After the afterglow of the sun dissipated, night fell, and the horses gnawed on the weeds around the unprotected camp, the majestic wind blew, and the air smelled of weeds, and the soldiers sat outside the tent and gathered together to chew dried meat and dry food, drink water, and eat and chat.

After Zhao Junsheng finished eating, he fed the war horse beans and tidied up the saddle, but found that the saddle was wet, and touched the helmet with his other hand, and the helmet was also stained with moisture.

"Is the air so humid a sign of rain?" Zhao Junsheng asked in his heart, "If it rains heavily, it's not without a chance!" ”

Several bonfires were lit in the camp, and the soldiers had picked up dry wood from a nearby birch grove, and the firewood crackled.

At this time, a monotonous and rapid sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and none of the soldiers in the camp paid attention to who was coming, nor did they worry that there would be a Rouran cavalry attack, although the camp was not protected, but there were dense guard posts within a radius of ten miles around the periphery, and it was almost impossible for the Rouran people to kill the guard post silently or touch it without alarming the guard post.

As for how to distinguish between friend and foe, and how the various military units could communicate with each other, Zhao Junsheng developed and implemented a set of rigorous methods when establishing this cavalry.

After listening to the report, Gao Xiu quickly found Zhao Junsheng and reported: "Dutong, I have found them, under a hill twenty miles southwest of this place!" According to the scouts, the army of Pi Lixian did not build a camp, and I guess they did not have this habit, and they could not find wood, so they set up camp tents at the foot of the hill, and there were many rangers around! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and said to Gao Xiu: "You stay and sit in the camp, I will personally go and investigate it to see if there is a chance!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered his own soldiers to come to the war horse, a special mount, and a secondary horse for backup.

Under the guidance of the scouts who reported the news, Zhao Junsheng and Li Bao took a few personal soldiers to gallop for twelve miles, and then slowed down, getting closer and closer to the camp of Pi Lixian's army, and could no longer beat their horses and gallop wildly, and the movement was too big to be easily discovered by the Rouran Ranger Guard Post.

After another quarter of an hour of walking came to the foot of a hill, and then walked almost slowly on horseback, about the same pace as walking.

The scout who led the way said to Zhao Junsheng: "The camp of Pi Lixian's army is at the foot of the hill to the south, they have arranged a number of troops on the hill, plus two bright posts and a dark post, the villains and others have identified the hiding place of the dark post according to the method you taught, first sent people to touch it and kill the dark post, and then divided into two groups to kill the two clear posts, in the process of killing the bright post, because it was the first time, the brothers were very nervous, one of them missed, fortunately there were companions who remedied it in time to stop the clear whistle warning!" ”

The group dismounted and tied their horses to the trunk of a tree at the foot of the mountain.

"Please go this way with the villain, don't make a noise, don't speak, the troops deployed by the Rouran people are not far from here, and it will be troublesome if they find out!" The scout who led the way whispered as he walked.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Where is the position of that Rouran soldier?" ”

"On the left side of the hill! If you go over the hill to the south from here, the place where they are stationed is the place to go! The positions of the other three guard posts can only be observed, and it is impossible to go down the mountain! It is impossible to get around this hill from the left or right, their guards are too dense, and the patrols are frequent, and the point is that it is already dark and the line of sight is not good, if there are dark posts, they will find us before we can find them! ”

Zhao Junsheng and the others followed the scout who led the way and quietly touched the top of the hill, where the view is wide, there are no trees to obstruct it, and you can see the situation of the Rouran camp at a glance, it is indeed a good place to observe, no wonder the Rouran people want to arrange a secret post here.

Zhao Junsheng observed for a while and found that the camp of the Rouran people was heavily guarded, and the horses were tied around the tent, as long as the camp was attacked, the Rouran soldiers could rush out of the camp tent and fight on their horses as quickly as possible.

In addition, two-thirds of the camp was dark, and only one-third of the area was lighted, and in the lighted area, a large number of Rouran soldiers did not sleep, but gathered around the fire, weapons and crossbows placed beside them.

Looking at this situation, the vigilance of the Rouran people is very high, Pi Li should have divided all the soldiers and horses into three groups to take turns to keep vigil, even if he killed the peripheral rangers and guard posts to the nearest place to launch a night attack, it is impossible to succeed, the night vigil Rouran soldiers have three or four thousand horsemen, they can assemble and meet the incoming enemy as quickly as possible, and the other two-thirds of the Rouran cavalry have enough time to assemble and launch a counterattack.

"Go to the left and lead the way!"

"Yes, please go with the villain!"

Under the guidance of a scout, Zhao Junsheng quietly touched the left side of the mountaintop, where there was an open land with a terrain platform, more than a dozen camp tents erected in a disorderly manner, a fire burning in the middle, and more than a dozen Rouran soldiers standing guard around it, and there seemed to be a few hidden sentry posts.

