Half a month later, Yang Ming's other department was opened.

In addition to more than 550 people in the headquarters, there were nearly 2,000 entourage servants, who went out from the gate of Luoyang Valley and headed north.

When they left the city, the people who saw them off at the valley gate stretched for miles.

Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and his attendants Cao Jie and Jian Shuo appeared at the head of the city.

The valley gate is the north gate of the inner city, but it is only separated from the north palace by a Fanglin Garden.

Liu Hong showed heroic feelings at this time.

At this time, the soldiers who went out of the city were the last army in the inner county, and the soldiers were strong, and the flag covered the sky, showing the prestige of the Han army.

In a trance, he actually had the emotion of Emperor Guangwu in the past.

With such a good army, why worry about the Northern Expedition being invincible!

"Who is in charge of this department?" Liu Hong asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is another department, and Sima is Yang Ming." Jian Shuo immediately replied.

Liu Hong frowned when he heard this.

Yang Ci remembered that he had invited him vividly, and he never thought that he would be able to recruit such elite soldiers in just one month.

The power of the wealthy family has reached such an extent?

Sensing Liu Hong's expression, Jian Shuo then spoke: "The slave maid heard that most of the people in this department are from the good family of Sanhe, and the horses used are all supplied by Yang Ming's in-laws, the Jinyang Wang family, which is unheard of. ”

Liu Hong was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

It turned out to be a patchwork army, but he misunderstood, saying that Hongnong Yang is famous for his scriptures, but he really doesn't have that ability.

"This Yang Ming is quite smart." He then sighed.

Although he let Yang Ming go when Wang Fu was killed before, what Cao Jie said afterwards made him dissatisfied with Yang Ming.

But today's events have dissipated most of that dissatisfaction.

Even, give birth to a hint of appreciation.

For Yang Ming, the only thing that can be used is to kill Wang Fu's reputation, which can be used to make the best use of nothing, and those who are not talented cannot do it.

Jian Shuo was overjoyed when he heard this, if Yang Ming could show something this time, his help in the outer court would be truly there.

Cao Jie was contemplating, the more like this, the more he couldn't let Yang Ming come back alive.

……

After Mengjindu, from the southwest corner of Hanoi County crossed, along the Taihang Cheng through the Tianqiao into Shangdang County, and then all the way north through Shangdang and Taiyuan County, north out of Yanmen Pass, through Ma Yi to the northwest, over the killing of Hukou, Yang Ming and his party entered the destination of this trip, Yunzhong County.

After more than a month of marching, from the beginning of the heart, full of hope, to being blown dry by the northwest wind and frost, those good families who only stay in Luoyang on weekdays are exhausted.

However, as soon as he entered the clouds, stretching forward to the grassland and the sky, the fatigue was swept away, and he couldn't help cheering.

Yang Ming also saw such a scene for the first time, and he couldn't help but feel heroic.

A gust of north wind hit, blowing people refreshed.

At this time, it was summer, and the grass grew at its highest, and after the wind blew, I saw cattle and sheep eating the tender grass in the ground not far away.

"Eilechuan, under the Yin Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four wildernesses. The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. ”

Here, it is south of Yinshan Mountain, Hetao Plain.

Not long north along the grassland, you will arrive at Dingxiang City.

The ancient city of Dingxiang, the history is frosty, Wei Qing started from here, led 50,000 troops north into Mobei, and the Huns who fought no longer had the strength to go south.

The city relies on the southeast branch of Yinshan Mountain to build on the Barbarian Mountain, at this time nearly 10,000 troops are stationed here all the way in the clouds, and the camp tents are continuous, which is extremely spectacular.

Before Yang Ming's other troops approached, there were already scouts who detected them, and when they arrived, someone stepped forward to arrange a station.

Their stations are located in the far north and outermost part of the country.

This kind of treatment had been expected, because there was no other arrangement, after camping, Yang Ming simply led the sergeants of other departments to the barren water not far away.

On this march, there was no time to wash, and it was the hot weather in summer, and the sergeant had already smelled bad.

As soon as Yang Ming gave an order, everyone jumped into the water like hungry wolves, like entering heaven.

Yang Ming did not go down together, but rode downstream along the barren dry water with Xu Huang and a veteran named Zhang Yi.

