Chapter 33 Yanmen Pass Guangwu City


    Chapter 32: Guangwu City, Yanmen Pass


    Qin Wen, who rode on the snow dragon horse, quickly ran through most of Bingzhou and rushed to Yanmen County at full speed. However, Qin Hao did not go to the Yinguan of the county seat, but went directly to Guangwu, which was closest to Yanmen Pass.


    Yanmen County is located in the northeast of Bingzhou and has 14 counties under its jurisdiction, namely Yinguan, Mayi, Hanxian, Loufan, Guangwu, Yuanping, Lucheng, Wangtao, Fanqiu, Juyang, Dongxian, Wuzhou, Pingcheng, Qiangyang and other 14 counties.


    Yanmen County is connected to the vast grassland in the north, Taiyuan in the south, Dai County in Jizhou in the east, and Dingxiang in the west. It is surrounded by mountains and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The county has the strongest pass to resist the northern alien races, Yanmen Pass!


    Yanmen Guan is located in the east of Longling and Yanmen Mountain, and in the west of Longshan Mountain. The two mountains confront each other, shaped like a dusk gate. Every year, geese fly in between, so they are called Yanmen, also known as Yanmen Sai and Xilongguan. It is located on the main road of Guangwu''s throat. After walking out of Guangwu City, heading along the way along the ditch, you will enter a narrow valley, known as the ancient dangerous road of Yanmen. There are peaks on both sides, strange rocks are dangerous in the sky. After crossing a steep ridge, Yanmen Pass will jump into the eyes.


    Yanmen Pass is built against the mountains, with peaks and steep cliffs, and dense pheasants on the walls and spies. Beacon monkeys echo each other from afar. The east and west sides connect the eighteen passes including the old Yingkou Keshenchikou, Yangfangkou, Donglongkou, Xiyangkou, Biloukou, Dashikou, Shikou, Malankou, Ruyuekou, and Huyukou. The terrain is very dangerous and is a place that must be fought for by military strategists and is also a must-pass place for the northern aliens to move south.


    During the Warring States Period, Zhao State General Li Mu was stationed in Yanmen and defended carefully with the dangers of Guancheng, defeating hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu people;


    Famous Han generals Li Guang, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing once led their troops to fight against the Huns here, and won a great victory and shocked the outside world;


    Emperor Yang Guang of Sui once led his troops to fight against the Turks; General Xue Rengui of Tang once chased the Turks here and reported frequent successes;


    Yang Ye of the Northern Song Dynasty also went out of Yanmen to defeat the Liao army several times, which made him frightened and won the title of "Yang Wudi".


    Qin Hao''s father Qin Wen, after serving as the prefect of Yanmen four years ago, practiced benevolent government, opened trade routes, recruited refugees, governed illegitimate officials from within, and resisted the Huns outside.


    After four years of vigorous development, Yanmen has been well-off and harmonious, and has never been able to pick up any other country. Now it has surpassed Taiyuan in terms of population and has become the first largest county in Bingzhou. It currently has a population of 400,000 and a defender of 400,000.


    Although the changes in Yanmen County have been great in the past four years, their development has been extremely bumpy.


    During the four years Qin Wen took office, he had been fighting for two years, and it was a constant war.


    As for the reason? After taking office, the prefect Qin Wen did something to challenge the bottom line of the Huns, that is, to rebuild Yanmen Pass.


    Yanmen Pass is the gateway to resist the northern alien races and plays an extremely important role in the entire northern border of the Han Dynasty. However, during the reign of Emperor Huan, due to the incompetence of the defenders, Yanmen Pass was once defeated by the Qiang Canal of the Xiongnu Shanyu Luanti and burned down. It has been in a state of desolation and has not been rebuilt.


    The Han Dynasty had thought about rebuilding Yanmen Pass and consolidating the northern border, but once the Han Dynasty built Yanmen Pass, the Huns would definitely lead their troops south to attack Caogu.


    The Han army, which lost the natural barrier of Yanmen, was unable to resist the Huns'' cavalry and was destroyed before it was built.


    Coupled with the weakness of the compromise faction in the court and the Chinese Communist Party, the Han and the Huns finally reached a tacit understanding, that is, the Han Dynasty no longer rebuilt Yanmen Pass, and the Huns only operated in the northern and central Bingzhou.


    This tacit understanding lasted for nearly twenty years, and it was not until Qin Wen rebuilt Yanmen Pass that the balance was broken.


    Once the Yanmen Pass is re-established, with the barrier of the heroic pass, the Huns will no longer be able to go south and plunder. Bingzhou is no longer the back garden of the Huns, and the people of Bingzhou will also live a stable life.


    Although Qin Wen''s move was expected to be the most popular, he was playing with fire. If he was not careful, he would burn himself. The Huns would never watch Qin Wen rebuilt Yanmen Pass, and war was inevitable.


    Reconstruction of Yanmen Pass will be famous for its success and failure will be infamous for thousands of years. Fortunately, Qin Wen succeeded.


    When facing the invading 15,000 cavalry for the first time, Qin Wen had only 20,000 old and weak county soldiers. Qin Wen first showed that the enemy was weak and defeated three consecutive battles. Later, he set up an ambush at Donglongkou, a dangerous place, and wiped out 15,000 invading enemies in one battle.


    Taking advantage of the month before the Huns'' re-invasion troops arrived, Qin Wen concentrated the manpower, material resources and financial resources of the entire county, and rushed to repair Yanmen Pass every second.


    In this month, 200,000 soldiers and civilians from Yanmen joined forces, united as one and accompanies them. Both men, women, young and old all carried the burden naked, and willingly sweated and bleeding for Yanmen Pass.


    Because they knew that when the Huns returned, it would be more than 15,000, but 100,000. If there was no guardian of the pass, the waiting for them would be death.


