In Quyang City, Yelu Tie did not look at the corpses on the streets, searching Khitan soldiers everywhere, and said coldly: "I don't expect that the Song army was so tenacious. It's not that someone opened the city gate, but I don't know how many people would die if I captured the city."

Yelu Liang on the side said: "Yes, today, the Song Military Commission that has been trained is really different, and he can fight more than before."

Yelu posted: "I heard that the magistrate of this county escaped? Have you caught it?"

Yelu Liang said: "It has been captured and is being held in a prison cell."

"Let him come to see me!" Yelu Tie said coldly. "We are ordered by the emperor to attack Dingzhou. Whether this battle will go smoothly depends on how we are going. The magistrate of Quyang is arrested, and I want to know the arrangements of the nearby Song army."

While speaking, Yelu Tie quickly stepped into the county government. This is now his official residence, a place where Khitan commands thousands of troops.

Not long after, Pan Yue was taken to the county government office. When he arrived at the official hall, he saw a fire ignited inside and covered with tiger skin. A big man sat on the tiger skin, holding a roast lamb leg in his hand, and was eating with a knife with a sharp wrist in his hand.

The soldier sang a promise with his hands crossed his hands. Yelu on the ground didn't raise his head, looked at Pan Yue squintly and said, "Are you the magistrate of this county?"

Pan Yue hurriedly bowed: "Go back to the king, Pan Yue is the magistrate of Quyang."

Yelu Tie said disdainfully: "It's you who opened the city gate and want to escape back to Dingzhou?"

Pan Yue was a little embarrassed and said, "I don't have any eyes. I know that the king is coming to attack. If I don't open the city gate early, I want to escape. I'm really unwise!"

Yelu Tie laughed when she stopped listening: "You don't have to gild yourself. I have already found out that the person who guards this city was originally a commander named Gao Min. If you hadn't opened the city gate, I might not have been in! Now you are a prisoner under the ranks. If you want to suffer, be honest. What do I ask you, and answer honestly! If there is any incorrectness, be careful about the head on your neck!"

Pan Yue was so scared that he trembled and said quickly that he didn't dare.

Yelu posted: "There are many more people in this city than usual, where did they come from?"

Pan Yue said: "When the kings came back to the government, they all ruled the people. Since the autumn harvest, the court has strengthened the walls and cleared the fields and brought the people into the city. This county is a small county, with less than 4,000 households, all in the county."

"So that's it." Yelu nodded without saying that. "So, the autumn grain collected in your county this year is in the county and has not been transported away?"

Pan Yue nodded quickly: "When the king came back, he was not transported away. Because there were troops in the county, the autumn grain was left for their food."

Yelu nodded with a smile: "This is the best, and it saves a lot of kung fu." He led 30,000 cavalry from Feihu, and it was not convenient to transport food and grass on the mountain road. He was fighting for the idea of ​​looting supplies in the Song Dynasty because of the grain from the enemy. Unexpectedly, the Song Dynasty collected the people and food and grass into the county town first, and even saved the effort of looting out of the city. Of course, if the city was not destroyed, then everything would be left.

At this time, Yelu Liang came in, bowed to Yelu, and sat down aside.

Yelu posted: "Have you ever found out how the Song army around him is arranged?"

Yelu Liang said: "You can ask clearly. In addition to the soldiers stationed in various cities, most of the troops were around Dingzhou. Nearby was Liu Jianji's troops, with a total of 50,000 people in total. About thousands of people were stationed in various counties, and more than 40,000 people were stationed in Dingzhou."

Yelu Tie frowned: "In this way, Dingzhou is not easy to attack."

Yelu Liang said: "That's true. The Song army along the border states had large groups of troops stationed in the city, and the counties had as many as two or three thousand guarding the city, and as few as a thousand. It's not easy for us to attack Dingzhou."

Yelu Tie didn't think about it anymore and looked up at Pan Yue and said, "Minister, let me tell you about the arrangements of the nearby Song army."

