The two of them entered the tent and sat down, Zhao Junsheng didn't play haha, Zhu Xiuzhi said: "Brother Zhu, I think you also know that my fiancée is trapped in the Lulong Saiyun Tower, and now she is in danger, I have to find a way to rescue her, brother, I came to Brother Zhu this time to borrow a thousand elite soldiers who are good at attacking the city!" ”

To attack a city, it is necessary to have infantry who are good at attacking cities, and looking at the entire army of Zhengdong, Zhao Junsheng believes that only the surrendered troops of the Southern Dynasty who surrendered with Zhu Xiuyi met his requirements.

Zhu Xiuzhi pondered, looked at Zhao Junsheng and said: "Brother Zhao's mood for rescuing his younger siblings, Zhu understands it very well and is willing to help, but ······ If Brother Zhao is willing to promise to owe Zhu a favor, and when Zhu needs Brother Zhao to repay the favor at a critical moment, you can't refuse and hesitate, if Brother Zhao agrees, Zhu can hand over this thousand elite soldiers to you within two moments! ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhu Xiuzhi, this favor is not very good, God knows what kind of request Zhu Xiuzhi will make, but at this point in the matter, he can't watch Mulan being trapped and dying in the cloud tower.

After struggling in his heart for a while, Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and said: "As long as Brother Zhu lends me a thousand elite soldiers who are good at attacking the city, I count me Zhao Junsheng owing Brother Zhu a favor, and I hereby promise that as long as I am not allowed to rebel, commit suicide and do things that violate morality, I can agree!" ”

A smile appeared on Zhu Xiuzhi's face, "I believe that Brother Zhao is a man of promises!" In a moment, you'll see the 1,000 siege soldiers you need, coming! ”

A personal soldier walked in and hugged his fist to Zhu Xiuzhi: "What does the general command?" ”

"Summons the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh buildings to assemble quickly!"

"Yes, General!"

Zhu Xiuzhi got up and smiled at Zhao Junsheng and said, "Brother Zhao, let's go, go and see how the soldiers with a total of 1,200 people in the four buildings I lent you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng got up and clenched his fists: "Please!" ”

Walking out of the tooth tent, Zhao Junsheng instructed Li Bao: "Send someone to pass the order, let Wei Chi Yan Dongtong lead the soldiers and horses, and let Cao Jiao come over to see me quickly!" ”

Li Bao agreed and sent a personal soldier to deliver the order.

Cao Jiao came quickly, and when he arrived, the 1,200 people that Zhu Xiuzhi promised had not yet been fully assembled.

"What did the general tell him to call the last general?" Cao Jiao stepped forward and asked Zhao Junsheng with a fist.

"Cao Jiao, I borrowed four troops from General Zhu to attack the city, the time of the siege is set at Yin, I will give you the right to command these 1,200 people, and you will command them to attack the city, these 1,200 people are all infantry who are good at besieging the city, you can let it go, this general only has one requirement, once the battle starts, you must do your best, regardless of casualties, I don't ask you to break the city in a short time, but you must let the defenders have to use all personnel to participate in the defense!"

"General, it's not dawn yet!"

"We just can't wait for dawn, after dawn, the Yan army guards will know our reality and reality!"

"Subordinates understood! ······ siege equipment

Zhao Junsheng said: "You don't have to worry about this, I will go to King Changshan to solve the problem of siege equipment later!" ”

A moment passed, and 1,200 infantry were assembled, all of whom had surrendered from the Southern Dynasty, and if they encountered the same number of cavalry in the field, they would surely be defeated, but they were good at attacking and defending cities.

In the clearing, 1,200 people lined up in four phalanxes, one by one, all with torches and swords.

Zhu Xiuzhi said to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Zhao, these 1,200 people are specially used to siege the city, they don't do anything on weekdays, they just keep practicing the siege, I believe they should be useful to you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "I won't say kind words, I want to ask Brother Zhu to send someone to prepare food for these soldiers, go and prepare it immediately, I want to attack on time at two o'clock, so they must eat and drink enough before Yinshi!" ”

"This is a trivial matter, I will order someone to prepare!"

Zhu Xiuzhi arranged for people to ask the men to prepare wine, meat and food, and ordered the owners of these four buildings: "From now on, until Lu Longsai is breached, you will completely obey Zhao Zhijun's orders!" ”

The four building owners looked at each other and clasped their fists together: "Obey!" Please give an order! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "This general is going to attack Lu Longsai at two moments in the morning, and the specific commander of your battle is the general Cao next to me, and his order is my order!" You can tell your soldiers that each of you will pay two taels of gold for each of you, and assemble immediately after eating, and my own soldiers will distribute the gold to each of you! In addition, the first person to climb the city wall will be rewarded with ten taels of gold, and in the process of attacking the city, killing a Yan soldier will be rewarded with a hundred dollars, killing a chief will be rewarded with a thousand dollars, killing a team officer will be rewarded with one gold, killing a building will be rewarded with ten gold, and killing Lu Longsai will be rewarded with a hundred gold! If you don't want money, you can exchange it for good land, cattle, sheep, and cloth. If you want to be promoted, I can ask General Zhu to intercede and ask you to come over and be an official under my Youzhou, one level higher than your current official position! ”

The four generals were originally unwilling to obey Zhao Junsheng and Cao Jiao, but now after listening to the reward plan he promulgated, they all lifted their spirits, and they clasped their fists together and said: "If the soldiers knew about this reward regulation, they would definitely be willing to die!" ”

"Very good, Cao Jiao is now your boss, and he will command you!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished explaining, he said hello to Zhu Xiuzhi, and then quickly rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army to ask to see Tuoba Su, the king of Changshan.

