The chopped firewood burned in the ondol. The fire was very strong, making the tent as warm as a spring day.

Wang Sunsin sat cross-legged on a sheepskin mat, beside the fire, and the generals under his command were all in the tent except for a few people on duty.

"How's the stable?" Wang Sunsin asked a subordinate.

"The horses were all draped in blankets, and firewood and grass were piled up upwind to keep out the wind."

Wang Sunsin asked a few more generals, and the arrangements of each camp were similar. West Malaysia is hardy, and this arrangement is almost there.

"Where's firewood? What else is lacking? ”

"Enough is enough, but it's never too little. The more firewood for the winter, the better. ”

"After fighting with the Black Khan people, I have time to collect firewood. How is the fire prevention arrangement made? ”

"The piles of firewood and grass near the wall have been moved to the back."

Wang Sunsin asked the details of the enemy one by one, and did not feel impatient because of trivial matters. Before the war, you are well prepared, and it will be much easier when the time comes.

Previously, a general had proposed to simply abandon the last barbarian and retreat to the pendulum.

It is a basin, surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are grasslands, forests, hot springs, and newly excavated carboniferous mines, which will stay here for the winter, and it will not be long before the Black Khan army will retreat.

But Wang Sunsin rejected the offer. Although he had considered returning to the swing for the winter, and he did make preparations, since Black Khan had sent troops, he withdrew the swing according to the plan, but he had escaped from the battle.

Although the Western Regions were initially decided, the hearts of the Uighurs were undecided. When the enemy retreats, there is a high possibility that his army will scatter in a hurry.

Wang Sunchen was able to conquer the Western Regions with a meager army because of the courage to move forward and never flinch, as well as the victory of a hundred battles. Although the weight of the Great Song behind him is heavy, it is not as convincing as the Divine Arm Bow on the top of his head.

If the Great Song Dynasty had taken root in the Western Regions for more than ten years or decades, Wang Sunchen would have been able to advance and retreat from his heart, and leave as he wanted, without worrying about the turmoil of the army. But now, he can't hold back in the slightest.

And there is a road from the end of the barang that can lead directly to the turtle on the east side of the pendulum.

The normal road from Gaochang to Moman is along the road of Yanqi, Qiuzi, and Pengyin. However, after passing through Qiuzi, skipping the swing sound, you can also reach the end of the barbarian, and it can even be said that the distance is shorter. Just because the path is a desert that is hundreds of miles long, and it is walking on the edge of the desert. Therefore, after the general army and caravan leave Qiuzi, they will still choose to go north, enter the mountain basin of Pendulum, and then turn west, out of the mountain and into the last barbarian.

The more people and horses in the team, the more they will choose this mountain route, and the abundant water and grass of the swinging line are not comparable to walking on the edge of the desert. But this does not mean that the Black Khan Army cannot divide a partial division and skip the swing to attack Qiuzi. Now Qiuzi has just returned to obedience, and the dragons are leaderless, and they can't resist the attack of the Black Khan Army at all. At that time, the Black Khan Army will be blocked at both ends, and the officers and soldiers guarding the swinging valley will be the turtle in the urn.

Wang Sunsin didn't want to be the laughing stock of future generations. And from his own heart, he didn't have the idea of retreating before he could make a move. It's just that there are more people, but when has he ever been afraid of more enemy soldiers?

However, Wang Sunsin did not despise his opponent. The invading army that took Black Khan north lightly before, as long as the other party was caught off guard. If we send troops again this time, we must have made preparations, and the troops and horses mobilized must be the limit of what can be used.

The scouts who brought back the news of the Black Khan's troops did not detect the strength of the other side, and several nobles of the Uighurs of Qocho estimated that the number of troops sent by the Black Khanate should be around thirty or forty thousand, and Bogda Khan had to guard against his brother to the west. And the water grass on the road from Shule to Moman, it is difficult to support more than 50,000 troops.

I inquired about the status of the preparations and assigned today's tasks. The generals dispersed one after another and returned to their respective camps.

Wang Sunsin caught fire and drank two cups of hot tea. And he lifted the curtain and walked out.

The front of me is plain white, the mountains, rivers and flats are covered with snow, there is no silver wrapped in delicate, only the cold and cold of the forest.

Tents are scattered across the snow-white fields. Four camps were gathered. The walled wall, which winds along the terrain, encloses the camp.

The four camps were divided into four directions in the south, east, west, and northwest of the city, and they were built against the city wall. Wang Sunsin's main tent was to the south of the city of Moman. However, Wang Sunsin had the defenders dig a trench along the city wall, and used the soil excavated from the trench to build a wall of sheep and horses on the inside.

More than 10,000 men and horses under the command of Wang Sunchen had no intention of hiding within the city walls. The city was stocked with grain and grass, as well as horses that could not be used, and were guarded by 500 Han troops.

The main force of the army, relying on the city wall, prepared a ring of fortifications on the periphery. The four fortifications located near the outside of the city, with the defenders in the city, are the initial and perfect city defense system.

Although the weather is getting colder quickly, fortunately, the ground is still warm, and it is much easier to dig a hole than in the middle of winter. There was no shortage of pickaxes and shovels in Wang Sunchen's army, and with the tools that were handy, two trenches, one shallow and one deep, appeared on the periphery of the camp in a few days. In the past two days, the temperature has dropped to freezing, and the ice and snow in the shade do not melt, and it is much more difficult to dig a pit. Of course, this difficulty is now on the Black Khan's side.

Wang Sunsin walked around the city. A cavalryman on a camel stopped at the gate of the camp, saw Wang Sunchen from a distance, and rushed straight over. After three zhang, he was stopped by Wang Sunchen's personal soldiers.

