The next day, Merton and his entourage had already packed their bags. There are a total of five carts, the first is the Mo Di escort car, which holds the captured Hun generals, the second is the Lu chariot ridden by the different Mrs. Mo, and the back three are taken care of by Mo Dian, pulling supplies and tents and other daily necessities. A group of eighteen people accompanied him with more than fifty war horses.

After bidding farewell to the brothers of Shouyang Mountain, Merton and the others set out to march west. Moxin suggested to Merton

"Let's start from Shouyang Mountain, it's best to keep walking along the Great Wall. After Yuyang, Shanggu, Daijun, arrive at Yanmen Pass. Then turn to the clouds, and go straight to the Xiongnu court from Yunzhong County. In this way, before Izumo Nakagun, he had been traveling through the territory of Great Qin, so he didn't have to worry too much about the pursuit of the Huns. If you enter the grassland from Yuyang and have to pass through the territory of Donghu, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the eldest brother. ”

Merton felt justified, and Merton continued

"Great Qin has very strict control over the population within its territory, and it must be registered, and it is not allowed to move without permission. The disciples of Shouyang Mountain have been practicing on the mountain for many years, which in itself violates the laws of Great Qin. And Qin has always practiced the strict punishment and strict laws of the Legalists, and these lonely bamboo disciples can only stay in Shouyang Mountain, and once they are found out to leave the Qin realm, they will be arrested immediately, and then sent to the frontier to serve as hard labor. What's more, there are many descendants of the six countries in the mountains, and any one of them is certain to die if they are caught. In addition, Qin Shi Huang burned books and pit Confucianism, and Shouyang Mountain collected the words of hundreds of schools, and the crime of this collection of books is enough to kill a hundred times. We must be very careful to avoid places where the enemy has heavy troops. ”

Merton nodded, and the group headed for the first stop, Yuyang County. I didn't encounter too much trouble along the way, and when I got down to Yuyang City, I suddenly found that the Qin soldiers of the brigade were patrolling back and forth, as if they were coming to Dao Moton. There are many checkpoints on the road, and the security is heavy. Moda thought: This is bad, there are so many Qin soldiers, they can't deal with it at all. It is not easy to get by in the dark, the eldest brother, the third sister and the seven guards have accents from the grassland, and they will definitely be arrested as spies. Everyone also ran out of ideas, and then Mo Xin remembered someone. He got into the first car, dragged the Hun general out, and asked

"You tell me the truth, how did you two thousand Hun cavalry pass through the Yuyang checkpoint?"

The Hun general replied tremblingly

"We didn't encounter any obstacles, Qin Bing just looked at us from a distance, and they didn't stop us, we went all the way unimpeded"

"Fart! With so many levels, you can actually go through it unimpeded!? That's two thousand cavalry, not two thousand ants, how can you let you pass at will in the territory of Great Qin! Recruit truthfully! ”

Mo Xin raised his hand and beat the Hun general, who was frightened and hurriedly said

"The righteous man spares his life. I didn't panic. We slipped in from Daijun, and we thought that we would pass through Shanggu and Yuyang along the way, and there would definitely be a large number of Qin soldiers to intercept us. Unexpectedly, the Qin soldiers just watched and stood still, and we arrived at Shouyang Mountain unscathed. ”

Mo Xin muttered

"That's strange, could it be that Qin Bing has some conspiracy? Two thousand people, still Hun soldiers, shouldn't be. ”

Turning to Merton, he said

"Big brother, I think we will go around the city directly. Since the two thousand Hun cavalry did not stop, it was impossible for our eighteen people to be stopped. ”

Morton had always been known for his resourcefulness, and Merton was convinced of his analysis, waving his hand to signal that they were ready to move forward. Just as he was about to leave, a man turned around from behind the tree. Before everyone could see what this person looked like, they heard a sentence thrown out by this person

"You still claim to be resourceful, and now in the past, you will definitely die!"

Everyone was stunned and looked at the person in front of them. The man was dressed in a blue and white robe, wearing a scarf and holding a feather fan in his hand. Looking at his face again, his face is like white jade, his eyes are like stars, his teeth are white and his lips are red. If it weren't for a man's dress, everyone would think she was an extremely beautiful girl. The man walked up to everyone with a feather fan in a hurry, and continued

"The husband is the victor without a fight, and the temple is counted. The temple is not victorious without a fight, and it is considered to be less. More wins, less wins, and nothing counts. Moxin, you didn't make a calculation and rushed everyone through the level, isn't this looking for death? Have you returned all the Art of War you read to Master? ”

This man spoke with sarcasm and disdain for Mo Xin, which made everyone feel very uncomfortable listening to it. Mo Xin was even more upset and asked

"Who are you holy? I'm not right, then how do you say we get through Yuyang City? ”

The man took the fan and pointed in the direction where the group had come

"I said go back. Don't go past Yuyang City. ”

Everyone was dizzy at the time, thinking that this guy would have some clever plan to pass through Yuyang City, but he actually let everyone go back the same way, so he was not disappointed. Mo Xin sneered and said

"So we just want to give up. You're so good, it's pure nonsense. ”

With a smile on his face, the man shook his feather fan unhurriedly and asked Moxin

"Is the route you have drawn up through Yuyang, Shanggu, Daijun, Yanmen Pass, Yunzhong, and then out of the plug?"