Pan Yue said: "King, you all have found out. Most of the troops of Liu Taiwei were stationed near the city of the prefecture. Each county had one or two thousand people guarding the city. Just like this county, there were only the headquarters of the commander-in-chief, with a total of about a thousand people."

Yelu nodded without saying, "How many soldiers are there in Xinle County in the south?"

Pan Yue said: "Xinle County is on the train line, which is much more important than this county, with more than 4,000 people guarding the city."

Yelu posted no longer and said to Yelu Liang on the side: "What is the train of the Song people? When I was in the north, I heard that that thing is very important. With this train, it will be inconvenient for our troops."

Yelu Liang said: "I heard that this train is a big coal-burning truck. It is very convenient to run on the road paved with steel. This truck only burns coal, does not use food and grass, and does not need to rest on the road. It can travel thousands of miles a day and night. And it can be transported with a lot of goods, and one car can reach hundreds of trucks."

Yelu Tie frowned and said, "So, if we stay in Xinle County for a few days, there will be a large number of Song troops coming to help?"

Yelu Liang nodded: "I heard that this is what people say. I have never seen what it looks like before."

Yelu posted to Pan Yue, saying, "County magistrate, this train is really so powerful? Can you mobilize tens of thousands of troops in a few days?"

Pan Yue said: "King, the train is fast and the cargo is drawn. In just two or three days, tens of thousands of troops are just a trivial matter. If there are enough troops nearby, it will not be difficult to mobilize a large army of 100,000 or 200,000 in a few days."

Yelu Tie said without a smile: "How can there be such a magical object in the world? Hundreds of thousands of troops will arrive in a few days! If so, if we stay in Quyang for a few days, wouldn't the Song army mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to surround us here!"

Pan Yue waved his hand quickly: "King, the train is indeed a magical thing! It will take only three or five days to get here in Kaifeng Prefecture, let alone the original soldiers and horses on Hebei Road. As long as the cities along the railway are not broken, nearby soldiers will be rescued in one or two days."

Yelu Liang said: "King, the Song army has 50,000 people in Dingzhou and Zhending Prefecture. If they cannot go deep into the mainland quickly, they will be surrounded by them. The current plan is to determine where to attack."

Yelu posted: "The best thing is to attack Dingzhou. As long as Dingzhou comes, the gate will open in the north. The large army arranged by the Song people in Baozhou and Xiongzhou was completely useless. However, Liu Jianji, who guarded Dingzhou, had 40,000 troops there, but it was not easy."

Yelu Liang shook his head: "From the flying fox, 30,000 cavalry is the limit, and there is no more people. When we attack Dingzhou, we are all entangled by the Song army. This surprise attack is useless. It would be better to bypass the front line and go deep into the Song territory. Everything is different. The Song people are in a strong and clear field on the border, but the mainland prefectures and counties cannot do it. With their food and grass, tens of thousands of cavalry traversing several states is not difficult."

Yelu Tie sighed: "It's only a few dozen miles away from Dingzhou, it's a pity not to attack! The king must follow his order, so he had to go south to Xinle County. According to Magistrate Pan, there are only three or four thousand soldiers there, so it's not difficult to break through. As long as Xinle is captured, you can go south to Zhaozhou and attack Daming Prefecture without any obstacles! As long as the troops arrive at Daming Prefecture, see what the Song people will say!"

Daming Prefecture is the capital of Hebei Road, not far from the Yellow River. If you surround it, you can recreate the situation of the Battle of Chanzhou. Can the Song Dynasty be as calm as it is now? In the impression of the Khitans, it seems that it is not too difficult for a large army to march south to the Yellow River. In the past one or two hundred years, there have been too many such things and have become accustomed to it. As long as you approach the Yellow River, Kaifeng Prefecture, which has no danger to defend, is the point of the military. The Central Plains court will inevitably be in chaos at that time, and seeking peace is very easy.
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