He suddenly figured out something, got up and walked around the tent with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked: "Princess Rouran Tuzhen is not an ordinary person, she is not only noble, but her wisdom is by no means comparable to ordinary people, I have had several encounters with her, this woman is not easy to deal with." Since this fine work named Hou Yu was sent by her, could it be said that she was in the Rouran army attacking Nantian Fort at this time, or was she in Shengle City? ”

Cao Jiao nodded: "Very likely!" ”

Zhao Junsheng rubbed the stubble on his chin: "In this way, the purpose of the Rouran army attacking Da'e Mountain is to transfer the Right Guard Army over, and then send Morton to lead 1,500 people to open up a mountain road to cross our defense line and raid the Jinling camp should be Princess Tuzhen's plan!" It's just that she didn't expect Morton to be surrounded and annihilated by our baggage camp! Last time, Shiyu let go of an eagle before he died, did you ask about this? ”

Cao Jiao said: "I asked, Hou Yu said that the news carried by the eagle was to report to Princess Tuzhen that the 3,000 men and horses of the Right Guard had been transferred to Da'e Mountain, and Princess Tuzhen ordered Morton to lead the army to raid the Jinling camp after receiving the news!" ”

Only then did Zhao Junsheng remember that the last time he learned that there was an attack by the Rouran army, he felt that something was wrong, why did the Rouran people only send 1,500 horsemen? Although the Jinling camp is not a city, it also has a thick and strong camp, and it would be too naïve for Princess Tuzhen to want to break through with only 1,500 horsemen, she must have received the news that the Jinling camp was empty.

Zhao Junsheng remembered the matter of the inner ghost again, and asked, "Did Hou Luo and the others confess who the inner ghost is?" ”

Cao Jiao shook his head: "No!" The three of them didn't know who the inner ghost was, not to mention Hou Luo and Hou Ling, even Hou Yu, who told them that there was their inside information in the Jinling camp, didn't know who it was, only knew how to contact him! ”

Zhao Junsheng hammered his palm, "Just know how to contact and release, we have to find a way to fish out this inner ghost!" How they got in touch! ”

Cao Jiao said: "According to Hou Yu's confession, if the inner ghost has a military situation to spread, he will put the paper with the news in a loose brick under the wall pier outside the treasure store; If Princess Tuzhen had an order, Hou Yu would put the paper with the order written on it in a loose brick at the foot of the stone lion on the left in front of the gate of the Land Temple, and the two sides would never meet each other head-on! ”

Zhao Junsheng was quite shocked after hearing this, the underground work of the ancient meticulous work was done so rigorously? The ancients should not be underestimated!

Zhao Junsheng walked slowly in the tent again, and he said as he walked: "The role of Hou Yu in bringing the eagle should be used to convey emergency military information, how do they deliver not very urgent news on weekdays?" ”

According to Hou Luo's confession, after he got the news on weekdays, he sent Hou Ling to take a small road to avoid the patrol team's investigation, and after passing the pass inspection as a villager, he crossed the mountains and mountains to the north. But in wartime, the defenders of the pass did not allow the villagers to pass, and the patrols patrolled more frequently, so they had no way to spread the news, and could only use eagles to convey urgent military information! ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed in his heart, the intelligence work of the Rouran people against the enemy has gone to the forefront of the Northern Wei Imperial Court, at least he has been in the Jinling camp for so long, and the upper and lower levels of the Jinling camp have extremely limited knowledge of the military movements of the Rouran people.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a cup of tea, and explained to Cao Jiao: "You ask Hou Yu to write an order in the tone of Princess Tuzhen, and let the inner ghost collect the relevant information about the military response deployment of the high-level generals within the Jinling camp to the attack on Nantianbao by the Rouran army, and then send people to monitor the two message placement points!" If you have a suspicious object, don't act rashly, send troops to report to me quickly, and wait for my orders! ”

Cao Jiao's face was serious, and he clenched his fists and said, "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng always felt that the withdrawal of the Rouran army after the feint attack on Da'e Mountain, and then the storming of Nantian Fort was not like the style of a military commander with a brain like Princess Tuzhen, and the level of planning was too low-end.

If it weren't for Princess Tuzhen not knowing the power of his baggage camp and not taking this into account, I was afraid that Princess Tuzhen would have succeeded, so it can be seen that Princess Tuzhen's every step is purposeful and planned, and she is by no means hot-headed.

Is there a difference between attacking Da'e Mountain and attacking Nantian Fort? In Zhao Junsheng's view, there is actually no difference, according to Yongchang Wang Tuoba Jian, the Rouran people died a lot when they attacked Da'e Mountain, although most of the dead were slaves, which also shows that the Rouran people's attack on Da'e Mountain is not all a show.

Could it be that Princess Tuzhen is playing a trick of fiction and reality? Attacking Nantian Fort is just a move by Princess Tuzhen, just to confuse An Yuan and Gu Bi, the generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty? So what is her real purpose? Where is the real point of attack?

"Dutong, if there are no other orders, the subordinates will go back to the security team to arrange the deployment first?" Cao Jiao asked.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Wait! ”

"What else does the capital command?"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, his eyes gradually became cold, and even a cold light flickered, and he instructed Cao Jiao: "The three thousand men and horses of the Right Guard Army are already on their way back to the Jinling camp, my baggage battalion has reinforced Nantianbao, and the news that the Jinling camp only has three thousand less trained foot soldiers at this time is sent out by the eagle, remember to let Hou Yu write it himself, the handwriting is not right, it is likely to arouse the suspicion of Princess Tuzhen!" ”

Cao Jiao couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise when he heard Zhao Junsheng's order, and the whole person's expression froze, didn't he reveal all the details of his own side to the Rouran people?

