In the Shengzhou General's Mansion, Du Zhongxiao said to Jia Kui who came in: "You have been in Wudu Military City for almost a year intermittently. What do you think?"

Jia Kui crossed his hands and said, "He has learned a lot. If there is another year or two, it should be very different from before. The more than 20,000 soldiers on Linfu Road have all replaced guns and cannons, which is no longer comparable to before."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Okay. Sit down and talk. This time I come to you, I want to arrange your troops on the Linfu Road."

Jia Kui sat down and said, "Jiang Zheng gave his orders! Although there are few soldiers on the Lin Mansion, it is still possible to prevent Dangxiang."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "I'll be relieved if you say this. It's mid-June now, the hottest time of the year. Izhou came to report, and on these days, the railway could be connected there. Gaochang has not sent envoys or sent people to Yizhou, and he just pretended not to know. Things cannot be stalemate like this. I have reported to the court. If the railway is built to Yizhou, the Western Regions should have a result."

Jia Kui said: "If you have any use of my Linfu Road, please give me the order!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "I ask the court to issue an imperial edict to let Yuchi Sanlang, the descendant of the royal family of Khotan. By the way, the court has given him a new name, named Yuchi Shouzhong. Let Yuchi Shouzhong return to Khotan in the Western Regions and build the Kingdom of Khotan and be a vassal of the Song Dynasty. The countries on the road cannot be stopped, otherwise it will be considered as rebellion. Now the Hei Khan wants to give up the territory of the Kingdom of Khotan. This matter is not small, and Zhao Zi's army is not enough. I want to take the 50,000 troops of Zhang Ji's troops and about 10,000 people from the General's Mansion to enter the Western Regions along the railway. As soon as Zhang Ji's army leaves, the defense in this area will be handed over to your army."

Jia Kui was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly crossed his hands and said, "Jie Shuai, our army has only more than 20,000 people. If the Dangxiang army comes to attack-"

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "What should Dangxiang army use to attack? You have more than 20,000 people, but you can't defend against several cities on Hequ Road? The most important thing is Hezhou, where Zhang Ji's troops are responsible. You just need to manage this side well. After occupying the pound of land, if Dangxiang wants to dispatch a large army, he can only start from the Hengshan area. With the cooperation of the Fuyan Road, you can't defend against them?"

Jia Kui thought for a while, crossed his hands and whispered loudly: "Abide by the general's order!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "After I lead the army away, you just need to guard the city tightly and not have conflicts with Dangxiang. Once the Dangxiang army moves, Qinfeng Road in the south will not sit and watch, and a large army will attack Lingzhou. Dangxiang's national strength will mobilize up to 300,000 troops and less than 100,000 troops. As long as the army comes to the east and Qinfeng Road attacks, it will have no troops to defend."

Jia Kui heard this and asked, "What is Jieshuai's meaning? Dangxiang will not go west by force and send troops to attack us?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is said that. It is only if the Western Regions are lost, several counties in Dangxiang's Hexi will inevitably be out of protection, and it is hard to say that they will not go crazy. So you have to send a wide range of detective cavalry, Dangxiang will attack, and bring a letter to the Western Regions. This season is not difficult to walk on the road, and in less than a month, the army can go from Yizhou to Hezhou."

Jia Kui said: "Abide by the order! Dangxiang has only 100,000 soldiers in Hengshan, and at most 20,000 to 30,000 people can attack north."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "You have learned to calculate these days in Wudu. However, Dangxiang's political system is not complete and it will not be so refined. When they attack, a large army of a country must have gathered to attack our dynasty with all their might. Now Dangxiang has been targeted several times in this dynasty, and there is no such condition anymore. To put it bluntly, now it is the time when our dynasty wants to fight Dangxiang, and it will be difficult for them to counterattack."

Jia Kui said: "What the general of Jie is neglected. But if Dangxiang is like this, the Khitan may not be."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Don't worry about the Khitan side, there is Yang Wenguang. Now his army is 50,000, but he is just guarding several places in Shazhou and Zhenwu. Can't he deal with the Khitans? Besides, Yelu Chongyuan and Hong Ji fought in Ruzhou for a year, and they couldn't decide the winner. Where can they have the spare energy to attack us? With this ability, they would not let Hequ Road come out."

