In Quyang City, Yeluti didn't look at the corpses on the street, and the Khitan soldiers who searched everywhere went into the house, and said coldly: "I don't want the Song army to defend so tenaciously, it's not that someone opened the city gate, and I don't know how many people will die when I capture this city." ”

Yeluliang on the side said: "Yes, it seems that today, the Song Military Commission that has been trained is really different, and it can fight more than before." ”

Yelu Tien didn't say: "I heard that it was the magistrate of this county who fled?" Did you catch it? ”

Yeluliang said: "I have been captured and am being held in a cell on the side." ”

"Let him come to me!" Jertheel was silent, and his voice was cold. "We have been commanded by the Holy God to attack Dingzhou. Whether this battle can go well depends on how we progress. It was Quyang Zhixian who was arrested, and he wanted to know the arrangement of the nearby Song army. ”

While speaking, Yeluther stepped into the county office unquickly. This is now his official residence, where he commanded the Khitan army.

Not long after, Pan Yue was escorted to the county office. When I arrived at the official hall, I saw a fire lit inside, and tiger skins were spread on the ground. A big man sat on a tiger skin, held a roast leg of mutton in his hand, and was cutting the meat with a sharp knife in his hand to eat it.

The soldier crossed his hand and sang a promise, and Yelu Tie on the ground did not raise his head, squinted at Pan Yue and said, "You are the magistrate of this county?" ”

Pan Yue hurriedly bowed his hand: "Back to the king, in Xia Pan Yue, it is Quyang Zhixian." ”

Yelother said disdainfully: "It's you, who opened the city gate and wanted to escape back to Dingzhou?" ”

Pan Yue was a little embarrassed, and said: "It's because I have no eyes, I know that the king is coming, and if I don't open the city gate early, I want to escape, it's really unwise!" ”

Yeluther didn't listen and laughed: "You don't need to put gold on yourself, I have already inquired clearly, the person who guards this city is a commander named Gao Min." If you hadn't opened the gates, I wouldn't have come in! Now that you are a prisoner of the ranks, if you don't want to endure hardship, you have to be honest. I ask you anything, and you answer honestly! If it's not true, watch out for the head on your neck! ”

Pan Yue was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything.

Jerodel said, "There are many more people in this city than usual, where did they come from?" ”

Pan Yue said: "Back to the king, they are all under the rule of the people. Since the grain harvest in the autumn, the imperial court has cleared the walls and brought the people into the city. This county is a small county, with less than 4,000 households, all of which are in the county. ”

"I see." Jertheel nodded. "In this way, the autumn grain harvested in your county this year is all in the county, and it has not been transported?"

Pan Yue nodded hurriedly: "Back to the king, I didn't transport it away." Because there were soldiers and horses in the county, they left the autumn grain for their rations. ”

Yeluther smiled and nodded: "This is the best, it saves a lot of effort." He led 30,000 cavalry from Feihu, and the mountain roads were inconvenient to transport grain and grass, so he fought the idea of looting supplies in the Song Realm because of the grain to the enemy. Unexpectedly, the Song Dynasty first collected the people and grain and grass to the county seat, and even saved the effort of going out of the city to loot. Of course, if you can't break through the city, then you don't talk about everything.

At this time, Jererian came in, bowed to Jerethete, and sat down on the side.

Yelu Tien didn't say: "How is the surrounding Song army arranged, have you found it out?" ”

Yeluliang said: "Ask the question clearly." In addition to the soldiers stationed in the cities, most of the soldiers and horses of the Song army were around Dingzhou. Near here, there is Liu Jianji's department, a total of 50,000 people. About thousands of people are stationed in various counties, and more than 40,000 people are stationed in Dingzhou. ”

Yelu Tien frowned: "In this way, Dingzhou is not easy to attack." ”

Jererian said, "Exactly. In the border states, the Song army had a large number of soldiers and horses stationed in the state capital, and the number of people defending the city in each county was two or three thousand, and the few were thousands. We want to attack Dingzhou, but I'm afraid it won't be easy. ”

Yeluti didn't think about it, raised his head and said to Pan Yue: "Zhixian, you can tell me about the arrangement of the Song army nearby." ”

