The Yingtian Affairs Office, Du Zhongxiao, Wang Kai, and Zhang Ji, were surrounded by a basin of charcoal fire and excitedly talked about the battle a few days ago.

Zhang Ji said, "I brought my troops and horses to follow the Khitan generals. The guy had no food or drink, and it was extremely difficult to bear on the road. Later, I met a small Fan tribe, and this guy wanted to go forward and rob. I sent troops to stop in front and protected the Fan tribe and left safely. They could only watch from behind. Since then, these Khitans have given up and fled north all the way. I don't know how many people can go back in the end."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I can't go back anymore. The news of the defeat of the Khitans was passed back. Several nearby foreign troops suddenly raised troops and plundered Ningbian Prefecture, rushing across the Yellow River, and defecting to the Dangxiang people. On the way back, the guy was afraid that he just happened to run into this group of foreign soldiers."

Zhang Ji was surprised: "Why, the foreigners in Ningbian Prefecture have rebelled? This has cost them their lives!"

Du Zhongxiao smiled slightly: "They oppressed the foreign tribes so cruelly in the past few years, and they should have thought of today. It was just that the Dangxiang people took in these rebellious foreign people. I don't know how they fought this lawsuit."

Speaking of this, the soldier served the wine and dishes and placed them on the table next to him. Du Zhongxiao said, "I went over and drank two glasses, and talked while eating."

The host and the guest took a seat and drank two glasses of wine. Wang Kai said, "The Khitans who fled to Fengzhou in the south did not go far. They were caught by my troops and all surrendered. They were all the foreign tribes that were captured by the Khitans, so it was natural to take them in."

Du Zhongxiao nodded repeatedly: "It is precisely because these foreign tribes were originally locals and were forced by the Khitans that they fled south. Since they have surrendered, they will be arranged to go to the camp and the land service, which is short of people here. I have written to the court and want to move the military city here."

Wang Kai said: "It should be like this. Build Braeto Village and occupy Tanglong Town, and the original military city was too far south. In the future, Tanglong Town and Braeto Village will also rely on the support of the land and support for money and grain."

The battle was a complete victory, and the Song army suffered almost no losses. Several generals were happy and raised their glasses repeatedly.

Due to the destruction of Fengzhou, the Zhe family in the Prefectures was actually beyond the reach of Tanglong Town, and they could only rely on volcanic military skills in the future. However, the two places belong to different military routes, and how to coordinate and divide the jurisdictions must be decided by the Secretary. It is certain that after this war, the influence of the three prefectures in the Hanawai Dynasty would be smaller, and the Zhe family would be affected. The three of them knew this well, but they did not say it out loud.

Wang Kai said: "I have written to the Jingli Department to declare the situation of this battle. What to do later? Please make the decision. Also, I want to build a fortress across the river, station troops, and confront each other across the river, and help each other. Cross the river from the ferry and cross the mountain ridge. It is a wide valley with lots of fertile land that can be reclaimed. There are roads along the river valley and directly lead to Tanglong Town, which is also an important place."

The other side of the river is the prefecture and prefecture. Du Zhongxiao is not familiar with his situation. Wang Kai said this, and Du Zhongxiao certainly agreed.

The reason why Tanglong Town is important is that it is located on the main road to enter Chilechuan on Hedong Road. It is one of the most important channels to enter the grassland in the Central Plains, and of course it is also the main road for nomadic people to go south. This era declined because Chilechuan at the foot of Yinshan Mountain did not have a large nomadic force. The most important thing in this area is the transition zone between farming and nomadic, with flat roads and an important business road later.

On the second day, Bingzhou Gongwen arrived at the Volcano Army. Du Zhongxiao bid farewell to Wang Kai and Zhang Ke and went to Bingzhou to report on the matter.

After the war, the Khitan and Dangxiang would inevitably send people to negotiate, and the General Administration of Strategic Affairs had to make arrangements early. According to convention, this was the Pacification Affairs Office of the General Administration of Strategic Affairs, which was generally presided over by civil officials and rarely participated in military generals, so Du Zhongxiao went to Bingzhou.

