On the top of the fort, one by one, the Wei soldiers picked up water scoops, scooped up a scoop of boiling water in the burning disaster, and poured it on the heads of the Rouran soldiers under the fort wall.

"Ahh

"Ah, my hands, my eyes······"

"Me, my face, ah······"

The bare skin that is drenched with boiling water will soon become red and swollen and blistered, and the boiling water will be poured on the clothes, and the wet clothes will stick to the skin and burn the flesh and blister.

First there was a scoop of oil, and now there was a scoop of boiling water, and the Rouran soldiers under the fort wall suffered a big loss, and they were all a little frightened, and they all retreated, not daring to approach the fort wall again.

A Rouran handsome man rushed up and slashed several soldiers with a knife in a row, and shouted murderously at the other Rouran soldiers: "You are all Rouran warriors, why are you afraid of the enemy, just the fire oil and boiling water make you afraid, what kind of warriors are you?" Give it to me, if anyone dares to take a step back, I will let his head fall to the ground, give it to me! ”

The fact that their companions were killed by Xiao Shuai made these Rouran soldiers have to muster up the courage to surround the Nantian Fort again, and some of the Rouran soldiers carried homemade wooden ladders up the hill and rushed to the bottom of the fort wall and put the wooden ladder on the fort wall.

There were no carpenters in the Rouran army, they did not know how to do carpentry, and they did not have any siege equipment at all, so they could only cut down trees and use ropes made of bark to tie two long logs and several short logs together to make a rudimentary wooden ladder as a siege ladder to carry out the siege.

Pity how dangerous it is for these Rouran soldiers to use this most primitive wooden ladder for siege, the short horizontal logs on the wooden ladder are all round, not cut into rectangular strips at all, and the shoes themselves are wet, stepping on this short round horizontal log and slipping, a Rouran soldier slipped and fell down before he could climb halfway.

The other soldier bit the scimitar with his mouth, used his hands and feet together, and quickly climbed up the wooden ladder, and before he could climb to the top of the fortress wall, a spear stabbed down and pierced him in the chest······

Twelve simple wooden ladders were carried by the Rouran soldiers on the fortress wall of the Nantian Fort, and one by one the Rouran soldiers took scimitars in their mouths and climbed towards the fortress wall with their hands and feet.

"Stone!" Mulan shouted, turned around and picked up a stone and smashed it on a wooden ladder below, and the top of the soldier's head was smashed into a depression, and the whole fell backwards and knocked over two people.

On the other three fort walls, there were also Rouran soldiers who were struggling to climb the wooden ladder, trying to climb the fort wall, and the Wei soldiers under the command of Hua Mulan lifted stones and threw them down, until these Rouran soldiers were bleeding all over their faces, either dead or wounded.

A lot of Rouran soldiers carried a thin and long wooden pillar, a Rouran soldier put the scimitar in his mouth, holding one end of the wooden pillar with both hands, and the other end had five or six Rouran men pushing forward with all their strength, this Rouran soldier was pushed to pull away and run forward, he stepped on the fort wall and still stepped on the wall and ran up, and the five or six big men on the other end of the wooden pillar struggled to push him on the top of the fort wall.

The fort wall itself was not high, and the Rouran soldier actually stepped on the wall of the fort wall and ran to the top of the fort in one breath, loosened the wooden pillars and jumped to the top of the fort.

"The Rouran soldiers are up!" A Wei soldier shouted and stabbed at the Rouran soldier with a spear.

Rouran Bing dodged sideways, took off the scimitar in his mouth and swung the knife at the Wei soldiers, the Wei soldiers were frightened, and threw their spears back again and again, and Hua Mulan, who was about to shoot arrows at the Rouran soldiers on a wooden ladder below, heard the shouts and turned around to see this scene, and immediately shot an arrow, and the scimitar had been raised above his head Rouran soldiers fell down on the spot.

Under the south fort wall, a group of Rouran soldiers were carrying a thick log to hit the fort gate, and this fort gate was made of stone, half a foot thick, and could not be easily broken.

Arrows kept shooting out of the arrow holes on the second and third floors of the fort, and there were constantly Rouran soldiers being shot dead under the fort wall.

Princess Tuzhen held the hilt of her sword and climbed up the hill under the escort of several soldiers to a position only a few dozen meters away from Nantian Fort, she saw that the arrows shot from the archery holes on the wall had caused huge losses to the Rouran soldiers, and immediately ordered: "Come on, send an order for the archers to concentrate on shooting the Wei soldiers in those arrow holes!" ”

"Yes, princess!"

The archery holes on the second and third floors immediately received the attention of the Rouran archers, many of whom were skilled in archery, and soon the Wei soldiers in the archery holes were shot.

Hua Mulan was wielding a big knife and slashing a Rouran soldier who had just climbed up, and the head of the soldier, Hua Hai, ran over panting with a bloody long sword and shouted: "Tooth Master, the brothers on the second and third floors have suffered heavy losses, and there are only five people left!" ”

Mulan was about to speak, when another Rouran soldier rushed up to the fort, and she swung her knife under the tent and slashed the Rouran soldier to the ground, spilling blood on her face.

"Don't worry about the second and third floors, the archery hole is not big, and the Rouran people can't get in, pass my order to transfer all the people to Fortin!"

"Yes, Tooth Master!"

The focus of the battle between the two sides has always been on the top of the fort, because except for the fort gate, the top of the fort is the only place to enter the fort, and only by capturing the top of the fort can the whole fort be captured.

