After all, Tie Li still led the army to kill mightily, and at this moment he was garrisoning the sloping mountain between Huaiwu and Huaixian County. Huaiwu is located in the north of Huai County, from Hengzhou to Huai County or even further attack the city of Xianzhou, this is the place to pass. However, since it was only a stronghold of gangs in the rivers and lakes, if it weren't for the strategic arteries and the fact that it was built like a fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Tie Li might not have stopped for it at all and attacked Huaixian directly. He is now garrisoning Xieshan, and his main target is Huaixian, and Huaiwu is just incidental.

In the afternoon of the next day, Sun Rong was leading the people of the three halls in the south to inspect the city defense, and suddenly saw thousands of troops and horses in front of him, and they were coming towards this side in a dense manner. "The rebels are coming! Get ready for battle! With Sun Rong's shout, Huaiwu urgently entered a state of readiness, and the strong men with full bows immediately stood by their respective arrow stacks, holding their breath and waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Before the group arrived, a rebel general came ahead of the crowd and shouted, "Call your dock master, Sun Rong, out!" ”

Sun Rong showed half of his face from behind the arrow stack: "Down there is Sun Rong!" ”

The rebel general moistened his throat: "On the order of General Tie Li, Huaiwu Sun Rong, if you can understand the current affairs and submit to the public in front of the battle, you can still protect thousands of lives in Huaiwu; If you still try to resist stubbornly, the army will pass through, and the chickens and dogs will not be left! "The Yu Gong in his mouth is the leader of the rebel army, and the former Yuli Town will be Chenglie.

After the announcement, the rebel general arrogantly stood on the horse, waiting for Sun Rong to open the door and surrender. However, he didn't wait for that moment, Sun Rong didn't care about his threat, raised his hand and shot three arrows in front of his horse: "Go back and tell Tie Li that if you want to fight, you will fight, and you won't talk nonsense like a mother-in-law!" ”

"You'll regret it!" The rebel gritted his teeth and threw down these seven words, and then returned to the horse formation. Moments later, a loud drum rang out in the enemy formation, and the attack officially began.

However, the enemy suddenly stopped at the point where they advanced to twice the range of the bow and arrow, and Sun Rong and the others were puzzled, only to see dozens of chariots slowly pushed out behind the opponent's formation, which were huge, and the most conspicuous thing was that there was a long wooden stick hanging down at the top of each chariot.

"Not good, catapult!" As soon as Sun Rong's words fell, a boulder flew in with the sound of whirring wind. A few people couldn't dodge and were smashed squarely, and their brains and blood were spilled on the ground. More stones were smashed into the dock wall, leaving shocking holes in their wake. Sun Rong and the others did not dare to move against the dock wall, and every once in a while they could feel the shaking of the wall behind them after being smashed. "Inform Sun Heyou to continue the speed of the two people due west and east of the two halls to come to support! Due North, Northeast, and Northwest Gather on standby, and exchange with the gatekeeper brothers an hour later! "The enemy is strong, and Sun Rong has to adjust his deployment.

The boulder is like a pouring rainstorm, dense and turbulent, refreshing this group of rivers and lakes reckless cognition of conquest, it turns out that this is war, and it is not the same thing as fighting with a sword and a sword on weekdays. Sun Zhenhu, the deacon of the Southwest Hall, had never seen such a battle, and he couldn't help but tremble in shock, forgetting to dodge. He is Sun Fuhu's youngest brother, about forty years old, because he is an old man, so he is not much older than Sun Tai and Sun Rong.

"Third uncle! Don't want to die? Don't hide it against the wall! Sun Rong shouted at him with a look of disgust.

Sun Zhenhu woke up like a dream: "Oh...... Oh......" trembling and crawling to Sun Rong's side.

Sun Rong glanced at him contemptuously: "This is just the beginning!" There will definitely be a bigger scene in the future, third uncle, as a deacon, even if you are afraid in your heart, you must not show it in front of your subordinates! ”

Everyone understands the truth, but whether it can be done is another matter, although Sun Zhenhu thought so in his heart, of course he didn't dare to refute Sun Rong like this, but he just promised: "I know." ”

After a sparse "rain of stones", the enemy's war drums rang out in unison, rushing like a tide on a ladder. This is the main play, Sun Rong said secretly in his heart, and hurriedly ordered the rocket to prepare, and when the enemy entered the range, they would be launched together. The enemy army was getting closer and closer, and as thousands of arrows were fired on the wall, a large number of them fell in an instant, and many corpses were still emitting thick black smoke. But the other party was outnumbered, and the next wave fell, and immediately another bigger wave stepped on the corpse of his companion and continued to rush forward, and in an instant the wall was full of ladders. Along the ladder, the enemy soldiers rushed up like ants. Correspondingly, Sun Rong's side lifted the hot oil that had been prepared and poured it down, and the enemy soldiers fell down the ladder one by one screaming, and those who were not scalded to death were also killed. But Rao is like this, Huaiwu's side still seems to be staggered, and several times let the enemy climb the dock wall, fortunately Sun Rong and several deacons are extraordinary so that they will not be lost.

