No matter how Shi Bao and others guessed what Feng Jishi wanted to do, the day after the oath of alliance, the army began to cross the Yinshan Mountains in batches without stopping at any time.

The only thing that made Governor Feng stop was when he was about to walk out of the Yinshan Pass, he suddenly saw a strange dilapidated Guancheng on the cliff on the high platform to his right.

It is said to be a Guancheng, but it actually consists of two connected Guanchengs, one large and one small.

  The city was built with river pebbles and guarded the intersection of the two largest ditches entering the interior of Yinshan Mountain.

Behind it, there is a gentle slope, and on the gentle slope, there is a section of stone wall.

 The stone wall extends southwest to the top of the hill behind Guancheng.

At the end of the stone wall is a collapsed beacon tower, facing the pass on the opposite mountain in the distance.

 This is the famous Gaoque Fortress in history books.

It's just that the Gaoque Fortress, which records the glorious history of the Han Dynasty, has collapsed due to the ravages of time or man-made destruction.

　　A group of cattle and sheep were coming out of the dilapidated Guancheng City, and were then driven towards the river by the barbarians.

　　The place where the Han soldiers fought tooth and nail to defend in the past has now become a cattle pen for the barbarians.

Feng Jishi suddenly stood at the mountain pass without saying a word, which made Ruoluo Aliu a little puzzled. He shouted carefully:

 “Junhou?”

Governor Feng came to his senses and smiled apologetically:

“Nothing, I just saw the cattle and sheep in front of me, and I was shocked by how fat the place was.”

Hearing what Feng Jishi said, Ruoluo Aliu suddenly understood and laughed, feeling quite pleased with himself:

“What the Lord said is true, and I will not hide it from you. When we moved our whole family here, I was also amazed by this.”

After hearing this, Feng Yong’s eyes flashed:

“I remember that Chief Kebineng had controlled the Yinshan area in his early years. How come Chief Ruoluo didn’t know how fertile this place is?”

Ruoluo Aliu didn't expect Feng Jishi to ask this question, so he coughed and then explained:

“The prince is joking. When Ke was more powerful than Neng, he had indeed been to the Yinshan area.”

 Then he sighed again:

“But because of the obstruction of Bingzhou Budugen, it was only limited to the outer edge of Yinshan Mountain and did not really enter the riverside at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.”

“So we really don’t know enough about the situation in this area.”

“Oh?” Governor Feng glanced at Ruoluo Aliu thoughtfully.

 What about the simplicity of prairie men?

 Are you sure what you told me is the truth?

Ke Bineng’s original focus of activities was indeed in the Youzhou area. If he wanted to get from the Youzhou frontier to the Jiuyuan hometown, he really had to pay attention to the Bu Dugen of the Bingzhou frontier.

These are all correct.

 But don’t think I don’t know. In the later period, Bu Dugen was suppressed by Kebi Neng and had to hide in Yanmen County.

Had it not been for the backing of Wei State, Bu Dugen would have been annexed by Kebineng long ago.

So even if Kebi can take care of Budugen and has no way to focus on the west, which hero who is determined to dominate the grassland will give up the Hetao?

You have already arrived at the outskirts of Yinshan Mountain, but you have never thought about knowing what is to the south of Yinshan Mountain?

However, it seemed that Suluo Aliu didn’t want to talk too much about this issue. He stretched out his hand to guide:

 “Your Majesty, please come this way.”

Feng Jishi nodded, lightly knocked the horse's belly, and continued to move forward, leaving Gao Quesai behind.

 Further forward is where Kebineng's tent is.

Most of the forces that enter the Hetao area will focus on two places.

 One is Gaoquesai and the other is Jiuyuan County.

 Most of the Hu people value Gaoque because it is the most fertile place in the Hetao and is also the most suitable place for herding horses and sheep.

 The Hetao Plain in the narrow sense refers to this place.

Even the Huns, who rarely built cities in history, would build a city near Gaoque Fortress.

Because Gaoque is located exactly at the upper left corner of the Yellow River, it is the key to controlling the most convenient access to and from Yinshan Mountain.

