Zhao Junsheng saw that it was Hua Mulan who came, and handed her the official document: "Take a look for yourself, there is no good person in these Xianbei high-ranking officials!" ”

Hua Mulan suspiciously took the official document and read it, it turned out that the Jinling battalion ordered Hua Mulan to serve as the defense envoy of the entire defense line of Nantianbao, Tunqi Mountain and Da'e Mountain, Zhao Junsheng took the position of the commander of the Jinling battalion as the deputy defense envoy of Hua Mulan, Mo Na Lou Jin was the supervisor of the army, Wu Luolanqi was the military Sima, and the remnants of the Huaishuo Town garrison army under their command of more than 300 cavalry were all organized into the supervision team.

At present, because the 100-odd radius around the Jinling camp, even the logistics baggage hoarding areas that are unprecedented, have been looted by the Rouran army, and the entire defense area is short of food and materials, so the Jinling camp has no way to supply the soldiers and horses of Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng with baggage, and let them solve the logistics problem by themselves.

Also, the problem of the tens of thousands of homeless people stranded in Nantianbao, the meaning of the Jinling camp is for Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng to take care of by themselves, if they have the ability to recruit some people from these people to join the army and enrich the military strength on the defense line, it is naturally the best, but the Jinling camp can only show support in name, and he has to find a way to solve the burden of grain and grass.

If the people do not want to join the army, let them go on their own and leave them to fend for themselves.

Now it's the end of September, it's about to be October, the weather is very cold, especially at night, if these people have neither food nor clothes to wear, it is not strange that people freeze to death at night, once these people are ruthless to make trouble, with their numbers, it is possible to make a big movement, if they are allowed to rebel and rebel, there will be a large army of Rouran outside, and there will be a disaster inside, and several states and counties inside and outside the Great Wall will be eroded.

After reading the official text, Hua Mulan took a deep breath and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, Nantianbao will be handed over to you for the time being, I have to rush back to the Jinling camp!" ”

Zhao Junsheng grabbed her: "What are you going to do?" ”

Hua Mulan said with a firm expression: "Brother Junsheng, we can't swallow this bitter fruit, it's no problem for us to guard this defense line, but they don't give baggage, and they don't care about these tens of thousands of people, and they leave them to us to settle, this is too much, I have to go to the prison army to ask for an explanation!" ”

"Wait!" Zhao Junsheng grabbed Hua Mulan again and said: "You are now the defender of this defense line, you can't leave easily, or I'll go, you have to take a few bites from their mouths, otherwise these thousands of soldiers will have to drink the northwest wind this winter!" ”

In fact, the grain and grass that Zhao Junsheng brought from the Jinling camp last time was enough for 5,000 people to eat for more than half a year, which Gu Bi knew well, and this was probably the reason why Gu Bi did not allocate heavy grain and grass to Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng.

But the current situation is that there are still tens of thousands of people stranded here in Nantianbao, and most of these people are young and middle-aged, and now these people have no livelihood, no food, no clothes, if they are let go, once they are extremely hungry, God probably knows what they will do.

Zhao Junsheng can be ruthless and don't care about the life or death of these people, but Hua Mulan will definitely not sit idly by, she can't do this, so she will definitely leave these people behind, it could have been enough for 5,000 people to eat grain and grass for more than half a year, if 15,000 people are provided to eat, I am afraid that she will have to run out of food before the New Year.

Hua Mulan shook her head and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, the last incident has made the generals of the Jinling battalion very dissatisfied with you, although that matter has been determined, but Gu Jian Jun and others are only afraid that it will be difficult to let go, you go to them at this time to make trouble, just give them the reason to punish you, you must not go!" This matter is only suitable for me, after all, I am a defense envoy, and it is reasonable to go to them for military matters! ”

"In addition, you stay and strengthen the defense, send soldiers and horses to Tunqi Mountain and Da'e Mountain to garrison, repair the damaged defense facilities, and also pacify these tens of thousands of young people, if you are willing to join the army, you can integrate them into the army, if you are not willing to join the army, you can arrange for them to reclaim the wasteland nearby, and now the wasteland can be reclaimed just enough to plant winter wheat!" Also, the decision of the Jinling camp should not be told to Mona Loujin and Ulolanqi for the time being, so as not to cause trouble! ”

Zhao Junsheng saw that Mulan had made up his mind, his tone was firm, and he was not easy to persuade again, so he agreed: "Okay! However, after you arrive at the Jinling camp, you must be careful not to conflict with Gu Bi and the others, if you really can't do it, come back first, and then we will find a way together! ”

"Okay, I got it!"

After Hua Mulan left with Oiran and a few pro-soldiers, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to gather all the young men and announce that they would recruit soldiers and horses among them, as long as they joined the army, they would be paid full of clothes, and there was no military pay for the first three months, and after three months, they would be paid regularly every month; Those who do not want to join the army must work if they want to eat, but no one is allowed to leave before the year.

What Zhao Junsheng didn't expect was that there were more than 6,000 people willing to join the army, and only more than 4,000 people were unwilling to join the army.

