The sun jumped out of the sky in the east, sprinkling the sky with rays of light. The frost on the ground had not melted, and it creaked when it stepped on it.

Yelu Tie didn't stand at the top of the city, looking at the Song army's barracks not far away, with a heavy face. After a while, he said, "The Song army arrived here desperately yesterday, why is it quiet today? Since it's here, shouldn't it be siege at all costs?"

Yelu Liang said: "King, I think the people of Song know that the city has fallen, and it is nothing to take it back one day or one day."

Yelu Tie shook his head repeatedly: "If so, why should they have to rush yesterday?"

Yelu Liang said: "Our 30,000 cavalry are here. Once we go south, they will not have heavy troops to defend themselves. Now that the army is coming, it must have blocked the road to go south, and it is not in a hurry."

Yelu Tie didn't say anything, but just looked outside the city. After a while, he said, "If this happens, the Song army will not attack, will we attack?"

Yelu Liang bowed: "The king made a decision in this matter, but the subordinates dared not say much. What matters now is to see what the Song army outside the city is doing."

"It makes sense." Yelu nodded without saying a word. "Send the detective cavalry out and find out the movements of the Song army."

After saying that, he looked at the sun in the sky, and Yelu posted it: "After finding out, if the Song army does not take the initiative to attack, we will attack out. The main force of the Song army comes here. If there is a great victory, what's the difficulty in Dingzhou?"

Yelu Liang originally wanted to remind him that there were tens of thousands of people coming to the Song army. Judging from the combat power of both sides in Mayi last year, the Khitan army may not have an advantage. But seeing that Yelu Post was not as proud as he was, he didn't say anything after all. Quyang City was broken and Yelu Post was not in a hurry, why should he get into trouble?

Du Zhongxiao came out of the Great Inner, and saw that the sun had set westward, so he couldn't help but stretch. In October, there were more and more news about Khitan soldiers. A few days ago, Yelu Hongji led a large army to Xijin Prefecture, and the court was talking about it. Although the Song Dynasty had been preparing for half a year and the matter was approaching, many officials still opposed it. He believed that the Khitan country had a stable environment and the Song Dynasty should try to avoid war.

Today, the morning court was held, and several ministers of the prime minister were called to the Da Nei to discuss the deployment of Hebei Road. Everyone agreed that even if the Khitan attacked the country, Hebei Road should be able to support it. The 250,000 troops were enough to protect the safety of Hebei Road. Not to mention, the original imperial guards on Hebei Road have been training and more and more soldiers.

Since the Imperial Army was organized into the Five Armies, it has been quickly trained. The military academy has been temporarily disbanded, and all the teachers have been added to the various armies as officers. Although the officers are still insufficient, there is already a large framework and training is being stepped up.

Passing through the imperial city, Du Zhongxiao and several colleagues from the Privy Council returned to the Privy Council. As soon as he was about to enter the official hall, Zhao Zi came out and whispered: "Taiwei, news from Hebei Road. The Khitan army came out of Taihang Mountain and had captured Quyang County!"

Du Zhongxiao was shocked. Just now, he and the priests were still swearing that the Khitan army would not have too much threat. But when he turned around, the Khitans had arrived. He hurriedly asked the other envoys to join Zhao Zi to go to the special command room with Zhao Zi.

As soon as he entered the door, Du Zhongxiao said to Zhao Zi: "What is the current situation on Hebei Road? You can immediately put it out and let everyone see it."

Zhao Zi called the officers and soldiers here, and according to the battle report he had just obtained, he clearly placed the garrisons of both sides on the map on the table.

Du Zhongxiao looked at it and said, "Quyang has been lost, what do you say about Liu Jianji of Dingzhou?"

Zhao Zi said: "Just just received the war report from Dingzhou, Liu Jianji has brought 30,000 troops to Quyang. According to what he said, no matter what, the Khitan army should be sealed at the Taihang Mountain Pass and not allowed to roam to the mainland prefectures and counties."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Liu Jianji is still awake when he does this. It's nothing to lose a county, but it's a lot of trouble to let the Khitan cavalry enter the mainland. In the past few months, the Hebei Road is to make the Khitans unable to move and can only attack the city. As long as the Khitan army pauses under the strong city, everything will be easy."

Fu Bi said: "The Khitan attacked Quyang, and it was supposed to be because of Feihu's troops. Before Quyang, the imperial court had several fortresses, which were located in the mountains. Why did the Khitans have already arrived at the city of Quyang without any news about these fortresses?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Although this matter is difficult, it is not impossible to do it. It seems that the Khitan has launched heavy troops this time, and its intention is to disrupt the rear first. Once the troops here come to Dingzhou, the army of Yelu Hongji in the north will inevitably go south and attack Baozhou. Attacks from north and south will inevitably lead to chaos."

After saying that, he carefully looked at the map. Several priests did not dare to be negligent, so they bent down and looked at the situation on the map.

Pointing to the map, Du Zhongxiao said: "Flying foxes have reached Quyang for nearly 300 miles, traveling through the mountains, and transportation is inconvenient. There will not be too many soldiers and horses going south to Khitan, otherwise, the war will not go smoothly and the food and grass will not be transported. According to common sense, is it easy to dispatch thousands of people?"

Zhao Zi said: "The news reported from Dingzhou is that there are 30,000 Khitan cavalry."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Thirty thousand cavalrymen, what should they eat? Once they can't conquer Quyang, the food and grass will be exhausted within a few days."

Tian Kuang said: "It seems that the Khitans have made up their minds to make a battle of the world! If the war is not going well, all the 30,000 people will become turtles in the jar. The gambling nature is so great that it seems that the Khitans are trying very much!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Flying Foxes sent troops, more than 10,000 people were betting. As long as the war was setback, it would not last for several days. Even if the soldiers brought food and grass, it would take seven or eight days for the soldiers to come out of the mountain and they would basically use up all of them."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Is this Yelu Hongji so gambler?"

Fu Bi said: "From the battle in Mayi last year, the Khitans did not gamble, and they had no chance of winning. I'm afraid that this battle would not be judged reasonably."

Du Zhongxiao looked at the map and didn't speak. Thirty thousand people went out to Taihang to attack Dingzhou. If there were no other roads to cooperate, it would be too risky. Fortunately, they quickly captured Quyang. If they could not conquer, Liu Jianji led his troops from Dingzhou to rescue him, which would be troublesome. In the areas west of Dingzhou, except for the mountainous households, they also had strong walls and clear fields. Without food and grass, these tens of thousands of people were under the city. Where did they eat?

After a while, Du Zhongxiao pointed to the map and said, "Don't worry about Hebei Road for now, immediately order Jia Kui's troops to attack Lingqiu from the bottle-shaped village. Let him be as fast as possible. He will do everything and attack Lingqiu in the shortest time. As long as he occupy Feihu, there will be no way out for these 30,000 Khitans!"

Zhao Zi crossed his hands and said that it was. Jia Kui had already prepared. Once the war was launched, he would send troops immediately. This journey was very critical. After occupying the flying fox, the Song army took the initiative in the Taihang Mountains and eliminated the accidents.

After a while of silence, Du Zhongxiao said: "The Khitan attacks Dingzhou, and the only thing that can cooperate with them is to attack Baozhou. Order Jingtai and the entire army is ready to fight against the Khitans. Tell him not to have any more Quyang's loss! This time Quyang's loss was the Khitans sent troops from the Taihang Mountains, and we did not reconnaissance. The Baozhou area is full of flat ground. If it appears again, the court will definitely punish you heavily!"
Chapter completed!