Zhao Junsheng smiled and pushed back the fish meat that Mulan had picked up with chopsticks, "I've already eaten it, you can eat it, eat more and be quick!" ”

Hua Mulan took back her chopsticks and put the fish meat into her mouth, Zhao Junsheng's fried fish not only did not smell fishy, but also very delicious, the fish skin was fried to a golden brown, and the fish absorbed the taste of the sauce, which was delicious.

"Brother Junsheng, if there is no war, we will go back to get married, and after we get married, we will open a tavern, you will cook, I will cut vegetables for you, light the fire, the dishes you cook must be eaten by many people, and the business will be very good!"

Mulan's affectionate words warmed Zhao Junsheng's heart, and he agreed softly and firmly: "Okay!" ”

Soon after nightfall, there was a large number of horses' hooves behind Nantian Fort, Zhao Junsheng immediately ran to the top of the fort to look, and found that a large number of cavalry were galloping from the south, although this cavalry came from the rear, Zhao Junsheng did not dare to easily believe that they were his own people, he immediately ordered: "Everyone enter the fort!" ”

The baggage soldiers didn't even want the carriage, so they left the empty carriage and ran into the Nantian Castle.

There were several torches on the top of the fort to illuminate the sky above the fort, and Zhao Junsheng saw the cavalry coming from the rear, all holding a torch, like a long dragon winding and flying towards the Nantian Fort.

This cavalry soon came to the south slope of Nantian Fort, and the leader shouted: "I am Wandu Gui, can Mulan and Zhao Junsheng be in the fort?" ”

Zhao Junsheng could hear that this was Wandugui's voice, and the torches beside Wandugui illuminated his face, and Zhao Junsheng immediately shouted: "Military master, I am Zhao Junsheng, please wait a while, and my subordinates will order the castle gate to be opened!" ”

Under Zhao Junsheng's order, the gate of the fort was raised by the soldiers with a noose, and Zhao Junsheng took Gao Xiu, Lu Xuanbo and a few soldiers out of the fort and came down the hillside.

"My subordinates meet the military master!"

Wan Dugui jumped off the horse, "What about Mulan?" ”

Zhao Junsheng bowed and clenched his fists: "Mulan is injured and is recuperating in the castle!" In today's daytime battle, Mulan's soldiers suffered heavy losses, and there are only seven people left including her, if it weren't for the timely arrival of her subordinates with the baggage team, I am afraid that Nantian Fort has been captured by the Rouran people! ”

After listening to Zhao Junsheng's report, Wan Dugui turned around and ordered the first general Mona Lou to enter: "The herald soldiers are camped here!" ”

"Yes!" Mona Loujin agreed, turned around and ordered the generals to set up camp on the spot.

Under the guidance of Zhao Junsheng, Wan Dugui followed him into Nantian Fort with a few personal soldiers, from bottom to top, Wan Dugui checked the architectural layout of the entire Nantian Fort, and finally walked to Mulan's room.

Before she arrived at the door of the room, Hua Mulan put on her clothes and came out to salute: "My subordinate Hua Mulan visited the military master, I don't want the military master to personally bring troops to reinforce, my subordinates are ashamed!" ”

Wan Dugui waved his hand: "Don't say these useless, how are your injuries?" ”

"I was hit by an arrow in the back, but the arrow didn't penetrate into the body, it only hurt the muscles and muscles, and it didn't get in the way!" Mulan said with her fists clenched.

Zhao Junsheng immediately added: "Mulan has lost too much blood and is weak, I am afraid that I will not be able to fight with the enemy for nearly half a month, and if the wound bursts, it will be troublesome!" ”

Wan Dugui nodded, looked left and right, "It's too narrow here, let's find a spacious place to talk!" ”

Under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng, several people came to the lobby on the third floor, which is also the command post of this fort.

Wan Dugui sat on the main seat and listened to Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng about the details of the battle process during the day and the Rouran army, after listening to it, he frowned: "Princess Rouran Tuzhen will have heard of it, this woman is not simple, His Majesty has just ascended the throne in the year, the Rouran army attacked, Da Tan Khan led 60,000 cavalry to attack Yunzhong, His Majesty led the army to rescue, but on the way was surrounded by the Rou Ran army, inside and outside fifty circles, I heard that it was this Tuzhen princess to Da Tan Khan to offer advice!" ”

Speaking of this, Wan Dugui was puzzled: "This Tuzhen princess is the daughter of Datan Khan's elder brother Ku Wu Lu Hu, if she is in Shengle City, this means that Wu Lu Hu must also be in Shengle City, and Wu Lu Hu is the right virtuous king of Rouran, he definitely didn't come here to enjoy the mountains and rivers!" But the general just couldn't understand, if the Rouran people wanted to attack my Jinling camp, why did they only uproot the two big forts we set up in Da'e Mountain and Tunqi Mountain, why didn't they raise a large army to kill them directly, but they came to attack Nantian Fort? Their purpose shouldn't be just to tear down our fortresses, right? ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment, then clasped his fists at Wandu Gui and said, "Military Master, do you remember those Rouran Sentry posts that we captured last time?" At that time, they explained the strength of the Rouran people in Shengle City, there were 15,000 people under the command of Shelun, and now this Wulu and Princess Tuzhen arrived in Shengle City, I think they should not have brought a large number of soldiers and horses, when they came, the ice and snow had just begun to melt, the weather in the north was even colder, the snow was only afraid that we were still thick here, and the army of soldiers and horses marched easily in the wind and snow, I think the father and daughter should not bring many people, I am afraid that they only brought the guards, and the number will not be too much, With the strength of Shengle City, there is no advantage over our Jinling garrison in terms of numbers, they must not be absolutely sure, now we are building a large number of fortresses in this area to block traffic, they dare not rashly attack in an all-out way, and it is common sense to want to pull out our fortress first and then attack in a big way! But I'm wary of the Rouran people playing tricks to confuse us! ”

