In 390 A.D., at the end of November, Wang Zhenwei and Li Huitong rode out on an expedition with 9,000 steps. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The army set out from the city of drinking sweat, marched north along the east side of Helan Mountain, first swept across the Xitao Plain, and then passed through the west side of Shentu Ze, and killed the Houtao Plain in one fell swoop.

This route was originally taken by the Huns when they entered Koubei and Xiaoguan in the former Han Dynasty.

According to historical records: In the winter of the fourteenth year of Emperor Wen, the Xiongnu entered the Kou in a big way.

The cavalry had a total of 140,000 people, entered the court, crossed the Xiao Pass, killed Sun Wei, the captain of the northern land, and divided the troops to burn back to the middle palace.

The forward path is Dayong County, Ganquan and other places, and the alarm is connected to the Beijing Division.

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered lieutenants Zhou She and Lang Zhong to order Zhang Wu to be the general, send a thousand cars, 100,000 cavalry, and go out of Tunweibei to protect Chang'an.

Now it is used by the Hexi army to recover the back set, through the Tu Shenze, Wang Zhenevil, Li Wei also saw a few abandoned cities, which were built by the Qin and Han dynasties when they were on the border.

Crossing Shen Tuze, the army marched all the way along the southern foot of Wolf Mountain, crossed the Yellow River, and attacked the ancient city of Linhe.

Speaking of the ancient city of Linhe, it can be regarded as having a long history.

The earliest record of Linhe in the history books was in the Warring States period.

King Wuling of Zhao came to the Hetao and set up "Jiuyuan County".

At that time, Linhe belonged to the western part of Jiuyuan County of Zhao State.

In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (127 BC), the Xiongnu gathered a large number of troops and attacked Shanggu and Yuyang.

Wei Qing, a famous general who was the general of the Che Cavalry at the time, led a large army to attack Henan (the Yellow River Hetao area), which had long been occupied by the Xiongnu.

Wei Qing led an army of 40,000 to set out from Yunzhong, using the tactic of "roundabout flank attack", went west around the rear of the Xiongnu army, quickly captured Gaoque (now Hangjin Houqi, Inner Mongolia), and cut off the connection between the Xiongnu Aries King and Lou Fu King stationed in Henan and Shan Yu Wangting.

Then, Wei Qing led the elite cavalry and the flying soldiers to the south and entered the west of Longxian, forming a siege of the Aries King and the Loufu King.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the king of the Huns and the king of Loufu led their troops to flee in panic.

The Han army captured thousands of enemy soldiers alive and captured more than a million head of livestock, completely controlling the Hetao area.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built Shuofang City (now northwest of Hangjin Banner, Inner Mongolia) here, and set up Shuofang County and Wuyuan County, and migrated 100,000 people from the interior to settle there.

Shuofang County has ten counties, including Linhe.

Unfortunately, later, Shuofang, Wuyuan and other border counties were abandoned one after another, and gradually controlled by the Huns.

In the past year, Shuofang has changed hands again, and after Liu Weichen was killed, Tuoba sent people to occupy the city.

"Xuansheng, as long as Linhe is successfully taken, the entire Houtao Plain will be at your fingertips."

Li Wei came to Wang Zhenxi's side, pointed to Linhe City, and asked in a low voice: "Does Zuo Sima have a good plan to break the city?" ”

"I heard that Xuansheng is brave and strategic, I don't know if he has the courage to attack the city in person?"

"Why don't you dare? Please ask Zuo Sima to command, and the last general is willing to listen to the arrangement. ”

"Okay, there is Xuansheng, why worry about the river?"

"It's just a ruined city, and the garrison is no more than a thousand people, just one attack is enough!"

"After dark, please take the elite to sneak into the city quietly, as long as the city gate is opened, the enemy is not worried."

That night, Li Wei selected 300 elites from the army, changed into a black cloak, and quietly entered Linhe City all the way.

Several soldiers who were good at climbing successfully climbed to the top of the city, and after eliminating the night watch sentries, they lowered the rope ladder and connected the remaining soldiers to the city wall one by one.

When Li Wei descended from the sky with the Hexi soldiers, the defenders were still hiding in the warm quilt and slept soundly.

Therefore, it didn't take much effort, Li Wei easily opened the city gate.

At this moment, Wang Zhenwei was riding on a horse, looking at Linhe City with a nervous expression.

Just as he was waiting impatiently, the originally closed city gate was suddenly slowly opened.

Wang Zhenwei was overjoyed when he saw this, and the operation to seize the door was successful!

"Quick, quick! Kill into the city! Wang Zhen's vicious voice trembled a little.

More than 10,000 cavalry roared and rushed into Linhe City, fighting until dawn, and almost all the 1,000 defenders in the city were wiped out, and few escaped.

The sound of a brief fight in the city quickly woke up the others, and the original Tiefu people looked at the Hexi people with nervous expressions, not daring to get too close without knowing the details.

It wasn't until Wang Zhenwei and Li Wei played the name of Liu Bobo that those Tiefu tribes became enthusiastic, not only did the leaders of the leaders take the initiative to send cattle and sheep and other materials, but also some people assisted the Hexi Army in recovering the entire Shuofang County, that is, the Houtao Plain.

