The sun jumped out of the clouds, and the heavens and the earth suddenly brightened. The sun shines on the body, making people feel warm.

Wang Kai rode on a horse, looking at the gate of Datong Mansion not far away, with a serious face. Today is the day when Yelu Zong is willing to lose the city and dedicate the city, Wang Kai enters the city to receive it, and He Bin leads the army outside to prevent accidents. If Datong Mansion does not open the city gate today, the Song army will attack with all its might.

Looking at the sun in the sky, Wang Kai felt a little impatient. It's already time, and the Khitan hasn't opened the city gate yet, so don't you want to give up the city? If Yeluzong is willing to do this, when he enters the city, it will be enough for the people to be angry if he does not kill him.

At this moment, the gate in front of him slowly opened. Several Khitan generals rode out on horseback.

There was a burst of cheers in the army, and Wang Kai let out a sigh of relief. As long as the gates of the city are opened, everything can ignore the past.

Not long after, Yelu Zongyuan brought his generals to Wang Kai, and said with his hands crossed: "I've seen Taiwei." The army of the captain is besieging the city, and it is not too interesting to fight any longer. In Xiaxijing, he stayed in Yelu Zong's vow, and was willing to dedicate the city to the Song Kingdom. I only hope that the captain will enter the city, not kill and poke, and treat the people well. ”

Wang Kai said: "The king understands righteousness, so it is the best. You can rest assured, when my army enters the city, it will not kill people, nor will it rob property, but only seize the city for the imperial court. Dare to ask the king, have the soldiers in the city put down their swords and guns? ”

Yelu Zong wished: "Since the city is going to be sacrificed, the soldiers will naturally put down their swords and guns. The lieutenant just led the troops into the city. ”

Wang Kai nodded: "In this way, I will enter the city." Please also ask the king to come with me. ”

Yeluzong readily agreed, rode with Wang Kai, and walked towards the city gate. Song Jun got on the bayonet, Ming Ming Huang carried it, and followed behind. When I entered the city, I didn't see the shadow of the Khitan army, and the few guards on the head of the city had already put down their weapons.

Wang Kai said: "There are a lot of defenders in Datong Mansion, why can't you see a shadow?" ”

Yelu Zong said: "They are all in their own barracks, how dare they come out without the orders of the captain?" These people have been with me for many years, and I ask the captain to treat me well in the future. Otherwise, if I dedicate the city today, it will surely cause gossip in the future. ”

Wang Kai said with a smile: "Although the king can rest assured, the court will dominate the world in the future, who dares to say that the king?" ”

It wasn't until he arrived at the left-behind mansion that Yelu Zong said: "Taiwei, after the city is dedicated, I don't know what to do with me?" ”

Wang Kai said: "I don't dare to call the shots in this matter, I want to send the king to the capital." During the first battle of Youzhou and the final surrender, many Khitan officials arrived in Kaifeng Mansion. When he got there, the king would meet many acquaintances. ”

Yelu nodded willingly. He naturally knew that Wang Kai had been on Hequ Road, and later attacked Datong Mansion and did not go to Youzhou, but he was afraid that he would not know about the surrender of Khitan officials. The three of Yelu Xiantong came from Youzhou, but they didn't know it, and they had to go to the capital by themselves.

After getting off the horse, the two entered the left-behind mansion. Entering the official hall, Yelu Zongyuan suddenly whispered: "Taiwei, the back office is my personal property, and my life will depend on it in the future." Please also ask the captain to make it convenient, so that I can be transported away safely. ”

Wang Kai looked at Yelu Zongyuan and smiled: "The king's personal things naturally just have to be transported away." Now that the city has been sacrificed, I will not be embarrassed to be king. ”

Yelu Zong was willing to let go, and when he saw that Wang Kai was too kind, he suddenly asked: "Taiwei, take the liberty of asking, what will happen if I don't sacrifice the city?" ”

Wang Kai said: "What else? I led a large army to attack the city, and after the city was broken, I beheaded the king at the head of the city. The Privy Council has already given an account of this, and I am acting on orders. Sacrifice the city, the king will save his life, and I will send someone to protect you to Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Seeing that Wang Kai said indifferently, Yeluzong wanted to know that the result of not offering seemed to be a dead word.

Du Zhongxiao entered the official hall, picked up the official document on the table, put it down after reading it, and smiled. Yelu Zong's wish was indeed to sacrifice the city in the end, and he did not have a head to carry it to the end. Offering the city will be beneficial, there are so many cities in the Khitan, so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries, where did the Song Dynasty get so many benefits for them.

