The discovery and annihilation of the Rouran scout cavalry in the Jinling camp defense area was soon reported by Wandu to An Yuan, the Qin envoy and the superintendent army, and An Yuan attached great importance to this, and immediately summoned Woye Town's general Tuoba Jian to the right guard camp to discuss the matter.

The reason why this matter aroused the great attention of An Yuan and Wan Du Gui is because this Rouran reconnaissance cavalry appeared too suddenly and weird, which is against the law of Rouran reconnaissance cavalry dispatch, in the past, the Rouran cavalry dispatch generally chose the spring and autumn season, and this time, although it was only a reconnaissance cavalry dispatch, but they chose to do so in this cold winter, this is very abnormal, is it that the Rouran people are preparing for the southward attack in the spring of next year?

If this is the case, the situation is very serious, in addition to the 10,000 horses of the Right Guard Army in the Jinling Battalion, which has been on the battlefield for a long time, the Woye Town Garrison Army and the Huaishuo Town Garrison Army have only been recruited and trained for less than two months, how can such an army fight the Rouran people?

The oil lamp in the tent burned silently, occasionally crackling.

Wandu returned to An Yuan and said, "General, will the imperial court be able to send troops to attack the worms next year?" ”

Yasuhara pondered for a moment, then he waved his hand at the others in the tooth tent, and spread them all apart, leaving only him, Wandugui, and Tuoba Sword.

"The strategy of the imperial court is the most confidential thing, and the general should not have been revealed to you, but if I don't tell you, you are afraid that it will not attract attention, and there is no sense of urgency, I will tell you the truth, Your Majesty and the imperial court's idea is to destroy Hu Xia first and then deal with the worms, now we have captured the Tongwan City, Xia Lord Helianchang fled to Shangqi, next year the imperial court decided to send troops to continue to attack the remnants of Hu Xia, and strive to destroy Hu Xia in one fell swoop, seize the Guanzhong region! Therefore, next year's imperial court's conquest will focus on the remnants of Helianchang in Guanzhong, not the worms in Mobei! ”

Wan Dugui's face was solemn: "So it means that our Jinling battalion will mainly focus on defense next year, and we can't take the initiative to attack?" ”

An Yuan nodded, and said to Wandu Gui and Tuoba Jian: "Therefore, the soldiers and horses of your two towns must step up their training and strive to come in handy as soon as possible!" The two generals, time is not waiting for me, the worms will not stay in Mobei honestly, even if they are not short of food, iron weapons, or anything, they will go south to attack us from time to time, this is determined by their murderous nature! ”

"In order to prevent the infiltration and detection of worm scouts, General Ben decided to intensify border patrols: first, double the number and number of patrols; Second, build bunkers, arrow towers, and beacon towers at key locations such as traffic arteries, passes, and forks, so that patrols can rest and prevent the infiltration and exploration of worm scouts; The third is that it can give early warning in time, once it is found that a large-scale worm cavalry is coming, it will immediately light the beacon fire, and the Jinling battalion will quickly react when it sees the beacon smoke and prepare to face the battle, I don't know what the two generals think? ”

Wan Dugui and Tuoba Jian hugged their fists at the same time and agreed: "The general's words are very reasonable, we agree!" ”

"Good! Tomorrow you come back again, and then Ben will assign you a defense zone! ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Zhao Junsheng was waiting outside the tent with Mulan, and Zhao Junsheng said: "Mulan, tomorrow I will lead a team to Shanwu County to escort grain and grass, do you have anything you need me to bring back for you?" ”

Hua Mulan shook her head: "You have already prepared everything I need, you don't need to bring anything, as long as you return well and safely along the way, I will rest assured!" By the way, this time it won't be like last time when the Governor Grain and Grass Officer made things difficult, right? ”

Zhao Junsheng pouted: "He dares?" I have his handle in my hand, and if he dares to delay with me and play tricks with me, I will let him, the governor of the grain and grass officer, go to prison! ”

Mulan reminded again: "Be aware of weather changes!" Also, to be prepared for encountering the Rouran Iron Rider, you must think of everything before you set off, think of the corresponding countermeasures, and once you encounter something, deal with it according to the predetermined idea! ”

Zhao Junsheng took Mulan's hand and patted it: "Don't worry, I've thought it through a long time ago!" ”

At this time, Wan Dugui came out of the tent and waved his hand to Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng, and took them back to the garrison camp in Huaishuo Town, and immediately convened the owners of all buildings to discuss the matter of strengthening the number and number of patrols, building fortresses, arrow towers, and beacon towers.

Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng took the men and horses of the baggage battalion and the team sent by An Yuan to escort Babaye, He Laichao, He Ruoting and others to Shanwu County, accompanied by the people and horses sent by Wandu Gui to guard the master and servant of Wan Yutong, these people were brought by Wan Dugui's family.

On the afternoon of the departure of Zhao Junsheng and others, Wan Dugui returned from the camp of the Right Guard, and he once again convened the main or deputy members of the buildings.

