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"Also, why did they charge after stopping there? Because there is a stone's throw away from the city wall, and it doesn't take much time and physical strength to rush to the bottom of the city wall; if they charge from the main formation, the distance will be doubled Not only that, when they rushed under the city wall, the soldiers were all out of breath, and their physical strength was almost exhausted, how could they climb the siege ladder?"

Tuoba Tao looked at Qiu Mulingshou: "Shou, did you see that? Did you hear that? Learn! Brute force is not enough to fight a war!"

Qiu Mulingshou's face was slightly red, and he bowed and clasped his fists in agreement: "I will remember your majesty's instruction!"

At this time, as a large number of arrows were shot down on the city wall, the first wave of siege teams rushing towards the city wall had suffered many casualties. After all, the area that the leather shield could cover was too small.

Hua Mulan saw it clearly, and immediately waved: "The bow and arrow team is moving forward—"

The bow and arrow pair ran to the front of the second attacking team under the command of the team leader, and advanced 20 meters under the command of Hua Mulan.

"Prepare the bow and arrow, target the Rouran army at the head of the city, release the arrow freely—"

Following the command of the leader of the archery team, five hundred archers lined up and shot arrows at the top of the city. Many Rouran defenders were caught off guard and died. The defenders at the top of the city were suppressed for a while. The number of arrows fired at the first wave of attacking troops was reduced, which allowed the first wave of attacking troops to rush under the city wall with very little loss.

Taichangqing Cui Hao stroked his beard and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, this General Hua is really capable. You can see that he has a method for commanding all the attacks of the siege, instead of letting the soldiers rush to the city wall in a mess! Dare to say, as long as this person has more experience, he will definitely become a famous general of our Great Wei in the future!"

Chapter 357

Tuoba Tao quite agrees with Cui Hao's words. The Northern Wei Dynasty under his rule has no shortage of cavalry generals. In recent years, the country's power has soared, and excellent civil servants and military generals have sprung up like mushrooms.

Hua Mulan is different, in Tuoba Tao's view, this person is young, not only can lead cavalry, but also lead infantry, this is a relatively versatile general, and this kind of general is still relatively lacking in the Northern Wei Dynasty .

"Cui Qing is right. Hua Mulan is indeed a good general, but now he is the deputy general and military commander of the first army at a young age. He seems to have joined the army last year, right? With his speed of promotion, who can compare with him? ?”

Tuoba Tao made it clear inside and out that when dealing with a young talent like Hua Mulan, he must be reused and not promoted too quickly.

Cui Hao laughed and said, "Your Majesty's words are true!"

It's just that the guards who have undergone the simplest training are still very unfamiliar with siege tactics. Many soldiers rushed to the city wall with siege ladders, but they couldn't put the ladders on the city wall at the first time. As time passed, many Rouran people on the city wall in the same robe were shot and killed.

After some delay and loss of manpower, finally someone put the ladder on the city wall, two or three together fixed the ladder, and the siege soldiers next to them climbed up the ladder one by one.

The Rouran people, who were suppressed by the long-range bows and arrows, reduced the attack on the siege team a lot, which made the Wei soldiers who climbed the ladder less attacked, and the casualties per unit time were much lower than yesterday.

"Come on, let me go!" A soldier leader was yelling at his subordinates beside the ladder.

The soldiers climbed up the ladder one by one under the order of the leader. After the person in the front was shot down, the people behind took over, one by one.

Soldiers kept falling from the siege ladders after being shot, and people continued to follow.

After fighting for about half an hour, Hua Mulan found that although the first wave of attacking troops had not reached the city wall, the casualties were not large, while the casualties of the defenders were obviously much greater than yesterday.

After thinking for a while, Hua Mulan ordered: "Order the second attack echelon to go up and replace the first attack echelon. The ladder cannot be withdrawn!"

The owner of the second building immediately commanded his two teams to rush towards the city wall. They hardly encountered any attack on the way, and rushed to the bottom of the city wall easily. All the attacks on the top of the city fell on the first attack echelon.

"The general has an order. The first attack echelon will withdraw, and our second attack echelon will stop!"

The first attack echelon who received the order withdrew with the wounded soldiers, leaving only the soldiers in charge of the siege ladder.

The second attacking echelon is the same as the first attacking echelon, and the attacking echelon seems very unfamiliar at the beginning. Although they know how to climb ladders and how to avoid arrows under the walls and on the ladders, it is another time to actually do it in person. thing.

After attacking for two hours in a row, the attacking team was changed. It was not until after noon that Hua Mulan ordered the siege to stop and led the army to retreat back to the main formation.

Hua Mulan came to the imperial driver's office and reported to Tuoba Tao: "Your Majesty, the battle in the morning is over, please return to the camp to rest with your Majesty and the generals, and continue to attack the city in the afternoon!"

