Because this battle did not last long, the brigade of the Dai army did not go far, and the broken men and horses led by the plateau were all equipped with three war horses, although there were three hundred heavy armored cavalry, but the men and horses were separated, and they could still go very fast, and the result was that at noon, the plateau and his party caught up with the brigade.

Knowing that the Hun army had been defeated, there was no worries, and the whole army was very happy, and it was not far from the camp at this time, so the whole army was not in a hurry, and after lunch, the men and horses walked slowly and rushed to the direction where the Bailing tribe was stationed.

At this time, it was already dozens of miles away from the previous camp, and some undulating mountains could be faintly seen in front of it, and after walking for almost two hours, the outline of the mountain range gradually became clear, but it was obviously much smaller than the mountain system where the Bai Ling clan was stationed.

At this moment, I saw that the dust was rising in front of me, and a cavalry army was coming, but immediately a scout rushed back to report that it was the army sent by Zhongsun Qi to meet the plateau and his party.

After the two armies converged, they advanced together, and the plateau asked about the situation of the Bailing tribe brigade, it turned out that Zhongsun Qi led the Bailing tribe's brigade to leave the camp, walked all the way to the southeast, rested all night, and came to the side of the mountain, Zhongsun Qi stabbed the army, and sent five teams of scouts into the mountain to check the mountain terrain, looking for a suitable place that could be used to camp and build a defense.

At this time, all the Bailing people knew that there was a Xiongnu army chasing them, and they left the camp and moved, although it was not so disheartening, but it did cause a lot of panic.

But Yun Yao, Feng Hao, Yun Jing and other leaders of the Bai Ling clan patiently comforted everyone every day, although Yun Yao's return to the Bai Ling clan was not long, but first, her ability was indeed outstanding, and her expression at the succession ceremony did subdue all the Bai Ling clansmen; Second, she is very friendly in ordinary times, and she has no superiority at all, so she is also more popular. And from the very beginning, Gao Yuan announced all the truths, all told the truth, and did not hide it, so it reduced the spread of a lot of rumors, and until now, the brigade of the Bailing clan has not been subjected to any substantial attack, so after a few days, seeing that nothing happened, people's hearts have settled down a lot.

At this moment, from the big camp, the news of the victory of the plateau leading the Dai army, attacking the camp of the Xiongnu army, and killing nearly 5,000 Xiongnu soldiers, naturally greatly encouraged the people of the Bailing tribe, and the fear of the Xiongnu army was diluted a lot.

At this time, the scouts who went out to find a camping site also came back one after another, and found a few suitable places, and Zhongsun Qi personally led people to check them one by one, and finally chose the terrain of a valley to camp, and then ordered the team to move over.

After the Bailing tribe's brigade was stationed, Zhongsun Qi immediately began to establish a defensive position, although after several rounds of back and forth, there were more than ten weaker Bailing people who couldn't stand the demolition and died on the way, but the vast majority of the Bailing people were in good condition, plus now they finally stabilized, and their mentality gradually stabilized, so under the command of Zhongsun Qi, men, women and children started together, the train built walls, dug for trenches, built walls with stones, cut trees and erected fences, and also carried out hunting, grazing and other activities. Various preparations are being made for the attack on the Huns.

When the people and horses on the plateau arrived at the camp point, it was already dusk, and they were naturally warmly welcomed by the personnel in the camp, because in addition to the first battle of attacking the Huns, they then attacked the main camp of the Huns, and the two victories that defeated the Hun chasing army were also transmitted back to the camp, and the news of the victory was often the most encouraging, so the people of the Bailing tribe were naturally happy after learning of these victories, and they were also full of confidence in repelling the Hun army.

Because it was getting late at this time, Gao Yuan did not immediately inspect the layout and terrain of the camp, but ordered that 500 sheep and 20 cattle be slaughtered, and that some wine should be brought out to hold a general celebration. First, the brigade has been walking for more than a month, and although there is a break in the middle, the men and horses are still very tired; Second, they were frightened by the attack of the Hun army, and there were still some unstable people, so Gao Yuan decided to take advantage of the camp to hold a banquet to calm people's hearts and boost morale. Of course, due to the three victories of the Dai Army, everyone's morale was very high, and the atmosphere of the banquet was also very warm, and there was no appearance of a large army pressing the border.

Of course, between the feasts, although it is a casual conversation, it is inevitable to talk about the recent war, although the brigade of the plateau and the Bailing tribe has always had correspondence, and the brigade also knows about the actions and battles of the army, but it is impossible to say in great detail in the letter, and can only understand a general situation, which is a few high-level personnel of the Bailing tribe, who do not know much about military affairs, so they do not know the difficulties and dangers. Now that everyone has gathered, they have listened to Gao Yuan's speech in detail.

