When Sun Tu defeated nearly 50,000 Wu troops with more than 20,000 people in the south and captured Huzhou, achieving a hearty victory at the same time, near Suzhou in the north, the Song army also defeated an elite Wu army led by Fang Shifo in a battle.

Fang Shifo was ordered to go north, which was originally a good wishful thinking, one could cut off the Song army's grain route and mess with the morale of the army in front of it, and the other could also launch an attack on Suzhou, which was already not much garrisoned, and could still set up an ambush halfway to kill the Song army that came back by surprise. But Song Jun's reaction was far beyond his expectations, and the number of soldiers and horses sent back by Sun Tu to rescue actually reached seventy or eighty thousand!

Originally, he had already led his troops to guard a dangerous place that was easy to attack and difficult to defend, but the steady stream of Song troops was stunned and shattered his entire plan. During this period, their whereabouts were quickly detected by the Song army, so an ambush turned into an encounter.

Even if Fang Shifo bravely crowned the three armies, his subordinates were all elite of the Wu army, and they also occupied a certain geographical advantage, but when the battle really began, the disparity in strength still made this battle unsuspenseful. After a day and night of fierce fighting, Wu's army was defeated and fled in a hurry. Even Fang Shifo himself was injured a lot because his fists were difficult to defeat his four hands, if it weren't for the desperate rescue cover of the pro-army around him, I am afraid he would have fallen into the hands of Song Jun.

As a result, the Wu army suffered two defeats in succession, which greatly damaged the vitality, and both the government and the opposition were gloomy and miserable, and many people were panicked and did not know how to deal with it.

It was only at this time that the problems of the unstable foundation of the new regime of Wu were exposed. In the past, when the wind was smooth and the water was soaring, it was naturally good, but once it encountered a setback, even those who were officials could not come up with a protocol to deal with it, let alone ordinary people. What's even more terrifying is that Sun Tu has not let go of this opportunity, and the relevant rebellious articles have been distributed to all parts of Jiangnan again, and people's hearts have changed again......

Nowadays, there is also a group of people in Hangzhou City, and even the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army who are guarding the gate of the palace are sad, obviously even they are no longer optimistic about the current situation. When Fang Fei and Jiang Shihu entered the palace together, after seeing this scene, their brows were locked tighter and tighter.

But the two just looked at each other and didn't say anything. If they are blamed now, it will only make the situation worse, so they can only act as if they can't see anything, and what they are most worried about now is the mood of Emperor Fang La, and today they are also here to persuade the emperor not to be discouraged.

As usual, the two soon saw Fang La in the palace, but the Jiangnan heroes who were heroic and dry at the beginning were now worried, nervous, and looked like they were ten years old. After seeing these two henchmen, he forced himself to lift his spirits and said with a smile: "How about it, the injuries of the two brothers Ten Buddhas and Wanchun are all right, right?" ”

Just a few days ago, Pang Wanchun, who lost Huzhou and returned to the south after a big defeat, was sent back to Hangzhou, because his injuries were very serious, and his subordinates did not dare to send him back in a hurry, and he was delayed for a lot of time along the way. It was Fang Shifo, although he was not lightly injured, but at least his life was safe, and he could ride a horse to see Fang La to confess his guilt, but he also fell ill and was bedridden afterwards, and it was difficult to get up for a while.

These two people are the pillars that Wu can rely on the most now, compared to them, other generals are either not capable enough, or not prestige enough, it is difficult to take on the heavy responsibility of leading troops to resist the offensive of the Song army. Therefore, Fang La was extremely concerned about the injuries of the two, and they both visited them in person yesterday, and they asked again when they met today.

After Fang Fei glanced at Jiang Shihu, he said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the injuries of the two generals have been stabilized, as long as they continue to recuperate and take medicine, they can be healed in as little as a month or two, or as much as half a year." ”

"That's good, that's good......" Although Fang La said this, the sadness on his face did not ease at all. In fact, he knew very well that for the current Wu Kingdom, ten days and a half months might not be able to wait, let alone half a year. By that time, maybe the Song army had already entered the city of Hangzhou, and he himself would be imprisoned.

But as the king of Wu State, the backbone of everyone, even if he is pessimistic and desperate, he can only hold on at this time, otherwise they will only collapse faster.

Fang Fei also understood his difficulties, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much, judging from the front-line spy reports, after the Song army took Huzhou, it has no intention of going south for the time being. After all, under the repeated battles, they were also injured a lot, and they needed to recuperate and replenish before they could enter the army again. ”

"Of course I know that the Song army can't be killed for the time being, but how long can this drag on?" Fang La smiled bitterly and looked at Jiang Shihu: "Military Master, are you also here to comfort me with such words?" ”

Jiang Shihu smiled reluctantly: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be so pessimistic, although our army has suffered successive defeats and crises, it has not reached the point of being cornered and unable to return to the sky." It was precisely because he thought of some ways that he deliberately came to speak with Fang Xiang. ”

Fang Fei also followed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, things are far from that far, we still have a chance, you are the backbone of all of us, but you must not mess with yourself." ”

After all, Fang La is also a hero, even if he is depressed and pessimistic at this time, under the persuasion of two cronies, he finally calmed down a little: "Then tell me, what else is there to return to heaven?" ”

Jiang Shihu glanced at Fang Fei, and after seeing that the other party made a gesture, he spoke: "Your Majesty, after this series of battles, the minister has to admit that my Wu army is far from being the opponent of the Song army, especially not the opponent of Sun Tu's Shandong army!" When Sun Tu was mentioned as an enemy, there was still unconcealable hatred and murderous aura flashing in his eyes, and at the same time, he was full of helplessness.

