Going north out of Taiyuan Fucheng (Bingzhou), thirty miles away is the former site of Tianmen Pass.
This is the pass between Bingzhou and Hedong Road in northwest counties. Xu Huai and others were riding horses and carriages. At the end of the dirt road in the north of Taiyuan City, a camel-shaped stone peak over a hundred feet high stood in front of them.
The middle of the hump is split open, as if the gate of heaven stands in front of it.
Tianmen Pass was in disrepair and abandoned at that time, with only a few ruins remaining across the mouth of the gorge. Everyone reined up their horses and stopped in front of the pass to see the deep gorge passing through the hump and extending deep into the peaks. They had no idea where they were going.
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Heavy rains often pour down in Luliang Mountain in summer, causing flash floods to pour into the deep gorge here. Over thousands of years of collision, the rock walls of the canyon have been polished extremely smooth, and the peaks on both sides rise abruptly, with thousands of cliffs.
Ren.
Only by witnessing this kind of terrain with your own eyes can you better understand what it means to be in a position where only one man can overcome the barrier and no one can overcome it.
"In the early years, the Tianmenguan Gorge Road was narrow, dangerous and steep, making it difficult for humans and animals to pass. Especially the easternmost exit was so deep and roadless that it was difficult for a flying ape to cross. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was the king of Jin, he would go to Lanzhou every year for convenience.
The Fenyang Palace in Shanqilian Lake built a plank road on the cliff of the east wall of the canyon by carving mountain frames and building a plank road to open up this gorge road. Later generations called this gorge road the Yangguang Old Road."
Wang Xun was extremely experienced and knew everything about humanities and geography. He was like a living undergraduate book in this world. Xu Huai and the others could learn a lot from walking with him.
After two years of wandering, Wang's beard and hair became increasingly white. He stepped down from the first carriage, pointed at the Tianmen Pass attack site in front of him, and told everyone about Yang Guang's past and present life.
"The Fenyang Palace on the bank of Qilian Lake in Guanluo Mountain has long been destroyed by the war. However, the old Yangguang Road, as the key pass connecting the counties in the northwest of Hedong Road to Luzhi Taiyuan Prefecture, has been maintained and repaired over the years. However, it is better than the old road along Fenshui Gorge in the south.
It is much easier to zigzag through the Luliang Mountains and the distance is much shorter. It is now the main road from Taiyuan to Lanfu and other places."
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is well known to the world as the tyrant who destroyed the second generation of the Sui Dynasty.
The Tianmen Plank Road and the Qilian Lake Fenyang Palace built in Guanlui Mountain in Lanzhou have always been regarded by scholars as evidence of their extravagant desires and excessive taxation.
However, Xu Huai was dissatisfied with the officials at that time, and secretly thought about the internal and external environment that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty faced when he appointed the King of Jin to govern the state. He placed this Tianmen plank road in the environment at that time to think about its military and political value.
Other discoveries.
"Yang Guang's old road twists and turns for sixty or seventy miles, and there is no village where we can stay in the middle. We have to reach the next inn before dark, and we can't rest here yet." Lu Xiong walked the Tianmen Plank Road many times to understand the situation along the way and urged
Everyone, go quickly.
Horses were not allowed to ride along the gorge road, so people rode horses and surrounded three carriages, passing through the mountains at the northern foot of Luliang Mountain from Yangguang's old road and entering Kelan County, Lanzhou. It was already dusk - it was too late to rush to Kelan City.
, and went to the nearest inn to stay.
Kelan belonged to the Jin Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period, and after the Jin was divided into three parts, it was occupied by King Linhuloufan. King Wuling of Zhao raised troops to cross Huanghualing at the northwest foot of Mount Wei, expelled King Linhuloufan, and established Loufan County.
Loufan Gujun was part of Taiyuan County in the Western Han Dynasty.
During the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were in civil strife. Hu Chaoxie Chanyu led his troops to surrender to the Han court and placed them in the northern part of Bingzhou, which was called the Southern Xiongnu. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao divided the Southern Xiongnu into five tribes and moved south to the vicinity of Guanjuan Mountain.
The southern Xiongnu tribes saw that the trees on Guanxun Mountain were green and white, and they looked like plowing horses, so they called it "Kelan" in the Xiongnu language. Kelan Mountain, Lanshui and other place names gradually became fixed.
During the Beiwei period, Lanzhou was established on the land east and west of Kelan Mountain.
After several changes, Guan Chuan Mountain regained its old name, and the area formed a layout of four counties including Lanzhou, Qianlan, Loufan, Langu, and Ningwu. It is still the western section of Dai Viet's defense line against the Khitans.
Wang Zhen was worried that there would be backlash if he united his forces to attack the Yan State and drive away the tigers and wolves. Lan, Dai and other places were the most dangerous. At first, he wanted to entrust Wang Xuan to Huaiyuan. However, Xu Huai wanted to take this opportunity to go out of Tongbai Mountain and see with his own eyes.
Come over to the Yueyan border and have a look.
