In September, the eagle flies, and the hunt is in full time.

The sky is high and the earth is wide, the wilderness is boundless, and a hundred horsemen roll Pinggang, are galloping in the wilderness north of Nanjing, the former Liao Kingdom, and the city of Youzhou in the Great Song Dynasty. With the shouting and shouting, all kinds of wild beasts of all sizes were shocked to scatter and flee, and the people who chased and released the arrows behind them were the Song army soldiers led by Sun Tu who were now guarding Youzhou.

It has been more than two months since Sun Tu completely took over the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but for them, there is still too much aftermath work to deal with. Wanting to completely take a city that has been occupied by other countries for many years is not just a battle on the battlefield, and then how to manage these cities well is to truly test the ability of those in power, which is naturally a big problem for Sun Tu and his subordinates.

Fortunately, there are a lot of people who can be used under Sun Tu's command, and he doesn't have too many prejudices against friends and enemies, so he quickly selected some talented and willing Han people from various cities, which made a series of cities mainly in Youzhou slowly recover from the war.

Of course, there are also many twists and turns, in just two months, two rebellions broke out in the two cities of Yunzhou and Jizhou, and the remnants of the Liao army coerced the local Han people to make a rebellion. Fortunately, the Song army also guarded against this change, and immediately took a decisive step to quell the rebellion, and in the process of quelling the rebellion, the means were extremely ruthless, as hundreds of rebels' heads were hung in the four cities, these cities finally stabilized again.

As the most important Youzhou City among many cities, Sun Tu did not dare to be careless, in the past two months, he can be called diligent, walking on thin ice, but with the arrival of autumn, the abundance of food, and the iron fist suppression of other cities, finally made those rebels who were ready to move return to silence, at least for a short time, they did not dare to make another incident.

It is precisely because of this that Sun Tu was able to steal half a day of leisure and shoot in the wasteland north of Youzhou with a group of personal soldiers. Since he had the intention of hunting for his own amusement, Sun Tu could not not not only record how many beasts he had shot in his life like a very shameless and boastful Emperor Mazi in later generations, but also relied on thousands of troops and horses to drive all kinds of beasts to appear under his arrows, but really hunted beasts with his own ability.

For this reason, he even deliberately asked the other guards to go to a distant place, and he only galloped forward along the road with Yue Fei, and only after seeing the beast fleeing among the grass did he fire his bow and shoot it over. Sun Tu's luck today is not bad, in only half a day, there are two roe deer and five hares in the account. In front of him, there was a frightened fawn that kept fleeing, and was forced into a more open area in a bit of a panic.

With two soft whistles, Sun Tu and Yue Fei fired arrows almost at the same time, but only one feathered arrow hit the back of the deer's neck, causing it to fall to the ground with a pop, while the other arrow grazed the deer's body and was nailed to the mud on its side. It was Sun Tu who hit the target, and Yue Fei missed again.

This was not the first time he had behaved so badly today, along the way, Yue Fei had barely gained anything, and every arrow sent out was a little off, allowing the prey to escape. And this time, such a big deer was within twenty or thirty paces, but it was still shot off by him, which was really a bit unspeakable, and even his own face became more and more different.

And Sun Tu was not in a hurry to check the prey at this time, but

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Suddenly, he pulled the reins, looked at Yue Fei, who was not without annoyance, and said, "Pengju, do you have something on your mind?" ”

"I ......" Yue Fei opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say for a while, but the tangled look on his face couldn't be concealed.

"Actually, I can see that in the past two months, you have always been absent-minded, and you have done some wrong things before, which is not like you before. Let's talk about it, why is it so inappropriate, you and I are no different from relatives, so there is no need to hide it. Sun Tu said, a pair of eyes full of sincerity to look at each other.

Feeling Sun Tu's sincerity, Yue Fei's face was a little more ashamed, he finally understood, this time General Sun suddenly took the time to go hunting, and specially called himself, obviously for himself.

After another period of hesitation, he finally said: "General, there are indeed some things that the last general can't figure out, and they have always bothered me, so I have always felt restless in the past two months, and I don't seem to have the heart to do anything. ”

"Now that we are not in the army, you and I are still commensurate with each other in private." Sun Tu smiled again, emphasizing the closer relationship between the two sides, and then asked: "What are your troubles, I will listen to it with Senior Brother and see if I can help you answer a question or two." ”

Yue Fei only felt that his heart was even warmer, and he finally opened his heart and said: "Actually, my heart does have a lot to do with you, senior brother, to this day, I still can't understand why you let Na Yelu Dashi and his subordinates leave that day, isn't this a tiger returning to the mountain?" Originally, in Jizhou City, maybe just a few more battles would be able to completely wipe out the last elite of the Liao State, just like dealing with the Jurchen Jin State. ”

