Yanmen Pass, as an important pass of the Han family in the northern frontier defense, was different in different periods.

Every time the Hu people went south along the Sanggan River to enter Yanmen, once they were able to break through, they could directly enter the heart of Taiyuan along the Fenshui River Valley and plunder, or break into Hebei along the southeast of the Huchi River Valley and enter Hebei to plunder.

Because of its importance, the Han dynasty has always regarded Yanmen Pass as the most important defensive zone on its northern frontier. In addition to the daily beacon soldiers guarding the city, there are also generals of Duliao and Huns stationed outside the border wall near Yanmen.

But this is already in the past, as Liu Hong mobilized most of the border troops of Bingzhou to the south when he went west to Chang'an, his section of defense fell into emptiness, and fortunately, this period of time was also a time of chaos for Xianbei people, otherwise Bingzhou would have been reduced to a ruin.

At this time, about fifty miles northwest of Yanmen Pass, there is a rammed earth city that winds for hundreds of miles from east to west, which is the Great Wall of Zhao built by Zhao in the past.

The years have passed, and only the pedestal of the majestic side wall of the year remains, but the artistic conception of the golden iron horse is getting stronger and stronger like alcohol.

Outside this section of hundreds of miles of border walls, although it is still Han land in name, it is actually what the world often calls Guanwai.

It's a vast mountain grassland, and it's October, with ups and downs and frosty spots.

This piece is the grassland of the Tuoba Xianbei people.

In this hundreds of miles of grassland, there is a big lake in the middle, and the smoke is vast. There are grasslands and lakes, which is originally a unique high-quality grassland, but unfortunately, this lake is a rare brine lake, and it is impossible to raise cattle and horses.

Therefore, this grassland was left to the Tuoba tribe, which was considered a weak tribe.

The Tuoba tribe, like other Xianbei tribes, originated from the northeast region, and then moved en masse into the warm and humid grasslands as the Xiongnu weakened.

Then, between Huan Ling, they gradually continued to migrate southwest along the Yinshan Mountain Range, entering the current grassland to inhabit.

Unlike some other tribes, the Tuoba Xianbei have a custom of shaving off part of the hair on the top of the head and braiding the hair around it into small braids. In this way, they are also called "Suotou Xianbei" by the Han people.

Originally, the strength of the Tuoba Department was weak, and all of them fell up and down, which is the strength of more than 1,000 accounts. But soon the opportunity came, and I don't know what means the Han people used, and soon the Hu people in the Yanbei region and Daidi fought chaotically.

And the Tuoba tribe in the salt lake steppe was just far away from the most chaotic center, and instead continued to recruit those exiled Hu people.

These remnants of the Hu people joined the Tuoba Ministry, and soon the strength of the Tuoba Bu ushered in a great development.

Before the Taishan army entered this area, the Tuoba tribe, under the leadership of its young chieftain Tuoba Liwei, had just annexed a large Xiongnu tribe nearby, making the strength of the whole clan rise steadily to the strength of 3,000 tents.

It can be said that at this time, the Tuoba tribe was the strongest tribe in the nearby grassland.

If it weren't for the Taishan army entering Pingcheng and also beginning to recruit the Hu people in the Daidi and Yanbei regions, maybe the Tuoba Department could really become a large tribal alliance under the leadership of its young chieftain Tuoba Liwei.

But unfortunately, the fortune is not here here in the Tuoba Department after all.

At this time, in the middle of the tents dotted with dots, the chief of the Tuoba tribe, Tuoba Liwei, was entertaining a guest.

This person's name is Wang Yi, and he is the messenger of Pei Ye, the Taishou of Taiyuan.

He came here to persuade Tuoba Liwei to attack Heicheng from the flank.

The Daihai Grassland and the Peace City, where the Tuoba tribe is located, are only separated by a mountain. They can go through the mountain gap between the mountains and go directly to the rear of Heijo.

Originally, according to Tuoba Liwei's previous development, he only needed to sit on the mountain here and watch the tiger fight, not that no matter who wins, he can bite off a piece of meat from the side that fell.

But Wang Yi is a native of the North, proficient in Xiongnu and Xianbei languages, and a student of the great Confucian Liu Kuan, so he is eloquent. Relying on his persuasion, Tuoba Liwei gradually wavered from his previous opinion.

Not to mention whether to send troops or not, at least he was convinced. That is, this Tarzan army that suddenly rushed over was their enemy.

In Wang Yi's narration, Tuoba Liwei gradually understood how harmful this so-called Taishan army was.

They even settled the herdsmen of the steppe, and gave these tribes names like Han Chinese, and the small chieftains of those tribes were all deprived of their population and lost control of the tribes.

This made Tuoba Li a little cold, you must know that there are a large number of scattered herdsmen in their tribe now, and these people only stay in Tuoba because Tuoba can shelter them.

Now, if this Taishan army is really allowed to continue like this in the Yanbei region, then these people will not escape completely?

Vaguely, Tuoba Li slightly awakened his class consciousness and began to regard the Taishan Army as his class enemy.

But this matter is too important, when the Taishan army just entered the Yanbei area, he learned that the opponent's horse infantry was 30,000, and the cavalry alone was as many as 10,000.

