Zheng Guan, who suddenly woke up to this, was shocked, and then found that he had unknowingly been mastered by Sun Tu, which was a situation he had rarely encountered in the past.

As the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in charge of the prison, Zheng Guan's official authority is heavier than that of ordinary officials, not to mention the people, even ordinary officials will feel nervous when they see him, especially when he asks officials about the case, no matter how big the official is, he will also show trembling. But today is good, but the situation is completely reversed, this Sun Tu is really not comparable to ordinary people.

"This may have something to do with the fact that I am in a hurry to see him today, and that I am alone. Otherwise, if the guard of honor had been set up, the situation would have been very different. After finding a step in his heart, Zheng Guan looked at Sun Tu again: "Sun Dujian, this official heard that you Qingzhou acted absurdly this time, and you actually intended to recruit women into the army, but is there such a thing?" That's what made him change his course.

was stared at by the other party, Sun Tu didn't see any discomfort, and still smiled calmly: "Zheng Shaoqing is really well-informed, and he just came to my Qingzhou to know about it." That's right, as the following officer said before, because of the loss of troops in the past six months, the number of soldiers in our Qingzhou army has decreased sharply, and we can't recruit suitable soldiers and horses for a while, so we can only recruit some women into the camp first......"

"Ridiculous!" Zheng Guan immediately reprimanded loudly: "Sun Dujian, what you do is too ridiculous!" Since ancient times, I have never heard of any official army composed of women, and now you are recruiting women into the camp with great fanfare, once it spreads, how will the people of the world view me in the Song Dynasty? This will not only damage your reputation, but also make the court a laughing stock! ”

After a pause, he slapped the coffee table and said: "Sun Dujian, listen to the advice of this official, stop your ridiculous behavior immediately, it's not too late to make amends!" ”

Sun Tu frowned a little unhappily for the first time: "Zheng Shaoqing, because you are a Qincha, this official has always been respectful to you, but is it too much for you to say this?" When do I need a Shaoqing of Dali Temple to ask about the affairs of my Qingzhou army? ”

"You...... This official is a heartfelt statement, aren't you afraid that you will be impeached by the government and the opposition after the matter is publicized? Don't say anything with a clear conscience, once you do something, it is problematic in the eyes of others. Recruit female soldiers in the army, hey, I'm afraid that in the eyes of many people, Sun Dujian wants to set up military prostitutes in the army! ”

This time, not only Sun Tu's face was not good, but those soldiers on the side also showed anger, if they hadn't been worried, these people would have already reprimanded Zheng Guan. And after Sun Tu's face changed several times, he finally let out a sigh of relief, suppressed his anger and said: "It seems that Zheng Shaoqing is still too prejudiced against women, and he would actually say such things." But in my Sun Tu's opinion, although women are weaker than men in physical strength, in fact, as long as they have the heart to serve the country and defend their families, they will be the same when they join the army, and they can become the best soldiers in my Great Song Dynasty. ”

In the face of his remarks, Zheng Guan still had a disapproving expression, in his concept, those weak women and warriors are simply things that are not related to each other, how can they be confused.

Seeing that he was so stubborn, Sun Tu could only say: "Since Zheng Shaoqing refuses to believe my words, then let's speak with facts." Didn't you say that you suspected that what the lower officials told was untrue, so you just went to the barracks now and asked the soldiers there what they thought of Hommer and the others in person. Also, hundreds of female soldiers have recently been recruited in my Qingzhou military camp, and Zheng Shaoqing can also go to the scene to see if those women are really weaker than men! ”

Zheng glanced at Sun Tu a few times, and saw that he didn't look like he was saying polite words, and after weighing it slightly, he still nodded and said, "Then the official will go to your Qingzhou military camp for a long time according to what you said." He could not accept the statement that women were no weaker than men in the army.

Sun Tu is a person who does what he says, so he got up immediately and invited Zheng Guan to go out together. A few people rode straight to the barracks, and when they were still some distance away from there, everyone had already heard the shouts and cheers made during the exercises, which made Zheng Guan look up at Sun Tu a few times.

Zheng Guan, who has been an official in Bianjing, has seen the situation on the forbidden army's side, and the forbidden army has no training at all on weekdays, and only when some big celebrations are held, they will temporarily practice for a while. Moreover, the shouts of tens of thousands of people there were also soft, which could not be compared with the majestic sound heard at this time.

This alone can be seen that Sun Tu does have a hand in training, and he has won the hearts of the soldiers under his command, otherwise they would not have practiced so hard. Zheng Guan also knew that this was not Sun Tu's deliberate performance for himself, one revealed his identity too suddenly, and the other party didn't have time to prepare, and the momentum of the two exercises could not come out of the performance.