    Even if 200,000 military and civilians work hard, it is impossible to repair Yanmen Pass within one month. However, although it is impossible to repair all of them, it is still more than enough to repair a few passes.


    When the Huns attacked for the second time, Qin Wen defended the dangerous roads with the help of the repaired roads. Due to the unity of the military and civilians, and the Huns were in a hurry to operate at this time, the Huns finally ran out of food and grass.


    After the Huns retreated, Qin Wen continued to join the renovation of Yanmen Pass. When the Huns returned again, what awaited them was a stronger cold city wall.


    The reconstruction of Yanmen Pass took eight months. Qin Wen, with the power of a county, completed this majestic pass in such a short period of time, was a miracle, but this was inseparable from the support of the court and other prefectures and counties in Bingzhou.


    After Qin Wen defeated the Xiongnu two southern invasions, the court also saw hope of rebuilding Yanmen Pass, so he ordered the governor Ding Yuan to cooperate with Qin Wen to rebuild Yanmen Pass.


    It is precisely because of the support of the entire Bingzhou that Qin Wen was able to rebuild Yanmen Pass within eight months and be stronger than before.


    Seeing that Yanmen Pass was hard to pass one day, the young Xiongnu Shanyu Yufuluo was naturally unwilling to accept it. He vowed to destroy the pass that his father had once destroyed again. However, Qin Wen was not an incompetent general, and he was not afraid even if the pass was in hand, even if there were few soldiers.


    During the four years Qin Wen served as the prefect of Yanmen, Yu Fuluo attacked Yanmen for 13 attacks, but except for leaving no less than 80,000 corpses under Yanmen Pass, there was almost no movement in Yanmen Pass. The Yanmen Army was also constantly tempering in the city, and eventually became the most elite border army of the Han Dynasty. The prefect Qin Wen became famous all over the world for his contributions to rebuilding Yanmen Pass and defeating the Huns, and became a famous Confucian general who was praised by everyone.


    With the guards of Yanmen Pass, the Huns could no longer get involved in Yanmen. Yanmen County gradually returned to stability, and many people who went out returned one after another.


    Coupled with Qin Hao''s series of preferential policies to absorb refugees, Yanmen became the first choice for the migration of refugees in northern Xinjiang, and a large number of refugees in Jizhou moved towards Bi.


    With the population, there will be a source of troops. In the past four years, Yanmen''s population has increased from 200,000 to 400,000, and the defenders have also increased from the original 20,000 county soldiers to the current 40,000 elite soldiers.


    Although there are some guards of the heroic pass, Yanmen is not absolutely safe. After all, Yanmen Pass has been broken.


    In order to strengthen the defense of Yanmen Pass, Qin Wen had a good intention. He not only moved the county seat directly to Guangwu County, which is only more than 30 miles away from Yanmen Pass, but also placed most of the refugees in the county town near Yanmen Pass to facilitate local recruitment.


    This also made the six counties in northern Yanmen, which were originally sparsely populated, gradually flourished.


    With the continuous development of business and the continuous development of business paths, under the guidance of the Qin Family Trading Company, Guangwu City gradually became the "business capital" of Bingzhou, and more and more merchants came to this business.


    Guangwu City is also becoming more and more prosperous, and has been expanded twice, becoming the second commercial city in Bingzhou with a population of 100,000.


    Since horses are not allowed to move quickly in Guangwu City, Qin Hao got off his horse and walked slowly towards the prefect''s mansion after entering Guangwu City. The snow dragon horses along the way attracted pedestrians along the way.


    "What a handsome white horse, even the ''Purple Lightning'' of the prefect is not as good as the one!"


    "A good horse, it''s hard to find a thousand gold medal for this horse!"


    Although horses are not rare in the north, the snow dragon foal is almost twice as high as that of an ordinary horse. As long as it is not a blind man, it can almost tell at a glance that this is a divine horse that travels thousands of miles a day.


    "Which young talent from this family is so handsome, and a talented man is just right."


    "You don''t know this. That''s the son of the prefect''s family. I met Mr. Qin when he was on his birthday last year!"


    "Qin Hao, the double-pupil, turned out to be him!"


    After a civilian revealed Qin Hao''s identity, the people suddenly exclaimed that the series of people-friendly policies over the years have made Qin Wen deeply loved by the people of Yanmen, and his eyes were extremely gentle when he looked at Qin Hao.


    "Young Master Qin, you are so handsome!"


    "Have you ever married? My little girl is 28 years old and looks as beautiful as a flower. Is it good to have a son as a concubine?"...


    Qin Hao couldn''t bear the enthusiasm of the people of Yanmen, so he immediately accelerated his pace and quickly left this place of failure. There were also some knowledgeable people who looked at Qin Hao with a thoughtful look.


    "Didn''t Qin Hao be under the sect of the King''s Army? Why don''t you learn from the King''s Army at this time?


    "Who knows this? But now the Yellow Turbans are in rebellion, and the prefect is about to lead troops to suppress it. The young master may go to war with the prefect to quell the rebellion!"


    "Did you go to the battlefield at the age of fourteen? You deserve to be the son of Prefect Qin!"


    The Prefect''s Mansion is located in the center of Guangwu City, and almost every avenue can be walked over. After leaving the crowd, Qin Hao quickly found the Prefect''s Mansion. When he was about to enter, he saw a serious door guard who looked forward to stop him.


    "The prefect''s mansion needs a place, and the idle people stop."


    Qin Hao was stunned when he saw the person coming. He didn''t expect that he was still an acquaintance. He changed a lot over the years and it was normal for the other party to not recognize him, but how could he be here?


    "General Gao Shun, why are you here to guard the gate?"


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    (This chapter ends)