The three-way army marched south separately, and in less than a month, it had won successive battles, attacked the city, and won more than 10 large and small cities. The relevant good news was also delivered to Huzhou one after another, and Sun Tu and the generals under his command were dazzled, and many people had begun to be anxious.

Until today, another good news came, as soon as the soldiers who reported the news entered the city gate, they shouted loudly: "The front is a great victory, my Huaibei soldiers will break through Lin'an County in one day, and will launch an attack on Hangzhou, the main city of anti-thieves, and pacify Jiangnan is just around the corner......" ran all the way and shouted all the way, and soon attracted the attention of the whole city to the military and civilians. When he sent this good news to Sun Tu, many generals hurried over, and their expressions were more anxious than their footsteps.

Sun Tu still looked like he was even, and after quickly sweeping the military report in his hand, he nodded slightly: "General Zhang really lived up to the trust of the imperial court, and in a short period of time, he broke several cities, and he was about to Chen soldiers under the city of Hangzhou, and his hard work is indeed worth celebrating." However, the official still wanted to persuade him not to be too eager to win, the more critical the moment, the more he should calm down, and it was better to postpone the march to Hangzhou. This was addressed both to the messenger before him and to the generals before him. After finishing speaking, he also took a pen and paper, wrote a military order, used his own seal, and handed it over: "Send it back to the front as soon as possible, and let General Zhang Gon be careful." ”

It wasn't until this one took it carefully and agreed to withdraw with some hesitation that the other generals stepped forward and said uneasily: "General, how is this good?" I really didn't expect the thieves to be so vulnerable, in the past few days, the big and small cities north of Hangzhou have been taken by the three military horses, and soon they will be able to form an encirclement of Hangzhou. Once they really take advantage of the situation to break through Hangzhou City, this credit will be ......."

"General, we can't wait any longer, we must arrive there before the city of Hangzhou is broken and attack the city together, so that we can share some credit!"

"Yes, General, it can't be delayed any longer. After this period of recuperation, the soldiers have all recovered, and it is time to make another meritorious service! ”

These generals spoke loudly, obviously all in a hurry, and they didn't even care about the distinction between dignity and inferiority, and just wanted Sun Tu to send troops as soon as possible. Although they are also generals in the Shandong Army, they are not Sun Tu's henchmen after all, and most of them are generals from other state capitals, so they don't know his previous speculations and statements. Once you now know that there is a breakthrough in front of you, you will naturally be impatient.

Sun Tu just listened to their shouts quietly, but his eyes slowly cooled. After a while, everyone reacted, and their mouths were a little sneering, but the eyes that looked at him were still full of longing.

"All said and done? Looking at your little bit of success, it's ridiculous that just that little bit of credit has made you rush like this! Sun Tu rebuked with a straight face: "Didn't you all listen to me telling them not to rush to use troops against Hangzhou?" Hangzhou City can't run, it will always be taken down by our Shandong soldiers! ”

"But...... Now that their morale is high, how can they stand still? Although they were all sent troops on the orders of the general before, they were not subordinate soldiers of our Shandong Army after all......"

"Yes, even a big city like Xiuzhou and an important city like Lin'an have been taken by them one after another, and Hangzhou may not be able to stop them." Several subordinates plucked up the courage to explain in a whisper, to be honest, if it weren't for the urgency of the situation, they wouldn't have dared to come to Sun Tu so presumptuously to ask for battle.

Sun Tu looked at these people with some anger and amusement, shook his head and said, "It seems that you have really been shocked by the successive good news in recent days, and you have even lost the judgment you should have." Let me ask you, why has it been so long since Fang La raised his army to become emperor, and we still haven't been able to exterminate him? Even, it wasn't until our Shandong army went all the way south that it finally recaptured one city after another? ”

"This ...... Naturally, it is because the anti-thieves are strong, and the soldiers are strong. ”

"That's it, then let me ask you again, how many rebels have we annihilated until today? How many more men should they have? ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while, but they couldn't come up with an accurate number, and only said vaguely: "The enemy should be destroyed in 40,000 or 50,000, as for how many people are still in the rebel army, they claimed to have hundreds of thousands of people before, how can there be more than 100,000 or 200,000......

"Yes, since the anti-thieves have sufficient troops and there is a city to defend, how can the three-way army and horses be able to kill directly to the city of Hangzhou without hindrance? Where have all those hundreds of thousands gone? Could it be that the real army was defeated like a mountain and completely dispersed, but they didn't even have the courage to make a final fight? Sun Tu guided everyone to light up this question that should have been very clear in front of them, and suddenly made everyone think deeply.

