The river is a male city in the north of the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River flows into the sea from this, there are countless large and small tributaries, the city is between the rivers, so it is named Hejian. This place is connected to Youyan in the north, and the Liao cavalry crossed the river, which is the plain of Pingchuan, and flows south along the north of the Yellow River, and shakes the Beijing division in a few days.

When the Hebei Army battalion was stationed in Tunhejian, the forbidden army, the box army and their families were hundreds of thousands, so that the grain had to be transported and supplied from the Central Plains by the canal. Later, the Hebei camp moved to the Daimyofu, for decades, the Song State continued to silt up paddy fields in the Song-Liao border land, and planted mulberry jujube and other trees in the fields, in order to prevent the Liao army from going south, north of the river, Ziding, Xiong, Bazhou until the East China Sea, paddy fields and woods stretch for hundreds of miles, Hebei Xingying recruited tenant farmers to plant rice and wheat and other grains, not only self-sufficient, but also through the canal to supply Bianjing, tenants and mulberry hemp silkworm weaving, at this time, has been known as "Hebei clothes are the world", Hebei East Road because of the production of silk fabrics, by the Khitan called " Silk Prefecture", coveting its products and manpower. Some officials said that Hebei's "beauty is no less than Qilu", and suggested increasing Hebei's tax revenue and gradually keeping up with the Central Plains and southeastern prefectures and counties.

At that time, the Liao and Song Dynasty have been peaceful for decades, this river is east of the Canghai, the rivers and canals are vertical and horizontal, the water transport is extremely developed, the imperial court of Taiping Xingguo two years will set up a business here, the river has become one of the main trade cities of the Liao and Song Dynasty markets, the goods from the hinterland of the Central Plains are continuously transported to the river through the Yellow River and the canal, especially the silk fabrics, porcelain, tea are the most largest, in addition, because the Liao country prohibits shipping, the spices, precious stones, pearls, rhino horns, ivory, coral treasures of the southern sea countries are also transported to the river by sea ships in large quantities, after unloading the ship here, it was changed to the overland route, and transported to the hinterland of the Liao State, and even further north of the barbarian tribes. Shochu, wool weaving, cow and sheep leather, mink, fox bear skin, ginseng and other materials produced by the Liao State were also collected by land to the river, from where they were boarded and sold to the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Great Song Dynasty, or to the commercial port cities all over the coast, and even sold to the distant South Seas.

Rao has been peaceful for a long time, and Hejian can still be called the first important town of Hebei Zhulu. Therefore, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the Hejian Mansion has also been deliberately operated, the city wall fortress has been repaired continuously, 20,000 forbidden troops have been stationed all year round, and there are enough military supplies to support the 100,000 army in the Hejian City, in addition to the war horse forage, grain and grass winter clothes, armor and bows, there are dozens of newly cast iron barrel cannons in the imperial court, more than 20,000 guns and guns, and tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder are hoarded in the river, just waiting for the crossbowmen of the Hebei camp to slowly switch to firearms drills. It is precisely because of the abundant reserves in the river and the large military camp built by the previous dynasty that it can accommodate 100,000 people, so the Hebei camp is deployed Tong Guan Yi Dynasty announced that the camp will be moved from the Daimyo Mansion to Hejian Mansion, and the army can set off after ten days without further preparations.

It's just that there are nearly 100,000 soldiers and men all of a sudden, and in the future, there will be several times as many family members pouring in one after another, and the Hejian Mansion, which was already full of business travelers, suddenly seemed to be much more crowded, and prices everywhere skyrocketed, and even the prices of grain, vegetables and fruits in the grass market outside the city were even more expensive than the Daimyo's Mansion. For a time, both the local people and the military households in the Hebei camp who had just migrated here were full of complaints, and the businessmen who were worth tens of thousands of dollars were making a windfall in tacit understanding, and at the same time nervously went around the camp to meet the newly arrived immortals. And Tong Guan, who is deployed in the Hebei camp, is also entangled in all kinds of entertainment, except for the general and deputy general who beat and subdue the commander of the Hebei camp from time to time, he has no leisure to pay more attention to the little Taixue Confucian, who is in the camp shogunate.

Zhao Xingde, the emperor of Taixue Zhenru, came to serve in front of the Hebei Army, and there was no substantive send-off, and Tong Guan did not make specific arrangements for him. Zhao Xingde got this loophole, and with the secret support of several camp commanders such as the Hebei gentry and Han Shizhong, he actually ran the righteous school of teaching soldiers to be impressive.

At first, in order to attract soldiers to study, Yixue taught military children literacy and reading during the day, and intermittently arranged the performance of the northern and southern opera troupes from afternoon to dusk. Fang Cai taught for nearly two hours a day, and most of the listeners who kept coming and going could understand and not get bored.

Gradually, the time for singing and listening to music in Yixue became shorter and shorter, and not only did the number of soldiers who came to study not decrease, but some of them who were motivated expected Mr. Zhao to teach more content that they had never known. With the increasing number of people who came to admire or be curious, the dilapidated temples originally allocated by the government were gradually insufficient, so Zhao Xingde simply formulated a teaching program, recruited several teaching gentlemen, rented a few additional venues at the expense of the Science Society, and organized advanced soldiers to teach those who entered the school. In this messy Hejian Mansion, Zhao Xingde's righteous school has become a rare scenic spot, not only the officers and soldiers in the Hejian Mansion are talking about it, but also with the footprints of the businessmen, it has gradually spread as a beautiful talk in the neighboring states, and Zhao Xingde has also been added by many simple soldiers and ordinary people, and the word "Mr" has been added to his surname.

