Yelu Ren, the governor of Datong, looked at the southwest pacifier's etiquette, and suddenly felt angry. He slapped the table and stood up. He sternly said to the person who came: "The Song army has tens of thousands of troops forward, but the pacifier's etiquette will not negotiate. What does it mean to transfer such a letter to tell me?! If the Song army takes advantage of the situation to break Fengzhou, how can we explain it!"

The small official who came to deliver the letter only wrote a series of compilations: "Jiangdu calms his anger, and let the Jiedudu deal with it as appropriate."

Yelu Renxian was so angry that his teeth were itchy, so he ordered people to bombard the official who sent the letter, sat back to the case and pondered.

The Song army moved the article and said that Liu Jianji's ministry stationed north of Yunneizhou had a different task and was taken over by Zhe Jimin's tribe in Shengzhou. Yelu Renxian urgently sent someone to find out the news. More than 30,000 people from Zhe Jimin were ready to go and moved east soon. However, Liu Jianji's tribe had no movement at all, and he didn't look like he was transferred away at all.

The two countries had just been peaceful for a few months, and after the affidavit was used up, it was officially a marriage agreement between the two sides for only one month. Yelu Ren did not believe that the Song army would tear up the oath in such a short time, and the war was initiated again. But believing it or not is one thing. If the other party has a large army, the Khitan must respond. Otherwise, it will become a story of the wolf coming. The Khitan has not responded, and the entire border defense is slack, and one day he will be caught off guard by the Song army's sudden attack, and the consequences are unpredictable.

The so-called "one pawn every day" will never respond. The little pawn who came over will sooner or later turn into a car that rushes around.

After thinking for a long time, Yelu Ren had to write a letter and send someone to send a horse to the camp where Yelu Zongzhen was. The letter asked to increase troops from Yunzhou to Fengzhou on the front line to respond to the military mobilization of the Song army. At the same time, he ordered people to gather troops and prepare to leave Fengzhou.

On the 22nd day of the first lunar month of the second year of Qingli, on the Rain Water Solar Period, Zhe Jimin led his troops out and arrived north of Yunneizhou. Liu Jianji did not change his defense in time in the name of handing over defense, but stayed at the station. The northwest that had just been pacified was once again surging.

On the first day of the second month, the Khitan sent 50,000 horse and sects, and divided into Yunzhou and Fengshengzhou to advance to Fengzhou. On the second day of the second month, the Khitan promoted Yunzhou to Xijing Prefecture, in charge of the military and political affairs of Shanhou. Yelu Renxian was promoted from Datong Jiedushi to Xijing left-behind, and stationed heavily in Xijing Datong Prefecture to deal with the attacks on the Hedong Road and Fengsheng Road of the Song Dynasty.

On the eighth day of the second month, the shocked solar term reached Kaifeng Prefecture, and Zhao Zhen urgently summoned the prime minister to join the Chongzheng Hall to discuss matters.

Xu Ping brought officials of the Secretariat, and Lu Yijian brought officials of the Privy Council. From the archway to the Great Inner Palace, he went to Chongzheng Hall to perform rituals.

Zhao Zhen ordered the seat and said to everyone: "Zhe Jimin took his troops from Shengzhou to the north of Yunneizhou to replace Liu Jianji who was going to Gansu Road in Hexi. Although this dynasty had moved Wen Khitan, they did not believe it and sent a large army into Fengzhou. The pacifier Fan Zhongyan negotiated with the Khitan. The Khitan said that Liu Jianji's troops left, and their reinforcements left Fengzhou."

Pang Ji held the scepter and said, "This time the army was mobilized, and this dynasty was the first to increase troops on the border. It is understandable that Khitan had increased troops in Fengzhou."

Seeing Zhao Zhen looking at him, Xu Ping said: "After the increase in troops, the Khitans had about 110,000 troops in Fengzhou, which was not enough to threaten the front line of Yunneizhou in this dynasty. There is no need to worry. They only increased 50,000 troops, obviously very restrained and did not want to make things uncontrollable. This time, the dynasty had increased troops first, but they could negotiate with the Khitan on Fengsheng Road, and the two sides slowly withdrew the troops beyond the agreement of the affidavit from the front line within a few months. Let Fan Zhongyan seek everything to stabilize, and it is best to withdraw the troops when the rain comes."

