In a grassland hundreds of miles away from Yingzhou, there are tents distributed in the stars. In the middle of the tent, many fields are cultivated. Although most of the crops in the field have been harvested in October, we can see from the remaining plants in the fields that the fields were originally planted with beans, wheat and other things. In the middle of the harvested crops, there is also a green vegetable field. If an experienced old farmer glances from a distance, he will know that he is planting radishes.

Outside the Great Wall, only the Goguryeo people have learned the technology of growing crops from the Central Plains and lived a half-cultivation and semi-pardon life. If this field is owned by the Goguryeo people, it is not worth making a fuss. But this place was originally a Khitan pasture. Seeing crops on the Khitan land would be amazing. When did the Khitans who lived entirely by nomads and fishing and hunting learn to farm?

It is still early in the morning, and the whole grassland is quiet, and all kinds of livestock have not yet woken up in the siege. A sound of horse hooves in the distance has broken the tranquility of the grassland. Suddenly, the grassland that was still quiet just now has become boiling, the mooing of cattle and sheep, and the roar of horses, resounding throughout the grassland.

Gao Baoning walked out of a tent. He was in his forties. He was tall, had a beard and messy hair. This formerly high-powered governor of Yingzhou, who was in the Great Qi position, was no different from the savages on the grassland.

He cursed, saying that if anyone dared to disturb his sleep, he could immediately push it out and chop it. However, facing these livestock, Gao Baoning had no choice. Thousands of his subordinates had to rely on these livestock to support them. If all of them were killed, his subordinates would be dispersed.

When Gao Baoning just withdrew from Yingzhou, he had nearly 20,000 subordinates, but the hardships of the grassland were not tolerated by anyone. From entering the grassland, people fled one after another. Two years ago, taking advantage of the uprising of the Qi people, he borrowed 10,000 troops from Khitan and Goguryeo to form an army of 30,000 with his subordinates, invaded Yingzhou and Anzhou, and reached Youzhou as far as the farthest, but in the end he was driven out by Yuwen Shenju.

That failure was a fatal blow to Gao Baoning. His subordinates scattered again, and in the end only more than 2,000 loyal people were left. The Khitans began to alienate him and even wanted to use him to punish the Great Zhou.

Fortunately, Yuwen Shenju was executed by the Emperor of Great Zhou, and the Khitans stopped this idea. Goguryeo's attitude towards him also plummeted. When he learned that Yuchi Jiong had rebelled, Gao Baoning thought that his chance to rise again had come, so he immediately proposed to Khitan and Goguryeo again. The Khitans clearly rejected his request, but Goguryeo was hesitant and missed the opportunity. It was useless to agree to borrow troops now.

The rider who had just broken the tranquility of the entire grassland went straight to Gao Baoning's camp. When he was more than ten meters away from Gao Baoning, the rider quickly tied the reins, jumped off his horse and walked quickly to Gao Baoning's side: "Prime Minister, Yingzhou spies are here to report that two days ago, a team of more than 100 elite Zhou cavalry entered the governor's mansion."

Although Gao Baoning became the prime minister of Gao Shaoyi's court, he did not take his men to Gao Shaoyi's name. Gao Baoning understood that the Turks only regarded Gao Shaoyi as a dog that could bite the Great Zhou a few times at any time. Since it was a dog, of course it could be abandoned at any time and the treatment would not be too good. Gao Baoning naturally would not make any trouble.

"I understand, you go down." After hearing the messenger's news, Gao Baoning disagreed. What's the point of having a 100-man elite cavalry worth making a fuss? Anyway, I have missed the opportunity to invade Yingzhou area again. Not to mention more than 10,000 people, it doesn't matter. Didn't you borrow troops a few months ago? Now the Goguryeo or Khitans dare to lend troops to him?

The messenger whispered: "Sir, the more than one hundred elite cavalry that came this time seem to be guarding a big man, and the Goguryeo people are pursuing it with all their might."

"Oh." Gao Baoning's interest suddenly rose. The conquest of the Great Zhou Dynasty was as unstoppable as it was destroyed. At that time, the whole country had surrendered, and only his Yingzhou was left. In fact, if he could surrender to the Great Zhou at that time, Gao Baoning would still be generous in his high-ranking officials. However, he was too young at that time and was still passionate and loyal to the Great Qi, and resolutely refused to surrender.

