The conversation with Han Teng, although some secrets were solved, there were many new doubts in Gao Yuan's heart, so after Gao Yuan caught up with the team, he immediately told Jiang Huanwu the content of his conversation with Han Teng, hoping to discuss with him what was hidden in Han Teng's words.

But after listening to Gao Yuan's speech, Jiang Huanwu was also puzzled. Said: "Han Teng has the power of Chiyou, this is easy to understand, maybe he is the same as you, he has something similar to your talisman, but what is the will of Chiyou he is talking about?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "But listening to the meaning of his words, it seems to be different from my talisman, he seems to have obtained some kind of will from Chiyou, so the so-called Chiyou's will is probably Chiyou's will and will, just like he said, not only to seize the world, but also to restore the honorary status of Chiyou, and change the ancestor of Yanhuang enshrined by the entire Huaxia clan to the ancestor of Chiyou." ”

Jiang Huanwu nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but the power that Han Teng has now doesn't seem to be able to be built up in a few decades." ”

Gao Yuan said: "According to my speculation, after the defeat of Chiyou, there was probably a group of people loyal to Chiyou who remained, maybe they are the descendants of Chiyou, accumulating strength in secret, that is, waiting for the opportunity, making a comeback, regaining the world, and replacing Yanhuang with Chiyou, as the ancestor of the Huaxia clan." As a result, they built up a powerful force that secretly existed in zài. And Han Teng was regarded as the leader by them because he got the power of Chiyou, and inherited the power of Chiyou's descendants. ”

Jiang Huan Wudao: "Your speculation has a certain amount of truth, but you also have the power of Chiyou, but they did not appoint you as the leader, and it is not excluded that there are people who also have the power of Chiyou, so this also shows that having the power of Chiyou is not an absolute condition, and the will of Chiyou that Han Teng said is the key to the problem." But what Han Teng's will is seems to be different from Chiyou's will and wishes. ”

Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "That's what I said." Chiyou's strength and Chiyou's will are not the same thing. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Gao Yuan's mind, and he said, "Could this be the case?" For example, although I have the power of Chiyou, I have been fighting against the power of Chiyou, and I have not been controlled by the power of Chiyou, and in this way, it is inferred that the so-called will of Chiyou is actually controlled by the power of Chiyou, that is to say, Han Teng is actually controlled by the power of Chiyou, and takes the will of Chiyou as his own will. And I was not controlled by the power of Chiyou, so I did not inherit the will of the so-called Chiyou. ”

Jiang Huanwu said: "If you speculate like this, you can justify it, but what you say is not proven by facts." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Yes, I know too little about Chi You, so I lack a basis to speculate, maybe I was wrong from the beginning, the so-called Chi You's will is actually Han Teng's own ambition." ”

Jiang Huanwu said: "Maybe the teacher knows more about this, and after meeting him, ask the teacher in detail, and say that there may not be other gains." ”

Gao Yuan said: "That's all, but the teacher went there, and he hasn't seen his old man for more than two years." ”

Jiang Huanwu smiled and said: "The teacher has always been uncertain, I have been his disciple for more than ten years, but when I really saw him, it added up to less than half a year, and the last two months or so are still thanks to you." But don't worry, the teacher has always acted with deep meaning, so when he is needed again, he will definitely appear. The top priority now is not to figure out Han Teng's origin, but to defend the Liang and protect the Wei State. ”

Gao Yuan also smiled: "Yes, guarding the girder is the most important thing now." ”

The two walked along the road, and before they knew it, they had arrived at Xingkou.

Although the group of people and horses set off in the afternoon, but because this line was all cavalry, and they were lightly armed, the speed of action was very fast, and it was not even an hour before the army arrived, and the sky had not yet darkened, and Yuan Xuan, the general stationed in Xingkou, had already received a report and also rushed out of the city to meet the plateau and his party.

However, after arriving in Xingkou, Gao Yuan was not in a hurry to enter the city, but together with Jiang Huanwu and Ling Feng, accompanied by Yuan Xuan, he circled around Xingkou City to check the construction of the fortifications of Xingkou City.

Although the plateau had only left Xingkou for seven or eight days, when it returned to Xingkou again, it had already undergone great changes. First of all, on the southeast side of Xingkou City, a strong camp has been built, and the outer wall is composed of wooden fences and sandbags, up to zhangxu, and there are ditches as wide as three zhang, and are covered with a large number of rectangular horses and antlers.

Moreover, the layout of the walled wall is not the traditional square or circular arrangement, but according to the requirements of the plateau, the fusiform structure of the irregular side is adopted, and along the wall, there will be a simple small fortress at each fusiform node.

