Chapter 1402

The county captain knew that this was his chance. Seeing that Zhao Yu's soldiers had put out the map, he hurried forward a few steps and looked at the map carefully. After confirming it again and again, he pointed to a place on the map and said, "this is it!"

Zhao Yu looked at his fingers, frowned and motioned to the county captain to explain the terrain here.

"General, the old ha River turned a corner here. Originally, the old ha river was in the middle of the valley, but when he got here, he was at the foot of the mountain near the Nanshan Mountain, almost next to the Nanshan Mountain. On the West Bank, there were cliffs up to tens of feet, which could not pass people at all."

"The east bank is nearly two miles away from Ma'anshan in the East. It is a place about two miles wide and four or five miles long. If you want to build a pass, this should be the best place."

With that, the county captain looked forward to Zhao Yu, hoping that her suggestions would be affirmed by her.

But Zhao Yu didn't speak for a long time. He thought for a moment and said, "well, early tomorrow morning, the county lieutenant and Ben will go there to see the terrain. If this is really the most suitable place, Ben will show his merit for you in front of the king."

As soon as Zhao Yu's words were finished, all the people in Pingquan County were looking at the county captain with envy. The county captain was even more red faced and thanked him again and again: "thank you, general. Don't worry. From Xiaosigou to Pingquan, this is definitely the most suitable place."

Seeing other appearances, Zhao Yu said again: "this Xianbei invasion, the war will not end soon, so we still need to work together. When the king rewards you for your achievements, you will have to take your credit."

"General Xie, we will fully cooperate with the general!" Everyone heard the speech and thanked in unison.

When the people were full of joy, Hao Jian, led by others, entered the county government: "report to the general, all the soldiers have been arranged. After a short rest, he immediately went out of the city to the north to investigate the northern cities and the Xianbei army."

Zhao Yu nodded: "it's hard. Send orders. All the cavalry will rest in Pingquan all night. They will go north with Ben early tomorrow morning to find a suitable place to build a pass."

At this point, she turned her head and looked at the county magistrate: "please also invite the county magistrate to recruit all the craftsmen related to the construction of the city. If you go north early tomorrow morning, you will send 1000 cavalry guards along the way. Of course, in addition to craftsmen, civilian men are also necessary. First recruit 2000. After determining the location, you can determine whether to increase civilian men according to the actual situation."

"Of course, there are many things you can do in the city. If Xiaosigou town and this pass in front can't stop the attack of Xianbei army, then Pingquan city is the most important city in the north. Because if Pingquan can't be held, all the cities north of Lulong fortress will fall under the attack of Xianbei army. At that time, everyone will be ready to bear the king's anger."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu glanced at all the people present, and they were all chilled by her.

"Please rest assured, general. We will cooperate fully. Please arrange it." The magistrate quickly bowed down and said;

"From tomorrow on, the rest of the people in the city, except those who are transferred out to build the pass, need to make full preparations for the war, strengthen the city wall, reserve all kinds of materials for guarding the city, and make every effort to build equipment for guarding the city, such as stone catapults. If you don't want to be slaves of Xianbei people, do it with your heart."

With that, she said to Hao Jian, "let's go, let's go back to camp!"

"General!" Seeing that Zhao Yu was going back to the barracks, the county magistrate quickly said, "please wait a moment, general. The lower officer has prepared a yard. During the period when the general commanded the war in Pingquan, you can live in this yard. If you live in the barracks, it is not so convenient."

How can the county magistrate let go of such a good opportunity to curry favor with Zhao Yu? When Zhao Yu will come to lead the troops to come for support, the county magistrate has ordered to prepare a yard near the north gate. It is more than enough to live with Zhao Yu and her nearly 100 guards.

After all, Zhao Yu is a female general. Besides 100 Huben cavalry guards, there is also a female guard of more than 10 people. Generally, if they send troops outside, they also have several separate camps. Now they are on their own territory. In addition, Zhao Yu leads the cavalry all the way in a hurry, so he does not carry luggage. Therefore, Zhao Yu did not refuse the kindness of the county magistrate. Under the personal leadership of the county magistrate, He lived in a yard near the north gate barracks.

Early the next morning, three thousand cavalry gathered for standby after breakfast. Zhao Yu left a thousand cavalry to protect the craftsmen and men recruited by Pingquan County. Under the leadership of Pingquan County captain, he led two thousand cavalry to the north to find a suitable place to build the city.

All the way north, less than 40 miles from the north of Pingquan County, they came to the place mentioned by the county magistrate. As he said, the Laoha river has always been in the center of the valley, and the distance from both sides of the river to the ridge on both sides is about the same, but when they arrived at this position, there was a sudden big turn.

The west side close to Nanshan Mountain is suddenly close to Nanshan cliff, and there is no road on the bank. In this way, there is a river bank about two miles wide on the East Bank of the river, and the whole river bend is about two miles wide from east to west, and the length from North to South reaches three or four miles. Such a good location is really a good pass.

Zhao Yu and Hao Jian carefully examined the surrounding situation. They both agreed with the idea of building a pass here. However, in addition to here, Zhao Yu also needed to confirm the terrain of the journey from here to Xiaosigou Town, so as to prepare for the subsequent war.

So they turned over and mounted their horses again, continued north along the Laoha River, and stopped at Xiaosigou town forty miles away.

"General Hao, is there any news from the sentry last night?" Zhao Yu asked;

Hao Jian shook his head. The sentry came out only last night. At that time, it was almost dark. Even if they were on their way all night, they couldn't go far. Therefore, it was almost impossible to bring back the news to the north so soon.

Zhao Yu also knew that it was unlikely, so he didn't pay more attention to Hao Jian's answer: "go, the army went to Xiaosigou town to have a look."

Then he rode on until he reached the south of Xiaosigou town for hundreds of steps.

This is a town level territory. Gongsun Zan built a town here just to build a transfer station between Pingquan and dianzi city and Chifeng city further north.

There are only a few thousand people in the city, and there are only three hundred soldiers on duty. Seeing the appearance of Dabo cavalry in the south, the gate of the town has long been closed.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu quickly asked the captain of Pingquan County to communicate with the soldiers in the town, which relieved them.

The garrison in the town heard that it was the reinforcements from Yanbei County, so he quickly opened the town door and came out to meet. After Zhao Yu met the people, he directly ordered the people in the town to pack up their money and property immediately and go south to Liaoxi and youbeiping for resettlement, while 300 soldiers continued to stay here until the personnel in the northern cities were basically evacuated, and then went south to join the army.

After arranging these things, Zhao Yu ordered Hao Jian to continue to lead a thousand cavalry north to observe the situation in dianzi city and other places, while she led a thousand cavalry back to the place she had just selected and immediately began to build the pass.

As for the name of the pass, Zhao Yu and Huangfu Chaobo also have a fight. They are too lazy to think about it. Since the pass is built next to Ma'anshan, it is called Ma'an pass.