I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 178: Civilian aura.How can you, a small country, bully the people of our big country?

In front of Jiaola City, the sky was gloomy.

There are more than [-] northwest forbidden troops, with a strict lineup and murderous intent.

There has not been a confrontation between the two armies on the Song-Xia border for nearly six years.

Wei Ming frowned, veins bulging on his shiny forehead.

present.

The civil strife in Xixia was serious and the political situation in the court was unstable.

If there is another war with Song Dynasty, not to mention the tight military budget, several families within the Dangxiang clan are very likely to have civil strife.

Nowadays, most of the soldiers guarding Jiaola City are soldiers of the Weiming clan, that is, soldiers of the Xixia royal family (Yuan Hao took the Wei name as his surname before the founding of the country).

Once there are serious casualties, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom may be replaced.

Wei Mingwei did not want to fight.

He felt that the Song people might also be bluffing.

After thinking about it for a while, Shilling's subordinates placed Yeli Ci and his party under house arrest.

At this time.

A cavalryman of the Song Dynasty rushed to the gate of Jiaola City and shouted: "I, the Deputy Commander of the Infantry Army of the Song Dynasty and the military commander of the Changhua Army, Di Qing, order Wei, the garrison of Jiaola City, to speak outside the city and answer!"

When Wei Mingchui heard that the commander-in-chief this time was General Di Qing, General Mianni, he couldn't help but feel a little more frightened.

Nominally speaking, Xixia is still a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and the bedwetting boy Li Liangzuo's position as king still comes from the canonization of Zhao Zhen.

Di Qing's position was higher than that of Wei Mingshui, so he could use this commanding tone.

If Yuan Hao is still alive.

When Wei Mingchui heard General Song calling him this, he ignored it at all.

But today is no longer as good as in the past. The Song Dynasty is getting better and better, but Xixia is getting worse and worse.

……

About a quarter of an hour later.

Wei Mingchui led more than 100 cavalrymen out of the city gate, and then stopped about 200 meters away from the city gate.

When Di Qing and Su Liang saw that the other party had left the city, they immediately led a group of guards and cavalry to meet them.

not far away.

The crossbowmen of the Song Dynasty formed a tight formation to face each other, looking at the front attentively.

If any Xixia soldiers dare to make a sneak attack, a storm of arrows will be waiting for them.

Lean slightly.

Di Qing, Su Liang and others stopped more than ten meters away from Wei Mingchui.

Wei Mingchui looked at Di Qing and said: "General Di, are you planning to start a war with Daxia? Song Xiang comes from a country that claims to be a country of etiquette, but he didn't expect to openly undermine the peace talks between the two countries. When it comes to fighting, I, Xixia, will never fight. You are afraid of the Liao and Song Dynasties. When I, the Great Xia, invade the Song Dynasty again, if you want to ask for peace with annual coins, it will not be that simple..."

Wei Mingchui said harsh words first, hoping to overwhelm Di Qing in terms of momentum.

After hearing these words, Su Liang couldn't help but reveal a faint smile on his face.

The more words, the harsher the words.

It means that the weaker the opponent's heart is, the less he dares to fight.

Di Qing snorted coldly and said: "Why did we, the Song Dynasty, come to the city with troops? Let Su Liang, Su Jingming, the supervisory censor of our dynasty, tell you!"

Di Qing looked at Su Liang.

Di Qing is good at fighting, but not good at debating.

In addition, Fan Zhongyan had an explanation for him, and everything was based on Su Liang's opinion.

Su Liang is in the court.

In terms of looking at the overall situation and understanding the holy will, he is definitely better than the soldiers on the border.

In addition, both Fan Zhongyan and Di Qing believed that Su Liang would not act recklessly and would not embarrass the Song Dynasty.

Su Liang pulled the horse's rope and walked two meters forward.

He looked at Wei Mingchui with a smile on his face.

"General Weiming, today we came to Jiaola City not to start a war, but to catch a thief."

"A few days ago, Yeli Ci of the Western Xia Yeli tribe led his men to assassinate my official, and then tortured and killed 43 people of our Song Dynasty. He committed a heinous crime. I already know that he sneaked into Jiaola City. Please help General Weiming do two small things for me. I will wait for you. Once it’s done, we’ll return to camp immediately.”

Wei Mingchui looked at Su Liang, who was smiling, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

In his impression, this young censor was a scoundrel who dared to scold the current prime minister.

I didn't expect to be so polite to him.

Wei Mingchui was in a good mood and murmured in his heart: It seems that the Song Dynasty is still the Song Dynasty before. The civil servants are all very cowardly. They drag so many soldiers just to embolden them and do not dare to fight at all.

