It turned out that after Gao Yuan left the village, Wei Zhao discussed with several old people in the village, and they all felt that Gao Yuan was really a Ming Jun, even better than Li Mu back then, and they just went around the village, and gave some money to the families of some victims, and left the village without even drinking a sip of water, so he always felt a little unhappy in his heart. So everyone deliberated and decided, prepared twenty jars of wine, and brought out five oxen and twenty sheep, and came to the military camp of the Wu'an army, to reward the soldiers of the Wu'an army.

After Gao Yuan learned about it, he immediately ordered Wei Zhao and others to be invited into the camp and received Wei Zhao and others in the big tent.

After seeing the ceremony, Wei Zhaocai said: "If it weren't for the lord to save this time, I'm afraid that our village would have been destroyed long ago, so we offered a few jars of mountain village wild brew, a few livestock, and rewarded the army. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, since you are sincere, I will not refuse, I will accept all the things you brought, and all of you will stay, and we will gather in the camp tonight." He turned his head and said to Yuan Xuan: "General Yuan, wait a while, and pay them copper coins according to the market price." ”

Wei Zhao hurriedly said: "Lord, these things are all voluntarily used by us to reward the army, how can we collect money?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "I know your intentions, but your village is not rich, this batch of things must be worth a lot in the village, so you must accept this money, if you want to thank me, there is one thing, see if you can help me." ”

When Wei Zhao and the others heard this, they were very grateful in their hearts, and hurriedly said: "My lord, please say, as long as we can do something, we will never give up." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Has anyone in your village ever been to Zhujianze?" ”

Wei Zhao hurriedly said: "Yes, Zhujianze is a big lake, it used to be a bazaar, after the general defeated the Xiongnu, the grassland departments are there every spring and autumn to trade goods, our village used to send people to participate every year, but in the past two years, the Xiongnu invaded the south again, so they did not send people again." ”

When Gao Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said: "Great, just now we interrogated the Xiongnu prisoners, and knew that they had a temporary camp in the Zhujianze area, and the plundered population, livestock, and property were all gathered there, and I planned to send troops to attack this camp and rescue the plundered people, but no one knew the location, someone in your village knew, then it would be good, can the village chief Wei find a few guides to lead the way for us." ”

When Wei Zhao heard this, he immediately said: "Don't worry, if you go to fight the Huns, we have no responsibility, please wait, I will go back to find someone immediately." As he spoke, he hurriedly led the others back to the village to find someone.

After Wei Zhao left, Yuan Xuan said: "Lord, although I have a guide, I don't know the reality of the Huns, and I don't know what the situation of the Huns is, and the army should not move lightly, and we don't need to move lightly, and we need to mobilize some more troops from Yanmen County to attack, so I think it's better to send spies first, and after the situation of the Huns is clear, it's not too late to lead the army to attack." ”

After Gao Yuan listened, he also nodded, Yuan Xuan's construction is indeed not unreasonable, now is not the time to start a full-scale war with the Xiongnu, so it is still to be safe, first send people to the Zhujianze area to inquire about the situation, and then send troops after finding out the reality of the Xiongnu, it is indeed a safe move. Even if you miss the opportunity to attack, you will not hesitate to do so.

At this time, Jiang Huanwu stood up and said, "Lord, let me go with Xiaofeng in this matter." ”

Gao Yuan also praised it very much, because Jiang Huanwu's martial arts were strong and not under him, while Ling Feng was shrewd and flexible, and both of them were born in Orion and were familiar with life and tracking in the wild, so it was indeed a suitable candidate for the two of them to reconnoiter the enemy. So Gao Yuan said: "Okay, you bring a few more people, prepare horses, dry food and tents, and after the village chief Wei finds a guide, you will set off immediately." ”

After a short time, Wei Zhao returned to the camp and brought two young people about thirty years old, Xiang Gaoyuan, both of whom were surnamed Wei, one was called Wei Dang, Wei Zhao's son, and the other was Wei Xing, a distant nephew of Wei Zhao. They were the main forces in the village, and both of them played a great role in resisting the Xiongnu this time. And they've all been to Momazawa in the past. Therefore, Wei Zhao also recommended the two of them to be guides. In fact, the people in this village have some kinship and a little kinship.

Gao Yuan had no objection to the candidate recommended by Wei Zhao, and immediately asked Jiang Huanwu and Ling Feng to meet them. I didn't expect Wei Dang and Wei Xing to know Jiang Huanwu, because when Jiang Huanwu lived here, he was famous for his bravery, and he was very famous in this area, and many young people came to him to learn martial arts, Wei Dang and Wei Xing were also one of them, if strictly counted, both of them were Jiang Huanwu's registered brothers.

