After crossing the Yellow River, Li Zhang, they went all the way to the northeast along the riverbank, it is worth mentioning that the direction of the Yellow River in this period of the Great Song Dynasty is very different from that of later generations, the Yellow River changed its mouth during the Wang Mang period, the river flooded for nearly 60 years, and finally formed the Eastern Han Dynasty River after governance, but in the Tang and Song dynasties, because the downstream estuary section is silted high, the discharge is not smooth, there have been many breaches, resulting in the Yellow River also being diverted several times, and the estuary is not Dongying, Shandong in later generations, but the Binxian area of Shandong, and even from Tianjin into the sea later.

Li Zhang had not been to the Yellow River in his previous life, but the Yellow River in the era of the Great Song Dynasty made him feel very unfamiliar, and the location of some towns in later generations is now an ocean, which makes Li Zhang feel a little vicissitudes.

After walking along the Yellow River for a while, Li Zhang and they also came to Hebei West Road, and then left the Yellow River to go north, and soon arrived at Zhending Mansion, that is, Shijiazhuang in later generations, they were also very the way, although there was a post house on the road to receive, but the road was cold and windy, although Li Zhang sat in the carriage, but still felt cold, as for those escorted soldiers it was even harder.

Just like the last time he went to the northwest, Li Zhang was also observing the living conditions of the people of the Great Song Dynasty along the way, compared with the northwest, the living conditions of the people on the Hebei side were better, mainly after the signing of the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Liao State no longer went south on a large scale, although there will be a small group of Liao from time to time on the border to fight the grass valley, but in general, the two countries are still peaceful, so the people on the Hebei side have also been recuperated, and the living conditions are much stronger than those in the northwest.

However, Hebei is the same as the northwest, the main crops planted in the fields are wheat, and the new crop of potatoes, which is a high-yielding crop, is not planted, this is because Liu E is worried that potatoes will flow to Liao, so as to enhance the national strength of Liao, after all, there are also a lot of Han people living in Liao, and they usually grow crops, strictly speaking, Liao has changed from a nomadic country to a semi-agricultural country, which is also the main reason why the Khitan broke the spell of the nomads and enjoyed the national fortune for more than 200 years.

Zhending Mansion is the military town of the Great Song Dynasty in Hebei, in order to prevent the Liao State from going south again, heavy soldiers are also stationed here, although the two countries have an alliance, but the Great Song Dynasty does not dare to relax, after all, after losing Yanyun, if the Liao army goes south, it is almost a horse Pingchuan, so the Great Song Dynasty can only station a large number of soldiers and horses to defend the Liao State.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Li Zhang has seen a lot of important military towns along the way, most of which are stationed in a lot of Hebei border troops, I heard that before the Tanyuan Alliance, the border troops stationed in Hebei even exceeded one million at one time, and now they have been reduced a lot, which can be regarded as a benefit brought by the Tanyuan Alliance.

The mission was received along the way, and sometimes it was directly in the barracks, but when the mission came to a small border town called Suicheng, Li Zhang showed a happy look, because this was the garrison of the Hebei Musket Army, and Huyan Shouxin was stationed here.

"Hahahaha~, Brother Li, I didn't expect you to come to us!" Sure enough, when the mission came to the gate of Suicheng, they saw Huyan Shouxin galloping and laughing, Li Zhang also jumped out of the carriage excitedly, and meeting his old acquaintance in a foreign country can be described as one of the three joys in life.

"Brother Huyan, how have you been doing, have you ever fought with the Liao army?" After Li Zhang and Hu Yan kept their promises, he asked.

"Alas, the Khitans are smart now, and they haven't caught any big fish today, but let's not talk about these first, I've set up a banquet in the city, let's talk while eating!" When Hu Yan Shouxin said this, he immediately invited Li Zhang into the city, and Li Zhang also asked the people of the mission to follow.

"Captain Li is really well-traveled, and he even has acquaintances in the border!" At this time, Fu Bi in the mission looked at the backs of Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shouxin, and couldn't help but be very surprised at the moment.

Although Fu Bi and Li Zhang have known each other for a short time, he has long heard of Li Zhang's deeds, coupled with the exchanges along the way, he admires Li Zhang very much, and even secretly thought that if the relatives of the Great Song Dynasty can be like Li Zhang, I am afraid that there will be nothing to do with these officials.

After entering Suicheng, Hu Yan Shouxin immediately asked people to arrange for the mission to rest in the city, and then invited Li Zhang and Fu Bi and other important personnel of the mission, taking advantage of the opportunity of Fu Bi and others to arrange for the mission to stay, Hu Yan Shouxin also talked a lot with Li Zhang, mainly because he inquired about the situation in the capital, especially the martial arts side, because he wanted to let the martial arts credit give him a group of students, after all, the musket army under him was more in need of people.

In addition, Hu Yan Shouxin also knew about Li Zhang's previous imprisonment, and even wrote to his father Hu Yan Bixian before, asking him and Cao Wei to jointly intercede with Liu E, but unfortunately Liu E did not accept it at all, and now that Li Zhang has been released, he is also happier than anyone else.

"Brother Huyan, how is the Liao State lately, I heard that there was a rebellion on the Liao side, it didn't affect our side, right?" After Li Zhang answered Hu Yan's trustworthy inquiry, he opened his mouth to inquire about the situation of Liao, and he went to Liaoguo this time, so he naturally wanted to know more about Liao's information, and he could be regarded as prepared.

"Hey! I was angry when I mentioned this matter, the Bohai people Yanlin rebelled, and the Liao State was also in chaos, at that time, many people on our side felt that it was a good opportunity to send troops, so they jointly wrote to the court, but the result was that the mud cow entered the sea, without the order of the court, we didn't even have the power to transfer troops, so we could only sit back and watch this great opportunity slowly disappear, and now the rebellion of Da Yanlin has been suppressed, although there is still some chaos on the Liao side, but there is no need to worry. Hu Yan Shouxin also beat his thigh angrily at the moment.

"The rebellion was put down, how could it be so fast?" Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard the news, and then said with a look of regret.

"Originally, the rebellion of Da Yanlin was like a snowball, and it was getting bigger and bigger inside the Liao State, but the emperor of the Liao State actually directly ordered that the elite of them stationed in Nanjing be transferred to quell the rebellion, and even the Liao defenders opposite us were mostly reduced, these people are the most elite army in the Liao State, and a mere Da Yanlin is naturally not an opponent, plus there are people inside the Great Yanlin who defect to the enemy, opening the door to Tokyo in the Liao State, and as a result, the city of Tokyo was broken, and the Great Yanlin was also caught, and the rebellion was naturally quelled." Hu Yan Shouxin spoke again.

Liao has five capitals in the east, west, north, south and middle, Zhongjing Dading Mansion is the capital of Liao, and the other four capitals are the accompanying capitals, Nanjing Xijin Mansion is opposite the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the military town of the Liao State, which is stationed in the heavy troops guarding against the Great Song Dynasty, and it will not leave easily, but this time in order to quell the Great Yanlin Rebellion, Yelu Longxu actually took the risk to transfer the army of Nanjing, which also gave the Great Song Dynasty a great opportunity, but unfortunately this opportunity was missed.