Although Mulan gave the order in time, some of the defenders who did not have shelter were still hit by arrows one after another.

Seeing this, Zhao Junsheng immediately issued an order to let some of the soldiers who were used as substitutes all withdraw from the city wall to avoid unnecessary casualties.

It was not until half of the defenders were removed from the city walls that the casualties were reduced.

At this time, the Rouran soldiers and slaves had already rushed to the city wall, and this time they carried a lot more siege ladders than before, with siege ladders every one meter.

If the spearmen came out from behind the sword and shield soldiers, they would inevitably be exposed to the arrows of the soft archers on the high platform, but at this time there was no other good way, even if the casualties were large, they could only hold on, in principle, they had to do everything possible to prevent the enemy from climbing the city wall, because once the enemy army was allowed to climb the city wall, it would mean that the defense of the city wall was weakened by half.

The attacker is always aggressive, the defender is always weaker than the attacker in momentum, once the city wall is in a white-edged battle, the defender will be in a weak position psychologically, which is undoubtedly very disadvantageous for the defense, and the advantage of the city wall defense will gradually disappear.

In order to increase the defensive strength and prevent the Rouran soldiers from climbing the city wall as much as possible, Mulan shouted to Zhao Junsheng: "Zhao Dutong, let your archers increase their countermeasures, even if the casualties are large, we must suppress the arrogance of the Rouran archers, otherwise we will always be in a passive situation!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Junsheng agreed, he hesitated for a moment, but still gave an order: "The archers counterattacked, shoot all the Rouran archers for me!" ”

Zhao Junsheng originally had a good way to deal with the Rouran archers on the high platform, but now that Mulan is in charge, he wants Mulan to experience more actual combat training, only in this way can she grow up quickly, so she can't solve all the troubles for her, she must learn to deal with the troubles and get out of trouble.

At this time, Hua Mulan shouted to Zhao Junsheng again: "Zhao Dutong, can your craftsman battalion make a large bow and crossbow with a long range and powerful on a temporary basis?" ”

While shooting an arrow, Zhao Junsheng asked, "What do you want to do with it?" ”

Hua Mulan pointed to the high platform built by the Rouran people: "I want to shoot the crossbow arrows tied with ropes and nail them to the support pillars of the enemy's high platform like the Rouran people, and pull it down!" ”

Zhao Junsheng breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, this is the method he just thought of!

"Mulan, this seems to be a good idea!"

Mulan raised her shield to block an incoming arrow and said loudly, "But if you want to do this, you must use a thick arrow shaft and rope to carry enough pulling force, and to shoot such a thick arrow shaft and drill deep enough, you must have a large bow and crossbow with enough strength!" ”

Zhao Junsheng ducked the arrows and walked to the female wall behind him and shouted under the city wall: "Pei Jin, Pei Jin!" ”

Pei Jin immediately ran up the city wall when he heard the sound, Zhao Junsheng commanded a few words in his ear, Pei Jin immediately hugged his fists and agreed, and then turned around and ran down the city wall.

It didn't take long for Pei Jin to come to the city wall with a dozen handymen and a big guy.

"Come and get a few sword and shield hands in front of you, hurry up!" Zhao Junsheng waved loudly.

Protected by the shields of the sword and shield soldiers, the soldiers carried the big creature to the city wall.

Hua Mulan walked over with a shield and found that the base of this big guy was like a bed, and three stacked giant bows were erected on it, and asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

"Three-bow bed crossbow!" Zhao Junsheng patted the bed crossbow and replied, "You can definitely meet your requirements with this guy!" ”

The Northern Wei army did not have siege equipment such as bed crossbows, but they were all in the south, and they were among the armies that served from the period of the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, Hua Mulan didn't recognize the siege equipment like the bed crossbow, not to mention that she didn't recognize it, and most of the generals and soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty didn't recognize it, and they had never seen it.

Siege equipment such as bed crossbow is an important weapon of war, even the building methods and drawings have been strictly kept secret by the imperial courts of all dynasties, and the Northern Wei Dynasty did not have this kind of thing at all.

Hua Mulan asked curiously, "Three-bow bed crossbow?" It's very apt, how does this work? ”

Zhao Junsheng made a gesture to one of the soldiers, "Open the bow and wind it!" ”

"Yes, Totong!" The head of the soldier agreed, and immediately sent someone to tie a thick crossbow arrow to a rope, and the other end of the rope was placed under the wall behind him.

Hua Mulan walked to the female wall behind her and looked down, there were sixteen horses side by side under the city wall, a soldier tied the rope with the rope that was attached to the sixteen horses, and the sixteen knights rode on horseback to control the war horse.

Now Mulan understands that Zhao Junsheng wants to use these horses as a power to pull down the high platform of the Rouran people.

Under the command of the head of the soldiers, a dozen soldiers shook the winches on the left and right sides of the bed crossbow, and the noose pulled the bowstring open and was pushed by the trigger.

"Loaded with crossbow arrows!"

With the order of the soldier, one of the soldiers placed the thick crossbow arrows that had been tied with ropes in the arrow slot.

"Get out of the way, I'll come!" Zhao Junsheng walked over and waved his hand, he walked to the bed and held the crossbow arm that could rotate freely with both hands, and aimed the crossbow arrow at one of the supporting pillars on the high platform.

