The knives of the Great Sui are mostly straight handles, even if there is a bend, there is generally not much arc, this exaggerated scimitar, mostly seen in the Western Regions, later the Turks attacked the Western Regions, and found that the scimitar with the cavalry had a miraculous effect and also used this kind of scimitar.

The group of monks and soldiers of the Yiye Tan Buddha Kingdom were all armed with scimitars, and they either had large-scale production capacity, or they were directly traded from the Turks, no matter what it was, it was an extremely bad signal for the Great Sui.

Yang Yichen was doubly relieved to see that Yang Guang found out about this, and he was also worried that Yang Guang was not careful to observe at a young age.

"Yang Yichen, do you think this Ye Tan Buddha Kingdom has something to do with the Turks?"

Along the way, Yang Guang had a discussion about how to call Yang Yichen and Yang Yichen, because Yang Jian compiled him into the Yang family tree and made him his cousin, so Yang Yichen still had to call Yang Guang uncle, thinking about it a little complicated, or calling him a name.

Yang Yichen also looked solemn and shook his head: "This matter still has to be investigated, but the mountain bandits are in the pass, and it is difficult for the Turks to enter the pass, and Weichen prefers that they can manufacture or buy this kind of weapon from the Turks." ”

Yang Guang's eyes narrowed slightly: "Buy!" ”

"If you buy it, it means that this group of mountain bandits from the Buddha Kingdom has the ability to trade privately with the Turks, then this matter will be a big deal."

Yang Yichen reminded: "If this is the case, there are many links involved, Your Highness should have done nothing, and he did not find out that Yiye Tan Buddha Kingdom used a Turkic scimitar, and waited until Yanmen Pass and Shuozhou City to investigate secretly." ”

"Well, you should pay more attention to this matter, if I investigate it myself, I'm afraid others will be suspicious."

"Well, Weichen understands."

Before I arrived at Yanmen Pass, I felt that things were indeed more complicated in the border area.

Arrived at Yanmen Pass is already the second day, the day is not full dawn began to hurry, through the valley between the mountains, the only way to pass here, arrived at the foot of the mountain of Yanmen Pass.

Yanmen Pass is known as "China's first pass", there are "nine stops in the world, Yanmen is the head" said, Yanmen Pass is broken to reach Taiyuan, Taiyuan is broken, and the Central Plains is in danger.

The Yanmen Pass, which is built according to the mountain, connects the continuous Great Wall, and stands abruptly among the mountains, how majestic.

Leaving most of the army in the barracks at the foot of the mountain.

Yang Guang led people to board the Yanmen Pass, and the Yanmen Pass guards will be greeted in Dehuai.

"The last general Dehuai has inconvenient legs and feet, and he can't meet His Highness far away, so please forgive me."

Yang Guang looked at Yu Dehuai, who came to greet him, he needed someone to support him now, it seemed that there was a problem with his left foot, so he asked: "General Yu, what's wrong with your legs and feet?" ”

Yu Dehuai said apologetically: "Back to Your Highness, the last general accidentally fell a few days ago, sprained his left foot, injured his muscles and bones for a hundred days, and now he is still swollen and unable to move." ”

Yang Guang sneered in his heart, this Yanmen Pass guard seems to want to give himself a dismount, yesterday he had already sent scouts to Yanmen Pass first, and everything at the border pass was simple, but he didn't greet him, he didn't reply to the letter, if he didn't let the army pull out, he would have to wait for him to reply and then set off, and he had to delay for two days.

"Since General Yu's legs and feet are inconvenient, let's go back to the house to rest early, and send an adjutant to report to the king about the affairs in the pass."

Since you're procrastinating, let's change people.

Yu Dehuai didn't expect a child to be so domineering, so he immediately licked his face and pasted it: "His Royal Highness King Jin, Weichen is just a little inconvenient, you can follow." ”

"No need, this king just said, let you go home and rest, where is General Yu's adjutant?"

The adjutant next to Yu Dehuai noticed that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to shout to himself, so he had to walk out slowly: "What's your name?" ”

"The last general, Zhang Xiangren, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

"Are you okay with your legs?"

"The last general...... The end will be fine. ”

"Yanmen Pass, you report to me, and enter the customs now."

Yang Guang didn't care about the guard of the Yanmen Pass in Dehuai, Yu Dehuai was resentful, his eyes were angry, he was a general who guarded the border pass, and he didn't put Yang Guang in his eyes, in his opinion, Yang Guang was just a nobleman who came to the border pass to brush up on his achievements, he had seen a lot, but he didn't expect Yang Guang to be so tough, and the nobles who came before were not at all.

He didn't dare to do anything to Yang Guang when he was resentful, even if Yang Guang was a wine bag and rice bag, but there was still a real daddy Yang Shuang in front of him.

Came to the Yanmen Pass, this is a pass, because of the mountain restrictions, this pass is not big, there is no arable land and water sources, once the war is a solid city wall, all the supplies and resources rely on the military camp under the mountain.

And the mountains in Yanmen Pass are not suitable for building a large-scale city, so many soldiers need to eat, drink, and live, but the pass cannot provide it.

Looking north from the highest point of Yanmen Pass, after passing through several high mountains, there is a large flat land, when the weather is good, you can see extremely far, that is where Shuozhou City is located.

After Yang Guangshi saw it, he realized that the development in Shuozhou was also a helpless move, after all, people have to live, and the soldiers guarding the border have to live.

