Tuoba Tao still recognized Cui Hao's words, there was no shortage of cavalry generals in the Northern Wei Dynasty under his rule, and the country had risen sharply in recent years, and excellent civil and military generals had sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Hua Mulan is different, in Tuoba Tao's view, this person is young, not only can lead cavalry, but also lead foot soldiers, this is a more all-round general, and this kind of military general is still relatively lacking in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"Cui Qing is right, Hua Mulan does have the posture of a good general, but now that he is young, he is already a deputy general and military Sima of the First Army, he seems to have joined the army last year, right? Who can compare with him in terms of his promotion speed? ”

Tuoba Tao made it clear in and out of his words, treating young talents like Hua Mulan should be reused, and they should not be promoted too quickly.

Cui Hao smiled: "What Your Majesty said is very true! ”

It's just that the guards who have experienced the simplest training are still very rusty in siege tactics, and many soldiers rushed to the city wall with siege ladders, but they couldn't put the ladder on the city wall at the first time, and at the same time delayed time, they let many comrades shoot the Rouran people on the city wall.

After some delay and the loss of some men, at last a ladder was set up on the wall, and two or three of them fixed the ladder together, and the besiegers next to them climbed up the ladder in turn.

The attacks of the Rouran people, who were suppressed by long-range bows and arrows, were much less likely to attack the siege team, which made the Wei soldiers who climbed the ladder suffer fewer attacks, and the casualties per unit time were far lower than yesterday.

"Go up to me!" A soldier was yelling at his men at the ladder.

The soldiers climbed up the ladder one by one under the orders of the soldiers, and after the men in front were shot down, the people behind took over, one after the other.

There were soldiers who fell from the siege ladder after being shot, and people kept coming forward to follow suit.

After about half an hour, Mulan found that although the first wave of attacking teams had not yet climbed the city wall, the casualties were not large, and the casualties of the defenders were obviously much larger than yesterday.

After thinking about it for a while, Mulan ordered: "Order the second attack echelon to go up and replace the first attack echelon, and the ladder cannot be withdrawn!" ”

The second building lord immediately commanded his two teams to rush towards the city wall, and they almost did not encounter any attacks on the way, and easily rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and all the attacks on the city head fell on the first attack echelon.

"The general has ordered the first attack echelon to withdraw, and our second attack echelon to stop!"

The first echelon of the attack, which had been ordered, withdrew with its wounded soldiers, leaving only the soldiers in charge of the siege ladder.

The second echelon of attack, like the first echelon, was very rusty at first, although it knew how to climb ladders, how to dodge arrows under the walls and on ladders, but it was another thing to actually do it yourself.

After attacking for two hours, eight groups of attacking teams were changed, and it was not until after noon that Mulan ordered to stop the siege and led the army to retreat back to the main position.

Hua Mulan came to the royal driving office and reported to Tuoba Tao: "Your Majesty's battle in the morning has ended, and I would like to ask Your Majesty and all the ministers and generals to return to the camp to rest and continue to attack the city in the afternoon!" ”

Tuoba Tao asked suspiciously: "Why didn't Mulan fight at noon?" In the morning's siege, I saw that although the casualties were much fewer than yesterday, no one waited to climb the city wall, according to your style of play, can you break the city today? ”

Hua Mulan replied indifferently: "The morning is just an appetizer for military training, and the afternoon is the main meal!" ”

"Oh?" Tuoba Tao was surprised and then smiled and said, "Then I'm looking forward to the dinner in the afternoon!" ”

During the war, there was a supplementary meal at noon, which was to replenish the strength of the soldiers, and the soldiers who had eaten and drunk enough to sleep in the camp slept again, until halfway through the hour, a horn sounded, and the soldiers ran out of the camp tent to gather.

Two moments later, the Wei army came to the outside of the city and set up a military formation, and Hua Mulan also led the siege team to a place a stone's throw away from the city wall.

A spear stuck in the ground grew longer and longer as the sun went westward.

Hua Mulan glanced at the shadow of the spear on the ground, and then turned her head to look at the guards and generals, at this time, the drowsiness of the soldiers and generals disappeared completely, and they were all awake and refreshed.

"The siege echelon, the first wave of the attack echelon is the best siege preparation, the goal and hammer preparation ······"

As Mulan's words fell, one of the soldiers moved the horses and wooden fences that were blocking the front to clear the passage ahead for the siege team.

Horses, fences, and other obstacles were placed in front of the siege team to prevent the defenders of the city from suddenly sending cavalry to attack the siege infantry, especially when there were large siege equipment, and this was the best way to protect the siege equipment.

"Attack—" Mulan commanded loudly as she drew her sword and pointed in the direction of the city walls.

"Rush-" The soldiers of the siege team shouted and rushed to the city wall, "Kill-"

Unlike the siege in the morning, the number of siege ladders was significantly tripled, and the number of siege ladders was tripled.

Looking down from the city wall, the city was dark and oppressive, and the Wei army came over, and under the command and order of the guards, the Rouran soldiers released arrows again.

"The archers stepped forward to suppress and cover the siege soldiers from a distance!" Mulan observed the battle and waved her hand to give the order to the archers.

The archers ran and soon arrived at the predetermined location, stopping in a long line to fire arrows at the head of the city.

The pressure on the defenders at the head of the city this time was obviously huge, and it was completely impossible to compare with yesterday, and the number of besiegers tripled to bring a strong sense of visual impact.

