"Li Yuanhao fled without fighting?" In the Chuigong Hall of Tokyo Imperial City, Li Zhang couldn't help but look shocked when he looked at the battle report delivered by Zhao Zhen. Before the war, he had imagined many directions of war, and he could accept it even if he was defeated, but Li Yuanhao's move was far beyond his imagination.

"When the war report came, I also doubted whether Cao Ma and the others had made a mistake, but later several similar war reports were sent, which made me believe that Li Yuanhao actually escaped." Zhao Zhen said helplessly at this time. In order to prevent some important information from being lost on the road, he usually sent several copies at the same time. In this way, even if one or two pieces of information could not be delivered due to accidents, there are other backups that can be delivered in time.

"Li Yuanhao escaped, what about Zhenzhou?" Li Zhang hurriedly asked Zhao Zhen at this time that Zhenzhou was Li Yuanhao's nest and an important town on the grassland. If he could control the grassland here, it would be of great significance to the Song Dynasty in the future.

"The war report says that Zhenzhou has been occupied by Cao Ma's vanguard army and has also had some conflicts with the Liao army, but the Liao army retreated later." Zhao Zhen pointed to the war report in Li Zhang's hand, which contained a detailed description.

After hearing this, Li Zhang hurriedly opened the war report and looked at it. Sure enough, he found that the situation in Zhenzhou was recorded at the end. It turned out that Cao Ma and the others immediately sent people to Zhenzhou after seeing the empty Fangzhou City. As a result, they happened to meet the Bu tribe sent by Yelu Zhirang. Both sides arrived at Zhenzhou City almost at the same time, and found that there was also no one in the city, and even the Bu tribe members entered the city one earlier.

However, this time the general sent to lead the army was very decisive and immediately entered the city to drive the Bu people out. There were some conflicts between the two sides. However, the Bu people did not dare to really fight with the Song army, so they had no choice but to retreat, and Zhenzhou finally fell into the control of the Song army.

When the war report came, Cao Ma had already rushed to Zhenzhou City. In the end, he also analyzed the direction of Li Yuanhao's escape. The conditions in Mobei were too harsh and he had to pass through the vast desert. Li Yuanhao's subordinates not only had army, but also many elderly, weak, sick and disabled people, so they should not be able to escape to Mobei, but were likely to escape to the Western Regions.

"Cousin, do you think Li Yuanhao will really escape to the Western Regions?" Zhao Zhen also asked Li Zhang with a solemn expression at this time. After receiving the war report, he immediately summoned Li Zhang to discuss because he knew that Li Zhang was the one who knew Li Yuanhao the best.

"It is very likely that there are many small countries in the Western Regions and they are not very strong. Under Li Yuanhao's iron hooves, they can't hold on for too long. The most important thing is that our hands can't stretch that long, and we can only watch Li Yuanhao open up a territory in the Western Regions." Li Zhang also showed a distressed expression at the end of his speech.

"This Li Yuanhao is like a loach. It's slippery and can't catch it even if you want to!" Zhao Zhen was so angry that he slapped his thigh. Influenced by Li Zhang, he always regarded Dangxiang as one of his major concerns. He thought that this time the dispatch of troops would completely solve the other party, but he did not expect that Li Yuanhao would play cards without following the common sense and actually threw down the winning Jiye and ran away.

"Cousin, if Li Yuanhao really escaped to the Western Regions, which small country would he think he would start from?" Zhao Zhen suddenly thought of another question at this time and immediately asked Li Zhang again that in recent years, the Song Dynasty and the countries in the Western Regions have also resumed contacts, and they also have some understanding of the situation in the Western Regions, especially some small countries in the Western Regions have restored their tribute relations with the Song Dynasty, which is considered a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. If Li Yuanhao really attacked these vassal states, it would have some impact on the Song Dynasty's reputation in the Western Regions.

"This is not accurate. There are too many small countries in the Western Regions, and Li Yuanhao has too many goals to attack. However, I think Li Yuanhao should have figured it out, so he will definitely try his best to avoid being hit by us again. In this way, he will definitely choose small countries in the Western Regions far away from us, such as Gaochang Uighurs, East and West Karakhan, etc. He may even run further, so far away our Song Dynasty will never threaten him!"

Li Zhang finally showed a thoughtful expression. Now he tried to put himself in Li Yuanhao's perspective and wait for this issue. As a result, he found out in despair that if he was Li Yuanhao, facing the increasingly powerful enemy of the Song Dynasty, it would only make him increasingly powerless. In fact, he completely gave up the idea of ​​confronting the Song Dynasty.

However, as the leader of the Dangxiang people, Li Yuanhao also had a very important task, which was to find a land that is more suitable for survival for the Dangxiang people. At least he could not live in the shadow of the Song Dynasty at all times. The only thing that agreed with the requirements was the Western Regions. The so-called Western Regions did not only refer to the Central Asia area, but also to Central Asia and the places west of Central Asia were called Western Regions by the Central Plains people.

"We, the Song Dynasty, cannot threaten him, so he will not think of coming back. Could it be that Li Yuanhao really gave up the idea of ​​being an enemy of our Song Dynasty?" Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang had a very tacit understanding, and immediately understood what he meant when he heard this.

"It's almost the same. Since he can't afford to offend him, he can only hide from us. The physical distance can minimize the possibility of conflict between the two sides, unless we can restore the territory of the former Tang Dynasty." Li Zhang finally spread his hands. When the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful, even Central Asia was their territory, and he didn't know how they did it. Anyway, with the current situation in the Song Dynasty, even if it develops for decades, it would be difficult to completely control the Central Asia area.

"So, the threat of Dangxiang has been temporarily lifted. Unless Li Yuanhao cannot gain a foothold in the Western Regions and then run back, we don't have to worry about Dangxiang?" Zhao Zhen said again in an uncertain tone at this time. He still couldn't believe this matter.

"If our guess is correct, it should be like this. Of course, it is not ruled out that Li Yuanhao really went to Mobei without regard for the consequences, but I think this possibility is too small." Li Zhang said again, and he felt a little incredible about this matter, but that's the case.

"Then can we concentrate on dealing with the Liao Kingdom? It happened that the army was in Zhenzhou and the Liao army was also there. Do you want it..." Zhao Zhen said at the end, his eyes shining, and even had a look of eagerness to try. Dangxiang was gone, but the Liao Kingdom, the great enemy, was still there. If he could take this opportunity to defeat the Liao Kingdom's army in one fell swoop, it would make the Liao Kingdom worse.
Chapter completed!