one mile away from the capital and east of the city, and Li Liangfu’s troops, who are more than three miles away, were defeated and fled. The Song army should be chasing them soon, right?!”
"Can my capital city still be defended?"
When Li Qianshun heard the bad news about Li Liangfu's death in battle, and combined with the dangerous situation he was in, his head suddenly buzzed, he felt the world was spinning, his vision went dark, and he fell down...
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