"Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have completed the side quest: conquer the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun."
"Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have acquired the skill Illusion Talisman!"
Wang Yue had just pacified Western Xia and was preparing to leave the task of stabilizing the region to Shouhua. He and Zhao Jian were about to lead their army to reclaim the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun when he suddenly heard the system announce that the mission was complete.
Wang Yue was stunned. How had he completed the mission? He had no idea.
But he soon understood. Large numbers of people from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun had fled to Northern Liang, bringing news with them.
He hadn't expected Great Liao and Great Song to cooperate like this. It seemed pressure really had to be high enough!
Still, since things had already turned out this way, Wang Yue stopped worrying about how he'd completed the mission. He took a good look at what the Illusion Talisman could do, then began considering what to do next.
The Illusion Talisman worked by using a spell to summon several doubles, each identical to Wang Yue. It was much like Wang Ye's dazzling afterimage technique.
Once Wang Yue had figured it out, he was still a little disappointed. The skill really wasn't much use.
After all, he didn't need it. He could already use Wang Ye's dazzling afterimage technique.
As for the next step in the military campaign...
Northern Liang now controlled all of Central Asia. After Wang Shiba's Central Asian Allied Army wiped out Western Xia, it couldn't just sit around doing nothing.
So Wang Yue had Wang Shiba turn his forces around and start attacking Tibet.
It wasn't that Wang Yue wanted to bully Tibet. The Liao Kingdom had already made