The next day, a strange team appeared on the territory of Guangfengtang, taking on the patrol mission. They all rode Xiliang horses, wore khaki leather armor, and their fur-edged robes were somewhat similar to those of the Liao army, but the helmets were the common wide-eaves 'flying saucer helmets' of the Great Song Dynasty, with scarves around their necks, cowhide high leather boots, and leather flat pots commonly used by party members hanging from their waists.

There were slender sabers hanging from the saddle bridge, and in the saddle pocket of the leg was an unretellable weapon, and there were many bits and pieces hanging from them, the most strange of which was that their banner had a monster with the head of a dragon and a jackal. This thing is actually Jairus, the second son of the dragon, with a strong temperament, brave and good at fighting, thirsty for killing and brave, always holding a sword in his mouth, and glaring angrily. As the saying goes: the virtue of a meal will be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes will be repaid. It is said that it has become the embodiment of all evil in the legend, and this flag was carefully chosen by the prince for them.

In the Central Plains, almost everyone knows it, but Zhao Yong found that although there are many Han people here, no one knows the way, and he just looks at the strange creatures on the flag with a rare eye, and the gaze that looks at them is not very friendly.

"Shopkeeper Qiao, there are a lot of Han people here!" After a while, eight out of ten people met on the road were Han people, if it weren't for the fact that he knew that he was in Liao, Zhao Yong thought that he was in China, so he turned his face and asked Qiao Kundao.

"Hehe, of course, in fact, it's not just here, even in the entire Liao country, the number of Han people is several times more than that of the Khitans!" Qiao Kun looked at the puzzled faces of the 'Tu Baozi' who went to the Liao State for the first time and explained, "Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains have been divided and warned, and the Han land has been rich, and the Khitan has frequently entered the Central Plains, plundering the population and wealth, during which a large number of Han people have entered the north as a captive 'shengkou'; In order to protect the wealth and nobility, Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Han people here were all naturalized in Liao, so that the Han people increased more and more! ”

"In that case, then if we do it here. Wouldn't the Han people respond to every call? Occupying this place will be easy! Zhao Yong said with some excitement, as if the many people working in the fields had become members of his army.

"You, that's a dream!" Qiao Kun shook his head and poured cold water on Zhao Yong's head.

"Oh, isn't that so? How could the Han people be willing to be oppressed by other races. Now that I have the opportunity, I don't take advantage of the situation and return to the Great Song Dynasty! Zhao Yong said in surprise, if it weren't for the prince's explanation, Qiao Kun would be a person he could trust, and it would be the past. He must have thought that Qiao Kun had betrayed Song and surrendered to Liao.

"General Han, you must not act rashly, otherwise it will only ruin the big things of the owner!" Listening to Zhao Yong's incredulous words and suspicious eyes, Qiao Kun knew that he must let the partner in front of him understand the current situation at this time, otherwise he would definitely cause trouble if he acted willingly, "This is no longer the time, this person is not the other person, Yan Yun has returned to Liao for more than two hundred years." People's hearts have long ceased to be to Song! "He has lived in Liaojing for many years, and he is shouldering the mission of the prince, so he naturally knows a lot about these situations

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, not long after the cession of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, the Han people in the area were under the discrimination and oppression of the Khitans. Psychologically, he mostly identifies as a part of the Han nation, and politically he is also very inclined to the Central Plains Dynasty, and often longs to get rid of the rule of the Liao Dynasty and return to the embrace of the Han people in the Central Plains. Such psychological and political tendencies are not only present among the people. And it is also very strong among the Han people who are officials and generals of the Liao Dynasty.

Taizu's Northern Expedition and Yongxi's Northern Expedition, the 'weakness' of the Youyun Han people's will to fight is surprising. The whole city and the whole state fell to the Song Dynasty, this kind of "heart to the Central Plains" sentiment, in the ordinary people who did not have the official position of the Liao Dynasty was more obvious and urgent, with the surrender of the Han Chen Han generals, the people of Youyun in the Liao Dynasty also welcomed the arrival of the Song army! However, although the people of Youyun fervently hoped that the Northern Song Dynasty would be able to recover the Sixteen Prefectures and return them to the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty, the Song court's two northern expeditions were defeated by the counterattack of the Liao army, which made the Youyun Han people realize that the Song Dynasty did not have the strength to seize the place.

As a result, the local people took an unbeatable strategy - hoping to follow the Song army returning south to move to the Central Plains. The Han people have relocated to their homeland since ancient times, but now they are willing to leave their homeland and settle in other places, what a strong emotion must drive them to do so! The Song court was naturally willing to accept its people back to China, but due to a command error, the Song army was defeated by the Liao Dynasty army in Chenjiagu, Yang Ye was captured and died, and the outcome of the people who moved south can be imagined. The successive military defeats made those who failed to escape or those who had no chance to flee south, and those who still remained in their hometowns, were extremely sad about the failure of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty.

