This Song Dynasty is different

Chapter 319 The light in the darkness

"Close the gates!"

Li Yuanhao shouted.

"Your Majesty, there are people outside the city!"

An official stepped forward and said with firm eyes.

Choke!

The sword flashed, and the official looked at Li Yuanhao in disbelief and slowly fell down.

Is this still the gentleman who served as Corporal Li Xian?

"Kill!" Li Yuanhao pointed his knife at the city gate.

The guards rushed over and chopped and cleaned up the piled corpses. Just as the cavalry of the Zhenyuan Army was about to arrive, they narrowly closed the city gate.

"grass!"

Outside, Han Shitou, the former horse thief, turned his horse's head unwillingly and said, "Withdraw!"

The people who fled in collapsed on the ground and gasped. Gradually, they looked at Li Yuanhao.

The reverence of the past was gone, only fear remained.

Li Yuanhao didn't have time to take care of this. After ascending to the top of the city, a general reported, "Your Majesty, the enemy has at least ten thousand horses, and they are also outflanking..."

Following the direction of the general's fingers, Li Yuanhao saw faint black spots on the left and right sides.

"This is to wait for our army to leave the city to fight, and then outflank them." Li Yuanhao said coldly: "Block the four gates."

Blocking the four gates meant that Li gave up counterattack in this battle and put his head in his hands waiting to be beaten.

It also indirectly explains the mentality of Li and his son.

The general was stunned, then saluted, "Accept your order."

Li Yuanhao ordered: "Go and guard the palace."

Yang Shousu's body was shaken, "Over there with the king..."

"Give him his enthronement ceremony, but it will be in the palace." Li Yuanhao narrowed his eyes, "Whoever dares to step out of the palace will be killed."

"Leader!"

Someone followed the order and left. Yang Shousu whispered to Yeli Renrong: "What a pity."

"It's a few years too late." Yeli Renrong looked bleak, "If Li Xiang had just arrived and Daxia had dealt him a heavy blow according to the prince's plan, how could he have come to the city today? Life at this point is really ridiculous."

"This is all fate." Yang Shousu sighed: "The Li family has been based in the northwest for hundreds of years, but the last few decades have been the most glorious. I thought I could assist the prince to achieve the emperor's career, but I didn't expect! I fell short."

"Without Li Xian, Daxia would have been attacking Tubo and expanding to the Western Regions in the past few years. Once it captured the Western Regions, it would have the capital to compete with the Song Dynasty and Northern Liao for hegemony."

Yeli Renrong wanted to vomit blood.

What a great situation!

More than ten thousand cavalry were constantly cruising outside the city. The cavalry were yelling at the city, or provoking, and some even took off women's clothes to humiliate Li and his son.

"Li Deming, Li Yuanhao, you and your son are disguised as men? Otherwise, how could you be so stupid? What about the man's bloody nature? Come on, there are only more than 10,000 horsemen in the city. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the city. Come out of the city to fight, but dare?"

Hao Xiong was holding a red dress with a spear and yelling.

With his face glowing red, he said to his subordinates: "When I was a horse thief, my biggest dream was for Mr. Li to let me go. Now I don't expect it! It's my turn to stand up."

The crowd laughed wildly.

"De Zhi is rampant!" Someone at the top of the city sneered, "Xingzhou is a strong city, let's see how many lives Li Xian is willing to sacrifice to fill it!"

But the people around him were silent.

A sergeant whispered: "Isn't Xiping Mansion a fortified city?"

When Li Jiqian was there, Xiping Mansion was the capital of the Li family, and its construction was not much worse than that of Xingzhou City.

A group of cavalry arrived in front of the palace and blocked the four gates.

One of the servants wanted to go out to buy something but was stopped, so he showed off his father-in-law's style, pointed at the sergeant and yelled at him.

The sword flashed, and the people following the chamberlain screamed and retreated.

The servant fell in a pool of blood, and the sergeant shouted: "The Crown Prince ordered that no one in the palace should go out. Anyone who dares to resist the order will be killed."

"What if it's the king?" a eunuch asked angrily.

The sergeant was silent.

The eunuch took a breath, "You... do you, the prince, want to rebel?"

In the palace, the throne that had been built long ago was replaced. Li Deming sat on it, moved his buttocks a few times, and said happily: "It's really extraordinary."

Nothing actually has meaning, it is people who give them meaning.

The eunuch stumbled in and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good!"

Li Deming suddenly raised his head, "What's the matter?"

The eunuch knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, the prince has sent troops to blockade the outside of the palace and no one is allowed to go out."

Li Deming was startled, and there was more anger in his eyes, "Go and ask him what he wants to do?"

"Your Majesty."

Yang Shousu came in slowly and saluted, "The Zhenyuan Army is here."

Li Deming cursed: "Why didn't I know?"

He couldn't wait to change his name.

Yang Shousu felt contempt in his heart, "I'm afraid your Majesty has some hearing problems."

"So what if the Zhenyuan Army comes? Xingzhou is strong and can be defended for a hundred years, a hundred years!"

Li Deming waved his arms and roared.

This man is crazy... Yang Shousu sighed, "The king just ascends the throne in the palace, and the prince will take over the city defense."

"That traitor should be damned! Damn it!"

Yang Shousu resigned.

The roar took a long time to dissipate.

Li Deming gasped, his face flushed. He tremblingly took the tea handed by the chamberlain and took a sip. His eyes gradually became clear, "What did I hear before? The Zhenyuan Army entered the city?"

The chamberlain was startled, "It's the Zhenyuan Army coming."

