The early morning march was still relatively cool, starting from Wuzhong County, the road was quite flat, and the soldiers talked and laughed along the way, and fighting was already accustomed to these Xianbei soldiers, and these soldiers had a lot of experience.

In order to relieve the tension before the battle and maintain the best condition, the generals will talk and laugh and have fun.

King Changshan's Daxu and men were in the middle of the team, while Zhao Junsheng's Youzhou army was much more familiar with the situation and terrain here than other guest troops, so he was the leader and responsible for reconnaissance missions.

Hua Mulan's right wing army followed closely behind Zhao Junsheng's Youzhou army, and she asked the adjutant general Fu Zhen and the military Sima Hu Yingtong to lead the troops and horses, and she took a few personal soldiers to follow Zhao Junsheng to discuss the battle strategy and marching route.

Hua Mulan asked Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, what do you say we should do next?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "I'm afraid that we can't have the final say, this Changshan prince is a tough and assertive person, wait for the detective and detective to investigate the situation in Xu Wu and Junmi counties clearly, and then see what Changshan King says!" However, according to my speculation, there should be no Yan army stationed in Xu Wu and Junmi counties, the outpost has been roughly explored two days ago, although it is not detailed enough, but it should be not too much, if the Yan army deploys a large number of troops in this area, it will not be able to hide from our scouts! ”

"Gollum, Gollum ······"

"What sound?" Zhao Junsheng asked in surprise, it seems that whose stomach is screaming.

Hua Mulan was embarrassed by the question, her face was slightly red, "I was so busy gathering soldiers and horses in the morning that I forgot to eat for a while······"

Zhao Junsheng felt helpless, took out an oiled paper package from the horse's belly and handed it to her: "When will your rough temperament change?" Here you go! ”

"Rough?" The corners of Mulan's mouth twitched, and she slapped Zhao Junsheng's arm with her fist in anger, "Death, dare to say that I am rough?" I'm rough you big-headed ghost! ”

"Ouch, don't fight, don't fight, how bad is it for people to see? Save me some face! ”

"Humph!" Hua Mulan put away her fist, took the oiled paper bag in Zhao Junsheng's hand and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Peking roast duck!"

"Oh? I've never heard of it! Hua Mulan opened the oiled paper bag suspiciously, and a roasted yellow-orange-orange duck was lying in the oiled paper bag, "Wow, it's so fragrant, it looks delicious!" ”

"My name!" Zhao Junsheng said as a matter of course.

Hua Mulan couldn't wait to rip off a duck leg and bite it, "Hmm······ Delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, fat but not greasy······"

Zhao Junsheng was quite surprised, "Yo, you will still comment on the food?" Not bad! ”

In the past, the role of food for Mulan was just to make a living and fill her stomach, and there was no other taste except for the salty taste and the taste of the food itself, but since he was with Zhao Junsheng, he thought of a way to make something delicious, and she knew that the food could be made so delicious, and she carefully tasted the taste of the food when eating.

"Well, I've eaten a lot of food!"

The two of them chatted with the army and hurried on the road.

Before the time, the army marched very fast, the temperature was not high, and the road was easy to walk, but after the time, the road condition was much worse, and the temperature would rise when it began to cross the mountains and mountains, especially when the army marched on the mountain road, there was no wind for half a day, as if it was stuffed in a jar.

The marching speed of the team obviously began to decline, and the physical strength of the generals and horses also decreased very quickly, Zhao Junsheng's Youzhou army was not bad, they were not unfamiliar with this kind of terrain, and they often walked through, although the marching speed became slower, but it was not like those guest generals, by about noon, the Youzhou army had opened five or six miles with the team behind them.

Zhao Junsheng didn't know the specific enemy situation in Xu Wu and Junmi counties, and he didn't dare to let the Youzhou army and the brigade pull too long a distance, so he ordered: "Herald, send the order to slow down the march!" Send someone to ask King Changshan for instructions, now that the weather is hot and the soldiers are seriously physically exhausted, should they order the army to rest on the spot for an hour before marching? ”

It takes time for the detective cavalry detective to explore Xu Wu and Junmi counties, and it is impossible to have news back so soon, Tuoba Su is also new to this place, he is not familiar with the terrain and the situation here, and he does not dare to take risks, he agreed with Zhao Junsheng's idea after getting the instructions, and let the army rest in place for an hour, but the armies behind cannot stop, and must catch up with the Youzhou army and then rest.

After the army rested on the spot, Mulan turned around and went back to the Right Wing Army and brought them here to join them.

Zhao Junsheng sent a guard post, leaving Wei Chi Yandong and other generals to lead the troops and horses in the same place, and he took a few personal soldiers to climb the mountain next to him.

During the climb, I picked up some mushrooms and fungus that grew in the shade and damp places and asked the soldiers to pack them in cloth bags.

When passing a mountain stream, Zhao Junsheng stopped and squatted by the stream and scooped up a handful of mountain spring water with his hands and drank a sip, which was so sweet and cool.

