On the afternoon of July 20, after Gao Shun arranged all the tasks, he led Li Qiang, Cao Shan and Zhou Fei to embark on a journey to find Xianbei Yiluo; Zhao Xiong was responsible for guarding the county. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

They first passed through the canyon between Guanshui Mountain and Hongtao Mountain, and advanced in the direction of Zhongling County in Dingxiang County (in Youyu County in later generations).

Gao Shun was disappointed that he only met sporadic Han people farming on the road, and did not meet a Xianbei person, very curious, in their impression that this should be the territory of the Xianbei people, how can there be farmers farming, but there are no Xianbei people grazing here? When I opened the system map, I found no trace of Xianbei people.

So Gao Shun dismounted and walked to an old farmer who was working, and asked, "Old man, the border land is dangerous, why don't you move to the mainland?" ”

"Haha, this little Langjun, although there is danger here, there is no need to pay taxes here."

"You're not afraid of Xianbei coming to plunder?"

"Afraid, who says not afraid? However, the time for the Xianbei people to plunder is relatively fixed, all in autumn and winter, as long as you prepare early, hide in advance, and the Xianbei people are lazy to look for scattered Han people, we can avoid the disaster. ”

"Where do the Xianbei people usually be?"

The old peasant replied: "They usually graze cattle outside the Great Wall, and do not come to the interior, but only cross the Great Wall every autumn and winter to plunder here, and those who can afford it have left, and only we, the old and weak, have nowhere to go, so we can only live here; Few people live here, and Xianbei people basically don't come, unless they are passing by. ”

"Thank you, old man, for some dry food and bacon as a reward for providing you with information." Gao Shun said politely.

"Haha, thank you Xiao Langjun, the old man hasn't tasted meat for many years." The old man smiled very openly.

Everyone continued to move forward, and Li Qiang said angrily: "Haha, general, I have already consulted Cao Zhimou, Zhang Cai and others about these things, and I want to find the nearest Xianbei person or go north directly out of the Great Wall, where is the junction of Xianbei in the west and Xianbei in the middle; Either from this place to the northwest, to the north bank of the Yellow River, where is the territory of Xianbei in the west. ”

"And what do you want to do?" Gao Shun was a little remorseful, he came out in a hurry, and he came out rashly without a clear understanding, and after he went back, he must establish a scout team to collect information from Xianbei to the next department, and the domestic intelligence system must also be established as soon as possible.

"General, either go and attack the Xianbei towns in the west, and deliberately leave some Hun arrows and other items to provoke their war; Either they will go and attack the towns of Helian's headquarters, and make the scene the work of the Western Xianbei, so that Helian will have hatred for the Western Xianbei, so that even if there is no war, they must be wary of each other, and they will not dare to go south with all their strength in the autumn and winter, which can reduce our pressure. ”

Gao Shun thought about it for a while, for the time being, he had no better way, and he didn't want to go home empty-handed, so he had to adopt Li Qiang's suggestion; However, Gao Shun considered that he might not be able to do anything between the various departments of Xianbei to create a little trouble, and there were no objects in the western Xianbei in his hands, so it was difficult to camouflage the scene, so he decided to attack the western Xianbei first.

In the evening, they arrived at Zhongling County, which disappointed everyone very much, the county seat was in an abandoned state and was no longer inhabited.

Zhou Fei said: "General, Zhongling County has not been destroyed much, why don't we occupy here?" With a little trimming, it can be used as a front-line stronghold for us to defend against Xianbei, and I estimate that this is also the case in Shanwu County, so it is best to occupy it together. ”

Gao Shun said: "Hehe, I also want to occupy here, first, our current strength is not enough, there are not so many troops to defend; Second, I want to see what the emperor's attitude is towards our annihilation of the Xianbei Thousand Men this time; Besides, even if we occupy this place ourselves, or even farther away, will we return it to the imperial court? Now the situation is unclear, and there are Yanmen County Guards and Bingzhou Assassins staring at us behind, it's better to be careful, let's wait for later. ”

Li Qiang said: "The general is right, it is not appropriate to be in a hurry now; This time, we came out and learned about the real situation here, which is worth the trip. ”

Cao Shan also interjected: "We can't be in a hurry now, if we want to manage the external defense line, we must wait until we take the county defense of Shanggu County, Dai County and Yanmen County, and then the three counties will work together to consolidate the defense line, otherwise with our current strength, it is easy to be besieged from three sides and it will be difficult to hold on." ”

Li Qiang said: "Yes, in this way, we can operate the area north of Hengshan to the north of Yanshan, there are Daqing Mountains in the north, Dama Mountains in the east, the three counties go hand in hand, there is only one direction to be attacked by the enemy, and in addition to the protection of the mountains, the enemy area is relatively small, and the defense is much easier." ”

Gao Shun was a native of Shuozhou in his previous life and was very familiar with the surrounding terrain. If you win the position of the Taishou of the 3 counties, before the civil strife of the Han Dynasty, you can manage the land in the north well; Without these two plains, the strength of the nomads would have been greatly damaged, and there would have been no grazing areas as fertile as water and grass in other places.

