Chapter 1123: Chapter 946, The Fall of the Wei Family
After sending Daohua and Gu Jian back to Ganzhou City, Xiao Yeyang focused entirely on dealing with the war against Xiliao and the matter of Wei Hongcai.
Upon receiving the ceasefire order from the Imperial Family of Xiliao, Yelu Kangda imdiately sent people to Xiao Yeyang to sue for peace.
Xiao Yeyang laid out his terms to the envoy: unless Xiliao was willing to submit to Daxia and beco a vassal state, there would be no cessation of hostilities.
Hearing these demands, the Xiliao envoy was furious and stord out of the Daxia military camp.
Yelu Kangda, learning of Xiao Yeyang’s conditions, was also seething with anger: “Xiao Yeyang is simply too presumptuous, to actually fantasize about Xiliao becoming a vassal state to Daxia; why doesn’t he ascend to the heavens then?”
If Xiliao were to beco a vassal state, not only would it have to “pay homage and tribute” to Daxia, but it would also have to pay an annual tribute and attend court regularly.
Even though Xiliao would still have autonomous administration, Daxia would not involve itself in Xiliao’s national affairs; however, Xiliao would be restrained by Daxia economically and militarily in every aspect.
This was no different than bowing one’s head in submission!
The generals of Xiliao were also both angry and annoyed, yet they couldn’t help but face the reality: “Crown Prince, if we don’t agree, Daxia will not cease the war.”
Yelu Kangda’s face showed signs of defeat, and he began to regret. Perhaps he should not have been provoked by Xiao Yechi to declare war on Daxia rashly.
Now, faced with consecutive defeats to the Daxia army, would his father the king and the ministers in court still regard him highly upon his return to Xiliao?
A general stood up and said: “Crown Prince, we must report Xiao Yeyang’s conditions to His Majesty promptly. Whether we agree or not should be decided by His Majesty and the court ministers.”
This reminded Yelu Kangda that he must quickly relay Xiao Yeyang’s conditions back ho; he absolutely could not be the one to accept such a humiliating condition. Otherwise, his days as the Crown Prince of Xiliao would be numbered.
anwhile, Xiao Yeyang did not cease his attacks on Xiliao—for one, to keep the pressure on Xiliao, and secondly, to train the soldiers’ combat skills.
These matters didn’t require Xiao Yeyang’s personal attention; he delegated them to Cao Dan and a few other generals, freeing up his ti to deal with Wei Hongcai.
“The news of Wei Hongcai’s imprisonnt hasn’t leaked yet, but the Wei Family should realize sothing’s amiss soon.”
Xiao Yeyang summoned Yan Wenxiu and Dong Yuanxuan. Since he couldn’t leave the military camp for the ti being, dealing with the Wei Family was left to Yan and Dong.
Yan Wenxiu shared the information he had gathered: “I’ve learned quite a bit about the Wei Family from Hang Zhong, the Commander of the Xintunwei. The Wei Family has widespread influence in Xiliang, and dealing with them will require a thoughtful plan.”
Dong Yuanxuan shook his head: “There’s no ti. Once the Wei Family learns of Wei Hongcai’s capture, they will certainly take action. Though Xiliao no longer has significant military strength, if there’s an issue within Xiliang, they will surely counterattack.”
“Therefore, we must resolve matters with the Wei Family quickly, ideally catching them off guard.”
Yan Wenxiu: “But the Wei Family is an established aristocratic family of Xiliang…”
Xiao Yeyang interrupted: “Under all heavens, all lands belong to the sovereign; along the shores of every domain, all are the sovereign’s subjects. No matter how historic the aristocratic family, if they violate the national law, they must be punished!”
“The Wei Family colluded with Xiliao, joined forces with Xiao Yechi to attack Ganzhou City, accepted pay without service, fabricated false battle reports, and even harbored delusions of ceding Ganzhou Guard to Xiliao.”
“These cris are sufficient to justify the extermination of the Wei Family.”
“I have already submitted a morial to His Majesty; once the imperial decree is issued, I will seize the Wei Family in an instant.”