After listening to the events of these battles, several high-level personnel of the Bailing Clan knew that although these battles were victorious, they were indeed hard-won, if it weren't for the proper command of the plateau, the detailed planning, and the fact that the Dai army was indeed brave and good at fighting, the outcome was really difficult to say. However, after all, these battles have been won, which also shows that the plateau's military talent is indeed trustworthy.

And Zhongsun Qi also spoke to the plateau about the process of choosing a camp site, and it turned out that he chose to camp here to defend against the Xiongnu, which was also after some controversy. It turned out that after scouting at that time, two candidate locations were identified. The terrain of both sites is similar, both are surrounded by mountains, and the entrances are narrow, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, when determining the camp site, Feng Hao, Yun Jing and other Bai Ling people are more inclined to another candidate location, this is a mountain concave terrain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, all cliffs, there is a waterfall from the cliff, and there is an obvious slope at the exit, which can be condescending, very similar to the Bai Ling tribe's past station, as long as the exit is guarded, the safety of the people in the mountain recess can be guaranteed; Although the camp site chosen by Zhongsun Qi is a valley, it is connected to the front and back, and there are two or three other exits in the valley that are connected to the valley, although these exits are not large, but after all, they lead to the outside of the mountain, and they must be garrisoned, so that the defensive forces are dispersed. In addition, some traces of man-made have been found in the valley area, indicating that there are people in this area.

But Zhong Sun Qi didn't think that the exits were mostly disadvantages, on the contrary, they were advantages, because these exits were not large, and even if they were garrisoned, they would not use much troops, and only more than 100 soldiers would be stationed at each exit, and some vehicles and wooden fences would be used to resist horses, which could be defended. Moreover, with these exits, it is very useful for the generation army to attack and harass the Xiongnu army. And the presence of people is not a problem, such a valley, there are some nomads to and fro, no matter how normal it is, it is not a reason not to camp.

Zhong Sun Qi was one of the earliest personnel to follow the plateau, over the years, almost all the battles of the Dai army, has made a lot of achievements, but also grew into an experienced, can lead the army to fight a general, of course, his combat thinking is also deeply influenced by the plateau, not only advocating attack, but also attaching importance to grasping the initiative on the battlefield.

Although Zhongsun Qi knew that this time to resist the Xiongnu army, it was mainly on defense, until the Xiongnu army could no longer be consumed, and took the initiative to withdraw the army. However, it does not mean that the army must completely give up the attack, it is necessary to attack in the defense, and when necessary, it is necessary to replace the defense with the attack, in order to finally defeat the Xiongnu army.

And these exit passages are the best channels for the Dai army to attack and attack the Xiongnu army. If you choose another garrison site, as long as the Hun army blocks the exit, you can completely block the Dai army in the mountain recess, so that the Dai army is completely passive, let the Hun army attack, in case the Hun army holds on for a longer time than they expected, or there are other accidents, the Dai army can only passively wait for the Hun army to withdraw.

However, although Zhongsun Qi was appointed by the plateau and temporarily led the transfer of the brigade, he was objected to by the main personnel of the Bailing clan at the camp site, and he could not make a decision lightly. So everyone had to come to Yun Yao, and she would make the decision.

Although Yun Yao didn't understand military affairs, and she didn't know which of these two opinions was better, she knew that since Gao Yuan appointed Zhong Sun Qi as the main general who led the transfer of the brigade, and let Zhong Sun Qi take responsibility for choosing the location of the camp, it showed that Gao Yuan believed in Zhong Sun Qi's judgment ability, so in the end, Yun Yao decided to accept Zhong Sun Qi's opinion and camp at the location chosen by Zhong Sun Qi.

After determining the location of the camp, Zhongsun Qi set up a camp in the valley and organized personnel to build defensive positions, and on the other hand, he also sent a large number of scouts to explore each exit passage to understand where these exits lead, and drew a detailed map, indicating the routes out of the valley and the strongholds that needed to be defended.

However, during the day today, the scouts who were exploring the depths of the valley came back and reported to Zhongsun Qi that there was a village about fifty miles deep in the valley, with about hundreds of rooms and an estimated population of about two or three thousand.

After listening to Zhongsun Qi's speech, and looking at the drawn topographic map, Gao Yuan was very satisfied with the camp site chosen by Zhong Sun Qi, because such a terrain is good for flexible use of troops, but it is a very strange thing to find a village in the mountains, after all, this is still a grassland range, generally speaking, there will be no settled ethnic groups, is this a tribe similar to the Bailing tribe? So it's necessary to figure it out.