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Seeing this scene in the eyes of handsome Rouran at the foot of the mountain, many Rouran archers were called in soon. These Rouran archers hid among the slaves and shot arrows at the city wall.

Hua Mulan's arrangement is very effective. There are sword and shield soldiers blocking the female wall with shields. Rouran's arrows rarely hit the defending archers. Even if there are arrows, they are blocked by the sword and shield soldiers with shields. .

"The archers don't need to do anything else, I will kill the Rouran archers who are hiding among the slaves!" Hua Mulan ordered loudly while firing arrows to kill the Rouran archers.

The Rouran archers were shot one by one, and the long-range attack was strongly suppressed by the city wall. The Rouran people could only drive more slaves to the city wall.

A siege ladder was built on the city wall, and the slaves climbed up the wooden ladder with their weapons in their mouths.

Seeing this, Hua Mulan yelled, "The spearmen pushed down the wooden ladder with their spears!"

Under the cover of sword and shield hands, the spearmen who received the order stabbed the wooden ladder with their spears, and then pushed the wooden ladder away from the city wall. The Rouran soldiers and slaves who were climbing the wooden ladder screamed in fright. Frightened, he grabbed the wooden ladder and fell to the ground, knocking over pieces of Rouran soldiers and slaves under the city.

Rouran soldiers and slaves wanted to set up the siege ladder on the city wall, but the defenders refused to let it go. The siege ladder that had just been built on the city wall was quickly pushed away

Falling down, Hua Mulan saw that the Rouran people and slaves were densely packed under the city wall, and immediately ordered the soldiers to pour kerosene on the enemy's head. The slaves and Rouran soldiers were burned terribly. It was called Lianlian, and the loss was heavy.

Hua Mulan ordered to light the torches and throw them down the city wall. The Rouran soldiers and slaves who had just been drenched in kerosene caught fire instantly, turning into people of fire one by one.

The pile of corpses under the city wall was doused with kerosene a long time ago, and the corpses were also ignited. A raging fire burned under the city wall, and countless Rouran soldiers and slaves were burned to death.

For a whole afternoon, Rouran's army not only had no one able to climb the city wall, but also lost a large number of troops. By dusk, the morale had dropped to the extreme, and the commander-in-chief had no choice but to issue an order to withdraw the troops and return to the camp.

As soon as the Rouran people withdrew, Mona Loujin climbed up the tower with a few soldiers and gave Hua Mulan a thumbs up: "General Hua is really powerful, and it didn't take much effort for the Rouran people to even hit the city wall." I can't even climb up, I will admire it!"

Hua Mulan was not proud, but she just said to herself in her heart, it seems that watching soldiers these days is not in vain, this method of defending the city really works, there are rules in marching and fighting, and we must not fight indiscriminately.

Hua Mulan looked up and saw that Rouran's army had gone far away. She asked Monaloujin, "Have your troops rested well?"

"Oh, what's General Hua's order?"

Hua Mulan pointed to the hillside and said: "Rouran people have gone far, open the city gate and let your people go out and collect all the arrows!"

Chapter 312 Empty Promise

Monalujin led his soldiers to open the city gate and quickly collected a large number of arrows on the hillside. As long as they were still usable, none of them was wasted. They even collected more than 3000 arrows. +

After dinner, Wei Jun cut down trees to make rolling logs under Hua Mulan's order, and moved stones to the city wall to pile them up for tomorrow's defense.

At this time, Zhao Junsheng and the 5000 troops in the supply battalion were ready to go. When Zhao Junsheng saw Gao Xu approaching, he waved to him, and waited for him to come over and asked, "How much armory, food, grass and other supplies have been loaded? Is it enough? Our trip is not going twice a day." God, maybe it will be until next year!"

Gao Xu clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, everyone. I have almost emptied the three major camps of military equipment, food and grass. There are 30 sets of weapons and armor and [-] arrows. The grain and grass are enough to last half a year. In addition, there is fire oil." There are countless other military resources such as cloth and medicinal materials!"

