Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 440: Yi Bo Yun Tian (Special thanks to book friends 1409…2664 for the 2 monthly tickets!)

When Chai Zongxun was enjoying the unparalleled pleasure, Mo Zang Liuyun suddenly stopped, raised her delicate head slightly, and begged with seductive eyes:
"Your Majesty, I also want to give birth to a child for Your Majesty!"

Chai Zongxun looked at Mei Zang Liuyun's charming expression and felt pity for her, but he couldn't say no...

Upon hearing that the Longxiang Army was setting out for the expedition, the people of Bianjing City had already gathered on both sides of the road to watch, making it difficult for them to intervene.

"I heard that your majesty sent the 8th Corps of the Longxiang Army to Kyrgyzstan this time. The real goal is to capture the Xingxing Sect country Khwarezm in the northwest of Kyrgyzstan!"

"Now that the two major powers of the Star Religion, the Samanids and Ghazni, have been destroyed by Your Majesty, aren't the remaining Star Religion countries within the grasp of our Great Zhou?
Commander Yang can now lead the Eighth Corps brothers to avenge the "Battle of Bekara"! "

"Old Wang, I heard that the Khitan people were good at forging magic weapons with flints from heaven, and there are many descendants of Han general Li Ling in the area, who can be considered as Chinese descendants.

I wonder if there is any profit in doing business in Khitan?"

"Old Zhao, there will definitely be money to be made! Even if we transport our Great Zhou goods to Khitan for sale, we can make a lot of money.

What commodities such as clothing, jewelry, and books are there that the Khitan people do not lack?
Even now, the situation in Khitan is still unclear. We should wait until Governor Yang has completely pacified Khitan before we go together with our men to transport goods there!"

"Well, Lao Wang, it's settled between us!

Let's save some money for the goods in the next few months, and then we can go together to transport the goods to Khitan!"

……

Yang Ye led the Eighth Corps of the Longxiang Army all the way north along the national highway and arrived in Zubu Prefecture in just over a month.

After paying a visit to the King of Wei and the Governor "Zhubu Hou" Fu Zhaoyuan in Zhubu Prefecture, the Eighth Corps rested for two days and, after replenishing military supplies, continued its journey and set foot on the border of Kyrgyz on August 13.

As soon as he entered the border of Khitan, Yang Ye sent soldiers to various prefectures and cities to inform Chai Zongxun of the Great Zhou's imperial edict to accept Khitan as their own territory, and ordered them to return within two days after receiving the edict.

After two years of civil strife, the Khitan economy was in decline and the people were in chaos. In addition, the war between the Western King Reina, supported by the Great Zhou, and the Prince Moao, supported by Li Jiqian, was won by a great victory.

Upon receiving the imperial edict from the Eighth Corps of the Great Zhou Longxiang Army, most prefectures and cities immediately sent envoys to surrender within two days.

A small number of state capitals are unwilling to surrender or are still hesitating.

After receiving replies from various states, Yang Ye immediately sent troops to attack the states that refused to surrender. Under the fierce offensive of the "Yan Su Cannon" and the "Tiger Dun Cannon", no state could defend the city for more than a day.

In just twenty days, Yang Ye led the Eighth Corps to conquer all the areas along the way and advanced to twenty miles outside Qingshan City of Tingya, the king of the Kyrgyzs.

Zhang Yong and Cao Can led their troops out of the city to welcome Yang Ye's army. After the two sides exchanged greetings, they led their troops into Yaqingshan City together and held a secret meeting in the main hall of the royal palace.

Yang Ye took out the imperial edict and showed it to Zhang Yong and Cao Can, saying:
"Your Majesty has decided to take over the Khitans, and we must carry out the order with vigour and vigor.

Now the coalition forces of the Star Religion countries are showing signs of defeat. On the way here, this governor received intelligence that the Eastern Roman Empire heard that our Great Zhou had controlled the entire territory of Khitan, so it sent an additional 100,000 troops to attack Khwarezm and stepped up attacks on Donkhvor and other former territories lost to Khwarezm. It is obvious that they are afraid that Khwarezm will be destroyed by our Great Zhou's attack from both the east and the west.

