The shouts of killing in Xingqing City also alarmed the Song army outside the city. Soldiers rushed to report to Fan Ning. Fan Ning and Han Qi brought the generals to the outside of the camp, where they could clearly hear the shouts of killing in the city.

"Gonggong Fan, this should be an internal strife in Xixia!"

Zhong Yan stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Empress Dowager Liang ruled the country from behind the curtain, which caused the royal family to be extremely dissatisfied. They demanded the implementation of the regent system. The conflict occurred a few years ago. It is estimated that Wei Minglang's death caused this turmoil."

The commander-in-chief Wang Zhenxing whispered: "Mr. Fan, this is a thousand-year opportunity to seize Xingqing Prefecture."

Fan Ning sighed slightly and said, "Although the opportunity is heart-warming, the epidemic is a must-have. Be cautious! Try to win Xingqing City at the lowest cost."

He immediately said to everyone: "We will wait patiently. In the past two days, we must prevent a large number of soldiers from attacking the Song camp. It is okay to surrender, but you must not get close to the camp. Those who dare to get close to the camp will kill you!"

Everyone bowed to the camp, and then everyone returned to the camp.

The mutiny in the city fought all night, and more than 20,000 Western Xia soldiers died tragically in the internal strife, and tens of thousands of people were involved in the killing. Even the general, Roman Tai, died in the chaos. The army supporting Empress Dowager Liang finally gained the upper hand. The more than 30 royal families who organized the mutiny were all captured, and the remaining more than 3,000 people also put down their weapons and surrendered.

More than thirty royal families were taken to Empress Dowager Liang. The leader was Li Chengyu. The old good man had a face full of blood and looked particularly ferocious. His arms were tied back and his neck was also tied by a rope. Empress Dowager Liang pointed at him and scolded him: "I treat you well, but you are openly rebelling. Are you worthy of the entrusted emperor?"

"Pooh!"

Li Chengyu spitted bloody spit on Queen Mother Liang, gritted his teeth and said, "You are the slut who can be as good as you, you have defiled the Western Xia Palace and the reputation of the late emperor. I just wish I could kill you with my own hands."

Queen Mother Liang was furious and said to the left and right orders: "Behead them all, and all the soldiers who participated in the mutiny will be executed!"

More than thirty royal families were cursed and pushed down by the guards who were like wolves and tigers. After a moment, they were all beheaded under the wall, and the remaining more than 3,000 surrendered soldiers were all executed.

After all the royal families in the city were executed, the stinger on Queen Liang's back was finally eliminated. She ordered: "Create all the corpses and buried them deeply to prevent the epidemic from expanding."

Zang Wenmu took the order, Liang Yi buried him and said, "Empress Dowager, during the internal strife last night, many private houses were invaded by soldiers, but found that the whole family died of illness. It was so terrible."

The general manager of the Dawen next to him: "There is one more thing to report to the Empress Dowager. The epidemic has entered the palace, and seven infected people have been found in the palace!"

"What!"

Queen Mother Liang was stunned by the shock. After a while, she said to Liang Yi extremely weakly: "Come with me!"

Queen Mother Liang took Liang Yi to the secret room and sat for a while and said, "You should negotiate with Fan Ning! I want three conditions: First, to protect the wealth of the Liang family; second, to treat the emperor of Xixia well and not to humiliate them; third, to slaughter the people of Xixia. As long as I agree to these three conditions, I can surrender. If I don't agree, then I will burn my hands."

Liang Yimang breathed a sigh of relief, and he immediately said, "I'll go to the Song army camp now."

"Go!"

Queen Mother Liang was extremely tired and waved her hand and buried Liang Yi.

An epidemic occurred in the palace, which was the last straw that overwhelmed Queen Mother Liang. She had been forced to the edge of the cliff and had no way to retreat.

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Liang Yimeng came to the front of the Song army camp, and the soldiers on the sentry shouted: "Stop, don't go any further."

A follower shouted: "The Prime Minister of Liang of Xixia asked to see Xianggong Fan, please inform me!"

A patrol general ran up and clasped his fists and said, "Please forgive me. The Song army camp is extremely strict in preventing epidemics. No one is allowed. Please follow me to the isolation camp for a while. Someone will arrange for Liang Prime Minister, and I will report to Xianggong Fan."

The left and right were furious, Liang Yi stopped them and asked, "How many days do you need to stay in the quarantine camp?"

"About two days, as long as there is no fever or diarrhea, you can leave the isolation camp.

Liang Yi was not angry when he buried it. He knew it was necessary, so he nodded and said to a follower: "Go back and tell the Queen Mother that I need to be isolated for two days before I can meet Mr. Fan. Please don't worry, as there will be a result soon."

The entourage turned around and returned. Liang Yi buried his horse and followed a entourage to the isolation.

