In Yanzhou City, Lu Junyi led his troops in a night attack and defeated Renli's troops. After capturing Renli alive, the tribes near Yanzhou all surrendered to Daliang without any hesitation. (Baidu search has three earthen walls and one wooden fence. There are just some straws inside, and a toilet in the corner. Other than that, there is nothing else. There is only a one-foot-sized window on the earthen wall, and there is an iron fence. Sealed, not to mention escaping, even the light coming in cannot illuminate the entire cell.
This is a prison cell in Yanzhou. In the past, all the powerless criminals in Yanzhou were imprisoned. Not to mention members of the royal family, even the leader of a larger tribe near Yanzhou would not be imprisoned.
However, these two days have been locked up with a real member of the Xixia royal family, and a prince.
In order to prevent the prince from escaping, the jailers were replaced by Lu Junyi's personal soldiers.
Renli sat on the straw and looked at the blue sky outside through the one-foot-sized window.
The sky was still so high, but he could only see the palm-sized blue sky.
Although he is from Dangxiang, he did not love the blue sky, white clouds, grassland, cattle and sheep in the past, but he liked Han people's poetry and money. When he was serving as a military supervisor in Weizhou, he accepted bribes from officials and was reprimanded by his brother Renzhong for this.
Now that he is behind bars, he realizes that the blue sky is also so beautiful. If you can go out, lie on the grass freely and look at the blue sky and white clouds, you will be happy.
But he can no longer enjoy this kind of happiness. After being captured alive by Lu Junyi, he was imprisoned here. No one came to interrogate him, as if he had been completely forgotten.
But Renli also knew that there was no such good thing. There were probably only two outcomes waiting for him. The first was to be killed like Li Qianshun, and the second was to be taken to Tokyo to participate in the prisoner dedication ceremony.
Renli has studied Sinology for many years and also knows that after the Han people won a great victory. Prisoner presentation ceremonies were often held to demonstrate martial arts. Even in the Song Dynasty, conquering Xixia would have been a rare victory. A prisoner sacrifice ceremony was indispensable, and the royal family of Xixia was naturally the prisoner to be sacrificed.
When Renli was first imprisoned, what he expected in his heart was the first outcome. But after watching the blue sky for two days, I couldn't help but pray. This was the second result. Although once you participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, it is very likely that Xixia will be completely dead, but at least after participating in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, your life can be saved.
According to the usual practice. The Han people will have a good life and raise the people who have subjugated their country. But the Prince of Liang had ruthlessly killed Li Qianshun before, so Renli wanted to see the Emperor of Liang more than the Prince of Liang who was fighting in Xixia. After all, the Prince of Daliang had captured Li Renai, so even if the prisoner dedication ceremony was held, Li Renai would be enough. Having more of him does not add any glory. But for the generals of Daliang, catching a Xixia prince was a great achievement, so Renli expected Lu Junyi to send someone to escort him to Tokyo directly instead of waiting here.
"If the Prince of Liang finds out, he will probably give him a beheading order, and then he will really have to say goodbye to Lan Tian forever.
Renli was praying not to fall into the hands of Prince Daliang. But I heard the cell door ringing outside, and then someone at the door said: "The general wants to see Renli, you bring him out."
"yes"
The guard in the prison responded and walked over.
Renli didn¡¯t know what was coming. I wanted to stand up, but found that my legs were a little weak.
The two guards walked outside the wooden fence and saw Renli still sitting, so they opened the cell door. On the other hand, he said: "Get up quickly, the general wants to see you. Don't delay."
Renli gritted his teeth and stood up with his arms on the ground, his legs still a little weak.
The guard opened the cell door and shouted: "Come out quickly."
The guards did not put any wooden shackles or shackles on Renli. It's not because they don't value benevolence and propriety, but as Lu Junyi's personal soldiers, they have the confidence to guard benevolence and propriety. And with guards watching both inside and outside, it would be difficult for Renli to escape. In addition, Lu Junyi had confessed that Haosheng had raised Renli the day before yesterday, so they did not put any torture devices on Renli.
Renli came out and walked towards the cell door at the guard's signal.
Two soldiers, Lu Junyi, were already waiting outside the door. When they saw Renli coming out, they said, "Follow us."
Renli did not dare to resist, so he was flanked by four soldiers of Lu Junyi and walked to the Yanzhou government office.
In the Yamen of Yanzhou Prefecture, Lu Junyi sat in the main seat, with Yan Qing and Fang Dangjun sitting on both sides.
Fang Dangjun temporarily took over the inspection duties of Yanzhou Division and helped Lu Junyi manage various ministries in Yanzhou.
"General, please bring me with kindness and courtesy."
"Well, you go down."
Renli saw Lu Junyi looking over and subconsciously bowed to see him.He just opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to speak. He couldn't help but stood frozen on the spot and just bowed.
Seeing Renli's behavior, Lu Junyi smiled and said, "I have been busy recruiting and surrendering various ministries these past two days, and I just thought of you today. I wonder how you are thinking about it?"
Renli asked: "I wonder what the general wants Renli to consider?"
Lu Junyi said: "Are you willing to submit to our court?"
Renli thought for a while and said, "My brother is back?"
His soldiers and horses have been dispersed, and he has no tribe to which he belongs. If Lu Junyi cannot benefit from him, it is naturally impossible to recruit him. Therefore, Renli only thought about it briefly and then thought of his brother Renzhong.
Lu Junyi nodded and said: "Well, he has passed the Qinggang Gorge and entered the vast sea. He should be coming to Yanzhou. However, the number of soldiers and horses under his command is less than 100,000. I have asked the ministries to recall their soldiers and horses. When we get to Yanzhou City, I'm afraid he has less than 50,000 men under his command. I want you to persuade your brother to lead his troops to surrender to me."
When Renli heard that Renzhong had returned with his troops, he calmed down and asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid that when I go back, instead of persuading my brother, you and my brother will come to besiege Yanzhou?"
Lu Junyi smiled and said: "Not to mention that there are no trees outside Yanzhou City, even if there are trees to build siege equipment for you, can you conquer Yanzhou?"
Renli said: "Even if we don't attack Yanzhou, we can still go to Youzhou. Judging from the soldiers and horses you attacked at night, I'm afraid there aren't many soldiers and horses in Yanzhou City. You don't dare to send troops to intercept us."
Lu Junyi smiled and said: "Now that Xixia is over, even if you brothers go to the Yinxia area with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, our Daliang army will attack soon, and you can't hold the Yinxia area. If you abandon the city and leave, I'm afraid there won't be many people following you. Where can you go to become horse bandits in the desert? It's better to surrender to me while you still have soldiers, otherwise the war will last forever. , Li Qianshun¡¯s yesterday is your tomorrow. If I dare to let you go, I will naturally catch you again.¡±
Renli hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'm willing to persuade my brother, but you have to promise us not to massacre the Yinxia tribe."
The Yinxia area is where the Weiming clan raised its troops, and most of the tribes there were the earliest supporters of the Weiming clan.