Huangyan Mountain.

The tragic fighting on the mountainside made the attacking Rouran soldiers suffer great losses, the Rouran people are not good at foot combat, and they are not good at attacking the mountain, the dead and wounded soldiers in these two days will reach more than 1,500 people, but the Wei army on the mountain also suffered heavy losses, the Wei army, which originally had more than 700 people, only more than 200 people remained at this time.

Princess Tuzhen rode on horseback and put her hands on the pergola to watch the battle, now both sides are trying their best to fight, the Xianbei people are about to run out of the last drop of blood, she ordered: "The Xianbei people have shown fatigue, they are about to be unable to withstand it, the order is to let the Sixth Army increase the offensive strength, today must kill the mountain to capture the Xianbei Emperor alive!" ”

"Yes, princess!" The herald agreed, and immediately turned to deliver the order.

At this time, a fast horse galloped over, and a knight with an arrow stuck in his back panted: "Princess, it's not good, a Wei cavalry of more than 3,000 people has come to the east, the speed is extremely fast, and it is less than five miles away from here!" The guard ranger posts deployed on the periphery have all been killed by them, and the villain desperately ran back to report when he saw that the opportunity was not good."

The knight had just finished his report and fell off his horse.

Princess Tuzhen's face changed greatly when she heard this, and she waved her hand to let the knight who reported the news drag away.

"Several groups of Wei troops have all been dragged by our side, how can they come back to help so quickly?" Princess Tuzhen was puzzled in her heart, but she knew that she didn't have time to think about this problem, so she immediately ordered: "Order the first, second, and third armies to meet the Wei army!" ”

"Yes, princess!"

The reaction of the Rouran people was too late, and the assembly speed was too slow, the three armies were three thousand horses, and Zhao Junsheng's men and horses were only four miles away this time, Zhao Junsheng did not give Princess Tuzhen enough time to line up, and in the process of galloping at high speed, he and his three thousand cavalry team all completed the change of horses and the formation.

With such a short distance and such a large number of cavalry galloping at high speed, the Rouran people should have heard a large number of horses' hooves, but at this time, the Rouran people were attacking the mountain, and a large number of war drums and horns masked the sound of horses' hooves, so that Princess Tuzhen did not make timely deployments.

Looking at the Wei cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and at the Rouran cavalry who were still messing up the whole team, Princess Tuzhen's face showed anxiety, and she didn't have time to give her sons and daughters a whole team, she immediately ordered: "Attack-"

The Rouran cavalry who had not completed the whole team had to respond in a hurry, and before they could run at a speed, Zhao Junsheng and the cavalry under his command on the opposite side fired wave after wave of arrows.

The Rouran cavalry who were in the process of sprinting fell one after another with arrows, and when the range of the bow and arrow came, the Rouran people also began to counterattack with bows and arrows, and Zhao Junsheng's men and horses suffered some losses against the sparse arrows.

Zhao Junsheng raised his spear and swung it, the team behind him became denser, the spears with cold light flashed flat in front of them, and the soldiers put the reins on the saddle and controlled the horses with their legs, holding the spears with both hands.

Two thousand dense and neat spear cavalry and sword cavalry crashed into the loose formation of the Rouran cavalry, and the wheat fell one after another like ploughing a field.

The two thousand Rouran cavalry in front were easily solved by Zhao Junsheng with the team, and the remaining more than 1,000 Rouran cavalry were scattered, and one by one they turned around and fled in panic.

Some of the cavalry spears under Zhao Junsheng's command had the corpses of several Rouran people strung on their spears, and they had to be thrown away along with the spears so as not to crush the horses.

When Princess Tuzhen saw this scene, her pretty face instantly became bloodless.

"Oh no, the rout is coming!" An army of Rouran was shocked, "Let them run to the right, run to the right!" ”

At this time, the military order could not be conveyed at all, and the defeated soldiers crashed into the Rouran army formation without exception, and the Rouran army under the mountain was instantly smashed into a mess.

