Withstanding the pressure, he said: "Your Majesty Prince, one of the Han prisoners I captured during interrogation said this."
Yexian Tugan stood up and said loudly: "Bring all the prisoners who are still alive immediately. I want to interrogate them personally."
Batai replied: "Yes." Then he immediately went down and brought up all four prisoners who were still alive.
Yexian Tugan picked up the knife and saw four prisoners being escorted up. He asked the guard: "Who said that the prince of the Southern Barbarians is in Xuanfu?"
Baotai said: "Sir, he is the first barbarian from the left."
Ye Xiantugan raised his knife, slashed twice, and cut off the two arms of the first man from the right. The man immediately screamed in pain and lay down on the ground rolling around, while the two arms were still there.
In the hands of the Mongolian who originally held him.
Yexian Tugan took an arm, pointed with his bleeding arm at the remaining three prisoners who were pale with fear, and said: "You Southern Barbarians, just tell the truth whatever I ask you;
If you dare to be cunning, you will lose more than just two arms."
One of them immediately wanted to kneel on the ground, but was unable to do so because his arm was grabbed. He shouted: "Sir, sir, I will tell you everything. As long as you don't kill me, I will tell you anything."
Yexian Tugan said: "Very good, you are very obedient. Tell me, is it true that your Nanman prince is in Xuanfu?"
The man said: "It's true, it's true."
Yexian Tugan asked again: "How can you, a small soldier, know where the prince is?"
The man knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I am a general of the Yongping Guard. I went to the Yongping Guard a few days ago and heard that the Crown Prince is in the Xuan Mansion, and I will continue to go west to Shanxi Datong."
Ye Xiantugan grabbed him by the collar and said, "What do you mean, he wants to go to Datong?"
The man said: "Yes, we are going to Shanxi Datong."
Yexian Tugan asked again: "How many guards does he have accompanying him?"
The man replied: "There are two thousand households and dozens of guards."
Yexian Tugan loosened his collar and said: "Very good." Then he motioned to the commander with his eyes. The commander understood what he was thinking and waved his hand. These people, including the man rolling on the ground, were all pulled out of the tent by the Mongolian warriors.
.After a while, the constant voices of "spare my life" suddenly stopped, and then the Mongolians came in and said in Mongolian: "It's all solved."
Ye Xian Tu Gan sat cross-legged behind the desk and said happily: "What a blessing from heaven."
Batai said: "The prince wants to capture the Nanman Crown Prince?"
Ye Xiantu Gan said: "Why, no?"
"Although Yesudiel killed the former emperor Turgus Timur and then became emperor himself, how many tribes recognized his emperor's position? In recent years, various tribes in my Yuan Dynasty have been fighting each other for the throne, but there is no one
One person has enough prestige to make all ministries obey."
"If I can either capture or kill the Southern Barbarian prince, I will definitely be able to make everyone on the grassland disobey me. Besides my own tribe, there are also several tribes that will obey me. By then, I may not be able to become the Great Yuan."
The emperor."
Baotai said: "But the Southern Barbarian prince has more than two thousand guards, and he won't come out to the grassland, so it will be difficult to capture him."
Ye Xian Tu Gan said: "We now have more than 7,000 warriors, each of whom can defeat ten Southern Barbarians; and because a new prince has arrived in the Xuan Mansion of the Southern Barbarians, the command of the various ministries is somewhat chaotic, and there are also loopholes in the defense line;
Otherwise I could attack a fortress so easily!"
"And," he took out the map and pointed to a place on the map and said: "This is the junction of Datong and Xuanfu, and the surrounding Nanman troops are the least. In recent years, our Dayuan troops have attacked its borders, and they have always been at this place.
There are very few west of Hetao or east of Daning, Xuanfu, and Datong, and they are relatively lazy; this is why I originally planned to get some weapons here this time."
Batai asked again: "But after we succeed, the Nanman will definitely take revenge. What can we do about it?"
Ye Xiantu Gan laughed and said: "I heard that several generals of the Southern Barbarians in recent years, such as Xu Da, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others, either died of illness or were killed by the emperor of the Southern Barbarians. Now there are no generals in the Southern Barbarians.
, shouldn’t I be afraid!”
He wanted to talk more, but Tugan said: "You don't have to say anymore, I have made up my mind. You immediately send people to the Ordos tribe and the Karaqin tribe on the left and right, and ask them to wait for my order to attack the Nanman fortress in front of you.
I swear by the Heaven of Immortality that I will give them three hundred iron pots and one thousand swords and guns as a reward."
Goutai took the order and left. Yexian Tugan said with shining eyes: "Prince of Nanman, I have a seat here waiting for you."
Yunxi continued to march on the road from Xuanfu to Datong. On this day, he marched to a place. Yunxi pointed to the fortress in front and said, "Where is that place?"
Lan Zhen looked at it and said: "This is Yanghe Fort. There is Yanghe River in the north, Sanggan River in the south, and Shuigoukou River in the north. Lixintun here merges into the Yanghe River. The mountain to the north is called Huashan.
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"When you get to Yanghe Fort, you'll be in the mountains. Most of the Great Wall is built in the mountains. The area around Yanghe Fort is a rare plain area south of the Great Wall."
Yunxi said: "Looking at how small Yanghe Fort is, I'm afraid it can't accommodate these guards."
Cao Xing, the eldest son of Cao Zhen, who was standing aside, said: "I once served as a soldier here. Now there are only 500 soldiers in Yanghe Fort, and it can only station a thousand soldiers. There is no room for more."
Lan Zhen said: "It's still early now, so I should be able to reach Yanghe Fort in the evening. Your Highness will stay in the fort in the evening, and I will lead my troops to station outside the fort."
Yunxi said: "How can that be done? Gu Ye will be stationed outside the fort with you."
When they arrived at Deyanghe Fort, Yunxi, Guo Zhen and others went to inspect the fort. Because it was already dark and they couldn't see clearly, Yunxi said: "I will come back tomorrow, and that's the end of the day."
Yanghe Fort guard and Tiancheng Guard deputy Qianhu Wangma said: "A place for His Highness to rest has been prepared in the fort. Please take a rest."
Yunxi said: "No need, I will stay alone outside the fort today." Wang Ma persuaded again, but Yunxi insisted, and then left the fort and came to the guard station.
At this time, Lan Zhen was commanding the layout of the camp. Not long after, the camp was set up, and Lan Zhen went around again to check for any deficiencies. Yunxi smiled and said, "Lan Qing can just arrange the camp in accordance with military law, why is it so strict?"
Lan Zhen replied: "Your Highness, this place is a border area. Moreover, there has been news of Mongols attacking the northern fortress recently. We must be cautious."
Yunxi also knew that Lan Zhen meant well, so he didn't say anything more. Lan Zhen inspected again and found nothing missing before going back to his tent to rest.
