A large number of siege soldiers rushed to the city wall, one after another siege ladders were erected to the wall of the city wall, there were two special soldiers to protect the bottom of the ladder to prevent it from slipping, one after another soldiers biting the back of the knife in their mouths, holding a shield in their left hand, and climbing the ladder with their right hand.

This siege ladder is very different from the ordinary wooden ladder, although it is also made of wood, but the length is much longer than the ordinary wooden ladder, and it is built according to the height of the city wall, there is an inner groove at the top, as long as it is erected to the female wall of the city wall, the lower part of the ladder is pulled outward, and the groove at the top is stuck on the wall battlement, and the defenders can not move the slightest bit no matter how they push, but as long as the siege soldiers hold the ladder under the city wall and push it up, it can get out of the city wall.

There are also siege ladders that fix an iron hook at the top, once the ladder is erected on the city wall, the iron hook hooks the wall battlement, and there are siege soldiers climbing on the ladder, the weight of the body is pressed, and the defenders are helpless.

There is also a wheeled siege ladder, in the form of a vehicle, the width of the banner pedal, some of the width can reach one meter five, the length can be controlled by the winch free retraction, the siege soldiers step on it and rush to the head of the city can run in stride, such as walking on the ground (I will not go into detail here).

Where there is a spear, there must be a shield, and there is no doubt that there is always a way to restrain it, and the key is whether you can think of it or not.

At the head of the city, Yi Louji brandished his scimitar and flew a few sharp arrows, looked down at the city wall, and saw that the besieging soldiers were climbing quickly on the ladder, and some were even about to climb to the top of the city, he immediately shouted: "The spearmen come forward to defend!" ”

A group of spearmen who had already been prepared immediately walked quickly to the battlements of the wall, and soon there was the sound of weapons clashing, and from time to time the soldiers on the ladder fell down, but the soldiers below were still climbing up.

As the archers on the well fence were fully engaged in the battle, the casualties of the archers of the defenders on the city walls were getting bigger and bigger, they had been completely suppressed, and even spearmen and sword and shield soldiers began to be shot on the city, and many people were shot by arrows to hide everywhere, but the city walls were bare, and there was no place to hide.

"Send another two hundred archers to the city wall, quick!" Eloji ordered loudly.

As the siege continued, the defenders at the head of the city were suppressed more and more, and there were already defenders spearmen and sword and shield soldiers who were cut down or pulled down the city wall by the soldiers climbing on the ladder, and the defenders did not notice for a while, and dared to be rushed up the city wall by a siege soldier.

Fortunately, the defending officers rushed up with men to besiege and slashed the siege soldiers who climbed up, but this already gave the siege soldiers more encouragement.

For the defenders, the situation is extremely grim, Yi Lou Ji knows that he can't let the siege soldiers climb up, otherwise the defenders under his command will easily collapse, these soldiers are stationed in Wuzhou County on weekdays, almost never practiced the method of defending the city, and have not defended the city for decades, if it weren't for this Xiongguan Pass, these defenders would have collapsed long ago.

"Come on, pour boiling water and scald them!" Elo Ji yelled.

The defenders took scoops of boiling water from the iron pots, rushed to the battlements, and poured them under the walls.

"Ahh

One after another, there were siege soldiers who were scalded by boiling water and rolled down the ladder, but there were still siege soldiers who kept climbing up.

The boiling water brought a lot of casualties to the siege soldiers, and it was a great blow to morale, but the boiling water in the iron pots on the city soon bottomed out.

"Cook the oil!" Elo Ji ordered loudly again, and the defenders poured barrels of oil into the iron pot, and the fire burned under the iron pot.

But after a cup of tea, the oil in the iron pot burned and tumbled, and the smoke kept rising.

At this time, the siege archers on the well fence had brought a large number of casualties to the defenders at the head of the city, many of the defenders were suppressed and hid under the battlements and did not dare to disturb, and the two hundred archers who were redeployed had also been lost at this time, and the city was full of corpses, weapons and arrows.

There are still a large number of soldiers on the siege ladder who are tirelessly climbing without fear of life and death.

"Drizzle the oil on fire!"

With an order, the defenders scooped up the oil with scoops and turned and ran towards the wall, and many of them were killed by arrows from the railing of the opposite well before they could pour it down.

The besiegers who were drenched with fire oil screamed and fell down to death or were injured, and a large number of shouts and killings never stopped, whether it was the besieging side or the defenders, the screaming and shouting to kill had become an inevitable means for them to boost their morale and drive away their fear, and they needed to use this means to inspire their courage.

"Come, replenish the archers on the well fence, pass on my orders, double the number of archers up, let them increase their shooting intensity, and further suppress the defenders at the head of the city!"

Mulan observed the siege situation and gave the order.

"Yes!"

Another group of archers climbed up the fence one by one after receiving the order, and bundles of arrows were hoisted up the fence by ropes.

The siege lasted for two hours, and not only were the soldiers of the besieging side tired, but the soldiers of the defending side were tired, and the morale of both sides was declining.

In the afternoon, Mulan withdrew her gaze from the direction of the city wall and turned her head to look at the reserve team and asked, "Have the reserves finished eating?" ”

"General Hui, I have finished eating two moments ago, and I am resting!"

