The leader of the thieves is the Hun Tian Wolf, he has planned to go to Taiyuan, naturally he is pouring out, plus the 1,000 cavalry sent by the Tuoba Su tribe to help, leaving one commander to garrison Luzi Pass, and the remaining 1,500 cavalry all went south. In fact, there is no need to leave a back road, and there are no worries, so the digging and digging all the way is unhurried.

"It will take at least three days to come from Nawon County, Gyeongju, and we will go south today to plunder for one day, and we will have to go back the day after tomorrow!" The accompanying party officer was very young, about 20 years old, named Fei Ting Chunli, his tribe was on the side of Youzhou, and now Tuoba Suzhi was the commander.

"They are all infantry, what are they afraid of? Haven't you Tuoba people always boasted of being brave and daring to fight? "Dig Chengtong sneered, he didn't have a good impression of the Xiazhou Tuoba clan, and was even hostile.

"What do you mean, Chief? Don't forget to promise my envoy! Fei Tingchun Li said very dissatisfied, if he hadn't insisted, he wouldn't even care about the back road, so he always felt that Cheng Cheng Tong had something else in mind.

"Isn't it just to receive weapons, armor, money, food, and silk from Zhang Kuangtu? Don't worry, Zhang Kuangtu doesn't dare to miss us a penny. He smiled meaningfully.

It was not until the third pole of the day that the digging became a general commander to speed up the horse team, and encountered villages and towns along the way, and from time to time sent a small number of men and horses of more than 100 horsemen and horses into the village to plunder money, grain and livestock for the military needs of men and horses.

At dusk that day, they arrived at the northern suburbs of Jinming County, the city had received the news that the city gate was closed, and the people and horses went around to a large village in the east of the city to set up camp, and the villagers had heard the warning and fled into the city, the whole village was empty, the cattle, sheep and livestock were gone, but there was a lot of grain that could not be transported away.

The thieves searched around the village in a hurry, collecting food and cooking on a ready-made stove, and then took the leaders to live in a mansion and discuss the next trip.

"Hao Tianying, early tomorrow morning, you will lead three hundred horsemen to Yanhe Township at the foot of Fenglin Mountain, where there is a big manor that is Zhang Kuangtu's warehouse, take it directly for me, and let the steward who guards the manor inform Zhang Kuangtu that three hundred sets of armor and weapons are not enough, we still need one thousand sets, let him send them to that manor!" Dig Chengtong said coldly.

"A thousand sets? Zhang Kuangtu is afraid that he will not be able to come up with ......" Fei Tingchun Li was speechless and questioned this number.

"Stupid! Without armor weapons, he doesn't know how to offset the goods? Hao Tianying said with a disdainful expression.

"You're clean-mouthed, don't you want to go back?" Fei listened to Chunli sneered, thinking that the reed was in my hands, and when I went back, the Tuoba Su branch personally led troops to meet it, not to mention the goods at that time, your people were all my prisoners.

"Hahaha...... Silly hat! Hao Tianying laughed indifferently.

Fei Tingchun Li looked at the broken dug Chengtong, and then looked at Hao Tianying and a few small leaders, and suddenly felt very uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.

Cheng Tong saw that Fei Tingchunli's face was wrong, turned his head and glared at Hao Tianying fiercely, and opened his mouth to appease and probe him: "Fei Ting's command, the armor, weapons and silk goods are in hand, and they will be kept by us for the time being, and we will divide them when we get out of Luzi Pass." Tomorrow is a good day, we divided our troops to plunder the suburbs of Jinming, Fenglin, Fushi, and Yan'an counties, and retreated in the afternoon four days later, what do you think? ”

"Yan'an is fifty or sixty miles to the west, why do you want to go there? I left four days later, and I brought a lot of goods, I'm afraid that I will make a mistake, right? Fei Tingchun asked with a strange expression.

"No mistake! If you don't feel at ease, our people will cut it off, and there's nothing to say, right? He squinted and smiled, his eyes shining. He will not reveal where to assemble and retreat.

