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Chapter 780
After swearing in Daluobo.

Li Chongjiu ordered Yinghefu to lead 1 Xi cavalry soldiers to join forces with Yu Chigong's [-] horsemen, first to capture Xiangcheng, and open the passage to Taiyuan.However, Li Chongjiu led the main force to advance to the northwest, straight into Baidao, and headed for the foot of Yinshan Mountain.

More than [-] troops entered the vast grassland. At this time, it was almost winter on the plateau, and the sun did not rise high, so they walked slowly on the rolling hills in the distance.

The sky is almost transparently white, the surrounding fields are vast, and the grass and trees are already yellow. There was a heavy snowfall on the grassland here a few days ago, and as soon as the sun came out, the yellow grass was illuminated white. Dazzling people's eyes.

The cavalry from the grasslands are very accustomed to wearing sleeve masks on their faces to avoid being blinded by the snow.However, the soldiers of the Han army from the inland did not know this place, and many of them were so shaken by the snow scene that they shed tears.

Ying Yanglang scolded Wang Shi with tears all the time: "What kind of place is this? It's so weird."

Guo Xiaoke, who was beside Wang Shi, was riding a horse. Seeing Wang Shi like this, he couldn't help laughing.Guo Xiaoke immediately teased Wang Shi and said, "Guess where this is?"

"do not know."

Guo Xiaoke pointed the scabbard at the snow-covered mountain in the distance and said, "I don't even know, what you are seeing is Yinshan Mountain!"

Wang Shi opened his tearful eyes and watched for a long time before he saw the mountains in the distance, like white mushrooms, just showing a little bit.

Wang Shi's youthful heart, the little pain has long since disappeared, and he said very excitedly: "Ah, we finally reached Yinshan Mountain, but why didn't the Turkic people see a single one?"

Guo Xiaoke said: "Of course they all ran away. Once my army arrived, Jieli didn't dare to fight directly. Otherwise, the Chilechuan grassland must be a Turkic pasture!"

"Chilechuan Grassland!"

When Wang Shi heard the name, he couldn't help singing leisurely, Chilechuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is dark, the wild is vast, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low.

This Chile folk song, he often listened to his subordinate Gaoche soldiers singing there. They said that Chilechuan used to be the hometown of their Gaoche people, and later the Turkic people occupied the most beautiful place on the grassland. Drive the Gaoche people out of their homes.

Guo Xiaoke heard Wang Shi sing like this, nodded and said: "You have heard this song before."

This song is very beautiful, and the lyrics are even more catchy, Guo Xiaoke also hummed a few words along with it, as for the soldiers of the Gaoche tribe, hearing this familiar song, they couldn't help but sing it even more.Then not only the soldiers of the Gaoche Department, but also the Xi clan, Khitan, and Han soldiers sang along.

In the big camp, the soldiers stopped to rest, and they were just burying the pot for cooking.Everyone sang songs while doing things, which relieved a lot of fatigue from the expedition.

And the melodious singing was also spread to the camp.

Li Chongjiu is currently discussing with the generals about attacking the Turks.

Li Chongjiu was slightly surprised when he heard the soldiers singing, and walked out of the big tent to listen to the generals for a while and said with a smile: "It seems that the morale of our army is high!"

All the generals said yes, and now Li Chongjiu walked back to the big tent, continued the military discussion just now, and discussed with the generals: "I led a main force of more than [-] to Chilechuan to find Jieli for a decisive battle. Li ran quite fast, but he didn't dare to challenge our army!"

"Three days ago, according to news reports, they had already retreated to Yangshan. It seems that they will pass through Yangshan Gaoque and return to Tieshan by way!"

In ancient times, Yinshan has a narrow meaning and a broad meaning. One way of saying is that the mountains north of Hetao and south of the desert are collectively called Yinshan, which is a broad sense.There is also a narrow meaning, which is to call Wulaqian Mountain on the southeast bank of the Beihe River Yangshan.And the Yinshan of "Henan" is called Yinshan.

For example, Li Chongjiu's current mountain range on Chilechuan Grassland is called Yinshan, which is today's Daqingshan.The Wula Mountain is Yangshan, which runs parallel to the Yinshan Mountain. It is located in the north of the Wujia River, a tributary of the Yellow River. According to the saying that the north is Yang and the south is Yin, it is named Yangshan.

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, Etuo said: "Your Majesty, Xieli escaped really fast, but I don't think he is afraid to fight with us, but he wants to lead our army into the Yin Mountain and use the terrain to annihilate it. "

Tuli immediately said: "Jieli is looking for death. Does he think we don't understand the geographical advantages? Yinshan Mountain, Yangshan Mountain Pass, my Turkic warriors can walk with their eyes closed since they were young!"

It is good to have a leading party like Tuli, Li Chongjiu secretly praised it in his heart, but on the face he said: "When I was in the Central Plains, I heard that the Yin Mountain is difficult to cross. If Jieli wants to guard the pass, I think it will not be easy to attack."

Xue Wanche said immediately: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, have you ever heard a line of poetry, Mo Daoyin is dangerous, the natural stone gate is opened, the Yellow River bends east, and the Qin and Han battles are transported."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "I've never heard of it, does this refer to the Yinping Trail on Yinshan Mountain?"
Xue Wanche immediately said: "It's almost the same, but it's easier to walk than Deng Ai Mieshu's Yinping trail. Your Majesty, please see the map!"

Now Xue Wanche was pointing on the sheepskin map with his stick, and the left and right generals gathered around the map to listen to Xue Wan's explanation.But I heard Xue Wan said: "Your Majesty, you see that this is the Hetao. The place where the Yellow River turns east refers to the place where the Yellow River turns east on the Hetao. To the west of the Hetao is Helan Mountain, and Henan is Wuyuan County, and the Yellow River turns east and flows. The place, two hundred miles to the east, is Yangshan Gaoque. The two mountains face each other, shaped like a stone gate."

Hearing what Xue Wanshu said, Zhang Xuansu said: "I understand. Back then, Li Daoyuan described this high que in his annotations to the Shui Jing. There was a city at the mouth of the que, and it ended across the mountain. It was called a high que. Defend, to prevent the road from being blocked. The nearby mountains pierced the sky, the mountains were interrupted, and there were two towers on both sides of the bank. The good people could lift up the clouds and look forward to the bitter towers. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, they used troops most often to fight against the Turks in the north."

Yu Shinan also said: "When Emperor Qin expelled the Xiongnu, he ordered Meng Tian to build the Great Wall in the north of Yangshan Mountain and Yinshan Mountain. Li Daoyuan traveled to Yinshan Mountain from the north of Emperor Wei. There is no mistake in the records here."

Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard Xue Wanshu's proposition.At this time, Tu Li said: "Your Majesty, crossing the Yinshan Mountain is not the only way, from Baidao to the north, you can also pass the Yinshan Pass to reach the Iron Mountain, and the distance is much shorter!"

Li Chongjiu immediately asked: "Then which of the two roads is easier?"

Xue Wanshu immediately reported: "Of course it is Yangshan Gaoque. Although it is farther here, the road is slow. In the past, the Qin and Han Dynasties marched along this route. Moreover, Yangshan Gaoque is obviously easier to pass than Yinshan Pass."

Yu Shinan immediately said: "But in the Qin and Han Dynasties, they all established their capitals in Guanzhong, so it is easiest to go to the high gate of Yangshan Mountain, but our army coming from the east, of course, it is more convenient to go directly to the Tieshan Mountain of the Turkic Khan Court. "

(End of this chapter)