Duan Yan was the most capable general in Sanming, Liangzhou. After surrendering to the eunuchs of the inner court, he was named Tian Yan, and Xia Yu also rose to the top. Tian Yan became the general of the Du Liao Dynasty, and Xia Yu became the lieutenant of the Wuhuan School. Both of them were the real power camp generals of the Han Dynasty.

The Xianbei people always plundered the borders of the Han Dynasty. In the sixth year of Xiping, Tian Yan bewitched the Zhongchang attendant Wang Fu to send troops to attack the Xianbei, so the general of Du Liao was changed to the position of General of the Xianbei Central Army. Judging from the official position alone, the main general who sent troops to attack the Danhan Mountain this time knew who it was. However, this time, only one or two people escaped.

The three generals of the camp were defeated, and all three were taken back to Beijing by the emperor's lock. However, the consequences of this defeat were extremely serious. Wuwan and the Huns died nearly 10,000 cavalry each. The Wuwan people were angry and dissatisfied. The Huns were even more miserable. Two Shanyu died in just one or two years. Although Qiang Qu took the throne of Shanyu, because Zhang Xiu, the general of the Huns' Central Army, lured and killed Hu Zheng Shanyu, the tribes were angry. Qiang Qu colluded with Han people to conspire to kill Hu Zheng Shanyu, and they were unwilling to bow their heads and surrender, and they had a fuss with Qiang Qu Shanyu all day long.

In the sixth year of Xiping, nearly 10,000 Shanyu cavalry were killed in the Xiongnu, and two Shanyu died in a short period of time. All the troops were unwilling to obey Qiangqu Shanyu. It seemed that Meiji Xiongnu was quite miserable, but it was precisely because of these incidents that the Xiongnu had no restrictions. The Xiongnu General was gone, the Liao general was gone, and the two camps that guarded the Xiongnu were gone, and the people of the three counties of Hetao fled south...

The shackles on the heads of the Huns were gone, and a large number of Huns flocked to the three Hetao counties. The Xianbei in the central region was also eyeing them, but the Xianbei was also trapped in the battle for hegemony of the Three Kingdoms. It was difficult for them to free up their hands to compete with the Huns for the three Hetao counties in a short period of time, but they did not expect Dong Hu to launch a sudden attack.

Last year, when Dong Hu led his troops to Yanmen County, the Xiongnu and Xianbei people noticed him, but Dong Hu had not made much move. Like ordinary Han people, he started to drag the animals to farm the fields after the ice and snow melted. From March to May and June, the Xiongnu were herders who did not farm. How could he always stare at Dong Hu without herding sheep? As a result, it became such a situation. When the Huns in the three counties of Hetao were the most empty, Dong Hu killed them, and they stabbed them from the east to the west. There were not many people killed, and only tens of thousands of prisoners were old and weak, and they were not even enough for the prisoners to eat!

He successfully snatched back the three counties of Hetao, but tens of thousands of generals were unable to get excited. When they met, they sighed and lamented that they lost their underwear this time. It was not until Dong Hu knocked Sun Niu's head twice that Sun Niu ran away with his mouth. In a day, more than 10,000 soldiers were dejected and ran towards Lian County, fearing that the golden doll there would be snatched away.

Lian County (Yinchuan) is a treasure land, including Zhaobishan copper mine, Maidushan iron mine, clay suitable for firing top-grade ceramics, huge amounts of coal, top-grade refractory brick and clay used to build blast furnaces, Helan Mountain produces a lot of gemstones, and stones for making top-grade inkstones... In short, it is a treasure land that is not short of any resources.

A group of bastards didn't care about ceramics or inkstones. When Dong Hu heard that there was a copper mine in Zhaobi Mountain and an iron mine in Maidu Mountain, where could he sit there? A group of generals led their soldiers to Lian County.

There are copper mines in Zhaobi Mountain. They have been mined since the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, and there were also sporadic mining during the Han Dynasty. However, Zhaobi Mountain is not a particularly safe place. The Qiang people in Beidi County are making trouble from time to time. The Xianbei in the west north of the Yellow River occasionally came to plunder. In addition, the Huns' tribes, over time, the original mine caves were abandoned.

Dong Hu originally didn't know that there was such a place. In his previous life, some people in the village went to Ningxia to work, saying that Ningxia's people were very powerful and they dug Zhaobi Mountain. Only then did they know that there was such a place in Ningxia Zhongwei. It was quite strange and puzzled at that time. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, which of the dynasties are not money-deficient? Could it be that a copper mine can be dug for two thousand years but not finished it?

It was not until he inexplicably ran to the sky of the Han Dynasty that Dong Hu felt personally that even a wealthy gold mine was in chaos all day long, he could only look at it with his eyes!

Who is Dong Buyishen? The master who has to take off his ragged clothes from the dead. With a golden doll, how can he let go? The king of heaven dares to covet and use a knife to cut it. He will not be afraid of Xianling Qiang, who has already gone to rebel. The Xianbei in the west is far inferior to the East. The Xianbei in the central region is powerful, with 10,000 soldiers guarding and guarding. A guy who dares to stab the sky for the sake of wealth will not be afraid.

Guo Sheng didn't know that there was a copper mine in Zhaobi Mountain. During the Han Dynasty, it was dug by Emperor Xuan. When Emperor Wu was extremely powerful, the Huns who fought against the Han Dynasty screamed and dared not covet it. But this was all old Huangsheng. How could Guo Sheng know about this? When he heard that there was a copper mine in Zhaobi Mountain, he would immediately pull it into the court's pocket. He was so angry that his generals had a long face. If Dong Hou hadn't personally found them with letters, if it hadn't been to read the words "fighting for the world" that Dong Hu said, he would have slashed Guo Sheng's neck with a knife, so he would have made him anxious to find Dong Hu with a white face to complain.

