In the afternoon, Du Zhongxiao's official hall, Zhao Zi, Li Zhang, Fu Bi, Wang Kai and Jia Kui sat down to discuss the next battle.

Du Zhongxiao said: "After three days, there will be enough food and grass to transport it to Youzhou. Five days later, the army will arrive, and we will set off. Li Fugui will take charge of Tanzhou and organize the transportation of food and grass. Fu Xianggong will take charge of Youzhou to ensure that enough food and grass to transport it to Tanzhou. I will go to Yuzhou and command the front-line troops and fight the Khitan in the final decisive battle. In this battle, we will deal with the last remaining soldiers of the Khitan. Once they win, the Khitan will be destroyed."

Several people bowed together to say yes.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Zhao Zi, please introduce the front-line war and how we should deal with it so that everyone knows it."

Zhao Zi said, stood up, walked to the huge map, and said, "Dading Prefecture is Khitan Zhongjing. Last year, Yelu Hongji arrived south, and he was stationed there. Zhongjing Road is mountainous, but the northward, the lower the mountain is. The surrounding Dading Prefecture is actually mainly low-mountain grasslands. Zhongjing Road is also a place where both agriculture and animal husbandry are. Among the people who farm, in addition to the Han people and Bohai people, there are also some Xi people."

Fu Bi said: "A few years ago, Xi Maliu, the king of Xi, took the lead in surrendering to our dynasty. I heard that because of this, the Khitan tribes and the Xi people were not in harmony."

Zhao Zi nodded: "That's right. I heard that someone from the Khitan proposed to annex the Xi tribes. However, such words are just to vent. Xi is not a small tribe. The Khitans have already been able to annex the Khitans, so why wait until now?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Although there are Xi people who have farmed, the Xi tribes are still mainly nomadic. After advancing north, it would be better to treat the Xi people and the Bohai people equally, so there is no need to pay special attention. Only the Khitan tribes should focus on attacking them."

Zhao Zi crossed his hands and said, "A few days ago, Ma Di said that all the states south of Dading Prefecture would be offered the city. According to the plan, Liu Ji's army should go to Yuzhou today. This battle to attack Dading Prefecture was to use Yuzhou as the commander. Du Taiwei led Wang Kai and Jia Kui's army to go. It is expected that 50,000 people would attack the Xingzhong Prefecture area eastward, and 100,000 people would fight against the enemy of Dading Prefecture."

Fu Bi frowned: "The Khitan power, is there a little less attack on Dading Prefecture with 100,000 people?"

Zhao Zi said: "Go back to you, 400,000 Khitan troops were wiped out in Youzhou last year, and there are no more young Khitan troops left. The Khitan troops in Dading Prefecture can only organize more than 30,000 people, and there will be no more. The 100,000 troops will be enough to deal with them."

Fu Bi nodded, still muttering in his heart. In fact, although the Khitan is a big country, the population is actually not large. Du Zhongxiao estimated that the total Khitans had only seven or eight million people. Excluding the areas centered on Youzhou and Yunzhou, the population was the largest. The 400,000 army was destroyed, which was equivalent to one out of ten people who had been broken in Youzhou. How many troops could be organized?

No one can form an army. After screening out the physical condition, age, normal brain conditions, etc., one person is a considerable proportion. Five people draw one person, which means a very powerful mobilization force. For example, during the Song Dynasty, the Jin army went south for ten years, and the Southern Song Dynasty court had only more than 200,000 troops.

In history, the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty were said to be hundreds of thousands or even over one million people. If they really fight, the number of combat power is actually very small. For a country, with 500,000 standing troops with truly combat power is definitely the world's power. With 100,000 troops, you can sweep the grassland thousands of miles away. Du Zhongxiao led 150,000 people northward, for the sake of caution, facing the grassland power concentrated by the Khitan. In fact, there are 50,000 troops, and you can now pacify the grassland. In fact, there are not so many troops on the grassland.

