Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan hurried back to the camp, and just after reining in the tooth tent, they saw Zong Ai coming out of the tooth tent.

"Yo, it's the sect brother who came to announce the decree in person?" Zhao Junsheng said and immediately jumped off the horse with Mulan.

Zong Ai smiled and said to the two: "His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to this will, so he sent our family to run it personally!" Time is pressing, please ask the two generals to open the incense case to receive the order! ”

"That's right, please wait for a while, and wait for me to order someone to put on the incense case!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he immediately ordered his soldiers to set up the incense case.

Zong Ai then took the edict from the hand of a little eunuch and read it.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, as well as a cadre, bowed down to listen to the order.

The gist of the edict is that the current army is not going well in attacking Wuzhou Pass, if the war drags on for a long time, it will inevitably give the puppet emperor more time to prepare, if the war drags on until the winter, it will be more troublesome, the emperor heard that his subordinates said that Mulan is quite experienced in attacking the city, so he summoned her to the front of the emperor to listen to it.

After the edict was read, Mulan agreed loudly: "The minister's decree!" ”

Zong Ai handed the edict to Hua Mulan, who got up from the ground, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is very anxious, please General Hua hurry up and make some preparations, so let's go with our family to meet the driver!" ”

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly said: "No matter how anxious you are, you can't miss this time to take a sip of water!" With that, he waved to the rest of the tent and told them all to go out, and the three of them were left in the tent.

"Come on, come on, sect brother, let's sit down and talk!" Zhao Junsheng greeted.

Hua Mulan put away the edict and said to Zong Ai with a smile: "Brother Chang, there was a grudge between us back then, you made me a stumbling block, and I also beat you a few times, you don't still remember those grievances back then, right?" ”

Zong Ai couldn't help but smile bitterly and waved his hand: "Hey, don't mention that ugly thing back then, if I knew that you were a woman disguised as a man, what else would I fight with you?" But it's also your fault, why are you pretending to be a man when you say you're so decent, I thought you were going to rob me of a woman! That's it, the past is unbearable! ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a straight face: "Since this is said, it will be fine!" Let's get down to business, Brother Zong, the emperor really wanted to transfer Mulan to the imperial front because the offensive was not going well this time? ”

Zong Ai nodded: "Not bad!" The Wuzhou Guancheng is four feet high, extremely strong, and is located in a dangerous place, easy to defend and difficult to attack, His Majesty ordered a fierce attack for five days, not only did not shake it, but also lost the soldiers and generals, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties! ”

Hua Mulan asked at this time: "I don't understand, Your Majesty knows that this time the class teacher will return to the capital will inevitably be resisted by the puppet emperor's army, and will inevitably attack the fortified city, why did he let me and Brother Junsheng stay to build the city and not let us bring troops with us?" ”

Zong Ai hesitated when he heard this, and then glanced at Zhao Junsheng again.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Brother Zong, if you have something to say, just say it, Mulan and I are taboo-free!" ”

Zong Ai then said, "Okay! There are just three of us here, and there is nothing that can't be said about this matter, except for the reason of guarding against the Rouran people, mainly because you are Han, and the soldiers and horses under your command are all composed of Han soldiers! Speaking of which, His Majesty the Emperor and the puppet emperor are still brothers competing for the throne, and he doesn't want the Han people to interfere with it! In addition, many Xianbei generals and ministers in the army have complained about His Majesty's canonization of you as General Pingbei and Marquis of Yunzhong; One is because you are Han, and the other is because you are too young; The third is that the Han generals in the DPRK and China already have the Zhenbei general Zhang Li, the general of the Shuzi Army Wan Dugui, the Anton general Li Xian, and several other generals, General Hua is your fiancée, if you are allowed to drive into Beijing, the military strength of the Han people in the court is too strong, and the clan is very jealous! ”

Zhao Junsheng understood now, to put it mildly, the Xianbei people still didn't trust the Han people and didn't want the Han people to control the military power.

Hua Mulan was also very dissatisfied when she knew what the emperor and the ministers of the clan were thinking, why did she treat them differently? She thought for a while and said to Zong Ai: "Wuzhou Guancheng is four feet tall and extremely strong, Your Majesty and other generals have no choice, even if you call me over, I am not sure that I can take it?" His Majesty the Emperor thinks too highly of me Mulan! ”

Zong Ai knew that it was not good when he heard Hua Mulan's tone, and hurriedly said: "General Hua, you have accepted the order, no matter what, you still have to go to see the driver, as for whether you can capture Wuzhou Pass, you have to try to know, no one is completely sure, right?" ”

Hua Mulan was silent, in fact, she was considering the method of attacking the city, she had previously commanded the attack on Huaishuo City and Woye City, but the walls of those two cities were not high, they were only two zhang high, and the city walls of this Wuzhou Pass were as high as four zhang eight, which was more than twice the size of those two cities, and the difficulty of the attack was by no means a matter of doubling.

The city wall is as high as four feet eight, it is not a simple matter to create a qualified siege ladder, the craftsman who builds the siege ladder must have superb craftsmanship to make the siege ladder not exceed a certain elasticity when being climbed by the soldiers, and the elasticity reaches a certain extent, and the siege soldiers will cause the body to fluctuate when climbing on it, and it is easy to be afraid of standing unsteadily.

Zhao Junsheng opened his mouth at this time: "Mulan, get ready to go with the sect brother, the edict didn't say that you should command the siege, maybe the emperor just asked for your ideas for reference?" If there's any difficulty, send someone to talk to me! ”

Hua Mulan nodded and said to Zong Ai: "Brother Zong, wait a while, I'll come when I go and get ready!" ”

"Okay, let's wait for General Hua here!"

