At this time, Tuoba Jian, the king of Yongchang, asked: "Liu Jizong, don't eat it yet, this king asks you, how many troops does the Rouran people have in Shengle City?" ”

Liu Jizong didn't stop, and replied while nibbling on mutton: "According to the observation of his subordinates, there are at least 17,000 Rouran troops in Shengle City at this time!" ”

Everyone in the tent had a bad feeling, and even some people were already scared into a cold sweat, if the Rouran people used all their forces to carry out a surprise attack on Da'e Mountain Fort, with the Da'e Mountain Fort now less than a thousand people guarding, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop it for even two days.

Zhao Junsheng asked out loud at this time: "General Liu, how do you judge that there are at least 17,000 people in Rouran?" ”

Liu Jizong stopped to eat, turned his head to look at Zhao Junsheng, the resentment in his eyes flashed away, and he scolded loudly: "Of course it's calculated, do you think the uncle hasn't learned arithmetic?" The Rouran people did not live in the city this time, they set up camp on the periphery of Shengle City on the city wall, and the Rouran marshal who led the troops this time was called Da Na, only his handsome tent was set up in the city! Uncle is calculated based on the number of tents in their camp! ”

Dana and the previously captured Shelun are the same level of Rouran marshal, and they are all trusted cronies of Rouran Khan Datan, this person has a high reputation in Rouran, and he has been seen in Rouran's previous wars with the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Liu Jizong continued: "Dashuai, Lord Wang, the last general also found out a piece of news, Rouran Khan Datan has decided to move the Khan's court south to Monan, and is currently on his way to Monan!" ”

"What?" Yasuhara, Tuoba Jian, and other senior generals and officials were all shocked when they heard the news.

This is definitely not a good news, Rouran Khan's royal court has been located on the west bank of the Anhou River in the northeast of Yanran Mountain, thousands of miles away from Shengle City, if the Khan's royal court moves south to Monan, Rouran's military power will definitely move south, which will increase the military pressure on the Northern Wei Dynasty exponentially.

"Liu Jizong, is the news reliable?" Yasuhara asked in a deep voice.

Liu Jizong said: "Dashuai, of course it is reliable, this is the risk that the last general will desperately kill the enemy camp and overhears it!" ”

Zhizhong immediately stood up and bowed his hand to An Yuan and said: "Dashuai, this matter is not trivial, and it must be reported to the imperial court as soon as possible, so that the imperial court can come up with countermeasures as soon as possible!" ”

Yasuhara nodded, and instructed the lord Bo: "Immediately write a note and send it to Pingcheng!" ”

The lord Bo promised: "Yes, Dashuai!" ”

The overseer of the army, Yu Gubi, bowed his hand to An Yuan and said: "Great Marshal, the Rouran people plan to carry out a surprise attack on Da'e Mountain Fort, our army should react quickly, and if it is late, there will be changes!" ”

An Yuan didn't know, but the Jinling battalion could only fight with 3,000 people from the Right Guard, and the 2,000 wounded soldiers would definitely not be able to go.

Zhizhong said: "The marshal is afraid that if the Right Guard Army is sent to reinforce, the Jinling battalion will only have 3,000 heavy soldiers? If this is the case, there is no need, the Jinling camp is in the rear, as long as the front defense line is not breached, the Jinling camp is still safe! ”

An Yuan weighed for a while, looked at Tuoba Jian, clenched his fists and said, "Lord Wang, now I can only ask Lord Wang Ye to bring all the capable men in the camp to Da'e Mountain for reinforcements!" ”

Tuoba Jian hugged his fists and saluted back: "This king has been preparing overnight, and he will lead the army to reinforce Da'e Mountain at the fastest speed early tomorrow morning!" ”

Of the several fortresses on the outer defensive line of the Jinling camp, only the Da'e Mountain Fort is the farthest away from the Jinling camp, and even if the army advances at full speed, it will take two days to arrive, and the Right Guard Army does not know if it can arrive in time to reinforce this time.

The current strength of Da'e Mountain Fort is only three buildings of Huaishuo Town Garrison, fortunately, the geographical location of this fort is very dangerous, if the Rouran people do not have complete siege equipment, it is also very difficult to break through within two days, unless they are willing to die, but sometimes they are willing to die and may not be able to break the city, it must be known that no one is not afraid of death, the more people who die, the follow-up siege soldiers will become more and more timid, and the combat effectiveness will become weaker and weaker.

Late at night when Tuoba Jian led his army away, a winding fire appeared on the mountain beam twenty miles west of Nantianbao, and it turned out that this was a group of soldiers and horses coming from the north over the mountains.

When the army reached the bottom of the mountain, the leading general raised his hand and signaled everyone to stop, leaving only one burning torch and extinguishing all the other torches.

The leading general kept shaking the only torch, and soon a fire appeared two miles ahead, and the fire quickly shook.

Seeing that there was a response from the front, the leading general immediately ordered the whole army to meet him.

A knight came up with a torch, and Le Ma stopped and saluted the chest of the leading general: "I've seen General Morton!" ”

Morton bowed: "Well, what is the situation of the Jinling camp of the Xianbei people?" ”

"Back to the general's words, the Xianbei people sent 3,000 men and horses of the Right Guard Army to Da'e Mountain early this morning, and the Jinling camp only has 2,000 wounded and 3,000 baggage soldiers, which has actually become an empty battalion!"

A cruel smile appeared on Morton's face: "Sure enough, as the princess expected, as long as the Xianbei people get the news that Da'e Mountain is about to be raided, they really send reinforcements, how are the two thousand wounded and dead left in the Jinling camp?" Three thousand baggage soldiers are only equipped with escort baggage, and if you want to block my thousand iron horses, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream! Someone, order everyone to continue marching and approach the Jinling camp! ”

A thousand Rouran iron horsemen took advantage of the night to quietly touch the Jinling camp south.

