Chapter 530: Hearing the News

Li Xianzhong had 100,000 soldiers and horses, and only 20,000 soldiers and horses remained here to guard the almost unarmed Khitan people, and he personally led the remaining 80,000 soldiers and horses to flee the Khitan army.

The snow was very heavy, and the grassland was white, and I couldn't see anything clearly.

When it was noon, Li Xianzhong and Li Yanxian met, and both of them had smiles on their faces.

"Xianzhong, we will win this battle! More than 20,000 Khitans fled last night, and now they have basically been caught up by us, and almost all of them have been annihilated by us! Li Yanxian said.

"We haven't found Jerod Stone yet!" Li Xianzhong said.

"With so many of our soldiers and horses, sooner or later we will find him!" Li Yanxian said.

At this time, several cavalry from the north came here, and after they reported, they came to Li Xianzhong and Li Yanxian.

"Two generals, we have found the corpses of many war horses in the north!" A cavalry road.

"The corpse of a war horse? How many? What the hell is going on? Li Xianzhong said in surprise.

"It seems that there are two or three thousand war horses! However, the corpses of those war horses are all mutilated, some only have the horse's head left, and some still have the horse's 'legs'! Those war horses are all Khitan war horses, and there are some items left by the Khitan people around. "Cavalry Road.

"Let's go, I'll take a look! Yanxian, you continue to look for Yelu Dashi on the grassland! Li Xianzhong said.

At that moment, Li Xianzhong led thousands of cavalry towards the north, and after walking for more than half an hour, they finally came to the place where the dead body of the war horse was.

"Here are the Khitan people left, and there are Khitan characters on these saddles!" Li Xianzhong jumped off the horse, he looked at it carefully for a while, and said.

"Who killed these Khitan horses?" A lieutenant said.

"This grassland is so desolate that no one else is coming! Besides, there are only the corpses of war horses here, not the corpses of a single person, and it seems that there has been no battle here at all! If I'm not mistaken, it was the Khitans who killed their horses! Li Xianzhong said.

"Why did the Khitans kill their horses?" The faces of the surrounding soldiers all showed expressions of surprise, and the captain said again.

"They're here to get food! This horse 'meat' can be eaten by them! No, they're likely to go east into the mountains! Li Xianzhong said.

"Ahh After Li Xianzhong's words were finished, the surrounding soldiers couldn't help but let out exclamations.

"Quick! Look around now! It is impossible for ordinary Khitans to be so ruthless, only Yelu Dashi can make such a decision! Li Xianzhong immediately gave the order.

His cavalry was now heading in all directions, but most of them were heading in the direction of the mountains to the east, looking for the whereabouts of Jerodashi.

After more than an hour, more than 40,000 Song troops came here to look for Yelu Dashi in this area.

It wasn't until late that night that they found traces left by the Khitans at the eastern mountain pass!

There are some shrubs that have been broken in the mountain pass, and as you go inside, there are constant traces of broken grass and trees, which proves that there are people entering here, and the time of the occurrence is today!

"It must be Jerod Stone! He took two or three thousand Khitans into the mountains, and then wanted to go from the mountains to Liaodong! Li Xianzhong said.

"Xianzhong, we will continue to pursue them!" Li Yanxian has arrived, said.

"Send someone to spread the news of Yelu Dashi's escape to Zhongjing! I personally led my troops into the mountains to look for the Jerod Stone! Li Xianzhong said.

The night was already dark, and it was extremely dangerous to enter the mountains now, but Li Xianzhong still entered it with 10,000 soldiers and horses! He walked at the forefront, exploring the way himself!

Traces of the Khitans can occasionally be seen on the road, but many of them have been covered due to the snow.

After walking for about an hour, there was a screaming sound from behind, and several soldiers fell into the valley, and Li Xianzhong couldn't help but hesitate.

In the middle of the night, soldiers continued to die, and Li Xianzhong had to stop temporarily.

"If Jerod enters the mountains, he may not be able to get out! This is just the edge of the mountains, so dangerous, deep into it, even the best martial arts can die! Anyway, we can't send all the army into the mountains, the sacrifice is too great, and we may not be able to find him! After dawn tomorrow, send a thousand-strong team of 'elite' to go deep into it to find Yelu Dashi! Li Xianzhong said secretly.

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Once the snow falls on the grassland, it is difficult to stop for a short time.

In Zhongjing City, the snow has been falling here for six or seven days, and it is now November 12, and it has been a few days since the last big battle.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the poor people in Zhongjing City are no longer able to hide in their homes.

However, this winter was different from previous winters, and many poor people had joyful expressions on their faces.

Since the Song army defeated the 'Jurchen', there have been continuous supplies delivered here, and now many people have been allocated food in their homes, the amount of these grains is not very large, but if you save food, you can hold on for at least half a month! Moreover, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has promised that there will be grain delivery soon! In addition to food, they were also given a lot of shabby clothes and bedding, and the Song soldiers actually helped ordinary poor people to repair their houses, so they no longer had to suffer from freezing.

The Propaganda Department of the Great Song Dynasty has also entered here, and in just one month, the situation in Zhongjing City has a stable trend!