Moxindao

"So what?"

"Then do you know the order of the five pass cities and the guards of the five passes?"

Mo Xin snorted

"How can I not know the way. In the westernmost part of the clouds, the guard general Li Xin, followed by the Yanmen Pass guard Wang Li, then the acting county guard general Li You, then the Shanggu guard general Zhang Han, and the easternmost part is the Yuyang guard general Dong Peng. Whether? ”

"That's right, it's just not complete, the Jiuyuan in the west of Yunzhong is personally garrisoned by the general Meng Tian, and the right Beiping in the east of Yuyang is garrisoned by Wang Ben. Do you know what kind of Hun soldiers can go unhindered? ”

Mo Xin really wanted to know the reason for the Dao, but he was unforgiving

"Tell me about it, and see if it's the same as what I know."

The man snorted and said

"There are three major tribal alliances in the north of this Great Qin, the Dayue clan in the west, the Xiongnu in the middle, and the Donghu in the northeast. The Xiongnu and Donghu and Dayue clans were feuds and often attacked each other. On the grassland last year, there was just a big battle, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King was beaten by the Donghu King, and after that battle, the Xiongnu retreated 500 miles westward. After the triumphant division of the Eastern Hu soldiers, the 500-mile territory became a no-man's land. The Huns did not dare to recover, and the East Lake people did not have time to manage. In order to defend these three tribes, Great Qin built the Great Wall, and General Meng Tian led a border army of 500,000 to garrison along the Great Wall to prevent the northern nomadic tribes from invading the Central Plains. The Great Wall was divided into three defense areas, from Lintao to Jiuyuan County, which was personally led by Meng Tian, with 200,000 troops stationed, mainly to deal with the Dayue clan and the Xiongnu in the west. Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Daijun were led by Li Xin to deal with the Xiongnu in the east, and Wang Li of Yanmen and Li You of Daijun were all under the command of General Li, with a total of 150,000 troops in their hands. Shanggu, Yuyang and Youbeiping were under the jurisdiction of Wang Ben, mainly to deal with Donghu, Shanggu Zhanghan and Yuyang Dong Fei were dispatched by him, with a total of 150,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Mo Xin said disdainfully

"Yes, everyone knows that."

"Then do you know why Qin Shi Huang arranged the generals like this?"

Mo Xin was asked, he really didn't know why the First Emperor of the Dao Dao had arranged it like this, so he shook his head.

The man continued

"That is exactly what Qin Shi Huang had in mind. If the defenders of the Great Wall rose up against Qin Shi Huang, he could only be captured. These 500,000 were all Qin's most elite troops. Therefore, the First Emperor wanted to divide the military power into the hands of different political forces. Meng Tian's political enemy is Li Si, and his son Li Youtian and Meng Tian are not of the same mind. Wang Ben is the son of the general Wang Qian, Wang Li is the grandson of Wang Qian, their family and Meng Tian's family are world friends, and naturally they are with Meng Tian. Li Xin was defeated by Xiang Yan when he was attacking Chu, and since then he has been indifferent to Qin Shi Huang, he is older than Meng Tian according to his generation, and now he is actually under the command of Meng Tian, so he is unwilling, and after being co-opted by Li Si, he formed a party. Dong Peng was promoted by Li Xin, so he naturally wore the same pants as Li Xin and Li Si. Zhang Han has always admired General Meng Tian, so he can be regarded as Meng Tian's group. So you see, Li Si and Meng Tian are one party, check and balance each other, and Qin Shi Huang can sit back and relax. ”

Mo Xin still didn't understand why the Hun soldiers would be unimpeded, so he asked

"Don't be verbose, I know that their factions are secretly competing with each other. What does that have to do with the smooth passage of the Huns? ”

The man replied

"Of course it's a big deal. The 500 miles of no-man's land I mentioned just now happened to be Li You's defense area, and Li You relaxed his vigilance precisely because there was no one to attack in this area. The Hun soldiers took advantage of Li You's carelessness to infiltrate Daijun. After Dai County is Shanggu, it is said that Zhang Han, the general of Shanggu, should lead troops to exterminate the Huns. However, the 2,000 Huns were too few to be sent out to encircle and suppress them. Even if they win completely, the reward they get for their merits will not be enough to cover the costs of encirclement and suppression. Simply let them go over to Dong Fei who led the troubled waters to Yuyang, it just so happened that Dong Fei and Zhang Han were not a party, if the Huns made any big moves in Yuyang, and the imperial court just dealt with Dong Fei's crimes, Li Si's party could be weakened. And Dong Peng of Yuyang also saw this in mind and let the Huns go out of his defense area. After Yuyang is Shouyang Mountain, these Hun soldiers thought that they were unimpeded. ”

Mo Xin was a little puzzled

"Then these guards are not afraid of making a big mess? The Qin army's military orders are very strict, and such a shirk of responsibility and mutual restraint is a crime. ”