After the meeting, Zhu Han ordered people to pack their bags and prepare to leave Jixian.
At this time, Xi Zhicai came and asked: "Bo Yun, where are we going?"
"Where else can we go? Gao Liu!"
Zhu Han rolled his eyes and replied angrily.
"What? Going to Takayanagi?"
Xi Zhicai was shocked when he heard this. He thought for a moment, then slapped his thigh and shouted: "Ji Chou is so scheming! He is driving Boyun to death!"
"What's wrong with going to Gaoliu? I looked at the map. About twenty miles north of Gaoliu is the Great Wall. It's very safe! OK!"
Zhu Han packed his luggage and said with a smile: "It seems that Ji Chou is not a narrow-minded person. Don't say that to others in the future!"
"Oh, Boyun, did you really read the map? Have you really been to Gaoliu?"
Xi Zhicai's face became more and more ugly. He even doubted whether Zhu Han really knew that place.
"Look! No, it's on the table!"
After seeing Xi Zhicai's expression, Zhu Han also murmured in his heart and thought to himself, maybe that old boy Ji Chou didn't tell him the truth. He walked to the table, pointed to the simple map and said, "Isn't this the place?
Gao Liu?"
"It's true that Gaoliucheng is here! But have you ever heard of a sentence?"
At this time, Xi Zhicai's expression turned extremely ugly.
"What are you talking about? Zhicai, what's wrong with you? Is it better to go to Gaoliu than to Yuyang County?"
As soon as he saw Xi Zhicai's constipated expression, Zhu Han knew that he had been tricked by Ji Chou again, and he became nervous for no reason.
"Yes, compared to Yuyang County, I hope you can go to Yuyang County instead of Gaoliu!"
Xi Zhicai said word by word: "There are nine fortresses in the world, and Yanmen is the leader!"
"What, you mean Yanmen Pass?"
Zhu Han was shocked when he heard this. He quickly lay down and looked at the map carefully, and asked anxiously: "Where is it? Where is it? Where is Yanmen Pass? No, Yanmen Pass should be here!"
In his previous life, Zhu Han had visited the Yanmen Pass historic site. In his impression, Yanmen Pass was not here, but to the south of Gaoliu. After searching for a long time, Zhu Han found the location of Juzhu Mountain. He quickly pointed there and said
: "Yanmen Pass should be here!"
Xi Zhicai explained with a wry smile: "The place you are pointing at, Boyun, is Juzhu Fortress, which is also a battleground for military strategists!"
"Yanmen Mountain, where the geese come out, is in the north of Gaoliu! There is a pass on the ridge, which is connected to the East-West Great Wall. It leads to the outside of the Great Wall in the north and the Han Dynasty in the south. Li Mu once fought with the Huns here and wiped out more than 100,000 Huns in one battle.
After breaking Linhu and surrendering to Donghu, the Huns did not dare to approach the border city of Zhao for more than ten years. Li Guang also served as the governor of Yanmen County and fought with the Huns, and was famous for his vigorous fighting. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei and Huo went out to attack the Huns, and they often used Yanmen to attack the Huns.
The gate is a place for garrisoning troops, and Yanmen Pass is where they send out troops."
Xi Zhicai pointed to a small dot on the Great Wall not far from Gaoliu marked on the map, and said with a wry smile: "And this is Yanmen Mountain and the location of Yanmen Pass! This has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times!
If the foreign tribes outside Fanguan attack and invade, Yanmen Pass will definitely bear the brunt!"
"No way, don't lie to me!"
Zhu Han took the map and looked at it carefully for a moment, and felt that what Xi Zhicai said was reasonable, because places like Gaoliu were still under the control of the Han Dynasty, and it was impossible for the imperial court to place such a powerful pass in the hinterland of Yanmen County. Although
The Southern Xiongnu were attached to the territory, and the border areas suffered from wars all year round. However, no matter how desolate places like Yanmen were, there was no reason for the imperial court to give them up. Moreover, most of the gathering places of the Southern Xiongnu were to the north of the Great Wall, although there were also Wuyuan to the south of the Great Wall.
people, but most of the land is still in the hands of the Han people.
In this way, the place Xi Zhicai mentioned is most likely really the location of Yanmen Pass. Thinking of this, Zhu Han almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Originally, he thought that Yuyang County had suffered from foreign plunder all the year round, and that it should be the most popular place.
Dangerous place. Unexpectedly, the place he was going to now was a hot potato.
"Lying to you? Why should I lie to you? Haven't you heard that the guards at Yanmen Gate change every year?"
Xi Zhicai rolled his eyes and smiled bitterly.
"One-year rotation? That's not bad! As long as we can hold on until next year, we don't have to stay there anymore!"
Zhu Han was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he reacted and grinned.
"Rotation? If only it were that easy!"
Xi Zhicai said with a gloomy face: "Why do the guards of Yanmen Pass change every year? That's because in the past few years, no one can survive a year, or in other words, no one can last until the beginning of spring again."
"What? What do you mean by this? Be clear! I don't study well, so don't scare me!"
Zhu Han was really frightened. After taking a few deep breaths, he sat aside, tapping his fingers on the table and his legs shaking non-stop.
"Well, the matter has come to this, we can only take one step at a time! Boyun, you'd better set off today, maybe you can take control of Yanmen Pass when the aliens outside the Great Wall invade south. If the gate is in hand, maybe we still have a glimmer of hope!"
Xi Zhicai sighed and urged.
