After the court came, Du Zhongxiao had just returned to the Privy Council, and the officials quickly stepped forward and submitted a document to the official: "Taiwei, Xiongzhou, Hebei Province!"

Du Zhongxiao received the official document and took it out after being arrested. It turned out that it was Ma Huaide, the governor of Xiongzhou and the border pacifier of Hebei, reported that because the Khitan built Zhuozhou City, the civil servants under his command were too heavy, and many civil servants fled to the Juma River. A few days ago, a few villages had 162 people crossed the Juma River together and arrived in Xiongzhou. The Khitan issued a certificate and asked the Song Dynasty to return the people back, otherwise they would send troops to rob them themselves.

Du Zhongxiao put down the official document, sat there, thinking about it alone for a while.

After the training of the Imperial Guards, they advanced north to restore Yanyun, which was decided by the Song Dynasty. However, the training had just begun, and there was only one army led by Dou Shunqing to Zhending Mansion. There was still a long distance away from the training of the entire army.

The time is wrong to start a war against the Khitan. Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but sigh. If such a thing happens a few years later, there is no need to say anything, just let Xiongzhou ignore the Khitan. But at this time, it's a bit embarrassing.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said to the officials: "Give the official documents to the other Grand Marshals and let them take a look."

The official promised and walked quickly with the official documents.

After taking off his court uniform and changing into the public uniform, Du Zhongxiao flipped through the official documents casually. He ordered someone to take the map of Hebei Road and take a closer look.

The front line of the Song Dynasty and Khitan on Hebei Road was mainly divided into three parts. On the west side is Zhending Prefecture, which is the area near Zhengding and Shijiazhuang in later generations. In the middle is Dingzhou, the defensive area is the Baoding area of ​​later generations. On the east side is Gaoyangguan Road, and on the defense is the line from Xiongzhou to Hejian. These three roads are arranged in vertical lines, from a state in the north and continue to the prefectures and counties in the depths behind.

When Khitan used troops, in plain areas, they were often mainly cavalry, crossing hundreds of miles, and traveling like the wind. Therefore, the defense of the Song Dynasty was not to defend a city on the front line, but to hundreds of miles in depth. The mobility was not as good as the Khitan, so they set up defense step by step and built a city hundreds of miles in depth.

Xiongzhou is the easternmost point of the defense line, and then to the east, Bazhou and other places, all the ponds all the way to the sea, which is not conducive to the operation of the army. Xiongzhou is also the official road of the Song and Khitans. There are countless historical events happening in Baigouyi, the northernmost point. This is a sensitive place. There are too many conflicts between the two sides every year, and I don’t know how many lawsuits to be filed.

Generally speaking, conflicts in the past mostly ended with the Song Dynasty's concession. Here, the Khitan had the absolute upper hand before and was in an offensive. In other words, the Khitan had the ability to quickly attack the Song Dynasty and then retreated, but the Song Dynasty did not have the ability to attack.

After watching for a while, Du Zhongxiao raised his head and breathed a sigh of relief. It was still too few troops. On the entire Hebei Road, only the New Dingyuan Army, which completed the training, was in Zhending Mansion. Although this army completed the training, it did not go through actual combat and did not know how powerful it was.

At this moment, Tian Kuang quickly stepped in and said, "Taiwei, the Khitan people crossed the river and entered Xiongzhou, what should be done?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The people who are facing the river are also under the jurisdiction of Xiongzhou. Some of the people who escaped are two losers. They say they are Khitan people, but in fact they are between the two. Since people have crossed the river, let Xiongzhou be placed in a good life."

"What if the Khitan sent someone to ask for it?" Tian Kuang seemed a little anxious.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Ignore the Khitan just. People have already crossed the river, how can they be sent back! If we do this, we will lose the hearts of the people of Hebei Road. A victory at the beginning of the year will not be in vain."

Tian Kuang nodded: "I think so too. However, the Khitans are used to being arrogant and will definitely not give up."

Du Zhongxiao sighed and pointed to the map and said, "Yes, so I'm looking at the Hebei map. If the Khitans really send troops, how should we deal with it? After all, it's because the Hebei Road lacks troops and has concerns. If there is a 200,000-300,000 troops after the training, why should we be afraid of the Khitan sending troops? If you want to rotate the Hebei Road imperial guards, it's not enough to have two or three years, so why not enough."

Tian Kuang looked at the map on the table, and after a while, he pointed to Xiongzhou and said, "The most important thing about Hebei's Third Route is actually Xiongzhou. But he knew that he could not stop the Khitan army and divided Hebei Road into four routes, with hundreds of miles of defense."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, the layout of Hebei Road is hundreds of miles from the border to the rear, all of which are front lines. There is no way. In the past, the Khitans went south, and sometimes the scouts arrived at Jingdong Road. Hebei Road still didn't know where the enemy was attacking, so they could only do this."

