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Di Kun asked, "Then how do we explain this to the Liang Dynasty?"
Xue Sichang laughed and said, "Aren't there still many Western Xia troops outside the city?"
"As long as we hold our ground and don't come out,"
"Loyalty and benevolence will not secure provisions."
"We have no choice but to truly abandon these troops."
"These troops have run out of supplies,"
"Most of them will surrender to us."
"Tens of thousands of Western Xia soldiers were captured,"
"That should be enough to satisfy the Liang Dynasty."
Di Kun said, "There are only about ten thousand soldiers in the city."
"If we let them into the city,"
“They turned over,”
"I'm afraid we'll lose Huanzhou."
Xue Sichang thought for a moment and said,
"Don't let them into the city,"
“If they are willing to surrender,”
"We'll send a small team out of the city to collect their weapons,"
“Then let them camp outside the city,”
“The city provides them with provisions.”
“They were only given one meal's worth of food at a time,”
"We are not afraid of them rebelling or escaping."
Di Kun's eyes lit up.
The Way from the Heart
"Your Excellency is wise. I will immediately send someone to contact the troops outside the city."
Xue Sichang hurriedly said, "Let's wait another half day."
Di Kun asked, "Why?"
"They let Renzhong's troops go far away,"
"So that they won't go after Renzhong's troops."
“The local people were all looted yesterday,”
"Today they can only go further,"
"But almost all the civilians outside the city had already fled,"
"Wait until they come back hungry,"
"But they discovered that Renzhong had already run away,"
"It's too late to catch up even if we wanted to."
"They have no choice but to surrender to us."
Di Kun nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for them to return before trying to persuade them to surrender."
Xue Sichang said, "They should have given up on hitting your son, right?"
Di Kun nodded and said, "At least half of those who left the camp this morning were carrying your son."
Xue Sichang said, "One hour later,"
"You can send someone to contact your son."
"First, try to persuade them to surrender; they are Han Chinese."
"They are not so sensitive about surrender."
"We're not afraid they'll go after Renzhong,"
"Even if we catch up with Renzhong,"
"They are Han Chinese, and they will eventually be abandoned."
"With the example of surrendering,"
"The other soldiers surrendered without much burden."
Di Kun also knew that this concerned his life and fortune.
Listen attentively and take notes.
Xue Sichang paused, then continued,
"Send someone to inform General Li Ying from Zhenrong Army and General Lin Chong from Jingzhao Prefecture,"
"To avoid them misunderstanding."
"And there's Liu Guangshi from the east, on the Fuyan Road."
"The three of them planned to encircle Renzhong's army,"
"So that when they come,"
“We have already persuaded all the remaining troops to surrender,”
"Let them make a wasted trip,"
"It will be troublesome if they blame us later."
Di Kun nodded and said, "What you say is true, sir."
"Lin Chong from Jingzhao Prefecture is said to be a veteran of Liangshan,"
"Also a confidant of the King,"
"Previously, we only sent people to the Zhenrong Army to persuade them,"
"His consent was not obtained."
"If he gets angry,"
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with."
Xue Sichang laughed and said, "Send a clever person to inform him."
"If he's dissatisfied, we'll find a way to transfer the credit for the victory to him,"
"It's useless for us to have military merits."
"The merit of capturing tens of thousands of Western Xia people should be enough to get him to agree."
Di Kun said with heartfelt admiration, "Your Excellency is wise. I will take care of it right away."
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Xingqing Prefecture.
In the royal palace hall
The vocal music was melodious.
Several beautiful young women danced gracefully.
Calm down and appreciate it.
Tangut women were quite different from women from the Central Plains.
High nose and deep eyes,
It has a distinctly exotic feel.
Seated on both sides were some of the city's most powerful and influential figures, as well as those from Huaizhou who had come to offer gifts and surrender.
The Liang army arrived.
News of Renli's withdrawal of troops has already spread.
Some of the Tangut nobles from Huaizhou fled with them.
However, many people have become accustomed to a comfortable life.
Unwilling to abandon the family business,
Therefore, they prepared gifts to surrender.
As long as the Great Liang does not intend to completely exterminate the Tangut people.
These surrendered Tanguts then proved useful.
Zhao Yuan saw that all the powerful and influential people in the city who had been invited had arrived.
He then waved for the dancers and musicians to leave.
Chapter 1923 Summoning the Clan
The hall immediately fell silent.
The Western Xia nobles immediately looked respectfully at the Great King of Liang sitting on the throne.
All the Tangut people in Xingqing Prefecture have become bald.
The Tanguts from Huaizhou still had bald heads.
Hair hanging down at the back of the head
The people in both prefectures could see the situation clearly at a glance.
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "The Tangut dance is quite good."
"Although the Xia Dynasty has perished,"
"But the Tangut people can still continue to multiply."
"As long as you surrender to my Great Liang, you can have our land and pastures,"
"Both Tanguts and Han Chinese can possess it,"
"But all the Han Chinese in your households must be released."
The Tangut people were thrilled to hear that they could gain the same status as the Han Chinese.
All of this is great joy.
The Han Chinese slaves in the household had all been released before they arrived.
They also gave some money to compensate the Han people.
They've certainly put on a good show.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Zhao Yuan looked at the group of bald and semi-bald men kneeling on the ground.
He suppressed a laugh and said,
"Get up, all of you,"
"As long as you can contribute to the imperial court,"
"Not only will you retain your original land and pastures,"
"Moreover, the imperial court was generous with its rewards."
The implication,
Only by making contributions can they continue to own the land and pastures; otherwise, the Great Liang will take them back.
Most of the arable land in the Yinchuan Plain was in the hands of the Tangut nobles.
However, the farmers are mostly Han Chinese.