Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 625 Kill Hukou
If you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero.

Climb up the Great Wall, along the steps, and stand at the highest point.Condescending, the south is Guannei Mayi, and the north is Monan outside the Great Wall.

"The Susu autumn wind blows and travels thousands of miles leisurely.

Where to travel thousands of miles, build the Great Wall across the desert..."

Luo Cheng stood on the Great Wall, stroking the battlements of the Great Wall, and couldn't help singing a poem. This is a Yuefu poem called Yinma Great Wall Cave Tour, which was first written in the Han Dynasty.

However, Yang Guang, the emperor of this dynasty, was full of talents, and he also wrote a poem about drinking horses in the Great Wall Caves, which is Luo Chengyin's.Cao Cao is not only powerful in commanding troops and governing the country, but also his poems are equally amazing. Yang Guang's poems can be compared with Cao Cao's, which is indeed awesome.

"Marshal, do you expect to live from now on?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Because this kid sneaked into Khan City alone to persuade Princess Yicheng to surrender the city, Luo Cheng made an exception and was awarded the title of captain, and he was also arranged in Baima Yicong.

"This mouth is called Canhekou. It is the mouth of the Canhe Road, and the Canhe Road is the place where the three roads of Mayi from Dingxiang must pass. He used to go here before when he went south. Now he wants to go back. Naturally, we still go here. So as long as we stay here, we can wait for the rabbit."

Shenhekou, also known as Bailangguan in Tang Dynasty, was called Xikou in Ming Dynasty, or Shahukou, Shahukou. It is very famous and is the only way to go from Datong to Huhehot.

Even in later generations, the important road from Datong to Hohhot is also this route.

There is a continuous Outer Great Wall here, and Shenhekou is an important natural pass of the Outer Great Wall.

It faces Tangzi Mountain in the east, Dabao Mountain in the west, Leigong Mountain and Miaotou Mountain in the north, and the Great Wall extends from northeast to southwest, like a semicircular wall enclosing Shahukou.

There are steep cliffs on the east and west sides, and the Zihe River runs through it from south to north, forming a natural pass with a width of less than 3000 meters and a length of more than [-] meters.

The open Zihe Valley between the two mountains has been an important north-south passage since ancient times.

Shenhekou used to be an important pass of the Great Wall, but after the establishment of the country in the Sui Dynasty, the focus was to defend the inner Great Wall along the line of Yanmen, which was also the Senegi Wai of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

As for the outer Great Wall, the control power is not strong. The imperial court only established Mayi County outside Yanmen, and there are some cities and villages on the side of the inner Great Wall, and there are actually only a few small forts on the outer Great Wall to the north. Occasionally there are border guards on patrol.

More than ten years after Qimin Khan returned to the Sui Dynasty, there was no war in Monan, and Sui was suddenly stable, so the front line of the Outer Great Wall was even more relaxed.

Shibi Khan went southward, and crossed the dangerous Shenhekou almost without encountering any obstacles.

"The outer Great Wall is already very dilapidated."

Luo Cheng sighed a little, grass grew on the Great Wall, and some places even collapsed.

After the Sui Dynasty unified the world, the Turks, the overlord in the north, were soon engaged in internal strife by Yang Jian's strategy of separating the strong and combining the weak.

With such advantages, the Great Wall of the Sui Dynasty was not repaired on a large scale.

That is to say, after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, there was a major repair. That time, it started from Yulin County in the west and went to the northwest of Mayi in the east.

"It is only 240 miles away from Monan Khan Court, only 220 miles away from Mayi City in the south, and only 170 miles away from Yunnei in the east. It can also be connected to Youyan and Hetao. Military strategists need land."

The Great Wall at Shenhekou is built of earth, not covered with bricks. It looks gray and broken, but it can still be seen that this pass city is dangerous.

At this time, countless people are reinforcing the pass at the Canhekou pass.

Shenhekou Pass City is rapidly changing its new look. On Tuesday, this city has already stationed the Zhongwu Army on the four-foot-high Pass City.

And inside and outside the Guancheng, Luo Cheng also sent people to rush to repair, strengthen and expand several fortresses. Although the size is not as large as this Guancheng, the several fortresses are connected by walls, forming a mutual aid.

Standing high on the high pass city, you can actually have a clear view of the terrain here.

There are Daibei basins of different sizes in the north, south, left and right, and this is the valley road among the continuous mountains, which is the narrowest and most dangerous crossroad connecting the basins.

To the northeast of Guancheng is the Liangcheng Basin and the Canhepi Lake, where [-] Turkic troops are now stationed.

It's just that these Turkic tribal soldiers and horses were all led by Ashina Simo and Princess Yicheng, and they obeyed Luo Cheng's orders.

Luo Cheng never planned to go to Yanmen.

He also didn't plan to fight Shibi in Khan City. After all, Khan City was built on the Monan Grassland, and there was no danger to defend.

Luo Cheng already knew that Shibi Khan didn't take advantage of going south.

Although more than forty cities of Yanmen in Mayi were broken, he failed to capture the city of Yanmen. He did not rob the emperor and officials, and he lost more than a hundred thousand horses.

Although this trip to the south also robbed a lot of people and people, Luo Cheng thought that it was a loss from the beginning to the end.

After all, Yanmen and Mayi are both border counties, and the population itself is not large. More than 20 cities have been destroyed since then, and a total of [-] people have not been captured. Eaten by his army.

Losing 12 troops, destroying more than 20 cities of the Sui Dynasty, killing about [-] Sui troops, and taking less than [-] people abducted, this is a loss-making business no matter what.

What's more, Luo Cheng also copied his Khan Court, beheaded more than 6 soldiers and horses in Monan, and recruited [-] of him.

It's just that Luo Cheng is not so easy to satisfy.

Shibi withdrew from Yanmen, but it was not so easy to return to the grassland.

"Just received the news that His Majesty has appointed General Siye as Jiedu Envoy of Dingxiang Road, and ordered Mayi Governor Wang Rengong and Jiedu Envoy of Monan Road to send troops to cooperate with General Siye in pursuit."

"The emperor also ordered that you, Duke Chu, control the soldiers and horses of the four towns."

"Where's the emperor?" Luo Cheng asked.

The scar on Zhao Gui's face, the Purple Faced Heavenly King, was purple and purple. Anyone who knew him well knew that this was a sign of his displeasure.

"As soon as Yanmen was rescued, the emperor immediately went to Jinyang Palace in Taiyuan, and took away all the officials and King Qin's army. General Siye asked to pursue him, but the emperor refused. It was General Siye who resisted the decree and led the remaining 8000 troops of the First Left Army. Going north, the emperor decreed to confer on him as the Jiedu Envoy of Dingxiang Road."

He said annoyedly, "We galloped two thousand miles, went deep into the enemy's rear Monan Khan Court, besieged Wei to save Zhao, and King Qin rescued Jia, but the emperor immediately forgot about us when he relieved the siege. If it wasn't for the inheritance, we would have been sold. You have to face the 20 troops from Shibi alone."

(End of this chapter)