"Ladies and gentlemen, General An has divided the defense area for my Huaishuo Town garrison, and the location of our army's defense area is in the northeast of Jinling, from Huangnipo to the south of Coyote Gully, east of Rock Ridge, and west of Xiaosha River is our army's defense area! The defense area of the Right Guard Army is in the middle, facing Shengle City, and the defense area of Woye Town is in the west! ”

Wan Du Gui scratched an area with his fingers on a hanging parchment map, and continued to say to everyone: "We need to build a total of five small fortresses, three large fortresses, eight outposts, and five beacon towers in our defense area, and the locations where they are built are marked on the map!" ”

"According to the decision and idea of General Anda, the garrison of the Great Fortress has three teeth, and the team leader is temporarily set up to control it; The small fortress garrison has one tooth, which is dominated by the tooth; The garrison of the outpost is commanded by the head of the soldiers; The beacon tower garrison is a team, and the commander is under the command of the commander! The stationed personnel and horses are rotated every two months, and the stationed personnel and horses are guarding while conducting drills, and they must be strict in military discipline and not slack off. Each large and small fortress, outpost, and beacon tower will be decided by lottery which team will be stationed in the station, and which team will be stationed by which team, and no conditions will be discussed! Those who have already settled in will not participate in the next lottery, and will be drawn by those who have not yet performed defense missions! ”

After Wan Dugui finished speaking, his eyes swept over the generals and asked: "What General Ben said, do you understand what you say?" ”

The crowd will answer in unison, "Understood!" ”

"Okay, pass on the general's order, after a quarter of an hour, the whole army and horses will assemble in the school yard and stand by, there must be no mistake!"

After the military order was issued, the men and horses who were still practicing ended the drill, and the soldiers who were on leave also finished resting, and they put on armor, brought weapons, and rode war horses to the school to assemble.

Wandu Gui came to the tower with the owners of the buildings, and he ordered all the tooth owners to go to the tower to draw lots, first to draw lots for the garrison of the big fortress, and nine teeth to draw the task of garrison defense; Then there was a draw for the garrisons of the three small fortresses, and unfortunately the tooth led by Mulan won the garrison task, and the location of the garrison was Nantian Fort.

Nantianbao is the closest place to the area controlled by the Rouran forces, it is a hill, originally called Nantiangang, if the fortress is built, it is named Nantianbao.

Early the next morning, all the troops and horses that had been drawn to the garrison were preparing to set off, and the first tooth of the third team of the second building where Mulan was located gathered together under her order.

The team was not standing neatly, but it was very imposing, Hua Mulan held the hilt of the sword and looked at the thirty people under him and said loudly: "Nantiangang is the closest to the area controlled by the Rouran forces, and it is the farthest from here!" This is bad news for timid people, but for people who really want to make contributions and serve the court, it is unwanted, our family grows the fields given by the court, grazing on the pastures given by the court, we have to work for the court, I don't talk about any big reason, you should always understand the truth of taking people's money and eliminating disasters with people, right? It's a bad breed that can stand up now, and the owner of this tooth lets you stay and watch the house, is there anyone who doesn't want to go? ”

As soon as Hua Mulan's words came out, even the most timid people couldn't stand up, otherwise they would be laughed at, how would they stay in the army in the future?

"Well, since no one admits that he is timid, then the Lord of this tooth thinks that you are all men and men, and you are all well-known heroes! Is everyone packed? ”

More than 30 people responded in unison: "Ready!" ”

Mulan walked past one soldier after another, stopped in front of one, and straightened his crooked helmet; He walked up to another soldier and wiped the mud off his armor; Stopped in front of the second soldier in the third row, saw a hole in the toe of the boot on his foot, and the toes of his toes were exposed, and asked, "Why don't you change a pair of boots when they are broken?" ”

The soldier was embarrassed and said, "I····· My feet are so big that not only have I worn out the shoes I brought, but I also wore out the military boots that were issued, and there was no other shoes to wear! ”

Mulan thought about it, walked to the side of her war horse, took out a needle and thread and a piece of leather from a blanket, returned to the soldier and ordered: "Take off your boots!" ”

The soldiers obeyed the order, took off the torn boots, and a foot smell spread, and the surrounding soldiers covered their noses, and everyone looked disgusted.

Hua Mulan didn't smell it, she stuck the leather on the hole, sewed it with a needle and thread, and quickly sewed the hole, "Okay, put it on!" With that, he got up and put away his needle and thread.

The soldier was extremely grateful: "Thank you, Lord Tooth! ”

Hua Mulan waved her hand, returned to the side of the war horse to hide the needle and thread, stepped on the war horse and waved to everyone: "Everyone get on the horse and go!" ”

More than 30 people got on their horses one after another, and under the leadership of Hua Mulan, they went out of the town garrison camp and headed towards Nantiangang.

Hua Mulan led the team and led the way in front, she deliberately controlled the marching speed, and rode on horseback to control the war horse to walk quickly, which could save the physical strength of the war horse to the greatest extent and allow them to go further.

It was more than 40 miles from Jinling to Nantiangang, and Hua Mulan and her soldiers rode horses from the morning to arrive after noon in the afternoon.

They set up a camp under the southern hill of Nantiangang, which was a leeward place without cold winds, and she set up another camp on Nantiangang as a guard point to monitor the movement of the north and guard against a surprise attack that might come from the north.