The length and width of each fortress are about four zhang, and they are divided into two layers, and the height is more than two zhang, and the walls of Xingkou are roughly the same. With sand bags staggered stacked as the wall, and on the side outside the village are left with archery holes, the bottom layer reserves military materials, the upper layer hides soldiers, can not only accommodate a certain number of troops, but also can be used as the base of the arrow tower and the bed crossbow and trebuchet. Moreover, the top is covered with thick wood with the thickness of the bowl, which can withstand the blow of the boulder.

On the periphery of the walled wall, dozens of small fortresses have been established scattered and scattered, the structure is the same as the fortress in the wall, but the size is slightly larger, the length and width reach five zhang, and with these small fortresses as the core, a defensive position composed of sandbags, trenches and horses has been established, but these fortresses and positions are in the shape of three walls, facing one side of the camp, and there is no defense, so even if it is lost, it will not be used by the enemy to attack the camp.

And not only the camps outside the city, but also outside the walls of Xingkou City, a perimeter defense line composed of small fortresses was also established, and these fortresses were no more than thirty steps away from the city wall of Xingkou, all within the range of the bow and crossbow. However, unlike the fortifications outside the city, the height of these forts is less than one zhang and five feet, which is lower than the wall of Xingkou City, and there is only one floor, so on the wall of Xingkou, it is just condescending, and if you want to attack these fortifications outside the city, you must withstand the blows from the Xingkou city wall.

The distance between the camp outside the city and the city wall is about 400 steps, once the enemy army enters the walled city, it will be attacked from both sides, and the camp outside the city is built against the chasm, which not only expands the scope of defense, so that the enemy army can not besiege, but also reduces the enemy's attack surface, whether it is the city of Xingkou or the camp outside the city, only two sides can be used to attack.

And listening to Yuan Xuan's price, after the last batch of grain and grass materials were transported to Xingkou, the needs of use can be basically guaranteed, and now the army in Xingkou is about 35,000 people, including 22,000 Wei troops, 6,000 Chu troops, and more than 7,000 logistics soldiers in the Dai army. Garrisoned in the city were 12,000 Wei troops and 5,000 Dai troops, and in the camps outside the city were 10,000 Wei troops, 6,000 Chu troops and 2,000 Dai troops. The grain and grass were basically left in the city, and the supplies and weapons were divided into two halves, and half were reserved inside and outside the city.

Although the entire fortification was not completely completed at this time, mainly the fortifications on the periphery of the city wall and the walled wall were not completed, and there were some local defensive positions that were also stepped up, but the general defense system had been built, so after turning around, the plateau was also very satisfied with the entire fortification, and if the Qin army wanted to force an attack at this time, it would pay a heavy price.

In addition, in the past few days, the Qin army sent a small force to Xingkou and launched two tentative attacks, but the plateau also left 500 Fan Yong troops in Xingkou City, so before the Qin army could approach the position, it was defeated by the cavalry of the Fan Yong army, and the position was not affected.

At the same time, while accompanying Gao Yuan to inspect the positions outside the city, Yuan Xuan also informed Gao Yuan that Dai Jun's Jinyi Wei sent fifty spy personnel, who passed through Zhao Di and arrived at Xingkou, and brought ten letter birds, so now Xingkou can communicate directly with Dai County with letter birds, and there is no need to make a detour.

Originally, Gao Yuan had been training letter birds in Dai County for communication and communication, and this work was mainly paid by Yun Yao, although now Yun Yao followed the plateau to the Wei State, but he had trained more than 20 letter birds, and others paid for continuing to feed them.

However, in order to make the letter bird communicate, the first thing is to believe in the bird to recognize the way. The plateau and his entourage arrived at Wei through Yan and Qi, and made a big circle, of course, they couldn't lead the way for the letter bird, so they could only be taken by the spy through the old land of Zhao and came to the Wei country, so that the letter bird could go in a straight line. According to the speed of the letter bird, it will only take two days at most to fly from Xingkou to Daigun, so now you can get in touch with Daijun in a very timely manner and communicate with each other.

In addition, Gao Yuan also plans to take this opportunity to set up intelligence points in Wei State, because now Gao Yuan is the state minister of Wei State, and he has great power, and it is too easy to arrange several groups of spy personnel to lurk in Wei State, and Gao Yuan will certainly not miss this opportunity.

And the spy also brought news of Daijun. There was nothing major happening in Daijun, but Meng Wu and Meng Tian's father led the Qin army to garrison the front line of Jingcheng and Fanwu, and launched a second attack on Hongshangsai. However, Sima Shang's garrison in Hongshangsai was very tight, and he did not give the Qin army any chance, and he also led the army to attack once, and fought a big battle with the Qin army, and both sides lost more than 2,000 people. Of course, the Qin army did not really want to attack Hongshangsai, but only to create some pressure on Daijun, so seeing that the Daijun army was well defended in Hongshangsai, they took the initiative to withdraw their troops.

At this time, the sky had darkened, so Gao Yuan and Yuan Xuan went to Xingkou City to rest.