Just when Wanyan Changzhi and Wanyan Yungong were about to start a fierce battle in Hebei in order to compete for the dominance of Dajin, in the Great Song Dynasty, they also launched a final battle to quell the rebellion.

After the rebellion in Jiankang was quelled, a large number of people involved in the rebellion were arrested, and the order of Jiankang City was quickly restored. Although the number and frequency of patrolling the streets were significantly higher than before the rebellion, and there were often servants who hunted for those involved in the rebellion, the prosperity and liveliness of the ancient city of Jiankang were gradually restored.

The edict ordering the withdrawal of Jianghuai troops was sent to the armies on the front line, and because of the rebellion, official documents from various places that had been cut off for several days began to be transmitted back and forth frequently. At the same time, during the period of the rebellion, a large number of official documents were also backlogged in the six ministries of the three provinces, and some official documents were lost. And because of the interruption, although it was only five or six days, it was a lot of things to deal with, the efficiency was much slower, and there were also various matters related to the aftermath of the rebellion and the recovery.

Among the five ruling ministers, only three were in the court at this time, so since Lian said, Han Yanzhi, Zhou Kui, and Ye Hao have been so busy every day that they almost don't even have time to eat and sleep. Even Zhao Chen couldn't look at it, so he transferred Fan Chengda and Zhang Yan to the political hall temporarily to help them deal with official business.

At this time, Han Yanzhi and others suggested that the imperial court was now using troops everywhere in the Great Song Dynasty, and the chief privy envoy and deputy envoy of the Privy Council were all not in Jiankang, and the ruling minister was also flawless.

For this suggestion, Zhao Chen naturally raised his hands and praised sincerity. And this time, all the ministers and officials had no objection to this, and they collectively lost their voices, even Chen Junqing, who is the head of Taiwan and Cambodia, did not object. On the one hand, this is because in terms of ability, merit, and qualifications, Yang Yan is also impeccable, and on the other hand, this appointment is recommended by the three existing ruling ministers in the DPRK and China, and Yang Yan is not officially appointed as a privy envoy, only a temporary agent, but an expedient measure, at least ten days, at most a month, Wang Yan will return, and then Yang Yan will automatically give way. There is really no need to object to expediency at this time.

On the other hand, the merit is higher than the rescue, in this rebellion, anyway, by mistake, Yang Yan rushed back from Western Xia in time, and made great contributions in quelling the rebellion, and most of the officials visited Zhao Hong during the rebellion, although it can be said that he was forced, and Zhao Chen also announced that he would not pursue it, but after all, it is not a good thing, if at this time to play the hero who has the merit of saving the driver, or the emperor's most trusted brother-in-law, isn't it boring to talk about himself?

In the past few days, others have been very busy, only Yang Yan is idle, he was originally the chief general of the Western Xia, but he was only returned to Jiankang by Shi Miyuan, so he caught up with this rebellion, and he did not hold an official position in the imperial court, if you want to say that there must be, it is only that the Ministry Division is nominally returned to him, but the actual affairs of the Ministry Division are handled by Zhou Xin. Therefore, in the past few days, Yang Yan has spent most of his time at home with his wife and children, living a very comfortable and comfortable life.

After receiving the appointment, Yang Yan immediately took office. In fact, of course, what he is most concerned about is the war in Western Xia, not only because he is still the nominal commander of the Western Xia war, but also because the war in Western Xia is too important to the Great Song Dynasty, far exceeding the influence of this coup on the current situation in the Great Song Dynasty. Although everything was arranged before he left, the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, and no one could say for sure, and it was difficult to say whether the Song army could successfully capture Xingqing Mansion.

If Xingqing Mansion can be successfully captured, even if the Western Xia war is a perfect success, then this coup d'état is just a small episode for the Great Song Dynasty, and it is harmless. On the contrary, once the Song army could not capture Xingqing Mansion and gave the Western Xia court a respite, then the hard work of the Great Song Dynasty for most of the past half a year, all the manpower and material resources consumed would be wasted, and it would be difficult to encounter such an opportunity if they wanted to capture Western Xia in the future.

Therefore, as soon as Yang Yan took office, he immediately ordered someone to find out all the official documents about the war in Western Xia during this period of time, and he had to look at it first. In the past few days, more than 30 official documents about Western Xia have been backlogged, and after he gave an order, some subordinate officials had already cleared them up and submitted them to Yang Yan.

Yang Yan flipped through them one by one, and finally found good news on the nineteenth official document: Xingqing Mansion was conquered by Gao Zhen.

