Hearing this, Mulan asked, "Are there any wild fruits on the mountain?" ”

Hu Ying shook his head and said: "No, there are some shrubs and miscellaneous trees here, and we are many people on the mountain, but we are afraid that the animals here will be scared away!" ”

At least there is a small water source, the situation is a little better than Mulan expected, she ordered: "Send someone to guard the water source, no one is allowed to take water without authorization, and those who violate the order will be killed!" The water source should be distributed in a certain amount and saved, we don't know when we will be able to get out of trouble, and we all rely on this slap-sized water source to save lives! ”

Hu Ying promised: "Obey!" ”

Hua Mulan then inspected several defensive positions again, and ordered Hu Ying: "Send more manpower to these passages up the mountain, and increase manpower at other defense points, organize brothers to build defensive facilities, and make full use of the danger of the mountain to make it difficult for the Yan army to attack the mountain!"

"Understood!"

Hua Mulan explained to the deputy general Fu Zhen: "Go and organize the brothers to cut down trees for defense, don't throw away the branches that have been cut off, the small branches can block the sun, and leave the branches with the thickness of the spear shaft to be cut into short spears, which can be used as throwing weapons when the enemy attacks the mountain!" ”

"In addition, there are also stones to collect and pile up in the defensive place, collect as many as you can, don't wait for the Yan army to attack and then think about preparing too late!"

"The last general commands!"

The Wei army came quickly, and the Wei army was not even ready to defend, so Yao Zhao arrived at the foot of Luming Mountain with the main army.

Yao Zhao rode on horseback and put his hand on the pergola and looked up the mountain, carefully observing, looking for a place to attack.

Huangfu Yan hit his horse and walked over and hugged his fists and said: "General, looking at the terrain on this hillside, you can't rush up on horseback!" ”

Yao Zhao had been observing for a while and knew that what Huangfu Yan said was right, the hillside was full of troubled times, and if the war horse wanted to go up, let alone run, even if it was difficult to carry people up, but the Wei army on the mountain couldn't rush down on horseback.

In this situation, he could only use infantry to attack the mountain, but the four thousand men and horses brought by Yao Zhao this time were all cavalry, and he was really distressed by using cavalry to attack the mountain.

Huangfu Yan saw that Yao Zhao was reluctant to attack the mountain with cavalry, and hugged his fist and suggested: "General, there are still 1,000 infantry in Pinggang City, plus 500 infantry under the command of the last general, and the Wei army is all cavalry, using cavalry as infantry, the combat power must be greatly reduced, our army will attack with 1,500 infantry first, and when the Wei army is exhausted, then dispatch a large team of men and horses, and we will definitely be able to attack the mountain in one fell swoop!" ”

Yao Zhao was overjoyed and said to Huangfu Yan: "Very good, you quickly send someone to Pinggang County to transfer troops over!" ”

Huang Fuyan was a little embarrassed, hugged his fists and said: "The general forgives the sin, the last general was ambushed by the Wei army in this battle, and the soldiers were lost. Even if the last general didn't suffer defeat, it was not up to the last general to decide if he wanted to transfer troops, only the general here could ask the prince to hand over the 1,000 infantry! ”

Yao Zhao understood Huang Fuyan's dilemma, and he also understood it, and gave an order to his own army: "Write a military order to Jiyang Taishou Li Fu, this general will attack Luming Mountain, and let him hand over a thousand infantry!" Send the first general Liu Fu to bring some soldiers over to receive soldiers and horses! ”

"Yes, General!"

After the military order and the people who received the soldiers and horses were sent out, Yao Zhao asked Huangfu Yan: "General Huangfu, have you arrived with your 500 foot soldiers?" ”

Huang Fuyan turned his head to look at the rear, and saw that the five hundred infantry were approaching this side, so he clenched his fists and said, "It's here, but they must take a rest and recover their strength after walking so far!" ”

"Yes, Ben will give them half an hour to rest, let them eat and drink enough before launching an attack, and the battle for the mountain attack will be commanded by you!"

Huangfuyan hurriedly thanked: "Thank you for the general's cultivation, the last general will definitely live up to the general's high expectations!" ”

On the mountain, Hua Mulan is nervously commanding the generals to arrange fortifications, several defense lines have been deployed on several roads that can go up the mountain, and even in some places, under the command of Mulan, the Wei generals have dug some trenches.

On a single mountain road, the Wei generals piled up stones in narrow places to block them, and the generals could hide behind them and release arrows, and they could stab them with spears.

Hua Mulan saw the stern infantry, about five hundred people, eating, and she knew that the Yan army was only afraid of attacking with infantry.

She thought for a while and ordered Fu Zhen: "There is no need for so many people, divide everyone into three parts, take turns to defend, and the soldiers who have no defensive tasks will go to the mountain to rest, if you order them to reinforce, you must come to reinforce as quickly as possible!" ”

"Yes!"

Hiraoka Taishofu.

