After crossing the Yellow River, Li Zhang and his friends walked northeast along the river bank. It is worth mentioning that the direction of the Yellow River during the Song Dynasty was very different from that in later generations. During the Wangmang period, the Yellow River was re-established, and the river flooded for nearly 60 years. Finally, after governance, the Great River in the Eastern Han Dynasty was formed. However, in the Tang and Song dynasties, due to the high silt and poor excretion, there were many breaches, which led to the Yellow River being diverted several times. The estuary of the sea was not Dongying, Shandong, which was later, but the Binxian area of ​​Shandong, and later even entered the sea from Tianjin.

Li Zhang had been here many times in his previous life, but the Yellow River in the Song Dynasty made him feel very strange. Some towns in later generations are now in vast oceans, which made Li Zhang feel a little bit like a change of life.

After walking along the Yellow River for a while, Li Zhang and his friends also arrived at Hebei West Road, and then left the Yellow River to head north, and soon arrived at Zhending Mansion, which was later Shijiazhuang. They also worked very hard along the way. Although there were inns on the road, the wind was cold on the road. Although Li Zhang was sitting in the carriage, he still felt extremely cold. As for the soldiers escorted, it was even more difficult.

Just like last time he went to the northwest, Li Zhang was also observing the living conditions of the people of the Song Dynasty along the way. Compared with the northwest, the living conditions of the people in Hebei were better. The main reason was that after the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the Liao Kingdom no longer went south on a large scale. Although there were small groups of Liao Kingdoms that were slaughtered on the border from time to time, the two countries generally maintained peace, so the people in Hebei also received rest and recuperation, and their living conditions were much better than those in the northwest.

However, like the northwest, Hebei is mainly planted in the fields. Potatoes, a high-yield new crop, was not planted. This is because Liu E was worried that potatoes would flow to Liao Kingdom, thereby enhancing the national strength of Liao Kingdom. After all, there were many Han people living in Liao Kingdom, and they also plant crops. Strictly speaking, Liao Kingdom has changed from a nomadic country to a semi-agricultural country. This is also the main reason why the Khitan broke the curse of nomadic peoples and enjoyed more than two hundred years of national destiny.

Zhending Prefecture was a major military center of the Song Dynasty in Hebei. In order to prevent the Liao Kingdom from moving south again, there were also heavy troops stationed here. Although the two countries had an alliance, the Song Dynasty did not dare to relax. After all, after losing Yanyun, if the Liao army went south, it would be almost flat, so the Song Dynasty could only station a large number of troops to defend against the Liao Kingdom.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Li Zhang saw many important military cities along the way, most of which were stationed in Hebei border troops. I heard that before the Tanyuan Alliance, the border troops stationed in Hebei even exceeded one million at one time, but now they have been reduced a lot. This is also a benefit brought by the Tanyuan Alliance.

The mission was welcomed along the way, and sometimes they even lived directly in the military camp. When the mission arrived at a small border town called Suicheng, Li Zhang showed a happy expression because it was the base of the Hebei Musketeers Army, Hu Yan Shouxin was stationed here.

"Hahahaha~ Brother Li, I didn't expect you to come to our place!" Sure enough, when the delegation came outside the gate of Suicheng, Hu Yan Shouxin rode and laughed. Li Zhang also jumped out of the carriage excitedly. Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is one of the three joys in life.

"Brother Hu Yan, how are you doing recently? Have you ever fought with the Liao army?" Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shouxin exchanged greetings, and then asked.

"Oh, the Khitans are now smart and have not caught any big fish today. But let's not talk about these. I have set up a banquet in the city. Let's have a chat while eating!" Hu Yan Shouxin said this and immediately invited Li Zhang into the city, and Li Zhang also asked the delegation members to follow.

"The Duwei Li really has a wide range of friendships and has acquaintances on the border!" At this time, Fu Bi in the delegation looked at the backs of Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shouxin, and couldn't help but say in surprise.

Although Fu Bi and Li Zhang have known each other for a short time, he has long heard of Li Zhang's deeds. In addition, the exchanges along the way have made him admire Li Zhang very much. He even thought secretly that if the relatives of the Song Dynasty could be like Li Zhang, there would be no such thing as officials like them.

After entering Suicheng, Hu Yan Shouxin immediately asked the delegation to arrange for the mission to rest in the city, and then invited important personnel from the mission such as Li Zhang and Fu Bi. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Fu Bi and others to arrange for the mission to move in, Hu Yan Shouxin also talked a lot with Li Zhang, mainly because he inquired about the situation in the capital, especially the martial arts side, because he wanted the martial arts to be assigned to him a group of students. After all, the musket army under his command had more time to need people.

In addition, Hu Yan Shouxin also knew about Li Zhang's imprisonment before, and even wrote to his father Hu Yan Bixian before, asking him and Cao Wei to plead with Liu E together. Unfortunately, Liu E did not accept it at all. Now that Li Zhang has been released, he is happier than anyone else.

"Brother Huyan, how is the Liao Kingdom doing recently? I heard that a rebellion occurred in the Liao Kingdom, which has not affected us, right?" Li Zhang answered Huyan Shouxin's inquiry, and then he asked him about the situation of the Liao Kingdom. This time he was on a mission to Liao Kingdom, so he naturally had to learn more about the Liao Kingdom's intelligence, which was also prepared for any trouble.

"Hey! I was angry when I mentioned this. The Da Yanlin, a native of Bohai, rebelled, and the Liao Dynasty was in chaos. At that time, many of us thought it was a good opportunity to send troops, so we jointly wrote a letter to the court, but the result was that we had a muddy bull. Without the orders of the court, we didn't even have the power to dispatch troops. We could only sit and watch this great opportunity slowly disappear. Now the Da Yanlin's rebellion has been wiped out. Although the Liao Kingdom is still a little chaotic, it is no longer enough to worry." Hu Yan Shouxin also angrily pounded his thigh.

"The rebellion has been quelled, why is it so fast?" Li Zhang was stunned when he heard the news, and then said with regret.

"Originally, Da Yanlin's rebellion was like a snowball team, and it was getting bigger and bigger in Liao. As a result, the Emperor of Liao actually ordered the elite troops stationed in Nanjing to suppress the rebellion. Even the fewer Liao defenders opposite us were missing. These people were the most elite army of Liao. A mere Da Yanlin was naturally no match. In addition, someone inside Da Yanlin surrendered to the enemy, and opened the gate of Tokyo in Liao. As a result, Tokyo city was broken, Da Yanlin was also captured, and the rebellion naturally subsided." Hu Yan Shouxin said again.

The Liao Kingdom has five capitals in the east, west, south, north and middle, and the Zhongjing Dading Prefecture is the capital of the Liao Kingdom, while the other four capitals are the accompanying capitals. Nanjing Xijin Prefecture is opposite the Song Dynasty and is also a military center of the Liao Kingdom. It is stationed in it with heavy troops guarding the Song Dynasty and will not leave easily. However, in order to quell the Dayanlin Rebellion, Yelu Longxu took the risk to transfer the Nanjing army, which also gave the Song Dynasty a great opportunity. Unfortunately, this opportunity was missed in vain.
Chapter completed!