In addition to the development of the situation, there will be a process. Even if there is a military disaster, Xu Huai will not be as ambitious as Wang Zhenyou to fight for the death of Dai Viet. He has swords, bows and good horses ready, and he will always run away quickly with four legs.
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Of course Wang Xuan didn't want to stay in Huaiyuan by herself.
Bandits are in chaos in Jingping, and the township camp is about to be disbanded.
Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, and Tang Qing are all the outstanding figures of the young generation in Tongbai Mountain. They also have outstanding achievements in the Jingping banditry, but the current generation is really not friendly to martial arts. There is no place for them in the inspection department, let alone the state.
The county has a bright future ahead of it.
When the township camp was abolished, many people couldn't help but flirt. They might as well imitate Pan Chenghu. Guo Jun judged them to be bandits, and they could still get an official position after being recruited.
Tang Pan, Xu Xin'an and the others are still the five good young people of Dayue, and they don't have so many complaints in their hearts. However, they really have no interest in the chiefs of households, provincial level and other rural servants, and the Yamen epidemic dispatches.
However, during the period of suppressing bandits, they followed Wang Zhen to learn law, military skills, etc., and got some martial arts skills from Lu Xiong. Although they made great progress, they felt that they still had great shortcomings, so they were all willing to follow Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong to Lanzhou.
Come and continue learning.
Therefore, Xu Huai, together with Yin Peng, Han Qi, Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, Tang Qing and others, escorted Wang Zhen to the north. Of course, Liu Qiong'er ignored Wang Xuan's uncontrollable eye roll and stayed with Xu Huai.
There were eight horses and three carriages in the group. Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong rode in one carriage, while Tang Qing drove the carriage. Wang Xuan, Tian Yanyan and Song Yuer rode in one carriage, and Tang Pan drove the carriage. Liu Qiong'er rode in one alone.
Horse carriage, chariot driven by Yin Peng or Han Qi.
Whenever Wang Xuan showed some petty temper, or tried to win over Tian Yanyan, and Song Yu'er's two daughters isolated her, Liu Qiong'er would ask Xu Huai to sit in her car to rest while she was on her way, saying that he was at the age when he was growing up and could not work too hard.
Everyone came out of Huaiyuan at the end of February. Xu Huai wanted to appreciate the scenery of the Central Plains, so he went north from Biyang, passed through Fangcheng and took the Funiu Mountain West Foot Post Road to Xuzhou, then detoured to Luoyang, passed through Tongguan and entered Guanzhong, crossing the Weishui River and the Yellow River.
, go all the way north from Hejin along the Fen River.
After walking and stopping along the way, it was already the end of May when everyone arrived in Taiyuan via Jinzhou.
At this time, Wang Zhen pretended to resume his official status. He was the supervisor of the Lanzhou stone field and was under the jurisdiction of Changping Division. He stayed in Taiyuan Mansion where the Fourth Supervision Division on Hedong Road was located for three days. After exchanging documents, he left Taiyuan again.
Depart from Chengdu for Lanzhou.
Along the way, the eastern foothills of Luliang Mountain were still densely forested. Although it was already a hot summer day, it was very comfortable for the carriages and horses to travel along the gorge.
However, after walking out of the Yangguang Old Road (Gap Road), everyone appeared among the mountains at the western foot of Luliang Mountain. As far as the eye could see, under the twilight, the rolling loess slopes were mainly covered with dense grass and shrubs in early summer;
Tall trees with lush leaves are extremely sparse.
It can be said that this is a natural horse herding land. It is not difficult for Xu Huai to imagine the situation when the southern Huns were nomadic here hundreds of years ago. It is also not difficult to imagine that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the officials herded large numbers of war horses here to prepare for border provocations.
Everyone stayed at Xixiakou Station and rushed to Qalan City early the next morning.
Although Lanzhou is a border area, the generals of the imperial army are lifelong soldiers, and their family members also live with the army near the garrison. Yanlan City is much more lively than Xu Huai imagined before he came here, and it may not be any worse than Biyang City.
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"The military is a major event in the country, and it is also the place of life and death."
Wang Xun sat in front of the carriage, looking at the vivid faces, and sighed with Xu Huai who was riding beside him, but he soon noticed two familiar figures on the left hand side of the long street, and when he looked closely, they were Xu Wukun and Zheng
Tu Er and Tu were dressed as Taoist priests. They almost missed it and didn't recognize it. They looked at Xu Huai in surprise.
"You also arranged for additional personnel to come to Lanzhou?"
"Cai Qing is a vicious tiger, and it is impossible for you to live comfortably in Lanzhou; and the imperial court allied forces to attack Yan, even if the Khitan people do not understand the overall plan, they are not blind after all, and they cannot not see that Landai and other places are so big
There is no reaction at all, and it is even possible to get the upper hand - I can't really treat this trip as a sightseeing tour without making any preparations?" Xu Huai said with a smile.
"It is inevitable to join forces to attack Yan, and if it causes disaster, it cannot be saved by one person - you really shouldn't interfere in this matter; didn't you say, 'The water in the Canglang is turbid, you can wash my feet'?"