Lu Yijian sighed secretly, knowing that Xu Ping was not doing this. The Song Dynasty had rebuilt the straight road left by the Qin Dynasty, and it was very convenient to transport grain and grass to the front line. To the east of Shengzhou, the water conservancy of the Yellow River and the tributary Jinhe could be used. The cost of grain and grass transportation was much cheaper than that of the Khitan. I had to delay the rainy season before the troops were withdrawn, which was to bully the 50,000 soldiers transferred by the Khitan were not permanent troops, and it dragged it for several months to affect the agricultural and animal husbandry production around Yunzhou.

The Khitan did not have the ability to maintain hundreds of thousands of standing troops on the border. The gathering of troops at the spring and summer nodes will inevitably affect their production that year. Once a few months, this will be the case every year, and the Khitan border prefectures and counties along the Khitan will be difficult to support.

Xu Ping also said: "The border station will have a change of defense and drills, and both sides will respond. It is normal for human nature. However, this time the Khitan took the opportunity to promote Yunzhou to Xijing and raise its status, which has changed the bilateral situation, and this dynasty has had to deal with it."

The army that came forward could be withdrawn, but the Khitan promoted Yunzhou to Jingfu, which was a permanent measure. The promotion of Jingfu was not as simple as a change of name, but accompanied by a series of changes in administrative and military status. In the past, from a systemic perspective, the Khitan's Shanhou area was under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Prefecture in front of the Shan. The Xijing Prefecture was established, but it was independent and its flexibility was greatly enhanced.

To put it to the extreme, before changing Yunzhou to Xijing, the Khitan needed to make a series of arrangements to attack the Song Dynasty from there. After setting up Xijing, the shelves of the camp were already set up, and in an emergency, it was enough to fill the shelves.

Pang Ji pondered: "Yunzhou has been promoted to Beijing Prefecture, and the Khitan will definitely refuse to lay off the abolition, and this matter is a bit difficult to deal with."

Xu Ping said to Lu Yijian: "Before the Dangxiang Rebellion was put down, the Khitan took the opportunity to threaten it. The Privy Councilor proposed to promote Daming Prefecture, Hebei to Beijing. Later, the Dangxiang Rebellion was quickly quelled, and the Khitan was defeated. Although Beijing was established, the palace office was not established."

Lu Yijian held his hands: "Yes, Mr. Zhaowen said this! The Khitan set up Xijing, and this dynasty made the Beijing of Daming Mansion truly confirm. Even adding some troops to Daming Mansion is not bad!"

Zhao Zhen pondered for a while and said, "This is possible, it just costs money and food, and also consumes people's efforts."

Xu Ping said: "This year, the Secretariat will cancel all miscellaneous tax donations among the people, so the money and grain must be collected less. However, if the money and grain are in short supply, you can borrow some from the bank. The private worker and the court spends money, and the money and grain will be consumed in vain. In the future, the court will turn from collecting taxes to managing production, which is not as afraid of spending money as before."

Zhao Zhen looked at everyone and asked tentatively: "So, is it really a palace office built in Beijing?"

The masters and officials held the scepter together and said that it was. The Khitan built Xijing, and the Song Dynasty led Beijing, and no one suffered a loss. Moreover, Xijing faced the attack on Fengsheng Road and Hedong Road, and was actually unable to use it as a base to go south. However, after the Song Dynasty built Beijing, it was really possible to go north with it. The Khitan threatened the Song Dynasty, and the most valuable offensive direction was to go south along Hebei Road and follow Zhending Prefecture on the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain. After the Song Dynasty had Fengsheng Road, there were two offensive directions, Yunzhou and Youzhou, where Beijing could attack or defend.

Everyone discussed for a while, and Pang Ji said, "It is better to go to Beijing at the turn of summer and autumn! One is to boost the morale of the military and civilians, and the other is to scare the Khitan!"

Zhao Zhen was startled: "It's a bit inappropriate! I'm not afraid of hard work, but the Khitan may have misunderstood."

Lu Yijian held the scepter: "It is precisely because the Khitan misunderstanding. Since the alliance between the two countries have been peaceful for forty years, Emperor Zhenzong has made plans for the world's creatures to help the Khitan with some silver and silk every year. Last year, this dynasty quelled the Dangxiang Rebellion, and the Khitan actually wanted to take this opportunity to blackmail. It was really ambition! Now that Dangxiang has been destroyed, our dynasty has sufficient soldiers and food, how can we not let out this breath! It would be better to take advantage of the opportunity of the Khitan setting up a Western Capital and threaten that our dynasty is not angry. Your Majesty went north to Daming Mansion to personally seek expedition. See how the Khitan responds!"
Chapter completed!