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    Chapter 288 The Change of Owners of Xixia 5 "The entire army of the escort army suddenly set up camp today and is already heading towards Xiazhou." A scout from the capture army panted and ran into Li Shizhen's tent and reported loudly.  "What? The escort has set up camp? Okay, okay, okay" Li Shizhen was overjoyed. In the past few days, the escort suddenly set up camp 150 miles in front of his ambush place, which made him very depressed. He had obviously already set up camp.  Everything was arranged properly, but the other party just kept calm. Now that he heard that the escort had started, how could he not be overjoyed.  "Yes, according to the escort's itinerary, we can reach the valley in the afternoon." "Okay, you go down and receive the reward." Li Shizhen's arms were full of leaks, Han Zhongwei, Han Zhongwei, you, a Han traitor, will eventually fall into his hands.  "Come here, beat the drum and raise the tent." Li Shizhen was full of ambition and ordered loudly.  After three rounds of drumming, more than 100 mid-level and senior generals from the Qisheng Army and Zuoxiang Army arrived at his main tent, except for Meng Qing and other generals from the Emperor's Guard.  "Why didn't Commander Meng come?" Li Shizhen was angry. Since he was the commander-in-chief, even if Meng Qing gained the emperor's trust, he would still be his subordinate. If he dared to disobey his own army, he would be beheaded, and others would have nothing to say.  explain.  "Commander Xu Shimeng hasn't received the news yet, please wait a moment, Commander." Li Zunxu was also dressed neatly. Although he had a position but no authority in the capture army, he, the deputy commander, still had to be present when discussing the important matter of sending troops.  .  "The three drums have passed, but there is no news from Meng Qing. Are all the other generals of the Emperor's Guard deaf? Mute? Come here, when Meng Qing arrives, drag me out first and beat him with forty military sticks."  Li Shizhen was very high-spirited at this time. Once the escort came, no matter whether he entered the valley or not, he would probably never come back. Even if he could not kill Han Zhongwei in this battle, I am afraid that Han Zhongwei would only be a lost dog in the future, and he would be in constant panic all day long.  "Boom, boom, hiss." Suddenly there was a sound of horse hooves outside the big tent, and it seemed to be accompanied by some scolding and roaring. Li Shizhen was even more furious. The coach promoted the tent, and people and gods took a detour. Who dared to disturb  , simply looking for death.  He was about to order his soldiers to go and check, when suddenly a group of people walked in from outside, wearing thick armor. Although they were a little clumsy, they had a murderous aura.  The first person in front of him was Meng Qing, who he had just ordered to be dragged down to beat forty army sticks. Behind him, hundreds of soldiers continued to pour in. What surprised Li Shizhen the most was that these soldiers were all in one hand.  Zhang Lianfa Crossbow "Commander Meng, what are you doing?" Li Shizhen's face was livid. Not only did Meng Qing arrive late, he also dared to lead his troops into the tent. Since his own soldiers did not stop him, it was obviously because he did not stop him. Now  Recalling the sound outside the tent just now, Li Shizhen suddenly felt that it was a bit like the panic sound made by a person before death.  "It's nothing. Everyone raised their heads after hearing this, so I led my troops to come and have a look." Meng Qing said with a smile.  "How can you lead your troops here in the impudent tent?" Li Shizhen roared.  "Du Tong, why are you so angry? I'm here, so you just turn a blind eye and pretend you didn't see it." Meng Qing said with a smile.  "Come on, come on, come on!" No matter how slow Li Shizhen was, he knew something was wrong at this time. He shouted loudly, but the only response was silence and Meng Qing's disdainful eyes.  "Tong Tong, please stop shouting. People outside are working too hard. I asked my brothers to give them a ride. They can go to the Paradise of Paradise early and enjoy the bliss one day earlier." Meng Ying walked over slowly and sat upright next to Li  In the position of the head coach of the hour hand.  "Meng Qing, what are you going to do? Defying your boss will destroy the nine tribes." Li Shizhen was furious. Just now, he was still getting carried away, thinking about how to annihilate the escort army in one fell swoop, but now he suddenly fell from heaven to hell.  Mutiny, naked mutiny "Despising your boss will indeed destroy the nine tribes, but you are not my boss, so there is no need to destroy my nine tribes." After Meng Qing sat down with a big sword and a yellow horse, he looked at Li Shizhen with pity.  , said coldly.  "I'm not your boss? I am the emperor's personally appointed general in charge of the army. I control more than 200,000 troops. Even your emperor's guard is under my control. How dare you say that I am not your boss? Humph,  Meng Qing, are you too brave? Now let your men withdraw from the tent and be captured, maybe I will plead for you in front of the emperor, and you may have a chance of survival." Li Shizhen sneered in front of him.  He captured more than a hundred generals from the Shengsheng Army and Zuoxiang Army. He was so slandered by Meng Qing that he was filled with anger and ready to burst out.  "You were indeed a general in command before, but from today on, you will no longer be. There is an imperial edict." Meng Qing suddenly took out a roll of yellow cloth from his arms, stood up, and said loudly.  "Imperial decree? Humph." Li Shizhen sneered again and again. He knew intuitively that this decree would probably be very bad for him."Li Shizhen, do you dare to resist the order? Take it for me, right or left." Meng Qinghan looked at Li Shizhen with a stern look on his face.  Li Shizhen was shocked at this moment. He said that Meng Qing was defying his superiors and wanted to destroy the nine tribes. If he despised the will, would he want to destroy the nine tribes even more?  Thinking of this, Li Shizhen was startled and quickly knelt down respectfully.  As soon as Li Shizhen knelt down, other generals in the tent also followed suit. Even the two deputy commanders, Li Zongshan and Li Zunxu, knelt down together.  "Li Shizhen was incapable of commanding his troops and colluding with the enemy, which was a heinous crime. Meng Qing, commander of the emperor's guard, took over Li Shizhen's duties from now on Li Shizhen should have been executed, but because he still had a trace of loyalty, he was executed immediately  Return to the capital and return to duty" Li Shizhen was kneeling below, dripping with cold sweat as he listened. When had he failed to command his troops and colluded with the enemy?  Meng Qing is just a guard. It is already inappropriate to let him take charge of the emperor's guard. Now he is asked to take over his position. Li Shizhen really doesn't know what the emperor is thinking?  Soldiers are a major matter for the country, how can they be such a trivial matter?  Could it be that the emperor didn't want to make meritorious deeds, so he asked Meng Qing to pick the fruit at this critical moment?  If this is the case, it means that the emperor no longer trusts himself.  Alas, it has only been more than half a year since he left the capital, and the emperor has become so estranged from him. It is really difficult to guess what the emperor is thinking.  Li Shizhen was only thinking that Li An'an would no longer trust him and allowed him to think too hard, but he did not think about whether this imperial edict was false.  Even Li Shizhen was so reverent of the imperial power. It seemed that only Han Zhongwei dared to use such a strategy.  In fact, this was just Han Zhongwei's courtesy first, and he had someone write a fake imperial edict. As for Li An'an's seal, Han Zhongwei directly asked someone to get a radish, and someone helped him carve it out in two quarters of an hour. It was so lifelike that most people couldn't see it.  .  If Li Shizhen accepted the imperial edict, everything would be easy to handle. In addition to the three thousand cavalry of the emperor's guard, Han Zhongwei had already sent a division of troops to assist Meng Qing and Li Wei.  Only Li Shizhen dared to resist. At this moment, I am afraid that all the generals in the big tent will be splattered with blood. Han Zhongwei's second division of the escort army will soon come to cooperate with Meng Qing. By then, the Qisheng Army and the Zuoxiang Army will be leaderless and will not let him go.  Slaughtered by the Guards?  "Li Shizhen, you can go down now, go back and prepare immediately, and go to the capital immediately." Meng Qing's first order from the position of commander was to urge Li Shizhen to "hit the road" quickly.  As long as Li Shizhen leaves the camp, he will never reach the capital, and he will truly be on the road to hell.  "Yes" Li Shizhen took the imperial edict with both hands and stepped back step by step. Although his face was sad, he had no intention of resisting. He didn't understand until his death why things suddenly came to this point.  "I have met Mr. Dutong," Li Zunxu suddenly stood up and said loudly after Li Shizhen left.  After he said this, the others suddenly realized that Meng Qing was now the commander of the captured army, and he was also the commander of the emperor's guard. He was also the commander of the army this time. He really had a high position of power. They had all been killed just now.  They were frightened by the unexpected incident, and now they all reacted and saluted Meng Qing together.  "Okay, okay, okay, today is the day when I take office. I won't talk about official business, but come and ask someone to prepare a banquet. I want to have a drink with all the generals." Meng Qing was elated. He didn't expect that things would go so smoothly.  