Inside the city of Huaishuo.

The Wei soldiers searched for the remnants of the Rouran soldiers all over the city, and one by one the Rouran soldiers were searched out of the house by the Wei army and escorted to the place where the prisoners were held.

Before dark, the battle ended, and all the Rouran people in the city were searched, and some of the people who had lived here or around were rescued.

Hua Mulan accompanied Tuoba Tao into Huaishuo City with some soldiers at the city gate, the soldiers were cleaning up the corpses everywhere, and some soldiers had already lit torches.

When he came to the office of the general of the town capital in the city, Tuoba Tao sat on the thrones, and the ministers and generals stood on the left and right sides respectively.

Tuoba Tao looked at the ministers and generals on the left and right, and shouted, "Where is Mulan? ”

Hua Mulan stood up and clenched her fist at Tuoba Tao: "The end will be!" ”

"You led the army to attack the city, and made a contribution to the imperial court to recapture Huaishuo City, and now I will give you 100 gold, 100,000 money, a bucket of pearls, 100 pieces of silk, and a horse!"

If the emperor and the imperial court want to reward meritorious deeds, they usually give such rewards after the entire war, and now they only fight one battle, which shows the importance that the emperor attaches to Mulan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" After speaking, Mulan stepped aside.

Tuoba Tao looked at everyone and said: "Zhuqing, now that our army has taken Huaishuo City, the entire Huaishuo Town has been swept away by our army, there should be no Rouran tribe in the surrounding area, how to march next, Zhuqing has any ideas?" ”

Baba Daosheng stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, now that the control area of Woye Town is still in the hands of the Rouran people, if our army wants to go deep into Mobei, we must not take Woye Town first, otherwise the Rouran army of Woye Town will attack the rear of our army and the baggage when they get the news!" Moreover, there are still large grasslands in the south of the desert inhabited by the Rouran people, and our army must clean up the grasslands in the south of the desert! ”

Tuoba Tao asked Cui Hao: "Cui Qing, what do you think?" ”

Cui Hao thought about it and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is better to send a partial division to attack Woye Town, and Your Majesty will lead the main force of our army to sweep the Monan grassland with lightning speed and not cover our ears, and prepare for us to cross the desert into Mobei, and this time cannot be delayed too long, if it drags on too long, once the Mobei Rouran people find out, they will have enough time to gather troops to contend with our army!" ”

"Come on, take the map of the Yugong region!" Tuoba drank heavily.

"Yugong Territory Map" is the Jin Dynasty Pei Xiu with the help of the Menke Jingxiang proposed the cartography of the six bodies, and according to this theory combined with the old maps of the Cao Wei period, this is the earliest atlas in history, and the six bodies of cartography he proposed is also the earliest cartographic theory in China.

Pei Xiu's "Yugong Geographical Map" and "Topographic Abbot Map" have been used by all dynasties for hundreds of years, but the geographical names on the map often change, until Jia Tan of the Tang Dynasty learned Pei Xiu's cartographic theory, and at the age of fifty-five, he organized painters to spend seventeen years to draw a huge map of China in the Tang Dynasty ten times larger than the "Topographic Abbot Map".

Tuobatao's "Yugong Geographical Map" is naturally ordered to be copied and imitated, and the real "Yugong Regional Map" has been destroyed in the war, and what remains is imitation.

The people of the military palace took out a map of Mo Nan and hung it on the wall, Zong Ai stood next to the map with an oil lamp, Tuoba Tao walked in front of the map and looked at it for a while, and said: "From here to Woye Town, the march will take at least three days!" ”

After speaking, Tuoba Tao walked back to the desk and ordered: "Hedoro, Qiu Mu Lingshou, and Hua Mulan listen to the order!" ”

The three of them immediately stood up and clenched their fists and agreed: "The minister is here!" ”

"With Hedong Gonghe Doluo as the main general, Hua Mulan and Qiu Mu Lingshou as the deputy generals, lead the Zongzi army, the Shuzi army and the escort army to attack Woye Town, and start early tomorrow morning, I will give you eight days, and after eight days, I will join me in Bigan City, south of Nantai Mountain!"

It is much closer from Woye Town to Bigan City than Huaishuo Town to Bigan City, and if it takes two days to capture Woye Town, Hua Mulan's partial division will have enough time to lead the army to reach Bigan City and join Tuobatao.

The three of them promised: "Yes!" ”

After the military council, the ministers and generals went out to find a place to rest and eat.

Not long after Hua Mulan walked out of the office, a soldier ran over and shouted, "Is it General Mulan in front?" ”

When Mulan heard the voice, she stopped and turned to look at the soldiers running over and asked, "Ben Jiang is, who are you, and what is the name of Ben General?" ”

"The villain is a messenger who just sent a military intelligence report from the Eastern Route Army, and when he was about to leave, Zhao Dutong of the baggage battalion asked the villain to bring a letter to General Hua!" After the soldier finished speaking, he took out a letter from the burden behind his back and handed it to Mulan with both hands.

Hua Mulan was overjoyed, her face showed joy, and she hurriedly took the letter and was about to open it, but remembering that there were outsiders present, she immediately ordered Oiran: "Give a reward!" ”

Oiran immediately took out a gold coin and stuffed it into the hands of the soldier who delivered the letter: "The general rewards you, take it to eat and drink!" Come over early tomorrow morning, General Hua may have a letter to trouble you to bring back and hand it over to Zhao Dutong! ”

"Thank you, General, thank you, General!" In the face of such a heavy reward, the messenger soldier was overjoyed, and immediately promised to come early tomorrow morning after taking the gold.