While resisting the rebels, Sun Rong did not forget to pay attention to the performance of his own people, especially the eight deacons. Zhengnan Deacon Sun Wei is worthy of being an old subordinate who has been following him, not only is he vigorous, but what is even more rare is that he has a fire burning in his chest all the time, brave and fearless; Zhengbeitang is usually busy with all kinds of chores, but its deacon Sun Zhao's performance in today's battle is not inferior to the rest of the deacons, and even slightly better; In addition, the new deacon of Zhengxi Church, Sun He, the deacon of Northeast Church, Sun Ting, and Deacon You Xu of Zhengdong Church, are also brave. In comparison, Sun Zhenhu is much inferior, clumsy and cowardly, if he hadn't just killed Sun Baohu, in order not to say that he doesn't miss family affection, Sun Rong wants to let him get out at this moment.

The sky was getting dark, and the other party finally withdrew his troops. In this battle, the other side invested about 5,000 troops, although the city was not broken, but it also caused heavy losses to Huaiwu, the dock wall was broken in several places, and the deep hao around the dock was almost filled with corpses.

The enemy retreated, full of devastation, Sun Zhao looked at the ruins everywhere, full of worry: "Dock master, do you immediately arrange for everyone to repair the fortifications overnight?" ”

Sun Rong waved his hand a little absentmindedly: "No need! He knew that today's attack was only a small force of the opponent, and tomorrow's attack would inevitably be several times that of today, even if he used a new Huaiwu to fight against it, he had no chance of winning, so he simply didn't waste manpower.

Sun Zhao saw Sun Rong's thoughts: "What are the plans of the dock master?" ”

Sun Rong sighed: "You first summon all the chief and deputy deacons, table officials, and escort leaders of each hall to the lecture hall, and I have my own arrangements." ”

When Sun Zhao and the others were all ordered to leave, Sun Rong was still left alone on the dock wall, staring at the end of the distant line of sight without blinking, he was waiting for someone. If this person does not come, the next meeting will not begin.

Leaning against the wall and looking at it for a long time, finally, a man in black rode a horse from a distance and met Sun Rong's eyes. When he rode closer, Sun Rong asked eagerly, "Is it Sun Chaozong?" ”

"It's a subordinate!" The man in black answered.

Sun Rong hurriedly ordered the gatekeeper to fall off the drawbridge and let him in. This Sun Chaozong is the commander of the Huaiwu Wind Shadow Team, and he was ordered by Sun Rong to go out to investigate the news yesterday.

After Sun Chaozong entered the dock, Sun Rong couldn't wait to ask, "Have you ever found out?" ”

Sun Chaozong: "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!" ”

Sun Rong: "Okay! Let's go to the martial arts hall quickly, and talk as we go! ”

In the martial arts hall, everyone stopped talking when they saw Sun Rong and Sun Chaozong coming together, and the originally noisy hall instantly quieted down. Sun Rong looked around, then looked at Sun Chaozong and said, "You first tell everyone about the news that came in." ”

Sun Chaozong took a step forward: "Yesterday, under the order of the lord of Xiawu, I investigated the defense of the Tieli army, and found that its main formation is located in a valley on the south side of the inclined mountain. ”

Hearing this, a few nimble brains had vaguely guessed that Sun Rong had arranged this way, but he wanted to sneak attack Tieli's main formation, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shook his head and said that he was messing around, with the current strength of Huaiwu, self-protection is not yet available, and he still wants to take the initiative to attack, isn't it crazy? Seeing that everyone did not approve, Sun Rong raised his voice and said, "Everyone! Tieli has an army of 70,000 troops, and although we can barely resist its attack today, tomorrow the enemy will attack several times, and we will be dead and dead. Both horizontally and vertically are dead, why not let go and raid their own formation, in that case, there may be a glimmer of hope. ”

Everyone bowed their heads in groups and discussed for a while, and they all felt that there was indeed no better way to do it, but it was still difficult to hide their horror. Sun Rong said loudly again: "The enemy is outnumbered, only surprise can win, don't hesitate!" Now pass on my order, all the combat forces in each hall gather in the territory, including all the guards of the army, immediately assemble at the south gate, everyone is silent, and follow Sun Chaozong to kill the enemy's main formation, there is only one goal, that is Tie Li's head! Even if you fight to the last person, you must not retreat without permission before taking the head of Tie Li! ”