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White Wolf Mountain, located in Guangcheng (now Jianchang, Liaoning) site east ten miles, in the watershed west of the main peak, there is a huge white stone stone, far away looks like a curled white wolf, hence the name. This mountain is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, surrounded by clouds and mist in the mountains, the forest is dense and the ditch is deep, there are many tigers and wolves, it is easy to enter and difficult to get out.

On the side of the north peak of the White Wolf Mountain, the white wolf water (now the Daling River) stretches mightily. This is the most important river in western Liaoning, which consists of three tributaries in the west, south and north, converging to the east, traversing hundreds of miles, and flowing into Liaodong Bay. The White Wolf Grand Canyon on the west side of the White Wolf Water is the only place to enter Liao from the northwest, and the geographical location is very important, and the White Wolf Mountain on the south side of the White Wolf Valley has extraordinary military significance.

In the Western Han Dynasty, this place once belonged to the right Beiping County, to the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was assigned to Liaoxi County, and after Gongsun Du was based on Liaodong, this Liaoxi naturally became his sphere of influence. Since the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liaoxi has been the place where the Karasuma people have been entrenched, and the government is chaotic and difficult to control. At the end of the Han Dynasty, after the rise of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, it bordered on Beiping County, its sphere of influence. At that time, Gongsun Zhan's name was Zhen Youyan, and Gongsun Du avoided its edge, and Liaoxi Karasuma was rampant, so he defaulted to this place as a buffer land between Liaodong, Youzhou, Xianbei, and Karasuma.

As the western barrier and strategic buffer place of Liaodong, Gongsun Du could not abandon it, but it could not be effectively governed, so that Liaoxi became a piece of "chicken ribs" that Gongsun Du ate without meat and discarded it.

How to deal with this piece of chicken ribs really made Gongsun Du very nerve-wracking, and he struggled with it for several years, until the appearance of Ma Han and Han Gebu, which made him see a glimmer of light. Gongsun Du adopted the two most important confidants: Peng Yangyi, who was engaged in the governance of Liaodong, and Liu Yi, the chief bookkeeper, who offered the strategy of driving the tiger and chasing the wolf, and generously took out a cavalry captain and a white wolf city to win over the horses.

Gongsun Du's purpose couldn't be more obvious, that is, to use Ma Han and his Hange tribe as a wedge and nail it to the land of Liaoxi, which nominally belongs to him, but is actually out of control, so as to lay a force for him to truly control Liaoxi in the future.

Gongsun Du had already thought of this method, but none of his subordinates were capable of doing it - just kidding, rejecting Karasuma King in the north and choking Gongsun Chan in the south, how powerful and prestigious this must be, even if it is his Gongsun Du, it may not be enough. Therefore, there are good plans, but there is a lack of good generals, and no matter how good the plan is, it can only be shelved.

The reason why Gongsun Du values Ma Han is not that he thinks Ma Han can stifle the White Horse Gongsun, but that Ma Han has a huge influence among the Xianbei people and the Karasuma people. In the Three Kingdoms, an era where fame is more important than one qiē, sometimes one person's influence is enough to top an army of 10,000 people.

Giving an official position as a cavalry captain, adding a small city, and providing some money and food can bring in a strong cavalry and lay a wedge in Liaoxi, this deal is too cost-effective. As long as Gongsun Du's head is not kicked by a donkey, he will never miss it.

Gongsun Du's conditions are very favorable: Ma Han, the leader of the Hange Department, is the commander of the warp system (the so-called warp system is to show the imperial court, receive the seal, and is an official officially recognized by the imperial court, not a grass-headed official who is privately sealed by the state and county), and lead the white wolf city guard, and can appoint civil and military auxiliary officials by himself, and the list can be reported to Liaodong County. The Liaodong side will provide the White Wolf City with military resources for a cost of one million dollars, 10,000 yuan of military rations per season, 3,000 stones of forage, and the rest of the weapons, clothes, armor, and horses, which will be supplied according to the treatment of county soldiers.

What Ma Hu has to do is that whenever there is a war, he must obey the dispatch of Gongsun Du, and the Hange cavalry must participate in the battle as a guest army, in order to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.

