Hundreds of miles away from Yingzhou a piece of grassland, dotted with a camp tent in the middle, a lot of fields have been reclaimed, although it is now October most of the crops in the field have been harvested, but from the remaining plant stumps in the field, it can be seen that this field was originally planted with beans, and the experienced old farmer knew that it was the radish that was planted from a distance.

Outside the Great Wall, only the Goguryeo people have learned the technology of planting crops from the Central Plains, and live a half-farming and half-pastoral life, if this field is owned by the Goguryeo people, it is not worth making a fuss, but this was originally the grassland of the Khitan people, and seeing crops on the land of the Khitan people will inevitably make people feel surprised, when the Khitan people who live completely on nomadism and fishing and hunting also learned to farm.

It is still early in the morning, the whole grassland is quiet, all kinds of livestock have not yet woken up in the fence, a sound of horses' hooves in the distance will break the tranquility of the grassland, and suddenly the grassland that was still quiet just now became boiling, the barking of cattle and sheep, the roar of horses, resounded throughout the grassland.

Gao Baoning walked out of a camp tent, he was in the prime of his forties, tall, with a stubble beard and messy hair, this former high-ranking and powerful Yingzhou Thorn was no different from the savages on the grassland.

He scolded in his mouth, if he was in Yingzhou, if anyone dared to disturb his sleep, he could immediately push it out and cut it, but in the face of these livestock, Gao Baoning was helpless, his thousands of subordinates must rely on these livestock to feed, if they are all killed, their subordinates will be scattered.

When Gao Baoning had just withdrawn from Yingzhou, he had nearly 20,000 subordinates, but the hardships of the grassland were not something that anyone could endure. Two years ago, taking advantage of the revolt of the remnants, he borrowed 10,000 horses from Khitan and Goguryeo, and formed an army of 30,000 with his subordinates, invaded Yingzhou and Anzhou, and reached as far as Youzhou, but in the end he was driven out by the army led by Yuwen Shenju.

That defeat was a fatal blow to Gauboring. His subordinates scattered again, and in the end, only more than 2,000 people were left who were loyal to him, and the Khitans began to alienate him, and even had the intention of taking him to the Great Zhou to atone for his crimes.

Fortunately, Yuwen Shenju was executed by the Great Zhou Emperor, and the Khitan broke off this idea, and Goguryeo's Taidu towards him also plummeted. The Khitans explicitly rejected his request, but the Goguryeo people were spitting and swallowing, so that the opportunity was missed, and it was useless for Goguryeo to agree to borrow troops now.

The rider who had broken the tranquility of the entire grassland just now went straight to Gao Baoning's camp, and when he was more than ten meters away from Gao Baoning, the rider hurriedly grabbed the reins, jumped off the horse and walked quickly to Gao Baoning's side: "Prime Minister, the Yingzhou spies are here to report that a team of more than 100 elite Zhou riders entered the Thorn History Mansion two days ago. ”

Although Gao Baoning became the prime minister of Gao Shaoyi's court, he did not take his men and horses to Gao Shaoyi's name. Gao Baoning understands that the Turks just regard Gao Shaoyi as a dog that can bite Da Zhou a few times at any time, since he is a dog, of course, he can give it up at any time, and the treatment will not be too good, so Gao Baoning naturally will not be bored with himself.

"Got it. Go down. "Hearing the news of the messenger land, Gao Baoning disagreed, what is there to make a fuss about a hundred elite cavalry, anyway, now the opportunity to invade the Yingzhou area again has been missed, not to mention more than a hundred people, even 10,000 people do not matter, is it not possible that he did not borrow troops a few months ago, and now the Goguryeo people or Khitans still dare to lend troops to him.

The messenger whispered: "My lord, the more than 100 elite horsemen who came this time seem to be guarding a big man, and the Goguryeo people are trying their best to track it down. ”

"Oh." Gao Baoning's interest suddenly came up. At the beginning, the Great Zhou Qi's conquest was as unstoppable as devastating, and the whole country was surrendered at that time, leaving his Yingzhou, in fact, if he could surrender the Great Zhou at that time, Gao Baoning still did not lose his high-ranking officials, but he was too young at that time, and he was still loyal to the Great Qi, and resolutely refused to surrender.

Now that he has been wandering on the grassland for five or six years, Qi has no hope. What loyalty is naturally gone, but he has offended Da Zhou too much. There is no hope for surrender, if you can catch a big man in the Great Zhou, whether it is based on the grassland, or bargaining with the Great Zhou, it is a good thing.