At this moment, Fu Bi, Zhang Sheng and Zeng Gongliang came in and bowed together.

Du Zhongxiao ordered a few people to sit down and said, "The people in the north fled to Xiongzhou, and the Khitans will not give up. In addition, they suffered a loss on Hedong Road at the beginning of this year, and may not necessarily not want to find them back at this time. Ma Huaideyan, the governor of Xiongzhou, said that the Khitans had issued a certificate of Xiongzhou and asked them to hand over the people who fled south. If they did not hand over, they would raise troops to go south."

Fu Bi said: "The Khitans are just scary. They have been fighting in China for five years, so where can they fight again!"

Zhang Sheng said: "But we must also guard against the Khitans sending tens of thousands of troops, and then go south to plunder. When winter, ice is formed on the Jima River, and it will be easy for the Khitan army to come and go. At that time, would our Hebei Road soldiers chase each other?"

Du Zhongxiao gently knocked on the table and said, "Catch it, of course you have to chase it! However, the soldiers on Hebei Road cannot be moved lightly. They have not been trained and suddenly fought in a concentrated manner, so they are afraid that chaos will occur. Dou Shunqing is stationed in Zhending Mansion, and his subordinates will actually have to train for a few months before they can make great use. Now, the most important thing about Hebei Road is insufficient troops."

Fu Bi clapped his hands: "It's a pity that it's time for us to train, and there is no soldiers to adjust at this time!"

Du Zhongxiao suddenly stood up and went to the table to look at the map. The other people followed and watched together, not knowing what Du Zhongxiao was thinking.

After a while, Du Zhongxiao pointed to the map and said, "As long as there are 100,000 soldiers arranged in Dingzhou and Xiongzhou, you will not be afraid of the Khitan going south. If you think of a solution, you may not be able to transfer it."

Tian Kuang was stunned: "At this time, the imperial guards in the capital have not completed the training, so where can they send out 100,000 troops?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "After taking over Shuozhou, Zhao Zi's troops were transferred back to the capital as a seed for training. There were three large armies on Hequ Road. The other two armies were not moved. They had to monitor Datong Prefecture, and Liu Ji and his army could still move."

After hearing this, several people said, "Yes, the Khitan troops have been transferred from Datong Prefecture, and there are only tens of thousands of people. We only need to leave a hundred thousand troops for Hequ Road and transfer Liu Ji to Hebei, and there is no big problem."

After saying that, everyone looked at the map together. Tian Kuang said: "You can transfer Liu Ji to Xiongzhou and Yingzhou, and then stop the Khitans first!"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Hebei Road originally had troops and horses, and there were defenses in the depths of prefectures and counties, so there was no need to go to Yingzhou again. Liuji's army can be arranged between Xiongzhou and Baozhou. If the Khitans go south, they will attack him face to face! In addition, Zhang Li's army in the Western Regions has not had a major war recently, so they can be transferred to Hebei Road. Don't select troops and horses, just go to the Western Regions. As long as there is no major war, the imperial guards will still be competent. When the entire army is reorganized and trained, they will be sent to replace them. In this way, a 150,000 army will be gathered on Hebei Road to calm down."

"Zhang Ke? Transfer to Hebei?" Tian Kuang murmured to himself. The Western Regions are thousands of miles away. If it were in the past, such a transfer of troops from thousands of miles was beyond imagination. However, now it is different. There is no trouble with railways.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Dangxiang has been destroyed, and there are only some weak foreign troops left in the northwest. As long as we do not take the initiative to attack, there will be no war. We can order the original troops on Shaanxi Road to go to the west. There will be no accidents when stationed in Hexi and the Western Regions."

Without Dangxiang, the Song Dynasty's imperial guards had an absolute advantage over the western foreign troops. The Song Dynasty was originally not good at fighting big wars, and compared with the armies of other countries, the imperial guards had an advantage. Faced with the foreign troops, they were usually only fighting a scale of thousands of people, and they could not pose a threat to the imperial guards.

Fu Bi nodded: "What the Taiwei said is very true! Now that the imperial guards have not completed the training, they can only do their best to use the troops they can fight first. Although the Western Regions are far away and there is a railway there, it is not difficult to get to Hebei!"

Tian Kuang nodded slowly: "Yes, face the enemy first, and talk about the rest slowly! If Zhang Ji's troops are transferred to Hebei, you will not be afraid of the Khitans going south. If they dare to come, they will not be able to return!"
Chapter completed!