"It turns out that this is why, I think now it is not only you in the army, but there are also many people who have the same question." Sun Tu nodded, "You are right, our army was indeed able to defeat Jizhou in one go that day, and annihilated the elite of this Liao army." But have you thought about it, at that time, how strong the Liao people in the Jedi will burst out, and how many casualties will it bring us? At that time, although it seemed that our army was strong, in fact, we were already tired of the division, and we really couldn't accept too much damage. If it really storms Jizhou, it will be the result of losing both, which I don't want to see. Because our ultimate goal is only to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, not to really destroy the entire Liao Kingdom. ”

Yue Fei frowned again after hearing this: "But that is a great opportunity after all, the Liao State is the biggest enemy of our Great Song Dynasty for many years......"

"That was before, and it may not be in the future, because we have recaptured the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and it is no longer possible to be passively beaten as before." Sun Tu Zhengse said: "What's more, even if the Khitan Liao Kingdom is really destroyed, will we be able to sit back and relax in the Central Plains?"

"You have also read history, you should know that for thousands of years, there have always been foreign enemies in the Central Plains, on the northern grasslands, from the Xiongnu to the Turks, and then to the current Khitan and Jurchen, there has never been a future trouble because of which country we have destroyed. In this case, why do we have to fight with the Liao people to lose both, instead of taking a step back and taking what they need? What's more, leaving the Liao State as a great enemy is not a completely bad thing for my Great Song Dynasty, at least we know them better, at least the two sides can coexist peacefully in the past few decades, it is better than being as sudden as the Jurchen

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Isn't it better to rise, but be more savage and ferocious tribes as enemies?

"In addition, as long as the Liao State is still there, once those nomadic tribes in the north rise, they will be the first to bear the brunt, and for my Central Plains, they have become a natural barrier, which is not much more advantageous than completely destroying one of them?"

After saying these big words, Yue Fei was stunned for a while, even though he was young and old, he also had his own set of opinions, but he still couldn't keep up with Sun Tu's rhythm. After being silent for a long time, he was still a little worried: "But senior brother, aren't you afraid of raising tigers?" If we miss this opportunity, even if we recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, the Liao people in the future may still be our henchmen. ”

"Of course this is possible, but after our Han people have this large area of horse breeding, the situation will be very different from the previous hundred years, and I believe that the Liao State will not be able to pose any threat to us in a short period of time."

Seeing Yue Fei's puzzled face, Sun Tu patiently explained, "Do you think that I am willing to let Yelu Dashi leave just because I don't want to be injured again?" No, I let him go back to make Liaoguo even more chaotic.

"After this catastrophe, although the vitality of the Liao people has been greatly damaged, I think some people have also woken up from the previous pride and arrogance and drunken dreams, and Yelu Dashi must be one of the best. But what he wants to do is bound to have contradictions with the original vested interests, and even with the current Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi. Especially when he returned to the Liao court as a general of the defeated army and as a great sinner who lost the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, he was more likely to be convicted of this. Let me ask you, if it were you, what would you do if you were faced with such a situation? ”

"I ......" Yue Fei was stunned for a moment, originally he would not hesitate to answer that of course he was obeying the imperial court, and he would not resist even if he was convicted of capital crimes, but then, he thought of the current environment of the Liao State, and thought that once Yelu Dashi was killed, the entire country and nation would fall into the abyss, so he unconsciously hesitated.

Sun Tu took the opportunity and said: "Although Yelu Dashi has been defeated by me several times, in my opinion, it is just his bad luck, and his person is not under me in terms of heart, mind or ability. How could such a character and with great ambitions in mind be willing to be killed? Therefore, he will inevitably fight back, and with his huge reputation in the Liao State and in the army, even Yelu Yanxi may not be able to deal with it, after all, this Liao Emperor's reputation in the country is extremely poor, if it weren't for his misdeeds, it would not have allowed the Jin people to rise.

"So if my expectations are correct, with Yelu Dashi going back, there will be chaos within the Liao Kingdom, and there may even be a change in the abolition of the emperor."

"This ...... How is this possible? Yue Fei was really shocked this time, he never thought that a courtier would dare to make such a big rebellion, this is too different from the loyal monarch thought that he has always regarded as the standard, it is completely opposite.

Sun Tu suddenly stared into his eyes and asked loudly, "Why not?" Emperors and generals, would you rather have a kind? Let me ask you, what should be the so-called loyalty to the country? ”

After saying so much and going around so much, Sun Tu finally revealed the key purpose of today's deep conversation with Yue Fei!

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