Hua Mulan took Oiran and others to her temporary residence in the city, and before dinner, she went back to her room to light the oil lamp, opened the letter, and read it.

"Mulan and my wife: Seeing words is like faces! Are you okay in the Western Route Army? I haven't seen him for more than ten days, and I miss my husband very much! When I heard that the prince was going to send a messenger to deliver a war report to His Majesty, my husband found a messenger and asked him to bring you this letter. When I fall asleep at night these days, my mind is full of you, lingering. The Book of Poetry says: Not seen for a day, such as March. You and I haven't seen each other for more than ten days, like three years······"

Hua Mulan's face was red, and she was coquettish in her heart: "I am not ashamed to write these unashamed words!" ”

After reading the letter, Mulan was already red with jade noodles, and her heart was like a deer, although this was not the first time Zhao Junsheng had written a love letter to her, but the taste of reading the letter was really wonderful.

Put away the letter and put it away closely, Mulan was in a good mood, and she walked much brisker.

Oiran walked in with food and saw it, and asked with a smile, "Miss, what did my uncle say in my heart to make you so happy?" ”

Mulan smiled and said, "You don't understand! ”

Oiran pursed her lips: "Miss, I'm from here, what don't you know?" It must be my uncle who wrote some sweet words in the letter to make you happy, yes or no? ”

With a happy smile on her face, Mulan reached out and pressed it in her arms to place the letter, as if she was taking care of a treasure.

"Miss, let's have dinner! After dinner, you still have to reply to your uncle, rest early today, and set out early tomorrow morning! Oiran put the meal on the table and reminded him.

"yes, got it!" Mulan agreed happily and came over to eat a big meal.

After dinner, she was lying under the oil lamp biting the tip of the pen, not knowing how to write, Zhao Junsheng could write a lot of those meaty words, she was a woman, no matter how wishful she was, she was embarrassed to write it.

The pen is almost bitten, and Mulan has already written more than a dozen pieces of paper, and she always feels dissatisfied.

After knocking on the door, Oiran pushed the door and stuck a head in, rolled his eyes a few times, and said with a smile: "Miss, haven't you written it yet?" Oops, all this paper has been scrapped? Miss, you may not be as faceless as your uncle, Miss is a woman, be reserved! If you can't write poems that convey the meaning of words, just write about your daily life, and my uncle will definitely not laugh at your bad writing, he should want to know more about what you are doing on weekdays."

Mulan's eyes lit up and she praised: "You said a human thing!" Alright, you go and rest, I'll sleep by myself when I'm done! ”

"Then the young lady should rest early, you bolt the door, and your subordinates will retire!"

Hua Mulan got up and bolted the door, returned to the oil lamp, picked up a brush and wrote, and briefly told the bits and pieces that had happened in the past ten days since she followed the emperor on the expedition, but hid the military situation and combat details.

Early the next morning, Hua Mulan handed over the written letter to Oiran and asked him to hand it over to yesterday's messenger to take back to Zhao Junsheng.

After breakfast, the soldiers and horses of the Zongzi army, the Shuzi army and the escort army were ready to go.

He Duoluo, Hua Mulan and Qiu Mu Lingshou came to the emperor's temporary palace to say goodbye.

Tuoba Tao met them in the lobby and explained: "The three of you lead the troops to recover Woye Town, I am relieved, if you encounter a siege battle, you will be handed over to Hua Mulan to command, you two don't know the method of siege, don't do it!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

The three of them said goodbye to the emperor and rode to the military camp outside the city, lit up the troops and horses, brought heavy grain and grass, and marched west faster than usual.

Zongzi Army, so the name suggests, is to form an army with the children of the noble clan with the ten surnames of the emperor; And the concubine army is an army that gathers the concubines of the emperor's relatives, noble ministers, and generals all over the training.

At this time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was not as corrupt as in the later period, the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army was still very strong, the Zongzi army and the Shuzi army each had 3,000 people, and the equipment was the best.

This time, the secrecy work of the Northern Wei Dynasty was still very good, and the Rouran people did not get any news, and after the Rouran people entrenched in Huaishuo Town were swept away, the Rouran people in Woye Town were still at a loss.

When Hedoro, Mulan, and Qiu Mu Lingshou led their armies into the territory of Woye Town, the Rouran people were completely defenseless.

After raiding a camp of less than 500 Rourans, Qiu Mu Lingshou proposed to Hedora and Mulan: "Seeing that these Rourans are completely defenseless, we might as well divide our troops and sweep them, all the way from the south to the west, all the way from the middle road to the west, one route from the north to the west, and one way to the north to the west, and tomorrow afternoon ten miles east of Woye City, what do you think?" ”

He Duoluo looked at Mulan and asked, "What does General Hua think?" ”

"Agreed! I'll follow the army to advance from the middle, and the two of you will each bring your own people, and as for which way to go, you can discuss it! After Mulan's finished speaking, she stopped talking.

The remaining two didn't think much about it, and Qiu Mu Lingshou said: "In this case, I choose the north road!" ”

"The south road belongs to me, so it's decided!"

Hua Mulan came to the front of the Shuzi Army, and Da Xi Guangliang, the leading general of the Shuzi Army, saw Hua Mulan coming over with his personal soldiers and entourage, and asked with a fist: "General Hua, what are the plans of Hedong Gong?" ”

Hua Mulan hugged her fists and said: "The soldiers are divided into three roads, north, south, and middle to quickly advance and sweep the Rouran tribe along the way, and tomorrow afternoon they will meet ten miles east of my city, and the two of us will take the army to the middle road!" ”