It was not until the next morning that Qi Desheng took the remaining hundreds of Qingzhou soldiers to escort a group of prisoners from Baihu Mountain to the county seat of Bodeng. It's not that he has any dissenting intentions to deliberately delay, but he really can't go too fast, because on the one hand, they have no horses to walk and can only rely on foot, and the two have been tired of fighting for several days before, even if the elite Qingzhou Army is unable to fight continuously, and finally they also need to prevent those prisoners of Baihu Mountain from making trouble on the way, so it took more than a day to arrive after dozens of miles.

And when they saw this miserable appearance in the county town of Boden, especially the heads of the Jurchens who had been piled up into Jingguan, the Qingzhou soldiers who had just arrived in the place were really frightened, until they saw Sun Tu and them, these people breathed a sigh of relief. Qi Desheng said with an uneasy face: "Eunuch, ...... here"

"You have also seen that Boden County has been invaded by Jurchen thieves, and hundreds of innocent people have been killed. Sun Tu's eyes were still a little gloomy, and it was really difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart by killing only more than 80 people.

Qi Desheng and the others were also indignant when they heard this, especially after learning that even those brothers who rushed to rescue had more than a dozen people killed at the hands of the Jurchens, which made these hundreds of Qingzhou soldiers feel the same hatred for the enemy: "These Jurchen thieves really deserve to be killed!" Governor, what should we do next? Many people looked at Sun Tu with a blank look, and they really had some intention of begging for war.

Sun Tu shook his head, he could see the thoughts of these people, but he knew better that this was not the time to really start a war with the Jurchens. Not to mention that the time has not come, the combat power of the thousands of people under his hands is far from enough, and they still need to be more powerful to practice and sharpen, and they can only fight head-on with the Jurchens in a few years.

Later, he said: "Now what we have to do is to stay here, rest for a few days, and help the people here rebuild their homes by the way." In addition, sending people back to Qingzhou City to pass back the good news that we broke through Baihu Mountain and killed all the Jurchens who invaded Boden, so as to inspire the hearts of our Qingzhou people. "In order to prevent possible revenge from the Jurchens, it is necessary to keep the people and horses here, and as for the good news to return to Qingzhou City, it is not only to praise the merits, but more importantly, to let some people in the city not have other ideas.

It has been more than ten days since they left Qingzhou this time, and now is the time when Sun Tu's power in Qingzhou is the weakest, and it is difficult to guarantee that Murong Yanchao and they will not want to take advantage of the situation to regain control. Only by passing back the good news of these two victories can those people be jealous.

At the same time, many officials and soldiers and prisoners of Baihushan were also arranged by Sun Tu to enter the city to help the people whose homes were destroyed to repair their homes. And when the soldiers really received the order to do these things, they immediately won the gratitude of the people of the city, and Sun Tu suddenly became a Buddha-like existence in their minds.

You must know that in this era, it is not the people's soldiers who are soldiers, and there are even sayings that thieves are like combs and soldiers are like grates, and sometimes the officials and soldiers are even more hated than bandits. In the eyes of many people, it is extremely rare for a soldier to be able to do nothing to the people, let alone let them do something for themselves.

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, these Qingzhou soldiers are really enthusiastic to help everyone rebuild their homes, and their attitude is also very kind, and there is no sense of bullying at all. This made the people of the city grateful to the Qingzhou soldiers, and they were even more reverent for Sun Dujian who issued this order, so they sent him to set up an immortal tablet to worship day and night.

Sun Tu naturally knew about the gratitude of the people, and he did not humble or prevent everyone from doing so, because this was exactly what he wanted to see.

Now he has a great reputation in the army, but the hearts of the people in Qingzhou are not in him, or many people in Qingzhou have not really understood him. And this rescue of Boden County is an excellent opportunity to quickly raise his reputation, once everything here spreads, it is not only Qingzhou, but the whole territory of Shandong, and the people will also be called a hero and savior when they mention his Sun Tu. That way, it will be easier than ever for him to recruit more soldiers in the future.

Qingzhou is just the starting point of his grandson's upward progress, and Shandong is the foundation for him to become stronger!

It was precisely because of this that even if Lin Chong and Qi Desheng reminded him directly or tactfully not to build too much momentum during this period, Sun Tu just smiled and did not answer. Others may have worried that Sun Tu's reputation would be jealous of the imperial court, but he didn't take it seriously at all - only prestige, or only holding military power, could indeed bring trouble, but when the two were combined and had his own territory, the situation was completely different.

He is not the foolish and loyal Yue Fei, he will hand over his life to the court because of several holy decree gold medals from the imperial court, as long as his strength is strong enough and his reputation is big enough, he is not afraid of those voices in the court.

