Tuoba Jian had nothing to ask, and the other generals and officials were silent, only Yanpu kept staring at Zhao Junsheng with murderous eyes.

At this time, Yu Ji, the master and strategist, stood up and said to Tuoba Jian: "Lord Wang, my subordinates think that Zhao Dutong's analysis is reasonable, it can't be that Zhao Dutong's people leaked secrets, it must be the Rouran people who deduced the location of our army!" ”

Yanpu shouted again: "If someone is captured, even if the two sides do not understand each other's words, can't they write with a pen?" ”

"If they can write, they still need to be soldiers?"

Zhao Junsheng's words made Yanpu speechless.

Tuoba Jian took a deep breath, got up and said to everyone: "This matter is not Zhao Dutong's responsibility, he only has 3,000 cavalry available, and he has no responsibility to protect our nearly 30,000 horses!" Since the expedition, we have killed all the way here, along the way the Rouran tribe is defenseless, the army is smooth, there has not been a vicious battle, the generals are all proud and complacent, empty-eyed, and they are also slack, let down their vigilance, and were rushed by the Rouran cavalry and collapsed, this matter is the fault of this king, this king will write to His Majesty to ask for guilt! ”

These words made the generals present ashamed one by one, in fact, everyone knows, where is Zhao Junsheng's responsibility for this matter? Nearly 30,000 horses were successfully attacked by the Rouran people in broad daylight, and they were afraid of laughing at them when they said it, and putting the blame on Zhao Junsheng was nothing more than to cover up their own faces.

Tuoba Jian said to Zhao Junsheng again: "Junsheng, when the Rouran people attacked, it was the Xiao cavalry army that was the first to gather to meet them, but they were quickly crushed, his men and horses lost the most, and it was inevitable that his heart ached and felt uncomfortable, I don't think he deliberately targeted you, don't blame him!" ”

Zhao Junsheng hugged his fists and said: "General Yanpu's mood is very understandable, and it is inevitable that it will be like this if he is a lowly position, and he will not be blamed for his humble position!" ”

"That's good!"

After speaking, Tuoba Jian clapped his hands and said to the generals and officials: "Okay, this matter is over, the generals must put aside their prejudices, and do not allow suspicions, our enemies are Rouran people, not our own people, do you understand?" ”

All the generals clasped their fists together: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

At this time, Jiang Yuan, who was engaged in Zhizhong, walked in and bowed his hand to Tuoba Jian: "Lord Wang, the losses have been calculated, 5,329 people were killed in the battle, and 2,226 people were wounded, of which the largest loss was the Xiao cavalry army, with nearly 4,000 people. In addition, tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses have been scattered, and the generals have already gone to find them! ”

The people present had already guessed that the losses might be great this time, but they also did not expect that there would be such large casualties, and the 3,000 Rouran cavalry attacked the camp of 30,000 people, causing nearly 8,000 casualties.

Zhao Junsheng gasped when he heard this, and scolded in his heart, even if he killed eight thousand pigs, it wouldn't be so easy, right?

He asked, "Jiang Zhi, how many corpses did the Rouran people leave behind?" ”

"Inadequate······ Less than eight hundred! ”

Zhao Junsheng was speechless, but this was not all due to the Wei army's poor combat strength and lack of vigilance, the impact of this plague on the Wei army was too great.

He took a deep breath, clasped his fists at Tuoba Jian and said, "Lord Wang, you have to bring people and horses back to keep an eye on the Rouran people to prevent them from sending people to sneak attack again, if there is nothing else, the lowly position will retire!" ”

"Junsheng, you wait!" Tuoba Jian stopped Zhao Junsheng, walked up to him and solemnly explained: "You must be careful!" ”

At this moment, the shouts of the soldiers were heard outside: "It's raining, it's raining!" ”

It had not rained since the expedition began, and it had been two months, and this was the first time.

Zhao Junsheng walked to the door of the tent and stared at the drizzle outside, seeing that the rain was not heavy and not urgent, but Zhao Junsheng deduced that the rain would not stop in a short time.

His eyes were shining with golden light, and he turned to Tuoba Jian and hugged his fists and said, "Lord Wang, the time has come to break the enemy!" If the prince wants to defeat Pi Lixian, please borrow 3,000 elite horsemen from the humble position, and early tomorrow morning, the humble post will send someone to send good news! ”

Tuoba Jian walked out of his tent and looked at the sky, frowning, "It's wind and rain, even the men and horses will inevitably be drenched when marching, and when they arrive at the camp of the Rouran people, they will be cold and hungry, how can the soldiers have the strength to fight?" ”

"It's not difficult to do this, just give each soldier a piece of oilcloth and let them wear it on their bodies!" Zhao Junsheng made a suggestion.

When Tuoba Jian heard this, this was indeed a good idea, but he was worried about the possibility of breaking the enemy, and asked, "How sure are you?" ”

"At least eighty percent!" Zhao Junsheng replied with a very objective number.

In fact, this is still a conservative estimate, according to Zhao Junsheng's estimate, Pi Lixian has a maximum of 7,000 people, and if he can borrow 3,000 elite cavalry from Tuoba Jian, he will have more than 6,000 cavalry, and the strength of the two is not much different, even if it is a head-to-head battle, at least half of the chance of winning, not to mention a night raid?

Tuoba Jian stared at Zhao Junsheng for a long time and shouted, "Where is Buliu Guqi?" ”

Bu Liugu is the deputy general of the Right Guard Army and the military Sima, and his son Bu Liu Guli is also in the army of the Right Guard Army and serves as a general.

