Let's take a look at the situation on Li Zuoche's side, as mentioned above, when Zang Di decided to raise troops, he received a detailed report that although Li Zuoche, the commander of the Han army's northern Xinjiang, happened to be in Dai County, inspecting the Han army's Great Wall defense line in Dai County, it was not very far from Zang Di's old nest Guangyang Jicheng, but Li Zuoche did not bring too many troops from Yanmen County, and the counterinsurgency army that could be used in a hurry should only be the mobile force of the Han army in Dai County.

Zang Di's information is not wrong at all, because of various reasons, Li Zuoche did only bring 3,000 cavalry to guard himself to inspect the defense line of the Great Wall this time, and the Han army general who accompanied the patrol was only Xiang Guan, Xiang Zhuang continued to stay in Yanmen County to prevent the Huns who like to fight in winter from suddenly invading the Central Plains, and at the same time, because of the difficult supply, the garrison of the Han army in Daijun was not very large, and the original Daijun army was only more than 23,000 people, and they were stationed in various places in the north of Daijun, and it was difficult to complete the assembly task in a short time. I didn't dare to go out when the spring snow was not melting, and I didn't care about the safety of Daijun to go all out to enter the Yandi.

Therefore, in a short period of time, the Han army of Daijun that Zang Di needed to guard against, in fact, only the Han army Gongsun Tongsuo sent by Xiang Kang to Daijun in the autumn, and the army in Gongsun Tong's hands was not much, only more than 16,000 people in total, and some of them were arranged to be stationed in Yiyu (now north of Huai'an), as the Great Wall defense reserve in the northeast of Daijun, even if the news was quickly received, Gongsun Tongsuo's department also needed to spend time gathering and preparing for battle, and then it could go to Yandi to quell the rebellion. Let Zang Tu rebel can win a big time difference.

Not only that, Li Zuoche also obviously did not take enough precautions against the Yan army, it took more than half a month in the middle and late of the first month, when he walked around the passes of the Great Wall of Daijun to inspect, Li Zuoche blindly paid attention to only the precautions against the Huns, and did not pay attention to the actions of the Yan army at all, and on the twenty-ninth day of the first month, he quickly arrived at the area bordering Yandi, Li Zuoche did not even have any interest in going to Yandi to see the situation, and directly took Yiyu south to Dai County, to meet with the Han army stationed in Dai County, and arrived at Yiyu the next day, By the way, he inspected the reserve in the northeast of Dai County, where the Han army was stationed.

It was only after arriving in Yiyu that Li Zuoche's inspection journey had a little twists and turns, and the journey was bumpy, which made Li Zuoche, who was quite healthy, occasionally contracted a cold, and had to decide to stay in Yiyu for a day or two before going south. In this regard, Xiang Guan, who accompanied Li Zuoche on his inspection, did not have any opinions, and because he was idle and panicked, on the afternoon of the second dragon raised his head in early February, he led a team of personal soldiers to play around Yiyu and continue to enjoy the magnificent scenery of the frozen north for thousands of miles.

Xiang Guan is really just for fun, after going around Yiyu, at the instigation of the soldiers, Xiang Guan also led the soldiers to the Yuyanshui River in Yiyu winter, digging through the thick ice on the river to fish, planning to get some fish back mixed with mutton to cook a pot of fresh soup, and invite a few good friends in the army to drink.

Winter is actually quite a suitable season for fishing, after chiseling the ice, the river fish that have been wandering on the dark water surface for a long time see the bright light, out of the phototaxis of the creatures, they have flocked to the ice hole that has been dug out to enjoy the warmth of the winter sun, Xiang Guan and his own soldiers took the opportunity to go down the net, and soon caught a lot of fresh fish, among which there are many rare big fish weighing thirty or forty catties, and everyone is also elated, cheering constantly.

"Bell, bell, bell!"

The sudden sound of the gong alarm interrupted the laughter of Xiang Guan and the others, and when Xiang Guan and his personal soldiers hurriedly followed the sound, they saw that the person who raised the alarm turned out to be a companion standing on the top of the mountain in the north, Xiang Guan was suddenly a little surprised, and blurted out: "How is it possible? Could it be that the Huns are coming? How did the Huns suddenly come here? Could it be that our Great Wall has been breached? ”

After the shock, Xiang Guan and the others hurriedly threw down the fresh fish that they had finally caught and rushed to the top of the mountain where the alarm was issued together to check the situation. How is the Yan Army? ”

