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When Wei Shuo planned a long-distance attack on his eldest son, Wang Zhenwei had set his sights on Yanmen Pass, the northern gateway of Bingzhou.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, Yanmen County not only moved a lot more southward than in the Qin and Han dynasties, but also reduced the area by more than half.

The territory north of Yanmen Pass has now belonged to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Mayi that originally belonged to the city in the territory has been completely reduced to a foreign land.

Capturing Yanmen Pass, guarding the northern gate, and preventing the Northern Wei Iron Cavalry from going south to the Sanjin Dynasty were the top priorities of the Hexi Army on the North Road.

After occupying Jinyang, Wang Zhen divided 3,000 iron horsemen, handed them over to Tan Daoji and Xue Tong, and attacked Yanmen Pass with a long distance.

The Iron Cavalry Division set off from Jinyang, entered the Xinding Basin of the later generations, stayed overnight all the way, passed through Yangqu, Langmeng, Jiuyuan (non-Hetao Jiuyuan), and the original Pingping County, and went straight to Yanmen Pass.

The most basic requirements for long-distance raids are fast, accurate, and ruthless, so all the cities encountered along the way, the army will not enter, and all will go around the city.

Yanmen Pass is known as the first of the nine stops in the world, is an important pass on the Great Wall, and is known for its danger.

There have been countless famous generals in the past dynasties, and they have written a moving chapter of singing and crying here.

During the Warring States Period, the famous general Li Mu was ordered to stay in Yanmen, and once "broke the Huns more than 100,000 horses, and then for more than ten years, the Huns did not dare to Kou Zhao." ”

After the establishment of the Western Yan Dynasty, Yanmen Pass became its junction with the Northern Wei Dynasty, because the two countries were once friendly, so that Yanmen Pass rarely had wars recently.

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"Daoji, worthy of being a border county in the north, Yanmen County is really desolate."

"Aren't they all the sins of Hulu? Whenever Hu Lu invaded, Yanmen was the most intense conflict between Hu and Han. ”

"From the early Lin Hu and Lou Fu, to the later Xiongnu, and then to today's Xianbei, they have all broken through the Yanmen Gate and plundered the Sanjin Dynasty."

"The people in the border areas are unbearable for the invasion of Hulu, and in addition to fleeing, most of them have taken refuge in the deep mountains and old forests."

"There is no guarantee of security, and there is no way to talk about prosperity."

"If we are fortunate enough to recover Yanmen Pass this time, we will make this ancient pass a solid barrier to protect the border people from Hu Lu."

Unlike the ambitious Tan Daoji, Xue Tong couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Dao Ji, do you think this operation will be successful? As an important border town, there are 3,000 soldiers and horses in the pass. ”

"And you and I are both cavalry in our hands, it is impossible to capture Yanmen Pass from the front, it seems that we have to use our brains."

"At present, the defenders of Yanmen have not yet learned of the changes in Jinyang, and they will not think that someone will attack. As long as you have the right strategy, you will be able to win by surprise. ”

As for how to take Yanmen Pass, Tan Daoji is very confident.

He has always liked to use strange soldiers, and he could only talk about them on paper before, but today he has a rare opportunity to fight, so he is naturally eager to try.

"Brother Xue, you go and inform everyone, let everyone work harder, and strive to get to Yanmen Pass as soon as possible,"

"No, I'm going to order everyone to speed up the march!"

Most of the Hexi cavalry are naturalized Hu people of various ethnic groups, and they have an innate advantage over ordinary Han people in terms of riding and shooting.

And this is also an important factor for the Hexi cavalry not to fall behind in the face of the Hu cavalry.

The source of high-quality soldiers, combined with strict and reasonable military training, made the Hexi cavalry quickly become an iron army.

As soon as the order was given, the pace of the march increased abruptly.

……

After rushing day and night, in the afternoon of this day, the army quietly arrived less than 20 miles outside Yanmen Pass.

As Tan Daoji expected, because the defenders in the pass did not know that Jinyang had fallen into the hands of Hexi, their defenses were very lax.

The army traveled all the way, but did not find a single scout.

"Ahead is Yanmen Pass, and only by successfully taking Yanmen Pass can we ensure the smooth implementation of the plan to attack and annex the state."

"Let's sum it up and see how we can win this level."

Tan Daoji is not alarmist, north of Yanmen is the powerful Northern Wei Dynasty.

Once Tuoba found out that the Hexi Army did not attack Hebei as planned, but seized the annexed state, it was very likely that he would send a large army to stop it.

"Lord Captain, it's better to attack directly."

"Before the Hu people could react, the army raided Yanmen Pass."

"In the chaos, the enemy army will be defenseless, and maybe they will be able to go down with a single blow."

"No, it's too risky."