I originally thought that I would have to cut off dozens of heads to settle the matter, but now it seems that all the problems have been solved with a piece of rag.  "If I had known it was so easy, why would I have waited so long? It was a waste of several days.  Meng Qing didn¡¯t want to think about it. What if Li Shizhen saw the clue?  He has always had prestige in the army. Although he has only been in the Qisheng Army for half a year, there are still some subordinates who listen to his orders.  If a trouble does occur, Meng Qing's three thousand emperor's guards may not be able to deal with it.  Without the support of the Second Division of the Guards, this false edict would not have been issued.  "Come here, undress the generals." Not long after Meng Qing's order was passed down, a servant immediately brought wine, and Meng Qing ordered again.  Since you have to take off your clothes, you can no longer keep any weapons, daggers, etc. on you, and will give them to Meng Qing's personal soldiers.  All the generals did not doubt that he was there. Meng Qing was the emperor's newly appointed commander and general in charge of the troops. He was drinking in his tent, so what did he have to worry about?  Just let your belly go and drink.  But the wine that was brought up had some added ingredients, and everyone fell unconscious after less than three glasses.  Meng Qing waved his hand, and the wolf-like soldiers tied each of them up with ropes and carried them down.  "Master Meng, you won't want to tie me up, right?" Li Zunxu suddenly stood up and said with a smile. Apart from Meng Qing, he was the only one in the tent who didn't drink.  "Deputy Commander Li, of course, does not need it. This time, Vice Commander-in-Chief Li has cooperated with me tacitly. King Xiangbi Xia will also be pleased after hearing this. When Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li ascends to the throne, I will have to take care of you."  "MengQing's face was as bright as a smile. Li Zunxu and Han Zhongwei had formed a secret alliance, and the conditions Han Zhongwei gave Li Zunxu were too tempting. Han Zhongwei promised that once the matter was over, he would pull Li Anxu down and let him become the emperor.  "I don't dare. I have an agreement with King Xia. If he can unify the world within ten years, then as a minister, he will protect me as a rich prince. Only if King Xia cannot unify the world within ten years, I will  This Emperor of Xixia is the one who truly deserves his title," Li Zunxu said with a smile, which was why his heart moved. Now he is imprisoned in the Qisheng Army in disguise. Han Zhongwei can push him to the throne, whether he is a puppet or not.  At least I can live like an emperor.  What's more, Han Zhongwei also promised that if he could not unify the world within ten years, Han Zhongwei would withdraw from Xixia and let him become a real emperor. As soon as these two conditions were put forward, Li Zunxu agreed without even thinking about it.  down.  Li Zunxu is the eldest son of Prince Qi. With his cooperation, Meng Qing can indeed better control the 200,000 troops.  Just like just now, if a general questions the authenticity of the imperial edict, Meng Qing may have no choice but to use force to solve the problem.  Although they were able to seize power in the end, it would not be that simple to allow these 200,000 troops to survive smoothly.  In the afternoon, orders were circulated frequently among the big accounts, involving the appointment and dismissal of various positions.  Meng Qing replaced all the middle and high-ranking generals of the Qisheng Army and Zuoxiang Army with his own men within two hours. Although some of them were dissatisfied, under the joint suppression of Meng Qing and Li Zunxu, there was no such thing.  What a wave.  After replacing those important generals with his own people, Meng Qing ordered that all firearms and weapons be put into storage, leaving the 200,000-strong army unarmed. In this way, even if someone has evil intentions, they can only look back and sigh.  The Second Division of the Guards had reached the outskirts of the Xixia army and trapped 200,000 Xixia troops with an army of 10,000. This made Meng Qing and Li Zunxu even more relieved.  Early the next morning, Meng Qing summoned Li Zunxu and beat drums to raise the tent. He prepared to lead his men to welcome the arrival of King Xia.  Except for Meng Qing and Li Zunxu, the generals in the big tent today are all fresh faces.  Most of these people were transferred from the Emperor's Guards, and some were even transferred directly from the Guards.  "Mr. Meng, the mines in the valley?" Li Zunxu suddenly remembered something. He had also seen the power of landmines. It was indeed extremely powerful. He really couldn't imagine how Han Zhongwei could make such a powerful firearm?  