Chapter 502 Queen Liang
"It is precisely because she needs the Liang family to help her control the situation that she has to check and balance the Liang family. She doesn't touch Dong Fei just wants to keep the Dong family to balance the Liang family." Liang Guangchuan sneered road.
Although he and Empress Liang are father and daughter, the interests of Empress Liang and the Liang family are not consistent.
Empress Liang wanted her son to succeed to the throne, to rule the country from behind the curtain, and to even become an empress like Wu Zetian in the future.
What the Liang family thinks is to control the situation, eliminate the Dangxiang nobles, completely take over power, and turn the Xixia into the Western Xia of the Liang family.
Queen Liang wanted her son to succeed to the throne safely and she could rule the country from behind the curtain. If the Dangxiang nobles turn their mother and son into puppets, they must rely on the Liang family.
But she was still guarding against the Liang family. Liang Guangchuan hinted several times that he wanted to get rid of the Dong family, but Queen Liang never agreed.
What Liang Yiban did to Concubine Dong was what he suggested.
As long as the Dong family knows, they will definitely think that they are going to attack the Dong family, and they can only stand on the side of the Dangxiang nobles in order to protect themselves.
This is naturally not what Queen Liang wants to see, so she can only agree to get rid of the Dong family.
"Father, sister, she won't tell the Dong family about this, right?" Liang Yimeng said with some concern. "Don't worry, will she believe it after she said it? Even if the Dong family believes it, can she believe it?" Liang Guangchuan sneered.
"That's good."
Liang Yi smiled and said, "When my sister becomes the queen mother, I will ask him to be the king of my father at that time."
" Forget it, the throne is the most important thing." Liang Guangchuan said with a fiery look on his eyes.
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Empress Liang was so angry that she fell off her things after Liang Guangchuan and his son left.
How could she not understand Liang Guangchuan's thoughts? But the matter had happened and she had no choice but to do anything about it.
I can only order people to block the news first.
Even if you want to destroy the Dong family, it is not now.
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The next day, when it was light dawn, the soldiers guarding the city changed shifts and when it was time, they opened the city gate.
At this time, many people waiting to enter the city had gathered outside the city gate. "Be honest, don't squeeze! Take out the road!" The soldier in charge of the inspection shouted.
There have been many changes in the city during this period. Although the news is tightly blocked, there is still a possibility of being detected.
So after Liang Guangchuan and Empress Liang discussed, they began martial law, allowing only nearby people to enter and exit.
The excuse is that Your Majesty is now in charge of the enemy spies in person.
If it weren't for the impact of the direct lockdown and making Li Mingxiao alert, they all planned to lock down the city directly.
Amid the loud shouts of the soldiers, the people entering the city lined up honestly.
At this moment, the inspected soldiers and the people queuing to the city felt a slight vibration on the ground beneath their feet.
The defenders on the top of the city saw a large number of cavalry running towards the city gate in the distance. They were stunned at first. After a while, the defenders on the top of the city came back to their senses. They were so sad that they were so sad that they were all over the place. shouted, "Enemy attack!"
"Close the city gate!"
The other soldiers came to their senses in a shrill voice, and they were in chaos in an instant. When they heard the guards Then the soldiers calmed down and immediately beat the drum to pass the order to close the city gate.
The soldiers inspected at the city gate felt the vibration under their feet, and thought it was the earth dragon turning over. When they were panic, they heard the drums closing the city gate and hurriedly drove away the people, wanting to close the city gate.
"Not good, there are cavalry attacking the city. Only by rushing into the city can you survive. Come into the city quickly!"
The people were still a little confused, and someone suddenly shouted in the crowd.
As the cavalry get closer, not only does the vibration become stronger, but the sound of galloping horses also comes.
In addition, someone deliberately guided him, the panicked people did not care about the expulsion of the soldiers and rushed into the city desperately.
There were not many soldiers inspected at the city gate, so they could not stop them at all. The soldiers who were closing the city gate were also washed away.
Yuan Wenshao and dozens of people mingled among the people and directly attacked and killed the soldiers.
There are actually not many people waiting to enter the city at the gate of the city, only a few hundred people.
But it was a mess at this time, and the people were just rushing to escape in panic, but instead blocked the city gate.
The guard on the top of the city hurried down with a team of soldiers. Seeing the chaos at the door, he shouted, "Archer directly..."
"Swish~"
Before the guard had finished speaking, Yuan Wenshao rushed in first and threw the short sword in his hand out.
The short sword passed through the guard general's chest, and the guard general died directly.
Yuan Wenshao threw the short sword and entered the crowd again.
After the guard general died, the soldiers were at a loss. Some went to check the guard general's situation, while others stared at the crowd, trying to find the murderer.
But the people didn't care about so many, and they directly dispersed the soldiers.
