Zhao Anren left. After accepting Zhao Zhen’s personal reception and reward, Zhao Anren chose to go home to take care of his mother for his old age. When he left, Li Zhang also went to see him off in person. Apart from him, Zhao Anren had no other friends, so Li Zhang kept sending him out of the city until the carriage disappeared in the officialdom and he did not return to the city.

However, when Zhao Anren left, he was still reminding Li Zhang that if the Song Dynasty wanted to use troops to the Liao Kingdom one day, he would be sure to notify himself. After all, Zhao Anren was very familiar with the Liao Kingdom, and even if he was a guide, he could use some uses. Of course, his main purpose was not to help the Song Dynasty, but to welcome Xiao Nojin back.

Li Zhang agreed to Zhao Anren's request at once. In fact, he had no good feelings for Xiao Nojin. However, this woman messed up the Liao Kingdom and indirectly helped the Song Dynasty. Moreover, after she lost her power, she was just an ordinary woman and was insignificant.

The weather is getting colder day by day, and Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang are also closely monitoring the movements of the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Zongzhen will definitely send troops before winter comes, and the Liao Kingdom is much colder than the Song Dynasty. If he does not send troops, he will probably have to wait until next year.

However, what no one expected was that the news of the Liao Kingdom sending troops was not waiting, but the news of the Dangxiang Li Yuanhao sending troops. However, Li Yuanhao did not send troops to the Song Dynasty, but launched a fierce attack on the Liao Kingdom again.

It has to be said that Li Yuanhao is indeed a hero who is good at seizing opportunities. After learning about the chaos in Liao and the news of the Song Dynasty sending troops to Yan Yun, he actually decisively sent troops to the Liao Kingdom Shangjing Road. Shangjing Road is the largest in the Liao Kingdom, and almost contains the entire Inner Mongolia region in later generations.

According to news from the northwest, Li Yuanhao first sent troops from Baidadan's army, defeated another large tribe of the Liao Kingdom, Zubu tribe with lightning speed, occupied the Bu Dawang Mansion, and then rushed northward to the northwest Zhaochaosi of the Liao Kingdom.

Originally, the Northwest Zhaodansi was stationed in the Liao Dynasty to guard the entire grassland. However, when Yelu Zongzhen and Xiao Nojin were in civil strife, most of the troops of the Northwest Zhaodansi were transferred, and the remaining part could not stop the Dangxiang people's cavalry. In just ten days, the Northwest Zhaodansi fell into the hands of Dangxiang.

With the fall of the Northwest Zhaotao Department, the entire Shangjing Road was cut off by Li Yuanhao into the east and west sides. The east side was the core area of ​​the Liao Kingdom, with the five Kyotos there, and it was also the birthplace of the Khitans. More than 80% of the population of the entire Liao Kingdom were there.

Li Yuanhao was very smart and knew that with his little force, if he fought eastward, he would sooner or later be destroyed by the Khitans. Moreover, the Song Dynasty captured the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and would not allow him to be involved in the eastern region. So he turned around and went west very decisively and began to compete with another large part of the Liao Kingdom, namely the Jianbage tribe, to the west.

The Nian Bage tribe is the largest tribe in the western part of Shangjing Road of the Liao Kingdom and a branch of the Shiwei people. It is worth mentioning that the Shiwei people are the ancestors of the Mongolians in later generations. However, the Shiwei people are just ordinary loose sand now, and the tribes are constantly fighting each other. For example, the Nian Bage tribe is nominally a large tribe, but it is divided into countless tribes of all sizes, and they are fighting each other constantly, and they cannot concentrate their strength to resist Li Yuanhao's attack.

"Will Li Yuanhao turn to the west threaten our plans in the Western Regions?" In the Chuigong Hall, Zhao Zhen asked Li Zhang with the latest information from Dangxiang.

Since the capture of Qingzhou, almost all the land controlled by Dangxiang fell into the hands of the Song Dynasty, which also allowed the Song Dynasty to open up the passage of the Western Regions again. Although the Song Dynasty recently mainly used troops to the Liao Kingdom and was also wary of Li Yuanhao's return, it did not forget the Western Regions. In recent years, it has been slowly and firmly infiltrating the Western Regions. Now Li Yuanhao is also advancing to the west, and it is likely to conflict with the interests of the Song Dynasty in the future.

"It is very likely that after opening up the Western Regions, the originally blocked Silk Road has also regained its vitality. In recent years, I heard that many businessmen have taken the risk of re-taking this trade route, which has also brought considerable benefits to our Song Dynasty. And as time goes by, this trade route will become more and more important, so I think we must also pay more attention to the Western Regions!" Li Zhang also said in a deep voice at this time.

The Qinghai and Xinjiang in later generations are now mostly not under the control of the Song Dynasty, which makes Li Zhang feel a little uncomfortable. After all, it was also the territory of the Tang Dynasty before, so Li Zhang always wanted to include the Western Regions under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty.

"But the Western Regions are too far away, we are really beyond our reach!" Zhao Zhen said with a embarrassed look at this time. Although the territory of the Song Dynasty is far inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty, it is not small. Few empires of the same era are larger than those of the Song Dynasty. This is mainly because the various conditions in feudal society are too backward, such as transportation and communication, which leads to the empire also having its own limits of rule.

As for the Tang Dynasty's ruling territory, the Tang Dynasty did not actually rule the border, but instead conquered various ethnic minorities and gave ethnic leaders the officials. When the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, these tribes naturally depended on the Tang Dynasty, but when the Tang Dynasty weakened, these tribes would bite back, which was also one of the root causes of the chaos on the border after the mid-Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhang sighed when he heard Zhao Zhen's words, because Zhao Zhen was telling the truth. Although he wanted to control the Western Regions, transportation and communication were unsolvable problems unless he could get the train and radio out.

"If Li Yuanhao doesn't get rid of it, it is still a hidden danger for our Song Dynasty. However, this guy has also learned to be smart. It seems that he wants to focus his energy on the western grassland in the future. Now, no matter we or the Liao Kingdom, we don't have the energy to pay attention to him. I have to say that the time for him to send troops was so good." Li Zhang sighed again and said.

"However, after Li Yuanhao sent troops, the Heishan Military Office was abandoned by him. I have already occupied it. Heishan and the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom are adjacent to the Liao Kingdom. In the future, it will be a good place to send troops to the Liao Kingdom." Zhao Zhen said again.

After hearing this, Li Zhang nodded. Li Yuanhao had no energy for the time being but he cared about him. The most important thing now is the Liao Kingdom. So he asked again: "How is Yelu Zongzhen's side? If he wants to send troops, there should be news now, right?"

"A few days ago, the news that various prefectures and prefectures in the southern Liao Kingdom gathered food and grass. It seemed to be a sign of sending troops, but there was no movement next time. Liu Ping also sent countless spies, but no news was found yet." Zhao Zhen also said with a headache at this time.
Chapter completed!