The stakes are very high, even Sun Tu did not dare to be rash and sloppy, so he immediately convened all the generals under his command to discuss the matter with the Chinese army.

Sun Dujian gave an order, and now all the generals in the army in Qingzhou were naturally present, and the meeting hall of the Chinese army was full in only half an hour. The number of large and small generals in the Qingzhou army today is really a lot, just from a rough point of view, there are dozens of people, in addition to the Qingzhou army brought out by Sun Tu's own cultivation, there are also military attaches from various state capitals who were ordered to bring troops here before, but their positions are going to sit back.

When they listened to Sun Tu's story, everyone showed surprise and resentment, and a few of them were even anxious and shouted: "Dog thief An dare!" The capital eunuch, the last general is willing to lead the troops to go and wipe out the Zengtou City to prevent future troubles! ”

Looking at the appearance of everyone gearing up to fight, a satisfied smile flashed on Sun Tu's face, this was exactly the scene he wanted to see. If an army can be happy when it hears a battle and take the initiative to seek war, it shows that it has the confidence and conviction to do so, so that even if it really encounters setbacks and strong enemies in the future, it will not collapse in a battle.

However, he did not rush to agree, but swept his gaze to the back of the seat, and finally fell on a black-faced leopard-bearded general: "Zhang Tuanlian, you are from Lingzhou, you must know something about Zengtou City, I don't know if you have anything to say about this?" ”

Zhang Yunfeng, the Lingzhou regimental trainer, was frowning and thinking at this time, and when he heard Sun Tu call his name, his body trembled slightly, and then he got up and replied: "Eunuch, I think this matter is really a bit strange, according to common sense, it is impossible for the people of the Zeng family to do such a thing." ”

"Oh, how so?" Sun Tu attached great importance to his statement, and asked out loud immediately.

"The capital eunuch doesn't know that this Zengtou City has been able to gain a foothold in my Lingzhou for many years, and has done many unrighteous things without being punished by the government, because they have been in collusion with the local officials for a long time and are completely colluded together. It is rumored that they will donate more than 100,000 yuan of money to the prefect and the following people every year, so that the government can turn a blind eye to what they do, and now the prefect of Weng is still close to the head of the Zeng family, Zeng Rong, and he is called a brother, how can he suddenly turn back and cut himself off? ”

The other generals originally wanted to refute him, but after listening to Zhang Yunfeng's words, they all showed a thoughtful look, and even Sun Tu nodded approvingly: "If what you said is true, this matter is indeed strange, Lingzhou can be said to be the foundation of Zengtou City, and no one will be confused enough to do something to cut off the foundation." ”

"Could it be that there was a contradiction between the Lingzhou government and Zengtou City, which led them to be so ruthless? After all, 100,000 yuan a year is not a small amount, who would be willing to cheapen others for nothing? Yang Zhi said guessingly.

Zhang Yunfeng glanced at him and shook his head slightly: "It's also unlikely, at least I haven't heard of such a thing when I was in Lingzhou." Moreover, because Zengtou City has the protection of the Lingzhou government, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars earned from black and white every year, how can it care about this expenditure? And I heard before that Governor Weng intends to marry one of his daughters to Zeng Suo, the third son of the Zeng family, how can he turn his face at this time? ”

Both sides are going to get married, and it is indeed impossible for Zeng Tou City to collude with foreign clans to invade Lingzhou, which makes everyone have doubts again, even Sun Tu frowned tightly at this time: "This matter does look too weird, it stands to reason that they really don't need this." ”

"Eunuch, is there such a possibility, what Zeng Tou City wants to deal with is not actually Lingzhou City, but another nearby city?" Zhu Wu hesitated for a moment and then suddenly reminded in a loud voice. Like several other brothers, after being captured alive by the Qingzhou army, after some persuasion, he finally returned to the imperial court, and was received by Sun Tu as a military aircraft counselor, a military adviser-like figure.

In fact, it can also be seen from here that there is a big problem with the mighty Liangshan Bo Qunxiong, because the heroes from all walks of life come from the three mountains and five mountains, and the time is not long, so their sense of belonging to the cottage is not too strong, and it is easy to go elsewhere, such as the many heroes who were taken by Sun Tu this time, most of them were surrendered to the Qingzhou Army.

Zhu Wu's words reminded Sun Tu and made his eyes light up: "What Counselor Zhu said is reasonable, that piece of paper only wrote that they would be unfavorable to a certain state city, but it was never mentioned that it was Lingzhou Wow." Just because Zeng Tou City is in Lingzhou, we take it for granted that their goal is here, so some things can make sense. ”

"Having said that, there is still one thing that is doubtful, who is Zeng Toushi colluding with this time? The Liao people are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles from our Shandong, and there are other state capital roads in between, so it is impossible for them to appear here unnoticed, right? And the Xia people are even more impossible. Zhu Wu was interested at this time, and quickly raised another question.