In fact, not only Zhongjing, but also more than ten prefectures and counties around Zhongjing, the situation has gradually stabilized.

The people of all ethnic groups here have suffered so much that for them, if they are given a little favor, they will treat each other as saviors! Now the Great Song army and emperor are undoubtedly the saviors in their hearts!

In the imperial palace of Zhongjing, in the palace of diligence, this place has changed its appearance.

At this moment, there is a fire here, and the warmth is warm, and there are "guards" at the "door" and inside the palace.

Zhao Chen was sitting on the throne at the moment, Yu Yunwen, Qu Duan and others were sitting below, and the Great Khan of the 'Meng' Gukelie Department was also sitting below.

Suddenly, Zha Husi looked up at Zhao Chen from time to time, with a hesitant look on his face.

"Great Khan, do you have anything to say?" Zhao Chen looked at him sharply and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I wonder when you will let us go? Now that the snow is so heavy, my people may not be able to survive this winter, they need the help of men! Suddenly, he thought about it.

"We've been deliberating on this all these days! I want to ask you first, will you continue to go against our Great Song? Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, how dare we continue to go against the Great Song? You can rest assured, after we return to the grassland, we will always be the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty. Suddenly, Zha Husi smiled bitterly.

"Excellent! After you sign this agreement, you can leave Zhongjing tomorrow and return to your grassland! Zhao Chen said.

"Agreements?" Suddenly, Zha Husi looked at Zhao Chen with some sleepiness.

"The protocol is here!" Qu Duan stood up and smiled.

He brought an agreement to the face of Sudden Zha Husi, and it was written in Han and Khitan languages! The reason why there is a Khitan script is because the 'Mongolian' ancient people on the steppe also use the Khitan script, so that they can understand it.

"There are only four items in this agreement, first, from now on, your Kereh Ministry will be a vassal of our Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Khan of the Kereh Department must accept the canonization of our Great Song Dynasty! In the future, after you die, your son will also accept our canonization, without our canonization, no one can become a Great Khan, second, the leaders of your various tribes in the Kereh tribe must leave their minor children in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, in our capital of the Great Song Dynasty to receive our Han culture and education, and only when they reach adulthood can they return to the grassland, third, your Kereh tribe must accept the transfer of our court, if we want to attack the rest of the grassland tribes, you must follow us to fight, fourth, You have to provide us with a certain number of horses, cattle and sheep every year, and the specific amount will be told to you by the General Staff Headquarters, and the amount may vary from year to year, of course, we will not ask for your things in vain, we will exchange money or materials from the Central Plains. Qu Duan said on the side.

Suddenly, a struggling expression appeared on Zha Husi's face.

"Great Khan, think about the people of the steppe, how long will you hesitate? Moreover, this time you have lost a lot of men from the Kereh tribe, and we will send tens of thousands of militia to follow you north, and we will bring you supplies for the winter to help you tide over the difficulties. Qu Duan said.

"Good! I signed this agreement! Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and finally agreed.

Zhao Chen's face above 'revealed' a faint smile.

Regarding the 'Mongolian' ancient grassland, the Military Aircraft Department, the General Staff Headquarters and Zhao Chen himself still haven't really put their eyes there. Now they have just conquered Shangjing and Zhongjing, and Liaodong is still under the control of the 'female' Zhenren, in this case, their primary goal is still to stabilize the north and recover Liaodong, and even the Goryeo plan is before the 'Mongolian' ancient plan, and now it is impossible for the imperial army's army to go to the 'Mongolian' ancient grassland, in this case, they can only temporarily subdue and encircle the 'Mongolian' ancient departments, and first take Huairou means to talk about it.

This time, 300,000 militiamen will follow the army north, and 50,000 militiamen will follow the Kereb into the steppe at that time! Quduan had already done the work of the 50,000 militiamen, and after the great war, the number of men was greatly reduced, and the number of 'women' was extremely large, and Quduan encouraged these militia fighters to enter the grassland and marry the 'Meng' ancient 'women' so that they could really control the Kereh tribe.

However, these are just some small means, and it is still not the time to really enter the 'Mongolian' ancient grassland.

Everyone was discussing in the palace of diligence, and the sound of the report came from outside, and after a while, an officer from the staff headquarters walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty, we just got a military intelligence report from the two generals, Yue Fei and Li Xianzhong!" The officer said.

"Come on!" Zhao Chen said immediately.

Qu Duan, Yu Yunwen, and even Suddenly Zha Husi and the others didn't speak anymore, they were all listening to the officer's report.

"Your Majesty, in the area of Wugu and the enemy's grassland, my 200,000 'elite' cavalry surrounded the Khitan army, and the Khitan army of more than 100,000 troops was wiped out, and only more than 3,000 people fled!" The officer said.

"Great!" Zhao Chen's face showed an excited expression.

In this way, there will be no more enemies in the area of Shangjing and Zhongjing, and the situation in the north has been decided, leaving only the enemy of Liaodong!

"It's just that Yelu Dashi escaped, and still hasn't chased Yelu Dashi!" The officer said.

Oh!

Zhao Chen, Qu Duan, Yu Yunwen and others all frowned.