Now that he has been wandering on the grassland for five or six years, Qi has no hope, and no loyalty or death is gone. However, he has offended the Great Zhou too deeply and has no hope of surrender. If he can catch a great figure in the Great Zhou, whether it is based on the grassland or bargaining with the Great Zhou, it is a good thing.

"I am told that the people in Yingzhou must first figure out who came before Goguryeo and the purpose of his coming." Gao Baoning said in a deep voice. He served as the governor of Yingzhou for five years. Although he failed to withdraw from Yingzhou, his roots were not comparable to those of Goguryeo.

"Yes." The messenger retreated by the order.

Several maids brought several wooden plates into his camp. After a whisper, a maid bowed her head and came to Gao Baoning: "Please have a meal for the Prime Minister."

Gao Baoning walked into the tent and the table was filled with food, stewed with radish, beef stewed with radish, stewed with radish, fish stewed with radish, and a pot of steaming fresh goat milk.

If these dishes were eaten once a few days apart, they might be delicious, but after eating them for four or five years, he lost all his appetite. In the first two years, he didn't even have to eat radish on the grassland. Thinking of the various delicacies he ate in Yingzhou Governor's Mansion, Gao Baoning sighed, picked up the goat's milk, and a dry smell suddenly rushed to his nose. Gao Baoning had to pinch his nose and pour it into his mouth.

After drinking goat milk, Gao Baoning picked up a few more pieces of radish and chewed the mutton hard with the beef. If he could return to Yingzhou to be the governor, the genius would be willing to go to the grassland to be the prime minister.

Gao Baoning frowned and ate breakfast. Another fast horse ran towards Gao Baoning's camp. The awakened tribes looked at the messenger in surprise. Does the consecutive fast horses traveling today mean that their peaceful life will be broken soon and they will go back to war?

"Report, Prime Minister, Your Majesty passed an order that the Turkic Khan will send troops to attack the Great Zhou in the beginning of next spring. He also asked the Prime Minister to raise all his troops and join the Turks in recovering the lost territory of the Great Qi."

Gao Baoning was shocked and asked in disbelief: "Why did the Turks and Zhou Gang suddenly decide to attack Zhou?"

The messenger shook his head: "The little one doesn't understand."

Thinking of the other party being just a messenger, even if he knew anything, he wouldn't dare to say anything. Gao Baoning waved his hand and said, "You go down."

The Turks were about to take action. Thinking of this news, Gao Baoning was excited. Now the Turks have 400,000 cavalry, covering thousands of miles from east to west. Not to mention that the Great Zhou only unified the north, but also unified the south. If they had to face the Turks' full attack, they would be exhausted. As long as the Turks attacked the Great Zhou, he would not have to be worried about losing the opportunity to rebel Yuchi Jiong. Gao Baoning immediately had a big appetite, and the stewed radish that was difficult to swallow in the past became particularly sweet.

The focus of Yang Yong's inspection in Yingzhou was just not in a hurry. After staying in the governor's mansion, Yang Yong did not immediately recruit Wei Shikang to ask about the situation in Yingzhou like he was in Jiande County. Instead, he took a night off. The next day, he changed into casual clothes with his personal soldiers, brought Luo Yi, Yang Shi, Zheng Xiong, Liu Hu and the other seven personal soldiers, and fought with Wei Shikang, saying that he would take a walk in the city.

Wei Shikang dissuaded: "Sir, the dragons and snakes of all ethnic groups in Yingzhou are mixed. For the sake of the safety of the adults, it is better not to leave the mansion easily."

Staying in the governor's mansion and still patrolling something, Yang Yong said unhappily: "There are as many as ten guards under my official position. Even if someone is not good for me, it is enough to deal with it. Moreover, Yingzhou is Yingzhou of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Can there be a large number of thieves who can run rampant in Yingzhou?"

After Yang Yong's retort, Wei Shikang was speechless. Although Yingzhou has a mixed range of ethnic groups, under his iron fist, a major riot is unlikely to happen. Yang Yong's safety should be safe. However, Yang Yong's identity is too important. It is better not to send it away safely if there is any problem. Wei Shikang subconsciously becomes so nervous.

But if he stopped him again, I am afraid that Yang Yong either suspected that he was incompetent and could not manage Yingzhou well, or had a ghost in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Sir, you must go out and walk around, and the officials should accompany you."

