The city of Zhuozhou at night is particularly dark and quiet, but at this moment the garrison mansion is brightly lit, the atmosphere is high, although there is no wine to drink, and the food is only cold and hard dry buns, but a group of generals of the Changsheng army are still red-faced, listening to Fan Qi and others, who have just come back from outside, talk about the feat of taking the initiative to go out of the city and slow down the trip of the Liao army.

Originally, since Dong Kuang, everyone had a big opinion on Sun Tu's decision, after all, only sending more than 1,000 people to delay the tens of thousands of elites of the Liao army in the middle of the road was completely a fool's dream. But as a result, after listening to the performances of the enemy in the palm of their hands, everyone was very excited, and they wished that they were in front of the battle at that time.

"The last general has really completely convinced General Sun this time, you can really be regarded as a clever calculation, and almost all the reactions of the Liao army are in your hands." Lin Fan, the general of the Changsheng Army, sighed again, then glanced at his own commander, and continued: "Actually, when we saw the Liao Army at the beginning, we were quite frightened, and we didn't even dare to sound the horn and beat the drum as instructed. But it was General Fan who insisted on doing what he was ordered to do, so he had to do it, and as a result, they really didn't dare to chase him out. And the next day, they did slow down their march. ”

"This is not the most powerful, and what makes me wait to be convinced, or our harassment and luring of the enemy have also succeeded one after another, and even the general has even calculated where they will suddenly camp there, so that we can calmly lay a trap and kill the Liao army by surprise." Fan Qi also said with emotion. To be honest, he really didn't think that fighting would be so easy, you must know that this time they are facing the elite of the Liao army, which has always been the trouble of the Great Song Dynasty.

"You don't have to be too flattering to me, I just thought of a few ideas, if you really want to talk about the merits, it is still your soldiers." After listening to their praise, Sun Tu finally smiled and said, "If you hadn't taken the risk to attack, this result would not have been possible. Especially Fan Qi, you should be the first to remember! ”

This is not bad, because it was under his leadership that the coalition of more than 1,000 Qingzhou soldiers and Chang Sheng's army dared to attack the Liao army. And in the end, the traps in the mountains and forests were also carefully arranged by him and his brothers, and it was precisely because of the guidance of those of them with rich hunting experience that those traps and mines could exert the greatest lethality, so as to completely deter the Liao army.

It can be said that this time in order to slow down the march of the Liao army and buy time for the arrival of the Shandong army, Sun Tuke used all his tricks, the most important of which was those firearms mines that were not numerous. Because in the original preparations, these were used against the enemy cavalry, and once they were used in advance, the future effect would be greatly reduced.

Of course, judging from the results, it is still worth it, at least this has greatly slowed down the march of the Liao army, according to the news brought by Fan Qi, it will take at least three days for the Liao army to arrive in Zhuozhou, which is enough to buy seven or eight days for reinforcements.

"What I'm waiting to say is the truth, but I don't mean to boast." Lin Fan said with a smile: "Even if what General Sun said is true, he may accurately grasp the enemy's movements, and even accurately predict their next decision, and even know how they will march next, this is the key to our success." ”

"Hehe, I don't dare to be greedy for merit anymore, because in real terms, this is all the credit of General Dong, and it was he who told me about Xiao Gan's character and the means of using troops in the past to come to these conclusions." Sun Tu said, picked up the coarse porcelain bowl, and greeted Dong Kuang opposite: "General Dong, I will replace wine with water and give you a bowl." ”

Dong Kuang smiled, drank a bowl of cold water as wine, and then said: "General Sun, you are still too modest, although what you said is true, but if you don't strategize and set a strategy, coupled with the strong execution of the Qingzhou Army officers and soldiers under your command, we will not succeed at all this time." ”

These words immediately won the unanimous approval of all the generals present, and dozens of people raised their bowls almost at the same time to toast Sun Tu. Seeing this, Sun Tu was no longer modest, and drank the water from the bowl. Then, I saw Dong Kuang staring at him with curiosity and said: "In fact, compared to others, what I admire most is General Sun's various tactics used to exhaust the enemy and drag the enemy, this is a tactic that I have never heard of before, I don't know if it is a famous general from the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"Oh? Well, I learned this from the writings of a great man. Sun Tu replied in general terms: "He called these tactics guerrilla warfare. It can be said that this is the tactic used by the army that is most conducive to being familiar with the terrain and is at a disadvantage in terms of combat strength. ”

"Guerrilla warfare ......" Dong Kuang pondered the words for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "This is really an extremely appropriate statement, wandering in all directions, and leaving with one blow." In this way, it is possible to avoid head-to-head confrontation and not expose the weaknesses of our army to the enemy. Wonderful, it's wonderful. ”

Sun Tu really had a feeling of being impressed by Dong Kuang, he was able to grasp the essence of guerrilla warfare from a single word, and he did have the potential to become a famous general. After thinking for a while, he added: "Actually, there are still 16 key points in this guerrilla tactic, and if you can really master it, even if you can't win it completely, if you want to protect yourself and harass the enemy, it is enough. ”

"Oh, but what sixteen words?" Dong Kuang became even more interested and hurriedly asked.