Tuoba Tao asked suspiciously: "Hua Mulan, it's only noon, why don't you stop fighting? I saw the siege in the morning, although the casualties were much less than yesterday, but no one waited to climb the city wall, like you Can the style of play break the city today?"

Hua Mulan replied calmly: "It's just training in the morning and appetizers, and dinner is in the afternoon!"

"Oh?" Tuoba Tao was surprised, and then said with a smile: "Well, I'm looking forward to the dinner in the afternoon!"

During the war, there was an extra meal at noon, which was to replenish the soldiers' strength. The soldiers who had eaten enough to drink slept in the camp again, until halfway through the time, a horn sounded, and the soldiers rushed out of the camp. Run out and assemble.

Two quarters later, Wei Jun came to set up an army formation outside the city again, and Hua Mulan also led the siege team to a place a stone's throw away from the city wall.

A long gun was stuck on the ground, and as the sun moved westward, the shadow of the long gun became longer and longer.

Hua Mulan glanced at the shadow of the spear on the ground, and then

He turned his head and glanced at the soldiers and generals who were guarding the army. At this time, the sleepiness of the soldiers and generals had completely disappeared, and they were all awake and refreshed.

"The siege echelon and the first attack echelon are best prepared for siege and ramming..."

As Hua Mulan's voice fell, a soldier moved away the horses and wooden fences blocking the front, and cleared the front passage to clear the front obstacles for the siege team.

Putting horses, fences and other obstacles in front of the siege team is to prevent the defenders in the city from suddenly sending cavalry out to attack the siege infantry, especially when there are large siege equipment, this is the best way to protect the siege equipment .

"Attack—" Hua Mulan drew her sword and pointed in the direction of the city wall and ordered loudly.

"Come on—" the soldiers of the siege team rushed towards the city wall, "Kill—"

Different from the siege in the morning, the number of siege ladders has more than tripled this time, and the number of people attacking the city has also tripled.

Looking down from the city wall, there was a dense darkness under the city, and the Wei army came over. Under the command of the guard, the soldiers of Rouran shot arrows again.

"The bow and arrow team stepped forward to carry out long-range suppression and cover the siege soldiers!" Hua Mulan observed the battle situation and waved an order to the bow and arrow team.

The archery team ran forward, and soon arrived at the predetermined location, stopped and lined up in a long row to shoot arrows at the city.

The pressure on the defenders on the top of the city is obviously huge this time, and it cannot be compared with yesterday at all. The three times the number of people attacking the city brought a strong sense of visual impact.

The defenders of Rouran who were shooting arrows at the siege team suffered a lot from the arrows fired by the archers of the Wei army. The defenders found out and shouted: "Shoot their archers!"

"Swoosh..." A large number of arrows were shot in the air, and the archers of the Wei army on the top of the city and below the city suffered casualties from each other, but the Rouran army at the top of the city had an advantage in high places and lost Much smaller.

Although the Wei army's archers lost more than the Rouran defenders, they successfully covered the siege troops and rushed under the city wall.

"Stop shooting arrows, and the archery team will withdraw!" Hua Mulan ordered loudly. At this time, the siege team had rushed to the city wall, and if they shot arrows at the top of the city, there was a high probability that they would hit their own people, unless they were extremely skilled archers. Will misfire.

There were a lot of shouts of killing and screams of pain from the top and bottom of the city wall, and some people were still yelling to embolden themselves when they climbed the siege ladder.

After the baptism of blood and fire in the morning, the soldiers of the siege team were obviously more proficient this time, and their timidity when climbing the siege was gone. Many people were afraid of falling on the high siege ladder, but after Most people can overcome the training, only a very small number of people can not overcome.

People kept falling down, and people kept climbing up. Arrows flew around the city wall. From time to time, spears pierced out from the wall stacks and killed Wei soldiers who had climbed to the top of the ladder.

After fighting for two quarters, some soldiers of the Wei Army finally rushed to the city wall, but were quickly killed, but this still gave great encouragement to the soldiers of the Wei Army below the city.

At this time, the number of arrows shot from the top of the city decreased significantly, and Hua Mulan immediately noticed this, with a smile on her face: "Rouran's arrows are almost used up! Come on, order the five hundred warriors selected to join the battle!" Siege!"

"Yes, General!"

As the order was issued, five hundred brave soldiers rushed towards the city wall with their shields and scimitars. The attention of the defenders on the top of the city was completely attracted by the Wei army who was attacking the city. I saw it, but I just thought that the Wei army had increased its siege force.

These people rushed under the city wall and immediately took over the task of leading the battle. They quickly climbed up the siege ladder, blocked the arrows from the top or the side with their shields, and quickly climbed to the top of the city.

As these brave soldiers of the Wei army rushed to the top of the city, the defenders of Rouran also began to desperately. Soldiers fight, their task is to guard the space above the city head and provide a safe position for those who climb up from behind.