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Zhao Tuo assigned a lot of homework to the students and gave them a long vacation.

I prepared several clothes that were easy to exercise in, as well as some small items that I could take with me, and packed them in my bags to go to the barracks.

Outside the barracks, Zhao Tuo was wearing a cyan robe, a hair crown, and a literati dress.

When the guard at the camp gate saw it, he stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Zhao Tuo took out the military order and said, "Here is the new grain officer, come and report!" ”

The guard saw the military order, listened to the introduction, and said, "Come with me, I'll take you in." ”

Walking to a small tent to the right of the central tent, there was a middle-aged man sitting in front of the board, recording something with a pen.

Seeing Zhao Tuo coming in, he asked, "You are also here to report." ”

Zhao Tuo stepped forward and saluted and replied, "The East Palace compiled Zhao Tuo and came here on military orders." ”

The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at Zhao Tuo carefully, and said, "It turned out to be you!" ”

Zhao Tuo felt very puzzled, is he famous?

Li Shimin gathered a lot of officials, but Zhao Tuo, the subordinate official of the East Palace, was alone, and everyone was very curious about this person.

The middle-aged man handed Zhao Tuo a letter of appointment and said, "Your position as King Qin has been decided, and you are the grain and grass escort officer." ”

"King Qin has already taken the lead with five thousand cavalry."

"You are going to take the grain and grass team to Taiyuan today, and the goal is Jincheng."

"Command!" Zhao Tuo took over the military order and withdrew from the military tent.

Under the leadership of the guards, they came to the granary at the back of the barracks, and when the granary keeper saw the escort officer coming, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Lord Zhao, everything is ready, just wait for you to come and lead the team on the road." ”

Zhao Tuo asked about the information of the grain team.

The administrator immediately called the captain of the guard, a burly and tall strong man with a full beard and a black beard, like a big black bear.

"My name is Niu Da Zhuang, and I am the captain of the grain and grass guard."

Zhao Tuo made a salute and said, "I am the new grain and grass escort officer, my name is Zhao Tuo." ”

After hearing this, Niu Dazhuang said: "Since the adults have come, let's go directly to the road!" ”

Under the leadership of Niu Dazhuang, they came to the place where the grain and grass team assembled, and everyone knew that the escort officer had arrived and saluted one after another.

A little old man stepped forward and said, "Lord Zhao, I am your sword and pen calendar, called Wang Mancang." ”

Zhao Tuo asked him to report on the situation of the grain and grass team.

Wang Mancang took Zhao Tuo to inspect and introduced: "There are a total of 50,000 stones of grain and grass escorted this time, including 100 grain carts, 1,000 people, and 500 guards. ”

After Zhao Tuo read it all, he felt that there was no problem, so he directly announced his departure.

Zhao Tuo was not familiar with the military system, and he did not know the route of the march.

But fortunately, someone did all this, and Zhao Tuo didn't need to bother.

Zhao Tuo was lying on the grain cart, and Wang Mancang taught him some marching knowledge on the side, and walked for half a month.

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Zhao Tuo opened his marching map, looked at his position, and shouted to Niu Da Zhuang, who was leading the team in front of him: "Da Zhuang, come here!" ”

Niu Dazhuang rode a horse and came to Zhao Tuo and asked, "What's the matter with Lord Zhao?" ”

Zhao Tuo pointed to the marching map and asked, "The map shows that we have arrived near Jincheng, why didn't I see it?" ”

Niu Dazhuang replied: "My lord, I have been to Jincheng, just twenty miles ahead, it should be blocked by a hill, let's go a little further, and we can see it when we climb over the hill." ”

Zhao Tuo nodded, got off the grain cart, mounted his horse and walked to the front of the team.

Two hours later, they came to the city of Jincheng.

Looking at the closed city gate, Zhao Tuo shouted to the city tower: "King Qin waved down the escort officer Zhao Tuo and was ordered to escort the grain and grass to come." ”

The gate was not opened, but from the tower, a bamboo basket was lowered, and there was a soldier in it.

The soldier walked up to Zhao Tuo and asked, "Is there a letter of appointment and a military order?" ”

Zhao Tuo glanced at Wang Mancang behind him, and he immediately took it out and checked it for this soldier.

After checking that there was no problem, the soldier shouted at the tower: "No problem, open the door!" ”

The gates opened, and the grain team slowly entered.

The Jincheng guard came to Zhao Tuo and said, "I am the Jincheng guard Wang Junkuo!" ”

Zhao Tuo immediately saluted: "Escort officer Zhao Tuo, I have seen General Wang." ”

Wang Junkuo asked, "How many people did you bring?" ”

Zhao Tuo was a little puzzled, not knowing what he meant, and replied: "There are five hundred guards and one thousand people." ”

Wang Junkuo immediately said, "Let your five hundred guards follow me." ”

Zhao Tuo was a little puzzled and asked, "Of course General Wang can take them away, but may I ask what General Wang is taking them for?" ”

Wang Junkuo looked embarrassed, and said with a bitter face: "King Qin came out with five thousand cavalry to investigate the enemy's situation, and he hasn't come back for two days. ”

Zhao Tuo's brain buzzed when he heard this, and he couldn't believe it, and said, "You mean to say that the King of Qin went out with five thousand cavalry, and there was no news for two days?" ”

Wang Junkuo nodded.

Zhao Tuo hurriedly asked, "How many defenders are there in the city?" ”

Wang Junkuo said in embarrassment: "The soldiers were all taken away by the King of Qin, and there were only 2,000 people left. ”

Zhao Tuo shouted loudly: "You mean to say that there is not a single guard soldier in Jincheng now, only a few thousand people as guards. ”

Wang Junkuo nodded with difficulty.

Zhao Tuoke knew that it would take at least a month for the large army to reach Jincheng.

Now that the King of Qin is nowhere to be found, and there is no one to defend Jincheng, isn't this fatal! If the Turks attack, what can they resist?

Wang Junkuo said to Zhao Kuo: "I now order you to defend the city, and I will take these five hundred guards to find the traces of King Qin." ”

Zhao Tuo called Niu Dazhuang and asked him to lead the team to follow Wang Junkuo.

Then he called Wang Mancang, and asked him to gather together the people he had brought with him and the people of the city.

Let the three thousand people put everything they can smash on the city wall and use it to defend the city.

He also divided the 3,000 men into three teams and took turns to stand on the city wall to guard, and at the same time had 10,000 scarecrows tie up, put on clothes, set up on the city wall, pretend to be guards, and plant all the flags on the city wall.

Zhao Tuo took some people to set up horses at the four city gates to reject horses and trap horses in pits for defense.

Zhao Tuo wanted to make the illusion that there was a heavy defense in the city, even if the Turks attacked, they would not dare to attack directly.

At the same time, three groups of people were sent to gallop quickly, to find the army behind, and let them come quickly.

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