"Oh!" Li Deming said weakly: "Tell Yuan Hao, the only solution for now is to fill the city with human lives. Don't worry about it, drag all the powerful officials and the whole family and let them die! "

There was more hatred in Li Deming's eyes, "If it weren't for this person, when Li Xian first captured Yanzhou, I would have launched a large army to besiege him and destroy him forever. Hateful, hateful!"

The news was sent to Li Yuanhao, and he said calmly: "Wait a minute."     Killing at this moment will cause chaos and affect the morale of the army.

Hao Xiong led his men to keep an eye on the four gates until nightfall.

Li Yuanhao returned home and called his two sons.

The two sons were still young. When they heard about the siege of the city by the Zhenyuan Army at home, they were not afraid but found it interesting.

Li Yuanhao just glanced at them, waved his hands in disgust, and said to more than a dozen guards: "Take them to the Western Regions, find a place to hide, and come out when the weather calms down. If there is a chance, he will raise the banner of the Li family again. If not, Chance……"

Then it has nothing to do with him.

Li Yuanhao is ruthless and doesn't care about his children at all.

When Li was married, he personally killed his eldest son who was not long after he was born. The reason was that someone said that the son did not look like him.

"Yes." The guards took the children away, and Li Yuanhao ordered food and wine to be served, and he drank by himself.

The candlelight was shining, and he said coldly: "Zhao Zhen wants to make changes in Bianjing, and Lu Yijian and others are blocking it. In less than two years, there will definitely be trouble within the Song Dynasty. It's a pity."

"Sir."

Yang Shousu came, "There are deserters in the army."

"Kill him and pass on his head." Li Yuanhao said casually.

"Your Majesty, the morale is low!" Yang Shousu said: "It is now rumored in the army that Li Xian held a thunderbolt in his hand and defeated Xiping Mansion with one blow. Although Xingzhou is strong, it cannot withstand a few hits from him."

"Eh!" Li Yuanhao was startled, "In this case... he's a secret spy!"

"Yes, I have sent people to investigate." Yang Shousu nodded, but he was not optimistic about the result.

……

"It's so refreshing!"

Jiang Suo and Qian Shou returned home, slumped on the ground and giggled.

"Hey!" Jiang Suo took a breath, "We spread those rumors, which actually caused commotion within the Western Bandits. If Bian Jing knows about it, we can be considered to have made a meritorious service, right?"

"Yes! But I dare not say it, I can't say it." Qian Shou was a little regretful, "The scholar-bureaucrats hate Mr. Li to the core. If they know that we are helping him, they will definitely kill us."

Jiang Suo asked: "Who will benefit the most from being killed by Thief Li?"

"Young Master Li... no, he is a commoner from the northwest."

"We are hiding in the dark, why are we here?"

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and Qian Shou said: "For the Song Dynasty!"

"So, what's the regret?"

"It is my fault."

The moonlight cast into the room, Jiang Suo said seriously: "The scholar-bureaucrats are like flies and dogs, but Mr. Li is determined to relieve the Song Dynasty from the Western bandits. We don't know who is right and who is wrong, so we will help whoever is good to the Song Dynasty." Act accordingly."

"Yes!" Qian Shou nodded.

Jiang Suo raised his fist and said, "For this battle, we will go to Xingzhou. Later, we will return to Bianjing. I will tell the people of Bianjing about Li Juzi's great military exploits."

"Aren't you afraid of the revenge of the scholar-bureaucrats?"

"Afraid! But I am even more afraid of the fall of this great Song Dynasty!"

Under the moonlight, the army arrived at the camp.

"I have seen the giant!"

Hao Xiong and his generals greeted him. Li Xian nodded and asked about the situation.

"There was a lot of chaos at the city gate at that time, but it's a pity that we will be late." Hao Xiong regretted it.

"If you go in, you might be strangled." Di Qing said lightly.

The tens of thousands of Li's troops in the city might be caught off guard at first, but the encirclement and suppression that followed was not something Hao Xiong could withstand.

"I'll go take a look tomorrow."

It was night without words.

After breakfast the next day, the army rested, and Li Xian led thousands of horses to the city.

"Li Xian is here."

The defenders looked at the rumored giant with thunder in his hand in panic, and some even hid behind the city wall and trembled.

A person's name, a tree's shadow, this kind of power caused the morale of the defenders to drop again.

"It's stronger than Xingzhou City, but not much." Li Xian looked around and said with a smile: "I'm here. I think the city will be very lively. So, we will attack the city tomorrow."

"Li Xian is here." Li Yuanhao entered the palace.

"You can guard, I don't worry." Li Deming has already changed into imperial clothes, and he is preparing to ascend the throne tomorrow.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince." Yeli Renrong came in, "Dozens of dignitaries in the city are discussing secretly."

"What do they want to do?" Li Deming narrowed his eyes, "Rebellion? No, they are afraid that they want to surrender to the enemy."

Li Deming looked at Li Yuanhao, "I asked you to arrest them and defend the city, but you didn't move?"

"It will shake morale!"

"Idiot!" Li Deming was furious. "Ordinary people are depressed and envious of the powerful. If they see the powerful being unlucky, they will only be happy. Go! Go quickly!"

Yeli Renrong did not move, looking at Li Yuanhao.

"Haha!" Li Deming laughed at himself, "Am I considered under house arrest now?"

Li Yuanhao waved his hand and Ye Li Renrong saluted. "yes."

Li Yuanhao stood up, "I will stick to it, you can do whatever you want!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

At this time, cheers came from outside the city.

The sound was so huge that it rushed into the palace like a mountain.

"Your Majesty, Li Xian is reviewing the three armies below the city!"

(End of this chapter)