There is no doubt that none of the scouts sent out to investigate have returned, and nothing must have happened to them.

To say that there are Rouran brigades of men and horses on the small lake twenty miles northwest of the river, poplar forests on the other side of the river to the northeast, and small hills ten miles away to the east, Zhao Junsheng must not believe it, the Rouran people did not disperse the men and horses in three directions so quickly.

But why didn't any of the scouts sent out in these three directions return? Zhao Junsheng thought about it, there was only one possibility, that is, the Rouran people had spread out ranger scouts in all directions around him, monitoring his men and horses and these people!

Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment, and instructed the scout who came to report the news: "You go back and tell Gao Xu that you will send someone over every hour to report your safety!" At dusk, let him set up camp by the river, spread around him with pits and trips, and if he is attacked by the Rouran, blow the horn at once! ”

"Yes!" The scout took the order and left.

Zhao Junsheng opened the map and looked at it, looking up at the south, "Pass the order, the army will camp on the spot after advancing twenty miles!" ”

The soldiers and horses continued to retreat south, maintaining the pace of pedestrians.

Zhao Junsheng sent two more cavalry, respectively arranged between the two teams between four miles and seven miles to withdraw to the south, once Gao Xu's side blew the horn of attack, the cavalry located four miles away could hear the horn, and then quickly blew the horn, the cavalry located in seven miles heard the horn and blew the horn, Zhao Junsheng can also hear the horn immediately, in this way to transmit the news is the easiest and not easy to be intercepted halfway, unless the Rouran people send people to kill the two small cavalry in the middle, But the dispatch of a large force of cavalry in Rouran will inevitably not be able to hide the eyes and ears that Zhao Junsheng has arranged around.

At dusk, Zhao Junsheng led a large group of men and horses to start camping on the edge of a forest at the predetermined location, without much preparation, everyone fed the horses two catties of beans, nailed the reins to the ground and let the horses eat grass by themselves, the soldiers began to eat and drink, and after feeding the horses water, they each spread tarpaulins and blankets on the ground and began to sleep.

At this time, Gao Xu took 500 people to guard the people and more than 100,000 livestock camped by the river twelve miles to the east, he sent people to dig many dense horse traps around the camp according to Zhao Junsheng's instructions, and nailed one tripwire after another, and surrounded the camp with the carriages carrying food and supplies, so that the soldiers could be on guard behind the carriages and protect the people in the middle of the camp.

It was dark, and there was not a single light in Zhao Junsheng's temporary camp, only the sound of snoring was like thunder.

Zhao Junsheng didn't fall asleep at all, he didn't fall asleep, he was guessing where the Rouran people were? If the Rouran people really abandoned these people and livestock, it is impossible for the scouts he sent out not to return, and these scouts must have been intercepted and killed, which shows that the Rouran people have not given up, and it is just an expedient measure for them to abandon the people and cattle they have plundered.

Sure enough, you can't underestimate anyone! Zhao Junsheng sighed heartily in his heart, although the Rouran people were contemptuously called worm people by Tuoba Tao, they were actually not stupid.

He believed that at this moment, the Rouran people were hiding in the dark like wolves, watching his every move and that of his generals.

"General, general!" A guard on duty at night quietly came to Zhao Junsheng's side and shouted in a low voice.

Zhao Junsheng raised his head: "What's the matter?" ”

"You lie on the ground and listen, there seems to be a large number of slight horses' hooves, very close to us!"

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he immediately lay down and put his ears on the ground, and after only a few seconds, his face changed greatly, and he immediately ordered: "Li Bao, Li Bao, wake everyone up, hurry up!" ”

The Rouran people came, more than 4,000 horses, more than 2,000 cavalry, Zhao Junsheng deduced from the sound of the horse's hooves he heard, he would never be wrong, they were on the other side of the woods, and they were coming around the woods, and they would not be more than three miles away from here.

This distance is too close, if there is no woods to resist, Zhao Junsheng and they definitely have no time to assemble the whole team at this time, the guard posts are only arranged in the north, south and east directions, and the west is the woods, so there is no guard post in the west, and the Rouran people just came from the west.

The march of the Rouran people is not fast, but it is definitely not slow either!

Wait a minute! With such a fast marching speed, aren't they here to sneak attack? If it is a sneak attack, how can it be so fast?

Zhao Junsheng understood, it was definitely a coincidence that Rouran people came here, and the two sides met here by mistake, what a hell of a coincidence!

Zhao Junsheng quietly woke everyone up and asked them to get on their horses and gather as quickly as possible to prepare for the battle, and there was no time to clean up all the tarpaulins and blankets on the ground, and they would talk about it after the battle.

The Rouran people obviously didn't expect to encounter Zhao Junsheng's main force here, and Zhao Junsheng suddenly rushed towards the Rouran army that was coming over with the 2,500 cavalry that had just been assembled.

"Kill—" Zhao Junsheng yelled repeatedly.

"Kill—kill the Rouran—" All the soldiers stretched out their bows and shot arrows at the pitch-black front.

