She Lun pointed to the simple map: "King Youxian, please see, there are two most prominent points between the area controlled by our side and the area controlled by the Wei State, the first is Da'e Mountain; The second one is Tunqi Mountain! Now, the Xianbei people have built two large forts in these two locations, garrisoning 100 people respectively, one is to monitor the movement of our army; Two to curb the southward movement of our army! In addition to these two locations, there is a location in the northernmost part of the east called Nantiangang, and now they have also built a fort there, named Nantianbao! If we can pull out these three nails, then the defensive belt set up by the Xianbei people in the south will be useless! ”

"However, the two forts of Da'e Mountain and Tunqi Mountain go directly to the Jinling camp of the Xianbei people, if we pull out these two nails first, and finally solve the worries of Nantian Fort, we can drive south!"

After listening to Shelun's thoughts, he thought about it for a while, turned his head and asked Princess Tuzhen: "Tuzhen, what do you think of Shelun's thoughts?" ”

Tuzhen looked at it and said: "Let's try to attack the two forts of Da'e Mountain and Tunqi Mountain first, if you can take it, it will not be too late to attack Nantian Fort!" ”

Suddenly holding the hilt of his sword, he walked back and forth in front of the improvised map, weighing and thinking about the chain reaction that would occur if the attack was carried out according to Shelun's vision.

After thinking about it for a while, Jian Wulu suddenly couldn't think of any clue, he was not the roundworm in An Yuan's stomach, the commander of the Jinling camp in the Northern Wei Dynasty, where could he understand An Yuan's thoughts?

"In that case, let's make a tentative attack on Da'e Mountain first! Shelun, this battle is commanded by you, how many people do you think you can use to take Da'e Mountain, but it will not cause a large-scale dispatch of the Jinling garrison of Wei? ”

Shelun thought for a while and said: "Five buildings, too many can't be used, too few are useless!" ”

The Rouran military system is borrowed from the Northern Wei Dynasty, but it is different, the Northern Wei Dynasty has at least 300 people per building, and there are more than 1,000 people, which is not fixed; And the Rouran army is more than 100 people in one building, and more than 1,000 people in one army.

"Okay, just send five troops to attack Da'e Mountain, but this king tells you that after the attack, you only have one day, if you can't take Da'e Mountain within a day, you have to retreat, this king doesn't want to start a large-scale war with the Wei army at this time, the ice and snow have not yet melted, the temperature has not warmed up, and a large-scale war at this time is not good for all cavalry and our army!"

Wu Lu's words made Shelun feel that it was not easy to attack a fortress with less than 100 people stationed this time, and he clenched his fists with a solemn face and agreed: "Shelun understands!" ”

Three days later, the two Rouran cavalry arrived at Da'e Mountain, and this time the commander of the battle was only the general who led the team, and the princess Kuwu Luhu, Shelun and Princess Tuzhen were only watching the attack process and results with the army, wanting to find out some of the situation of the Wei army from this battle.

Da'e Mountain is not too high or steep, but it is one of the most critical routes to enter and exit the Rouran-controlled area and the Wei-controlled area, where the Wei army built a fortress with 100 men to defend against the Rouran cavalry.

There are many stones on Da'e Mountain, and this fort is built on the mountain, in line with the principle of local materials, this fort is also built with stone as the main material.

Of course, when hundreds of Rouran cavalry appeared in the sight of the garrison Wei army, the fort suddenly sounded an alarm bell, and all the defenders were alarmed for a while, and the team owner immediately ordered all the defenders to prepare for battle, and bundles of arrows, stones, and fire oil were moved to the top of the fort, and an iron pot was set up on the stove on the top of the fort and began to boil water, and some soldiers kept carrying wooden barrels from the outside to fill with water into the fortress, and the fort needed to reserve enough drinking water.

While the Rouran were preparing to attack, the defensive preparations within the fortress on Da'e Mountain were almost complete.

"Attack!" General Rouran, who led the team, pulled out his scimitar and pointed at Da'e Mountain, shouting and beating his horse to climb up the mountain.

More than 500 cavalry scattered and climbed along the hillside to the fortress at the top of the hill, followed by a dozen men carrying a thick log, which was a simple battering ram that the Rouran people prepared to use to break open the fort gate.

The snow has not completely melted, the slopes are a little slippery, from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the road is only halfway through, there are more than a dozen Rouran cavalry hooves slipped, two of them led the horse to fall down the mountain and rolled down, in the middle of the way several Rouran cavalry were knocked down, lost more than 20 horses.

Princess Tuzhen, who was riding on horseback in the distance at the foot of the mountain, saw this scene and said to Shelun: "Marshal Shelun, I dare to conclude that I can't take this Da'e Mountain Fort today, do you believe it?" ”

Shelun was a little unhappy, how could he say that it was also the soldiers and horses under his command who attacked, Tuzhen said this to make it clear that he looked down on his subordinates, "Princess, it's too early for you to say this, right?" ”

"Too soon? I don't think it's early at all, as soon as your people attacked, I knew that today must be in vain! Why don't we make a bet, if we can't take Da'e Mountain Fort today, how about lending me 500 of your warriors tomorrow, and I will lead the troops to attack? Tu Zhen looked at Shelun seriously and said what he thought.

