Chapter 237: Escape from the Past (Part II)
"To Tanggu?"
"Yes. That's how I traveled to Yinshan from this trade route. "I said that I would talk about the origin of that road.
"I've heard of this trade route." Zhi Yan said: "Since even I have heard of it, maybe Han Qixian and Wanyan Xiyin will also hear about it." If they also heard, then ...... Then it is quite possible to think of it and block it! Also, this road needs to pass through Yanjing, right? It was the base camp of the Eastern Route Army, and it was too dangerous to go there! ”
"We can dress up as merchants." ”
Han Fang shook his head and said, "Of course, you have to put on makeup, but it's still too dangerous!" If they take the official road, they should arrive in Yanjing faster than us, and at that time, we will be caught in the net if we set up a checkpoint! ”
He frowned and said: "The south is not good, the west is not good, the east is not good, is it not possible to go to the north!" ”
Orihiko raised his eyebrows and said, "To the north?" That's not necessarily impossible! ”
He and Han Fang exclaimed in unison: "To the north? How can that be! ”
"If you go to the north, as soon as you get out of the Great Wall, it is an extremely open terrain, and you can't hide people, if they send cavalry to chase after them, we don't even have a place to hide!" ”
Han Fang said: "If we go north, who can we find?" There is no one we can turn to! This is the opposite of what is done - although he left the clouds, he couldn't return to the Han Department! ”
Zhi Yanchong smiled slightly and said: "What you say makes sense, but the truth of Gongmei just happens to deny the reason for getting sick." ”
Han Fang and Chong were both stunned, and Zhi Yan said: "That's right, if you go north, it is indeed a very open terrain when you go out of the Great Wall. If the Jurchen cavalry were chasing after us, it would almost be impossible for us to escape anyway. But what if we don't have a pursuer behind us? ”
His eyes lit up and he said, "Not bad!" There is really no one we can turn to on the road to the north, and it is useless for us to go north. So if they search south, west, and east first, then the north side may be ignored, or at least the net will be much looser! Outside the Great Wall, the wind and sand are strong, as long as we get ahead of them for two or three days, the wind and sand will cover up the traces we have walked! ”
Han Fang said: "But where can we go north?" ”
Orihiko said: "There is no one in the north that we can meet, but we can take a detour. ”
Han Fang asked, "Where do you go back?" ”
"How about going to Yin Mountain?" ”
Zhi Yanchong asked him: "Do you know the road from Mobei to the west to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain?" ”
He thought for a while and said, "I don't know." However, if you follow the general direction, you may be able to find it. ”
Zhi Yanchong smiled slightly: "That's too uncertain." I happened to recognize another path, but it wasn't a detour to Yinshan. ”
Han Fang asked, "Where is that going?" ”
"To the northeast." Orihiko rushed: "Huining." ”
Han Fang and Chong Qu Sick opened their eyes together when they heard this, and shouted, "Huining! ”
"Yes, Huining." Orihiko looked to the north and sighed: "This road, I didn't expect me to have a chance to walk again!"
In the Song and Jin dynasties, the administrative power controlled by Han Qixian was not enough to shroud the territory of the Jin State in a dense and airtight manner, and it took a certain amount of time for his decree to reach various places, and the local implementation of this decree may not reach the desired level, so what Han Qixian's decree and Wanyan Xiyin's military strength could do was only focus on the direction they guessed. On the few roads that we focus on, whether it is a big road or a small road, there are indeed gains, but most of them are suspicious soldiers who are deliberately sent to disrupt the audio-visual. Ten days later, Zhi Yanchong's whereabouts have still not been discovered, and half a month later, both Han Qixian and Wanyan Xiyin have been completely disappointed! fled, and Zhi Yanchong finally escaped!
But a month later, Zhi Yanchong still didn't return to Hanbu, not a month and a half later, and still not two months later! According to common sense, if Zhi Yanchong has successfully escaped, it is time for him to return to the Han Ministry, and the Han Ministry does not need to deliberately conceal the news of Zhi Yanchong's return to the Han Ministry.
"What's going on? Did he have an accident? ”
This made Wanyan Xiyin and Han Qi first ignite the last hope: "Could it be that Zhi Yanchong hasn't escaped at all, he is hiding and preparing to wait for the wind to subside before escaping?" "Of course, it is also very possible, and so a second, larger manhunt began!