You must know that the firearms of the Song Dynasty have always been famous for their sharpness, but in the face of these firearms invented by Han Zhongwei, the firearms of the Song Dynasty are just like those used by children to play house. They are not of the same level at all. They can only be regarded as fireworks at most.  .  "It doesn't matter. Yesterday afternoon, I sent people to remove all the landmines. This time, of the 20,000 landmines and 40,000 grenades sent by the Kingdom of Jin, none of them exploded. I wonder if Wanyan Jing was listening.  Will you be so angry that you vomit blood after this incident?" Meng Qing said with a smile. After he followed Dai Licheng on Han Zhongwei's ship, he was a little uneasy at first. Later, he became more and more worried about what to do after becoming the king of Xia.  Everything went smoothly. Not only did King Xia praise him a lot, but even Li Ping'an also praised him from time to time.  "Then don't worry. I said goodbye to King Xia in the capital, and I haven't seen him in nearly two years." Thinking of the first time he met Han Zhongwei in Zhongxing Mansion, Li Zunxu felt as if it was yesterday. Han Zhongwei at that time was just a  A businessman from the Song Dynasty, but in just two years, he became very prosperous in Xixia. He rose to the rank of marquis and prince, and the territory and army in his hands expanded rapidly. Now even the emperor of Xixia has  Two years ago, who would have thought that this would be the case?  The valley where the escort was supposed to be ambushed has now become the front line to welcome the escort. Meng Qing led Li Zunxu and below, nearly a hundred important generals in the army, dismounted early, lined up in order, and looked to the north expectantly.  , waiting for the arrival of the escort army "Xiazhou has reported a great victory to our army." The urgent document from Xiazhou Liubaili suddenly appeared in Zhongxing Mansion ten days later. At this time, with the cooperation of the escort army, Xiazhou has become  An isolated city, where no one is allowed in or out, and everyone is under military control.  Of course, it is impossible to spread the news that the capture army and Zuoxiang army have changed hands. As for the document reporting the victory, of course it was reported in the name of Li Shizhen. All his private seals are now in Meng Qing.  Starting from the city gate of Zhongxing Mansion, the people along the way heard the sound of victory, but the people in the city didn't know much about it. When did Daxia go to war with people in Xiazhou?  Only Li Ping'an heard the loud announcement of victory outside, as if hearing the sound of nature. He couldn't sleep every night, just waiting for news from Xiazhou.  This time Li Ping'an is in trouble. He is using the power of the whole country to fight Han Zhongwei's escort. If he can't defeat Han Zhongwei now with his own military strength, then as time goes by and Han Zhongwei's rapid development?, it is even more difficult to deal with him.  Therefore, although Li An'an was betting, it was also a bet that he had no choice but to make.  It is better to gamble late than to gamble early. If you want to get rid of Han Zhongwei, this battle is inevitable.  As long as he wins this battle, he can truly secure the throne of the Emperor of Daxia. If he can take over all Han Zhongwei's resources, it is not impossible for Daxia to rise on his own in the future.  Not to mention other things, as long as they can master the method of making Han Zhongwei's firearms, Daxia will become the richest country in the world.  Now the good news finally came. Li Anping was originally meeting the ministers, but he suddenly stood up from his seat, ran to the door in person, and took the memorial from the servant.  "Okay, okay, okay, Han Zhongwei, you have today too." When Li An'an saw the victory document, he was so excited that he won, finally won.  In Xiazhou, the escort army was defeated. According to Li Shizhen's report, the escort army entered the mine formation, and 80,000 of the escort troops were killed alone. The remaining nearly 20,000 escort troops were also killed by the armored cavalry and the captured troops.  Under the double-sided attack, they suffered heavy losses. This time, the 100,000-strong guard force was almost completely wiped out.  "And what excited Li An'an the most was that the leader of the escort army, Han Zhongwei, was captured alive. Seeing this, Li An'an's hands trembled slightly involuntarily.  Heaven, earth, I, Li Ping'an, can finally control my destiny from now on.  Li Ping'an immediately gave an order to "Li Shizhen" of Xiazhou. He would go out of the city for thirty miles to greet the victorious emperor's guard and the captured soldiers with the highest courtesy.  He also ordered Li Shizhen to bring Han Zhongwei with him. He wanted to see this former friend, later opponent, and current enemy with his own eyes. Excerpted from ( )
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