Whoever controls this place can enter and leave the Loop at will.

Even when the Central Plains regime was strong, no matter whether the Central Plains army marched northward from Anding County along the Great River.

It is better to take the Qinzhi Road from Guanzhong to Jiuyuan, and then go west along the river.

The barbarians entrenched here can fight if they can. If they can't, they have time to escape back to the grassland calmly.

 Compared with the Hu people's emphasis on Gaoque, the Han people paid more attention to Jiuyuan County (i.e. Baotou area).

 Because this place is located in the middle of the top of the Yellow River, with the river to the south and Yinshan Mountain to the north.

 With control of this place, you can radiate control of the entire bend, thus protecting the center of the pass.

No matter how talented Kebineng is, he is still a barbarian after all.

 So his tent was naturally located in Gaoque.

 Furthermore, Kebi was able to set up a tent here, and there were two additional considerations.

 The first is to get closer to Liangzhou and facilitate contact with Liangzhou.

 The second is to stay away from the Bingzhou border fortress and avoid the Wei army's crusade as much as possible.

 After all, he was defeated by Qin Lang in Bingzhou a few years ago, and he has not recovered yet.

 The second consideration is currently also Kebineng’s concern.

 In the royal tent in Gaoque, Ke Bineng was sitting opposite Feng the governor.

 After the army entered the south of Yinshan Mountain, they discussed how to send troops next.

It goes without saying about the Liangzhou Army, the key lies in how many troops the Xianbei people plan to send.

 Obviously, Kebi Neng did not intend to let all his tribe follow him southward.

I saw him saying very sincerely:

“Feng Langjun, you know that our tribe was almost wiped out by Wei thieves a few years ago.”

As he spoke, he sighed deeply, his dark face had wrinkles worn by the wind and sand:

 “If Liangzhou hadn’t come to help in time, Feng Langjun would be here today, and I’m afraid there wouldn’t be Ke Bineng.”

Ke Bi Neng pointed to himself and said, "Feng Langjun, I am already old. There are not many people on the grassland who can live to my age."

“As people get older, they become less courageous. I’m really scared, so I plan to keep some of my clan members here just in case.”

Are you afraid of something? Are you afraid?

 How come you weren’t afraid when I started to rob Chang’an?

Governor Feng said with a smile on his face, "Chief Ke Bineng, things are different now than in the past. In my eyes, the Wei thieves are nothing more than local chickens and dogs."

"If you don't believe me, go and ask around. Since I led the army, have I ever suffered a loss in front of Wei thieves? As long as you and I join forces, what do we have to fear?"

 It’s just because you never suffer losses that I’m afraid!

Ke Bi Neng looked at Feng Jishi who was smiling, and his thoughts were a little complicated.

 In the past two or three years, he has taken in many of his compatriots who fled from the west.

 What is the situation in Liangzhou? He still doesn’t know?

If we say that Ke Bineng felt that Liangzhou supported him just to contain the Wei people.

So ever since he knew that the Liangzhou Army had crossed the desert and was planning to use the Yinshan Mountains as a springboard to move south to Guanzhong, he completely understood:

Liangzhou has supported itself in these years, most likely because of this critical moment.

Not only does he plan to use the pastures he has worked so hard to manage in recent years as his rear, but his own troops also want to contribute to help the opponent conquer Guanzhong.

So he made some calculations and felt that it was not impossible to exert his strength, but if he had to risk tens of thousands of his tribe like in the battle of Bingzhou, there were two reasons.

 Guanzhong is the best place to fight. After sacking Chang'an, any losses can be made up.

 But how can Guanzhong be so easy to fight?

 What if it’s not captured?

 But it is unjustifiable not to send troops.

 After all, he has gained a lot of benefits from Liangzhou over the years, and at the same time, in order to continue to get benefits from Liangzhou, Ke Bineng did not intend to turn against the other party easily.

 After all, there is still Chang'an, what if?

 How much will be paid out?

 But see Kebi can stretch out two fingers:
To be continued...