When Qin Chi came out of Changshu City and returned to the barracks, he immediately saw Pang Wanchun, who asked a little eagerly, "How was the talk?" Then Sun Tu has the meaning of opening the city and surrendering? ”

Don't look at the Wu army still occupying an overwhelming advantage now, but Pang Wanchun knows that his family is already difficult to ride a tiger, and he must do everything possible to take Changshu City down as soon as possible. Because he had received a secret letter from Hangzhou not long ago, there was a shortage of grain and grass in the rear, and he was about to be unable to support the continuous consumption of the 100,000 army.

Although the south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, it cannot withstand the constant changes in the past few years. The perverse actions of Zhu Mian and a group of corrupt officials have long made the local people miserable, so Fang La's anti-flag can gather in one fell swoop. But in the two years after their uprising, the life of the people in Jiangnan was not much better, and as the war continued to escalate, the people were even more miserable.

And if you want to avoid such an uncontrollable result, you have to take Changshu as soon as possible, and take a break from the war, recuperate, and wait for the people to take a breath and then try to go north. Therefore, now Pang Wanchun's burden is heavier, not only to win, but also to win in the shortest possible time, and if he can persuade Sun Tu to surrender, it will be a perfect result.

Qin Chi, as the waiter of the Wu Guoli Department, naturally knew the inside story, and at this time he also said with a serious expression: "Pang Shuai, don't worry, after talking about it today, Sun Tu has already moved." It's just that he is particularly worried, worried that this is a ploy for us to break the city, so he put forward several conditions. ”

After hearing his words, Pang Wanchun was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "What are the conditions?" Because he knew very well that only if he was really sincere to surrender, Sun Tu would put forward the conditions.

"First, he asked the emperor to personally write a decree to pardon his previous crimes."

"This is a matter of course, I think Your Majesty will definitely agree to his request, so that the tiger will use my Wu Kingdom as a heavy use, let him put a hundred hearts."

"Second, he also proposed that after the opening of the city, we must not kill a single person without permission, whether it is the people in the city or the soldiers of the Shandong army."

"Haha, he's too worried, as long as he is willing to open the city and surrender, then both the people and the soldiers are subjects of my Wu State, how can Ben Shuai kill innocents indiscriminately? You can promise him that if he doesn't believe it, Ben Shuai can go outside the city and swear an oath, so that heaven and earth can prove it! Pang Wanchun replied without hesitation, and he really didn't have the intention of going back on his word and killing the Shandong army.

"This third one is a little weird." Qin Chi showed a slight discoloration, "He said that if our army is really sincere, we have to retreat ten miles back, as long as we do it for a few days, he will definitely surrender within five days!" ”

"Huh?" When Pang Wanchun heard this request, he unconsciously frowned slightly: "What is his intention?" Are you worried that we will trick him into preventing me from taking the opportunity to enter the city after the city is opened? But now that my troops are eight miles away from Changshu City, it will be difficult to control them if I retreat back. This made him unconsciously have a few doubts in his heart, did the other party really have the intention to surrender, or was he playing with other ideas?

"Xia Guan also asked Sun Tu, he only said that this was just in case, and he insisted on this, leaving no room for maneuver at all." Qin Chi said, and looked at Pang Wanchun again: "Pang Shuai, the lower officials think that this matter can actually rely on him, as long as we take precautions, we are not afraid of him making any trouble." ”

"Oh? How to prevent it? ”

"We can retreat, but we can retreat the main force to the north, so that we can completely cut off his way of escaping. If he really wants to break out of the siege, we are sure enough to besiege him. Moreover, once he leaves the city, the 30,000 or 40,000 people in the Shandong Military Region will definitely be defeated, which is much more certain than our current continuous siege of the city. ”

Pang Wanchun listened to this suggestion, and nodded unconsciously: "Your idea is good, as long as you cut off his back road, you are not afraid that he will be able to turn the sky upside down." So do as you do, and tell them that everything is done, and that as soon as Your Majesty's will comes, let them surrender to our court!" He let out a long sigh of relief when he had made up his mind, and finally the matter had a perfect result.

But soon, he had another layer of inexplicable feeling in his heart, as if something was wrong, but he couldn't grasp the key for a while, so he could only think that he was too suspicious and put it aside for a while.

Now that they have made up their minds, the Wu army will no longer attack the city, and begin to retreat as planned, but the direction of their retreat is facing south, and they are still doing it under the watchful eye of the Song army, which is clearly to warn the defenders in the city not to be lucky.

