These people made a wise choice. After one month, Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu led their troops, and a vast 500,000 elite troops appeared outside Hulunbuir City. During this winter, the three armies were ready and ready.

Zhao Zhen personally welcomed Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu in the palace tent, held a banquet, and encouraged him during the banquet. The army also received sufficient supplies. Before they arrived, the supplies from the Song Dynasty had been transported over.

There are now 700,000 troops on the Hulunbuir grassland, 500,000 troops from Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu, and 200,000 imperial guards mobilized from Shendu City. Such consumption alone cannot be supplemented by Hulunbuir City.

The city is constantly expanding and has already been released. Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu are both lamenting the construction here, but they do not care about the admiration of the people of the Tatar tribe in the city. For them, such vision has been seen on the grassland.

Both of them knew during the banquet that the official family might have to fight against the Khitan this time, but now is not a good time to fight against the Khitan. The biggest enemy in winter is the cold. Even if the soldiers have sweaters and cotton coats to keep warm, they will not be able to resist the cold wind on the grassland.

In the palace tent, Di Qing put a piece of stewed soft pork and put it in his mouth with a piece of potatoes. Potato roasted pork is the favorite food of the soldiers in the army. It is a good appetite for hunger. There is no need to stew pork with bad vermicelli, especially the taste is excellent.

With a satisfied sigh, Di Qing then said, "The official family must use troops against the Khitan at this time, but the soldiers suffered a great loss. Can you wait for spring to discuss the Northern Expedition?"

Yang Huaiyu also looked at Zhao Zhen. He wanted to say this, but he did not speak out of trust in Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen looked at the hopeful eyes of the two people and smiled, "Of course I will not use troops in winter, especially on this grassland. The swords and swords of the cold winter are so strong that the soldiers can suffer from the attack again? I am dispatching you not to fight against the Khitan, but to block the Khitan."

"Block down the Khitan?"

The blockade was rarely used once, but Wang Yun knew: "The so-called blockade was to prohibit contact with powerful force. The words came from the Tang Dynasty Zhang's "Chaoye Qianzai": "When he arrived at a house, he blocked the secret, broke the lock, and the maid and Goryeo were in it."

Then the two of them understood that this was to lead their troops to surround the Khitan, which made the Khitans ban their contacts from outside, completely trapping the Khitans and consuming them.

That was what it meant, and Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu felt relieved. As long as they no longer used troops to attack the Khitan in winter, they would just ban the exchanges, which would not be difficult for the Song army.

During the banquet, Zhao Zhen was also quite relaxed. At the same time, Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu were both old acquaintances. Although there was no friend between the monarch and his subjects, there were always people close to him.

Di Qing promoted it himself. Although Yang Huaiyu came from the Yang family, he had a separation from the Yang family in order to make achievements. Zhao Zhen believed in his loyalty. Over the years, he has proved his ability and there is no gap between him and Zhao Zhen.

It is also a pleasant thing for the king and his ministers to drink and talk, especially in winter, when they lean on sweet potatoes with fire, which is so comfortable. Yang Huaiyu and Di Qing both like this food from overseas and stare at the stick in Zhao Zhen's hand.

The little stick flipped in Zhao Zhen's hand and took out a dirty sweet potato from the bottom of the stove. The hand that Sancai reached out was opened by Zhao Zhen. He had to do it by himself when eating sweet potatoes, which was called fragrant.

He grabbed it impatiently and flipped it in his hand, making a slurry sound in his mouth, Zhao Zhen enjoyed one of the few happinesss of being the emperor.

He suddenly broke open the sweet potato, and the roasted sweet potato was squeezed out, and the golden sweet potato puree was squeezed out, stuck to the back of his hand and sucked into his mouth. He could still feel the spicy heat. Zhao Zhen didn't care at all, and blew two mouthfuls at the sweet potato and became more and more ordinary, with his face full of enjoyment.

This reminded him of the feeling of sitting on the curb with a little sweet potato in the winter after taking a shower. It was indescribable sweet potatoes, and the sweet potatoes were as dense as they were refreshing.

Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu on the side followed Zhao Zhen's recipe and started to eat it. The taste was indeed sweet and I couldn't help but admire it. However, Zhao Zhen showed a profound smile and said: "If this thing is cut into slices and dried, it will taste unique and easy to preserve. It is the best choice for military rations."

Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu were overjoyed. Unexpectedly, this sweet potato had such effect. The biggest problem of the Song army was logistics support. Although there were compressed military rations and fried noodles, the variety was single. Over time, the soldiers' faces were yellow and not very good-looking. Because of the lack of meat, many people suffered from night blindness.

It would be great if you could add this dried sweet potato and the dried meat on the grassland. The army would no longer have to worry about the food of the soldiers.

"But this thing has one disadvantage. Eating too much will make you bloating and the turbid air sink..."

This was said from Zhao Zhen. Di Qing, Yang Huaiyu and the three sects next to him were both quite surprised. Then he understood the meaning of the official family, and eating too much is easy to fart.

Yang Huaiyu waved his hand urgently and said, "This is nothing in the army, so the government does not need to bother you."

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Yang Huaiyu and Di Qing led their troops to the road. When they left, they took away countless sweet potatoes and jerky meat, and also took away thousands of temporary military tents and countless bedding. These things will become powerful tools for soldiers to use in the severe cold areas on the grassland.

While the 500,000 army was dispatched, the nomadic merchants on the grassland immediately disappeared without a trace. These nomadic merchants did not dare to confront the Song Dynasty. They originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make money, but now the Song Dynasty has taken action and left without words. They did not intend to lose their lives when they came here.

On the other side, Jumucheng also began to save himself. The method was very simple, relying on fishing... Fishing was a vague and familiar skill for the Khitans. The Khitans who were forced to the Jedi remembered the four seasons Nabo, which had been abandoned by them for a long time.

The Khitans themselves were horses chasing water plants and hunting everywhere. The ancestors lived a life that followed the water plants and fishing. Even the songs that Khitan children could sing: "In the winter, eat to the sun, and in the summer, eat to the sun, so that I hunted, there were more pigs and deer, and when I fished, there were more fish and shrimps!"

The skull is Hulun Lake in later generations, just next to Jumu City. In later generations, Hulun Lake is the largest lake in Inner Mongolia, the largest lake in Northeast China, and the fourth largest freshwater lake in China. The lake is rich in more than 30 kinds of fish, such as carp, crucian carp, white catfish, and catfish. It is simply a natural fishing ground.

The Khitans who returned to their old careers received a lot of supplies from Hulun Lake. The fish and shrimp in the lake could fully feed the people in Jumu City. In addition, the wild vegetables collected from the grasslands and winter prey were enough for them to survive this long and difficult winter.

Of course, this is also the reason why Xiao Tali ignored Zhao Zhen...
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