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Chapter 32: Yanmen Pass, Guangwu City

Qin Wen, who rode on the snow dragon horse, quickly traveled through most of the state and rushed to Yanmen County at full speed, but Qin Hao did not go to the Yin Guan of the county office, but went directly to Guangwu, which was closest to Yanmen Pass. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yanmen County has jurisdiction over 14 counties, namely Yinguan, Mayi, Chengxian, Loufu, Guangwu, Yuanping, Lucheng, Wangtao, Fanqi, Juyang, Laoxian, Wuzhou, Pingcheng, Qiangyang and other 14 counties, located in the northeast of Bingzhou, north of the vast grassland, south of Taiyuan, east of Jizhou Dai County, west of Dingxiang, terrain surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the county has the strongest Xiongguan to resist the northern alien race, Yanmen Pass!

Yanmen Pass is adjacent to Longling in the east, Yanmen Mountain, Longshan in the west, the two mountains confront each other, the shape is like a noisy door, the wild geese fly in the middle every year, so it is called Yanmen, also known as Yanmen Stopper, Xilong Pass. Its position is located on the throat of Guangwu, out of Guangwu City, along the road along the ditch to go, then enter a narrow valley, known as the ancient dangerous road of Yanmen, the peaks and peaks on both sides are stacked with cockroaches, the strange stone volley is treacherous, over a steep mountain beam, the Yanmen Pass is immediately in people's eyes.

Yanmen is built on the chair mountain, the peaks and peaks are stacked with cockroaches, the mountain cliffs are steep, the pheasant spies on the wall are dense, the beacon monkeys echo each other from afar, the east and west sides will be the old Yingkou Qishen Chikou, Yangfangkou, Donglongkou, Xihydrocarbon mouth, dagger mouth, big stone mouth, Shikou, Malan mouth, Ruyue mouth, Huyukou and other eighteen passes are connected as a whole, its terrain is very dangerous, it is the place where the soldiers must earn, and it is also the place where the northern alien race must pass through to the south.

During the Warring States Period, Li Mu, the general of Zhao State, was stationed in Yanmen, and with the danger of closing the city, he defended cautiously and defeated hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu horses; The famous generals of the Han Dynasty, Li Guang, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing once led their troops to fight with the Xiongnu in Liao, and won a complete victory. Emperor Yang Guang of Sui once led his troops to fight the Turks here; The Tang general Xue Rengui once chased the Turkic soldiers and horses here, and the good news was frequent; Yang Ye of the Northern Song Dynasty also made several Yanmen to break the Liao soldiers, which made them frightened and won the title of "Yang Invincible".

Qin Hao's father, Qin Wen, has been benevolent since he served as the Taishou of Yanmen four years ago, opening trade routes, recruiting displaced people, governing dirty officials internally, and resisting the Xiongnu externally.

After four years of vigorous development, Yanmen is under great governance, the government is harmonious, and the road is not left behind, and now it has surpassed Taiyuan in terms of population, becoming the most populous county in Bingzhou, with a population of 400,000 and 40,000 defenders.

Although the changes in Yanmen County in the past four years are great, but the development is extremely bumpy, Qin Wen has been fighting for two years in the four years since he took office, which can be described as a continuous war, as for the reason? It was Taishou Qin Wen who did something to challenge the bottom line of the Xiongnu after taking office, that is, to rebuild Yanmen Pass.

Yanmen Pass is the gateway to resist the alien races in the north, and it has an extremely important role for the entire northern Han Dynasty, but during the period of Emperor Huan, due to the incompetence of the guards, Yanmen Pass was once broken by the Xiongnu in Luan Tiqiang Canal, and then it was burned down, and then it has been in a state of abandonment and has not been rebuilt.

It is not that the Han family did not think about rebuilding Yanmen Pass to consolidate the northern frontier, but as soon as the Han family repaired Yanmen Pass, the Xiongnu must lead the troops south to fight the grass valley, and the Han army that lost the Yanmen moat was simply unable to resist the Xiongnu iron cavalry, and it was destroyed before it was built, coupled with the weakness of the compromise faction between the DPRK and China, the Han and Huns finally reached an unspoken rule secretly, that is, the Han family would no longer rebuild Yanmen Pass, and the Xiongnu only operated in the north and central parts of Bingzhou.

This tacit understanding lasted for nearly twenty years, and it was not until Qin Wen rebuilt the Yanmen Pass that this balance was broken.

Once the Yanmen Pass is re-established, with the barrier of Xiongguan, the Xiongnu will no longer be able to wantonly plunder southward, and Bingzhou will no longer be the back garden of the Xiongnu, and the people of Bingzhou will also live a peaceful life.

However, although Qin Wen's move was expected, it was a challenge to the bottom line of the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu would never watch the Yanmen Pass of Qinwen River rebuilt, and war would be inevitable.

Success will be famous for thousands of years, and failure will be remembered for thousands of years, fortunately Qin Wen succeeded.

In the face of the 15,000 iron cavalry that came for the first time, Qin Wen only had 20,000 old and weak county soldiers in his hands, but Qin Wen did not give up, first showed the enemy weakness, defeated three battles in a row, and then set up an ambush in the dangerous place of Donglongkou, and wiped out 15,000 enemies in a battle.

In this month, the 200,000 soldiers and civilians of Yanmen are all united in one heart, regardless of men, women and children, they are bare-sleeved, they know that when the Xiongnu return again, it will be not only 15,000, but 100,000, if there is no Xiongguan guard, waiting for them will be death.