"Su Yushi, please tell me!"

Su Liangdao: "First, please General Weiming, please hand over Yeli Ci and his party to me. If you can't find them, we can send people into the city to look for them; secondly, this matter is very bad, please ask your country's agency to deal with it." In the name of the king of the country, I write a letter of apology to the Song Dynasty to express my apology for the people who died in our country."

Hearing these two "little things", Wei Mingchuang's face suddenly darkened.

How can these be two small things?
No matter how stupid he is, he can't let Song Bing enter the city to find someone.

In addition, writing a letter of apology in the name of the country's leader is a matter of dignity for the Xixia Kingdom. He cannot make the decision and will not agree to it.

At this moment, Wei Mingchui suddenly thought of a word.

Hidden knife in laughter.

Su Liang seemed to speak softly.

In fact, the attitude shown in every sentence is extremely tough and cannot be doubted.

Wei Mingchui murmured in his heart: We can't argue with officials like Da Song, we can only pretend to be confused.

He tugged on the horse's rope and said: "Su Yushi, this general has indeed heard about some things that Yeli Ci did in the Song Dynasty, but I really don't know if he is in the city or not. Maybe he hid in some nook and corner." Yes, this kind of murderous maniac really deserves to be killed, why don’t you give me some time and I’ll help you look for it.”

"How long?" Su Liang was still smiling.

Wei Mingchui stretched out a slap and then turned it over.

"At least...at least ten days!"

Su Liang shook his head slightly and faced Wei Mingchui's gaze and said, "If I can't see Yeli Ci and others before noon, I will have no choice but to go into the city to look for them!"

"Also, remember to report to your king, and a letter of apology is also indispensable!"

Su Liang still had a smile on his face when he spoke.

But it made Wei Mingchui feel very panic. He clearly felt that Su Liang was ordering him to do things as a superior person.

After Su Liang finished speaking, Di Qing waved his hand behind him.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Several flags were raised high in the military formation and flags were raised.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

The Western soldiers behind took three steps forward at the same time.

Every time he took a step, he raised his weapon and shouted.

Loud.

It caused the ground for miles around to tremble.

Wei Mingchui and the mounts of the soldiers behind him were frightened and took a few steps back. The Xixia soldiers on the city gate were also frightened by this momentum and held the weapons in their hands tightly.

The current Song Dynasty banned soldiers, and their momentum can make Xixia soldiers fearful.

then.

Su Liang, Di Qing and others turned their horses and walked towards the rear.

Wei Mingchui looked at the gray-white sun that was slightly exposed among the clouds, and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

At this moment, there is only more than an hour left before noon.

……

After Su Liang and Di Qing returned to the military formation, they sat down and rested.

Di Qing said with some excitement: "I'm asking the Xixia government to apologize in the name of the country. It's exciting to hear it. I guess they won't be able to do it. It seems that this battle is about to start!"

On the side, Cao Hu and Liu Dazhi had bright eyes and full fighting spirit.

Su Liang said with a smile: "The possibility of a fight is not high. The Xixia soldiers are fierce, but their knees are worthless."

"Do you still remember the opening words of Yuan Hao's letter of credence when he asked for peace in the first month of the third year of Qingli?"

Di Qing, Liu Dazhi, and Cao Hu all looked confused.

They are all generals who have not even finished reading the classics of saints, let alone remember these words.

Su Liangdao: "The beginning is 'The man who ruled the country and made a letter to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty'. In order to get the annual gift, Yuan Hao was willing to call himself the son of an official family. Xixia people have always been shameless. I don't think there is any Zang family and In order to stabilize the imperial power, Wu Zangying Pang will definitely compromise!"

At this time.

Cao Hu suddenly said: "I suddenly don't look forward to the war. If today we can capture Ye Liji and his party without spending a single soldier, and also make Xixia apologize, it will definitely improve our morale and help us." Da Song has a long face!"

"I still want to beat them up and avenge their shame!" Liu Dazhi said, clenching his fists.

Hearing this, Su Liang and others laughed out loud.

at this time.

A post soldier brought over the edict from Bianjing City.

Su Liang, Di Qing, Liu Dazhi, Cao Hu, and the surrounding generals all held their breath and became nervous.

It would be bad if the officials refused to start a war.

Di Qing looked at Su Liang and signaled Su Liang to open the edict.

Su Liang firmly believed that Zhao Zhen would not give up.

He opened the edict, with a bright smile on his face, and said: "The officials said: Be polite before fighting. If you fight, you will never be defeated!"

After hearing this, everyone became more confident and their backs became stronger!

At this time.

