Youzhou City to Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) is nearly 600 miles, even if you travel 100 miles a day, it will take five or six days to arrive. According to the previous understanding of the movements of the Liao reinforcements, when Wang Kunjun and his entourage arrived at Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), not only the Liao army had already arrived at the city of Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), but they were afraid that the Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) blockade had been completed. In addition, Wang Kunjun's trip was neither to supervise the war, nor to save the emergency, but to avoid meeting Chai Rong, and to delay more time on the road would be more able to achieve his goal, so the original speed of Jihua's march was not fast, and he planned to stop after walking fifty or sixty miles a day - according to Wang Kunjun's statement, he hoped that he would receive the news of the victory of the battle in Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) halfway through, and then turn around and go back to Youzhou directly.

However, although he thought that there was no need to be in a hurry, Wang Kunjun, who had never experienced a battle since the beginning of the battle of Youyun, was still eager to participate in an actual battle. After all, as the nominal supreme commander of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army", he has not even participated in a decent battle, which is actually not conducive to him maintaining his image and prestige in these two armies. Therefore, Wang Kunjun, who was originally traveling by car, decisively abandoned the car and changed horses soon after leaving Youzhou City, and took a group of guards to speed up the horses and gallop towards Yuguan (Shanhaiguan).

A group of people set off from Youzhou on the sixth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, lived in Lu County (Tongzhou) on the seventh day of the first month, crossed the three rivers on the eighth day of the first month, and arrived at a small village - Shangzhuang Village that is only 20 miles away from Yutian County at noon on the ninth day of the first month. Seeing that it was noon, everyone rode their horses and ran all morning, and they were all hungry, Wang Kunjun immediately ordered to go into the village to eat, rest for a while, and then continue to move forward in the afternoon, and be able to reach Yutian before evening. When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed and slowed down their horses, while Cheng Fei took a squad of guards to enter the village to check first.

After Cheng Fei entered the village, there was not much time, and a personal guard rushed back with a flying horse and reported to Wang Kunjun: "Fifth master, everything is normal in the village, the twenty-ninth master invites you to enter the village." ”

Wang Kunjun nodded when he heard this, waved his hand, and led a large team of people into the village.

Shangzhuang Village is just a small village with 70 or 80 villagers near the official road, and naturally there will be no inns and restaurants of "Datong Commercial Bank" operating here. However, it is precisely because it is very close to the official road that there are many merchants and pedestrians who usually come and go, so some villagers with a little wealth in the village have also set up several inns, wine shops, restaurants and other businesses in addition to their fields, and they rely on providing catering, accommodation and other services for these passing merchants and pedestrians to earn some extra money. Therefore, although there are more than 100 or nearly 200 people in Wang Kunjun's group, they can sit down in several inns and restaurants.

The small village usually receives scattered business travelers, and it is the first time that nearly 200 people have come in at once. The innkeepers and the unbridled shopkeepers were serving carefully, and they couldn't help but be a little worried that these sturdy guys with horses and knives would eat the "overlord meal". If the other party really wants to eat and not give money, the inn or the unbridled shopkeeper really can't do anything about them - they are the inn or the wine store's own men, even if the whole village is counted, it is impossible to stop these nearly 200 strong men with weapons.

The shopkeepers were suffering from gains and losses there, but Wang Kunjun and others, who were busy filling their stomachs, did not expect that the arrival of their people would bring such a feeling to the villagers of this small village. While they were devouring their meals, they whispered about the extent of the war at Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) -- because the number of radio stations in the hands of the crossing team was limited, and the Great Wall blocking battle was long and the main points were many, and the need for radio stations for communication between various departments was greater than in the previous two wars, so at Wang Kunjun's insistence, his group did not carry radio with them. So they knew about the development of the war, and they could only make some judgments and speculations based on the news they had received before their departure, as well as the rumors they had heard from passing passengers along the way. …,

Just when everyone was eating and chatting, a personal guard in charge of the guard at the entrance of the village rushed from the east end of the village, and knelt down on one knee in front of Wang Kunjun and Cheng Fei to report: "The fifth master, the twenty-ninth master, the official road in the east of the village is dusty, and the sound of hooves is rumbling, and it seems that a large group of cavalry is coming to the village. ”

"Where did the cavalry come from? Have you ever seen the other party's flag? Cheng Fei asked a little eagerly when he heard this.

