One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 419 Soldiers Sending Yanmen
Qin Yi and his entourage rushed to Jinyang, the first county in Taiyuan County, on the third day.

Outside the south gate of Jinyang City, Cui Hong, the prime minister of Taiyuan County, led a group of civil and military generals Qin Yi, Guo Jia, and Zhao Yun from Taiyuan County to welcome into the city, while Zhang Liao and Liao Hua led the army to camp outside the city.

"Cui Juncheng, how is the current war situation at Yanmen Pass?" Qin Yi asked just like Cui Hong as soon as he sat down in the second hall of the government office.

Cui Hongdao: "A few days ago, a certain received a joint letter from the envoy and Wang Taishou, and sent an army of 2000 people, led by the county captain Suo Chao, to go to Yanmen Pass for reinforcements. Just yesterday, a certain received a letter from Suo Chao. The letter sent back, they have arrived at Yanmen Pass.

"According to Suo Chao's letter, Zhang Yang and Yu Fuluo launched three major attacks on Yanmen Pass, but they failed to break through the pass. Now, Zhang Yang and Yu Fuluo have led their troops back [-] miles to the north and set up camp. I don't know what the next step will be." What's your plan?"

"What about the losses of our Han army?" Qin Yi asked again.

Cui Hongdao: "Suo Chao's letter did not mention this matter."

Qin Yi nodded, and then said: "Everyone, the military situation is like fire. Although Qin has come to Taiyuan, he can't be appointed as the governor of Bingzhou for a while. He plans to lead the army to Yanmen tomorrow. I will wait for the affairs of the county. You abide by your duty."

"Promise!" All the civil and military personnel in Taiyuan County agreed in unison.

Qin Yi said again: "A certain faction who is about to take up the post of Bingzhou Biejia's Xi Zhong will escort the luggage. It is estimated that they will arrive in Jinyang in three days. At that time, regardless of military and political affairs, Cui Juncheng and you can discuss with Xi Biejia."

"Your Majesty, feel free to go north to Yanmen, and I, Taiyuan County, will obey Xi Biejia's orders." Cui Hong said.

"Cui Juncheng, how many soldiers and horses can be mobilized in Taiyuan now?" Qin Yi asked.

Cui Hongdao: "All the soldiers and horses in Taiyuan County add up to only a little over four thousand. Now two thousand have been dispatched to Yanmen County for reinforcements. The remaining soldiers and horses cannot be mobilized anymore."

"How many troops does Yanmen County have?"

"Yanmen is a border county and has more troops, about six thousand."

"Qin has now brought 2000 people here. Adding the troops sent by Cui Juncheng and the original troops of Yanmen County, the number has reached 1. This number is the same as the strength of the Southern Huns. But if we exclude the remaining counties in Yanmen County I'm afraid there is still a gap of two to three thousand troops. However, our army has Yanmen Pass to defend it, which is enough to offset the disadvantage of insufficient troops."

Cui Hong frowned, and said: "Emissary, forgive me for lying, if the Southern Huns increase their troops, our army is still a little insufficient. I hope that the envoy will not be careless!"

"The Southern Huns will increase their troops?" Qin Yi was startled.

Cui Hongdao: "A certain has been an official in Taiyuan County for five years. Judging from the situation of the Southern Huns who rebelled against our Han border in the past, they seldom gather troops to attack the Great Wall pass once. The Huns are all soldiers. If they can't attack the pass , will recruit troops to supplement the front line again and again. Therefore, the envoy must be on guard."

Qin Yi nodded heavily: "I've written down what Cui Juncheng said."

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Qin Yi's army only rested for one night in Jinyang, and continued on their way to Yanmen County the next day.The food supplies were replaced by those provided by Jinyang.Yesterday, Cui Hong mobilized all the officials and soldiers in Jinyang County to make dry food for Qin Yi's army, and he was busy all afternoon.

The cavalry marched very fast. In only three days, Qin Yi's army passed through the northern part of Taiyuan County and the entire Yanmen County, and arrived at Yanmen Pass on the morning of the fourth day.

Yanmen Pass was built by King Wuling of Zhao during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to defend against the Xiongnu.Since then, there have been many maintenance, renovation and expansion in successive dynasties.