The Rouran army was only in the shape of a marching army, and it was not placed in a military formation, and it was defenseless against the enemy who suddenly came over, and it was caught off guard, and the vision was too blurry in the dark night, and it was really difficult to see clearly, and it was a mess for a while.

Led by Zhao Junsheng for a burst of rush, the team of the Rouran people immediately collapsed, Zhao Junsheng only led the men and horses to chase for five or six miles before stopping the pursuit, he really didn't dare to chase anymore, there are too many uncertain factors and dangers in this black light.

Zhao Junsheng gathered his soldiers and horses and continued to return to the same place to rest, this time he also arranged several guard posts on the west side of the woods, so that there could be no more warning loopholes.

"Mother-in-law, you were frightened, and my son-in-law didn't expect to encounter Rouran people here, but now that they have been beaten away by us, you and Xiaoxiong can sleep with confidence!" After Zhao Junsheng settled the soldiers, he immediately rushed over to appease Hua Yuan and his brother-in-law.

At this time, Hua Yuan knew that Rouran did not give up as Zhao Junsheng suspected, and she was also very guilty and self-reproachful for her attitude of doubting Zhao Junsheng during the day.

"Junsheng, the old body blames you during the day, you are a person who does great things, don't meet with my wife!"

What else can Zhao Junsheng say? I can only say: "Mother-in-law is serious, you don't have to care!" It's not early, you have to come early tomorrow morning, you and Xiaoxiong rest early! ”

Hua Xiong shouted: "Brother-in-law, don't go, I'm afraid!" ”

"Afraid of what? Rouran has been beaten away by her brother-in-law! Zhao Junsheng smiled and touched Hua Xiong's head and rubbed his hair, "After you go home, let your sister teach you martial arts, and when you practice your skills, you won't be afraid!" ”

Hua Xiong nodded solemnly: "Well, I must study hard!" ”

Until dawn the next day, neither Zhao Junsheng's side nor Gao Xu's side had any other situations, let alone been attacked by the Rouran people.

After dawn, Zhao Junsheng sent people to count the corpses of the Rouran people killed before the soldiers had breakfast, and retrieved the lost and scattered war horses of the Rouran people.

"General, through the inventory, a total of nearly five hundred corpses of Rouran people have been found, more than two hundred horses have been recovered, and the rest have disappeared!" Bai Jinguang, the 1000-year-old who has been reinstated, came to report.

"Did you only kill five hundred? According to the captive's confession, more than 2,000 Rouran people came this time, which means that they still have more than 1,500 people, and their strength is still there! ”

Zhao Junsheng said and looked at Bai Jinguang and asked, "Do you think Mo Gu Zhengxiong will give up?" ”

Bai Jinguang grabbed his cheeks, clenched his fists and said, "General, if it is the last general, the last general will never give up!" ”

"Why?"

Bai Jinguang replied: "I didn't catch anything when I came out, but I lost my soldiers and lost my generals, how can I explain to my clansmen when I go back?" I'm afraid that the authority of the leader will be questioned, right? The position will also be unstable, right? ”

"Yes, if it were me, I would be unwilling! I don't know Mo Gu Zhengxiong, I haven't seen him, and I don't know what kind of temperament he is, but the person who can be the leader of the last film is definitely not a person who gives up easily! ”

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he squinted his eyes and thought about it, weighed it, and ordered: "Pass the order, eat, drink and Lazar within half an hour and solve all the problems, and after half an hour, the whole army will start to join Gao Xu and them!" ”

"Yes!" Bai Jinguang clenched his fists and agreed, and then turned around to convey the military order.

Before the army marched out, Zhao Junsheng crawled out of a number of small groups of cavalry, and carried out a sweep within a radius of ten or twenty miles from the group of men and horses.

He believed that the number of Ranger sentinels of the Rouran people was definitely not large, a team of at most ten people, led by the commander of the ten, he sent a number of cavalry archers with teeth as a unit to sweep the ears and eyes of these Rouran people, and only by blinding the ears and eyes of the Rouran people could he carry out the following operations.

On the way to meet Gao Xu and them, Bai Jinguang rode a horse beside Zhao Junsheng and asked, "General, what are you going to do next?" Let the Rouran people hang nearby all the time and stare like a vicious wolf, always feeling like a fish in the throat! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Do you remember our battle with Pi Lixian? At that time, we were wolves, and Pili was the prey, and we were in small groups to attack and harass, and they couldn't do anything about us! Now the situation seems to be reversed, but the Rouran people haven't been constantly harassing, they don't seem to know this tactic, but now we are in the light, they are in the dark, the offense and defense are reversed! What do you think we're going to do with them? ”

Bai Jinguang thought for a while and said, "General, I think it seems that the Rouran people are waiting for a fatal opportunity!" If they also send a small force of men to harass us, I will be relieved, with the speed and endurance of our horses and the range of their bows and arrows, their non-stop attacks will not only not cause us harm, but will be chased and destroyed by us! But it's not a matter for them to always hang behind like this, always eyeing us around, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days? The subordinates feel that they should find a way to lure them out! ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to his words and said with a smile: "Don't say that your kid has made a lot of progress, the next thing is what General Ben has to do, lead the snake out of the hole!" ”