"If you really think that Hangzhou is a lonely city, and you no longer have the power to fight back, I'm afraid it will not be far from defeat." Sun Tu said with a solemn expression: "That's why I have been standing still in Huzhou, not only to let the soldiers recuperate, but also to let more people see the true face of the enemy, and also to test the bottom line of the anti-army." Now it seems that Hangzhou should be their final bottom line, and once they venture easily, the consequences will be extremely serious. What happens when hundreds of thousands of troops are hoarded in this place and suddenly killed, unprepared? ”

Sun Tu's question finally made everyone change their colors: "If this is the case, I am afraid it will be a fiasco, even with the strength of our Shandong army, it may not be able to retreat with all its might, let alone the other three-way army." ”

"General, you can't let the soldiers and horses of Huai, Beijing, and Jingnan continue to attack Hangzhou City, otherwise the consequences will be too serious......"

In an instant, everyone's minds had changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and they were worried that they couldn't show up at the side of the three armies right now and warn them.

"I warned them several times before they left, and now I am writing to warn them. I only hope that Zhang Gon and Xu Shen can wake up in time and stop the precipice. Hangzhou City must be a Longtan Tiger's Den, it is easy to enter, but it is difficult to come out. Sun Tu sighed softly, but in fact, he was not very sure in his heart that the three armies could really listen to his will.

Just from the practice of this army constantly passing good news back, we can know how radical they are, how much they want to prove to Sun Tu, or to the imperial court that their strength is not under the Shandong army, they can also pacify the thieves! Otherwise, no matter how smooth the march is, they will not advance hundreds of miles and win more than a dozen cities in just over half a month, at least they should let the soldiers slow down.

In the final analysis, this is actually the consequence of Sun Tuyou's nameless commander of the three armies, and the commanders of the various armies actually did not accept him, especially after discovering that the anti-army was indeed nothing more than that, he wanted to compete with the Shandong army for military merit. In this regard, Sun Tu did not have a very good countermeasure, he couldn't really forcibly hold down the 100,000 army and prevent them from going south, that would only intensify the contradiction and give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.

Therefore, if you want to establish your absolute prestige and status, you have to let them run into a wall, hit their heads and bleed, and then lead the Shandong army to solve everything. Although it is very helpless and the price is even greater, but other than that, there is no better choice.

Sweeping the generals again, Sun Tucai said: "So we have to prepare with both hands next." If they are willing to heed the admonition and stop the attack, then our army can also prepare to go south and cooperate with them to take the city of Hangzhou. Otherwise, they will have to be met by troops. ”

After he arranged the relevant military affairs and the generals retreated one after another, Sun Tu's face was still not relaxed, which made Song Jiang, who was left at the end, feel a little concerned: "General, do you still have concerns?" ”

"Yes, if it's just as I said, the situation won't be out of control, but if it's ......," he said, he asked, "Is Li Kui's injury healed?" ”

In the battle of Huzhou that day, Pang Wanchun's arrow at Song Jiang was not injured because of Li Kui's body as a shield, but he himself was seriously injured and has been bedridden since entering Huzhou. Seeing him ask, Song Jiang hurriedly replied: "Fortunately, Tie Niu's body is strong enough, and he was finally cured two days ago, and now he is waiting outside, does the general want to see him?" ”

"No need to ......" Sun Tu waved his hand, he didn't have any good feelings for this guy who lacked heart and was thirsty for killing, and was only loyal to Song Jiang: "If that's the case, I'm afraid Pang Wanchun's injuries are almost healed." This man is the first person in the rebels, and if he takes action, the situation will only get worse! ”

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Inside the city of Hangzhou. Everything here is far from being as tense as imagined, even if the news of the fall of the city continues to come back from the front, these high-ranking officials of the Wu State are still calm as usual, as if the enemy army is still 108,000 miles away from them.

At this time, in a huge hall, his face was still a little pale, but Pang Wanchun, whose movements had recovered as before, was standing in front of a detailed map, his eyes were heavy: "Has even Lin'an been taken down by them?" These Song Jun's movements were really fast enough, so that we couldn't respond in time. ”

After a pause, he smiled contemptuously: "But this is better, the closer it is to Hangzhou City, the more beneficial it is to us, and at the same time, their logistics problems are more serious." Speaking of this, he looked at Fang Fei and Jiang Shihu beside him: "Fang Xiang, Jiang Junshi, I thought it was time to fight back." Choose here, here, and this to lay an ambush, and then take the initiative to attack with all the soldiers and horses in the city. This time it is necessary to break the Song army, and it will be shameful! ”

Following his fingers, three dangerous locations outside Hangzhou had been selected, making the other two nod their heads again and again. After a long time, Jiang Shihu sighed unwillingly: "It's a pity that the Shandong army didn't come south this time, otherwise, in this battle, the tide of the battle can be completely reversed!" ”

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