At that time, it was common for the Three Kingdoms to have a semi-independent guest army like this, such as Liu Bei to Gongsun Zhan, Zang Ba to Tao Qian, and Sun Ce to Yuan Shu. You provide money and food, and I will fight for you, and as for my army, you cannot interfere, it is similar in nature to mercenaries.

After a brief discussion with the leaders of the Hango tribe, Ma Han and the Hango tribe soon agreed that owning a territory city of their own was a dream for these rootless wandering Han people.

Ma Han's thoughts were slightly different, he clearly knew that during the entire Three Kingdoms period, Gongsun Du had never participated in the warlord melee in the Central Plains, at most he was fighting against the surrounding foreign races. That is to say, becoming a guest army in Liaodong can get a precious opportunity to recuperate, borrow chickens to lay eggs, borrow grain to raise soldiers, and try to develop. Compared to the benefits obtained by the Hange Department, becoming the "wedge" of Gongsun Du is nothing at all. In Mobei and Liaodong, a vast land densely populated with many foreign forces, where does the Hange tribe settle down is not a thorn in the side of the local tribes? In this case, let's just be a "thorn in the side" who is backed by forces and holds benefits!

The collegial agreement was reached, and Liu Yi returned to Liaodong to report, leaving only his deputy, a Taishou Mansion named Zheng Gao, to take the lead and go to White Wolf City with the Han Ge Department.

In mid-September, Ma Han led more than 4,000 people from the Hange tribe to the south along the north branch of the White Wolf Water and arrived at the White Wolf City.

White Wolf City is located two miles away from the east bank of the White Wolf Water, the city is close to square, 220 meters long from east to west, 180 meters wide from north to south, equivalent to the size of two standard football fields. The avenue in the city is in the shape of a "well", and the official temple (county office) is in the center of the well. The city wall is made of rammed earth, about three zhang high, it has not been repaired for a long time, and it is more mottled in the sunset. The city has two gates, east and west, the city gate has a drawbridge, and there is a moat outside the city, which is thirty meters wide, and leads the white wolf water to irrigate it. The defensiveness is not below the Ning County that Ma Han has seen.

Along the way, through the introduction of Zheng Gao, Ma Han initially understood the importance of this white wolf city. This city is the key point of the Central Plains to the northeast region, that is, the place where the "Lulong Road" must pass through in later generations, and its geographical location is particularly dangerous. The surrounding White Wolf Mountain has formed a series of natural barriers, making White Wolf City a strategic place that can attack and retreat. Whether it is to enter the hinterland of Liaodong from Youyan, or to defend the northeast gate of Liaodong, White Wolf City is a decisive place for soldiers.

I don't know if Gongsun Du wanted to show favor to Gongsun Chan and show no hostility, or to avoid irritating the Karasuma people, or both, this important city has only 300 foot soldiers in Liaodong, and most of them are old and weak soldiers with uneven armor. The highest-ranking civil official is only a master bookkeeper, and the highest military attache is a military marquis.

This qiē only shows one point, their existence is just a gesture of Gongsun Du's belonging to Liaoxi. And when Ma Han took over the town guard order from the military marquis stationed in White Wolf City, he already understood that from this moment on, he would work hard for Gongsun Du's posture in Liaoxi to transform into tough, and this was where his value lies.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Ma Han stood on the northern slope of Ma White Wolf Mountain, looking down on this new territory that belonged to him.

Mountains are stacked, rivers are flowing, the plains are vast, and the city is high and deep. To the west, it is the White Wolf Canyon, the main road leading to Mobei; To the southeast, it is the Lulong main road that guards the road leading to Youyan; To the north, it is the White Wolf North Road leading to Liucheng.

This is a treasure land, but also a dangerous place, how to eliminate the danger to the greatest extent, so that this treasure land bears gold particles, it depends on his courage and boldness.

In the distance, there was the sound of the cloud board on the head of the White Wolf City that the city gate was about to close.

"Let's go, go back to the city!"

Ma Han let out a long breath, the long whip struck the void, the silver arrow quickly turned its head, and the iron hooves tapped the mountain road, and galloped down the hillside. Behind him, Wu chased and more than a dozen guards quickly whipped up and followed closely.

(Vol. 1 & Final)