And their movement fell into the eyes of Sun Tu, who was standing at the head of the city and watching. At this time, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, with a slight sneer: "This Pang Wanchun really deserves to be the leading general in the anti-army, and he is cautious." ”

Zhu Wu beside him smiled: "But he must not have imagined that this was actually expected by us, and it must not be long before he regrets his decision." ”

"But this is a smart man, I can't give him too much time to think about it, I have to act on the plan as soon as possible." As he spoke, Sun Tu swept over Song Jiang and Dong Ping beside him: "After that, the safety of Changshu and these brothers will be handed over to you, but you have to guard the city for me!" ”

"Zha Zhi, do you want to think about it, or is it better for us to take someone to take the risk......" Dong Ping couldn't help but dissuade him. Sun Tu's plan is too risky, maybe it will be nine deaths, and he should really change his subordinate generals to do it, not him, the chief general of the three armies.

This sentence immediately won the approval of Lin Chong and the others on the side, and many people at the moment persuaded loudly: "Commander, you are the backbone of my Shandong army, there must be no mistakes, such a risky thing, let the last general wait for you to come!" ”

The audience said a lot of words, Sun Tucai smiled and waved his hand: "If you want to talk about danger, where is it not dangerous?" Since we were betrayed by Zhu Mian, it has been a killing machine step by step, and it is really safe to stay in Changshu? This small county town has long been ruined, and maybe the enemy will be able to destroy it with another attack, and the people who remain here will not be in danger by then?

"You also know who I am, my Sun Tu is by no means the kind of person who is willing to be beaten passively, since there is such an opportunity to turn defeat into victory now, I will never miss it. Moreover, in the previous battles, you were all contributing, and I, the commander of the three armies, only watched from the sidelines, which made me feel at ease? "Of course, the most important thing is, if you talk about surprise soldiers and tricks, how many of you can compare with my Sun Tu? Since this is the way I came up with it, I should take the risk. I appreciate your kindness, but this is a military order, what you have to do is to hold Changshu and stabilize the anti-army, as long as you do these two things, your credit is not less than mine! ”

After listening to Sun Tu's words and looking at his resolute appearance, everyone knew that he had completely made up his mind and could not change it again. At the moment, they didn't persuade anymore, but they all said with serious expressions: "The last general knows, we will definitely act according to the general's orders, stabilize the rebel army, and keep Changshu steadily!" ”

"That's good." Sun Tu smiled happily, and then raised his eyes to look at the gradually darkening sky: "I will go out of the city tonight, and then I will rely on you to deal with the enemy army outside the city." ”

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It was nearly two watches, and it was already dark.

The rainy days not only made the weather cold, but also made the stars and moon dark, and the whole world was dark.

Under such conditions, Mo said that the Wu army had retreated to more than ten miles away according to Sun Tu's requirements, and even if they were still stationed in front of Changshu City, it was impossible to discover in time that the south gate had quietly opened a line.

An army of more than 300 people quietly left the city. This is a group of elites in the Shandong army who are fierce and good at fighting, and there is a trace of essence in their eyes! If you go into more detail, they were trained by Sun Tu, the most elite in the Qingzhou army, and the best hands of the scout battalion who had experienced a hundred battles.

At this time, in addition to the commander of the scout battalion, there were also two infantry masters, Wu Song and Luda, who were following Sun Tu's side, and this elite combat force, if they really wanted to sneak attack the enemy camp in the dark, it would be enough for the 100,000 Wu army to drink a pot.

But they did not kill the Wu army camp that had already thrown the main force to the north, but they went the opposite way and quietly marched straight to the south. The team of more than 300 people walked fast, but barely made any movement, as if a group of predators in the dark night, quietly touching the prey that they had already targeted.

It wasn't until after moving forward for more than half an hour that Shi Qian, who was leading the way, suddenly raised his right fist to keep the whole army still, but he found a Wu army camp in front.

Although the Wu army had thrown the main force to the north, Changshu still arranged a few roads of men and horses on all sides to think that they would be the backhand. However, the garrison here was clearly unprepared, and it was late at night, and only a few soldiers in the battalion were still on duty, and most of them were dozing off.

Seeing this, Sun Tu immediately made a decision, and after a few gestures, the team quickly broke into pieces and secretly touched silently from the side of the Wu army's camp. In this process, none of the Wu troops in the barracks noticed anything wrong, after all, who would have thought that the Song army would come out of the city and just pass by them without killing a single person?

After leaving the camp for several miles, the elite army regrouped, and then hurried forward overnight, until it was getting light, and they found a secluded place in the mountains and forests to rest. At this time, they are only a day's journey away from their target Suzhou!

From this moment on, Sun Tu, who had been passive before, finally wanted to reverse the situation and take the initiative!