On a spring day at the border, there is no atmosphere of busy farming. There is only a shit-colored sky and the constant sound of horse hooves.
There must have been a few people who were hiding unsecurely, and were searched out by the Di people in the mountains. At this moment, they were all tied to the back of the horse with a rope, and they were staggeringly chasing them forward.
Several Beidi dogs on horseback suddenly burst into laughter, clamped the horse's belly, and ran wildly in front of the defenders at the head of Hezhou City.
The tied people couldn't catch up, even if they cried and shouted, their whole bodies fell to the ground, and a long blood mark was dragged along the way.
On top of the Hezhou City, many of the defenders were looking at them with dismay. Chang Wei and Si Hu held their weapons and were about to rush out of the city with red eyes. After Yu Wenhao gave some advice, they stopped in despair.
Pinch his arm, Xu Mu forced himself to calm down.
If the city of Hezhou is destroyed, many people in the city will die even more tragically.
"Tenggri!"
Several Digou riders cheered loudly.
"Little boss, this is provoking us and demoralizing us." Lian Yong's tone was equally calm.
Xu Mu nodded silently.
There are only 6,000 cavalry in the city, and they are still practicing their riding skills. Going out of the city to fight in the open field with the Di people on such flat terrain is definitely a recipe for death.
Throughout the ages, there have been too many precedents of this kind.
"Molly, increase the number of patrols."
Turning around, Xu Mu was about to walk down the city. Suddenly, he saw thousands of people pushing and shoving towards him, as if they were going to get water from the old well near the north city gate.
Except for the North City Gate, the other thirteen old wells in the city have all been poisoned.
Looking at it, Xu Mu fell into deep thought for a moment.
…
"General Xu, what is this?"
"Iron knife cart."
Even at night, the military training ground to the west of Hezhou City was still brightly lit.
As early as outside the military training ground, Xu Mu had already placed people on tight guard to prevent any common people from approaching.
"Iron, iron knife cart? What is this?"
Not only Yu Wen, but also Lian Yong have never met, let alone others.
The thing in front of me is really weird. It's like a wall with a wooden wheel, covered with twenty or thirty iron knives, and it's very cold.
"General Xu, how do you use this thing?"
The current leadership team in Hezhou City only consists of Xu Mu, Lian Yong and Yu Wen. Chang Wei, who knows martial arts, can barely be counted as one, but he rarely participates. He prefers to go around looking for Tiangong temples to smash with Si Hu.
"If the city wall is broken down, it can be used to block it."
In a city with a weak military force, once the city wall is broken, no matter how many iron carts are pushed, it will be useless.
Things like this have been gradually eliminated with the improvement of various siege equipment.
Sure enough, veteran Lian Yong spoke first.
"It's not to attack the little boss, but these things are not very effective. Once the city wall is broken, it means that the enemy is already powerful. Even if they climb the wall, they can still invade the city."
"It makes sense." Xu Mu nodded humbly.
"But I want to tell General Lian that if the iron sword cart is used properly, it is a moving city wall. Moreover, it is also a city wall that resists horses."
Each iron sword cart has at least twenty-four long knives. When the enemy cavalry charges, they are afraid that they will be riddled with holes.
"General Xu means to use iron sword chariots to deal with the Beidi cavalry?"
"That's what it means."
The principle of making an iron knife cart is actually very simple. There are not many horse carriages in Hezhou City. At that time, it can be improved by smearing mud on the knife wall and adding boulders behind it to increase the weight of the iron knife cart.
Withstand the charge of enemy cavalry.
"Is General Xu going out of the city to fight fiercely?"
"Yu Wen, you will know in two days."
It's a pity that Daji's city gates are not divided into inner and outer walls. In a truly huge city, even if the enemy attacks the outer wall, there is still an inner wall that can be defended.
Therefore, Xu Mu could only create an inner outline.
Poison?
This method is not just for the purpose of disgusting people.
"Yu Wen, you will pick some strong soldiers later. I estimate that using Hezhou's baggage treasury, we can build a hundred iron sword carts very quickly."