Eight days later, Du Zhongxiao stood outside Bingzhou City, feeling infinitely moved. More than half a year ago, he had just made achievements here and was kicked to the volcanic army. It was fake that he had no resentment in his heart. Fortunately, by chance, he made new contributions, and hoped not to be tortured again.

After arriving at the state yamen, Zheng Jian asked Du Zhongxiao to meet at the flower hall of the back yamen immediately.

This is a familiar place, everything is still the same as if he has left, but the personnel and things are no longer there. When we arrived at the flower hall, Zheng Jian had already been waiting there. After the ceremony, he gave the guests and the host and the guests were seated.

After ordering tea, Zheng Jian said, "I already know the Khitan invasion this time, but I don't know the details. This matter is related to the alliance between the two countries. The matter is very large, so the Zhijun talks about it one by one."

Du Zhongxiao bowed and started from the volcanic army to build a camp and the field affairs.

Speaking of the situation of building the field affairs, Zheng Jian stopped him and said, "Is the place where you build the field affairs, forbidden? To be honest, how far away is the border?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The village closest to Yingtianwu in the Khitans is the Ningbian Army they call it, and it is no less than two hundred miles away."

Zheng Jian nodded: "Okay. Staying ban on the border without farming is an alliance between the two countries. Since it is so far away from the border, it will be fine. Zhijun, you have won this battle this time, which is gratifying. But after all, we and the Khitan are brotherly countries, and there is no reason to start a war now. If you occupy a word "rea" everywhere and negotiate with the Khitans later, you will be much more calm. If you do not lose money in negotiations, this battle will be considered to be truly victorious."

Du Zhongxiao understood Zheng Jian's meaning. After winning the battle, he ended up cedeing land. There were many cases in the Song Dynasty. Zheng Jian's character would not allow such a thing to happen. He won on the battlefield and even won on the negotiating table.

After the construction of the land affairs, Zhang Ji was patrolling the border. This was a matter arranged by the Strategic Department, and Zheng Jian took charge of it himself, so he had no doubts. Later, Du Zhongxiao discussed with Zhang Ji and occupied Tanglong Town and rebuilt Bitou Village. Zheng Jian listened very carefully. While listening, he asked in detail about the situation around Tanglong Town and Bitou Village, paying special attention to the lack of Khitan people. As for the small Fan tribe, he didn't care.

After hearing Zhang Ji occupied Tanglong Town, Dangxiang people went to negotiate and asked in a flash: "How far is the Dangxiang people from Tanglong Town?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Dangxiang people are closest to the Neishengzhou and Dulun Village. Dulun Village is closer, and is also two hundred miles away. Furthermore, Dulun Village was originally a territory of this dynasty and occupied by Dangxiang, and has not been cut to Dangxiang people so far."

Dulun Village is an important place outside the river. It was violated by the Dangxiang people a few years ago. When peace talks, there was still debate. There was no definite conclusion and it has now been abandoned. As for Shengzhou in the north, it is actually mainly based on the foreign tribes that depend on the Dangxiang people, and is barely considered a Khitan.

Zheng Jian nodded and asked Du Zhongxiao to finish his speech. Hearing that the Song army set off some guns and cannons in Tang Long Town, he did not take the initiative to attack the Khitans again, Zheng Jian was amazed: "The most appropriate thing for you this time is that when the Khitans were in a mess, they kept holding back the attack. They were finally defeated by their subordinate foreign tribes, and they were not blamed for this dynasty. This matter occupied a word of literalism, and it would be easier to deal with it later."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Not only did not attack the Khitans, but we also left the bodies they abandoned on the road. One reason was that the weather was cold and there were not so many people doing it, and the other was that they were left for the Khitans to see."

Zheng Jian smiled after hearing this: "It's a bit unkind, but it's reasonable. Okay, you'll handle this matter very properly. In a few days, the Khitans will get news that the Northwest Road Pacifier Office will come to negotiate. I want to focus on you, so I will negotiate this matter in Tanglong Town."

Du Zhongxiao obeyed the order. There was only one civil servant in that area, so that was the only thing he said.
Chapter completed!