Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 651 Go to war!

After thinking for a while, Li Canghai said, "Okay! I promise you. The Liao Dynasty is gone, so there's no point in going back to Muye Mountain."

Zhao Mu smiled and said, "Great! This way I can stay with you more often. But if we want to go back, we have to wait until I finish pacifying Liao. In a few days, our Song Dynasty will go on an expedition, so why don't you go with me, uncle?"

Li Canghai said, "Go with you? Forget it. Oh, you are not trying to get some secrets of the Liao Dynasty from me. Although I am also a Han Chinese, I have received great favors from the former Great Shaman. I will never betray the Liao Dynasty."

After hearing this, Zhao Mu walked to Li Canghai's side, hugged her from behind, and then took advantage of her.

Zhao Mu said, "Uncle Master, you are overthinking. The Liao Kingdom is so weak that it can be described as vulnerable to attack. Our Song Dynasty now has four armies with a total of more than 500,000 elite soldiers. Destroying the Liao Kingdom can be described as crushing with ease. In the face of absolute strength, those intelligence secrets are not important at all."

Zhao Mu licked Li Canghai's earlobe, and then whispered in her ear: "The reason why I want you to accompany me is that I can't bear to leave your tenderness. The northern expedition to Liao Kingdom can take a few months at the shortest, or half a year at the longest. During this half year, it will be so lonely if there is no woman who satisfies you by your side. And you are my woman now, aren't you?"

Li Canghai now completely belonged to Zhao Mu, both physically and mentally. She was so distracted by Zhao Mu's teasing that she agreed casually, "Okay, I understand. I will go with you, together, together."

Zhao Mu brought Li Canghai with him not only to warm his bed. If he wanted a woman, when he arrived in Liao, not to mention one, even 1,800 of his officers would capture her for him.

Zhao Mu brought Li Canghai with him this time because he was afraid that she would pass military intelligence to the Liao Kingdom or assassinate Zhezong and others.

Although Zhao Mu had destroyed most of Li Canghai's martial arts, a master of her level, even if she only had a small part of her strength left, was better than most people in the martial arts world.

And she also has the Bei Ming Divine Art, which allows her to defeat the strong with the weak at any time, and absorb the internal energy of those masters to restore herself.

When he was fighting in the front, this woman changed her mind and started to mess with him in the back. Not only would he have to mobilize a large army, but he might also end up failing. So the safest way was to bring her with him and let him enjoy her all day.

Zhao Mu and Li Canghai spent several days together. After a few days, it was the auspicious day set by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory for the expedition.

This expedition was different from previous ones, and Zhao Mu set out before dawn.

Civil and military officials also arrived early.

However, this time the expedition did not directly hold a swearing-in ceremony outside the Meridian Gate. Instead, it was a more grand ceremony.

First, Zhezong took Zhao Mu, as well as concubines, civil and military officials, and clan nobles to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to heaven and ancestors.

The grandeur of the scene this time was no less than the previous time when Zhao Mu married the Dali Kingdom and was crowned king.

At this moment, almost everyone with a rank or title who can be notified is present.

In front of the huge Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Temple of Heaven, there were at least a thousand nobles and relatives with titles, not to mention the civil and military officials.

As the music for offering sacrifices to heaven sounded, Zhao Mu and Zhezong walked side by side and went up the high steps together. Zhao Mu then handed the incense to Zhezong, who then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Afterwards, accompanied by elegant music, the two majesties offered sacrifices to heaven and earth together, informed their ancestors, and prayed for the protection of heaven and ancestors. Bless the Song army to win the battle and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun that had been lost for more than a hundred years.

After all this, it was soon dawn.

With the rising sun, the oath-taking ceremony officially began.

Outside the city of Bianjing, the army that was ready to set out had already begun to gather in the direction of Bianjing. The personal guards and ceremonial guards in the city were also ready.

This time, Zhezong did not go up to the tower of the Meridian Gate, but stayed outside the Meridian Gate. Zhezong held up a wine glass and said to Zhao Mu: "Uncle! I wish you a great victory in this battle!"

Zhao Mu was then about to take the jade cup from Zhezong.

But Cheoljong did not hand the drink to him directly.

Zhao Mu was a little surprised by Zhezong's reaction and was about to ask when Queen Meng came over slowly holding a crying baby.

Zhao Mu knew about this child. He was the eldest son born to Emperor Zhezong's concubine a few days ago. As for whether this child would be the crown prince in the future, it was not clear.

Now that the child had just been brought out on his third birthday, Zhao Mu didn't know what Zhezong was trying to do.

At this time, a eunuch came over holding a tray.

And then he placed the jade cup containing wine on the tray.

Then Zhezong picked up a silver needle on the tray, pricked his hand, and then three drops of blood dripped into the wine cup.

Seeing Zhezong's action, Zhao Mu was very surprised. He murmured: "Your Majesty! What are you doing?"

But Zhezong signaled Zhao Mu not to speak for the time being.

Zhezong didn't stop there after stabbing himself. He also gently stabbed his newborn son's hand. Queen Meng held the crying little prince and dripped his fingertip blood into the wine cup.

The little prince also shed three drops of blood. Afterwards, Queen Meng quickly handed him over to the wet nurse.

After the wet nurse took the little prince, she quickly took him back.

Seeing the blood mixed in the wine cup, Zhao Mu breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew that blood test had no scientific basis, it was the only way to test paternity in this era.

He also felt that the imperial concubine was quite lucky. Fortunately, the child she gave birth to had the same blood type as Zhezong. Otherwise, if the two drops of blood had not mixed, she would not be able to wash it off even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

Zhezong handed the silver needle to Zhao Mu and said, "Uncle, it's your turn!"

Seeing this, Zhao Mu took the silver needle from Zhezong's hand, pricked his own finger, and then dripped three drops of blood into it.

Only after Zhao Mu finished did Zhezong pick up the wine cup.

Zhezong held up the wine cup and said, "Uncle, today my father and I swore an oath of blood with you. Firstly, the country of Song will be ruled by you and me in the future, and we will never break our promise. Secondly, we are of the same bloodline, and this will also give you courage for your expedition."

Zhao Mu took the wine cup after hearing this, and then drank the blood wine in one gulp. Zhao Mu said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely fulfill my mission this time. If I don't defeat the Liao Kingdom and take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I would rather die than return to the Song Dynasty!"

After Zhao Mu finished speaking, he threw the wine cup heavily at his feet.

With a loud "bang", the jade wine cup was smashed to pieces.

Hearing this sound, the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty were all invigorated and cheered in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)