"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead an army to attack Huaishuo City!" A loud voice came from behind Tuobatao.

When the generals and ministers looked at it, they saw that it was Qiu Mu Lingshou, the king of Yidu, and they all had a smile on their faces.

Qiu Mu Ling is a Xianbei surname, one of the eight surnames of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Qiu Mu Ling Shou was selected into the East Palace when he was a teenager to become Tuoba Tao's playmate, with the left and right, Tuoba Tao likes him very much, this person is rarely brave, learned his grandfather Qiu Mu Ling Chong's lance method, martial arts are superb, bow and horse riding and shooting have a hundred steps through Yang's head.

Qiu Mu Lingshou was tall and mighty, and he had a beard at a young age, and Tuoba Tao married his cousin as Princess Leling, and let him inherit the title of his father, King Yidu.

Tuoba Tao turned his head to see that it was Qiu Mu Lingshou, smiled and asked Taichangqing Cui Hao beside him: "Cui Qing, do you think Shou can capture Huaishuo City?" ”

Cui Hao touched his beard and looked at Qiu Mu Lingshou, and saw that he was furious in his heart, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, King Yidu is only afraid that he doesn't have this ability!" ”

Qiu Mu Lingshou was in a high position at a young age, and he was a fierce general in the army, commanding more than 10,000 cavalry in the army, and was immediately annoyed by Cui Hao's words, and said angrily to Cui Hao: "Cui Gong, why do you look down on me so much? ”

After that, I saw Qiu Mu Lingshou clasping his fists at Tuoba Tao and said, "Please allow Your Majesty to lead the army to attack the city!" ”

Tuoba Tao looked at Qiu Mu Lingshou playfully, and asked with a smile: "Give you a day's work, what should you do if you can't attack it?" ”

Qiu Mu Lingshou had a stalk on his neck: "If you can't attack it in one day, the end will be ······ Your Majesty will punish the last general for a month not to drink alcohol! ”

"Hahaha······" Tuoba Tao laughed, and the other ministers and generals also laughed.

Everyone knows that Qiu Mu Lingshou likes to drink, and if he doesn't drink for a day, he will feel uncomfortable, and if he is punished for not drinking for a month, he is afraid that he will be more uncomfortable than killing him.

Tuoba Tao immediately said: "Okay, you are allowed to lead the troops to attack the city, you have to remember clearly, if you can't attack it, you will not be allowed to drink alcohol for a month, and don't be a scoundrel when the time comes!" ”

"That can't be!" Qiu Muling patted his chest and promised, and immediately said goodbye to Tuoba Tao with his fists, and beat his horse to lead his soldiers and horses to prepare for the siege.

After half an hour, waiting for Qiu Mu Lingshou to come to the place under the city wall with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to set up a formation and prepare to attack the city, Tuoba Tao looked at it and asked Hua Mulan not far away: "Hua Qing, do you think King Yidu can capture this Huaishuo City?" ”

Hua Mulan clenched her fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the last general is not familiar with King Yidu, and I don't know what he is capable of, so I can't infer it!" ”

"According to our scouts, there are more than 7,000 Rouran people gathered in the city, and there are more than 3,000 Rouran people who can be used to defend the city, so ······ If you are asked to lead an army to attack the city, will you be able to break through this Huaishuo city in one day? Tuoba Tao asked again.

Hua Mulan observed for a moment, clenched her fists and replied: "Your Majesty, although this city wall is only one zhang and six high, it is not easy to climb it, and the minister is only seventy percent sure!" ”

Tuoba Tao nodded, pointed to the Wei army in front of him who was about to attack the city, and said, "Let's wait and see King Yidu and his guards first!" ”

Qiu Mu Lingshou began to attack the city, and he waved his big hand: "Siege-"

A large number of Wei troops with knives and swords shouted and rushed towards Huaishuo City, the ranks were chaotic, and they rushed to the front and the people behind them for a long distance, some were afraid of death, and slowed down and lagged far behind others.

Many soldiers carried siege ladders and ran with others, being squeezed around, and some even tripped over.

The Rouran people at the head of the city began to release arrows at the Wei army besieging the city under the orders of the guards, and in the process of rushing to the city, some people were constantly shot and fell, and some people holding small leather shields could not block the whole body, either above the chest or in the lower limbs.

When the hundreds of people who rushed to the front rushed to the city wall, and the soldiers carrying the siege ladder had not yet arrived, these Wei troops stood under the city wall and became a live target for the bows and arrows of the Rouran people defending the city.

By the time someone carried the siege ladder to the city wall, many Wei soldiers had been shot dead, and a large number of corpses had fallen to pieces.

After paying a heavy price, the Wei army finally erected the siege ladder on the city wall, and some Wei soldiers began to climb the siege ladder with bows and arrows flying wildly.

From time to time, Rouran soldiers appeared on the side of the wall to shoot arrows at the Wei soldiers on the siege ladder, these Wei troops were originally cavalry, they had not been trained in siege at all, and they had never attacked the city, and the first siege was naturally at a loss, and they didn't know how to fight.

In this way of fighting, more than 300 people were lost in less than half an hour after the battle, and Tuoba Tao in the rear saw that from time to time there were Wei soldiers falling from the siege ladder, and from time to time someone was shot down under the city wall, he was very distressed, this Wei cavalry is all elite!

After fighting for a whole morning according to this method, after the losses were too large, the Wei soldiers were also afraid, and began to cringe when attacking the city, and they were cautious, only the shields were held above their heads, although the cavalry shields were small in size and could cover a small area, but they could somewhat block some arrows.