Yuan Wenshao and dozens of soldiers mingled among the crowd, constantly attacking and killing the soldiers, creating chaos.
"Dadada~"
A sound of horse hooves came, Yuan Wenshao took a look, his face changed, and he shouted, "Retreat back to the city gate and defend the city gate to the death!"
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The sound of horse hooves was not that the cavalry led by Gu Tingye had already rushed into the city, but that the nearby defenders rushed over after hearing the news.
After all, this place is the capital of Xixia. Although it is still short, the defenders of Xixia still reacted very quickly.
"Hurry, shoot these chaotic people and close the city gate quickly!" The leading general looked at the chaos near the city gate and quickly ordered.
The soldiers behind him immediately set off their bows and shot arrows.
Hundreds of people, more than one hundred soldiers, died or injured in just one round of arrows.
The survivors woke up instantly, shouting and fleeing everywhere, and many even ran towards the city gate, wanting to leave the city.
Yuan Wenshao looked at the people being shot and killed, and his face was solemn. It would not take long for the chaos to be calmed down.
He only had dozens of people, there was no cover in the city gate, and the other party had bows and arrows, so he couldn't hold it for long.
Yuan Wenshao looked back and saw that Gu Tingye had led the cavalry hundreds of steps outside the city. He quickly shouted, "Hurry up, quit!"
If they did not quit, Even if they are not shot to death by the Xixia soldiers, they will block their cavalry from entering the city.
Yuan Wenshao took the soldiers back, and the Xixia generals calmed down the chaos. Through the city gate, he saw that the cavalry was almost at the gate. He didn't care about pursuing Yuan Wenshao and others, and was busy Order to close the city gate.
More than a dozen soldiers rushed forward and pushed the city gate with difficulty. At this moment, a rain of arrows hit.
"Ah..."
Many soldiers were shot and killed, and the screams before their death echoed through the city gate, which was very loud.
Then the Song Dynasty cavalry rushed into the city.
"Good work, guard the city gate!"
When Gu Tingye passed by, he explained loudly, without stopping, and rode his horse into the city with the soldiers. "Yes!" Yuan Wenshao replied loudly.
Gu Tingye led his troops into the city, broke through the soldiers guarding outside, and headed straight for the direction of the Xixia Palace.
The three kingdoms of Song and Liao and Western Xia frequently came to the scene, and it was no secret that the layout of the capitals of the Three Kingdoms was with each other.
Gu Tingye naturally knew the way to the palace after entering the city.
After all the soldiers entered the city, the five thousand soldiers behind stopped and, under the leadership of Yuan Wenshao, cleared the Xixia soldiers near the city gate.
When Gu Tingye brought 25,000 cavalry to the Xixia Palace, the gate of the palace had been closed. Gu Tingye did not attack the main gate of the palace, but left some soldiers to restrain the troops here and personally led his troops to attack a side gate.
The walls of the imperial city are tall, and it is more difficult to attack the main gate than to directly attack the city.
He only had 25,000 cavalry and did not have siege equipment, so it was naturally impossible to attack the main gate.
Gu Tingye has been with Zhao Xing for many years and has been in and out of the Song Dynasty Palace many times.
It is very clear about the guards of the palace.
Although the palace can be considered to be strictly guarded, there are generally not many defensive forces at each side gate of the palace when there are no major changes.
Although this is the capital of Xixia, many things are common.
From his raid and receiving the news in the palace, the time during this period was very short.
Even if the news was heard in the Xixia Palace, there was no time to dispatch troops.
Gu Tingye's guess was good. When Li Liangzuo was in charge of the army, he took away many imperial guards.
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At this time, there were only 20,000 imperial guards in the imperial city.
After receiving news that cavalry raided the capital, Queen Liang began to mobilize the imperial guards to deploy defenses.
The key point is that the main doors of the palace are arranged in a limited number of troops and horses.
The additional troops were still sitting and preparing, and Gu Tingye had already started to attack the city.
Gu Tingye chose to raid the capital of Xixia, so he was naturally prepared.
Although we can catch Xixia off guard and attack the city one by one, the imperial city will definitely be able to close the city gate.
Although he was unable to carry large siege equipment, he brought a lot of assembled ladders.
Otherwise, the cavalry would not be wrong. Once the gate of the imperial city is closed, he alone cannot attack it.
After assembled the ladder, Gu Tingye ordered a strong attack. Even if the casualties and injuries were serious, Gu Tingye would not be disturbed at all. "Zhonghuai, this won't work. Not to mention the casualties, there are many soldiers in the imperial city, and it will be even more difficult to break through when reinforcements arrive later. There are also many soldiers in the city. If they are cut off, they will be more difficult to break. We are in danger on the road!" Wang Shao said anxiously when he saw that he could not attack.
