After crossing the Yinshan Mountain Range, the group marched for another five or six days, and finally met the army of Dai Jun who greeted them. Although only 2,000 cavalry troops came, they said that they had been received by their companions, and they were not far from the Daijun area, and the safety of the whole army could be basically guaranteed.

After the two armies converged, it took three or four days to come to the Yanmen Pass, and now the actual control range of the Dai County has been pushed out of the Yanmen Pass to a hundred miles away, and a small fort was built here, with a garrison of 500 people, so after the small fort, the brigade of men and horses was officially entered into the range of the Dai County control, until this time, the team of people and horses was considered to have been truly safe, and the plateau was greatly relieved, and finally returned safely.

Although it is still a steppe area, the scene is very different, with men and horses walking on a formal galloping road, more than four feet wide and flat, with a beacon tower built every few miles. On both sides of the Chi Road, there are many earthen forts, and scattered villages, all of which are connected by separate lanes and Chi Road.

On both sides of the galloping road, there are many cultivated fields, water canals, grass seedlings are brittle, farmers work in the fields, chickens and dogs smell each other along the way, cooking smoke curls, personnel and horses come to live very frequently, almost endlessly, many of them are merchants, in the demolition of the road, there is also a bazaar, merchants, herdsmen trade in it, very lively, and in the grassland far away, there are also many people in the cattle and sheep, farming and herding combined, it seems that it is indeed quite prosperous.

Of course, the soldiers of the Dai army were accustomed to this qiē and did not feel anything, but the Bailing people, the disciples of the Mo family, and the captives of the Xiongnu were all seeing such a prosperous scene for the first time, and of course it was much better than the place where they lived before. The Bailing people and the disciples of the Mo family were naturally very excited when they thought that they would settle here in the future, and the captives of the Xiongnu were also very happy, because they knew that the Dai army would not reduce themselves to slavery when they brought them back, but would settle in the area ruled by Dai Jun, and now it seems that it is not bad to settle in this kind of place.

The closer the people get to Yanmen Pass, the more prosperous they become, and there are more and more earthen forts, farmlands, villages, and markets. Thirty miles away from Yanmen Pass, Yuan Xuan, the general stationed at Yanmen Pass, was here to welcome the return of the plateau.

Counting the plateau is out of Yanmen Pass in October last year, and when it comes back, it is already April, more than half a year before and after, although since entering the Daijun, the plateau often goes out to conquer, and the time is not short, but this time it is to enter the prairie, which is also quite dangerous and uncertain, so seeing the plateau return safely, Yuan Xuan is also very relieved.

After meeting, greet each other, the plateau will also tell Yuan Xuan about the process of going out of the fortress at this time, Yuan Xuan is also in a mood when he hears it, but he learns that the plateau is out of the fortress this time, there is no danger, not only found the Bailing people, but also broke the Xiongnu army of 100,000, killed the Xiongnu's Shan Yu, so that the Xiongnu fell into civil strife, Yuan Xuan was also very happy.

Yuan Xuan was originally an old minister of Zhao State, Li Mu's old department, of course, he knew the pressure brought by the Xiongnu in the north to Zhao State, and now the Xiongnu were in civil strife, and the inability to go south could of course greatly reduce the pressure on Daijun, it can be said that in his opinion, this is the biggest harvest of the trip to the plateau.

However, finding the Bailing people is also a big gain, because the ability of the Bailing people in the direction of animal training and treatment are all the abilities needed by the Dai Army, and the relocation of the Bai Ling people to Dai County to settle down can of course greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Dai Army.

In addition to these two things, the more than 8,000 Xiongnu captives that were contained were also a force to be reckoned with, because these Xiongnu captives were all young and strong soldiers, and with a little training, they could build up another Fan Yong army. Now there are two Fan Yong armies in Dai County, both of which are one of the main forces of Dai Jun, if another Fan Yong Army can be established, it will naturally make Dai Jun more powerful.

It can be said that this trip to the plateau was a full return, which greatly improved the overall strength of Daijun.

Subsequently, Gao Yuan ordered that all the Xiongnu prisoners should be left behind, and Yuan Xuan would be responsible for resettlement. However, although Gao Yuan decided to make the Xiongnu captives not slaves, but to settle them with other attached nomads, they were different from other attached nomads after all, and the other nomads took the initiative to annex them, and they all brought their families to the Daijun, but the Huns were all captives, enemies, and they were all alone, almost all of them had families in the Xiongnu tribes, so it was not easy to let them settle down like other nomads.

Gao Yuan's plan was to disperse the Huns to various villages and forts, temporarily serve as militia members of each fort, and receive formal training from the army, and then slowly let them settle down as families. Of course, these things are left to Yuan Xuan to be responsible.

