The fast track to the south of Nigu Village is well trimmed, all the way to the south, straight and wide. Yelu Zongyun and his entourage arrived from Nigu Village to Changlu Town, I am afraid that there are 150 miles, but they can arrive at Xijin Mansion [Nanjing of Liao, that is, the modern Beijing City] compared to Wuqing, but they estimated the time, but the time was about 30% less than the latter.

This is still the speed of the war horse, if you change to a bulky car, I am afraid that the time saved will be doubled! It's no wonder they've seen so many convoys along the way.

As far as Yelu Zongyun knows, this fast track in the south is not an official road. The latter walks casually, while the former charges a toll. Moreover, this fast track is from Nigu Village to Dizhou, and the second half is still under construction. For this reason, tens of thousands of prisoners of war were used to build this nest of grass in the south.

When this news first reached the north, many Liao nobles laughed at Liangshanjun for being a fool, and Yelu Zongyun was also one of them. Han'er merchants are all treacherous, and the toll is not much, but it's always money, isn't it? How can someone put aside the road of not collecting money and come to the road of collecting money? Moreover, this open road was built to the bank of the Yellow River, which was simply tempting the Liao army to go south.

With the credentials opened in the trade zone, Yelu Zongyun could go straight to Cangzhou, and they would go to Cangzhou at most. The corresponding Liao people also agreed to the merchants of Qilu and entered Wuqing.

This is an accommodating ending, and it is also a decision made by the two sides in line with each other's interests after a short period of mutual trade.

Yelu Zongyun was the first Liao to enter the territory of Cangzhou, and he was full of curiosity about everything here. For example, this spacious avenue, he didn't understand why there were so many cunning southern merchants who would rather pay a certain amount of money in exchange for the right to pass this avenue. You must know that the latter are cunning and treacherous people in his mind, and they must be better than others.

However, after this assessment, he already had the answer in his heart. In other words, he is also willing to take this so-called fast track. A small toll is not worth mentioning compared to the time saved. If you add the hard work, bumps, and even the wear and tear of horses' hooves and vehicles on the wild road, Yelu Zongyun feels that there is still room for improvement in this toll.

Of course, along the way, he also found some caravans evading fees. These caravans/traders are generally small in size, even three or five people with three or two wheelbarrows, and they are very agile in walking, at least it is easy to cross the trench from the fast lane to the wild road. If so, they will always leave the fast track near the level, bypass the level far away, and then return to the fast track.

On the way, although he saw some patrol officials dressed in soap clothes, their number was too small and too sparse, at least Yelu Zongyun had not seen them catch a single evasion along the way. So much so that Yelu Zongyun laughed at the stupidity of the Cangzhou government in his heart, if this road was his own, he would definitely send ten times as many people to inspect it, ensuring that none of them could escape.

Changlu Town is the salt industry center of Cangzhou, the prosperity of this place is not reduced in the slightest compared to Cangzhou City, and now it is one of the transit stations on the Cangzhou to Niguzhai Expressway, which is the icing on the cake. There is an endless stream of vehicles, pedestrians, and shops along the road, which seems to be more lively than Xijin Mansion. The one who saw it called Yelu Zongyun and the others were secretly talking.

It is said that since the rebellion of the Jurchens, the market in Xijin Province has been depressed a lot. Therefore, when Yelu Zongyun saw the current prosperity of Changlu Town, he only thought of one word in his mind - rob.

If you rob a sum of money, you will have all the money and food, and you will be fine.

This southern country is too rich, and the southern people have always been weak, when will you not rush at this time?

The predicament of the Khitan this year, Yelu Zongyun clearly saw it in his eyes, his father was the general of the Liao State clan, Yelu Dezhong, who was in the Jizhou Jiedu Envoy, and he knew how bad the situation of the Liao State was. It can be said that there is no money for money, and there is no food for food. There is also a lack of armor and armament.

And these are all available to the Liangshan thieves.

The Liangshan thieves here in Qilu are certainly beneficial to the Liao State, and they have recently imported a lot of grain to Nanjing Dao, which can be said to have solved the urgent needs of the Liao people. Fighting with Qilu is really not good in the long run. But as long as you can convince them, is it not the same as letting them take it? There is everything here, and the Liao State does not have to pay for the precious war horses. Although there are many war horses in Daliao, they are not blown by the wind.

"Lang Jun is not going to Cangzhou City?"

Seeing that Yelu Zongyun turned around and was about to go back, several of the entourages behind him were surprised. Isn't this trip to Cangzhou City to explore the depth of the Liangshan Bandit Army, why don't you even go to Cangzhou City now?

"A litter of grass, why be afraid? I only need to try to grab the south of the boundary river, no matter how many thieves he has, under the hooves of the horse, all the flesh is made of mud. "Now Yelu Zongyun is more important to hurry back and persuade his father, with his father's support, the southbound faction in Xijin Mansion can gain the upper hand.

Don't look at Yelu Zongyun's psychological impatience, in fact, among the elites of the Liao State, there are still a few who advocate going south to attack Qilu, and more people are pacifists.

