1.39 Whereabouts of the Royal Court
Further north of the white sandalwood, it is the Fengning Dam of the later generations. It is located at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain and the southern edge of the Inner Mongolia Plateau. The terrain increases in a stepped manner from southeast to northwest, and is divided into three landforms: under the dam, at the dam and on the dam. The Bashang grassland belonged to Shanggu County in the Qin Dynasty, and the Western Han Dynasty belonged to the northern border of Shanggu. Nowadays, it is a place of humility. Further west, it is the remaining vein of Yinshan Mountain, on the Guyuan Dam.
As Liu Bei expected. If the Xianbei royal court really moved east along the Yin Mountain. You will be able to touch it.
The weather is getting cooler, and the grass and trees are getting yellow. There was a hot scene in Baitan City.
The latest batch of grain and grass has been delivered, and the forage yards and granaries in the city have been piled up. Enough for 6,000 elite soldiers for a year.
Seeing the convoy return to Lulongsai, Liu Bei stood on the bridge tower and looked into the distance, feeling a little worried. Recently, there has been no small group of Xianbei going south, it can be seen that in order to deal with the Han cavalry from all three directions, Xianbei, who is known as controlling 100,000 strings, has to gather all its combat strength to compete with it.
Everyone left out the right Beiping County, as well as Lu Longsai, who had been ignored for two hundred years.
The east is not from the west. Obviously, the new Liaoxi Taishou is not in vain. Together with Qiu Liju, the king of Wuhuan in Liaoxi, the eastern Xianbei was firmly dragged down. Waste sandalwood stone locust arm. Qiu Liju, the king of Wuhuan in western Liaoning, has more than 5,000 people. Compared with the more than 800 Youbeiping Wuhuan of Luo, the Taishou of Liaoxi can easily form 20,000 cavalry. The combat power is not inferior to that of Xianbei in the east.
At the end of October, although there was no snow, the shady moat was frozen.
Liu Bei practiced all day long, and his face was as usual. But my heart became more and more anxious. Several times a day, climb the tower, high and look north. The facilities in the city have already been built. He sharpened his knives all day, but he didn't see the scouts returning. Could it be that the royal court moved far away to Mobei and did not come east?
In the middle of the night, I heard a commotion outside the tent.
Wu Lian, who lived in the outer tent, drew his sword and stood up, and guarded the tent door with his henchmen and female guards. But he listened to the embroidered clothes outside the tent, and reported in a deep voice: "The scout has an urgent military report." ”
Liu Bei, who was alone in the inner tent, got up suddenly: "Quickly bring it to the Chinese military tent." ”
"Whoa!"
When Liu Bei arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, Huang Zhong and other generals were already in the list.
The scout sent out was kneeling on one knee in front of the tent. I saw that he was wrapped in a fresh leather robe, lined with mulberry armor. Galloping all the way, it is Shunyang Baiyu. Liu Bei then asked: How?
The scout hugged his fist and said: Back to the young master, I will find a Xianbei camp at the foot of Yin Mountain. Or where the royal court is.
Liu Bei was overjoyed: Take the picture quickly.
The scout took the map from his bosom and presented it, which was taken by the Chinese guards and slowly unfolded.
The location of the fruit is on the dam. Liu Bei took a closer look and asked: What is the difference between this camp?
The white scout replied: This camp has been moved from the west by tent carts. The caravan is wide and wide. The largest of them was pulled by two rows of dozens of cows and horses. The size of the tent on the car is comparable to the big tent of the Chinese army!
A huge tent cart pulled by dozens of cows and horses is most likely where the royal court is located. Liu Bei clenched his fists heavily! After slowly calming down, I looked around the account.
As far as the eye can see, all the generals are holding their chests up and raising their heads, majestic and majestic.
Liu took the order in his hand, paced back and forth several times, and said the general order: "Wuyan, Wulian listen to the order!" ”
"The last general!" The two of them came out of the line with fists at the same time. There were no fathers and sons before the battle. Liu Bei is the captain of Hu Qi who was enshrined by His Majesty, and he is also the chief general of the First Army. The king of Uyan 'King Khanlu' is self-proclaimed, so he calls himself the last general.
"Lead the elite cavalry, and listen to the order before the battle."
"Whoa!" The two were ordered to join the ranks.
"Xu Rong, Tian Oka obey the order!"
"The last general!" The two came out of the line with fists.
"Lead the dragon riders under your command, and listen to orders before the battle."
"Whoa!"
"Lu Chong."
"The end will be." Left and right flag chiefs, Wei Xian is stationed at the throat to rush Lu Longsai, so in the big tent of the Chinese army, only Lu Chong is left at this time.