Saying this, he looked towards Yan Wenxiu and Dong Yuanxuan.
“Before the imperial decree arrives, you need to closely monitor the Wei Family, ideally unraveling all their power networks.”
Yan Wenxiu and Dong Yuanxuan nodded solemnly.
After discussing how to deal with the Wei Family, news also ca from the Imperial Family of Xiliao.
Xiliao, having prepared for many years, naturally did not wish to beco a vassal state to Daxia and sent tens of thousands of troops to Yelu Kangda, demanding that he must defeat Daxia at all costs.
Xiao Yeyang, upon finding out, didn’t wait for Xiliao’s reinforcents and imdiately led his troops to attack the Xiliao’s camp.
Yelu Kangda was overwheld and began to retreat step by step.
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It was when Xiao Yeyang was attacking Xiliao that the Wei Family really sensed that sothing was amiss.
Wei Hong had only just gone to Xintunwei to take over the border army. It stood to reason that with Xiao Yeyang’s return, his plans were foiled, and he would have returned as well, but the Wei Family’s people had yet to see him.
The Wei Family patriarch sent several batches of Hidden Guards to scout the military camp, but, unfortunately, as soon as the Hidden Guards entered the camp, they were captured by Bu Gandang.
With several batches of Hidden Guards gone and not returning, it made the Wei Family patriarch even more worried.
“Father must have been captured by Xiao Yeyang. Grandfather, give control of the Hidden Guards, and I will lead them to rescue Father.”
The Wei Family patriarch looked at his impetuous grandson with so disappointnt. If Xiao Yeyang could take action, he would have done so already.
Now Xiliang is at war with Xiliao, would Xiao Yeyang really dare to capture his son at this ti?
Sigh…
The Wei Family patriarch sighed heavily. These years, the Wei Family had reigned supre in Xiliang without threats or pressure; he and his clan had grown less sensitive to crises.
He had assud that Xiao Yeyang couldn’t amount to much. Even as Xiao Yeyang seized the Dan River and established military settlents, he hadn’t paid much attention, always believing Xiao Yeyang couldn’t threaten the Wei Family in the short term.
But now, it seed he had been short-sighted!
The Wei Family patriarch fell silent for a while, then summoned the butler: “Send an assassin to Ganzhou City to have a word with the guards of Xiao Residence.”
The butler hesitated, “Master, by doing this, we’re truly making an enemy out of Xiao Yeyang. Besides, the Duke of the State is still over there.”
The Wei Family patriarch was indifferent, “In Xiliang, only one can remain between the Wei Family and Xiao Yeyang. The conflict between us is inevitable. Go ahead, send more n. We must let Xiao Yeyang know that only when the Wei Family is stable can Xiliang be stable.”
The butler nodded and withdrew.
Sadly, before the butler could even get in touch with the assassins, hundreds of soldiers surrounded the Wei Family’s estate.
“What are you doing?”
“Do you know what place this is?”
The gatekeeper looked at the soldiers in terror, and just as the Wei Family’s butler hurried over, he saw Yan Wentao getting off his horse at the entrance, accompanied by a squad of Jinling Guards.
Seeing the imperial decree in Yan Wentao’s hand, the butler’s heart sank completely.
Being the chief steward of the Wei Family, he naturally knew too well the nurous wrongful deeds they had committed.
It’s over…
“By Imperial decree, the Wei Family has conspired with Xiliao, has committed treason in seeking glory, and plotting against the loyal and the good. All mbers of the family, old and young, are to be arrested and sent to the capital to await their punishnt.”
As the content of the imperial decree was revealed, panic imdiately gripped everyone in the Wei Family.
The Wei Family patriarch was stunned; he never expected Xiao Yeyang to act so swiftly and ruthlessly, catching him entirely unprepared.
Luckily, thankfully he had just sent the Hidden Guards to take away two direct grandsons. With the Wei Family’s influence in Xiliang, it wouldn’t be long before the Wei Family could rise again.
However, as he watched his two direct grandsons being escorted into the courtyard by the Jinling Guards, the Wei Family patriarch felt the world spinning around him.
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