He stood up and clenched his fists and promised: "The end will be!" ”

"You take the first, second, and fifth three buildings with Zhao Du to attack Pi Lixian, and everything is subject to Zhao Dutong's arrangement!"

Bu Liugu was originally a little resistant, he was a Xianbei person, and he was a dignitary of the Bu Liugu family, one of the eight surnames, so he was really reluctant to obey the command of a Han man, but since Tuoba Jian gave the order, he could not disobey the order, he could only agree: "Obey!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Zhao Junsheng thanked Tuoba Jian, and said to Bu Liugu: "General Bu Liugu, Zhao will give you two moments to distribute oilcloths, gather people and bring enough dry food for a day." Two moments later, Zhao led his troops to meet you outside the camp of the Right Guard! ”

No matter how reluctant Bu Liugu is, now he can only agree: "Take the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said goodbye to Tuoba Jian and several other generals, took Li Bao back to the baggage camp camp, and immediately ordered someone to distribute a piece of oilcloth to all the soldiers, and let the soldiers put the oilcloth on their bodies as raincoats.

This kind of oil cloth is made of soaking the coarse cloth in tung oil and drying it, generally used to build camp tents, grain and grass warehouses on the way to the march, and it is also used to cover the baggage on the way to escort the grain and grass, to prevent the baggage from being wet and mildew by the rain, and its waterproof effect is still very good.

"Gao Xiu, I have borrowed three thousand fine horsemen from King Yongchang, and I plan to launch a surprise attack on Pi Li Xian around midnight tomorrow, I want you to take a few people to contact Bai Jinguang in person! If it rains heavily today, the 1,000th cavalry team does not carry a rainproof cloth, at this time they are only afraid that they are already hiding in the camp tent, I want you to take a few people to contact Bai Jinguang in person, find their location, understand their situation, and then quickly go to Hongyan Lake to meet me, and then we will discuss the specific raid strategy! ”

Gao Xiu promised: "Obey!" ”

A moment later, Gao Xiu brought some dry food and water, and with a few of his own soldiers, they all stepped on their horses and rushed into the rain.

When the time came, all the horses had been distributed with tarpaulins and draped on their bodies and tied up, and Zhao Junsheng led them to the outside of the camp of the Right Guard.

At this time, the 3,000 men and horses of the Right Guard Army had also been assembled outside the camp, and everyone was wearing tarpaulin, and the soldiers were very surprised, why no one thought of using tarpaulin as a raincoat.

In fact, it's not that no one has thought of it, but the price of this thing is relatively high, in addition to the equipment of the soldiers supplied by the imperial court, the equipment of the state and county soldiers and the town army are raised by the generals themselves, and they generally do not fight when it rains, so no one carries rain gear, and the ancient rainproof equipment is all cloth, which is much cheaper, but its size is large, and it is inconvenient to carry.

Bu Liugu ran over and reported to Zhao Junsheng with his fists: "Zhao Dutong, the 3,000 men and horses of my right guard army have been prepared, I don't know where Dutong plans to take our army?" ”

"The Right Guard followed behind the cavalry of my baggage battalion, and the whole army hurried faster than normal marching to the shore of Hongyan Lake for dinner!"

"Obey!"

The rain tended to get heavier and heavier, and the rain kept falling from the edge of the helmet on the tarpaulin, and the gusts of wind blew, and everyone's faces were wet with the rain.

Zhao Junsheng waved forward with a spear in his hand: "The whole army is open, let's go!" ”

The cavalry of the baggage battalion went first under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng, and Bu Liugu followed with three thousand elite cavalry of the right guard, and the soldiers and horses of the army accelerated twice in a row along the way, and changed horses in the middle, and finally arrived at the camp on the shore of Hongyan Lake before the sky was completely dark.

Gao Xu, Cao Jiao, Pei Jin and others greeted them.

Zhao Junsheng asked Pei Jin loudly: "Is there any extra camp tent in the army?" ”

Pei Jin replied: "There are still more than two hundred, which are for backup!" ”

"Cao Jiao, quickly mobilize the soldiers and set up all these tents for our cavalry soldiers to rest and shelter from the rain! Pei Jin, go and let the guys make a fire! ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng ordered Gao Xu again: "You take General Buliu Guqi and the soldiers of the Right Guard Army under his command to shelter from the rain and rest in the tents of my cavalry soldiers!" ”

"Yes, Totong!" Gao Xu agreed, and shouted to Bu Liugu: "Please take your people with me, the rain is too heavy, hurry up!" ”

Bu Liugu hugged Zhao Junsheng and led Gao Xu with his people.

Zhao Junsheng took the cavalry soldiers and the infantry soldiers to set up camp tents in the rain.

When he was busy, Bu Liugu led his right guard generals to help with oilcloths, and thousands of people worked together, and soon all the camp tents were set up.

In the camp tent, Cao Jiao wiped the rain on his face and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Dutong, this Buliu Gu Yu still knows some good things, and he actually took the initiative to bring people to help in the rain, if he is replaced by other arrogant Xianbei generals, he will not care about the life and death of us Han people!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "No matter who it is, there are always good and bad, and we can't overturn a boatload of people with one rod!" ”

"Dutong, Captain Gao has brought people back!" The pro-soldier walked in quickly and thought about Zhao Junsheng's report.

Zhao Junsheng immediately said, "Let him come in and roast the fire!" ”

Gao Xiu walked in, took off the oilcloth on his body, took the towel handed over by his own soldiers to wipe his face, poured a bowl of hot water and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Dutong, I found Bai Jinguang and them!" Because of the heavy rain, they did not bring a change of clothes or rain gear, so they had to hide in the tent to avoid the rain, and the raid had to be temporarily suspended! ”