However, even if 200,000 soldiers and civilians work hard, it is impossible to repair the huge Yanmen Pass within a month, and although it is impossible to repair all of them, it is more than enough to repair a few crossings.

When the Xiongnu attacked for the second time, Qin Wen relied on the repaired dangerous crossing to defend it with all his might, due to the single-mindedness of the army and the people, coupled with the fact that the Xiongnu acted hastily at this time and lacked food and grass, the Xiongnu finally ran out of food after holding on for a month.

After the Xiongnu retreated, Qin Wen continued to devote himself to the repair of Yanmen Pass, and when the Xiongnu returned again, they would be greeted by a stronger and icy city wall.

The reconstruction of Yanmen Pass lasted a total of eight months, and Qin Wen completed this Xiongguan in such a short period of time with the power of one county, and the support of the imperial court and other states and counties in the state was also inseparable.

When Qin Wen repelled the two southern invasions of the Xiongnu, the imperial court also saw the hope of rebuilding Yanmen Pass, so he ordered the assassin Ding Yuan to fully cooperate with Qin Wen to rebuild Yanmen Pass, and it was because of the support of the entire annexed state that Qin Wen was able to rebuild Yanmen Pass within eight months, and it was stronger than before.

Seeing that the Yanmen Pass was strong day by day, the young Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo was naturally unwilling, and he vowed to destroy the Xiongguan that his father had destroyed again, but Qin Wen was not an incompetent general, even if there were few soldiers in Xiongguan, he was not afraid of the Xiongnu.

In the first two years of Qin Wen's tenure as the Taishou of Yanmen, the Xiongnu launched a total of 13 attacks on Yanmen in Yufuluo, but in addition to leaving no less than 80,000 corpses under Yanmen Pass, there was almost no movement in Yanmen Pass, and the Yanmen Army was also constantly tempered in defending the city, and finally became the most elite border army of the Han Dynasty.

With the guards of Yanmen Pass, the Xiongnu can no longer touch Yanmen, Yanmen County gradually returned to stability, many people who went out have returned, coupled with Qin Hao's series of preferential policies to absorb displaced people, Yanmen has become the first choice for the migration of displaced people in northern Xinjiang, and a large number of displaced people from Jizhou have migrated to Yanmen.

In the past four years, the population of Yanmen has risen from 200,000 to 400,000, and the defenders have also increased from the original 20,000 county soldiers to the current 40,000 elite soldiers.

Although there are some guards of Xiongguan, but Yanmen is not absolutely safe, Yanmen Pass has been broken after all, and in order to strengthen the defense of Yanmen Pass, Qin Wen can be said to have good intentions, not only moved the county administration directly to Guangwu County, which is only more than 30 miles away from Yanmen Pass, but also placed most of the displaced people in the county near Yanmen Pass, which made the originally sparsely populated six northern counties of Yanmen gradually prosperous.

With the continuous development of commerce, the continuous development of trade routes, under the guidance of the Qinjia firm, Guangwu City gradually became the "commercial capital" of Bingzhou, more and more merchants came here to do business, and now Guangwu City is the second commercial city with a population of 100,000 in Bingzhou, and has been expanded twice.

Because horses are not allowed to drive at a speed in Guangwu City, after entering Guangwu City, Qin Wen dismounted and walked slowly towards Taishou Mansion.

"What a handsome white horse, even the 'purple lightning' of Taishou can't be compared!"

Although horses are not a rare thing in the north, the snow dragon foal is so "unusual" that it is almost twice as tall as an ordinary horse, and anyone who is not blind can almost tell at a glance that this is a divine horse that travels thousands of miles a day.

"Which young talent of this family is so handsome, and the horse talent is also a good match."

"You don't know this, that's the son of the Taishou family, I saw the son of Qin Gongzi when he was too shou's birthday last year!"

"Heavy pupil Qin Hao, it turned out to be him!"

After a civilian said Qin Hao's identity, the people suddenly exclaimed, a series of policies to benefit the people over the years have made Qin Wen deeply loved by the people of Yanmen, and even the eyes that looked at Qin Hao were extremely soft.

"Gongzi Qin, you are so handsome!"

"Has the son ever been married? The little girl is twenty-eight years old, beautiful as a flower, is it good to take her son as a concubine? ”

The enthusiasm of the people of Yanmen made Qin Hao feel unbearable, so he immediately quickened his pace and left this place as soon as possible. There are also some knowledgeable people who look at Qin Hao with a thoughtful look.

"Isn't this Qin Hao worshipping under Master Wang, why don't you study with Master Wang at this time, why do you go back to Yanmen?"

"Who knows? But now that the Yellow Turban is in turmoil, Lord Taishou is about to lead troops to suppress it, and Childe may go out with Taishou to quell the chaos! ”

"Going to war at the age of fourteen? is worthy of being the son of Qin Taishou! ”

Taishou Mansion is located in the center of Guangwu City, almost every avenue can be walked through, after breaking away from the crowd, Qin Hao quickly found Taishou Mansion, and when he was about to enter, a guard with a serious face stepped forward to stop him.

"It's too guarded to keep the important place, and the idle people are stopped."

Qin Hao was stunned when he saw the visitor, he didn't expect that he was still an acquaintance, he had changed a lot over the years, and it was normal for the other party to not recognize him, but why was he here?

"General Gao Shun, why are you here to guard the door?"

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