"What do you mean? Make it clear!"
It would have been better if Xi Zhicai didn't say that, but what he said made Zhu Han even more panicked. He grabbed Xi Zhicai and shouted directly: "Is there no one guarding Yanmen Pass? After all, I am also a subordinate.
Guarding the Wuyuan School Lieutenant Division, Yanmen Pass belongs to Yanmen County, the most we can do is help from the side!"
"That's the truth. But when aliens invade the south, we, as officers and soldiers, have no shirking responsibilities! I hope there will be more defenders at Yanmen Pass! Otherwise, we will have to suffer a lot this time!"
Xi Zhicai also hoped that what he heard before were just rumors.
"Forget it, I'll chop wood wherever I go!"
After a long time of fussing, Xi Zhicai was still here to worry about things. Zhu Han almost gave him a kick in the butt because he was so angry that he shouted impatiently toward the door: "Dian Wei, let me know, in half an hour
, our troops will leave Jixian!"
Zhu Han acted decisively and never procrastinated in doing things. Ever since he left Ji County, he led his troops non-stop towards Gaoliu. After the troops just left Juyong Pass, he saw many Wuyuan people along the way and he knew he had arrived.
It is ridiculous to say that the territory of the Wuyuan people was originally Han territory, but since the Wuyuan people annexed it, it has become other people's land. Even the customs and culture are very different, which makes Zhu Han a little unable to turn around.
Come.
It was more than three hundred miles from Jixian to Gaoliu, but Zhu Han managed to complete the journey in three days.
When they saw Gaoliu City, they felt that it was as desolate as Shanggu County. When they passed through Shanggu County, except for the Han people living in those few cities, you could not see Han people at all elsewhere.
Zhu Han and the others might not be able to get out of Shanggu County due to the flag of Wuyuan Xiaowei Department. Fortunately, the Wuyuan people in Shanggu County are pro-Han, so there was no friction between the two sides. When they arrived in Dai County, the gathering place of Wuyuan people was relatively reduced.
, but the number of Han people may not have increased much. The cities we passed through, such as Dangcheng, Sangqian City, and Taoren City, only had tens of thousands of people at most.
Gaoliu City is the seat of Daijun, so it should be good. But after actually seeing this city, Zhu Han suddenly felt like scolding his mother. The two-person-high adobe wall was as big as the gate of his Jingxian mansion.
There were several people standing at the gates of the city gates, their clothes patched and covered with patches. From the looks of it, their ordinary life was no better.
While Zhu Han was still sighing, he saw the people standing at the gate of the city walking towards him under the leadership of a scribe. When he came to Zhu Han's horse, the man quickly bowed and said, "Zhao Wen, the governor of Daijun."
, I have met Zhu Junhou!"
"Oh? You know me?"
Being greeted by the dignified head of a county, Zhu Han suddenly felt a little elated.
"Haha, before you arrived, Zhu Junhou, I received a message from Captain Wu Yuan!"
Zhao Wen stretched out his hand towards the city and said, "I would also like to ask Zhu Junhou to follow me into the city. I have prepared wine and food in the city!"
"That's okay!"
Zhu Han twisted his somewhat stiff neck, then slid off the horse and said with a smile: "I have been ordered to settle in Gaoliu. Please ask Governor Zhao to take care of you in the future!"
"Where, where! I also hope that Zhu Junhou can protect the country and the people, and stop letting the people suffer!"
Zhao Wen was overjoyed when he saw that all Zhu Han's men were elite soldiers and generals, and even his tone when talking to Zhu Han became more respectful.
"Haha, help each other, help each other!"
Zhu Han really couldn't figure out what Zhao Wen was planning. He turned his head and looked at Xi Zhicai. Seeing that Xi Zhicai was also looking at him to wait and see what would happen, he
He pretended to be confused and followed Zhao Wen into Gaoliu City.
If the outside of the city is better, then the inside of the city is simply like a refugee camp, with earthen houses that are as tall as one person, the roofs are covered with withered grass instead of tiles, the streets are dusty when you walk on them, your eyes are numb, and you move in a hurry.
The people formed a sharp contrast with Zhu Han and his group.
When he came to Zhao Wen's so-called yamen, Zhu Han lamented the meaning of the word "bitter and cold place" even more, and said to himself, "The ancients have not deceived me. The rickety plaques, the careless guards, and the skinny people."
A few old horses, if Zhu Han hadn't seen a whole chicken and a pot of sake placed on the table, he would have thought that this boy Zhao Wen had done it intentionally.
"Chief Zhao, you are also the head of a county after all! Why is this..."
Zhu Han sat down and said hesitantly.
"Oh, I made Marquis Zhu Jun laugh! Is this meal not worthy of elegance?"
Zhao Wen looked a little embarrassed. He seemed to have made up his mind, and then ordered the clerk on the side: "Go down and have the pig in the backyard of the Yamen slaughtered!"
"Sir, this..."
The clerk was a little hesitant.
"Chief Zhao, what do you mean by this? These meals are already very good! There is no need to change them! Who do you think I am?"
Zhu Han was stunned when he heard this. Only then did he realize that Zhao Wen had misunderstood what he meant. He quickly explained: "I want to ask, how can such a large territory like Dai County be so depressed?"
"Ah! So you want to ask this, Lord Zhu Jun!"
Zhao Wen slapped his forehead and quickly explained awkwardly: "Although our Dai County occupies a large area and has many cities under its control, the problem is that there are no people!"