"How many cities can be defended in the palace? Do you see if the opponent's defense is getting weaker and weaker now? You are commanding here, and I will lead people to attack the city myself!" Gu Tingye said.
"No, you are the head coach, what if..."
"Nothing is wrong!"
Gu Tingye took the spear handed over by Shitou and walked out with Shitou.
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"Empress, the Song army has already attacked the city, so I am afraid it will not be able to defend it. Just in case, I will protect you and the crown prince first. Palace! " said the imperial guard general who was in charge of the palace's defense. "Barewell! Didn't it mean that the Song army is not too much? How long has it been since I couldn't hold it? I won't leave!" Queen Liang cursed angrily.
"Go back to the Queen, the Song army went deep into the deep, completely stolen, and was not afraid of death. For the safety of you and Your Highness the Crown Prince, let's go first. As long as you and Your Highness the Crown Prince leave, I will be able to let go against the Song army. I will definitely wipe out all of them, leaving no one behind!” said the general. "This is what you said. If you can't keep all the Song army, I will never let you go!"
Empress Liang did not want to escape, but was worried that it would affect her morale.
And there are walls in the imperial city, which is much safer than outside the palace.
Now that she could not hold on to her, she was actually afraid.
After the explanation, he took his son and, under the protection of the imperial guards, headed to the east of the palace.
The Western Xia Palace, like the Great Song Palace, also faces north and south.
However, Xixia did not divide the inner and outer cities, and the northern city gate was connected to the imperial city.
It is even more dangerous to go out of the city directly at this time, and the directions to leave the palace are only east, west and south.
The south is the main gate of the palace, there are enemy troops outside, and the west is the direction of Gu Tingye's attack, and only the east is the safest at present.
Moreover, the people living in the east are all princes and nobles, and these families have some guards.
Before, she asked her father Liang Guangchuan to summon the guards of those powerful families to come and wipe out the Song army.
So she chose to leave the palace from the east gate and go to meet with her father.
However, when she left the palace in a carriage and didn't walk far, there was a sudden shout of killing outside. "The Empress is not good, the Song army has an ambush, and I will send you back to the palace!"
The general in charge of the escort said. "Hurry up, escort the palace back to the palace!" Queen Liang said anxiously when she heard this.
She felt the carriage was bumping hard, and she hugged her son tightly, hoping to get rid of the general who let her leave the palace.
If you don’t leave the palace, although it is dangerous, the palace has layers of palace gates, and there are so many palaces, it’s still okay to block the Song army.
The Song army was limited in number, and it would only take time for other soldiers to come to rescue the car.
Just as she was thinking about it, the carriage suddenly stopped.
Not long after, the fighting and screams outside calmed down.
Just as Queen Liang wanted to lift the curtains and see what was going on outside, the curtains were lifted.
Sheng Changwu smiled and said, "Empress Xixia, get off the car!"
Empress Liang hugged her son tightly, tried to calm herself down, and looked at Sheng Changwu and said, " You want to take us mother and son to the Song Dynasty? ”
"That's right!" Sheng Changwu said lightly: "Time is limited, Queen Liang should cooperate more, don't let me use force!"
"Your Majesty has passed away! If you do This palace and the prince will bring it back, and the throne can only be inherited from the royal family. This palace and the prince will have no value to the Song Dynasty. If this palace and the prince are released, the prince will be young, and even if he succeeds to the throne, the Xixia will be the next. It will fall into civil strife for a long time, which will be beneficial to the Song Dynasty!” said Queen Liang.
"What did you say?"
Sheng Changwu exclaimed, "Has the Emperor of Xixia passed away?"
"That's right!" Queen Liang said, "I don't know where you came from. If you have any attention to the information about Xixia's attack on Hehuang, you should know that the Xixia army has returned to the court now!"
"Get out!"
Sheng Changwu shouted coldly, "Hurry up, I don't have time to talk nonsense to you!"
He didn't know what Queen Liang said was really If you are fake, you can't make a decision, so you can only take the person back and report it to Gu Tingye for a decision.
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"Zhonghuai, the plan has been completed. Sheng Changwu has intercepted the car of Queen Liang who escaped from the palace. Let's go and meet him quickly!" Wang Shao said anxiously. "Hahaha~"
Gu Tingye laughed, wiped the blood stains on his face, and ordered his retreat to rush to meet Sheng Changwu.
After many discussions, he and Wang Shao had long thought about the possibility that the Queen of Xixia would escape from the palace.
For them, the best result was that Queen Liang escaped from the palace.
Otherwise, even if they attack the palace, it will be difficult for them to find someone.
Now that Queen Liang has left the palace, it is meaningless to attack the palace.
When Gu Tingye arrived, he encountered a team of soldiers escorting Queen Liang and his son over.
"Where is Sheng Changwu?"
Gu Tingye did not see Sheng Changwu frowned.
(This chapter ends)