And in these days in Boden, Sun Tu not only brushed up his prestige, he still trained his soldiers and horses in batches, and at the same time began to study the situation near Peach Blossom Mountain, which is only a hundred miles away, thinking about whether he should take advantage of the victory to lead the troops to destroy the bandits there.

The bandits of the three mountains of Qingzhou, the power of Erlong Mountain is the largest, it is said that the people and horses on the mountain have exceeded a thousand, in comparison, the strength of Baihu Mountain and Peach Blossom Mountain is much inferior. Now that you can destroy White Tiger Mountain in just a few days, the bandits along the Peach Blossom Mountain can't withstand it, right?

As soon as this news was revealed, the soldiers and horses under his command immediately became interested, and officers such as Zhou Xing were even more emboldened to ask for battle several times, and they also needed a few victories in exchange for the opportunity to be promoted.

The only thing to consider now is logistical supplies, such as food and bows and arrows. In fact, the food problem was no longer a problem after the defeat of Baihu Mountain, they only brought about ten days' rations when they first sent out their troops, but later they seized a large amount of grain stockpiles, which were enough for this army to use for a month - this is another reason why Qi Desheng led his troops to Boden so late. After completely mastering Boden County, in addition to the money and grain sent to the people in the city, a lot of grain and treasury silver also went into Sun Tu's pocket, which was the confidence of Sun Tu to dare to continue to crusade against Taohua Mountain.

But there was enough food, but there were not many arrows left. After a few battles, the consumption of arrows is huge, and if you want to attack Peach Blossom Mountain, if you don't have enough arrows, as long as the other party shrinks up, there is really nothing to do with them.

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In order to let people go back to Qingzhou to transfer a single arrow to the past, there should be no problem......" At this time, Sun Tu was sitting in the lobby of the county office, looking at the simple map spread out in front of him and thinking about countermeasures, but saw a person striding in, it was Luda.

What is different from the past is that today's Luda has a rare tangled look on his face, and after looking at Sun Tu a few times, he looks like he wants to say something. This made Sun Tu a little surprised: "Brother Lu, what are you trying to say?" But you also want to persuade me not to buy people's hearts? ”

"No, it's not wrong for you to do this, isn't it still a sin to help the people rebuild their homes?" Luda shook his head: "The Sprinkle family is here for another matter, the two leaders on Peach Blossom Mountain have some friendship with the Sprinkle family, I really don't want to see them end up like the Kong brothers in White Tiger Mountain." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Tu again, and added: "Of course, since the Sprinkle family has followed San Lang and become a court official, it is naturally impossible to speak for them." The Sprinkle family just wants you to give them a chance, a chance to take the initiative to join us. ”

"What does Brother Lu mean?" Sun Tu already understood the other party's intentions at this time: "You want to persuade them to surrender to me?" ”

"Hmm. The Sprinkle family also has some friendship with them, and now I have met them in the past, and explained the benefits and disadvantages to them, so that they know the strength of our Qingzhou army, and it is very likely that they will take refuge in it. In this way, it can not only complete this friendship, but also allow the soldiers to suffer less damage, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds. Saburo, what do you think? After saying this, Ruda stared at Sun Tu's face expectantly.

Sun Tu thought for a moment, and then smiled: "If it can really be as Brother Lu said, it will naturally be no better." I sent troops this time to pacify the bandits in my Qingzhou, as long as they are willing to surrender to me and change their ways, everything before will naturally be blameless. But...... I'm a little worried about your safety, Brother Lu. If you don't convince them after you go, but instead make them want to harm you, that's ......."

Seeing that he agreed, Luda's heart suddenly relaxed, and then he laughed: "You just have to relax about this, the ability of the Sprinkle family is not fake, just rely on Li Zhong and Zhou Tong to hurt me." Even in their cottage, I am sure to kill it! ”

"This ......" Sun Tu thought about it for a while, and then made up his mind: "I can agree to Brother Lu's proposal, but if you want to go, you have to promise me a condition." ”

"Just say it." Ruda was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly spoke.

"That is, let Second Brother Wu go to Peach Blossom Mountain with you, and take care of each other." Sun Tu smiled and said his conditions.

"Wu Erlang? He's such a great person, and it would be more secure if I could go with him. Okay, the sprinkler should go down. ”

Sun Tu smiled and hugged him: "In this way, Peach Blossom Mountain will be handed over to Brother Lu." It can really be done, it is a great merit for my Qingzhou soldiers, and I will report to the imperial court to ask for credit for you. ”

"Hahaha, the Sprinkle family didn't do this for that merit! I'm here for our righteous anger! Ruda laughed disapprovingly, and the thoughts that had plagued him for some days could finally be let go.

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