Miyun Mountain.
Like a lying tiger.
Lying quietly on the vast plain.
On a rugged path at the foot of the mountain.
Wang Ke, Wang Tianyou, and Jiang Song led thirty cavalrymen galloping forward.
It won’t take long.
Only the sound of horse hooves was heard.
Immediately afterwards.
A group of soldiers and horses emerged from a forest.
These men on horseback were wearing the Sui army's standard armor, holding iron spears, long knives hanging from their waists, and carrying bows and arrows on their backs. They were dusty and dusty. At a glance, they knew they were scouts patrolling the sentry.
"Who are you?"
These scouts obviously did not expect that there would be people and horses passing through here.
They immediately formed a battle queue, and one of them asked coldly.
"I am Wang Ke, the general of Zhenbei, the governor of Jizhou, and the governor of the three towns of Saibei. I came to Miyun Pass for inspection today. Are you soldiers from Miyun Pass?"
Saw these scouts.
Wang Ke had a smile on his face.
These scouts are well-equipped and all of them are strong and strong. At a glance, you can tell that they are the elite of the army. Such good soldiers are exactly what Wang Ke likes.
"Are you...are you really Wang Shijun's soldiers? Are you really Wang Shijun?"
The scouts were all surprised when they heard Wang Ke's words.
Among them, the leader of the scout team stared at Wang Ke, looked him up and down, and then asked.
Wang Ke smiled, reached into his arms, took out the seal of his governor's office, and handed it into the scout's hand.
As a scout, you must know how to read.
The scout team took the seal with both hands and looked at it over and over for a long time before finally believing Wang Ke's identity.
He raised his hands in salute and said: "I didn't know the envoy was coming, it is a capital crime! Liang Tingfang, a low-ranking official, is currently the leader of the Miyunguan Scout Team!"
"Captain Liang, there is no need to be polite. We are here incognito. How far is this place from Miyun Pass?"
Wang Ke asked Liang Ting with a smile.
Liang Tingfang replied: "Twenty miles ahead is Miyun Pass. Please proceed slowly here. I will send my scouts and Pegasus to report to General Wang!"
I heard Liang Tingfang say this.
Wang Ke, who already had a good impression of him, naturally couldn't ignore him, so he nodded and said, "Okay! Thank you Captain Liang for taking the lead."
When Liang Tingfang heard this, he felt happy and immediately ordered a scout to rush to Miyun Pass ahead to report Wang Ke's arrival.
And he and Wang Ke slowly headed to Miyun Pass.
on the way.
Wang Ke asked Liang Tingfang: "Do you patrol every day when your scouts come out?"
Liang Tingfang said: "Our Miyun Pass is an important border fortress. General Wang Heng is very cautious. Although he does not patrol every day, he must patrol once every three days, and he must visit all the surrounding areas of a hundred miles."
"A hundred miles in radius? This journey is not short!"
After hearing this, Wang Ke raised his eyebrows slightly and asked quickly.
Liang Tingfang said: "That's right! Every time I patrol, I have to spend at least two nights outside. After I come back to rest for a day or two, I have to go out on patrol again. It's really miserable!"
Speaking of which.
Liang Tingfang changed the subject and said to Wang Ke: "However, to be honest with you, since I implemented this three-day patrol, there has not been a single horse thief or bandit near Miyun Pass. General Wang's method is indeed good!"
"You mean, there are horse thieves and bandits in this frontier area?"
Listen to Liang Tingfang say this.
Wang Ke seemed to have grasped the key point, his eyes flickered slightly, and he asked.
"The frontier fortress here is bitterly cold and mixed, so there are naturally some unruly people, but there are very few who commit heinous crimes."
Liang Tingfang explained.
"There are very few, but there are still some?"
Wang Ke smiled slightly and said to Liang Tingfang.
The two were chatting.
Sudden.
I heard the sound of horse hooves ahead.
Not long after.
