In July, the heat gradually fades, especially after the middle of the year, and the Central Plains has a little cooler autumn.

The arrival of autumn also means that the harvest season is about to begin, and the farmers are getting busier and busier, often as soon as the day is polished, the young men and even strong women in the villages everywhere go out of their homes early to start a day's hard work in their own or landlord's farmland.

Hebei East Road, Damingfu, Nanle County, Shilipu, Zhangjiagou villagers are like this, just after the middle of the day, dozens of men and women have all come to the farmland, bent down to do the work. While working, everyone also talked about the ongoing Song-Liao battle from time to time, even if it was Dousheng Xiaomin, they were also quite concerned about the front-line war.

"It's been almost two years, and when will this big war end?"

"Who says it's not, just because of this big battle, my two brothers were requisitioned to the north, and they haven't been seen back for half a year. In addition, in this year alone, the grain tax has risen by almost 50%, all of which are said to be to support the front line. But our grain has been handed over, why don't we see the imperial army win a few battles? ”

"Who knows where these grains and copper coins went, I'm afraid they would have fallen into the pockets of those officials, and how many pennies could be sent to the front line? And how many catties and taels do our Song Dynasty officials and soldiers have, haven't you counted them for so many years? I'm just afraid ......"

"Li has a big mouth, as far as you say, be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth, and when the time comes, the government will arrest you and send you to prison!" Seeing that this person was becoming more and more speechless, someone on the side immediately reminded him urgently, which made Na Li's big mouth smuggle, and the others around him sighed.

Just when everyone was speechless for a while, there was a fierce sound of horses' hooves in the distance on the official road on the edge of the wheat field. This naturally aroused the curiosity of the peasants, and many of them subconsciously raised their heads, put up the pergola with their hands, and went to the north.

After a while, they saw a man coming on two horses, but unlike the messenger they had seen before delivering urgent mail, this man also had two large flags on his back, as if two wings had been born from his back, and he was running wildly against the wind, revealing all the words written on it.

It's a pity that none of these peasants working in the fields can read and write, and even if they see the words on it, they don't know what it means. They were just curiously guessing, what information did they want to report to the south, could it be that the battle of Hualiao was defeated again, and the local governments must be prepared to respond as soon as possible?

Then, something they didn't expect happened. Just when this man came to them with two horses, the knight suddenly pulled the reins, slowed down the speed of his horse, and then turned his head and shouted at them: "Great victory in the north, my Great Song Dynasty official army has broken the Liao army under the leadership of General Sun Tusun, Marquis of Yue, and recaptured the important land of the sixteen states of Youyun, a hundred years of humiliation, and today it is completely gone!" ”

After this shout, the knight quickened again, and ran forward as fast as he could, until he came to the edge of the next wheat field where the peasants gathered, and then slowed down again and shouted something similar. At this time, the peasants who were left behind by him were completely stunned, and Li's mouth was so open that he could almost stuff a watermelon, but he couldn't even say a word for a while.

After a while, someone stammered, "Just ...... What did the man say? Did I hear that the sixteen states of Youyun have been recaptured, and my Great Song Dynasty official army has achieved a great victory unseen in a century? ”

"You heard it right, that's what he called, this great victory under the leadership of General Sun Tu of Yuehou!" Li's big mouth finally came back to his senses, full of excitement

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Loud shouting. Then his excitement quickly spread to everyone around him, and everyone put down the farm tools in their hands and cheered loudly.

Perhaps the victory or defeat of the battle on the front line could not have much impact on their peaceful life, but as a Song person, after learning that the imperial army had finally achieved such a great victory unseen in a century, he was still very excited and cheered, and even those who had complained a lot before were now shouting the slogan that the Great Song Dynasty will win and General Sun will be mighty.

Soon after, this Zhangjiagou Village, this Shilipu Town, and even the entire Nanle County began to boil, and the cheers rang out, soaring into the sky, and did not disperse for a long time.

And the knight of the victory did not stay in the county for more, continued to run all the way along the flat official road, and spread this good news to the ears of every ordinary person along the road, and also ushered in more cheers and cheers, as a result, the name of Yuehou Sun Tu has become the existence of the entire Nanle, the entire Daimyo Mansion, and the entire Hebei East Road, whether everyone knows the deeds of this general in the past or not, at this time he has become the most amazing hero in the world, the real hero of the world!

At the same time, not only this person rode twice, but more knights galloped on every official road in the Great Song Dynasty, rushed into every city, every town and township, and spread the news of this great victory to the ears of every ordinary person, and also let them know the existence of Sun Tu, a famous general at that time and a hero of the world.

Hebei Road, Gyeonggi Road, Huaibei Road, Jingdong Road, and even farther Qinfeng Road, Jiangnan Road...... All the states in the Great Song Dynasty have ushered in such a great victory that is enough to attract the joy of all the people in the next half a month, and even a number of horsemen even rushed into the city of Tokyo, spreading the news to every corner of Bianliang, which immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the people in this prosperous capital.

