"Hmm," Xing Xing replied softly, and then asked, "What has Gao Shaoyi moved recently?" "These days, I have been paying attention to the movements of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Turks, and I haven't paid too much attention to Gao Shaoyi.

"Back to the little prince, Gao Shaoyi has been recruiting troops and horses these days, and now there are nearly 200,000 people available under his command, of which the 50,000 army commanded by Gao Baoning can be described as elite, and Gao Shaoyi is currently in Yingzhou."

"He actually came to Yingzhou? Are you worried that the emperor will send troops to recruit him, or do you want to deal with me? Xing Xing frowned slightly, pondered for a moment and continued: "I have ordered the blockade of trade with Gao Shaoyi, where did Gao Shaoyi get so much financial resources to feed the army?" Could it be that he is tyrannical and oppressive again? ”

"The prince guessed wrong this time." Zhang Shunzhi shook his head and said: "Gao Shaoyi also knows his own situation, because he has been extraordinarily restrained in the past few months, not only is he quite diligent in official affairs, but he is also much gentler to the people under his rule, otherwise his situation will be even more difficult." Although Yingzhou and other places are not as rich as Shandong and Jiangsu, there are no longer a few wealthy families here, and Gao Shaoyi's money and food for the army come from rich businessmen who have a gap with him. ”

"I see!" He shook his head happily, and then shook his head again and said softly: "Although Gao Shaoyi's move can solve the urgent need, it is to quench your thirst after all, and it will not help. The people are ignorant and cowardly, even if they resist, as long as they react in time, they can be suppressed, but those businessmen and wealthy clans are not so good, forcing them Gao Shaoyi to end badly. ”

What I am happy to say is true, Gao Shaoyi's current situation is really embarrassing. Although he had 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command, he did not dare to take the initiative to provoke Gao Changgong. Not to mention that Gao Changgong has a unique reputation and is supported by all the people, Gao Shaoyi can't take advantage of the righteousness, and more importantly, Gao Changgong has a wide range of soldiers and generals, and Gao Shaoyi has no confidence that he can defeat him head-on.

Therefore, Gao Shaoyi could only work hard to train soldiers, accumulate strength, and wait for opportunities, but this process was extremely difficult. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Gao Shaoyi did not dare to levy too harsh taxes, and in the past few years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have left little among the people, which can only be a drop in the bucket, and only the family business of those rich people can play a small role.

Although Gao Shaoyi's butcher's knife was only aimed at those families who were not on good terms with him, his approach still made everyone under his rule rumor and frightened. No one knows how long the confrontation between Gao Shaoyi and Gao Changgong will last, and when one day the "enemy" around him is eliminated, Gao Shaoyi's butcher knife will hesitate to "friends", no one knows.

"The reason why those scholars tolerated it must be on the sidelines. If we can't resist the Turkic attack, I'm afraid they will immediately and firmly support Gao Shaoyi, if the Turks can't win, Gao Shaoyi will also be in trouble! ”

There was a faint sneer on the corner of his mouth: "No, you can't let Gao Shaoyi continue to mess around like this, otherwise when he enters Daqi with the Khan army, that old boy is likely to stab him in the back, which is fatal!" ”

Originally, Gao Shaoyi was happy and did not move, hoping to use his hand to find out all the people who had ill intentions in the center, but the plan could not catch up with the changes, and now the eradication of Gao Shaoyi must be put on the agenda.

Although happy is confident but not conceited, although Gao Shaoyi's 200,000 army is not elite, it is also 200,000 people, even if it is 200,000 ants, bees are enough to make you scramble for a while, not to mention people, once the time is right, the effect that can be played is extremely huge.

Zhang Shunzhi asked solemnly, "What does the little prince command?" ”

"This matter has to be planned, don't rush it first." Happy squinted his eyes and said lightly. When the words fell, his eyebrows suddenly raised slightly, and he said in a low voice: "We have to wait for someone, we should come!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a telescope from his waist and put it in front of his eyes to look in the direction of Yingzhou. Over the years, glass production and polishing techniques have improved by several levels, and the distance that a telescope can observe is also unparalleled.

Shaoqing, happily put down the binoculars, and smiled at Zhang Shunzhi: "After changing clothes, let's go down and wait for them!" As he spoke, he quickly removed the clothes, shoes and socks on his body, and then changed into the Hu clothes and Hu boots handed by Zhang Shunzhi.

After changing his clothes, he happily took out the tools he was carrying and began to disguise himself. His movements are so fast that he is dazzled by the flutter that wears flowers.

When Xing Xing stopped the movements in his hand, his whole appearance suddenly changed greatly, from the original elegant and dignified handsome boy to a Khitan man with a dark face and a beard. His eyes flashed fiercely, and he looked very vicious, and there was a strong smell of cattle and sheep on his body. If he didn't know that the person in front of him was happy, Zhang Shunzhi almost thought that he was a brave and ruthless grassland man.

