In the school field of Shangqicheng University, the newly recruited more than 11,000 township soldiers have been organized, and Ji Ling has relied on his own kung fu and prestige among the neighbors, and has become a township soldier with more than 100 people under his command, which can be regarded as entering the industry of middle-level officers of the township soldiers.

"Thorns, stands; Thorn, into the ......"

Sun Guoqing stood on the colonel's platform and inspected the more than 11,000 non-commissioned officers who were being trained; such simple training could not actually improve the combat effectiveness of the township soldiers by much, but it could greatly enhance the ability of the non-commissioned officers to cooperate with each other.

"General Yu, the Xirong Chengzhou army has marched to Sanchakou and set up camp at Sanchakou." The spy came to Sun Guoqing and knelt down on one knee.

"Sanchakou is only more than 30 miles away from Shangqi City, if you march at full speed, you can reach Shangqi City before sunset, how can the Xirong army set up camp at Sanchakou?" Sun Guoqing asked, "Are you exposed?" ”

"General Yu, in order to prevent exposure, the subordinates and others are all wearing the clothes of ordinary people, and it is impossible for the Xirong Chengzhou Army to find out." The spy said with great certainty.

"How many men and horses are there in the Chengzhou army of Xirong?"

"General, around eight thousand." The spy reported: "However, most of the soldiers are old and weak, and most of them are foot soldiers, and there are less than 1,000 cavalry, as if they were temporarily recruited and put together. ”

"When the gong is sounded, the villagers can stop training." Sun Guoqing ordered: "Call all the captains of the Shifu Township Soldiers to the school platform to see the general." ”

The sound of gongs sounded from the school ground......s, and the captains of the township soldiers and various prefectures who were organizing training immediately stopped training.

After receiving the military order, the soldiers of Shifu Township rushed to the captain, and after receiving the military order, they all came to the colonel's platform and collectively saluted Sun Guoqing: "See the general for your humble position." ”

"Everyone, please." Sun Guoqing said to everyone: "I have just received the news that the Xirong Chengzhou army has reached the three-way crossing, and there are still more than 30 miles away from Shangtai City, but the Xirong Chengzhou army has stopped advancing and camped on the spot, and our army has won a lot of time;

Therefore, the general decided that the township soldiers could stop training, the first to fifth township soldiers could go out of the city to replace the government soldiers stationed from various villages and towns, and the sixth to tenth township soldiers could guard the upper city, and no one should be allowed to enter the city without the general's military order. ”

"No! Obey the general's orders. The captain of the Ten Prefectures took the military order and said.

In accordance with Sun Guoqing's order, the captain of the Ten Prefectures immediately organized the township soldiers of the prefecture to march to their own jurisdiction, and at the same time, the Yong troops stationed in various places began to assemble in Shangqi City, even so, when all the Yongjun cavalry completed the assembly in Shangqi City, it was already dark.

At this time, in Shangtai City, in addition to the 6,000 township soldiers of Wufu, there were 1,200 Yongjun cavalry, and as for the remaining hundreds of cavalry, except for those who were killed and wounded in Shangqi City, the rest of them had been flooded into the township soldiers to serve as officers.

Inside the government.

A dusty man hurriedly broke in and saluted Sun Guoqing: "Wu Dayong, the lowly general." ”

"Dayong, hurry up, when will it arrive?" Sun Guoqing walked forward quickly and helped Wu Dayong up.

"The lowly has just arrived." Wu Dayong said.

"You kid didn't know the news in advance, I would have prepared food for the army!" Sun Guoqing said with a smile.

"General, the follow-up main force has not yet arrived! He only led more than 100 personal guards to come. ”

"You came by yourself?" Sun Guoqing's originally smiling face immediately became gloomy and said, "What about the main army?" Where is it now? ”

"I have just entered the Shangtai Valley, and we are marching at full speed to Shangti, and it is estimated that we will be able to reach Shangtai City by early tomorrow morning at the latest."

"It's only here tomorrow morning, and it's too late!" Sun Guoqing said: "The main army can't be counted on, but you came just in time, tonight I was going to lead 1,200 cavalry to the south, and the Shangcheng and the Wufu township soldiers in the city would have been handed over to you;

If there is no news of the victory by dawn, you don't need to defend the city, and immediately organize the soldiers and civilians in the city to evacuate to the east; When it comes to letting our main force behind the palace, be responsible for covering, no matter how much it costs, we can no longer let the people of the Han family in Shangtai fall under the iron hooves of Xirong. ”

"I understand that I will swear to the death to ensure the safe return of the people of Shangtai." Wu Dayong knelt down on one knee and promised.

Subsequently, Sun Guoqing sent people to find Captain Zhichong and Captain Guo Yi of the five township soldiers in the city, and in front of these fifteen captains, he officially appointed Wu Dayong as the supreme commander of Shangtai instead of himself.

Although Wu Dayong's rank at this time is only a folded lieutenant, everyone can see that as long as Wu Dayong can go back alive after the battle, it is certain that he will be promoted, as for what official he can promote, it will be Wu Dayong's creation; Therefore, for Wu Dayong, these fifteen lieutenants are still very recognized.

After arranging everything in Shangqi City, Sun Guoqing led the temporary cavalry palace to set off, all the Yongjun cavalry were all dressed in the armor of the Xirong cavalry, the only difference was that the Yongjun cavalry soldiers had a white cloth tied to their arms to distinguish them from the enemy.

More than 30 miles is only an hour for the cavalry, and in a mountain col five miles north of the three forks, the people and horses led by Sun Guoqing and Zheng Guoyi have completed the convergence.

"See the general." Zheng Guoyi saluted Sun Guoqing.

"No need to be polite, how is the situation of the Xijon army?"

"General Yu, there is no defense at all, and there are not even many soldiers guarding the camp, and there is not even a trench dug outside the barracks, but a simple camp wall is made, at most it can defend against wild beasts or something." Zheng Guoyi reported to Sun Guoqing.

"The more this happens, the more careless it becomes." Sun Guoqing said very cautiously: "In this way, you can go to my three-way camp to have a look." ”

"No! However, General, in order not to alarm the enemy troops, we must go on foot. ”

"Very well thought out." Sun Guoqing patted Zheng Guoyi's shoulder and said.

Under the leadership of Zheng Guoyi, Sun Guoqing came to the three-way camp of the Xirong Army, in fact, as Zheng Guoyi said, the Xirong Chengzhou Army did not have the slightest defense, and Sun Guoqing observed for a while and did not see that the Xirong Army had any internal tightness and external looseness.

The soldiers in charge of guarding the camp gate are sitting on the ground leaning against each other and sleeping soundly! As for the soldiers patrolling the camp, there are even fewer and pitiful.

There is also a reason why the Xirong Chengzhou army is like this, first of all, this is the territory of the Xirong Khanate, and it belongs to the hinterland of the Xirong Khanate, since the army of Daqi was driven away, it has never come here, although there were some fleeing people on the road, and some news was obtained from them, but it did not attract the attention of the Chengzhou Taishou.

In addition, most of the Xirong Chengzhou army was foot soldiers, walking on two legs every day, and after many days of marching, they were already exhausted, and basically slept with their heads down as soon as they set up camp; Moreover, most of the non-commissioned officers in the Chengzhou army are old and weak, and nearly half of them are improvised patchwork, and these people have no discipline at all.

Chengzhou is not big, and most of it is mountainous, the population is not large, and the state soldiers are only about 3,000.