Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 253: Surprise Attack on Yinzhou City! (3k!)
The rise of the Western Xia Li family can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. In the first year of Guangming, Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising army in the late Tang Dynasty, led his troops to capture Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire.

Emperor Xizong of Tang fled to Shu in a hurry. On the way, he issued an edict to all the vassal states in the world to help him suppress Huang Chao's rebel army, and stipulated that any city or land conquered by anyone would be recognized by the Tang Dynasty.

Under the influence of Tang Xizong's "institutional incentives", local vassal states all enthusiastically sent troops to suppress Huang Chao's rebel army.

In March of the first year of Zhonghe, Tuoba Sigong, the leader of the Dangxiang tribe who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, also actively responded to the call of the court, led his troops to serve the king, and personally led the army to fight against Huang Chao's main force.

Tuoba Sigong fought bravely, and his Dangxiang soldiers were also brave and good at fighting, and they defeated Huang Chao's rebel army many times.

In August of that year, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict appointing Tuoba Sigong as the Jiedushi of Xiasui, in charge of five states: Xiazhou, Suizhou (Suide), Yinzhou, Youzhou, and Jingzhou (Mizhi).

In December, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty formally formed the Dingnan Army with the above five states, and appointed Tuoba Sigong as the governor of the Dingnan Army, so it was called the Dingnan Five States.

In this way, Tuoba Sigong became a frontier official like Li Keyong, Zhu Wen, Li Maozhen and others, and used the Dingnan Five Prefectures as his base to gain a foothold in the turbulent times of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.

In July of the third year of Zhonghe, because Tuoba Sigong worked very hard in the battle to suppress Huang Chao, Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty conferred the title of Duke of Xia on Tuoba Sigong and gave him the surname Li. From then on, Tuoba Sigong was called Li Sigong.

Therefore, Yinzhou was one of the foundations of Western Xia.

However, as the Song Dynasty took back Suide and Mizhi, and the Western Xia also incorporated the Hexi Corridor and other areas into its territory, the Western Xia established its capital in Xingqing Prefecture, and Yinzhou became a military state to fight against the Song Dynasty. Its status was still important, but it was no longer the core of the Western Xia.

It was noon, and Yinzhou City looked quite busy, with various grain and fodder transport teams going in and out of the city gate.

This is now the rear area of ​​the front line. When attacking the Song Dynasty, Luowu City is used as the front-line base camp, but food, fodder, war horses, military equipment, etc. must first arrive in Yinzhou and then be transported to Luowu City further ahead.

Although it was during a war, Yinzhou's gates were wide open and transport teams were coming in and out.

The Dangxiang people naturally had no need to worry about their safety, as this was the real rear area. Not to mention that the Song army could not retreat, even if they came out, it would be difficult for them to bypass the Dangxiang army in front and Luowu City.

So Yinzhou City was very relaxed, and Li Bingxiao, who was guarding Yinzhou, was also very relaxed.

Li Bingxiao is not a Han Chinese. He is a brother of Li Bingchang of the same generation and is considered a member of the Western Xia royal family. Because of his bravery in battle, he was appointed as the governor of Yinzhou.

Although the governor of Yinzhou holds a high position of power, Li Bingxiao is not very happy in his heart. Seeing the various achievements being made every day, he is also excited.

Of course, although it was not pleasant, every day was still relatively easy and enjoyable. As the saying goes, "pluck feathers from a passing goose", the army in the front made some gains, but when they passed through Yinzhou City, they had to give them some of the spoils, otherwise they would always have a hard time.

Although he didn't ask for much, the various tribes had gained a lot, and he earned a lot by accumulating a little!

At this moment, he was calculating his gains with the Han accountant, when suddenly a personal soldier came to report, saying, "General Li, a group of soldiers and horses have arrived outside the city, about 700 to 800 people. They have experienced the battle and said they want to rest in Yinzhou City."

Li Bingxiao said unconcernedly, "According to the convention, if you hand over 10% of the captured goods, you can repair them in the city."

The guard shook his head and said, "They said it belonged to the Fei Ting family. The Fei Ting family would not accept such blackmail."

Li Bingxiao stood up immediately after hearing this and said angrily, "What's wrong with Fei Tingshi? I'm still from the Li family. How dare a little Fei Tingshi complain? Is Fei Tingsheng here?"

The personal soldier shook his head and said, "Fei Tingsheng didn't come."

Li Bingxiao snorted and said, "Let's go. I want to see who is so bold as to dare to come to Yinzhou City and act wildly!"

Li Bingxiao rode out of the city gate and saw seven or eight hundred cavalrymen gathered in a scattered manner at the city gate. They seemed to have just been through a great battle. Not only were they exhausted, but there were also many wounded. They were now quarreling loudly with the soldiers at the gate.

There were also many soldiers watching the excitement around. Those soldiers were stationed here temporarily, or retreating to rest, or transporting the spoils back to Xingqing Prefecture.

Li Bingxiao shouted, "What are you arguing about! Who is yelling here? Why don't you retreat when you see me?"

What Li Bingxiao spoke was Chinese. The royal family of Western Xia were originally officials of the Tang Dynasty. After hundreds of years, they spoke a lot of Chinese. If it weren't for the actions of Empress Dowager Liang and her siblings in recent years to abolish Han rites and restore Tangut rites to please the Tangut nobles, Chinese would almost have been the national language of Western Xia.