Yanmen guards the Central Plains, and Shuozhou City is not within this range.

Yang Guang asked: "Zhang Xiangren, how many defenders are there in Yanmen Pass, and how many people are in Shuozhou City?" ”

"Originally, there were more than 3,000 defenders, before His Royal Highness King Wei and His Royal Highness King Jin arrived, a part of the troops in Taiyuan were transferred, and now there are more than 15,000 troops in total, the original defenders are mostly in the left and right Yanmen villages, but the place is not big enough, a large part of them are placed in Shuozhou City, and the military families accumulated in Shuozhou City over the years, the people from all over the country have more than 60,000 people."

"Where is Uncle Wei now?"

"His Royal Highness King Wei, now in Shuozhou City."

Yang Guang nodded, looked around at the situation at Yanmen Pass, and sighed that holding Yanmen Pass would be safe in the Central Plains, but the flat terrain of the people outside the pass was the most suitable for the Turkic cavalry assault.

As soon as he arrived at Yanmen Pass, Yang Guang said to Zhang Xiangren: "Come with me to Shuozhou City, I have to meet my Uncle Wei Wang first." ”

The group traveled lightly and headed to Shuozhou City.

When the Yanmen Gate was closed, the guard general Dehuai said angrily: "Arrogant and domineering young man, do you think the border pass is a place for games?" Come to the border and pretend to be, hum, don't measure yourself. ”

The person next to Yu Dehuai said: "General, King Wei and King Jin have both come to Yanmen Pass, will there be something?" ”

"What can there be, King Wei patrols the border all the year round, and it is normal to arrive at Yanmen Pass, as for the King of Jin, what is the world's big Sima, Your Majesty is dizzy, let a little Jin King with a brocade coat and mink fur be a big Sima, this is for him to play, you look at the white-faced soldier next to him, at a glance it is a female doll, and he will bring a woman to the battlefield, and he may do something ridiculous in the future."

Seeing that Yu Dehuai didn't care, he didn't put King Jin in his eyes at all, and the person on the side reminded him: "General, please don't show disrespect in front of His Royal Highness, whether he is here to play or not, but after all, it is His Royal Highness the King of Jin, your temper must be changed, otherwise you will definitely suffer." ”

"Xiao Gao, don't give me this, Lao Tzu is a big-headed soldier, but I can't get used to seeing these people with long eyes on the top of their heads, they will leave after a while, and we don't have to do this drudgery of guarding the border."

The deputy general known as Xiao Gao smiled helplessly: "General, you are too straight, don't write everything on your face, stay alive, just send it back to others when the time comes, what to do if you offend him." ”

"Gao Huairong, you kid is bold, and you dare to talk nonsense about Lao Tzu's affairs."

"The general is angry, don't dare, don't dare."

The deputy general Gao Huairong had no choice but to stop fighting, and there was nothing he could do about his hot-tempered boss.

Zhang Xiangrong, another deputy general of Yu Dehuai, rushed to Shuozhou City with Yang Guang on a fast horse.

Shuozhou City in the plain area is not guarded by high walls, surrounded by high mountains, and you can go north to Datong.

Shuozhou used to be called Mayi, there was a famous plot of Mayi in this place, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ambushed the soldiers and horses, planned a lure to the Xiongnu to annihilate the war, but because the military ministers marched to more than 100 miles away from the Mayi, found that the livestock were all over the field and no one grazed, suddenly suspicious, and captured the Yanmen Captain Shi of the Han patrol border, and learned that the Han was ambushing heavy troops near the Mayi, so he led the troops to retreat.

The plot of Ma Yi failed, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not inflict a substantial blow on the Xiongnu, who severed their peace with the Han Dynasty and frequently attacked the border counties of the Han Dynasty, which also opened the prelude to the large-scale war between the Han and the Xiongnu.

Yang Guang suddenly thought of something, this siege of Mayi is recorded in the history of our Central Plains, and there is a detailed description in the military book, so we know about this matter, but among the nomads in Saibei, do they still remember the events of hundreds of years ago?

Although the original Ma Yi plan failed, it is not that this deployment is wrong, but because of the influence of factors other than the plan, if you do it again, is it okay?

With such an idea, Yang Guang rode into the city, and the low city wall can now be seen that there are still workers building and reinforcing it, which Yang Shuang ordered to build after entering the city.

When Yang Shuang learned that Yang Guang had arrived, he brought someone to greet him, and Yang Guang found a very familiar figure in the greeting team.

Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo immediately saluted: "The last general has seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

He was here, which meant that Yang Xiu agreed to his request and immediately asked the ins and outs.

After Yang Guang's letter arrived, Yang Xiu asked Zhang Xutuo to go to Yanmen Pass with a small group of people, because they were few people and horses, but they arrived here before Yang Guang, and Yang Guang did not receive a reply from Yang Xiu during the march, so he didn't know about it.

What a surprise.

Yang Shuang patted Zhang Xutuo's shoulder: "He arrived a few days before you, I tried his skills on this guy, it is indeed extraordinary, but unfortunately he is unwilling to follow me." ”

"Uncle Wang, why are you still robbing people with me?"

"Aren't there enough elite soldiers around you?"

After watching Yang Guang's subordinates practice in the school field, he was shocked, where did Yang Guang find so many fierce generals, one more courageous than the other.

"Uncle Wang, I've always been careful, can't I have more people to help me?"

(End of chapter)