Seeing the spiritual outlook of these township soldiers in the battalion, Sun Tu's four brows were all deeply locked, not to mention that these people were compared with the Western Army and the Forbidden Army, even the township soldiers in Yuncheng County and the errand soldiers in Tokyo that Sun Tu had seen were much stronger than them.

Wu Huan and Zhu Lin also seemed to feel that this was too disrespectful, and walked over and scolded loudly again and again, so that the soldiers who were standing in chaos were lined up in a few lines, but these people's movements were still slow, and even if they stood in a few rows, they were staggering, and it was uncomfortable to watch.

Sun Tu didn't get annoyed by this, he just looked at it coldly, and let the two of them do it, until they thought they could have an explanation, and then swept over these soldiers with a cold face and asked Wu Huan: "Wu Dutou, as far as this official knows, there should be five hundred township soldiers in Yizhou, but why are there only about a hundred old and weak soldiers here?" Have all the money and salaries allocated by the imperial court been swallowed up by the two of you? ”

As soon as they heard this, Wu Huan and the others immediately shouted loudly: "The regimental training is wronged, even if you have the courage to do something that swallows up the money, food, and military salary, otherwise you don't need to ask for the crime in the regimental training, these brothers alone can take the lives of the two of us." ”

"Could it be that the other soldiers and horses were killed while fighting the bandits on the Xunyang River?" Sun Tu still asked with a look of disbelief.

"Not really, although we did lose a lot of brothers in that war." Zhu Lin said with some sadness on his face, and then replied: "Actually, there are indeed 420 people in my battalion, but now they are not in the camp, but they have all gone to work in the state city to support themselves and their families. Those who remain in the camp now are old and frail and unable to support their families......"

"Huh?" Sun Tu didn't expect this to be the case, and was about to continue to ask, Yang Zhi had already stepped forward and whispered in his ear what he knew about the situation in the army-

It turns out that this township soldier is not the same as the border army of the forbidden army, their identity is the people first, and then the soldiers. This is not only reflected in their combat effectiveness, but also in their daily performance, in addition to a fixed few days of training every month, they are more engaged in cultivating the fields to feed themselves and their families.

The Great Song Dynasty has always had the habit of erecting a flag to recruit soldiers in the local area when a natural disaster occurs, and to include those young people who have lost their homes into the army, so as to avoid letting these people become homeless people or even wanderers in all directions.

Only a very small number of the new recruits will be selected into the Xiang Army, so as to have a better future, and the others will be incorporated into the village army. At that time, it was impossible for the government to give them money and grain for nothing, so it became their job to cultivate the fields and do anything for the government.

Originally, the situation had improved after Xining's reform, at least the township soldiers had been allocated a small piece of land belonging to their own family from the government, although they may not be rich, but relying on the land, plus not much money and salary, they can also make their families have enough food and clothing.

But with the death of Emperor Shenzong, the previous laws and regulations were broken again, and now there is hardly a village soldier in the entire world who can really keep his own land intact, even the meager salary

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may not be able to get their hands on time and in the right amount, and in the end they can only rely on work to support themselves.

After understanding this, Sun Tu's face changed again: "So now my Jiangzhou township soldiers also don't have their own cultivated land?" ”

"Not only is there no arable land, but because Xunyang River has been harassed by thieves, the government's tax revenue has dropped sharply, and even the money that should have been paid before has not been sent to us for three months. In order to support their families, the brothers had no choice but to leave the camp to work in the city, and they hoped that the group would practice forgiveness. While speaking, Wu Huan and Zhu Lin pleaded with Sun Tu with bitter faces, and then the other soldiers also knelt down with a hula and said, "Please also ask Sun Tuanlian to make the decision for us...... Several people even kowtowed to them.

In the face of such a group of yellow-skinned and weak soldiers, Sun Tu really has nowhere to vent his anger, he can't really punish these old and weak people for the sake of Liwei, right? Even Wu and Zhu, who obviously had reservations in front of him, and even deliberately threw the problem in front of him, he couldn't investigate their guilt at this time.

To be honest, before coming to the barracks, Sun Tu was actually mentally prepared, knowing that Yuan Wang would not let himself master the township soldiers easily, but he thought that someone would give him a dismount, and even had the idea of fighting with the soldiers in the army, but he didn't expect that what was in front of him would be such a mess.

Seeing that he was a little dazed, a hint of pride flashed in Wu Huan and Zhu Lin's eyes, and sure enough, as long as this problem was revealed, it would be enough to make this so-called group training sent by the imperial court helpless. This person only became a regimental training in the city at a young age by relying on Feng Ying and Shooting Horses, but he couldn't really make the sergeant obey the orders just by Feng Ying and Shooting Horses.