Yanmen Pass is not an independent pass, but a system of fortifications composed of more than ten passes and castles of different sizes.In a broad sense, Yanmen Pass is about ten miles long, and there is a pass or castle almost every mile.

At this time, the main pass of Yanmen Pass was not called Yanmen Pass, but "Iron Wrapped Gate".The main pass is a small city with a side length of about one kilometer.Usually, there are troops stationed in the city, families of soldiers, and even some small merchants.The frontier army is different from the army in the interior. They usually have to farm and farm for self-sufficiency.

In fact, Yanmenguan is equivalent to a small county seat, and its guard will be called Yanmenguan Town Guard Xiaowei, which is on the same level as the county magistrate in the interior.

Qin Yi led his army to the outside of Yanmen Pass and immediately went to Xiaowei's Mansion to discuss matters.Qin Yi was sitting on the main seat, while Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Liao Hua, as well as Yanmen County Governor Nie Yan, Yanmen County Commander Jiang Ping, Taiyuan County Commander Suo Chao, and Yanmenguan Superintendent Li Zhen were seated on the left and right below. .

"Prefect Nie, how many troops are there in Yanmen County now?" Qin Yi asked Nie Yan.

Nie Yandao: "There were 2000 defenders at Yanmen Pass. When the Huns attacked, a certain soldier dispatched 7000 troops to come to reinforce them. Before this, the Huns had launched three major attacks, and the small-scale harassment was almost constant every day. After several battles, Yanmen Pass About [-] soldiers were lost. Later, Lieutenant Suo Du of Taiyuan County led [-] troops to help, and together with [-] troops brought by the envoy, the total strength is now about [-].”

"How many people are left on the side of the Huns?" Qin Yi asked again.

Nie Yan said: "The Xiongnu originally gathered [-] troops. After several battles, they lost about [-] troops. The day before yesterday, the Southern Xiongnu Youxian King went to Bei and led [-] troops to reinforce them. The Xiongnu's current strength is about [-]."

Qin Yi frowned: "Have the Huns increased their troops?"

"Yes!"

At this time, Guo Jia suddenly said: "As far as I know, Yufulo, the wise king of the left, and Yufulo, the wise king of the right, went to Beiyin to fight for the position of Chanyu. The Xiongnu Shanyu was in power, but Qubei never recognized it. The two fought several battles, and Yu Fuluo was driven into Bingzhou by Qubei, so he had to follow Zhang Yang. Now, Qubei actually came to reinforce Yu Fuluo ?”

Nie Yan nodded: "Guo Zhizhong is right. Yu Fuluo and Qubei did not get along with each other before. But the Huns have always been like this. Usually, the various ministries are at odds. In order to fight for power and profit, it is common to attack each other. But once they rebelled against my big man, the various ministries worked together again. .

"That Yufuluo had already attached himself to the Han, but last year, he kidnapped Zhang Yang and rebelled against the Han, and fled back to the homeland of the Southern Huns. According to the information obtained by someone, Yufuluo and Qubei also fought several battles in the second half of last year. , but the winner was never decided. Later, the two men shook hands and made peace. No one should be the chanyu, and they still governed affairs as the left and right virtuous kings, each guarding his own pasture.

"This year, the Southern Huns encountered a sudden snowstorm and their pastures were destroyed, so they joined forces to invade Yanmen Pass."

"It's only September, and it's already snowing over there in the Southern Huns?" Qin Yi asked in surprise.

Li Zhen took the conversation and said: "The first snow in the Southern Huns in previous years is usually in early October, but it is not uncommon for it to snow in September. At the beginning of this month, it snowed heavily in the Southern Huns, even here at Yanmen Pass. Scattered snowflakes."

Qin Yi nodded, and asked again: "What about Zhang Yang, how is he doing now?"

Li Zhendao: "Zhang Yang still has [-] soldiers and horses, and they are now under Fu Luo's tent. The first battle against Yanmen Pass was led by Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang still used the banner of the governor of Bingzhou and asked Li to let go. He entered the customs. Li scolded him for betraying the imperial court, forgetting his ancestors, and helping the Huns invade the Han border. Afterwards, Zhang Yang sent troops to attack the key, but was repelled by a certain person."

"Captain Li scolded well!" Qin Yi praised.

(End of this chapter)