After passing Raozhou, we walked northwards in mountainous areas. The mountains in this area are not high, the terrain is flat, and the grass is green, which is a natural and excellent pasture. Many of the Khitan's military prefectures were distributed. At this time, Oluduo had been destroyed, and these military prefectures did not resist. When the Song army arrived, they were sacrificed. Du Zhongxiao strictly restrained the military commanders, and except for taking the grain from each military prefecture, he did not kill too much.

This era is different from later generations. During wars, it is very rare to not kill many people or steal things. The Khitans knew about the places occupied by the Song army, and did not kill and destroy them, and were not afraid. What would happen after these places were returned to the Song Dynasty? No one knew, so why do you need to think so much? In Dading Prefecture, the Song Dynasty relied on some of the original officials to manage it.

A few days later, the Song army was approaching Linhuang Mansion. Wang Kai led a large army to the city, and Du Zhongxiao, Jia Kui, Zhao Zi and others were stationed in Hongfu Temple in the south of the city.

Hongfu Temple is a Khitan royal temple with a huge scale and many monks. Du Zhongxiao ordered the monks to be managed separately, and all the places where he and others live were managed by the Song army. This place is already the fundamental place of the Khitan, so you must be careful.

At night, he ordered a sheep to be killed, called several generals to discuss the next battle.

As soon as Zhao Zi came in, he smelled the smell of meat and smiled and said, "This is a pure Buddhist land, but the Taiwei eats meat here. Those monks are still angry when they see it? Taiwei, they will make up stories to arrange you in the future."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "This is a temple of the Hu people. The rules are different from those of the Central Plains, and monks may not be able to hold fast."

Zhao Zi and Jia Kui laughed and sat down.

He ordered the soldiers to pour wine, and Du Zhongxiao said, "Now our troops are at the Linhuang Mansion City. The Queen Mother and Queen of the Khitan have not fled far away, and are waiting for us in the city. What do you think of these two women?"

Zhao Zi said: "What's the point? The Khitan situation is now out, and it is probably to sacrifice the city to surrender."

Jia Kui on the side said: "The Khitan is different from the Central Plains. The Empress Dowager has always been strong. If something happened to the emperor, according to their rules, the Empress Dowager should be regent. After so long, the Khitan has not established a new emperor, which should be related to the Empress Dowager. In this case, the Khitan should have a deep meaning."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The army is at the city, and no deep meaning is useful. In my opinion, the Khitan did not transfer troops to Linhuang Mansion, nor did the Empress Dowager escape. There was only one way, which was to offer the city and accept surrender. No matter what other means, there was no use in front of the army."

In fact, in my heart, Du Zhongxiao also muttered a little, not understanding what the Khitans mean now. Of course, a great empire is not short of talents. Normally, there will be no few people to come up with ideas at this time. But in fact, this is just theoretically the case. What really happened is that there is no surprise to what happened next to the Empress Dowager and the Queen. Not to mention the Khitan, when the Jin people conquered the Northern Song Dynasty in history, the series of operations of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were incredible. As long as they had a normal mind, they would not do that kind of thing.

It has been half a year since the Khitan main force was destroyed last year. Of course, the Khitan will not be calm, but the Song Dynasty didn't know it. In the current Khitan, the decision-making level is a turf team, is not surprising. In fact, this doomsday empire, when it comes to the last moment, decision-making is often funny.

After drinking for a while, Zhao Zi said, "The Taiwei is right. Now it seems that our 100,000 army is impossible to stop. If the Khitan can organize tens of thousands of people, it may not be impossible to fight with us. But now there are less than ten thousand people in Linhuang Mansion, what's the use?"

Jia Kui said: "What I'm talking about is that along the way, I was thinking that there was no other way out except for surrender."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "It is fundamental to our army coming north. No matter what the Khitans think, as long as they don't surrender, they will fight. First of all, they can have a good result. As long as we dare to fight, nothing will be useful for the Khitans."

Jia Kui and Zhao Zi said that they were. At this point, the Khitan really had no good idea. With less than 10,000 people, they wanted to resist the 100,000 Song troops. They could only think about this kind of thing.

The three of them drank and ate meat until the end of the night and left.

Du Zhongxiao returned to his residence. Just as he was about to rest, the guard general Ning Tan came in quickly and crossed his hands and said, "Taiwei, someone is asking for a visit outside."

Du Zhongxiao was stunned for a moment and said, "It's already late at night. Who is here to meet? If it's not for the urgent military situation, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Ning Tan hesitated for a moment and said, "It was a Dai official from Linhuang Mansion who was in charge of silk business. Because he was originally from the Song Dynasty, he had been inquiring about the military information of the Khitan after being told by someone, and he was taken away by Taiwei Li. He came secretly and said that he would meet Taiwei if he had something important."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while, so he had to cheer up and said, "You ask him to wait in the living room, I will wash my face and go."

Ning Tan said: "Taiwei, the official Dai said it is better to be a private place."

Du Zhongxiao was stunned when he heard this. What secrets does a businessman collecting intelligence have at this time? The Song army is already at the city, and the military in the city knows all the information. Can the Khitan still turn the tables? After thinking about it, he said, "Okay, you take them to my study. I drink a lot, and after washing my face, I will go to see him."

Ning Tan sang his promise with his hands and walked out quickly.

Du Zhongxiao washed his face and became a little clearer. After thinking about it, he still couldn't think of any urgent military information that Guanren Dai could have. Then he thought that the Khitans wanted to turn the tables, but they were afraid they could only make up their minds. Don't go to the capital of Khitan, the Khitans assassinate the commander, take their own life, and go to the PUBG battle.

After leaving the door, Du Zhongxiao ordered four guards to follow him to the door of the study. After so many years of joining the army, Du Zhongxiao knew that he did not have the kind of masters in the movies in his previous life, and that several guards were enough to protect him.

Two people stood in the study. A middle-aged man saw Du Zhongxiao coming in and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and the official was wearing an official. A thin man stood beside him, wearing a black suit and a big felt hat on his head. He couldn't tell what he looked like.

Du Zhongxiao answered the greeting, looked at the man in black, and said to Dai Guanren: "Dai Guanren comes here late at night, so there must be something important. I don't know what this person is called? Who is Dai Guanren?"

Dai Guanren rubbed his hands and said, "Taiwei, I am entrusted by someone tonight and I have to do this. I would like to ask the Taiwei to forgive me. This person's identity is extremely noble, how can it fall into the eyes of ordinary people? I will also ask the Taiwei to retreat and you will understand."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "My army commander, brought the army here, and acted gracefully. Are you afraid that others would see it! This place is my personal guard tonight. Don't worry, you don't have my orders, and they will not disclose the news."

Official Dai kept rubbing his hands there, and was so anxious that he was spinning around, not knowing what to do.

After a long time, the man in black turned around, gently took off the felt hat from his head, and whispered to Du Zhongxiao: "I am the Empress of the Great Liao Dynasty, Xiao Guanyin, tonight, come to see the Taiwei. The country is about to perish, and I have to do so, so why be afraid that others will see it?"
Chapter completed!