"According to the report of the soldiers who escaped, Tuoba Jian and his fertile army have ended, Shengle City has been completely occupied by the worms again, there is no point in sending people to reinforce, maybe they will fall into the siege of the worms, how to deal with it next, this marshal will discuss it with you, if you have any ideas, just say it, let's refer to it together, and come up with a feasible way to deal with it as soon as possible!"

Although An Yuan asked everyone present to express their opinions, no one thought that what he said was true, just modest, everyone knew that the most important thing now was not to discuss, but to react as quickly as possible, after all, Shengle City was only less than eighty miles away from Jinling Daying.

All the generals in the big tent clasped their fists and said in unison: "Please give an order, we will obey the order!" ”

Yasuhara stood up with a solemn expression; "That being the case, Ben Shuai is in charge! General Pi, this commander orders you to send a building of troops to Da'e Mountain Fort, Tunqi Mountain Fort and Nantian Fort respectively, and strengthen the garrison together with the original garrison, and before the follow-up army arrives, you must block the Rouran army! ”

"Yes!" The leopard agreed, and then asked, "Dare to ask the commander, if they encounter the onslaught of the Rouran army, how long will they have to resist?" ”

"Two days at most!"

"Yes!" The leopard agreed to step aside.

An Yuan looked at Tuoba Jian again: "The right guards are all cavalry, defense and foot combat are weaknesses, only the initiative to attack is the best policy, this commander intends to order the right guard army to attack Rouran from Tunqi Mountain Fort, I don't know what the prince thinks?" ”

Although Tuoba Jian is a prince, his qualifications are still shallow, his military achievements are insufficient, and he is still far from a battle-experienced general like An Yuan, and this is not the time to play the majesty of the prince, Rouran people have come to the door, how can he show weakness?

"Please give the order!"

"Good!" An Yuan immediately ordered: "Order the Right Guard to make preparations for the expedition immediately, make a fire to cook tomorrow, and start pulling out at the end of the day!" ”

Tuoba Jian immediately clenched his fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

An Yuan ordered Pi Leopard and Zhao Junsheng again: "General Pi, the remaining men and horses of the Huaishuo Town Garrison Army stay in the Jinling camp!" Zhao Dutong immediately prepared to set off with the Right Guard, and inside and outside the Jinling camp to strictly prevent worms and spies from mixing in! ”

"Command!" The two camped at the same time.

After the end of the military discussion, the generals came out of the tent, everyone's faces were unprecedentedly solemn, the three thousand people of the Fertile Field Army were all gone overnight, this fact made many people unacceptable, Tuoba Jian was a clan general, and he was the highest-ranking general who died in battle when the Jinling battalion was established.

Zhao Junsheng returned to the camp and immediately sent someone to gather all his cronies to discuss the matter.

The tent was full of people, Zhao Junsheng's face was very serious, there was going to be a big war, and thousands of people would die at every turn, this was not a joke.

"I just received the news that the Rouran army broke through the Yinshan defense line and attacked Shengle City, and overnight, the three thousand Woye troops stationed there were all wiped out, including the general Tuoba Jian who was also killed!"

The news that Zhao Junsheng said made Gao Xiu and the others nervous, and they were able to destroy 3,000 people at once, which showed that there must be a lot of strength in the Rouran army this time.

Zhao Junsheng looked at everyone's reactions and continued: "Marshal Xingyuan has decided to send troops to fight with the Rouran army, and the outer defense line of Da'e Mountain, Tunqi Mountain and Nantiangang will each increase the troops, these reinforcements will set off immediately, if you speed up and hurry, it won't take an hour to arrive!" ”

In Zhao Junsheng's view, Anyuan's arrangement and deployment are still decent, the right guard army belongs to the middle soldiers, they are all cavalry, and they can't fight on foot and defend the city, and the garrison army itself has the task of guarding, in addition to training cavalry on weekdays, it also practices the method of foot combat, and it is much more reliable to defend the city than the right guard.

"The 10,000 horses of the Right Guard will be pulled out tomorrow, and our baggage battalion will send a team of men and horses to escort the grain and grass to follow the Right Guard, and wait for the Right Guard to set up camp and return after delivering the grain and grass, and the follow-up baggage will also be escorted over one after another!"

Pei Jin asked at this time: "Dutong, which battalion do you plan to send to escort the grain and grass to follow the Right Guard first?" ”

Zhao Junsheng trusts the first battalion the most, and the combat power of this battalion is the strongest, "Xue Andu, your first battalion will go with the Right Guard early tomorrow morning!" Remember, when the Right Guard army sets up camp, leave the grain and grass and return immediately, don't grind and chirp, if the war comes, you can't leave if you want to! ”

Xue Andu clenched his fists and said, "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed Gao Xiu again: "Gao Xiu, you take your second battalion to Shanwu County immediately to escort a batch of baggage back, it will take three months, if the carriages and horses are not enough, you can hire people and carriages and horses in Shanwu County, if there is nothing else on the road, don't delay, go early and return early!" ”

"Understood!"

It didn't take long for the entire Jinling camp to move, the atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense, and the market outside was also a lot lively, and the order to go out quickly reached the Right Guard Army and the Huaishuo Town Garrison Army, and the soldiers and officials were all buying some food in the market, so as not to have money and no place to buy it after the expedition.

