Yelu Chongyuan supported his face with his hands and leaned against the desk to watch the beautiful woman dancing, which was very fascinating. The various secrets on the desk were mostly famous products from the Song Dynasty, and they were all his favorite tastes. Although the Khitan also had these, they caught his eye and always felt that they were worse than those from the Song Dynasty.

Just as he was impressed, a soldier quickly stepped in. The dancer screamed in fear and hid beside him.

Yelu Chongyuan felt that he was in the midst of nine nights, and countless beautiful scenes were all disrupted. His arm tilted and almost fell on the desk. He was furious and stood up suddenly and shouted, "I'll break into my handsome tent, don't report it, don't sing promises, drag it out to chop it!"

Two guards came in from outside, grabbed the personal soldier without saying a word, and dragged him out and chopped him on the head.

The personal soldier was so scared that he ran away and said loudly: "King, I have important military information reports! The reinforcements of the Song army have arrived!"

Yelu Chongyuan said with a dark face: "Does of raids, you will be reporting around all day long, what's the future!"

The personal soldier said anxiously: "This time it's not a cavalry, but a large army of the Song Dynasty. He has arrived more than ten miles south of Tanglong Town!"

Yelu Chongyuan turned around, looked at the personal soldier, and said with a calm face: "What you said is the truth? If there is any untrueness, you will kill your entire clan!"

The personal soldier hurriedly said, "Go back to the king, the young man saw it with his own eyes. Because the matter is serious, he trespassed into the commander's tent. I hope the king will forgive him!"

Yelu Chongyuan waved his hand: "Let him go and see what he said."

The guard released his personal soldiers. The personal soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, crossed their hands and said, "King, the little one led his men to patrol the south. When it was dark, he saw a large number of Song troops there. Roughly speaking, there were about 10,000 people, all of them were cavalry. This was seen with his own eyes, and there was no falsehood!"

The Khitan is a nomadic people, mainly cavalry, and the estimates of the number of cavalry are generally not too different.

After hearing this, Yelu Chongyuan didn't say anything for a moment, and closed his eyes and thought after the case. After a while, he waved his hand and said, "You are loyal to your ministry. When the military is urgent, what is the crime of trespassing into the commander's tent? Reward fifty pieces of silk and stand aside for inquiries."

The personal soldier was overjoyed, hurriedly thanked him, got up and stood aside.

Yelu Chongyuan said again: "Go and invite King Xiao. This matter is very important. I will talk about the urgent military information and discuss it with him."

The guard sang the promise with his hands and quickly walked out of the military tent. Yelu Chongyuan waved his hand and ordered the singer and dancer in the tent to go out.

Soon, Xiao Ge quickly walked into the military tent and saluted Yelu Chongyuan.

Yelu Chongyuan said: "The king does not need to be polite. Just now, personal soldiers have reported to me. The reinforcements from the southern countries are not far away, and the military power is not small. This matter is important and cannot be delayed. Therefore, I ask the king to come and discuss it."

Xiao Ge said: "I wonder who are coming? Who is the head coach? How many troops are there?"

Yelu Chongyuan's personal soldiers who were standing on the side said, "Did you hear what the king asked?"

The personal soldier hurriedly crossed his hands: "When it was the king, it was night, and I couldn't see it clearly. But as I know, it should not be the nearby soldiers and horses. The discipline is extremely strict, with about 10,000 people, and the entire army has horses. By the way, most of them hold muskets, and they are not wearing leather armor, but cotton coats? Because it was in the night, I couldn't see it clearly, but there was no Song army in Hedong Road in such a dress."

Xiao Ge couldn't help but frown: "Don't wear leather armor, hold muskets, and wear cotton coats? How can there be such a Song army?"

Yelu Chongyuan suddenly said, "Is it the Yingtianxiang Army coming from Jingxi Road? I used to hear people from the southern country talking about the style there, saying that there is a Yingtianxiang Army on Jingxi Road, which is like this. Because it is different and very strange, I have always remembered it. I heard that this army does not use swords and guns, but uses muskets and cannons, which is completely different from other Song troops. They have cotton coats uniformly sent by the army in winter to protect the cold, but they do not listen to clothes and fight."