The movement of the Youzhou army in the middle of the night was not small, and it was impossible for Tuoba Su, as the commander of the first army, not to be reported.

When Zhao Junsheng came to ask for a meeting, Tuoba Su guessed his purpose.

"The last general will meet the prince!"

Tuoba Su raised his hand and asked, "Let this king guess, did you come to ask for troops to attack the city?" ”

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists and bowed: "The prince's eyes are like torches, and he immediately guessed the purpose of the last general's coming, and the last general admires it!" ”

Tuoba Su walked out from behind the desk with his back on his back, "Hua Mulan is your fiancée, she is now trapped in the cloud tower of Yunshan, no wonder you came with troops late at night, you must have received the news, and it is reasonable that you want to save her!" When are you going to attack the city? How many troops to use? ”

"Start the siege on time at two o'clock! More than 1,000 people are enough! ”

Tuoba Su frowned and said, "It's too early, isn't it?" Although it is said that the dawn is early, I am afraid that there is still an hour before dawn, right? How to attack a city if the light is blind? Moreover, the Yan army has at least five or six hundred people to defend the city, is the number of more than 1,000 people you only have too little? ”

Only Zhao Junsheng knew whether it was early or not, as for the number of troops, in his opinion, it was not a problem at all, under normal circumstances, it was unwise to attack a city defended by a large number of troops with a small number of troops, because the defenders could go out of the city at any time to counterattack.

Zhao Junsheng remembered that in the history of his previous life, Chen Qingzhi, the god of war of the Southern Liang Dynasty, had attacked Xingyang with 7,000 white-robed troops in the Northern Wei Dynasty with Yang Yu's 70,000 Yulin army, and attacked 70,000 with 7,000.

Zhao Junsheng said to Tuoba Su: "Lord Wang, the last general is to use the night as a cover to attack the city, if you wait until dawn, it will not be easy to do!" As for the problem of insufficient troops, the general thought that more than 1,000 people were enough! ”

Seeing Zhao Junsheng's insistence, Tuoba Su weighed it, thinking that Zhao Junsheng's courage was also commendable, and he should encourage rather than suppress it, and promised: "Okay, this king allows you to take more than 1,000 people to attack at two o'clock!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang! The last general also wants to ask the prince for some siege equipment for siege purposes."

Tuoba Su waved his hand: "As long as there are siege equipment on the craftsman battalion, you can call it at will, and it is too late for you to take down the king of Lulongsaiben, so he naturally has to support you!" ”

Zhao Junsheng left, he went to the craftsman camp, and handed over all the siege equipment such as siege ladders and siege vehicles in the craftsman camp to Cao Jiao for arrangement.

The 1,200 infantry who had eaten each got two taels of gold, these Southern Dynasty troops had never received so much money, it was still gold, and their morale was greatly boosted after excitement, and they heard from the officials that the first to climb the city wall would be rewarded with ten taels of gold, and there would be a reward for killing the enemy.

When the time for departure came, under the command of Cao Jiao, the 1,200 people marched out of the camp and came to the front of the Lulongsai City Pass, and everyone was ordered not to make a sound and not to walk hard.

"General, my subordinates found that there were more than a dozen firewood piles not far from the city wall, each firewood pile was about ten zhang apart, it should have been done by Yan Jun!"

"Oh?" After Cao Jiao heard the report of the outpost, he knew in his heart that it must be a means used by the Yan army to prevent the Wei army from carrying out a sneak attack at night, as long as the Wei army carried out a sneak attack, the Yan army would use rockets to ignite the pyre drenched with fire oil, this method Zhao Junsheng also taught them.

"Come on, send two hundred people to water these ten pyres with helmets, you must be light-footed, don't alarm the Yan army on the city wall!"

"Yes, General!"

In the darkness of the night, soldiers brought water from the river with helmets and poured them on the pyre.

After the soldiers were ready, Cao Jiao screamed at zero, and the soldiers carried the siege ladder to the direction of the city wall, in order not to make too much noise, everyone was light-footed.

Even so, the Yan soldiers who were in charge of guarding the city wall heard the sound, and one of the Yan soldiers lit a torch and threw it down the city.

The torches slipped in the air, and the light illuminated the city wall, and the dense figures of the Wei soldiers met the eyes of the Yan army's guard soldiers, and he immediately let out a scream: "Enemy attack!" ”

With a "whoosh", a sharp arrow pierced the guard post's chest.

But his brief warning still woke up the Yan soldiers and generals on the city wall, and the Yan soldiers and generals got up and leaned against the female wall to look at the city, the city was dark, and the tribe had been trampled down.

"Quick, light the pyre with a rocket!" The guard Wan Ling personally ran out of the Wangri Tower to command and give orders.

"Whoosh ······" Rockets were fired, but none of them lit the pyre.

Wan Ling shouted: "What's the matter? Why wasn't the pyre lit? Did you misremember the location? ”