Chapter 615

Yanzhou Governor Ye Cibo issued an order to put down his weapons and surrender, and the personal soldiers around him were escorted by the Song army soldiers to inspect and shout.

It achieved considerable results. At least nearly a thousand Xixia soldiers hiding in the neighborhoods of the houses put down their weapons and walked onto the street to surrender to the Song army.

The resistance in the city was already very small. By noon, the veteran driver Zhe Kexing also rushed to Yanzhou excitedly.

His face was full of fatigue, but Zhe Kexing, who was energetic, took big steps and patrolled the city walls of Yanzhou City, and he was almost laughing.

After leaving three thousand infantrymen at Qin Tuokou, the old general continued to lead the army and headed towards Yanzhou. However, halfway through the journey, he met the messenger sent by Zhe Keshi to Qin Tuokou and learned that Yanzhou City had been taken down.

He couldn't help but be overjoyed. While sending messengers to the Dingbian Army, he accelerated toward Yanzhou. However, the veteran general was too anxious and thought that the infantry had walked too slowly, so he simply asked them to continue moving forward. He led five hundred elite cavalry to come to Yanzhou first.

Standing in front of the east gate tower of the city, Zhe Kexing was so excited that he couldn't do it himself, and he patted his nephew Zhe Keshi's shoulder with his big hand.

"... Yanzhou is really my Song Dynasty. The boy did a good job. Thanks to you, Lord Xiao Wang, otherwise, my Song Dynasty flag would be able to be inserted into the head of this Yanzhou city."

"The general is too good. If it weren't for the soldiers' lives, General Liang Shou and General Li Bing were willing to help each other, it would be difficult to break Qin Tuokou and Yanzhou overnight." Wang Yang shook his head and said modestly.

"Haha, you are too modest." Zhe Kexing smiled and stroked his long white beards and looked at Yuan Yan. At this moment, in the distance, he could still see occasional smoke and dust rising. The two thousand Song cavalry sent out to be the Western Xia cavalry. He must have found out the enemy of the defeated soldiers from Hongzhou and were hunting down those unlucky ghosts.

"This time, Qin Tukou and Yanzhou were taken down, and then they formed a horn-like force with Yuzhou and Hongzhou, and divided the southern territory of Western Xia into two. Li Qianshun's son was afraid that he couldn't even cry at this moment."

"Yes, as long as these three states are under the control of our Song Dynasty, then the four eastern states of Xixia will be surrounded by two sides of our Song Dynasty border army. Now, Xixia has lost consecutive battles and its elite main force has suffered heavy losses and is unable to rush to support Xiazhou and other places."

"But at that time, this young king of Xixia would be very likely to give up and might seek help from Bei Liao..." The old driver of Zhe Kexing smashed his mouth and said with emotion.

Wang Yang narrowed his eyes and said with a cold smile. "So what? Our Song Dynasty border troops have already developed elite soldiers for battle with Xixia. However, the Northern Liao did not want to make progress. The emperor was indulged in entertainment and did not care about politics. Even if they wanted to help Xixia, they had to wait for their Northern Liao emperor to have time to inquire about the government..."

Hearing Wang Yang's words, the uncle and nephew of the Zhe family and the Song generals couldn't help laughing loudly. Well, and it was a malicious smile, because what Wang Yang, the old driver, really made sense.

On the way to Shaanxi Road, Wang Yang has been working hard all the time. Although he dare not say that he knows the affairs of the northern border of the Song Dynasty, he has a clear understanding of the political trends of Xixia and Northern Liao.

The fate of the young king of Xixia can be said to be not much different from that of the Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty. They all look forward to taking power. Finally one day after they have to get rid of the cage, they will definitely want to finish everything other emperors have done in a few days.

The emperor of Northern Liao has been an emperor for many years. He has long neglected political affairs and has not been hunting outside for many years. He has thrown all political affairs to the important officials of Northern Liao for handling. However, only with military power, the emperor is very clear about it and has always been firmly grasped in his hands.

Therefore, if Xixia wants to ask for help from Northern Liao, she has to wait for the Northern Liao officials to meet the Northern Liao emperor who is hunting the whole country and moving in a coquettish manner.

"In this battle, Yanzhou was captured, more than 2,700 enemies were killed, nearly 5,000 enemies were captured, and the rest fled and got 3,000 iron armor, more than 8,000 war horses, about 1,000 tents of food, and two thousand cattle and more than 30,000 sheep..."

"There are not many people in Yanzhou City, only 20,000. However, there are more than 2,000 vendors. Many of them are Hu merchants from the Western Regions and merchants from the Western Xia. In addition, there are dozens of smuggling merchants from the Song Dynasty. These smuggling merchants from the Song Dynasty have now been imprisoned..."

Zhe Kexing looked at Wang Yang with some confusion. At this time, his nephew Zhe Keshi, who was beside him, spoke first. "Uncle, those smuggling merchants smuggled ironware from my Song Dynasty to the people of Xixia, and then bought low-priced salt from this Yanzhou to make huge profits..."

"There are also several guards of the fortress here..." After saying this, Zhe Keshi did not continue.

Zhe Kexing's face was already astonished as it was afraid of people. Xixia was located in a remote area and had not abundant mineral resources. Part of the source of iron they obtained was obtained through transactions with Bei Liao.

The other part has a great relationship with these Song Dynasty smuggling merchants who had no sense of family and country, no ritual, righteous, and shame.

Wang Yang's expression showed a cold and cold feeling. "General Zhe, please rest assured. The subordinates will report to Mr. Su. In addition, Wang will also report to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to issue an order. If the Song Dynasty ignores the ban on the country and engages in trade with the enemy country or the people of the enemy country, those who have any resources and help the enemy will confiscate their property and share the family with the extreme southern areas."

"Mr. Xiao Wang's words are very consistent with my husband's wishes. In my life, I hate this kind of greedy and shameless person who has no idea about the country the most." Zhe Kexing nodded with deep understanding and slapped his big hand on the solid city wall bricks.

"Don't mention these annoying things. Such mice will have some ways to deal with them. Now Yanzhou City has been in the hands of my Song Dynasty. I wonder if General Zhong has started to take action."

"I heard that this time, the Xixia king Li Qianshun specially transferred 20,000 of the most elite imperial guards and garrisons in Xixia from Xingqing Prefecture. I just don't know how they would feel when they knew that their retreat Yanzhou had been taken by our Song Dynasty." When Zhe Keshi said this, he couldn't help but laugh out loudly.

Wang Yang looked to the east with an expectant look. The mountains in the distance were covered with snow, which looked particularly dazzling under the sunlight. "To be honest, I am also looking forward to it... But I believe that it won't take long to take my Song Dynasty's flag to be able to penetrate this old land of the Han and Tang dynasties and restore my Chinese glory."
Chapter completed!