"Tell us the people of Yingzhou to find out who is coming and the purpose of his coming before Goguryeo." Gao Baoning said in a deep voice, he has been a stabbing in Yingzhou for five years, although he failed to quit Yingzhou, the roots he took root are not even comparable to the Goguryeo people.

"Yes." The messenger was ordered to retreat.

Several handmaidens walked into his tent with several wooden plates, and after a shuddering sound, a handmaiden bowed her head and came to Gao Baoning's side: "Please have dinner with the prime minister." ”

Gao Baoning walked into the tent, and the table was already full of food, lamb stew with radish, beef stew with radish, fish stew with turnips, and a pot of steaming fresh goat's milk.

If these dishes are eaten every few days, they may all be delicious, but he has eaten them for four or five years in a row, but he has exhausted his appetite, and in the first two years, he didn't even have to eat radishes on the grassland.

After drinking goat's milk, Gao Baoning picked up a few more pieces of radish, and chewed the beef and mutton fiercely.

Gao Baoning frowned and ate breakfast, and another fast horse rushed towards Gao Baoning's camp, and the people who had already woken up looked at the messenger in surprise, whether it was a sign that their peaceful life was about to be broken and they would go again.

"Report, Prime Minister, Your Majesty has issued a decree that the Turkic Khan will send troops to attack Da Zhou in the spring of next year, and please also ask the Prime Minister to use all his troops and horses to recover the lost territory of Daqi with the Turks."

Gao Baoning's heart was shocked, and he asked in disbelief: "Why did the Turks and Zhou Gang become in-laws, why did they suddenly decide to crusade against Zhou?" ”

The messenger shook his head: "The little one doesn't understand. ”

Remembering that the other party is just a herald, even if he knows something, he may not dare to mess around

Bao Ning waved his hand: "You go down." ”

The Turks were about to make a move, and thinking of this news, Gao Baoning was excited. Now the Turks have 400,000 elite cavalry, from east to west to thousands of miles, not to mention that the Great Zhou only unified the north, that is, the south will also be unified, if you want to face the Turkic all-out attack, you will also be exhausted, as long as the Turks attack the Great Zhou, he does not have to worry about losing the opportunity to rebel in Wei Chi Hui, Gao Baoning suddenly has a big appetite. The radish stew, which used to be difficult to swallow, has become extremely sweet.

The focus of Yang Yong's inspection in Yingzhou, but he was not in a hurry, after staying in the Assassin's Mansion, Yang Yong did not immediately recruit Wei Shikang to inquire about the situation in Yingzhou, as he did in Jiande County, but rested for the night, and the next day he changed into civilian clothes with his own soldiers, and brought Luo Yi, Yang Shi, Zheng Xiong, Liu Hu and the remaining seven personal soldiers. made a gesture to Wei Shikang, saying that he wanted to walk around the city casually.

Wei Shikang dissuaded: "My lord, the dragons and snakes of all ethnic groups in Yingzhou are mixed, and for the safety of adults, it is better not to leave the house easily." ”

Staying in the Assassin's Mansion and inspecting something, Yang Yong said unhappily: "There are as many as ten guards brought by this official, even if someone is unfavorable to this official, it is enough to deal with it, not to mention that Yingzhou is Yingzhou of the Great Zhou Prefecture, can there be a large number of thieves who can run rampant in Yingzhou?" ”

Yang Yong asked rhetorically. Wei Shikang was speechless for a moment, although Yingzhou is mixed with various ethnic groups, but under his iron-fisted governance, a major riot is unlikely to happen, Yang Yong's safety should be safe, but Yang Yong's identity is too important. It's best not to send it away safely, Wei Shikang is so nervous subconsciously.

It's just that if he stops it again, I'm afraid that Yang Yong will either suspect that he is incompetent and can't govern Yingzhou well, or that he has a ghost in his heart, so he hurriedly said: "If the adults want to go out and walk around, the lower officials should accompany him." ”

"No need, although Wei Tingshi is busy with other things, this official is just walking around casually." Yang Yong was naturally reluctant to be accompanied by Wei Shikang, who had been assassinating in Yingzhou for four years. There must be many people in Yingzhou who know him, if he follows, how can he see the real situation.