Princess Tuzhen came back to her senses and immediately decided: "Order the whole army to retreat!" ”

The horn of retreat sounded, and a Rouran soldier escorted Princess Tuzhen to retreat in a panic, and the other Rouran soldiers, including the Rouran army who was attacking the mountain, also turned around and ran away.

"Chase-" Zhao Junsheng roared, and led his three thousand cavalry to chase after the fleeing Rouran army.

After chasing for four or five miles, Zhao Junsheng slowed down, gradually stopped, raised his hand, and the army behind him also stopped pursuing.

"Stop chasing, go back!"

It's not that Zhao Junsheng doesn't want to continue to chase and kill, but he can't, the soldiers have been marching with high intensity for two days in a row, whether it is the war horses or the soldiers, they are physically exhausted and mentally tired, and continuing to pursue at this time will expose these problems.

Returning to the foot of Huangyan Mountain with his men and horses, Zhao Junsheng jumped down and asked Gao Xiu to arrange for the soldiers to rest and eat, and sent scout sentries to investigate the whereabouts of the Rouran people and deploy guards around.

"It seems to be the baggage battalion of the East Route Army under the account of King Yongchang, Zhao Dutong and other horses!" Someone spoke among the ministers on the mountain.

Kou Qianzhi had met Zhao Junsheng twice and was more familiar with him, and said to Tuoba Tao and the other ministers: "If it weren't for Zhao Dutong coming to help in time, the consequences would be really unimaginable!" Your Majesty, Poor Dao and that Zhao Dutong are quite familiar, please let Poor Dao go down the mountain to Xuan Zhao Dutong to see the driver, right? ”

Zong Ai immediately stood up and said, "How can such a trivial matter bother the national teacher to go out in person? Your Majesty, let the slave maid go down the mountain to announce the decree, this move can also show Your Majesty's importance to Zhao Dutong! ”

Thinking of the onslaught of the Rouran people in the direction, Tuoba Tao also had palpitations, it was really dangerous and dangerous, the defense halfway up the mountain was almost about to be broken by the Rouran people, if it wasn't for the critical moment Zhao Junsheng led troops to help the rhythm of the Rouran people, at this time the Rouran people had already killed the mountain.

"Accurate, Zong loves you to run!"

"Yes!"

Zong Ai came down the mountain with a little eunuch with brisk steps.

"Dutong, there are two eunuchs coming down from the mountain!" A pro-soldier reported to Zhao Junsheng, who was arranging for the soldiers to rest, eat and camp.

Zhao Junsheng turned around and was about to go up the mountain to meet the emperor and look for Hua Mulan after arranging these things, when he heard the report, he turned his head and saw Zong Ai coming over with a little eunuch, so he turned around and greeted him with a smile and hugged his fists and said, "Brother Zong, is the emperor okay?" ”

Zong Ai patted his chest and said with a smile: "Oh, do you know how dangerous it was before, the Rouran people almost attacked the mountain, if you didn't come to help in time, I'm afraid that our family, the emperor and the ministers would all suffer at this time!" Brother Zhao, you have a lot of credit this time! The emperor has a decree to announce that you will meet you on the mountain! ”

Zhao Junsheng explained a few words to Gao Xiu, and took Li Bao and a few guards to follow Zong Ai to the mountain.

On the way, Zhao Junsheng stopped talking, hesitated for a moment and asked: "Brother Zong, do you know the whereabouts of Mulan, she has been following the emperor!" ”

Zong Ai's footsteps stopped, his face changed, he waved his hand to drive the little eunuch beside him away, and asked Zhao Junsheng in a low voice: "You tell the truth, did you already know that Mulan was a woman?" ”

Zhao Junsheng was shocked, has Mulan's daughter been exposed? He reacted quickly and pretended to be surprised: "What? She ······ Is she a woman? ”

Seeing Zhao Junsheng's expression, Zong Ai didn't seem to know that Hua Mulan was a woman, and he was a little relieved, and said to him: "Your Majesty was under siege that day, and Hua Mulan was seriously injured when she led people to rescue her, exposing the identity of the woman, and the injuries were treated in a timely manner, but since yesterday, she suddenly started a fever, and now she is still unconscious, the emperor ······ It seems to be intentional about her······"

Zhao Junsheng's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he was furious in his heart, when Wan Yutong was dug into a corner by Tuoba Tao, and now he wants to fight Mulan's idea, Tuoba Tao, Tuoba Tao, do you think that if you are the emperor, you can trample on the dignity of others at will?