Zhao Junsheng sent Lu Xuanbo to inquire if Hua Mulan had a reinforcement mission, and he was arranging the baggage out of the warehouse, loading, and escorting matters.

Lu Xuanbo walked over quickly and hugged his fists and said, "Young Master, I have already inquired, and the flower building will not receive a reinforcement task!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was a little relieved, at least he didn't have to worry about Mulan's safety, it was much safer to stay in this Jinling camp than to go to reinforce the first-line defense belt.

The person of the leather leopard is still very shrewd, among the Huaishuo town garrison, the combat effectiveness of Hua Mulan is not to say that it is the strongest, but also the top three, arranging such a building around him can undoubtedly play a greater role, as for the reinforcement of the three fortresses of Da'e Mountain, Tunqi Mountain and Nantianbao, just send three buildings over.

The market outside the camp is particularly lively, even the business of the brothel in the Qinglou is much better than before, and there are many young boys who have not yet opened a meat restaurant who know that life and death are unpredictable, if they have not even touched a woman before they die, then it is not a wrongful death? No matter how you say it, you can't keep the biggest regret to see Lord Yama!

Two hours later, the three buildings of the Huaishuo town garrison army set off separately, each of the town garrison army has a horse, the farthest Da'e Mountain also needs only two hours to arrive, the nearest Tunqi Mountain Fort does not need an hour to arrive, as long as these three buildings can arrive on time, the outer defense belt of the Jinling camp can be consolidated and strengthened, at least two or three days should be no problem, which gives the follow-up army enough time to go out, so as not to be in a hurry.

Early the next morning, the Right Guard Army marched in the direction of Tunqishan Fort under the command of Tuoba Jian, and Xue Andu followed the rear of the army with the first battalion with the first battalion escorting enough grain and grass for the Right Guard to eat for ten days according to Zhao Junsheng's order.

Before the official start of the war, the most important thing in terms of baggage is food, and other materials such as ordnance and other materials are secondary, once the war begins, it is necessary to send ordnance and materials over as quickly as possible, and the army will definitely need to be replenished after the battle.

After the right guard army was pulled out, there were only more than 2,000 people left in the entire Jinling battalion in Huaishuo Town, plus the second battalion of baggage, there were only more than 3,000 people.

The Huaishuo town garrison army that stayed in the Jinling camp did not seem to be affected in any way, and all the buildings were still seizing the time to practice, Zhao Junsheng had not seen Hua Mulan for several days, and he was also busy arranging the escort of ordnance and baggage in the past few days, so he had no time to find Mulan.

Mulan also didn't come to him because of her heavy military work.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng had just led someone to put the baggage that Gao Xiu's second battalion had escorted back from Shanwu County into storage, when a herald from the marshal came to look for him.

"Zhao Dutong, the marshal has an order, let you hurry to the Xingyuan meeting!"

"Okay, I'll get over right away!"

On the way to the marshal's journey, Zhao Junsheng was thinking, could it be that the battle between the Yongchang King Tuoba Jian and the Rouran army had a result? In the past few days, the generals who stayed in the Jinling camp were worried and paid attention to the news ahead, although there was news from time to time from the front, but there was no news of the battle between the Right Guard Army and the Rouran army.

By the time Zhao Junsheng arrived at the marshal's departure, the leopard had already arrived, and there was also the deputy Yuan He of the Woye Army who stayed in the Jinling camp, and there were more than 100 people under Yuan He, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled. In addition, there are some staff officials of the marshal's line.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this morning the king of Yongchang led more than 10,000 horsemen of the Right Guard Army and 15,000 horsemen of the Rouran army in the southwest of Shengle Cheng 20 miles away from the battle, the battle was extremely tragic, the battle went on until after noon, suddenly the sky fell wind and dust, both sides retreated, the Right Guard lost half of the men and horses, the casualties of the Rouran people should be about the same, and now the Right Guard Army has retreated to Tunqi Mountain!"

Everyone in the tent felt that the situation was grim, the Right Guard had lost half of its men and horses, and there must be many wounded who were still alive, and the Right Guard was afraid that it would no longer have the strength to fight.

"That's roughly the case, how should our army deal with it next? I hope you all have your opinions! After Yasuhara finished speaking, he observed the expressions of the generals present.

The marshal stood up and said: "Marshal, now that our army can be said to have lost its offensive ability, the lower officer suggests to further strengthen the defense of Da'e Mountain and Nantianbao, and at the same time increase the patrol intensity between the beacons and checkpoints to prevent the Rouran people from infiltrating; At the same time, it is necessary to immediately send someone to send a battle report to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to send reinforcements! ”

After hearing this, some generals couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement.

Yasuhara stroked his long beard, thought for a while, looked at the leather leopard again, and asked, "General Pi, what do you think?" ”

Judging from the current situation, in addition to the three battalions of baggage, the entire Jinling battalion can still fight, including the right guard army, together with the Huaishuo Town garrison army, there are only 5,000 men and horses at most, but there are no appropriate fighters, and these 5,000 men and horses are useless, and forcing the attack will only end up being consumed.