Gao Xiu, Gao Xu, Cao Jiao, Pei Jin and others all looked at each other, they all knew that this situation was not impossible, the supervising army Gu Bi was still in the Jinling camp, and the soldiers and horses who stayed on the front line of Nantianbao were controlled by the Jinling camp during the war.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a moment, and said to Xue Andu in a firm tone: "There is only one sentence in Bendu: no matter what happens, the defenders of the defense line from Nantianbao to Da'e Mountain must not transfer a single soldier, no matter who gives you the order to transfer troops, you can refuse to obey the order!" If anyone asks you for a sin, say that this is an order from Pontus before he leaves, and let him come to me! ”

With this sentence, Xue Andu was relieved, and hugged his fists and promised: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said to Pei Jin again: "Pei Jin, all the matters related to baggage will be arranged by you, the carriage, the groom, the coachman, and the four thousand people are all under your control, and another 200 foot soldiers will be transferred to wait for your dispatch!" Escort the soldiers and horses required for baggage, and all other arrangements will be made! ”

Pei Jin agreed: "My subordinates obey the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng ordered one after another: "Gao Xiu leads the cavalry; Gao Xu and Cao Jiao each led two thousand infantry! ”

The three of them got up and agreed together: "Yes, all of them!" ”

Early the next morning, after breakfast, the armies set out one after another.

There are four armies and one battalion of soldiers and horses under the command of Yongchang Wang Tuoba Jian, which are the Right Guard Army, the Xiao Cavalry Army, the Huaishuo Army, the Fertile Field Army and the Baggage Battalion.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Junsheng's baggage battalion did not participate in the battle, and if there were really insufficient troops, Zhao Junsheng's baggage battalion should be allowed to participate in the battle, and the baggage battalion had the right to receive all the booty they had captured.

The total strength of the four armies and one battalion totaled more than 34,000 people, of which the Right Guard Army and the Xiao Cavalry Army each had 10,000 people, the Huaishuo Army and the Fertile Field Army had 3,000 people each, and Zhao Junsheng's baggage battalion had more than 8,000 people.

When the army marched to the entrance of the White Road, Tuoba Jian, the king of Yongchang, looked at a pass blocking the front, and he exclaimed: "This king remembers that when he followed His Majesty to crusade against the worms a few years ago, there was no pass here, could it be that this pass was built by the worms in the past two years?" ”

At this time, the gate of the pass was closed, and the city walls and towers were guarded by soldiers, but the gates were not opened.

Yu Ji, the chief of staff and military adviser, arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, Shengle City was taken by General Wandu Gui and Zhao Du, and this pass should also be garrisoned by their soldiers and horses. ”

At this time, a team leader appeared on the city tower, holding on to the wall battlements and shouting: "Dutong has already passed down the order, and the army will go out of the Northern Expedition today." Come on, open the city gates, and enlarge the soldiers and horses to pass through! ”

With this order, the city gate defenders opened from the inside.

"It seems that these defenders should be Zhao Junsheng's people, Lord Wang, please!" Yu Ji said to Tuoba Jian with a smile.

Tuoba Jian nodded, raised his hand and waved forward, "Keep going!" ”

After passing through this white pass, the army entered the white road behind the pass.

Zhao Junsheng took the soldiers and horses to the rear of the entire army, he rode on horseback and looked up and down, and found that this Baidaoling mountain is high and deep, and a large number of people and chariots and horses are difficult to pass at all, and this Baidao is still opened up in the slightly gentle area of the mountain, but at this time, he can only ride a horse, and he can't walk the carriage, and if he wants to take the carriage, he has to rebuild the road.

Zhao Junsheng said to Pei Jin: "Look at the road conditions, the carriage will definitely not be able to go, you first let the horsemen drive the horses to transport the baggage to Shanbei, and let the people dismantle the carriage and carry the parts to Shanbei during the assembly!" ”

Pei Jin said with a smile: "Don't worry, your subordinates have already arranged it." The escort baggage still has to rely on horse-drawn carriages, and it is transported a lot, and it is not much to rely on horses alone! ”

When we arrived in the north of the mountain, it was already in the afternoon, there were too many people and horses, and the marching speed was naturally not fast, the mountain road was narrow and not easy to walk, and it was supposed to be sixty or seventy miles a day, but this day only walked forty miles, and it had just crossed the mountain, and there were still large areas of hilly areas to pass through tomorrow.

As long as you pass through the hilly terrain in the north of the mountain, and further north is the flat plateau, the speed of the march will be faster.

The army camped at the foot of the north of the mountain and camped overnight, and the baggage and carriage parts were also transported by the horsemen and the people during the night.

Early the next morning, the army set up camp and continued to march north along the hilly terrain where it lay flat, and the people assembled the wagons, and the large and heavy baggage were loaded on the wagons, and the light materials were carried by the horses.

After the army officially entered the flat plateau, the pace of the march increased a little.

The fragrance of the earth and the smell of weeds came to his face, Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but close his eyes on horseback and take a deep breath, looking at it, the blue sky was dotted with white clouds, and the grassland in the distance could not be seen at a glance.

While the army was marching, a scout rode quickly toward the army.

"Lord Qiqi, there is a tribe of worms twenty miles ahead, about a thousand tents!"

