Looking at the tide of people outside the car window and the large flocks of cattle, sheep and camels, Du Zhongxiao said: "With Hequ Road, the Western Regions have been restored, and the imperial court has finally been short of horses and camels in recent years. Otherwise, transporting grain would not be easy."

Li Fugui said: "Yes, now the imperial court can gather hundreds of thousands of livestock as long as it is willing to do so. How dare you think about it a few years ago?"

In fact, when fighting over Yanshan, it is rare to dispatch more than 100,000 troops. Leaving the Central Plains to fight against foreign countries, the scale of the war was greatly limited. All armies with more than 100,000 were one of the rare wars in history. Now with railways and horse farming land, the Song Dynasty was just rich and powerful.

Ma Di looked at the scene outside the car window and sighed: "There are so many troops in the Song Dynasty, so many livestock, and countless food and grass. How can the Khitan be invincible? Even if people push it, they will pile up the Khitan to death."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head. If the court was useless, how could it be that Khitan could be killed? The Five Barbarians invaded China, and how many people in the Five Barbarians had only been? This led to the sinking of the Central Plains. Not to mention that the Jurchens would have occurred in history that destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty also directly destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

After all, if the court is not strong, it will become a burden for the people to resist and eventually lead the entire nation to fall into the abyss.

After getting off the train, Fu Bi and Liu Ji were already greeted at the station. Everyone saluted and arrived at the Youzhou Official Office.

The official yamen in Youzhou was the former left-behind Khitan mansion, which was extremely magnificent. There was also the Khitan palace and many yamen not far away, but most of them were useless now. Now Youzhou is still half-military and has a disparate official position. Everything is slowly recovering and will gradually get better.

In the official hall, the host and the host were seated, Fu Bi said, "But I didn't expect that the battle in Youzhou had just ended, and the army was about to go north. I originally thought that it would take a year or two before the people in Youzhou recovered before they could go north to Zhongjing Road."

Du Zhongxiao said: "After Ma Di comes south, he says he is the generals of several nearby states, and he wants to offer the city together. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even if there are many difficulties, he still cannot miss it. It is not easy to dispatch 150,000 troops this time, Youzhou as the rear."

Fu Bi said: "The railway has been built. As long as the food and grass are transported from the Central Plains, there is nothing. Now Youzhou is very poor, and most families have no food in their families. If the food in the Central Plains does not transport it, I don't know how many people will starve to death."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes, in the battle of Youzhou, the Khitan was too cruel to plunder the local area. My husband, how do you help me now?"

Fu Bi said: "Every city and town have set up porridge sheds, so as to try not to starve people to death. The Central Plains brought grain to them and let them plant the land. Now it is the most difficult time of the year."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I thought that in addition to the porridge shed, labor should be used as a relief. It is just that the weak is used, the elderly and children are not enough, and young and middle-aged people cannot eat enough, so they can waste it there. For example, building bridges and roads, digging rivers and canals, they can all be done first. In addition to paying attention to their meals, people can also make some money. When the people have money, they will naturally have merchants to make money. When the place becomes lively, many things will be easy to do."

Fu Bi said: "The government doesn't have much money, how can it be paid? The rich local households were also plundered by the Khitan last year, and now they are not worth it. As long as you survive the summer, you will be able to collect food from the field."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Can the court allocate money? The newly occupied land must be paid to the local government."

Fu Bi thought for a while and said, "What the Taiwei said is, but now the war is going on again, I am afraid the court will not have money. After all, in recent years, the court's family has been almost exhausted."

Du Zhongxiao wanted to persuade him again, but after thinking about it, he still won’t say anything. This era is not as good as later generations, and things are developing slowly, and the people are not in a hurry. As long as people don’t starve to death in Youzhou this year, the people should be grateful for their kindness. For Fu Bi, it is enough to do this level.

In fact, what are the courts afraid of issuing debts? After obtaining so much land, especially Youzhou, it was a wealthy place, and it was soon able to develop. Such debts should be easily issued and easily repaid. In recent years, there have been many wealthy officials who have made a lot of money on Jingxi Road in Kaifeng Prefecture. At this time, the country's industry has developed to a certain level, and there is not much new capital required, and their money has been lost. After buying treasury bonds, there is always interest to take advantage of both the government and the people.

However, Wen Yanbo is in power now, and he feels under great pressure for the interest he will repay in the future and does not want to issue more debts. Of course, it is also related to the current governance level of officials in the Song Dynasty. From top to bottom, there is a lack of talents to do these things.

After chatting for a while, Fu Bi said, "What should the Taiwei do when he goes north this time?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Wang Kai and Jia Kui's army are on Hedong Road, and it will take some time to transfer to Youzhou. I want to set out with Liu Ji and his army first, go back with Ma Di, and take over the city that was Xian. When Wang Kai and Jia Kui's army arrive, I will go north with them."

Fu Bi nodded: "It's fast to do this. However, Liu Ji only has 50,000 troops. Is it less troops?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "The Khitan is hard to get out even 30,000 soldiers now. However, everyone in the nomadic tribe is accustomed to riding and shooting. If they attack, they will have no choice but to attack. But if they come to attack, there will be no way for them to 50,000 soldiers."

In fact, if you follow the habits of the previous dynasty, you can sweep the grassland with 50,000 soldiers. The main Khitan forces have all been eliminated, and there are not many remaining soldiers, and 50,000 people cannot resist it. Du Zhongxiao is still affected by his previous life. Although he knows rationally, he still sends more soldiers in habit. What is the solution? The various wars he knows about in his previous life are often hundreds of thousands of troops. Now that the Song Dynasty has such national strength, why are you polite?

In fact, in history, the mobilization ability of dynasties was limited. As long as the quality of the army was guaranteed, less than 100,000 people could cause chaos in the world. Hundreds of thousands of troops were often counted as all kinds of personnel, and there were not many real soldiers.

Just like this march, there were 150,000 soldiers and more than 400,000 civilians transporting grain. All together, there were nearly 600,000 people. How many dynasties could support such a large army?

Zhao Zi on the side said: "The Privy Council has calculated that 60,000 to 70,000 people should be enough to attack the remnants of the Khitan. This time, Ma Di and others offered the city, which is easier. However, there are Yelu Hongji's palace soldiers and families on Zhongjing Road, with a large number of people. Send more troops to avoid accidents."

The main force of the Khitan Emperor's palace army was Oludo, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. They were all following the emperor and nomads everywhere. These people also had slaves, and the number was very large. The hundreds of thousands of nomads were Oludo, the main force of the Khitan, and the Khitan relied on to suppress the surrounding ethnic groups.

Last year, Yelu Hongji led his army south, and Oluduo's family and slaves were stationed around the Dading Prefecture of Zhongjing. Even if these families had one or even two residents, the number of people left was still quite large. Although they were not an army, they could still organize them if they really fought.

The purpose of the Song army in this battle was to completely eliminate the Khitan's Oludo and destroy its political center.
Chapter completed!