Chapter 639

Among the remaining three prison vans, the ones were imprisoned by the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Western Xia who were captured by the Song Dynasty. Nearly seven senior officials of the third rank and above were detained in these three prison vans.

As for the 1,000 prisoners of war, in addition to the 700 Prosecution Army, there were two hundred prisoners of war from all ethnic groups in the Dangxiang tribe, as well as one hundred former members of the Western Xia Iron Harrier.

Especially the 700 conscripts were all the sons and nephews of the great officials and nobles of the Western Xia Kingdom, but now they have all become prisoners of the Song Dynasty.

This is also the reason why the high-ranking officials and nobles in Xixia wished they could eat the flesh of the Liang clan and felt relieved. If it weren't for the defeat of Hongdezhai caused by Xiao Liang and Liang Yip, their own nephews would have suffered from the prison.

It was also under the quarrels and disputes between the high-ranking officials and nobles who had lost their relatives that the big bosses of the Dangxiang Ba clan needed someone to stand up and take responsibility for the disastrous defeat of Hong Dezhai in order to calm the anger of the civil and military officials in the court.

Only then did Dangxiang Badi and Renduo Zongbao make suggestions to Li Ganshun, the leader of the Western Xia Kingdom. No matter what, the Liang clan must bear the responsibility for this defeat.

In addition, Li Ganshun was also very angry that he was controlled by his mother, Xiao Liang, for a long time, which made him grow up so old, but he had no real power. He could only see the Liang clan and his followers spread all over the court. If the Liang clan was not destroyed, he would probably not be able to sit steadily.

Therefore, this is why Li Ganshun knew that before Liang Yibi returned to Xingqing Prefecture, he would put the Liang clan under house arrest and then kill or arrest the Liang clan's followers a bit rash, but he had to bite the bullet and do it.

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Ma Shang then took the four prison vans to the post station. The post station officials who received the news naturally did not dare to neglect them. They rushed over and learned that it was a great hero from Shaanxi Road, Ma Shangma, who was escorting important prisoners of war to check in with the post station, and quickly assigned people to get busy.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a burst of rapid hooves coming from behind not far away. I had just dismounted my horse, and before I could step into the inn, the horse, who had just stepped into the station, couldn't help but look back curiously.

"Hey, it seems to be the messenger of the Shaanxi border army. Could it be that something big happened there?" Xu Zhao and others beside Ma Shang naturally recognized the costumes of the Song border army.

Ma Shang couldn't help but feel suspicious and stopped. After a short while, the messenger rushed to the post station. After jumping off the horse's back, he shouted loudly at the post station staff who were greeting him. "Eight hundred miles in a hurry, hurry up, change my horse, you can have food..."

"Eight hundred miles in a hurry. This soldier, our family is Ma Shang, who is escorting the Xixia prisoners of war in Hongdezhai to Tokyo Bianliang. I wonder if you are so anxious, is there something big happening in the Shaanxi side road?" Ma Shang strode forward and asked the messenger who was sitting here on the side of the Ma Stories, who were breathing.

"It turned out to be Eunuch Ma, the youngest was sent to Tokyo Bianliang to deliver good news under the order of Su Xianggong." The messenger heard Ma Shang's name and quickly stood up and replied with a tribute.

"Good news?" Xu Zhao and others behind Ma Shang were stunned. "Have you sent the best news of the battle of Hongdezhai to Tokyo Bianliang?"

"This general, this good news is naturally not the battle in Hongdezhai, but the good news that our Song soldiers seized the entire territory of the Jianing Army in Xixia, and successfully attacked Yanzhou at night, persuaded the surrender of the Liang prime minister of Xixia and the 100,000 troops in Xixia."

Hearing this, Ma Shang's eyes turned into marbles that were about to fall to the ground, and a big groove lay in his heart. "Are you saying true?"

"Of course it's true. How dare the young ones say nonsense? Now that the 100,000 troops in Xixia have surrendered to our Song Dynasty, our Song Dynasty has also seized the entire territory of the Jianing Military Office of Xixia, and even won the important wealth of the Western Xia Yanzhou."

After answering the question quickly and quickly, the messenger took the dry food handed over by the post station staff, took the newly replaced mounts, and bowed to Ma Shang and others. "The young man is about to set off now. My father-in-law and all the generals. Please forgive me for the small military orders and cannot stay for a long time. Say goodbye..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned over and jumped onto the horse and ran towards the east, leaving behind a group of people who were so furious that the news he brought him was shocked.

"This, this is too incredible, right?" Xu Zhao and others muttered to themselves with disbelief.

"I'm afraid that this great victory has a great relationship with Wang Wushan..." Ma Shang stared blankly at the messenger's back running away. After a long time, his expression was very complicated and authentic.

"Before, Lord Wang came to our family and asked us to help him implement a plan to persuade the surrender of the Liang prime minister of Western Xia. I remember that he obtained the license from Su Xueshu at that time. Our family naturally had to follow the order of Su Xianggong."

"I just didn't expect that our family had led the prisoners of war away from Shaanxi Road for less than half a month. Not only did they successfully persuade Liang Yibi to surrender, but they also captured the entire Jianing Army Office and Yanzhou, known as the treasure pot in the northwest."

The inn leader who happened to be walking over happened to hear their conversation and his eyes straightened up. "Be good, 100,000 surrendered soldiers, plus the 60,000 elite Xixia soldiers who were defeated by our Song Dynasty. Wouldn't Xixia lose 160,000 to 170,000 troops?"

"I'm afraid it's not over yet. Xixia used to be known as 500,000 elite troops. The water here is quite large. I'm afraid that these 50,000 must be counted as the elderly, weak, sick and disabled. After all, the population of Xixia is only three to four million."

"Western Xia has been fighting with our Song Dynasty for many years, and there have always been many men and women. I heard Mr. Wushan analyze before that the total number of men in Xixia will probably not exceed 1.2 million. So the 500,000 elites are afraid that they refer to all the adult men in Xixia..."

"When the most elite army in Xixia has suffered such huge losses, this strong enemy of the Song Dynasty in the past is now like a delicious piece of fatty meat..."

"Oh, it's a pity that we took a step earlier. Otherwise, maybe we would be the only one of these contributions..." Xu Zhao and others couldn't help but sigh.

Not to mention them, even Ma Shang himself was feeling extraordinarily melancholy. Before, Wang Yang had invited him to stay on Shaanxi Road and continue to do things.
Chapter completed!