Of course, Dong Hu would not agree. He had swallowed Lian County into his stomach, so he was still willing to vomit it out.

In July and August, Dong Hu led 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers to swallow all 29 cities in Hetao County. To defend against the invasion of Xianbei people in the east, Dong Hu ordered Dong Yao to build a Liangcheng twenty miles away from Qiangyin Pass City. Because the time was too short, Liangcheng could only be regarded as a camp of ten thousand people, Liangcheng and Qiangyin each had 10,000 military farms, and 20,000 soldiers were enough to resist the Xianbei cavalry. In the Great Wall to the south, there were 20,000 Huaxiong's soldiers, and tens of thousands of soldiers from Pingcheng to Mayi. The defense was enough, at least enough to deal with the Xianbei people who were in chaos and fighting each other.

The Xianbei in the west has the weakest strength, and its tribes are similar to sand thieves in the desert, scattered and small populations. If they want to attack Lian County (Yinchuan), they can only walk in the desert for several days when entering from the western part of Hetao. In this way, they cannot carry cattle, sheep and supplies, and can only carry dry food for several days. Even if the Xianbei in the west can take out ten thousand cavalry, it will be difficult to enter Lian County. Once they are blocked by Dongbuyi, ten thousand cavalrymen, and once they cannot grab enough cattle, sheep and food for ten thousand cavalrymen, they will be defeated if they do not need to attack.

The Xianbei in the west could not take out the troops to capture the Beidi County. The soldiers in Anding County were always similar to those of the sand thieves. At most, thousands of cavalry roared and left, but this did not mean that the west of the three Hetao counties was really safe. The Xianbei in the central Mobei living in the north of the three Hetao counties could enter from the western end of the Hetao.

Tanshihuai is divided into three parts: the Xianbei in the east, middle and west. The Xianbei west of Shuofang County is the Xianbei in the west, mainly the Xianbei Qifu tribe, the Lujie tribe, and the Xianbei tribe in the north of the Hetao tribe, the Xianbei tribe in the north of the Mobei tribe, mainly the Tuoba tribe.

The Xianbei was originally a tribe in eastern Liaoning. After gradually fighting with the Huns, in order to control the entire grassland and suppress the Xiongnu people who were declining, the Xianbei tribes living in the north of Liaodong and the Longyou grasslands also had the Qifu tribe in the western part, the Xianbei tribe in the Lujie tribe, and the Tuoba tribe in the central part of the northern part of the Mobei tribe. In addition, there were some Gaoche tribes.

In the central and western Xianbei were originally tribes living in the northern part of Liaodong. They migrated to the northern part of the Mobei and Longyou grasslands after the Xianbei people became strong, and were far less powerful than the eastern part of the headquarters led by Tan Shihuai. However, the Mobei grasslands were the core tribes of the Huns. Although the Northern Xiongnu migrated westward, there were still some tribes who were unwilling to leave. After the Northern Xiongnu moved westward, the north of the three Hetao counties almost became a vacuum, so some Gaoche tribes living in the north migrated southward to fill this fertile vacuum.

The Xianbei in the central and western regions had complex compositions. When Tan Shihuai was alive, although the Qifu, Lujie tribes and Tuoba tribes were fewer, the Xianbei in the eastern region was too powerful, and everyone had to bow their heads and surrender. After Tan Shihuai's death, not only the Xianbei headquarters in the eastern region fell into a melee, but the Xianbei in the central and western regions were also caught in a melee and fusion between each other. It was difficult to pose a powerful threat to Dong Hu in a short period of time.

However, this does not mean that the Xianbei in the central region cannot enter the Hetao grassland from the west of the three Hetao counties.

The Xianbei in the central region occupied the former Xiongnu's hometown. To the north of the three Hetao counties, there was a Yinshan Mountain Range between them. On this mountain range, King Wuling of Zhao built a Great Wall during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Two of them were the most important. One was the Jilusui where Wang Zhaojun went out of the frontier and the other was the Gaoque Pass. These two passes were the key to the Xianbei in the central region entering Shuofang County in the west of the Hetao grassland.

The Jilu Pass is slightly larger than the Gaoque Pass, with a length of 80 steps each. The city is three feet taller. It is a stone city. Perhaps because of the war between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, this important dangerous fortress is much stronger. It has been built during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han and has remained extremely strong for two hundred years. Except for the city gates that were burned by some bastards, the rest have basically not suffered much damage.

It is eighty steps long and wide, so it is impossible to station many soldiers. However, twenty miles east of Jilusai is Tushenze, which is dozens of miles in radius. It is the largest Danshui lake in the west of Hetao. As long as there is Danshui, a military farm fort can be built around. In order to pay enough attention to Jilusai, Dong Hu stationed two thousand military farm soldiers here.

The Gaoque Pass is smaller, and can only be stationed for two or three hundred people. The city pass is at the intersection of two valleys and the terrain is dangerous. Although there is not a dozen miles of lake behind the buttocks, the city pass is only three miles away from the Yellow River. In order to be safe, Dong Hu also stationed two thousand military soldiers along the Yellow River.

The original people of the three counties of Hetao have escaped without shadow. The Hetao Plain is almost an empty shell. Dong Hu can only strengthen the defense of the two entrances and exits in the east and west, blocking all foreign enemies as much as possible, giving more security environment inside.

The three counties of Hetao are thin and it is difficult to determine the specific number in a short period of time. Dong Hu can only estimate the progress from east to west. Including the 40,000 to 50,000 people he brought in from Yanmen County, there were almost 60,000. Basically, except for his own troops, there were only a group of captured ten thousand slaves left.
Chapter completed!