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As time slowly passed, the troops of both sides had ceased fire for nearly two hours outside the city of Ulan.

During these two hours, Li Taisui and Xiang Wentian's troops had dug a large amount of soil from the wilderness.

"General, looking at the weather now, it's going to rain soon. Will there be any trouble with the filling operation?"

Outside the big tent, Qin Tianye, who was following behind, suddenly showed a hint of worry in his eyes.

If the rain is too heavy, the soil that the troops have just dug out will probably turn into mud and scatter everywhere before it has time to solidify.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yun immediately looked up at the sky.

Although it was not yet evening, the whole world was already quite dark due to the dense black clouds in the sky.

"It doesn't matter."

After a moment, Xia Yun shook his head.

You know, even if it starts to rain heavily soon, the problems they will face are far less serious than those of the Dune Troops in Ulan City!

The automatic rifles equipped by Xia Yun's troops basically have good waterproof performance.

Even in heavy rain, it can still be used normally.

However, the flintlock rifles used by the Dune Troops in Ulan City would misfire immediately once the gunpowder came into contact with water.

Even if there are still a few flintlock rifles that can be used normally, the intensity of firepower will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

As for the soil problem, as long as they act quickly enough, they can pile the soil under the city wall before the heavy rain comes.

Then the rain will not only not become an obstacle to them, but will help them integrate the soil together, which will be more conducive to their siege!

"How long will it take for the main force of the army to reach Ulan?"

After a while, Xia Yun turned and asked a question.

"In reply to the Marshal, according to the letter sent by General Xu Tianlei, the main force of the army will arrive in Wulan in three days."

Qin Tianye responded.

On that day, Xia Yun led hundreds of chariots and set off first. Now, behind them, there are nearly 290,000 troops on the way.

"Send a message to Xu Tianlei to send out a large number of spies during the march. Make sure to find out all the enemy's movements north of Changchun!"

Xia Yun added immediately.

It was only a matter of time to capture Ulan City. Once Ulan City was captured, the problem they would face would be to wipe out all remaining barbarian forces in the Northeast in the shortest possible time.

"According to the time, the 80,000 cavalrymen of the Tuoba tribe should have arrived at the city of Ketu."

Xia Yun spoke lightly, and his eyes looked in the direction of Kto City.

Using 80,000 elite cavalry to attack the city of Kto, which had only 10,000 defenders, even though the enemy was equipped with flintlock rifles.

But the Tuoba people are not fools.

He had already explained this possibility to Tuoba Jinghui when Tuoba Jinghui entered Changchun City.

Once the enemy troops stationed in Quetto are equipped with a large number of flintlock rifles, 80,000 cavalrymen can attack the city during heavy rain.

It is already late autumn now.

Especially in the Mobei steppe and the Northeast, the temperature dropped to an average of around 20 degrees.

Rain is a common occurrence.

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In a flash, several hours passed.

As expected, it started raining heavily.

Accompanied by roaring thunder and lightning, Xia Yun and his generals appeared below Ulan City, only two or three hundred meters away.

At this time, everyone was only wearing armor and let the rain fall on their bodies.

At the same time, on the entire battlefield outside Ulan City, Xia Yun's 20,000 automatic troops were constantly moving.

The faces of the generals led by Xia Yun were filled with firm and resolute expressions at this moment.

"Marshal, the earth-filling troops are ready. The five thousand jin boulder has been transported to the front line of the battlefield. They are waiting for your orders at any time!"

Under the dim starry sky, a commander braved the heavy rain and hurriedly came to Xia Yun to report.

In order to better implement the filling operation plan, the excavation team has collected a large amount of stones from the wasteland in the past few hours.

"Pass the order, the landfill operation team will start to move immediately!"

"The frontline troops advance one hundred meters and open fire to cover the earth-filling operation troops!"

Xia Yun immediately gave an order and announced the official start of the combat operation.

In order to reduce the casualties of his troops during the siege, he deliberately chose to launch the attack in the early morning.

Everything was ready, so there was no reason for them to waste any more time.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

As soon as Xia Yun's order was issued, within just two or three minutes, Chong Heihu, who had been prepared for a long time, appeared on the battlefield in person outside the south gate position of Wulan City.

He led his 3,000 troops and quickly launched an intensive fire attack towards the city wall.

At the same time, the Dune Troops defenders on the city wall also launched a counterattack.

However, because it was raining heavily, almost half of the flintlock rifles used by the defending troops had misfired, and only a few of them could still be used.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the firepower between the two sides was obviously unequal, and the sound of firepower on the walls of Ulan City was extremely sparse.

However, the generals of the Dune troops were not fools. When the flintlock rifles lost their effectiveness, a large number of archers quickly appeared on the city walls.

A rain of arrows instantly poured down towards the position below the city wall.

At this time, the excavation team led by Li Taisui and Xiang Wentian had appeared under the city wall position in the heavy rain.

I saw that every soldier was carrying a carrying pole on his shoulder, with two loads on both ends of the pole, some of which were filled with stones and some with hard soil.

"Pass on the Marshal's order. As long as we capture Wulan City tonight, all soldiers in the excavation unit will be awarded a third-class merit and fifty taels of silver!"

In order to better inspire the soldiers' fearless spirit, Li Taisui shouted loudly.

Immediately afterwards, under the cover of intensive firepower, the excavation team suffered a certain degree of casualties.

But under the leadership of Li Taisui and Xiang Wentian, they broke through to the bottom of the city wall.

The first batch of troops that arrived at the bottom of the city wall immediately unloaded their burdens and piled the stones and soil in the corners of the city wall.

At the same time, a steady stream of excavation troops continued to arrive from the rear.

In this way, under the strong wind and heavy rain and the rain of arrows from the city wall, soldiers kept coming and going like ants on the entire position outside the city.

"Are the other troops ready?"

On the small hill, Xia Yun looked at the extremely complicated situation at the front line and immediately spoke in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, Marshal. The troops from the other three directions have all gathered in the direction of the South Gate. We just need to wait for the excavation troops to complete the filling operation. Then we can gather all our forces and attack that point!"

Qin Tianye responded from the side.

Since the earth-filling method was chosen, the army naturally cancelled its previous strategy of attacking from one side and besieging the city from three sides.

The only thing they can do now is wait!

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