It is not for nothing that the Rouran army's attack on Nantian Fort has been going on for two days, and Nantian Fort had only six hundred defenders before, but it was able to hold it for two days.

The most important reason is the topography, from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain everywhere there are traps, stake barbs and thorns that have been arranged before, and the width that can be used to deploy troops is less than thirty meters, which also includes the area of traps, stake barbs and thorns, and the Rouran people used the lives of slaves to fill these traps, and used human lives to destroy all the stake barbs and thorns, so as to launch a normal attack.

Therefore, even if the Rouran people have tens of thousands of troops, there are not many troops that can really be put into battle each time, because no matter how many people there are, the investment of attack forces is limited.

Except for some people under Hua Mulan's hands who have participated in the defense of Nantian Fort with her, the others have almost no experience in defending the city, and there is no training in this area on weekdays, all of them are training in cavalry combat, and now everyone who let them defend the city is at a loss, even if it is Mo Na Lou Jin and another general, they are also driving ducks to the shelves, there is no rule at all, I don't know how to deploy, this is still thanks to the fact that Nantianba's terrain is dangerous to hold for two days, if the terrain is slightly gentle, I'm afraid that Nantian Fort has already been breached.

Not to mention that these people have not defended the city, the Xianbei people created the Northern Wei Dynasty with their fast horses and scimitars, and they are only good at field warfare, and they don't understand how to defend and siege the city at all, and the Rouran people don't understand it at all.

This also caused 20 years in history (450 AD) the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao commanded 100,000 troops to attack Liu Song's Hanging Gourd City, when Liu Song only had more than 1,000 defenders in Hanging Gourd City, the county order and the leading generals all ran away, only one named Chen Xian stood up to take over the command, led a thousand defenders to withstand the onslaught of Tuoba Tao's 100,000 army with the support of the people in the city for 42 days, Tuoba Tao suffered heavy losses, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were killed and wounded in this battle.

It can be seen that in the early and early and middle periods of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the armies of the Northern Wei Dynasty were mainly cavalry, neither good at attacking or defending cities, they could be invincible in the northern grasslands, and they were helpless against a small city in the south.

Among the three generals, only Hua Mulan has a little experience in defending the city, and she is the guard general of Nantianbao appointed by the Jinling battalion, so she naturally took over the command.

"Don't panic, everyone, according to the deployment just now, they will do their own responsibilities, and help and cooperate with each other! Don't look at the Rouran people making a huge noise, but they are also a group of stupid people who can't attack the city, you look at these slaves who rushed over, are they counting weapons in their hands? Are they wearing armor? They have no decent weapons, no decent armor, and they will come to their deaths, and we will fulfill them! ”

With Mulan's encouragement, the soldiers gradually stabilized their minds and temporarily got rid of their fears.

Mona Loujin and the other general had already gone down with their men to rest, and the defense of the city walls and fortress was taken over by Mulan and her soldiers, all of whom trusted Mulan and carried out her orders thoroughly.

Seeing the large number of black-pressed slaves pouring up the hillside, the soldiers on the fortress and the city walls began to panic a little again.

Hua Mulan immediately shouted: "Hold steady, give it to Ben to stabilize!" Miscellaneous soldiers have listened, get ready for stones! ”

The handymen bent down and picked up the stones and walked behind the sword and shield soldiers, and under Mulan's shout: "Smash me-"

One by one, the stones were thrown off the city wall by the soldiers, and the stones fell to the ground and rolled forward, and a few meters below the city wall was the hillside, and the stones rolled down the hillside, and suddenly made a rumbling sound.

The slaves who climbed up saw many stones of different sizes falling from the city wall, and the stones rolled down the hillside and threw them at them, and the slaves showed frightened expressions one by one, and the people in front turned around and ran, but the slaves behind were climbing up, and the two phases were blocked, and those who wanted to escape could not escape, and those who went up could not go up.

One by one, the stones rolled down and smashed into the crowd of slaves, one by one the slaves and the Rouran soldiers let out a terrible scream, some people were directly smashed to the ground and overwhelmed many people, some people were smashed and rolled down the hillside, and a large area fell on the hillside.

The stones kept falling, some of the slaves on the hillside were smashed into a blur of flesh and blood, many fell to the ground and were trampled on and vomited blood, and the whole hillside was in chaos and wailing, trampling each other or killing or wounding countless people.

Before the first wave of attacks could be formed, it was smashed and disintegrated by a pile of stones, and the Rouran people suffered heavy casualties.

Rouran was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and scolded: "Fools, all of them are a group of fools, aren't they looking for death if they line up so densely?" Tell the slaves to keep their distance and don't swarm up! Thirty people go up each time, wait for the first wave to rush up, and the second wave can start to rush up! Also, remember to bring a siege ladder! ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

Under the arrangement and command of the ten captains and the little marshals of the Rouran Warlord, the slaves were divided into several siege teams of thirty people, and with the order of the little marshal of the Warlord, the first wave of thirty slaves rushed up the hillside with rudimentary weapons, some of them carrying siege ladders.

