Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 396: Brave and Awesome (Special thanks to book friends Youhai Fengwu/Guanghui Tofu Faust for their monthly tickets!)

Yan Lie sneered:
"Commander Zhang, if your Great Zhou sent a large army this time, then if you say now that you want to help my Khitans deal with Li Jiqian and avoid falling into his hands, this leader will still believe you!

But now Commander Zhang has only led 3,000 Dragon Guards to secretly enter the country, what can he do? He will only bring disaster to my Afu tribe!"

Yan Lie turned to look at Li Qingshan, who looked anxious, and said:
"Don't worry, my dear brother. I, the Afu tribe, will take care of you. The Wuchi tribe will never dare to trouble you again.

All the guards, capture Zhang Yong for this leader!"

Li Qingshan stepped forward, blocking Zhang Yong and said:

"Brother Yan, Commander Zhang saved the lives of our Jianhe tribe. Even if the two sides cannot reach a cooperation agreement, we cannot turn swords against each other!"

Yan Lie frowned and said:
"My dear brother, if we let Zhang Yong escape, Li Jiqian will instigate trouble, and King Sol will punish both you and my clan.

My dear brother, please get out of the way!"

Zhang Yong said sharply:
"Yan Lie, I didn't expect you to act like a demon in the Demon Realm, wanting to use the lives of Zhang Yong and my brothers in exchange for the safety of your Afu tribe?!"

Yan Lie sneered:
"Zhang Yong, you can't blame this leader, just blame yourself for only bringing 3,000 soldiers with you.

This leader is also considering the more than 200,000 people of my Afu tribe!

Li Jiqian has been abusing his power in recent years and has been trying to annex our Afu tribe for his own use. If I don't capture you and present you to King Sol, I'm afraid Li Jiqian will make trouble for my Afu tribe."

Zhang Yong laughed and said:
"It turns out that Chief Yan is a shrewd man who can judge the situation!
Do you think that the three thousand Dragon Guards under my command cannot change the situation in Khitan?

Do you think you can capture me, Zhang Yong, with just a few dozen personal guards from your tribe?"

Yan Lie and others looked grim. Just as the dozen or so Afu guards surrounding Zhang Yong were about to take action, Zhang Yong had already done it.

Everyone in the tent saw a flash before their eyes, and Zhang Yong seemed to leave the chair and his figure flashed a few times in the tent. When they looked again, they saw Zhang Yong sitting in the chair with a smile on his face.

Yan Lie pointed at Zhang Yong and said angrily:

"Catch him now!"

The dozen or so guards standing behind Zhang Yong were about to pounce over and capture him, but they heard a "clang clang" sound, and the swords and sabers of the dozen or so guards fell to the ground.

Everyone was stunned and stopped in their tracks. Only then did they realize that Zhang Yong had swung his knife to cut off the leather binding the swords of the guards in the instant when they could not see his figure clearly.

If Zhang Yong had killed them just now, none of these guards would have survived.

Yan Lie and his personal guards were all trembling with fear, and Yan Lie wanted to rush out of the tent and gather his men to attack Zhang Yong and other Longxiang guards.

Yan Lie had just stood up from his chair when his eyes blurred and he saw Zhang Yong appear in front of him.

Zhang Yong stretched out his hand and pressed lightly on Yan Lie's shoulder. Yan Lie felt that Zhang Yong's palm was as heavy as a thousand pounds, which made his bones creak. He sat back in the chair involuntarily.

Zhang Yongdao:
“If I take action, no one in this tent will be able to walk out alive!
Chief Yan, please tell everyone to sit still and don't move."

Yan Lie broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said to his guards:

"Did you hear what Commander Zhang said? Everyone, please sit down immediately!"

The guards in the tent were all busy looking for chairs to sit down. Those who couldn't find any sat on the ground.

