The northern wall of Wuchuan City had begun to take shape, a full five miles long, and at this moment Zhao Junsheng was directing the captive slaves to tamp the piled up earth with stones and wood again.

Once the weather turns cool and the cold air hits, it must come from the north and west, so the north and west walls must be built first.

"General, general, General Hua sent someone to deliver a letter!" Someone shouted at the bottom of the gate.

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he looked down, and he was overjoyed, and ordered loudly: "Send it up!" ”

A soldier strode up the stairs and handed a letter to Zhao Junsheng out of breath.

Zhao Junsheng took the letter and walked to the edge of the female wall to open it, opened the letter and looked at it, in addition to the letter paper, the envelope also attached a full picture of the front of Wuzhou Pass.

"Bad Guy ······" Zhao Junsheng read the beginning of the letter, and immediately cried and laughed.

Keep looking, "······ Mulan observed several times a day, and for three days did not find any flaws in the defense of this pass, His Majesty was in a hurry, and the morale of the whole army was impetuous and restless, and the morale of the army was shaken, if the pass was not broken as soon as possible, but the defenders found out that our army was abnormal and used it, the consequences were really unpredictable······"

"Mulan sent a complete map of Wuzhou Pass with the letter, and I hope that Brother Junsheng can give a feasible way to break through the pass to solve the current predicament······"

There is less content in the letter about the relationship between men and women, and most of them are talking about the danger of Wuzhou Pass and the current bad condition of the army, and Mulan hopes that he will give a feasible way to break through the pass as soon as possible.

Zhao Junsheng put away the letter and hid it in his arms, thought for a moment and turned around and walked down the city tower.

After returning to the camp, Zhao Junsheng walked into the tent and sat down behind the desk, spread out a blank piece of paper, and drew on the white paper after thinking for a while.

It took a full hour, after Zhao Junsheng finished painting, put down the pen, checked it carefully, and calculated silently in his heart, and then shouted to the outside world: "Someone!" ”

A pro-soldier walked in and clenched his fists: "Here!" ”

"Go and call Jiao Yunzhe, the head of the craftsman camp!"

"Yes, General!"

It didn't take long for Jiao Yunzhe to walk in and arch his hand: "General, are you looking for me?" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, picked up the drawings on the table and handed them over: "Look at this!" ”

Jiao Yunzhe took the drawings and looked at them, his eyes were wide, round, and excited, and he raised his head and said, "General, this is ······ Is this a siege weapon? ”

"You guessed it!"

Zhao Junsheng walked out from behind the desk and said: "A few days ago, General Smallpox was ordered to go to the imperial driving place to listen to it, and now she is ordered to command the army to attack Wuzhou Pass, but this Wuzhou Pass has thick walls and is extremely strong, and the terrain is dangerous, it is difficult to break through for a while, and the losses are still very large!" She wrote back to me to think of a way for her, I want to think about it, if I want to break through this Wuzhou Pass, I can only use this well fence to suppress the defenders of the city head remotely, and then use a large number of siege ladders to transport a large number of soldiers to climb the city head and grab the city wall! ”

"What does the general mean when he draws this diagram of the well fence structure······"

"Yes, General Ben wants you to bring a few carpenters over to help Mulan, after you go over, you will lead your subordinates to command the craftsmen there to build a large number of well fences and siege ladders, I will write to Mulan, and she will send someone to settle you down!"

Jiao Yunzhe promised: "Subordinates obey!" When do subordinates leave? ”

"You make arrangements, set off early tomorrow morning, and rush over as soon as possible! There is one thing I want to tell you, this well fence is a siege weapon, if used well, it will be of great help to the siege war, and after breaking through the flat city, you have to find a way to destroy them all, and you can't leave a single one, even when you build it, you have to let different craftsmen create different parts! ”

Jiao Yunzhe didn't know why, so he agreed with doubts.

He didn't understand, but Zhao Junsheng knew very well in his heart that the Xianbei people's fast horse scimitars and mounted archery were already very powerful, if they were given the method to make heavy siege equipment, wouldn't they be as invincible as the Mongols? Do the Han people still have a way to live? Is there still a chance to recover the rivers and mountains?

Jiao Yunzhe hesitated for a moment and asked: "General, the subordinates and others are weak and weak, this important weapon will definitely be strictly guarded, what if the subordinates can't get their hands on it?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "If there is really no way, you will go to Lu Xuanbo, tomorrow you come over and bring two letters, one for Mulan and one for Lu Xuanbo, he will know what to do after reading the letters!" ”

"Understood, subordinates retire!"

Early the next morning, Jiao Yunzhe came to Zhao Junsheng with a few craftsmen and took two letters from him.

Four days later, Jiao Yunzhe and others arrived at the camp outside the Wuzhou Guan, and were led to Mulan's camp.

"Subordinates meet the general!"

Mulan raised her hand: "Excuse me!" General Zhao sent you? ”

"Yes! There were also a few craftsmen with him," Jiao Yunzhe took out the letter from his arms and handed it over, "This is General Zhao's letter to you!" ”

Hua Mulan took the letter and opened it and read it, she already had the bottom in her heart, and after putting away the letter, she looked up and asked, "How long does it take to build ten well fences and a hundred siege ladders?" ”

"It depends on how many carpenters the general has!"

