Chapter 45: The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun

Wang Yue and his entourage walked and stopped, out of Caozhou and went straight to the Daimyo's Mansion, the Daimyo's Mansion, the Northern Song Dynasty set the Daimyo's Mansion as Beijing, and the old site was in the southeast of Daming County, Handan City, Hebei Province. Song Renzong built the capital in the second year of Qingli, known as "Beijing" in history, and was the capital of the Song Dynasty. At that time, the population of the Daimyo's Mansion was more than one million, and it was mentioned many times in "Water Margin", but it was later submerged. Now the site of this Song Dynasty city is completely preserved in the sand of the Yellow River 4 meters below, and once unearthed in the future, it will be as shocking as the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy.

The Daimyo's Mansion in the Song Dynasty is an important town in the north, connecting the sixteen states of Youyun in the north, Bianjing in the west, the sea in the east, and Shandong and Hebei in the south, the geographical location is very superior, and it is also quite prosperous, with a population of one million and a wide range of soldiers.

The book said that it was cut short, without a word, and on this day he came to the Daimyo's mansion, Wang Yue looked up, the city wall as high as several zhang was thick and solemn, the vermilion city gate, there were two teams of soldiers on both sides of the gate to guard, all armed with spears and long knives, and the people who came and went in and out of the city were densely turned, shoulder to shoulder.

Wang Yue saw the ancient big city for the first time, and his heart was a little shocked, and he saw with his own eyes that this ancient metropolis was much more majestic than the imitation of later generations, which shocked people's hearts, and if they were a little less courageous, they could be scared to pee.

A few people drove into the city, found a luxurious and clean inn in the city, found a few clean guest rooms to live in, and handed over the horses to the innkeepers.

After arranging the accommodation, Wang Yue walked out of the inn with the two people of Yutai Misheng, ready to go to the city to slip around, turn around, the three of them walked in the city, the sun shined between the green tiles and red walls everywhere, the abrupt cornices, the high fluttering shop signs, the sparkling carriages and horses, the endless flow of pedestrians, and the indifferent and comfortable smiles, all of which reflected the pride of the Tang Dynasty public in the prosperous era. On both sides of the street are teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops. There are also many small vendors with large umbrellas in the open spaces on both sides of the street. The streets stretch to both sides of the city, always to the quieter suburbs outside the city, but the streets are still full of pedestrians: some carrying burdens, some driving ox carts to deliver goods, some driving donkeys to pull wagons, and some stopping to enjoy the scenery of the Bianhe River. With the tall castle tower as the center, the houses on both sides are dotted with teahouses, wine shops, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, public houses and so on.

Without the hustle and bustle of the modern city, there is such a historical accumulation, thick and peaceful, the more dazzling Wang Yue looked, and he couldn't help but secretly praise the wisdom of the ancients.

The group stayed in the Daimyo Mansion for a few more days, and finally arrived at such a prosperous place, and a few people also had a good time.

A group of several people set off again, embarked on the road to the north, this time Wang Yue's purpose was to go north to buy a good horse, after walking through the Daimyo Mansion and then going north for a while, you can reach the territory of the Liao State, where there will be horses for sale.

Without saying a word, Wang Yue took Xuanhe, Mi Sheng, Yutai, Xuanyuan and others to the north quickly. All the way to the north, to the northeast is Jizhou, one of the sixteen states of Youyun, is also an important town in the north, by the wolf lord of the Liao State sent the royal brother Yelu to guard heavily, the subordinates of four children: the eldest son Zongyun, the second son Zongdian, the third son Zonglei, the fourth son Zonglin, dozens of generals, a general general called Baomi Sheng, a deputy general called Tianshan Yong, stationed in Jizhou City.

A group of people pretended to be passing merchants and entered Jizhou City, and there were more Hu people here, who were tall and tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, wearing clothes made of animal skins such as bear skin, wolf skin, deer skin, etc., rough and bold.

This Jizhou is the important town of the Liao State in the area of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and it is also the treasury of the Liao State, with a wide range of money and grain, abundant rice and wheat, and a population of hundreds of thousands, where it is prosperous.

There is a horse market in the city of Jizhou, a place dedicated to horse trading, but the export of horses is very strictly controlled, and it is forbidden to sell horses to the south, that is, the Great Song Dynasty.

After entering the city, I first found a place to live, which was a very prosperous inn, and settled down, and then Wang Yue, Xuanhe, Mi Sheng, and Yutai had a hasty meal, and went straight to the horse market.