"Sima, that side is the exit of the Hetao in the east, because there is the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty in the north, whether it is the Han people or the Hu people, they all enter and exit from here, and the ravines in it are vertical and horizontal, and there are forks in the road from time to time." After riding more than ten miles, Zhang Yi pointed to a valley in the distance that was about a few miles wide and said.

Yang Minglema overlooked.

The north of the valley is Yin Mountain, the east is the Manhan Mountain, the valley is located at the northeast confluence of the two mountain ranges, there are many red stones on both sides of the valley, and the barren dry water goes east along the valley.

"This valley is nameless?" He then asked.

"Originally, there was no name, but the locals have a lot of red stones in this place, so they have the name of Hongluo Valley." Zhang Yi explained.

Yang Ming glanced at the valley and then looked back.

Generally speaking, the city is built at a narrow place in the valley, but the mouth of this valley is too wide, and there are forks in it from time to time as Zhang Yi said, so the Han people changed to build the city not far from the exit.

"Sima, that's the three cities of Wuquan, Beiyu, and Yuanyang." Noticing Yang Ming's gaze, Zhang Yi pointed again.

The three cities he refers to are from north to south at the foot of Yin Mountain, and there are four cities in Dingxiang, which are like a pocket, surrounding the valley mouth.

If the Hu people arrived, no matter which city they attacked, they would be besieged, and if they abandoned the city and went straight to the Hetao, they would be attacked from front to back.

"Where is the east side of the valley?" Yang Ming turned his head and continued to ask.

"More than 300 miles to the east is the Yinnan hills, there is no danger to defend there, but it is easy to ambush the army, and the Han army easily does not dare to go deep." Zhang Yi replied.

Yang Ming pondered when he heard this.

Before leaving Luoyang, he also had an analysis of the terrain.

However, the map of the Han army was drawn many years ago, and it has not been able to go deep into Mobei for more than 20 years, so it naturally cannot be updated, and it can only be seen roughly.

What he was most puzzled about at that time was why Tan Shihuai dared to set up the royal court at the foot of Danhan Mountain, which was only 300 miles north of Gaoliu County, Dai County.

It turned out to be because of this Yinnan hills.

If it was changed to the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, or even before Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Mobei forces would not dare to do this, which would be purely an act of giving away heads.

But now that the Han court is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is powerless to fight back, it can only be beaten passively, and the royal court standing there is the most advantageous.

The distance is close, and there are many hills, so you can go out of the tent in the morning and return in the evening, which is to harvest the crops in the local area of the Han people.

And this may be one of the reasons why Liu Hong thinks this time is worth fighting.

Although the hills can be ambushed, if the Han army gathers a large army to advance, it can force Xianbei to fight a decisive battle, and go out in three ways, so that Xianbei will lose one or the other or have to divide the army.

If there is a way to the foot of Danhan Mountain, Xianbei will inevitably be in chaos, and the Han army can take advantage of the situation to capture the royal court, and it will be humiliated.

In fact, whether it is the layout of the city or the strategic deployment, it reveals the extremely high military quality of the Han army.

But he knew that in history, the battle was the defeat of the Han army, and it was defeated very badly, and there was not one out of ten.

It's a pity that there are only a few words in history, and he doesn't know why he was defeated.

"If there is Yin Nan, there will be Yin North?" Yang Ming continued to ask.

Zhang Yi nodded: "There is a plain at the easternmost end of Yinshan Mountain, and on its right side is the Yinbei hills, from which Li Guang of the former Han Dynasty entered the land of Mobei. ”

Yang Ming nodded when he heard this, and then stiffened back to his horse, signaling to go back first.

After repairing outside Dingxiang City for five days, Tian Yan summoned the generals to Dingxiang City to discuss matters.

Yang Ming only saw this envoy Xianbei Zhonglang general at this time.

I saw that although this person was tall, he had a big belly and a horizontal meat, which seemed to be somewhat similar to Dong Zhuo in his mind.

It is said that Tian Yan was previously a captain of Huqiang and served in Liangzhou, but he was from the same place as Dong Zhuo.

At this time, it has been eight years since Duan Cheng Pingqiang, and there has been no major war in Liangzhou for eight years, so it is not strange if you drink and eat meat with Haoshuai every day.

"Yang Sima makes people wait." Before the discussion began, Tian Yan frowned and looked at Yang Mingdao.

When the other generals heard this, they all looked at Yang Ming and were displeased, and some of them had arrived in Dingxiang a month ago at the earliest.