After you have seen Zhao Jin's style, you should return as soon as possible with Xuan'er."
Wang Zhen was kicked out of the central government and could no longer influence the officials. He didn't think Xu Huai could change anything by bringing in thirty or fifty people amid such a tide.
If a catastrophe cannot be avoided, he hopes that Xu Huai will go back to Tongbai Mountain to lie dormant until necessary, and then serve Dai Viet when necessary. By then the situation in Dai Viet will be eroded, and they will have to recruit talents from outside the existing group of officials, and Xu Huai and others will come out.
Serving the country will provide a better future for individuals.
Unlike now, with such great achievements in appeasing the bandits, in the end even Xu Wujiang could not get a job as an inspector. No matter how hard Wang Zhen wanted to defend the officials, he had to say that Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai, and Tang Pan
, Tang Qing, Xu Xinjing, these talents who should be able to become the pillars of Vietnam, are so worthless this time.
Xu Huai shook his head slightly and whispered to Wang Zhen:
"If I have the chance, I would like to go to Yinshan Mountain to take a look. Thousands of miles of desert grassland from Lanzhou to the north. Obviously I can't get away by pretending to be a foreigner. Naturally, Uncle Wu Kun and the others will have to open the entrance of Zhufeng Hall first.
Go to Lanzhou to make some preparations and see if there are any good opportunities that can be taken advantage of - I am not confused about what I do."
If the memory fragments that flashed in his mind were not so clear, wouldn't Xu Huai think that he and Liu Qiong'er would stay together in Tongbai Mountain? It was precisely the allied forces to conquer Yan that Xu Huai did not dare to stay in Tongbai Mountain.
Delayed.
"..." Wang Zhen smiled bitterly, knowing that Xu Huai had made up his mind and not just anyone could persuade him.
"By the way, a phoenix that has shed its feathers is not as good as a chicken. Now is not the time to talk about how majestic and majestic your husband was in the past. Guo Zhongxiong still has to pay homage!" Xu Huai laughed and bent down.
Stopped a passer-by and asked where the state government office was.
As the superintendent of the Lanzhou stone quarry, Wang Xun was dispatched by Zhengjiupin. Although he was directly under the jurisdiction of Tixing Changping Division, the main purpose of the imperial court's opening of the stone quarry at the northern foot of Guanluan Mountain was to build it for Langu, Ningwu and other places.
The supply of stones for the border wall and Zhai Village will of course be subject to the control of the Lanzhou officials.
When they set out from Huaiyuan, they had already learned that the person who came out to know Lanzhou as a minister of the Zhimi Pavilion at the beginning of the year was Guo Zhongxiong, the commander-in-chief of the Privy Council. Like Dong Cheng, he was not only a minister of the main battle faction, but also clearly Cai Cai.
A key general of the department.
In addition to being in charge of Lanzhou's taxation, prisons, transportation, etc., Guo Zhongxiong also served as the Deputy Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses of Hedong Road and the Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses of Lanzhou.
The Dai Viet Imperial Army is composed of one hundred people, with the capital as the commander-in-chief; the five capitals are one battalion, with the commander and deputy commander as the commander; the five battalions are one general, with the commander-in-chief and Yuhou as the commander.
Soldiers are often called the Xth general of a certain army.
A complete Forbidden Army consists of ten generals, with a total strength of more than 25,000 soldiers. However, in order to prevent the generals from taking over power and being arrogant and difficult to control, there is no permanent commander at the army level. The Forbidden Army is stationed in various places, often with generals,
The battalion is the basic unit and is controlled by the local military and horse supervision department.
When necessary, the imperial court usually selects officials who are familiar with military affairs to serve as commanders of the imperial army. They are all commanders, who can command several generals or even several armies. They are called commanders. If it is too late to select officials, several generals must be mobilized at the same time.
If horses and horses cooperate to fight, one of the commanders of the capital will be temporarily appointed as the commander of the army to control the generals, and will be relieved afterwards.
Guo Zhongxiong held many positions. In addition to the four generals who suppressed the Xiong Army and garrisoned the cities in Lanzhou, he also dispatched the Xiang army and local rural soldiers under the jurisdiction of the state government. He could be said to be the real local emperor of Lanzhou. Especially the imperial court was very determined.
In promoting the allied attack on Yan, the power Guo Zhongxiong held was far beyond the reach of the leading officials in the inland states.
In any case, Wang Zhen had no intention of falling into the trap like Xu Huai and others. He still thought that an old man could add fuel to Vietnam. He also thought that one day the official would regret it. After he arrived in Lanzhou, he had to go to the state government office first.
Meet Guo Zhongxiong - Even among the Dai Viet officials, Guo Zhongxiong is not qualified to carry his shoes based on his qualifications...
Of course, if Wang Zhen is not willing to be humiliated, he can live in Kelan City, recite poems and compose poems after arriving in Lanzhou, and the stone quarry will not be able to operate without him - in this way, the officials in the court will admire him.