This governor must also quickly help the two generals to pacify the Khitans, and then attack Khwarezm to the east, so as to avoid being robbed of the credit by the Eastern Roman Empire."

Cao Can said:
"Your Majesty has already sent Commander Yang to lead the Eighth Corps to come to Khitan and conquer all the people along the way. With the 150,000 troops of our Longxiang Army, it will be easy to wipe out nearly half of the remaining territory of Khitan.

King Reina of the West now has only 200,000 Khitan troops, how can he be a match for our Great Zhou?"

Zhang Yongdao:
"As for the Western King Reina's faction, they have always been respectful to our Great Zhou. It would be best if I, the commander, could persuade them with kind words and make them surrender willingly.

As a last resort, it won’t be too late to resort to war.” Yang Ye said:
"Since Commander Zhang has spoken, we will wait for your reply, but we cannot wait for long."

Zhang Yong nodded and said:
"Military opportunities cannot be lost, this commander understands.

Regardless of success or failure, I will give Governor Yang a reply within three days."

After the three of them had discussed it, they went down to prepare.

After Zhang Yong returned to his residence and thought for a while, he sent Longxiang Guard to the West King's Mansion to deliver an invitation, inviting Reina, Yan Lie and Li Qingshan to come to the mansion for a banquet the next day.

Since the destruction of Li Jiqian, Zhang Yong and other members of the Great Zhou army have controlled the northern city of Yaqingshan, including the royal palace, while the faction led by the Black Hair Tribe, led by the Western King Reina, is stationed in the southern city.

The two sides maintained a delicate balance of superficial harmony.

After receiving Zhang Yong's invitation, Reina immediately summoned his uncle Yan Lie and Li Qingshan to discuss the matter together.

Reina said:
“Now the Zhou Emperor Chai Zongxun has sent the 8th Corps of the Longxiang Army to our Khitan. I have heard that since General Yang Ye entered our territory, all the prefectures and cities that did not immediately surrender upon hearing the imperial edict have been dispatched to capture them. All the soldiers and civilians who resisted will be killed without a single one left alive!
It seems that the Zhou Emperor will not help me ascend the throne of Khitan. He wants to annex Khitan!"

Yan Lie frowned and said:
“What the King of the West said makes sense.

This time when Yang Ye led his army into Yaqing Mountain, he did not meet us, which clearly shows that he was going to do something bad to us.

Zhang Yong invited us to a banquet tomorrow, but I’m afraid it won’t be a good banquet, or a “Hongmen Banquet” to murder us!

Li Qingshan said:

"Commander Zhang has always kept his promises and never engaged in any conspiracy or intrigue.

This time, he said he wanted to invite us to the banquet, which must be because he wanted to discuss something with us, and it must be a good intention.

Now that the Zhou army has arrived, His Majesty the King of the West must be extremely cautious and must not take even a single wrong step."

Reina nodded and said:
"Commander Zhang is definitely not someone who would resort to trickery. Over the past two years, we have worked together with Commander Zhang to deal with Li Jiqian. Commander Zhang has also sent troops to rescue us several times when we were in danger.

If he wanted to murder us, he would have done it long ago.

The three of us will attend the banquet tomorrow."

The next day, at noon on September 5, the 32nd year of Kaixi, Reina, Yan Lie and Li Qingshan arrived together with only a hundred personal guards. Zhang Yong stood at the gate of the mansion to welcome the three men into the mansion.

After the host and the guests sat down at the banquet in the main hall, Zhang Yong invited the three to drink and eat, and they talked a lot about the two sides fighting side by side in the past two years, and they had a very pleasant conversation.

After more than an hour, Yan Lie couldn't help but said:
"Commander Zhang has summoned me here, is it not just to invite us to drink?
I am impatient, Commander Zhang, if you have anything to say, please speak to me directly."

Zhang Yong smiled but said nothing.

Li Qingshan said:

"Commander Zhang is a man of great righteousness. When we first met, he generously rescued our Jianhe tribe.

Today's summons must be out of goodwill for the King of the West and us. Please speak frankly, Commander Zhang. We will carefully consider your suggestions."

(End of this chapter)