Zhao Junsheng was very happy, and patted Gao Xu on the shoulder: "Good job! You take the first battalion to escort the luggage and set off first!"

"Take orders!" Gao Xu clasped his fists in return, bowed and retreated.

Cao Jiao, who was standing by the side, saw Gao Xu leaving, and clasped his fists to report: "Dutong, my subordinate has asked Hou Yu to write a message and pass it on with an eagle according to your instructions. In addition, the bait used to lure the inner ghost has been released." I'm ready, I plan to release it tonight! Do you have any other orders?"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "That's good. You send people to pay close attention to the news inside and outside the camp. If there is news about Rouran, immediately send a horse to report to me! Also, if you find a ghost or have suspicions Object, don't act rashly, this inner ghost is still useful, don't touch him for now, and send a quick horse to report to me!"

"My subordinates understand!"

"Also, besides using the eagle to convey urgent military information, have you interrogated how this Hou Yu usually communicates with Princess Tuzhen?"

Cao Jiao clasped his fists and said: "The interrogation is clear. This Hou Yu is the eagle trainer. After the eagle is released, he will come back to look for Hou Yu after delivering the news. Whether it is urgent military affairs or daily news, he can send the eagle to Princess Tuzhen. transfer!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and ordered to Cao Jiao: "This Hou Yu is very useful, keep him and take good care of him, but you must send someone to watch him strictly, and you must not let him run away!"

"Yes! Then...how to deal with Hou Lue and Hou Ling?" Cao Jiao asked again.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Think of ways to instigate them and make them bow their heads and obey orders. We can use them to confuse Princess Tuzhen, and sometimes we can use these two people to release some false news or unimportant news to let Princess Tuzhen know. They can be used to confirm to Princess Tuzhen that Hou Yu is still safe and reliable!"

Cao Jiao clasped his fists and agreed: "Since these two people have been recruited, their bones are not so hard. Give them some sweetness, add the threat of force, and let them write their allegiance, and they will definitely be used by me!"

Zhao Junsheng patted Cao Jiao on the shoulder: "Since you have made plans, Ben Dutong won't say much, you can figure it out yourself! But Ben Dutong still wants to remind you that for these traitors, only They can be used, but they must not be fully trusted, since they can betray once, they can betray them again!"

"Understood, please rest assured!"

In order to show the importance attached to the reinforcement of Nantian Castle by the supply battalion, Gu Bi of the Supervising Army and Tuoba Jian, King of Yongchang, both came to see him off.

Gu Bi said to Zhao Junsheng: "Zhao Dutong, this time to stick to the Nantian Fort, we still need more efforts from the supply battalion. As long as we can defend the Nantian Fort and ensure that the Jinling Camp's defense line is not lost, the supervisory army will definitely miss your Majesty afterwards." He and the imperial court are asking for credit for Zhao Dutong and the supply battalion!"

Regarding this kind of empty promise, Zhao Junsheng didn't give up hope at all in his heart. He smiled and cupped his fists and said, "The supervising army is serious. Just as the supervising army said, they are all grasshoppers on the same rope. There is no good end for the baggage camp. The Rouran people will not let us go just because we are Han Chinese. The officers and men of the low-ranking and the heavy-duty camps are still very clear about this! It’s just that after the low-ranking and the heavy-duty camps left, the Jinling camp’s baggage escort Someone else needs to be in charge!"

Gu Bi nodded: "Okay! As for the escort of the luggage, the general will arrange the fifth princess's troops to be in charge, and the military supplies of Nantianbao

Baggage, the supervisory army will let them escort it over on time! "

"Thank you, Supervisor!"

Zhao Junsheng clasped his fists at Tuobajian again: "My lord, please take another step to speak!"

Tuoba Jian nodded in agreement, and the two walked to a deserted place.

