Beiliang military camp.

Huyan Shun received a report from the guards that the chiefs of the Yongzhou barbarians had fled with their people overnight, and he was immediately furious.

"This bunch of rubbish actually dared to run away, are they looking for death?"

He really didn't expect that these chiefs would dare to disobey his orders and run away with their people overnight. It was simply outrageous.

"Your Highness, are we still going to attack Anding City?"

Hu Yanshun's confidant Tuoba Lie spoke up.

"Attack!" Hu Yanshun squeezed out the word from between his teeth, his face gloomy. "Go and inform the soldiers to get ready. After dinner, attack Anding City."

Tuoba Lie clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, now that the Yongzhou barbarians have fled, our army is attacking the city alone. I'm afraid..."

"Are you scared?" Hu Yanshun interrupted coldly.

"150,000 barbarians were defeated simply because they were stupid!"

"It is extremely stupid for someone to sneak into the military camp and set fire to it, causing it to explode."

He slammed his hand on the table, "Is it possible that my Beiliang 50,000 cavalry can't take down a ruined city?"

Tuoba Lie was speechless and could only obey the order and leave. He also felt that the Yongzhou barbarians were too stupid. A military camp of more than 100,000 people was actually broken into by a few thousand people.

If it really happened, no one would believe it if I told them.

But if they wanted to attack Anding City, could they really rely on their 50,000 cavalry? Because they had the help of the Yongzhou barbarians, they did not carry siege weapons.

The 150,000-strong Yongzhou barbarian army had besieged Anding City for half a year but had not been able to capture it. Tuoba Lie felt that they might not be able to capture it either, but now that Huyan Shun had spoken, they had no choice but to obey.

Soon, the Northern Liang cavalry marched towards Anding City. Huyan Shun sat on the chariot and personally supervised the battle.

Boom boom boom!

The dull sound of war drums rang out, the command flags in the Northern Liang army changed, and cavalry were seen coming towards the city wall.

On the city wall, everyone was on high alert.

Pei Yun saw that Beiliang was full of cavalry, and asked curiously: "General Mu, they don't even have catapults or battering rams, how can they attack the city?"

Mu Xiong said: "Their cavalry can also attack the city. See if they have short spears on their backs. When they get close, they will throw the short spears and insert them into the city wall, using them as a foothold to climb the wall."

"Also, the Beiliang cavalry are equipped with special iron claws that can hook onto the gaps in the city wall and climb up."

Pei Yun heard this and narrowed his eyes to observe carefully.

Sure enough, each of those Beiliang cavalrymen had three short iron spears tied to their backs, and the spear tips shone coldly in the sunlight.

What is even more eye-catching is the iron claw hanging next to their saddles - a claw hook made of fine steel connected to a cowhide rope, which is obviously a weapon specially designed for climbing.

This is somewhat similar to the siege method used by the Southern Barbarians. They can attack the city without using catapults or ladders.

Moreover, the equipment of the Northern Liang army is much better than that of Yongzhou.

Most of the Yongzhou barbarians were still wearing leather armor, but the Northern Liang army was already wearing iron armor.

As he was speaking, the Beiliang cavalry had already approached a distance of 500 steps. The cavalry in the front row all took off their short spears and began to speed up.

The sound of horse hooves shook the earth like thunder, and the smoke and dust covered the sky.

"Three hundred steps!" the soldier on the watchtower counted loudly.

"Archers ready!"

As soon as Zhao Tiezhu's voice sounded, thousands of archers drew their bows and drew their arrows.

When the Beiliang cavalry came into range, arrows rained down. However, the Beiliang cavalry were well prepared and raised their shields to block.

However, this time, Zhao Tiezhu and other archers did not use ordinary arrows, but armor-piercing arrows. The specially made triangular arrowheads were very effective in piercing armor.

Although they were still blocked by a lot of Northern Liang cavalry, dozens of them were still shot, fell off their horses, and were instantly swept under the hooves of the horses following behind.

"cast!"

When the cavalry was fifty steps away from the city wall, a roar was heard from the Beiliang cavalry, and all of them threw their short spears at the city wall.

The cavalrymen in the first row did not even look at the result of the throw. They pulled the reins together, and the horses immediately turned and ran to the left, revealing the cavalrymen in the second row.

The cavalry in the first row went around to the rear of the team and took down the second short spear.

The cavalry in the second row also threw, but the height they threw exceeded that of the cavalry in the first row, and they nailed a second foothold on the city wall.

Arrows were constantly shot from the city wall, but unfortunately, the number of archers was too small to form an effective attack. In addition, there were not many armor-piercing arrows, and after they were used up, they were replaced with ordinary arrows, which greatly reduced their lethality.

Rows of cavalrymen continuously threw short spears at the city wall, forming a winding staircase upwards.

Pei Yun was amazed. He didn't expect that they could attack the city in this way. It seemed that these cavalrymen of Beiliang were very strong, otherwise it would be impossible for them to insert their short spears into the city wall.

I just don't know if they can still plug it into the concrete wall.

Moreover, this siege method without ladders also reduces the risk of the ladders being destroyed and dozens of soldiers falling to their deaths.

The spears were stuck in the city wall and it was impossible to destroy them unless one went out of the city and took the spears down.

It has to be said that although Beiliang did not have siege weapons, it also had its own unique way of siege.

When Hu Yanshun saw that the stairs were ready, he drew his scimitar and shouted, "Attack!"

The attack horn sounded.

Twenty thousand cavalrymen began to gallop forward, and soon formed a charging momentum. The sound of horse hooves thundered, and they surged towards the city wall like a black tide, giving people a strong visual impact.

Soon these cavalrymen rushed to the city wall under a hail of arrows, jumped off their horses, grabbed the short spears inserted in the city wall, and climbed up quickly.

The horses of these cavalrymen were well-trained and automatically ran to one side to make room for the cavalry behind them.

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