A month later, at the head of Daizhou City, Wang Huaqiang and Wang Xuan stood side by side, looking at the winding sheep intestine path in the north of Chengguan.

Daizhou, known as Yanmen in ancient times, known as the head of the nine stops in the world, Li Mu, the general of Zhao during the Warring States Period, and the cool official Goshawk Zhidu in the Han Dynasty, were all stationed here to guard against the Xiongnu in the north, and became a famous general through the ages.

Yanmen Xiongguan is close to the mountain, high on the hook mountain, the ridge of the Great Wall, its potential is winding. It is adjacent to Yanmen Mountain in the east, Longshan Mountain in the west, the mountains are undulating, the two mountains confront each other, the shape is like a noisy door, there are wild geese flying on it every year, so it is called Yanmen.

In front of the gate in the north of Daizhou, there is a winding sheep intestine path, which can not even accommodate two horses side by side, and on both sides of the path are mountains and mountains, strange rocks, and sinister to the extreme, and the Xiongguan of Daizhou Beicheng, which stands at the end of the trail, will kill the hope of the remaining enemy troops who have finally climbed here.

It is precisely because of the fact that a man is a pass, and ten thousand people are not open, so it has become a natural barrier for the defense of the Xiongnu in the north of Jin, for thousands of years, countless times, the fierce Hu cavalry sighed in the face of this Xiongguan, and tens of millions of Han people in the south of the Guan, so that they were preserved.

Wang Huaqiang has changed into the Turkic dress of Changsun Sheng that day, cotton robe, fur hat, left neckline, round neck and small sleeves, with his high nose and deep eyes, he really looks like a Hu man outside the plug.

When Wang Huaqiang used to do business in the Longxi area, he also wore Hufu many times, and he was accustomed to this dress, but standing next to Wang Xu, who was wearing a three-grade light purple official robe, looked a little funny.

Wang Xu's beard was blown by the mountain wind that was stuffed here, and he sighed: "It's a pity that the northern city of this Daizhou is still built in the mountains, and the north goes out of the Gouzhu Mountain, which is the endless prairie, Huaqiang, we also went to that place a few days ago, I remember you said at the time, standing there, you will only feel the greatness of heaven and earth, and the insignificance of people." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Wang Xuan, and said: "But at that time, Brother Jing Yan also said that if the emperor was there, he would only feel the insignificance of heaven and earth and his greatness. ”

Wang Xuan laughed: "Brother Fool does not mean that the emperor is arrogant, but that he is open-minded and has the world in mind. This trip to the Turks, your task is heavy, step by step crisis, the foolish brother can't help you anything, I can only do what I can in this Daizhou, I hope to give you some convenience. ”

Wang Huaqiang glanced at the truckload of iron ore transported to the outside of the Chengguan below, hundreds of strong men with vigorous skills were struggling to push and pull a cart weighing more than 2,000 catties, and it was difficult to travel on the narrow mountain road that could only accommodate two cars in parallel, Wang Huaqiang frowned, and said: "If I knew that the mountain road here is so difficult, I would not have gone to Daizhou, but changed to the relatively flat Shuozhou." ”

Wang Xuan shook his head: "Shuozhou is indeed easy to walk there, but firstly, Brother Fool is not the history of thorns there, so he can't give you such convenience as here, and secondly, Shuozhou has many people, and the north is a thousand miles of grassland, and the transportation and storage of these iron ores cannot be as convenient as here." ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "What Brother Jingyan said is extremely true, although it is difficult to walk here, but after leaving the city, it is Gouzhu Mountain, and it is a loss that you found a cave in the north of the mountain to store these iron ores, otherwise I really don't know where to store it." ”

Wang Xuan hooked the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Brother Yu has just come here to take office, and he didn't know where this cave is, and it was also mentioned to Brother Yu by Feng Sima in the state government ten days ago, saying that it used to be a temporary base for the Huns who attacked Yanmen during the Han Dynasty to store grain and grass, and this time it happened to be for our use." ”

Wang Huaqiang said suddenly: "Is that place safe and reliable, after all, it is away from Daizhou City, if the Turks find this place and come to rob it directly, what should I do?" ”

Wang Xuan shook his head: "No, that cave is also a secret place, hidden in the mountains, the Turks have never been to that cave when they attacked Daizhou several times in the past few years, and they definitely haven't found it, besides, this time you specially transferred Duan Yi with them, and led a thousand Xiaoguo knights to guard these iron ores, I think it should be foolproof." ”

After all, transporting iron ore to the customs is a major event, and 300,000 catties of iron ore also need to be loaded into about 200 trucks.