However, as Sun Tu looked at them again and opened his mouth to ask, both of them put on a helpless expression: "Didn't you go to the state government to ask for money?" As far as I know, Yuan Tuiguan has always loved the people and protected the soldiers, so he will never look at you so poor, right? ”

"Sun Tuanlian, you don't know anything, in fact, our situation in the early years was still okay. It's just that since Cai Taishou arrived, because he handed over the errand of supplying money and grain to Qi Guan Gou, our money and salary have been repeatedly deducted, until three months ago, we have never been able to receive money and food, he only said that there is a shortage of food in the city, so we can only supply the Xiang army first, and our township soldiers can only think of their own ideas. Zhu Lin said with a look of indignation.

Sun Tu chuckled in his heart, only then did he know how serious the problem he was facing now was, no wonder Yuan Wang would be so happy today to let people take him to the barracks, it turned out that he had already dug a pit here and waited for him to jump down.

Even Ruda showed a worried face at this time, knowing that his family was in big trouble.

Before coming here, Sun Tu made a promise in front of Yuan Wang that he would definitely train the township soldiers as soon as possible, and the latter even took the opportunity to propose to see certain results in two or three months, which was equivalent to making a military order in front of his own boss.

And in order to do this, the most important thing now is to boost the morale of the township soldiers, at least let them get money and food. However, the official in charge of money and food in the city is Cai Dezhang's person, and it is obvious that Cai Dezhang has put a lot of effort into seizing a certain amount of power from Yuan Wang.

But these local petty officials have a backer

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The first thing to do is to satisfy your own selfish desires, and it is naturally most appropriate to start with the money and food of the most neglected village soldiers. It's just that he didn't expect that now Sun Tu has become the commander of the township soldiers, which makes him have a conflict with the Qi Guan who has never met him, and even the other officials behind him.

It's really a good hand to use his strength to attack his shield with his spear, Yuan Wang's only one arrangement put Sun Tu in a dilemma. Either he risked offending the officials in the city, or even Cai Dezhang to take money and food from them, so that although he could establish prestige in the army, he would inevitably become a public enemy of officialdom. Either he simply didn't do anything, but he made a military order in front of Yuan Wang, and if he couldn't get the results after three months, he would inevitably be severely punished.

Under the gaze of more than a hundred pairs of eyes, Sun Tu slowly exhaled: "This official knows, you have indeed suffered. I can assure you here that I will get back the money and food you deserve in a few days. But the official also has to talk about the ugly things to the front, and at that time you all have to fight your spirits, so that you can practice with me, otherwise you will be severely punished. ”

Wu Huan and the others were waiting for this, and immediately said: "As long as the group training can send the money and food owed in full, so that we have no worries, the lowly rank will definitely obey the order." The other soldiers also expressed their willingness to obey Sun Tu's orders.

However, when he heard these replies, Sun Tu was not happy at all, how should he deal with such a dilemma?

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"Sun Tu should already know what kind of problem he is going to face at this time, right?" Yuan Wang said with a sneer: "Tell me, what choice will he make?" ”

In front of him was a middle-aged man with a somewhat obscene appearance and triangular eyes with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, who was the most trustworthy staff member Xu Pet by Yuan Wang's side. Although this person has repeatedly failed in the imperial examination, he has a belly full of conspiracy and calculations, and has helped Yuan Wang come up with many ideas over the years.

This time, Yuan Tuiguan originally planned to let Wu Huan and them make some trouble in the barracks and come out to give Sun Tu a disadvantage, but he stopped it, and then set up such a dilemma, because he had already deduced from Sun Tu's previous performance in Tokyo that there should be powerful people around him to help, and Wu Huan and a few big soldiers may not be able to suppress it.

Xu Chong said after a deep groan: "With my understanding of Na Sun Tu, this is a person with ambition and means, since he is facing a problem, he will definitely solve it." And in his opinion, it shouldn't be too difficult to ask Cai Taishou for money and food, and he is already playing this idea at this time. ”

"Huh...... That's exactly what I want to see. Cai Dezhang has spent a lot of effort in order to win over those local officials in the past year, and he often turns a blind eye to what they do, so I want to see what choice he will make between Sun Tu and those officials. There is not only one Qi Kun here, but also too many Jiangzhou officials and even gentry who are tied to him. ”

In this game, it is not only Sun Tu who is about to face a dilemma, when he makes this choice, even Cai Dezhang, the Jiangzhou Taishou, will face the same dilemma!

This is the key to Xu Pet's plan being accepted by Yuan Wang!

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