After quickly rubbing his eyes, Xiang Guan immediately found that his eyes did not see flowers, in the ice and snow in the northeast, there were indeed about three hundred horsemen galloping in the direction of Yiyu, and they were also playing the blue military flag of the Yan army, not the red banner of the Han army, Xiang Guan was even more strange and confused, and said: "This is not close to Yandi?" How could the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom run to Yiyu for no reason? What do they want to do? ”

Out of caution and after a little calculation, Xiang Guan immediately sent someone to warn Li Zuoche and the Han army's garrison in Yiyu, and hurriedly took his personal army down the mountain, stood on the road, and blocked the road to Yiyu by the Yan cavalry, so as to prevent the unprepared Han army Yiyu garrison and Li Zuoche from being raided, and prepared to personally understand the intention of this mysterious Yan army cavalry, and he was ready to start fighting early - the princes' army crossed the border without permission for no reason, which is not a trivial matter.

Fortunately, the Yan cavalry didn't seem to have any malicious intent, after seeing Xiang Guan and others holding the Han army flag and blocking the road, the Yan cavalry not only took the initiative to slow down the pace of advance, but also sent a horse to step forward first, holding a Han army waist card and rushed to Xiang Guan and others, and said loudly: "Don't get me wrong, it's our own people, we crossed the border on business on the order of General Wu Yang, and returned to the team after running an errand, this is my waist card, you can see it clearly." ”

After carefully looking at the waist card in the hand of the Yan army cavalry, it was indeed the identity waist card of the Han army sergeant, and I heard that this team of Yan army cavalry who claimed to be the Han army was actually ordered by Wu Yang, the chief general of the Han army's Yiyu garrison, to cross the border on a business trip, Xiang Guan was of course even more confused and confused, and at the same time extremely vigilant, and hurriedly asked: "Since you are our Han soldiers, why do you wear the clothes of the Yan army?" Hit the flag of the Yan Kingdom? ”

"This general, this is not what you should ask." The Han sergeant who came to contact him didn't know Xiang Guan, who had accompanied Li Zuoche to inspect the army yesterday, and said directly: "If you have any questions, you can ask General Wu, and if he is willing to tell you, he will tell you." Give way, we are tired and want to go back and rest. Also, I have to contact General Wu first and ask him to send someone to send clothes and flags to change our clothes, so as not to delay our time. ”

"Did Wu Yang arrange the fake Yan Jun?!" Xiang Guan quickly came to this conclusion, and immediately became even more suspicious, and hurriedly shouted: "Call your leader, I will personally ask him what he said!" ”

"Who are you? How dare you speak to us like that? The Yan cavalry who came to contact Xiang Guan finally found out that something was wrong.

"Bold puppet, you dare to speak to our general like this." A personal soldier of Xiang Guan said angrily: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, this is the Marquis of Liang of our Han Dynasty, General Xiang Guanxiang, and the cousin of our Emperor of the Han Dynasty!" ”

"Huh?!" The Yan cavalry widened their eyes in surprise, and after seeing Xiang Guan coldly showing his identity seal, the Yan cavalry had no choice but to quickly dismount and salute and plead, and said: "General Xiang forgives the sin, the villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, I don't know that you came here in person, how offensive." But please rest assured that General Xiang is really a non-commissioned officer of the Han army, and we are really acting on the orders of General Wu. ”

"Why?" Xiang Guan asked, "Why does Wu Yang want you to change your appearance as Yan Jun?" What did you do again? ”

After hesitating for a moment, the Yan cavalry, who claimed to be a non-commissioned officer of the Han army, replied helplessly: "I still have to ask the general for forgiveness, this question, the villain can't answer, and he doesn't dare to answer it without permission." ”

"Then call you to take the lead, and I will ask him personally!" Xiang Guan commanded.

The Yan cavalry helplessly clenched their fists and sang a promise, and then hurriedly rushed back to contact the rear team, and the Yan cavalry that had stopped advancing also quickly rushed out of a horse, rushed to Xiang Guan's front and turned over and dismounted, bowed to the ground, and said in a rather sharp voice: "Under the command of General Wu Yang, the cavalry is five hundred long Ding Li, and I have seen General Xiang Guan." ”

Or after taking the initiative to report his identity, Ding Li, who claimed to be five hundred long cavalry of the Han Army, raised his head and showed his waist card to prove his identity, and what surprised Xiang Guan again was that although Ding Li, who claimed to be five hundred long in the Han Army, was strong and tall, his age was very light, and he looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old at most, not only the childishness on his face had not completely subsided, but his voice also had the unique sharpness of a young man, and at the same time, Xiang Guan vaguely felt that this Ding Li was a little familiar, not that he had seen it before, It's just that I've seen people who look like him.

