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    Yunneicheng, the territory of Jizhou in "Yu Gong"; Yu and Zhou were the land of Bingzhou; in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the land of Beidi; in the Warring States Period, it belonged to Zhao, and later to Yanmen County of Qin; Pingcheng County of Yanmen County in Han Dynasty  also.  ¡ê¡Ø?In 383, after the Battle of Feishui, the former Qin that unified the north collapsed and perished. The various ethnic groups previously conquered by Fu Jian became independent and established their own kingdoms.  In 386, Tuoba Gui, the leader of the Tuoba tribe, gathered his old tribe and assumed the throne.  Shortly after taking the throne, due to the remoteness of Niuchuan, the capital was moved to Shengle.  In April of the same year, he changed the name of the country to Wei, called himself King of Wei, and was known as the Northern Wei in history.  In the first year of Tianxing in the Northern Wei Dynasty (398), Tuoba Gui moved the capital to Pingcheng and proclaimed himself emperor. He was known as Emperor Daowu in history.  Pingcheng, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was also known as Guyun Neicheng. After the Northern Wei Dynasty moved its capital to Pingcheng, it was expanded on the basis of Pingcheng County in the Han Dynasty.  From Tuoba Gui's move to Pingcheng to Emperor Xiaowen's move to Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty was established in Pingcheng for ninety-seven years. After six emperors, it became the center of politics, economy, and culture in the north at that time. At its peak, Pingcheng was the capital of the capital.  Has a population of one million.  It was the largest city at that time, and even the Northern Wei Dynasty later built a vast Jishang Fortress around Pingcheng.  Sai refers to the Great Wall, and Saiwei means enclosed by the Great Wall. Jishang Saiwei was the Great Wall built in Pingcheng and Gyeonggi. The huge fortress surrounded Pingcheng, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Gyeonggi area.  This place was once the center of the north, and even the center of the entire world.  At that time, Pingcheng was divided into imperial city, outer city and Guocheng.  The outer city is twenty miles wide, the outer perimeter is thirty-two miles, and there are twelve gates.  Its walled city surrounds the south of the palace city and is built as a square.  The squares and alleys can accommodate four to five hundred families in the big ones, and sixty or seventy in the small ones." The capital extends to Daijun in the east, to Shanwu in the west, to Yinguan in the south, and to the north. Its Jingdian "ends to the military capital of Shanggu in the east.  close.  It reaches the Yellow River in the west and Zhongshan Pass in the south.  "North to Wuyuan". Outside it, there were four directions and four dimensions, eight commanders were appointed to guard the troops, and the vast Jishang Fortress was established with a vast area of ??thousands of miles. Six military towns were established in the north. At the beginning of the construction, Tuoba Gui was based on the Central Plains at that time.  Chang'an and Luoyang were the blueprints. A hundred years ago, the Northern Wei Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang. After that, the center of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved southward, and Pingcheng's status as the old capital was no longer at this time.  * But it became more and more serious, the rulers became increasingly corrupt, the government gradually deteriorated, and uprisings began to break out in the north. At the same time, Rouran continued to grow stronger in the northern grasslands, and began to invade northern Xinjiang repeatedly. Eventually, a major uprising broke out in the six towns in the north.  With the subsequent Hebei Uprising, Shandong Uprising and Guanlong Uprising, the Northern Wei Dynasty finally perished and was divided into the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, and was finally replaced by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, until the Sui Dynasty finally unified the world. Pingcheng, the once most prosperous capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, also continued to decline.  In just a few hundred years, it fell from the largest city in the world to a small and declining city on the northern border. Before the Northern Wei Dynasty moved its capital, Sizhou Daiyin was established in Pingcheng, and governed four counties: Pingcheng, Taiping, Wuzhou, and Yonggu.  After the capital was moved, Sizhou was changed to Hengzhou. In the Northern Qi Dynasty, the capital was located in Heng'an Town, and Xun was changed to Beihengzhou. The state was moved to Taiping County, which is 30 miles west of the old capital.  The four counties of Linsai, Weiyuan and Linyang were destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the county was moved westward and renamed Yunzhong County. It was merged with Heng'an Town under Shuozhou. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the name of Emperor Yang Jian's father was Yang Zhong, which was taboo.  Yunzhong was renamed Yunnei, and the administrative seat remained unchanged. It was under the jurisdiction of Mayi County and Heng'an Town was under its jurisdiction.  Pingcheng of the Han and Wei Dynasties, but in fact, its location has long since moved westward. Pingcheng, the old capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, is actually the Heng'an Military Town of the Sui Dynasty. The former prosperous capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty has long since been abandoned, with only a thousand soldiers guarding the border.  It was just a garrison. However, although it was no longer prosperous, it was still very important militarily. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, wars with the Turks had been frequent. Except for the northwest, the Turks invaded from the fortress every time.  They invaded from Yunnei and then followed the Datong Basin to directly attack Shuozhou. Every time the Sui Dynasty went out to conquer the Turks, they often left Shuozhou and took the Yunzhong Ancient Road to reach Baidao. Because the largest basin at the northeastern end of the Henan Province is located in the Datong Basin.  Between Guanchuan Mountain, Hengshan Mountain and the southern side of the Mongolian Plateau, the low mouth of the mountains in the north of the basin provides a convenient passage for the influx of nomadic people from the north of the Great Wall; the Sanggan River originates from the Guanchuan Mountain, passes through the Datong Basin, and flows into Hebei.  Once the nomadic cavalry enters the Datong Basin, they can enter Hebei eastward along the lowland of the Sanggan River Valley, directly in front of Juyongguan; they can also cross the Taihang Mountains from Feihukou and take a detour to the southwest of Youji. For the grassland tribes, this is the place.  It is the best offensive line. At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu Maodun Shanyu once led an army to rush in. After the siege of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, he went to Baishan Mountain in Pingcheng to recuperate and make peace with the Xiongnu in the north.  For strategic defense, heavy troops were stationed here, connecting Yuyang and Shanggu to the east, Yunzhong and Wuyuan to the west, and protecting the north.  In the first year of Shiguang of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Datan, the Khan of Rouran, heard that the Ming Dynasty of the Northern Wei DynastyAfter Tuoba Si died, he immediately led 60,000 cavalry into Yunzhong, killed and plundered the officials and people, captured Shengle, the old capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and surrounded Yunzhong City.  The new emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Tao, was only sixteen years old at the time, but since he was twelve years old, he had gone to Hetao to guard the Great Wall against the invasion of the Rouran people.  He was very familiar with it, so he defied all opinions and personally led 20,000 cavalry into the reinforcements.  The Rouran people had a large number of ceremonial guards, and Tuoba Tao, the future Emperor Taiwu of Wei, surrounded them for more than fifty people. But in the end, the sixteen-year-old Tuoba Tao defeated the Rouran army with a small number and a large number.  The next year, Tuoba Tao launched a massive counterattack and divided his troops into five large deserts to attack Rouran. Rouran was defeated again.  And in history, there have been too many wars on this land, and countless wars have been fought here.  This land is lonely and desolate.  The gusts of wind blew through the withered grass, revealing piles of bones buried in the soil.  Far and near, you can always find the skeletons of horses, camels, and people, as well as broken, rusty swords, guns, and arrowheads.  They lay there quietly, decorating this dead ancient battlefield.  Several eagles flew across the sky, making sharp calls from time to time, which seemed to indicate some ominous sign.  This ancient battlefield that had been silent for a long time was finally awakened again. Du Yan, the general manager of Shuozhou, dispatched 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command, led by Zhao Zhongqing to reinforce Yunnei.  Guard the northern end of this important passage.  Intelligence has shown that the Turks are moving faster than the court expected.  They were quite quick and Datou and Dulan had joined forces.  No, that is outdated information.  The current intelligence is that Dulan surrendered to Datou after his defeat in the battle with Datou last year.  Now in the entire Turks, there is only one Tuli Khan left who refuses to acknowledge the head of the Great Khan.  Datou arrived quickly. As early as last year's battle with Dulan, his troops had already been mobilized to the Jinshan line, the center of the eastern and western Turks.  