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It turned out that after Yang Yan left Western Xia, Gao Zhen, Yang Changpeng, Li Haoyi and others commanded the Song army and launched an attack on Xingqing Mansion. Because the preliminary preparations had already been completed, the Song army set up a tower cart at the beginning and directly attacked the city wall.

However, there are still 100,000 Xixia defenders in Xingqing Mansion, because everyone knows that once Xingqing Mansion is breached, Xixia will fall into the predicament of losing the country, so under the leadership of Gao Yi, Xibihe, Ye Ligang, Weimu Yanping and others, the soldiers and people in Xingqing Mansion are all fighting hard to defend the city. The Song army attacked for four days in a row, dismantling more than 10,000 soldiers, although they attacked the city wall several times a day, but in the end they were still blocked by the desperate battle of the Western Xia defenders. However, the casualties of the Western Xia army were also not small, and the number of casualties in the four days was close to 8,000.

At this time, the Jin army was defeated in Yanzhou, and now the exact news of the return of the army has also been transmitted to Xingqing Mansion through the scriptures. It was later confirmed that it was correct. At this moment, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, because who knew that at this time, if there was no assistance from the Jin army, it would be impossible to hold Xingqing Mansion by relying on the strength of Western Xia alone, let alone defeat the Song army. So some people in the court proposed that they should immediately make peace with the Song army, but some people still insisted on the main battle, stubbornly defending Xingqing Mansion, and fighting until the last person. In the main hall, the ministers of Western Xia held their own opinions, discussed a lot, and argued for a day, but did not come to a result.

Since the loss of the Yellow River defense line, Li Renxiao, the monarch of the Western Xia Dynasty, has been worried about the transition, sick in bed, and the major affairs of the court and government have been handled by Li Renyou, the king of Yue, and Lang Duzhong, Jiao Jingyan and others have dealt with it on his behalf. And for such a big event, Li Renyou, Lang Duzhong, and Jiao Jingyan couldn't make up their minds at this time. The three of them discussed it first, and decided that they could only tell the current situation to the monarch Lee In-hyo and let him make a decision. So the three of them entered the palace together, came to Li Renxiao's sickbed, and reported everything to Li Renxiao.

Originally, after hearing that Jin Guo sent troops, Li Renxiao's mood was comfortable, his illness was alleviated a lot, and his spirit and complexion were much better. But after listening to the report of the three people, Li Renxiao's face couldn't help but change greatly, and before they finished speaking, he was in a hurry, rolled his eyes, and fainted again.

The three of them couldn't help but be shocked, and they didn't care about continuing to report, so they hurriedly called for the imperial doctor to rescue. The imperial doctors used all kinds of methods, such as gold needles and acupoints, cupping and invigorating blood, Shutong meridians, etc., and they were busy for nearly an hour, and finally woke up the emperor again, but although Li Renxiao woke up, he was dumbfounded, and his mind was not clear, and he couldn't control it at all. Seeing this, the three of them had no choice but to withdraw from the palace temporarily, hoping that tomorrow, the emperor's spirit would be better, and then they would discuss countermeasures.

That knew that on the fourth watch that night, Li Renxiao vomited blood again. The chamberlain hurriedly reported to the three of them and asked them to come to the palace immediately. When the three of them arrived in the palace, Li Renxiao thought he was dying, and the crown prince Li Chunyou was serving on the side. However, at this time, Li Renxiao's sanity woke up a little, and when he saw the three of them coming, he pointed to the prince, and only said: "After I go, you should make the prince the king...... Before he finished speaking, he died of anger without mentioning it in one breath.

As soon as the morning dawned, the three of them immediately gathered the ministers together with the crown prince Li Chunyou and informed them of the emperor's death. This is really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and the ministers were shocked again, but now that the Song army is in the city, it is impossible to immediately mourn Li Renxiao, let alone hold an enthronement ceremony for the crown prince Li Chunyou, so Li Renxiao can only be temporarily buried and stopped, and let the prince sit in charge of the palace, everything must be carried out after the Song army retreats. Of course in the case of if there is that day.

In fact, at this time, everyone in the Western Xia was in their hearts, and the Xingqing Mansion would definitely not be able to hold it, and it was impossible to wait for the Song army to retreat.

Therefore, on the first day of Li Chunyou's sitting in charge of the palace, several ministers proposed in the palace that they would definitely not be able to fight with the Song army, and now there is only one way to go out of the city and ask for surrender. But there are also ministers who still insist on fighting to the death with the Song army at this time, and survive with Xingqing Mansion until the jade is burned for this. The people of the two factions expressed their opinions, and once again fought for red faces in the court.

