Entering September, there is still a calm between Taidang County and Beiban, Bai Deyuan except for letting a few more powerful tribes drive their troops into Damiaogou, which is about 100 miles away from Mengkou to build a camp, there is no other action, it seems that Bai Deyuan after losing Mengkou, this year really has no intention of going east to deal with Taidang County, stationed in Damiaogou, but only to prevent the Taidang County cavalry from penetrating deeper into the hinterland of northern Xinjiang.

But Su Jun faintly felt a little uneasy, if Bai Deyuan was the kind of person who was willing to admit defeat, he would not have today's achievements, a generation of heroes, will always shoot in unexpected places for others, and a shot is definitely a fatal blow, Su Jun believes that under Bai Deyuan's calm surface, there must be some trick brewing, as for the extent to which this trick has fermented, it is not known.

At this time in previous years, the smell of war could almost be smelled, and the two sides had long been tense, but this year was surprisingly calm, and the people of Taidang County were happy, thinking that after His Royal Highness the Prince seized Mengkou, it had successfully deterred those barbarians in northern Xinjiang, and this year could pass in peace.

However, the top leaders of Taidang County generally do not think so, and the calmer it is, the greater the danger and the greater the instability.

Su Jun, who felt uneasy in his heart, personally arrived at Mengkou, accompanied by Tian Shunchang, inspected the entire city defense of Mengkou, the main city of Mengkou has been built, the surface engineering of Weibao has also been completed, and the periphery, one by one the enclosed houses are connected by fences and earthworks, and the people have begun to burn the wasteland and turn over the ground. They are going to plant wheat here, and in the coming year, it will be a fertile field with waves of wheat to provide an endless supply of food for Mengkou.

Standing at the head of the covered city, Su Jun said in a deep voice: "Lao Tian, has it been so calm in the past few months? ”

"Yes, when Mengkou first built the city, I was really a little worried, day and night on guard against the barbarian thieves, always worried that their iron cavalry would suddenly attack, but with the maturity of the Mengkou city defense system, I also slowly put my mind at ease, it seems that the loss of Mengkou has hit Bai Deyuan very hard, this year he is indeed dead, and he has no strength and no heart to cause new trouble to us."

Even Tian Shunchang, who has always been experienced, also made such a judgment, and Su Jun's heart relaxed a little, maybe it was really that this blow to the barbarians was too powerful, making them lose a lot, and they had no ability to fight back recently? I hope so.

"Has the sentry to Damiaogou been going on?" Su Jun continued to ask.

"The sentinels on both sides have been strangling each other in this more than 100 miles of garden, small-scale confrontations exist from time to time, for Damiaogou, where the Northern Barbarian Sea is stationed is extremely careful, our sentinels can't get too close at all, once they get a little closer, they will be chased and killed by the other party's full strength, in the past few months, I have lost four or five hundred good hands, these are our elite spies, by no means ordinary recruits."

Su Jun's face changed again and again, and he couldn't help but say worriedly:

"In other words, you haven't figured out where the barbarians stationed in Lao Miaogou are doing?"

Tian Shunchang said with some embarrassment:

"That's true, none of us know what the specific barbarians are doing, but our army will not change to meet all changes, no matter what the barbarians stationed there want to do, I just need to stare them at Damiaogou."

Immediately, Tian Shunchang continued:

"As long as the barbarians want to attack Taidang County, then Mengkou must be taken, and if we hold here, it is equivalent to holding the throat of the other party, and we are not afraid of what tricks they will play."

"What if the barbarians stationed in the Great Temple Ditch did nothing?"

"Huh?" Tian Shunchang didn't react, didn't understand the meaning of Su Jun's words, and looked at Su Jun like a wooden man, a little flustered.

"I mean, even if the barbarians stationed in Laomiaogou have a population of more than 100,000 and 70,000 or 80,000 elite soldiers, where are they stationed, they only build a huge camp, but they don't store food, and they don't store siege equipment, so where are they stationed for no purpose?"

Tian Shunchang said in surprise: "This is impossible, in my opinion, Bai Deyuan wants to operate Damiaogou as a second mask, but Damiaogou is not enough to take on this important task in terms of geographical location or other aspects, so it can only be a temporary temporary base, and the other party will definitely store food and build siege equipment for attack." ”

Su Jun slammed the city wall hard, and said worriedly: "No, Lao Tian, it's not a way to go on like this at all, you can send a team of men and horses to raid Damiaogou now, and fight him a blitzkrieg, I don't ask them to occupy Damiaogou, and I don't want them to cause much damage to the enemy, I just want to know, what is the other party doing in Damiaogou?" Bai Deyuan would never do such useless work, if the barbarian elite stationed there has always had the intention of attacking you, or even if he had taken action, then I would be relieved, but the current situation is really weird and uneasy. ”

Tian Shunchang hesitated for a moment, and immediately replied: "Okay, then I will immediately send a cavalry to fight near the Damiao Ditch to find out the truth." ”

Then he turned around and said to the soldiers beside him: "Quickly spread the message that the Marquis of Tian Dapeng came to see me." ”

At sunset, Tian Dapeng led three thousand Taidang County iron horsemen to run out of Mengkou, rushing to Damiaogou at a gallop, and in the official hall of Mengkou Tian Shunchang, Su Jun and Tian Shunchang sat side by side, silently waiting for Tian Dapeng's return.

At midnight, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the city, and there were bursts of cheers from the city, the two looked at each other, Tian Dapeng came back, and after a while, Tian Dapeng broke in with bloodstains, saluted the two, and said: "Master Su, big brother, I'm back!" ”

"How?" Tian Shunchang asked anxiously.

"It's okay, I rushed into the barbarian camp, went around in a circle and killed again, probably killed more than 100 people on the other side, and I also lost about the same number of men, these barbarians have been dead behind me until I saw the cavalry that met us."

"I'm not asking you this, I'm asking what you see in the barbarian camp?" Su Jun asked anxiously.

Tian Dapeng thought for a while, and said with some confusion:

"Master Su, it's really strange, there are indeed no siege equipment in the barbarian camp you mentioned, and in terms of the intensity of their counterattack, there are not as many people as the original sentinels? In my opinion, the military base in Damiaogou will not exceed 20,000 people at most, including the old and weak, and at most 5,000 to 10,000 cavalry. ”

"If you storm the camp of one of them, how will the other one react?"

"The camp of the other tribe is about ten miles away from the tribe we are attacking, and the two are arranged in a group, and when I rushed out, I was worried that the barbarians of the other tribe would come out of the camp to intercept it, but to my surprise, although the other party was on guard, he did not participate in the pursuit of me."

With a bang, Tian Shunchang smashed his fist on the desk, shaking the things on the desk to jump high, and said in a loud voice:

"It's not good, we were fooled, now I'm afraid that Damiaogou is an empty city, and the main force of the barbarians stationed there is only afraid that they have already retreated.

"Dapeng, you've worked hard, you go and rest first"

Su Jun was expressionless and said calmly to Tian Dapeng.