Of course, the Xianbei would not use their heads to hit the city wall. As Gao Shun said, Helianhong just wanted to use this method to scare the soldiers on the city.

Showing one's own strength and making the enemy feel afraid is a very advantageous thing for fighting.

This is especially true for the Xianbei people. The reason why Tan Shihuai was able to reach such a height was because his strength made the Xianbei people awe!

After approaching Qinghu City, Helianhong ordered the army to slow down and stop three hundred steps away from the city wall.

The Han army also had bows and arrows, and shooting from the top of the city was much easier than shooting from below. Three hundred steps was a relatively safe distance.

When the 50,000 troops stopped, the difference between the grassland troops and the Han army immediately appeared.

Under the leadership of their respective leaders, these people had a group of people in the east and a bunch of people in the west, and there was no military formation at all. Although the Xianbei people had good riding skills, they could not control the movement of war horses. However, the cavalry of the Han army was not like that. When the army was still in a row, the movement of war horses was very small.

Although there are many people in the 50,000 Xianbei, they look at it condescendingly without any discipline. From time to time, many war horses can be seen walking around in a small range.

But obviously the Xianbei people didn't care about these details. Helianhong took the lead and shouted at Qinghu City: "Listen to the Han army on the city. I am the Xianbei commander Helianhong. Hurry up and let my brother go, otherwise the 50,000 warriors under my command will surely break through Qinghu and slaughter your entire city!"

Many people in the Xianbei know Chinese, and Helianhong is one of them, but his Chinese is very poor, just like unfamiliar foreigners speak Chinese.

Gao Shun and Xun You looked at him, and the former shook their heads, and the messenger next to him stepped forward.

"Tell him..."

Gao Shun said softly, and the two messengers took it down and shouted at the same time: "My general said, Helian Chong is in the city. Your leaders are so vulnerable, and you are not enough to see. So what about the 50,000 army? I am not afraid. If you have the ability, come up and try it, see if you slaughter the city, or if we kill you in pieces without leaving any armor!"

These were two powerful messengers who knew Xianbei and had a very loud voice. They shouted at the same time, and the voices were very far away.

The reason why the Xianbei language is to let all the Xianbei cavalry hear it, which is also one of the psychological warfare. If only Helianhong hears it, the effect will be too small.

Sure enough, the Xianbei cavalry under Helianhong's command had a clear mood after hearing this. Some were furious, but some were afraid.

The leaders have been arrested by others, can we do it?

There are not many such people, just having them is enough. Because at critical moments, even if there is only one such person, it can also play a key role.

"Arrowman is ready." Gao Shun ordered lightly.

The messenger immediately raised the flag, "Arrow ready!"

Two thousand archers bent their bows and arrows on the city walls of Hubei in Qing Dynasty, aiming at the Xianbei army below.

Seeing this posture, Helianhong knew that the other party didn't want to talk nonsense to him anymore.

It’s useless to say more, you can only attack!

"Kill! Rush up to the city, open the city gate to welcome the army into the city, I will be rewarded with a lot!"

The Xianbei people had very few methods to attack cities, so they could only use the method of "ans supporting the city".

What does ant climb to the city?

It is just to use cloud ladders to climb like ants, not to mention other methods such as siege cars and catapults. The grassland lacks resources, lacks technical means, and there is no iron ore, which is a big problem.

Qinghu City is more than four meters high, and it is undoubtedly very difficult to climb up to a height of more than ten meters.

But there is no way, this is the only way for the Xianbei.

After Helianhong gave the order, ten thousand cavalry rushed out immediately. Many of them carried the ladders, but most of them were still charging on war horses.

It is not about hitting the city wall with your head, but about the faster horses, which can reduce time during the charge, so that the Han army on the top of the city cannot cause too much damage to them during this period of time.

At a distance of three hundred steps, the legs can run for at least about one hundred seconds. During this period, the archers on the city can shoot at least a dozen waves of arrow rain.

However, using a war horse to charge is different. The time is at least three times faster. Even if you can shoot four or five waves of arrow rain, you will be considered an elite archer.

Two thousand archers started to volley at the moment when the Xianbei charges, but the charge is too fast and they have no experience. After several waves of volleys, the casualties caused to the Xianbei are very limited, and there are less than a thousand casualties.

The first wave of vanguards had arrived at the city, and the ladder was sandwiched at the city. Xianbei soldiers bit their weapons in their mouths and began to climb up with their hands and feet.

The climbing speed is very fast, and the archer can't take up the space.

The defenders next to them were moving in an orderly manner under Gao Shun's command, rolling wood, rocks, tinder oil, boiling water... endless means were constantly thrown down from the city, and the Xianbei soldiers on the ladder suffered great obstacles.

It is undoubtedly a dream to rush up to the city wall in a short period of time.

Since last year, the city has been preparing for the city with amazing wealth of materials!

The four-meter-long halberd was under the control of several soldiers and then pushed the ladder outward. The Xianbei soldiers on the ladder were smashed down.

The Xianbei soldiers prepared below lifted up the ladder and put it back on the top of the city.

Many Xianbei soldiers were rolled up by wood and stones, and their brains were broken. The tincture was dumped under the city. When a fire was thrown down, the strong fire suddenly ignited, and the rolling black smoke rushed into the sky.

The boiling water made the Xianbei soldiers' skin red and hair rot!

Screams were everywhere, and the Xianbei people had no discipline or skills, and they rushed up with their passion, and there was a huge obstacle coming towards them.

For a time, the number of casualties of Xianbei soldiers rose sharply.

Occasionally, one or two soldiers who rushed to the city were besieged to death by the defenders who had already prepared. Their bodies could be thrown down and several Xianbei soldiers who climbed the ladder.

In the first few minutes, the number of casualties of Xianbei soldiers quickly exceeded 1,000!

Of course, it does not mean that this kind of siege is useless at all, otherwise things like cloud ladders would not have been invented.

No matter how well prepared the city is, the recruits are still new recruits, and it takes time to carry rolling wood, rocks, boiling boiling water, etc.

Under these time differences, enough Xianbei soldiers to find a gap and climb up.

The height of more than ten meters is indeed very high, but for the flexible Xianbei soldiers, as long as there is no obstacle, it only takes three or five seconds to climb up.

These time difference is not difficult to occur, and as the battle extends, this situation becomes more and more frequent.

Gao Shun had already arrived at the city wall in person and began to command in the center.

From the beginning one or two, three or five Xianbei soldiers rushed up, and until now more than ten minutes have passed, the number of Xianbei soldiers rushing to the city is increasing, and the defenders on the city and the Xianbei soldiers climbing up have entered a hand-to-hand battle!

The defenders also began to suffer casualties!

Gao Shun killed a Xianbei soldier who had climbed up with one knife, kicked his body down the top of the city, raised his sword and shouted: "Kill!"

The defenders on the city wall saw that he was fearless and his originally nervous mood was slightly relieved.

Xun You kept commanding the soldiers to carry supplies, and immediately asked someone to make up for any defense vacancy when they saw them.

In a short period of time, Qinghu City has no worries.

(ps: This is the second chapter, and there are three more chapters.)

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