On the morning of July 21, everyone arrived at the county seat of Shanwu, which, as previously estimated, was deserted earlier, and even the city was overgrown with wild grass.

Yanmen County, Zhao Wuling Wang placed it during the Warring States Period, Qin Shizhi was located in Shanwu, and the Western Han Dynasty also placed Shanwu County as Yanmen County. After the Eastern Han Dynasty Yanmen County migrated south, it was relocated to Dingxiang County.

Gao Shun opened the map to check, not even a yellow dot was found, and no red dot was found within 8 kilometers.

Li Qiang said: "General, I once asked Cao Zhimou, from here along the Cangtou River, through Shenhe, across the Great Wall, Xianbei Yiluo is outside the Great Wall. ”

"Okay, let's walk while we watch."

Participate in the joint situation, the later generations call the tiger's mouth, the two sides of the high mountains confront, the terrain is very precipitous, its east depends on the Tangzi Mountain, the west is near the Dabao Mountain, between the two mountains is the open Cangtou River valley, 3 miles wide, 7 miles long, since ancient times it is the traffic artery of the Central Plains leading to the southern plain of Yinshan Mountain.

Passing through Shenheshan, crossing the Great Wall, it is already the end of Guanshui Mountain, only some low hills, have lost their protective effect, and then go to the northwest, is the Hetao Plain; Further to the north, there is the branch of Daqing Mountain protruding to the south, Manhan Mountain; The junction of the two mountains forms an ancient road between the mountains, and if the barbarians on the western plain want to enter Shanxi, it is the most convenient passage to go to Shenheshan.

Moving on, the grass is deep and dense along the way, and from time to time a pheasant or hare emerges.

Looking at the abandoned land, Gao Shun felt heartache, although it was dry and rainless here, but the rivers were dense, and from the beginning of Qin, he continued to migrate to Shibian, established numerous irrigation canals, planted food crops, and the yield was not low, if potatoes and corn were planted, the yield should be higher; He remembered that in the Ordos and Ningxia Plains in the previous life, the highest potatoes were more than 10,000 catties, even if the fertilizer was not as good as in the previous life, the yield could reach one-third, or even one-quarter or one-fifth, which was an amazing output in this era.

Li Qiang said: "General, this is the buffer area between Xianbei and the Xiongnu in the west, the pastoral area of the Xiongnu in the south of the pass, and the grazing area of Xianbei in the west from here to the north. ”

Gao Shun said with emotion: "Xianbei is too strong, the Xiongnu are too weak, this piece of flat land should be a grazing land for the Xiongnu rewarded by the imperial court, but it was occupied by the Xianbei people." ”

Li Qiang said: "The general said that it is good, the Xiongnu have declined, and there are many tribes within it, there are many contradictions, and the imperial court has been transferring troops for many years, so it has no strength to fight against Xianbei, so it can only keep retreating; However, Tanshi Huai is dead, Xianbei will be in civil strife again, and I am worried that the Xiongnu will have a chance to rise again and become our great enemy in the future. ”

"I understand your concern, our mission this time is to hunt down the Xianbei people to obtain a synthetic quota, and gradually expel Xianbei from the south of Yinshan after taking the three county guards of the border counties; At present, it is impossible to deal with the Huns openly, and can only wait for the opportunity to gradually weaken their strength. ”

Li Qiang suggested: "General, according to the information provided by Cao Zhimou and Zhang Cai, I designed a plan last night, we can't enter the interior of the Dongtao Plain, only move on the southern edge, and then go east to Daihai, and return to Mayi through Wuzhou, but this road is very close to Danhan Mountain, it is very dangerous, but it is the best road to take and the fastest time." ”

Gao Shun smiled: "Haha, I'm not afraid of danger, if we can't beat us, we can run, I don't believe that the Xianbei people can catch up with us, as long as they are not surrounded, besides, it's a big deal to release the other four guards together, and give the Xianbei people a painful lesson; It's just that in that case, it will lose the meaning of blaming the blame, so I decided, this time we will only sneak attack the western Xianbei, and then return from the side pass, which is more realistic, and there is no room for Xianbei people not to doubt. ”

Li Qiang retorted: "General, if this is the case, you can't kill it happily." ”

"The route you designed is too long, we will have a lot of cavalry by then, and we will definitely not be able to hide the itinerary, Xianbei people are not fools. If you want to cause the contradiction between Xianbei and Helian in the west, you can only do it next time. ”

"Yes, General."

Out of Shenhe, crossed the Cangtou River, and entered the territory of the Xianbei people, Gao Shun was cautious, and checked the map every once in a while, and did not find any Xianbei Yi in the afternoon.

Li Qiang suggested: "General, let's rest here for a night, we have walked a lot today, and it is not appropriate to continue walking." Zhimou told me that out of the Great Wall, about 50 miles will encounter Xianbei Yiluo, and I don't think the distance will be very far. ”

Zhou Fei said: "General, the strength of Xianbei Yiluo far exceeds that of the Huns, we must maintain our horsepower and be cautious." ”

Gao Shun decided: "Okay, let's rest around here for a night, recharge our energy, and strive to kill tomorrow." ”

"Yes, General."