In April, the temperature in the north warms up, the sky is blue, the sun is shining, the land under the Yin Mountain is fertile, wild grass grows out of the soil, and the field is covered with a thick layer of green.

In the distance, two generals, a man and a woman, galloped past, and a spring breeze blew, and countless cattle, sheep and horses appeared in the wild grass.

When the man on horseback saw this scene, he couldn't help but shout loudly: "Elechuan, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields, the sky is firm, the wilderness is vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep."

When the female general next to her heard it, isn't this the boundary of the Eilechuan under the Yin Mountain? I felt that this poem was quite meaningful, so I said coquettishly: "Brother Junsheng is so literate!" ”

Where is the good writing? It's just a "borrowed" recitation, Zhao Junsheng was praised by Hua Mulan and blushed for a while, laughing: "It's just a feeling, I can't do it on weekdays!" It's not early, let's hurry up and rush to Jinling camp for dinner! ”

"Good!"

A month ago, Wandu Gui and Hua Mulan were ordered to lead the Huaishuo Town garrison army to Nantianbao and stationed down, this time the Jinling battalion sent people to let Zhao Junsheng and Wandu return go to discuss military affairs, Wandu attribution has not been in office for a long time, and it is still necessary to get familiar with the generals of the army, so the task of participating in the discussion of military affairs was handed over to Mulan, and Mulan and Zhao Junsheng went to the Jinling camp together.

The two of them arrived at the marshal of the Jinling camp at dusk, and when the commander of the Jinling camp and the king of Yongchang Tuoba Jian saw the two of them arrive, he immediately sent people to send Yuan He, the general of Woye Town, the general of the cavalry, Yanpu, the supervising army Gu Bi, Changshi Jiangyuan, the lord Bo Yuji, and some other generals and colonels to the tent to discuss military affairs, and at the same time, the men prepared food, wine and meat and sent them to the tent for everyone to enjoy.

It was dark, and a few oil lamps were lit in the huge tent.

The pro-soldiers took wine, meat, rice, and fish, and placed them on each low table in turn, and after the placement, the pro-soldiers withdrew in turn.

Tuoba Jian opened his mouth and said to the generals: "This king knows that the generals have not yet eaten, so he specially instructed the men to prepare wine, meat and rice, and I will discuss military affairs while eating!" ”

All the generals stood up and clenched their fists together: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" ”

"Sit, sit!" Tuoba Jian pressed his hand, and when the generals sat down again, he poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip and said: "The edict has arrived, Your Majesty will lead an army of 30,000 to arrive at the Jinling camp in a few days, let me wait to prepare for the expedition, the specific strategy for sending troops has not been decided for the time being, the garrison of my Jinling camp is definitely going to go to the army, as for which soldiers and horses to let go to the battle, which soldiers and horses to stay behind, and which soldiers and horses will be responsible for the escort, this is the focus of our discussion, you can say what you think!" ”

As soon as Tuoba Jian's words fell, the Xiao cavalry general Yan Pu stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wang, the Xiao cavalry army of the last general is all cavalry, and staying in the Jinling camp will not play much role, and my Xiao cavalry army is a middle soldier, and the main responsibility is to conquer abroad, so the last general asks the prince to let the Xiao cavalry participate in this battle against Rouran!" ”

Yuan He, the general of the Fertile Army, also stood up at this time and hugged his fists to Tuoba Jian and said: "Lord Wang, you also know that my Fertile Army was attacked by the Rouran people in Shengle City last year and the whole army was wiped out, this is a great shame for my Fertile Army, I Yuan He swore to find the Rouran people to be ashamed of the snow, please let my Fertile Army go on the expedition!" ”

Hua Mulan also stood up heroically and said, "Lord Wang, my Huaishuo army is already stationed in Nantian Fort, and the soldiers are already ready to go on the expedition!" ”

Seeing these generals under his command stand up one by one and take the initiative to ask for help, Tuoba Jian should have been very happy, but at this time, he had a headache, and he had to go on the expedition, who would stay to guard the Jinling camp?

Tuoba Jian touched his forehead and couldn't help laughing: "You all have to go to war, this Jinling camp can't be ignored, right?" His Majesty's decree has clearly stipulated that the Jinling camp will be used as a heavy hoarding place for this expedition, and heavy troops must be left to garrison! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought to himself, don't look at the camp left in Jinling, there is no war to be gained, but this is a fat difference, the baggage of the fifty or sixty thousand army has to be transferred here, and the oil and water in it are enough, and most of his subordinates are infantry, and the infantry does not play much role in the grassland, if you are equipped with a large number of long-range bows and crossbows, you can go on a trip, but in the absence of a large number of long-range bows and crossbows, go to the grassland to find trouble with the Rouran people, that is the rhythm of finding death.

Besides, the cavalry under his command has just been trained and formed, and there are still some tactics that have not had time to be practiced, and he has spent a lot of energy training and pulling these cavalry, even if he only loses one, he is very distressed, and he thinks it is not time to pull it to the battlefield at this time.

Zhao Junsheng also remembered the content of the letter sent by Zongai, he didn't think about this, he participated in this battle against Rouran, and tried to get some credit, but he thought about it carefully, and stayed to garrison the Jinling camp and the Nantianbao defense line, ensuring the safety of this defense line and the Jinling camp is actually a great achievement.