Poor Li Chunyou has seen such a scene there, although he is also in his twenties, but he has always been pampered in Tai** before, and all military affairs are taken care of by his father and the ministers, but he didn't expect that he was the main thing just now, and he didn't officially ascend the throne, so he encountered this sinister situation that was almost the death of the country. I was so scared that I couldn't say a word. I had to look at Li Renyou, Lang Duzhong, and Jiao Jingyan, because the three of them could all be ministers designated by their father before his death, and they could only rely on them at this time.

At this time, Lang Zhen Zhong said: "Your Highness, in the opinion of the ministers, whether it is to defend the city for a battle, or to go out of the city to surrender, it is not advisable. The only way to do this is to give up Xingqing Mansion and flee to Suzhou and Xiping Military Division to temporarily avoid the edge of the Song army, and then make plans. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Pingzhong, the head of the household department who had been advocating surrender just now, immediately stepped out and said: "Lord Lang, what is the use of retreating to the Xiping Military Division even if we retreat, is it so difficult that you think that the Song Army will not chase after the Xiping Military Division?" How can we resist at that time, and won't we have to surrender? If it surrenders at that time, it is better to surrender to the Song army now. can also save the life of His Royal Highness and the heir of Western Xia. ”

Lang Jinzhong snorted and said, "Lord Liu, who said that he would definitely surrender to the Song army at that time." Since ancient times, the country has fallen to the king, which one has a good result, is it difficult for you not to see the story of the queen Li and the queen of Shu, Meng Chang? After the Song Dynasty is lowered, let the Song family slaughter, it is better to fight now and save the life in death. ”

And Prime Minister Wei Mingtingbu, who has always advocated defending the city and fighting to the death, also came out and said: "Lord Lang, if you don't surrender, you can only fight to the death with the Song army." Rather than waiting there to fight a decisive battle with the Song army, it is better to stay in this Xingqing Mansion, and there is a high city to defend, maybe it can also be defended by the Song army. ”

Lang Jinzhong shook his head and said: "Xingqing Mansion is definitely unable to hold it, and the Xiping Military Division is located in the westernmost part of my Dabai Gao Country, and there is a desert along the way, lacking people, so I may not dare to attack it." Even if the Song army wants to attack, it will be two or three months later, and we will clear the wilderness, making it difficult to guarantee the logistical burden of the Song army, and at the same time, we can still ask for relief troops from Tubo and Hara Khitan, and we may not be able to fight with the Song army. Even if you still can't defeat the Song army, the Xiping Military Division is fighting to the death with the Song army, on the contrary, if you can defeat the Song army, you can take advantage of the situation to take over Fuxingqing Mansion, which is much better than staying in this Xingqing Mansion now. ”

At this time, Li Renyou, the king of Yue, came out and said: "Your Highness, what Lord Lang said is very sufficient, and it is also the only feasible way now, I hope Your Highness will not hesitate and make a decision as soon as possible." ”

In fact, Li Chunyou's mind is already blank now, and it is still clear who said that what he said makes sense, but seeing that Li Renyou and Lang Zhenzhong are both ministers of Tuogu, in his heart they are naturally more reliable than Liu Zhongping and Wei Mingtingbu. At the same time, Li Chunyou did not want to die in the battle in Xingqing Mansion, and he felt that surrender was uncertain, and the opinion of Lang Jinzhong could be delayed for at least a few more months, which was also a feasible way. Therefore, he also nodded and said, "Lone also thinks that what Uncle Huang and Lord Lang said is very true. ”

After listening to the prince's decision, Wei Mingting didn't say anything, but Liu Zhongping was very anxious and was about to speak out to block it, at this moment, Ye Ligang hurriedly ran up to the main hall, panting and said: "Your Highness, my lords, the big thing is not good, the Song army has opened the Dongping Gate with the scriptures, and is attacking in the city, please make plans for your Highness as soon as possible." ”

In fact, in the past few days, the Song army has been attacking Xingqing Mansion with all its strength every day, and the offensive is becoming more and more fierce day by day. And in the city of Xingqing Mansion, although the Western Xia court tried its best to conceal it, but the Great Song spy personnel in Xingqing Mansion spread everywhere, so the news of the defeat and retreat of the Jin army had already spread throughout the city, and the defenders learned that the military heart was immediately moved, and at this time, Li Renxiao died and returned to the sky, and the already low morale of the army was hit hard again, and no one had the intention of fighting again.