Chapter 1005: Destroy Xixia and prepare for war against Liao
A-Bi naturally didn't want to sleep with him.

The four maids, Mei, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, felt shy for a while and then decided to follow the order and let the eldest sister Mei Jian sleep with them first.

Su Mingzhe naturally had no objection.

For him, none of the four beautiful maids, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, can escape.

It's just A-Bi, it's just a matter of a few days earlier or later.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Mingzhe has already taken in four beautiful maids one after another.

Wu Xingyun said goodbye and left Kaifeng Prefecture.

The Western Army of the Song Dynasty began to mobilize.

In early August, the war between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia broke out.

In just one month, the Western Xia army, which was not good at defending cities, lost seven cities in a row.

You have to know that the Western Xia Dynasty was established only sixty years ago, and including the rebellious territories before the founding of the country, there were only twenty or thirty cities in total.

Most of the Xixia people were still nomadic tribes, migrating around as the water and grass changed.

Now, the Song Dynasty has captured seven cities in a row and almost occupied a quarter of the territory of Western Xia.

It's September.

The Western Xia Emperor Li Bingchang saw that the Song army was so aggressive that even the Western Xia Iron Harriers could not resist it.

The masters recruited by Xixia Yipintang were intercepted and sniped by the Imperial City Bureau of the Song Dynasty, and most of them were lost.

His trump card, Concubine Dowager Li Qiu Shui, has never shown up.

In panic, the ambitious but incompetent Li Bingchang could only send envoys to the Liao Kingdom for help, hoping that the Liao Kingdom father could save his life.

On several previous occasions, when the Song Dynasty was about to capture the capital of Western Xia, it was the Liao Kingdom that showed up, which forced the Song Dynasty to withdraw.

This time, Li Bingchang could only place his hopes on the Liao people.

At the same time, Li Bingchang also sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to seek peace. The words and sentences in the letter were extremely humble and low-key.

It would take half a month to get from Yinchuan to the capital of Liao, even if one rode the fastest horse and the road was smooth.

It would take at least a month for the Liao Kingdom to respond.

During this month, the Song army advanced steadily and captured more than a dozen cities in succession.

It seemed that they were only a hundred miles away from the capital of Western Xia.

By October, a snowstorm suddenly hit the Hetao area.

Heavy snow for several days and nights blocked the Song Dynasty's attack.

When Li Bingchang got the news, he couldn't help but laugh, saying that it was God's will that he would not be killed.

Something Li Bingchang didn't know.

This heavy snow not only created difficulties for the Song Dynasty's attack, but also hindered the assistance from Northern Liao.

mid-October.

The Hetao Plain welcomed a sunny day.

It's getting cold.

Li Bingchang thought that the Song people would not attack again, so he hid in the imperial palace of Xingqing Prefecture and prepared to hibernate.

As a result, with the help of the Imperial City Administration, the Song border troops launched a surprise attack of 300 miles overnight, broke through Xingqing Prefecture, and captured Li Bingchang and all the important officials of Western Xia alive.

At this point, the Western Xia Kingdom was destroyed!
Li Bingchang, his queen Liang, Princess Yinchuan, and his son Qianshun were sent to Kaifeng of the Song Dynasty.

The news that Western Xia was destroyed by the Song Dynasty soon spread to the Liao Dynasty.

At this moment, the Liao army that was going to aid the Western Xia had just assembled.

When the Liao emperor, Yelu Hongji, heard that Western Xia had been destroyed, he became furious.

Yelu Hongji's impression of the Song Dynasty still remains in his youth, that is, the period of Song Renzong and Song Yingzong.

After learning that it took the Song Dynasty only more than two months to destroy the Western Xia, Yelu Hongji was not shocked by the rise of the Song Dynasty, but instead scolded Li Bingchang of the Western Xia for being cowardly and a waste.

"Notify the King of the Southern Court that I will personally lead the army to see how powerful the young emperor of Song is!"

Since Xixia was not doing its job well, Yelu Hongji prepared to lead his troops south personally.

Firstly, it was to teach the Song Dynasty a lesson so that it would not become arrogant after destroying the Western Xia.

Secondly, Yelu Hongji had long had the idea of ​​drinking from the Yellow River. Now that the Song Dynasty had destroyed the Western Xia, it gave Yelu Hongji a reason to lead his troops south.

