Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 674: Final Chapter: Yan Song No Longer Shamed (1)

Wang Yuyan was holding a letter sent by Murong Fu on a fast horse.

Handing over the orthodoxy of the Liao Kingdom to the King of Chu and his son was also Zhao Mu's plan for the future destruction of the Jin Dynasty.

An interesting thing is that Zhao Mu’s Qi State could directly reach the territory of Yan State through the Western Liao State controlled by Yelu Chongyuan and his son.

In this way, Zhao Mu's 150,000 troops could move secretly towards Yan State without anyone noticing. Then, when they reached Yan State, they could suddenly attack Jin State and kill all the Jin people.

Wang Yuyan handed Murong Fu's letter to Zhao Mu.

After reading it, Zhao Mu nodded silently.

After closing the letter, he said, "Okay! Now that everything is ready, inform Taiwei Wang that the army will set out in three days and head to the territory of Liao. After that, they will turn to Yandu. We will try to completely destroy the Jin Kingdom in one go."

Zhao Mu looked at Yelu Yanxiu beside him. He sneered and said, "We have been rivals for so long. This should be the first time we have joined forces."

Yelu Yanxiu replied: "I guess so. At least you promised to return Zhongdu, which was occupied by the Jin Kingdom, to the Liao Kingdom. This is also a good thing for us."

Zhao Mu laughed and said, "Haha, what's wrong? You still can't forget your Liao Dynasty? Your father has let it go now, so why can't you let it go?"

Yelu Yanxiu lay on the city wall, gazing into the distance in the direction of his homeland, and murmured the famous line "I can't bear to look back at my homeland in the moonlight."

Faced with her sigh, Zhao Mu felt that it was the right decision for him to destroy Liao. If he had not captured Yelu Hongji and brought him to Bian Jing, who knows what trouble this woman might cause in the future.

However, the orthodoxy of the Liao Kingdom now rests with Yelu Chongyuan and his son, so even if she wanted to, she was powerless. After all, the Chu King and his son regarded Yelu Hongji's lineage as traitors who usurped the throne. Yelu Chongyuan and his son defined the extreme humiliation of Zhao Mu forcing Yelu Hongji's queen to give birth to a daughter as Yelu Hongji's own fault for his immorality.

Moreover, in order to consolidate their power and ensure their legitimacy, Yelu Chongyuan and his sons had to cooperate with Zhao Mu. After all, if they did not cooperate, they would be "rebels" who surrendered to the Song people.

It’s an interesting time right now.

The Jin Dynasty burned, killed, raped and looted in the early days of its founding, and killed too many people, which left many hidden dangers for itself. These barbarians naturally did not understand what "the kingly way" was. Zhao Mu sent the Dragon Guards to investigate. Now there are many Han people in the Jin Dynasty. The Khitan people are obedient on the surface, but they are rebellious in their hearts. This gave Zhao Mu a good opportunity.

Moreover, a very bizarre thing happened within the Jin Dynasty. Half a year ago, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Aguda, died in unclear circumstances, just as in the original history.

The one who inherited the throne of the Jin Dynasty was not his sons, but his younger brother Wanyan Sheng, as in the original history.

Because of Wanyan Sheng's succession, Zhao Mu's uneasiness became even stronger. Therefore, the day of eliminating the Jurchens could not be delayed any longer.

In order to have a legitimate reason to launch the war, Zhao Mu also asked Murong Fu, Yelu Chongyuan, and Goryeo to cause small-scale friction with the Jin Kingdom.

Although the Jin Kingdom had sought mediation from the suzerain state, the Song Dynasty, Zhezong, with the instruction of Zhao Mu, simply turned a deaf ear and dumb.

Zhezong replied to the Jin Dynasty that this was an internal affair of your vassal state and the Song Dynasty had no intention of interfering.

Zhezong's words were a trap set by Zhao Mu. This was because the Jurchen tribe was the strongest among the countries outside the Great Wall. After the establishment of the country, the strength of the Jurchen tribe was incomparable.

The Goryeo Kingdom could barely hold on by relying on the Yalu River, while Murong Fu's Yan Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom were no match for the Jurchen Iron Buddha. At least in these few small-scale frictions, the Jin Kingdom was getting bigger and bigger, while the Song Dynasty remained "restrained" and indifferent.

This made Wanyan Sheng feel that this was a good opportunity for him to unify the outside world. So he continued to create friction with the neighboring countries. However, he did not dare to make too much trouble. Basically, he nibbled away at it step by step, and stopped when he got a little advantage every time.

But little by little, over the past six months, the Kingdom of Jin has swallowed up eight cities and more than fifty towns from the two countries of Yan and Liao, expanding its territory to more than 800 li.

The Jin people were still gloating over their victory. Little did they know that Zhao Mu was deliberately setting bait to lure them. Their occupation of land also gave Zhao Mu the opportunity to lead the Liao and Yan coalition forces to attack the Jin Kingdom.

Although the Liao army and Yan army today are all trash, good-for-nothings, and fools.

But after three years of military training, the combat effectiveness of Zhao Mu's army has been greatly improved. Whether it is the sophistication of equipment, the supply capacity of logistics, or even the personal bravery of soldiers, they are not comparable to the Jin Kingdom. This time, they are bound to be completely annihilated.

Moreover, Zhao Mu also borrowed a powerful general for this expedition.

This person is the former Western Xia general who conquered the east, Helian Tieshu.

Although Helian Tieshu's martial arts skills were far inferior to those of Zhao Mu and others, he was quite good at marching and fighting, and applying military tactics, especially cavalry combat, which he was very adept at.

This time, Zhao Mu gave him all his 80,000 elite cavalry to command. This was a rich battle that Helian Tieshu had never fought in his life.

Three days later, Zhao Mu led his army to war again, and Yelu Yanxiu accompanied him.

Firstly, Yelu Yanxiu wanted to go back and visit his homeland, and secondly, Zhao Mu needed this woman to help him unify the Khitan tribes.

Moreover, this woman was a human-shaped map. When Yelu Yanxiu was in Khitan, he often traveled around and was very familiar with the mountains, rivers, and roads. With her, he could achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Within a month, Zhao Mu led the main army and arrived at the current capital of Yan State, "Shangjing".

Zhao Mu still remembers how he looked when he left here three years ago. He was very proud and proud at that time. Now that he is back here again, he is still deeply moved.

It's not just Zhao Mu, the same goes for Yelu Yanxiu who was beside Zhao Mu. When Yelu Yanxiu left a few years ago, this was still the Shangdu of the Liao Dynasty, where she grew up. But after being captured and occupied by Zhao Mu in Bianjing, she never returned here.

Now, after so many years, seeing the scene in the city, it seemed like a lifetime ago. Looking at the flags around her that had long been changed, she felt it was particularly glaring. It also hurt her heart.

However, this time Zhao Mu led his army here secretly, and his external identity was a general of the Liao Kingdom. Moreover, the flags and armors of his army were all changed to the Liao people's. Therefore, Murong Fu did not hold any decent welcoming ceremony.

After all, if people knew that the Song army was involved this time, it would be difficult to explain to the outside world.

In Shangjing, Yelu Neguru had already arrived. Zhao Mu also held a simple pre-war meeting with them and discussed the division of the Jin Kingdom.

After all, some things have to be discussed face to face and in person.

(End of this chapter)