Sun Tu, who was in Qingzhou, didn't know that Liangshanbo was now panicked, and his brotherhood seemed to be able to wipe out thousands of Liangshan thieves as long as he sent troops to attack him. He also fought with Zeng in the city, planning how to further divide the leaders of Liangshan and prepare for the next offensive.

In fact, even if Sun Tuzhen knew about this, he would not be in a hurry to use troops at this time, in his eyes, the soldiers and horses under his command were not strong enough, and more importantly, he was also worried that this would make Liangshan re-reach a consensus and unite. This possibility is not impossible, once the threat from outside is too great to make the survival of the leaders in question, how can they spend their minds on mutual suspicion and competition?

Therefore, at this time, Sun Tu still did not move, even if he had completely suppressed Zeng Kaiqian, and learned the news that Zhu Gui was willing to surrender and cooperate from Zhu Fu, who had just rushed back, he did not make him rush to move his troops. It's just that the smile on his face is a little bigger: "Okay, Zhu Fu, you really didn't disappoint me, once this peace is done, this official will report your credit to the imperial court!" ”

"Humble duty is just doing one's duty, thank you for your help." Zhu Fu was also overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly responded.

Sun Tu glanced at him again and asked, "By the way, you just went to Liangshanbo, do you have any suggestions?" He will not let go of any possibility of success, even if Zhu Fu is not good at using soldiers, it will not prevent him from asking a few words.

And this question really made Zhu Fu say: "Eunuch, the humble post actually thought about some things there, if it is a frontal attack, even if everyone in the cottage is centrifugal, I am afraid that we will have to pay a great price, so I feel that attacking the mountain from the north and west, where the defense is weaker, is the wisest choice." And after looking across the lake, he thought that those water villages were not completely invulnerable, and if he could choose to sneak up on them at night, he might have a miraculous effect. ”

"Do you want to attack on the water at night?" Sun Tu frowned, and then looked at several other generals, whether it was Lin Chong, Dong Ping, or Qi Desheng Yang Zhi, all of whom looked embarrassed. After all, Qingzhou is far away from the river, even if they practice diligently on weekdays, water warfare is still the weakest link in this army, and correspondingly, the strongest of the Liangshanbo armies is the sailors, which is completely attacking the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings, which is really unwise.

Sun Tu also understood this, so he quickly shook his head: "This matter is embarrassing, you go back to rest and rest, how to attack the mountain, we have to think about it again." ”

After Zhu Fu left, Dong Ping proposed: "Metropolitan Supervisor, I think his statement does have some truth, as for the navy, why don't we borrow troops and horses from other state capitals?" ”

"On loan?" Sun Tu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm afraid this matter is even more difficult to do." Our Qingzhou army has been living too smoothly over the years, and it has long been tabooed by others, and neither the DPRK nor other government governments will be happy to see us easily pacify the Liangshan bandits. And once we don't have the support of the imperial court, there is a chance that we will not be able to borrow troops. ”

Everyone's faces were dark, and then they were all a little angry: "How can this really be true, obviously we are Pingkou for the Great Song Dynasty, but they are good, not only do they not want to help, but they are always stumbling behind their backs, calculating us!" "The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind, and the people above the crowd will not be." Who told us that the Qingzhou Army is too strong and too sharp? Sun Tu sighed and shook his head, this idea can be completely dispelled, if you want to solve the problem of Liangshanbo, you can only rely on the strength of Shandong.

"In fact, it is really good to put the breakthrough point in the peripheral water village, the key is how to take it down under their reaction, and still be able to hold it." Qi Desheng also frowned and thought about a way, but Luda on the side sighed: "We don't have a few decent warships on hand now, even if we collect them from the local area, I'm afraid they can't compare to Liangshan's years of hard preparation." Even if they are really approached by us because of the sky, with the strength of their water warfare, I am afraid that they can easily defeat us. ”

These words are not enough to make others want to destroy their own prestige, and everyone is stunned after these words, and no one speaks again.

As a result, the good mood brought by the good news of winning Zeng Kaiqian and Zhu Gui Toucheng has also faded a lot, and everyone's faces are full of gloom. Seeing this, Sun Tu smiled: "Okay, I believe that there is always a solution to everything, but it hasn't been thought of by us for the time being." You don't have to worry too much, everything is still under our control now, everyone just continue to train, maybe in two days, there will be a way to break the thief. ”

This lifted everyone's spirits, and after saying yes, they dispersed. Sun Tu, on the other hand, continued to stand in front of the newly drawn topographical map around Liangshanbo, thinking about countermeasures.

But sometimes the strategy or something can't be thought of, so in the next few days, Sun Tu was still at a loss for this, seeing that March was about to enter the middle of March, the imperial court sent people to urge again, but the officials and soldiers still did not see any action.