And even if Tuoba Liwei has fallen all the old and young women recently, he can only make up 30,000, and he is still horseless.

Don't think that the nomads ride horses, in fact, war horses are precious in any ethnic group. The large number of slaves in the Tuoba tribe almost did not have war horses, and even if they were gathered into an army, they were just miscellaneous soldiers.

In addition, now the target of the Taishan army is Yanmen Pass, which has little to do with him, and he really can't afford to take advantage of those Han people.

However, the threat of the Taishan army is indeed real,

So, Tuoba Liwei promised Wang Yi that as long as the Yanmen Pass side could defeat the Taishan army, he would take 100,000 string controllers in the clan to attack Pingcheng, so that the Taishan army could not return.

Of course, the supplies and money and food for this dispatch of troops should not be less than the original plan.

Wang Yi also knew that this was already the best condition he could get, so he took this promise and returned to Yanmen Pass again.

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Two days later, the Wangyi delegation entered Mayi along the western foot of Wuzhou Mountain through Shanwu, Zhongling, and Wuzhou, and then rested in Mayi, and finally entered Yanmen Pass eastward.

When the convoy traveled along the first line of river valleys through the Cangmang Mountains, I saw that the green mountains were facing each other in the distance, the lone peak was inserted into the sky, and the wild geese flew north from the two peaks, and the birds and beasts of the wild geese chirped in the valley correspondingly.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the Yanmen Pass at this time is like a mountain gate that locks the heaven and earth, majestic and magnificent.

It's not the first time Wang Yi has seen Yanmen closed, but if he sees it again, he will still be infected, and he can't help but sigh:

"Such a natural danger, even if there are millions of soldiers, you can only look at Guan Xing and sigh."

To be honest, he was quite confused about this mission. In his opinion, there was no need to go to a tribe of Xianbei Hu people to grovel.

This discomfort is not only because of the Hanism in his bones, but also because of his understanding of Yanmen Pass and Gaixun.

First of all, this Yanmen Pass, which is located at a gap in Heng Mountain, but in addition to this place, it can enter the Linyi Basin, which is really a husband and a man.

And then there's Gai Xun.

Gai Xun was originally not familiar with the Central Plains family, because his family was from Dunhuang, which was thousands of miles away from Kyoto. But soon Gai Xun rose to prominence in the Liangzhou Rebellion.

Wang Yi hadn't really met Gai Xun, but he was from the North, and he was not far from the golden city where Gai Xun was famous. So he naturally heard how this person repeatedly broke through Beigong Boyu with a force far weaker than the rebels.

So there is such a general, and he is guarding Yanmen Pass, which is foolproof, so why go to ask a small chief of Zahu for reinforcements? Pingbai is one head short of our Han family.

It's just that this bit of depression in my heart was suddenly smooth after seeing the Han family's red flag on Guanling.

Suddenly, Wang Yi asked the rider on the side:

"Let's find a place to rest first, let's get some water to wash, after staying there for a long time, I always feel a smell on my body. After a while, we will see Gai Jun for the first time, so we have to be decent. ”

The rider nodded, and then drove to a nearby creek. This stream flows down from the mountains, and it flows into the Fen water through here, which is clear.

It's just that when Wang Yi and the others took off their clothes, a group of warriors suddenly ran down from behind the slope and tied them up without saying a word.

Wang Yi was shivering from the cold wind, but his mind was very clear that these people must be Taishan Army.

So he accompanied the grievances, and said to a samurai at the head:

"General, we are all nearby business travelers, why do you want to arrest us?"

But the samurai who had the head didn't listen, but just scolded:

"Coaxing Naigong? What about your goods? What about money? There is a smell of sheep smell all over your body, just returned from the Hu tribe, right? ”

Wang Yi was choked by these words and did not squeak.

Over there, the people of the Taishan Army searched the car and clothes, turned out some charms and documents, and then handed them to the samurai who took the lead.

The warrior looked at it and snorted coldly:

"What else do you have to say?"

Wang Yi also knew that things couldn't be hidden, so he said stiffly:

"The so-called two armies are not at war. The Ertai Mountain Army is also the master of one side, this will not be impossible, right? ”

Who knew that as soon as Wang Yi's words fell, the first samurai slapped him over.

Wang Yi was caught off guard, and every tooth was knocked off, and then he shouted in horror:

"Woo, nong, ha, what ......"

The first warrior was puzzled, turned his head to another majestic warrior and asked:

"Old Sun, what is he humming?"

The samurai who was asked also shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly:

"Who are you asking? You too, this person is a child of a family at first glance, and you don't know how to be polite to others. ”

But the words are these words, but listening to the schadenfreude in this person's tone, I also know that this person is very happy.

The first samurai suddenly slapped, he rubbed his palm, and officially introduced:

"You remember, our name is Xu Sheng, I'll ask you later, you'd better tell the truth, otherwise after a few times, you will understand that the slap just now is Qingfeng Xu Mian."

Looking at this warrior named Xu Sheng, staring at himself with red eyes, Wang Yi couldn't help but tremble.

He had a hunch that he wouldn't be able to get into it this time.