If the Song Dynasty could always guarantee the logistics and food for these 150,000 people, Du Zhongxiao would be confident and take them to sweep the entire grassland. What really blocked the Central Plains dynasty was not how strong the nomadic people on the grassland were, but how far away and difficult supplies were.

Zhao Zi continued: "The strongest power of the Dading Prefecture is the Khitan Oludo Palaces that remain there. In addition to the palace army that was destroyed in Youzhou last year, they still have hundreds of thousands of people. If they try their best, they can also pull out another 20,000 or 30,000 troops. However, until now, the Khitan has not sent troops to fight against the Liuji army that entered. The Grand Marshal estimated that these Oludo were either busy choosing the new king or were not ready to defend the Dading Prefecture. If our army arrived in Yuzhou, they turned around and ran away."

Du Zhongxiao said to Li Zhang: "The hundreds of thousands of people, Oluduo, is not an army, and it is not that easy to run away. If you don't prepare, where can you leave in a short time? Send more people to check the situation of Dading Prefecture. If the Oluduo of each tribe begins to assemble, you may want to run away."

Li Zhang crossed his hands and said that it was. The intelligence agencies under Du Zhongxiao were just collecting intelligence and did not do anything in a good way. In this era, only collecting ordinary intelligence, the regime did not pay attention to it, and it was operating well.

Zhao Zi said: "To the north of Dading Prefecture is Khitan Shangjing and Linhuang Prefecture. It is much more important than Dading Prefecture, and it can mobilize the power of Shangjing Road to defend. According to our estimates, Khitan's Oludo will likely escape there and make the final resistance."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Shangjing is next to Yong'an Mountain. Facing the grassland, it is the heart of the Khitan. If the Khitan is normal, it should withdraw its last power there and fight with us. It is too far away to transport food and grass, which is different from the Dading Mansion. The so-called power cannot penetrate Lu Bai at the end of the crossbow. Whether the army can be organized to get there is the key to whether we can eliminate the Khitan in one battle. After we send troops, the rich husband is ready, and the number of people transporting food may increase in the subsequent battle to determine the outcome."

Fu Bi couldn't help but frown: "How can Youzhou collect people in this way now? If you collect food for the people, it will really force people to die. In the past few months, after the imperial court occupied Youzhou, it will be more benevolent and the people will be grateful, and they will not be abandoned."

Du Zhongxiao said: "You discuss this matter with the Secretariat and the Privy Council to see where to recruit people. Since the Khitan went south, we have dispatched troops that have attracted the country, and the results of the battle today are not easy. Since the Khitan guards sacrificed the city and Yanshan can easily buy it, don't let the Khitan go lightly."

Fu Bi nodded: "Okay, I will discuss this matter with the court. I hope the Khitan will be stunned and will not retreat northward, and will fight the Taiwei army in Dading Prefecture. In this way, it will save a lot of trouble in the subsequent future."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Of course I think so too, just because I am afraid that the Khitans will not be confused."

Zhao Zi said: "It is judged that the final Khitan main force may escape back to Shangjing, and the scale of our previous grain transport is not enough. The Taiwei has ordered Li Fugui to transport some packed animals from Hequ Road and Hexi to ensure sufficient transportation capacity. After getting off the Dading Prefecture, a large amount of livestock can be seized. There is probably no shortage of livestock for transporting grain, but it is just a shortage of manpower. If there is no shortage of food and grass, the army will definitely be able to occupy Shangjing this time."

Li Zhang said: "Going to Beijing is too far away, there are not many merchants, so we know less about it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Now this dynasty is under pressure from the general trend. If you don't know much about it, there is no way to attack. As long as you know one thing, 150,000 troops are not an affordable strong army for the current Khitan. It is enough. When encountering obstacles, the army will smash it! Since the Anshi Rebellion in the Middle Tang Dynasty, the northern grassland peoples have gained the advantage over the Central Plains. Now is the time for our Central Plains army to head north and take back this advantage. There are few such strong troops in the past dynasties to attack north, and of course, we must also achieve victory that they do not have!"
Chapter completed!