Tuoba Jian also knew that Zhao Junsheng was under a lot of pressure, and it was helpless to adopt such an extreme approach, otherwise it would be impossible to collect so many horses to carry the baggage in a short period of time.

Tuoba Jian got up and said: "This matter has been resisted by all parties, and now there are already people who have complained in front of His Majesty that this king connived at his subordinates to act arbitrarily and rob the people's wealth, and His Majesty has sent someone to reprimand him, so this matter must not be repeated, and similar things must not happen again in the future, understand?" ”

Zhao Junsheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and clenched his fists and agreed: "Humble and clear!" ”

Tuoba Jian said: "There is one more thing to call you this time, Your Majesty can lead the army to the Jinling camp within three days at most, during this period, we must recapture Shengle City and annihilate the Rouran army entrenched in Shengle City before we can send troops out of the fortress!" With your forces and the forces of Huaishuo Town, how sure are you that you will win this battle in three days? ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and clenched his fists and said: "As far as I know, there are still 5,000 men and horses of General Rouran in Shengle City, if these Rouran cavalry are used well, it is a huge threat to us, and it is not impossible to defeat the 30,000 army with 5,000 people!" Huaishuo Town only has 3,000 cavalry, and the 3,000 cavalry under the humble command has just been formed, the infantry does not play much role in this, with 6,000 cavalry to deal with the 5,000 cavalry of the Rouran people, if it is a head-on battle, I am afraid that the chance of victory will not exceed half, but if it is a surprise attack, the chance of victory is great, so if you want to win this battle, you can only attack it unprepared, and suddenly kill the past, and the Rouran people will be defeated if they are unprepared! ”

Tuoba Jian immediately said: "Okay, you will send 3,000 cavalry, and Huaishuo Town will send another 3,000 cavalry to attack the Rouran people in Shengle City, and you must win within three days, so that this king can stand up in front of His Majesty, court ministers and generals!" ”

"Obedience!" Zhao Junsheng agreed, hesitated for a moment and asked: "It's just that I don't understand the lowly position, the cavalry and the Huaishuo town garrison army under the lowly rank are all new soldiers, if the prince wants to improve me, he should let the Xiao cavalry army or the right guard army attack the Rouran people in Shengle City, why did he choose the lowly post and the Huaishuo town garrison army?" ”

Tuoba Jian sighed and said: "Junsheng, this king is not very easy to do, this king favors you a little will attract other people to have ideas, this king values and relies on you very much, so you have to show some skills for others to see, this king is not wrong!" ”

"Got it! Humble and return to Nantianbao to discuss with General Wan and General Hua! After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he withdrew from the tent.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Junsheng hurried back to Nantianbao.

He didn't have time to rest, so he rode directly to the camp of the Huaishuo army, and after arriving outside the camp gate to report, he was led to the tooth tent by the camp gate guards.

Wan Dugui saw Zhao Junsheng coming in, got up and said with a smile: "I heard in the morning that you were called to the Jinling camp by King Yongchang, why did you come back so quickly?" ”

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists and said, "General, we have a combat mission!" ”

"Oh?" Wandu was taken aback, and immediately pointed to Mazha next to him and said, "Quick, sit down and say!" ”

Zhao Junsheng sat on his horse and said: "His Majesty the Emperor has already set off with his army a few days ago, and it will arrive at the Jinling camp in about three days. ”

Wan Dugui frowned and said: "There are only 3,000 cavalry in the Huaishuo Town garrison under the command of this general, and they are all new soldiers, and they have not seen blood yet, and your 3,000 cavalry is the same, let us go and fight the 5,000 Rouran cavalry in Shengle City, the chances of victory are not great!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "So if you want to win this battle, you can only kill them before the Rouran people react, if you want to win, you can't leak the news first, and secondly, you have to be fast, so fast that they don't have time to make deployments!" ”

Wan Dugui thought about Zhao Junsheng's words for a while, and said: "If you want to be taken by surprise, you can only sneak attack, but the Rouran people have deployed a lot of rangers on the northern plain to guard against it, and it is difficult for us to sneak over without being discovered!" ”

"Yes, what the general said is right! Since the last time he led people to attack Da Na's camp, Da Na has been extremely vigilant, and has deployed many ranger outposts around Shengle City to keep guard, and the vigilance force has greatly increased, and it is already difficult to easily get rid of all their ranger outposts and secret sentry posts! ”

"However, as far as the humble officials know, the Rouran cavalry of the rebels in Shengle City are not camped outside the city, but all live in the city, because last winter it snowed heavily, and many soldiers and horses were killed by freezing to death or being crushed by the collapse of tents, so they all withdrew to the city and have not camped out of the city since! It is only more than forty miles from Nantianbao to Shengle City, if we ride two horses and rush over at the fastest speed, it will only take half an hour at most, even if the Rouran Rangers rush back to report the news, the Rouran cavalry of Shengle City will not have enough time to go out of the city and set up a position to engage us, as long as we are fast enough, there is a great possibility to block them in Shengle City, so it will be easy to do! ”

Wandu returned to his eyes, and immediately said: "Well, since you want to prevent the leakage, then it is better to set off sooner rather than later, simply set off tomorrow, kill it as quickly as possible, you go back and let the soldiers have two full meals, and then prepare a day's dry food, each horse is equipped with two horses, bring enough arrows, and set off as soon as tomorrow arrives!" ”

"Let's go back and prepare!"