In this way, Zeng Kaiqian was a little restless, you must know that the imperial court sent people to find him directly, and now that he is in the same boat with Sun Tu, it can really be regarded as getting on the thief ship, if the official army does not move, he will not be able to withstand the pressure.

So on the 11th day of March, he asked to see Sun Tu again and told his difficulties in a down-to-earth manner: "Sun Dujian, even if you pretend to be, you have to go to Liangshanbo with the army, otherwise it will be really difficult for me to explain to the imperial court." If you really make the officials believe that you have an unscrupulous intention to raise your self-esteem, and explicitly decree to seize your military power, I am afraid that it will not be what you and I are happy to see. ”

"If you don't have the certainty of victory, how do you tell me to use my soldiers? When the time comes, the military power will be wasted in vain, and the soldiers will die there in vain, how can you and I bear it? Sun Tu said helplessly, at least before he made a decision, he would rather drag things down, at least in this way, he could hope that there would be chaos within Liangshan because of his own provocations.

"Sun Dujian, don't you understand the truth that Ci is not in charge of the army? If you want to make meritorious service, you have to exchange the lives of the soldiers under your command! This official thinks that no matter whether it is a forcible attack, or any conspiracy or trickery, even if it is medicine, we must put down this Liangshan thief as soon as possible. Zeng Kaiqian was also really anxious at this time, and said a little unscrupulously, and his tone was particularly tough.

This made Sun Tu also annoyed in his heart, and immediately snorted: "I, Sun Tu, have always regarded the soldiers as his brothers, how can I do such a thing?" What is the use of medicine, if there is really a way, will I delay it until now! ”

"Metropolitan Supervisor ......" Just when Sun Tu wanted to scold Zeng Kaiqian and let him understand the principle of soldiers being united and soldiers being brave, Zhu Wu, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, which made him a little surprised, and turned his head to look, only to find that this person had a little excitement on his face, constantly blinking at himself.

Sun Tu was only stunned for a moment, and he quickly came back to his senses - Zhu Wu has a countermeasure! He immediately ignored Zeng Kaiqian, who had a gloomy face, and asked his soldiers to take him away, and then looked at the other party: "Does the military advisor have any clever plans?" ”

"Eunuch, we have always fallen into a stereotype, thinking that the only way to break through Liangshan is to storm it, but in fact, as the prison army said, we can use tactics. That water village is forcibly attacked with the power of our water war, even if it is a sneak attack, it is naturally impossible, but if you change the method, directly use medicine to make them lose the power to resist, can't you easily seize it? Zhu Wu was already very excited at this time, and loudly said his plan.

"You say it slowly, why do I sound a little confused...... Medication? How could we possibly use drugs on those guys who are in Liangshan Shrine? Sun Tu was still a little confused, but his expression was already solemn.

"Naturally, we can't do it, but there are people within them who can do it, so isn't Zhu Gui the most suitable person?"

It was really a word that woke up the person in the dream, and in just a moment, Sun Tu's face also showed ecstasy: "You are right, I really ignored that he Zhu Gui is still so useful!" Yes, he runs a hotel, so it is natural to send some food and drink to the people in the water village at that time! And they would never have dreamed that the wine and food sent by their brother would be mixed with sweat medicine...... "The more he thought about it, the more Sun Tu felt that this matter was feasible, and even complained a little that he hadn't thought of such a good idea before?

Zhu Wu was also overjoyed when he saw Sun Tu approving his strategy. In fact, he really hasn't made much credit since he returned to obedience, but Sun Tu is very respectful to him, which makes him always feel a little uncomfortable, and he also thinks that he can make meritorious contributions, and now he finally has a chance to perform.

Then, he said cautiously: "By the way, the most critical point of this plan is to grasp the time, when Zhu Gui sends wine and food into the water village, we have to take the opportunity to lean over, so as to take advantage of the opportunity for them to be poured down by the medicine." ”

"I can naturally save this, and the time cooperation is also easy to do, I can even make the soldiers and horses of Liangshan Benzhai have no time to rescue them!" Once his mind opened, Sun Tu had already had more ideas in his heart, although it was just a concept, but he believed that as long as this first step was taken, it would no longer be difficult to break through Liangshanbo next. Moreover, if this is the case, maybe this time not only can you break the thief, but you can also use the power of Liang Shanbo for your own use.

Although Liang Shanbo's people call it Kou, in fact, the combat effectiveness is still quite large, and even far surpasses the current Song Zhu's box army, which is only worse than the elite of the border army, if he can collect it for his own use, then the chips in his hand will be more sufficient!

After a long sigh of relief, Sun Tu showed a confident smile on his face: "It seems that it's time to send troops again!" ”