Chapter 946 Chapter 946, The Wei Family Falls
After sending Daohua and Gu Jian back to Ganzhou City, Xiao Yeyang focused on dealing with the war in Western Liao and Wei Hongcai's affairs.
After Yelu Kangda received the ceasefire order from the Western Liao royal family, he immediately sent people to ask for peace from Xiao Yeyang.
When Xiao Yeyang met with the envoy, he directly stated the conditions: unless Western Liao was willing to submit to Daxia and become a vassal state of Daxia, there would be no ceasefire.
After hearing these conditions, the Western Liao envoy became furious and left the Great Xia military camp in anger.
After Yelu Kangda learned of Xiao Yeyang's conditions, he was furious. "Xiao Yeyang is simply too much. He even wants Western Liao to become a vassal state of Daxia. Why doesn't he go to heaven?"
If Western Liao became a vassal state, it would not only have to pay tribute to Daxia, but also pay taxes and attend court sessions every year.
Even though Western Liao still governed itself autonomously and Daxia did not participate in its affairs, Western Liao was still constrained by Daxia in economic and military terms.
This is no different from surrendering!
The Western Liao generals were also angry and annoyed, but they had to face reality: "Prince, if we don't agree, Daxia will not cease the war."
Yelu Kanda showed a look of dejection on his face, and he began to regret in his heart. Perhaps he should not have been instigated by Xiao Yechi in the first place and rashly went to war with Daxia.
Now, facing the defeat of the Great Xia army, after returning to Western Liao, will his father and the ministers in the court still value him?
A general stood up and said, "Grand Prince, we must report Xiao Yeyang's conditions to the king as soon as possible. Whether to agree to them depends on the king and the ministers."
This reminded Yelu Kangda that he had to quickly pass on Xiao Yeyang's conditions. He absolutely could not agree to such humiliating conditions, otherwise, his reign as the eldest prince of Western Liao would be over.
On the other hand, Xiao Yeyang did not stop attacking Western Liao, one to put pressure on Western Liao, and the other to train the soldiers' combat capabilities.
Xiao Yeyang was not allowed to personally oversee these matters, so he handed them over to Cao Dan and several other generals, and then he had his hands free to deal with Wei Hongcai.
"Although the news that Wei Hongcai was imprisoned by me has not leaked out yet, the Wei family should soon realize that something is wrong."
Xiao Yeyang called Yan Wenxiu and Dong Yuanxuan over. He couldn't leave the military camp for the time being, so the task of dealing with the Wei family had to be left to Yan and Dong.
Yan Wenxiu shared the information he had: "I've learned a lot about the Wei family from Hong Zhong, the commander of the Xintun Guard. The Wei family has followers all over Xiliang. If we want to deal with the Wei family, I'm afraid we'll have to take a long-term approach."
Dong Yuanxuan shook his head. "There's no time. Once the Wei family knows Wei Hongcai has been captured, they will definitely take action. Although Western Liao has little combat power now, if there is a problem within Western Liang, they will definitely counterattack."
"Therefore, we must get rid of the Wei family as soon as possible, and it would be best if we could catch them off guard."
Yan Wenxiu: "But the Wei family is an old and famous family in Xiliang."
Xiao Yeyang spoke up: "All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. No matter how old a family is, if they break the law, they will be punished!"
"The Wei family colluded with the Western Liao and joined forces with Xiao Yechi to attack Ganzhou City. They collected empty salaries and fabricated war reports. Worse still, they even attempted to separate Ganzhou Guard from the Western Liao."
"These crimes are enough to confiscate the Wei family's property and exterminate their entire clan."
"I have submitted a memorial to the Emperor. Once the Emperor issues his decree, I will lead my men to capture the Wei family immediately."
As he spoke, he looked at Yan Wenxiu and Dong Yuanxuan.
"Before the imperial edict comes down, I need you to closely monitor the Wei family. It would be best if you could untangle all the forces within the Wei family."
Seeing that Xiao Yeyang had already made all the arrangements, Yan Wenxiu and Dong Yuanxuan didn't say anything and nodded solemnly.
After discussing how to deal with the Wei family, news also came from the Western Liao royal family.
Western Liao had been preparing for many years and naturally did not want to become a vassal state of Daxia. It directly sent tens of thousands of troops to Yelu Kangda and ordered him to defeat Daxia.
After Xiao Yeyang learned about this, he led his troops to attack the Western Liao military camp before the Western Liao support troops arrived.
Yelu Kangda was unable to hold out and was defeated step by step.
Just when Xiao Yeyang led his troops to attack Western Liao, the Wei family did realize that something was wrong.
Wei Hongcai went to Xintunwei to take over the border troops. Logically, Xiao Yeyang should have returned since his plan failed, but the Wei family had not seen him for a long time.
The head of the Wei family sent several groups of secret guards to investigate the military camp. Unfortunately, as soon as the secret guards entered the camp, they were captured by Bu Gandang.
Several groups of secret guards never returned, which made the head of the Wei family even more worried.
"It must be Xiao Yeyang who captured my father. Grandfather, please hand over the secret guards in your house to me. I will take them to rescue my father."
Wei Jiajia looked at his impulsive grandson with some disappointment. If Xiao Yeyang was able to move, he would have done it long ago.
Now that Xiliang is at war with Western Liao, does Xiao Yeyang really dare to take his son away at this time?
Why.
The head of the Wei family sighed. Over the years, the Wei family has been the only dominant family in Xiliang. Without threats and pressure, he and his clansmen are no longer so sensitive to crises.
Originally, he thought that Xiao Yeyang would not be able to accomplish anything. Even though Xiao Yeyang seized Dan River and built a military town, he did not take it seriously. He always felt that Xiao Yeyang would not be able to threaten the Wei family in a short period of time.
But now it seems that he was a little short-sighted!
The Wei family patriarch was silent for a moment, then called the steward over and said, "Send the assassins to Ganzhou City to meet the guards of the Xiao Mansion."
The steward hesitated: "Master, if we do this, we will really become enemies with Xiao Yeyang. Besides, the Duke of Fuguo is still over there."
The head of the Wei family said calmly, "In Xiliang, only one of the Wei family and Xiao Yeyang can remain. The conflict between him and us is inevitable. Go ahead and send more people. We must let Xiao Yeyang know that only when the Wei family is safe can Xiliang be safe."
The steward nodded and left.
Unfortunately, before the manager could contact the killer, hundreds of soldiers surrounded the Wei family.
"What are you doing?"
"Do you know where this place is?"
The gatekeeper looked at the soldiers in horror. Just as the Wei family's steward hurried over, he saw Yan Wentao and a team of Jinling Guards dismounting at the door.
When the steward saw the bright yellow imperial edict in Yan Wentao's hand, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
He was the steward of the Wei family, so he naturally knew how many bad things the Wei family had done in private.
Finished
"The Emperor has decreed that the Wei family colluded with the Western Liao, committed treason for personal gain, and murdered loyal officials. The entire family, young and old, must be escorted to the capital to await punishment."
As soon as the content of the imperial edict came out, the entire Wei family fell into panic.
The head of the Wei family was completely dumbfounded. He didn't expect Xiao Yeyang to act so quickly and decisively, leaving him completely unprepared.
Fortunately, fortunately, the secret guards just took away the two legitimate grandsons. With the power of the Wei family in Xiliang, the Wei family will be able to recover soon.
However, after a while, the head of the Wei family saw his two legitimate grandsons being escorted into the yard by the Jinling Guards. His eyes went dark and he felt dizzy.
(End of this chapter)
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