The place where Yelu Zongzhen suppressed in summer was chosen again in Fengshengzhou. The relationship with the Song Dynasty was tense and could not stay away from the border. Yelu Zongzhen could only choose here. Fengshengzhou was triangular with Nanjing Xijin Prefecture in front of the mountain and Xijing Datong Prefecture behind the mountain, and was on the dividing line between farming and nomadicity. The royal court was located here and was taken care of in all aspects.

In the imperial tent, Yelu Zongzhen was furious and patted the desk and said, "When will the Southern Dynasties inspect the four capitals? This time, the emperor of the Southern Kingdom was not named for the northern tour, so he must have such an intention in his heart! It's such a reason, it's such a reason!"

Xiao Xiaomu and several ministers stood below, all silent.

The capital system of the Song Dynasty and the Khitan was exactly the opposite. After the Datong Prefecture was promoted to Xijing, the Khitan had five capitals, but these five capitals were not capitals, and the real capital was a mobile royal court. Each capital was not a capital, not a five major political district, each with its own focus. Therefore, the Khitan emperor went to each capital, which was not considered a patrol, but was a special situation of the movement of the royal court. Every few years, the Khitan emperor would travel around every capital, but would not stay in His long term.

After the Song Dynasty promoted Daming Prefecture to Beijing, there were four capitals. These four capitals were not political districts, but were the real capitals. However, since the founding of the country, the emperors of the Song Dynasty had no system of inspecting the capitals, and they were just placed there when the capitals were established. When Emperor Zhenzong was in power, he visited the capitals because he passed by the east and west sacrifices, not for the purpose of inspecting.

Zhao Zhen was in the north for his camp in Beijing, and there was no precedent in the system of the Song Dynasty. In the eyes of the Khitans, this was an excuse to test the relatives. Since Emperor Taizong failed to fight against the Northern Expedition, the Song Dynasty had never taken the initiative to test the Khitan monarchs and ministers very angry. Being provoked by the Song Dynasty was a very shameful and humiliating shame in Yelu Zongzhen.

After Yelu Zongzhen was angry for a while, Xiao Guanning said: "Your Majesty, the emperor of the Southern Kingdom is in the north and intends to personally seek the expedition. He uses this name to test his country. There is no doubt about it. The most urgent task at present is that this dynasty must deal with it and cannot delay it."

Yelu Chongyuan on the side sneered: "So what if you don't respond? The Southern Kingdom really dares to defeat the alliance, but it won't be able to kill you!"

Ma Baozhong stepped forward and saluted: "Your Highness, that's not what he said. Oath is the business of both countries and needs to be maintained together to exist. Maintaining the oath is not only to restrain the military and civilians of the country, but also to make corresponding arrangements when the opponent takes action, and not to give the other party a lucky intention. Otherwise, if the other party has an opportunity to take advantage of, the oath is unreliable."

Xiao Xiaomu said in a deep voice: "Ma Xianggong is a man who is planning the country. The oath is just a piece of paper after all. If this piece is useful, the two countries must do their best together. The emperor of the Southern Kingdom came to the north and used the name of a northern tour without saying the personal expedition. This is the meaning. At this time, the Southern Dynasty's army entered Hebei. If the country does not increase troops on the border to deal with it, the Southern Dynasty will not be able to eliminate the luck of its army."

The two countries establish an alliance not only rely on credit, but also on the efforts to maintain the credit of both sides. This effort not only needs to suppress the fighting will of the pro-war faction of the country, but also requires corresponding military arrangements to suppress the voice of the pro-war faction of the other party. I think that you can rest assured with a vow, but from then on, it is a big mistake. If you are not on defense, you will be invaded by the other party and accused the other party of being defeated by the alliance. There is no point in blaming the other party for being defeated by the other party. The two sides have local military power imbalances, and the weak side must work hard to achieve a military balance. This is the attitude to maintain the alliance. If you have a wide open door, the other party will definitely not let go of the opportunity. Don’t blame the other party for breaking the trust when fighting.

A covenant is the mutual trust between both sides. If one side does not work hard to maintain mutual trust and loses the other side's trust, the covenant will no longer become a covenant. Maintaining equal strength at the border is a manifestation of maintaining mutual trust, which is the basis for confronting comparative national strength.

