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"From Wuzhong County to the northeast to Liucheng, between Yanshan Mountain and the sea, it is a narrow and long western Liaoning passage of a few miles. The narrowest part is only two miles, and there is only one official road that can go north, not even small."

In the big tent, Tian Chou stood in front of a map and introduced him to Cao Cao and several strategists. He carefully drew a winding official road with charcoal and circled a circle in a narrow place. This official road was the Liaoxi Corridor of later generations, and the narrowest circle was Shanhaiguan.

"This official road has been in disrepair for a long time. It is always waterlogged in summer and autumn, making it difficult to get through cars and horses. However, this time, the heavy rains this time, the waterlogged will be even worse. It is estimated that boats and boats can be carried deep in the depths. More importantly, the Wuhuan cavalry knew that the Prime Minister's army was coming and had already stationed heavy troops in a dangerous place. I am afraid that the Prime Minister could no longer go north by walking on the official road."

After a period of contact, Cao Cao knew that Tian Chou was a very real person and rarely said exaggeratedly. Since he said this, it must be serious, which made Cao Cao helpless.

Cheng Yu next to him saw Tian Chou through and smiled and said, "I feel that Tian Sikong is confident, so there must be other ways to do it."

Cao Cao was excited and complained: "Since Mr. Tian has good plans, why didn't he say it earlier? It made me worry for a long time."

Tian Chou blushed and quickly apologized. He used charcoal to draw a long black line north of Xuwu County and said to Cao Cao: "The former Youbeiping County Government was located in Pinggang. If you contact the Central Plains, you must cross Yanshan Mountain. So you built an official road north of Xuwu County and walked through the Rushui River Valley. But now the river water has skyrocketed and the valley has been flooded."

Even though Cao Cao was calm, he couldn't help asking: "What should I do if the valley is flooded?"

"Prime Minister, don't worry. I went to explore this valley two days ago. Fortunately, it didn't rain north of Yanshan, but it was just south of Yanshan. Then we can go up Xuwushan from the south and walk the hilly mountain path around the rising river section."

Tian Chou drew a long line with charcoal and said to everyone: "After walking out of Xuwushan hills, Lu Longsai, crossing the Muhe River Valley, passing through Yanshan Mountain, and then heading northeast, passing Pinggang Jiuxian and the former place of Xianbei royal court. This section is about eight miles long.

But after Guangwu, this road was abandoned, and it has been more than two years since then. However, you can vaguely identify the traces of the road. Going out of this road happened to be behind Liucheng, you can attack the enemy without any preparation and capture Tadun in one battle."

Cao Cao nodded slowly, "If it weren't for Mr. Tian, ​​I would have returned in vain this northern expedition."

Cheng Yu frowned and walked eight miles across mountains and rivers. It would take at least half a month to go. How to solve the problem of food? He couldn't help but remind Cao Cao, "We don't have much food and grass, and even if we kill horses, we can only last for seven or eight days."

Tian Chou laughed, "Seven or eight days are enough. After passing Yanshan, there will be a grassland. There are Xianbei pastures. There are many sheep flocks, so don't worry about food and grass."

Cao Cao was relieved and made a quick decision: "When the rain stops, you will set off immediately."

That night, the rain began to decrease. The next morning, the heavy rain that had been falling for nearly ten days stopped. Cao Cao was overjoyed and pretended to withdraw his troops and took a detour to Xu Wushan.

He also ordered Zhang Liao to lead tens of thousands of troops as the vanguard. Under Tian Chou's leadership, he opened the road when he met the mountain and built a bridge when he met the water. The army rushed north along a deserted road that had been abandoned for two years.

Two days later, a team of Wuhuan cavalry scouts arrived at lightning. They found the place where Cao's army was stationed. The army had withdrawn. At the garrison of the commander's tent, the cavalry found a wooden sign with a line of words on the wooden sign: It is summer and the road is blocked, and we will wait for autumn and winter to advance again. The signature is Cao Cao.

The Wuhuan cavalry suddenly felt like they had a treasure and pulled out the wooden sign to return to report. The Wuhuan people thought that the Cao army had retreated, and they were all happy and cheered, singing and dancing to celebrate, and their defenses became loose.

