The twelve summer envoys were very suspicious and were forced to follow Zhang Jun out of the camp...

Zhang Jun followed the imperial edict of the Zhao official family, led more than a hundred soldiers and generals, 'protected' (custody) twelve Xia envoys, and entered the east gate of Xiping Mansion, Xijing, the capital of the original Xia Kingdom.

The twelve Xia envoys who were proficient in Chinese were shocked when they saw that the original plaque "Xiping Mansion" on the east city gate had been replaced by a brand-new plaque with the four characters "Lingzhou Dongcheng" written on it.

At this time, what caught the eyes of the Xia envoys was that the tall east city wall had turned into ruins in many places, with broken bricks covering the ground.

What made these Xia envoys even more unbelievable was that the tens of thousands of Xia people in this city, under the supervision of more than a hundred Song army officers and soldiers, and three to four hundred officials who had not had time to take off their Xia official uniforms, were actually in order.

Cleaning the battlefield in an orderly manner and repairing the city walls...

Some people were carrying the corpses of Xia soldiers who had been bombed beyond recognition, or who were missing arms or legs...

Some people picked up the bricks and stones that had fallen under the city and transported them to the East City...

Then, the people on the east city repaired and built the wall again...

The twelve summer envoys were in disbelief and exclaimed:

"The Song army actually took less than half a day to invade Xijing City, a city like ours in Daxia with high ravines and deep ditches?!"

"How could the more than 10,000 officials and people in Xijing, the capital of Daxia, be so obedient to be driven by the Song army of a mere hundred people?"

"..."

"Hahaha..." Zhang Jun laughed loudly, suppressing the shock and curiosity in his heart.

He was also very curious about how the Zhao Guan family, who personally led the expedition, did this?

However, in order to receive the Xia envoys according to the holy will, he must show that he is confident and must overwhelm the Xia envoys in terms of momentum.

After Zhang Jun laughed, Feng Qingyun said calmly:

"This is how I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, conquered the people with his virtue and won the hearts of the people!"

There was a look of unwillingness on Ambassador Xia's face, but they could not find a suitable reason to refute Zhang Jun's words.

Now, neither Xia Envoy nor Zhang Jun knew that after entering the city, Zhao Guan's family made a three-part agreement and announced the policy of allocating food to the people according to their work. Many brave people in the newly occupied Xijing City of the original Xia Kingdom wanted to save their families.

With the idea of ​​​​trying to save himself from starving to death, he walked out of his house and volunteered to work as a labor force for the Song army.

They never expected that after they signed a labor agreement with the Song Army, the Song Army would advance a bag of grain for them to take home and then come out to help the Song Army clean the battlefield and repair the damaged city walls.

After their neighbors learned about this, they spread the news to tens, hundreds, hundreds, thousands, and thousands. Soon, many people in the Xijing City of the original Xia Kingdom were no longer afraid of the Song army that had just invaded the city.

Instead, they felt that Li Renzhong, the Pu king of the Xia Kingdom who originally guarded the city, led his troops to forcibly confiscate their food, and even tore down many courtyard walls and houses to collect bricks and stones to strengthen the city's defense. This was simply a shame.

Do your best.

On the contrary, they were grateful to the Zhao Guan family of the Song Dynasty who personally conquered this place.

When they learned that Li Renzhong committed suicide during the battle to defend the city, they clapped their hands in celebration...

…

Zhang Jun took twelve summer envoys to the downtown area of ​​the city.

They saw that although the busy streets in Xijing City were not as lively as before the war, thousands of people from the city gathered together to watch Li Renzhong's body hanging on a ten-foot-tall wooden shelf.

Twelve summer envoys stood behind the people of the original Xijing City. They looked up and saw Li Renzhong's body hanging high on a wooden frame, exposed in full view of the public, forming a horrifying scene.

Li Renzhong's left eye was bandaged sideways, but it still couldn't hide his ferocious face, which seemed to still be telling the story of his struggle and despair during his life.

His self-inflicted wound was bone-deep, and the blood had dried, dyeing the luxurious four-clawed python robe a shocking dark red.

His head drooped feebly due to the deep wound, and even the last bit of dignity had been deprived of him.

The people in the city looked at the corpse. Their faces were not sad, but full of anger and hatred.

More than a hundred Song officers and soldiers armed with weapons stood on both sides of Li Renzhong's body to guard him, preventing hundreds of excited people in the city from rushing forward to snatch and destroy his body.

Zhao Guan's family took a guard of Li Renzhong's party, who was captured by the Song army, to the scene where the corpse was exposed, and asked him to act as an interpreter.

This temporary commentator who was forced to surrender to the Song Army loudly accused Li Renzhong of his crimes in Dangxiang dialect...

And a translator appointed by Zhao Guanjia who was proficient in Dangxiang and Chinese translated loudly in Chinese:

"In order to defend the city, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu in the Western Xia Dynasty, personally led his troops to demolish the walls and houses of the people's homes in the four nearby cities, took off the stones and bricks and transported them to the city in preparation for repairing the walls damaged during the war, and

I want to use those stones and bricks to repel the righteous army of the Song Dynasty that is attacking the city..."

