Early the next morning, Murong Hao put on his battle robe. The morning sunlight shone on his golden armor. There was a cold and murderous look on his handsome and uncanny face. He led the arrayed army forward. We advanced to not far from the gate of Xihe Prefecture.

He had discussed with the other lieutenants for today's first battle to explore the truth first, without necessarily winning.

On the tower, Zhu Xiannan and Murong Chen stood in the middle of the tower wearing silver armor. Looking at the majestic Murong Hao riding on the tall horse, Zhu Xiannan said loudly with crooked eyebrows:

"Prince Rui, long time no see."

Murong Hao ignored him and looked at Murong Chen beside him:

"Prince An, my father ordered you to return to Beijing to resume your duties."

"Stop lying to me. Is there still a way for me to survive when I return to Beijing?" Murong Chen said loudly in the city.

"Prince An, as long as you leave the city gate now and bring back 10 troops, my father will not kill you." Murong Hao said seriously.

"My father can even kill my mother and queen, so he will spare my life. Prince Rui, do you think this king is easy to deceive?" Murong Chen had a sad expression on his face.

"Mr. Gao deserves it, why are you doing this?" Murong Hao really couldn't understand Prince An's behavior.

"Why? My father has always suppressed my mother and the Gao family. He has never looked at my son. Why do you think I am?" Murong Chen's voice was trembling. He was not living for himself, but for his mother and the Gao family. live.

"Wang An, your surname is Murong, not Gao. You need to know your identity." Murong Hao reminded him again that he really didn't want to have a head-on conflict with Wang An.

"So what, I have to live for myself now." Murong Chen made up his mind at this moment.

"Living for yourself? My father trusted you so much and gave you 10 troops to guard the border. Is this how you repay him?"

Murong Hao was below, looking at his brother, his heart ached. He really couldn't figure out why Prince An would take this road of no return.

"That's what he owes me. The 10-strong army is still short." Murong Chen shouted at the top of his lungs.

"No one owes you anything, Prince An, stop it, maybe you can still save a life." Murong Hao's words were the advice from his younger brother to his elder brother, rather than a conversation between ministers.

"Stop? I can't. When I take this step, I can never look back." Murong Chen looked at Murong Hao below, he really couldn't look back.

"That means there's no need to talk anymore?" Murong Hao had persuaded him enough, and he felt that he had tried his best.

"There's nothing to talk about." Murong Chen made up his mind on the tower.

"Okay, Prince An, then we can only meet each other in arms." Murong Hao knew that Murong Chen had made up his mind.

"The sword has no eyes. If you hurt the emperor's brother, you will never forgive me." Murong Chen said seriously on the tower.

Murong Hao did not reply to him, but rode his horse back to the center of the army. He issued an order:

"The archers are lined up, the siege troops are ready, and the slingers are ready. Today we only need to break the city gate."

After he finished speaking, several generals responsible for these armaments responded in unison:

"Prince Rui, everything is ready."

"Let's begin." Murong Hao, who was riding on a tall horse, gave the order and all the soldiers and horses he had just ordered came forward and formed their formation.

Zhu Xiannan on the tower saw Murong Hao's formation and smiled:

"It's this trick again, isn't he tired of using it?"

"Does Prince Rui often use this formation?" Murong Chen asked.

"He likes to use this formation when attacking cities. I have seen a lot, but this time he didn't prepare a ladder, which is still a little different." Zhu Xiannan seemed to be aware of the difference.

"All archers, prepare to fire arrows." Zhu Xiannan gave the order at the city gate.

At this order, for a moment, the archers on both sides of the city tower and below the city tower drew their bows and shot arrows, and arrows rained down from the sky.

Murong Hao's slingers prepared 10 catapults to throw large rocks upward.

Seeing the strong offensive of the archers on the city tower, Murong Hao issued an order:

"The slingers use kerosene and throw stones with all their strength."

After using kerosene, the city tower was in a mess, with fire everywhere. Many archers were swallowed up by the fire and fled one after another.

"They used fire, we also used fire, archery soldiers, and rockets instead." Zhu Xiannan saw the mess on the tower and thought of using rockets.

Murong Hao knew that Zhu Xiannan could use rockets and continued to give instructions:

"The army retreated one mile, and the siege soldiers began to attack the city." Seeing the mess on the city tower, Murong Hao issued an order to attack the city.

I saw the siege soldiers who were all ready, lined up, and rushed towards the city gate with an oversized wooden stake.

"One, two, three, hit, one, two, three, hit." The siege soldiers shouted slogans and slammed into the city gate.

The wooden city gate was hit again and again by large wooden piles and began to become loose.

On the city tower, Zhu Xiannan prepared the kerosene, but found that Murong Hao had led his army back a mile. From such a distance, arrows could not reach his army.

"Isn't he going to attack the city? Why did he retreat?" Zhu Xiannan's head was full of black lines at this moment.

He anxiously asked the general on the side: "Are there still siege gates down there?"

"Back to the Third Highness, we are still attacking." the general on the side replied.

"What the hell is Murong Hao doing? He attacked the city gate and then retreated? What was he thinking?" Zhu Xiannan realized that he no longer understood Murong Hao.

"Don't you know my imperial brother's tactics very well? Why are they different from his previous tactics now?" Murong Chen looked on and smiled.

"You're still smiling, do you see anything?" Zhu Xiannan glanced at Murong Chen.

"I can't tell." Murong Chen really didn't know what Murong Hao was doing. He was retreating while attacking the city. What on earth was he thinking.

"Let the people below keep the city gate no matter what." Zhu Xiannan ordered.

"Yes." The general agreed and went to the city gate.

Murong Hao looked at the tower in the distance. The archers stopped shooting. There was a smile on his lips. Zhu Xiannan was really no match for him.

At the city gate, Zhu Xiannan's soldiers reinforced the city gate with reinforcement vehicles, and the newly loosened city gate was temporarily stabilized.

"Prince Rui, the city gate has been fortified and the siege troops cannot attack the city." A general walked to Murong Hao's horse and reported.

"Slingers, continue throwing flints to cover the new group of siege soldiers. The two groups of siege soldiers will attack the city at the same time." Murong Hao's purpose in this battle was to break the city gate, and he would not let his soldiers sacrifice too much.

"Yes." The general went down to make arrangements.

The distance of the catapult is farther than that of the bow and arrow. At this moment, the city tower is once again a sea of ​​fire.

"Your Highness, King Rui has sent another siege force. If this continues, our city gate will be breached." A general ran to the city gate to report.

"Archers, shoot arrows with all your strength and don't let the siege troops get close to the city gate." Zhu Xiannan issued the order.

But his archery soldiers were now fighting fires everywhere on the city tower. There were not many soldiers who could care about shooting arrows. They began to aim at the siege soldiers below who were still 5 feet away from the city gate.

"Soldiers, hide under the wooden piles and move forward with all your strength." The siege general spoke.

Another round of flaming arrows shot straight at the siege troops. Murong Hao looked at it from a distance and gave the order:

"Intensify the stone-throwing firepower and escort the siege troops."

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