"What? Du Jieshuai took the army to Yizhou? The army went, wouldn't it be a fight against Gaochang?" Jin San widened his eyes after hearing the report.

Director Meng said: "People, most of the tenths are going to fight Gaochang, otherwise why would a hundred thousand troops gather? We have a caravan preparing stock in Gaochang. In this way, if we accidentally get surrounded by the Song army, things are not easy to deal with."

Jin San paced back and forth, unable to think of a way. The railway is the fastest means of transportation now. However, the railway from Hezhou to Yizhou is now used by the army and civilians are not allowed to board the train. In fact, the Western Regions caravans set out from Gaochang, and the new railway has no source of passengers. If they had taken the route of the caravans in the past, it would have been several months since they arrived in Gaochang, and the battle would have been over.

Jin San was a Sogdian in the Western Regions. He had a close relationship with Gaochang and was familiar with Hei Khan, so he naturally favored them. Besides, he had been in Shengzhou for two years, but had no contact with several important officials and was naturally alienated. The Song Dynasty was not a small country in the Western Regions. The status of Jin San was not a level that Du Zhongxiao had to contact. In the Song Dynasty, his political status was far away from merchants, and money could not be directly converted into power.

After thinking for a long time, he really couldn't figure out a solution, so Jin San had to sigh: "Forget it, I can only leave it to fate. Supervisor Meng, if the Song army occupied Gaochang, the Western Regions commercial roads would definitely take the train from Yizhou to Shengzhou. In the future, you will be close to the officials in charge of the railway station. When you use it, they will be able to talk. Otherwise, the future business will be difficult."

Manager Meng agreed. Jin San mainly dealt with upper-class people, including those from Khitan and Dangxiang. He focused on Shengzhou to build a business empire that belonged to him. The little people in Shengzhou City were naturally the people of Manager Meng who dealt with them every day.

The news that Du Zhongxiao led his army to leave Shengzhou and marched into the Western Regions spread throughout Shengzhou City two or three days later. Hu merchants in the Western Regions were panicked, but the merchants from the Central Plains gloated and realized that their opportunity had come. The Song Dynasty captured the Western Regions, and business opportunities would inevitably be left to their own people, and the Sogdians were forced back to the river. Even if they were wrong in taking sides, it was possible that they would not recover.

At a newly built station outside Yizhou City, Du Zhongxiao and Fu Bi got off the train, Zhao Zi and Chen Youpeng had already brought local bureaucrats to greet him. After the ceremony, Du Zhongxiao looked at the city on the side and said, "This is the important place in the Western Regions, and the city looks a bit broken. In the future, if you want to enter the Central Plains from here, the city should be cleaned up. - This is the face of the court!"

Chen Youpeng repeatedly said yes, very respectful.

After entering the city, Du Zhongxiao and Fu Bi were welcomed to the prefecture yard and each sat down. Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Youpeng: "I heard that you want to sell all the home business here and live with your father in the capital? How are you doing now?"

Chen Youpeng said: "He Jieshuai, except for the house, all other property has been sold. My father's residence in the capital was a gift from the court, so the house here will be left and handed over to the court for disposal. The rest of the property has been disposed of."

Du Zhongxiao said: "In this way, I will thank you for your family. The court promised to send someone to serve as the governor of Yizhou in a month or two, and then you can go to the capital. Now that Yizhou has a train, it is not difficult to get to the capital, and it will take less than a month to arrive."

Chen Youpeng said: "I have checked the train myself, and I have taken it once. It's so fast! I used to be able to run at this speed, but I can only run for a short time, just like a train. And I have a lot of goods. It feels like a hundred thousand troops are in Yizhou, which is not a great thing."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The 100,000 army is the 100,000 army of the imperial court? When I arrived in Yizhou, I must do something. According to the imperial edict, what I want to bring troops to Yizhou this time is Gaochang. The city lord thought, how should I fight?"