The Jin soldiers searched through the house and almost turned over the land of Yunzhong Mansion, and the orders given by the lower-level soldiers were only to "search for suspicious characters", but what kind of suspicious characters were they? In short, all the people who are not locals are suspicious characters, and this time there are many secret sons of the Han tribe, but the most affected are the merchants, and the harassment of the locals is also very serious. The final result was that the whole mansion in Yunzhong was made angry and resentful, and Zhi Yanchong still didn't find it.
Not only is the scope of the search expanding, but the direction of the search has also become exhaustive, but at this time, even if the reconnaissance soldiers and horses came to the place where Orihiko Chong and others walked, those traces had already been covered by the wind and sand. In the end, Wanyan Xiyin and Han Qixian both felt that Zhi Yanchong should have fled, but he should not have reached the Han Department, but arrived at Cao Guangbi and Xiao Tienu, so he did not dare to disclose the news of his escape to avoid being attacked, and only in this way could he explain Zhi Yanchong's "disappearance".
At this time, Zhi Yanchong and his party had already arrived in Mobei, which was already a place where the control of the Jin State could not reach. Orihiko Chong is fluent in some of the languages of the northern desert tribes, and with the dust and beard along the way, it is not difficult to pretend to be a merchant who often walks the desert. After arriving near Daxianbei Mountain, they did not continue to walk in the direction of Huining, because they happened to meet a group of merchants from Linhuang Mansion, and at this time, Linhuang Mansion and Tokyo Road had not yet received the news of Zhiyan Chong's escape.
Han Fang spent some money and hired two less important men in the caravan as guides, and then went south along the caravan's path.
After arriving at Linhuang Mansion, Zhi Yanchong and others settled in a Hanmin manor, claiming to be a merchant who went to the Western Regions, lost money on the way, and is now about to go to Liaokou to find a way to survive. The owner of the manor saw that they were very eloquent and hospitable. When Orihiko asked them how their livelihood was here, the master sighed: "There are a lot of products and wealth here, but there are more taxes, and it is getting harder and harder every year!" When the general was in the Han Department, our waist was still straighter, but now that the general has fallen into the trap of the Jin people and is under house arrest, those Jin people are not very afraid of the Han Department, and even the Han children who are scattered all over the Dajin are sad. He added: "In the past, when the Han Dynasty was prosperous, everyone admitted that they were Han Chinese, even some Mongolian and mature women, but now it is the other way around, and many Han people claim to be foreigners in order to avoid the heavy taxes of the Jin people." ”
Zhi Yanchong asked: "Are the taxes of the Han people heavier than those of the Jurchens?" ”
The master said, "It's not just the Jurchens. Since the Battle of Liaokou, the taxes on the heads of the Han people are much heavier than those of the Bohai people and the Khitans! ”
Zhi Yanchong frowned and said, "Aren't the Bohai people already classified as Han people?" ”
The master sighed and said, "Before the Battle of Liaokou, the Bohai people did call themselves Han Chinese, but in the past few years, they have called themselves Bohai people again. The Han Ministry can't shelter them, so what's the use of them calling themselves Han Chinese? ”
Zhi Yanchong was silent for a long time, and sighed: "I have been to the Western Regions for a few years, and the world has changed so much, but I never expected it. ”
The master also sighed: "This is all to blame for the bad behavior of the Seventh General's family!" ”
Zhi Yanchong shook his head and said, "Don't blame him, don't blame him, it's probably difficult for him to do it." ”
The master snorted and said, "Don't blame him, who is to blame?" He will give whatever the Jin people want, and he will not dare to squeak what the Jin people do, when the general was in the past, would he be so soft? ”
Zhi Yan said: "Since the Jin people are so seriously oppressed, then you can simply ask to be included in the Jurchen nationality, I remember that in the past, the Jurchens welcomed the Han people into the Jurchen nationality, and this article has not changed." ”
The master said angrily: "Mr. She, what are you talking about!" That's right, the Jurchens want us to become Jurchens, but I am Han, and this is a constant thing! How can people count their ancestors and forget the classics? Don't say it again, or I'll order you to be expelled!" ”
Zhi Yanchong smiled slightly and said apologetically: "It's me who lost my words, I lost my words." ”
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