Chapter nine hundred and twenty first hostage of the lord
Li Qianshun waved his hand and glanced over the group of people. His originally straight body was slightly stooped and he said, "Let's go. We will remain anonymous from now on. Don't reveal your identity."
Seeing that Li Qianshun had made up his mind, everyone bowed to Li Qianshun and left under the leadership of several clan elders.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out in one battle, and the entire Xixia army was completely unable to resist. Wherever the army passed, all the cities surrendered.
In just three days, Chu Yi led a troop of soldiers and horses to appear under the Xixia King's City.
Now that most of Xixia has been completely occupied, when soldiers and horses appeared under the Xixia Royal City, the three or three defenders on the city wall all showed panic.
Although they had already received the news, when they actually saw the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty approaching the city, these troops were quite panicked after all.
Just when Fang La and others were thinking about asking Chu Yi to attack the city, they saw the originally closed city gate creaking slowly open, and a group of people slowly came from the city gate.
Everyone couldn't help but look a little surprised when they saw this situation. As these people approached, they discovered that the group of people who came were all well-dressed. Just by looking at their temperament, they could tell that these people were not. Ordinary people.
Then the leader stepped forward and said loudly: "Please give me a shout, on behalf of all the major families in the royal city, we are willing to surrender the city."
In fact, when these people left the royal city, Fang La and others were able to guess their purpose, and everyone couldn't help but look at Chu Yi.
Chu Yi was riding on his horse. He glanced at these people and raised his brows. There were quite a few of them. Judging from the situation, they were probably the powerful families that accounted for more than half of the Xixia Royal City.
Lu Shinang, Zhu Wu and others noticed Chu Yi's look, and their hearts moved. They saw Zhu Wu step forward and said to Chu Yi: "General manager, these people can surrender, but they must pay a price."
Lu Shinang nodded when he heard this and said: "Yes, these people must pay a certain price, otherwise, the change of dynasty does not seem to have much impact on them. Not to mention other things, just the land occupied by these families, Wealth cannot be underestimated..."
Chu Yi glanced at Lu Shinang and Zhu Wu, nodded slightly and said, "In that case, you two will go and negotiate terms with these people."
Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang looked at each other after hearing this and happily accepted the order.
When the dignitaries saw two people coming from the Song Army, they all breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Chu Yi would ignore them. As long as Chu Yi sent someone, it meant that there was a negotiation. opportunity.
But soon these dignitaries couldn't be happy anymore. The conditions put forward by Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang were really too harsh, and each of them was simply poaching their flesh.
It can even be said that this is no longer digging for meat, but rather wanting to devour them in one bite.
Look at the conditions put forward by Lu Shinang, Zhu Wu and others. Not to mention other things, the most unacceptable thing for them is that the land they occupy must be handed over. Only everyone in their family is allowed to occupy it. Ten acres of land, and at the same time, 99% of the family's property must be handed over...
Just these two conditions deeply stimulated these powerful people. I don't think any of them has a family fortune of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. As for the land, they at least occupy tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. It can be said that they have lost their land and If they lose their family wealth, their family will lose its foundation.
Faced with the conditions put forward by Lu Shinang and Zhu Wu, the first reaction of these powerful people was not to agree. If they really agreed, wouldn't they be knocked back to their original form, and they would be different from those ordinary people's families?
What's the difference?
The Du family headed by it is definitely the most powerful family in Xixia. There are even two concubines in the family, and at least a dozen members of the family occupy high positions in the court, even though they are not much worse than the Helian family.
As the patriarch of the Du family, Du Lu naturally knows the details of his family. The Du family occupies hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land and has millions of dollars in property. If Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang's requirements are followed, the Du family will finally
At most, thousands of acres of fertile land and nearly ten thousand guan of property can be retained. If distributed to each clan member, it would be only ten acres of fertile land and hundreds of guan of property per person.
If this is the case, this may be much better than an ordinary home, but compared to what they have now, it is like falling from heaven to hell.
Taking a deep breath, Du Lu looked at Lu Shinang, and Zhu Wu and Wu asked with a bit of pleading: "Are you two really going to kill everyone? Can you be more tolerant? At least the conditions are not so harsh, otherwise
If so, we really can’t explain it to our clansmen.”