"Pontus has his own calculations and proportions, do what I say!" Zhao Junsheng saw that Cao Jiao was a little frightened, and immediately shouted.

Cao Jiao hit a spirit, and hurriedly clenched his fists and agreed: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

Nantianbao.

There was a fierce battle going on between the walls of the fort and the city walls, and Monarojin was a bloody man, and there was no clean place from helmet to combat boots.

"Whoosh" From time to time, stray arrows shot from the Rouran army below, and Mona Loujin was unaware, brandishing his sword and slashing the rushing Rouran soldiers to the ground.

He cut down several Rouran soldiers in a row, and knocked down a simple wooden ladder leg outside the female wall, and the two Rouran soldiers on the wooden ladder also fell to the ground and rolled down the hillside.

I don't know how many corpses are laid on the hillside, arrows are densely inserted on the hillside, and there are still a large number of Rouran soldiers driving slaves to the city wall and fortress, as a large number of slaves and Rouran soldiers are entering the city to fight, there are no extra archers on the city wall and fortress to shoot arrows downward.

At this moment, Mulan finally arrived with her three hundred men, and they lined up to rush up the city wall one after another and quickly to join the ranks of the defenders.

Hua Mulan stabbed to death with a sword and slashed to death more than a dozen slave soldiers and Rouran soldiers, killing her until she was splashed with blood before rushing to Mona Loujin's side.

"Mona Loujin, can you still stand it? If you can't stand it, take your people back to rest, and leave it to me here! Hua Mulan swung her sword and hacked two Rouran soldiers to death one after another, and asked loudly.

"I can't die yet, I'll talk about it when this wave of attacks is repulsed!" When Mona Loujin saw Mulan leading someone to arrive, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the pressure around him also plummeted.

With the concerted efforts of the two teams, all the soldiers and slaves who had climbed the walls and fortresses were cleared.

In the formation of the Rouran army at the foot of the hillside, the commander Dana saw this scene with a frown, and raised his hand and waved: "Order, let them withdraw and rest for half an hour before attacking!" ”

"Yes!"

With the sound of a desolate horn, the Rouran soldiers and slave soldiers retreated like a tide, leaving only layers of corpses and a large number of weapons and siege ladders.

Many of Monarojin's soldiers sat on the walls covered with blood and corpses, gasping for breath, unaware of the battle with the Rouran, but at this time they felt that their whole bodies could not lift the slightest strength.

Hua Mulan looked at the retreating Rouran soldiers and slaves, and then at the corpses and siege ladders all over the city, and she summoned Hua Hai to order: "Go find some ropes and iron hooks!" ”

"Yes, lord!"

Mona Loujin and his men could rest, but Hua Muli and her soldiers couldn't, they had just arrived and had plenty of stamina.

Hua Hai soon brought a few people to hold some ropes and iron hooks, under the instructions of Hua Mulan, Hua Hai and the soldiers tied the ropes to the iron hooks, put down the iron hooks and hooked all the siege wooden ladders left by the Rouran people to the city wall, without these siege wooden ladders, the Rouran people will be much more difficult in the next wave of attacks.

"Lord, all the wooden ladders under the city have been taken up!"

Hua Mulan turned her head and asked Mona Loujin: "The Jinling camp has ordered me to be the main general, and everyone in Nantian Fort is under my command!" Monalo Jin, how much is there still fire oil in the fort? ”

"More than twenty barrels!" Mona Loujin replied, "There are only so many of them, and they will be gone when they are used up!" When the Rouran people attacked in the morning, we had already poured fire oil and used more than forty barrels! ”

Hua Mulan immediately ordered: "Leave five barrels for backup, and all the others will be brought up and boiled!" ”

"Command!" Hua Hai hugged his fists and agreed, and then turned around and left with his hands.

Buckets of oil were brought up and poured into the iron pot, and a raging fire was made with firewood under the pot, which soon turned the pot of oil to the ground.

Then Mulan organized people to carry a lot of stones from Shannan to the city wall in case of emergency.

Hua Mulan remembered the discussion of the battle to defend the city in the military book she had read, and she divided her 300 men into two groups, the first group of 200 people as the main battle force, and the remaining 100 people as reserves.

Then, she divided the main battle force of 200 men into archers, sword and shield men, spearmen, and handymen. The main duty of the sword and shield bearer and spear is to stand behind the female wall, use the shield to block arrows from under the wall, and use the knife and spear to kill enemies who climb the wall or are still on the siege ladder.

The archers are responsible for shooting and killing the enemy archers, suppressing them from a distance, and if the enemy does not arrange archers to support them, they will shoot and kill the ten commanders of the city, the little marshal, and so on.

The handymen were responsible for throwing thunder stones, rolling logs, and watering fire oil and boiling water.

As soon as Mulan's deployment was completed, the horn of the attack came from the Rouran army formation under the hillside: "Woo-woo-woo-"

"Kill-" A large number of slaves rushed in the direction of the Southern Heavenly Castle under the drive of the Rouran Governor's warband.