Pan Yue said: "King, you have all found out clearly. Most of the soldiers and horses of Taiwei Liu were stationed near the state capital. In each county, there were one or two thousand people guarding the city. Just like this county, there is only a high-level command embassy, a total of about 1,000 people. ”

Yeluti nodded and said, "Xinle County in the south, how many soldiers and horses are there?" ”

Pan Yue said: "Xinle County is on the train line, which is much more important than this county, with more than 4,000 people guarding the city. ”

Yeluthean didn't listen, and said to Yeluliang on the side: "What is the train of the Song people?" When I was in the Northland, I heard that it was very important. With this train, it will be inconvenient for our soldiers and horses. ”

Yeluliang said: "I heard that this train is a kind of coal-burning cart, which runs on the road paved with steel, which is very convenient. This car only burns coal, does not need grain and grass, does not need to rest on the road, and can travel thousands of miles in one day and night. And the goods pulled are very large, one car can reach hundreds of cars. ”

Yeluther frowned when she didn't listen: "So, if we stay in Xinle County for a few days, there will be a large number of Song troops to help?" ”

Yeluliang nodded: "That's what I heard said. What the hell it looks like, the lower officials have never seen it. ”

Yeluther said to Pan Yue: "Zhixian, is this train really so powerful?" In a few days, can tens of thousands of troops be mobilized? ”

Pan Yue said: "King, the train is fast, and there are many goods pulled, as long as it takes two or three days, tens of thousands of troops are just a trivial matter." If there are enough soldiers and horses nearby, it will not be difficult to mobilize an army of 120,000 in a few days. ”

Jerlother smiled and said, "There is such a divine thing in the world, and hundreds of thousands of troops will arrive in a few days!" If this is the case, if we stay in Quyang for a few days, won't the Song army be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops and surround us here! ”

Pan Yue hurriedly waved his hand: "King, the train is indeed a divine object!" Kaifeng Mansion has only arrived here in three or five days, not to mention the original soldiers and horses on Hebei Road. As long as the cities along the railway line are not breached, there will be nearby soldiers and horses to rescue them within a day or two. ”

Yeluliang said: "Great King, the Song army has 50,000 people in Dingzhou and Zhendingfu each, if you can't quickly penetrate into the interior, it will be easy to be surrounded by them. For the sake of today, it is necessary to determine where to attack. ”

Yelu Tien said: "The best thing is to attack Dingzhou." As long as Dingzhou is a bit, the north side will be opened. The large armies deployed by the Song people in Baozhou and Xiongzhou were completely useless. It's just that Liu Jianji, who guards Dingzhou, has 40,000 soldiers and horses there, but it is not easy. ”

Yeluliang shook his head: "Starting from the Flying Fox, 30,000 cavalry is already the limit, and there can be no more people." When we went to attack Dingzhou, we were all entangled by the Song army, and this surprise attack was useless. Or bypass the states of the front line and go deep into the Song Land, everything will be different. The Song people are clear on the border, but the inland states and counties can't do it. With their grain and grass, it is not difficult for tens of thousands of cavalry to crisscross several states. ”

Yeluti sighed: "It's only a few dozen miles away from Dingzhou, it's a pity not to attack!" The king's order must be obeyed, so he had to go south to Xinle County. Listening to Panzhi County, there are only three or four thousand soldiers there, and it is not difficult to break through. As long as Xinle is broken, you can go south to Zhaozhou, and there will be no obstacle to attacking the Daimyo's mansion! As long as the soldiers come to the Daimyo's Mansion, see what the Song people have to say! ”

The Daimyofu is the capital of Hebei Road, not far from the Yellow River. If you encircle there, you can reproduce the situation of the Battle of Lanzhou, and the Song Dynasty can still be as calm as it is now? In the impression of the Khitans, it seems that it is not too difficult for the army to go south and attack the Yellow River. In the last one or two hundred years, there have been so many such things that I have become accustomed to them. As long as you are close to the Yellow River, Kaifeng Mansion, which has no danger to defend, is what the soldiers are referring to. The Central Plains Imperial Court will inevitably be in chaos at that time, and it will be very easy to sue for peace.

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