The imperial court has not yet reached a conclusion on Sun Tu's matter, but the people have completely praised him as a hero. Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, General Sun is even more famous, and almost everyone regards him as a great savior and hero who eliminates traitors and protects the family and country.

This is not only because Sun Tu killed a Zhu Mian, but more importantly, because of the anti-army. As soon as this article spread, Jiangnan was shaken, and countless scholars spontaneously became the drummers of the imperial court and Sun Tu, directly denouncing the state of Wu established by Fang La as an evil evil way and a great scourge for the Han people, which must be swept away as soon as possible to ensure peace.

In the era of a thousand years ago, it was these scholars who could really influence public opinion, even if sometimes they would be contemptuously called poor and sour talents, but when they really encountered major events, those illiterate people were still more willing to trust the judgments of the scholars around them. And after their publicity, Wu Guo's reputation fell rapidly, and even rumors began to appear that Wu Jun was a man-eating devil, and anti-thief leaders like Fang La were all murderous and didn't spit out bones.

At first, these rumors spread only outside the state of Wu, but by April, they had spread to various towns under the control of the state of Wu, and they immediately caused panic among the people. In addition, some of the meticulous work sent by the Great Song Dynasty took the opportunity to make trouble, so its internal chaos was chaotic, and there was an incident here today, and the people revolted there tomorrow, which made the Wu army tired and put out fires everywhere, but the original plan to take the initiative to go north could only be temporarily shelved.

It was not until this time that all the enemies and friends really understood the power of Sun Tu's essay, and it also made many generals convinced of him, and they didn't dare to have other thoughts.

It is said that since he killed Zhu Mian in anger on the day of the fight, and pulled all the generals into the water, although Sun Tu used various means to fight and pull, he wanted to bring these generals under his command. But this matter is not as smooth as imagined, after all, he is young, although he has made many military exploits, but after all, his years of military experience cannot be compared with the veteran who has been in the army for decades, and the previous means are not righteous enough, so even if other people have to comply with the situation, it is only a false and wrongful snake, in fact, the armies are not in Sun Tu's grasp. Not to mention taking them to continue to fight south, even if you send them to guard the passes of other cities, you may not be able to rest assured.

So everything Sun Tu did during these days was to win over a group of generals, not only telling the truth about his intention to use the text to disrupt the internal thieves, but also giving away a lot of benefits. In addition to a large part of the property found in Zhu Mian's mansion and handed it over to Su Mao and other merchants in exchange for food and other logistical materials, he also distributed the rest of the property to the generals for the purpose of buying and pacifying.

Under his efforts, these generals finally fully recognized and accepted the facts, and after entering April, they were willing to obey Sun Tu's orders and carry out joint training outside Suzhou, so as to make early preparations for the next southward rebellion.

However, it is obviously not enough to buy them with money, Sun Tu still has to show his strength to them. The performance of the Shandong army in the next few military exercises quickly opened the eyes of these local army troops, and the changes in the battle formations that were ordered and forbidden, the top and bottom were the same, and the arms and fingers were like fingers, which were already dazzling, and coupled with the strong self-confidence and coercion exuded by the whole army, in just a few days, it had already made many officers and men feel awe.

And with the effect of Sun Tu's inscription coming back, his prestige in the Song army reached its peak. This time, no one will look down on him because of his age, and regard him as a generation of famous generals with both wisdom and bravery. If it weren't for the next reaction from the imperial court, everyone would have to call him Sun Shuai, not General Sun.

Subsequently, some news from the DPRK and the central government also came back, and everyone gradually figured out the attitude of those people, this is to let Sun Tu wear the guilt and make meritorious service, and then judge him according to the final result. As soon as this statement was confirmed, the soldiers under his command couldn't sit still, and almost every day, people came to Sun Tu to ask for battle, hoping that he could immediately lead the army south to quell the thief rebellion.

At this time, Sun Tu behaved much more calmly than others, even if some henchmen and generals joined forces to fight, they didn't nod their heads, but only said that they had to take another look.

After entering the middle of April, the people below became more and more anxious, and even the generals of the other armies felt that it was time to send troops south, so they asked to see Sun Tu again to ask for battle. After finally sending them away, Dong Ping, Song Jiang and other generals in the Shandong army came to Sun Tu again.

