As more and more soldiers of the Wei army climbed up the city wall, the soldiers of the Wei army began to fight back, and the tragic battle for the top of the city began.

This unfolds.

Some Wei soldiers below the city were carrying rams and kept hitting the city gate. Every time there was a hit, the city gate made a loud noise.

One advantage of the wooden city gate is that it is tough. As long as it is thick enough, it will not be easily broken. Its weakness lies in the axis of rotation with the city wall.

The city gate was knocked down yesterday, and it was reinstalled today, adding manpower and weight. Every time it was hit, it was shaken non-stop, as if it was about to be knocked down at any time.

After hitting for a full hour, the city gate could still withstand it, but the rotating bearing of the city gate couldn't bear it anymore. With the sound of cracking, the rotating shaft broke and shattered.

With a bang, the two city gates fell down at the same time, and even dozens of Rouran people behind the gates used their bodies to resist the gates, but it didn't work.

This is because the Rouran people have no experience in defending the city. No matter how strong the city gate is, as long as there is enough time for the impact force, it will be impossible to escape the possibility of being smashed sooner or later. No matter how strong the city gate is, how can it withstand the fire?

A guard with a little experience in defending the city will definitely order a large number of stones to block the city gates, and it will not take much effort to remove the stones after the enemy retreats.

"Kill—" the soldiers of the Wei army outside the city rushed into the city gate with scimitars and spears roaring.

"Kill—" the Rouran soldiers also roared and rushed towards the generals of the Wei army. The two sides fought desperately inside the city gate.

The more people died, the more corpses, and the piles of corpses became higher and higher. The soldiers on both sides stepped on the corpses, with their heads touching the city gate holes, but the soldiers of the Wei army still failed to rush into the city.

As the saying goes, the east is dark and the west is bright, the fighting in the city gate has reached a stalemate, but the battle on the city wall brought a turning point to the Wei army who attacked the city. A large number of Wei army soldiers rushed to the top of the city to compete with the Rouran defenders for control.

The bloody battle went on for an entire hour, and the Rouran people finally couldn't stand it anymore. As more and more Wei troops climbed the city wall, the morale of the Rouran people became lower and lower, and their courage to fight gradually disappeared. He was defeated steadily.

Sections of the city wall were controlled by the generals of the Wei army. Hua Mulan, who was commanding outside the city, saw that Rouran's defenders had been defeated, and immediately ordered: "All troops attack!"

After hearing the order, the owners of the buildings immediately led their teams to rush to the city wall, shouting while rushing: "Kill——"

Everyone shouted and rushed forward with swords and spears, and the supervisor team followed closely behind. Anyone who deliberately slowed down or turned around and ran away was immediately hacked and killed.

Hua Mulan jumped off the horse, took the big knife from Hua Kui's hand and rushed towards the city gate, "Follow me!"

Chapter 358

In Huaishuo City.

The soldiers of the Wei army searched for the remnants of Rouran all over the city, and each of the Rouran soldiers was found out of the house by the Wei army and taken to the prisoner's place of detention.

Before dark, the battle was over, all the people in Rouran were searched out, and some people who used to live here or around were also rescued.

Hua Mulan accompanied Tuoba Tao into Huaishuo City with some soldiers at the city gate. The soldiers were cleaning up the corpses, and some soldiers had already lit the torches.

When he came to the office of the general in the town, Tuoba Tao sat on the seats, and the ministers and generals stood on the left and right sides.

Tuoba Tao looked at the left and right ministers and generals, and shouted, "Where is Hua Mulan?"

Hua Mulan stood up and clasped fists at Tuoba Tao: "The last general is here!"

"You led the army to attack the city and contributed to the imperial court's recapture of Huaishuo City. I will give you one hundred gold, one hundred thousand yuan, one bucket of pearls, one hundred pieces of silk, and one horse!"

If the emperor and the imperial court wanted to reward Hua Mulan for meritorious service, they would usually do so after the entire war was over, but now such a reward was issued after only one battle, which shows how much the emperor valued Hua Mulan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!" Hua Mulan stepped aside after speaking.

Tuoba Tao looked at the crowd and said: "Zhu Qing, now our army has captured Huaishuo City, and the entire Huaishuo Town has been controlled by our army. There should be no Rouran tribe in the surrounding area. Next How should we march, do you have any ideas?"

Baba Daosheng stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the control area of ​​Woye Town is still in the hands of the Rouran people. If our army wants to go deep into Mobei, we must first take down Woye Town, otherwise the Rouran Army in Woye Town will get the news. They will attack our army's rear and supplies! Besides, there are still large grasslands in the south of the desert inhabited by Rouran people, and our army must clean up the Monan grassland!"

Tuoba Tao asked Cui Hao: "Cui Qing, what's your opinion?"