Chen Youpeng said, "The officials are ignorant. I have never seen an army like you. I don't know how to fight. How can I tell how to attack Gaochang? However, Gaochang and Jiaohezhou are known as twenty-two cities. They did not expect that the general Jie came so quickly and had not yet gathered their troops. If General Jie wants to attack Yizhou, it is important to be a soldier. The earlier the troops are, the better. Otherwise, when Gaochang gathers to raise troops, there will be countless troubles."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "I think so too. The sooner I send troops, the easier it is to fight. However, the army has to be arranged from thousands of miles away to Yizhou, and it will take several days to send troops to fight. In the past few days, we will rest in the city. The city lord makes proper arrangements so that the people do not need to panic."

Chen Youpeng promised that these days, military troops have been entering Yizhou. Now, from the west to the mouth of Guigukou and the north to the depths of Tianshan Mountain, there are new Song troops everywhere. The people of Yizhou have long been used to it. Zhang Ji's 50,000 troops were basically all in Yizhou and stationed nearby, which is considered the main force. Zhao Zi left 10,000 people in Hezhou and Juyan, and with the large number of reconnaissance cavalry and small troops scattered out, there were only 30,000 people.

The 80,000 troops were the main force of Du Zhongxiao's attack on Yizhou, and the rest were just auxiliary forces. The Western Regions had not seen a force of this size for a hundred years. Gaochang didn't believe it at all, and he still believed that Yizhou was only a few thousand people. It was seven hundred miles away and the Guigukoufeng District, which was nearly a hundred miles away, Gaochang knew nothing about Yizhou.

The soldiers are very fast. Du Zhongxiao's plan is to immediately lead the army through Guigukou and enter Gaochang after the arrangement is made. If Gaochang wants to resist, then fight hard. If he dares not resist, then immediately divide his troops to occupy Zhangbali and Yangjibali, and control the trade routes in the north of the Western Regions.

After asking about the city affairs, Du Zhongxiao said, "It's all for today. Deputy Envoy Fu and I will go to rest first."

Chen Youpeng hurriedly said, "The lower official prepared a dinner party in the Houya to welcome the generals of the festival and look forward to coming."

Du Zhongxiao said, "Okay, I'm sorry for you. In the evening, my deputy envoy and I will definitely come."

After saying that, he stood up and left the official hall with Fu Bi, led by the guards to his residence to rest. It was not easy for Juyan to reach Yizhou for 1,500 miles and sat in the car all the way. Of course, this was already very good compared to the days before.

When he arrived at the residence, he changed into casual clothes. Du Zhongxiao went to the living room and brewed tea himself. After a moment, Fu Bi came over and sat opposite him.

After pouring tea for Fu Bi, Du Zhongxiao said: "The local households in Yizhou are 5,000 people, Zhao Zi reported before, and have been counted. According to my wishes, these households are concentrated and divided into the prefectures and counties below. According to the conditions of various places, the people who transfer farming and farming from the Central Plains should not be less than those in the local households to carry out farming and cultivation. The local households were not rich in their original days. After concentration, they would not object to the tax exemption for three years."

Fu Bi said: "Since the late Tang Dynasty, Yizhou has not been under the rule of the Central Plains. Although there was the Guiyi Army during this period, the forces did not have much time to come here. How many local households and people know the Central Plains court, it is hard to say. Concentrated residence is a way, but it is still necessary to focus on the Yingtianxiang Army in the Central Plains. The people's hearts are not so easy to obtain."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "That's true. For many people, life is not necessarily grateful to us. Winning people's hearts is not something that can be achieved overnight. Take your time. The most important thing now is to occupy Gaochang City as quickly as possible, so that people in the Western Regions know that the invincible Tang Dynasty back then has returned here! Now, it is not uncommon for Gaochang to be resigned. In their opinion, it is not uncommon for the imperial army to come to the city. It is not possible to delay the army of the imperial court to be at the city for a short time. It is nothing to delay for a few years. They are willing to delay, but I am not willing to delay!"

Fu Bi said: "Jingsen has arrived in Yizhou. Should he send envoys to Gaochang so that they can know the court's intention?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "No need. The imperial army is more useful than any envoy. It's better to just come to the city in a few days."
Chapter completed!