Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1 Yongle Border Town
In the spring of the first year of Song Taizu Kaibao, it rained in the border city of Yongle.

In the northwest of spring, the climate is at its driest. The sand outside Yongle border city is blown by the wind and turns into dust. With the strong wind, it is a small sandstorm.

The sandstorm wantonly crossed the dilapidated city wall, landed on the strong but simple houses in Yongle Border City, and landed on the people, the whole world suddenly turned yellow.

When people wake up in the morning, there is an extra layer of sand on their faces, and immediately after shaking their bedding, a small-scale sandstorm will be shaken.

In such a climate, a spring rain was naturally warmly welcomed by everyone in Yongle Border Town.Especially from the morning to the evening, the pattering of the rain did not stop, washing away the dust from the roofs and streets, and washing people's eyes a lot brighter, which made the whole Yongle border city feel a sense of refreshment.

At least Ye Chen felt very comfortable right now.

As one of the three major gangs in Yongle Border Town——Under the protection of the Southern Gang, he is a clerk on the face of a shop.His attitude at this time could not be called humble, but he had just the right enthusiasm and politeness. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the yellow mud footprints on the slate floor of the shop, he managed to disguise that dissatisfaction as a just right enthusiasm.

He bowed briefly to the middle-aged man dressed as a businessman in front of the counter, and led him to the backyard to meet Liu Nan, the ostensible owner of the shop here.

Then, Ye Chen called another honest-looking guy named He Ming, and asked him to look at the front desk, and Ye Chen quickly came to the kitchen in the backyard, and uncovered one of the stoves that was as big as a tabletop. The lid of the iron pot, I reached out and groped for a while at the bottom of the pot, there was a soft buzzing sound, and there was a basement entrance at the bottom of the pot that only allowed one person to enter.

Ye Chen stepped up, got on the stove, drilled in from the basement entrance, and stretched out his hand to pull the bottom of the pot back to its original shape.

The basement is not big, only about [-] to [-] square meters, with four or five bags of salt piled up. At the foot of the wall is a very strong iron box, two feet long and half a foot wide, which is firmly locked by a big copper lock. .

Ye Chen came to a corner of the basement with ease, quickly pulled out half a brick from the wall, and took out a strange trumpet-shaped thing from it, and put it next to his ear.

Suddenly, the voice of two people talking came from the ear.

Both Liu Nan and his buddy He Ming knew about this extremely secretive basement for storing salt.But the latter two didn't know that there was an earpiece listening device with a very simple design at the foot of the basement wall, which was far beyond the current technological means.

The two people who spoke were Liu Nan, the shopkeeper on the bright side of the salt shop, and the middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman who was introduced into the backyard by Ye Chen just now.

"Deputy Commander! Why did you come to Yongle Border Town in person? Your subordinates are terrified! I don't know why your lord has come to a dangerous place this time?" The accent in the voice of the Central Plains was that of Liu Nan.

"Liu Dutou! I came to Yongle Border City in person, so I have important news for you to inquire about." The middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman said in a deep voice.

"The deputy commander will ask for instructions." Liu Nan said, with a dignified and solemn tone in his voice.

"Three days ago, there was a military report from Kaifeng. Our Great Song army has already marched northward, and started the expedition against the Northern Han Dynasty, and it was the emperor's own conquest. Now you should understand what task I am going to give you, right?" the deputy commander said. .

Liu Nan's expression froze. Although he had already expected this day two years ago when he took the initiative to invite Ying to come to this Yongle border city to lurk as a spy, he never expected that this day would come so fast and so suddenly.He took a deep breath and said solemnly: "The deputy commander wants me to spy on the movement of the Khitan army, in case the Khitan sends troops to obstruct and interfere with our army's attack on the Northern Han Dynasty."

"It's not to prevent the Khitan from sending troops. After the Khitan gets the news that our army is attacking the Northern Han Dynasty, it will definitely send a large army to obstruct the intervention. According to the marching route, the Yongle border city is the place where the Khitan army must pass all the way, and it will be easily occupied. Afterwards, the army camp. Your task is to find out the important information such as the number of the Khitan army, the commander and main leading generals, and the simple marching deployment when Khitan dispatches troops, and send them to our Forbidden Army camp as soon as possible. .” The deputy commander said in a condensed voice.

(End of this chapter)