A soldier drew his long saber and, with a single stroke, severed Aiyar's head with a snap.

Blood splattered, and Aiyar's head rolled a few times on the ground.

His eyes were wide open, and his face still held the panic and unease of the moment before his death.

The soldier grabbed Ayar by the hair, held his bloodied head up to Zhao Huan, and said, "Your Majesty, the chieftain has been executed!"

"Circulate among the three armed forces!"

"yes!"

The soldier mounted his warhorse, carrying Ayar's head, and galloped forward at top speed.

Astride his swift warhorse, he held Aiyar's head and shouted, "The chieftain has been executed! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Great Song Dynasty!"

From afar came the thunderous shouts of the three armies, echoing across the vast grassland: "Long live the Emperor! Long live the Great Song Dynasty!"

The news of the complete annihilation of the Karluk army did not spread quickly.

At this time, fifty kilometers south of Suyab, on the opposite bank, Han Shizhong's 50,000 Imperial Guards were holding back Xiao Hanli's assassination attempt.

Across from Suyab, the emperor himself led the army to defeat the Karluks.

Meanwhile, in the northwest, Yue Fei's 320,000-strong army split into three routes and began a frantic river crossing attack.

Yelü Dashi used almost all the available troops.

However, inside Suyab, the atmosphere was one of high morale.

Yelü Dashi secretly adopted a weak policy of surrender towards Zhao Huan to lull him into a false sense of security.

Internally, however, they were encouraging active preparations for war, and even highly inflammatory pro-war rhetoric emerged within the city.

At the same time, he fully learned from Zhao Huan's methods and used his personal guards to strictly control speech within the city.

Currently, there are still 30,000 elite troops in Suyab, plus 50,000 sent by Xiao Hanli, and another 50,000 blocking Yue Fei from the west.

Erbus, who had conquered Khwarazm, still had 50,000 troops under his command, while Yelü Dashi had as many as 180,000 troops at his disposal.

Now we have received news that Ghaznavids and Khwarazm have launched military campaigns.

The Karluks were already kneeling and licking Yelü Dashi's boots.

The countries in the Seven Rivers region have demonstrated their stance through their actions.

It can be said that Yelü Dashi benefited greatly from Zhao Huan's approach to public opinion.

When the flames of war had already broken out in the Seven Rivers region and the Song army's battle lines had been pushed to the Chu River, Xue Donglai also arrived in the distant Khorasan and entered Isfahan, the capital of the Seljuk Empire.

Forty years ago, the fragmented Seleucus Empire gradually declined in the Transoxiana region.

Sanjar was appointed to a critical mission in Khorasan, where he defeated all the surrounding powerful enemies and reunified the land.

Their westward conquest of the holy city of Jerusalem terrified Christians and instilled fear in the Roman Empire.

Moving eastward, they regained hegemony over Ghaznavidy and gained better control over the Western Khaganate.

It once had the potential to restore the glory of the Arab Empire during the Tang Dynasty.

However, the Battle of Kavant was a major blow to Sanjar.

After his defeat, Sanjar returned to Isfahan and resolved to mobilize 300,000 troops at Salju to march east and kill the faithless Khitan.

Xue Donglai used many connections and spent a huge sum of money to get the opportunity to meet Sanjar.

Xue Donglai entered the palace as an envoy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

When Xue Donglai met Sanjar, the de facto ruler of the Seleucus was receiving his generals, sultans and governors from various regions.

"I have met the great Sultan Sanjar."

In an instant, sixteen pairs of eyes looked over at the same time.

"Where do you come from, sir?" Sanjar asked arrogantly, raising his head.

"I am from China."

"China?"

Sanjar knew that Xue Donglai came from the East, and that there were some silk merchants in Isfahan who looked similar to Xue Donglai; they were all from the East.

That place is still called Tang to this day.

But the name China is rarely heard.

Where is China?

Xue Donglai said, "China is at the center of the world, and its national name is Yan Song, also known as Zhonghua."

The translator translated truthfully, and upon hearing this, everyone was astonished.

Sanjar's face immediately darkened.

Historical records of the Arab Empire mention a powerful empire in the East that the Persians called "Great Tang".

Sai Liuzhu was also considered a Turk, and the Turks and the Tang Dynasty were mortal enemies hundreds of years ago.

But that was hundreds of years ago. I heard that the Tang Dynasty later experienced internal strife.

Now this person says that the country in the east is called Yan Song.

Sanjar didn't quite understand these things, but he grasped what Xue Donglai meant.

China means the country located at the center of the world!

How is that possible!

The center of the world is clearly in Seljuk!

“Ignorant and foolish Easterners, the center of the world is the Kingdom of God. You people who have no faith and have been abandoned by God dare to call yourselves the center of the world.”

Xue Donglai said politely, "Sultan Sanjar, I have come here on behalf of His Majesty the Holy Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to express my sincerest greetings to you, and at the same time to discuss with you the military plan to deal with the traitor Yelü Dashi."

The moment Yelü Dashi was mentioned, everyone's expression changed.

This name was hated by everyone in the Seleucus Empire.

For the first time, God's army was defeated by a nation without faith.

"Envoy, you just said that Yelü Dashi is your traitor?"

"That's right. Yelü Dashi was originally a general in China. He fled to Suyab after being defeated in the civil war."

His words shocked everyone present.

Defeat in the civil war?

A defeated general?

Xue Donglai spoke casually, but his words greatly shocked the governors.

Sanjar's face twitched violently several times. He had actually been defeated by a defeated general from the East?

Ignoring the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Xue Donglai continued to boast casually, "Our Holy Martial Emperor has personally led a million-strong army and has already reached the city of Suyab, where he has executed the traitorous general. At this moment, if Sultan Sanjar can send troops to supply the Khitan from the west, Yelü Dashi will undoubtedly be defeated."

One of the governors of the Oghuz said, "Envoy, you said that your emperor personally led a million-strong army, and Yelü Dashi is just a defeated general. Why do you still need us to send troops?"

"I have heard that Yelü Dashi was disrespectful to Sultan Sanjar, seized the Karakhanid Khanate through intrigue and trickery, and then used the same trick to make Khwarazm and Ghaznavids surrender to the Khitan. Your Majesty considers this behavior shameful."

He continued, “Your Majesty’s personal expedition of a million men serves two purposes: first, to execute the traitorous generals, and second, to establish a great friendship with Sultan Sanjar. The Great Song Dynasty possesses countless porcelain, silk, tea, and jade, and is willing to fully open trade with Seleucus.”

Mentioning silk and tea changed everyone's expressions again, this time not with shock, but with envy and longing.

Silk and tea from the East were the most popular, especially among the nobility.