Zhao Junsheng saw Mulan's back disappear outside the tent, and instructed Li Bao: "Li Bao, you two will follow General Hua, take care of her diet and daily life, and protect her safety!" ”

"Yes, General!"

In addition to Li Bao and his wife, Mulan took twenty personal guard cavalry, and Zhao Junsheng sent them all the way to the camp, seeing them disappear at the end of the sky.

"Old Lu!"

Lu Xuanbo immediately stepped forward and clenched his fists: "Here!" ”

"I'm still not at ease, you can go too, but don't show up easily!"

"Understood, my subordinates will leave tonight!"

After Mulan left, Zhao Junsheng felt that life was not interesting, she could joke with her at the time, be funny, secretly say some embarrassing love words, and sometimes she could take advantage of her hands.

Now that Mulan is not in Wuchuan, Zhao Junsheng can't do anything, but at this time it is not far from winter, this outside is not as good as inside, once the cold winter comes, if you are not ready for winter, it will freeze to death.

Zhao Junsheng didn't dare to slack off, and led the soldiers and generals to urge the people and captives to step up the cultivation of wasteland, and to step up the construction of the city wall, which could at least block some cold wind.

It took four days for Hua Mulan, Zong Ai and others to rush to the camp under Wuzhou Pass, and soon received a summons from the emperor.

"Chenhua Mulan see Your Majesty!"

Tuoba Jian raised his hand and said with a smile: "Hua Aiqing is exempt from courtesy, flat body!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tuoba Jian got up and walked out, "Hua Aiqing, there are few female generals like you in all dynasties, and there are even fewer female generals like you who can lead troops to fight, you are unique in my Great Wei, and it can be regarded as setting a precedent for my Great Wei to be a female marquis and worship general!" ”

Hua Mulan followed him out of the palace, clasped her fists and said, "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, and the minister is ashamed!" ”

"Hahaha······ You deserve it! ”

Tuoba Jian said and remembered something, and joked: "By the way, I summoned you over, Zhao Qing won't have any thoughts in his heart, right?" ”

"This minister doesn't know, you have to ask him to know!"

Tuoba Jian shook his head: "He doesn't necessarily tell the truth!" Okay, no kidding, let's get down to business, this Wuzhou City is really difficult to attack, I have been attacking for more than ten days before and after, but it still doesn't move! I wonder if Hua Aiqing can have any siege method to break it? ”

Hua Mulan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister knows several siege methods, but the soldiers and generals have not practiced it, and they can't use it!" For the specific situation, the minister has to go and see the Wuzhou Pass in person to know if there is a way to break it! ”

"Okay!" Tuoba Jian's camp, "You go and see, come to the palace tomorrow to discuss the method of siege!" ”

"Yes!" Hua Mulan agreed, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to know the situation of the Wuzhou Guan guards and the guards in the Guan, and please send someone to explain to Wei Chen!" ”

Tuoba Jian instructed Tuoba Ke Xiling, the new commander of the guards: "Ke Xiling, you tell Hua Aiqing about the situation of Wuzhou Pass and Yilouji!" ”

"Yes!"

After Tuoba Jian returned to the palace, Hua Mulan said to Tuoba Jian Ke Xiling: "Commander Ke Xiling, let's talk while we go!" ”

"Good!"

On the way to Wuzhou Pass, Tuoba Ke Xiling introduced the relevant news of Wuzhou Pass and Yiluoji to Mulan.

Yi Lou is one of the eight surnames of Xianbei in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the power of the government and the opposition in the Northern Wei Dynasty should not be underestimated, this Yi Lou Ji is the side branch of the Yi Lou family, who joined the army at the age of sixteen, and now has been twenty years, from a small soldier to the West Zhong Lang General, guarding the Wuzhou Pass at the west gate of Pingcheng.

This Wuzhou Pass is not a single dangerous pass, it is composed of a main pass and four auxiliary passes, a total of more than 10,000 defenders, these soldiers and horses are not all stationed in the pass, but stationed in Wuzhou County, until Tuoba Jiantong led the army to kill, these defenders were withdrawn to the pass to garrison.

Hua Mulan and Ke Xiling rode to a stone's throw away from the main pass of Wuzhou Pass, looked up, and only felt that the defenders on the head of the city were as small as black spots, and they couldn't see their faces clearly.

This height made Mulan gasp, four feet eight, which was converted to nearly fifteen meters, which is equivalent to the height of a five-story building.

At this time, there were many corpses of soldiers who died in battle piled up under the city wall, and no one collected them, and a large number of swords, guns, spears and arrows were inserted horizontally on the ground or on the corpses, and a large number of blood and corpse smells attracted many mosquitoes.

She went to check on the other four sub-passes, and found that these four sub-passes were even more dangerous, and a large number of troops could not be used.

"But Xiling, has His Majesty the Emperor ever thought of sending someone to persuade Yi Louji to open the door and offer the pass?"

Tuoba Ke Xiling shook his head: "I have thought about it, but this is unlikely, Yiluoji's family is in Pingcheng, if he dedicates the pass, the family will definitely die, he is afraid that he will not do this!" There are four major lieutenant generals in the southeast and northwest around Pingcheng to lead the army to protect the safety of the Beijing division, and the army wants to fight to Pingcheng, which is the only way to go, and you can't make a detour! ”

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