He asked in a low voice: "Is there an epidemic in the Song army camp?"

"Not yet, nor in the quarantine camp. Please rest assured. Many soldiers with illness in Xixia who were sick came to surrender deliberately, but were shot dead by patrols. My husband Fan was very strict in managing the epidemic. No case of the 600,000 army was infected."

Liang Yimeng sighed, "Fortunately, your court is not confused. If the commander is changed, the military camp will be raging."

Liang Yi and his entourage were bathing and changing clothes in the isolation camp, and all the clothes they wore were burned. He only stayed in the isolation camp for one day and was taken to the central army tent. Fan Ning knew very well that if even Liang Yi was infected, no one in the city would be spared.

Fan Ning asked Liang Yi to sit down, and then ordered the soldiers to serve tea, and said apologetically: "I'm a little negligent in the Prime Minister Liang, please forgive me!"

Liang Yima sighed and said, "This is right. If the city was isolated like this earlier, the epidemic would not have been rampant so much. I would not hide it from Xianggong Fan. Too many people died in the city."

"Including the royal family?"

Liang Yima shook his head, "There are no more Xixia royal family in the city. They rebelled the night before yesterday, and they were all executed."

Fan Ning and Han Jiang next to him looked at each other, and it was indeed as expected.

Liang Yimeng said again: "Although the city can still last for a while, I also convinced the Empress Dowager that the Empress Dowager agreed to surrender, but she has three conditions, and ask the two husbands to agree at their discretion."

Fan Ning asked someone to prepare the pen and ink, and Liang Yi buried the pen and wrote down three conditions.

First, ensure the wealth of the Liang family.

Second, treat Emperor Li Bingchang well and do not humiliate him.

Third, people in the city shall not be massacred and people who are infected with the epidemic shall not be cured.

Fanning nodded, "These three conditions should not be excessive. I can agree, but I want to tell you one thing, Liang Xiangguo, I have no idea of ​​abuse of the soldiers and people in the city. I just need to implement the strictest management in order to prevent and treat the epidemic. Please everyone must obey the arrangements."

"Can you tell me what my husband plans to deal with?"

Fan Ning said: "I have emptied Jingzhou, Shunzhou and Huaizhou. People who have not yet been infected will be sent to Jingzhou and Shunzhou. People who have been infected will be sent to Huaizhou for treatment. When there are no living people in Xingqing Mansion, then burn it with fire. Otherwise, Xingqing Mansion will always become the source of epidemics."

Liang Yima suddenly knelt down and begged, "I beg Mr. Fan to treat the sick people and not to throw them into the city and burn them to death."

Fan Ning quickly asked him up and pointed at Han Jiang next to him and said with a smile: "We are both civil servants, not murder butchers. We cannot do such things that both humans and gods are angry with each other. We will use medicine to treat them. If we really can't save them, we will not burn them to death."

"Okay! I believe in the promises of my two husbands."

Fan Ning immediately signed the surrender conditions, which was a written commitment to Queen Mother Liang.

The next morning, Zang Wenmu led tens of thousands of soldiers out of the city first. According to the agreement, they were not wearing armor or carrying weapons. They walked out of the city with bare hands and fists. Under the escort of five thousand cavalry, they went to the open space ten miles south of the city to wait for identification.

All the soldiers escorted were wearing masks and deerskin gloves, which were masks sewn with nine layers of kapok cloth. Bamboo charcoal powder was also placed in the middle, which was considered the oldest gas mask. Song Jun prepared a total of 55,000 sets, including masks, gloves, and long boots.

The main thing to identify is whether you have a cough or fever. In fact, there is no need for the Song army to identify. The Xixia soldiers themselves will push out the symptomatic soldiers, which is related to everyone's own personal interests, and no one will be vague.

The army left, followed by Empress Dowager Liang, with Emperor Li Bingchang and her personal palace maids, leaving no more than twenty people, as well as civil and military officials, their parents, wives and children, and they could not bring their servants and maids.

The Song army held a brief surrender ceremony outside the city. Fan Ning accepted the national seal and military talismans presented by Empress Dowager Liang on behalf of the Song Dynasty. Fan Ning comforted them a few words, and then sent someone to escort them to the isolation camp to take a shower and change clothes. All the original clothes were burned, and the Song army provided clothes that matched their identities.

This was agreed before, not to be humiliating, but to prevent epidemics. After two days of observation in the isolation camp, they will take a boat to Tokyo Bianliang.

The third step is also the biggest challenge. To clean up the people in the city, all the 50,000 soldiers who participated in the cleaning operation took Deyan San for at least ten days and had good prevention capabilities. They all wore leather helmets, masks and gloves, wore white short clothes, and only had a battle knife to defend themselves.
Chapter completed!