"No need, even though governor Wei is busy with other things, I just walk around at will." Yang Yong naturally did not want Wei Shikang to accompany him. Wei Shikang had been the governor in Yingzhou for four years, so many people in Yingzhou must know him. If he followed him, how could he see the real situation?

Wei Shikang was calm in his heart. Seeing that Yang Yong refused, he no longer insisted and sent his younger brother Wei Chong as his guide. Wei Chong was just eighteen years old and was just a team leader in the army and had no reputation. Yang Yong did not refuse this time. He and his personal soldiers came to Yingzhou for the first time and needed a familiar person to guide him.

Standing on the streets of Yingzhou in casual clothes, Yang Yong and others felt different from yesterday. Yesterday, they were the focus of everyone, but today they were integrated into it. Liu Hu was even more curious about looking at the east. The most prosperous place he has ever been to is Jiande County, and Yingzhou is undoubtedly ten times more prosperous than Jiande.

Not only are the people of all ethnic groups wearing different clothes on this street, but they are also varied in languages. Yingzhou City is naturally mainly Chinese. Many people stutter and have different styles of Chinese bargain with the merchants in the city. Many people from all ethnic groups from the grassland are hawking with their own items.

In order not to be very eye-catching, Yang Yong had only Zheng Xiong, Luo Yi, Liu Hu and Wei Chong, and the rest of his personal soldiers were separated by dozens of steps under Yang Shi's leadership, guarding Yang Yong in the shape of a plum blossom.

Yang Yong shouted to Wei Chong: "Guard Wei, I heard that there is a large market in the north of Yingzhou City. Can you take me to see it?"

They were all wearing casual clothes, so naturally they could not be called official names. Wei Chong temporarily acted as Yang Yong's guard. When he heard Yang Yong's words, Wei Chong felt embarrassed: "Young Master, it's too chaotic outside the city. My brother told me that you must not let the young master go out of the city."

Zheng Xiong shouted beside him: "Is it the order of my son who is the most powerful, or the order of your brother who is the most powerful?"

"This..." Wei Chong of course knew that Yang Yong's identity was far higher than his brother, otherwise he would not have been so embarrassed.

Yang Yong smiled and said, "Guard Wei, when you go to Beicheng, do you dare to offend you, or are there any dangers?"

"Go back to the young master, of course not." A thousand soldiers and horses stationed around the market were responsible for maintaining order. There were still four thousand soldiers and horses in the city to reinforce at any time. Who dared to make trouble? Of course, there were not no one in this market. If any clan could gather 10,000 or 20,000 people could plunder it, but this market was needed by all ethnic groups on the grassland. If any clan dared to destroy it, it would probably arouse the enemies of other ethnic groups on the grassland.

"That's it. Since you don't have it, I will naturally be fine. What are you afraid of?"

"Since that's the case, Chong will receive the order." Wei Chong was very brave. He was confident that someone really dared to commit a crime. He could protect Yang Yong's safety with his own skills, not to mention that there were ten guards.

The plan was decided, and the group immediately changed the way and headed towards the north gate. However, there were two figures following them tens of meters away from them.

"I see clearly, is it the one who entered the city yesterday?"

"Yes, I have seen it clearly. It was the people who entered the city yesterday. They changed into plainclothes today, which is very different from yesterday. If I hadn't seen them come out of the governor's mansion with my own eyes, it would have been difficult to recognize them on the street."

"The master said it was good. This group of people was protecting a big man. Look at the boy in the middle, it was obvious that everyone was surrounding him."

"No, that boy, at best, is only sixteen or seventeen years old, what kind of big shot would he be?"

"You don't understand. Look at the boy wearing ordinary clothes and still has nobleness, at least his family background is prominent. Follow him closely, don't lose it, I'll report to the master."

"Yes." The two of them gurgled again, one continued to follow, but the other turned left, turned several streets, and came to a large pharmacy.

The man entered the pharmacy for a while, a middle-aged man wearing a felt hat came out of the pharmacy, walked several streets, looked back and saw that no one was following him, and flashed to the door of a large mansion, "Dong, dong, dong..." Knocked on the door, the door creaked open, and the middle-aged man immediately flashed in.

Before leaving the city, Yang Shi, who was behind, quietly came to Yang Yong: "Sir, someone is following us."

Yang Yong gave a slight show of the show and looked at Wei Chong: "It doesn't matter, I'm afraid it was sent by Lord Wei."
Chapter completed!