Liao Dynasty, Dading Prefecture, Imperial Palace.
In the imperial study.
"His Majesty……!"
Yelu Dan was worried. "Every word I say is from the heart. Xixia surrendered, and Daxia has 200,000 troops stationed at Maoshan Pass. Those 20 troops are all elite soldiers!"
"Back then, Fu Xiaoguan led over a hundred thousand Divine Sword Soldiers into the Desolate Kingdom. Right on Xiaohe Plain, he used a hundred thousand Divine Sword Soldiers to annihilate the Desolate Kingdom's 500,000-strong army in one fell swoop! He also conquered the Desolate Court with only a few thousand Divine Sword Soldiers..."
"Your Majesty! The Great Xia army of 400,000 has arrived in the western Hebei Province. They have long known about the Thunder Legion in the Great Xianbei Mountains. They clearly intend to use these 400,000 troops to fight against the Thunder Legion!"
"Your Majesty, the 400,000-man army only needs to contain the Thunder Legion. The First Army and its cavalry corps will leave Maoshan Pass... How can our 300,000-man army stop them?"
"They will rush towards Dading Prefecture like a flood and a beast. We have no more troops. How can we stop them?"
"This, this is to destroy the nation and the whole clan, Your Majesty!"
Yelu Qing's brows were furrowed, and his expression was even gloomier than the sky outside.
Ever since Yelu Dan came back, he has been doing one thing - preventing the Liao Dynasty and Daxia from going to war!
Yelu Dan was the old prime minister whom Yelu Qing absolutely trusted, so after Yelu Dan told him about his experiences in Daxia, he had been thinking about it carefully these days.
From an economic and military perspective, he understood Yelu Dan's painstaking efforts, because even if the Liao Dynasty had the 450,000-strong Thunder Legion, it was indeed no match for Daxia.
He sighed deeply, "So... my only way out is the same as Xixia's?"
Yelu Dan bowed deeply, "Your Majesty, this is for the hundreds of millions of people of the Liao Dynasty!"
At this moment, Crown Prince Yelu Hua rushed in, "Father, no!"
Yelu Hua stared at Yelu Dan with his eyes wide open. He pointed at him and said angrily, "You old dog! What on earth did you get from Fu Xiaoguan?"
"The Great Xia army has come thousands of miles, and they are a weary army! We, the Liao Dynasty, are fighting on our own doorstep. We have hundreds of millions of brave and skilled soldiers. Why should we be afraid of Fu Xiaoguan?"
"You are spreading lies to confuse the people. You are encouraging my father to give up the imperial power and abandon the millions of people of the Liao Dynasty! You, you are a traitor who has humiliated the country. I will kill you immediately!"
"Shut up!"
Yelu Qing shouted loudly, and Yelu Hua's chest was pounding. He still stared at Yelu Dan fiercely, and after a moment, he turned to look at Yelu Qing, "Father, I once again request to lead the troops to Maoshan Pass to fight the enemy of Daxia!"
"You step back."
“Father…!”
"I told you to step back!"
Yelu Hua closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He suddenly laughed bitterly, "The Liao Dynasty, the undefeated dynasty on horseback... It was defeated before the battle even started."
Yelu Hua turned away in anger.
The air in the imperial study seemed to have been sucked out.
After a long while, Yelu Qing said, "I will send an imperial edict to the Thunder Legion, ordering them to... take off their armor."
"I will give you another imperial decree. Please, Prime Minister, go to Guanyun City again and deliver the letter of surrender. I am willing to submit my allegiance to the Emperor of Daxia!"
Yelu Dan's old tears streamed down his face. He knelt on the ground and said, "On behalf of all the people in the world... thank the emperor!"
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Yelu Dan left Dading Prefecture with the imperial edict and letter of surrender.
The group of men in black from the Crown Prince's East Palace also left the East Palace an hour later.
An imperial edict was sent to the Daxianbei Mountains. A few days later, Su Ping'an received the imperial edict and just smiled.
He burned the imperial edict, killed the eunuch who delivered it, and went deep into the Daxianbei Mountains.
Two days later, Yelu Dan's caravan was attacked on the border of the Liao Dynasty, and Yelu Dan died... with his eyes open.
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The Daxia tour group headed by Fu Xiaoguan left Jinling and headed for Chang'an.
The three old men were sitting in his imperial dragon chariot.
"Chang'an... is the former Wofeng Road. I intend to make this place the capital of Daxia."
Yan Beixi knew that Fu Xiaoguan was building Chang'an, but he did not expect that he actually wanted to move the capital to Chang'an.
"Isn't Guanyun City pretty good?"
"Guanyun City is nice, but I still think Chang'an is better. It's not about defending against the powerful enemies in the north... After this battle, there are no more enemies in the north. The Silk Road will start from Chang'an. Daxia's resurgence will rely on the Silk Road to open the country and conduct trade with foreign countries."
"After the war against Liao, I don't think there will be many more wars on land. The remaining battles will take place at sea."
"Now that the land is at peace, we must start making money."
"I'm not kidding you about trains, so you have to work hard to live longer. I estimate that before the end of the next five-year plan, you will be able to see a train and ride one yourself."
Speaking of this, Fu Xiaoguan laughed and said, "That thing is much more stable than this carriage. I can hardly feel the bumps."
Jia Nanxing's dim old eyes gleamed with light. "Your Majesty, can it really run eight hundred miles a day?"
"This first generation of trains is pretty much like this, but it will run faster in the future."
"Besides... I guess in five years or so, no one will need to light candles and lanterns anymore."
Yan Beixi was stunned. "What is that?"
"Electricity... electricity like lightning in the sky will appear. Electricity is very powerful. Daxia will be almost inseparable from electricity in the future. But I estimate that it will take at least twenty years for it to become popular, because generating electricity and laying circuits are not that simple."
"With electricity, lighting will be replaced by electric lights... the bright kind, so you'll have to strive to survive for at least ten years!"
These words left the three old men stunned. They had no idea about electricity and could hardly imagine what an electric light was.
Lei Dian knew that the thing disappeared in a flash, so how could he collect it? How could he use it?
They didn't know, but based on their understanding of Fu Xiaoguan, it seemed that he had never told a lie. If this thing really appeared... it would be great if they could see it with their own eyes!
Ten years. Can this broken body live another ten years?
Walk and talk along the way.
On the third day of the sixth lunar month in the first year of the Great Xia Dynasty, the tour group arrived in Chang'an, but did not stay there for long, because Fu Xiaoguan received three pieces of intelligence:
The crown prince of the Liao Dynasty arrived at Maoshan Pass, and Yu Wendao also arrived at Maoshan Pass. The first battle between the two armies started three days ago.
The prime minister of the Liao Dynasty died on the border of the Liao Dynasty for unknown reasons.
The Thunder Legion in the Daxianbei Mountain showed unusual movements. They did not cross the Daxianbei Mountain to the south, but went north, heading towards the Liao Dynasty capital Dading Prefecture!
He Sandao's army has landed in Laizhou, and is heading towards Dading Prefecture!
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