Lanling.

Governor's Yamen.

After settling the survivors, Lin Bai and his party came directly here.

On the way, Xiao Shanhe gave a general account of the current situation.

At the westernmost point of the Chao Dynasty, the border, that is, the starting point of the Hexi Corridor, there are two cities, Anyuan and Anmen, guarding the gateway to the west of the Chao Dynasty, which is also the necessary place for the countries of the Western Regions to enter Hexi.

It has been a military location since ancient times.

Once these two cities are broken through, it will be the hinterland of Hexi, and there will be no natural dangers to defend.

It's a top priority.

And in the past, it is the Great Moon Kingdom, the Great Moon Country is in the Hexi Corridor, and if you want to enter the Hexi, you must first defeat the Great Moon Kingdom, such geographical conditions also determine that the Great Moon Kingdom can only rely on the Dynasty and face the Western Regions together.

Right now, Loulan Kingdom is attacking Dayue Country in a big way, and Dayue has lost several levels in a row.

The situation is very critical.

And the departure of the dynasty has also sent troops to support.

However, the Xiongnu in the north also took the opportunity to make trouble.

If the Xiongnu wanted to attack Hexi on a large scale, they would also have to take the Hexi Corridor, which determined the natural strategic position of the Hexi Corridor.

Because of this large area, only the Hexi Corridor is the flattest.

In addition, on both sides are extremely steep mountains and Gobi.

Of course, among these high mountains and Gobi, there are also some trails, but these trails are extremely steep, all dynasties have built checkpoints, connected to the Great Wall, the Xiongnu want to go from here is extremely difficult, even if they can walk, it is only a small team.

Once the movement is too large, it will inevitably be discovered by the army leaving the DPRK, thus blocking them.

And this time, there were many Xiongnu armies who entered the territory of Dali.

Wanton destruction, burning, killing and plundering, in response to the attack of Loulan State.

As for the previous Hun team, why it went so deep, he was not very sure, and could only speculate that it was likely to be lost.

Although he is the governor of a province, he is a feudal official.

But when it came to wartime, his main responsibility was logistics, army command operations, etc., that is, the front-line battalion, and the governor of Hexi.

Lin Bai asked, "How is the battle on the front line now?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the reinforcements rushed to the Great Moon Country to support were intercepted by the Huns, and they should still be entangled at present, and the situation in the Great Moon Country is very bad."

"And in addition to sniping reinforcements, the Huns are also wreaking havoc in Dali territory, their war horses are far superior to ours, and our army is tired and passive."

Xiao Shanhe's face was embarrassed.

The Huns did not carry it head-on at all, relying on strong mobility, firing one shot for another, and mainly harassing.

The steppe war horses are far better than the inland, and in this case, the army of the DPRK is undoubtedly very passive.

Lin Bai also frowned.

The hell in my heart.

Because in the history of China, nomads have always done this, but this set is very effective.

"Isn't there a way?"

Xiao Shanhe's face froze, if there was a way, they would have acted a long time ago, how could they be so passive.

However, he still said: "The way is not nothing, but it is difficult, that is, to solve the problem of war horses, if I can get excellent war horses, I will leave the combat power of the soldiers, not weaker than the Huns." ”

After talking for a long time, it was still a war horse.

It's really a headache, and it's been since ancient times.

Speaking of which, the last time he went to the Wu Dynasty, he captured the King of Jin and exchanged a thousand war horses for the profiteering girl.

Never mind! I always think about this kind of good thing, how can it be so simple.

What's more, what is passive at the moment is Dali.

Lin Bai paused, looked at Liu Yunfeng and asked, "You said before that I also have a horse farm?" Where is it? How is it compared to the Hun war horse? ”

Liu Yunfeng said: "Back to Your Highness, the Dali Horse Farm is still ahead, called Bayan Horse Farm, the birthplace of the Zhang family, one of the four major families in Hexi, has always been managed by the Zhang family, and it is the only horse farm I have left the dynasty......

The Zhang family of the four great families in Hexi?

Isn't that the eldest princess's mother's house?

Boy!

Lao Yan said that the first emperor asked Lao Zhu to marry the daughter of the Zhang family in order to balance King Jing, and the feelings of the Zhang family controlled the horse farm, no wonder!

"It's a pity that even the horses of Bayan Horse Farm are still much inferior to the war horses of the Huns."

Liu Yunfeng said regretfully, "There are only two places where a really good horse comes out, one is a large area of Monan, which is a real prairie, boundless, and the other is the Rouge Mountain Horse Farm, the war horses in these two places are the most sophisticated war horses." ”

Rouge Mountain?

Lin Bai was stunned for a moment, and took out the Kanyu map, he remembered that he seemed to have seen it somewhere.

Sure enough!

Suddenly it is the middle of the Hexi Corridor, the narrowest place.

Xiaoshan River: "Rouge Mountain has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, the grassland here is fertile, can raise the strongest war horses, and it is also the narrowest artery of the Hexi Corridor, in recent years, with the help of our dynasty, Rouge Mountain has been at the junction of Dayue and Loulan, and the two sides often clash for this. ”

Boy!

This battle is troublesome.

While the Xiongnu wantonly made trouble in the territory of Dali, they advanced head-on with Loulan, and suffered from the enemy on their backs.

The key Huns are highly mobile and too difficult to deal with, so ......

Wrong!

Lin Bai asked: "I said before that except for the Hexi Corridor, other trails have checkpoints, which are not suitable for the army, so what's the matter with so many Hun cavalry?" ”

Xiao Shanhe looked embarrassed, "Xia Guan is also very curious, he is not sure yet, and he is looking for the reason." ”

"The result given by the Governor is that maybe the Xiongnu have opened up a certain path."

Hexi leaked for thousands of miles, and after deriving outward, it is not known how many miles, and in this endless mountain, it seems that it is not impossible to open up a new trail.

However, Liu Yunfeng denied: "This is impossible, all dynasties have attached great importance to the defense of the Hexi Corridor, and they do not hesitate to build the Great Wall, even if some have been abandoned, but if you want to open up a small road, it must be a huge project, and it should have been discovered a long time ago." ”

Xiao Shanhe nodded, "So it's just a suspicion, what it is, it can't be determined yet." ”

"It's more likely that it's a collection of small strands."

"But Your Highness rest assured, the lower officials and the governor are already closely investigating, and once there is any change in the Huns, they will definitely be able to learn about it as soon as possible."

Lin Bai's brows furrowed.

It's a big problem, and I don't even know how the enemy came to be.

What if something pops up again one day?

Wouldn't that be fatal?

If there is an abnormality, be the first to know?

The Xiongnu slaughter of the village was still vivid in my mind, and I hope these people will find out for the first time?

However, he really didn't know anything about it, he was not familiar with the place, the border line was too long, and there was no way to find out what was going on, so he could only rely on the border soldiers.

Moreover, the situation at the front line is critical at the moment, so we can only rush to the front line first.

But there was a faint feeling in his heart that something was not good.

……