Shelun said: "Didn't King Youxian just give me one day?" If you can't take it for a day, you will have to retreat, and the Wei army will definitely send reinforcements, and it will be a little difficult to leave when the time comes! ”

Tuzhen shook his head: "I dare to guarantee that before I lead my troops to capture Da'e Mountain Fort, the Wei army will not send troops to reinforce it!" ”

She Lun didn't know where Tuzhen's confidence came from, so he swore that the Wei army would not send troops to reinforcements tomorrow, but he was uncomfortable, and immediately agreed: "Okay, if you can't take Da'e Mountain Fort today, I will lend you 500 people tomorrow, and you will lead the attack!" ”

Under the leadership of the leading general, the Rouran cavalry braved the arrows from the fortress on Da'e Mountain and slowly climbed up the mountain, and some people were constantly knocked down by the arrows fired from the fortress as they went.

The Rouran cavalry fought back with their bows and arrows, but under the backfire, it was on the rugged hillside, and there were bunker walls and archery holes in the fortress, where could the arrows of the Rouran cavalry easily hit the Wei soldiers in the fortress? Only a few unlucky ghosts were shot through the hole by arrows.

The Wei soldiers hid in the fort and used their bows and arrows to shoot at the Rouran cavalry who were riding and crawling on the hillside, just like practicing shooting targets, even if the Wei army's bow and arrow hit rate was not very high, but by the time most of the Rouran cavalry arrived at the bottom of the fortress, they had already paid hundreds of casualties, which was a very terrible number.

"Smash the rocks!" A loud shout from the top of the castle was heard.

A large number of stones fell from the fortress, and the Rouran cavalry on horseback were smashed and fell off their horses with screams, and the falling stones and arrows became a nightmare for the Rouran cavalry.

The Rouran soldiers who followed with the logs rushed to the fort gate after paying the price of a few lives, and they shouted and slammed the fort gate with logs, trying to knock the fort gate open, but the fort gate had been blocked by the defenders with a few thick wooden pillars and a large number of stones, no matter how the Rouran people hit, the fort gate was knocked into a loud noise, but it could not be broken and knocked open.

After hitting the door to no avail, the Rouran people paid the price of more than 100 people, and finally withdrew down the mountain after not being able to withstand such heavy casualties.

General Rouran, who led the team with a gloomy face, returned to Shelun very depressed and asked for guilt: "Dashuai, his subordinates are incompetent, please punish Dashuai!" ”

She Lun was so angry that he scolded: "It's really a waste, there are less than a hundred people, you have more than 500 people, not only did you not break through the fortress, but also lost more than 200 people, why didn't you cut yourself with one sword?" ”

General Rouran, who led the army, knelt on the ground and did not dare to make a sound.

"I'll give you another chance, let the warriors rest and regain their strength, and attack again today, if you can't attack, I'll cut off your head!"

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely capture Da'e Mountain Fort!"

The damage inside the Da'e Mountain Fort is being counted, and the soldiers are continuing to carry defensive equipment in order to prepare for the next attack of the Rourans.

The damage has been counted, only seven people were killed, another four were wounded after being shot and were not seriously injured. Such a loss made the owner of the fort guard think that it was not yet the time to report a warning to the rear beacon, and if he really wanted to light the beacon fire to warn the rear, he had to wait until the most critical time to do so, otherwise the reinforcements would rush here to see, if there was no, who would lead the team to rush to reinforcements in the future?

The attack in the afternoon made the Rouran people still hit their heads and bleed, without the assistance of siege equipment, the siege was too difficult for the Rouran people, the attack in the morning was more than 520 people, and after the afternoon Shenshi, there were less than 100 people left, such a loss made the remaining Rouran cavalry no longer have the courage, and fled back one after another.

Princess Tuzhen and Bao Wulu suddenly watched the excitement and jokes, and Shelun's face was a little unbearable, and they immediately ordered someone to kill the general who led the command.

Early the next morning, Shelun fulfilled his promise and lent Princess Tuzhen 500 men, and she commanded the attack on Da'e Mountain Fort.

On the way up the mountain, she did not give an order for the Rouran soldiers to intersperse between the trees, relying on the trees to avoid the arrows shot from the fortress, so that the losses of the Rouran soldiers were greatly reduced, and there was no slipping and falling down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, I was very relieved to brush my beard and watch Tuzhen command these Rouran soldiers to attack Da'e Mountain Fort, today's situation is much better than yesterday, at least the casualties in the process of climbing the mountain are greatly reduced compared to yesterday.

"The archers used trees and stones as cover to shoot at the Wei army in the fort!"

With the order of Princess Tuzhen, the Rouran archers hid behind the trees and shot at the Wei army in the fort after entering the range of the bow and arrow, and the two sides went back and forth, and there were casualties on each other, although the casualties on the side of the Rouran soldiers were higher than those of the Wei army in the fort, but this was within the normal range and was acceptable.

Tuzhen saw that the two sides had reached a stalemate, and immediately ordered: "The people behind me will give it to me, and all of them will pile firewood in front of the fort gate with small leather shields, pour fire oil, and go quickly!" ”

The small leather shield is the equipment of the Rouran cavalry, and in this case, Princess Tuzhen can only take advantage of limited conditions.

Some Rouran soldiers put a small leather shield on top of their heads or in front of them with one hand, and rushed to the fort gate with dry firewood in the other.

The front of the fort gate was soon filled with dry firewood, and the oil was also poured on, Princess Tuzhen pulled out an arrow, and a soldier lit the strip of oiled cloth on the arrow, and with a "whoosh", the rocket shot out, and instantly ignited a large pile of firewood in front of the fort gate.