The Wuhuan is an ancient nomadic people on the grassland. It was originally a branch of the Donghu people. The Donghu failed to compete with the Xiongnu for the grassland in the northern desert. This Donghu people were forced to move to the vicinity of Wuhuan Mountain north of Liaodong and renamed it Wuhuan.

After several years of development, the Wuhuan had already established a foundation in the Liaodong area. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Wuhuan gradually became stronger under the leadership of the Great Shanyu Tadun.

At this time, the end of the Han Dynasty, the warlords were separatist, and the Central Plains were in chaos. The Wuhuan cavalry took the opportunity to invade the Central Plains and plundered property and population.

Even if Yuan Shao occupied Hebei and had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he would not dare to turn against Wuhuan. He could only win over the various tribes of Wuhuan by means of marriage.

After the Battle of Guandu, the Yuan family gradually became destroyed. In the tenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao defeated the Yuan family's remnants. Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi led thousands of remnants to Liaodong and defected to the Wuhuan people.

If the Wuhuan Shanyu had obtained a treasure, he would use the excuse of restoring the rule of Hebei for the Yuan family and prepare to invade Hebei on a large scale.

Liucheng, which is the location of the Wuhuan Great Shanyu Yaguan. Like other nomadic peoples, Wuhuan is also composed of dozens of tribes of all sizes, known as one hundred thousand armored cavalry.

Near Liucheng, there is the largest tribe in Wuhuan, with a population of 100,000, among which there are 100,000 Han slaves. They are centered on the Great Shanyu and the dome tent expands around, with a radius of tens of thousands of dome tents in a radius of several miles.

At this time, a banquet was being held in the banquet tent, with drum music, and a group of Wuhuan girls dancing gracefully in gorgeous silk robes. Dozens of Wuhuan generals with blushed faces were eating meat and drinking, laughing roughly, and the harsh laughter echoed in the banquet tent, almost overwhelming the drum music.

On the other side of the banquet, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang brothers were frowning. Originally, the Wuhuan people vowed to help them regain Hebei, and boasted about how powerful the Wuhuan cavalry was. But it was said that Cao Cao led the army to fight north and immediately became extremely nervous.

At this moment, Cao Cao withdrew his troops back to the Central Plains. They were happy again and drank to celebrate every day. They had been celebrating for almost half a month. This shows that they were afraid of Cao Cao. Ten years after Jian'an, Wuhuan was defeated by Cao Cao and became afraid of Cao's army. Now they just said it fiercely.

What made the two brothers even more depressed is that two years have passed, and the Wuhuan people have always held their troops. Did they just make a short promise to them?

"Second Brother"

Yuan Shang whispered to Yuan Xi: "I think the Wuhuan people are unreliable. They just want to rob women and property, and they have no sincerity to restore our country. Instead of waiting for the country to recover here, it is better to find an opportunity to go to Xiangping to join Gongsun Kang."

Yuan Xi picked up a large bowl full of horse milk wine and took a sip, pondering for a moment, saying, "Do you know what I have to think about it? I want to borrow five thousand Wuhuan cavalry to attack Goguryeo, destroy Goguryeo and Silla, and we will have a foundation."

"Is Tadun willing to borrow troops?"

"He will be willing to give him benefits, give him half of the Goguryeo population and treasury property. This person only recognizes interests, which is actually easier to deal with."

At this moment, a harsh laughter came from the side, "You two brothers are discussing what to say, everyone, listen."

The person who spoke was Da Shanyu Tadun. He was about forty years old, tall and majestic, with a big beard, small eyes, and a cunning light. Whether in spring, summer, autumn and winter, he always wore a black bear-skinned hat on his head.

When Tadun was young, he was once known as the number one warrior in Wuhuan. He was able to fight tigers and kill bears. He was extremely powerful and used a 60-pound mace to be weighed by a 60-pound wolf. At the age of 20, he has been in the position of the Great Shanyu for more than 20 years.

He led the Wuhuan people to constantly plunder the Han people, and as the population and wealth shifted, the Wuhuan people gradually became stronger.

He was paying attention to the Yuan brothers. Seeing the two of them whispering with caution on their faces, he felt a little displeased, "Speak it out and let me listen too."