Zhang Yong nodded and smiled, saying: "Chief Yan, it was easy for our Great Zhou to destroy the Karakhanid Khanate and the Great Liao, let alone the Khitans?
Although the Dragon Guards led by this commander only number 3,000, if they want to return to our Great Zhou, no one in the Khitans can stop them!"

Yan Lie said repeatedly:
"Yes! Yes! Today I know that Commander Zhang, who is feared by the world, has amazing military power!

With the bravery of Commander Zhang and his three thousand Dragon Guards, they will have no problem conquering the Khitans."

Zhang Yong smiled and said:

“Chief Yan is indeed smart.

In this commander's opinion, since the black-haired tribe of the Khitans are often bullied by the red-haired tribe, we might as well take this opportunity to unite with our Longxiong Guards and do something big together to change the current situation!
A real man stands between heaven and earth, how can he be enslaved for a long time? !
Chief Yan, Chief Li, are there any powerful people from the Black Hair Tribe in the court of the Khitan King?"

Yan Lie and Li Qingshan said in unison:
"The King of the West is a member of my Black Hair Clan, but he is alone and powerless in the royal court."

Yan Lie explained in detail:
"Commander Zhang, I am actually the Western King's uncle, and his mother, Concubine Chen, is my biological sister.

It’s just that my Black Hair Clan was oppressed by the Red Hair Clan in Xiajiasi, and I have never dared to contact the Western King too much.”

Zhang Yong analyzed:
“Since the Khitan Kingdom is a demonic land where the strong prey on the weak and the winners take all, as long as this commander leads three thousand Dragon Guards to help the King of the West, the King of the West will immediately become much stronger!
With the strength, who dares to underestimate the King of the West? In this way, we can deal with Li Jiqian, the traitor of the Great Zhou together!
With the great power of our Great Zhou Empire, it will only take a few years to completely defeat the coalition forces of the Star Sect!

Haven't the two leaders ever made long-term plans for the future of their tribe?
By then, how many years will it take for His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to conquer the various countries of the Star Sect and the army to take over the Khitans?"

Yan Lie and Li Qingtian were both quite excited after hearing this.

It is just as Zhang Yong said. Although the Red-haired Clan in Khitan is brutal and overbearing now, if the Emperor of Great Zhou conquers all the countries of the Star Sect, then Khitan will become a small boat in a storm and will be overturned by Great Zhou in an instant.

By then, the brutality and tyranny of the Red-haired Clan will be a thing of the past.

Seeing that both of them were very interested, Zhang Yong immediately let go of Yan Lie.

Yan Lie quickly ordered his personal guards to prepare the banquet and invited Zhang Yong and Li Qingshan to join him for a detailed discussion.

Yan Lie smiled and said:

“To be honest with Commander Zhang, my Black Haired Tribe of the Khitans has always yearned for the Great Zhou.

When the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, several generations of our Khitan kings went to Chang'an to pay tribute and were treated with courtesy by the Tang Emperor. At that time, the black-haired tribes held a lot of power and status in the country.

Today, we have seen the extraordinary power of Commander Zhang. We, the Afu tribe, are willing to obey Commander Zhang's orders and serve His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou!"

Li Qingshan said excitedly:

"With Commander Zhang of the Great Zhou Dynasty joining forces with the largest black-haired tribe in the Khitans, we will surely achieve something great! We will change the status of the black-haired tribe that has been oppressed!"

Zhang Yongdao:
"The current disaster facing the Khitans is Li Jiqian.

This man is gloomy, intelligent, and ruthless. If he is allowed to marry the third princess, he will be extremely powerful and difficult to check and control."

After the three of them discussed for a while, Zhang Yong said:
“The King of the West is the nephew of Chief Yan, so you can show him that the Great Zhou Empire is willing to support him.

Expanding trade with our Great Zhou will bring enormous wealth to the Khitans, and both the ruler and the people will be happy.

In this way, his status in the court will surely increase dramatically, suppressing Li Jiqian's stirring up trouble!"

(End of this chapter)