Like most of the cities in the south of the Yangtze River, outside Danyang City, in addition to the criss-crossing waterways, there are also patches of rolling mountains.

When the Danyang official army lured the wolf into the house and brought the hundreds of "Yan clan people" into the city, everything here had been completely seen by a few pairs of shining cold eyes in the mountains not far away.

Those eyes really shone like stars in the dark night, but unless someone came close to look closely, they would never have thought that it was someone on the mountain who was checking the movement below, because the two sides were five or six miles apart, and it was beyond the reach of the human eye in the middle of the night.

The people in the mountains were able to see everything below, but it was because they had several strange instruments on their eyes—they were composed of two cylinders of non-gold and non-wood, one side of the eyes was slightly smaller, and the outer side was slightly thicker, and the top was filled with objects as transparent as glass. Well, this is the telescope of later generations, which Sun Tu took out of the warehouse for marching, but now they serve another purpose, that is, to observe the movements of the officers and troops below from a distance.

For Sun Tu to inexplicably take out such never-before-seen objects, many people around him have long been accustomed to it. It is said that Sun Chan was able to make people develop terrible weapons such as devastation bullets before, so what is this kind of object that can pull the distant scenery to the eyes, and the slightest detail is counted? At most, it is just to make the soldiers below more in awe of him and more loyal to him.

Of course, this did not prevent several generals who had used binoculars from marveling: "With this artifact, our army can catch the enemy's movements before they appear, then we can really anticipate the enemy's opportunity, and half of the victory has been won before the battle, this is really a battlefield weapon." ”

Sun Tu just smiled casually: "The utensils may be able to play a role in adding wings to the tiger, but if we really want to win, it is still up to us, and the whole army is united as one, and the order and prohibition are the way to win." ”

"What he said is very true, and the lowly rank has been taught." Several generals on the side responded with their fists in unison. Then, Yang Zhicai frowned slightly and asked, "Zha Zhi, did you say that these people have a big problem?" ”

"Yes, although they are civilians, they don't look much different from the fugitives on the surface, but if you think about it, you can find many flaws. For example, their entire team still maintains a certain formation during the march, and can respond to possible attacks at any time, and most of these people are very solid on their feet, which is not at all like ordinary people can do. ”

Sun Tu said, and smiled again: "Of course, these are just the details, and more importantly, at this time, even if they are uprooted and fled due to the military disaster, it is impossible to transfer to this Danyang City." Wouldn't it be safer for them to flee to Jinling City than to come here? All this is enough to make people assert that they must be anti-army, and they entered the city just to cooperate with the anti-army to capture Danyang at that time. ”

Lin Chong, Wu Song and others around them nodded in agreement when they heard this. Yue Fei on the side looked at Sun Tu with admiration in his eyes, in his opinion at this time, Sun Tu was so unattainable and clever. But at the same time, another question in his heart was even more unbearable, and he finally said after a moment of hesitation: "Ruler, since we arrived here yesterday, why didn't we enter the city earlier?" Wouldn't that be safer? ”

This question is not only in his heart, but also in the hearts of many other people. You must know that after they broke away from the army before, they rushed to Danyang day and night, but when they really arrived at the place, Sun Tu suddenly ordered the army to turn into the mountains and forests, but he did not mean to contact the officials and soldiers in the city, which is really a big deviation from the judgment when everyone came.

It was only because Sun Tu had a very strong prestige in the army and was like a mountain that everyone did not question it. Now when they heard Yue Fei ask, many people turned their eyes to him to see what kind of explanation he was.

Sun Tu put down the binoculars, smiled and said, "If we really go over like this, will those officers and soldiers believe our statement?" If they don't even believe in our identity, or even send troops to expel us, how should we respond? ”

"This ...... Not really......" someone muttered quietly.

Sun Tu sneered: "Don't forget why Danyang is targeted by the rebels, there are a large number of military rations in the city, and they are secretly selling grain to the north on Zhu Mian's orders." In such a situation, they must be thieves, and many of us will rush away, and even if they do not doubt our identity, they will pretend not to know and expel them. So whether we show up or not, I'm afraid we won't be able to enter the city. And if we do, our whereabouts will be completely exposed, and maybe the thieves will have to make corresponding arrangements, and it won't be able to do anything. ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully in agreement, even Yue Fei also accepted Sun Tu's explanation: "It's still far-sighted, and Fei is still a little shallow in looking at things." ”

"Hehe, you've only been in the army for a few months, and it's already good to have this knowledge." Sun Tu comforted him, and added: "In addition, our hidden troops here are also the most conducive to launching a sneak attack on the rebels when they attack the city, as long as we seize the opportunity, this battle will definitely be able to break the enemy army." It's just that in the past few days, I have to grieve everyone and hide here. ”

"As long as we can win, what kind of grievance is this!" Immediately, a few generals said, although the surrounding soldiers are not easy to speak, but they all show perseverance, for them, Sun Tu's order is a holy decree, let alone let them hide in the mountains and forests for a period of time, even if they let them attack Danyang City at this moment, they will not have the slightest hesitation.

