The distance from Daijun to Yanmen is not far, and in the past few years, the plateau has repaired and expanded the original Chi Road of Dai County, and built several new Chi Roads, so that the entire Dai County area extends in all directions and is convenient to pass. It is not only conducive to transportation and transportation, but also promotes the economic development of the Daigun area.

From Daijun to Yanmen, there is a gallop road directly connected, the road is flat and wide, and there are special roads for cars, horses and people respectively, so it is very convenient to walk, there are many newly built village and town shops, markets and reclaimed fields on both sides of the road, but at this time most of the fields have been harvested and completed, as far as the eye can see, only half of the ear pole is left in the field, and there are not many people working in the field.

However, just out of Dai County, the plateau group of people and horses did not travel fast, and rested for a night on the way, and it was not until the afternoon of the next day that the people and horses arrived at Yanmen Pass. The chief general stationed at Yanmen Pass was Yuan Xuan, who had already received a notice at this time and went out of the city to welcome Gao Yuan and his party into the city.

Although Yanmen County also belongs to the territory of the plateau, since the raid on Yinshan and the defeat of the Huns, because he was busy with the situation in the Central Plains, and there was nothing serious about Yanmen County, the plateau did not pay much attention to Yanmen County, and although the purpose of this trip was to go to the station of the Bailing clan, since it was to Yanmen Pass, you can also casually learn about the situation in Yanmen County.

Only in the battle of Wei, but also this time in the war against Qin, Yuan Xuan led the army to leave Yanmen to participate in the war, the military and political affairs of Yanmen County, he is basically in charge, and he is naturally well aware of the situation in Daijun.

Although the overall economic level of the Daijun area has developed greatly, this development is uneven, in comparison, Daijun has the fastest development, followed by Shanggu County, Yanmen County and Yunzhong County are less developed, because the location of these two areas is more remote, but compared with before, it is still not the same. Coupled with several large-scale population migrations, the population of Yanmen County has now increased significantly.

In addition, due to the implementation of the policy of appeasing the grassland peoples on the plateau, in the past few years, a large number of grassland nomads have been recruited to settle and graze outside the Yanmen Pass, and the total population is estimated to exceed 100,000, which is also the source of the Fan Yong Army, and some nomadic tribes have even reclaimed some wasteland to grow grain, and at the same time, the area outside the Yanmen Pass has been greatly expanded to the north.

According to Yuan Xuan's price, compared with when the plateau first entered the Dai County, the population of Yanmen County has increased nearly three times, and the fields have been reclaimed more than three times, of which nearly one-fifth is cultivated outside the Yanmen Pass, and has expanded to nearly 80 miles outside the pass, whether it is agriculture or economy, has developed, and Yanmen County has a large number of fur and livestock production, so in the Yanmen Pass, a large market has also been opened for merchants to trade and trade.

After listening to Yuan Xuan's introduction, Gao Yuan was also very happy, and said: "Have the Huns attacked again in the past few years?" ”

Yuan Xuan said with a smile: "Since the lord raided Yinshan and broke 100,000 Huns, the Huns have been frightened, and there has been no large-scale attack on Yanmen County in recent years, but a small group of Huns is every year, but the number is generally only a few hundred, and it can't become a big climate, and we have built dozens of earthen forts outside Yanmen Pass in accordance with the requirements of the lord, and most of the attached grassland ethnic groups have lived in the earthen forts, and each earthen fort has built a beacon tower, once the Hun army is killed, it will be set on fire to warn, A large army will be dispatched to the rescue in Yanmen Pass, but in the past few years, the Huns have come, and they can only rob some retail investors outside the fort, and there is basically no big loss, so the beacon tower has not been lit once. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "That's good, tomorrow I will go out from Yanmen Pass, and I will have to take a good look at the situation outside the pass." ”

Yuan Xuan said: "When the lord sees it, he will definitely find that it is very different from before." Then Yuan Xuan immediately arranged a place for Gao Yuan and his party.

Just after settling down, Ah Ran Shi came to look for the plateau and said, "My lord, some soldiers have asked me for leave, hoping to give them a night to go out of the customs to reunite with their families. ”

The Fan Yong Army was composed of steppe nomads appeased by the plateau, and most of the soldiers' families lived in earthen forts outside Yanmen Pass, so when they came here, these soldiers naturally wanted to go home and reunite with their families for the night.

Gao Yuan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to let the soldiers go back and reunite with their families for the night anyway, so he said: "Okay, if you are willing to go back, let them go back, but remember to remind them that early tomorrow morning, wait on the avenue outside the pass, and join our brigade, and there will be no delay, and if you go back today, you are not allowed to cause trouble, otherwise you will be engaged in military law." ”

Ah Ran Shi begged and said: "Don't worry, my lord, they all have a few heads, and they dare to disobey military discipline, see if I don't pick their skins." "The military discipline of the Dai Army is extremely strict, and the same is true for the Fan Yong Army, so the soldiers of the Fan Yong Army do not dare to disobey the military discipline.