Zhao Junsheng sent Gao Xiu as the chief training officer to bring 300 veterans to train these 6,000 people, sent Gao Xu to take 300 veterans and 300 recruits to Da'e Mountain to garrison, sent Xue Andu to take 300 veterans and 300 recruits to Tunqi Mountain to garrison, the rest of the soldiers and horses are all left in Nantianbao for the time being, ready to support, anyway, Nantianbao has horses, brought more than 5,000 horses from the Jinling camp, and captured more than 2,000 horses after the night attack on the camp of the Rouran army, a total of more than 7,000 horses, only the stables are resting seven, and there are more than 200 special horsemen to raise and manage.

After Gao Xu and Xue An each led people to garrison Da'e Mountain and Tunqi Mountain, Zhao Junsheng left Gao Xiu with all the training of recruits, and he himself rebuilt the camp with 4,000 young men who were unwilling to join the army.

Late autumn has arrived, and winter is no longer willing, and if the camp is not repaired at this time, the winter will be miserable.

After some planning, Zhao Junsheng decided to organize the people to rebuild a camp next to the barracks, sent a large number of people to cut wood on the mountain, and used wood to build barracks, the new camp has 12 toilets, a large baggage warehouse, 12 stables, four school yards that can accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at the same time, a parade platform, rows of neat barracks, a tall and sturdy camp built around the lobby class room and the barracks, the camp builds an arrow tower every 50 meters, and there is a watchtower as high as ten zhang in the middle of the barracks.

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Jinling Battalion.

Hua Mulan, Oiran and a few personal soldiers had been waiting outside the marshal's line with their horses for a full hour, but they still didn't see the people who went to report to turn around.

The sun was about to set, Hua Mulan was a little irritable when she waited, and immediately took Oiran and others to the garrison camp in Huaishuo Town, and when she reached the door of the barracks, she only saw two soldiers standing guard at the door.

"As soon as I was tired of reporting, I said that Mulan asked to see General Pi!" Mulan said to the guards.

"It turned out to be a flower general, you wait a minute, the villain will go and report!"

After a while, the guard ran out and said to Mulan: "General Hua, the general is invited!" ”

"Thank you!"

Hua Mulan took Oiran and others to follow the guards into the camp, the camp was deserted, the sound of the previous lively drills was gone, and there were no people in the camp at all, but in the past, there were more than 3,000 people in the Huaishuo Town Garrison Army was completely disabled in this battle, and the only remaining few people and horses remained in Nantianbao as a supervising team.

Hua Mulan followed the guards to the tooth tent, and after being reported, she walked into the tooth tent and clenched her fist to the leather leopard who was turning around: "The last general, Mulan, meets the general!" ”

The leather leopard was originally full of sadness, but at this time there was a slight smile on his face, and he was still quite comforted in his heart, and finally there was a subordinate with a conscience, remember to come to see him when he was down.

"Mulan, why did you go back to the Jinling camp?" The leather leopard asked in surprise, "Didn't you just be appointed as the defense envoy of the first line from Nantianbao to Da'e Mountain?" The Ancient Prison Army ordered you to come back? ”

Hua Mulan said: "The last general did not get the order of the ancient prison army, and he rushed back on purpose!" ”

The leopard's face changed, and he said: "Mulan, there is something wrong with your actions, you are the main general of the front defense line, how can you easily leave your post without permission?" ”

Hua Mulan asked, "General, is the last general still from Huaishuo Town?" ”

"In terms of establishment, of course you are still the second general in Huaishuo Town, why do you ask that?"

Hua Mulan brewed emotions in her heart, and immediately clenched her fists with a bitter face and said: "General, since the last general is still a person from Huaishuo Town, and the establishment is still in Huaishuo Town, then sooner or later the last general will still be under the command of the general, Huaishuo Town has more than 3,000 people, and now they are dead, crippled, there are no old people left, if you want to rebuild Huaishuo Town, you must always take us old people as the foundation, if you are drawn from other armies, Huaishuo Town will not be the original Huaishuo Town!" Now the ancient prison army asked the last general to preside over the defense line from Nantianbao to Da'e Mountain, but refused to give ordnance food and grass, and also threw the more than 10,000 people to the last general, isn't this clear that they want to kill the last general? General, you can't see death and not save it, how can you say that the last general is also a general's person, you have to administer justice for the last general! ”

The leopard's heart was originally very desolate, and there were less than 500 of the more than 3,000 horses in Huaishuo Town, and more than 200 people were killed or wounded, at least half of them were useless, and even if they were injured, they could only arrange to retire and return home.

If he has no soldiers in his hands, he has no confidence, and he is looked down upon by others, he has had this strong feeling since he returned to the Jinling camp in the past two days, and those generals and officials of Gu Bi and the marshal did not take him seriously at all, which could not have happened before. If it weren't for Gu Bi's gang of people blindly commanding, how could this battle have been fought so badly? The resentment in the leopard's heart was deep.

"What do you say? Gu Bi asked you to solve the grain, grass and ordnance by yourself? Hearing this, the leopard's face changed, "Yesterday he called Ben over and said that he wanted you to continue to stay in Nantian Fort, considering that you have made meritorious contributions to the battle against the Rouran people this time, so I want to put pressure on you and let you be responsible for the defense of Da'e Mountain to Nantian Fort, which is a good thing for you, although the defense envoy is only a temporary official position, but your authority is great, and this general is not good to delay your future, so he agreed, but he didn't say that he would not give food, grass and ordnance!" This overseer is too much, isn't it? Go, you follow me to the marshal's line, I'll take you to him, if he doesn't give an explanation, this matter will definitely not be over! ”