A large army of horses galloped over.
The leader is quite majestic.
But what does this person look like——
He is eight feet long, with the body of a tiger and the waist of a bear.
His face is like indigo, and there is no beard under his chin,
Wearing a piece of black iron armor with a lion swallowing its head,
Put on a fox fur collar and a tight-fitting robe,
Wearing a leopard print rivet and black gold helmet,
Ride a green-maned horse, the divine steed of the North,
A mace in the hand, an iron bow hanging from the waist,
As the saying goes: The majestic Suanni general is stationed in the border town and calls Wang Heng.
"The last general, Wang Heng, pays homage to the general!"
Wang Heng's fast horse arrived first.
Immediately, he flew down from the horse, came to Wang Ke in a few steps, and bowed his hands in salute.
Wang Ke stretched out his hand to help Wang Heng up, with a smile on his face and said: "General Wang is good at managing the army, he is a great general!"
When Wang Heng heard this, his old face turned red, and then he said to Wang Ke: "General, you are so complimentary... The weather is cold now, General, follow me to the pass to rest!"
"That's good, I have General Lao Wang."
Wang Ke nodded and said.
Subsequently.
Under the leadership of Wang Heng.
Wang Ke and others followed the frontier troops and entered Miyun Pass.
Enter Guanzhong.
Wang Heng immediately arranged for hot wine to be served.
Everyone came and sat down in the guard's tent.
Had two glasses of hot wine.
Wang Ke casually asked about the military affairs in Guanzhong.
Wang Heng all answered without thinking.
Obviously, this person is indeed not an ordinary person.
Listen to Wang Heng finish talking about many military affairs in the pass.
Wang Ke suddenly asked: "General Wang, are there any horse thieves and rogues around Miyun Pass?"
I heard Wang Ke ask this.
Wang Heng was slightly startled.
He subconsciously turned around and looked at Liang Tingfang, who was serving at the side.
but.
Immediately afterwards.
He cupped his hands and said: "General Haojiao learned that there were indeed some horse thieves and rogues near Miyun Pass in the past, but in recent years, they have been eliminated by the general, and their remaining forces have never entered our territory of Miyun Pass."
"What kind of horse thief is he?"
Wang Ke nodded and then asked.
Wang Heng thought for a moment, and then replied: "This group of horse thieves are not my Han family, but foreign barbarians from outside the Great Wall."
Speaking of which.
Wang Heng stood up, took out a simple map drawn on sheepskin from the side, placed it in front of Wang Ke, and continued talking.
turn out to be.
Since the beginning of the troubled times in the Jin Dynasty.
The various ethnic groups in the north are at war.
First, the Huns rose again.
Later, the Jie people took their place.
Then, Xianbei, Di, Qiang, you just finish singing and I will come on stage.
And near Miyun Pass.
There is an inconspicuous alien race occupying the place.
This alien tribe originated from Donghu, took advantage of the war between the two Jin Dynasties, and gradually grew in size, and later became attached to the Northern Qi regime.
but.
With the fall of Northern Qi.
Luo Yi commanded the military and political power in northern Xinjiang.
This alien race gradually lost its backers and had no choice but to move outside the Great Wall and make a living by nomadic fishing and hunting.
As for the name of this alien race, it is - Khitan.
After listening to Wang Heng’s story.
Wang Ke's eyes flickered slightly, and he thought to himself: "Unexpectedly, this Khitan tribe already had some power during the Sui Dynasty."
actually.
What Wang Ke didn't know was.
The Khitan tribe is not just a little powerful.
During the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Khitan tribe mobilized a large army to attack the Central Plains and launched a decisive battle with Gao Yang. Although it failed in the end, it also proved that the Khitan tribe at that time was capable of launching a large-scale war.
but.
Wang Heng continued: "Although there are many Khitans, there are no leaders among them. Instead, a Han gradually took over the leadership of this Khitan people."
