Chapter 719: Wash away the dust
Judging from the map, the symbol marking Danhan Mountain almost overlaps with the border of Daigun, but only by walking on this path can you truly appreciate what it means to be close to the end of the world.
After crossing the Sanggan River, there is no longer an official road, only mountains, one by one, endlessly. Both men and horses slowly began to go numb, unable to tell where they were.
"Look, the Great Wall!" Tian Yu suddenly shouted behind him, so frightened that Qin Feng almost didn't get off his horse.
Turning his head sideways, he followed the other party's finger and looked into the distance, only to see a silver-white, stretching dragon on the mountain ridge on the left.
The land of Youyan has been surrounded by enemies since ancient times, and the Yan Kingdom was almost destroyed in the invasion of foreign tribes, and it was all thanks to the military alliance of the King of Qi to tide over the difficulties. In view of this, Yan is one of the few vassal states among the nations that has both the north and south Great Walls.
What Zhao Yun and the others see now is the Northern Great Wall of Yan State, which has been rebuilt by Qin State, relying on the continuous Yanshan Mountain Range, completely connected, as if it has come to life.
The long wind blew the dragon's body twists and turns, and the dragon's head is still proudly raised, raising under the dark clouds in the sky, the top of the mountains, looking down on the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains wrapped in ice and snow.
Rao is accustomed to seeing the mountains and rivers outside the Saiwai, this scene is eye-catching, Qin Feng was also taken by the majestic spirit in the meantime, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and muttered and complained: "It's the Great Wall, is it used so much?" ”
Tian Yu grabbed Qin Feng, pointed to the city wall, and shouted loudly: "Captain Qin, look carefully, there are people in the city, there are people!" ”
"Someone ......" Qin Feng was stunned, stared blankly at the snowflake city wall and the completely frozen riverbank, looked at the few black shadows moving on it, and suddenly woke up, and shouted: "How can there be anyone?" ”
He had a good point.
The Great Wall is the most magnificent fortification in the world. Facing the sea in the east and Qilian in the west, stretching for thousands of miles, even in later generations, it is also known as a wonder of the world. However, as far as Qin Feng knew, there should be no defenders on the city wall.
In the early years, there were, especially in the era of the sandalwood locust, and the king set up the king's tent in the sandalwood locust of Danhan Mountain. He did not shy away from showing his ambitions for the Central Plains, and the Great Wall on Yanshan Mountain was the first line of defense to curb his ambitions.
In the end of Tan Shihuai's life, he was not able to stand the king's tent outside the side wall, and he could enter the Han realm anytime and anywhere. The ideal of taking and taking, because he has never been able to completely conquer the Great Wall in front of him. In that era, the Xianbei entered the Kou and bypassed it from other channels.
Later, Tanshihuai fell ill and died, Xianbei fell into division, and the threat was far less than before, and the national power of the Han Dynasty was also declining, and the treasury was increasingly tight. The bigwigs in the DPRK opened their thick palms on one side. From the treasury and the people, they scraped it in their own dock forts, and while complaining bitterly, they cut the border army one after another.
As the war in the northwest continued, they advised the Son of Heaven to abandon Yongliang and Sanfu; There is something going on in northern Xinjiang. They suggested using Hu to defend the frontier by using the Huns attached to it, so as to reduce the huge expenses for maintaining the border army.
The first step in disarmament is the troops stationed at the Great Wall. These troops are very expensive and do not do much. Keeping it is just a drag. As for whether the Xianbei people will be restless without the Great Wall defense line, the bigwigs are also very thoughtful.
First, the Xianbei people are fighting a civil war, and if there are Han troops watching from the side, they will inevitably have scruples and not have enough fun fighting. The second is because of the civil strife of the Xianbei people, the bigwigs believe that the Xianbei people are too busy with the civil strife, and they must be unintentional and powerless to invade the south.
Following this guiding ideology, the DPRK and China reached a consensus, believing that the Central Plains was in an eventful situation, and border conflicts should be avoided as much as possible.
After Liu Yu arrived in Youzhou, he quickly used the suppression of Gongsun Zan to complete his overtures to foreigners, and soon became brothers and sisters with Xianbei and Wuhuan. Now that he has become a good brother, it is naturally impossible to rashly turn his face, what are you still doing on the Great Wall?
Of course, occasional cross-border raids are inevitable.
An uneducated barbarian is about the same mental state as a madman, and it is nothing to go back on his word. As long as they hurt the grass people on the side, no one will care. Isn't sacrificing a few ordinary people in exchange for national tranquility the essence of sacrificing the ego and taking into account the overall situation of the country?
In the eyes of the above, the only power of the grass people is to make sacrifices, and it is precisely because they saw through this meaning that Gongsun Chan and his border soldiers sneered at Liu Yu, as well as the politicians and celebrities behind Liu Yu, and even hated him to the core.
Before launching a long-distance attack, Qin Feng had already made it clear that this time Xianbei entered the Kou, not from Dai County, but from Guangning in Shanggu County and Bai Tan in Yuyang County.
