Sending telegrams to negotiators is completely free of the use of the Chief of the Intelligence Service. The reason why Section Chief Liu Chong was used was entirely because Section Chief Liu Chong's main job was not to deliver letters, but to establish a trading point at Yingkou at the mouth of the Yellow River. Sending the letter was only incidental work, and after the letter was delivered, Section Chief Liu led a small army downstream along the north bank of the Yellow River.

The crowd rode mixed Arabian horses, and the sire of these horses were stallions who were very good at running, so they moved very quickly. However, after running out for half a day, the team found that there were some cavalry behind them. Looking at the costume, it is definitely not the army of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Section Chief Liu, what should I do?" The comrade in the same room asked. This trip was a cavalry squad, with two horses per person. Eleven men and twenty-two horses are indeed very remarkable.

"How about we change into uniforms?" Liu Pet proposed. The area north of the Yellow River is the territory of the Mongols, which is more than 300 miles from Dezhou to Dongying. Liu Pet didn't want to really fight with these people. Changing into the uniform of the Song Army, if the other party knows what is good, he will not be forced too much.

This suggestion was approved by everyone, and everyone changed into the military uniform of the Great Song Dynasty. The indigo military uniform looks very eye-catching, and the Song army wearing this military uniform once beat the Mongolian army to the ground, and the thousands of Mongolian heavy armored cavalry who attacked the Song army's military formation almost survived.

Seeing Liu Pet and them wearing this dress, the guys who followed behind left temporarily, while Liu Pet and the others continued to walk forward. It was the middle of June. The middle of June in the Song calendar is about August in the 21st century, and for Hebei, it has reached the harvest season. However, all you can see in the fields are sparse plants. Now Liu Pet remembered the locust plague.

You can't talk while riding, otherwise you can easily bite your tongue. Liu Pet could only think quietly. More than a month has passed since that locust plague, and Liu Pet can still recall the overwhelming locusts. and the terrible situation of being eaten up by plants everywhere they went.

As an intelligence agency, they knew some of the plans of the Zhao family. For example, I hope to be able to prepare food for the Northern Expedition in Tuntian, Henan. Fortunately, it was only preparation rather than practice, and after such a locust plague, the locals in Henan also got a tight belt. From this point of view, Liu Pet feels that the negative effect of returning to the north of the Yellow River will be reflected.

At that time, Zhao Guan's family sent a large number of materials and troops to Huaxian County by water transportation, and there were only 100,000 combat troops. The food supply can still be solved. Now if the Great Song Dynasty is a northern expedition, the army will be 300,000, and there is no canal between the Huai River and the Yellow River that can be used. Although the Great Song Dynasty was opening up a canal from the Huai River to Jishui, it was not easy to dig a canal for hundreds of miles. Thinking of this, Liu Pet felt that the saying 'Sai Weng lost his horse and knew that it was not a blessing' was really reasonable. Blessings and misfortunes depend. As I said in a management course, there are two sides to everything.

Because one man has two horses, one man can only ride one horse, and the other horse is led by the reins. This makes it impossible to run very fast. Everyone set out early in the morning and had to rest at noon. In fact, the other horse is not completely weightless. They had to carry fodder and drinking water with them along the way. Horses are very delicate animals, and like people, they can get sick easily if they eat unclean food. Horses don't understand human language, and it is difficult for them to communicate when they are sick. In order to avoid these difficulties, they simply brought drinking water for the horses.

At this point, it is difficult to speak of large-scale shade, and although the trees have done their best to produce new leaves, they still look sparse. Everyone could only rest under such sparse trees, and the sunlight was shining through the huge gaps, and the people under the shade of the trees did not feel particularly cool.

"Section Chief Liu, if Hebei is like this. We set up a trading point in Dongying, but I'm afraid that no one will come to do business, right? Someone asked.

"Not necessarily." Liu Pet shook his head.

"What do they get in exchange?"

"I don't know what they're getting in exchange, but after the locust plague, maybe they want to buy food." Liu Pet narrated his judgment according to basic logic.

After saying this, half of them nodded their heads again and again, and the other half were unimpressed. One of them said disapprovingly, "What do they have to exchange it for?" We want their horses and their livestock. ”

Liu Pet smiled: "I don't have anything to eat, how can I afford to raise livestock." Originally, I refused to sell, but now I can probably only sell. After all, the holy mouth is going to lose fat. Now you can sell it for some money. In the winter, the cattle starved to death, and they had to eat much less meat. ”

This logic is reasonable and completely self-consistent, and even those comrades who do not think of it have nothing to say. Everyone thought about it for a while, and someone couldn't help but sigh: "It sounds so miserable!" ”

Liu Pet nodded silently, this is indeed miserable. If it weren't for following Zhao Guan's family, Liu Pet wouldn't know that the world was actually so miserable. Waters, droughts, locust plagues, and all kinds of natural disasters are so ruthlessly tormenting the world. In addition to these, there are cool officials who urge taxes, and wars kill mercilessly. All people live under this kind of suffering, the difference is that some people recognize the pain when they feel it, and some people feel the pain but do not realize where the pain comes from.