Zhao Junsheng had a murderous intent hidden in his heart, and tried his best not to let it be revealed on the outside.

As Zong Ai came to a large tent on the top of the mountain, the military generals of Wenchen were already standing on both sides of the tent, and Tuoba Tao was sitting on a large stone in the tent.

"Xuan Zhao Junsheng is here!"

As the eunuch's voice came out, Zhao Junsheng walked into the big tent with the handle of the knife in his hand, and saluted Tuoba Tao with his fists: "Humble greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

Tuoba Tao looked very happy and raised his hand: "Zhao Qing is exempt!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tuoba Tao asked: "It was the king of Yongchang who sent Qing to escort the grain and grass baggage, why did it come so quickly?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, when Your Majesty sent a messenger to arrive, it happened that a batch of baggage arrived, and they set off without making any stops. Two days ago, he met a few deserters, and after he was caught, he learned that His Majesty was under attack by the Rouran people, so he led the cavalry to the rescue first! ”

Although Zhao Junsheng said it very reasonably, there was still something wrong with the time, how could there be such a fast speed with a large amount of baggage?

However, Tuoba Tao did not take this matter seriously, "If Qing hadn't led the army to help in time this time, I and these many ministers and generals would be in danger!" Qing has meritorious service in rescuing the driver, and I will reward you for my meritorious deeds, and canonize you as General Longxiang! Reward 1,000 gold, 100,000 money, and 100 brocade horses, and the reward will be cashed out after returning to Beijing! ”

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists again: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

"Okay, you can take and settle the soldiers under your command first! By the way, how far is the baggage pair from here? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are at least three days to go!"

Tuoba Tao was worried: "Now that the defenders and ministers on my mountain have no food, how can this be good?" ”

Cui Hao stood up and said: "Your Majesty is worry-free, now that the Rouran people have escaped, they will inevitably leave behind the military funds left in the camp, and General Zhao can send someone to fetch them!" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't wait for the emperor to speak, so he took the initiative to say: "The last general will send people to fetch grain and grass and other baggage."

After coming out of the emperor's tent, Zhao Junsheng asked Li Bao to send someone to find Gao Xiu and send some people to the camp to get grain and grass baggage, and he found Mulan's tent after inquiry.

"Young Master!" Lu Xuanbo saw that Zhao Junsheng had arrived, and stepped forward to report with his fists, "The young lady's condition is very bad, the high fever does not go away, and she has been in a coma for almost two days!" ”

Zhao Junsheng walked into the camp tent with a solemn expression, saw that Hua Mulan was lying and looked haggard, walked over and sat beside her, stretched out his hand and touched it, it was terrifyingly hot.

"Go get some cold water!" Zhao Junsheng immediately commanded.

"Yes!"

After Lu Xuanbo left, Zhao Junsheng took Mulan's hand and said to her in a coma sadly: "Mulan, why are you so stupid, I told you to take care of yourself, you promised me, but how did you do it?" Why don't you take care of yourself at all? ”

I don't know when, Tuoba Tao came outside the tent, and Zhao Junsheng's words were all heard by him.

He returned to the handsome tent with a blushing face, "Come on, Xuan Zhao Junsheng!" ”

It didn't take long for Zhao Junsheng to come to the handsome tent and clench his fists: "Your Majesty, the last general has sent someone to get food!" ”

Tuoba Tao stared at Zhao Junsheng with an unkind face, and suddenly said, "Zhao Junsheng, what is your relationship with Mulan?" ”

Zhao Junsheng's heart was beating wildly, he took a deep breath, suppressed a trace of panic, things have come to this point, presumably Tuoba Tao already knows something, he raised his head and said calmly: "So that Your Majesty can know that Mulan is the fiancée of the last general!" ”

Tuoba Tao was furious: "Bold, do you know that you have committed the crime of deceiving the king? ”