It was almost evening, Du Zhongxiao and Liu Ji were sitting in the tent, and Zhao Zizi hurried over. Saluting to Du Zhongxiao, Zhao Zi said: "Today, Wang Kai and Jia Kui led the cavalry in the army to attack the Khitan Huluduo around Dading Mansion, and everything went well. Now it is reported that there are four palaces of Changning Palace, Hongyi Palace, Yanchang Palace and Chongde Palace that surrendered without a fight. Although the other five palaces resisted, they were all vulnerable and all of them were defeated. Now all the Khitan Nine Palaces have been captured. Since there were not many soldiers, the two lieutenants asked what to do with them. ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "For the time being, no one is allowed to run." Five hundred men were assigned to each palace, and they watched them graze their cattle and wait for the decree of the imperial court. These Huluduo are the essence of the Khitan, and their royal family and princely families, almost all of them, must be done with caution. ”

Zhao Zi said: "Captain, after all, these Huluduo have no soldiers, just herding people, are they people or soldiers?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Huluduo is a soldier and a man in the Khitan, let's be a soldier first." Later, the imperial court made a will, and then acted according to the will. ”

Zhao Zicha sang a promise and hurriedly went.

Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "I didn't expect this battle to go so smoothly. In one day, the Nine Palaces were completely wiped out, and the Khitan essence was lost. Today, cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and a celebration banquet was held to congratulate them. ”

Liu Ji nodded: "What the Taiwei said is that such a big victory should be celebrated." But isn't this battle too easy? ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled: "Of course it's too easy." In fact, it's not just this battle, what is the difficulty of last year's battle in Youzhou? Now it seems that we don't know ourselves clearly, and we don't know the Khitan clearly. The national strength of the two countries is already far apart, and when they fight, the result is naturally one-sided. Last year, the Khitan went south, and it was already the strength of the country, not to say, but to really hollow out his country. When we called this year, they didn't even have the strength to resist. It was an accident, but it was a good thing after all. ”

Liu Ji also sighed. I really didn't expect that the current Khitan would be so weak that it didn't even have the strength to resist. If there was no Ma Di to dedicate the city, the Song Dynasty would have to wait a few years for the Yanyun region to recover, and then it would go north. In fact, looking at the appearance of the Khitan, at that time, he went directly north and crossed Yanshan, and the Khitan had no strength to stop it at all. One hundred or two hundred thousand people is enough to sweep the Khitan.

The Khitan's devotion to the country was different from that of the Song Dynasty. It not only concentrates the country's material resources, but also concentrates the country's manpower. The Khitan dispatched an army of 400,000 people, in fact, basically all the young and middle-aged people of their own nation were pulled onto the battlefield. The first war was completely wiped out, and the army was organized in the country, and there were no more people.

This is a completely different situation from the Central Plains Dynasty. The Central Plains Dynasty, due to its abundant manpower, was defeated in a battle and could quickly reorganize its army. Not to mention the combat effectiveness, the number will not be small. The Khitan is not good, and if it is completely destroyed in one war, it will directly lose one or two generations of people.

For example, the reason why Huluduo outside Dading Mansion has always been here is because the Khitan has no one who can make up his mind now. In the past, these Huluduo were the most important force of the Khitan Emperor, with strong soldiers and horses, and their status in the Khitan was also high. Now that the young man is gone, no one knows what they should do. Unable to enter the city, they were just allowed to graze outside the city.

After a while, Zhao Zi came in and said, "Wang Kai and Jia Kui are assigning people to take care of each Luduo. There are two palaces of Xingsheng and Yongxing, the resistance is more fierce, and there are many dead, and the two ask if they can be combined into one palace. ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "No, it's better to divide it into two palaces." How to deal with these Erudos still needs to be carefully considered. In addition to the palace tent that accompanied the emperor, they also had their own military states under their head, as well as the location of the mausoleum, which was not so simple. ”

Zhao Zi agreed. Just as he was about to leave, Du Zhongxiao said: "Tell Wang Kai and Jia Kui that the matter is done, come here and celebrate their achievements." ”

Zhao Zi sang a promise with his hand and walked out quickly.

Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "This battle went unexpectedly smoothly, and everyone was much lighter. ”

Zhao Zi went to Wang Kai and Jia Kui's military tent and gave Du Zhongxiao's words. He also said: "You have won a great victory today, and the captain has slaughtered cattle and sheep to celebrate your achievements." By the way, you ordered to go down and hold a celebration banquet in the army. Since the war with the Khitan, it has not been as smooth as it is today. Even if it was a palace tent that was unwilling to descend, it didn't take much effort. ”

Jia Kui said: "Yes, which one could have expected it? These Huluduo are the elite soldiers around the Khitan Emperor, and they originally thought that there would be a fierce battle, but they didn't expect that they would be vulnerable at all. Today, more than 20 people died in our army. ”

Wang Kai said: "I asked, all the young people of Luduo went to Youzhou last year." Not only did the people not come back, but they also took away the weapons of Zarudo, and the rest of the people didn't even have knives and guns when they wanted to fight. In this way, what can they do but surrender. ”

Zhao Zi sat down and said, "Yes, I didn't expect the Khitan to be weak like this." If you lose a battle, you will all collapse, and you won't even have a chance to make a comeback. After capturing Dading Mansion in this battle, you can immediately go north and sweep the entire Khitan. ”

Wang Kai said: "Yes, after going down to Dading Mansion, you should go north immediately." Don't talk about him anywhere else, the area around Linhuang Mansion in Tokyo is the root of the Khitan. If you take it down, the Khitan will be destroyed. ”

Jia Kui said with emotion: "The year before last, when we fought with the Khitan for Shuozhou, the Taiwei was still very nervous and strictly ordered us not to attack. When the Khitan went south last year, he was also very cautious and kept luring the Khitan to go deeper. The Khitan was trapped in Cangzhou, so they went north. But I didn't expect that the Khitan was so useless, and if we tried a little harder, they collapsed. I knew this was the case, so why be so cautious, just really take the army and press it. ”

Zhao Zi said: "Who knows that things will be like this." Since the founding of the Khitan, there have been almost no major defeats in the surrounding areas, how dare Taiwei be careless and cautious! I don't think that in the first battle of Youzhou, this battle really shows that the Khitan is already the face of the country. ”

The three of them spoke, and they were all full of emotion. This battle was indeed unexpectedly smooth for the Song army, and without encountering decent resistance, it surrounded Dadingfu and solved the most important key forces of the Khitan. Except for Jiugong Huluduo, the rest of the Khitan forces are not worth mentioning.

In fact, when a country really comes to the end of its destruction, it is indeed difficult to make sense. Especially for nomads like the Khitan, because they have no reserve forces, once they are defeated, they will be in a mess, and it will be difficult to turn over again without special reasons.

The Khitan in history was quickly defeated by the rising Jurchens, where is the current Song Dynasty comparable to the Jurchens? After a big war, the Song Dynasty could directly launch a second wave of offensives, how could the Khitan resist?

After the defeat of the imaginary Khitan, it was just an imagination to be able to quickly integrate and concentrate forces again. Last year, the Khitan went south, and all the military forces were brought with them, and even the people with weapons were buried in Youzhou.

At this time, the Song army was heading north, and the Khitan could no longer organize effective resistance, so it only depended on how fast the Song army advanced.

That night, several generals drank happily together in Du Zhongxiao's tent. The Huluduo outside has been completely wiped out, and tomorrow it will be able to bombard Dading Mansion. Not surprisingly, in two or three days, Dading Mansion can be captured. The hinterland of the Khitan directly faced the front of the Song army.