It has only been less than an hour since the siege began, but two or three thousand border soldiers have fallen, blood flows, corpses are mountainous, and the heavy smell of blood permeates the entire battlefield.

If it were an ordinary person here, I am afraid that I would be scared and tremble and vomit out. But the people present are either advanced martial arts or veterans who have been in battle for a long time, so naturally they will not be so unbearable.

Even so, there is still a thick haze that hangs over everyone's hearts.

Because, by now, the casualties have been so heavy, but there is still no sign of the city gate being breached. It's not that the city gate is strong, but that the siege equipment of the border army is too rudimentary and its power is limited.

At the same time, arrows continued to fall from the city tower, and rolling stones and sassalwoods fell, which seriously hindered the progress of the border soldiers to attack the city.

Moreover, the non-commissioned officers of the border soldiers who had fallen, whether they were corpses or wounded, were lying on the ground, which became an obstacle for the follow-up border troops to continue to charge.

In this case, although the king of Zhennan was anxious, he had nothing to do, so he could only spur the soldiers to move forward bravely with heavy rewards and butcher knives, and consume them with their lives.

Yue Wudi has been watching from the sidelines, on the one hand, the casualties of these soldiers have nothing to do with him, as long as he helps the King of Zhennan to deal with the Southern Emperor and achieve the final victory, his promise will be fulfilled.

On the other hand, he really doesn't have any good ideas.

Although he studied Wu Mu's suicide note since he was a child, it was difficult for a Qiao woman to cook without rice, and in the absence of siege equipment, he could not make the border army easily pull down this city pass.

However, when the battle reached this point, Yue Wudi saw a little aura from the battlefield.

"Perhaps, this will work. Yue Wudi muttered to himself.

"What?" King Zhennan was pleasantly surprised, he had profound internal skills, and when he heard Yue Wudi's self-talk, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Yue, do you have a way?"

Monk Huangguan and the others also looked at Yue Wudi expectantly, they were all members of the Duan clan in Dali, so they naturally couldn't bear to let the strength of the Dali Kingdom suffer losses.

Otherwise, the Huangmei monk would not have forced himself into the city tower in order to end this war as soon as possible, resulting in his own death.

Yue Wudi pointed ahead, and said in a flat voice: "You see, after the battle so far, the corpses of our soldiers have been piled up, and with a slight movement, a ladder formed by corpses can be built for the army to climb the tower. ”

"What?" The joy on King Zhennan's face vanished and turned into a complex.

"Amitabha! Although Yue Shaoxia's method is wonderful, how can we desecrate the corpses of soldiers who died in battle? If we do this, I am afraid that it will make all the soldiers feel cold. Monk Huang Mu hesitated.

Yue Wudi said: "I'm just making a suggestion, whether to do it or not, of course, it is up to Duan Wang Ye to make his own decision." ”

King Zhennan's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he changed for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Those who achieve great things are not informal." What's more, I, a Dali soldier, am a Dali person in life, and a Dali soul in death. They have already sacrificed their lives for the country before they died, and if they can still serve the country after death, they must be willing. ”

Yue Wudi smiled faintly, he knew that with the character of King Zhennan, he would definitely not give up this method, otherwise, he would not have brought it up.

Sure enough, the king of Zhennan immediately ordered, and he said to Duan Xiangxing: "Divide a thousand soldiers, gather the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle, build a staircase, and lead to the city tower, which is limited to half a stick of incense!"

Duan Xiangxing received the order, immediately called out a thousand soldiers, and began to move the dead bodies on the ground.

Because the main army continued to attack the city one after another, these soldiers who were moving their corpses were not subjected to a focused attack.

In a short time, a road of corpses more than ten zhang long and three or four zhang wide was paved, spreading outward from the foot of the city wall. As long as you continue to thicken them in turn, you can build a corpse staircase that leads to the top of the wall.

On the city tower, Wu Santong asked strangely, "Senior Brother Zhu, what are they going to do here?"

Zhu Ziliu was also a little puzzled, and said: "It shouldn't be, the battle is not over yet, how can it be possible to clean up the battlefield, it is a waste of troops and dangerous." ”

"Then what are they doing?" Wu Santong continued to ask, he felt that the other party's behavior was too strange.

Zhu Ziliu frowned, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know. However, at such a time, the other side still divides forces to do this kind of thing, there must be a conspiracy, and we must be careful. ”

Under the city wall, the corpse avenue has been paved, and then, the thousand soldiers began to stack the corpses on the avenue again, and the closer to the city wall, the higher the corpses were stacked.

"Not good!" Zhu Ziliu exclaimed, he finally understood the other party's plan, and said: "Archers, shoot the enemy who moves the corpse, shoot with all your strength, they will build a corpse ladder and go straight to the city tower!"

Under Zhu Ziliu's order, all the arrows in the sky shot at the 1,000 soldiers who were responsible for moving the corpses, and suddenly, many casualties were caused.

However, it was already a little late.

Because, the rudiments of the corpse ladder have been formed.

"Order, join forces in one place, and ascend the stairs to the city!" Duan Xiangxing saw that Zhu Ziliu had already reacted, and hurriedly withdrew the 1,000 soldiers who were responsible for moving the corpse.

Because the staircase of the corpse has been almost built, the remaining point can be completed by the army while ascending the city.

"Kill!" Duan Xiangxing ordered, and then led the border army, taking the lead, stepping on the stairs made of corpses, step by step, towards the city tower.

With this ladder as a buffer, those rolling stones and sassalwoods are basically no longer a threat, and only a few arrows can cause a little damage to the border army.

However, these arrows are nothing to Duan Xiangxing, although his martial arts are only second-rate, but his kung fu of fighting in battle arrays is stronger than many first-class masters.

I saw him holding a bow in his left hand, and wielding a large sword in his right hand to the left and right, and he swept away all the arrows that came to him.

And the soldiers behind him, seeing that the main general was so brave, were even more like being beaten with chicken blood, one by one, they fought bravely, stepped on the corpse stairs, and rushed towards the city tower.

Zhu Ziliu was shocked and shouted: "Archery, archery!"

However, at this distance, bows and arrows can no longer play a role, and after a wave of arrows is fired, the border army is under the leadership of Duan Xiangxing, stepping on the corpse ladder and rushing up the city tower.

Hand-to-hand combat begins!

Duan Xiangxing held the big knife with both hands, like a tiger entering a wolf pack, slashing vertically and horizontally, almost every time the knife fell, a defender was killed, and it was difficult to bear the weight of his weapon.

"Plug the gap!" Zhu Ziliu shouted loudly, there are not too many defenders who have climbed the city tower now, as long as the gap is blocked, it can still maintain the topography of the pass.