Xiao Ge said: "Cotton coat? Is it the kind that we Khitan also sells?"

Yelu Chongyuan nodded: "Yes, the southern country has introduced grass cotton from the Western Regions, which can be weaved into cloth and made into coats to protect the cold. When a merchant sold his way to this dynasty, the price is extremely not cheap. But I heard that it is not expensive on Jingxi Road, so people can afford it."

Xiao Ge said: "If I have bought this kind of cotton coat and have worn a few of them. However, this item is not as good as a light fur, and the price is really not worth it. Although this coat is thick and can be worn for combat, how can it withstand swords, guns and arrows?"

Of course, the cotton coats of Yingtianxiang Army were not worn to fight, but to keep warm. During the battle, they would naturally change into armor, not only leather armor, but also iron armored troops in the army. At this time, they were used to wearing armor when they were fighting, and some did not even take off their sleep, which gave the personal soldiers an illusion that they saw the Song army in the war.

Yelu Chongyuan and Xiao Ge discussed for a long time, but they felt that cotton coats were not special compared to iron armor. Wearing this, the Yingtianxiang Army should have been urgently summoned and the armor without standard was sent to them.

Sitting opposite each other on the side of the case, Xiao Ge said, "It's so strange. According to the king, Yingtianxiang Army is stationed on Jingxi Road and is southward. How could it appear here? Even if the South does not want to lose Tanglong Town, it only needs to draw troops from nearby, but has such an army been transferred thousands of miles away?"

Yelu Chongyuan said: "Yes, what kind of railway has been built in the southern country over the years? I heard that there are coal-burning trains running on it, which is very fast. I heard that as long as you add coal and water, you can travel thousands of miles a day without stopping. If they were taking the train, they should have arrived these days."

Xiao Ge nodded: "I have also heard that this is really a magical weapon. It can mobilize a large army in thousands of miles and several days. Unfortunately, this thing is highly valued by the Southern Dynasty. This dynasty cannot be used, and it is not taken out. We can only listen to people's words, but I don't know how magical it is. But even so, it is still puzzling. Why do we need to mobilize this army? There are large troops stationed in nearby Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road, and most of them are elite."

Yelu Chongyuan said: "A few months ago, I heard that a barbarian king named Nong Zhigao was found on Guangnan Road in the South. He led his troops to raise an uprising and captured countless prefectures and counties. It was extremely powerful. The Southern court was extremely frightened and asked the Deputy Envoy of Privy Councilor Di to lead the army south to quell the rebellion. Most of the elite soldiers on Shaanxi Road were taken away by Taiwei Di and had no troops to adjust, so he sent such an army to come. The Southern Kingdom had poor skills, so there was no need to worry too much."

Xiao Ge said: "Even if there are no troops on Shaanxi Road, there are many soldiers and horses in Hebei and Hedong, why not move?"

Yelu Chongyuan thought for a while and said, "Yes, the Southern Dynasties sent troops to help, to prevent our dynasty from taking over Tanglong's town and fighting with them. The troops and horses on Hedong Road are in parallel and guarding Yanmen Pass. How dare they draw? The army of this dynasty went south from Datong Prefecture, how can they block it? Not to mention the Hebei Road, it is flat, and the iron cavalry of this dynasty will be able to approach the Yellow River for a few days. The Song people have always been very afraid."

Xiao Ge thought about it and nodded, "I think this is the case. King, what should we do with such a reinforcement army?"

Yelu Chongyuan said: "Tomorrow we will choose a general to bring several 2,000 cavalry and fight with them in one battle. Let's see how. The wing army in the southern country is not good, and this wing army is from the camp. What kind of battle can we fight? If it is not good, we will destroy the reinforcements first and then attack the city with all our strength."
Chapter completed!