Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 619: The only way to fight is to fight

Zhao Mu took Yelu Yanxiu off his sheep cart, and after hearing the report, Yelu Jinnu hurried out to greet Zhao Mu.

Seeing Yelu Jinnu kneeling respectfully in front of him, Zhao Mu said to Yelu Yanxiu beside him: "Haha, look, Your Highness, although we are both princesses of your Liao Kingdom, Jinnu knows more about current affairs than you." As he spoke, Zhao Mu gently licked Yelu Yanxiu's expressionless face.

Facing Zhao Mu's behavior, Yelu Yanxiu felt that he was vulgar, but she had gotten used to it during this period of time. After all, Zhao Mu had played with every part of her body. And she also satisfied all of Zhao Mu's bad tastes. This little insult was nothing to her.

Yelu Yanxiu just gently wiped the saliva off his face and continued to look ahead expressionlessly, ignoring neither Zhao Mu nor Yelu Jinnu who was kneeling on the ground.

Zhao Mu was not angry at Yelu Yanxiu's reaction. After all, this woman was not worth getting angry about. She was now his captive, his slave. A canary that he played with and dressed up exquisitely.

Using violence to embarrass a woman is a cowardly act. But Zhao Mu is not a coward. Sooner or later, he will make this woman truly accept her fate.

Zhao Mu looked at Yelu Jinnu who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up! I have something to tell you tonight."

Hearing that Zhao Mu had something to say, Yelu Yanxiu turned around and looked at Zhao Mu.

After Yelu Jinnu stood up, Zhao Mu held Yelu Jinnu with one hand and Yelu Yanxiu with the other, and slowly walked into the bedroom.

After Zhao Mu sat down with the two beauties in his arms, he kissed them on the face again.

Yelu Jinnu greeted Zhao Mu with a shy smile, but Yelu Yanxiu still wiped his face.

Zhao Mu said at this time: "Let's talk business first. I want you to write a letter to the Liao Lord."

Yelu Yanxiu asked: "What letter are you writing?"

Zhao Mu looked at Yelu Yanxiu and said, "Of course it's a letter of persuasion to surrender." Zhao Mu gently stroked Yelu Yanxiu's cheek, then her lips.

Then he said, "During this period, the two princes have served me well. So I thought about it and decided to give Liao a chance to surrender. If Liao is willing to cede the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the Han territory of Liaodong, and then recognize the establishment of the Great Yan and the Jurchen tribes, then there is no need to fight this war. Liao is still Liao, and my Great Song is still the Great Song. At that time, Liao only needs to give up the imperial title, pay tribute to my Great Song and my Zhongsong every year, and then I can guarantee their wealth and prosperity."

In response to Zhao Mu's words, Yelu Jinnu did not respond, but looked at his aunt Yelu Yanxiu.

Although she was a princess of Yue State appointed by the Liao Dynasty.

But she was a nobody in both Liao and Song. Yelu Jinnu was so obedient to Zhao Mu, and there was nothing he could do about it.

She married a Western Region Uighur, but the Western Region Uighur was destroyed by Zhao Mu. The Liao Kingdom always treated her as an abandoned child, and she could not return to the Liao Kingdom. Fortunately, Zhao Mu treated her as a human being and gave her the rank of a concubine. Although it was not very high, the only person she could rely on was Zhao Mu, her husband. Naturally, she had to please him.

Yelu Yanxiu glanced at Zhao Mu, and a glimmer of light appeared in his dim eyes.

But she stood up from Zhao Mu's lap, then walked aside, sighed, looked at Zhao Mu and said, "No need to write, my father and all the officials will never agree to your Majesty's conditions. Not to mention ceding some land and recognizing the Xianbei, Murong and Jurchen tribes to change their era and establish their own country. Just ceding the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and Liaodong is a completely unacceptable condition. If you write it now, it will only be a failure."

Zhao Mu sighed and said, "If that's the case, we can only fight."

Zhao Mu wanted Yelu Yanxiu to persuade the enemy to surrender, not because he was kind-hearted. It was because he was enjoying the pleasure of luxury. If the war started, there would be a lot of gains, but before getting the gains, it would also require investment. Zhao Mu did not want to use his own money to fight for the country unless it was absolutely necessary. If it was possible to win without fighting, then it would be good for everyone.

The Liao Dynasty is still the same Liao Dynasty, but it has been dismembered.

The Song Dynasty took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun without resorting to war. In this way, he could give an explanation to Zhezong.

During this period, Murong Fu and the Jurchen tribe also sent people to urge Zhao Mu and ask him when he would take action against the Liao Kingdom.

The Jurchen tribe is not a big deal, but Murong Fu always keeps his soldiers but doesn't fight them. This is a huge drain on him and he can't afford to delay.

In recent years, Murong Fu even teamed up with the Jurchens to go up the mountain with them to hunt for mink fur, bear gall, and ginseng, and exchange them for money and rice to feed his army. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Murong Fu would even send people to the Korean market to buy the women who were trafficked and bring them to his own camp to boost morale.

In response to Murong Fu's complaint, Zhao Mu simply replied that after the Western Expedition against the Uighurs, he had originally planned to join forces with the Song Dynasty to attack the Liao Kingdom. Everyone took the opportunity to start a rebellion.

It was just that because of Zhao Ji's usurpation of the throne, the troops and money that the two countries were supposed to use to attack Liao were all consumed. If they wanted to attack Liao, they would need to accumulate strength for a while. So Zhao Mu asked them to wait patiently for a while. Gong Yeqian had no choice but to report Zhao Mu's reply to Murong Fu.

Although Murong Fu is very anxious now, Wanyan Aguda is happier every day than during the Chinese New Year.

This is because the strength of the Jurchen tribe has been unprecedentedly improved in the past few years. And because Zhao Mu's Iron Pagoda warhorse is powerful, Wanyan Aguda also plans to follow suit and secretly build his own Iron Pagoda.

In addition, the Liao Kingdom had previously attacked the Qi Kingdom and suffered heavy casualties. Wanyan Aguda felt that if he could delay for a few more years, he would not need the help of the Song Dynasty and could establish his own foundation on the territory of the Liao Kingdom. Aguda even decided on the name of his country. When he started his army, his country would be called the Great Jin.

However, Aguda and a group of Jurchens all hated Murong Fu as their partner.

After all, Murong Fu's conceited attitude made him unpopular wherever he went.

If Murong Fu did not have Zhao Mu, the Emperor Zhong of the Song Dynasty, as his backer, Aguda would have wiped out thousands of soldiers in his camp in one gulp.

Although Murong Fu used some of the unique skills he had learned to train his soldiers, in the deep mountains and old forests, no matter how strong they were, they could not defeat the barbarians of the Jurchen tribe.

Zhao Mu sighed and said that he could only "go to war".

At this time, Yelu Yanxiu knelt directly in front of Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu was a little surprised to see Yelu Yanxiu kneeling down to him on his own initiative.

What on earth could have happened that could make this proud woman kneel down in front of him?

But no matter what it was, Zhao Mu was quite happy to see this woman finally kneel down to him.

(End of this chapter)