Some of them really think that the Han people should not be underestimated, while others think that the Liao State has now caused big trouble, how can they cause border troubles again? And the Liangshan army and the Khitan communicate with each other, which has a huge effect, and it must not be easily convicted.

was disgusted by Yelu Zong Yunshen, and called them a group of moths who had forgotten the glory of their ancestors, and they were actually timid towards the southerners. The Khitan iron cavalry is the best tool for bargaining with the southerners, and the iron cavalry is invincible. Plunder money, food, and armor can settle the people and train a strong army. Outside can pacify the Jurchens and reshape the glory of Daliao. With such a big significance, how could you miss such an opportunity?

Yelu Zongyun's heart has no Central Plains, and his eyes look down on Qilu Liangshan Army, only thinking that it is a group of grass robbers. The Jurchens are the natural enemy/mortal enemy in his heart. But now the wealthy Cangzhou has to turn his gaze back.

Because he knew that the current Khitan must "rain a windfall from heaven" in order to quickly recover his vitality, so that he could suppress the Jurchens. The ambition in his heart to annihilate the entire Jurchen clan and frustrate all the bones and ashes is actually maintained on Qilu's financial armor.

And now, after seeing the extraordinary prosperity of Changlu Town, it was like a spark that fell into his heart, and the full flames burned, so that he could no longer calm down. Straight turned around and ran towards the mud village.

He was the eldest son of Jerod, and how could he be persuaded by some servants behind him? If so, a group of people had no choice but to follow Yelu Zongyun back.

However, this Yelu Zongyun did not go to the fast track, but went down the wild road.

This is said to be a wild road, but in fact it is an official road, which was built by Zhao and Song Dynasty as a military grain road, which has fallen into disrepair for a long time, and the road is mostly potholes. When Liang Shanjun was building the fast track, he also made a repair, but it was still far worse than the fast track.

When he came, he had never seen a Liangshan army on the road, and on the way back to Nigu Village through the military grain road, he bumped into one within ten miles.

Yelu Zongyun reined in his horses and retreated to the side of the road, surrounded by some vendors, dressed as Han Chinese, and they were caught in it, without arousing the soldiers' thoughts at all.

They marched in a neat queue, full of energy and high morale, striding across the other side of the official road. But Yelu Zongyun smiled "poof" when he saw this team. An army that has never seen blood can be called a real strong army. There were thousands of people under his father's command who had fought to the death against the Jurchen thieves in Liaodong, and every time after the array, a terrifying aura came to his face. But what about the current Nanren army, compared to them, they are a group of weak chickens.

But what made Yelu Zongyun envious was that they were uniformly uniformed, and they were all wearing armor, and at first glance they were a complete set of armor! Although most of them are leather armor, the wealth of the southerners is not comparable to that of the Khitan.

Yelu Zongyun remembered that his subordinates, the battalion head of more than 300 horsemen, only had 100 sets of leather armor pieced together, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart. Da Liao is the meaning of iron, the leather room army of the year is 300,000, everyone is wearing fine armor, so that the southerners dare not do business. And now the head of the camp he leads does not say that there is no iron fine armor, but even leather armor is difficult to match, and this Da Liao has really fallen to this?

Although he is well aware of this. In the early period of the Liao State, the main combat force was 300,000 leather room troops, but in the middle and late periods, it turned into a palace division army, although the latter nominally had 400,000 people, but in fact only 100,000 elite cavalry troops. Since the alliance of the Yuanyuan called the Liao and Song dynasties to settle down, both sides did not hear the sound of swords and soldiers. On the Zhao and Song side, the 300,000 elite Hebei army was already decaying in the middle and late stages, and the Liao army's force also completed a great decline in peace.

The cruel reality and the arrogant spirit formed a violent contrast, which made Yelu Zongyun's eyes unconsciously full of blood, and his eyes were blood-red.

Looking at the Han costumes worn by several of them, they were even more ashamed and wanted to pull out their knives and kill people.

"Sure enough, it is the elite of the Liangshan Army, mighty and majestic, and it is not to be forced to look at people!" At this time, a vendor beside him sighed. Isn't it, compared to the original officers and soldiers here, such an army is not majestic and mighty.

Yelu Zongyun heard it in his ears, but a smile brewed in his chest suddenly, but it diluted the anger in his heart a little.

Before he could taunt, the other vendors over there had already shouted, "How elite is this?" It's just a garrison. It is the army under it, which is far worse than the main soldiers of the Liangshan army, and it is not comparable to the group I met on the way to Nigu Village last time! ”

"This is a garrison, not as good as the previous batch?" Yelu Zongyun said in surprise. If such a team is just a garrison army, then the combat power of the Liangshan army is something else.

He knew about the Liangshan military system. The garrison army can only be regarded as the Hanzhou town soldiers of the Liao State, and the gap between the regular soldiers of the Liangshan Army and the Liangshan Army is like the gap between the Hanzhou town soldiers of the Liao State and the leather room army and the palace division army.

"That's nature. The last batch of garrisons I encountered were soldiers and horses from other states, and the current people are local soldiers and horses from Cangzhou, who have just been recruited for a month and have just done training. My family was transferred to Ren Dutou earlier, and he was in it. Although the vendor was full of derogatory words, he couldn't hide the suspicion of showing off between his eyebrows.

Yelu Zongyun's face couldn't help but darken. ()

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