In the general's mansion, Bao Zheng came in, bowed to Du Zhongxiao, and said, "Has the Khitan envoy left?"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Just just sent it away. - It's funny that the envoy actually wanted to stay in Shengzhou for a few days to show kindness. It seems that he is still a little worried and wants to see the situation in Shengzhou. They are about to start fighting. What are they doing here? Let's get things done early."

Bao Zheng stepped forward and saw Du Zhongxiao laying a piece of paper on the table, drawing a picture, and filling in the names one by one. He saw this for the first time, and couldn't help but look up and asked, "What are Jieshuai doing?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "These are the various forces of the Khitan. I will make a tree-shaped picture. Let's look at the dragon picture. This image does not look like a tree? It gradually branches from the top and becomes a big tree. There is really no way. In addition to the Xi people, Bohai people and Han people, the Khitan tribe is divided into royal families and queens. There are many branches in the royal family and queens. Looking at the same tribe, the relationship is actually extremely distant. Outsiders don't know the intention, so how can they distinguish it? Not to mention that he has the name of Khitan, the name of Han, the name of nickname, and the name of nickname, and all kinds of characters. Over the past few months, Shuaisi has put a lot of effort into it. All the nobles and senior officials of the Khitan have collected a lot of information. I will classify them here and mark their clans and branches clearly so that they will not be confused."

Bao Zheng looked at the Agu family on the table, and the descendants of the descendants were clearly marked from Agu. Not only men, but also important women and family marriages were marked clearly, and he couldn't help but nod.

The Khitan also has tribal legacy. A person is first a member of the tribe and secondly a court official. Without distinguishing the tribe, the tendency of Khitan officials is unpredictable. In the past, the intelligence of the Song Dynasty was very weak, and often could not even understand the names of important Khitan and Dangxiang officials, let alone predict the actions of the two countries. Du Zhongxiao went to Hequ Road to establish an initial intelligence network to grasp the trends of the two countries.

As the autumn atmosphere grew stronger, the Khitan civil war was inevitable. Although the court had decided not to participate, it was impossible not to care about the situation of the war. Which side could win should be predicted earlier. Don’t bet on the wrong treasure and be beaten back then.

After finishing the tree-shaped pictures on the table one by one, Du Zhongxiao looked at it for a while and said to Li Fugui on the side: "After judging, I drew a few capable people and arranged the Khitan officials in this way according to the pictures on the table. By the way, I have to not transfer the personnel, carefully check the arranged pictures, and there must be no mistakes."

Li Fugui promised that the Strategic Department had its own intelligence agency and had dedicated people to do these things. Du Zhongxiao just pretended to tell his subordinates to do this, and of course he didn't need to do it himself.

After putting away the tree-shaped picture on the table, Du Zhongxiao and Bao Zheng sat down, and the soldiers came to tea.

After receiving tea, Du Zhongxiao said: "After clarifying the Khitan forces, Dangxiang will also handle this. Last year, the Prime Minister of Dangxiang, Mozang Epang, brought troops to aid, but failed to steal a chicken and lost a handful of rice. In the past few months, he has been embarrassed by many Dangxiang forces, and his power is not as good as before. Although Liangzuo was young, he could only be at the mercy of the powerful ministers, and the empress dowager Wuzang's family is different. We cannot understand the situation in Dangxiang. If one is not good, the Mozang family suddenly attacked and seized the power of Wuzang Epang, and he will inevitably be at a loss at that time."

Bao Zheng said: "What Jishuai said is. Should the rest of the forces be the same except Dangxiang? For example, Gaochang State will be built at the end of the year to Heishui City, which is not far from Gaochang. However, the court knew nothing about the forces of Gaochang State, only knew that the king was Asilan, and the high-ranking officials and nobles had no idea."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not just high-ranking officials and noble relatives, but even King Gaochang doesn't know much. Asilan's word means lion. This title is used to the Western Regions. Not only King Gaochang, but many kings call it the Lion King."

Bao Zheng nodded: "There is also this. I heard that King Karakhan is also called the Lion King, so I think it is their custom."

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is no way, so this matter can only be left for the future. When the Western Regions Commercial Road is opened and there are more merchants coming, we understand the situation there and can also send caravans there. As long as the railway reaches Heishui City, they will not be able to disagree."

Bao Zheng said: "During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Wang Yande sent the Western Regions. When he arrived in Gaochang, the Khitan envoys were there, and the two envoys almost broke up. Last year, Zong Zhen was killed in Tanglong Town, and I wonder if there were any Khitan envoys in Gaochang. We might as well write to the court and send envoys to the Western Regions to see what their attitude towards the court was, and then make a decision."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "It's different from the past. The court sent envoys again, and they always asked them to send envoys first."

"That's right." Bao Zheng nodded and stopped mentioning this matter. Wang Yande was on a mission to the Western Regions. First, he knew nothing about the situation in the Western Regions and did not know how many forces there were nominally belonging to the Central Plains court. Second, Hexi was not peaceful, and the court needed the support of the Western Regions. Now, although they did not know their details, they knew the general distribution. With Dangxiang defeating Gaochang and annexing Guasha Prefectures, there were no independent Han forces there and no need to contact them anymore. The Song army now has the military advantage to expand westward, and there is no need to support the Western Regions.

After drinking tea for a while, Du Zhongxiao said: "In addition to Gaochang and Karakhanate in the Western Regions, there are also Tatar tribes in the north. The Khitan has a collapsed ridge governor, a northwest road to the Zhaodan, and a Zhenzhou city was built. The Tatar tribes were extremely respectful to the Khitan. Whenever there was a war, all Tatars would invite war. If Chongyuan and Hongji went to war this year, the Tatar tribes would definitely join the war. Now Shangjing Road is occupied by Yelu Renxian's troops, and in the past ten thousand Tatars would join Hongji to fight against Chongyuan. In the past two months, the Tatar forces must be clear. On the first day of the year, the Zhuanglang tribe first surrendered to the court and promised them to expand the pasture land. They could not speak without keeping their count. We did not participate in the Khitan civil war, but the forces in the west could not let them be at ease."

Bao Zheng heard this and said, "Jingshou means to attack the Tatar tribe in the north?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "The north is the desert grassland, with a sparse population, so it is not easy to do it. It is not easy to build a railway in the desert grassland, and it cannot be maintained even after it is repaired. If you attack the Tatars, you must have tens of thousands of cavalry and the desert is in poverty. The time is not here. You can support Zhuanglang tribe and sell more food in winter to fight with the Tatars, so that they can't make them safe."

The Zhuanglang tribe headed north, which was the Gobi desert, not a place for combat. The safest way to pacify the land in the north of the desert is to destroy the Khitan and build a railway from the east. The Khitan can build a Zhenzhou in the heart of the northern part of the Moon, and completely control the Tatar tribes. Of course, the Song Dynasty can do it. As long as the railway reaches the Khitan Zhongjing, it will be fine.

Hequ Road controls the southern part of the desert. The nomadic people on the grassland have to go south and lose the most important springboard. To control the northern part of the desert, it is no longer economical to use this place as a base, and Youyun should be used as a base.

When the army's training is completed, of course, we cannot be honest in defending these states. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of Song troops, the surrounding forces are too weak. Apart from the Khitan and Dangxiang, tens of thousands of people can walk sideways.
Chapter completed!