"Twenty-ninth master, due to the distance and dust, I can't see the other party's flag clearly, and now I have sent someone to investigate. The villain's squad leader was afraid that it was the enemy who came, so he specially ordered the villain to report to the two masters, so that the guards in the village could prepare early, in case things changed by surprise. The guard who reported the news replied.

After hearing this, Wang Kunjun nodded, and ordered: "You go back and tell your squad leader, you must watch carefully before taking action, and you must not attack blindly." If it is really clear that they are friends and enemies, you must also remember to report back to your master quickly, and retreat to the village to defend against the enemy with the rest of the guards, and never fight hard with the other party. ”

After getting along for many years, Wang Kunjun knows quite well the thoughts of these personal guards, and knows that they will definitely fight to the death in order to protect the safety of themselves and other traversers. Even if a person is faced with thousands of troops, he will not hesitate to rush up and fight with the other party, so that he can say the above words - after all, there is still a company of "Wolf Tooth Battalion" in the village, even if there are thousands of cavalry outside, with the special forces of this company, it is enough to deal with it, and there is no need for the guards to fight hard.

The guard promised to give the order, but it was impossible for the people in the village to eat in peace, so they had to put their rice bowls aside, take up arms, and prepare for battle. At this time, even everyone in the village could feel the ground under their feet begin to shake. Cheng Fei leaned over on the ground, listened with his ears to the ground, stood up and said to Wang Kunjun: "Fifth brother, listening to the voice, it is estimated that the other party has nearly a thousand riders. Now that the Liao army in the states in front of the mountain has basically been wiped out by us, even if some of the fish that slipped through the net, they have long been frightened and fled to the outside of the plug, and it is unlikely that they will run in the direction of Youzhou in the opposite direction. Since this cavalry is coming from the east, could it be that the Liao reinforcements have broken through the eleventh brother's resistance at Shanhaiguan and are heading in the direction of Youzhou?"

Wang Kunjun shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Probably not." The main force of the old eleventh should have arrived at Shanhaiguan at this time, even if there are 100,000 Khitan reinforcements, if they want to break through the old eleven's resistance, it will definitely not be possible to do it overnight. Besides, before we left Youzhou City, the news from Lao Eleven and them had always been that the main force of the Liao army had not yet arrived, and only a small number of vanguard troops were wandering outside the pass. Therefore, even if the Liao army really rushed through the Shanhai Pass, it would only be a matter of these two days. There are still more than 300 miles away from Shanhaiguan, and even if the Liao army is fast, it is impossible to run from Shanhaiguan to Yutian in two days. Therefore, Brother Wei felt that this cavalry might not be the Liao army, even if it was the Liao army, it could only be a small force that sneaked in through a small pass between Gubeikou and Xifengkou, and it could never be the main force of the Liao army. ”

Wang Kunjun's analysis is the way, which makes Cheng Fei's heart reassured. On the one hand, he ordered the company commander of the "Wolf's Tooth Battalion" company to send a platoon to the east entrance of the village to pick up the guards who were stationed there, while on the other hand, the other guards and the soldiers of the "Wolf's Tooth Battalion" spread out a defensive formation in the village to make all preparations for battle.

With Cheng Fei's order, all the guards immediately took action, choosing battle positions, inspecting weapons, and building temporary fortifications, and preparing in an orderly manner in accordance with the combat regulations. The rumbling sound of horses' hooves outside the village and the actions of the guards inside the village naturally attracted the attention of the people in the village, and made them panic -- although they did not know the specific situation, from the actions of these outsiders in the village, the villagers could tell to some extent that their situation was not good, and if they did not do so, they would experience a disaster and a war. It's just that the invading enemy has already arrived outside the village, and it will definitely be too late to run away - not to mention that these outsiders in the village may not let them escape. Now all they can do is hide in their homes and pray to God to bless them and their families from this fate.