The Zhao family is undoubtedly the one who feels the pain and recognizes the source of the pain. More importantly, he is a person who takes everyone through the pain. There are several prerequisites for the Great Song Society, which firmly supports land reform, firmly supports atheism, and does not believe in religion. Learn science, use science, new science.

All those who can become full-fledged members of the society can get a lot of help in their careers. However, not everyone can get this kind of help. The society is a place to educate everyone, and Liu Pet also understands the source of pain through learning. Now he can use logic to convince everyone, and that is because the teachers and formal students of the society have persuaded Liu Pet through logic.

I'm thinking. The soldier who was on guard suddenly shouted under the tree: "It seems that the bastards from before are here again!" ”

Because the relaxation brought by rest is immediately replaced by tension. Everyone stood up and slapped the dust off their bodies. The class also went up to the tree to observe, and the deputy squad leader couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, everyone. The horses have only been eating and drinking for a short time, and we can't run too fast for the time being. ”

Hearing this seemingly off-topic sentence, Liu Pet remembered a clause in the cavalry manual that he had to take care of the horse before taking care of himself. The cavalry looked at the scenery, but it was not easy in reality. In order to be able to perform to the fullest in battle, there are too many things to put before taking care of yourself. Even so, it is not easy, Liu Pet in order to learn to ride a horse, the inner thighs are worn out. The black blue caused by the collision had faded not long ago.

At this time, I saw the squad leader jump off the tree first, and he ordered: "Get on the horse, let's go to the open place first." ”

"Why?" Liu Pet grasped the free time to speak, and hurriedly asked. With his riding skills, it is easy to bite his tongue while riding.

"I can't see how many of those people there are now." The squad leader replied with a gloomy face.

Liu Pet didn't dare to say anything. If so, it means that the enemy is now quite numerous, and there are many more who seem to be hiding in places that cannot be seen. Everyone got on their horses, and the observers jumped off the trees, and the last ones got on their horses. Soon, everyone was moving forward. The squad leader walked in the front, and he suppressed the speed, so that no one galloped under the tension.

The minutes just passed. The enemy did not appear immediately. After running out for a long distance, Liu Pet and the others finally arrived on a flat ground. Probably this place must have been a reed swing. Now the rest is dog-like stuff.

Traveling on the bumpy road, Liu Pet felt his teeth collide unconsciously because of the bumps. He gritted his teeth and pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth. It wasn't long before I heard the sound of horses' hooves faintly in the distance. Turning his head to look over, he saw at least dozens of cavalry chasing after him.

Compared with Liu Pet's relatively calm forward speed, the people chasing behind them looked very wild. Dressed in various clothes, armed with knives and guns, and wielding horsewhips, they were struggling to catch up. Although he couldn't see their faces clearly, Liu Pet could imagine the hideousness on the faces of these people.

If you look at it from the position, Section Chief Liu Chong is a civilian. However, the intelligence units are all from military backgrounds, and Liu Chong is a soldier who participated in the Battle of the Yellow River. He had not only seen the hideous expressions of the Song army's comrades-in-arms when they fought, but also the hideous faces of the enemy, as well as the fearful and flattering expressions of those captives. Especially the last struggle of those dying enemies, it is really the simplicity of abandoning some and just trying to live.

At this time, I saw the squad leader at the front raise his arms high and make a few movements. Liu Pet can probably judge clearly, and he wants everyone to speed up. Then the deputy squad leader ran to the front to lead the team. The squad leader followed at the end of the line. Although he knew that this was the military action that should have been, Liu Pet still felt very relieved. The highest-ranking person in the team felt a sense of security.

The two sides just rode and ran. Liu Pet only felt his heart pounding. It was as if I was thinking about something, but I didn't have anything. Everything is very emotional stuff. Excitement, restlessness, and anxiety due to a very steady riding speed. I don't know how long I ran, but the squad leader rushed to the front again and made a new gesture. This time, we want everyone to slow down.

Liu Chong reined in his horse a little like everyone else, and when he looked back, he saw that the pursuers had stopped pursuing. Looking at the distance between the two sides, it seems to be a little farther than at the beginning. Looking at his horses again, they didn't look like they were sweating profusely. They are still silent and unhurried. It's as if I was just taking a walk.

"Keep going. Let's see if we can get rid of them completely! The squad leader ordered.