Tuoba Jian did not order the army to stop advancing, it was only more than a thousand tents, and he instructed the heralds: "Command Yuanhe, let Woye Town quickly send troops to attack the worm tribe twenty miles ahead!" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

The steppe barbarians generally calculate the tribal strength in the unit of the tent, if it is an army, a tent is more than ten soldiers, but if it is a tribal settlement, there is only one adult man in one tent, and one adult man can form a family.

Some people ask, what if there is a widow or a widower? A widowed woman or a widowed old man can only live in a small tent next to the tent, and only adult men are eligible to live in the tent, whether they are married or not.

According to the news from the scouts, about 1,000 tents, that would definitely not exceed 1,100 tents, and according to the calculation that there was an adult man in one tent, that is to say, the strength of this worm tribe was about 1,000 people.

The news of the annihilation of the Rouran army in Shengle City has been in a state of blockade, and no one has fled back to Shanbei to report the news, and the Rouran people in the north of Yinshan have not yet received the news.

The more than 1,000 tribes in front of them were also not prepared for the Wei army to suddenly kill, and when Yuan He led people to kill, more than 1,000 Rouran people rushed back to their residences in a panic and brought weapons and bows and arrows to prepare for battle.

It's a pity that they didn't have enough time to prepare and assemble, and before the more than 1,000 Rouran people were ready, Yuan He led more than 3,000 Woye troops to rush over.

The scattered military formation was not vulnerable at all, and the Rouran people didn't even have time to fight their horses to meet the battle, only one looked at each other, and the military formation of the Rouran people before it was formed was crushed, and they could only resist in panic, but they were cut down and dismounted one by one.

Three thousand to one thousand, again by surprise, the battle ended in only one hour, and the camp of the Rouran people was full of burning tents, and the tents made of leather burned with a foul smell of burning.

By the time Zhao Junsheng arrived with his men and horses and the logistics baggage team, the battle had already been over for a long time, and the property in the place where the Rouran people lived had already been robbed by the Fertile Army, and they couldn't even see a broken arrow.

Gao Xu rode a horse and followed Zhao Junsheng with a bitter face and said: "Dutong, according to this method, we only have to follow them forever and eat ashes, and it is impossible to capture them by fighting!" ”

Zhao Junsheng made a straight face: "You are stupid, you don't have to die if you don't fight, anyway, you all have a salary to live on, don't worry about your family starving to death!" If there is a combat order from above, there is no way, we have to go into battle! You just need to remember one thing, if the above wants us to work hard, we have to make enough money, we can make as much money as we can, whoever wants to rob us of the property that belongs to us, we will kill him! ”

"That's right!" Gao Xu nodded.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and ordered: "Okay, okay, let's arrange for the brothers to camp!" ”

"Yes!"

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Under the leadership of Emperor Tuoba Tao, the Western Route Army walked out of Da'e Mountain on the west road, and marched continuously for seven or eight days to the head of Black Mountain.

The army was encamped at the foot of the mountain, and that day and night, Tuoba Tao summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

"Zhuqing, I have sent scouts to investigate, over this black mountain, and then through the Shimenshui Canyon (that is, Kundulun Canyon) into the jurisdiction of the original Huaishuo Town, now the jurisdiction of this Huaishuo Town is occupied by the Rouran people, but I don't know how many people there are in that area, I can only go all out, in order to achieve the effect of surprise attack its unpreparedness, we must march as quickly as possible, the baggage can only be left temporarily, give up everything that can be given up, prepare three days of dry food, the army will go into battle lightly, and set off early tomorrow morning!"

"Yes!" The generals agreed together.

Early the next morning, each soldier received three days' dry rations, brought enough arrows, and set out under the leadership of their respective generals.

Shimen water, this is the name of the Kundulun River in the "Water Jing Note" of the Northern Wei Dynasty Li Daoyuan, Shimen Water Canyon is known as the "middle road" in the north-south traffic artery, Meng Tian built the Great Wall in the north, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty toured the north in Taiwan, and Zhaojun went out of the jam are all this channel.

The timing of Tuoba Tao's expedition in this season is very good, after a cold winter, the fat and energy in the body are seriously consumed, and the barbarians will take the livestock away from the place of residence to graze every day, and it is not so easy to gather for a while.

As soon as they passed through the Shimenshui Gorge, they were discovered by the grazing worms, who didn't even want cattle, sheep and horses, and rushed back to their places of residence one after another.

The speed of the Northern Wei army is not slow, they are all cavalry, each is also equipped with two horses, the Rouran people run in front, the Northern Wei army is chasing behind, and when the Rouran people run back to the camp, the Northern Wei army also caught up and launched a surprise attack directly.

The Rouran people did not have time to gather men and horses, they would suffer heavy losses and flee in the wilderness, and the Wei army chased the horses until they caught up.

The Wei army's advance speed was very fast, and it took less than two days to advance the original station of Huaishuo Town, a city that had been entrenched by the Rouran people for nearly two years was besieged by tens of thousands of Wei troops, and thousands of Rouran soldiers and horses in the city were trapped in it and could not come out.

Tuoba Tao rode on horseback and looked at Huaishuo Town in front of him and asked the generals and colonies around him: "Zhuqing, this Huaishuo Town has a city wall, I am afraid that it will not be easy to break through, which general is willing to lead the troops to attack the city?" ”