Wang Sunchen walked over, and the cavalryman knelt down on one knee and reported: "Commander, the front ranger returns." Last night, the strikers of the black sweat camped in Hutonglin, one hundred and forty miles to the south! ”

Wang Sunsin was refreshed when he heard this. The Black Khan has finally arrived.

"How many soldiers and horses have you ever found out?"

"One thousand, two, three, all on horseback, and most of them were armoured. Flying a red flag, but the flag can't be understood. ”

"If you can be a striker, you must be elite. You don't have to read their flags either. ”

Seeing that the cavalry in the center could not give more information, Wang Sunchen waved him to retreat, and beckoned his own soldiers to come over: "Go and inform the battalions." The vanguard of the thief army camped in Hutonglin one hundred and forty miles south last night. ”

The pro-soldiers were about to leave after receiving the order, but the leading pro-general stopped and asked, "Commander, are you inviting the generals to come over to discuss matters?" ”

"Just let them know that there is such a thing, and they can do things with peace of mind, and there is no need to panic. In the evening, come back and talk as usual. ”

The hair is rough and rough, which makes people underestimate. Wang Sunsin didn't feel the need to be so nervous.

The strikers had reached a hundred and forty miles to the south, and after two days had removed the time for the scouts to report the news, they should be able to enter the city. And the scouts of the Black Khan, if they are fast tonight, or tomorrow morning, they should come over.

This was the nineteenth day of the Black Khan's expedition. It will take two days for its forwards to reach the city, and at least three days for the main force.

Wang Sunchen scoffed at the speed of the Black Khan's movements. This is not a slow pace for a normal march, but at the moment it is an attack on the enemy, of course, it must be fast.

In other words, if it was Wang Sunchen, he would not choose to enter the army when winter was approaching. It is not an emergency situation, and it is unnecessary to brave the cold to send troops. However, once it is decided to send troops, it will inevitably send light troops to attack first, so that the enemy cannot build a camp with peace of mind, and the main force can catch up with the rear and break the enemy in one fell swoop.

This was Wang Sunsin's habitual tactics of war. Previously, after attacking the North Court, he galloped to the aid with 800 cavalry. After defeating the army of Qiuzi, they marched westward without delay, and conquered all the important towns of Qiuzi, Yanqi, and Moman, while the Uighurs had not yet reacted. Attacking the enemy is like fighting fire, hesitate for a moment, the enemy can be prepared, and at that time, I don't know how many senseless losses there will be.

Wang Sunchen took his own life, and originally thought that the Black Khan Army would go faster. Due to the problem of distance between the two places, when Wang Sunchen received the news of the Black Khan's troops, it had been seven days since the Black Khan army had sent troops. At that time, Wang Sunsin expected that he would not be left with more than ten days to react, and at least maybe only five days.

It is precisely for this reason that his determination to deny the retracement swing can be made so quickly. If the people's hearts are uncertain, the withdrawal of troops cannot be fast. But there are people chasing after you, what if you catch up? If you lose unclearly, that's what you call wrongdoing.

But even if it's only five days, it's enough to prepare for the enemy. There was no need to withdraw the army in a hurry, in addition to mobilizing some men and horses and requisitioning local elites to rectify the camp, Wang Sunchen naturally began to clear the wilderness.

As the days passed, Wang Sunsin used the spoils of war to collect all the local Uighur strength and stocks, and arranged for a group of women and children to retreat to the rear. When he found out that the Black Khan people were delayed, he even had time to purge all the non-Buddhist residents in the Moman area.

In terms of faith, Wang Sunsin did not discriminate. It's okay to believe in anything, as long as you are obedient. But there is no easier way to regain the hearts of the Uighurs than to attack their mortal enemies.

It's easy to discern faith. Due to the vendetta between the two religions for hundreds of years, there are not a few followers of the Great Food Sect in the Moman area near the border. Scattered among the Buddhist congregation, it is as conspicuous as the black sheep among the white sheep.

More than 200 people in all, all of whom were driven south with enough food for ten days.

"If only there were more." Wang Sunsin said to people afterwards.

If there are 120,000, you can still consume some more rations of the Black Khan. It's a pity that there are only more than 200 people, so they can only say hello, and by the way, urge the Black Khan people to go faster.

After doing all this and resting for another two days, the Black Khan was too late.

Such an opponent, Wang Sunchen is not very eye-catching. But now that it's here, the drama that has been prepared for many days can be regarded as the beginning.

In the afternoon of the next day, the scout teams on the periphery began to come under attack. The Rangers sent out to patrol the southern roads confronted the light cavalry of the Black Khans.

As the main forces of the Black Khans continued to advance northward, the pressure on the scouts increased. After two or three days, there were many casualties. More than 30 heads were captured, and there were more than 10 exploration horses that failed to return. Such an exchange ratio has rarely been exceeded since the attack on Ganliang.

But the strength of the enemy army was also clearly detected. A scout with a clairtelescope can observe much more accurately than a normal scout at the same distance. Several days of armed reconnaissance determined the number of enemy troops. Between 30,000 and 40,000. The banners are different, but there are quite a few elite soldiers. According to the Uighur scouts who accompanied him, the most elite of them were named Qulam, who had been in the army since childhood, and had fought with the Black Khan in the north and south.

Wang Sunchen didn't know whether they were strong or weak compared to the Khitan cavalry, but since they had been in battle for many years and had followed the Khan to fight, they always had some ability.

A whining horn sounded from the flying ships, and in the morning light, the white plains were covered with black, and the Black Khans left the camp where they had stopped the day before and rushed towards the city of Moman.

The earth seemed to tremble, and even the wind echoed with iron hooves shaking the ground.

Wang Sunsin raised the long sword given by the emperor, "Open the camp and attack!" ”