"What? Yao Zhao wants to transfer the only 1,000 foot soldiers left in my city? Li Fu shouted after reading the military order, "This is impossible, there are only 1,000 soldiers in the city, if all of them are transferred, won't I become an empty city here?" Absolutely not! ”

Liu Fu, the general who was sent by Yao Zhao to receive the soldiers and horses, said coldly: "Li Taishou, this is the general's order, not to discuss with you!" ”

Li Fu was dumbfounded, his face was red and his neck was thick: "His military order is too ridiculous, transfer all my people here, if something happens to me here, wouldn't it be the end of tens of thousands of people in the city?" ”

Liu Fu pulled out half of his sword and stared at Li Fu murderously: "You dare to disobey military orders?" ”

Li Fu trembled in fright, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, how dare the lower officials disobey the military order?" Otherwise, if the official leaves 500 people, and you take 500 people away, how about it? ”

Liu Fu was silent, still staring at Li Fu.

"Leave three hundred ······ Forget it, I'll take a step back and leave me with two hundred, and you can take all the remaining eight hundred, how about it? ”

Liu Fu pulled out his war knife and shouted on Li Fu's neck: "A military order is a military order, and it cannot be discounted!" There is no room for bargaining, and if you don't hand over your troops and horses, you will be put to death today for disobeying military orders! ”

"Don't don't, I'll pay it, can't I pay it back?" Li Fu shouted, took out the talisman from his big sleeve, and handed it over tremblingly.

Liu Fu snatched the talisman, took back the sword and shook his head to the soldiers beside him: "Take Li Taishou, let's go to receive the soldiers and horses!" ”

It was as if all the strength of Li Fu's body had been drained.

At the foot of Luming Mountain, the Yan army finally began to attack.

The Yan infantry held a shield in their left hand, a sword and spear in their right hand and slowly touched the mountain, before reaching the Wei army's defensive position, they could not run hard, they had to save their physical strength, although they were not mountain troops, and they had not fought such a tough battle, but these officers with troops still understood this truth.

For Mulan, it is helpless to use the cavalry as infantry for defense, she has not fought such a mountain defense battle, but I heard Zhao Junsheng mention it once in a while, although Zhao Junsheng did not say it in detail enough, but she still listened to it, and she also pondered the way to defend in this situation, and digging trenches is a very important way of defense that Zhao Junsheng told her.

Hua Mulan shouted to the soldiers here in the trench of the first line of defense: "Your task is to shoot arrows, our arrows are limited, we must aim and shoot again, and strive to kill an enemy soldier with one arrow, if the enemy is approaching within thirty steps, do not hesitate, immediately turn around and follow the direction of the trench extension to the side as fast as possible to hide behind the stones behind the side and rear, and hand over the defensive task to the comrades behind the trench!" Then you continued to shoot the enemy with your bow and arrows, covering your comrades in front of you, do you understand? ”

Everyone shouted at the same time: "Yes!" ”

Then Mulan called a few generals over to teach them how to use the trenches and the weapons they could use to defend.

"Yan Jun has touched it!" The guard shouted.

At this time, Hua Mulan had already completed the tactical teaching, and said to the generals: "The front commander is looking at you, the general will be watching in the rear, and no one is allowed to retreat without an order, and those who violate the order will be killed!" If there is a crisis on your side, the general will send reinforcements, and the arrows and short spears must be used sparingly! All right, everyone in their place, be vigilant, and don't slack off! ”

The generals clasped their fists and then returned to their posts.

As the first line of defense, Hua Mulan sent her own personal captain Hua Hai to supervise the battle here, which was not only to set an example, but also to show determination to all the generals.

Seeing that more than a hundred Yan army infantry touched over, Hua Hai, as the commander of the first direction, stood behind a row of stone walls piled up behind the trenches, and he immediately shouted: "Everyone steady, short spears are ready, archers are ready!" ”

The Wei soldiers behind the stone pier picked up short spears, which were sharpened from branches with thick spear shafts, which were not very lethal to the enemy troops wearing iron armor, but if they were wearing only leather armor or no armor, they had a lot of lethality.

The archers in the trenches were ready to shoot.

"Aim, fire!" Hua Hai immediately gave an order after seeing that the infantry of the Yan Army had entered the firing range.

"Whoosh ······" The Wei archers in the trenches shot their bows and arrows one after another, and after shooting, they continued to wind up and aim, and then released the arrows, and so on.

The Yan army officer who led the attack shouted with a war knife: "Charge me-"

Since it has entered the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, then it can no longer climb slowly, and it must rush up in one breath, but there are too many rocks on the hillside, and it is climbing the hillside, and the attacking Yan army infantry can't run at all, and they can't even run, they can only move quickly, but the particularly conspicuous people are easy to be taken care of by the defenders.

One by one, the Yan infantry was shot and fell to the hillside, some screamed, and some died silently.

Seeing that although the infantry of the Yan Army had a lot of losses, they were still rushing quickly, Hua Hai gave an order: "Short spear throw-"

A row of short spears was thrown behind the stone mill, and one Yan infantry was pierced on the spot, and more than a dozen Yan soldiers were killed by the short spears, and several were not pierced, but they were also injured under the impact on the chest and abdomen.

Under the double blow of bows and arrows and short spears, the Wei army suffered more than 40 casualties, left more than 20 corpses, and then turned around and ran down the mountain.