Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 557: Return to the Capital
Zhao Mu did not show much courtesy to the envoys from the Karakhanid Khanate.

This was because Zhao Mu was reminded by Musa that the reason why the Karakhanid Khanate was so polite to him was entirely because Zhao Mu had demonstrated his strength, defeating the Gaochang Uighurs in a very short time and annexing all of their territory. It was also because of this powerful military force that the Karakhanid Khanate was afraid that it would also be beaten, so it sent envoys to send so many gifts to establish good relations.

Therefore, Zhao Mu could not be too humble, and even had to be a little more assertive.

Zhao Mu sat on the golden throne of the Uighur King. He looked at the envoys from the Karakhanid Khanate and the gifts he had brought to the palace for display.

Zhao Mu said, "Well! The Karakhanid King is quite sensible, unlike the Uighur King who always has evil thoughts. I have accepted his gift. As long as the Karakhanid King does not try to threaten Daqi by being pro-Liao like the Uighur King, then he will still be the Khan. But if he tries to be pro-Liao like the Uighur King, you have seen what happened to the Uighur King. The top Nodi in the Jingguan outside the city belongs to him. If he does not want to become a member of the Jingguan, then he should be smarter."

Upon hearing this, the envoy of the Karakhanid Khanate also said tremblingly: "Yes! His Majesty the Qi Kingdom is willing to make peace with our king. This is the best thing. We will definitely pay tribute to Qi every year in the future."

Before entering the city, the envoy was so frightened when he saw the pile of tombs that had piled up like a small mountain that he collapsed to the ground.

The Karakhanid Khanate and the Gaochang Uighurs had been fighting openly and secretly for many years, but neither side had the confidence that they could defeat the other.

However, when the news of Qi's westward expedition reached the ears of the Karakhanid Khanate, the Karakhanid Khanate originally wanted to sit back and watch the fight between the two tigers, and finally mediate between the two countries to gain some benefits. But he did not expect that within a few months, Gaochang City was broken and the Uighur King's family was killed.

When this news reached the Karakhan King, he was so frightened that he rolled off his chair.

Before this, the news that Qi Wang Zhao Mu had defeated the Liao Kingdom, swallowed up the Western Xia, and forced the Tubo to migrate westward had spread throughout the Western Regions. They felt that the monsters that once swallowed up the world, the "Han" and "Tang", had returned again.

It is also said that the reason why Qi declared war on Gaochang Uighur was the marriage between Gaochang Uighur and Liao.

In order to avoid getting into trouble, the Karakhanid Khanate expelled the Khitan envoys and merchants, and prepared various gifts to come to Zhao Mu to cling to him and recognize him as their new big brother.

Although it cost a lot, it was able to stop the Qi army from advancing westward. The envoy of the Karakhanid Khanate also felt a sense of accomplishment that he had "fulfilled his mission".

So Zhao Mu took out his seal and signed a non-aggression agreement with the Karakhanid Khanate, which stipulated that the Karakhanid Khanate would not ally with the Liao Kingdom in the future and would send tribute to the Qi Kingdom every year to show its sincerity.

However, Zhao Mu did not stipulate what tribute they should send to him, but privately told the envoys to send according to their ability. If the Karakhanid Khanate was rich, then send more, and if it was a disaster year, send less.

The envoys were somewhat moved by Zhao Mu's heartfelt words. After all, they were used to the arrogance of the Liao envoys, and any unconditional demands of Zhao Mu were like a spring breeze to them.

After signing the treaty, the envoy took the treaty, put down various gifts and returned to his country.

After Zhao Mu divided his troops and stationed them there, he also prepared to return to the State of Qi.

When Zhao Mu returned, the spoils filled hundreds of carts. The most loaded were the various wealth looted from the Gaochang Uighurs. Especially the palace of the Uighur king, Zhao Mu basically took away everything that could be seized and dismantled without affecting the overall beauty. The Uighur palace in Gaochang City would be his temporary palace in the future. A temporary palace does not need so many things that do not conform to the etiquette there. Zhao Mu directly asked people to melt the Uighur king's golden throne into gold ingots again, and seized all the gems and took them away.

In addition to the wealth, what he took away this time also included the beauties from the Western Regions that Zhao Mu had enjoyed in Hua Hua Yin, in order to enrich his own cozy home.

However, Zhao Mu did not eat alone this time. Although Zhezong gave him great autonomy, he was still nominally a minister of Zhezong and a vassal of the Song Dynasty. He went on a private expedition to the west and granted chieftains to accept court tribute, which was beyond the rules.

So Zhao Mu selected some of the treasures, divided them among a few unused beauties from the Western Regions, and sent them to Bianjing along with the map of the "Anxi Protectorate" he had drawn this time, to present it to his majesty, proving that half of the Western Regions had been reclaimed from the Central Plains.

On the way back, they passed through the territory of the Yellow-headed Uighurs, which was completely captured by Zhao Mu's Qi army and the Western Xia army. Zhao Mu and his father-in-law also signed a contract to divide the land as a reward for the Western Xia's help.

After the army had been traveling for more than a month, Zhao Mu finally returned to Lingzhou City, which he had been away from for a long time, with his spoils of war.

Facing the army's triumphant return to the city, Prime Minister Hu Yanrui also led the civil and military officials out of the city to welcome his king. And after seeing so many spoils of war, the soldiers and civilians of Qi felt deeply proud. The people shouted "Long live Zhao Mu". Although this sounded a bit harsh, the people shouted together. Zhao Mu could not stop them and could only sigh. I hope that his majesty will not blame me.

What Zhao Mu brought back were not only the spoils of war, but also the Yue princess Yelu Jinnu. In order to humiliate the Liao, Zhao Mu deliberately placed Yelu Jinnu's wedding float at the front of the spoils of war convoy.

Although Zhao Mu did not say that Yelu Jinnu was also his trophy, the people watching on both sides were pointing and talking at the Liao princess.

Zhao Mu had deliberately asked Musa to do something bad. He asked Musa to send a message back to tell everyone that they had captured the princess of the Liao Kingdom who was given to the Uighurs as a marriage partner. Therefore, everyone stared at Yelu Jinnu's float as if they were looking at a monkey.

However, at this time there was another group of people hiding among the people, watching Zhao Mu's triumph.

This person was naturally none other than Yelu Yanxiu, who had played a trick on Zhao Mu.

Previously, Yelu Yanxiu wanted to use this method to transfer Zhao Mu out, and then try to let the Liao army break through the border defense line, and take down Zhao Mu's base camp in one fell swoop while Zhao Mu was busy on the west expedition and had no time to take care of himself.

Unfortunately, after Yelu Yanxiu's careful investigation, Qi State's defense against Liao State was very thorough, and Liao State had no chance to take advantage of it. Even Zhao Mu's most elite Iron Buddha cavalry was used to defend against Liao State instead of leading the army to the west.

In addition, the Uighur army was vulnerable, and Zhao Mu fought too quickly, besieging the Uighur capital in less than a few months. This made Yelu Yanxiu realize that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, so he had to give up.

After all, if they fail to kill him in one battle, when Zhao Mu comes to his senses and joins forces with the Song Dynasty to launch a northern expedition, the Liao Kingdom will not be able to withstand his wrath.

However, seeing Zhao Mu's victory and looting the Uighur King's wealth, wife, daughter, and even his niece, Yelu Yanxiu felt very uncomfortable. She was afraid that the first "trophy" sitting on the float next time would not be her niece, but her.

(End of this chapter)