"Boulder, throw it down!"

Hearing the order, the soldiers in the city picked up the stones they had prepared long ago and began to smash them down, and for a while, the officers and soldiers were smashed and bleeding.

The five-zhang high city wall was too difficult to climb, and many soldiers only climbed halfway to it, and they fell short and fell under the city one after another.

Originally, thousands of archers should have been arranged to cover eighty paces away, but the city wall was too high for the officers and soldiers to shoot to the city, and they could only rely on siege towers and ladders.

"Poof! Yes.... ”

The boulder fell, and the two officers and soldiers holding shields were smashed with blood spraying wildly, and finally fell down, and the ladder several feet high, once rolled down, there was no life or death!

The siege towers came into play at this time, all five siege towers were only three meters from the city walls, and the sky bridges were set up, and a steady stream of soldiers who climbed up from below could cross the city walls through the sky bridges.

However, because the siege tower was raised by one zhang, the whole equipment shook and lost its balance, but fortunately, it was not a big problem and could still operate normally.

"Up, rush up to the castle tower." On the siege tower, a thousand commanders shouted. And with his shout, countless soldiers walked from the siege tower to the overpass.

The bridge is only three meters, but the distance of three meters is extremely difficult to cross, because there are hundreds of archers waiting on the city walls, and once they reach the bridge, the archers will not hesitate to shoot arrows in their hands.

"Archer, release the arrow!"

As a lieutenant shouted, the five hundred archers next to him bent their bows and arrows at the same time and shot at the overpass, and then one by one, the officers and soldiers fell from the overpass, fell down the five-zhang high tower, and broke their bones.

An hour later, 10,000 besieging officers and soldiers were killed and wounded!

In the distance below the city, Ma Lan's brow furrowed. The walls of the western capital were too high, and there were no archers to cover them, so if they continued like this, the casualties would be too great.

Pei Qing reminded on the side: "General." The first group of siege soldiers is almost over, do you still have to continue to invest troops? ”

Ma Lan squinted his eyes slightly: "Order, withdraw the troops!" ”

Pei Qing's eyes almost fell out, and he exclaimed, "What, withdraw the army?" Didn't our 10,000 soldiers die in vain? ”

Ma Lan was also helpless. But he only knew that if it continued like this, he would definitely not be able to break through the Western Capital, and instead of wasting his troops here in vain, it was better to think of other ways, if he wanted to break the city, he didn't have to rely on a hard siege.

Ma Lan said: "Do you have to take in tens of thousands of soldiers before you are willing?" The enemy's walls are too high, and our army's casualties are too great to attack, so we have to think of a foolproof strategy! ”

The pre-siege army of 10,000 soldiers gradually disappeared. Suddenly there was a golden signal behind him, and the officers and soldiers quickly began to retreat, and all the siege equipment retreated like a tide at this time.

Li Zhi watched inexplicably in the city, how did he fight well and then stop fighting.

The retreating soldiers all came behind Ma Lan, and the entire battlefield returned to calm.

Ma Lan did not lead the army away, he was thinking of a way, so he rode on his war horse and looked at the city wall in front of him from a distance.

Hard fighting is definitely not possible, the city wall of the western capital is full of five zhang, and the siege towers are shaky and unstable. If one is accidentally planted, it will be a big loss, and the construction time of a siege tower will not be less than that of a trebuchet, and it will not be completed in half a year.

Pei Qing said: "General." Don't look at it, if you don't attack the city, go back to the camp. ”

Ma Lan waved his hand, he now had a bold plan in his heart, but this plan had to wait for the day, and it could only be implemented when there was a strong wind.

Ma Lan suddenly turned the horse's head: "Go back to the camp." When the wind rises, the west is broken! ”

This sentence should have been in the hearts of the generals, but everyone did not know what it meant.

Ma Lan's army really withdrew, which made the second monk Li Zhizhang puzzled, what did it mean, didn't it just kill 10,000 people, and it was worth being scared to withdraw.

Li Zhi immediately entered the palace and reported the battle situation to Wang Xu, Wang Xu didn't care much, the enemy suffered heavy casualties, and it was normal to withdraw the troops, and besides, with such a high city wall, there was no need to worry at all.

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Ten days later, Malan came again.

This time he came prepared, he was well prepared!

It's night, the moon is dark and starless, and it's pitch black, but tonight's strong wind is blowing non-stop, making the soldiers defending the city in the western capital feel very cold, and they huddle under the city wall one after another, refusing to come out.

Li Zhi has to go to the city to inspect at this time every day, he governs the army strictly, and his soldiers strictly implement their tasks, but tonight, there are many soldiers who are lazy, because the wind is too strong, standing on the city wall is like being pointed at and blowing, and the cold wind whistling over the face is like a knife cut.

Li Zhi walked up to the city wall and saw a soldier squatting under the strong pier, he immediately walked over, patted the soldier's shoulder, and shouted: "What are you doing, get up quickly, be energetic." ”

The soldier was taken aback, and quickly stood up and defended the city with twelve points of spirit.

Walking forward another section of the city wall, there were more and more soldiers shrunk under the piers, Li Zhi frowned, he saw one and walked up to call him, and the soldiers were all frightened to stand up.

After the inspection, Li Zhi walked towards the small barracks under the city, which was a barracks of 15,000 people, and now the soldiers were sleeping, and only 5,000 people stood on the outer city to guard.

It was late at night, and it was the third watch.

Ma Lan suddenly came to the north gate with an army of 100,000, and more than 40,000 of his 100,000 troops were cavalry, which was extremely elite, and the rest were infantry.

The wind didn't stop, Ma Lan suddenly chuckled, whether it succeeds or not, it all depends on tonight.

The hooves of the war horses were wrapped in a thick layer of cotton cloth by Ma Lan, and there was no movement when they walked, and the sky was too dark, and the 100,000 troops came to the city, and the soldiers in the city were stunned and did not find it.

Suddenly, a piece of black and oppressive objects flew high in the air, like a big bird, but the bird was also too big, with wings several feet long, and a large number of strange birds quietly crossed the city wall at this time, and then flew towards the western capital...

Wang Xu was holding Xue'er in the Accord at the moment, but he didn't expect that at this moment, there was a soft sound of "pop", and black shadows suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and these black shadows were wearing thick heavy armor and black robes.

Wang Xu was curious, slowly came to the window, looked out, and suddenly opened his eyes wide in fright, it turned out to be an enemy army! It's officers and soldiers!

! How did you get in?

"Whew..." Above the roof of the Accord, the five brocade guards suddenly jumped down at this moment and confronted the five people in front of them.

"Who?" One of the brocade guards shouted.

The five officers and soldiers did not answer, and they were about to run out of the courtyard in a flash, and the purpose of their entry into the city was to open the north gate, so when they encountered the enemy, try not to entangle with him, this is what Ma Lan told them.

At the same time, there were many soldiers, people, and officials all over the Western Capital, who encountered this kind of thing, and the officers and soldiers suddenly appeared in front of them for no reason.

There are 5,000 soldiers entering the city tonight! This is a thousand flying kites secretly built by Ma Lan, one kite can carry five people, but because it was just made, and the wind was too strong, it was difficult to grasp the landing place, so that these five thousand people fell all over the city. (To be continued.) )