Thinking that the oath was determined, it would be like the heavenly rule. It could not be changed any longer from then on. It was because of political immaturity. Xu Ping was not that naive, and neither the emperor nor the ministers of the Song Dynasty were so naive. This time, the Song army entered Hebei in a large-scale manner, not only to demonstrate, but also to test the Khitan's determination to use his strength to maintain the oath. Credit is mutual trust between people and countries. After signing the oath, there was no God watching both sides. Maintaining this mutual trust requires a price.

After a long silence, Yelu Zongzhen asked, "How many soldiers and horses do the Song army have now on the opposite side of the Juma River?"

Xiao Xiaomu stepped forward and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the emperor of the Southern Kingdom has brought 200,000 troops into Daming Mansion. In addition to the original troops, there are more than 500,000 troops on the Hebei Road of the Song State. This is the title of the imperial guards, and it is not yet considered the wing army and the righteous brave men of Hebei Road."

After hearing this, even Yelu Chongyuan, who had been disdainful, looked dark. Last year, the Khitan finally returned with a feather, and he lost the confidence to use 200,000 people to treat the 500,000 troops of the Song Dynasty.

The Song army had more than 500,000, all imperial guards who could fight in the field. If the Khitan wanted to prevent this army from going north, they would have to deploy at least 300,000 to 400,000 people. Without an army of this size on the border, it would not be a serious attitude, and war would be difficult to avoid.

Yelu Zongzhen rubbed his forehead hard, and after a while, he said, "There must be a 300,000 army in front of the mountain to prevent the Song army from being lucky. In this way, it seems that more than 200,000 people must be collected to be enough."

The direct army of the Wangting cannot go to Youzhou. This is the strategic reserve force of the Khitan. When it is sent to the southern line, the mountain behind the west will be empty. Even if the Song Dynasty did not fight this time, it will continue to increase troops to the border in the future to test the Khitan's military strength.

After the war in Fengzhou, the two sides had not reached a complete vow because they had different understandings of their own strength and the other party. The Song Dynasty believed that the military strength of both sides had been reversed, and trade and annual monies had to take advantage. The Khitan refused to admit it, thinking that it was just a temporary defeat and wanted to maintain the original situation. If there was no war, they had to try their best to test the other party's strength in order to truly be peaceful. The military's combat power had been tried, and now it was to compare the mobilization ability of both sides.

The imperial tent was silent for a moment. After a while, Xiao Guanzhi said: "The key points are to gather 200,000 troops. Behind the mountain, we must guard against the Fengsheng Road and Hedong Road of Song State. We cannot move, so we can only point troops from Zhongjing Road and Tokyo Road."

There are Bohai people and Xi people on Zhongjing Road, and there are Jurchens on Tokyo Road. They also have to intimidate Goryeo in the south. Unless they have to do so, the Khitan will not draw troops from these two places to go south. Once the troops here move, the rear is empty, and no one knows what will happen. But now there are even more soldiers in other places, so they can only gather tribal soldiers from these two places.

Shangjing Road wanted to deter nomadic tribes that were mainly blocking the people. After the Song Dynasty took Dangxiang, the situation there became very complicated. Once the troops were reduced, chaos might occur. Xijing Road faced the Fengsheng Road and Hedong Road army of the Song Dynasty, and did not dare to transfer a single soldier from there. The Han people in front of and behind the mountains could not join the army to fight, and could only serve as logistics miscellaneous soldiers.

After dragging the Khitan 200,000 to 300,000 troops in the Yunzhou area, the Khitan could use very little maneuvering power, and 100,000 people were short of it. The nomadic tribes occupied a large territory, but had a small population, so it was very difficult to have hundreds of thousands of troops.

The 600,000 troops were pulled out to confront the Song Dynasty for many years, which was far beyond the Khitan's national strength. This time, the Khitan was overdrawn, which inevitably left hidden dangers.

After pondering for a long time, Yelu Zongzhen said: "Mainly on Zhongjing Road, supplemented by Tokyo Road, gather 200,000 soldiers and horses to go to the mountain. The Crown Brother is the one who stayed in Nanjing, and the Grand Marshal of the World will be unified in the process!"
Chapter completed!