Yinshan Mountain is like a giant dragon, winding for thousands of miles with no end in sight. It is also like a knife and an ax chopping, with dangerous peaks and woods, and thousands of walls standing tall.
The mountain on the south slope is steep and almost suspended. From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the drop is five to six hundred feet at the low point and nearly a thousand feet at the high point. This is true for more than two thousand miles from west to east.
The Northern Wei Dynasty used this as a boundary to block Rouran to the north of Yinshan Mountain.
Because the western section of Yinshan Mountain is dry, rainy and windy, there is very little vegetation on the mountain. There are exposed black rocks everywhere. If you look at it from a distance, it looks like an iron wall standing between the sky and the earth. If you look at it up close, it looks like a giant wolf with teeth and claws.<
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This is how Langshan got its name.
Jinhao Pass is like a wedge, nailed between the two hind legs of this giant wolf. Walk north along the Jinhao Valley, which is half a mile wide, about fifty miles, and you will reach the second largest pass in the six towns: Gao
Queguan.
Ironically, nearly 10,000 Rouran cavalry set up camp in the canyon between Jinhao Pass and Gaoque Pass in a grand manner. The guards at the two passes were as if they were blind, pretending not to see them and letting them go.
Set up camp, start a stove, rebel, herd horses, and even bask in the sun...
The weather has been sunny for three consecutive days and the weather is very warm. The snow on the southern slope has almost melted away, and there is water in the river valley, which makes the Rouran cavalry ecstatic.
At least there is no need to search for firewood in the mountains or smash ice in the river to boil water for horses and camels to drink.
By the time the sun was getting west and the river was freezing again, the cavalrymen had already drank enough of their livestock and filled their skins. There were piles of bonfires lit up in the canyon, either three or five, or six or seven, and groups of gentlemen.
However, the cavalrymen grilled dried meat around the fire and chewed cheese.
My hair was messy, my body was dirty, my face was blue and purple, as if I was sunburned.
But if you look carefully, it seems that there are both yellow and white people.
Most of them look like Han people. A few of them are rough, like Dobjie and the truck driver in the movie "No Man's Land", and the more refined ones are like "The King of Martial Arts, Jie Ge" who restored ancient armor in a small broken station.
With a bit of mixed blood.
If you look into it further, it’s not surprising.
Rouran Khan's Yujiulu clan is a branch of Xianbei, and was originally a slave of Tuoba Xianbei. Just like Xianbei was originally a slave of the Huns, and the Turks were slaves of the Rouran people.
Murong Xianbei and Tuoba Xianbei, who were keen on Sinicization, moved south one after another and invaded the Central Plains with all their strength. Because of their flawless consideration of the desert, the Yujiulu clan, a branch of Xianbei, rose to prominence.
However, the Rouran Khanate he established included a combination of Xianbei, Xiongnu, Chile, Uighur, Jie, and a considerable number of Han people.
So it’s not surprising that there are both white and yellow...
It was getting dark, and most of the soldiers were well fed. Those who had tents put in their tents, and those without tents moved away from the fire, spread their felt blankets on the dry river bed, wrapped them in a leather robe, and fell asleep. p>
Not to mention that it is already the beginning of spring, even if it is the cold winter, you will definitely not freeze to death if you sleep like this...
In the hinterland of the valley, there stood a huge felt tent, which was three feet in diameter. The tent was filled with tallow candles and bronze oil lamps, making it very bright.
Sitting among them were more than a dozen people, all of whom were leaders of tribes with more than a thousand accounts (households) in the Dulun tribe.
The Dulun tribe was originally called the Wuluhui tribe, with the surname Dou. During the Xiongnu period, they were nomadic in the north of Yinshan Mountain. When Tuoba Liwei, the founder of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was defeated by Shule in the west, he once surrendered to Dou Bin, the leader of the Dulun tribe, and was taken in by him.
Marry his beloved daughter.
After Dou Bin's death, Tuoba Liwei killed two uncles and two brothers-in-law. Most of the tribe was annexed by him, and the rest fled north.
When Tuoba Xianbei invaded the Central Plains south, the Du Lun tribe also moved south and returned to their ancestral homeland. At that time, Yu Jiulu, the founder of Rouran, was a slave of the Tuoba family. He should be executed for his crime and escaped to the Yinshan Mountains, just like when Tuoba was weak.
, defected to the Du Lun tribe.
Who would have thought that we would save another Zhongshan wolf?
A few years later, Yu Jiulu's son Cheluhui Xiongjian killed Dou Yue, the leader of the Dulun tribe, and annexed most of the Dulun tribe. Then he used him as his team to annex other tribes one by one, and finally unified the desert and established Rouran.
Until the Tuoba Tao period, Rouran suffered repeated defeats and was severely weakened. The Yujiulu family fled to Mobei, and the Dulun tribe was able to move south again and return to their ancestral homeland.
After nearly sixty years of rest and recuperation, the Du Lun tribe has gradually restored the glory of its ancestors. Today, there are nearly 30,000 households and nearly 200,000 households.