So Zhao Junsheng stood up and hugged his fist at Tuoba Jian and said: "Lord Wang, since the other generals are going to go on the expedition, the Jinling camp and the Nantianbao defense line cannot be left unmanned, and the humble post itself is the capital of the Jinling battalion, and it is also the responsibility of the last general to stay in Jinling and garrison the Nantianbao defense line, so the last general will ask to take the initiative to stay!" ”

Tuoba Jian said with a smile: "Junsheng wants to stay but can't, this king is of great use to you, this time you must lead the army to the expedition, the cost of tens of thousands of troops on grain and grass is huge, someone has to escort grain and grass with the army, you have more than 3,000 cavalry, right?" When you set out on the expedition, you took these more than 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 foot soldiers to escort the baggage and set off with this king! In view of the fact that all your subordinates are Han Chinese, and the Han people have no responsibility and obligation to serve in the army and serve on the battlefield, this king allows all your captures on the battlefield to be your own, and the treatment is the same as that of the Chinese soldiers! ”

After pondering for a long time, he still couldn't avoid going to the battle, Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but be discouraged for a while, but he couldn't refuse, now Tuoba Jian allowed their capture on the battlefield to be distributed by themselves, what else is there to say? Pin your head to the waistband of your trousers and beg for a living, will you soon be rich?

Zhao Junsheng hugged his fists and said: "The prince has an order, and he should obey his humble duties, but all the generals are unwilling to stay, this Jinling camp always needs someone to stay, right?" ”

Tuoba Jian waved his hand: "This king has already arranged, after the army goes out, the Jinling camp and the defense line of Nantianbao should be relatively safe, this king has decided to let the fifth sister stay and garrison the Jinling camp!" ”

The fifth princess, Tuoba Yuling, stood up and hugged her fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Tuoba Jian said to Zhao Junsheng again: "Junsheng, in order to unify deployment and scheduling, during the war, the defenders on the line from Nantianbao to Da'e Mountain were temporarily controlled by the fifth sister, no problem, right?" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't dare to hesitate, for fear of arousing Tuobajian's suspicion, and readily agreed: "Obey!" ”

When he set out on the expedition, he had to take away 3,600 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, which was already more than 8,600 people, and he had a total of 11,000 people under his command at this time, which means that there were more than 2,000 people and 4,000 people left behind in the front line of Nantianbao, and these people were no longer important, even if they were forcibly absorbed by Tuoba Yuling, the loss would not be great.

After returning to Nantianbao, Zhao Junsheng immediately sent a large number of foot soldiers, Minzhuang and chariots and horses to the Jinling camp to escort the baggage, these days there has been a steady stream of baggage from all over the country to the Jinling camp, the hoarding of the baggage in the Jinling camp has been piled up, Zhao Junsheng sent people to transfer part of the baggage to the Nantianbao.

For five or six days in a row, a large number of large vehicles came and went between Jinling Daying and Nantianbao every day.

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists again and said: "Since the prince has handed over the heavy matter to the lowly post, the lowly post must ensure that the logistics supply of the army will not be interrupted. The prince also knows that Yinshan is a barrier between us and the Rouran people, and there is still a way for the army and horses to pass through Yinshan, but it is not easy to pass through Yinshan, and the cart is definitely not good. ”

"That's a problem!" Tuoba Jian frowned.

At this time, the lord Bo Yuji arched his hand and said: "Lord, Your Majesty's army is coming soon, time is pressing, if you want to gather enough horses in a short time, the only way is to forcibly collect, but forcible collection is easy to cause resentment and resistance among the people, so you can only promise to lend, promise the people to wait for the army to return victoriously, and pay some money on the basis of returning the horses!" ”

Tuoba Jian sighed: "It seems that this is the only way now!" Junsheng, how many horses do you need? ”

"At least 10,000 horses, to take care of these horses, you have to take away 4,000 people, otherwise there are not enough grooms, and you can't drive these horses carrying heavy loads!"

Tuoba Jian immediately agreed: "Well, this king allows you to collect horses from the surrounding counties to carry the baggage, and then return and pay some money when you return victoriously in the future!" ”

Zhao Junsheng knew that although he was authorized by Tuoba Jian, it was not easy to collect 10,000 horses in a short period of time, and if he wanted to collect so many horses as soon as possible, he could only find those horse dealers, there were many horse dealers in the north, but most of them had backers and backers, to collect their horses, they were willing to hand over the horses obediently!

Zhao Junsheng is not afraid of offending these people, he is not treated by Xianbei people as a Han person, after all, he is not afraid of itching when there are more lice, he and Hua Mulan immediately ordered Gao Xiu and Cao Jiao to lead the troops to go to those horse dealers to collect horses.

Of course, these people refused to commit crimes, Gao Xiu and Cao Jiao had already received Zhao Junsheng's order, if they didn't give it, they would rob it, and if they didn't hand over the horses, they would forcibly collect them in the name of the imperial court, and if the horse dealers didn't hand over the horses and wanted to confront the army, they would not be punished, and they would be punished for collaborating with the enemy, not only to confiscate all the horses, but also to arrest people, and those who resisted would be killed.

After raiding the property of two big horse dealers in a row, arresting them and their families, the other horse dealers were frightened, and did not dare to fight against the officers and soldiers, and obediently handed over all the horses, but these did not give up, and complained to the masters and backers behind them.

Zhao Junsheng was also called to the Jinling camp by Tuoba Jian, Tuoba Jian pointed at him: "You, you, this king is authorized to collect horses for you, but I didn't let you do it so brutally, look at you, I copied the homes of two big horse dealers, and also copied all over the house, provoking other horse dealers to obediently hand over the horses, now it's okay, the backers and masters behind them ran to this king one by one to ask for guilt!" Why are you bad, why do you have to mess with those big dealers? Can't you go to those little people and ask for horses? ”

Zhao Junsheng complained: "Lord Wang, you also know that time is pressing, if you ask those little people for horses, it will be too late!" How many favors did those big horse dealers and their backers receive on weekdays? Now when it's time for them to contribute to the court, they are ungrateful one by one, and they don't pull out a dime, if they don't slaughter this kind of person, who else can they slaughter? ”