The next day, Shi Min and Cui Ying got up sleepy-eyed, and after freshening up and dressing, they walked straight to the dining table in the hall.

And Dong Qiaoqiao had been waiting for them there for a long time, holding Shi Ming, who was only two years old, in his arms.

"Daddy, daddy, hug."

As soon as Shi Ming saw Shi Min, he got out of Dong Qiaoqiao's arms, stretched out his hand, and rushed towards Shi Min's side with his little arms and legs. But Shi Ming rushed too quickly, and when he didn't pay attention, his feet slipped and he fell to the ground.

"Ming'er."

"Wow!" Shi Mingwa cried loudly, and sat on the ground without caring about anything, crying loudly.

Dong Qiaoqiao hurriedly went up and hugged Shi Ming, and soothed: "Don't cry, don't cry." I just caught a frog, it's fine. ”

"Come, baby, I'll hug you." Shi Min stretched out his hand, took Xiao Shi Ming in his arms, and teased the child.

The relationship between Shi Min and Shi Ming, who has not seen each other for a long time, is still okay, and they don't see each other for a day, such as every three autumns.

"Qiaoqiao, where's Shi Lan?" Shi Min asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Dong Qiaoqiao pursed her lips and said, "What else do you say?" Yesterday, you went to Ying'er's room to rest, but you snubbed the beauty. I heard that Princess Shilan was very angry and kept the empty room alone, and lost her temper there! The concubine had already asked people to call Shi Lan, but she didn't have a good voice and was driven back. ”

Shi Min frowned and said, "Leave her alone." It is better for the princess not to get used to her. ”

"Brother Min, if you snub Princess Changping like this, it won't cause the king's dissatisfaction, right?"

Shi Min stretched out a finger and rubbed the corner of Xiao Shiming's mouth in his arms, and when he heard this, the boss suddenly said unhappily: "If you are dissatisfied, you will be dissatisfied." I still know what kind of temperament Shi Lan has, it's not a good stubble! And under the influence of her mother, she was very hostile to the Han people, and she disliked and looked down on me! Since I can't afford to provoke, can't I hide? ”

"Okay. After a while, the concubine asked the kitchen to make some food and send it over. ”

Eat without saying anything.

At the beginning of August 340 AD, Shi Hu ordered Yan Gong Shi Bin to be the governor of the western capital, and led four generals, Li Su, Taobao, Guo Tai, and Ma Qiu, to attack Liang with 70,000 cavalry. At the same time, he ordered Wu'an Hou Shi Min to be the governor of the northern capital, and led the four generals Li Nong, Li Su, Shi Jian, and Zhu Bao, and 80,000 cavalry to attack Daiguo!

This time, Zhao sent 150,000 foot cavalry, but it was not a national effort. As for the country's military strength, the state of Zhao still has reservations.

In the land of four wars, if you want to achieve great things, you can't rest on your laurels, you must forge ahead!

Therefore, the state of Zhao was fighting for many years. The year before last, Yan was attacked, last year was Jin, and this year the troops were divided to attack the dynasty and Liang, and the frequency of wars in the Zhao State can be seen.

However, it is precisely because of the frequent wars of Zhao that it has become such a huge territory, which makes all the countries in the Quartet fearful like tigers.

Shi Min took Zhao Guo's infantry and cavalry of 80,000 troops, all the way out of Yecheng, crossed the Jingcheng Pass, crossed the Taihang Mountain, and then passed through the city fortresses of Dingxiang and Yanmen counties, and finally arrived at the edge of the Great Wall in the Yanmen area after a rapid march of more than ten days.

Yanmen Mountain.

Shi Min rode his mount, the red horse Zhulong, looking at the majesty of this majestic pass from afar, and couldn't help but sigh happily: "This is Yanmen Mountain!" ”

Li Nong, who was next to him, replied, "Yes." Metropolitan Governor, this is a Xiongguan in ancient times! Throughout the ages, I don't know how many heroes of the Central Plains have stopped the Hu people from grazing horses in the south. As the old saying goes, there are nine stops in the world, and Yanmen is the head! ”

"Since King Zhao Wuling in the Warring States Period, all dynasties have regarded this place as a strategic location. King Zhao Wuling, Li Mu, Meng Tian and others have all gone out of Yanmen Mountain and attacked Hulu in the north! In the siege of Baideng that year, Han Gaozu once arrived in Pingcheng to fight against the Xiongnu, but he was lured, and 300,000 Han troops were trapped in Pingcheng Baishan Mountain for seven days! In the end, he bribed Shan Yu Yan (the wife of the king of the Xiongnu) with a lot of money and property to be freed. ”

"The famous generals of the Han Dynasty, such as Wei Qing, Huo Quai, and Li Guang, have galloped inside and outside the ancient fortress of Yanmen, defeated the Xiongnu many times, and made great contributions. This Yanmen Pass is really a one-man pass, and it is a place where the soldiers who fight against the northern Hulu must fight! ”

Shi Min bowed slightly: "Yes." If there is no Yanmen Fortress, I don't know how much we Central Plains people will have to pay to resist the northern Hulu! ”

"It's a pity, I don't know when, we can see the stable situation of this Yanmen fortress 'Yaocheng Yan closed, cattle and horses are wild, there is no dog barking police in the third world, and Li Shu has no battle to fight'. ”

Hearing this, Li Nong glanced at Shi Min with some meaning, and then nodded: "This time the northern attack on Daiguo, with the wise leadership of the general, and the courage of the soldiers to disobey their orders, they are not afraid of death, and they can fight down and force the Xianbei people to flee north." ”

"Perhaps." Shi Min smiled lightly and said.