Zhang Shunzhi was not idle when he was happy to disguise, he also changed the clothes on his body into Hu clothes, and pretended to be a Khitan, but he only got his shape and did not have the charm of being happy.

"Let's go!"

Packed up, happily turned over and got on the horse, and galloped down the dirt slope first. This time, Xingxing did not ride the sweaty horse, but rode the war horse of the Khitan tribe, without a Gaoqiao saddle or double stirrups, but Xingxing's whole person seemed to grow on horseback, extremely stable. Not only that, but while riding his horse, he still whispered from time to time, speaking in Khitan language, and his voice was also rough and hoarse of the grassland.

When Zhang Shunzhi and Gao Xing went down the dirt slope together, a group of people finally appeared in the field of vision, and the flag should be a caravan, and the scale is not small.

It didn't take long for the caravan to come close to the dirt slope. Sure enough, the scale of this caravan was very large, there were about forty carriages, more than three hundred people, and there were no less than two hundred guards alone, and all of them were vigorous and calm, obviously not mediocre.

The happy two saw the caravan, and the people in the caravan naturally saw the happy two. There were still 100 meters to go before the caravan stopped. A young hardcover man rode out of the crowd, stopped thirty meters in front of the happy two, and said loudly while clasping his fists: "Two friends, we are a caravan from Daqi, and we are going to the Khitan to do business, I hope we don't disturb the two friends!" ”

Seeing that the two of them were wearing Khitan clothes, it was because the young man spoke the Khitan language. His face was sincere, and his tone was kind, but his half-squinted eyes were shining, and his right hand was intentionally or unconsciously attached to the hilt of the saber hanging from the saddle.

"Han people, why do they come to our grassland, especially the Han merchants, they are even more treacherous, they only know that they come to our clan to defraud their property!" Happy looked at the young man with an unkind expression, and scolded loudly: "Say, are you spies of the Han people, what are your intentions in going to the grassland?!" ”

The young man frowned, stroked his chest, and said sincerely: "Friend, I think you have misunderstood, we are serious businessmen, and we have no ill will towards you, and I am still friends with Prince Chucai of Khitan Dahe." ”

Hearing this, he was happy and furious, and suddenly pulled out the curve of his waist, pointed the tip of the knife at the young man in front of him, and scolded: "Bastard, you dare to say that you are friends with my king, and you don't look at what kind of lowly identity you are!" ”

The young man looked at him in surprise and said, "Huh? Prince Dahe Chucai is now the king of the Khitan? ”

"Of course!" He raised his head proudly and happily, and then angrily reprimanded: "You really don't know where you came from, and you don't even know about it, and you dare to say that you are a friend of the king." Tell me what you mean, or I'll take you back to your clan and torture you!" ”

"Wait!" The young man hurriedly shouted: "I have more than a month to come to the Khitan, so it's not surprising that I don't know about it." You see, I have here the golden arrows that King Ohga gave me! So saying, the young man took out a short arrow from his bosom, which was golden and shining in the scorching sun.

Seeing this golden arrow, his happy eyes suddenly froze, although they were not close, but with his eyesight, he still saw a mark unique to the Dahe clan on the golden arrow, and his heart couldn't help but relax slightly.

"How can you have a token of our people in your hands? You're really not a spy? Happy frowned and asked suspiciously.

"It's true!" The young man nodded heavily and said, "The goods we transported this time are exactly what King Ohga wants. ”

Happy asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Ye Ziwen."

"In the past, Lord Wang Yan has always been in contact with my king, why don't you see him now?" As he spoke, he craned his neck to look behind the young man.

"The proprietor rests in the back." The young man said, took the golden arrow back into his arms, and looked at the happy two people with scrutiny: "Who are you?" You were sent by King Yamato, do you have any proof tokens? ”

"You dare to doubt us?!" Gao Xing suddenly glared angrily, with a fierce expression: "As long as we see Lord Wang Yan, he will naturally know us." Let's go, take us there! ”

The young man frowned, looked around again, and made sure that there was no ambush before he said: "You come with me, I warn you, it's best not to play tricks, otherwise don't blame me for being polite!" ”

"Humph!" Xing Xing snorted, urged the war horse to follow the young man and walked in the direction of the caravan.

When the three of them approached the caravan, they saw a young man in a coarse gray shirt walk out.

"The owner, they claim to be the messenger of Dahe Chucai, you can see if it is true or not, if it is a traitor pretending, I will capture them!" The young man said to the gray-clothed young man, and then jerked out a third of the sword from his waist.

"Caixia shines on the window, and there is a man outside the door." Looking at the young man in gray, the corners of his happy mouth hooked slightly, but his mouth was said in Chinese with a strange tone.

Everyone heard the clouds and mountains and fog, only the gray-clothed young man was slightly shocked, and the essence in his eyes flashed, but it was fleeting, and then he said in a calm tone: "The body is about eight feet, horizontal!" ”