Hua Mulan reported: "General, we suspect that the strength of the camp of the Rouran army on the opposite side has been reduced by half!" ”

"Less is less!" The leopard didn't react at first, but he quickly realized that something was wrong and suddenly shouted: "What did you say?" Half of the strength of the Rouran? ”

Hua Mulan quietly reached out and pulled Zhao Junsheng's armor, Zhao Junsheng knew that she wanted him to come, he groaned and stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "There are signs that their troops are less than half, but this needs to be confirmed!" ”

The leather leopard immediately walked up to Zhao Junsheng and asked, "How to confirm it?" ”

"Naturally, I sent someone to infiltrate the camp of the Rouran Army to investigate! The city wall is too far away from the camp of the Rouran army to see clearly, and only a close look can be drawn! ”

The leopard's eyes widened, and it was not a joke to send someone to infiltrate the camp of the Rouran Army to investigate, if the person sent there had no ability, he was afraid that he would not return, and he would die; If they are captured alive, they may even betray their military deployment under torture.

"The person who is sent must be a dead soldier, and must be proficient in spying and concealment, do you have such a person?"

Listening to the leopard's question, Mulan gritted her teeth and stood up with her fists and said, "General, I plan to sneak into the camp of the Rouran people to spy on their military situation, please allow the general!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was anxious when he heard this, so he pulled Mulan aside and asked loudly: "Mulan, are you crazy?" You are the guard of Nantian Fort, how can you easily leave your post without permission? ”

Hua Mulan hurriedly explained: "Before joining the army, I had been in the rivers and lakes for a while, and I would have some espionage information and concealment skills. Now we don't have any elite scouts in this area, and if I want to find out the truth of the Rouran people, I can only go there myself! ”

"That's not good, it's better for you to go, you also know that there is a person under me who is proficient in this way, and I can cooperate with each other when I go with him!" Zhao Junsheng immediately took over the matter.

Hua Mulan shook her head and said: "This matter is not just as simple as spying on the enemy, from the overall situation, now we are at an absolute disadvantage, and the Rouran army led by Princess Rouran Tuzhen is entrenched in my Jinling camp, burning and killing and plundering everywhere, doing all kinds of evil; Outside, there is the Rouran army of the commander of the Great Commander eyeing my Nantianbao, our reinforcements are not yet known, in the absence of reinforcements, if we want to break the situation, the only way is to defeat the Rouran army on the opposite side, in this way, Princess Tuzhen will lose foreign aid, and the Rouran army under her command will have to withdraw quickly, otherwise when we recapture Tunqi Mountain and Da'e Mountain, they will be trapped in the pass! ”

"In addition to those recruits in Nantian Fort, there are only more than 2,000 people who can fight, and they are all foot soldiers, less than 300 cavalry, you also said, these people alone are not enough to defeat the Rouran army on the opposite side in one fell swoop, we must find a way to make those slaves defect at a critical moment, so someone must mix in with those slaves to gain their trust! Therefore, if we want to act, we must make arrangements in advance, and it will be too late to send people into the slaves at the last minute! ”

Zhao Junsheng knew that what Mulan said was right, if he wanted to carry out a night attack on the Rouran army outside Nantian Fort, he had to carry out it in two steps at the same time, the first was to spy on the reality of the Rouran army's camp to confirm whether their strength was reduced by half; Send people to blend in with the slaves of the Rouran, gain their trust, and stir up trouble.

After confirming that the strength of the Rouran people was indeed reduced by half, and the night attack plan and specific time of action were determined, the people who blended in with the slaves must mobilize the slaves to cooperate at the critical moment, and when the time comes, the possibility of success will be greatly increased.

At this time, the leopard frowned and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Hua Mulan replied, "General, if it is confirmed that the strength of the Rouran Army camp is indeed reduced by half, we plan to carry out a night attack!" ”

The leopard was puzzled and asked, "Since it was a night attack, why did you send people to blend in with the slaves?" We have more than 2,000 soldiers to fight, under the sudden attack, the Rouran people can't find horses temporarily, they will definitely panic, their combat effectiveness is only inferior to the infantry, we should not be difficult to defeat them, right? Isn't it a bit of a stretch to send people into the midst of the slaves? ”

Hua Mulan explained: "General, the people in the baggage battalion are all infantry, and they will not act too fast when they attack and kill at night, if the Rouran people react quickly, they will have time to organize troops to counterattack, and their troops can be more than double that of us!" ”

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists at this time and said: "There is another reason, the individual combat strength of the baggage battalion has not undergone special training, and it is impossible to set up a formation to attack at night, and it cannot give full play to the overall attack force of the military formation. ”

The leopard walked around the tent, thinking and weighing. It is inevitable that the higher the status of a person, the more he will be considered, and the more comprehensive he will be. Although the leopard is not the defender of Nantian Fort, the soldiers and horses here are all under his command in name, and he can't help but consider the lives and future of these people, and the safety of Nantian Fort is also related to the safety of the entire northern defense line.

