I don't know when, Hua Mulan has already ridden to Zhao Junsheng's vicinity, seeing him galloping in front of the army when he was loud and fierce morale, she also listened to the blood boiling for a while, and saw that her beautiful eyes flashed with a strange light, and she learned another trick - to boost morale.

Zhao Junsheng ran back and forth and saw Mulan, he rode over and asked, "Mulan, how are you preparing over there?" ”

Mulan said, "You can go at any time!" ”

"Okay, you go and tell General Wan that I will lead the army to open the way in front, and ask him to lead the army to follow, and the marching speed must be fast!"

"Good! You ······ Be careful! Hua Mulan said as she beat her horse, turned around and galloped in the direction of the military formation where the Huaishuo Town garrison was located.

Zhao Junsheng held a torch and waved it, shouting: "The 1,000th cavalry team is leaving!" The second, third, and reserve teams followed in turn! ”

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he held a torch and galloped to the front of the 1,000th cavalry, riding a horse in front to lead the way, and the speed of the march depends on how fast the person who leads the way.

The whole march was more than forty miles, and each man had two horses to ride in turn, and he could reach it in half an hour, but this speed of the march could only be done occasionally, and if it was like this every day, or in two or three days, the horses would have to run away.

The training time of the 3,600 cavalry led by Zhao Junsheng was not long, and it was only half a year for the total of the cavalry, but he spent almost all his time and thoughts on this cavalry during this half year.

The most obvious one is riding, everyone's riding skills have been trained very well in the past six months, and many riders don't know how to walk horses, but everyone under Zhao Junsheng can.

What is a walking horse? Walking a horse is not a running horse, not a horse running, but "walking", the horse does not have the action of taking off when walking quickly, the limbs should be coordinated, there are always horse hooves on the ground, and the horse running is the body of the horse has a vacant action.

Compared with running horses, the speed of galloping horses is slower, but the Mobei horse with strong staying power, uniform speed, and super endurance can even walk for more than half a day after training, and the horse running speed is fast, but it does not last long, and a horse will be exhausted when running for thirty or forty miles, which is why the distance between the post stations is generally set at thirty miles in ancient times.

At this time, Zhao Junsheng and his more than 3,000 cavalry marched on horseback.

After marching for more than ten miles, Wan Dugui felt that something was wrong, and said to Hua Mulan: "Mulan, Zhao Junsheng's marching speed seems to be too slow, at this speed, I am afraid that I will not be able to rush to Shengle City and launch an attack within half an hour, you speed up and go to Zhao Junsheng and ask him what he is planning!" ”

Hua Mulan felt that Zhao Junsheng would not be so impertinent, he must have his own plans, so she said to Wan Dugui: "General, the last general thinks that Zhao Dutong should be considered, this marching speed is indeed not fast, but if you can always maintain this speed, you can almost arrive within half an hour!" ”

Wan Dugui listened to Mulan's words and knew that he was a little anxious, so he relaxed and led the team to follow behind Zhao Junsheng and his cavalry.

I didn't feel anything in the first ten miles, but after twenty miles, Wandugui and Hua Mulan both found that something was wrong, because their team's speed slowed down, and their horsepower was seriously consumed, and they gradually couldn't keep up with Zhao Junsheng's team, and Zhao Junsheng's team always maintained this speed.

Wan Dugui and Hua Mulan both wondered, how could Zhao Junsheng's cavalry team always maintain this speed, but their cavalry team couldn't?

If Hua Mulan asked Zhao Junsheng at this time, Zhao Junsheng would definitely tell her, because the cavalry in Huaishuo Town were all used to run, and his cavalry were all used to walk, running had a vacant action, and the center of gravity of the horse's body was undulating, and the energy consumed was naturally more than that of the horse to maintain the center of gravity always on a horizontal line.

Seeing that his team was gradually unable to keep up with the speed, Wan Dugui had to order the cavalry of Huaishuo Town to change horses, and only after changing horses could they keep up with Zhao Junsheng's team, but Zhao Junsheng's team never changed horses.

The sky was already numb, but Zhao Junsheng and the team suddenly stopped, because of a large amount of noise coming from the direction of Shengle City, a large amount of light could be seen in the sky above Shengle City.

Zhao Junsheng estimated that there were at least seven or eight miles away from Shengle City.

At this time, Hua Mulan rushed over with two cavalrymen and ran to Zhao Junsheng and asked, "Zhao Dutong, why did you stop?" It's not far from Shengle City, right? If you work hard, you will soon be able to surround Shengle City! ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed in the direction of Shengle City with a horsewhip: "Mulan, you see, we underestimated the early warning speed of the Rouran people, there are still seven or eight miles from here to Shengle City, and when we arrive, I am afraid that the Rouran people have all gone out of the city to set up a position, our two armies are all recruits, we have not seen blood, and we do not have an advantage in terms of strength, and the Rouran cavalry are all long-term warriors, we are only afraid that we will not be able to please us if we rush up like this, even if we can win, it will be a miserable victory, and when the time comes, the loss of troops will be serious, and we will be busy in vain for half a year!" ”

Hua Mulan listened to Zhao Junsheng's words and looked in the direction of Shengle City, there was really a lot of noise coming from there, if it was in the daytime, she would definitely not be able to hear such a distant sound, but now it was night, and it was silent, and she could clearly hear the noise and the sound of horses' hooves.