Both of them admired Jiang Huanwu very much, and when they saw that Jiang Huanwu was also under the plateau, they couldn't help but be surprised and happy, but there were too many young people like this, Jiang Huanwu didn't remember that there were two disciples here, and it was only after meeting that Jiang Huanwu remembered. And when Gao Yuan saw it, he also put a lot of heart, because these two people were Jiang Huanwu's disciples, so it was easy to manage the two of them.

At this time, Jiang Huanwu and Ling Feng had already made all the preparations, and another eight people were selected, plus Wei Dang and Wei Xing, a total of twelve people, and it was still early at this time, and everyone immediately got on their horses and set off.

Later, Gao Yuan ordered that the cattle and sheep brought by Wei Zhao be slaughtered and scattered to the soldiers for consumption, and a banquet was set up in the big tent to entertain Wei Zhao and others, and everyone dispersed happily.

On the second day, Gao Yuan immediately ordered Han Xiurong to protect Yun Yao and Geng Yanyu to return to Yanmen Pass, and transfer the troops in the city to converge here.

In addition, Gao Yuan asked Wei Zhao to find the village chiefs of other villages to discuss how to deal with the Xiongnu.

A day later, the village chiefs of various villages also rushed over one after another, and most of the villages within 100 miles of the Great Wall came to send people over, and a total of more than 60 village chiefs came.

The plateau gathered everyone together and said: "Fathers and elders, now that the Xiongnu are going south again, many villages have been broken by the Xiongnu, and the villages have been destroyed. Although this time I happened to be met by me, I defeated a Xiongnu army, and sent people to search for the Xiongnu camp and rescue the people who were plundered by the Xiongnu. But as you all know, now that the Zhao State has perished, and the army of the Qin State is pressing, our Daijun has limited troops, and there are not enough troops to conduct a large-scale campaign with the Xiongnu, so after this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to use troops against the Xiongnu in a big way, and the troops left in Yanmen County will not be too much, and if you want to resist the Xiongnu in the future, you mainly need to work hard to resist the Xiongnu in each village. ”

A person stood up and said: "Lord, in fact, as long as the Huns attack, each of our villages will try their best to resist, when the general was stationed in Yanmen, we also let each village organize itself to resist the Huns, but compared with the Huns, our strength is too weak, and we can't compete with the Huns at all, those villages that were broken by the Huns, are trying their best to resist." ”

When the others heard this, they all agreed.

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "You are right, but I have a few Jianyi, which can strengthen the strength of each village, first, merge the small villages, ensure that each village will have a thousand households and a population of more than 5,000, and the government will help each village to build a strong city wall, and build a beacon tower in each village, so that when the Xiongnu attack the village, each village will also have enough manpower to resist the attack of the Xiongnu, and at the same time have enough time to wait for other villages or officials to come to the rescue." ”

After all these years, everyone knows that the Xiongnu moved too fast, and the army of the government did not have time to rescue most of the time, and this time it happened to hit the army of the plateau, and it was lucky to escape. Therefore, it is of course good to strengthen the combat effectiveness and defense capability of each village.

Gao Yuan continued: "And we will also provide each villager with enough weapons, armor, bows and arrows, etc., and send people to train the villagers in battle, defending the city, formations, and so on." ”

After listening to this article of the plateau, everyone was also a little excited, if they can really get these help from the government, it can indeed greatly improve the defense strength of each village, after all, the Xiongnu are cavalry, and they are not good at attacking cities. If a village can really hold out for ten days and half a month, the Xiongnu will probably withdraw their troops.

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "I only have one request for everyone, that is, once we want to start a war against the Xiongnu, every village must contribute people, and I will send a caravan every few months to trade with you, the price is absolutely fair, and what you need, you can ask the caravan." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, some people cheered, because the economy in this area is very backward, and production is not developed, and many daily necessities are extremely scarce, if a caravan comes here regularly, and trades salt, cloth, grain, and other items with animal skins and livestock from the village, it can indeed bring a lot of convenience to the people. Therefore, it is naturally popular with everyone.

Wei Zhao said: "Of course, the lord is a great thing for us, as long as the lord is useful to us in the future, every one of us is duty-bound, everyone says yes." ”

The others listened and agreed. Gao Yuan also nodded, and was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that things are much smoother than he imagined, with the help of the threat of the Xiongnu, not to organize the residents outside the Yanmen Pass according to the establishment of the army, although it is only used to attach the Xiongnu now, but after the residents outside the Yanmen Pass are organized, slowly guided, and they can also fight for themselves and the Qin State.