It was almost evening, and Du Zhongxiao and Liu Ji were sitting in the tent. Zhao Zizi rushed over and saluted Du Zhongxiao. Zhao Zi said, "Today, Wang Kai and Jia Kui led the cavalry in the army to attack the Khitan Oluduo around Dading Prefecture, and everything went smoothly. Now, we report that there are Changning Palace, Hongyi Palace, Yanchang Palace and Chongde Palace, and surrendered without fighting. Although the other five palaces resisted stubbornly, they were all defeated. Now the nine Khitan Palaces have all been captured. Since there are not many soldiers, the two Grand Marshals will ask how to deal with them."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Let's look like no one is allowed to run away. Each palace dispatches 500 people to watch them graze and wait for the imperial court's orders. These Oludo are the essence of the Khitan, and their royal family and princely families are almost all included, so you must act carefully."

Zhao Zi said: "Taiwei, these Oluduo have no soldiers after all, they are just grazing people. Do they think they are civilians or soldiers?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Oludo is a military and civilian unity in Khitan. Let's first become a soldier. The court issued an order and then acted according to the order."

Zhao Zi sang his promise with his hands and hurried away.

Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "I didn't expect this battle to go smoothly. In one day, the nine palaces, Oluduo, were completely destroyed, and the essence of the Khitan was completely destroyed. Today, I killed cattle and sheep, and held a celebration banquet to congratulate them."

Liu Ji nodded: "What the Taiwei said is that he should celebrate such a great victory. But is this battle too easy?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Of course it's too easy. In fact, it's not just this battle, but how difficult is it in Youzhou last year? Now it seems that we don't know ourselves clearly and the Khitan. The national strength of the two countries is far different. When they fight, they naturally fall one side. Last year, the Khitan went south and it was already full of power. It's not just a saying, but really emptying his country. This year we fight, and they don't even have the strength to resist. Although it's unexpected, it's a good thing after all."

Liu Ji also sighed. He really didn't expect that the Khitan would be so weak now, and he would not even have the power to resist. If Ma Di had not sacrificed the city, the Song Dynasty would have to wait a few years before the Yanyun area was restored before it would have gone north. In fact, looking at the Khitan, he went north directly and crossed Yanshan. The Khitan had no power to stop it. One hundred and two hundred thousand people were enough to sweep the Khitan.

The Khitan's power was different from the Song Dynasty. It not only concentrated the national material resources, but also concentrated the national manpower. The Khitan dispatched 400,000 troops, which actually brought basically all the young and middle-aged people of his own nation to the battlefield. He was destroyed in one battle, and the army was organized in the country, and there was no one left.

This is a completely different situation from the Central Plains dynasty. The Central Plains dynasty was defeated in one battle and could quickly reorganize the army. Not to mention the combat effectiveness, the number of people will not be small. If the Khitan is not good, if it is completely destroyed in one battle, it will directly lose one or two generations of people.

For example, the reason why Oludo, outside Dading Prefecture, has always been here is because there is no one who can make any decisions at the Khitan now. In the past, these Oludos were the most important force of the Khitan emperors, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and their status in the Khitan was also high. Now that the young and strong people are gone, no one knows what they should do. They cannot enter the city, so they just let them graze outside the city.

Soon, Zhao Zi came in and said, "Wang Kai and Jia Kui are sending people to take care of each Oludo. There are two palaces, Xingsheng and Yongxing, and the resistance is fierce, and many people die. The two asked if they can join the same palace."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "No, it's still divided into two palaces. How to deal with these Oluduo needs to be carefully considered. In addition to the palace tents that were with the emperor, they also had their own military states and the mausoleum, which was not that simple."

Zhao Zi agreed. Just as he was about to leave, Du Zhongxiao said: "Tell Wang Kai and Jia Kui that things are done. Come here to celebrate their merits."

Zhao Zi sang his promise with his hands and walked out quickly.

Du Zhongxiao said to Liu Ji: "This battle went unexpectedly and everyone became much lighter."

Zhao Zi arrived at the military tent of Wang Kai and Jia Kui, and ordered Du Zhongxiao's words. He said, "You have won a great victory today. The Taiwei slaughtered cattle and sheep to celebrate your merits. By the way, you will continue to hold a celebration banquet in the army. Since the war with the Khitan, it has not been as smooth as today. Even those palace tents that do not want to surrender, it has not taken much effort."

Jia Kui said: "Yes, who could have expected it? These Oludo are elite soldiers around the Khitan Emperor. They originally thought that there would be fierce battles, but they didn't expect that they would be vulnerable. One day today, more than 20 people died in our army."

Wang Kai said: "I asked, all the young and strong men of Ouluduo went to Youzhou last year. Not only did the people not come back, they also took away the military weapons of Ouluduo, and the rest of them wanted to kill even swords and guns. In this way, what would they do besides surrender?"

Zhao Zi sat down and said, "Yes, I didn't expect the Khitan to be so weak. He would collapse in one battle and he would not even have a chance to make a comeback. After conquering Dading Prefecture in this battle, he could go north immediately and scan the entire Khitan."

Wang Kai said: "Yes, after going to Dading Prefecture, you should go north immediately. If you don't talk about him elsewhere, the area around Linhuang Prefecture in Tokyo is the fundamental place of the Khitan. If you capture it, the Khitan will be destroyed."

Jia Kui said with emotion: "The year before yesterday, the Taiwei was very nervous and ordered us not to attack. When the Khitan went south last year, he was very cautious and kept luring the Khitan into the depths. The Khitan was trapped in Cangzhou and then went north in large numbers. However, he did not expect that the Khitan was so useless. If we tried a little hard, they would collapse. If we had known this, why should we be so cautious? If we really took the army to suppress it."

Zhao Zi said: "Who knew that things would be like this? Since the founding of the Khitan Kingdom, there has been almost no major defeats against the surrounding areas. How dare the Taiwei be careless! He didn't feel that in the battle of Youzhou, and in this battle, it really shows that the Khitan was the prime minister of the country's destruction."

The three of them said, all of them were deeply moved. This battle was indeed unexpectedly successful for the Song army. Without encountering decent resistance, they surrounded the Dading Prefecture and solved the most important key force of the Khitan. Apart from the Nine Palaces, the rest of the Khitan power was not worth mentioning.

In fact, when a country really comes to its destruction, it is indeed difficult to make sense. Especially nomadic peoples like the Khitan have no reserve force and will be in a mess once they are defeated. Without special reasons, it is difficult to turn over again.

The Khitan in history was quickly defeated by the rising Jurchens. Where can the current Song Dynasty be compared with the Jurchens? After a war, the Song Dynasty could directly launch a second wave of offensives. How can the Khitan resist?

After the Khitan was defeated, it was able to quickly integrate and concentrate its strength again, just imagination. Last year, the Khitan went south and brought all its military forces, and even its people and weapons were destroyed in Youzhou.

At this time, the Song army headed north, and the Khitan could no longer organize effective resistance. It only depends on how fast the Song army advances.
Chapter completed!