Su Liang rolled his eyes and murmured in his heart: With the official's words, if Xixia doesn't dare to fight, maybe it can be stronger.

Su Liang had another idea in his mind.

……

And this moment.

In Jiaoluo City, Wei Mingchui was pacing back and forth.

"General, I think that censor is just bluffing, they don't dare to start a war at all!" said a military general.

Wei Mingchui said coldly: "What if they dare? How sure are we that we can defend Jiaola City? You have to know that if the Song soldiers really want to trap Jiaola City, it is unknown whether we will have reinforcements to rescue them. How dare you bet? "General, how about we hand over Yeliza and his group? These bastards are just trying to start a war, and they will not regret their death!"

"Hand it over? If you hand it over, this general will become a scapegoat. How can I explain it to those old people in the court? Alas, I can't make the decision in this matter. It is really an unreasonable disaster..." Wei Mingchui murmured. road.

at this time.

A soldier quickly walked into the hall and said: "General, the... Prime Minister is here!"

The moment the soldier finished speaking, Wu Zangyu walked in with huge strides.

Wei Mingchu couldn't help but feel overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him. Now the person who could make the decision was here.

Xixia's Prime Minister had a dark face, but when Wei Mingchui walked up to him, he slapped Wei Mingchui over without saying anything!
"Snapped!"

Wei Mingchui was slapped directly to the ground.

"Wei Mingshui, have you fed your brain to the dog? Why did you take in that lunatic Yeli Ci? He was just bewitched by some old immortals and wanted to trigger the Song-Xia war again. He killed so many Song people, how could the Song people not For revenge, just hand him over to the Song people!"

After Wu Zangyingpang learned that the Song Dynasty closed the forecourt because of wild thorns, he rushed directly to Jiao La City.

For him, there is absolutely no time to start a war.

Once a war breaks out, it will be difficult for him to secure his position as Prime Minister, and without the Tibetan people, he may even be in danger of being exterminated.

Besides, the Mu Zang family came to power because of Queen Yeli's life, and they didn't have the slightest fondness for the people of the Yeli family.

Wei Mingchui stood up in confusion.

"Prime Minister, in addition to asking for the handing over of Yeli Ci and others, the Song people also... also... want us to write a letter of apology to Song Dynasty in the name of the country's leader. Can we agree to this?"

Wu Zangpang frowned.

If he apologizes, the whole of Xixia will be embarrassed.

He thought for a while and said: "Come on, follow me to the city's top and take Yeli Ci and his party with you!"

……

After a while.

Unexpectedly, Pang stood on the city gate tower.

When he saw the mighty formation of Song soldiers, he couldn't help but shudder.

not far away.

Yeli Ci, who was tied up with a hemp rope, couldn't help shouting when he saw Wu Zang's face, "Prime Minister, you can't send me out! The Song people are completely bluffing, they don't dare to fight at all! And if they really fight, They may not be able to break through Jiaola City. I am still useful, and I can provide Daxia with more information!"

Wu Zangpang waved his hand, as if someone had blocked Ye Liqi's mouth.

Even without hiding, Pang knew that Song might be bluffing.

But he dared not gamble.

Once a war breaks out, all ethnic groups in Xixia will inevitably lead troops to the border. If someone rebels by then, they will have no control at all.

He did not want the Tibetans to disappear like a flash in the pan, and he did not want to lose his position as prime minister.

As for the apology letter, he felt that he could negotiate with the Song people again.

Wu Zangyu Pang looked at Wei Mingchui and said, "Open the city gate and take out all 28 people from Ye Li Ci's party."

"Yes." Wei Ming bowed his hand.

After a while.

Wu Zangyu Pang and Wei Mingchui led a group of soldiers and escorted Ye Li Ci and others outside the city gate.

Di Qing and Su Liang saw the movement and walked out immediately.

At this time, a sentry said: "General Di, Yushi Su, the person leading them is the Xixia Prime Minister Wu Zangyingpang."

Di Qing smiled and said: "It will be easier if he comes. Prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone and let him write a confession."

Hearing this, Su Liang couldn't help but smile. The time had come to restore the prestige of the Song Dynasty.

……

Lean slightly.

Song and Xia met again.

Wu Zangying Pang looked at Di Qing and Su Liang and said: "I am Wu Zangying Pang, the Prime Minister of the Great Xia Kingdom. Yeli Ci and others slaughtered the people, and the crime cannot be punished. Now the prime minister has handed them over to you, and they will be dealt with according to the laws of the Song Dynasty. Can!"

Wu Zang raised his chin with a commanding tone.

It's like a superior officer assigning tasks to his subordinates.

Very arrogant.

