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Chapter 630 It’s a pity that we took a step early (first update)
Chapter 639

Among the remaining three prison cars, all the high-ranking Xixia officials who were captured by the Song Dynasty were detained. There were nearly seven high-ranking Xixia officials above the third rank who were imprisoned in these three prison cars.

As for the [-] prisoners of war, in addition to the [-] Proton Army, there were [-] representatives of prisoners of war from various ethnic groups in the party, and [-] members of the former Xixia Iron Harrier.

Especially the [-] hostage soldiers are all the sons and nephews of the noble officials of the Xixia Kingdom, but now, they have all become prisoners of the Great Song Dynasty.

This is also the reason why the high-ranking officials and nobles of Xixia wished to eat the flesh of the Liang clan to relieve their hatred. If it were not for the defeat of Hongdezhai caused by Empress Xiaoliang and Liang Yibu, how could their nephews be imprisoned by those subordinates? suffering.

It is also under the quarrel and disputes among these high-ranking officials who have lost their relatives that the big brothers of the Dangxiang Ba Clan need someone to stand up and take responsibility for the fiasco of Hongdezhai in order to calm the anger of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. responsibility.

Then Dangxiang Badi and Ren Duo Zongbao spoke to Li Ganshun, the lord of Xixia, that no matter what, the Liang clan must bear the responsibility for this defeat.

In addition, Li Qianshun is also very annoyed that he has been controlled by his mother Xiaoliang for a long time, which made him grow up without real power. He can only watch the Liang family and its followers spread all over the court. , I am afraid that my position will not be secure.

Therefore, this is the reason why Li Qianshun knew that before Liang Yibu returned to Xingqing Mansion, he would put the Liang family under house arrest, and then kill or arrest the Liang family members, which was a bit reckless, but he had to bite the bullet and do it. where.

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Only then did Ma Shang escort the four prison cars and came to the post station. The post station officials who received the news naturally did not dare to be negligent, and rushed over, knowing that it was Ma Shang, the great hero from Shaanxi Road, who was escorting important officials. The prisoners of war came to stay at the post, and quickly assigned people to get busy.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a rush of hoofbeats coming from behind him not far away. The horse who had just dismounted and had not had time to step into the post station couldn't help looking back curiously.

"Hey, it seems to be the messenger of the Shaanxi Frontier Army. Could it be that something major happened there?" Xu Zhao and others beside Ma Shang naturally recognized the uniform of the Song Dynasty Frontier Army.

Ma Shang couldn't help feeling suspicious, he stopped, and after a while, the messenger rode his horse and rushed to the post.After leaping off the horse, he shouted loudly at the station staff who came out to meet him. "Eight hundred miles, hurry up, hurry up, change my horse quickly, can I have food..."

"Eight hundred miles, hurry up, this sergeant, our family is Ma Shang, who is escorting the Xixia prisoners of war in the Battle of Hongdezhai to Bianliang, Tokyo. May I ask the sergeant that you are in such a hurry, could it be that something major happened on the side of Shaanxi? " Ma Shang strode forward, and asked the messenger who was panting while sitting down on the saddle beside him.

"It turned out to be Eunuch Ma, but the younger one was sent to Bianliang, Tokyo, by order of Mr. Su to deliver the good news." The messenger got up and gave a salute when he heard Ma Shang's name.

"Good news?" Xu Zhao and the others behind Ma Shang couldn't help being taken aback. "Didn't Mr. Su already send the victory report of the Battle of Hongdezhai to Bianliang, Tokyo?"

"This general, this victory is naturally not the battle of Hongdezhai, but my Great Song soldiers captured the entire territory of the Jianing Army Division in Xixia, and succeeded in attacking Yanzhou at night, and persuaded Liang Xiangguo and [-] Xixia soldiers to surrender. Good news for success."

Hearing this, Ma Shang's eyes stared like marbles that were about to fall to the ground, and he felt a huge trough in his heart. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true. How dare you talk nonsense? Now the 10 troops from Western Xia have surrendered to our Great Song Dynasty. My Great Song Dynasty has also captured the entire territory of the Jianing Military Division of Western Xia, and even won one of the most important wealth of Western Xia. Diyanzhou."

After the messenger answered the question quickly and quickly, he took the dry food from the station staff, picked up his new mount, and saluted Ma Shang and others. "I'm about to set off soon. My father-in-law and all the generals, please forgive me for keeping the military order. I can't stay too long. Take my leave..."

As soon as the words fell, he turned over and jumped on the horse's back and galloped towards the east.A group of people who were shocked by the news he brought left behind.

"This, isn't this too unbelievable?" Xu Zhao and the others muttered to themselves in disbelief.

"I'm afraid it's a big victory this time, and it has a great relationship with Wang Wushan..." Ma Shang stared blankly at the back of the messenger running away, and after a long time, he said with a very complicated expression.

"Before, Mr. Wang came to our family and asked us to help him carry out a plan to persuade Liang Xiangguo to surrender to Western Xia. I remember that he obtained the special permission of Su Xueshi at that time. Our family naturally had to follow Su Xianggong's order."

"I just didn't expect that less than half a month after our family led the prisoners of war away from Shaanxi Road, they not only successfully persuaded Liang Yibu to surrender, but also captured the entire Jianing Army Division and Yanzhou, known as the cornucopia of the northwest. .”

The person in charge of the post station who just came over happened to hear their conversation, and his eyes straightened up. "Hey, 7 soldiers, plus the [-] Xixia elite who were defeated by my Great Song Dynasty. Didn't this Xixia lose [-] or [-] horses?"

"I'm afraid it's more than that, and that Xixia used to claim to have 50 elites. The water here is not small. I'm afraid it's 400. It must include their old, weak, sick and disabled. After all, Xixia The whole country has a population of only [-] million.”

"Xixia has been fighting with me in the Song Dynasty for many years. There have always been more boys and girls. I heard from Mr. Wu Shan's analysis before that the total number of men in Xixia may not exceed 120 million. So the 50 elites may refer to all of Xixia. Be a grown man..."

"Now that the most elite army in Xixia has suffered such a huge loss, this great enemy of our Song Dynasty in the past is really like a delicious piece of fat..."

"Alas, it's a pity that we took a step early, otherwise, maybe we would be indispensable for the credit..." Xu Zhao and others couldn't help sighing.

Not to mention them, even Ma Shang himself felt extremely melancholy. Before, Wang Yang had invited him to stay on Shaanxi Road to continue doing business.

However, the previous battle at Hongdezhai really made Ma Shang, the pampered father-in-law who had been pampered in the palace for a long time, very terrified.The scene of blood flowing into rivers and those piled up corpses really made Ma Shang feel that it would be better for him to go back to Bianliang, the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty, to enjoy a peaceful life.

(End of this chapter)