Yang Ming smiled and ignored it.

The troops marched and had their own time limit, and he did not miss the time limit, so he was naturally innocent.

Tian Yan really couldn't make it difficult anymore, and then began to deploy.

Mobei is vast, the Hu people have no fixed residence, the Han army and the Hu people are fighting, and they have always been the main force to seek annihilation, so the Xianbei royal court must be the goal of this trip.

The key lies in when the army will be mobilized and how the three armed forces will work together.

According to Tian Yan, the army seems to be three armies, but it is actually two roads.

On the right side, Xia Yu led the first army of Daijun as a partial division, and detoured to Macheng to contain it from the right side, and they had already opened today.

The first army in the clouds led by Tian Yan on the left road, tomorrow, out of the Red Luo Valley in the left side of the Yinnan hills at the Wenze place, and Zang Min and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu led from the Pingcheng Xiongnu cavalry convergence, after the combined army crossed the Yinnan hills, directly attacked the Xianbei royal court.

Under the rule of Tanshi Huai, Xianbei has been divided into three departments: eastern, central and western, each with the jurisdiction of the leader, and Tanshi Huai is in the middle of the order.

If the three armies join forces, they will face an army of 100,000 Xianbei, and the hills are not conducive to the Han army's arrangement, and the odds of victory are not high.

In this way, the first army can be contained, so that it can divide its troops, and the left and right cannot be taken into account, and then break through with the center of heavy troops, and the victory rate will be greatly increased.

Moreover, the Southern Xiongnu were only subservient, and at least the same number of troops were needed to command them, and Zhu Wenze had the role of providing water and delaying the Xianbei cavalry, so there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.

"Sima Yang." Tian Yan was properly deployed, and suddenly shouted Yang Ming again.

"Would you like to be a pioneer?" Tian Yan squinted at him.

As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the tent looked at Yang Ming again.

Xianbei is strong, and the sandalwood locust is the grassland hero, and the vanguard army is the most dangerous.

Yang Ming was not surprised, he could even think that if he was attacked by the enemy, asking Tian Yan for help would definitely be unanswered.

However, he had a plan yesterday, and Tian Yan's arrangement was right at this time.

"Command." He replied rather crisply.

This made Tian Yan stunned.

However, he reacted quickly, glanced at Cao Poshi on the side, and asked the generals to go back to prepare.

Coming out of Xiangcheng, Yang Ming led his soldiers to prepare to return to the camp, but after walking a few steps, he saw a commotion in a large tent on the side of the road.

In a few moments, people were driven out.

I saw that this person was nine feet tall, with a thin waist tied to his back, his face was like Fu Fan, his nose was like a jade pillar, he was majestic and nailed, and his air was magnificent.

Seeing Yang Ming looking at him, he smiled awkwardly, cleaned up, and went to the next big tent.

Yang Ming didn't care, rode back to the camp, and then summoned Wang Ze and Wutuntun Commander to discuss the matter of becoming a pioneer tomorrow.

After the discussion, Yang Ming left Xu Huang alone.

"Did you find out?" He asked directly.

On the fifth day, when the barren water left, he took Xu Huang with him, and he made arrangements.

Xu Huang nodded, then took out the dagger, and drew it on the ground: "Walk along the Hongluo Valley for about eighty miles, turn right in the valley, and there is a fork in the road to the northeast into Yin Mountain about two miles ahead, and then there are forks in the road to the right along this road for ten or twenty miles, but the mountains on both sides are high and the valleys are narrow, if you encounter an ambush, you will die for a lifetime." ”

Yang Ming looked at Xu Huang's painting and stroked his chin in contemplation.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the account.

Yang Ming's brows furrowed, and after a while, a personal soldier came in to report: "Someone outside said that he wanted to see Sima, claiming to be a person from Wuyuan County and Jiuyuan, who was skilled in archery and horses, brave and martial, and willing to serve for it." ”

Yang Ming was a little puzzled, there was no Wuyuan County Department on this expedition, why did anyone still come to join the army?

However, he suddenly remembered that someone was coming, so he stopped thinking and asked his soldiers to let him in.

As soon as the person came in, both of them were stunned.

I never thought it was the person I saw on the side of the road.

The other party also bowed down, hugged his fists and said: "Jiuyuan Lu Bu, I have heard of Yang Sima's name early, and I am here to worship today, hoping to follow the work of dogs and horses!" ”