Yijiabao is located on the south side of the Wei River, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the river on one side. It can be regarded as an important place written in military books.
About ten miles to the east, Chang'an City is far away from Yijiabao. Controlling the throat to the west, there is a Wubao in Liang Kingdom slightly close to Qi Kingdom.
In the early years, Daliang conquered Qidi many times, and once recruited the men of Yijiabao. As a result, it suffered many military disasters, but after enduring countless winds and rains, it still stood on the south bank of the Weihe River, taking root here for a long time and growing continuously.
By this year, there were 800 armored men and thousands of young men in the fort, and its scale had more than doubled.
Even the current governor of Chang'an has a good personal relationship with Mr. Yi in private.
As the saying goes, the governor of flowing water is the Yi family fortress made of iron.
Over the years of development, Yijiabao has continued to grow, and it has begun to sort out the refugees from all walks of life, absorbing them into the fort, selecting young people, and enriching Yijiabao's defense strength.
Due to Yijiabao's local influence and its relationship with the governor of Chang'an, everyone in Daliang turned a blind eye to this. After all, Bianzhou was far away from here, and Zhu Wen couldn't control it.
As Yijiabao is such an important place, there are some benefits to garrisoning some troops.
Going west, except for some military towns in Daliang used to protect Qiguo, the road is flat. Having such a Wubao in front of Chang'an is better than acting as a buffer zone.
Therefore, everyone in Yijiabao believed that even if Emperor Zhu of Bianzhou died, their Wubao would still be impregnable.
The reason why he is so confident is also because there is abundant food in Yijiabao. Over the years, whether he bought all kinds of ordnance or made it by himself, he still has accumulated savings. Even the war horses have their sources. They are already powerful. If When the world changes, it may not be impossible to drink from the troubled times.
Sitting south of the Wei River and west of Chang'an, in order to observe the changes in the future situation, is where the old man of the Yi family and the current head of the family, Yi Kaiqing, are all planning now.
Because of this idea, Yijiabao's sentinels spread out dozens of miles around.
The entire vicinity of Chang'an is controlled by Yijiabao, and Yijiabao has spent money and effort on the surrounding dangerous places to build dangerous passes, allowing influential families from all sides to access them. Send people to garrison.
Therefore, in Chang'an, which was once the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Yijiabao's reputation is much greater than that of Chang'an Prefecture, not to mention other lower-level prefectures.
These days, because there seems to be some turmoil in Bianzhou, Chang'an has also been affected a lot. The garrison originally stationed in Chang'an has also been sent out to frequently enter and exit Yijiabao.
Some people who are interested can find that in Chang'an City, carts pull things covered with butter skin into Yijiabao every day, and they don't know what they are.
But no matter what the current situation is, Yijiabao will never fall.
A few miles west of Yijiabao, among the mountains, an official road winds through. It was the official road that was widened on the basis of the Chidao of each dynasty when Chang'an was the capital of the Tang Dynasty. After hundreds of years of use, the roads already have some ravines. Coupled with the wars in recent years, the government will not repair these roads. Walking along them is like walking at the bottom of a ditch.
And among the mountains on the road, there are a few figures flashing among them, all of them are young and middle-aged people sent out by Yijiabao and other big families to scout.
To say that they were young adults is not entirely reliable. These people were all wearing leather armor and had sabers on their waists. Some of them were carrying bows and hand crossbows.
Compared with ordinary sentinels, these people are more appropriately called soldiers.
In the middle of the crowd, there were two figures surrounded. Looking closer, they were a man and a woman, both wearing bright soft armor.
The man's name is Yi Zhongtian, the only son of Yi Kaiqing, the head of the Yijiabao family. He is tall and has a good face. He is wearing soft armor and looks very heroic.
And unlike ordinary dandies, as one of the richest men in the world, he has been climbing the mountain for so long, and he still looks ordinary without blushing or out of breath.
As for this girl, she is the apple of some family's eye. She looks like a lady, but she wears soft armor, and her face that was originally childish becomes more heroic now.
"Wanqing, it has just passed the New Year and the snow has not melted yet. Where can I hunt wild animals? If you really want to try your archery skills, go to Linwan in Chang'an another day. Back then, only the royal family of the Tang Dynasty could go hunting. I'll take you to the farm and keep it until you finish hunting..."
At this moment, Yi Zhongtianxu was annoyed by walking like this, so he simply stopped and called out to the excited girl.
There were so many soldiers wearing armor and swords around them, all of them guarding them.
As Yi Zhongtian spoke, Chang'an Lin Wan seemed to be like his own back garden, able to come and go at will.
The girl named Wanqing just kept her mouth shut and stomped her feet in displeasure.
"Brother Zhongtian, you clearly agreed. I've heard before that there is a huge area of sika deer in this forest. You should accompany me to see the sika deer..."
When this girl acted coquettishly, even Yi Zhongtian, who had been so beautiful since childhood, couldn't help but be impressed by her.
"Okay, okay, I'll stay with you..."
The girl was happy when she heard this, and came over to hold Yi Zhongtian's arm, shaking it coquettishly.
At this time, a young soldier next to him who looked very calm would give a reminder.
"Young Master, the head of the family has said that things may not be peaceful recently..."
After hearing what he said, Yi Zhongtian frowned and then waved his hand.
"If there is any unrest here, just go back before dusk. Who dares to change my family?"
The young soldier hesitated for a moment, but seeing that Yi Zhongtian didn't take it seriously, he simply followed behind.
Indeed, who can do anything to the people of Yijiabao near Chang'an?
Such a hunting team, consisting of about twenty or thirty people, walked forward for about half a mile, and finally saw a few deer antlers emerging from the forest.
"Brother Zhongtian, sika deer!"
The girl let out a surprise and wanted to pull Yi Zhongtian forward to catch the sika deer.
It’s not that I’ve never seen a sika deer before, but catching one with my own hands has a special meaning.
Just as everyone was cautious and eager to try, the sika deer, which was munching on grass stems, suddenly started to stir, looked to the west, and then ran away in panic as if it had been frightened.
Um?
Everyone was puzzled and looked to the west.
On the official road to the west, two sentries could be seen racing towards this side, lapping their horses.
Judging from their appearance, they were obviously very frightened.
The two sentry riders obviously also discovered Yi Zhongtian and others, but they could only make anxious gestures to leave, and then ran straight to the east.
"Brother Zhongtian, look..."
While Yi Zhongtian was frowning, he looked in the direction of the girl's finger and saw a thick plume of smoke being stirred up in the western sky.
Obviously, there is a military horse coming here.
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