The other dignitaries also looked at Lu Shinang with pleading faces, and Zhu Wu and Zhu Wu kept pleading.
Zhu Wu snorted coldly and said: "Our conditions are already very generous. As ministers of a subjugated country, do you still want to enjoy the wealth and glory as before?"
His face changed slightly, and Du Lu gritted his teeth and said: "Without our cooperation, I'm afraid it would not be so easy for you to take over the Xixia Royal City and even other places..."
Obviously these powerful people have no choice but to use this as a threat.
Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang couldn't help laughing after hearing this, looking at Du Lu and others with disdain and saying: "Don't you know that there are not many other people in Song Dynasty, but only many officials? Believe it or not, my chief manager
Once a letter is sent to Beijing, thousands of officials will be transferred to take over Xixia."
Du Lu pointed at Zhu Wu and Lu Shinang, who were trembling with anger. After a while, he said, "Can we go back and discuss things with the clansmen?"
Lu Shinang and Zhu Wu nodded and said: "Yes, but you only have half a day. If you haven't decided by the afternoon, then don't blame us for attacking the city."
Watching these dignitaries leave, Lu Shinang said with a bit of disdain: "It's true that I can't shed tears until I see the coffin. At this time, I still think that I can survive this disaster without paying any price."
Zhu Wu said calmly: "This is the nature of these people. It is harder to get their land and wealth than to kill them. I am afraid that trouble will arise after these people go back."
Lu Shinang sneered and said: "It would be great if they cause trouble. We just have an excuse to catch them all. Do you really think that without them we won't be able to take over the royal city and accept Xixia?"
The two met Chu Yi and recounted their conversation with the Xixia dignitaries. They heard Lu Shinang say: "General manager, judging from my subordinates, these dignitaries are the kind who won't shed tears until they see the coffin."
, so I also ask the general manager to pass on the order, and the soldiers will be ready to attack the city in the afternoon."
Chu Yi looked at the royal city in front of him, nodded slightly and said, "They are just a bunch of clowns, and what kind of trouble can they cause?"
But when Du Lu and others returned to the city, the city gates closed behind them, and someone immediately said angrily: "I'm so angry, the Song people really bullied people too much, they are going to destroy the foundation of our family, no matter what
No matter what, we cannot agree, otherwise we will become the sinners of the family!"
"Yes, even if you die, you cannot agree to such conditions that will ruin your family's future."
"I have never seen such harsh conditions before. You must know that we have to dedicate a royal city. It's fine if we are not rewarded for this kind of merit. But they actually put such harsh conditions on us. I first expressed my attitude.
, our Chen family will never agree."
"Yes, even our Wang family will not agree!"
Suddenly, the powerful people were furious, and some even shouted fiercely that they would not agree even if they died.
But at this moment, one person said quietly: "If we don't agree, I'm afraid what awaits us next is a bloody massacre, and everyone will be dead by then..."
As soon as these words came out, all the dignitaries present felt as if someone had pinched their necks. Even the most powerful person who had just shouted was as if someone had poured cold water on his head, and his complexion became extremely pale.
After the man finished speaking, his eyes swept across the group of people, and he sighed slightly: "You should think about it carefully, which is more important, life, land, and wealth."
In the imperial city, Li Qianshun listened to the news from his confidants. His pale face couldn't help showing a bit of mockery and said: "Okay, okay, that's it. I want to see what these people will do."
What choice.”
After all, he is also the head of a country, and the royal family still has some background. Obviously, among those powerful people, there are spies installed by the royal family, so it is difficult to hide the actions of these powerful people from Li Qianshun.
It's a pity that Li Qianshun also knew that without the support of those powerful people, and the royal guards loyal to Xixia had died on the battlefield, the hundreds of guards in the imperial city alone would not be able to do anything, and the royal family no longer had the power to suppress them.
The power of those powerful people.
Suddenly, a crazy look flashed in Li Qianshun's eyes, and he immediately said: "Come here, come on, I want to leave the city."
The waiter couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, with a look of shock on his face. However, when he looked at Li Qianshun's calm and indifferent face, he shuddered subconsciously and hurriedly went out to deliver the order.
Soon, Li Qian, under the protection of the Imperial Guards who were loyal to him, rode out of the imperial city in a royal car and rushed towards the city gate along the wide long street.