Seeing this, Sun Tu smiled with satisfaction again. It's just that when his gaze swept over Yue Fei, who was looking at him with reverent eyes, he still felt a little pressure. Because he didn't finish the reason, and even hid the most important point - he wanted to keep the Danyang grain for himself, and this must make the city fall, at least the generals in the city can't stay. And this point cannot be said in a grand manner.

After making up his mind, he ordered again: "Since Neiying has already mixed into Danyang, I am afraid that the rebels will be killed tomorrow and tomorrow." Tonight, everyone has recuperated their spirits, don't think about anything else, just leave some people to watch, and everyone else will go to bed first. ”

As his order was handed down, the Qingzhou troops hiding in the mountains and forests found a place to lie down and fall asleep. Fortunately, the weather was not too cold at this time, and some people huddled together with a thin blanket could make do all night......

The sun rises and goes west, and soon a new day will come to an end. The Qingzhou army, which had been hiding in the mountains and forests for another day and a night, still couldn't wait for the enemy to appear, which made many soldiers slowly change in their hearts, for fear that this time their own jurisdiction would miscalculate, and there was really no enemy to use troops against Danyang. Only Sun Tu was still full of confidence, looking at the not too strict guard at the head of the county town and made a judgment: "If I expect it to be correct, either tonight or tomorrow morning, the rebels will inevitably appear in front of us!" ”

With this sentence, the hearts of all the soldiers settled down. Over the years, it seems that Sun Tu has almost never missed it, and presumably this time will not be an exception.

And the facts quickly proved that Sun Tu's judgment was correct, after the second watch, there was a team of people on the official road outside the city that was quiet and was quickly approaching Danyang. Although the number of this team is not too large, only in the hundreds, just looking at their fast but silent marching style, it can be seen that this is a rare elite among the anti-army.

When they saw this army appear, the spirits of the officers and men of the Qingzhou Army who had been waiting in the mountains and forests for several days were all lifted, and many people subconsciously raised their weapons in their hands, as long as they gave an order, they would rush over like the wind.

But at this time, Sun Tu's strict order was quickly conveyed: "The whole army must not move, no good orders, no arrows, let the enemy pass!" This made the soldiers who just wanted to kill and make meritorious contributions very puzzled, but in the end, they could only choose to wait for their orders.

Of course, the generals in the high places in the rear knew Sun Tu's intentions in doing this, although this enemy army was elite, it was not their real goal, and the main army behind it was the fruit they wanted to swallow.

"They should have gone first to connect with Nei Ying who entered the city earlier, maybe the officers and soldiers who were keeping vigil in the city at this time have been completely eliminated by Nei Ying." Sun Tu squinted his eyes and said his inference, and then smiled: "This is the usual method used by the Liangshan bandits when they attacked the cities of various state capitals, I didn't expect that in Jiangnan, Fang La's rebels were actually good at using this trick." ”

"It should be that their army has limited combat power, so they have to use this trick." Lin Chong whispered: "After all, they have only been in action for less than two years, and it is naturally impossible for them to have too many elites after recruiting hundreds of thousands of troops at once." ”

At the same time as they spoke, there were already several fires waving there at the head of Danyang City in front of them, and soon after, there was a burst of bird calls from below, and it was the two sides who were docking with the code to reveal their identities.

And when all this was confirmed, the closed gate was slowly opened from the inside with a creaking sound, and the small drawbridge in front of the gate was lowered.

As Sun Tu judged, Neiying, who entered the city last night, had already made a move tonight and seized control of this side of the city gate. Now, the south gate of Danyang has been opened, and the entire city has been exposed to the enemy's sword. And what's even more terrifying is that then there were a little fires everywhere in the city, and those inner should not only seize the city gate, but also set fire to the city, wanting to completely mess up Danyang!

Half an hour later, a trumpet pierced the quiet night, and then fierce footsteps sounded like raindrops from far and near. An army of tens of thousands of people rushed towards Danyang like a wave in the shouting and shouting.

The city gate is open, and there are thieves in the city, and Danyang City has entered a desperate situation.

Fang Shifo, who rushed to the front of the team and kept howling to make the soldiers rush to kill at full speed, was so excited that his eyes lit up, breaking Danyang, grabbing grain and grass, and thus laying the foundation for the victory of Jiangnan in one fell swoop!

However, when the praying mantis thought that it could swallow the cicada on the tree in one bite, it did not know that it had also become a delicacy in the eyes of the yellow finch behind......