But the journey was not without obstacles, at least two more outposts and a beacon on the way.

The sky was gloomy tonight, which played a good role in covering the 1,000 Rouran army that came to raid, but because the light was too dim, it was also very unfavorable for the march, so in order not to get lost, Morton let the fine work who came to meet him lead the way in front, and still kept the only torch.

Baolin Fengsui is the closest beacon to Jinling Daying, just twelve miles north of Jinling Daying.

The last guard is about to change the guard, and it won't be long before dawn after changing this shift, Ma Dang, who was standing guard outside, yawned, he turned around and walked back and forth, and just turned his head and saw a little fire in front of him, he immediately stopped and shouted to his companions: "Brother, don't sleep, wake up, someone is coming ahead!" ”

The companion who was dozing with a spear opened his eyes and walked forward, puzzled, "It's almost dawn, isn't it?" Who came from the north at this time? Ma dare to be dang, go and wake up the captain! ”

"Good!"

Wu Chang and two other soldiers quickly rushed over from the cave halfway up the mountainside, "What's the matter?" ”

"Captain Wu, someone is here! At this time, I thought it was strange that someone was coming, so I asked Ma Dangdang to call you over. Didn't you say two days ago that there was an order from above to come down and let us be more vigilant? So I ······."

"Okay, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, vigilance is right, prepare the bow and arrow, if someone comes to force the pass, shoot me!"

"Captain Wu, don't worry!"

A knight holding a torch quickly came to the bottom of the beacon, Wu Chang raised his hand and waved down, several arrows shot out, and swished twice on the ground in front of the knight, forcing the other party to stop, Wu Chang shouted again: "Who is coming?" ”

The knight with the torch was forced to stop, and some of the nearby Rouran people quietly touched the sides of the beacon with their blades under the cover of night.

"Don't release the arrows, I'm the person at the front checkpoint, I have an emergency military situation to report to the Jinling battalion, and please let the brothers above let me go quickly, I can't afford to be late brothers!"

After hearing this, the commander frowned, it is impossible to report the emergency military situation so slowly, and since the baggage battalion took over the vigilance and patrol, Zhao Junsheng has changed some of the original rules, in order to prevent Rouran's surprise attack and infiltration, the transmission of military information cannot be sent directly to the Jinling camp by the checkpoint that first discovered the enemy's situation, but must be passed on one by one, one station after another, which can not only play a role in preventing the enemy's surprise attack and infiltration, but also improve the speed of military intelligence transmission.

This person is a little suspicious, Wu Chang whispered to Ma Dangdang: "You go to the beacon tower quickly, if you find that there is a fighting sound here, immediately light the beacon fire!" ”

"Yes, Captain!" Ma Dangdang turned around and ran towards the beacon.

Seeing that the horse dared to leave, Wu Chang shouted to the knights below: "Put your waist card in the basket next to you, and if there is no problem after inspection, I will naturally let you go!" If you dare to act rashly, you will be shot as a hedgehog!" ”

"Fuck, what's this called? I'm going to report the military situation and check the waist card! The knight under the beacon complained, and still tore the waist card from his waist and threw it into the basket next to him.

A rope was tied to the basket, and the captain raised his hand, and one of the soldiers pulled the basket up.

Wu Chang took the waist card from the basket and illuminated it with a torch, looked at the waist card, and asked below, "Which battalion are you from?" Who are your tooth owners? ”

The knight reacted quickly, and after a little hesitation, he replied: "From the third battalion, the tooth master is Guo Sen!" ”

Wu Chang's face changed, and he immediately shouted: "He's fake, shoot ······"

With a "whoosh", an arrow came from the side, and with a pop pierced through the commander's neck.

"If there is an enemy, dare to be a horse, quickly light the beacon fire!" One of the soldiers roared and fired an arrow in the direction where the arrow that killed the captain was flying.

The remaining two soldiers immediately crouched down and fired two arrows at the knight under the beacon, but the fellow was too shrewd to roll down and dismount before the arrows could be fired.

"Woolu, woolu······" Seven or eight Rouran soldiers climbed up from both sides with scimitars and rushed towards the remaining three soldiers with shouts.

Ma Dangdang, who was running quickly towards the beacon tower, felt that the armor on his body was really a burden, and suddenly there was a heart-rending roar from behind: "There is an enemy, Ma Dangdang, quickly light the beacon!" ”

Ma Kangdang stopped and turned his head to look, only to see a fight taking place on the beacon platform halfway up the mountain below, and many Rouran people surrounded a few companions in the middle and slashed them.

"Wu Chang-Huang Mazi-" dared to roar and left tears in his eyes, turned around and ran towards the beacon with all his strength.

He was running out of breath, the beacon tower was at the top of the mountain, and there was still some distance from here to the top of the mountain, but fortunately he was in good shape during military drills.

But the Rouran people below caught up, his heart was flustered, his breath was chaotic, his physical strength was too fast, and he was soon out of breath and sweating profusely.

"Run, run, run!" Ma Dangdang gritted his teeth, and the picture of several companions being besieged and hacked to death by a large number of Rouran soldiers kept appearing in his mind.

When he was exhausted, he finally ran to the beacon tower, took out the flint and lit it with a torch that was placed on the beacon tower, and the torch was lit, and he threw the torch with all his strength into the firewood pile mixed with horse dung and sheep dung.

With a "boom", the beacon tower was ignited, and the huge fire soared into the sky, and the thick smoke billowed into the sky.

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