The news of the loss of the main force of the Rouran Army is not good news for the cadre army.

"We've been busy for so many days, and we've been gotten rid of by the Rouran people, hasn't this time been done in vain?" Xu Yan frowned deeply and said.

"Ahem, ahem," someone coughed twice in a row.

Xu Yan couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the person who was coughing, but it was his friend, only to see that this person was glancing at him, he immediately realized that he had just said the wrong thing, designed to force the Rouran people into the mountains, and set up ambushes along the way, and waited here for the Rouran people to throw themselves into the net, this series of plans were all Zhao Junsheng's idea, didn't he complain about the emperor when he said this? That's disrespectful!

Xu Yan's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground with a puff, "Your Majesty, the minister is rude, vain, and guilty, please be punished!" ”

Zhao Junsheng saw Xu Yan kneeling on the ground, and then he came back to his senses, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Thinking that you are the first time to commit a crime, I will be lightly punished, dismiss your current official position, deprive you of your title, and read that you still have some talents, so that you can temporarily replace your original position, in order to see the after-effects, if you make a mistake again, you will be punished heavily!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty Xie has been lightly dismissed, and the ministers are grateful!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand to get up, and he pulled the map that was placed aside and studied it again.

Although this plan failed, Zhao Junsheng was not discouraged, no one dared to pat his chest and say that he was a last resort, Zhuge Liang had tears to cut the horse, and he asked himself if he was as wise and close to a demon as Brother Zhuge .

Looking at the map and studying it for a while, Zhao Junsheng slowly raised his head and ordered: "Send the order down, before the time is the camp and set off, rush to the boiling pool at full speed, send a message to Wei Jing, let him lead the troops to join me in the boiling pool, and there is no need to search for the Rouran people!" ”

The generals stood up together and clasped their fists to receive the order: "The ministers obey the order!" ”

The ministers and generals scattered to prepare for the departure of the camp, and several ministers gathered together and whispered as they walked.

"What do you mean when you say that Your Majesty ordered the army to go to the boiling pool, and asked King Jing to lead his troops to meet at the boiling pool? Does His Majesty think that Rouran Khan Tuhe will really take his army to the boiling pool? ”

"I think Your Majesty is likely to have this idea!"

"If I were the Rouran Khan Tuhe Zhen, I would definitely not lead the troops to the Boiling Pool to the Khan's Court! I don't know what the situation is on the Khan's court now, and it will be dangerous to go rashly, so I will lead my troops all the way to the west, and I will not send someone to the Khan's court to check the situation until I am sure that it is safe! ”

Zhao Junsheng's intention of ordering the army to rush to the boiling pond was speculated by others, but Dongfang Chen and several other ministers still knew, although they had the hope of intercepting the Rouran army in the boiling pool, and they were also preparing to try to contact the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army in the boiling pool.

The distance between Zhuo Evil Mountain and the boiling pond was not too far, and Zhao Junsheng led the army to arrive in two days.

That night, the army camped on the edge of the boiling pool.

The boiling pond is a relatively large lake, and the Eastern Han Dynasty chariot general Dou Xian and the Southern Xiongnu army defeated the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu in this vicinity, killing more than 13,000 Northern Xiongnu people, seizing millions of livestock, and forcing the Northern Xiongnu to surrender 81 and 200,000 people.

Leaving aside Dou Xian's mistakes, just from a purely military point of view, Dou Xian conquered the Xiongnu four times in the north, forcing the remnants of the Northern Xiongnu to move westward, and completely removing the threat of the Northern Xiongnu to the border of the Han Dynasty.

The camp tent at night is a little stuffy, Zhao Junsheng and the soldiers are in the open camp to cool off, in this season, there are too many mosquitoes in Mobei at night are too fierce, even if incense and smoke are lit around, there are still mosquitoes flying around.

Zhao Ping walked over and reported: "Father, Xinying has been released, if Bai Jinguang and Wei Yuan can't get in touch because they are too far away from us, this place is relatively close to the Rouran Khan Court, and they should be able to get in touch!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Keep an eye on it at any time, and report it immediately as soon as there is news of the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army!" ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Na Yan also came over and reported: "Your Majesty, there are sentry horses deployed within a radius of thirty miles, and it is difficult for anyone to avoid our eyes and ears as long as they appear!" In addition, the minister also left a nail in the Zhuo Evil Path, as long as Rouran takes the Zhuo Evil Path, we will soon know and have enough time to deploy and respond! ”

Zhao Junsheng got up: "Wait slowly, wait for two days!" It is also possible to let the soldiers see more of the scenery of this desert north, and they may be able to come to such a time in their lives, and they can see such a time, which is very rare! ”

Zhao Ping and Na Yan clasped their fists together and retreated silently.

"Zhao Ping stays!"

Zhao Ping heard his father's voice and stopped.

"Come with me to the lake!"

"Yes!"

Father and son came to the lake one after the other, and the night by the lake was a little cool, but there was both water, grass, and mosquitoes, and if you stood still, you would soon be surrounded by mosquitoes and bites.