The tempo of Rouran's attack increased, on the one hand, their attacks became smooth and familiar, and on the other hand, the Wei soldiers as defenders suffered more and more losses, and the number of defenders became smaller and smaller.

One by one, the Rouran soldiers kept rushing to the top of the fort, Hua Mulan and the Wei soldiers under her command gathered together to resist and slash, seeing that there were only a dozen people left around them, Hua Mulan had no choice but to gather them together and arrange them in a circular formation, which was the best choice when the enemy was on all sides.

The two Rouran soldiers rushed up from the north over the female wall, Hua Mulan slashed twice with a big knife, hacking them to death on the ground, she gasped and shouted: "Huahai, let go of the arrow to report to the beacon tower, and quickly ignite the beacon!" ”

"Yes, Tooth Master!" Hua Hai agreed, took out a bow, took out an arrow, and pulled the bow diagonally upwards to shoot it.

"Chirp-" A long screech rang through the sky.

Two Wei soldiers ran out next to the beacon tower two hundred meters away, and one of them changed his face and shouted: "Quick, light the beacon!" ”

Another Wei soldier ran up to the beacon tower with a fire fold, he pulled off the cap of the fire fold, put it under his mouth and blew it vigorously, a string of flames rose, and his trembling hand took the fire fold and gathered under the dry wood drenched with fire oil.

One piece of wood was set on fire, and soon the other woods were also burned, and with a "boom", a large fire rose from the entire beacon tower, and then the half-dry and half-wet horse manure was burned to the point that billowing smoke rose into the sky.

On the dirt road, a few miles south of Nantianbao, a baggage caravan came quickly, and the horses pulling the cart were all driven out of breath by the coachmen.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and shouted: "It's not far from Nantian Fort, the fire is intensifying, wait until you get to Nantian Fort and then rest!" ”

At this time, Lu Xuanbo's eyes suddenly widened when he saw the front of him, and he said loudly: "Young master, look! ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look in the direction of Nantian Fort, only to see billowing smoke rising from the location of Nantian Fort, "This is a beacon fire warning message!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's face changed, his heart jumped, and he immediately held the horsewhip and shouted: "All the carriages stop, and the coachman stays in place to take care of the carriages and grain and grass supplies!" All team officers, tooth masters, and soldier leaders immediately gather their own soldiers! ”

The team owners, tooth owners, and soldiers ran out one after another and raised their hands: "Come here to line up and assemble, count the number of people!" ”

After a while, all the soldiers were assembled, and Zhao Junsheng rode his horse to the phalanx and shouted: "Check the weapons and armor, bows, crossbows, arrows and other equipment!" ”

The soldiers' spirits were highly concentrated and nervous, and they were very open to check each other.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the heavy soldiers with a serious face: "Brothers, we are here to deliver grain and grass materials, and we have nothing to do with the war, but we can't stay out of it now!" Why? Because Nantianbao lit a beacon fire to warn, it means that the situation is very critical, and it may be breached in an instant, and we are only two or three miles away from Nantianbao in our bureau now, even if we turn around and run now, once Nantianbao is breached, Rouran Iron Cavalry will catch up with us behind our buttocks, and then we will become lambs to the slaughter, without the power to resist! Escape, lifeless, rush up and fight with the Rouran people, maybe there is still a chance to survive, are you willing to be killed by the Rouran people like a sheep without resistance, or do you want to pick up the knife and gun in your hand and fight them to the death? ”

Gao Xiu, the head of the first battalion, raised his horse lance and shouted: "I'd rather die standing than live on my knees!" I am willing to fight to the death with the Captain Du Ran! ”

All the heavy soldiers raised their spears and swords and shouted in unison: "Fight to the death, fight to the death!" ”

"Okay, all the soldiers listened, turned to the right, the first battalion and the first team and the first tooth ran forward, and the others followed!"

"Pedal ······" The sound of neat footsteps rang out, the clashing of armor and weapons was heard incessantly, and the muddy water on the dirt road was trampled and splashed.

Under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng and Gao Xiu, the baggage soldiers ran for a while, and soon came to the south of the hillside of Nantian Fort, and there was only one road from the south, so he immediately ordered: "Captain Pontus and Gao Yingtou will go up first, the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen will follow in turn, and the crossbows and archers will follow last, do you understand?" ”

"Understood!"

"Follow me!" Zhao Junsheng turned over and dismounted, and rushed towards the Nantian Fort with his spear in his hand, followed closely by Gao Xiu and Lu Xuanbo.

Zhao Junsheng rushed to the top of the hill and saw a large number of Rouran soldiers carrying logs to hit the fort gate, and there were still a large number of shouts and screams from the top of the fort.

"Give it to me!" Zhao Junsheng shouted, grabbed the spear and rushed up to shake the head of the spear, a ball of spear flashed, and the three Rouran soldiers were stabbed to the ground.

Princess Tuzhen, who was in command in the north of Nantian Fort, looked up at the tragic battle on the top of the fort, her eyes flashed coldly, and she was about to give an order, but she saw a Rouran soldier running over to report: "Princess Yu, the Wei people have come to help, and the number is about two hundred!" ”

"What?" Princess Tuzhen's face changed when she heard this, she looked at the top of the fort again, and saw that there was a vigorous figure on it who was wielding a big knife to slash her soldiers, one by one, fast, accurate and ruthless, invincible, there was no enemy in front of her, she immediately opened her bow and arrows and shot at the man.

With a "whoosh", the arrow hit Mulan's back.

Hua Mulan snorted in pain, her face showed a trace of pain, and she gritted her teeth and swung her knife again to slash at the Rouran soldiers in front of her.

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