He felt that Di Qing and Su Liang were not qualified enough to talk to him on an equal footing.

Su Liang smiled slightly.

He took two steps forward with the horse's belly between his legs.

"According to the laws of our Song Dynasty, if a servant commits a crime, his master is also guilty of negligence. Yeli Ci is a party noble. Now that he has done such a cruel thing, if the leader of the Xixia Kingdom does not apologize, how can he appease the anger of the people in the northwest of our Song Dynasty? "

Wu Zangpang frowned and looked at Su Liang.

"The leader of my family is less than two years old. How can I apologize? Don't take advantage of others' danger. If you press forward step by step like this, I, Daxia, will definitely remember your good deeds and will repay you generously in the future." Wu Zangpang looked cold. Qingdi said.

"The leader of the country is less than two years old, and the prime minister can do it for him. If you don't write a letter of apology today, our army will destroy Jiaoluo City!" Su Liang said loudly, calling Wu Zangyingpang by his name.

And this moment.

Di Qing waved his hand to wave the flag, and the more than 2 soldiers behind him roared again.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

The sound was deafening and resounded through the sky.

Zhao Zhen's edict made Su Liang confident.

"If you don't apologize, then fight!" Su Liang said.

then.

Di Qing also shouted: "If you don't apologize, we will fight!"

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers behind also shouted.

These words were like ripples, moving all the soldiers in an instant.

"If you don't apologize, then fight!"

"If you don't apologize, then fight!"

"If you don't apologize, then fight!"

……

These words also reached the ears of the Xixia soldiers behind.

They felt the fighting spirit and murderous intent of the Song soldiers from this shout. It was impossible to fake this state.

Wu Zang's legs were trembling a little.

He was afraid.

He was afraid of losing his phase, afraid of destroying the Muzo family, and even more afraid of death.

At this time, Cao Hu directly placed a plate of pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Wu Zang Yipang.

Wu Zangpang hesitated for a moment and said, "I...I...write."

Rather than being cursed by the Xixia people after returning, he valued his own life and the future of the Wu Zang family more.

He felt that he was enduring the humiliation for Xixia.

Immediately.

Wu Zangpang picked up the brush and started writing on the paper.

"Today, the people of our Daxia are wild, ruthless and crazy. They torture and kill the people of the Song Dynasty and slander the names of the officials of the Song Dynasty. They are guilty of the most heinous crimes. I, the people of Daxia, are also guilty of not being strict in controlling them..."

Soon, an apology letter of more than 200 words was completed.

Although Wu Zang's literary talent was average, his attitude satisfied Su Liang.

This was the biggest shame in Wu Zang's life. He flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

Yeli Ci and others had already collapsed on the ground.

At this time, Su Liang shouted again: "Mr. Wu Zang, wait!"

Wu Zangpang turned around and glared, "What else do you want to do?"

Su Liang looked at Yeli Ci and others who were kneeling on the ground not far away, and said coldly: "These 28 people have committed extremely heinous crimes and do not need to be tried again. To bring them to be beheaded in our Song Dynasty is really dirtying the land of our Song Dynasty." The officer decided to behead them here!"

"I hope that Prime Minister Wu Zang can take the Xixia soldiers to watch the execution, so that the people below can take a warning!"

"you you you……"

this moment.

Wu Zangpang felt that Su Liang was a devil.

He pushed even further and threw Xixia's face to the ground, trampling on it repeatedly.

The Xixia guards behind him were very angry when they heard this.

There was murderous intent in his eyes.

But when Su Liang looked at them, they quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to look up at all.

They really didn't expect that a civil servant in the Song Dynasty would be so terrifying.

aside.

Di Qing, Cao Hu, Liu Dazhi and others were very excited when they heard this way of dealing with the murderer.

They thought it would be most satisfying to beat up the Xixia soldiers.

But now Su Liang's treatment method is even more cruel.

"Anyone from Xixia who harms the people of the Song Dynasty, I will order the murderer to pay for his death, I will order the Prime Minister of your country to apologize, I will order your soldiers to observe the punishment, and I will order all Xixia people to take a warning!"

Su Liang did not use any soldiers or generals, but he broke the Xixia people's knees and made them lower their heads.

This is the aura of a great country.

This is the most powerful counterattack.

When Su Liang ordered the Xixia people to watch the execution, he was telling them: How can you, a small country, bully the people of our big country?

At this moment, Wu Zangyingpang had no right to choose at all.

He even wrote an apology.

Naturally, we can't cause another war just because we don't observe the punishment.

Wu Zangyu Pang stood there and did not move again, which was regarded as acquiescing to Su Liang's request.

(End of this chapter)