At this time, Sun Tu had just picked up a copy of "Three Kingdoms" and wanted to read it, and when he saw that everyone was coming, he smiled bitterly: "You don't plan to give me a chance to breathe, you want to use wheel warfare to consume me." ”

"General, the lowly rank is also thinking about pacifying the country as soon as possible. Now that the anti-thieves are in turmoil, it is a good time for the army to be unstable, how can it be easily let go? Dong Ping spoke on behalf of everyone, and everyone else nodded in agreement. Unconsciously, their title to Sun Tu was changed to general like other generals, although this title was very general, but it sounded much taller than that of the ruler.

Sun Tu put down the scroll in his hand, his gaze swept over their faces one by one, and then he said: "I naturally know your thoughts, it is nothing more than that I feel that the opportunity is rare, and I also think about it, and I feel that only in this way can the imperial court not pursue the previous matter, right?" ”

With the relationship between the two sides, there is no need to hide it, and everyone nodded at the moment. Song Jiang then said: "The lowly rank has already received a lot of news from the south, and under the suppression of the rebel generals such as Pang Wanchun and Fang Shifo, many of the uprisers have been extinguished by them. Maybe in two days, the south will be monolithic again, and it will be difficult to deal with it if it is attacked again. ”

"Hehe, you only see one, but you don't see the other. On the surface, it seems that the anti-army side is indeed as you say, but in fact, in my opinion, there is still a storm brewing, and sending troops at this time will only help the anti-army solve internal contradictions. Sun Tu Zhengse said.

Now everyone was a little confused, making eye contact with each other, but they couldn't come up with a definite answer for a while. Sun Tu patted the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his hand and said with a smile: "This is actually the conclusion I came to when I read the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" recently. Brother Gongming, you should have read this book, you should know about Guo Jia's plan to determine Liaodong, right? ”

"The general refers to the fact that Cao Cao did not move his troops after defeating Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, causing several sons of Yuan Shao who fled north to kill each other and were all killed by Gongsun Kang of Liaodong?" Song Jiang quickly understood and whispered.

"That's it. At that time, if Cao Cao continued to lead his army north, although he could also pacify the north, it would inevitably cause damage to the army, and perhaps he would not be able to reorganize his army to the south in a short period of time and seize the land of Jingxiang. Sun Tu nodded and said: "At present, our situation is also somewhat similar, the internal instability of the anti-thieves is already unstable, if I wave the army to attack the past, then in order to protect themselves, they will inevitably work together and give up their previous suspicions, then the next war will be extremely difficult, even if we can win, it will be a tragic victory, not to mention the loss of soldiers."

"But if it were the other way around, if we didn't move, the result would be very different. Some people who don't accept the recipe are bound to do something because they see that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. At this time, they are still watching and waiting. As long as they are convinced that the officers and troops will not go south, those who have a fluke mentality will move. ”

This time, the others finally understood that this was the idea of watching the fire from the other side. However, they still had doubts, and Yang Zhi asked, "General, will they really be so disregarding the overall situation?" ”

"It's not that they're looking out of the bigger picture, it's that the situation leaves them with no other choice. Why do you think there has been a lot of chaos in the south lately? It's not because someone is planning in secret, whether it's for temptation or robbery, as long as they move, there is no possibility of turning back. Even I can see the problem, how can Fang La and the others in the south not see it? And they will never allow such things to happen constantly, as long as they find out who is doing things in the shadows, they will inevitably strike first. And as long as those people are not stupid, they will inevitably get up one step earlier, and then the south will really be in chaos. However, there is a premise for all this, that is, we must not act rashly, at least give them a false impression, thinking that with the death of Zhu Mian, our official army is already scattered. ”

It was only at this time that everyone really understood Sun Tu's intentions, and they were shocked and full of respect. Since he had already considered the whole situation, and it was most beneficial for him to move his troops to this war, he naturally did not need to rush to send troops.

However, Song Jiang was still a little worried: "Then how should the imperial court explain?" ”

"This is even more worry-free, not to mention that the imperial court has not issued an order to let us send troops to quell the chaos as soon as possible, even if such a military order is issued, it will be subject to the orders of the monarch outside!" Sun Tu said disapprerovingly.

Seeing that he had made his attitude clear, everyone said no more, and after holding their fists and receiving their orders, they turned around and left.

After Sun Tumu sent them out, the corners of his mouth turned slightly, some things are really difficult to put in the light, but I don't know how many people can understand another layer of their thoughts. He refused to send troops at this time, saying that it was to make the Wu army have internal strife, but the more important thing was to preserve his own strength. Because Sun Tu knows a truth very well, if you want the court not to dare to attack you, you must rely on the military power in your hands as a deterrent!

Therefore, the most important thing is to reduce casualties and master the 100,000 army!