Zhao Junsheng asked as he walked: "Have you written to your aunt during this time?" ”

Zhao Ping was a little embarrassed when he heard this, touched the back of his head and said, "Erchen's mind is all on the war, so he ······"

Young people are like this, only parents worry about their children, and children never care about how their parents are doing, Zhao Junsheng shook his head helplessly.

"Your aunt asked you in a letter, asking me not to arrange for you to do dangerous things, for fear that you would encounter accidents in the war! The other generals also have parents, wives and children, and their parents are also worried about their safety at home, will it be dangerous for you to stay with me? No matter how much you do, can't you find time to write a letter? ”

"Before the expedition, your aunt also quarreled with me, saying that I shouldn't take you out, it's too dangerous to march and fight, and you will die on the battlefield if you are not careful, but she doesn't want to think about it, other people's sons are also sons, and other people's parents don't worry about their own deaths?"

Zhao Ping was ashamed and lowered his head: "Erchen is wrong!" ”

Zhao Junsheng felt that this topic was too heavy, so he changed the topic and asked, "Do you know the origin of this boiling pool?" ”

Zhao Ping replied: "Erchen read the relevant classics before leaving, Erchen deduced that this place of Fuchi was called the private canal Bibi Hai in the Han Dynasty, and the river that poured into it from the north was called the Xiongnu River in the Han Dynasty, and now I don't know what the Rouran people call it a river, the water in the lake is salty, but the river water is fresh water, which is really strange!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "There is nothing strange, there is a lot of salt in this lake, you look at the surrounding areas, there are hills and high mountains, under the rain all year round, the mineral salt on the mountain is washed down and piled up in this lake!" And the water in the Xiongnu River from the north is snow or rain formed by melting the snow of Jinshan! ”

"There are four rivers that flow south from the source of Jinshan, and two rivers that flow north from the northern foot of Jinshan, and these rivers have changed their names with the change of time and have been diverted many times, but these rivers are all fresh water and can be drunk. Armies, caravans, or herdsmen all follow the rivers when they want to go north, and if they go from east to west, they have to take some fixed routes, and there are still long distances between the rivers, and only on the fixed routes can you find water! ”

Zhao Ping asked: "Has my father ever been to the boiling pond?" ”

"Mobei has been here once, but not to the boiling pool. When I first came, I felt the same as you, and if I didn't want to fight, I would definitely be in the mood to enjoy the scenery of this desert prairie. After a long time, I also feel very boring, there are too many mosquitoes here, too fierce, if you don't light incense or smoke, a big living person can be sucked dry blood overnight, and even poisoned by mosquitoes and die! ”

Father and son walked along the lake for half an hour and then returned, and each returned to his tent to rest.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhao Pingxing rushed to Zhao Junsheng's camp to report: "Father, I have received a reply from Bai Jinguang and his family!" ”

"Oh? What do they say? ”

"The note brought by Xinying is small, and the number of words is large, so the font is very small, and the sons have already ordered someone to copy a copy, you can see it!" After Zhao Ping finished speaking, he handed over the two folded books.

Zhao Junsheng took the two folds, opened one of them and read it.

The first thing to read was the report of the captain's family, it turned out that after receiving Zhao Junsheng's last order, the captain's family turned to continue to set off towards the court of the Rouran Khan, the Rouran people had previously attacked with wolf pack tactics, and the captain also used wolf pack tactics to confront, and the soldiers who stayed behind in Rouran were defeated, and they scattered and retreated in all directions.

The lieutenant led the army to ignore these retreating and scattered Rouran cavalry, but followed Sushui all the way north to the eastern section of Jinshan Mountain, crossed the Qionglong Ridge and approached the Khan's Court.

The Rouran cavalry who attacked and harassed the lieutenants could not calm down at this time, and immediately withdrew in the direction of the Khan's court as quickly as possible, they arrived at the Khan's court before the arrival of the captain's army, and organized the old and weak Rouran who remained there to move to the northwest with their families and a large number of cattle, sheep and horses.

Soon, the army of Wei Dependents met Bai Jinguang's army that led the army to come in the Khan's Court, and now Bai Jinguang and the soldiers and horses of the Wei Family have joined forces and are scattering around with the Khan's Court as the center to search for the Rouran people.

Zhao Junsheng put down the recital of the lieutenant, and opened Bai Jinguang's recital, Bai Jinguang said in the recital that he quickly marched west after receiving Zhao Junsheng's order for the last time, and he encountered a Rouran army in Luhun Valley.

This Rouran army of 20,000 people, according to reconnaissance, found to be led by Princess Rouran Tuzhen, he and Princess Tuzhen fought three times in Luhun Valley, both sides suffered heavy losses, and neither of them was able to defeat the other.

When they were preparing for the fourth attack, Princess Tuzhen received the news that the army of the lieutenants was rapidly approaching in the direction of the Khan's court, and she was worried that she would be attacked from both sides by the army of the lieutenants and the army of Bai Jinguang, so she fled north along the Zungen River overnight.

Bai Jinguang noticed that Princess Tuzhen was escaping at night, so he pursued with a light horse the next day, and chased and killed Princess Tuzhen's team in the afternoon.