"That'...... All right! Fei Tingchun took it for granted that he would assemble in Yanzhou, and hesitated to agree......

Because the heralds sent by Zong Jingcheng walked in front of the thieves, and when they arrived in Jinming County, Xue Wenqian, who stayed in Fushi, had just received the news, and immediately ordered the city gate to be closed in advance, and sent fast horses to inform the counties under Yanzhou to take precautions, and at the same time reported to Zhang Yue, and summoned the twelve commanders of the six battalions who stayed behind to discuss matters in his barracks.

The command allows the officers of the first rank to have their own two separate barracks, one in the bedroom, and one for military affairs and reception of subordinate officers. The room was so small that there were no more people than there were people, so everyone had to gather around his desk.

"Let's talk about it...... What should I do if this situation is unexpected? Do you want to attack? Xue Wenqian adhered to Zhang Yue's long-standing rules, worked together, and discussed together.

"The thieves have 1,500 cavalry, and we only have 3,000 infantry, so it's okay to hold on and wait for reinforcements, I'm afraid it won't be good to go to war." Ding Baosheng, the commander of the third battalion of the Zhangwu Army, was in his forties, so he was inevitably a little conservative.

"If you go to war, you have to command at least four of them, and then a thousand soldiers will be a little stretched to defend the city!" The commander of the fourth battalion is named Yuan Shenming, who is also in his thirties, and he is very unconfident in his words, because they have not fought any tough battles before.

"I think it will take four commanders to fight, and there is no need to fight hard, just drag them for four or five days, because it takes five days to report the news from the county to Nawon, Gyeongju. The two commanders to defend the city are a little less, but as long as they keep an eye on the city gate and prevent the thieves from making trouble, there is no problem at all! "The commander of the fifth battalion is named Li Duofu, who is only in his twenties, and he was originally a marshal's office, and his knowledge is deeper, and he speaks in detail and simply.

Xue Wenqian smiled slightly when he heard this, and immediately decided: "Okay!" Tomorrow morning with the third, fourth, fifth, **** battalions to fight, the deputy commander Zhang Zhixing and the seventh battalion of the Zhangwu Army to stay, I hope you will do a good job of mobilization tonight, now go down and prepare! ”

In the early morning, Xue Wenqian led his troops out of the city as planned, and went north to Jinming County along the official road by the Qingshui River, walking more than ten miles, and saw a large group of villagers driving chariots and horses, pulling valuable things from their families to the south for refuge. Seeing the officers and soldiers coming, they all gave way, but no one dared to step forward.

Xue Wenqian immediately stepped forward to stop an old man and asked, "Where are the robbers stationed in Jinming County, and did they send out any people this morning?" ”

"I've seen the general, I heard yesterday evening that it was in the east of the city, and the old man fled south overnight, so I don't know the situation."

"I know this general...... I escaped from the west of the city last night, and slept under the Qingxi Stone Bridge for the night, and in the morning I saw a team of thieves and horses going southeast! A small, young man sitting on an ox cart rushed back.

"How many people? How are they equipped? Is it in good shape? Xue Wenqian was interested when he heard it, and immediately asked.

The thin man thought for a moment and said with a hippie smile, "Hehe...... It seems that there are three or four hundred horsemen, and if the general is willing to give some reward, how about I show you the way? ”

"General, don't listen to his nonsense, this kid's name is Su San, he spends his days stealing chickens and dogs, and he is idle, you can't believe what he says!" The old man listened and hurriedly reminded.

"But so? If you lead the way honestly, you will naturally be rewarded, and dare to have bad intentions...... You know! As soon as Xue Wenqian heard it, he understood that what Su San said might be true, so he threatened with a straight face.

"You old man, I didn't go to your house, why bother to spoil my good deeds, go and ......" Su San was really a scoundrel, and he was not afraid when he saw the officer, so he actually scolded him in person, turned his head to look at Xue Wenqian, and immediately looked flattering, and said with a sneer: "The villain doesn't dare to deceive the general, there are indeed three or four hundred horsemen, and the little white face in the leader rides a big black horse and carries a golden gun, but his mother's spirit is ......"