Standing on the ridge of the field and looking at the flowers and green willows around, Du Zhongxiao felt comfortable physically and mentally. At this time, he really wanted to take a vacation and rest for a while in such an environment. Unfortunately, life passed quickly, and it was already five days after Wansheng, and it was time to go back the day after tomorrow.

The generals in the Battle of Youzhou basically ended their rewards, and the next thing was the drama of changes in official positions. After these days, the emperor and ministers in the court should have had a general intention and went back to the court to wait for instructions.

Du Zhongxiao sometimes wondered whether he would take the initiative to apply for external transfer and have a good rest for a year or two? Later, he thought that as the head coach of the Battle of Youzhou, he would take the initiative to apply to go to a place, but I was afraid that it would make people think too much, so I should just follow the arrangements of the court.

At this moment, Cui Xiang rushed over and bowed, "Taiwei, someone is coming from the capital, waiting in the yamen. Taiwei Li Zhang is walking with him."

Du Zhongxiao was stunned when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Who is coming?"

Cui Xiang shook his head: "Master Li didn't say anything, how dare I ask the young man?"

"Yes." Du Zhongxiao nodded. "I'll go back now. You can watch more in the prison camp these days. Especially in Ma Xuan's team, Yelu Hongji is here. I'm afraid there will be many things behind and I'll care about everything." Cui Xiang bowed and said yes.

Du Zhongxiao returned to the yamen and entered the living room. He saw Li Zhang and a middle-aged man sitting there. The two of them lowered their heads to drink tea without saying anything. Du Zhongxiao came in, and Li Zhang hurriedly got up to salute. The man followed, very polite.

After each of them sat down, Du Zhongxiao said to Li Zhang: "The Grand Marshal suddenly came to Wansheng Town, what's the urgent matter?"

Li Zhang said: "Taiwei, is it still secret to speak here? This time, the officials have important things to do! There are ears to the walls, so don't be heard by others."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao said to the soldiers on the side: "You guys go outside the room and don't give any instructions, so you are not allowed to come in."

Several soldiers went out, and Du Zhongxiao said, "Now there are only three of us here, so you can say everything you have."

Li Zhang pointed to the people around him and said, "This Ma Di is the garrison of Zezhou in Khitan. I have seen the emperor, prime minister, and the emperor. The emperor specifically ordered him to come here and listen to what the emperor said."

Du Zhongxiao looked at Ma Di and said, "Is it that your name is also from the Ma family? I don't know whether it's Ma Xuan in the prison camp--"

Ma Di bowed: "Returning to the Taiwei, Ma Xuan is the brother of Xiaguan. He is with Yelu Hongji, and Xiaguan is in Zezhou."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "So that's it. Ma Xuan is now a team leader in the prison camp and is in charge of Yelu Hongji, which is not very good."

Ma Di hurriedly said, "Taiwei, don't know what's wrong? My brother has been stationed in the area, but he has never been on the battlefield."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Yelu Hongji has always refused to do things. He is the team leader. He has been implicated and has not had enough food for three days. But there is no big deal, so you can rest assured. Doing things in the prison camp, knowing their identities, and the work arranged is not heavy."

Ma Di felt relieved and thanked Du Zhongxiao. Before coming here, Ma Di had already heard about the prison camp and was not too worried.

Du Zhongxiao said, "I wonder what you are going to do when you come south? Since the emperor specifically asked you to come here to see me, I think it is not just as simple as Xianzezhou City. Fengshengzhou will soon be brought down, a Zezhou is not a place for the imperial court."

Ma Di said: "What the Taiwei said is that only Xianzezhou is, how dare the subordinates come? This time they went south, Bei'anzhou, Zezhou, Yuzhou and Jianzhou together Xiancheng. After the Song army broke through Fengshengzhou, they could go directly to the city of Dading Prefecture, Zhongjing."

Du Zhongxiao was a little surprised when he heard this. After the war in Youzhou, he knew that the Khitan was in a desperate situation and someone would definitely surrender, but such a large scale was never expected. Zhongjing was an important land of the Khitan, and the general scope was the area of ​​Chengde, Chifeng and Jinzhou in later generations. There were grasslands and large areas of arable land, which were arable and pastoral places. Once the nomadic people occupied this place, they were supplemented by agriculture and at the same time they mastered the passage to the south at any time. For the Khitan, this was the core hinterland. The Khitan was basically done with the Dan and Song dynasties.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said, "Is this true? Is there any false statement?"

Ma Hao bowed and said, "Taiwei, the last general will discuss with the generals of Zhucheng. Just wait for the imperial army to advance north. As long as the army arrives at the city, everyone will make an appointment to offer the city, and there will be no delay. If there is any accident, take the head of my neck!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Why? In the battle of Youzhou, all the elite Khitans were destroyed. I was not surprised that someone offered the city, but it was unexpected that everyone united in this way. Until now, the Khitans have not established a new master, so there should be a reason."

Ma Di said: "Yelu Hongji was captured, but some people proposed to establish a new lord. Some people proposed to establish a son of Yelu Hongji, while others proposed to establish his brother, and there was no dispute for a while. With the lesson of the two emperors' co-establishment of a few years ago, this matter was temporarily suspended. As for the sacrifice of the city together, there was no way for us to offer the city together. Although these prefectures and counties are not as good as Youzhou and Datong Prefecture, there are many Han people below. In the battle of Youzhou, the elite Khitans had been destroyed, but in fact, there were not many soldiers in each city. What else could it be if we don't offer the city?"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Exhibition of the city is a great achievement, and offering the city together is a great achievement! With your help, as long as one or two hundred thousand people, you can reach the Dading Prefecture. With the current Khitan troops, it is impossible to defend the Dading Prefecture. As far as I know, Yelu Hongji led the Dading Prefecture, and the remaining palace troops and Oluduo were all around the Dading Prefecture. If you wipe out them together, it will be impossible for the Khitan to turn over."

In fact, there is another reason. Yelu Hongji went south and led most of the Khitan princes. After they were completely wiped out, the power of the remaining Han families was relatively strengthened, and the Khitan was even more scruples. During the Khitan rule, they could take the initiative to surrender to the Khitan. When the Song people came, it was nothing if they took the initiative to surrender to the Song people. Around the Dading Prefecture, many of the military states in the military states were the personal property of the Khitan princes. Their masters were gone, and these military states were no longer able to do anything and could only be dealt with by these people.

Among the people Ma Di contacted this time, except for the Han family, there were many children of the Ma, Zhao and Liu families. They all wanted to take this opportunity to make military achievements after entering the Song Dynasty, and for the future, there was a lot of noise. Moreover, the Khitan had no elite soldiers, and even if the news was leaked, the Khitan pretended not to know.

After hearing Ma Di talk about the love division around Dading Prefecture recently, Du Zhongxiao nodded repeatedly. These Khitans actually understood very well that once the Song army captured Fengshengzhou and opened the northbound passage, they could no longer stop it. The result was destined that everyone should consider their future, especially these aristocratic families. Among the four major families, the Han family has a high status in the Khitan and has too deep relations with the royal family, so it is normal not to participate. The other three families are different. They are more local forces and should consider the family.

In the Khitan country, the Chao family's status was second only to the Yelu royal family and the Xiao family's descendants. Not to mention the Han people, even the other Khitans and Xi people were not as good as the status. At this time, if they wanted to surrender to the Song Dynasty, the other families deliberately avoided the Han family.

After talking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "General Ma, you go to the quiet room next to you first, and I will arrange a reception banquet later. Here I have other things to talk about with Grandmaster Li, so don't see you."
Chapter completed!