The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 450 Yanmen looking north
Yanmen Pass is located in Yanmen Mountain about [-] miles north of Daizhou. It is an important pass on the Great Wall. It is famous for its danger and is known as the first pass in China. Wuguan and Pianguan are collectively called the "Three Outer Passes".It is to guard the throat of the Central Plains leading to the northern part of the Great Wall.

Since the enemies of the ancient Central Plains dynasty were always nomadic peoples from the north, Yanmen Pass became the frontier of the struggle between the ancient Central Plains and the nomadic forces.

The ancients once described the danger of Yanmen Pass in this way, "Strengthening the vassal guard of Datong on the outside, strengthening the key of Taiyuan on the inside, reaching the three passes at the root, and the throat is all Jin."

It can be said that if the Yanmen Pass is lost, Xinding and Taiyuan will have no danger to defend, and the Three Jins will not be guaranteed, and they can go south to enter the Central Plains.It can be seen that Yanmen Pass is both dangerous and important.

Since the history records, it can be found that there have been thousands of wars at Yanmen Pass, and the frequency of wars is so high that it is rare in the world.

Looking at Yanmen Pass in the distance, the mountain is too high to be climbed.Throughout the dynasties, I do not know how many heroes and heroes have left epic stories here.

During the Warring States period, Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, "lived in Dai and Yanmen" to fight against the invasion of the Huns.In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Han Wangxin rebelled and colluded with the Huns to take Taiyuan. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, led his troops to conquer and chased him to the outside of Yanmen Pass. The weather was very cold, there were no reinforcements outside, and there was no food and grass inside. around.

Later, parachutist Li Guang once served as the prefect of Yanmen County, and when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing attacked the Xiongnu, they also used Yanmen County as a bridgehead for their northward march.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to take back the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, Song and Liao repeatedly fought here. The story of the well-known Yang family generals originated here.

During Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's Northern Expedition, Yang Yebing, the deputy general of the West Route Army, was sent out of Yanmen Pass. The Liao Army that Yang Ye had killed outside the pass was defeated. Unfortunately, he suffered from the defeat of the East Route Army and finally died at the entrance of Chenjiagu near Yanmen Pass.

Counting from that time, the army of the Central Plains has not set foot on the land north of Yanmen Pass for a hundred years.

Standing on the Yanmen Gate, looking at the land in the north, Mu Xu couldn't help feeling overwhelmed. He knew that it would not be long before he would break the tranquility here and bring the Han army back to recover the old homeland of the Han family that had been lost for more than a hundred years. up.

It was the fifth year of Song Zhenghe and the end of July in the fifth year of Liao Tianqing. In the past year, Mu Xu had secretly stationed [-] soldiers near Yanmen Pass. countless.

Except for some guards left to guard the important areas in the east of the river, all the rest of the generals gathered here.In order to complete his meritorious service and take advantage of the battle between Liao and Jin to regain Youyun in one fell swoop, Mu Xu has come out in full force this time.

As the footsteps of August gradually approached, Mu Xu had to look north at the Yanmen Gate every day, so that he could wait for the news from the Liao Kingdom as soon as possible.

This day was no exception, Mu Xu boarded the pass again, quietly looking at the north, hoping to see the scouts sooner.

So, when Qiongying came to Guanshang, she saw this scene.She shook her head, came to Mu Xu gently, and said softly, "Officer, Master Xu has something to report to you, and he is already waiting in the gate."

Mu Xu asked without turning his head, "Did you ever say what happened?"

"It is said that there is an urgent report from Jiangnan, and it may be related to Fang La."

Hearing this, Mu Xu regained his energy immediately, turned around and hurried towards Guanxia.Seeing this, Qiongying hurriedly followed, and reminded, "Officer, Sister Fang is here too!"

Mu Xu paused, and said with some displeasure, "Didn't you let her stay in Taiyuan, why did you come here?"

Qiongying smiled wryly, "The official is not in Taiyuan, how can Sister Li and the others control her? She must have also received news from Jiangnan, so she came here to find the official."