Looking forward to returning to the Central Plains Dynasty and finally coming to naught, this moment of unforgettable pain must have accompanied the lives of several generations who witnessed this situation at that time. However, national feelings are not easy to give up, until the middle of the Zhenzong Dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Youyun Han people still did not give up the hope of the Song Dynasty to raise troops to the north, and only those who understand their experience and situation can understand the bitterness of it.

After the Song Dynasty's efforts to recapture Youyun failed, the Song and Liao countries maintained a long-term peace through the "Yuanyuan Alliance", but in this century-long peaceful confrontation, the psychology of the Han people in the sixteen states of Youyun gradually changed. After a hundred years of struggle, a considerable number of upper-class Han people have entered the ruling group of the Liao Dynasty, and their families have also laid the foundation and prospered, so they naturally do not want the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty to destroy this hard-won achievement; In terms of life and customs, there is also a deep Huhua, and it no longer strongly believes that it should belong to the Han people in the Central Plains as before.

Generations of people with strong national feelings passed away one after another, and the newly-born Han Chinese, who had grown up under the rule of the Liao Dynasty since childhood, had become accustomed to this status quo. The orthodoxy also changed, and by this time, the Youyun Han people in its territory had generally recognized the orthodox status of the Liao Dynasty, and they were no longer the people who were committed to the Central Plains

"So, these Han people have all completely thrown themselves into the Khitan, isn't it difficult for us to achieve great things?" After hearing this, Zhao Yong's heart sank to the bottom, and his mood was also low, and he said with a sad face, from this extreme to the other.

"Not entirely!" Qiao Kun looked at Zhao Yong's appearance, and laughed in his heart, this 'child' still lacks experience, no wonder the prince repeatedly told him to keep an eye on Zhao Yong in his letter, and let this general who had led tens of thousands of troops under his own command, now it seems that the prince is extremely worried!

"So what's the secret?" Hearing Qiao Kun say this, Zhao Yong was refreshed again and hurriedly asked.

"Nowadays, the imperial court is increasingly despising and even despising the Han people in Youyun, and they are all called 'Han'er'. Although the Khitan was aggressively entrenched by the Han people, they were suspicious of them and did not reuse them, treating them as slaves. As a result, the Han people became more and more sophisticated, attached more importance to interests, respected the strong, and it can be said that they were neither inclined to the Song nor loyal to the Liao! Qiao Kun said again.

"This is not what the prince often says, 'Whoever has the big fist has the final say; Whoever has thick thighs will hug who's party member! Zhao Yong's face changed slightly, and he said with some disbelief, from the perspective of national feelings, he didn't want to believe that his former compatriots had become such people.

"That's true, the prince said it incisively, so we still need to be cautious and wait for the opportunity before we can collect his heart and use it for the prince, remember not to be reckless!" Qiao Kun used to hear the words of the prince in the past, and today he heard it from Zhao Yong's mouth, and he was even more cordial.

"It's no wonder that the one who is close to the ink is black! Messing around with these barbarians every day, it is inevitable that they will learn badly from them, and if there is a chance, they will definitely know who has the biggest fist! "Power is axiom', the law of the jungle eats the strong, these principles are the most said by the prince, it seems that they are applicable everywhere, Zhao Yong thought of this, and admired the prince a little more, and also understood why the prince trained so ruthlessly, and even more why the prince of the Dao Dao chose such a group of outlaws to bring him to the Liao country.

"Are those the Han troops of the Liao State?" Zhao Yong and Qiao Kun chatted while walking, learned a lot from it, and then saw a team of Liao troops resting on the side of the road, but most of them were Han people, and he had also heard the prince talk about the military system of various countries, and knew that there was a Han army in the Liao army.

"Well, barely counted!" Qiao Kun nodded and said, the Liao State implements a military system in which all the people are soldiers, and the Han people also have to serve in the military, but most of them can only be ranked at the bottom of the Liao Dynasty army, and are mostly used for local garrisons and various auxiliary work in the township team.

Zhao Yong nodded, and when he walked by, he took a closer look at the team, and his first impression was that their food was definitely not good, although they were not skinny, but the soldiers were definitely generally malnourished, and their exposed ribs and legs were basically muscular, and eight out of ten did not meet the selection criteria of the loyal and brave army. Because soldiers below the basic nutritional standards, although not bad in agility, have poor physical strength and endurance, and because there are no basic fat reserves in the body, they cannot cope with high-intensity confrontations. And because they have too few muscles, they not only have poor physical strength and endurance, but also cannot cope with cold, heat and hunger.

If the Liao soldiers were simply unable to fight their loyal soldiers with such a physique, even without the use of firearms, especially in a stalemate or a long confrontation, any major physical exertion of such a soldier, except for a short assault, would cost them their lives and probably die after a high-intensity charge!

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yong was sad and happy, happy that these people were simply not able to fight with all their strength, and it was not a big problem to dominate this place; The sad thing is that the prince has to recruit troops and horses here to expand the team, if these people are included in the team, how long will he have to feed them before they can come in handy

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