Therefore, although the Du Lun tribe of the Dou family is not very lucky, it is extremely tenacious...
The leader, Dou Ling, was sitting at the top, looking at a map.
This was given to Dou Ling by Lu Yan a year ago along with a batch of soldiers, food, gold, copper and jewelry.
The conditions are simple: when chaos breaks out in the Central Plains, Dou Ling will join forces with Lu Yanli to invade and plunder the six towns.
Lu Yan got land and people, Du Lun got food and wealth...
Even Dou Ling didn't expect that Lu Yan would fulfill his promise in just one year?
After feeling secretly, Doulun raised his head and asked a strong man sitting cross-legged in front of him: "Yuchi, what did the guard general of Jinhaoguan say?"
"Master Bing: The Han general said that the town is nearly three hundred miles away from here. If we don't travel day and night, it would not be surprising if it takes two days. He also said that there will be news by tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest..."
“Believe what you say!”
Dou Ling snorted angrily.
In the past two years, whether exchanging news or doing business in private, Lu Yan has always kept his word, sooner rather than later. But this time he broke his promise at a critical moment?
Could it be that something unexpected happened?
But what the Han general said was not unreasonable: The journey of three hundred miles is not close or far, and if there are some twists and turns, it may be delayed.
He asked again: "Is there any news from Woye?"
Yuchi replied: "I reported once before noon, but no more Tanma came before night, so everything should be as before!"
Three hundred miles, if not for an urgent report, it would take two days to travel. Therefore, the scouting horse before noon brought the news two days ago, how useful would it be?
Dou Ling asked again: "Where are Huaishuo and the other towns?"
"There is no report from the spying horse, so there should be no danger!"
Everything is the same as before, nothing abnormal?
Everything seemed to be normal, but he always felt a little uneasy, as if he was frightened.
Could it be that I am too suspicious?
After pondering for a while, Dou Ling suddenly stood up: "I can't care anymore... I'll tell you to go down, but wait until dawn for the entire army to set up camp and enter the pass!"
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All the generals were extremely surprised and looked at Dou Ling blankly: We haven't got the defense map yet, even if we enter the pass, where should we march?
"You can go anywhere, even if you return without success, you can retreat immediately. But you can't be trapped in this death place anymore..."
Dou Ling raised his finger like a mallet and pointed at the map, "If the Han army climbs over Langshan Mountain and goes around to seize Gaoque Pass, we will be like rats in a bamboo tube and can only be slaughtered...
Therefore, no matter whether we advance or retreat, we must leave the valley tomorrow..."
The generals suddenly realized: So you are afraid of being blocked in this canyon?
But if you talk about retreating... what kind of joke are you talking about?
Such a huge battle, which cost so much food, just to have a look at Han Dynasty?
The generals exchanged looks with each other, stood up one by one, and said back to Dou Ling: "I will obey your orders..."
"Well, go ahead and give the order!"
Dou Ling nodded, but as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a horn sounding outside the camp.
The sound of the trumpet was very short, and it was not an enemy signal. It seemed to be a message announcing the arrival of the camp, reminding all the tents not to panic.
Yuchi was in charge of both the personal guards and the scouting horses. As soon as the horn sounded, he rushed out to greet them.
I faintly heard a few fast horses running towards me, and not long after, Yuchi entered the tent with two men dressed as Han Chinese.
Dou Ling and the generals were shocked.
Just because one of them was covered in blood, and a closer look revealed that there was a broken arrow with a broken arrow shaft nailed to his back.
Yuchi whispered in Dou Ling's ear: "Sir, these two people are the work of my subordinates. They came from the fertile wilderness and said they had urgent news..."
"Speak!"
"Sir, Lu Yan was defeated... At dawn yesterday, the Han army suddenly appeared at the foot of Woye City. There was a sudden chaos in the city, with thunder and fire... In less than an hour, the city gate had been lost...
At this time, there were town troops to garrison each county, and orders were sent from each county, ordering the garrison to guard the city, and ordered the townspeople, herdsmen, etc. to gather their livestock and move into the county as soon as possible to prevent our army from plundering..."
Dou Ling's head buzzed, his face felt numb, and his two rows of teeth creaked.
"Since the city was destroyed the day before yesterday, why did you come to report urgently at night today?"
"Sir, it's not that we are incompetent, but that the Han army was prepared for it: when they suddenly heard that there was a disturbance in the city, they sent people to investigate, but they were shot dead by the Han army's cavalry before they even got within three miles of the town...
Afterwards, the town army sent a message to the townspeople outside the city to be on alert, and only then did my subordinates know the exact news. Feeling anxious, we dispatched all the ten cavalry hidden outside the city, and divided them into four groups of fast horses to report.
But unexpectedly, the Han generals had already sent rangers to intercept them on the way. The subordinates had no choice but to flee. And the injury on his body was caused by the Han army's rangers who were chasing him while fleeing north..."<
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Looking at the half of the arrow shaft on Xizuo's body, the flesh on Dou Ling's face twitched faintly.
No wonder Lu Yan broke his promise to deliver the defense plan by nightfall yesterday at the latest?
