Time: June 29, the fourth year of Xuanhe's reign, around 9:30 in the morning.
Location: Pingzhou, Liao State, on a dirt road seven or eight miles outside Runzhou City.
After looking up at the large dark clouds above his head, the warehouse manager asked worriedly:
"Lao Hu, it seems like it's going to rain heavily soon~"
"Just go down. It's not a big deal. You don't have to hurry up to put your clothes away, and you can stay cooler."
While he was answering like this, Hu Biao was wearing a short linen jacket full of patches and carrying two rabbits and several pheasants on his shoulders with a wooden arm.
He lifted up the hem of his dirty clothes and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
In fact, at this moment, it was not only Master Hu Biao who was dressed like this, but also a group of 8 people including AT, Xu Feng, Yu Hanfeng, Lao Hei, Er Pang, Big Fish, Fengche, Qian Fu, etc.
They all put on some patched clothes, which looked like the clothes of the poor people in Yan.
In addition, they carried various common prey on their bodies; the two of them even appeared here together carrying a wild boar weighing more than 100 kilograms.
The reason why I am dressing up like a hunter at this moment.
Hu Biao's plan in mind was of course to sneak into the city without revealing his identity, and then talk about raising the banner of the Song Dynasty after secretly contacting Zhang Jue.
As for Xuange Camp's army, they are currently hiding in a forest with fairly dense trees a few miles behind them.
For these prey such as hares and pheasants, they had to dispatch hundreds of people early in the morning to successfully hunt down some trophies that were used as disguises.
So in comparison, it's really not a big deal whether it's going to rain soon or it's still raining heavily.
Because as long as Zhang Jue is successfully demoted, the first stage of the system will be considered successfully completed.
Next, they can return to the Northern Song Dynasty and find ways to develop and expand Xuange Camp. Then they will probably deal with the 'Jingkang Shame~' in the final stage of this mission.
What Hu Biao didn't know was that at the same time, something closely related to them was happening.
Some of them are things that have happened in history, and some of them have changed after the arrival of time-travelers like them, which triggered various changes...
For example: near Baishui outside Xijing, Liao Kingdom.
The Jurchens' army conquering the Liao Dynasty, under the leadership of the commander-in-chief Oru, finally succeeded in reaching such an area.
At this critical moment, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom finally received his own reinforcements, Xixia, who had a nephew-uncle relationship with the Liao Kingdom.
Under the order of Li Qianshun, the fourth emperor of Xixia, general Li Liangfu led 30,000 troops to rescue the Liao Dynasty.
There have been several battles between the two sides, but due to the limited strength of the Jurchens, they are currently at a disadvantage.
The above point can be regarded as something that has happened in history.
And there seems to be a lot of things that have never happened.
First, in Bianliang City, which is more than a thousand miles away from Hu Biao and others, the achievements and achievements of Hu Biao and others in the battle over Baigou River were finally sent to Song Huizong Zhao Ji, the painter emperor.
in front of.
Of course, it does not take such a long time to send back a report of merit from the front lines such as Hejian Prefecture.
It took such a long time because Tong Guan, Xi Jun, and other ministers of the imperial court reached a series of deals and compromises, which took a considerable amount of time.
Finally, after procrastinating for such a long time, it was finally delivered.
Compared with the document Hu Biao originally wrote to report his merits, this one has changed a lot. Fortunately, Hu Biao and the others still have their credit for shooting Yelv Dashi after breaking the post.
On the head.
So after reading such a report of meritorious service, Zhao Ji was overjoyed, and Hu Biao felt a bit like Jian Zai in the emperor's heart.
At least Zhao Ji remembered that there was a guy named Hu Biao in the Shengjie Army, who seemed to be quite capable of fighting.
Whenever the emperor was happy, he would always reward him with something, so Hu Biao's latest official title was Wai Lang, a member of the right department of the Ministry of War, who had risen from the fifth rank.