After thinking for a long time, the leather leopard looked at Mulan and Zhao Junsheng with firm eyes and said, "Okay, let's sum up this matter, you can tell me your specific thoughts!" ”

Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng glanced at each other, Zhao Junsheng immediately said his idea, and then Hua Mulan made up for the omission, and the leather leopard also said two suggestions, and the three of them worked together to improve the plan of the night attack to the greatest extent.

After this discussion, the three of them have gained a lot, and they feel that their knowledge of military affairs has increased a lot.

In the end, the matter was determined, and the leopard said: "Regarding the question of who will go to spy on it, General Ben thinks that it is better for the two of you to go together, you both have strong martial arts, and two people can take care of each other together!" You go to spy during this time, and General Ben will go to the city wall and personally sit in charge! Do you have the right people to send them into the slaves? ”

Hua Mulan looked at Zhao Junsheng and asked, "Zhao Dutong, the retinue surnamed Lu under your command should be competent, but he is not a person in the army, and I don't know if he is willing to go?" ”

The leather leopard immediately waved his hand: "It doesn't matter if he is not a person in the army, this general can reward him heavily!" ”

Zhao Junsheng replied, "That······ Ask him! ”

An hour later, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan each wore black night clothes and stood on the city wall, and Lu Xuanbo stood beside them in a ragged Huazi dress.

The leather leopard commanded the three of them in a low tone: "Be careful, Ben and thousands of soldiers from Nantian Fort are waiting for you to return safely!" ”

Mulan greeted Leopard and the other generals and the soldiers around her, and waved her hand.

The soldiers lowered the three thick ropes down the city wall, and Hua Mulan, Zhao Junsheng, and Lu Xuanbo each grabbed a rope and slipped down the city wall, then waved their hands to the city wall, turned around and disappeared into the hillside in the night.

For Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, it is not difficult to infiltrate the Rouran Army camp with their skills, the key is to let Lu Xuanbo infiltrate the slave camp, which is a bit difficult.

In order to strengthen the supervision of the slaves, the Rouran people increased the number of troops inside and outside the slave camps, and the patrols were very frequent, and the guards were numerous, and the camps were built tall and sturdy, and it was a great adventure to sneak in under the noses of the guards and patrols.

In fact, the Rouran people do not build camp walls at all when they march and fight on weekdays, and not only the Rouran people, all the nomads on the grassland do not build camps when they march and camp, and they are generally camped on the spot, and there are no defense facilities outside the camp.

This is mainly because they are all cavalry, cavalry can only attack, not able to defend, and it is useless to build a tall and sturdy camp, and it is time-consuming and laborious. In addition, it is not easy to find a large amount of timber on the grassland at any time to build a camp.

Since there is no defense, it is necessary to have the ability to give early warning, otherwise the enemy will not know if he touches his nose, and then he can only wait for death.

Therefore, there is no camp in the camp of the Rouran army, and you can see at a glance that the camp tents of the Rouran people are stretching a large area, but they have arranged ranger patrols on the periphery, and there are likely to be secret sentries.

Zhao Junsheng and the three of them were cautiously approaching the slave camp of the Rouran people, and they had to make sure that Lu Xuanbo would infiltrate the slave camp first.

Suddenly, Zhao Junsheng stopped Hua Mulan and Lu Xuanbo, squatted on the ground and raised his hand to press down.

Seeing his nervous expression, Hua Mulan and Lu Xuanbo immediately squatted down.

The three of them waited for a few dozen breaths, and then they heard the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of war horses, and soon a cavalry squad appeared nearby, and it was not clear in the night, but they could see their faint voices, about a dozen horses.

At Zhao Junsheng's signal, the three of them immediately lay on the grass, the weeds were not deep, but they just submerged the body of the person lying on the ground.

The patrol cavalry walked over slowly, and the three of them endured the bite of the mosquito and did not move, and after this group of patrol cavalry passed, Zhao Junsheng and the three of them continued to approach the slave camp with their waists bent.

Along the way, the three men were cautious, either lying on the ground motionless, or crawling in the grass, dodging five patrolling rangers and three outposts before approaching the slave camp.

The three of them lay in the grass and observed the slave camp, on which every five or six zhang there was a brazier burning wood, illuminating the wall up and down and inside and out, and the sentry on the wall kept walking back and forth with bows and arrows and weapons.

Hua Mulan observed for a while, frowned, and whispered with some worry: "It's very difficult to sneak in without alerting the guards on guard posts and patrols!" ”