Among the people watching, there were those who had their courtyard walls and houses demolished by Li Renzhong during his lifetime. They gnashed their teeth and cursed endlessly...

The Dangxiang clan guard who was forced to rebel after seeing the power of the Song army continued to talk about Li Renzhong's crimes...

The translator spoke loudly in Chinese:

"During his lifetime, Li Renzhong, the Pu King of Western Xia Dynasty, saw that the Song Dynasty official army was heavily besieged outside the city, so he made preparations to collect grain for the Xia army defending the city.

"The King of Pu once personally led the soldiers and officials in the city to confiscate all the grain reserves from every household in the city, so that the Xia army would have enough grain..."

All the people watching here include Dangxiang people and Han people.

A few days ago, Li Renzhong's men had forcibly confiscated all the food stored in their homes, and were even forced to demolish their courtyard walls and houses in order to transport bricks and stones to defend the city.

Their homes were destroyed and their lives were in trouble, and the culprit of all this was the atrocities committed by the corpse in front of them.

Some people began to pick up rocks on the ground and smashed them against Li Renzhong's body, as if they wanted to vent their anger in this way.

The stones hit Li Renzhong's body, making a dull sound, and every blow seemed to hit the hearts of the people, making them hate Li Renzhong's actions from the bottom of their hearts...

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Twelve summer envoys stood behind the people and witnessed all this.

They couldn't believe their eyes, and they couldn't understand why these people hated King Pu so much for sacrificing their lives for justice and being loyal to Daxia.

They, the envoys of the Xia Kingdom, put themselves in their shoes. If they were replaced by Li Renzhong, the king of Pu who was guarding the city, he would do the same thing!

At this time, the guard of King Pu who surrendered to the Song Dynasty loudly revealed the most powerful information in Dangxiang dialect...

Song Jun's translator gritted his teeth, pointed at Li Renzhong's body on the wooden shelf, and immediately translated loudly in Chinese:

"After Li Renzhong, the King of Pu, forcibly confiscated all the food stored by the people in your city, why does he still distribute a small amount of food to you every day according to the size of your family, so that you can survive?"

"According to the personal bodyguard of King Pu Li Renzhong during his lifetime, he heard Li Renzhong's insidious conspiracies."

"First of all, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu who stayed behind in Xijing, was afraid that the people in the city would riot due to famine."

"Secondly, Li Renzhong knew that the righteous army of the Song Dynasty was bound to capture this city and would inevitably carry out a protracted siege. He, Li Renzhong, left you and others alive because he wanted to extract from the people of the city such as you and others who could forcefully conquer the city.

Replenish the troops to defend the city..."

"Finally, and most importantly, Li Renzhong once believed that with the strength of this city, the Xia army could hold on for a year and a half. By then, all the food in the city would be eaten up. Now you are left here

The only way for the people to survive is to wait until there is no food in the city and then use you as army rations!"

Behind thousands of people watching, Zhang Jun and the twelve Xia envoys felt horrified after listening to King Pu's guards truthfully explain Li Renzhong's crimes during his lifetime...

Among the angry people, some shouted in hatred:

"Li Renzhong is so cruel and cruel. Let's rush forward and tear this thief's body into pieces. Only by eating can we satisfy our hatred!"

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

"Only by eating Li Renzhong's flesh can I relieve the hatred in my heart..."

"Come on!"

"..."

The onlookers were furious and rushed forward...

At this time, a Song Army junior colonel who was guarding the wooden frame hanging Li Renzhong's body fired into the sky with a musket given by Zhao Guan's family.

"boom"!

The sound of a gunshot made the onlookers who were about to rush forward tremble in fright. They stopped and watched.

At this time, the junior high school student waved his hand and asked his subordinates to shout the instructions given to them by Zhao Guan's family in advance:

"We were ordered by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to protect the body of Li Renzhong, a heinous criminal, from being damaged by the people. This is to let more people in the city see that the thief is dead, to let more people in the city relieve their hatred, and to let more people in the city relieve their hatred.

Many people know that my Song army’s attack on Xia was a just act!”

"Anyone who violates the imperial edict of the Song Dynasty will be killed!!"

Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, armed with bright swords, proclaimed the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family in unison, deterring the onlookers who wanted to rush up and tear Li Renzhong's body into pieces.

Among the thousands of people watching, there were two groups arranged in advance by Zhao Guan's family to disguise themselves as shills for the people in Xijing City.

One group of shills are proficient in Dangxiang language, and another group of shills are Han Chinese.

These two groups of shills took the lead in shouting in Dangxiang and Chinese respectively:

"Emperor Shengming of the Song Dynasty!"

"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty personally led the army to conquer the unruly Xia State. He was the leader of a righteous army. He was bound to win every battle!"

"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty is mighty!"

"The righteous master of the Song Dynasty is mighty!"

"Long live the Zhao Guan family!"
To be continued...