During the siege of the city, there were two breaks in between, and by the time of Shen in the afternoon, the Wei army had not yet climbed the city wall, Qiu Mu Lingshou couldn't sit still, he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but he was helpless to take this low city wall.

Seeing that the sun was getting more and more west, and it was about to set in just over an hour, Qiu Mu Lingshou relied on his martial arts to personally run under the city wall to lead the team to attack the city.

He grabbed a wooden ladder in one hand and a knife in the other, and stepped on the wooden ladder to climb the city wall with arrows flying everywhere.

Two Rouran soldiers' bows and arrows appeared on the side of the wall above his head, and two arrows shot out with a "whoosh".

Qiu Mu Lingshou immediately swung his knife and swung it, and the two arrows were knocked away by him.

Two more arrows came, but they were knocked off by him.

The people of Rouran at the head of the city realized that this was a powerful character, and after a burst of grunting cheers, more than a dozen archers appeared within ten meters of the city wall, and these people all shot arrows at Qiu Mu Lingshou.

When Qiu Muling saw it, he swung his sword again to intercept the arrows that were being shot, but these people kept shooting arrows at him, and he couldn't stop it after resisting a cup of tea, so he had to jump to the ground.

Qiu Mu Lingshou's first personal siege failed in this way, and he stood on the ground and flew an arrow that flew into his rage.

"I don't believe that my martial arts can't even climb the city wall of this small Huaishuo City, you all get out of the way!" Qiu Mu Lingshou shouted and pushed aside the Wei soldiers who were blocking in front, and climbed the siege ladder again with a knife.

This time, Qiu Mu Lingshou climbed the wooden ladder much faster, and the time to shoot arrows at him on the city wall was naturally less, and several arrows were quickly knocked away by him, and he climbed to the top of the wooden ladder and was about to jump on the city wall.

Suddenly, a spear stabbed, Qiu Mu Lingshou immediately turned his head to dodge, swung his knife and cut off the spear, but two more spears stabbed over, he immediately swung his knife to block, blocked a few moves and cut off a spear, and a spear kept beckoning to him, he ruthlessly put the knife in his mouth, and after dodging an attack, he grabbed the spear that stabbed him and pulled it hard.

On the city wall, a Rouran soldier was pulled up and leaned against the city wall, Qiu Mu Lingshou let go of the spear and grabbed the Rouran soldier and threw it down the city, and the Rouran soldier fell to the ground and was hacked to death by the Wei army below.

However, Qiu Mu Lingshou did not jump on the city wall as he wished, and several spears stabbed at him, as well as two scimitars.

"Whoosh" three sharp arrows shot from the side.

Qiu Mu Lingshou couldn't dodge, and was shot by an arrow in the arm that grabbed the wooden ladder, the pain made him reflexively let go of his hand, and the whole person fell down the city, and two Wei soldiers on the ground were smashed to the ground by the sudden fall, and they spit blood.

The two Wei soldiers wanted to help Qiu Mu Lingshou up, and Qiu Mu Lingshou shouted: "Don't move, don't move me, my back hurts!" ”

Fortunately, there were Wei soldiers with several shields above his head, which gave Qiu Mu Lingshou a chance to breathe, and he relieved himself for a long time before he recovered.

At this time, the sound of gold came from the rear: "Dangdangdang······"

When Qiu Mu Lingshou heard this, he waved his hand with a gloomy face: "Withdraw!" ”

After the army retreated to the camp, Qiu Mu Lingshou came to the tent with a ashamed face and hugged his fist to Tuoba Tao and said: "Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent, and he failed to capture Huaishuo City, which disappointed His Majesty!" ”

Tuoba Tao grimaced: "You did disappoint me, how many people did you lose today?" ”

"A thousand······ Seventeen hundred! ”

Tuoba Tao's whole face darkened, and he looked at the other generals and asked, "Which other general is sure that he can capture Huaishuo City in one day?" ”

No one present had fought a siege battle, they didn't know how to fight at all, and no one stood up.

Tuoba Tao couldn't help but set his eyes on Mulan, and directly ordered: "Mulan, tomorrow you will command the siege!" You pick a team of centaurs, which general's centaurs do you like? ”

Hua Mulan had no choice but to stand up and clench her fists and say, "The last general is not familiar with these soldiers and horses in the Beijing Division, please ask Your Majesty to appoint them!" ”

The ministers present couldn't help but look at Mulan differently, just now she did a very decent response, if she was asked to choose soldiers and horses, she would undoubtedly offend people.

Tuoba Tao couldn't help but curse in his heart for Mulan's great cunning, he thought about it and said to Qiu Mu Lingshou: "Shou, you didn't take it down today, and you can't give up halfway in this matter, let Mulan avenge you tomorrow, tomorrow's siege battle will still be attacked by guards, commanded by Mulan!" ”

Qiu Mu Lingshou was anxious when he heard this, if he couldn't take the city under Mulan's command, it would be fine, if he let Mulan take it, where would he put his face like this? People are more angry than people!

"Your Majesty, the last general can't be attacked, but he can be attacked with a little white face? The last general really doesn't believe it! He can attack the city, but he has to say what to do if he can't do it? ”

The ministers and generals all looked at Mulan with interest, wanting to see how she would respond this time.

Tuoba Tao looked at Qiu Mu Lingshou, then at Hua Mulan, and seeing that she didn't speak, he asked, "Hua Mulan, you said that if you can't attack it, what should you do?" ”