This is also the reason why he always felt that it was impossible for the tribe of the Xianbei King Tent to be in Danhan Mountain, and in the same way, at this moment, there should be no talent at the border of Daijun.
"Brother Guorang, where are we now?" Zhao Yun didn't dwell on these questions, he directly flipped out the map and asked Tian Yu.
Tian Yu put his hand in his eyes, tried his best to look into the wind and snow, and said in a deep voice: "If something is expected...... The small town in front is the Horse City! The river in the northeast of the city is the Qiushui River! There was a hint of irrepressible excitement in his tone.
"Horse City? Isn't that the time comes? There are people on the city wall, which means ......" Zhao Yun was also excited, and ignored the besieged allies; Let the Xianbei people cross the Flying Fox Road and launch a fierce attack on friendly forces; Ignoring the people of Dai and Shanggu counties, who were poisoned by the Xianbei people, they trekked hard in the ice and snow for five days and five nights, isn't it just for this moment?
"The Xianbei people are really in Danhan Mountain, and the one stationed here in Macheng is their outpost!" Qin Feng also pondered the taste.
Macheng is not a very large city, but it is in a very important area, in the era of Tanshihuai, here as an important passage connecting Danhan Mountain and Daijun, it is a must for the Han army and the Xianbei people.
After being abandoned, the city wall was demolished by the Xianbei people, and the Great Wall of China exposed a big gap here. Although it is still called a city, it is actually just a stockade, and only the common people who escaped the harsh government of the Central Plains live here.
These people will not patrol the Great Wall on the mountain, since there are people on the city wall, it means that Gongsun Zhan's speculation is correct, the Xianbei people really played a trick of repairing the plank road in the open, and secretly Chen Cang's trick, putting those disobedient and incomplete subordinate tribes on the bright side, and hiding their own descendants in Danhan Mountain!
Zhao Yun's reaction was extremely fast, he took the reins of his horse and ran along the flank of his own team, and every time he ran away more than 100 steps, he stopped and shouted and asked: "Brothers, are you tired?" ”
The wind and snow were urgent, and the voice of ordinary people couldn't even reach dozens of steps, but Zhao Yun seemed to have just recuperated and recuperated, and he was full of energy when he spoke, and his voice quickly spread throughout the army.
"Not tired!" The soldiers, who had only been told in advance that they were about to be led to trouble the Shepherd Tribe, but did not know where the final destination was, replied in unison.
Half of the Youzhou people in the Hurricane Cavalry, although most of them were people who lived east of Yuyang, but there were also many people who admired Gongsun Zan and Wang Yu's damyo and defected from the west of Yuyang.
This time Xianbei entered the Kou, and everywhere he passed, the people were unlucky, even if the Xianbei army failed to reach the place, because of the arrogant miscellaneous beard after the support of Xianbei, it also made the place a miasma.
Along the way, I don't know how many families have been destroyed, no matter where they come from, everyone has a breath in their hearts, and it is this breath that supported them to trek in the ice and snow for five days and nights, but no one complained.
"Now ......" Zhao Yun waved his hand and pointed to the gap in the Great Wall filled with wind and snow: "The Xianbei King's Tent is in front of you...... What do you say, brethren? ”
"Revenge!" A roaring response rang out from the crowd. The cavalrymen either raised their lances with ice edges in their hands, or struggled to pull out their swords covered with frost from their waists, showing that they were not tired and that they were high-spirited in battle.
"Hu Gou guards the favor of my Han family, and repays virtue for a long time with grievances, in the past the Gaotang War, the Huns have paid the price, and now, it is Xianbei's turn! One day, our Han family sons and daughters will clear the Hu atmosphere, so that it will never recover, so that the people of our Han family will no longer suffer from slaughter and cruelty, starting from today, from the feet of you and me! ”
Infected by the emotions of his brothers, Zhao Yun changed his usual calm and composure, and pulled out the Qinghong Sword from behind his back, and the three-foot Qingfeng reached the depths of the sky.
Suddenly, for a moment, the world became quiet, and everyone kept their mouths shut and looked at the mighty figure. The general Zilong in front of him is still a teenager, but no one will have any doubts because of his age, starting from the boundary bridge all the way, his heroism is forged with the lives and unwillingness of countless enemies.
And his promise was made by another person who was equally young and equally courageous, to fight in the south and in the north, and sweep away the dust!
Suddenly, Qin Feng raised his long knife and responded loudly with a killing word. Immediately afterward, the sound of the heavens and the earth cracking resounded through the wilderness.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Five thousand brave men raised their weapons in unison and shouted loudly.
As if hearing everyone's shouts, a crack suddenly cracked in the gray sky. The sun shone down through the cracks in the clouds, shining on the figure of the white horse and silver spear, illuminating everyone's eyes, and illuminating the sneaky figure on the city wall that was fleeing to the castle tower in a panic, trying to warn Ma Cheng.
Amidst the cheers, Zhao Yun pointed his sword at the glacier in the distance. The rider waved the banner with all his might, and the banner of the 'wind' stirred up a long wind, blowing behind the light horseman, and the speed soared to the extreme, rushing over the frozen river like the wind, and before the people in the city could react, a massacre began without warning.