"This level is steep, if the surprise attack fails, it will be troublesome to be dragged by the enemy."

"Don't forget, in addition to Yanmen Pass, there are many local garrisons."

"If the army cannot be attacked for a long time, it will inevitably attract heavy enemy siege."

Tan Daoji likes to use stratagems in war, but he does not take risks easily.

And the more he came to the last moment, the calmer he was, the more he had to take all the unfavorable factors into account.

As the Lord's general, he knew very well that sometimes his decision could cost thousands of lives, so he had to be cautious.

"I don't know what Ji thinks?"

"There's no rush in advance, everyone has worked hard all the way, let's go down and rest for a while."

"I'll ask the scouts to go out and look for them, see if they can find the locals, and I'm going to ask them about the local situation."

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The soldiers sat down one after another to rest, drink water and eat dry food.

After a while, I saw the scout leading a few ragged local Han people back.

Originally, when they saw the soldiers taking people, everyone was so frightened that they avoided from afar.

Later, seeing that the Hexi scouts had no intention of harming everyone, they were 'invited' by the scouts under semi-forced and semi-voluntary circumstances.

When several Han people saw a group of people approaching around the two generals, they were so frightened that they fell to their knees and became helpless.

Seeing this, Tan Daoji and Xue Tong hurriedly stepped forward to appease everyone.

"Don't be afraid, I just want to talk to you next, there is no malice."

An old man mustered up courage and asked tremblingly, "Dare to ask where the two generals are sacred?" ”

"We are the captain of Hexi, in the name of the protector of the capital, to recover the state and rescue the Han people in distress."

Only then did the Han people know that the group of people in front of them was actually the famous Hexi Army, and they were stunned for a while.

After a long time, they knelt down one after another, bowed their hands and said: "The grass people don't know that the king is coming, how offended, and ask the general to forgive the sin!" ”

Tan Daoji hurriedly helped everyone up, and said with a smile: "Everyone, hurry up, have you also heard of the name of the Dadu Protector?" ”

Seeing that Tan Daoji was amiable, without a trace of arrogance, and not as fierce and vicious as the Hu people, they gradually let go of the restraints, and people became talkative.

Someone laughed and said: "A few years ago, there was a chief who came here to preach, and we heard a lot of rumors from Hexi from the Taoist chief. ”

"The Taoist chief said that most of the protectors love to fight grievances for the common people, and also divide the land and reduce taxes for the ordinary people."

"Since then, we have been looking forward to the early recovery of the annexed state by the Dadu Protector, but I didn't expect to meet Wang Shi today."

Listening to the old farmer's words, Tan Daoji and Xue Tong glanced at each other, completely unexpectedly that Heavenly Master Dao had quietly extended its influence to the state.

Tan Daoji smiled happily, and after sitting down cross-legged, he waved his hand to everyone and said, "Everyone sit down too!" ”

The Hanmin sat in a circle around Tan Daoji and Xue Tong according to their words.

After everyone sat down, Tan Daoji asked everyone for advice again.

"Indeed, as the Heavenly Master Dao Master said, Dadu Hu is indeed very concerned about the suffering of the common people."

"This time, I will go north on the order of the protector of the capital, and I will come specifically to recover Yanmen."

"Over the years, everyone has fallen into the hands of the Hu people, and they must have suffered a lot."

"However, when Hexi takes Yanmen Pass, everyone will not have to suffer any more disasters, and a good day will come soon."

The old peasant sighed and said: "Alas, the taxes have become heavier and heavier over the years, and they were barely acceptable before, but now they basically don't give people a way to live." ”

"In terms of land rent, no matter summer or autumn, more than seventy percent per mu will not be moved."

"There will be a slight reduction in disasters, but at least it will be compared to the five transactions in a good year, and if you can't pay it, you have to borrow food from the powerful clan."

"But once you borrow, it will only be with interest, and you will not be able to repay it even if you want to."

"In the end, either the whole family fled, or the whole family was sold into slavery, such as he ....."

The old farmer pointed to the young man and said, "He originally had a few acres of thin land, but because of the disaster, he had to sell himself into slavery. ”

"I didn't die or live all year round, and the lady still had to go to other people's laundry and cooking, and she was beaten and scolded all day long, miserable!"

The young man's head bowed so deeply that he almost touched the ground.

Tan Daoji nodded silently, except for Hexi, this is almost the case in the world.

In addition to suffering from the captivity and plundering of Hulu, the people everywhere also have to be oppressed by the tyrants and deceitful people in various places.

At this moment, Tan Daoji felt more and more that Hexi was really good, and the policy of equalizing land and reducing taxes proposed by Dadu Hu was really the gospel of all the people in the world.

Suddenly, a sense of urgency burned within him.