"You are the 500th commander of our Han army? How old is this year? Xiang Guan asked suspiciously.

"Back to General Xiang, the last general is sixteen years old this year." Ding Li replied truthfully.

"Sixteen? Become our cavalry five hundred long at such a young age? ”

Xiang Guan was more and more surprised when he heard this, Ding Li immediately nodded and confirmed again, with a somewhat proud look on his face, and then Xiang Guan hurriedly asked: "Since you are the five hundred commanders of our Han army, why do you want to take your cavalry to change into the appearance of the Yan army?" What did you do pretending to be the army of Yan again? ”

"General Xiang's forgiveness is a matter of our army's secrets, and this question will not be answered." Ding Li replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, and said: "But general, you can send someone to ask General Wu Yang, he can prove the identity of the last general, as for whether he will answer your question, he can only decide personally." ”

"I'm going to ask you now!" Xiang Guan said loudly: "General Ben needs to know now, why are you doing this? What did you do again? ”

"General, forgive me, I can't answer this question at the end, so I can only ask you to ask General Wu Yang directly!" Ding Li replied very resolutely, and his childish face was full of determination, and his resolute expression was not at all under the many famous generals of the Han army that Xiang Guan had seen before.

"Why can't you answer?" Xiang Guan asked curiously.

"The last general can't answer this, General Xiang, you just need to know that the last general and others are following the order." Ding Li replied.

Seeing that Ding Li insisted on refusing to answer, Xiang Guan didn't have any choice, so he changed his words and said: "Okay, General Ben has already sent someone to contact General Wu and them, you wait here for a while, it is estimated that he will have news in a while." Also, tell all your men to lay down their weapons and wait where they are. ”

"The general forgives the sins, and the last general will not be able to carry out your orders." Ding Li refused again and said: "The last general is not under your command, and you have no right to order the last general and the soldiers under the command of the last general to lay down their arms. Also, the last general has already explained his identity, it's time to return to the team and wait, please don't stop the general. ”

After that, the young man Ding Li actually got on the horse directly, turned around and walked back, Xiang Guan was furious when he saw it, and shouted: "Stop!" You stay as a hostage! ”

"General Xiang, again, you don't have the authority to order the last general to do this." Ding Li's voice also became a little cold, and said: "The last general will return to the team first, and General Wu will come in a while, proving the identity of the last general, if he has an order, the last general can let you be disrespectful to you." ”

Saying that, Ding Li also ignored Xiang Guan's sword, and Xiang Guan's personal soldiers had already shown their weapons, and directly trotted back to the team, Xiang Guan's personal soldiers were furious, and they asked for orders to go up and take down that Ding Li, fortunately, after several years of re-training, Xiang Guan has also become old and calm and reasonable, and immediately shook his head and said: "Don't mess around, they have more people than us, and we are the only ones who will suffer." Be careful and wait for reinforcements from Guang Wujun and Wu Yang to come. ”

After stopping the impulse of his subordinates, looking at the back of Ding Li leaving, Xiang Guan was suspicious again, and said secretly: "What's the matter?" Why does this little vertical look more and more like I've seen it there? ”

Fortunately, after Ding Li returned to the team, although the cavalry of the Yan Army under his command, who claimed to be the Han Army, also maintained a close guard, there was no sign of taking the opportunity to escape or suddenly move, Xiang Guan was also a little relieved, and then after a period of time, there were some horses' hooves behind Xiang Guan and others, and when Xiang Guan and the others hurriedly looked back, they saw that not only the Han army's garrison commander in Yiyu, Wu Yang, personally led a team of cavalry to hurry, but even the commander of the Han army on the northern front, Li Zuoche, was among them, Li Zuoche shouted from afar: "General Xiang, Don't get me wrong, don't do it, it's our own people! ”

Shouting, Li Zuoche and Wu Yang quickly rushed to the front with the Han cavalry, and saw that there was no blood and corpses on the ground, Li Zuoche first breathed a sigh of relief, and then Xiang Guan, who came up to salute, said with a wry smile: "It's too coincidental, I didn't expect to be bumped into by you, the general." General Xiang, don't get me wrong, they are really our own people, and they are also acting on the secret orders of me and General Wu, you must keep this matter secret, and you must not leak the slightest rumor. ”

"Are we really our own?" Xiang Guan was completely confused, and hurriedly asked, "Guang Wujun, then why did you and General Wu do this?" ”

"Don't ask." Li Zuoche even refused to answer Xiang Guan's question, and said: "If you don't feel at ease about this matter, you can report it to Your Majesty, and if Your Majesty is willing to let you know the truth, he will naturally let you know." But I have to remind you, you must not get involved in this matter, the reason why Your Majesty put you and General Xiang Zhuang in the northern Xinjiang is that you brothers of the Xiang family who are in charge of the army do not want to get involved in these things. ”

"Your Majesty also knows about this?"