Wei Shikang was calm in his heart, seeing that Yang Yong refused, he no longer insisted, and sent his younger brother Wei Chong as a guide, Wei Chong was just eighteen years old, and he was only a team leader in the army, and his reputation was not obvious. Yang Yong did not refuse this time, he and his soldiers came to Yingzhou for the first time. It takes a familiar person to lead the way.

Standing on the streets of Yingzhou in civilian clothes, Yang Yong and others felt different from yesterday, yesterday they were the focus of everyone, but today they are integrated into it. Liu Hu was even more curious, the most prosperous place he had been to was Jiande County, and Yingzhou was undoubtedly ten times more prosperous than Jiande.

On this street, not only are the people of all ethnic groups dressed differently, but also the languages are varied, Yingzhou City is naturally dominated by Chinese, many people are stammering, different styles of Chinese and the merchants in the city are bargaining, and there are also many people from all ethnic groups in the grassland with their own goods to sell.

In order not to attract attention, Yang Yong only had Zheng Xiong, Luo Yi, Liu Hu and Wei Chong around him, and the rest of the soldiers were separated dozens of steps away under the leadership of Yang Shi, guarding Yang Yong in the shape of plum blossoms.

Yang Yong shouted to Wei Chong: "Wei Guard, I heard that there is a big market in the north of Yingzhou City, can you take this son to see it?" ”

They were all wearing civilian clothes, so naturally they couldn't call their official names, so Wei Chong temporarily acted as Yang Yong's bodyguard, and when he heard Yang Yong's words, Wei Chong's face was embarrassed: "Childe, it's too chaotic outside the city, my brother told me not to let my son go out of the city." ”

Zheng Xiong shouted beside him: "Presumptuous, is it my son-in-law's order that is great, or is your brother's order great?" ”

"This ......" Wei Chong certainly knew that Yang Yongdi's identity was much higher than his brother, otherwise he would not be so embarrassed.

Yang Yong smiled and said, "Wei Guard, usually when you go to the Beicheng Market, can anyone dare to offend you, or what is the danger?" ”

"Hui Gongzi, of course not." There are 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed around the market to maintain order, and there are 4,000 soldiers and horses in the city who can be reinforced at any time, who dares to make trouble, of course, this market is not unpopular, if any clan can gather 10,000 or 20,000 horses and horses can loot it, but this market is needed by all the tribes of the grassland, if any tribe dares to destroy, I am afraid it will arouse the same hatred of other tribes in the grassland.

"That's it, since you don't have it, I'll naturally be fine, what are you afraid of?"

"In that case, rush to lead the order." Wei Chong is just the blood and energy, he is confident that someone really dares to commit a crime, and he can protect Yang Yong's safety with his own skills, not to mention ten guards.

The plan had been decided, and the group suddenly changed their route and headed towards the north gate, but dozens of meters behind them, there were two figures who had been following happily.

"See, is it the one who entered the city yesterday?"

"Yes, my subordinates can see clearly, it is the people who entered the city yesterday, they changed into civilian clothes today, which is very different from yesterday, if it weren't for the subordinates who saw them come out of the Assassin's Mansion with their own eyes, I'm afraid it would be really difficult to recognize them on the street."

"The master said it was good, this group of people is protecting a big man, you look at the young man in the middle, obviously everyone is revolving around him."

"No, just that teenager, at best sixteen or seventeen years old, what kind of big man will he be?"

"You don't understand, look at that young man wearing ordinary clothes and still with a noble atmosphere, at least he has a prominent family background, you follow closely, don't lose it, I'll report to the master."

"Yes." The two of them cooed for a while, one continued to follow, while the other turned to the left, turned a few streets, and came to a large pharmacy.

The man entered the pharmacy for a while, a middle-aged man wearing a felt hat came out of the pharmacy, walked a few streets, looked back to check that no one was following behind him, flashed to the door of a mansion, "knock, knock, knock......" knocked on the door, the door creaked open, and the middle-aged man immediately flashed in.

Before he left the city, Yang Shi, who was behind, quietly came to Yang Yong: "My lord, someone is following us." ”

Yang Yong basked slightly, and looked at Wei Chong: "It's okay, I'm afraid it was sent by Lord Wei." ”

Wei Chong didn't respond well, for the safety of the person in front of him, there was no doubt that the elder brother would definitely send someone to arrange it secretly, but Yang Shi shook his head: "Son, not just together, at least three groups of people follow us." ”

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