When Dulan finally surrendered completely and the other minor khans also expressed their surrender, Datou finally launched an attack on the Sui Dynasty.  A few days ago.  Sun Sheng, the envoy chief of the Tuli tribe in Mobei, sent back an urgent report. Tuli had been defeated and was now fleeing eastward without trace.  Almost at the same time that the news arrived, Du Yan's scouting horse had discovered the gathering and movements of Dulan and Datou's army, and they were coming south.  Hearing that the Turks had finally launched an attack, Gao Jiong, who had just arrived in Taiyuan, was very surprised. The Turks arrived earlier and faster than the court expected. Gao Jiong immediately adjusted his deployment.  Du Yan, the general manager of Shuozhou, was asked to send troops to reinforce Yunnei and Heng'an at the front line. He then led the army to the north for reinforcements.  Zhao Zhongqing led three thousand soldiers and horses and advanced along the Sanggan River.  The order Zhao Zhongqing received was very clear. He must defend Yunnei and Heng'an no matter what.  For the Sui army.  If Yunnei and Heng'an are lost, the entire Shuozhou cannot be defended.  Shuozhou is a huge wooden basin, and Yunnei is the northernmost gap.  It is a water outlet and a water inlet.  Once this hole is opened.  Shuozhou is a smooth road.  The enemy can quickly attack the foot of Gouzhu Mountain and reach Yanmen Pass.  Although Yanmen is one of the nine fortresses in the world.  But Gao Jiong did not want the Turks to defeat Guanxia.  What's more, after entering Shuozhou, the Turks could not only quickly reach the Yanmen Pass, but they could also enter Hebei eastward along the lowland of the Sanggan River Valley and go straight to Juyong Pass; they could also cross the Taihang Mountains from Feihukou and take a circuitous route to You and Ji.  Southwest side.  Although there is still Yanglin to the east, if he lets the Turks advance into Hebei, it will be a serious dereliction of duty on his part.  They finally won the opportunity to lead the Northern Expedition. They did not want an ugly battle. What they wanted was a clean and happy defeat of the Turks. They wanted to exchange this for the emperor's appreciation and awards, and to rectify the prince's reputation.  On the Yunzhong Ancient Road, an army with no end in sight was also marching.  This is Dulan's troops who were defeated in the Turkic civil war. As far as the eye can see, a flag is fluttering like the sea, the sword is brighter than the snow, and the spear is like a forest.  His wife committed adultery with a Sogdian servant behind his back. Tuli spread the scandal, and he was so angry that he killed his wife. Then the Sui Dynasty refused to marry the princess again, and instead married Tuli, and did it in such a grand manner.  Let yourself lose face.  With anger building up in his chest, Datou made frequent moves, constantly trying to win over several young khans to betray him. He sent troops out of anger, but was besieged and ambushed from all sides. In the end, Datou was defeated miserably.  Nothing goes smoothly. Datou is determined to become the Great Khan of the Khanate. Dulan knows that the situation is over, but he is not willing to give up his position in vain.  He made a request to Datou. First, he must be the Khan of the East. At the same time, Datou must help him destroy Tuli, and hand over Tuli's territory, soldiers, horses, and the Sui Dynasty princess to him.  As long as Datou agreed to this request, he immediately surrendered to Datou, truly gave up the position of Great Khan, and obeyed Datou's orders from then on.  Datou did not want to agree to this condition at first. In the previous battle, Tuli sided with Datou and helped him attack him.  Datou wants to make peace with the mud, make peace with himIt was a troublemaker, but in the end the peace talks failed.  The conditions that Datou proposed to Tuli were that he should hand over the Sui Dynasty princess to Dulan, and also compensate Dulan with a large amount of cattle and horses. This result was rejected by Tuli without hesitation, and even Datou asked Tuli to  Li sent troops to respond to his attack on the Sui Dynasty, but he refused to agree.  In the end, Datou agreed to Dulan's conditions and killed Tuli.  However, Datou also made a request, that is, Dulan could be the Khan of the East, and he could also get the Sui Dynasty princess and the population of cattle and sheep, but he had to send all his troops to attack the Sui Dynasty with him.  Datou's plan to attack the Sui Dynasty was no different from the troop dispatch plans of the great Turkic Khans of the past dynasties. However, due to Tuli's betrayal and the surrender of several tribes to the east to the Sui Dynasty, Datou's plan was ultimately the same as the previous attack plan.  There have been some changes, that is, the attack was originally divided into three general directions, but now it is divided into two directions.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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