Cui Hao thought for a while, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you send a partial division to attack Woye Town, and Your Majesty will lead the main force of our army to sweep down the Monan Grassland with lightning speed and prepare for us to cross the desert and enter Mobei?" , and this time cannot be delayed too long, if it is too long, once Mobei Rouran finds out, they will have enough time to gather troops to fight against our army!"

"Come here, bring the map of Yugong area!" Tuoba Tao shouted.

"Yugong Territory Map" is an atlas compiled by Pei Xiu of the Jin Dynasty with the help of Menke Jingxiang, who put forward the six types of cartography, and combined the old maps of the Cao Wei period according to this theory. This is the earliest atlas in history. The six cartography theory proposed by him is also the earliest cartography theory in China.

The Map of Yugong Region and Map of Topography and Abbot compiled by Pei Xiu have been used by successive dynasties for hundreds of years, but the geographical names on the map have been changed from time to time. After the theory of cartography, when he was 55 years old, he organized painters and spent 17 years drawing a huge map of China in the Tang Dynasty that is ten times larger than the "Topographic Abbot Map".

Tuoba Tao's "Map of Yugong Region" was naturally ordered to be imitated. The real "Map of Yugong Region" was destroyed in the war, and all that remained were imitations.

The palace attendants took out a map of Monan and hung it on the wall. Zong Ai stood beside the map holding an oil lamp. Tuoba Tao went to the map and looked at it for a while, and said, "From here to Woye Town, the minimum march is It will take three days!"

After finishing speaking, Tuoba Tao walked back to the desk and ordered: "He Duoluo, Qiu Mulingshou, and Hua Mulan listen to the order!"

The three immediately stood up and clasped their fists in agreement: "The minister is here!"

"With He Duoluo, Duke of Hedong as the main general, and Hua Mulan and Qiu Mulingshou as the deputy generals, lead the clan army, concubine army, and guard army to attack Woye Town. We will set off early tomorrow morning. I will give you two days. Converge at Bigan City south of Nanbed Mountain!"

From Woye Town to Bigan City is much closer than Huaishuo Town to Bigan City. If Woye Town is captured in two days, Hua Mulan's partial division will have enough time to lead the army to Bigan City and join Tuoba Tao.

The three agreed: "Obey!"

After the military discussion, the ministers and generals scattered to find places to rest and eat.

Not long after Hua Mulan walked out of the office,

A soldier ran over and shouted, "Is General Hua Mulan ahead?"

Hua Mulan stopped when she heard the voice, turned around, looked at the soldiers running over and asked, "This is the general, who are you, and what do you call me the general?"

"The villain is the messenger who just came from the East Route Army to send the military report. Before leaving, Zhao Dutong from the supply camp asked the villain to bring a letter to General Hua!" A letter was handed to Hua Mulan with both hands.

Hua Mulan was overjoyed, her face showed joy, she hurriedly took the letter and prepared to open it, but remembering that there was an outsider present, she immediately told the oiran, "Give me a reward!"

The oiran immediately took out a gold key and stuffed it in the hand of the soldier who delivered the letter: "The general rewarded you, take it to drink! Come over early tomorrow morning, General Hua may have a letter and ask you to take it back to Zhao Dutong!"

"Thank you, General, thank you, General!" Faced with such a great reward, the courier soldier was overjoyed, and immediately promised to come over the next morning after receiving the gold.

Hua Mulan took the oiran and others to her temporary residence in the city, returned to the room before having dinner, lit the oil lamp, opened the letter and read it.

"Mulan my wife: See the words like faces! Are you okay in the West Route Army? I haven't seen you for more than ten days. I miss my husband very much! I heard that the prince is going to send a messenger to His Majesty to send the military report, so I found a messenger and asked him to send it to you." You take this letter with you. When you fall asleep these days and nights, you are all in your mind, and you can’t get rid of it. The Book of Songs says: If you don’t see each other for a day, it’s like March. If you and I don’t see each other for more than ten days, it’s like three years. ..."

Hua Mulan's face was red, and she felt coquettish in her heart: "You don't have to be ashamed to write such shameless words!"

After reading the letter, Hua Mulan's face was red with jade, and her heart was pounding like a deer. Although this was not the first time Zhao Junsheng had written love to her, the feeling of being credible was really wonderful.

Putting away the letter close to her body, Hua Mulan was in a good mood and walked much more lightly.

Hua Kui walked in with food and saw it, and asked with a smile, "Miss, what did my uncle say in his heart to make you so happy?"

Hua Mulan laughed and said, "You don't understand!"

Hua Kui curled her lips: "Miss, I'm from here, why don't I know? My uncle must have written some sweet words in the letter to make you happy, right?"

With a happy smile on Hua Mulan's face, she reached out and pressed the letter in her bosom, as if guarding a treasure.

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