Li Qianshun's actions spread to the hands of those powerful people in just a short while. These powerful people did not know how many spies were sent to keep an eye on the movements in the imperial city, so Li Qianshun left the imperial city and the news spread quickly.
The dignitaries who were gathering together to discuss how to deal with the situation were stunned for a moment when they received the news, and then they came to their senses.
I only heard a dignitary exclaim: "No, Your Majesty, he doesn't want to go out of the city to see Chu Yi."
"Could it be that..."
The expressions of all the dignitaries couldn't help but change greatly. Just now, they had tried their best to see if they could make Song Jun change his mind, at least the conditions would not be so harsh.
Finally, someone asked whether Li Qianshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, could be captured and dedicated to Chu Yi. I believe that such a feat should make Chu Yi change his mind.
At least with this kind of credit, even if Chu Yi didn't show his merit to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, they should be allowed to keep the family's wealth.
But what they didn't expect was that they had just discussed such a solution, but before they could take any action, Li Qianshun himself ran out of the imperial city. Looking at his posture, he really went out of the city to see him. Chu Yi's possibility.
"No, we absolutely cannot let Li Qianshun go to see Chu Yi. Otherwise, we will no longer have the leverage to negotiate terms with Chu Yi!"
After all, Li Qianshun is also the leader of a country. This is definitely the best bargaining chip. If Chu Yi refuses to agree to their conditions, they can try their best to hide Li Qianshun and create trouble for the Song Dynasty.
Du Lu suddenly stood up and said: "Everyone, let's decide whether to capture Li Qianshun and negotiate terms with the Song army. Let's express our stance together."
As he spoke, Du Lu glanced at everyone and said, "I mean to take a gamble."
"That's it!"
"Fight for the family!"
In the eyes of these people, the family is the most important, and Lu Shinang, Zhu Wu and the others' condition is to cut off the foundation of their family, so even if they know clearly what kind of risks their actions contain, they still You have to take a gamble.
These people are like gamblers who lose their money. Even though they know that the possibility of winning is slim, they refuse to admit defeat.
Soon, all the dignitaries present assembled a private army of thousands of people.
Under these powerful people, which family does not maintain hundreds of servants, and many of these servants exist as family guards. In the final analysis, they are just private armies raised by these powerful people. At most, they can be replaced by another one. It's just identity.
The private army of thousands of people soon rushed down the long street leading to the city gate, led by a strong half-step celestial being.
Li Qianshun's expulsion was extremely fast, because Li Qianshun knew very well that his whereabouts could not be concealed from those in the city, and his actions would definitely irritate those people, so he had to leave the city as quickly as possible.
Li Qianshun, who was sitting on the banquet, kept urging: "Faster, faster."
The Imperial Guards almost ran all the way. Seeing that they were still less than a mile away from the city gate, a voice suddenly came: "Your Majesty, please stay!"
Hearing that voice, Li Qianshun, who was sitting on the imperial banquet, changed his expression slightly. He was very familiar with that voice. It was Du Ming, a strong man from the Du family who he had once conferred the title of General of the Eastward Conquest.
However, Du Ming had resigned from his post and retired more than ten years ago to devote himself to practicing Buddhism. He never thought that this person would appear here.
Taking a deep breath, Li Qianshun sat in the banquet and said in a deep voice: "General Li, don't pay attention and continue on your way."
Li Qianqiu, as Li Qianshun's confidant general, was in charge of the Imperial Guards and could be said to be the person Li Qianshun trusted the most. At this time, he heard the words and said: "Your Majesty, go ahead and lead people to stop the traitor Du Ming!"
Now that Du Ming is here, it will definitely not be that easy to deal with. Especially when Li Qianqiu discovered that there were nearly a thousand private troops accompanying Du Ming, he made a decision in his heart.
Li Qianshun didn't say much, but just told Li Qianqiu to be more careful, and then hundreds of imperial guards immediately divided into two groups, one of which continued to rush towards the city gate under the leadership of the deputy general, while the other group was led by Li Qianqiu. Under the leadership, we are ready to fight.
When Du Ming saw this situation, his face turned cold and he said, "Your Majesty, it's better to stay!"