After seizing Linhe City, it was discussed that Wang and Li planned to act separately.

Then the army was divided into two, one of which Li Wei led 6,000 cavalry southward, passed through the west end of Wula Mountain, and entered the hometown of Wuyuan County of the former Han Dynasty.

The second Wang Zhenwei took the 6,000 iron cavalry mixed by Hu and Han to cross the northern Yellow River, bypassed the Wuliang Suhai, and prepared to attack Jiuyuan City (now the west of Baotou City) through the Han Stone Gate.

The two armies were one positive and one strange, Li Wei attracted the attention of the enemy army with great fanfare, while Wang Zhenwei was secretly acting.

I have to say that once people are lucky, they can't stop it.

The Helan tribe, who lived in Wuyuan County, learned of Li Wei's invasion, gathered troops and horses at the leaders of various tribes, and marched west to meet the enemy, completely forgetting that there was still a fortress in the north, the stone gate barrier.

In the northwest of Jiuyuan City, there is a river valley that crosses the Yinshan Mountains in the north and south, which is the Shimenshui (now Kundulun River), which is the second largest river in the loop after the Yellow River.

The widest part of the river valley is 180 zhang (about 600 meters), the narrowest part is less than 30 zhang, the total length is about 20 kilometers, it is a passage for carriages and horses, it is called the Zhiyang Road in Han, it is one of the important passages to communicate the front and rear plains.

And the stone gate barrier is the key point of the Zhiyang Road, as long as the stone gate barrier is guarded, it is impossible for anyone to pass through the Qiyang Road.

It's a pity that the Helan tribe is a nomadic people, and they don't pay much attention to fortresses and cities, so they cheapen Wang Zhen evil in vain.

After passing through the Qiyang Road, the army officially entered the Helan Territory, and from this moment on, the army could be regarded as truly meeting the enemy.

Wang Zhenwei took advantage of Helan's main force to advance westward, and personally led 6,000 iron cavalry to suddenly appear in Jiuyuan City, and easily broke through the city.

After burning, killing and plundering, the army marched westward again, and defeated the Helan Department with Li Hui.

In the end, Li Wei and Wang Zhenwei not only succeeded in recovering Shuofang and Wuyuan counties, but also attacked and killed countless Xianbei people in one fell swoop, especially the Xianbei Helan Department suffered heavy losses, and the troops were scattered countless times.

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When the northward division won successive battles, the main force of the westward advance was also not to be outdone, and had already achieved a great victory.

"Haha, lord, a big victory! Nearly 20,000 Xianbei people were captured! Seeing the black press crush a captive, Cui Hao was very happy.

"Yes, this battle has finally hurt the Xianbei people, at least it can protect Shuo Fang for a few years."

"Next, the Metropolitan Protectorate must complete the establishment of a state county in Shuofang as soon as possible, and dare to ask Bo Yuan to temporarily take over the post of assassin."

"I don't dare to ask for ears!"

This was originally something that the two had discussed before, so Cui Hao agreed very happily.

The appointment of Cui Hao as Shuo Fang's assassin was a decision made by Wei Shuo after careful consideration.

Shuofang is not like Hexi, not only the people under its rule are mostly Hu people, but also the Northern Wei Dynasty in the east, the Western Yan in the southeast, the Later Qin in the south, and the Western Qin in the southwest, so it can be said that there are enemies on all sides.

Only a person like Cui Hao, who is both civil and military, and has strong means, can ensure local stability.

"After the establishment of the Shuo Fang Thorn History Department, Shuo hopes that Bo Yuan will complete the renovation of the Qin Straight Road as a top priority."

"Renovate Qin Straight Road? Well, yes, it can not only stimulate economic development, but also strengthen the government's control over the local government. ”

"It is precisely because of this that the land of the Hetao has been lost several times over the centuries, and the most important reason is the inconvenience of transportation, which has led to the lack of control of the Hetao in the Central Plains."

"The land of Hetao is the country of abundance, and since it has entered the hands of Hexi, there must be no more mistakes."

Hearing Wei Shuo's sigh, Cui Hao also bowed his head slightly and said: "With this grassland, there will be an inexhaustible supply of war horses in Hexi." ”

"Yes, I don't know if it will be smooth to suppress evil at this time?"

"The lord doesn't need to worry about the army going north, although there is a distance of thousands of miles from the Longxi Plateau to the Houtao Plain, but all the tribes along the way are Tiefu tribes, and there is Liu Bobo's name, so there will be no danger."

"If the Zhuhu tribes on the north bank of the Yellow River cannot be eliminated, it will be difficult for Hexi to use the Yellow River as a line of defense and completely occupy the entire Henan region."

"Only by controlling the rear sleeve in hand, can the Hexi Army deploy defenses along the front line of Wula Mountain, so as to greatly reduce the pressure on the front line of the Yellow River."

Cui Hao understands Wei Shuo's worries very well, and he can see the importance of the Houtao Plain by looking at what happened to Liu Weichen. With the Houtao Plain in hand, the Hexi Army will contain the Northern Wei Dynasty entrenched in the east, so that it cannot threaten Shuofang single-mindedly.