Gao Yuan smiled and said, "Go ahead." ”

Ah Ran Shi begged: "Yes." He saluted the plateau before turning to leave.

After Ah Ran Shi begged to leave, Gao Yuan turned back to the inner room, at this time Yun Yao was reclining on the bed, I don't know what she was thinking, she seemed to be distracted, and she didn't even notice when Gao Yuan came in, until Gao Yuan came to the side of the bed, she hurriedly sat up straight, and said, "The husband is back." ”

Gao Yuan sat down on the edge of the bed, held her hand, and said with a smile: "Are you tired, let's have a good rest tonight, tomorrow when you get out of the customs, you will start to hurry, it will be very hard." ”

Yun Yao shook her head and said, "I'm not tired, but I don't know what's going on in my heart, and I'm a little panicked." ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "This is probably the cowardice of the hometown, because I have been away from my hometown for too long, and I am about to return to my hometown, of course, I am a little nervous in my heart, and I will be fine if I talk to Feng Hao and Yun Jing about the situation of the Bailing Clan." ”

Yun Yao also showed a gentle smile and said, "Thank you, husband." ”

At this time, Luo Huan came to report to Gao Yuan, and it turned out that Yuan Xuansi had arranged a banquet and invited Gao Yuan and his party to the table.

The banquet was very richly prepared, and Yuan Xuan also arranged a song and dance to help the wine, because there was nothing to do, so Gao Yuan and the others were relaxed and happy.

When the banquet came to an end, it was already evening, and Gao Yuan was about to announce the dismissal of the banquet, when he saw a servant hurriedly running into the lobby and said, "Lord, General Yuan, the beacon tower warns." ”

Gao Yuan and Yuan Xuan were taken aback, they didn't expect to encounter the beacon warning today, because Yuan Xuan had boasted to the plateau just now, saying that there had been no warning of the beacon tower in the past few years, but he didn't think that this was still in his ears, and he actually began to raise a fire to warn.

Gao Yuan immediately said: "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

The two immediately led everyone out of the lobby and climbed the tall building, only to see a string of fires in the north, but after looking at it for a while, the two were also a little relieved, because there are three signals for the beacon warning, indicating that the strength of the enemy situation and the crisis are different, and now the signal from the beacon tower is still the lowest level, indicating that although the enemy has been discovered, the enemy's strength is not strong, or he can still resist it, and it is not in danger. Looking at it like this, it should be just a small attack by the Hun army.

Yuan Xuan immediately ordered to send a scout team to inquire about the detailed news, and ordered people to prepare horses, chariots, dry food, tents, drinking water and other materials overnight, and send troops to rescue early tomorrow morning.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, the scouts sent to report to the plateau and Yuan Xuan did find a Hun army, numbering between 1,000 and 1,500 people, and besieged an earthen fort about 80 miles away from Yanmen Pass last night, but when the scouts returned, the earthen fort was still unharmed.

Because it is now the end of September, the so-called autumn high horse fat, it is the best time of the year for the livestock, and at this time the autumn harvest has generally ended, every household has a full warehouse of grain, so at this time of the year, it is the best time for the Xiongnu to invade and plunder in the south. However, the number of Huns who came to plunder this year was a little higher than before.

Yuan Xuan said: "Lord, since there are Huns coming to plunder now, then the lord will not rush out of the customs first, and after we drive away the Huns, it will not be too late to leave." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "There are only more than a thousand Huns, what are you afraid of, if you are so frightened that you hide in the Yanmen Pass and dare not go out, wouldn't it be shameful to spread it?" Anyway, we are going to go out of the customs to drive this Hun army, we will go together, and we can also move, this time we go deep into the grassland, it is inevitable that we will not meet the Huns again, so we should say hello to them in advance. That won't delay our trip. ”

Yuan Xuan listened, but he didn't insist, after all, there were more than a thousand Hun soldiers, and he didn't take it to heart, so he nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then let's set off immediately." ”

Gao Yuan immediately gave the order and immediately set off as a team, while Yuan Xuan led the Jinyong Army of the Yanmen Legion, and set off with the team of the Gao Yuan, the Jinyong Army was a mixed infantry army, but all the infantry were also equipped with horses to strengthen the mobility of the whole army.

The two roads combined, totaling more than 8,000 people, and the people led by the plateau are the elite of the army, and the strength is not strong, so although the soldiers know that there are Xiongnu attacking, they are not afraid, on the contrary, they are also rubbing their fists and preparing for a big battle with the Xiongnu. So the brigade drove out of Yanmen Pass and went north along the avenue in front of the pass.

However, the Hun army was still more than 80 miles away, and there was still a considerable distance from the Dai army, so Gao Yuan did not order the heavy cavalry to wear armor and prepare for battle, but only ordered Ah Ran Shi Qimo to lead the Fan Yong army to take the first step and collect all the soldiers who were put home last night.