In this regard, Sun Tu sneered: "I already have an answer to this point, if this matter is true, there is a good chance that the people of foreign clans who collude with inside and outside Zengtou City will be the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom." The Jurchens are not far from our Shandong, and the two countries have never had a dispute before, so it is much easier for them to sneak into the territory of our Great Song Dynasty than the Liao. And more importantly, just two years ago, the Jurchens washed a county town in my Great Song Dynasty with blood! ”

These words caused everyone to change color for a while, and once the matter involved the Jurchens, it became even more subtle. Because everyone already knew that the Song and Jin had reached an alliance and would fight against the Liao State together in the future, would the Jurchens really invade brazenly regardless of the friendship between the two countries? Also, if his own family really sends troops to break it, and it affects the overall situation, can Sun Dujian bear this responsibility?

Sun Tu swept everyone's faces, and then said with a solemn face: "Since the matter is related to the safety of the people of my Great Song Dynasty, and it is known to us, this official has no reason to stand idly by. If it is really the Jurchens who want to invade our state city, our Qingzhou army should make them pay the price and hit them hard! "That kind of set the tone for the matter.

Lin Chong looked worried: "Eunuch, if the court blames it afterwards......"

"As long as it happens in my Shandong, the court will not dare to blame indiscriminately! And I believe that even the Jurchens themselves don't want to really tear up the agreement with my Great Song, after all, compared to my Great Song, he Jin Guocai is more eager to fight with the Liao State. Sun Tu said, looking around at everyone: "So the next thing we have to do is to find out the truth of this matter, if it is true, we have to find out what their goal is, and where the Jurchens are hiding!" ”

Seeing that Sun Tu had made up his mind, everyone didn't say a word, and they all got up and crossed their hands to receive the order: "The last general will obey the orders of the capital eunuch!" "A lot of people are still eager to try, and they all want to make a contribution to this matter.

In this month's time, these generals from elsewhere can be regarded as having a long experience, and the hard work of the daily training of the Qingzhou Army is the only one they have seen in their lives, but it is precisely because of this hard training that these township soldiers have been reborn, and now they are all full of self-confidence.

Now, there is finally a road of enemies that can be used to test the combat effectiveness of their army, and for these confident generals, of course, they want to fight. This has something to do with the fact that they don't know the fierce combat power of the Jurchens, and if they really understand how powerful the Jurchens are, they won't have such thoughts.

Sun Tu naturally couldn't splash everyone's cold water at this time, so he nodded happily and said, "You can have this heart, this official is very pleased. In this case, let's prepare well, and use this battle to test the true strength of our army! After saying that, his eyes fell on Shi Qian's body: "Shi Qian! ”

"The end will be."

"I order you to lead the scout camp to disguise the good hands of detectives, and then rush to Lingzhou to investigate the relevant news, and find out the true purpose of Zengtou City as soon as possible. Remember, if you really find out that there are Jurchens there, you must not act rashly! ”

"The last general obeys!" Shi Qian hurriedly replied loudly, he knew that this was an opportunity for the scout battalion to make meritorious contributions.

"Zhang Yunfeng, Qin Fan, Peng Yue......" As Sun Tu named them one by one, the generals of other state cities also came out one after another, all of them showed anticipation, and after reporting six or seven names, Sun Tu ordered: "You and others lead the people of the headquarters to prepare for battle, as long as you find out the truth about Lingzhou, this official will personally lead you and others to Pingbao to kill the enemy, I hope you will not weaken the momentum of my Qingzhou army!" ”

"The last general obeys!" These people also excitedly promised that they had been practicing for a long time, and it was time to pull them out and practice.

After all the relevant things were ordered, Sun Tu let everyone disperse, and in the end, only Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and other old brothers of the Qingzhou Army stayed, but their expressions were not as optimistic as those bits, even Luda, who also frowned, and said after a while: "San Lang...... Eunuch, isn't it too risky for you to only arrange for the soldiers and horses of the state capitals to go there this time? If they really want to fight the Jurchens, they may not be opponents. ”

These words also immediately won the support of other people, they have all seen how brave the Jurchens are, and the original Jurchen thief army was not the regular army of the Jin State, if it was the elite of the Jin State that met this time, how could the state capital and township army that had only trained for a month or two be able to resist it?

Sun Tu swept around the crowd, knowing that they were all worried about this, so he nodded and said, "I know that this matter seems a bit risky, but otherwise, it is impossible for these township troops to really grow." Even if they break through Liangshanbo this time by relying on the strength of the crowd, they will still have a hard chance of winning when they encounter stronger enemies in the future. So it's better to sharpen them first while they can still bear it. And I will be fully prepared this time, even if I really fight with the Jin people, I may not be defeated! ”

Seeing that Sun Tu looked like he was a bamboo in his chest, he knew that he was a good man and his subordinates finally stopped talking, but they still had doubts in their hearts, and even apprehension......