On this day, the invited troupe just sang a "Farewell My Concubine", everyone was sighing, for the overlord of Western Chu is not worth it, Zhao Xingde saw this, coughed lightly and said: "When the overlord of Western Chu was a young man, he couldn't learn books, and he couldn't learn swords, his uncle Xiang Liang blamed him, and the overlord said, the book is enough to remember his name and surname." The sword is one enemy, not enough to learn, and to learn ten thousand enemies. So Xiang Liang didn't teach him reading and swordsmanship, but instead taught him the art of war, and eventually became a peerless general. It's a pity that he lost to Liu Bang, and the overlord was defeated by Liu Bang. ”

Then, he started with the analysis of the battle situation of the battle between Chu and Han, and explained in detail from all aspects why the overlord of Western Chu, who won a hundred battles, was finally defeated under the wall, although he relayed the evaluation of the ancients and the comments of later generations, and there was no special creative idea, but in the ears of the soldiers who almost didn't know a basket of big words, it was almost the reincarnation of Zhuge military division, and some soldiers with a heart secretly remembered it in their hearts.

"Under Liu Bang, the three generals Han Xin, Yingbu, and Peng Yue can be in charge alone, and no one in the overlord's tent can match, and he can't personally lead the elite army back and forth in various places, tired of running for his life, although he will win every battle, the situation is getting worse and worse. Even if it is an arrow shot by a strong bow and a hard crossbow, it will lose all its strength in the back, and even the silk can't be shot through, and the defeat of the Chu Overlord is also due to exhaustion. Zhao Xingde sighed with all the soldiers, and changed his words:

"Later, Han Xin, who had set up an ambush on all sides, was captured by Liu Bang, and Liu Bang asked Han Xin: 'How much can I bring if I lead troops?' Han Xin said: 'Your Majesty can bring 100,000 soldiers. Liu Bang asked again: 'Then how much can you bring?' Han Xin said: "The more ministers, the better." Liu Bang smiled: "Then why were you caught by me?" Han Xin said: "Your Majesty can't lead troops, but you are good at leading generals, which is why I was captured by Your Majesty." I think it is somewhat interesting to borrow the words of his monarch and minister, referring to the reason for the defeat of the overlord. ”

Zhao Xingde was about to retreat into the back hall, but saw Han Shizhong walking out of the hall in a hurry, and said in a low voice: "The caravan to the Liaoguo mutual market has been ready to stop, and it will set off in three days." Zhao Xingde is now a gentleman in the river of peach and plum, and Han Shizhong is not good at openly shouting at him as a "scholar, scholar", although he is not as respectful as an ordinary soldier, he is also a little more solemn.

"Oh," Zhao Xingde's eyes flashed. In the past few months since he came to Hejian, he has seen with his own eyes that the families with a little wealth in the north, wearing fur coats on the outside, sweaters on the inside, drinking alcohol and eating meat, are all from the Liao country. Because of the local officials' concealment and greed for the city's taxes, the scale of the city was much larger than the Bianjing court knew, and the goods and silver involved in the sale often amounted to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Frequent and huge mutual trade, such a border town as Hejian, and the economic connection with Nanjing Province in the Liao State is even closer than that of the Central Plains. This is the case with the heavily taxed and strictly restricted market of the government, so what about the more lucrative private goods trade between the Liao and Song dynasties? Thinking of this, Zhao Xingde couldn't help but be a little eager to try.

Despite the psychological preparations, the size of the caravan far exceeded Zhao Xingde's expectations, and from Hejian Mansion to the north, there were constantly predetermined mules and horses along the way. The Great Song Dynasty relied on the paddy fields and woods that could replace the hills to block the Liao cavalry, and had already been paved by these mule and horse merchant gangs to pass through the large number of people.

"It's just that if the Liao people go south, they only need to follow these trade routes, not only do they move quickly, but they also avoid most of the official and military posts along the way, these roads are used to trade illicit goods to make enough money, once the war between the north and the south starts, these roads are the henchmen of Hebei Junzhou."

Zhao Xingde pointed with a horsewhip at the roads that had been crushed by deep and shallow horse hooves and rutted marks. Han Shizhong rarely did not ridicule him for worrying about the sky, but only sighed and said: "Even if there is a great disaster, you and I can just live in front of us." ”

The caravan itself has more than 100 businessmen with their own bodyguards, and hired more than 100 state and county volunteers, Han Shizhong took fifty horsemen to scatter far away to detect horse thieves, there are no dangers along the way, follow the guide who often walks this trade route, two or three days before leaving the Song realm, came to the territory of Liao, the scenery is suddenly different, there is almost no farmland in the border area, the tall trees have long been cut down, the caravan entered the Liao border and turned to the west, encountered a few groups of Liao army sentinels, but also thanks to the leader of the caravan to get home in advance, These cavalry didn't let the caravan go without staying long, and even Han Shizhong and the others obviously rode the unique high war horses of the Song Forbidden Army.