"Forty-five carpenters, all of them can be handed over to you!"

Jiao Yunzhe calculated in his heart, and said, "As long as the wood is enough, it can be completed in two days!" ”

"Good!" Mulan immediately shouted outside: "Someone! ”

"General!" Hanami walked in and hugged his fists.

"Give them a few tents to prepare, take them to the artisan camp, pass on the general's order, from now on, he Jiao Yunzhe will be the head of the artisan camp, and everyone will obey his assignment!"

"Yes!"

After Jiao Yunzhe and the others left, Hua Mulan was about to get up and practice the soldiers to practice siege tactics, when a little eunuch came over and said, "General Hua, Your Majesty has summoned!" ”

Hua Mulan hugged her fists, lifted her sword and hung it on her waist, and followed the little eunuch to the palace.

Tuoba Jian saw Hua Mulan enter the main hall, and when she saluted, he asked, "Hua Aiqing, it's been a few days, when can you attack the city?" ”

Hua Mulan hugged her fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the last general is practicing siege tactics in the training of soldiers, and at the same time ordering people to build siege equipment, please be patient and wait for two more days, and after two days, you will be the siege of the city, and then your Majesty will be invited to watch the battle!" ”

Tuoba Jian saw that Hua Mulan gave the exact siege time, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll wait to see Hua Aiqing break through Wuzhou Pass!" ”

Two days later, at night, Hua Mulan sat under the oil lamp and read Zhao Junsheng's letter to her again, in which Zhao Junsheng made it very clear that she would attack the city wall once and fight with the defenders for control of the city, and the defenders could not be given time to figure out how to deal with the well!

Everyone knows that anything in this world has advantages and disadvantages, and the well fence is a rare long-range suppression weapon for the besieging side, and at the same time, it can easily send the siege soldiers to the city head to participate in the battle for the city head, but it also has weaknesses, and there are ways to deal with it, once the enemy thinks of a way to deal with it, its role will be greatly reduced.

In the early morning of the next day, after breakfast, tens of thousands of troops gathered and walked out of the camp, lined up in a military formation, and slowly approached the city wall of Wuzhou Pass.

The large army came to a halt a mile from the city wall.

Tuoba Jian turned his head to Mulan and said, "Hua Aiqing, it's not too early, I look forward to your performance!" ”

"Yes!"

Hua Mulan agreed, beat her horse and ran to the front of the siege team, and shouted loudly: "General Ben has nothing to say, today's battle is a matter of life and death for us, everyone must fight bravely to kill the enemy, those who retreat without an order will not be killed, and those who fear the enemy will not be killed!" The first person to attack the head of the city was promoted to one rank, and fifty cattle and sheep were rewarded, and everyone followed the general, and advanced-"

"Enter—" With a roar, a slightly neat line of weapons and knives followed behind Mulan.

In the middle of the ranks were a large number of siege ladders and ten tall well railings, which were filled with archers and sword and shield men, one covering the other.

The defenders at the head of the city looked at the slowly advancing siege army, and they all began to be a little nervous, because this siege team was obviously different from the previous one.

At the head of the city, Nishizhonglang looked at the slowly approaching siege army with a frown, and he could see that this siege team was obviously more disciplined than the previous attack teams, and they did not rush over in a swarm, and they did not shout.

And the tower, which was constantly moving forward, was full of soldiers, and its height was much higher than the head of the city, which seemed to be very bad for the defenders.

The siege party paused a stone's throw from the walls before they heard a series of loud roars, and the ten towering wells were pushed to the front, each guarded by a large number of swords and shields, who acted as a motive to push the wells and keep them safe.

"Attack—" Mulan took out her sword and pointed in the direction of the city wall.

The drummers who received the order immediately began to beat the drums with their hands in turn, and the beat of the drums was slow but heavy, and everyone in the siege team stepped on the drums.

At the head of the city, Elo Ji saw the attack range of the siege team, and immediately ordered loudly: "Release the arrows-"

"Shoot the arrows—"

Seeing this, Mulan immediately ordered the archers on the well fence to be suppressed remotely.

"Whoosh ······"

"Whoosh ······"

Both sides began to shoot at a distance, and the defenders at the head of the city were densely packed with siege columns under the shooting, while the archers on the well railing were shooting the archers at the head of the city.

The defenders of the city were not aware for a while, and soon suffered a great loss, and in the blink of an eye, many archers at the city head were shot.

Yi Louji was shocked: "Not good! Quick, don't worry about the people under the city, shoot me the archers on the tower, and shoot them all to death! ”

Seeing this scene, Mulan immediately issued a new order, ordering the well fence to stop advancing, suppressing the city head, and ordering the siege team to rush to the city wall as fast as possible.

"Knock ······" The drums are beating faster and faster, which indicates a faster sprint.

"Kill-" Everyone in the siege team shouted, the soldiers carrying the siege ladder shouted and rushed towards the city wall, and the sword and shield soldiers on both sides carried their shields in front of them with their left arms, and rushed towards the city wall with their swords in their right hands.

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