Wan Dugui listened to Zhao Junsheng's analysis, nodded and said: "You are right, Ben Jiang is also worried that they are playing tricks to cover up their true purpose, but Ben Jiang can't guess what they want to do!" ”

At this time, Mulan said: "Military master, judging from Princess Tuzhen's style of acting, she should do things with a purpose, which can be seen from the fact that when she broke the defensive belt arranged by her subordinates on the hillside, this princess is a person who likes to use her brains!" ”

Wan Dugui shook his head: "We can't guess her purpose, we can only wait and see what happens!" This Nantian Fort is the northernmost fort in my Huaishuo Town Defense Area, if the Rouran people want to attack from our army's defense area, they must first break through this Nantian Fort, so this Fort cannot be lost, Ben will decide to increase the garrison here and expand the scale of Nantian Fort! What do you two think? ”

"The Lord is wise! I wonder how many troops the commander plans to add? Zhao Junsheng asked after clenching his fists and complimenting.

"Increase to three teeth, set up a team leader!"

After Wan Dugui finished speaking, he pointed at Mulan and said: "Mulan is tenacious and unyielding in today's offensive battle against the Rouran army, sticks to the end, and has made great contributions to the repelling of the Rouran army. ”

Zhao Junsheng was anxious: "Military Master, you are very grateful for Mulan's promotion to his subordinates, but now that she is seriously injured and needs to go back to Jinling to nurse her injuries, how can you heal her injuries if you let her stay here?" What about changing the guard once every two months? ”

Wan Dugui was a little embarrassed, covered his mouth and coughed twice to resolve the embarrassment, "This ······ Didn't Mulan just say that his injuries were fine? In that case, why not continue to guard it? Besides, now is the time for our army to employ people, and it is also the time for you to make meritorious contributions, and it is easiest to make meritorious contributions in the places closest to the enemy! Let's do it, hold on for two more months, and after two months, Ben will definitely change the guard for Mulan, how about it? ”

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan glanced at each other, they knew that Wandu Gui's mind had been decided, but they were afraid that they couldn't change it.

Hua Mulan was silent for a while and asked: "Commander, there are only seven people left under the subordinates, and everyone is still injured, I wonder when the three teeth you promised will be replenished?" ”

"This is easy to do, I will bring more than 1,000 people this time, and transfer three teeth from each building to your command, from now on they will be your people, and your team will be under the command of Mona Loujin!"

"Good!" Hua Mulan agreed, "The subordinates have another request, the subordinates decided to build a city wall on the hills on the left and right sides of Nantian Fort, the length of the city wall on both sides is about sixty-seven zhang, please let the soldiers who came with the military master this time help build this city wall, the subordinates are worried that the Rouran cavalry will attack again, if they can build this city wall as quickly as possible, even if they come tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, as long as the defensive equipment is enough, even if they come tens of thousands of people, they can only look at this fort and sigh!" ”

Wan Dugui's face changed: "This is a big project, building the city wall is time-consuming and labor-intensive, even if all the more than 1,000 people sent by the general are put to use, I'm afraid that this city wall will not be built in a day or two!" ”

"Rest assured, this city wall is not to be built according to the specifications and standards of the Great Wall, its height will not be higher than the Nantian Fort, there is no need to use stones, all the earth is used to pile up a city wall, the Rouran people do not have heavy siege equipment, even if it is a rammed earth city wall, they can't do anything with it! The subordinates dare to guarantee that it will only take five days at most to complete the project! ”

Zhao Junsheng's Wandu Gui couldn't refuse, he weighed the pros and cons, and finally agreed: "Okay, Ben will lend these people to you for five days!" ”

Early the next morning, the construction of the city wall was vigorously launched under the command of Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng, and some people dug the foundation ditch; Some of them went to cut wood; Others went digging and transporting it in horse-drawn carts.

It is much easier and faster to build a wall out of earth than with stone, and it can be piled up in a few days with a horse-drawn cart to pull the earth, and the sides of the wall are clamped with a large amount of wood, and the earth is piled up and then tamped.

Two days later, in the afternoon, the Wei soldiers were building the city wall, and hundreds of Rouran cavalry suddenly rushed out of the mountains and forests a few miles away.

A large number of horses' hooves came, and the Wei soldiers changed color, and they all threw down their tools and planned to pick up their weapons to prepare for self-protection, but they heard Zhao Junsheng shouting: "Let me continue to work, don't pay attention to them!" ”

The Wei soldiers were at a loss, and many of the borrowed soldiers of the town and garrison scolded in their hearts, "Damn, the Rouran people are going to rush over, you told Lao Tzu to leave them alone?" The life of the people who dare to love is not your life, you don't care, do you?

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