The fall of Shangjing City was expected by Zhao Zhen. It had exceeded the farthest area ruled by the Han family. It was a nomadic capital and one of the few grassland capitals in history.

If the Khitans had not been eager to learn from the Song Dynasty and spy on business prosperity, the distance between the Song Dynasty and Shangjing City would have been even further apart.

But after the trade was opened, Shangjing City and even the entire Linheng Mansion became much closer due to the connection of highways. The Song Dynasty was also working hard to manage the Zhongjing Road left by the Liao Dynasty, which was the Beijing Road of the Song Dynasty.

Beijing Roads are full of roads, which is due to the successor's support for Cai Boqi's policies back then, and local officials insist on highways. Beijing Roads are popular with this saying: "If you want to be rich, build roads first."

Although it is a commoner's words in plain language, it is extremely concise. In one sentence, it summarizes the importance of the road and the method of getting rich, and everyone follows it.

Of course, this would not be unexpectedly spread to the entire Song Dynasty and the Khitan.

So both the Song Dynasty and the Khitans began to build infrastructure crazily, which became a pathological hobby. Even Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sigh that once people on the eastern land became serious, it would be quite terrible.

Even Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sigh that the "infrastructure madman" was thousands of years ahead of schedule. This was simply a miracle. Of course, this was also due to the experience he brought from later generations.

Since Shangjing was taken down, Zhao Zhen, as the emperor of the Song Dynasty, naturally had to enter the city and enjoy the glorious moment of the victor.

The city gate opened, and the Song-shaped flags inserted on the city walls were waving. The whole city had been occupied by the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. The large number of vacant rooms naturally became the Song army's houses, which solved the Song army's accommodation problem in an instant.

After all, it is uncomfortable to sleep in the open on the grassland. The surrounding cities can fully accommodate the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. This is a good thing and a bad thing. It proves that Xiao Tali is a big step ahead of the Song Dynasty and withdrew the people of Linheng Prefecture to the greatest extent before the Song army arrived.

From the farthest Fuyu City to the nearest Changba City, everyone is empty. If it were the Han civilization, it would never be possible to withdraw so many people in such a short time.

But the Khitans did it, and they completed a feat, completely evacuating the people before the Song Dynasty attacked.

Although this is inseparable from Xiao Tali's decisiveness and talent, it also reflects the greatest advantage and mobility of the nomadic peoples.

The Khitans fought long distances and could survive for a long time without even robbing. Their combat methods were entirely carried by war horses. When nomads fought, they did not need logistics personnel, and they brought three horses with one person: pack horses, war horses, and riding horses.

As the name suggests, pack horses are used to carry supplies, and they are very precious, because at critical moments, pack horses can also produce horse milk for the needs of the army. War horses are used during combat, and horses are used during normal marching.

The Khitans often used the earth as their mat and the sky as their quilt. When they were hungry, they would bend their bows and shoot arrows, and they would capture their prey with robbery, or rely on robbery to support the war. Unlike the traditional Central Plains army, 50,000 of the 300,000 soldiers were escorted to food and grass!

This is the case with the army, and it must be the same in the capital. The grassland nations lack the most is war horses, and the Khitans in the capital will not lack horses. Zhao Zhen believes that if Xiao Tali was determined to move north, he would have planned the northward migration early.

Horses will definitely be allocated in a centralized manner, and at least ensure that each family has enough horses to use. It is too easy for the people on the horse to move.

In fact, the Khitans did not give up nomadic years, and the prosperity of commerce and the rise of factories only appeared in the past two years.

It is not a big deal to go back to nomads now. For this nation on horseback, grazing is something that should be done innately.

Shangjing City is an old capital that was completely abandoned by the Khitans, and it also allowed them to taste the "sweet fruit" brought by commercial prosperity, but this "sweet fruit" has a fatal "toxin" to the Khitans.

Now that they discovered this, Shangjing City and the entire Linheng Mansion were abandoned, this is one of the few prefectures in the Khitan that can be grazed and cultivated. Going northward, there is basically no suitable place for cultivation.

The situation faced by the Khitans was completely different from that of the Song Dynasty. They could only spend all their "capital" on the grassland, otherwise there would be no way out.

All their retreat was cut off by the Song Dynasty, like a lone wolf on the grassland, either starving to death or taking a gamble. Xiao Tali's choice made Zhao Zhen angry. If you have such a powerful man, why should you take the Khitan on the road of no return?

Yes, Zhao Zhen admitted that the best way to survive the Khitan was to avoid the Song Dynasty far away, so far that the Song Dynasty felt that it was not worth sending troops to conquer. Now the Khitan had moved to the north, and its ultimate destination should be the Shubu Dawang Mansion.

It is a "small steps away" from Ulaanbaatar, which can be used as a place for the Khitans to recuperate.

But so what?

The nature of the grassland is to expand south, which is inevitable! And as the "inherent territory of China", Zhao Zhen will never give up his control over Ulaanbaatar and the entire one.

Of course, Zhao Zhen also knew that the anger in his heart was a ridiculous idea of ​​a man's self-esteem. Faced with the survival of the nation, love seemed very luxurious. Xiao Tali had feelings for him, but how could this feeling compare to the danger of the nation?

Even though he knew that he would completely disappear after joining the Song Dynasty, who would do this?

Xiao Tali’s choice is correct and incorrect. In Zhao Zhen’s opinion, as a woman, there is no need to bear such a heavy burden. As long as you meet yourself, everything is easy to discuss…

Shangjing City is quite large, and it has only been expanded in recent years. The division of urban areas is obviously different from the old and new. The tall city wall adopts a structure similar to that of the Song Dynasty, with rammed earth inside and bricks outside.

However, these rammed earth could not withstand the attack of explosives at all. Although the gap had been blocked, Zhao Zhen could still see the power of the explosion from the indelible traces.

The imperial palaces in the capital are intersected by the Khitans. The imperial palaces in other capitals are not conspicuous. They are not the largest in scale and are not the most gorgeous in decoration, but they are the most Khitan-style and the most ancient.

In fact, the entire Shangjing Palace should be called Longmei Palace.

A civil servant who was proficient in Khitan things explained on the side: "Your Majesty, the Khitan is the capital of Huangfu, which is originally the place of Xi'anping in Liaodong County of Han. Xinmang is called Bei'anping, Liao Taizu took the ladder of heaven, Mengguo, and Lu, and other three mountains in Weidian, shooting gold and filth arrows to recognize it, which is called Longmei Palace."

This is the origin of Shangjing Imperial Palace. Logically speaking, Shangjing should be first Shangjing and then Longmei Palace.

After Zhao Zhen entered the Khitan palace, he did not go directly to the main hall, but to the Khitan ancestral hall......
Chapter completed!