At this time, Yuan Xuan said: "My lord, if you add this group of Huns, now we have more than 120,000 foreigners outside Yanmen Pass, plus some of the Huaxia people who have settled here, a total of more than 150,000 people, and 32 earthen forts have been established, each earthen fort has less than 1,000 people, more than 3,000 people, and more than 3000 villages, and there are more than 100 villages with a population of more than 300 people, and the population of some large villages has reached nearly 1,000 people, and the residents in Yanmen Pass are also more than 250,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 temporary residents. There are more and more civil affairs inside and outside the customs, and it is inconvenient to rely on the army to manage them, so it is better to ask the lord to set up an administrative body in Yanmen Pass. ”

It turned out that when Gao Yuan had just entered the Dai County, the total population of Yanmen Pass was only 100,000 people, and there were not many people under Gao Yuan at that time, so the civil affairs of Yanmen Pass were also represented by the army, and no special administrative institutions were set up. In fact, during the period of the Zhao State, there was no special administrative agency in the Yanmen Pass area, and the army managed the civil affairs, and when Li Mu was stationed here, he was a combination of military and political power, and even could set up his own official positions, appoint and dismiss officials, in a certain sense, the area around Yanmen Pass was Li Mu's private territory, and even the King of Zhao did not interfere.

But now only six or seven years later, the population inside and outside Yanmen Pass has more than doubled, and the development of commerce, many merchants have set up shops inside and outside Yanmen Pass, plus there are a large number of grassland nomads settled outside Yanmen Pass, so the civil affairs inside and outside Yanmen Pass, as well as taxes and labor, etc., have expanded several times compared with before. It is obviously out of place for the military to manage civil affairs.

Moreover, Yuan Xuan did not have Li Mu's ability, and secondly, he did not have as much power as Li Mu, although he was able to manage civil affairs, but he did not have the power to set up official positions and appoint and dismiss officials, so Yuan Xuancai proposed to Gao Yuan that a special administrative agency should be established in Yanmen Pass to manage civil affairs.

After listening to Yuan Xuan's speech, Gao Yuan also nodded, it seems that the development momentum of the area around Yanmen Pass is indeed good, when he just entered the Dai County, this is still a deserted and unreasonable place, who would have thought that it would develop like this now. Therefore, Gao Yuan said: "Okay, after returning to Daijun, I will gather everyone to discuss and establish a sound administrative organization in Yanmen Pass." ”

Leaving the Xiongnu captives outside Yanmen Pass, Gao Yuan led the Bailing Brigade and the Mo disciples into Yanmen Pass, and Yuan Xuan had already prepared shelter and food for the team, so that the team could get a full rest. In fact, on this journey, there has been no shortage of food for the horses, but the army is mainly based on meat, and there are not many vegetarian foods, so the food prepared by Yuan Xuan for the team is millet and fabrics as the staple food, supplemented by vegetables and beans and melons, and also prepared a large number of drinks such as wine and tea.

The soldiers of the army have not eaten such a sumptuous meal for more than half a year, because the Chinese people are still vegetarian, although the beef and mutton are delicious, but on the way to the army, the beef and mutton can not be carefully cooked, the condiments are not complete, and they will get greasy if they eat too much, and they are easy to get greasy and get angry, so they can eat the rice of their hometown again, and everyone is naturally happy. Because of it, there is also tea that can be diluted with oil, cleanse the intestines and wash the stomach, and as a result, everyone eats a lot more.

The eating habits of the Bailing people in the garrison are similar to those of the nomads, mainly meat, and they are not very interested in millet and pasta, but there are many kinds of Chinese Laishi, and the taste is salty, and it is also a different flavor for them. In addition, there is a large supply of fine wine, which can not be drunk before, although the Bailing tribe itself also makes wine, but whether it is the technology or raw materials of winemaking, it is not a little worse than that of the Chinese countries, so everyone has drunk a lot of wine, and some people are drunk.

The disciples of the Mo family have always lived a hard life, and when they walked with the army, they felt that the food was much better than that in the village, and after arriving at Yanmen Pass, they were not picky about the food they were entertained with, they only felt that everything was delicious, and at the same time, they were full of good hopes for the life of Daijun, and it was indeed a correct choice to return to Daijun. However, the disciples of the Mo family have a lot of self-control, so although they feel that the food and wine are good, they are all in moderation, and they do not lose their temper.

The group rested in Yanmen Pass for three days, on the one hand, to restore the body, on the other hand, to leave the cattle, sheep, horses, vehicles, baggage and other things brought by the army at Yanmen Pass, and now there are still more than 30,000 sheep, more than 2,000 cattle, more than 1,500 beasts, nearly 40,000 war horses, and a large number of captured materials in the brigade.

Cattle and sheep cannot be stored in the warehouse, but they can be sold to local residents or merchants, and horses, bows and arrows, tents and other things are sent by Yuan Xuan to Daijun, because after entering Yanmen Pass, it is not far from Daijun, and there are places to supply food and provide shelter along the road, so there is no need to carry so much baggage to march, just take the herd to go.