"Listen, as soon as the crossbow arrow hits the support pillar, immediately order the cavalry behind to pull forward with all their might!"

"Yes, Totong!"

The arrow was aimed at the support column, and Zhao Junsheng raised his hand and waved it down violently.

A soldier next to him immediately picked up the hammer and smashed it, the trigger was smashed open, and the bowstring ejected with lightning to shoot the crossbow arrows.

The bowstring made a "buzz" sound, and the crossbow arrow "tom" hit the support pillar of the high platform.

A soldier was already standing by the female wall behind him, and when he saw the head of the soldier giving a thumbs up, he immediately waved down the flag.

"Ride-" Sixteen horsemen roared at the same time, whips in their hands slamming their horses' buttocks, and the horses screamed and rushed forward.

The ropes were straightened in an instant, and the sixteen horses were pulled to a halt by the reaction, and the knights kept whipping, and the horses pushed forward with great force.

I only heard the creaking sound of the high platform, and in this creaking sound, the high platform was pulled tilted.

"Ahh

"It's going to fall!"

"Help—"

The battle stopped, and both sides of the battle above and below the walls stopped their attacks and looked at the high platform.

Under the gaze of everyone, the high platform made a loud creaking sound, tilted and fell to the ground at a rapid speed, and all the soft archers on the high platform fell to pieces without exception.

The shoddy platform made of wood smashed to the ground, and in an instant it was torn apart, sawdust flew wildly, and the ground was kicked up with a puff of dust.

"Okay—" All the defenders on the rampart thundered with joy, and finally brought down the damn high platform.

Zhao Junsheng said: "This is called treating others in the way of others!" ”

Hearing this, Mulan turned her head and said with a smile: "Zhao Dutong's words are too appropriate!" ”

Zhao Junsheng winked at her and teased, and Mulan rolled her eyes back.

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Jinling Battalion.

It was getting late, and Gu Bi, the overseer, was anxiously walking back and forth in the camp tent with his hands behind his back.

The fifth princess Tuoba Yuling saw that he was irritable, and reassured: "Don't worry about the prison army, I believe that the five emperor brothers and the right guard army will not have an accident, if something happens, someone will already come to report it!" ”

Gu Bi heard Tuoba Yuling say this, and he felt that it made sense when he thought about it, he stopped and sighed and said: "Fifth princess, Gu Mou is under a lot of pressure, if something happens to King Yongchang and the Right Guard, how can I explain it to Your Majesty and the court!" This Rouran people don't know what the hell they are doing, it stands to reason that they should have arrived near the Jinling camp, and the King of Yongchang and the Right Guard should have already met them, but why has there been no movement and news? ”

Tuoba Yuling could only say: "Wait patiently for the prison army, the spies of the news in the lobby have been dispatched, and I believe there will be news soon!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside, and a cavalryman jumped down from his horse and ran into the camp tent to report: "General Qiyu, the fifth princess, the king of Yongchang led the right guard soldiers and horses to march westward for more than forty miles, but did not encounter the Rouran cavalry that broke through the Da'e Mountain Fort, the prince is leading the army back, and he has reached ten miles away, and he will be able to return to the camp soon!" ”

Several people in the camp were greatly relieved to hear the news.

Soon, Yongchang King Tuoba Jian led the army back to the Jinling camp, and after the soldiers and horses entered the camp, Gu Bi immediately greeted Tuoba Jian and hugged his fist: "Lord Wang, you can make the last general worry about death!" ”

"It's the king's fault that the overseers are worried!"

Everyone returned to the tent and began to discuss the movement of the Rouran army.

"I wondered, where did the Rouran cavalry go? It stands to reason that they should have arrived, but why are they missing? Zhizhong engaged in expressing his doubts.

A general next to him suddenly said, "They shouldn't be going to attack Tunqi Mountain, right?" ”

When everyone heard this, many people's faces changed, and Tuoba Jian was full of sadness: "It's not that there is no such possibility!" ”

Gu Bi nodded and said: "No matter what, I will send a fast horse to Tunqi Mountain early tomorrow morning to have a look, the prince is also tired today, let's rest early, and arrange vigilance matters in the future!" ”

"Then there will be the Labor Supervision Army!"

Tuoba Jian was just about to leave, and a cavalryman quickly ran into the big tent to report: "Lord Qiqi, the supervising army, the big thing is not good, the Tunqi Mountain Fort has been copied by the Rouran army and has been breached!" ”

The faces of everyone in the tent changed greatly, and Gu Bi immediately asked anxiously: "What about General Pi?" ”

"The villain didn't know, the villain sneaked into the vicinity of Tunqi Mountain and found that there were many Rouran cavalry guards nearby, and the villain secretly approached and found that the Rouran soldiers were burying the corpses of my defenders, and the tooth flag over the camp at the foot of the mountain was also replaced with the banner of the Rouran people!"

"It's over, it's over, General Pi is only afraid that there will be less luck!" Gu Bi's face turned pale and muttered, and he immediately came to his senses again: "Quickly send a fast horse to Nantian Fort to inform Mulan, tell her the news, and order her to defend Nantian Fort to the death, and not to retreat without a military order!" ”