Zhao Junsheng quickly rushed back to his military camp and summoned Gao Xiu, Cao Jiao, Pei Jin and others to discuss and arrange the mission.

The people who were notified quickly rushed to the tooth tent, Zhao Junsheng was not polite, and said directly: "I thought we were just continuing to act as a baggage team to escort grain and grass for the imperial army on the expedition, but I didn't expect that we actually received the task of taking the lead, we and the Huaishuo town garrison will take Shengle City and annihilate the five thousand Rouran cavalry there within three days, in order to ensure that the news that we are going to go to Mobei will not leak out, so we can't let go of anyone in Shengle City, we have to start preparing now, and we have to set off at dawn tomorrow morning!" ”

Gao Xiu and Cao Jiao immediately said: "Please give an order, I can't wait!" ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed Pei Jin: "Pei Jin, you go and let the gang room add food for the cavalry tonight, and prepare a hearty meal and a day's dry food in the early morning tomorrow, so that the brothers can eat and drink enough, and equip each person with two horses, bows and crossbows and arrows!" ”

"Yes!" After Pei Jin agreed, he immediately went out to make arrangements.

"If you want to prevent Rouran from bringing the news back to Mobei, you must not be able to get away with one person, this is a bit difficult, but it can't be done at all!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junsheng spread out a hand-drawn simple map and put it on the desk, and continued: "Cao Jiao, you take two hundred people to ride a long way to block the white road of Baidaoling (i.e., Daqing Mountain) for Pontus with a large number of rocks, and send people to garrison it!" At the same time, send people to guard here, here and here several dangerous places in the valley leading to the north of the mountain, as long as these places are blocked, it will not be so easy for the Rouran people of Shengle City to spread the news to Mobei! Remember, bring more arrows and at least three days' dry food, and don't let anyone go, otherwise you're the only one to ask! ”

Cao Jiao knew that this was a major military affair and must not be a child's play, so he clenched his fists with a serious face and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed Gao Xiu again: "You go and mobilize the cavalry soldiers, so that they can have a psychological preparation, at the beginning of the war, no one must be allowed to be a coward, all the soldiers under my command Zhao Junsheng must be heroic!" ”

"Yes, Totong!"

Before the hour came, the cavalry soldiers in the barracks of the barracks were woken up one by one, they had all slept in armor before, and they had not taken off their clothes and armor, and the saddles of their horses had not been removed.

Everyone hurriedly washed their faces, rinsed their mouths, and then silently took the dishes and chopsticks to get the food.

Last night's meal and this meal were enough, not only enough steamed cakes, but also meat, and broth, so as not to let the soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield be starving ghosts, and to be a full ghost if they wanted to die is the principle that Zhao Junsheng has always adhered to, and he has never violated it.

After eating and drinking, everyone took a day's dry food and led their horses out of the barracks, and lined up at the foot of the mountain north of Nantianbao.

The whole team was completed, and at this time, the 3,000 cavalry of the Huaishuo Town Garrison Army also walked down from the entrance of the Nantianbao City Pass under the leadership of Wandugui and Hua Mulan, and lined up one by one.

Zhao Junsheng beckoned to Gao Xiu and instructed him: "Send a scout team to open the way ahead, we can't be completely clear about the rangers and dark sentinels arranged by Rouran, but we can't fall into a possible ambush circle, it's better to be careful!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Xiu agreed, beat his horse, ran to the side of the team, and sent the scout scout team out.

The moon has turned west, and it will be dawn in another hour, and the moonlight will shine on all the soldiers.

Zhao Junsheng hit his horse and ran quickly in front of the military formation, shouting as he ran: "The big war is coming, and Ben Dutong doesn't want to tell you any bullshit about loyalty to the emperor and loyalty to the imperial court, and you will scoff at it when you say it!" Xianbei people look down on us Han people, but we Han people themselves are not angry and can't complain about others! If you want to fight for face, you have to rely on yourself, don't expect charity from others! The Xianbei people don't treat us Han people as human beings, only as pigs, dogs, and livestock, and we don't need to be loyal to them, but why do we want to fight? Just for a bite to eat, to live, to live with dignity! If you don't go to war and grovel to the Xianbei people, you can also have a stutter, but that can only be regarded as a slur, we can't be reluctant, because we have knives, bows and arrows in our hands, and war horses under our crotches. King Yongchang has promised that as long as the Rouran people are defeated, all the seizures will be our own, so we are fighting for ourselves! If you want to win the battle, you have to be not afraid of death, the more afraid of death, the faster you will die, my Zhao Junsheng's command does not need to be greedy for life and afraid of death, anyone who walks out of Pontus must be a well-known hero, and they are all brave and brave warriors who are not afraid of death! ”

The black-pressed soldiers turned over on their horses in unison and shouted in unison: "Battle-battle-battle-"