After passing Fengzhou, we went north, with less and less arable land and more grasslands, and slowly entered the core area of ​​the origin of the Khitan. This place is still a region that combines agriculture and animal husbandry, but agriculture accounts for less and less, and animal husbandry has gradually become the main lifestyle.

Du Zhongxiao looked at the stretched grassland and understood in his heart that the army had slowly entered one of the largest grasslands in the world. If you remember correctly, this should be the Inner Mongolia area in later generations, along several rivers, forming a vast grassland. The barbarians of the northern grassland went south, and to the west, they would occupy Hequ and Hexi Corridor, and to the east, they would occupy here. With this place as a backing, they would constantly guide the Central Plains.

One reason why the Ming Dynasty was finally defeated by the Later Jin Dynasty was that it was conquered by the Qing rulers and went all the way to the foot of Yanshan Mountain. After that, the Ming Dynasty was in a passive state of being beaten. If it did not attack here, it would be difficult to defend. If there were thieves for thousands of days, how could there be a reason to defend against thieves for thousands of days?

The stability of the Central Plains must be occupied by Hexi, Hequ and this area in order to have stable border defenses and keep the invading barbarians outside.

After occupying Linhuang Prefecture, we set out from Hequ Road, built a railway through Yinshan, and came all the way east. We went to the Daxinganling Mountains, and chose a suitable location, crossed the Daxinganling Mountains, and built it all the way to Tokyo Road. This railway was built, and as long as there was no particularly big chaos in the Central Plains, the place would be pacified. For nomadic peoples, railways were a weapon. Once built, they would lose the depth and time to develop and grow.

After crossing the Huanghe Stone Bridge, there is Changle County, Raozhou, Khitan. Khitan officials were waiting outside the city to welcome the Song Dynasty army into the city.

Looking at the Khitans who were greeting outside the city, Wang Kai whispered to Du Zhongxiao: "Taiwei, you are almost at Linhuang Mansion, why are the Khitans no longer resisting? It was still our army in Fengzhou that they surrendered the city. Now Raozhou has come out early before we arrive."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Khitans have no soldiers anymore, so what else can they fight? The 20,000 Khitan troops in Dading Prefecture ahead are the last Khitan troops. Linhuang Prefecture said that there were nearly 10,000 people, and it was the place where the Khitans started. How many people could go to the battlefield, but it was hard to say."

Wang Kai and Zhao Zi nodded. They knew in their hearts that the Song army easily captured Dading Prefecture, which made the Khitans finally understand that failure was inevitable. Now all regions only look at when the Song army will arrive and no longer make plans to resist.

This also made Du Zhongxiao feel deeply moved. Nomadic peoples are ultimately different from the Han people. Nomadic peoples are extremely fierce. As they occupy more and more places, they are carrying more and more people, and they often sweep everything like a torrent. When the Central Plains regime first arises, they are careful of the differences and differences. The Han Dynasty has the siege of Baideng and the Tang Dynasty has the Wei River Alliance. Only when the power is stable can the surrounding areas be suppressed. When the country and nation are facing danger, the Han people often deal with each other in every way, and those who are kind and ambition have risen to find an opportunity to emerge from the crisis. These nomadic peoples do not have this resilience. The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, and a large number of people surrender to find a way to live in the new era.

Its rise is brisk and its fall is sudden. This sentence is more suitable for nomadic regimes.

When he arrived at the city gate, the prefect and a group of officials and leaders came to see him. Du Zhongxiao led the army to Raozhou. He entered the prefecture office and set up a celebration banquet. After drinking with everyone, he went back to rest.

Du Zhongxiao was very cautious. Although everything was going well now and the Khitan was about to perish, he was still careful in everything. The army was stationed around the city, and there were widespread cavalry within 30 miles, and accidents were not allowed.

When he woke up, it was already late at night. Du Zhongxiao walked into the yard and looked at the stars everywhere in the sky and the breeze blowing on the wind was cool and fresh, and he felt comfortable for a moment. He asked the soldiers to take a seat, and Du Zhongxiao sat in the yard, thinking about his own thoughts.