At that time, Yelu Renxian took the initiative to retreat, one was because of the death of the Khitan Emperor Yelu Zongzhen, and the other was that the two emperors were united together, and the situation was unclear. If it were this time, Yelu Renxian would definitely not be so happy and would always fight a war. However, as long as the Khitan was not unified, there would be no confidence to use force against the Song Dynasty. This was determined by national strength and the result of Du Zhongxiao's first entry into Hequ Road.

It was not too early, Du Zhongxiao said, "You can't get Shengzhou, so you stay here for two or three days. Tonight, I will welcome you in the Houya. Besides, the generals of the General's Mansion and the people of Shengzhou Mansion have not been together for many days, and today they are just gathering together."

Jia Kui bowed and said yes. He was originally a general under Di Qing. After returning from Guangxi Road, he did not go to Qinfeng Road to work, but came to Hequ Road. Linfu Road was taken to Hequ Road since Jia Kui was in charge of the military and horses, and it had been more than a year since he was in charge of Linfu Road.

In the evening, Du Zhongxiao held a drink in the Houya to welcome Jia Kui's arrival. Today, almost all the officials in Shengzhou City arrived, with a large number of people, and it was very lively for a while.

Du Zhongxiao received the wine and said, "The railway has already reached Yizhou, and it is inevitable that the imperial court will enter the Western Regions. Although this road was built to grab time and was not very good, the imperial court spent a lot of money. After spending money, there must be something and not gain nothing. Unfortunately, the people in the Western Regions do not think so. Since the Battle of Hue more than two years ago, there have been no envoys sent to the Western Regions until now, and Gaochang does not allow caravans to go to Yizhou. They have been from Shangjing Road in Khitan to Shengzhou. How can this be done? Without caravans, what is the use of railways? Now it seems that the merchants from Gaochang to Shengzhou are really close to Gaochang. In another month or two, I will lead the army to Yizhou, and even if I fight, I will set up a trade route!"

Fu Bi said: "Jingsen, how much force does Gaochang have? Zhao Zi and Zhang Ke have, the army of 100,000,000 are enough."

Du Zhongxiao said: "According to the news, Gaochang has only 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers from all over the country. The geography of the Western Regions does not allow hundreds of thousands of people to gather in a state, otherwise the food and grass will not be guaranteed. This time, the 100,000 troops were sent out because Hei Khan and Gaochang joined forces."

Bao Zheng said: "Gaochang and Heihan have been fighting for nearly a hundred years. It's not that easy to unite, right? It's so easy, I won't fight before."

Du Zhongxiao said: "These countries are different from our Song Dynasty. Fighting, killing, life and death are not very important in their eyes. It is not strange that the imperial army entered the Western Regions and for their own plans. When the railway arrived, most of the troops were not bad. It was decided by one battle, which saved a lot of trouble in the future. In fact, I hope that Hei Khan and Gaochang will unite, and the army will be concentrated in Gaochang, and after the Western Regions will be pacified. All I spent in the future is water grinding skills, and there is no need to fight, kill and kill."

The Hei Khan Kingdom was divided into several parts, and the relationship between brothers, uncles and nephews was very complicated. The relationship between the Donghei Khan and the Xihei Khan was not harmonious, and now it was like the two countries. Within the Donghei Khan, it was divided into several brothers, each based on one side, and it was hard to say whether it could be closely united. However, the place occupied by the Hei Khan was rich, and there was a trade route from Qinzhou to the Central Plains, which was relatively rich than Gaochang.

Geography is a crucial factor in fighting in the Western Regions. There are not many routes, just a few commercial roads and a series of cities on the commercial road. With Gaochang as the boundary, one is the commercial road north of the Tianshan Mountains. Except for Beiting, the other is the commercial road south of the Tianshan Mountains, which is divided into two after Shule. One goes over the Pamir Mountains and into India, or to Persia, and the other goes east to Khotan. Occupying the Western Regions means occupying these two commercial roads.
Chapter completed!