Xiang Guan heard Li Zuoche's voice, and was suddenly taken aback again, but Li Zuoche just nodded in acknowledgement, but did not continue to explain. This is, the previous Ding Li also rushed to Wu Yang's front quickly, dismounted and saluted: "The last general, Ding Li, has seen General Wu." ”

"No courtesy." Wu Yang hurriedly waved his hand, and then pointed to Li Zuoche and said to Ding Li: "General Ding, hurry up and salute Guangwujun, he is Guangwujun, the head of the three counties of the Northern Xinjiang of the Great Han Dynasty personally appointed by His Majesty." ”

"The last general has seen Guangwujun." Ding Li hurriedly saluted Li Zuoche again.

"Excuse me." Li Zuoche smiled and nodded, and asked again, "What are the results?" ”

"Returning to Guangwujun, fortunately he was not dishonored." Ding Li replied excitedly: "There are two hundred and sixty-seven armor slashers, more than 600 other heads, thousands of cattle and sheep have been killed, and countless baggage have been burned. Of the three hundred and eighty elite horsemen brought by the last general, three hundred and fifty-two returned, including more than twenty wounded, and it was guaranteed that not a single one of them would be left alive. ”

"Good job, I didn't disgrace your brother Liyanghou, there are successors in our Han army." Li Zuoche nodded with satisfaction, praised him vigorously, and then ordered: "Quick, General Wu has already brought his clothes and armor, go and change his clothes, and then go back to the camp to rest, good wine and good food are already being prepared for you, explain it, be sure to keep it secret!" ”

Ding Li agreed loudly, and hurriedly returned to the team to change clothes on the spot with the armor and banner brought by Wu Yang, and Li Zuoche turned to Xiang Guan and said: "General Xiang, you also have to keep this matter secret, just as if this incident has never happened, if you leak the slightest rumor, military law will be involved." ”

"No." Xiang Guan inexplicably clenched his fists and sang a promise, and said even more strangely: "Guangwujun, aren't you occasionally caught the wind and cold and rested in bed?" How did you come here in person for this matter? ”

"I'm caught a cold?" Li Zuoche's reaction made Xiang Guan even more strange, and then after coming back to his senses, Li Zuoche smiled a little embarrassedly: "Okay, I was scared by you and sweated, and my illness was cured." Okay, don't say more, go back to the camp quickly, you don't have to worry about the affairs here, general. ”

Seeing Li Zuoche's order, Xiang Guan had no choice but to quickly lead his own soldiers to leave first, and then after walking away, Xiang Guan suddenly remembered a major event, and hurriedly asked his own soldiers: "Do any of you remember who is the current Liyang Marquis in our court?" ”

"General Hui, it's General Ding Jiding." One of the pro-soldiers immediately replied.

"Ding Ji?!" Xiang Guan froze suddenly, and when he hurriedly turned back to look at Ding Li in the distance, Xiang Guan's face suddenly showed a smile and said: "No wonder I always feel familiar, and no wonder I can be our cavalry five hundred commanders at such a young age, strictly speaking, with his family background, it is really wronged to let him be five hundred chiefs." But where did this little shaft get what he just said? ”

A few days later, when Xiang Guan arrived in Dai County with Li Zuoche, the news of the Yan rebellion suddenly came, and then Xiang Guan heard the rumors, saying that there was an unknown number of Yan cavalry who had lost their minds and lost their minds, and they actually ran long distances to the northernmost part of Shanggu County before the rebellion, and secretly attacked a Xiongnu tribe who spent the winter there, killing many unprepared Xiongnu soldiers and tribal old and weak, and slaughtering countless cattle, sheep and livestock that the Xiongnu regarded as their lives. As a result, the surrounding Xiongnu tribes were furious and had joined forces to launch a retaliatory attack on the frontier army of the Yan State.

Hearing this unreliable rumor, Xiang Guan, who was still a little brainy, in addition to suddenly realizing, also faintly heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him chasing him quickly, so that Xiang Guan had to sigh, "Disguised Yi Zhi went deep into the enemy territory for more than 400 miles, retreated immediately after the attack was successful, and brought all the wounded soldiers back, the afterlife is terrifying, the afterlife is terrifying!" If I don't step up my efforts, I will be caught up by the younger generation of our big man. ”