He hurriedly took off the water bag, poured out the water in the water bag, and then filled it with mountain spring water and hung it on his waist.

"Remember, although the water of this mountain spring is sweet and cool, you must drink the living water that flows from the crevices of the rocks, and you can't drink too much raw water, and you can only drink it after camping! Alright, let's go! ”

After climbing to the top of the mountain, Zhao Junsheng put up a pergola and looked around, surrounded by endless mountains, and some villages lived in some valleys.

Zhao Junsheng took a look at the map, and only walked more than 30 miles in one morning, and at this rate, he couldn't catch up with Xu Wuxian at the end of the day.

When they returned to the bottom of the mountain, Mulan happened to come over with the team to meet, these right-wing generals had never walked such a long distance in the mountains like this, they were all tired and hot, and when the order to rest in place was given, everyone sat under the roadside trees.

Hua Mulan wiped her sweat and walked over, Zhao Junsheng went up and took off the water bag on her waist and handed it to her: "Mulan, take a sip of this, it's very cool!" ”

Hua Mulan took the water bag and poured it, and the citrus was cool in her throat, and the pores of the whole person were opened, from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.

Zhao Junsheng stopped her from drinking too much: "This is mountain spring water, it is very sweet, but it is also raw water, it is too cool, and it is also very stimulating to the stomach and intestines, you can't drink too much, otherwise you will have diarrhea!" ”

Hearing this, Mulan closed the plug and returned the water bag to Zhao Junsheng.

The two walked to the shade of the tree and sat down back to back, each took out dry food and nibbled on it, and the soldiers around them were also nibbling on dry food and drinking water, and the war horses were free-ranged and let them gnaw on the weeds.

After eating the dry food, Zhao Junsheng said: "Mulan, I have arranged a vigilance, you sleep, and I will call you when you are about to leave!" ”

"Okay!" Hua Mulan agreed, lay down and fell asleep on Zhao Junsheng's thigh.

At dusk, the army arrived at a mountain col twenty miles southwest of Xuwu County, and Tuoba Su ordered to camp on the spot.

The soldiers began to set up tents, collect dead branches, build stoves, and prepare for making fires and cooking.

"Tear these mushrooms into strips, wash them, and cook them together with the jerky!" Zhao Junsheng confessed to his own soldiers.

"Yes, General!"

Then a knight galloped into the camp on horseback until he stopped at the tent.

"General, the villain is a scout of the scout team, and he came to report the enemy to the general on the order of the team officer!"

"Your father is too lazy to give you such a casual name, but there are not many names, and it's hard! Anyway, what did the scout officer ask you to report on the enemy? Zhao Junsheng asked.

Shi Dan immediately said: "The situation in Xu Wu County and Jun Mi County has been investigated, Xu Wu County has no defenders at all, and at present, there are only some government servants who are arresting and arresting to maintain order, but there are more than 300 Yan troops in Jun Mi County!" But when the villain rode to the city of Xuwu County, the officials at the head of the city surrendered when they saw the villain.

Zhao Junsheng was drinking water, and when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but open his mouth and squirt out all the water he drank, "What?" A few of you scouts let Xu Wuxian surrender? ”

"Yes, General!"

Zhao Junsheng was speechless for a while, thought for a while and instructed Shi Dan: "You go back and tell your team officer, and ask him to send a few people to explore the area around Lulongsai to see if there is a Yan army stationed in Lulongsai, if there is a Yan army garrison, find out the number of garrison troops and draw a map of its city fortifications!" ”

"Yes!"

According to common sense, the defense line of Lulongsai was built to protect against the Huhu people, and almost all the fortifications were mainly built facing the north, in which the garrison had to defend against the south, and the role would not be too great, but it had been occupied by the Northern Yan over the years, and it was not clear whether the Northern Yan court had rebuilt it, so scouts must be sent to investigate clearly.

After sending away the stone eggs, Zhao Junsheng got up and walked out of the camp tent to Tuoba Su's Chinese army tent.

"Lord Wang, the situation in Xu Wuxian and Junmi County has been clarified!" Zhao Junsheng reported the situation detected by the scouts to Tuoba Su.

After listening to this, Tuoba Su asked several staff members and military officials next to him: "What do you think?" ”

An official said: "Lord Wang, it seems that the Yan army in Beiping County has been frightened when they heard the arrival of our army to conquer the east, and they either fled in fear of the wind, or they surrendered in the wind!" ”

Another official was skeptical about this: "Lord Wang, the lower official thinks that it is better for our army to be cautious, if this is a trick of the Yan army, if you want to make our army lose its vigilance and be contemptuous, this will be very bad!" ”

Tuoba Su thought for a while and said to an official next to him: "Pass the order, let the generals of the various armies come to the Chinese army's big tent after dinner!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng returned to the tent, Mulan was washing his dirty clothes.

"Brother Junsheng, where have you been? I'll wash your clothes and dry them tomorrow morning, and then you'll have your soldiers fold them up and put them in your baggage!" Mulan said while washing her clothes.

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