Shanggu County was first built in the 29th year of King Zhao of Yan (283 BC), the grandfather of Ji Kang, and was named after the county was built on the large valley by Juyang.

Shanggu County not only protects the northern important town of Jidu, but also serves as the starting point of the northern Great Wall of Yan State.

The north of the land is the Yanshan Mountains blocking the Xiongnu, the south of the army is overlooking the Central Plains, the east is the dangerous place of Juyong Lock Key, and the west is Xiaowutai Mountain and Daijun, which brings waters of the four rivers of Sanggan, Yanghe, Yongding and Guihe, and the rivers of the Sangyang Basin.

The Taihang Mountains and the Yanshan Mountains are connected in Shanggu County.

To the west of Shanggu County is Dai County, one of the "three major political centers" of Zhao State. If Yan State attacks Zhao State westward, it must cross the Taihang Mountains, which are called "the ridge of the world" by this era.

The Taihang Mountains are extended for thousands of miles, with hundreds of ridges connected, thousands of peaks standing, and thousands of ravines and ditches deep.

There are only eight main throat roads connecting the east and west ends of the Taihang Mountains, known as the "Eight Paths of Taihang". From north to south, they are Jundu Xing, Puyin Xing, Feihu Xing, Jing Xing, Fukou Xing, Bai Xing, Taihang Xing, and Zhuguan Xing.

These eight major throat roads of Taihang Mountains live in Yan State. They are the Jundu Xing of Shanggu County, Puyin Xing of Wuyang County, and Feihu Xing of Zhongyang County.

There is only one complete control of Yan State, that is, the military capital Xing, which lives in Shanggu County. Puyin Xing and Feihu Xing are controlled by Yan and Zhao State respectively, Yan State control the eastern section, and Zhao State control the western section.

In Puyin Xing, Feihu Xing, Yan and Zhao have built extremely strong fortresses and fortifications at each other for hundreds of years in order to prevent each other's invasion.

The Yan army wanted to pass through Puyin and Feihu, and cross the westward direction of Taihang. Let's dream.

Therefore, it is crucial to Jundu Xing, located in Shanggu County and completely controlled by Yan State.

The western section of Jundu Xing is the Sangyang Basin.

The county prefectures of Shanggu County, Yan State, Juyang, Zhuolu, Pan County, and other counties lived in the Sangyang Basin.

Go south along the Sangyang Basin and you can go straight to Dai County of Zhao, and even Lang Meng and Jinyang.

When facing west, you can go straight to Yunzhong, Yanmen Pass and other places.

It is precisely because the geographical location of Shanggu County is so important that its military strategic value is more prominent.

Ji Kang decided to take time to come to Shanggu for inspection.

In late October, the autumn harvest in Yan State had passed, and the golden sunshine shone on the earth.

On the grassland on the side of the official road of Doupi County, Shanggu County (now Chicheng, Inner Mongolia), to the county government's Juyang (now Huailai County, Hebei Province), thousands of Yan State cavalry were galloping.

Above the cavalry team's head, the chirping of a goshawk came.

In the middle of the cavalry, a young man looked up at the sky, and on the horse galloped, he pulled out an arrow and put it on the bow, shooting towards the eagle in the sky.

With a crisp sound, the goshawk soaring in the sky struggled in the sky for a few times and fell head-on.

All the cavalry immediately shouted "My king's mighty" sound.

The arrow just now was shot by Yan Wang Kang who came to Shanggu to inspect.

Since childhood, he has been practicing martial arts and shooting bows with the boss Ji Mao, and has been trained by the military experts at Xiangping Academy in Liaodi for many years. After so many years, his persistent training has made Ji Kang's skills reward at this time.

Several cavalry chased over, picked up the eagle that fell on the ground, and came to Ji Kang.

The Changguojun Lejian, who came to Shanggu to inspect the army, Rong Yan, the commander of the horse of the Shanggu County, and Tian Guang, the commander of the Gong Guard, looked over and found that Ji Kang's arrow passed through the abdomen of the shot down the eagle.

"The king is really good at archery skills." Lejian, Rong Yan and others praised them one after another.

Tian Guang and others were there, smiling without saying a word.

Ji Kang was in a very good mood, laughed and said to everyone:

"You are too good at it, but it still won't work. I want to shoot this eagle in the neck, but it just hit his abdomen, which was unsatisfactory. However, the result is not bad."

The feeling of riding a horse and galloping on the vast grassland makes Ji Kang feel very exciting.

When Ji Kang was in Liao, he liked to visit the places frequently. Since he returned to Jidu, this habit has not changed. As long as he had time, he would take time to go around and take a look.

This is the first time that Ji Kang has come to Shanggu County. This time, he has just completed his inspection from Doupi County, the northernmost end of Shanggu County, on his way back to Jidu.

In Ning County, Shanggu County (now Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou City) to Doupi County, there is a large grassland (now Bashang District, Hebei), which makes Ji Kang enjoy the addiction of hunting.

Ju Wu, who accompanied Ji Kang to Shanggu, rode a horse from behind to Ji Kang's side.

Han Fei accompanied his teacher Xunzi and went to Xiangping City, but this time he did not accompany Ji Kang.

When Ju Wu saw the goshawk shot down by Ji Kang, he exclaimed like everyone: "Your Majesty, you have a good archery technique."

Ji Kangze smiled at Ju Wu who was coming and said:

"I am nothing. Generals Lejian, Rongyan, Tian Guang and others, including many people in the army, are much better than me. I want to say, Ju Wu, don't be busy with government affairs, take time to ride more horses and exercise, which is good for the body."

