"Is Yelu Hongji going to surrender?" After hearing the personal soldiers' report, Du Zhongxiao remained silent for a moment.

Zhao Zhen, who was on the side, looked at the sun and said, "When the two armies are fighting, one side is willing to surrender, how can you not accept surrender? It's not too early, and the Taiwei and Khitan are willing to surrender, so let them surrender. Let's withdraw their troops early and celebrate the merits tonight!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Your Majesty misunderstood that it is not that he will not accept surrender. I am considering how to avoid accidents. Now that the army has surrounded, the Khitan army is completely covered by artillery fire. I am afraid that Yelu Hongji will not be able to command it. Yelu Hongji is willing to surrender, but it is hard to say what his generals under him think. Don't stop the cannon here, and the Khitans rushed over there, which is not beautiful."

Han Qi said: "What Taiwei Du said is that the Khitan formation is in chaos now, and Yelu Hongji also commands it. Even if you surrender, you must think carefully and not cause trouble. The battle has been going well and there is no accident in the end."

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said to his personal soldiers: "Go and call Zhao Zi quickly. Also, the commanders of the army fighting in front of the formation will all be called to the top of the city. We need everyone to discuss matters together so that nothing unexpected happens."

The personal soldiers went, Du Zhongxiao held the city wall with his hand and looked outside the city. After Xi Maliu, Guni and Dieli surrendered, the Song army had already completed the four sides of the remaining Khitan army. Now the artillery was in place and the artillery shells were fired continuously. In the artillery fire, the Khitan army was completely in chaos. At this time, it was actually much easier to not surrender. It would be enough to kill all the shells. They surrendered, and there were still many troubles.

The surrendered prisoners had to eat, the wounded had to be treated, and people were also taken care of. There were many things. The Khitan army had an absolute advantage in this battle, but in fact, it would be impossible to die in the battlefield in the end. Three hundred thousand prisoners were not easy to deal with.

Soon, Zhao Zi and a group of military commanders arrived and saluted Zhao Zhen, Du Zhongxiao and others.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Just just now, the Privy Councilor Yelu Xiantong, the Khitan Northern Court, wrote a letter, and the Khitans were willing to surrender. However, there were still more than 100,000 people, and there were not many troops that the Khitan rulers and ministers could directly command. Don't let us stop the cannons here and get messy there. I'm asking you to come, so I have to discuss carefully what to do."

Zhao Zi said: "This matter is most afraid of disorder. It is best to decide it by the Taiwei and act in a unified manner."

Jia Kui said: "The last general thought that he could only drive all the way and let the Khitans come out. The rest of the troops continued to fire artillery. When all the Khitans came out to surrender, the entire army stopped artillery and sent people to search."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "I think so too. If you have no objection, Dou Shunqing and Liu Jianji will stop the artillery and let the Khitans come out of them. The remaining armies will continue firing until they wait for the order."

Zhao Zi said: "This is the best. However, there were nearly 200,000 Khitan Central Army, and even now there are still tens of thousands of people left. All of them came out from the two Grand Marshals Dou and Liu. Isn't it too crowded?"

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "This matter was not something we considered. Go back and tell Yelu Xiantong and let him Yelu Hongji, that's how we decided. Dou and Liu's army stopped artillery and asked the Khitans to come out from there. After the Khitans came out, Zhang Yu's troops monitored them to prevent them from causing trouble."

At this time, the southern line was full of troops and the Khitans could no longer escape, so there was no need for Zhang Yu to monitor the periphery. They were cavalry and were most suitable for monitoring the surrendered army. One hundred and twenty thousand Khitans surrendered, so they could not cause trouble again.

After discussing the details, the generals left. Dou Shunqing and Liu Jianji's armies stopped shelling and informed Yelu Xiantong, and asked him to start preparing.

Zhao Zi said: "The Taiwei, all the Khitans have surrendered, and this battle should be over. However, with hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops, how to manage these prisoners is a problem. We are still sufficient now, with hundreds of thousands of more people. We should transport the food as soon as possible."

Du Zhongxiao sighed: "Hundreds of thousands of prisoners, and millions of people in Youzhou, need more food. There is too much food in the Central Plains, and it cannot be supplied. There is no need to worry too much about this. These prisoners will first repair the railway in Youzhou and then deal with it later."

Han Qi said: "The food and grass collected by the Secretary of the Central Committee will be provided to the army for half a year. But now there are more than one million people, so I am really powerless. These prisoners can still ensure that they will not starve to death. If they don't do anything, it will be hard to say."

