The Song army held a simple entry ceremony, and the 80,000 troops entered the city immediately.

Datong City looks much smaller than Youzhou City, with a population of about 200,000 and a large number of houses. Before that, all the Khitans and powerful families in the city had fled to Shangjing, causing the gates of many luxury houses and courtyards to be closed.

There were almost no pedestrians on the street, every household was closed, and the shops were closed. All the people in the city were very nervous. I wonder what kind of fate would the Song army bring to them when entering the city?

Fan Ning pointed to the houses on both sides and asked Liu Zhi: "I want to talk about the ugly words. The Song army has its own rules to enter the city. All the people in the city must be concentrated outside the city. The Song army must search the city. Only after confirming that there is no lurking Liao army, can everyone go home normally. In addition, all the weapons and troops in the city must be confiscated. Let every household put the weapons in the yard. Please inform the prefect from Liu to door!"

Liu Zhi hesitated, "Do you have to do this?"

"This is the regulation. We are doing this in Youzhou City. The Song army will not take the opportunity to plunder people's wealth. If you are not at ease, gold, silver, and soft can be carried with you."

Helplessly, Liu Zhi had to hurry to arrange for the people to leave the city, while Fan Ning brought the army to Guancang.

Liu Kui has already arrived at the warehouse first and is taking people to count the warehouse supplies.

"How? Are there any supplies in the warehouse rich?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Liu Kui quickly saluted, "Reported to my grandfather, there are still 150,000 stones of grain and 200,000 dan of grass in the account. Although it has not been actually counted, it is estimated that the soldiers and armor and various materials are still abundant, but they are relatively old and they are all old goods."

"Where is gold, silver and money?" Fanning continued to ask.

"The account shows that there are 50,000 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of gold, and 100,000 guan of money, but there is no sight in the warehouse. The warehouse clerk said that it was taken away by the Khitans when they were evacuated, which is basically credible."

"Why do you say it's basically credible?"

Fan Ning couldn't rub the sand in his eyes. He didn't want to hear the conclusion, but asked Liu Kui to come up with a basis. Why did he say that the money was taken away by the Khitan army, rather than embezzled by the officials in charge of the warehouse?

"Your Majesty, before entering the city, a scout cavalry caught several lonely Khitan soldiers and found three thousand taels of official silver on them. They confirmed that the money they had taken from the official treasury."

Fan Ning frowned, "Why are Khitan soldiers alone if they don't withdraw from the brigade?"

"For the sake of money, the retreating Liao army could not get that money for the time being, so they buried copper coins and some silver outside the city. These soldiers were the ones who participated in digging pits and burying them. They were blinded by the money, so they left the team without authorization and came back to dig money."

Fanning suddenly became interested, "Where is the buried money? Have you found it?"

"I have already gone to search for it. According to the confession, the buried silver has been dug out by them, only three thousand taels, and the rest are all copper coins, and it is very likely that the hundred thousand guan of copper coins will be there."

Fan Ning quickly estimated in his heart that 100,000 guan of copper coins weighed 600,000 jin, and 5,000 retreating soldiers had to bring weapons and armor, enough dry food, and gold and silver. He was even more afraid of being chased by the Song army. It was inevitable that light soldiers would escape. They were indeed unwilling to bear the burden of 100,000 guan of copper coins.

Thinking of this, Fanning nodded and said, "You continue to liquidate the warehouse, and be sure to make sure that the accounts are consistent."

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At this time, Datong City was already in full swing. More than a hundred yamen runners knocked on the door from house to house, shouting on the street, asking the people to gather outside the city. They deceived the people. There were Liao troops hidden in the city, and civil war might break out.

Hundreds of thousands of people left home and left the city, carrying packages, which contained their gold, silver and fine gold, and their copper coins were too heavy to carry, so they all hid them one after another. Some dug a cellar and buried them, and some put them in jars and sank into wells.

On the street, groups of people were walking away from the city with their families and staggeringly, teams of soldiers were maintaining order next to them, and some soldiers even helped the weak to get their luggage.

