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Chapter 606 Merchants who treat their home and country like nothing (first update)
Chapter 615

Ye Cibo, the governor of Yanzhou, gave the order to lay down his arms and surrender, and the soldiers around him were escorted by Song Army soldiers to inspect various places in Yanzhou City and shouted.

It was quite effective. At least nearly a thousand Xixia soldiers hiding in residential neighborhoods put down their weapons and took to the streets to surrender to the Song army soldiers.

However, the resistance in the city was already negligible. At noon, the old driver Zhe Kexing rushed to Yanzhou excitedly.

Zhe Kexing, with a tired face but full of energy, walked around the city wall of Yanzhou City with big strides, almost laughing from ear to ear.

After the old general left [-] infantry at Qin Tuokou, he continued to lead the army and marched towards Yanzhou, but only halfway through the journey, he encountered a messenger sent by Zhe Keshi to Qin Tuokou , learned that Yanzhou City had been captured.

I couldn't help being overjoyed, and sent a messenger to the Dingbian Army, while speeding up towards Yanzhou, but the old general was in a too urgent mood, thinking that the pawns were walking too slowly, so he simply let them move on , and he led five hundred fine riders to rush towards Yanzhou first.

Standing in front of the east gate of the city, Zhe Kexing was a little too excited, and patted his nephew Zhe Keshi's shoulder heavily with his big hand.

"...Yanzhou really belongs to my Great Song Dynasty. You did a good job, Mr. Wang, thanks to you, otherwise, I really don't know when the flag of my Great Song Dynasty will be able to be planted in this Yanzhou City over the head."

"The general's reputation is too high. If it wasn't for the officers and men who put their lives to the test, and General Liang Shou and General Li Bing were willing to help, it would be difficult to break through Qin Tuokou and Yanzhou overnight." Wang Yang shook his head and said modestly.

"Haha, you're too modest." Zhe Kexing stroked his long gray beard with a smile, and looked at Xiang Yuanyan. At this moment, in the distance, he could still see the occasional smoke rising, which was the two thousand fakes sent out. The Song Army cavalry, who were part of the Xixia cavalry, must have discovered the traces of the defeated troops from Hongzhou and were hunting down those unlucky ones.

"After capturing Qin Tuokou and Yanzhou this time, it has formed a corner with Nayou Prefecture and Hongzhou, and even divided the southern territory of Xixia into two. Li Qianshun's child may not even be able to cry at this moment. .”

"Yes, as long as these three states are under the control of our Great Song Dynasty, then the four states in the east of Xixia are already surrounded by our Great Song frontier army. Now, Xixia has lost consecutive battles and lost its elite main force. It's so severe that they are simply unable to help Xiazhou and other places."

"But at that time, the young king of Xixia is very likely to break the can, and maybe he will turn to Beiliao for help..." Zhe Kexing, an old driver, smacked his mouth and said with emotion.

Wang Yang narrowed his eyes and said with a cold smile. "So what, my Great Song frontier army fought against Xixia again and again, and I have already developed a good soldier, but the Northern Liao didn't want to make progress, the emperor was too busy with entertainment, and didn't care about political affairs. Even if he wanted to help Xixia, he had to wait." The emperor of their Northern Liao Dynasty has time to intervene in the government..."

Hearing Wang Yang's words, the Zhe family's uncle and nephew and a group of generals of the Song Army couldn't help laughing out loud, um, and it was that kind of malicious smile, because the old driver Wang Yang really made a lot of sense.

On the way to Shaanxi Road, Wang Yang has been working hard. Although he dare not say that he knows everything about the northern border of the Song Dynasty, he has a clear understanding of the political trends in Xixia and Beiliao.

It can be said that the fate of the young king of Xixia is not much different from that of the emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty. They are all eagerly looking forward to being in charge of the government. After finally getting out of the cage one day, they will definitely wish to kill other emperors in a few days. Finish all the things you have done in your life.

And the emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty has been the emperor for many years. He has long neglected political affairs. It is also very clear, and has been firmly grasped in the hands.

Therefore, if Xixia wanted to ask for help from Beiliao, it had to wait for the officials and workers of Beiliao to meet the coquettish Beiliao emperor who was hunting all over the country.

"In this battle, Yanzhou was captured, killing more than [-] enemies and capturing nearly [-]. The rest fled, and obtained [-] pieces of armor, more than [-] horses, about [-] tons of grain, and two oxen. A thousand heads, more than [-] sheep..."

"In Yanzhou City, there are not many people, only [-]. There are more than [-] merchants. Many are Hu merchants from the Western Regions and Western Xia merchants. In addition, there are dozens of smugglers from my Song Dynasty. Merchants, these smuggled merchants from my Great Song Dynasty have all been imprisoned now..."

Zhe Kexing looked at Wang Yang with some doubts.At this time, it was the nephew Zhe Keshi beside him who spoke first. "Uncle, those smugglers smuggled iron from the Song Dynasty to the Xixia people, and then purchased low-priced salt from Yanzhou to make huge profits..."

"Here, several guards of the stronghold are also involved..." Zhe Keshi didn't continue talking.

Zhe Kexing's face was already frighteningly green.Xixia is located in a remote area and is not rich in mineral resources. The source of iron they obtained was partly obtained through transactions with Beiliao.

The other part has a great relationship with these Song Dynasty smugglers who have no sense of family and country, and no courtesy, justice and shame.

Wang Yang's expression revealed a coldness. "General Zhe, don't worry, this matter will be reported to Bachelor Su. In addition, Wang will also report to His Majesty, please make a decree, if Song Dynasty disregards the country's ban, conduct business with the enemy country or the people of the enemy country "Anyone who aids or aids the enemy will have their property confiscated and their entire family exiled to places as far south as Jiaozhi."

"My lord Xiao Wang's words are very suitable for the old man. All my life, I hate this kind of greedy and shameless person who has no sense of the country." Zhe Kexing nodded in agreement, and clapped his big hands on the sturdy Wall bricks.

"Don't mention these troublesome things. There will be plenty of ways to deal with such rats at that time. Now that Yanzhou City is in the hands of my Da Song, I don't know if General Zhong has started to do it."

"I heard that this time, Li Ganshun, the lord of the Western Xia Dynasty, specially dispatched [-] of the most elite imperial guards in the Western Xia Dynasty from Xingqing Mansion, but they didn't know that when they knew that their back route, Yanzhou, had been taken by our Great Song Dynasty. , what a mood it would be like." When Zhe Keshi said this, he couldn't help laughing out loud in a wicked way.

Wang Yang looked towards the east expectantly. The mountains in the distance were covered with white snow, and they were extraordinarily dazzling under the sunlight. "To be honest, I'm also looking forward to it...but I believe that it won't be long before the flag of my Great Song Dynasty will be planted all over this old land of the Han and Tang Dynasties and restore the glory of China."

Wang Yang's words resounded in the ears of the Song generals, and the hearts of the group were surging, but Zhe Kexing's eyes fell on Wang Yang's face that looked extremely young among the middle-aged generals.

(End of this chapter)