Song Xiang on the side said, "Yes, it is not easy to supply hundreds of thousands of troops. If it exceeds one million people, it is difficult to find a lot of difficulties. The grain and grass in Lianghuai have been collected for a long time, and now there is no way, they all come from Liangzhe. If not enough, there is no way. You can't collect grain from Guangdong and Guangxi, so there is no way to transport it to the Central Plains. Sichuan and Sichuan still have grain, but it is the same, and it is not easy to transport it out."

Of course Du Zhongxiao knew that it was wrong to say that the country did not supply so many people, but not many could be transported. Lianghuai is the most convenient transportation, followed by Liangzhe, and much less in other places. Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road are not much surplus grain, Shaanxi Road is even less, and Sichuan and Shu are difficult to transport it out because of the difficult roads. Before today autumn, the food in Youzhou will be very tight.

However, as long as you survive this year, everything will be fine. After recapturing the Yanyun area, the Song army entered the foot of Yanshan Mountain, and soon could cross the mountains to attack the hinterland of the Khitan. With the experience of the Battle of Youzhou, the army that grew up in large numbers would be easier to fight later.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said to Zhao Zi: "By the way, how is the battle in the Shanhou area? Wang Kai and Hebin's 100,000 troops should not have any opponents."

Zhao Zi said: "They have surrounded Datong Prefecture and are attacking fiercely. Datong Prefecture City has a large number of troops, and they are in a stalemate for a while."

Du Zhongxiao said: "When Yelu Hongji surrendered, he can ask him to write to various places in the Khitan to see how many places surrender. Datong Prefecture is already a must-have place, and the defending generals should not persist. It is hard to say other places in the Khitan."

Zhao Zi said: "As long as you can take Zhongjing Road, it is enough. The rest of the places are insignificant, it is nothing more than time."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head and said meaningfully: "You can't say that. I heard that after the Khitan sent troops, the Jurchens in the northeast caused chaos and made a big fuss. Tokyo Road is vast, with a fertile field of thousands of miles and a large population. Once the Khitan is destroyed, I am afraid that the Jurchens will take advantage of the situation."

Zhao Zi laughed and said, "Taiwei, the Jurchens are just savages in the mountains. What can happen? After two years, Youzhou will be stable and sent a general to destroy them. No matter how big the Tokyo Road is, it will be enough to use 50,000 troops to pacify them."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Let's discuss this matter again. The most important thing now is to pacify the Khitan and appease the place."

Before the rise of the Jurchens, they were not valued. In fact, there was no reason to pay attention to it, whether it was the Song Dynasty or the Khitan. Du Zhongxiao did not know the history of this area in history, and felt that it was unnecessary to pay attention to it. What should I pay attention to in a small ethnic minority with a small population in the mountains? But it was this ethnic minority that exterminated the Khitans in history, and quickly attacked the Song Dynasty and attacked Kaifeng, and the Northern Song Dynasty was exterminated. Indeed, the Jurchens defeated the main force of the Khitan and annexed a large number of ethnic groups under the Khitan rule, and then developed rapidly. But what they could do with the Khitans was because they thought they could not do with the Song Dynasty? If they did not occupy it early, something would happen sooner or later.

These northern ethnic groups are in the middle. The Jurchens are in the east. After they develop, they destroy the Khitans. After they develop, they destroy the Jurchens. After they develop, they destroy the Jurchens. They can grow rapidly, and the foundation left by the Khitan is very important. Without the Khitan in the middle, they cannot develop with their corners alone. After they develop, they quickly enter the central area of ​​the Khitan and develop and grow.

In the north of China, after the development of the Khitan, the center of gravity moved eastward. There were nomadic and farming under the Khitan rule, which left a very important foundation of hegemony and nourished the surrounding nations. After the destruction of the Khitan, the Song Dynasty must occupy Zhongjing Road as soon as possible and firmly control the place. Otherwise, the vacuum left by the Khitan after the destruction of the Khitan will soon develop other nations.

For Du Zhongxiao, the Khitan's attack on Youzhou was too cruel to exploit. If you don't restore this place, the foundation of the Song army was unstable and there was no support for the advance northward. Restoring Youyan was not something that could be done in a short period of time. You could only rely on its strong national strength to occupy the key points of the north and south of Yanshan. When Youzhou was a little better, you would immediately advance northward.
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