Although his face looked confused, Yu Wen didn't say much. He had already believed that Xu Mu in front of him was a person who was good at creating miracles.
"Little boss, what should I do? As you know, I have been fine in the past two days." Lian Yong sounded anxious, thinking that Xu Mu would treat him as old and not give him a heavy responsibility.
"Old General, I keep you here just to kill the enemy."
"How to say."
"You take 20,000 people and ambush near the north city gate. Prepare more arrow pots."
"W-what is this? Could it be that the Di people are going to break the city?"
"There are quite a few internal agents in the city."
Xu Mu sighed. He had asked Yu Wen to find these people before, but he never thought that there were still so many lurking there.
The disaster caused by poisoning is far from being as simple as he thought.
Of course, he could also choose to avoid the disaster. But suddenly, he thought about setting up a situation, using his tactics to kill Di Gou, which would give him the prestige and boost the morale of the defenders.
…
Standing on the street at the North City Gate, Xu Mu looked around and observed the surrounding terrain. He stood there for most of the day, until the entire sky was filled with dark night.
Thousands of people were still crowded near the north city gate. They only asked for water from the well and kept crying.
Xu Mu had no expression on his face and climbed up the city wall coldly.
It was quiet outside the city, except for a few nearby woods, where the occasional chirping of night birds could be heard.
Xu Mu laughed.
Thousands of people were behind him, ignoring the defenders' obstruction, shouting angrily and rushing forward. From the looks of it, they seemed to be rushing away from the well water.
Bang.
In Hezhou City, someone shot a high signal arrow, which lit up the entire sky. It was vaguely visible that those damn goshawks were flying over in groups again.
"Dedicate the city gate!"
Among the people, hundreds of figures dropped their linen robes, revealing their robes and armor, and shouted loudly while raising their swords.
"It's a bit stupid. If I don't let go, can I kill him in the direction of the city gate?" Xu Mu sneered.
The people who poisoned the city and left two more north gates were just gathering people to rob the city gates in the name of getting water.
Such a stupid method is probably the work of Zhao Qingyun.
"Si Hu, loosen the suspension bridge!"
Si Hu was startled and hurriedly ran over.
Not long after, the chain bridge of Hezhou City suddenly fell on the dry moat.
In the woods outside the city, countless Di people roared and roared towards the city gate.
The hundreds of figures pretending to be common people excitedly rushed to the city gate, thinking that they were out of place and felt like they were in a deserted land.
Rumble.
The two north city gates opened at once.
The Di people who rushed towards the city ran wildly towards the city in ecstasy. They were densely packed, with at least six or seven thousand riders.
The Di troops behind were still thinking of following them into the city gate——
But at this moment, one iron knife cart after another came quickly from all directions.
At the city gate, more than ten iron sword carts were pushed to the city, and they were blocked together. On top of the city, there were waves of fire arrows, taking the opportunity to shoot down. After a while, a fire formation was set up on the iron cable bridge. The fire force forced the enemy cavalry to rush forward and kept retreating.
The Di people's infantry at the back were still thinking about climbing first, but before they reached the city wall, they stopped in a daze. They had never said that even though the door was open, there was still a wall of swords pushing out.
In the city, Si Hu held a double-edged ax and stepped out coldly. The ax struck with long blows and killed several enemy soldiers.
"General Xu said, close the door and beat the dog!" Yu Wen shouted angrily in a cold voice.
"Roar!"
Boom, the two iron doors were closed tightly again.
In the north city, the iron sword carts formed a wall of swords, blocking the thousands of cavalry dogs rushing into the city together.
The hasty curses and unwilling roars resounded in Xu Mu's ears for a while.
"Raise your bow."
The 20,000 people who were ambushed by Lian Yong walked out coldly from the surrounding positions, raising their bows and arrows.
…
Tuoba Zhao, who was riding a horse, frowned tightly as he looked at the smoke rising from the city gate in front of him and listened to the screams in the city gate.
"Zhao Qingyun, what is this?"
"N-never seen it."
An angry whip whipped half of Zhao Qingyun's face red.