Hua Mulan immediately ordered: "Let them get ready, and they will take over the siege in a moment!" ”

"Yes, General!"

At this time, a large internal guard ran over and clasped his fist at Mulan and said, "General Hua, Your Majesty has summoned!" ”

Hearing this, Mulan nodded, and galloped away in the direction where the emperor was.

"Chenhua Mulan see Your Majesty!"

"Flat!" Tuoba raised his hand and asked, "General Hua, it's already in the afternoon, and the war has been fought for more than three hours, do you want the soldiers to rest and fight again?" ”

Hua Mulan clenched her fists and said: "Your Majesty, the art of war: one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, if you order to retreat at this time to rest, the morale will be completely discharged, at least today can not fight again!" ”

Tuoba Jian frowned and asked, "Then are you sure to break the city today?" ”

"This ······ I can't guarantee it, so I can only do my best! ”

The general of the Yulin Army next to him, He Duoluo, has always been at odds with Mulan, although he is the general of the Yulin Army, but the Yulin Army fought under the Dome Ridge and wiped out the whole army, and he is now almost a bare-bones general.

I saw him say out loud: "General Hua, the soldiers have been fighting for too long, they are already very tired, and if they continue to fight, it will only increase the casualties, this general suggests that the soldiers withdraw first, let the soldiers rest for a good night, and fight again tomorrow!" ”

Tuoba Fan, the new general of the Xiao cavalry army, said coldly: "General Hua, these soldiers are all my Xiao cavalry people, using cavalry as infantry to attack the city itself is a mistake, for you as long as you can break the city, it is nothing to die more people, but the people who died are all my Xiao cavalry people, this king asks to stop the siege immediately, and fight again tomorrow!" ”

When Mulan heard the fire, she retorted loudly: "You give me some infantry, are you willing to take over this mess?" You have the ability to command! Even if I haven't breached the city yet, at least until now, the number of casualties among the soldiers is far less than before, and the casualties inflicted on Iloji are far higher than when you commanded the siege! ”

"You ······" Tuoba Fan was furious.

Cui Hao immediately spoke: "Okay, okay, King Le'an and General Hua will say a few words!" If a quarrel can break the city, then what do you generals need to do? ”

Tuoba Fan and Mulan had no choice but to die separately.

Cui Hao thought for a while and said to Tuoba Jian: "Your Majesty, our army has been blocked by this Wuzhou Pass for more than half a month, and the time has dragged on for too long, and there will be enough time for Pingcheng to transfer troops and generals, and there will also be enough time to win over the assassins and generals in various places!" Wechen was worried that they might send a partial division to flank our army from the north and south, and then it would not be good! ”

"As the saying goes, there is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, since Your Majesty has handed over the command of the siege to General Huwei, it is better to let her do it!"

Tuoba Jian thought about it for a while, nodded and agreed with Cui Hao's suggestion, "Hua Aiqing, you just let it go, I'm waiting for your good news!" ”

"Yes!" Mulan clasped her fists and saluted, then hit her horse and turned around and left.

When she returned to the besieging army, the hour had come, and she immediately ordered: "Reserves, attack—"

A large number of soldiers rushed to the city wall with swords and guns, and the siege soldiers who were originally under the city wall retreated, except for the soldiers who were climbing the ladder, the siege task was officially taken over by the reserves, and the original siege soldiers slowly withdrew under the leadership of their officers.

The arrival of this new force made the siege of the city instantly rebound, and Ilukji had to order the transfer of troops to supplement the city wall.

At this time, the archers on the well fence outside the city gradually increased, until they doubled, which was too strong to suppress the city, and the defenders became the live targets of these siege soldiers, and the city wall was almost untenable, and the defenders could only hide under the battlements, but all the soldiers whose bodies were exposed to the outside had a great chance of being shot.

This gave the attacking soldiers who climbed the ladder to attack the city a great opportunity, and they finally seized this opportunity to climb the city wall one after another, and the battle for the city wall officially began.

More and more attacking soldiers jumped onto the city to participate in the battle, and the soldiers below climbed the ladder one by one like a relay race to the city wall.

Seeing the rare opportunity, Mulan immediately ordered ten well railings to move closer to the city, let the archers slowly retreat, and let the sword and shield men and spearmen climb up in turn to prepare to enter the city to fight.

A large number of soldiers below pushed the well fence forward, and finally the well fence leaned against the edge of the city wall, and the thick wooden gangplank smashed down and set it on the battlement.

One of the generals shouted: "Up! ”

One by one, the soldiers with swords and guns stepped on the gangplank, rushed to the top of the city, and entered the defenders.

One after another, the well railings leaned against the city wall, and a steady stream of soldiers rushed from the well railings to the head of the city, and there were dense soldiers climbing below.

As a large number of siege soldiers rushed to the top of the city, the siege ladder was no longer defended, and the soldiers under the city climbed quickly one by one.

"The time has come to launch a general attack, and the general will order to attack on all fronts, and vow not to withdraw the army if the city is not broken today!" Mulan gave the order.

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