After passing Raozhou, Linhuang Mansion was more than two hundred miles north, and it was four or five days later. As the news came from the front, the Khitan did not assemble any more troops, and the nobles and princes of Linhuang Mansion did not escape, as if they had accepted the arrangement of fate.

Yelu Hongji was arrested. Now the person in charge of the Linhuang Mansion is the Khitan Empress Dowager Xiao Tali, and the Queen Xiao Guanyin. Du Zhongxiao's impression is that Xiao Guanyin is a special name. He must have heard of it in his previous life, although he doesn't know why. In the last battle, he faced two women, which made Du Zhongxiao feel a little strange. However, this is normal in the Khitan. The emperor was young, or for other reasons, it is normal for the empress dowager to take charge of the government.

The Khitan was composed of royal family and queen clan. The queen clan had a great power. To some extent, the empress dowager was not weaker than the emperor, which was different from the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty only had the rule of Empress Dowager Liu when he was young, and there was no support from his own family behind him. Strictly speaking, Empress Dowager Liu was very different from the empress dowager of Khitan. The empress dowager of Khitan sometimes even deposed emperors.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao shook his head. He didn't know why the Khitan did not choose a new emperor under the leadership of the Empress Dowager after Yelu Hongji was arrested. Instead, he kept waiting for the Song army to come and be defeated by each one.

How can we need a 100,000 army in this way? Fifty thousand people are enough to destroy the Khitan.

Looking at the stars in the sky, Du Zhongxiao was blowing a cool breeze, and was a little dazed for a moment.

The destruction of the Khitan is not a problem now. The question is what to do after the destruction. Kill the Khitans in a big way, kill all the Khitans, kill all the Xi people who echo the Khitans, and even the Han people who fled here, just think about it casually. It’s not that I can’t do it, but in fact, the Jurchens and the Mongols who followed closely were killing each other. The Western Xia was gone, and Dangxiang, as a nation, eventually no longer existed. Even the Jurchens were gone. After the Mongols destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the entire nation disappeared. It can be done, but it’s useless.

The Mongols destroyed the Dangxiang people and the Jurchens, and what happened in the end? It was not that they formed an alliance with the Manchus later, nor that the situation was different in the New China later, and it was difficult for the Mongols to continue to gain a foothold on the grassland. Unlike these nomads, the Han people were different from these nomads. How much benefit would it be to themselves by simply killing people and changing their nations on the grassland?

For the Central Plains dynasty, what the Han people needed was the long-term stability of this area and no longer became a springboard for attacking the Central Plains. As for the nomadic people here, it doesn't matter. Even if it was the Han people, it would be different in a few hundred years. The Central Plains were weak, and the nations here would inevitably invade the Central Plains. If they did not do this, ethnic groups from other places would come to do this.

Sighing softly, Du Zhongxiao stood up and paced alone.

Building the railway here is just a condition, and there should be other supporting measures. To be precise, there are no unified regimes allowed on this grassland. There can only be one unified regime they are loyal to, which is the Central Plains Dynasty.

In the Han and Tang dynasties, the Central Plains dynasty placed internally migrants in these places, and basically ignored them. It was nothing more than to win over them and make the fences of the Central Plains. Now it seems that this is not appropriate to do so. Let them act independently. Once the conditions are right, they will become bigger and become a disaster.

What is there? Du Zhongxiao thought for a long time, but finally felt that the Qing Dynasty's method was the most appropriate. Reducing the nomadic scope of the nomadic peoples and dividing them into flag alliances is like the counties in the mainland. As long as the place is stable, other things can be solved accordingly.

During the chaotic period, the grassland tribes were numerous and generally did not belong to each other. At the right time, great figures appeared to unite these tribes. As long as the Central Plains dynasty was strong, they were completely separated from the tribes here, they were not allowed to merge into one tribe, and they were not allowed to annex each other. Even if necessary, it was a long-term solution to mobilize their manpower to serve the Central Plains.
Chapter completed!