Since Zhang Liao led his troops to Xiyang County, he successfully took over the defense of the partial pass, as for the defenders of the guard captain Wuhuan, they had already fled to Youzhou, and now the entire Dai County has been lost, how can anyone care about the life and death of the partial pass. Zhang Liao ordered Xiao Liuzi to bring 3,000 elite soldiers and stationed them at the side pass.

Xiao Liuzi has been with Wang Gang since then, and now he is the military Sima, Zhang Liao has always treated him as a brother, and together with Xu Huang, he has become Zhang Liao's right-hand man, although he was annoyed that he could not go to Luoyang with Wang Gang. But he believed that Wang Gang would not forget him, and the soldiers that Wang Gang exchanged for had always been handed over to him as commanders.

And just then, a soldier rushed in to give a message.

Zhang Liao's heart sank, he was afraid that there was a problem with the pass, and the Huns still came.

"Captain Zhang, the report is urgent, the Wuhuan people attack the pass, this is the handwritten letter of the six Sima"

Zhang Liao stretched out his hand to take the letter, his face was full of doubts, he opened the letter and glanced at it hurriedly, and handed the letter to Wang Qi.

Wang Qi took the letter and read it before asking.

"Zhang Taishou is wondering, why did the Wuhuan people attack the pass?"

Wang Qi is a member of the Wang family in Taiyuan County and the nephew of the patriarch Wang Xian. In terms of seniority, he should call Zhang Qian an uncle and Wang Gang a brother-in-law, but he didn't dare to put this kind of kinship in front of Zhang Liao, and treated Zhang Liao very respectfully. Wang Qi is thoughtful, good at internal affairs, and has a large number of talents and treats people generously. Although he relied on the relationship of the Wang family to take office, he was conscientious and conscientious, and governed Xiyang County in an orderly manner, and the local people liked this young county magistrate very much, Zhang Liao was also more satisfied with him, and wanted to transfer him back to serve as the county governor of Yanmen County several times, but they were all retained by the people of Xiyang County.

Zhang Liao nodded and said.

"The Wuhuan people were defeated by Xianbei in the last war, and recently I heard that the Huns united with the Wuhuan people to attack the Wuhuan camp, how can the Wuhuan people still be in the mood to attack the pass"

Wang Qi smiled slightly and said slowly.

This has to start from the fourth year of Zhongping, Zhang Chun rebelled, took refuge in Qiu Liju, the leader of Wuhuan, called himself the king of Mitian Anding, and later became the marshal of Wuhuan, constantly attacking Qing, Xu, You, and Hebei four states. It wasn't until last year that His Majesty appointed Liu Yu as the pastor of Youzhou, and Liu Zhoumu recruited assassins to kill Zhang Chun, and the northern frontier of the Eastern Han Dynasty was stabilized."

Wang Qi paused after speaking, and then continued.

"The Xiongnu and Wuhuan are feuds, in the past, the Han was strong, and the Xiongnu did not dare to make a mistake, but now the prestige of the Han is gradually declining in the north, how can the Huns let go of this opportunity, and they will definitely unite with Xianbei to attack the Wuhuan tribe again. Wuhuan occupies the five counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong. For the Han people, these are just barren places on the border, but for the Huns, there are fertile grasslands, countless cattle and sheep."

"Then the Wuhuan people shouldn't come to attack the pass, isn't this making enemies for themselves for no reason" Zhang Liao still asked puzzled.

"The Wuhuan people have declined, they can't resist the attack of the Huns at all, and if they want to survive, they can only rely on the Huns, and like the Qian, they will become the minions of the Huns."

After Wang Qi finished speaking, Zhang Liao finally understood, but he realized a serious problem, that is, the intelligence of the Huns was seriously insufficient, and the situation he knew now was still from last year. He focused his main energy on the Huns, after all, the Wuhuan people have always been at war with Youzhou, and there are not many wars against the state.

"Then the Wuhuan people who are now attacking the border have already taken refuge in the Huns?"

