Du Zhongxiao read the description of the Tatars handed by Zhuang Lang and put it aside. After pondering for a while, he took a pen and asked Yang Wenguang's department to move west to Fengzhou. At the same time, he sent people to check the route, prepared for the warmer weather in the coming year, and ordered people to repair the road from the capital to Fengzhou.

Tatar is sparsely populated, and no matter what the purpose of coming south, there are only two or three thousand people at most on the line from Fengzhou to Shazhou. Once they crossed Yin Mountain on a large scale and were caught by the Song army, it was too late to run. Du Zhongxiao estimated that the biggest purpose of the Tatars coming south was to observe the Song army. Now that the Khitan and the two emperors are at war, how the Song army acts has a great impact on them.

The Khitan wanted to attack the Song army, one road was Zhenwu County, and the other road was Shazhou. The Song army guarded these two places strictly, and as soon as there was a large army, it immediately reported that the Khitan had no chance of a sudden attack.

Standing up, Du Zhongxiao walked back and forth in the house a few times, and when he arrived at the door, he looked at the mountains to the north. As soon as you pass the Yin Mountain, the climate suddenly becomes cold, and the precipitation decreases, making it a natural nomadic area. The area around the meandering road is a land that can be cultivated and pastured, and it is not the same as those places. The population of this year is not comparable to that of future generations, and north of Yinshan, there are often only one or two thousand people within a thousand miles. With such a small population, it is almost useless to send a large army.

If you want to solve the Tatar people north of Yinshan, you must be in the Hequ Road for twenty or thirty years, and then the local development can be done. Until then, it was only possible to keep the Tatars from going south. Once it goes south, it will deal a more important blow.

Sighing, Du Zhongxiao returned to the case and flipped through the official documents on the table casually. When I came to Hequ Road, it was about to be a year, and I suddenly felt homesick.

Fu Bi walked in quickly and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Jie Shuai, the official document from Zhao Zi's side, Yizhou is going to send an envoy to the capital!" ”

"Oh-" Du Zhongxiao got up, took the official document handed by Fu Bi, and read it carefully. After thinking for a while, he said: "There are only two or three thousand households in Yizhou, and in addition to the state city, there are also two counties of Nazhi and Yidu. In fact, they are all one place, but they are divided into three cities. Our army has occupied Juyan, and it is unlikely that they will want to mix merchants in the envoys. This matter—"

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao stood up, walked a few times, and said: "I can order Zhao Zi to let Yizhou prepare envoys to enter Beijing in the spring of next year!" ”

Fu Bi nodded yes, and said, "There is no reply from Xizhou, what should I do?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Let them go." As long as you enter Yizhou and the railway is repaired there, the other forces in the Western Regions will not be a problem! ”

Fu Bi thought for a while and said, "Jieshuai, in addition to Yizhou, there are also many forces in the Western Regions, such as the Black Khanate, the Deer Cutter, and the Turquoise Rider. If we only accept Yizhou, the other forces may think about it. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Let them think." If we don't enter the Western Regions, we don't know what the situation is there, and if we guess and guess, what can we guess? I heard that there are thousands of miles there, and only a few forces have cities, and the population is very small. It is also said that the cities are vast and populous, and they are extremely prosperous. Without looking at it, know which one is true? Instructed Zhao Zi to accept all those who thought of the Central Plains tribute. ”

Fu Bi nodded yes. When he arrived in Shengzhou, he was bent on doing great things and living up to this responsibility. Now it seems that in the Khitan Civil War, the party held the city gate tightly, and the place to open up could only be in the Western Regions. From Shengzhou to Hezhou, Hezhou to Juyan County, the area is vast, although the railway is connected, the train is extremely inconvenient. Because the population on this line is too small, most of the military supplies are transported, and it is not possible to miss something, but it is just a waste.