Tuoba Jian didn't wait for Zhao Junsheng to speak, and said first: "Junsheng, I know what you want to say, the matter of the baggage camp is not your fault, it is An Yuan who has gone too far. No matter what the ancient supervisor thinks of you , this king still values ​​and trusts you very much, and you can take your troops to Nantianbao with peace of mind. If someone is gossiping in front of your majesty, this king will speak for you. Since you have voted for this king, this king will naturally protect you It’s all right. The soldiers and horses are gone, we can still recruit and practice again, but if you are gone, this king will lose a general, so you must take care of yourself!”

This prince... His ability to buy people's hearts is really extraordinary. Zhao Junsheng was almost moved when he heard it. Many people have a hope of being recognized, that they can get the recognition and approval of others, and that they can get extremely psychologically. Great satisfaction, he is no exception, but Tuoba Jian still can't make him swear allegiance to the death.

"Keep your humble position in mind, please take care of me, my lord!"

The team is huge, although there are only 5000 people, there are more than 5000 horses, and hundreds of carts full of ordnance and supplies, stretching for several miles.

The army arrived near Nantianbao in the middle of the night.

A large number of flames appeared on the walls of Nantianbao, and there was the sound of fierce fighting.

Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered loudly: "Gao Xu led the third battalion to follow me to reinforce, and Xue An led the first battalion to carry the luggage and follow!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The soldiers in the supply battalion had all learned how to ride horses, but they were not good at riding. They could only be used for traveling on horseback, and they were still far from being able to fight as cavalry.

Under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng, Gao Xu and the [-]rd Battalion rode horses and followed Zhao Junsheng to accelerate towards Nantian Fort, but when they arrived at Nantian Fort, the battle was over, and Hua Mulan led the guards to fight back Two surprise attacks by Rouran's army.

"Banzhu, Zhao Dutong came to reinforce with troops!" Hua Hai, covered in blood, walked quickly to Hua Mulan's side and clasped his fists to report.

Hua Mulan had a happy smile on her face when she heard the news, and she was more than half relieved. Just now, the Rouran people took advantage of the night to carry out two consecutive sneak attacks. The city wall was almost captured by the Rouran people and the top of the castle. If she hadn't led the soldiers under her command to fight to the death to drive the Rouran people down, she might have been captured by the Rouran people at this time. There were also huge losses, with more than 100 people left at this time, only more than 100 were still intact, more than [-] people died in battle, and dozens of others were injured.

Hua Mulan immediately turned around to meet Zhao Junsheng, and before walking down the city wall, Zhao Junsheng took Gao Xu and other soldiers up the city wall.

"Brother Junsheng, why did you come here so fast?"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the wounded soldiers and the dead while walking, and came to Hua Mulan and said, "I was worried about your lack of troops, so I kept rushing on the way. It seems that the Rouran people launched a night attack just now. How about the casualties?"

Hua Mulan looked a little sad, and said: "I don't know much about defending the city. I just read a few soldiers, and I still lack experience. I was taken advantage of by the Rouran people. I can barely resist them during the day, but at night they follow the cover of the night." It was under our noses, and the soldiers were already exhausted from fighting the Rouran people during the day, and their vigilance dropped a lot. By the time we realized it, many of them had climbed the city wall and lost a lot of manpower We drove them down. Originally we had three buildings and nearly a thousand defenders. The fierce attack of the Rouran people in the past two days has caused our troops to lose too much. Now there are only more than 60 people left after Monalou entered their two buildings. There are only more than 130 people left on my side, and there are nearly 200 wounded soldiers!"

The supply battalion often practiced siege and defense tactics in normal times, and was quite familiar with some tactics, but had no actual combat experience. Zhao Junsheng also wanted to take this opportunity to let the personnel of the supply battalion get tempered in actual combat. There are also the newly transferred two thousand infantry. These people are not trained enough, but their military discipline is not bad, and they just happened to beat and beat hard in this battle.