Here and there in the road and fields lay buckles and bits of harness leather, canteens flattened by hooves and caisson wheels, buttons, blue caps, worn socks, bits of bloody rags, all the litter left by the marching army.
A marching army usually makes camp every night.
In August, Renshen, Zhang Jin, the head of the marching army of Binzhou, and the Turks fought in Taigu. They lost. Zhang Dezheng, the governor of Yunzhou, died. Shi Wen Yanbo, the executive commander of the army.