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while, and then said: "Tell Zhao Zi to send someone to find out the way to Yizhou." As soon as the railway arrived in Juyan County, it was non-stop, and it went to Yizhou. No matter what the people in Illinois think, the railroad must be repaired! ”

Fubi said yes. After discussing some other matters, he hurried away.

Du Zhongxiao went to the door, looked at the mountains in the north, and slowly made up his mind. From Hequ Road to now, the Khitan and the party have no excuse for a while, and if they want to expand abroad, they can only be thousands of miles away in the Western Regions. With the railway, unlike before, as long as the railway can be built along the road, it can be repaired all the way. All the way to the river, and even to Europe.

At this time, the Eastern Roman Empire in Europe was still alive and entrenched in Constantinople. If it can be connected to Constantinople and avoid the Persian monopoly of trade routes in the middle, everything will be worth it. A railway, bypassing the major forces in the middle, is too costly.

Zhao Zi sat behind the desk, eating pears while reading the official document in his hand. In addition to this city, there is yellow sand all around, and only a few villages are distributed around the sea of Juyan. Zhao Zi took more than 10,000 people to live here, except for occasional hunting outside, just to read official documents after the case.

A soldier came in, handed Zhao Zi a paperwork, and said, "General, a letter from the marshal." ”

Zhao Zi put down the pear in his hand, took the official document casually, and opened it to read. Seeing that he let himself guard Juyan City and watch Yizhou, he couldn't help but say: "It's easy for the marshal to say, stick to Juyan, watch Yizhou, and map the Western Regions." In this ghost place, the nearest city is also two thousand miles away, how can you abide by the law? Alas, I hope that next year the railway will be repaired sooner, and many things will be much easier. ”

Throwing the official document aside, thinking about it, it was not right, picked it up again, and said to the guard on the side: "Put it away, put it away!" ”

After speaking, he picked up the pear and bit it without a bite, while thinking about his thoughts.

Juyan here, because it is an inland river that forms a lake here, is surrounded by desert, and there is no one to live in. Two thousand miles to the south, Ganzhou and Suzhou, and two thousand miles to the west, Yizhou. Two thousand miles to the east, is Hezhou. As for whether it is a thousand miles or two thousand miles to the north, what is there, Zhao Zi has not heard of it. Such a bitter cold place, not geographically important, who would be willing to camp here?

After eating the pears, Zhao Zi got up and came out of his handsome tent. The scenery outside is beautiful, there are beautiful big trees on both sides of the road, and the white clouds in the sky are like clusters, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. But as long as you go out of the city, you can't go far, and you will see yellow sand.

After looking at the scenery, Zhao Zi sighed, returned to his desk, and sat down to think about his thoughts. There has been no snow, and the road to Hezhou is still smooth, but now the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and those who are inexperienced are easy to freeze to death on the road. The supplies needed have already been prepared, and now it is a group of people who go to Hezhou every few days. In addition to delivering news, it also transports some scarce goods.

picked up the official document and looked at it twice, Zhao Zi fell on the case, feeling uncomfortable. After thinking about it, it was really fine, Zhao Zi said: "Call a few people who are good at riding horses and hunting, and follow me out of the city to hunt!" Straight lady thief, in a few days, she won't even be able to hunt! ”

A few soldiers said yes, walked out of the hall quickly, and called out with Zhao Zi to hunt.

When the party members left, they took away all the people who cultivated the land in this area, leaving only an empty city. When Zhao Ziren came, all of them were their own soldiers and horses, and they didn't even see a local person. After living here for a few months, I felt empty and lonely.

At this moment, a soldier walked over quickly and saluted Zhao Zi: "General, an envoy from Yizhou is here, and he is asking to see him outside!" ”

Zhao Zi was a little impatient and said, "What kind of bird envoy, come to us at this time!" ”

I wanted the envoy to stay and talk to him when he returned from hunting. Thinking about it, I had to put away the bow horse and quickly return to the tent.

(If you are still not feeling well, please take another day off, readers forgive me.) ）