Xiao Gu looked at the dark Song army and couldn't help but take a breath. He heard from the inquisition that every palace tent was attacked by the Song army. If there were so many people, how many Song army had come to Dading Prefecture? The entire Khitan could not stop them.

Not long after walking, more than a dozen cavalry rushed out of the Song army formation and arrived at him like a wind, surrounding him and others.

Xiao Gu bowed and said, "I am Xiao Gu, the capital of Changning Palace. Please take me to see your Taiwei."

A knight stepped forward, looked at Xiao Gu up and down, and then said, "The rest of the people are waiting here, please follow me!"

Xiao Gu hurriedly said, "Let's come together, we should go together."

The knight said impatiently: "I said, the rest of the people are waiting here! If you don't listen to the orders, kill them immediately!"

Seeing the surrounding Song army with murderous intent, Xiao Gu did not dare to say anything anymore, and followed the talking knights obediently and walked towards the Song army. When he passed through the Song army formation, he saw that they were all carrying muskets and steel knives in his hands, Xiao Gu was trembling with fear.

When he arrived in front of Tan Li, the knight bowed: "General, this person said that he was deployed by the Khitan Changning Palace and wanted to see the general."

Tan Li looked up and down at Xiao Gu and said, "I am Tan Li, the commander of this regiment. What do you say when you see me?"

Xiao Gu hurriedly bowed: "I have met the Taiwei. I have been deployed in the Changning Palace in Xia, and was ordered to take my palace to a nomad nearby. I heard the news that the general led his troops here, but he didn't know what to do. I dared not be negligent, so I hurried to ask."

Tan Li hardly believed his ears, so he looked at Zhou Sen beside him and said, "What are you doing here? This is Changning Palace, so I will naturally lead the troops to attack Changning Palace. You are the deployment of Changning Palace, how could you ask such questions?"

Xiao Gu said: "General, we are grazing cattle and sheep here, and we have not offended Song, how can we fight us?"

After hearing this, Tan Li couldn't help but have some doubts about the world. This is the territory of the Khitan, so of course it did not invade Song. But the army of Changning Palace was surrounded and annihilated in Youzhou last year because of invading Song. The army was beaten and had nothing to do with the remaining people? I'm afraid this Khitan general was not crazy, right? When the Song army gained the upper hand, it would not dig the last roots of the Khitan. Should they wait for them to recover and invade the south again?

He looked up at the sun in the sky. The sun was very big. The breeze blew, without chilling, and the fragrance of the soil. Tan Lili thought and said to Xiao Gu: "This is Dading Prefecture, the Khitan City. Of course, you did not violate the Song Dynasty. But last year, the army that went south to attack Youzhou, and there were nearly 10,000 people from Changning Palace. If we annihilate them in Youzhou, we will naturally take advantage of the victory and come here to eliminate the roots!"

Xiao Gu was silent for a while and said, "We don't have many soldiers, so we are naturally not opponents of the general. What does the general want?"

Tan Li said: "You either surrender or you just have the word "death"! The imperial army came north and walked through many mountain roads. How many roads have it been easy! The palace tents are the personal guards of the Khitan emperors, and they are the most powerful, and they will never be able to stay!"

Xiao Gu spread his hands: "The general wants us to surrender, so he will naturally surrender."

Tan Li said: "Before departure, the Grand Marshal had an order, killing prisoners is not bad. As long as you surrender, you can leave your life. You can immediately recruit the leaders of Changning Palace. I have my own officials here, and I will tell you what to do. If you disobey, kill them without any hesitation!"

Seeing that Tan Li's face became serious, Xiao Gu hurriedly bowed his hands. Now Changning Palace does not have a decent army at all, what should he do if he doesn't surrender? It's just that after surrendering, what would the Song army do? Xiao Gu was unsure of what he was guessing in his heart.

Outside the city of Dading Prefecture, Du Zhongxiao looked at the top of the city and said to Liu Ji: "There are soldiers guarding each battlement. It seems that the Khitan is going to defend the city. Immediately, I will continue to concentrate the artillery to the south of the city and arrange artillery positions."

Liu Ji said to Nuo and asked, "Taiwei, will he only attack Nancheng? He is in a hurry to attack, I am afraid that the Khitan will escape."

Du Zhongxiao said: "We surround the three gusts and one, so why are we afraid that they will escape? The soldiers surrounded the three gates in the south, west and north, and artillery attacked the south gate, and leave the east gate for the Khitans to escape. When we attack the city, the cavalry should be freed, and the Khitans cannot escape even if they leave the city."

Liu Ji said yes. He immediately ordered the artillery to concentrate the artillery at the southern city gate. Due to the rugged roads in Yanshan, there were still no heavy artillery this time, only some artillery for field battles. It is not easy to use it to knock down the city wall, but there is no problem suppressing the city. As long as you use artillery to suppress the city, the Song army can send troops to the city. With the combat power of both sides, the Khitan wanted to defend the Dading Mansion with a delusion.

The soldiers were busy, and Du Zhongxiao and Liu Ji rode around Dading Prefecture City together. Dading Prefecture was eight miles long and wide, and it was the largest city in the Khitan. Although it was not as good as Kaifeng Prefecture, there were few cities in the world that could match it.

Back at the commander's tent, Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "Dading Prefecture is the first city of the Khitan, which is larger than Youzhou City. The 20,000 defenders are not strong, but it is not easy to break through. The nine Oludos around are the real essence of the Khitan. Let's do this. Within two days, do not make plans to attack the city. First, arrange the cannon positions. Wait until the cavalry eliminates all Oludos before formally attacking."

Liu Jidao: "It's so strange. Knowing that we are here, the Khitan did not let Oluduo enter the city."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Every Oluduo grazed a large number of cattle and sheep, how can we enter the city? Of course, we don't know how the Khitan arranged it specifically. As far as we see now, Oluduo outside the city is not prepared and is still leisurely grazing cattle and sheep. After we passed Luming Mountain, the city was closed down, and it didn't seem to be on high alert. To be honest, the Khitan's arrangement is really hard to see through. But no matter what, the army arrived and attacked directly."

Liu Ji bowed: "What the Taiwei said is. Why don't the Khitans ignore it? We just need to attack directly. Today, Wang Kai and Jia Kui led their troops to attack the surrounding Oluduo. After a long time, they didn't hear the sound of gunfire. I thought it would be smooth."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "I just can't understand what the Khitans think? Their Oluduo's troops were wiped out by us in Youzhou last year. Inquired in advance, Geoluduo was the most severely drawn last year, and the young and strong were almost allocated, and the rest had no troops. But our army had arrived in Yuzhou, and they had no movement. We crossed the mountains and went to Quannong County, but they still didn't respond."

Liu Jidao: "Who can understand? I originally thought that when our army arrived in Yuzhou, the Khitan would shrink its troops. At least the young and strong Oluduo should have retreated north. Wherever I thought, they would be waiting here."

Du Zhongxiao just shook his head. He really couldn't figure out what the Khitan war arrangement was like when facing the attack of the Song army. Until now, he found that the Khitan had no arrangement at all, which made people confused. If the Khitan still had heavy troops now, the Song army must of course be careful to avoid being surrounded by the Khitan army suddenly. But in the Battle of Youzhou last year, the Khitan elite soldiers were annihilated. What else can the Khitan rely on?

If the Song army could wipe out all the Khitan's Nine Palaces Oludo and the Khitan princes in Dading Prefecture in this battle, the Khitan would be really destroyed. Not only did the elite main force be destroyed, but even the important princes and nobles were gone. What should we do in the future?
Chapter completed!