If there are any horsemen chasing and intercepting you halfway along the way, the probing horse will have no choice but to go far away, and may even turn back. Therefore, two days of traveling three hundred miles is considered very fast.
The Han army was so detailed and accomplished in one fell swoop that Lu Yan was defeated without even making waves?
If the secret was leaked in advance, it doesn’t look like it?
Otherwise, the sudden change in Woye City would not have been so sudden, while Langbei would have remained calm as usual.
If he were Luo Jian, if he knew in advance that Lu Yan would rebel, he would quietly get rid of him, and then set up his pockets in the canyon, just waiting for him to get in...
It seems that nine times out of ten it is a coincidence!
"Can we detect the banner of the Han army attacking the city and where it came from?"
"I didn't detect it, I just saw from a distance that they were all cavalry, and both men and horses were wearing felt robes."
"How many soldiers are there?"
"The formation is huge, but there seems to be a lot of empty horses. According to the estimates of my subordinates, it is only three thousand..."
It's really a coincidence.
The reason why they wore robes and felt was to avoid frostbite during the night march. There were many empty horses, which also showed that this group of Han troops marched day and night and came by surprise...
Dou Ling breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the generals coldly: "Advance or retreat!"
Retreat?
The sound of "coaxing" was like poking a hornet's nest, and more than a dozen generals suddenly started making noises.
"Sir, the Han army can number up to three thousand, what should we fear?"
"The rebellion in Woye City is peaceful, and the garrison will inevitably tighten its troops. Therefore, when the townspeople are helpless, even if they are cautious, they are like scattered sand..."
"I think Luo Jian knows that your Excellency has conspired with Lu Yan. He also knows that Your Excellency has sent more than 10,000 troops to enter the pass. He will not dare to send troops rashly. No matter what, he will summon all the troops and horses and gather all the food and grass. He comes and goes, no matter what.
It will take about ten days to arrive at Jinhao Pass..."
"There are ten days, not to mention Huaishuo and Wuchuan, but it is not difficult to clear the fertile fields..."
The generals were all talking at once, and it was almost noisy. But Dou Ling relaxed and raised his brows.
The thief will not escape. Once the bow is fired, there is absolutely no reason to turn back.
As the generals said, in a hurry, Luo Jian was not completely sure, so he dared to send troops. But by the time he gathered his troops, he had already grabbed enough.
Moreover, just one Langshan Mountain is a thousand miles wide, and the size of the ditch leading to the back of the mountain is more than forty. No matter how many Han troops there are, it is impossible to seal the entire mountain.
Even if he can be sealed, he can still escape over the mountain thanks to his armor and the speed of his horse.
It's just that Wuhao Valley is so close and we just need to take a few more detours.
Done!
With a "boom" sound, Dou Ling punched the table with a heavy punch. There was a sudden crash, and the candlestick, oil lamp, and wine baron fell to the floor.
Just like a group of ducks all being grabbed by the throat, the hall fell into a sudden silence.
Thinking that they had angered Dou Ling, all the generals lowered their heads and glanced up furtively.
Unexpectedly, Dou Ling laughed loudly.
"Then enter the pass... Yuchi, go and pass the order, and the whole army will immediately move into camp..."
A dozen Hu generals were stunned at first, and then their faces were full of joy: "Your Excellency is wise!"
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When night falls, the Milky Way is like a jade belt stretching across the sky. The stars in the sky are twinkling. They are like countless pearls, inlaid on a huge green curtain.
Although the scenery was beautiful, Lu Shiqi could not appreciate it flawlessly. He just stared motionlessly at the dense lights in the valley, seemingly in a daze, but his eyes were obscure and his face was cold and solemn.
The mountain breeze was blowing, and the lantern hanging on the tower was swinging back and forth, just like Lu Shiqi's mood at this time, up and down, uneasy.
From time to time, piercing screams will be heard from the ear room under the tower, just like a lone wolf on the grassland roaring to the sky.
Not long after, the shouting stopped suddenly, and a dark figure rushed out from the ear room and quickly climbed up the tower.
When he walked under the lamp and saw his younger brother Lu Xiao's pale face, Lu Shiqian's heart couldn't help but raise: "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"
"The trial...the trial came out..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse and hoarse, as if a knife had been sawed in his throat. Even Lu Xiao himself was stunned.
Now that things have happened, no matter how scared I am, what can I do?
Just leave it to fate...
Lu Xiao breathed out hard, then calmed down and said with a trembling voice: "Like the two people who came out of seclusion two moments ago, these three people were also placed outside the town for Dou Ling. There are ten people in the group.
, I left Xicheng yesterday and divided four routes to receive urgent reports from Dou..."
"What's the urgent matter?"
Lu Xiao swallowed hard and said: "Yesterday at about 7 o'clock in the morning, a large army suddenly came to the town. After four seconds, the city was defeated... Half an hour later, there were officials and orders.
The soldiers sent orders along the road, ordering the counties to gather the townspeople and guard the city to prevent the creeps from raiding..."