Someone in the defenders of the fortress shouted: "Lord of the building, the Rouran people are here again!" ”

"Don't panic!" Mulan yelled and shouted behind her: "The handymen are carrying the rolling wood in groups of four, ready to-"

The first wave of Rouran slaves was about to rush up the hillside, and Mulan suddenly shouted: "Rolling wood smash-"

Eight or nine rolling logs fell down the hillside, and the Rouran slaves who were about to rush to the top of the mountain were smashed to the ground.

"Ahh

The rolling logs did not stop, one by one the rolling logs rolled down the hillside, the speed became faster and faster, and the Rouran slaves behind were smashed to the ground and run over by the rolling logs, and another wail spread, and some of the Rouran slaves on the hillside had broken hands and feet, some of them were gray-faced, and their waists were broken, which was unbearable.

Unfazed, the Rouran were driven by the Warlords, and a second wave of slaves began to rush up the hillside again.

Logs were soon dropped on the walls and fortresses, and the slaves suffered more and more casualties, and the guards had fewer and fewer logs and stones.

After an hour of attacking, the Rouran army could not get even a step close to the wall, but there were fewer and fewer logs and stones falling from the wall, and in the end the defenders could only shoot with bows and arrows.

"Okay, they're running out of wood and stones, now let those slaves attack Ben Shuai with all their might!" Rouran Dashuai ordered loudly.

This time, the Rouran had no scruples, and they drove a large number of slaves up the hillside to rush towards the walls and fortresses on the mountain.

"Archers are free to shoot their arrows!" Mulan ordered loudly.

The archers hid behind the sword and shield soldiers and kept firing arrows at the Rouran soldiers on the hillside, these archers had a considerable amount of bow and arrow training, and the accuracy of shooting was relatively high, many of the Rouran soldiers hiding among the slaves were shot, and the impact speed of the slaves who were driven away by the Rouran soldiers slowed down.

This scene was seen in the eyes of the Rouran Xiaoshuai at the foot of the mountain, and soon many Rouran archers were drawn over, and these Rouran archers hid among the slaves and released arrows on the city wall.

Mulan's arrangement was very effective, there were sword and shield soldiers blocking the female wall with shields, and the arrows of the Rouran people rarely hit the defending archers, and even if arrows came, they were blocked by the sword and shield soldiers with their shields.

"The archers don't have to do anything else, give Ben the general to kill the Rouran archers hiding among the slaves!" Mulan shouted orders as she shot the Rouran archers with arrows.

One by one, the Rouran archers were shot, and the long-range attacks were strongly suppressed by the city walls, and the Rouran people could only drive more slaves to rush towards the walls.

Siege ladders were erected on the walls, and slaves climbed up the wooden ladders with their weapons in their hands.

Seeing this, Mulan shouted, "The spearman uses his spear to knock down the wooden ladder!" ”

The spearmen who had received the order, under the cover of the sword and shield hands, pierced the wooden ladder with their spears, and then pushed the wooden ladder away from the wall, and the soldiers and slaves who were climbing the wooden ladder screamed in fright, and they grabbed the wooden ladder and fell to the ground in terror, smashing the pieces of soft soldiers and slaves under the city.

The Rouran soldiers and slaves wanted to erect the siege ladder on the city wall, and the defenders did not let it, and the siege ladder that had just been erected on the city wall was quickly pushed down, and Hua Mulan saw that the Rouran people and slaves under the city wall were crowded densely, and immediately ordered the handymen to pour fire oil on the enemy's head, and a scoop of fire oil was poured down, and the slaves and Rouran soldiers were scalded and screamed, and suffered heavy losses.

Hua Mulan ordered to light the torch and throw it under the city wall, and the Rouran soldiers and slaves who had just been drenched in fire oil instantly caught fire, and one by one they turned into burning people.

The pile of corpses under the city wall had already been poured with fire oil, and the corpses were also set on fire, and a raging fire burned under the city wall, and countless Rouran soldiers and slaves were burned to death.

For a whole afternoon, not only was no one in the Rouran army able to climb the city wall, but also lost a large number of troops, and by dusk, the morale had fallen to the extreme, and the commander had no choice but to give the order to collect the troops and return to the camp.

As soon as the Rouran people withdrew, Mona Loujin climbed the city tower with a few personal soldiers and gave a thumbs up to Mulan: "General Hua is really powerful, he didn't waste any strength at all so that the Rouran people couldn't even climb the city wall, I would have admired!" ”

Hua Mulan was not proud, but said to herself in her heart, it seems that reading the military book these days is not in vain, this method of defending the city really works, there are rules for marching and fighting, and you must not fight indiscriminately.

Hua Mulan raised her eyes to see that the Rouran army had already gone away, and she asked Mona Loujin: "Are your men and horses resting well?" ”

"Oh, what does General Hua command?"

Hua Mulan pointed to the hillside and said, "The Rouran people have gone away, open the city gate and let your people go out and collect all the arrows!" ”