Yanmen Mountain, known as Gozhu Mountain in ancient times, is located on the throat road in the south of Guangwu City, Shanyin County. The peaks here are tall and the terrain is dangerous. Since the construction of Yanmen Pass, there is more "one husband when the pass, ten thousand people do not open" trend, it "outside the same domain guard, inside the solid Taiyuan lock key, the root to the three passes, the throat of the whole Jin".

Legend has it that every spring, the southern wild goose flies north, holds the reed leaf in the mouth, flies to the wild goose gate and circles for half a day, until the leaf falls to pass the pass. Therefore, there is a saying that "those who are in Yanmen Mountain, geese fly out of it".

Xiongguan Yanmen, ranking first in the "nine stops in the world".

Since King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period, all dynasties have regarded this place as a strategic location. Zhao placed Yanmen County, and since then, Yanmen has been mostly guarded by the county, province and county. The name of Yanmen Pass began in the early Tang Dynasty. Due to the rise of the northern Turks, there were repeated internal crimes, and the Tang garrison was stationed in Yanmen Mountain, and the city was set up at the commanding heights of the Iron Wrapping Gate, and the soldiers defended it.

After five dynasties and ten kingdoms, Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan, it lasted for about 400 years. The Yuan Dynasty set up a thousand households, and the city was destroyed. It was built again in the early Ming Dynasty, and this fortress was abandoned until modern times.

"Look, Governor!" Li Nong suddenly pointed to a dusty hillside in front of him.

The whole army began to be on alert, but Shi Min looked at it, and it turned out that it was not the nomadic Tuoba Xianbei people who rushed over, but some ragged ordinary people.

Shi Min did not doubt these Li people who appeared near Yanmen Mountain, because he had already received information before, and the Xianbei people had just withdrawn, so it was not surprising that there were some ordinary people who had been raped and plundered outside the Saiwai.

Those ordinary people, when they saw this menacing and stubborn army, were immediately frightened.

They ran to the side of the road, not daring to stop the march of the army.

There are about 500 people in this group, and they are grizzled and look embarrassed.

Seeing this, Shi Min immediately waved his hand and said, "Li Xin! ”

"The last general!"

"Take a thousand horsemen and surround them! Gather all these outcasts! ”

"No!"

Li Xin then ordered a thousand cavalry, rode out, and drove these displaced civilians directly on his horses.

Soon, these more than 500 ordinary people were gathered in a low-lying place, guarded by Zhao Pawn, and if there was anyone who acted rashly, they would be killed.

"Spare your life, General! General, we are all Li Shu in this area! Because the Xianbei people invaded the south, occupied our houses and land, and robbed us of our money, they were driven here! ”

"We have no intention of offending Master Wang! The general is sent, and he obeys his orders! ”

"Xianbei people are murderous! We are willing to follow the army and fight back to our homeland! ”

Shi Min immediately drove forward, pointed to a little old man with a gray beard and looked a little energetic, and asked, "Where are you from?" ”

"General Hui, the old man is a herdsman in the Yanran Mountain area."

Hearing the little old man's accent, Shi Min could still tell that there are some nomadic people in the north who have assimilated almost to the Han people, but there are still slight differences in accents and cultural customs, especially since they still have their own dialects.

Unfortunately, Shi Min is a more powerful kind of person, he is proficient in Chinese, Xianbei language, Qianyu, Qiang, Di and other languages, this is not only because he is talented, but also because the living environment around him is really Hu and Han people, and there are countless people of all kinds of different races.

Shi Min immediately frowned and said, "Are you from Wuhuan?" ”

"Yes." The little old man said in surprise, "How did the general find out?" ”

Shi Min didn't need to answer his question, and said, "Do you know who the commander of the Xianbei people is?" ”

"The old man doesn't know. However, judging from their military flag of the Chinese army, it is written 'Dugu'. ”

"Dugu?" Shi Min was stunned.

Li Nong immediately stepped forward and whispered to Shi Min: "Metropolitan Governor, this lonely person should be the general of the country, Dugu Xin." It seems that the Tuoba Xianbei people have learned that our Zhao army is attacking on a large scale and sent Dugu Xin to meet it. ”

Shi Min nodded, and asked the little old man again: "Can you see clearly, how many soldiers and horses does that Xianbei person have?" ”

"It's all over the mountains, and the old man doesn't know."

Shi Min also wanted to ask how long the Xianbei cavalry had been withdrawn, but it was expected that these exiles who were driven away would not know too much, so he waved his hand and said, "Send some rations to these exiles!" ”

"The whole army rests for half an hour! Get ready for battle! ”