"The king has an order, the whole army is moving forward at full speed!" As the heralds chanted, the orders were passed on like a relay by the heralds, and the armies received the orders in turn.

In order to solve the problem of rapid infantry marching, an idle part of the war horses were used to transport infantry, and in order to open the passage to Wuchuan in the shortest possible time to reach Wuchuan to lift the siege, Zhao Junsheng had to order the army to march as fast as possible.

Two days later, more than 36,000 horses arrived in Jinling.

"Order, the whole army is here to make a little news!"

The soldiers were ordered to dismount one after another, began to feed the war horses with water and food, and took out dry food to gnaw on.

Zhao Junsheng and some generals and officials rode to the location where the Jinling camp was located, and they were full of emotion for a while, since they passed by here when they went from Wuchuan to Pingcheng Miansheng, and then went to Youzhou to take up their posts, it has been ten years now.

The former Jinling camp has become a ruin, since the Jinling camp was dismantled, and later even the wood used to build the camp here was dismantled by the nearby people as firewood.

"Go, go, go!" A shout was heard.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look and saw some cavalry of the cadre army driving a group of Wei troops over.

When these Wei soldiers were driven to a short distance in front of Zhao Junsheng, a cadre army general came over on a horse to report: "King Qiyu, these are the mausoleum guards of Jinling of Wei State, when our army arrived, they didn't run, they were still guarding the intersections of the mountains on the mountains, worried that our army on the mountain, a total of one hundred and twenty-eight people, all of them were arrested by the last general, please show the king!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the general and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"The last general, Wei Quan!"

Zhao Junsheng asked, "General Wei Quan, what would you do if someone wanted to dig your ancestral grave?" ”

Wei Quan instinctively reached out to hold the hilt of the knife, and said viciously: "The last general naturally wants to fight with him······ Well, the last will know wrong! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and said: "You are not wrong, these mausoleum guards have weapons and a lot of people, they are indeed a threat to our army, you disarmed them, it is an act to protect the safety of the army!"

Wei Quan clenched his fists and bowed his head: "The king is wise!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the arrested mausoleum guards and asked, "Who is the leader?" ”

A middle-aged man in shabby armor and obviously malnourished clasped his fists and said, "Captain Duguyan of Jinling has seen King Qian!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the mausoleum guards behind this person again, all of them seemed to be malnourished, and asked, "How much time has Wei Ting not delivered supplies to you?" ”

Dugu Yan hesitated for a moment and replied, "It's been a year!" ”

Zhao Junsheng calculated, a year ago it happened to be when Tuoba Jun was forced to death by Bu Liu Guli, I am afraid that after Tuoba Jun's death, the Northern Wei Dynasty court in charge of Bu Liu Guli forgot about these people in Jinling, and did not send people to send supplies, no wonder these people are yellow and thin.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Untie them all!" ”

The generals stepped forward and cut the ropes that bound them with their swords, and set them free.

Zhao Junsheng pointed at Dugu Yan with a horsewhip and said: "From now on, your supplies will be borne by my Qianguo, and military salaries will be paid every month!" In addition, 3,000 acres of land around Jinling will be given to you, let you cultivate it, and all the grain will belong to you, but you must start a family here and guard Jinling for generations! If someone tries to destroy the mausoleum and steal the burial goods in the mausoleum, you can cut it first and then play, if the mausoleum is destroyed and the funeral goods are stolen, you are derelict in your duties, and you will be asked. ”

Dugu Yan knew that he couldn't help whether he was willing or not at this time, so he could only agree, so he led more than 100 of his subordinates to bow down and said: "Minister Dugu Yan is grateful!" ”

Zhao Junsheng remembered something and asked, "Do you know which direction Daqian took the people and horses towards?" ”

Dugu Yan hesitated for a moment and replied: "The men and horses who came to Daqian have made two parts here, the large group of people and horses went to the direction of Huaishuo Town, and a small number of people carried a lot of siege equipment to the direction of Nantian Fort!" ”

What Zhao Junsheng was worried about still happened, Lai Daqian really sent troops with siege equipment to help the Rouran people attack Wuchuan City, it seems that it can't be delayed any longer, and if you delay for a while, Wuchuan City may be breached.

"Come on, give them a month's worth of food first, and attribute their establishment to the garrison in the clouds!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he turned around and left, and the generals and officials also left after him, and the cadres and soldiers who were guarding returned the confiscated weapons to the guards of the imperial tomb, and another official came forward to take Duguyan and others to carry a month's worth of grain, and allocated 3,000 acres of land nearby to the guards of the tomb, registered and made a book, and told them to go to the nearby garrison every month after that to receive baggage and military salaries.

The army only rested in Jinling for an hour, and soon continued to march to Nantian Fort.

Despite the fast pace of the march, the army still did not reach Nantian Fort before dark, and under the order of Zhao Junsheng, the forward general Lan Yun led people to raid Nantian Fort overnight.

Zhao Junsheng was very clear about its defense capabilities, its defense force is mainly facing the north, and there are not many troops that can be stationed.

