At the head of the city, the wind is cold.

The sergeants who were preparing the city defense were in a hurry, and the wooden rolling stones were placed all over the city, and the ballistas and bed crossbows were also placed in place.

Busy Ordnance officials were busy going back and forth, inspecting ordnance and adjusting crossbow arrows.

The people shouted trumpets, pulled large bundles of rolling logs up to the city, and drove the donkeys to all parts of the city, and they were busy.

Hua Xun took a few generals to patrol the school, saw Su Lu at the head of the city, walked a few steps quickly, and said:

"Lord Wang, can you help the general take a look, are there any omissions?"

Several generals and colonels around them dispersed in an orderly manner, separating the busy sergeants and civilians.

Seeing that the subordinates around him couldn't hear his words, the expression on Hua Xun's face relaxed, his shoulders collapsed, and he stood against the city wall, his face full of exhaustion:

"Master, you have been letting go these days, I am almost tired into mud, the mobilization of the army, the deployment of combat readiness, the order of marching, the ambush before and after, the head of the general is almost big."

"In the past, I saw that the prince was in command, and the deployment of troops was like a person's palm, but now I know that you are a genius in the sky, and there are too many doorways in this war."

Su Lu stretched out his hand and pointed at Huaishui, and several black spots appeared on the surface of the river:

"There are no easy things in this world, but you don't realize the hardships. The Malis came, and went upstream, and the army of the Malis seemed to have arrived. ”

When Hua Xun heard this, he immediately stood up straight, put his hands on the pergola and looked into the distance, and after being sure that those black dots were warships, he immediately said with his hands on his hands:

"It's finally here, damn, I've been waiting for so many days, and it's finally here."

"Master, let's fight, shall we?"

Su Lu patted the green bricks at the head of the city and said casually:

"News came from the capital that General Xiao Cong was sick and Mrs. Xiao had left the righteous army of Chu and returned to the capital. can make Mrs. Xiao let go of the rebellion, it seems that General Xiao Cong is not light this time. ”

"If General Xiao Cong dies of illness, there will be one of the generals listed in the military department, can you fight well, let me give you this vote, can't you always ask me about these wars."

Hua Xun became excited when he heard this, his black and red face was full of excitement, and he suppressed the excitement in his tone:

"Master, this ...... General Su Ping has not yet been promoted to the rank of general, can it be my turn? ”

"This, according to the length of time you have been with the prince, it should be General Su Ping's turn."

Su Lu patted Hua Xun's shoulder and said with a smile:

"The military department still looks at military merits, if you follow me for a long time, you can become a general, then the land war Gao Dabao has been with me for a long time, this time it is not Su Ping's turn."

Hua Xun smiled, and stood up straight:

"Don't worry, this battle will kill most of the Mali people under Cangwu City, so that the Mali people will hunt Cangwu and become Cangwu to die."

Su Lu waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”

A moment later, the trumpet sounded at the head of the city.

The originally lazy sergeant at the head of the city immediately got busy, organized the people to retreat from the city wall in an orderly manner, and beat the gun in his hand mercilessly in the midst of shouting and scolding.

The people were soon driven off the city walls, and the city was full of guards.

There are also guards under the organization of the generals, battalions rushed up the city wall, and in the large camp in the city in the distance, the guard brigade drove out of the city in a steady stream and ran towards the city wall in all directions.

The saber rattled and the whole city moved.

Lu Zhan and Gao Dabao came over with Su Lu's guards, and Lu Zhan's face was full of nervousness:

"Lord Wang, let's go down to the city, don't put pressure on General Hua Xun."

Su Lu glanced at the Mali warship that appeared in the distance, and the Mali infantry army that appeared in the north of the city, and said with a smile:

"The Mali people are tired from afar, there will be no war today, there is no need to be so nervous."

As Su Lu expected, after the Mali people arrived, they dispersed the villagers around the city, demolished the houses outside the city, and directly erected military tents.

"It seems that the Malis did not attack Qidu."

After Su Lu estimated the number of Mali's army, his tone was a little annoyed, and he didn't even do the first thing to capture the capital of Qi when he had said it before.

Hua Xun, who was in the midst of a tense battle in front of him, was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Su Lu suspiciously:

"Attack Qidu?"

Hua Xun couldn't react for a while, what did the prince say.

saw Su Lu patting the blue bricks at the head of the city in annoyance, and said angrily:

"Beat, beat hard, even if you use a strong crossbow, you have to beat the Mali people to me, beat them to death, and let them know the consequences of not keeping the agreement."

A herald hurried up to the city, his voice hurried:

"Lord Wang, there is an urgent report from the Huaishang Water Army."

The herald stumbled, his breath unsteady, and it was obvious that he had run a long way.

Gao Dabao took a few steps forward, stopped the herald, took the emergency report, and as soon as his eyes turned, the two guards came up and supported the herald, and it was convenient to take care of it.

Su Lu unfolded the urgent report, glanced at it, his face immediately became ugly, and asked the herald:

"The governor of your family can say it, but you can catch up with the fleeing Mali Sailor Army?"

The herald shook his head, his voice hoarse:

"No, it doesn't count to kill the navy on the spot, but there are a few sailors who escaped, and the commander transferred Vice General Liu in advance to block the estuary, I don't know what the battle situation is now."

Su Lu frowned, walked back and forth a few steps, and suddenly stretched his brows again.

"It's because I thought badly, since there is a war, why talk about any means of reservation."

"Pass the order, order the Ordnance Office to send strong crossbows, and the East Pole Port and the South Port will set up strong crossbows, since the war has started, then fight until the Mali people surrender."

"Spread the order of our army to Jiameng Pass, it is said that our army's eastern front has started a war with the Mali people, so they must be careful to guard against the strong crossbow raid of the Mali people, strictly guard the pass, and be careful to take precautions."

Hua Xun was a little confused, what is the situation, using a strong crossbow?

Su Lu handed the urgent report in his hand to Hua Xun, and his tone was a little helpless:

"The battle in the future will be difficult to fight, as soon as the strong crossbow comes out, it depends on whose strong crossbow is powerful with flying birds, otherwise it will be beaten to the point of national annihilation."

Hua Xun read the emergency report and looked at Su Lu worriedly:

"Lord Wang, this, the strong crossbow has been used, if the Taixi people release a strong crossbow against us, we have no way to counteract."

Su Lu nodded, there was really no way to counteract, and he couldn't hope that the Mali people would not be able to throw the crossbow.

"Now there is only one way, throw the crossbow on the heads of the Mali people, let the Mali people eat a few strong crossbows, hurt them, beat them to cry, let them know that they can't afford to mess with us, and they won't dare to make trouble anymore."

Su Lu said, glanced at the Mali army outside the city, turned around and walked towards the city.

"End the battle as soon as possible, and leave the captives behind, and when the time comes, these people will be both money and hostages to restrain the Mali from throwing crossbows."

It was day and night, and the Han army went out of the city and attacked the Mali army.

Mali's foothold was not stable, and the Han army directly burned two camp tents, and the large battalion company retreated ten miles, relying on the river bay branched out of the Huaishui, and with the help of the water army, the camp tent was re-established.

Shantes was furious, and bluntly said that when the reinforcements came from the south, he would definitely cut off Su Lu's head and kick it as a ball.