The next morning, Zhao Zhen met with the Khitan prisoners in the palace. All kinds of etiquette were very complicated.

After finishing a matter, Du Zhongxiao returned to the left-behind mansion. As soon as he entered the official hall, soldiers came over to hand over a document. Du Zhongxiao opened it and saw that it was Ma Huaide who wrote it. The letter said that there were often turmoils in the Khitan military camps in the past few days. Some sign troops were sent over, and only after asking, they found out that the Khitan was almost out of food. Now in the Khitan military camp, the sign troops did not send military food at all, and there were very few military food in the tribes that had far-reaching relations with the royal family.

Putting down the official document, Fu Bi happened to come in. Du Zhongxiao handed over the official document and said, "From this point, Wu Qing can't wait."

Fu Bi took the official document in his hand and looked it over and said, "As long as you can't escape, why bother them to die?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Khitans are not fools. They can't eat even if they can't eat. They are afraid they will surrender and will not really starve to death. Until now, the surrender of the Khitans is a troublesome thing. Let them go back, the grassland forces are still there, and the subsequent disadvantages will be. If they don't let them go back, they are afraid that something will happen later. Hundreds of thousands of people can't be killed."

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, killing prisoners was rare. Compared with the two armies fighting in battles before the Han Dynasty and killing surrendered soldiers at all times, now surrendering will always leave a life. Many armies even incorporate surrendered soldiers.

Du Zhongxiao did not want to recruit the Khitan army and disrupt the Song army's organization. Hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops were a headache to deal with, and it was better to be captured than to be captured.

Fu Bi nodded: "I can't wait to say this. A few days ago, the Khitan killed horses and filled their hunger. No matter how many horses they had, they couldn't hold on for many days. Well, this battle was over and I'd be back to Beijing as soon as possible."

Du Zhongxiao looked at the calendar next to him and shook his head: "Unknown it, the New Year is coming. This year's leap month, the weather will warm up after the New Year. End the war early and prepare for the spring plowing for the next year."

Fu Bi stepped forward and looked at the date and said, "The year of three days is the New Year. Why not, let's set a new year to attack the Khitan?"

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, it's the New Year. Order Li Fugui to transport more wine and meat into the military camp ahead, which is to work hard on the army and to wish the New Year! He would make these Khitans live one more year!"

At this moment, Han Qi and Song Xiang came in. Du Zhongxiao told them about their plans, and they were surprised.

Song Xiang said: "The emperor came to Youzhou and left in just one or two days. It's too hasty."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I can't wait any longer in the front. Once the food is cut off, the Khitans will not be able to support them very quickly. If Yelu Hongji does not surrender, some of his ministers will surrender. Now everything is ready, there is no need to wait for them to surrender. It is better to attack!"

Han Qi said: "This matter is of great importance, so I'd like to ask the emperor to make a decision."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Okay, the Privy Council will submit a memorial. The battle has been fought until now, and it should be over."

After saying that, after arriving at the case, he wrote a memorial and ordered someone to send it to the palace.

Outside Wuqing City, Jia Kui and Dou Shunqing stood by the Sanggan River, watching several soldiers chiseling ice and fishing there. These days were too boring. Occasionally, they heard people talk about this, so they brought the soldiers over. The fish in the river were big and plump, so they caught them back and took the wine to pass the time.

A horse rushed over, and the soldiers above dismounted and stepped forward quickly. He crossed his hands to Dou Shunqing and said, "Taiwei, Xuanming from the Privy Council, will attack in two days. In the New Year, destroy the Khitan troops and the entire army will withdraw."

Dou Shunqing took Xuan's order and handed it over to Jia Kui after seeing it. He said, "Zhi Ma, I've been waiting for so many days, and I'm going to fight!"

After reading it, Jia Kui said, "The Emperor is going to visit the front line in person. This battle is not simple. By the way, Zhang Yu's Dragon Guards will also come together. Our 500,000 troops will attack more than 300,000 remaining troops of the Khitan. They have a great face."

Dou Shunqing smiled and said, "If it were ten years ago, the 300,000 Khitan army, and 500,000 troops, it would not be considered as a large number of soldiers. Now it is different. Our 500,000 people are not something that the Khitans can fight."

While the two were talking, the soldiers there started a net. There were many big fish jumping around there.

Jia Kui said, "It seems that this fish weighs five or six pounds and is the most delicious. Tonight we invite a few lieutenants to come and drink together. We just happened to discuss how to fight against the Khitan in two days. These days, there have been chaos in the Khitan military camp, and I am afraid there is no combat power."

Dou Shunqing said, "Okay. The army is here for many days, and I feel a little bored when I look at the Khitan camp in front of me. The battle is over early, and when I return to the capital, I can still catch up with the Shangyuan Festival."

As the two of them said, they walked up to see the fish they caught. Most of the fish caught were carp and bluefish, the big ones were more than ten pounds, and the small ones were two or three pounds. In this era, there were a lot of fish in the river, not a few pounds, and no one usually ate them.

Dou Shunqing ordered someone to invite Liu Jianji, Jingtai, Zhang Ke and others to drink at his tent in the evening. He told them that he had caught big fish in the river today and had a good meal. There were few people fishing in winter, so it is still very rare to eat fish now.

Back at the tent, Dou Shunqing and Jia Kui sat down and had tea there.

Before it was dark, Liu Jianji arrived. Dou Shunqing and Jia Kui came out to greet him, but saw Liu Jianji and Zhao Zi coming and bowing quickly.

Dou Shunqing said, "The Grand Marshal is here. Why don't you tell us and greet us early?"

Zhao Zi said: "I received the military order from Taiwei Du today, saying that it would be an attack in two days. I rushed over and walked all the way, so how could I tell you in advance. Just just ask someone to drink today so that everyone can know."

After entering the commander's tent, he came to tea. Dou Shunqing invited tea and said, "Taiwei, why did you suddenly attack the Khitan during the Chinese New Year? Why don't you wait for two days and let the army have a New Year?"

Zhao Zi said: "Master Du said that Ma Huaide reported that there have been many chaos in the Khitan military camp recently and there are insufficient military rations. I am worried that the Khitans will not be able to hold on if they wait too long and that would be bad. I chose this time, the Khitans could barely support them, but they could not fight. The attack was the best. If they accidentally surrendered, hundreds of thousands of troops would be difficult to deal with."

Jia Kui said: "What's wrong with dealing with it? If you kill them all, you'll be able to end it all."

Zhao Zi said: "Hundreds of thousands of people are killed, how can we do it? If we kill prisoners and do not surrender, the Taiwei will not be able to do such things."

While the few were talking, Jingtai and Zhang Ke arrived, bowed to Zhao Zi, and sat down.

The soldiers cooked a pot of fish soup with the caught fish, and then chose a few large ones, and then roasted them on the fire in the tent. Soon, the fragrance was everywhere. The whole tent was filled with the aroma of grilled fish. He brought a large pot of cooked mutton and placed it among the crowd.

After pouring the wine, Dou Shunqing said, "I caught some big fish in the Sanggan River today. I specially invited you to eat fish and drink together. It happened that Taiwei Zhao also came from Xiongzhou today, but it was a coincidence. You can enjoy it all, we will not return tonight without getting drunk!"
Chapter completed!