It is a pity that in the Song Dynasty, only officials of fifth rank and above could wear crimson official robes.
What Hu Yousi Yuanwailang can currently wear is the kind of green official robe; he wore this once in Hejian Mansion, and it looked as funny as a toad.
After being ridiculed mercilessly by other netizens, I no longer plan to wear it.
Second, on the south bank of Baigou A, the Western Army Yang Shike's troops appeared here again.
In the context of their desperate efforts to build a pontoon bridge, it was Guo Yaoshi who took control of Zhuozhou and led a group of victorious army soldiers under his command to finally raise the banner of the Song Dynasty.
It can be considered that it is about two months earlier than in the original history.
At the same time, other departments of the Western Army were also quickly mobilizing grain, grass and baggage, and quickly marching towards the Baigou River. The Song Dynasty's battle to defeat the Liao Dynasty finally regained its momentum.
Third, the Jurchens’ Minister of Qishui and the famous general Wanyan Loushi of the Jin Kingdom.
Unlike history, we are currently in the Baishui area of Xijing; under the command of Oru, we are fighting a bitter battle with the 30,000-strong army led by Xixia general Li Liangfu.
Instead, he led a partial division of 3,000 men and fought all the way from Zhongjing in the Liao Kingdom.
At present, it is not far away from the Pingzhou area where Hu Biao and others are located.
In short, at this time when the best communication method was only relying on fast horses, Hu Biao and the others knew nothing about the above.
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"Damn it, why are there so many refugees outside Runzhou City? If they don't work hard at home, what will they eat in the future?"
After walking all the way outside the city, Hu Biao and others were immediately frightened, and Lao Hei immediately complained like this.
This is not Runzhou City. It is such a majestic city, and the defense on the city is so strong.
Just outside such a small town, there are at least 10,000 to 20,000 refugee-like men, women, and children, all living in a large open space under the city wall.
Quite a few of them are now as thin as skeletons. They are lying outside various shabby shacks, with no look in their numb eyes.
That is, the slight rise and fall of their chests proves that they are still alive.
There were also many women and children. After seeing the group of nine people, they all fell to their knees and begged them for a bite of food.
The problem is that Hu Biao and others learned about the situation through coming all the way.
It can be guessed that the situation of these refugees, who are basically Han Chinese, was completely caused by man-made disasters.
Otherwise, the abundant land here in Yandi can fully support many people as long as they are cultivated carefully; it is just that the war-torn environment prevents people from farming at all.
It's just that Hu Biao can't help them now, and he doesn't even dare to give away some of the dry food he has.
Because as long as they are given one or two randomly, they can be surrounded by more refugees.
In desperation, we can only hope that Pingzhou will return to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible, so that the rich Song Dynasty can support some of the grain grabs, allowing more people to survive and allow them to return to their hometowns to farm.
With this thought in mind, Hu Biao and others walked towards the city gate.
Just when they got to the door, a small school guard with about thirty people guarding the city gate shouted at them:
"What are you doing? What are you going to do in the city?"
After hearing this, Qian Fu immediately spoke with a Yan accent.
He answered in his mouth: "Master, we are all hunters in Yanshan. We plan to sell these prey and buy some salt and grain back home."
After hearing what Qian Fu said, the primary school teacher relaxed a little more defensively and said again:
"According to the order of Deputy Envoy Zhang Jiedu, if you want to enter the city these days, each person needs to pay a city entry fee of 10 Wen."
Upon hearing this, Qian Fu directly delivered several rabbits and pheasants to them without Hu Biao's instructions, and said haha in his mouth:
"You guys really don't have any money, so why don't these military lords use it to replenish their health?"
After the schoolmaster heard what Qian Fu said, he immediately took the prey and put it into a pocket behind him.
Let Hu Biao and the other nine people sneak into the city easily.
With the completion of the first phase of the task, it seems that we have taken another step forward.