"The embroidered clothes officer, Danyang Baiyu, and the agency convoy will go with me."
"Whoa!"
Liu Bei looked at Huang Zhong standing in front of him again: "Father-in-law." ”
"The end will be." Huang Zhong came out of the ranks steadily.
"Lead bows, crossbows, swords and shields, pikemen, hold the city, and act as the general. Those who disobey the order can be cut first and then played. ”
"Whoa!" Huang Zhong took the handsome seal with both hands.
It's all cavalry and vehicles. The suspension bridge slowly fell, and Xu Rong and Tian Oka took the lead, leading five hundred dragon horses to roar out. Wuyan and Wulian went hand in hand, and each leader rushed out of the city. Liu Bei personally led five hundred white jade elite horses in the center. Lu Chong led thirty embroidered clothes and guarded more than a dozen organ carriages in the rear.
Scouts lead the way. Three thousand elite horsemen roared away.
The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the night wind is blowing. There are no lights in front of you, only the light of the sky. It coincided with a great drought, and the wilderness was decadent and hard. The moonlight is like a flower, and although the night is deep, the surrounding scenery is faintly visible.
All the way is arid wilderness, and the road is weak and small when it encounters water. There is no moat in the way. It doesn't hurt to walk at night.
Even though the cold wind was howling, it couldn't blow away Liu Bei's restless flames.
Two months of hard work, just for tonight.
At dawn, the sound of horses' hooves was dull and fluffy. The mountains and forests were completely gone, and the yellow meadows were already underneath.
There are scouts coming and going to guide the way. Liu Bei asked, saying that there were still 100 miles to go to the Xianbei camp.
Traveled 300 miles in one night. Rao is a good horse, and he has sweated profusely. If you force the drive, you will hurt the horse's body. Liu Bei looked left and right, pointed to a mountain beam behind him that was shrouded in clouds and mist, and sometimes revealed its silhouette and said: Enter the back mountain and camp to feed the horses.
"Whoa!" The cavalry turned around and ran behind the mountain beams, into the woods, and set up camp. Replenish the spirit and restore the horsepower.
Liu Bei spread scouts widely, for fear of leaking the news.
In the afternoon, another group of scouts arrived at the camp behind the mountain, bringing with them a new picture book.
As Wu Lian said, there are three resources that the Hu people rely on for survival: "water and grass", "shearling" and "salt land".
Xianbei Daying is a village near the lake, which is a rare place with abundant water and grass.
In later generations, the Bashang Grassland Lake, known as the 'Pearl of Saiwai', is a peculiar landform formed by grasslands, rivers and lakes. It is located in the upper reaches of the wet water. The wet water known as the Quhe River winds thousands of times on the prairie and meanders northward. Numerous tributaries and lakes are formed. Such as water spring Nao (nào), rooster Nao, 囫囵 Nao, etc., form a dense grassland river network.
There is a great drought in the north, and only here is the abundance of water and grass.
It is also because of the nourishment of the water network that the place quickly recovered from the raging locust plague.
The place where Xianbei camped is the place where the blue waves are thousands of pours. Later generations also called: the White Sea.
Liu Bei had a hunch. The sandalwood locust is there.
Wipe off the sweat stains on the horse's back and put on a hemp blanket to keep warm. Feed ** feed and tie it to the forest to store horsepower. The knight rested on the spot, fetched water and compressed dry food to satisfy his hunger, and then put on his armor and slept. Scouts disguised as Xianbei rangers patrol the mountains to beware of Xianbei people.
Other than that, all the centaurs are hiding behind the mountain. Even if Xianbei rode south and did not bypass this mountain, it would be difficult to find Liu Bei's camp hidden behind the mountain.
"Wu Lian, you and Wu Yan will lead the troops to ambush this mountain." Everyone is well fed. At ten o'clock in the sunset, after taking a nap, he applied cold water to his face, and Liu Bei, who was full of energy, began to dispatch troops: "The soldiers are divided into two ways, with Ming Di as the number." When the Xianbei pursuers arrive, they will kill left and right, and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. ”
surrounded by close ministers, Wu Lian asked, "What about you?" ”
Liu Bei replied with a smile: "Xu Rong and I led five hundred white dragon horses and five hundred dragon horsemen, and went to rob the camp together with the agency convoy. ”
Danyang is brave and brave. Horse warfare is slightly weaker, but there are stirrups. This goes to rob the camp, if it doesn't succeed, it can be broken.
Five hundred Danyang white yu, enough to block five thousand strong enemies.