Fan Ning formulated this rule for the whole people to leave the city, and it was opposed by many ministers in the court. Many ministers believed that this was a waste of effort and would make the people of Liao dislike the Song army, but Fan Ning insisted on doing so.

He believed that this was a baptism, and it was necessary to make the people of Liao that they were no longer people of Liao, but subjects of the Song Dynasty. Exiting the people from the city for re-registration was a ritual, making them realize from the heart that they had bid farewell to their past lives.

In one afternoon, more than 200,000 people all left the city. Outside the southern city, there were crowds of people standing rustling. Everyone was nervous and scared, not knowing what their destiny would be?

The Song army in the city began to search door to door, looking for Liao soldiers who might have been hiding in the city. By the third update, the search was completed. A total of more than 140 Liao soldiers hidden in the city were found. Most of them were hidden in temples or in wealthy houses and were searched by the Song army.

At the same time, a long row of tables were placed outside the city, with bright lights around them, illuminating like daylight.

More than 200,000 people lined up in thirty lines and started registering one by one. After registering one household, they returned to the city.

At this time, a team of cavalry rushed over and shouted loudly: "The Privy Councilor has an order. The elderly, weak, women and children can return to the city first, and leave one person for each household to register."

When the news came out, the sound of joy suddenly came. Groups of elderly, weak, women and children left the team, hugged the young children, supported the elderly, and staggered into the city.

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The news of seizing Datong City reached the capital, and the newspapers published this good news on the front page. Although the news of regaining Yunzhou was exciting, it was still much more dull than the grand occasion of the regaining Youzhou when the regaining Youzhou.

This may be the continuous good news and great victory that made everyone a little numb, or perhaps Yunzhou is far less powerful than Youzhou.

That morning, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi were summoned to the imperial study room.

Zhao Xu asked the three of them to sit down, and then had someone to have tea, and said with a smile: "The victory in Datong City is encouraging. Do the three husbands have any ideas?"

Fu Bi smiled and said, "The first idea of ​​Weichen is that he has not invested hundreds of thousands of yuan in vain, and he finally made a profit."

Wen Yanbo also smiled, "The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun have finally recovered. This is a great event. Your Majesty should announce it to the world and celebrate with all the people of the world."

"What about Wang Xianggong's thoughts?" Zhao Xu's eyes turned to Wang Anshi again.

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty wants to ask whether you should continue to expand the results of the war and start attacking the Liao Kingdom!"

Zhao Xu nodded, "Your Majesty Wang knows me!"

Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo looked at each other and the emperor was indeed a little hot-headed.

Fu Bi advised: "Your Majesty, the current war between us and the Liao Kingdom is all about regaining lost territory. Especially in the battle of Datong Prefecture, the Liao Kingdom did not have the determination to defend Datong Prefecture to the death. The troops stationed in Datong Prefecture are not their main force. If we directly attack Liao Kingdom now, we believe that the time is not yet ripe and we are not prepared enough."

Wen Yanbo also advised: "We can understand Your Majesty's mood. If you want to attack the Liao Kingdom, to be honest, I agree, but the key is how to attack. The Liao Kingdom has a territory of tens of thousands of miles. Which direction should we start from? I believe that to attack the Liao Kingdom, we should first attack Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo.

But the Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo is the land of the Liao Kingdom and the source of their wealth. If the Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo is captured, the Liao Kingdom will be in a desperate situation. I believe Yelu Hongji also understands this. From the time when he would rather give up Youzhou than protect Liaoyang Prefecture, he can understand the Liao Kingdom's determination to protect Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo.

Your Majesty, attacking Tokyo Liaoyang Prefecture is a crucial battle. You must be calm and fully prepared. It can be said that the more you prepare, the greater the chance of us winning."

Although Wang Anshi has always been disagreeable with Fu Bi, his ideas were basically the same as Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo when attacking Tokyo Liaoyang Prefecture. He smiled and said, "The Battle of Song and Liao is a battle of national strength. I heard that Yelu Hongji did not hesitate to plunder everywhere in Liao in order to ensure military expenditure, but this internal exploitation cannot last. I believe that if I prepare to launch an attack in half a year, the possibility of winning is greater."

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and said, "Let me think about it again!"
Chapter completed!