The Rouran defenders, who were firing arrows at the siege team, were shot by the Wei archers, and the losses were not small, and the defenders shouted when they found out: "Shoot their archers!" ”

"Whoosh ······" A large number of arrows were shot in the air, and the archers of the Wei army at the head of the city and below the city suffered casualties among each other, but the Rouran army at the head of the city occupied a favorable position at the heights, and the losses were much smaller.

Although the Wei archers suffered greater losses than the Rouran defenders, they managed to cover the siegers and rush under the walls.

"Stop archery and the archery team withdraws!" Hua Mulan ordered loudly that at this time, the siege team had already rushed to the city wall, and then shot arrows at the city, there was a great chance that they would shoot their own people, unless they were extremely skilled in archery, they would not shoot by mistake.

There were a lot of shouts and screams of pain from up and down the city walls, and some people were still shouting to give themselves courage as they climbed the siege ladder.

After the baptism of blood and fire in the morning, the soldiers of the siege team were obviously much more skilled this time, and their timidity when climbing and attacking the city was also gone, and many of them were afraid of falling down on the high siege ladder, but after training, most of them could overcome it, and only a few people could not overcome it.

Someone kept falling, someone kept climbing, and arrows flew around the city wall, and from time to time, spears pierced out of the battlements, stabbing to death the Wei soldiers who had climbed to the top of the ladder.

After two moments of fighting, a Wei soldier finally rushed to the city wall, but was quickly killed, but this still gave great encouragement to the Wei soldiers under the city.

At this time, the arrows shot from the head of the city were significantly reduced, and Hua Mulan immediately noticed this, and a smile appeared on her face: "The arrows of the Rouran people are almost used!" Someone came and ordered the selected 500 warriors to join the siege! ”

"It's the general!"

With the order issued, five hundred brave soldiers rushed to the city wall with shields and scimitars, and the attention of the defenders at the head of the city was completely attracted by the Wei army that was besieging the city.

The men rushed to the bottom of the city walls and immediately took up the task, and they quickly climbed the siege ladder and used their shields to block the arrows fired overhead or from the side, and soon climbed to the top of the city.

As these brave Wei soldiers rushed to the top of the city, the Rouran defenders also began to desperately, a large number of Rouran soldiers rushed up to besiege the Wei soldiers, but the Wei soldiers who rushed up did not rush up desperately to fight with the Rouran soldiers, their task was to hold the space at the head of the city and provide a safe position for those who climbed up behind.

As more and more Wei soldiers climbed the city wall, the Wei soldiers began to fight back, and the fierce battle for the city began.

Some Wei soldiers under the city were carrying rams and constantly slamming the city gates, and every time they slammed the city gates, there was a loud bang.

One of the advantages of the wooden gate is that it is tough, as long as it is thick enough, it is not easy to be broken, and its weak point lies in the hinge between it and the city wall.

Yesterday this gate was struck for a day, and today it is installed again, increasing the manpower and weight, and every time it hits, it is swaying non-stop, as if it is going to be knocked down at any time.

After a full hour of slamming, the gates could withstand it, but the gates' rotating bearings could not stand it, and with a crackling sound came out, and the shafts broke and shattered.

With a "boom", the two city gates fell down at the same time, and even the dozens of Rouran people behind the city gate used their bodies to resist the city gate.

This is also the Rouran people have no experience in defending the city, even if the strong city gate is, as long as there is enough time to hit the force, sooner or later it will be difficult to escape the possibility of being broken, even if it can't break through the siege army, you can also set fire to the wooden city gate, no matter how strong it is, how can it withstand the fire?

A defender with a little experience in defending the city will definitely order the gate hole to be blocked with a large number of stones, and it will not take much work to remove the stones after the enemy army has retreated.

"Kill—" The Wei soldiers outside the city roared into the city gate with scimitars and spears.

"Kill-" The Rouran soldiers also roared and rushed towards the Wei army, and the two sides fought to the death in the city gate cave, one by one, the soldiers fell, and there were people in the rear.

The more people died, the more corpses there were, and the corpses piled up higher and higher, and the soldiers on both sides stepped on the corpses, and their heads were against the hole in the city gate, and the Wei soldiers still failed to rush into the city.

As the saying goes, the east is not bright, the west is bright, the battle for the city gate has reached a stalemate, but the battle on the city wall has brought a turn for the Wei army besieging the city, and a large number of Wei soldiers rushed to the head of the city and fought with the Rouran defenders for control.

The bloody battle lasted for a whole hour, and the Rouran people finally couldn't stand it, as more and more Wei troops climbed the city wall, the morale of the Rouran people became more and more low, and the spirit of daring to fight gradually disappeared, and the Rouran people were defeated and retreated.

The section by section of the city wall was controlled by the Wei generals, and Hua Mulan, who commanded outside the city, saw that the defeat of the Rouran defenders was now present, and immediately ordered: "The whole army attacks!" ”

When the owners of the buildings heard the order, they immediately led their teams to rush to the city wall, shouting as they rushed: "Kill—"

All of them rushed forward with swords and spears in their hands, and the warlords followed closely behind, and anyone who deliberately slowed down or turned to flee was immediately slashed and killed.

Mulan jumped off the horse, took the big knife from Oiran's hand, pulled her legs, and rushed towards the city gate: "Follow me!" ”