When he came to the front of the gate, which was relatively deserted and there were no idle people waiting for him, he only raised his eyes and swept it, and Zheng Guan's heart was cold again. I saw that above the gate, there were more than a dozen processed heads, which was really frightening to look at.

Sensing his reaction, Sun Tu smiled and explained: "Zheng Shaoqing, don't panic, these leaders are He Mo and others, they caused my Qingzhou army to lose soldiers and generals, so they should be dealt with like this to set an example!" ”

"I see, that's ......" Zheng Guan, who was a little panicked, no longer had the aggressiveness he had when he was in the government before, let alone accusing Sun Tu of being too presumptuous and insulting the dignity of the court because of this incident, but some rabbits and foxes glanced at the row of heads sadly, and then dismounted and walked into the barracks with Sun Tu and them.

To his surprise, even if the leader was Sun Tu, the Qingzhou military supervisor, the soldiers guarding the door still dutifully stepped forward to stop them first, and only after checking the waist card did they salute and let them in. After seeing such strict rules, Zheng Guan's mind immediately flashed the word Xiliuying.

Entering the barracks [fo], the shouting was louder, and Zheng Guan was finally able to see with his own eyes how the Qingzhou Army practiced-

I saw that in the large open space on the left side of the barracks, there were several phalanxes lined up, thousands of soldiers, all of them were armed with wooden guns, and after shouting the word kill with the order of a general in front of them, they took a step forward, and the spears stabbed forward vigorously, as if there was really an enemy rushing forward in front of them.

What amazed Zheng Guan was that the movements of these soldiers were almost identical, neatly and uniformly, whether they were stepping, shooting, retracting, or retreating, all of them were advancing and retreating together, and there was no precedence. In this way, although it is only a team of thousands of people, it has already shown a terrifying momentum that is terrifying, even tens of thousands of people are difficult to present, coupled with their loud shouts, there is even more momentum of thousands of troops.

"Turn left!" The sudden sound of a clear drink behind him made Zheng Guan stunned again, and then he subconsciously turned his head to look back, and then saw a scene that made him dumbfounded-I saw that on the right side of the school field that he had ignored just now, there were more than 300 young soldiers with short stature and beautiful appearance, no, not young soldiers, but female soldiers!

After taking a closer look, Zheng Guan was surprised to find that these more than 300 people were actually female soldiers who he considered useless. At this time, although they looked at their thin bodies, the stubbornness and unyielding spirit embodied in standing there were still frightening.

Everyone stood there straight, even though someone in the middle was trembling slightly, but none of them cried out. Although the sun overhead was not as fierce as in the middle of summer, it was still very hot just after noon, but even if these female soldiers were sweating, they did not relax in the slightest, and let the sweat continue to flow down their cheeks, but none of them reached out to wipe it, just like a bronze statue.

Although these female soldiers simply stood and simply made the simplest movements such as standing upright and turning around in the voice of the female general in front of them, the impact on Zheng Guan was greater than that of the male soldiers on the other side, which made him stunned for a long time before he reacted: "This ...... This...... Is it the female soldiers you recruited into the camp? ”

"Yes, they're real female soldiers." Sun Tu also said with some joy: "Not everyone can come in my Qingzhou military camp, even if it is a female soldier, she must be strong enough, bear hardships and stand hard work, and be willing to obey orders." Now most of these female soldiers are actually the widows of soldiers who died in battle, and their husbands were killed by the Liangshan bandits, so they will think about avenging their husbands, even though the drills in my camp are extremely harsh, but they still survived. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Tu's face was solemn again: "So I hope Zheng Shaoqing can give them some respect, and don't insult these real heroines with words like military prostitutes." Because in the hearts of my Qingzhou soldiers, they are all the same as us, they are also robes, they can be entrusted with life and death and back, the most reliable comrades-in-arms! ”

"I ...... The official was carefully taught, and it was indeed the official who was a little abrupt before. In the face of this shocking scene, even if they are prejudiced against female soldiers, Zheng Guan has to admit that they do have the potential to become real soldiers, and even in a sense, these women are more like an army than most men who are soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty.

But after a moment of silence, he still said with some hesitation: "But after all, there is a difference between men and women, there is such a female soldier in the barracks, and the atmosphere in the army is ......."

"This is my family prison has already taken precautions, has Shaoqing seen that line?" Yang Zhi pointed to a deliberately drawn eye-catching red line in front of him and said: "With this line as the boundary, male and female soldiers are separated, not only ordinary soldiers, but also our generals, those who dare to cross the line without permission under military orders will also be killed." At least in the past ten days, no one has dared to disobey the order to cross the line. ”

Listening to this explanation, he saw the drill scene of the male and female soldiers in the Qingzhou Army with his own eyes, even Zheng Guan had to admit that he was too prejudiced before, and the female soldiers might really be worthy of a war.