Of course Mu Xu knew why Fang Baihua came here, because last month he got a tip that Tong Guan's army had captured Hangzhou and continued to attack Muzhou to the west.

Thinking about it now, it must be that Fang La's situation is in dire straits, that's why Fang Baihua came to see him and wanted to ask him for help.

Sure enough, just as Mu Xu thought, as soon as Fang saw Xu Guanzhong and the two, he did not allow Mu Xu to speak, so Fang Baihua rushed to Mu Xu, grabbed his sleeve and begged, "Officer, you must save me!" Save my brother!"

Mu Xu pretended to be puzzled and said, "This talk is endless, Madam should tell me, what happened to Brother Fang?"

Fang Baihua heard the words, and replied with tears in his eyes, "I have received news that the traitor Tong Guan has captured Muzhou a few days ago, and now he is sending troops to Shezhou, and there is only one dangerous place in Wulongling in Shezhou to defend. The breakthrough is Qingxi County, where the main altar of my Manichaeism is located.

Officer, you should send troops to rescue him because of his brother's sworn worship with you and his status as a concubine.Otherwise, he won't be able to last long. If the imperial court breaks Qingxi County, hundreds of people from our Fang family, young and old, will all die without a place to bury them! "

Hearing Fang Baihua's cry, Mu Xu couldn't help but look at Xu Guanzhong. After seeing him nod, he realized that Fang La's situation had deteriorated to such an extent.

But let's not talk about the secret agreement between him and the court, even if he wanted to save Fang La, the far water could not save the near fire.

"Baihua, it's not because I'm dying, but you don't know that the army under my command is currently gathered in Daizhou. Even if I give up attacking Youyun, it will be beyond my reach.

The distance from Daizhou to Liangzhe Road is more than a thousand miles. When our army arrives, I am afraid that it will be the year of the ox, not to mention the territory of the Song Dynasty in the middle. "

Fang Baihua didn't know this, but her daughter's family could only go to the doctor in a hurry, and when she heard even Mu Xu say that, she immediately staggered, and her body was about to collapse on the ground.

Mu Xu didn't care about Xu Guanzhong's presence, so he quickly grabbed Fang Baihua's waist, hugged him to a chair and sat down, comforting him, "Don't worry, things may not be that bad!"

Fang Baihua's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he firmly grasped Mu Xu's hand, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, and asked, "What can the officials do? Grateful."

Seeing that the time was right, Mu Xu threw out his plan that he had been thinking about for many days, "Now that things have come to an end, you don't have to think about the great cause of Manichaeism. The only thing you can do now is to cut off your tail to survive and give up your years of hard work." With hard work, as many people can escape as possible."

Hearing this, Fang Baihua's eyes darkened, and she muttered to herself, "The land in the south of the Yangtze River is owned by Song Dynasty, so where can they escape?"

Mu Xu suggested at the right time, "Since I can say this, I have already planned a way out for Brother Fang and the others."

As he spoke, he took Fang Baihua to the desk, found a map from a pile of paperwork, pointed to a place and said, "This is the retreat route I'm talking about, Liuqiu Dadao. Last year I sent Li Brother Jun went to manage this place, and it has been fruitful so far.

As long as Brother Fang is willing to let go of his foundation in the south of the Yangtze River, I can order Brother Li Jun to lead the big boat from the sea to the hinterland of the river, and take them away to heaven. "

Fang Baihua thought about it for a while, and felt that this plan was promising, but when she thought of her brother's personality, she couldn't help but frowned and said, "The officer's method is indeed very good, but the concubine is a little worried. Brother, he would rather die together. And I don’t want to drag out my life.”

"This statement is reasonable, I think it's better than this, let Baihua go to the south of the Yangtze River and persuade Brother Fang in person. After all, as the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about no firewood. As long as you keep your useful body, you will have a comeback in the future." day!"

　Does anyone know which history book records the history of the last years of the Liao Kingdom in detail, and please recommend it.

　　In the past few days, I searched a lot of materials and found that most of them are records of the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are very few in the Liao Kingdom, and the records are not detailed enough.

　　


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