Obviously, in the next July, no matter the court or the rivers and lakes, whether it is the southeast, the northwest, the whole Song Dynasty, everyone will know Sun Tu, will worship Sun Tu, and will regard him as the greatest hero who saves the country for the country, expands the territory, and benefits the society in the future......

And when this news came to the court and fell into the ears of those ministers who were high in the temple, although they were also smiling at people, their real mood was not as good as it appeared.

In the Taishi's mansion, in Cai Jing's study, facing his cronies, Cai Jing could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and with a snap, he smashed the priceless and most cherished firewood kiln porcelain bowl into pieces, and even scared all his subordinate cronies into silence, and he didn't even dare to breathe anymore. You must know that in the past 20 years, Taishi Cai, who is in charge alone, has never been as angry as he is today, which can also see how much impact this matter has on him.

"His heart can be punished! Sun Tu is really damned! Where did he have the courage to make an assertion without the permission of the imperial court, and use Lubu Feijie to advertise the victory in the north to the world? Is there a court in his eyes, what does he want to do? A series of angry roars erupted from his mouth, followed by a heart-rending cough, but the old man hurt his lungs in his excitement.

As soon as they saw this, the cronies below immediately panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to pat their backs and stroke their chests, hand out water, and comfort them...... After being busy for a while, Cai Jing stabilized, but his face became more and more ugly, and the white was blue. But what should be said is to say, "What do you think about this?" ”

"Xia Guan thinks that Sun Tu's move is indeed very inappropriate, but after all, the imperial court did not explicitly prohibit the border general Lubu Feijie, so it is really not good to convict him of this......"

What's more, he Sun Tu led the army to take it

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The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is also the truth, and it is my long-cherished wish of the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and the credit is so great, I am afraid that it is not good to blame him for such a small mistake. Even if it's the official family, I'm afraid I won't mind. ”

"Yes, Master, even if there is something wrong with this matter, it will not hurt the overall situation after all, please don't make a big deal out of it, but hurt your body."

Listening to these comforting voices, Cai Jing's eyes were even more gloomy: "Why, don't you really understand the key?" The old man had just made up his mind to suppress this matter first, and then find a chance to get rid of this fang, so as to appease my Great Song Sheji, he suddenly came here to make a move, which was clearly coming to the old man and all of us. ”

As Cai Jing's cronies, the officials naturally knew what he had done in the court during this period of time - in fact, as early as a few days ago, the relevant good news had been reported to Jingshi. But Cai Jing relied on his strong influence to completely suppress the matter, and almost no one dared to reveal to the outside that the north had such a victory, whether it was the Ministry of War, the Privy Council, or other yamen. And what he did was to find out Sun Tu's faults before this news was known to the world, and take him down directly!

In fact, Sun Tu's sins don't need to be found, they are all on the surface. killed Gao Yu, put Tong Guan under house arrest, and snatched military power...... No matter which one of them, it is enough to convict him of a plot and destroy his whole house. And Cai Jing has been holding back, because he is worried that it will affect the situation in the north.

And now, finally there is definite news about the northern expedition to Liao, although Sun Tuzhen has achieved a great victory unseen in a century, but for Cai Jing, this is still not a problem. Because he can completely explain to the people of the world that the real boss of this battle is Tong Guan, who is the court and His Majesty's good use of people, and cover up the merits of Sun Tu and others, and then list their crimes, you can take down this guy who has always been his enemy.

What if he made a lot of contributions? He is not a military general with a low status, when Taishi Cai, who is the prime minister of the current dynasty and the powerful Taishi Cai, wants to erase his merits and condemn him to death, can he still turn the sky upside down as a military general?

thought that everything was under his control, but Sun Tu came up with such a move. In this way, Cai Jing's overall plan will be completely ruined, and Lu Bufeijie, who rushed to all the state capitals in the world, will make it difficult for him to deny Sun Tu's merits, and he will no longer be able to hide from the Son of Heaven in the palace.

This time, Cai Jing was so angry, in fact, it was more about fear, fear that everything was out of his control, and he was afraid that Sun Tu would actually guess his behavior first, and he was ready to counteract early on. If that's the case, then the trouble will only be even greater.

But even so, Cai Jing still won't change the established policy, the more Sun Tu is like this, the more threatening it is, and it must be eradicated! At this moment, he had made a final decision, to transfer Sun Tu back to the capital as soon as possible, transfer those subordinates who had been fighting with him for many years, and then take him down and execute him as soon as he returned to Tokyo!

This person is too threatening to stay! Even if it will cause more disputes, it will not hesitate, because Cai Jing has already felt that this person is a terrible threat to himself, and even to the entire Great Song Dynasty.

What if you make a contribution to the world? In the eyes of the powerful ministers of the court, he Sun Tu is just a humble military general who can be executed at will!

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