It seems that Rou Ran is only afraid that she has really taken action, Hua Mulan immediately made a decision, and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Dutong, our whereabouts have been exposed, and the sneak attack strategy is no longer feasible, we can't rush up rashly to confront Rou Ran, we still have to find another way!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath and said to Mulan: "For today's plan, I can only immediately inform General Wan that in order to avoid being chased and killed by the Rouran people, our two armies must retreat quickly in order to find other strategies!" ”

"Good!" Hua Mulan immediately took Oiran and Hua Hai and others to beat their horses and ran to the rear.

Zhao Junsheng ordered Gao Xiu: "Order the soldiers to turn around, no need to change horses, just retreat at the speed just now!" ”

"Yes!"

The army quickly turned around, and after Zhao Junsheng left Gao Xiu to break down, he personally led his soldiers to retreat to the Nantian Fort defense line.

It's really a plan that can't catch up with the changes, and the original plan has been planned, but it fell short because he underestimated the early warning speed of the Rouran people, and now he can only give up the plan of the sneak attack and make another plan.

After walking a few miles, he had already caught up with the Huaishuo town garrison, the two armies marched side by side, Zhao Junsheng let a commander lead the team, and he rode in the direction of Huaishuo Town.

Zhao Junsheng found Wandugui and Hua Mulan, and the three of them marched side by side.

"General, now that our sneak attack strategy has failed, what should we do next, I wonder if the general has any plans?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Wan Dugui said: "For a while, the general couldn't think of any countermeasures, the general was worried that the Rouran cavalry would catch up from behind, and I would like to lead the army back to Nantian Fort and then make plans, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "It is naturally best to withdraw to Nantian Fort, but our time is running out, and there are two days at most, otherwise if the time comes, the task will not be completed, and it will be difficult for King Yongchang to explain, if I am to blame, I can't afford to wait for the guilt!" ”

Wan Dugui's face also showed a look of worry, he had only been released from prison not long ago, naturally he wanted to make meritorious service to regain the emperor's trust, seeing that the credit in his hand had flown away, how could he not be in a hurry?

He couldn't help but look at Mulan: "Mulan, what do you have in mind?" ”

Hua Mulan thought for a moment and suddenly asked Zhao Junsheng: "Zhao Dutong, you still have thousands of foot soldiers in Nantian Castle, if you put down the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation, can you block a wave of impact from the five thousand Rouran cavalry?" ”

Zhao Junsheng roughly knew Mulan's thoughts as soon as he heard it, and said: "It depends on how this Rouran cavalry fights, if they are desperate to attack with all their strength and use 5,000 cavalry to hedge against my 5,000 light infantry, even if my Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is well arranged, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop it, but if they don't all use it to attack my 5,000 soldiers, I am sure to block the impact of 2,000 cavalry!" ”

Hua Mulan immediately said: "That's good, send people back to Nantian Fort, let 5,000 infantry meet us in front of the pass, then we will use the cavalry as the left and right wings, with the infantry as the middle army, arrange a large crane wing array, if the Rouran people dare to rush into battle, we will outflank the cavalry from both wings, as long as the Chinese infantry can block the first wave of attack of the Rouran cavalry, they will die!" What is the idea of the general and Zhao Dutong? ”

When Wandu Gui heard it, he greatly appreciated: "This strategy is very good, they will fight, if they retreat without a fight, our army will go straight to Shengle City, copy their nest, and then block their way back to the north, so that they have no food to eat, no way to go, and can only fight a decisive battle with our army!" What does Junsheng think? ”

Zhao Junsheng actually thought that there might be a sneak attack that could not be successful, there were many conditions that must be met for the sneak attack to succeed, and he was not surprised if it was not successful, he also thought of a countermeasure, which was roughly similar to what Hua Mulan said, but Yongchang Wang Tuoba Jian did not say who was the main general at that time, and he was not good for Huaishuo Zhenjun to cooperate with him, and it was not easy for Wandu to obey his command.

The biggest drawback and disadvantage of joint operations between the two armies is that they must attack with one of them as the main attack when the main and secondary forces are unclear, otherwise it is very easy for the main generals to dislike each other, and when they do not subordinate each other, they will fight separately, and it is easy for the enemy to seize the flaws and break through each of them.

Now that this battle plan is proposed by Mulan, it is not too abrupt, Wan Dugui can discuss with Zhao Junsheng, if one of the two of them proposes it, then who is the main and who is the deputy? It must be known that he, Zhao Junsheng, is not born to like to be a subordinate to others.

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said: "Mulan's idea is good, but it is too passive to lay down the Eight Golden Lock Formation, you must know that the Crane Wing Formation is an offensive formation, and the Eight Golden Lock Formation wants to move with the current training level of our army's foot soldiers, but this is not a problem, if I can't put the Eight Golden Lock Formation, I can also put other formations, and it is not too much of a problem to block the first wave of attacks of the Rouran people!" It's just ······ Nowadays, when our two armies are fighting together, there must always be a distinction between primary and secondary, and who is the main general? If it is victorious, how will the spoils be distributed? We have to make this clear, the two of them also know that the lowly soldiers are here for the spoils of war, and if they can't collect the spoils after winning the battle, it will be a big deal! ”