The horse market is in the east of the city, a vast large square, all horse transactions are carried out here, Wang Yue and his party of four people walked into the horse market, inside the neighing, shouting, talking endlessly, people come and go, shoulder to shoulder, lively and extraordinary.

Wang Yue looked at the horses lined up on both sides as he walked, all tall and majestic, not comparable to the inferior horses in the Great Song Dynasty, and after walking for a while, Wang Yue did not find a good horse that satisfied him, there were many good horses, but there was no one who could carry Wang Yue's one hundred and eight pounds of Tianlong Broken City Halberd.

"This lord, do you want to see the horses, then you come to us, don't you blow with you, our horses here are the best in this horse market, there are all kinds of them." A Han man dressed in Hu clothes stopped Wang Yue, who was not very old, with a smile on his face, and sold to Wang Yue.

Wang Yue looked at it, shook his head and said, "This little brother, the horses you have here are not bad, but what you want is a good horse like Maxima, I don't know if there is anything here."

Who knows that the guy shook his head and said: "The best here is the best war horse, to say that the horses like Maxima are not allowed to be bought and sold, they are all in the hands of the army Liao, the east of Jizhou City, that is, out of this east gate, there is a big mountain called Crouching Tiger Mountain, where is the horse farm of the Liao army, and there are two or three hundred good horses, all of which are reserved for the generals of the Liao army."

Wang Yue listened to the words of the little brother, his eyes lit up, and his heart moved, since there are BMWs there, the Liao people don't rob things in vain, wouldn't it be better to steal these BMWs.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible, called the three of Xuanhe, returned to the inn where they lived, and in a blink of an eye, most of the day passed in the horse market, and the four of them were also a little hungry in their stomachs, so they ordered good wine and good food, chicken, duck and fish, and ate a full meal.

After eating, Wang Yue asked Xuanyuan to watch outside the door, in case the partition wall had ears, called the four Xuanhe to his room, and said what the little brother who sold horses in the horse market today and his own thoughts, and discussed it.

"Brother Wang, I didn't say it, I'm sore these days, let's him." As soon as he heard about the horse robbery, Mi Sheng was excited and eager to try.

Xuanhe and Yutai were both calmer, and Yutai lowered his head and thought about it and then said: "Brother, this is the territory of Liao, Jizhou is an important town in Liao, and the soldiers are wide, once we are discovered by the Liao army, the consequences are unimaginable."

"It is said that Brother Yutai, how can you grow up to destroy your own prestige, my brother has the courage of ten thousand people, and the three of us are also heroes, and I am afraid that he is bullshit Liao Army? If it is discovered by the Liao army, the big axe in my hand will chop those miscellaneous pieces one by one. Mi Shengwei's eyes widened, and he shouted at the top of his voice.

"Brother Mi Sheng, Brother Yutai is not unreasonable." Xuanhe said.

"Divert the tiger from the mountain and fish in troubled waters." Wang Yue raised his head and only said two words, Xuanhe's eyes lit up, and Yu Tai seemed to understand whether he understood or not, only Mi Shenghan couldn't understand what Wang Yue said again.

"Brother Wang, what are you talking about? I...... Why am I confused? Mi Sheng asked with a snort.

"Now I'll start to rest, stay until the middle of the night two watch get up, Xiao Yi went to Jizhou Mansion, the third watch burned Jizhou Mansion, Jizhou Mansion once it was on fire, the Liao army will definitely reinforce the city, then we will rush into the horse farm, set fire everywhere, it will be easy, after robbing the horses, do not stop directly south, stay in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and then rest, and Xiao Yi round." Wang Yue told his plan one by one.

"Okay, hahaha, my brother is still smart, if you let me think about it, it will break my head, and I can't think of it." When Mi Sheng heard this, he laughed and said approvingly.

Xuanhe next to him, Yu Tai also nodded, Wang Yue saw that the people in the room agreed and it was settled, a few people did not dare to slack off, wiped the weapons and put them away, and went back to rest.

After a short explanation, in a blink of an eye, the time came to the second watch, more than a dozen people got up early, simply ate something, cleaned up the blades, and cleaned up and down neatly, and went separately.

Let's say that the prodigal son Xuanhe, who was alone, got out of the inn, flew straight to Jizhou Mansion, Jizhou is an important town in the north, and the mansion is now the royal brother of the wolf lord of Liao, Yelu Dezhong, the emperor's relatives, according to the Great Song Dynasty, is the prince, if something happens to the mansion, it will be repaid.

Xuanhe arrived outside the government office in less than a moment, looked left and right, and jumped directly into the Jizhou government office, which was about to burn the Jizhou government office.