Zeng Gongliang came in and arched his hand: "Taiwei, the Datong Mansion has been left behind and Yelu Zong has dedicated the city, and Wang Kai has occupied the Datong Mansion. In the capital hall, the minister of Wen took the Chinese book official and was waiting for the Taiwei to take us to the meeting. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Okay." Let's wait for Captain Tian to come. Next, it is impossible for all the front-line troops to be idle, except for some troops returning to Beijing, the rest of the troops must try their best to seize the places that are easy to occupy. We have discussed it in the Privy Council before we can go and discuss it with the Chinese book. ”

Zeng Gongliang said yes. After a while, Tian Guo came in, and the three of them sat down and talked about the recent situation.

Tian said: "During the battle of Youzhou, because of the urgent military situation, this dynasty sent troops to the country. All military academies were disbanded and organized into armies. Now that Youzhou has won the war, some troops need to be dismantled and military schools rebuilt. How many men should be cut in the right way? ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said: "Now the national forbidden army, 550,000 people participated in the war in Youzhou, 100,000 people in Datong Mansion, 50,000 people in Hedong Road, and 50,000 people in Shaanxi Road, a total of 700,000 troops. The Khitan was defeated, so many forbidden troops were indeed too many. In my opinion, in the future, there will be no strong Khitan enemy on Hebei Road, and 50,000 people may need to be stationed. Hedong Road is no longer a frontier, if you include Datong Mansion, there are 50,000 people together with Shaanxi Road. There are always 50,000 people on the Hequ Road, and 50,000 people are needed in the Western Regions and Hexi, which will require 200,000 troops. The garrison of the capital should be 100,000 to 200,000. Together with the rest, 400,000 to 500,000 forbidden troops are enough. In addition to the military academies, more than 100,000 people will be discharged from military service. ”

Tian Guo nodded: "That's what the captain said." I originally wanted to keep 600,000 forbidden troops and 150,000 to enter military academies. Unexpectedly, the number of people who wanted to be even smaller. However, without the strong Khitan enemy, four or five hundred thousand forbidden troops would be enough. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The trained forbidden army is different from before, it is a corps that can really fight in the field, and the number of people does not need to be too much. In contrast, the number of Xiang troops should be more than before, which is also normal. The dismantled forbidden army can be properly arranged according to its wishes. ”

With the development of the economy, the Song Dynasty needed far more troops than before. When it was not developed, because of the steam tugboat, the fiber box army was cut, and Du Zhongxiao carried out the camp and field affairs accordingly. Now that the camp has been extended to the two lakes, more people are needed. In addition to all kinds of commercial establishments, as well as transport troops, plus the maintenance of local order, there are quite a few people.

In addition to maintaining order in the interior, there are also a large number of people involved in industrial and commercial production, and the less the better. Many of them, who directly create wealth, are part of the government-run industry and commerce, and are producers.

Tian Guo said again: "There are three original military schools, and they don't seem to need so many when they are re-established?" ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said: "The military academy on Hebei Road can be cut, and if necessary in the future, it will be good to build it when the conditions are sufficient." The military academy in the capital is the mainstay, and the military academy on Hequ Road is located in the frontier and is mainly used to train cavalry. Two military academies, with about 500,000 forbidden troops, should be enough. ”

In fact, in addition to these two military schools, Du Zhongxiao wanted to set up another military academy in the south or along the coast to train naval troops. However, he has never developed a navy, and now it is too abrupt to say. It's better to wait until later, and when the conditions are right, it's not too late to mention it.

After recovering the Western Regions, destroying the party, and defeating the Khitan, the territory of the Song Dynasty greatly expanded to the north, requiring a large number of cavalry. The current Song Dynasty is not short of horses, and needs a military academy that specializes in training cavalry. In the past, when Du Zhongxiao was on Hequ Road, the Wudu Military Academy trained various officers, and it will slowly change in the future. With the Beijing Military Academy, most of the officers are still trained well here.

With the reorganization and training of the forbidden army, a large number of officials were added, and the command was divided, and in fact the power of the army commander was limited, and it was no longer possible to lead the army to rebel as before. However, it is difficult to say what the emperor thinks. The arrangement of the army will inevitably have a large-scale mobile corps in the capital. The so-called internal and external phase system, I am afraid that this point will not change.