After hearing Ji Kang's words, Ju Wu immediately put his hands together and bowed to Ji Kang and said:

"King, I remember that I can ride a horse and exercise. But I cannot neglect government affairs because of this. If I lose my ambition and delay my affairs, I will have to apologize for death."

Ji Kang was stunned for a moment, then laughed again, looking around and said:

"Look at this Ju Wu is trying to persuade me."

He turned to Ju Wu and said, "Okay, Ju Wu, don't worry! It's almost a month since I came out, so I will return to Jidu immediately."

When Ju Wu saw that Ji Kang understood what he meant, he smiled and said to Ji Kang: "The king is the wise man."

Lejian, Rongyan, Tian Guang and others laughed at the sight of their young king.

The Yan State was not only a blessing for such a king who was both civil and military and enlightened, but also a blessing for those of themselves as ministers.

Ji Kang rode his horse slowly and said to the Evergreen Iwadao, the First Army accompanying him:

"General Rongyan, north of the northern border, set up an isolation area of ​​more than 200 miles to the Xiongnu. This is a good thing. Our Yan State must not allow any tribes of the northern Xiongnu to plunder our Yan State, except for doing business."

Rong Yan, the military commander of Shanggu County, hurriedly hugged his fists and reported to Ji Kang:

"Don't worry, the king and his subordinates have already informed the Huns clearly. Once any Hun tribe is found, if they enter our isolation area without notice, our army will expel them. If we do not listen to our army's dissuasion, our army can be wiped out."

Ji Kang nodded and affirmed Rong Yan's approach.

Turning back to Changguojun, he said happily:

"General Lejian, according to the plan of our Yan State, after the autumn harvest, the army of each county will enter Shanggu one after another. I will keep you in Shanggu. You must strengthen the training of the army and make all preparations for the coming year."

As a senior general of Yan State, Lejian naturally understood what Ji Kang meant.

According to the plan of the Yan State court, Yan State will launch an attack on Zhao State next year.

Although the specific direction of attacking Zhao State is still being studied and discussed by the military headquarters. However, according to the meaning of his young king, he probably had already made plans in his mind.

Lejian replied: "Please rest assured, I understand."

Ji Kang suddenly asked, "Jun Chang, the general of Zhao State stationed in Jinyang, you are familiar with it."

Lejian couldn't help but be stunned, rode his horse forward for two steps, bowed slightly to Ji Kang and said:

"King, Le Cheng is my cousin, and I am very familiar with me."

"I know, Le Cheng was originally a general of Yan State, why did he let him go to Zhao State?"

Ji Kang stopped and asked Lejian.

Lejian pondered for a while and reported to Ji Kang: "The king, Lecheng's cousin, Leying's cousin, was with his father Le Yi to conquer Qi State. Later... Later... my Yan State changed again, and his father Le Yi went to Zhao State."

"At that time, my cousin Le Cheng was in charge of the front affairs in Jimo. After the general Qijie replaced his father's position, he was relieved of Le Cheng's military position. My cousin Le Cheng was helpless and forced... to flee to Zhao State to follow his father."

Speaking of this, Lejian's voice was a little choked: "My cousin Leying, stationed in Liaocheng, and guarded Liaocheng, Yanguo. Qi general Tian Dan besieged Liaocheng for several months. Without any reinforcements outside and food inside, his cousin Leying committed suicide to his country."

Ji Kang sighed and said to Lejian:

"The Le family has made great contributions to our Yan State. It's because of my Yan State that I'm sorry to your Le family!"

During the period of the reign of Ji Kang's great-grandfather, King Hui of Yan, it was a period that any Yan native would not want to talk about. A powerful Yan country was ruined by this guy in just eight years.

After hearing Ji Kang's words during the music scene, he hurriedly said to Ji Kang:

"Thank you for your kindness. Your words are too harsh. My father wrote to me when he was dying, asking me to assist the king with all his heart and serve our country of Yan. I will never forget my father's instructions for a day."

Ji Kang looked ahead and sighed:

"When I was in Liao, I wanted to let the veteran General Le Yi go to Liao, but was hindered by Zhao State. Until the veteran passed away, I had never seen the charm of the veteran General Le Yi, which is very regretful."

Speaking of this, Ji Kang did not hide his plans in his heart, and looked at Lejian with sharp eyes and said:

"General Lejian, if you and Lecheng lead your army to confront each other on the battlefield, what can you do?"

Le Jian was shocked, kicked off his horse, knelt on one knee and said to Ji Kang crying:

"The king remembers the kindness of Lejian and the Le family forever. As Yan minister, Lejian is the minister of Yan, and his cousin Lecheng is the general of Zhao, they are all their masters. If the minister and his cousin lead their army to meet on the battlefield, they can only try every means to defeat each other."

"Your Majesty, I swear here that I will never mislead national affairs with my personal affairs. If I violate it, I will die under the chaotic arrows. This is my heartfelt words. Please give my king a clear explanation."

Seeing this, Ji Kang quickly dismounted and helped the music scene up with both hands.

"General of the Lejian, please get up quickly, there is no need to do so."

"Thank you, my king." Lejian stood up.

The reason why Ji Kang asked about Zhao's general Le Cheng was because Le Cheng has now become the second largest figure in the Zhao State's leadership besides Lian Po. His reputation is even more prominent than that of Zhao State General Li Mu, who was stationed in Yunzhong.

Many generals of Yan State did not agree with Le Cheng.

But Ji Kang did not dare to be careless about Le Cheng. Because in Ji Kang's previous life, Le Cheng was named Wu Xiangjun by King Dan of Zhao because he attacked Yan State.

One is Lian Po, the other is Le Cheng, by the way, there is also Li Mu.
Chapter completed!