The autumn wind was blowing and the horse's hooves were fast. Yuwen Wen rode a horse and galloped in the wilderness, guarding the emperor with Bo Yuchi Jing of the left palace, followed by Zhou Faming, Tian Yilong and several guards.

Behind them was a large team, with the full set of clothes for the emperor on patrol, with palace maids and eunuchs accompanying him, and more than a thousand cavalry escorted him. The group left Yecheng in a mighty manner and headed north to Xiangguo County, Mingzhou.

Yuwen Gankeng, who has been in the palace for many years, finally left the palace and left Yecheng, and was like a dragon entering the sea. Yuchi Jing led the guards to accompany him to guard, while Yuwen Wen accompanied him as a royal family.

In the first year of Daxiang (four years ago), Emperor Yuwen Yun of Tianyuan, who had just ascended the throne, wanted to make great achievements. The first thing was to eliminate the threats of the royal family and to order his five uncles to avoid one of them becoming the third king of Jin Yuwen Hu.

Perhaps the second King of Qi, who will become the second King of Yuwen Hu, the emperor's uncle Yuwen Xian, who is both civil and military, has been killed by Yuwen Yun's family, so the other five capable emperors obey their orders as if they were silent, so as not to let the emperor's nephew have another murderous intent.

The imperial edict was to grant the title of King Yuwen Sheng of the Wudang and Anchang counties of Fengzhou, Wudang and Anchang counties as the title of King Yuwen Sheng of Yue; the imperial edict to grant the title of King Yuwen Pi of Xinye County, Jingzhou, and the imperial edict to grant the title of King Yuwen Pi of Teng; the imperial edict to grant the title of King Yuwen Da of the Shangdang counties of Luzhou.

The imperial edict was to grant ten thousand households of Jinan County of Qizhou to be granted the title of King Yu and Wen Chun of Chen; the imperial edict was to grant ten thousand households of Xiangguo County of Mingzhou to be granted the title of King Yu and Wen Zhao of Zhao.

Yuwen Zhao brought his family to the Xiangguo County and became a wealthy vassal king who did nothing. Of course, there is no need to think about military power. The world of Zhou State belongs to Yuwen Yun and his son, and the rest of the royal family were guarded like thieves.

A few years later, in February of the second year of the Elephant, the Turks sent an envoy to ask for a marriage with the Zhou State. Emperor Tianyuan chose Zhao Wang Yuwen Zhao's daughter to marry into a marriage for the princess of the daughter of the foreign country.

The princess of the daughter of the daughter came to Chang'an to get married in tears. As a result, in April, Emperor Tianyuan suddenly turned Long Yubin Tian. The prime minister of the government, Yang Jian, urgently recruited Zhao, Chen, Yue, Dai, and Teng, and returned to Beijing. This time they returned to Beijing, they entered the tiger and cage.

The royal family had only high positions but no real power. They watched the auxiliary prime minister Yang Jian take over the power, and the Yuwen family became a lamb to be slaughtered. The power struggle was bloody. The royal family kings intended to kill the auxiliary prime minister Yang Jian, but all failed in the end.

King Yuwen Zhao was killed on the spot, and his four sons were later killed. Only Yuwen Gankeng, the youngest son who stayed in Xiangguo County, survived.

Xiangguo County is located in Mingzhou. Mingzhou is under the rule of the Xiangzhou General Administration. Xiangzhou General Administration. Yuchi Jiong, Duke of Shu, raised an army to rebel against Yang, invited Yuwen Gankeng from Xiangguo to Yecheng, supported him as the emperor, and established another court to compete with Chang'an.

Three years later, on the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, Yuwen Gankeng was going back to Xiangguo’s old place to remember his father and brother. Yuwen Wen accompanied him as a royal family and returned to Yecheng after staying in Xiangguo for a day or two. It happened to be the Double Ninth Festival.

After the Double Ninth Festival, Yuwen Wen could cry and leave Yecheng and go back to Bazhou, so he was in a good mood. After staying in Yecheng for three months, he finally wanted to be "released after his sentence". When he thought of training troops, leading troops, and farming, Yuwen Wen wanted to fly over thousands of mountains and rivers with his wings on his back and return to Bazhou where he had been longing forever.

That was his territory. Although it was a little smaller, it carried his dreams and wasted the few months he had to work harder to make up for it.

"Donald Xiyang, is there Taihang Mountains on the north side of Bazhou? " Yuwen Gankeng asked. When Yuwen Wen looked west after hearing this, he saw a north-south mountain range on the horizon in the distance was vaguely visible.

"Your Majesty, famous mountains and rivers have their own styles. It is hard to say if you want to compete with each other."

"Dabie Mountain also has roads to the sides of the mountain range? Just like the Eight Passes of Taihang," Yuwen Gankeng asked again.

"Some are just that there are many barbarians living in the Dabie Mountains, and only a few can walk on the official roads."

After several months of explanation, Yuwen Wen let Yuwen Gankeng know that Baman, who lives in the Mian area of ​​Shannan, is a human being like them, not a monster, but has different living customs and languages, which looks a bit strange.