At that time, Wang Huaqiang thought of Duan Da and Sima Dekan and others, he was kind to these people during the southern expedition, and more importantly, he gave these people practical benefits in the battle to destroy Chen, using Sergeant Xiaoguo to pretend to be a civilian husband, at least there is no need to worry about guarding safety, and Sergeant Xiaoguo has always been above the top, looking down on other troops, and he doesn't have to worry about revealing secrets when they brag to others.

So Gao Xi secretly ordered Duan Da and Sima De to lead a thousand Xiaoguo knights, pretending to be a folk man to escort these iron ores, in order to make them more motivated, each person's family gave a hundred yuan before leaving, so these people all had bright eyes and happily went on the road, and it only took about twenty days to transport these iron ores to Daizhou.

And Wang Huaqiang greeted Wang Xuan early, asked him to arrange for Daizhou to meet here, and followed the convoy all the way, each car was covered with thatch, loaded with rice to hide people's eyes, plus Gao Xi's handwriting, so the official cards along the way were directly released.

After arriving in Daizhou, Wang Xuan arranged the city defense early, and sent his own personal guards to the south and north passes of the city, and the guards and sergeants in the original city let Feng Sima take them to the grassland in the north of the city to inspect.

Last night, the convoy quietly entered the city from the south gate, parked under the city wall of Beiguan, as soon as the day dawned today, the gate of Beiguan was opened, because Daizhou is located in the border pass, very few people from outside the city enter and exit, so the convoy composed of these 200 carts did not let the residents of the city pay any attention.

Wang Huaqiang looked at Duan Da, who was standing under the city, dressed in black, and whispered to his subordinates to command, and shouted: "Duan Yitong, Duan Yitong, please come to the city tower for a trip and discuss something." ”

Duan Da handed over the matter at hand to Sima Dekan, who was standing beside him, and hurriedly ran up, and as soon as he saw Wang Huaqiang, he asked, "Huaqiang, what else is the matter?" Although he is already a Wupin Yitong, but the ability of Wang Huaqiang in the battle of the Southern Expedition has long been dead, and he knows that he has an important task in his body, so he does not dare to slack off, but he seems to be Wang Huaqiang's subordinate along the way.

Wang Huaqiang took out a piece of jade pendant from his body, broke it in half with both hands, took half of it and handed it to Duan Da, with a stern expression: "Duan Yitong, you must take this jade pendant, when the time comes, the Turks will come with this jade pendant, if they are right, let them take these iron ores." ”

Duan Da took the jade pendant and asked, "Hua Qiang, such a large transaction, won't you come by yourself then?" ”

Wang Huaqiang did not tell Duan Da the true purpose of this trip, he also knew that along the way, Duan Da had always been suspicious, but because there was Gao Xi's edict, so he didn't dare to inquire, after all, soldiers take obedience as their duty, but when they find an opportunity, they will inquire like now.

Wang Huaqiang smiled: "Duan Yitong, let me tell you the truth, these iron ores are traded with a certain Turkic department, and they want them to be loyal to our dynasty to be a screen domain, last time at the celebration banquet, you also saw how the emperor used General Han's tiger power to deter the Turkic envoys, this alone is not enough, we also have to support some small tribes, so that the Turks will attack each other and have no power to harm our Central Plains." ”

Duan Da crooked his mouth disdainfully: "So that's the case, it's really boring, it's not that I haven't fought with the Turks before, except for Ma Duo, they run fast, in fact, it's not a big deal, if you really dare to come to my border pass, you just happened to come to give us heads." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled and patted Duan Da's shoulder, which shook the nail leaves of his whole body: "Duan Yitong, the Turks have no fixed place, and if they can't fight, they can run, unlike Nanchen's Jiankang City that can't run away there, when the time comes, how can you catch them in this vast grassland?" ”

Duan Da also laughed: "That's right, it's still Hua Qiang who thinks thoughtfully, and is not afraid to fight them head-on, but he is afraid that they will run away and be annoyed to death." ”

Ma Laosan's voice suddenly sounded from the inside of the city tower: "Wang Thorn History, Wang Thorn History, my envoy to the Turks has arrived in the south of the city!"