Mount Dang was not just one mountain, but a mountainous area consisting of seven or eight small peaks, including Mount Mang and Mount Dang. Whether it was called Mount Mang, Mount Dang, or Mount Mangdang largely depended on the local administrative divisions.
Under the present Great Wei Dynasty, the county north of Mount Dang, at the junction of three commanderies, was called Mount Dang County, so naturally the area was called Mount Dang.
Mount Dang did not cover much ground, but it had the advantage of numerous peaks, rising and falling in an unbroken succession, with a flat valley floor running freely east to west between them. They were not particularly tall, either, but both Mount Mang and Mount Dang had cliffs a hundred-odd meters high, and most of the mountains also contained exceedingly deep caves, making them easy to defend and hard to attack.
Better still, this was roughly where the Central Plains, the Eastern Territories, and Jianghuai met, and the seat of neighboring Pengcheng Commandery housed the Xuzhou Governor-General's Office... On this boundless plain, with its interconnected waterways and well-developed roads, even little hummocks were normally hard to find. A place like this suddenly appearing naturally became a haven for countless brave men who had nowhere else to go.
Not to mention that Fish-Head Mountain was visible in the distance by daylight from around Mount Mangdang, while farther off, Mount Ji was also within two days' walking distance. With everyone able to support one another, there was quite a case to be made for the place.
"A good place for guerrilla warfare..."
That afternoon, arriving before the valley on a poor horse, Zhang Xing first looked to either side from his saddle. Before even dismounting, he turned back to Qin Bao with a smile and uttered those baffling