Some are slashing and burning, but some are also ploughing fields and weaving cloth, some are eating raw meat and drinking blood, and some are also cooking and steaming. It is nothing more than looking at the ability of the governors of each state to educate. Of course, this method of "education" is very telling.

Yuwen Gankeng was young and couldn't understand it even after saying that for a while. Yuwen Wen didn't plan to be a political enlightenment teacher. He himself was half a bucket of water. He had to slowly grow up by constantly exploring and summarizing experiences and lessons. Teaching people randomly can only mislead people's children.

Yuchi Jing, who was standing by, was sweating all over when he saw the emperor riding a horse and having sex, and when the autumn wind gradually rose, he was afraid of catching a cold, so he leaned up and asked him to return to the car to rest. He and Yuwen Wen tried to persuade Yuwen Gankeng to change his mind.

"Duke Lu, the official road ahead is forked, and the left road seems to be heading towards the Taihang Mountains west. Could it be that there is a certain pass among the eight passes of Taihang?" Yuwen Wen asked, saying nothing about it.

"That's right, going there is Fukou Xing. After entering Fukou, passing through Taihang Mountain, you will enter the Bingzhou boundary, and it is also a shortcut to Yecheng to Bingzhou Jinyang." Yuchi Jing explained, "The other side of the mountain is now the territory of the Sui Kingdom."

"I heard that when Xiangguo County goes north, there is another pass that can travel east and west of Taihang Mountain. What is the name of this pass?"

"Jingxing, Xingkou is located in the Xiangguo County of Mingzhou for more than 200 miles..."

Yuchi Jing was opened by Yuwen Wen and began to introduce the "Eight Passes of Taihang".

Taihang Mountain extends from north to south for thousands of miles, with hundreds of ridges connected to the deep valleys and ditches. There are east-west Henggu (Xing) in between. The famous Xing Mountains include Jundu Xing, Puyin Xing, Feihu Xing, Jingxing, Fukou Xing, Baixing Xing, Taihang Xing, Zhuguan Xing, etc., also known as Taihang Eight Xings,

These eight passes are the main throat roads between Shandong (east of Taihang Mountain) and Shanxi (west of Taihang Mountain). They are a place that military strategists must fight for. Now both ends of these eight passes are controlled by the army of Zhou and Sui Dynasty.

The so-called control refers to the important passes that control each pass, but the corresponding opponent also stationed troops at the halfway or the pass. Therefore, now Zhou and Sui countries blocked each other's eight passes of Taihang to guard against each other's sudden attacks across the Taihang Mountains.

If Taihang Mountain is compared to a north-south wall, then the east side of the wall is the Zhou Kingdom and the west side of the wall is the Sui Kingdom. This wall is very tall and cannot be crossed, while Taihang Eight Passes are eight gates, which can go back and forth between the east and west sides of the wall.

Yecheng, the capital of Zhou State, is right next to the wall. Not far from the north is the gate called "Fukou Xing" and to the south is the gate called "Bai Xing". Both gates are guarded by a large number of Zhou troops, guarding against the Sui army's sudden attacks over the mountains.

Of course, there are heavy troops guarding the other six places, and the Sui army also guards the western end of the eight passes. The two countries confront each other in the eight passes of Taihang. You can't attack, but I can't attack.

It is also true that the Zhou and Sui Kingdom competed for Henan's boundaries very fiercely. If Zhou Kingdom "recovered" Luozhou and the Yuzhou General Administration's boundaries, it would block the Sui Kingdom west of Tongguan.

If the Sui State wants to break the deadlock, it has to defend Luozhou and Yuzhou's two general administrations, and then divide troops from Guanzhong to attack Shannan, follow the Wuguan Road, and directly set out from Chang'an to attack Shannan Jingzhou.

He set out from Liangzhou and Jinzhou, followed the Han River and advanced eastward to attack Xiangzhou, Shannan.

The other way was to go downstream from Shu, attack Jiangling, which was in the land and water, and then gained a foothold and surrounded Xiangzhou north. The premise of all this was that the Sui army controlled Luozhou and Yuzhou.

In this way, if the Zhou army in Shannan wants foreign aid, there are only reinforcements from the east of the Huangzhou General Administration and the Hezhou General Administration in the southeast of the Dabie Mountains, but this is a bit far away and cannot quench the near thirst.

Of course, the Zhou army would not wait stupidly. The troops of the General Administration of Bozhou and Xuzhou strive to attack Yuzhou westward. As long as they penetrate Yuzhou, they can support Shannan Jingzhou and Xiangzhou. At that time, it will be seen whether the Sui army will attack Shannan Jingxiang quickly, or the Zhou army will penetrate Luo, Yuzhou quickly.

The two of them talked about it on paper. Tian Yilong next to him heard the clouds and mountains and mists. He had many questions but didn't dare to ask. Seeing Zhou Faming nodding frequently, he asked for advice.

His question is very simple. There are many mountain roads on the Dabie Mountains, many of which are small paths taken by hunters. Although it is difficult to walk, you can still cross mountains and travel north and south. I think the situation in Taihang Mountains is similar, so you may not have to go through the eight passes even if you march and fight.
Chapter completed!