Lan Yun was selected by Zhao Junsheng from a group of people to enter the army for training under Nantian Fort, and he was very familiar with the terrain around Nantian Fort, and he also knew the structure of Nantian Fort well.

In the middle of the night, Lan Yun sent someone from Nantian Fort to deliver the news that Nantian Fort had been captured.

After hearing the report, Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and instructed the messenger: "You quickly put it back and tell Lan Yun to let him leave the necessary garrisons in Nantian Fort, and then lead people to the north overnight, bypassing Shengle City to sneak attack Baidao Pass!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng led the army to Nantian Fort, and it only took an hour, just after arriving at Nantian Fort, Lan Yun sent someone back to report that the sneak attack on Baidaoguan last night failed.

"Why did it fail?" Zhao Junsheng asked the messenger, but he was not surprised, and he did not doubt Lan Yun's ability, but since he had sent someone to assist Rouran in attacking Wuchuan City, he would try his best to delay the Qianjun army to reinforce it.

The messenger replied: "The original garrison stationed at Baidao Pass has surrendered to the men and horses of Laidaqian, and when General Lan led us to a sneak attack, the soldiers and horses stationed at Baidaoguan were the soldiers and horses of Laidaqian, and they were very vigilant, and our people were discovered as soon as they touched the wall!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked again: "What about the defenders of Shengle City?" Also surrendered the soldiers and horses who came to Daqian? ”

"Not really!"

Dongfang Chen said beside him: "The people who came to Daqian should want to rush to Wuchuan as soon as possible to join the Rouran people, and it is estimated that it is too late to take Shengle City!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and ordered the herald: "Pass down, the whole army will no longer stay in Nantianbao, go out of the customs and continue to advance, and rush to Shengle City before noon!" ”

"Yes!"

After a morning's march, noon has not yet arrived, the cadres arrived outside Shengle City, the gate of Shengle City is closed, the defenders on the city tower see more and more soldiers and horses from the south, how many tens of thousands, one by one all panicked, if so many soldiers and horses carry out siege, how can they hold more than 1,000 people?

The lord of the city, Takubaga, soon ordered the city gates to be opened and led out of the city to surrender.

Zhao Junsheng knew that this Tuoba He, this person was a side branch of the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was ordered to guard the old capital Shengle.

"Tuoba He, Lone asks you, when did the centaurs who came to Daqian go north?"

Tuoba replied cautiously: "It was two days ago!" ”

"They're pretty fast!" Zhao Junsheng muttered, and after speaking, he glanced at Tuoba He and the more than 1,000 people behind him, and asked, "Tuoba He, do you dare to go to Wuchuan City with Gu to kill the Rouran people?" If you want, Lone will treat you and other cadres equally, but since you follow Lone, you can't be half-hearted! ”

Xianbei people and Rouran people are old enemies, they have always regarded Rouran people as stupid barbarians, for killing Rouran people, every Xianbei person will be very excited, Tuoba He is the same, hugging his fists and agreeing: "Why don't you dare?" Since your subordinates have surrendered, they will swear allegiance to the king! ”

"Very good, take your men and horses and follow Lone!"

"Yes!"

Baidaoguan is only an hour's journey from Shengle City, and before the afternoon, Zhao Junsheng arrived at Baidaoguan with his men and horses to meet Lanyun.

The guards on the Baidao Pass were on full alert one by one, although it was dangerous here, but the cadres and soldiers on the mountain road who could not see the end still made them feel empty.

Zhao Junsheng rode a horse and stood at the front of the team, he looked at this Baidaoguan and couldn't help sighing: "It's really lifting a stone to hit your own feet, this Baidaoguan was still built by Cao Jiao alone, this Baidaoguan was built by Cao Jiao alone, and this Baidaoguan built a large number of fortifications on the city wall in the north in order to defend against the Rouran people in the north!" ”

"The southern wall was originally not intended to build too many fortifications, but the original situation forced us to build a large number of fortifications on the southern wall, but now it is causing us trouble!"

The generals and officials were also speechless for a while when they heard this, building this pass so dangerously and strongly, in the end, they still harmed themselves!

Zhao Junsheng asked Gao Jinzhi: "General Gao, how to fight this battle?" ”

Gao Jinzhi looked at it for a moment, and frowned: "King, this battle is not easy to fight, this mountain road is rugged, it is too narrow in front of the wall, no matter how many troops can be used, at most one can only be on one tooth at a time, and no matter how much it is to send food to the defenders, how can such a small number of troops attack the city tower?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said to Gao Jinzhi: "This battle is still left to you, try to find a way, not only to reduce casualties, but also to break through this level as soon as possible!" ”

Gao Jinzhi hugged his fists and agreed: "Do your best!" ”

For several days after that, Gao Jinzhi organized several sieges every day, intending to find a rhythm of siege and put as many troops as possible into the siege, but each time it failed, and tens of thousands of troops were blocked on the narrow mountain road in front of this Baidao Pass.