However, Li Bingxiao received Chinese education since childhood, so he mainly speaks Chinese in his daily life.

Of course, there were actually many Han people in the Western Xia army, and even more Han people on the Liao side.

The Western Xia did not have an overly hostile attitude towards the Han people. After all, even the Han Chinese family of the Liang brothers and sisters could become descendants of the Western Xia, which is naturally a glimpse into their minds.

Li Bingxiao thought that with his status, a shout would be enough to scare off the seven or eight hundred cavalrymen, but unexpectedly, one of them shouted loudly: "So what if you are a royal family? We fought desperately in the front. We fought hard to grab some things, and now you want us to hand over half of them! We would rather die than give them to us!"

Li Bingchang was stunned. When did he ask them to hand over half of the money? Then he looked at his personal guard angrily. Did the personal guard secretly increase the amount? It didn't matter if he increased the amount, but he took 40% more and secretly swallowed up so much, which was more than his master's greed. That was too much!

The guards were even angrier than him, shouting angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about! When did I ask you to hand over half of it? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will chop off your heads, believe it or not."

As soon as these words were spoken, the seven or eight hundred riders were suddenly in an uproar.

The man who just roared said indignantly: "We shed blood for the court, and you corrupt officials want us to shed tears?

My brothers died on the battlefield, they sacrificed their lives for the country, but I didn't expect that after returning to Daxia, they would be bullied by a filthy person like you!
Brothers, get on your horses, let's just go in and see what this bird official can do to us!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the seven or eight hundred riders all jumped on their horses, raised their swords together, and immediately became murderous.

Li Bingxiao was immediately furious. He swung his whip several times and shouted:

"I am Li Bingxiao, the younger brother of the current emperor Li Bingchang, and also the governor of Yinzhou. I am standing at the city gate now. Whoever dares to walk past me will be doomed!
I tell you, either you chop off my head or I chop off yours!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell silent.

The man who had just spoken was furious and said, "You are a royal family, and you want to take half of our spoils as soon as you open your mouth. How can you be so shameless!
Brothers! I've had enough. No matter what, we must go into the city to rest today, and I won't give you a penny!
If you dare to obstruct us, I will chop off your head!"

Li Bingxiao was furious when he heard this: "How dare you!"

But the man was about to rush into the city gate on his horse. Li Bingxiao was furious and whipped his horse to stop him, but the man just chopped him with a knife. Li Bingxiao was caught off guard. He really didn't expect that this man actually dared to use a knife on him. He was unable to react!
After hearing a cry of surprise, Li Bingxiao felt his whole body lighten. He looked down and found that he was already several meters off the ground. At this moment, he had only one thought: Am I fucking flying?
There were more than a thousand people at the city gate who saw this scene and were immediately shocked.

The guards were shocked and angry, saying, "You dare to kill even the royal family. You Fei Ting clan are finished!"

The man was also a little stunned, and then he shouted loudly: "Brothers, let's kill them all today. Those of you who are stationed here to rest have nothing to do with this matter. We will only kill Li Bingxiao's men!"

As he said this, he took the lead, swung his sword and chopped off the head of his personal soldier, then galloped into the city, and the seven or eight hundred cavalrymen behind him also rumbled into the city.

The guards on the city wall and the soldiers coming in and out were not only not panicked, but even looked happy.

They also bought out Li Bingxiao's exploitation, and now seeing Li Bingxiao surrender, they cheered in their hearts.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Li Bingxiao is dead. He took the most spoils. Why don't we go get them back?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the soldiers' eyes turned red.

It is said to be taking, but in fact it is robbing.

Li Bingxiao occupied Yinzhou City and exploited many tribes. Ten percent of the spoils were taken from almost everyone. That is to say, in this battle, Li Bingxiao took away one-tenth of the spoils. What a huge fortune!
I didn't dare to move before, but now Fei Ting's people are blocking the way in front of me, so there is no need to hesitate, just follow and grab it!

Immediately, the soldiers who came to watch the fun mounted their horses and followed the seven or eight hundred cavalrymen, charging towards the Yinzhou Governor's Mansion.

When some soldiers on the road saw this, they were a little curious. After asking a few questions, they hurriedly spurred their horses to catch up. Those who didn't have horses also ran behind.

Whoever sees it gets a share.

The man who was shouting saw that there were many people following him, and he became a little nervous and whispered to the person next to him: "Jianglue, will we be exposed?"

The man next to him, whose face was covered with mud, grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and said, "That's not important. What we are most concerned about now is Li Bingxiao's treasure house.

Even if they know that we are not from the Fei Ting family, we must be from the Fei Ting family, otherwise who will take the blame?
Old Xu, let's not run too fast, we have to let them catch up."

Xu Jin chuckled when he heard that, and indeed he was a little slower.

As they ran down the street, thousands of Tangut soldiers were already following behind them.

After running for a while, they arrived at the Yinzhou provincial government.

This is where Li Bingxiao's office is located, and it is also where the troops led by Li Bingxiao are stationed. There are two thousand soldiers stationed here.

Seeing that they were getting closer, Su Yun urged his horse to speed up. The guard of the state government saw thousands of people rumbling towards him and quickly raised the alarm: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

(End of this chapter)