"This is not necessarily, but also Taishou needs to send people to inquire to know that the Xiongnu defeated the Wuhuan people, and Wuhuan was divided into four divisions: Badun, Wuyan, Nanlou, and Susuyan, among which Badun and Wuyan fled to Liaodong. Nanlou surrendered to the Huns, and as for the Sumuyan Department, they are still struggling to survive, and they must be about to be wiped out by the Huns."

Zhang Liao only now understands why the Xiongnu Shan Yu did not lead a large army to attack Yanmen, it seems that he went to clean up this Su Fuyan.

"Then can we unite the Wuhuan people and resist the Huns together," Zhang Liao asked with some expectation.

But Wang Qi shook his head resolutely.

"The Wuhuan people are light by nature, good for thieves, if they gain momentum, they will inevitably backlash, it is better to let them be exterminated by the Huns, then we only need to concentrate on resisting the Huns, not my race, their hearts will be different. It's just that the Huns have become powerful, and they need to be dealt with carefully. ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said after hearing this.

"This is the same as what the general said, these aliens have been killing our men for a long time, so you don't have to be false with them, dare to come, kill them all."

"General Anton is a young and talented man, just arrived at Yanmen Pass, he designed to destroy 8,000 Hun cavalry, 20,000 Hun slaughter. With him in Yanmen, Yanmen County will be fine."

Speaking of Wang Gang, both of them were impressed in their hearts, but Gao Shun, who was listening carefully on the side, couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know General Wang, what are your plans for the next step?"

Zhang Liao and Wang Qi looked at each other and smiled, naturally knowing what Gao Shun meant. If Wang Gang sent troops to Yunzhong County, he would naturally follow Wang Gang to go on an expedition and recapture Dingxiang County.

"It is unlikely that the troops will be sent a year ago, after all, if you attack Yunzhong County now, Liu Bao will definitely return with a large army, and then you can only fight a decisive battle with the Hun cavalry in the wilderness, I am afraid that there is no chance of victory, and the lives of the soldiers will be sacrificed in vain" After Wang Qi finished speaking, he glanced at Gao Shun again, and was full of sympathy for this taciturn general.

Gao Shun listened to Wang Qi's words, and his eyes suddenly dimmed.

Zhang Liao walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Gao Duwei doesn't have to be discouraged, as long as my eldest brother is here, it is not trivial to recapture Dingxiang County, I will lead the troops to a side pass, the defense of Juyang County, please Gao Duwei"

After speaking, he handed over a talisman to Gao Shun, ordered four thousand soldiers, and went to the side pass.

Partial pass is also called partial head pass, west of Yajiao Mountain, east of Tuo River, and the trap is only separated by a water, its place is east and west, and gets the name. It is located in the northeast of the county seat of Xieyang, more than 50 miles away from the county seat.

The location of the partial pass is somewhat special, although it is adjacent to the Tuohe River, but the water potential of the Tuohe River is gentle, it will freeze in winter, there is no danger of the Tuo River, the mountains are surrounded by the south, and the partial pass is the Daijun in the past. Dai County was occupied by foreign races, and there was no business travel in the partial pass. An official road is also in disrepair, and there are many strange stones. It was difficult to march on a large scale, and in just 50 kilometers, Zhang Liao led 4,000 soldiers to walk for three hours.

When he came to Guannei, it was already the second watch, and Xiao Liuzi reported the outside to Zhang Liao.

"The number of Wuhuan is not large, only 6,000 soldiers, including 1,000 cavalry, they are not fierce in attacking the city, in the afternoon they attacked tentatively for a while, and one or two hundred people died, and then retreated to the east of the Tuo River."

"How did they cross the Tuo River?"

"In winter, the water of the Tuohe River is gentle, and they have rafts made of sheepskin, which are blown up when they are in use, and put away and put into their backpacks when they are not in use, which is very convenient. This is how the Huns and Wuhuan people crossed the river in the steppe."