Naturally, the Liao Kingdom's troop movements could not be concealed from the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty had already made preparations for this and was just waiting for Yelu Hongji to go south.

Compared with the Liao Kingdom's conscription and preparation for war, it was preparing to march south in the spring.

Because of the fall of the Western Xia Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was destroyed and Li Bingchang and his family were sent to Kaifeng Prefecture.

The whole country entered a moment of celebration.

Su Mingzhe took the opportunity to give Tubo an imperial edict, asking the Tubo king to lead his troops to surrender.

The Tubo king had long lost the arrogance and domineering attitude he had during the Tang Dynasty. Faced with the imperial edict sent by Su Mingzhe, he didn't even dare to say "no".

Before the end of the year, Tibetan envoys came to Kaifeng. On the one hand, they congratulated the Emperor of the Song Dynasty on the elimination of the Western Xia rebellion. On the other hand, they handed over a handwritten letter of surrender from the king, expressing their willingness to submit to the Song Dynasty.

Su Mingzhe accepted the Tibetan letter of surrender and informed the Tibetan envoy that the Song Dynasty would send troops to protect Tibet.

The Tubo envoy did not dare to agree nor to refuse, and could only say with a bitter face that he would make a decision after he returned and discussed it with the king.

Not only Tubo, but the Dali Kingdom also submitted a letter of surrender again.

In fact, the Dali Kingdom had submitted letters of surrender several times.

However, due to ancestral rules, the Emperor of Song Dynasty never accepted Dali's submission, but instead agreed to become brother states.

This time, Dali followed Tubo and submitted a surrender letter requesting submission.

Su Mingzhe didn't care about the ancestral system and directly accepted the surrender. After removing the Dali country name, he changed the title of Dali Emperor Duan Zhengming to "King of Yunnan".

The three kingdoms of Xixia, Tubo and Dali were eliminated in one go.

If Yelu Hongji did not lead his troops south, Su Mingzhe would wait until the beginning of next spring to conquer Nanyue and the southeastern islands first, and then talk about competing with Northern Liao.

As a result, Yelu Hongji could not wait any longer, and Su Mingzhe had to temporarily give up the idea of ​​heading south to the southeastern islands.

In the blink of an eye, it is the Spring Festival.

Great meeting.

Fan Chunren and the four ministers Su Song, Zhang Dun and Cai Bian jointly congratulated Su Mingzhe.

Fan Chunren was a prime minister promoted by the Empress Dowager.

Su Song was recommended by Fan Chunren.

Although the two were royalists when the Empress Dowager was in power, they were also members of the old party.

Zhang Dun and Cai Bian belonged to the New Party and were promoted by Su Mingzhe as a form of confrontation with the Old Party.

Over the past year, Su Mingzhe has taken charge of government affairs and led the Song Dynasty to prosperity.

Although many counties suffered from disasters such as drought, flood, and insect pests, there was no war or chaos thanks to the active relief efforts of the ministers.

In addition, with the addition of vast territories such as Western Xia, Tubo, Dali, and the Western Regions, even if Su Mingzhe lies down and does nothing in the future, his final posthumous title of emperor will at least include the word "Wu".

After reading the congratulatory letter, Su Mingzhe was not interested.

The congratulatory messages from the four ministers were too tame and could not have excited Su Mingzhe as much as Li Yinchuan's dance.

Li Yinchuan was the daughter of Li Bingchang and a beauty from the Western Regions, and had no blood relationship with Li Qiushui.

This Xixia princess has quite a bit of Western charm, and she is so beautiful when she dances the Hu Xuan.

Su Mingzhe accompanied the ministers to complete the court meeting process and then walked towards the harem.

The Song Dynasty was based on loyalty and filial piety.

As the emperor, Su Mingzhe also had to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Zhu every day.

By the time the greetings were over, it was basically noon.

Su Mingzhe called his clone to deal with the memorials, and he ran to the place where the beauties were hidden to play with the five girls, Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju and A-Bi.

After more than a year of getting along, even if A-Bi's heart is as hard as iron, it's time to warm it up.

The reason why Su Mingzhe hasn't pushed A-Bi down yet is because he just lacks an opportunity.

Today is the Chinese New Year, which is of great significance.

Su Mingzhe plans to take the five girls out to the night market tonight. After they come back from shopping, he will let A-Bi be the bride.

(End of this chapter)