There is a large rock standing high on the cliff near the south, on which there are two Rouran soldiers standing guard, it is impossible to kill these more than 100 Rouran soldiers silently, the positions of these sentry posts are too good, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhao Junsheng pondered in his heart, in terms of the detected situation, the conditions for launching a night attack were insufficient, and it was impossible to succeed, but if it was an attack, it would be much easier.

Zhao Junsheng and the scout who led the way quietly retreated, and when they returned to the same place, Zhao Junsheng instructed the scout captain: "Wait around here to monitor the movements of the Rouran people!" In this place, if the Rouran people send people to check the situation of the sentry, as long as the number of people does not reach half of you, you will kill them, and the number of people who come to inspect reaches or exceeds half of your number, depending on the situation, if you are sure, you will do it, if you are not sure, you will withdraw and continue to monitor, if you reach the same number as you, withdraw immediately! ”

The scout captain promised, "Yes!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took Li Bao and a few personal soldiers for half an hour and rushed back to the camp of the army.

Gao Xiu heard the sound of horses' hooves and knew that Zhao Junsheng had brought someone back, so he immediately greeted him and asked, "Dutong, how is the situation of the investigation?" ”

Zhao Junsheng jumped off the horse and said as he walked with Gao Xiu: "There are no conditions for a night attack, and forcibly launching it is just for the brothers to send them to death, this idea can be completely abandoned!" Our mission is to hold back the Piritian army, and tonight we must do something to make it impossible for them to march at their normal pace tomorrow! ”

Gao Xiu clasped his fists and said, "Please give the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked his soldiers to bring the map, looked at the map and studied it for a while, then thought about it for a while and ordered: "Go and call the 1,000th cavalry commander Bai Jinguang and his ten centurions!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Xiu agreed, and ordered a soldier next to him: "Let them come quickly!" ”

Bai Jinguang and his ten centurions quickly rushed over.

"Come here!" Zhao Junsheng brought everyone to a fire, and when the light of the fire was bright, he put the map on the ground, and said to Bai Jinguang and his ten centurions: "Now give an order: First, your ten centurions are divided into three groups, the first group is responsible for the first half of the night, the second group is responsible for the middle of the night, and the third group is responsible for the second half of the night. Your task is to raid the camp of the Rouran people from all directions in a unit of 100 people, first in turn, and then at the same time, as long as the Rouran people show their flaws, you will rush into the camp of the Rouran people to kill if you have the opportunity, you must leave with one blow, and you must not fall in love! ”

"Second, each hundred-member team brings drums, gongs, and horns, and the louder the momentum, the better, even if they don't have a chance to enter the camp of the Rouran, they can't get a good night's sleep!"

"Thirdly, if the Rourans are to fight, if they are more than half of you, you will withdraw. Even if you are less than half of your number, you must remember that you are archers, you cannot fight in close quarters, and only shoot with bows and arrows! ”

"Fourth, if the Rouran people are in pursuit of each other, and there are too many chasing soldiers, you will lead them to the two positions here and here, and the Pondu and Gao Du Lieutenants will each lead their troops to ambush here! If there are not many pursuers, and you can solve it yourself without causing too many casualties to yourself, you can solve it yourself; Or a team of 100 people can find a suitable place to work together to annihilate them! Whether to lead the pursuers to the place where Gao Xiu and I are, or whether it is up to you to solve it yourself, Bai Jinguang decides at his discretion. The Pontus has only one requirement to minimize its own casualties! We only have more than 3,000 people, and the Rouran people have 12,000 people, and the Rouran people can afford to lose, we can't afford to lose! ”

"Fifth, if the Rouran people react quickly, you can't find a chance, so you keep making noise outside the Rouran camp and don't let them sleep! How to communicate with each other and how to distinguish between friend and foe, you don't need to be taught by Pontus again, right? ”

"Early tomorrow morning, the Pontic and Gao Du Lieutenants will change their identities to a new location, and when the time comes, they will send someone to contact you, and if there is a large group of Rouran cavalry chasing you during the day tomorrow, you will scatter and flee, and when they do not chase you, they will assemble and return to follow, in short, they will not stop, and they will not be relieved to go on the road; If they are in pursuit, you will lead them to a new ambush. ”

"The above is the order of Pontus, do you all understand? Remembered? ”

Bai Jinguang and his ten centurions clasped their fists together: "The subordinates have all understood and remembered!" ”

"That's good! All of you bring only self-defense weapons, bows and arrows, and three days' dry food, and each person brings three horses and three days' horse food, and if the dry food and horse food are almost exhausted, you will go to Hongyan Lake, fifty miles to the northwest, for supplies! ”

After Zhao Junsheng finished his order, he said to Gao Xiu: "You pick five hundred cavalry from the 2nd thousand cavalry and the 3000th cavalry respectively to ambush this position, if the pursuers exceed 2,000 cavalry, you will lead them to my location, and then you and I will work together to solve them!" ”