After a pause, he said: "So the minister thinks that in the next battle, we must no longer confront them head-on, but should turn to defend the city to the death, that is, to drag them down with a drag." ”

Fang Fei also echoed on the side: "The minister has already inquired about the causes and effects of the previous defeats, in the final analysis, it was our army that the soldiers were in a hurry, so they fell into the arms of the Song army and were defeated by them." In fact, in this battle of Huzhou, Pang Wanchun had deliberately failed to defend it, but his subordinate generals disobeyed the military order and attacked without authorization, which led to this big defeat and tired Huzhou was lost. ”

Seeing that Fang La continued to be silent, Jiang Shihu knew what he was thinking, so he said again: "Of course, just stubbornly defending is only a symptom but not a root cause, so the minister thinks that we can still make preparations with both hands, as long as these two strategies can be successful, there are seventy or eighty percent sure that the current predicament will be reversed." ”

"But what is the countermeasure, let's hear it." Fang La finally became interested and hurriedly asked.

"One is to send credible people to surrender. During this period of time, Sun Tu also distributed the text on the protection of Confucianism to various places, which has caused many places to start to move, maybe when, there will be chaos in some cities, and some people will even surrender the city. This is naturally a big trouble for my Wu country, but at the same time, it is also an opportunity for us to let the trustworthy generals lead the troops to surrender. Once they suddenly attack the Song army at a critical moment, the effect is far greater than our frontal attack.

The second is to use the counter-tactic of sending people to Bianliang in Tokyo, so that the Song court is suspicious of Sun Tu, and it is best to seize his military power and replace it with someone else to command the troops and horses. In Chen's opinion, our biggest enemy is still Sun Tu, as long as this person goes, the rest are not worried. ”

Jiang Shihu's remarks made Fang La fall into a short period of contemplation, and only after a while did he say, "Are these two strategies really feasible?" Especially the former, then Sun Tu will not take precautions, or even simply be ruthless? ”

"Your Majesty can rest assured at this point, the minister has already inquired, that Sun Tu claims to be a dignified and benevolent teacher, not only does not commit any crime against the people of Jiangnan, but also treats the captives well and never kills indiscriminately. It is precisely because of this that everywhere he goes, many people will join the army. Even if we didn't have this plan, once the text was widely known, it was inevitable that someone would meet the wind and rudder and suddenly raise an army to take refuge, and we would just let some credible soldiers get mixed in, and it would not be a problem at all. ”

Fang Fei said, and glanced at Jiang Shihu again, who cooperated and continued: "As for going to Bianliang to make the counter-plot, it will be simpler. In fact, Sun Tu has always had a relationship with many officials of the Song court, and they are also worried that if this person really makes great achievements, it will be detrimental to their own family, as long as we know the benefits, we can always buy some people. What's more, there is Zhu Mian's mistake ahead, this is a real example. ”

"Of course, the most important thing for us is to hold on first. Therefore, the minister means to give up some small counties in front of us first, and shrink the troops back to a few important big cities, as long as we survive this period, once we wait until Wanchun and the Ten Buddhas recover from their injuries, plus the Song Dynasty will make stumbling blocks again, we will turn defeat into victory, and break the enemy to win! Fang Fei finally gave a clear strategy for dealing with the enemy, and then looked at Fang La: "Your Majesty, all of this requires you to come forward to inform your subordinates in order to stabilize the hearts of the people and the army!" ”

At this time, Fang La's mood was much better than before, and the words of the two cronies and strategists finally made him settle down, at least not as desperate as before. So he quickly adjusted his mentality, and said with a high spirit: "What the two brothers said is true, it is far from the time of despair, we are just encountering occasional setbacks!" If you do what you want, you can rise again, and if you fail, you will die. Our La's ability to start in the market and lay down this half of the south of the Yangtze River is enough to leave a name in history, and I am afraid that he will not succeed in a grandson? ”

"Your Majesty is wise, it is really the blessing of my Wu country!" The two of them hurriedly complimented. But they sighed in their hearts, although Fang La said it arrogantly, but in fact, he was still apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't have much confidence. But this is not something they can dissipate in a short period of time, and even the gloomy cloud that is now hanging over Hangzhou City cannot be dispersed in the short term, and it can only be seen if this last gamble can be made!