Yuan Xi stood up and bowed and smiled, "We are analyzing Cao Cao's plan. This person is scheming. He said that retreating may be a delaying strategy to confuse us. Maybe he has already used troops secretly."

Tadun laughed, "Why did he secretly use his troops to get down for a few days? It was rotten. The water piled up into a sea. My cavalry took a lot of effort to pass the puddle. How did their hundreds of thousands of troops go? What should we do with those supplies, food and grass? Xigong, you have been worried too much."

"What if he came from something else?" Yuan Shang couldn't help but say.

"Did he fly over with wings?"

Tadun said a joke, and the tent burst into laughter.

At this moment, a soldier rushed in and reported: "You reported to the Great Shanyu, and found hundreds of thousands of Cao Cao's army inside and outside the west, and was coming towards us in a mighty way."

The big tent was shocked, and Cao's army really flew over. Suddenly, Tadun suddenly threw the wine bowl and shouted loudly: "Let our army kill them, pass on my order, all men wear armor and get ready to fight Cao's army."

After nearly half a month of hard marching, the 100,000 Cao troops finally arrived outside the Shanyu tent. They had been constantly encountering small tribes of the Wuhuan people, and they launched killing and looting, and seized their flocks as military rations.

Cao's army set out from Wuzhong County with an army of 200,000. As soon as he arrived, he encountered heavy rain and hunger and cold. Many soldiers fell ill and suffered severe staff loss. Even Cheng Yu fell ill. Cao Cao had no choice but to reorganize the army in Pinggang and leave the sick and weak army to rest. He personally led 100,000 elite troops to continue the east expedition.

That afternoon, Cao Cao had already seen Bailang Mountain from afar. It was a small mountain range that stretched for miles, high in the south and low in the north. What Cao Cao saw now was the remnant of Bailang Mountain, almost a round and slow hill, several feet high and smooth slopes. The cavalry could directly rush to the top of the mountain.

At this time, a scout rushed towards Cao Cao and reported loudly: "Report to the Prime Minister, the scout in front discovered the main force of Wuhuan, about 50,000 people, all of whom were cavalry, and was rushing towards this side, about ten miles away from us."

Xu Huang, the general next to him, said in surprise: "Isn't Wuhuan known as 100,000 armored cavalry, why is there only more than 50,000?"

Cao Cao sneered, "The Wuhuan tribes are scattered in various places, and most of them are apart. It will take at least ten days and half a month to add troops. How can it be too late? This should be the tribal cavalry in their tent. Tadun will be there. Pass my order, and the army will accelerate its march and seize Bailang Mountain."

The 100,000 Cao troops were already very close to Bailang Mountain. Soon, the Cao troops occupied Bailang Mountain. The 100,000 troops covered the mountain. At this time, they had seen cavalry coming from afar. The yellow dust covered the sky and the sun, and the sound of horse hooves rumbled across the sky like thunder. The earth was shocked, as if even the mountain was shaken.

This momentum shocked the Cao army, and many people looked at fear. Most of them were infantry and only four thousand cavalrymen. How could they defeat more than 50,000 cavalry? Even many generals began to feel uneasy.

Cao Cao looked at the cavalry who had arrived at the foot of the mountain indifferently. He had experienced wars and had extremely rich experience. He couldn't help but sneer and asked Zhang Liao beside him, "Have you discovered the weakness of Hu Qi in the distance?"

Zhang Liao nodded and said in a deep voice: "Their team is messy and has no rules at all. It is like a mob that has just been pieced together. It seems to be huge because of the large number of people. This kind of army is entirely based on one go. It cannot stand a long battle. If it is shaken, it will be defeated."

"You are right. They are just mobs, and they were herdsmen in the morning. Now they are temporarily fighting into the army, so there is no need to be afraid."

Cao Cao turned around and ordered: "Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Chu, Zhang He, Xiahou Dun, where is Zhang Liao?"

The five generals all came forward to receive the order. Cao Cao took off his golden armor and said to the generals: "You can lead 20,000 troops to kill the mountain and take the lead in killing Tadun. This armor is given to him, and then the order will be sent to the army to kill one enemy, and reward ten acres of land and five thousand coins. The family will be exempted from tax for one year, regardless of the upper limit."

"Abide by the order"
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