"That is, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy retreats and I chase, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, and the enemy is tired and I fight!" Sun Tu immediately revealed this classic tactical trick of later generations. This time, not only Dong Kuang's eyes were shining, but all the generals in the hall showed deep thought and excitement, and some of them didn't even notice that the water bowl in front of them was overturned, so they looked at Sun Tu in a daze, their eyes full of respect.

"The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy retreats and I chase, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, and the enemy is tired and I ......fight" Dong Kuang repeated it several times, then immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Sun Tu: "General Sun, please accept my worship, only these sixteen characters have exhausted the essence and mystery of this guerrilla warfare, and should be my division!" ”

Seeing this, the others also stood up and saluted, and their attitude towards Sun Tu became more and more respectful. This is obviously not only because of his ability, but also because of his mind, and because he can teach everyone such a trick of using military without reservation.

This really made Sun Tudu a little stunned, and after a while, he got up and helped Dong Kuang: "General Dong is serious, you guys are too polite." It's just some careful use of soldiers, and it's not original, so I'm really ashamed. ”

And his reaction is even more respectful, this time, Sun Tu has really been recognized by these victorious generals. In fact, he still ignores that some of his habits as a traveler are different from most people at this time, although these habits have been slowly masked over the years. For example, this habit of knowledge sharing that belongs to the 21st century, Sun Tu has never cared about it.

In other respects, it's actually okay, but this use of soldiers, for the generals thousands of years ago, it was completely the foundation of their own lives. For many, a copy of the Art of War can be regarded as a treasured book, not to mention an advanced tactic such as guerrilla tactics.

What is even more valuable is that the essence of the 16-character guerrilla warfare summed up by the great man is really concise and to the point, so that every general who knows a little about military affairs can quickly understand the truth, which in the eyes of many people, is even better than any military book. And now, Sun Tu completely told everyone present that not hiding anything was enough to break their hearts.

Sun Tu's spirits were lifted again, although this was somewhat unexpected by him, but it was undoubtedly an excellent result, which allowed him to have more say in the victorious army. At that moment, he decided to strike while the iron was hot: "Generals, I have a word that I hope you can listen to." Although our plan this time was successful, and the pace of the Liao army was held back at a very small cost, the real threat to my Zhuozhou has not yet been lifted. Our reinforcements have not yet arrived, but the enemy's army will appear before us in a few days, and then we will have to rely on more than 20,000 soldiers and horses of the victorious army to defend the city. I hope that everyone will do their best to live up to General Dong's trust in you, and also to live up to the hard work of my Great Song soldiers who came day and night. ”

Speaking of this, he solemnly made another big salute: "Sun Tu, please!" ”

If he had said this before, even if the generals had agreed on the surface, they would have some different thoughts in their hearts. But now, everyone is convinced of Sun Tu, and when they hear this again, their reactions are completely different. After a while, Dong Kuang first hugged his fists and said: "General Sun, just rest assured, now we have become one with the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao people have been our great enemies for many years, even if you don't say it, we will go all out to fight against it and defend Zhuozhou City!" ”

Other generals also followed: "We should obey the orders of General Dong and General Sun, and do our best to hold Zhuozhou, and not give the Liao army any chance." ”

Feeling the slow fighting spirit of everyone, Sun Tu also became excited, and said loudly: "Okay! If you can have such faith, I will be able to hold Zhuozhou, and we will definitely be able to achieve the final victory. Let's toast to the final victory! As he spoke, he picked up the bowl of water again.

The others were also affected by this emotion, and they raised their glasses and drank the water in their bowls as a spirit, and many of them turned red and excited, as if they could not wait for the enemy to appear in the city and fight them head-on.

Seeing this, Sun Tu completely fell to the ground with a big stone in his heart. Even he didn't expect that this guerrilla tactic of blocking the enemy and delaying would actually boost the hearts of the generals, and even let him really win the recognition and respect of the victorious army, which may be regarded as the best situation at the moment.

And then, it only depends on when the Liao army will arrive, and when the elite soldiers and horses under his command will be able to arrive and defeat the frontal enemy.