The name of a man, the shadow of a tree. Without leaving the boundary of Shandong and walking outside, Sun Tu really didn't know that he and his soldiers and horses had already become famous all over the world, respected by countless officials and people, and became a big hero in the eyes of countless people.

When the army entered the Gyeonggi Road, it immediately won the welcome of the people along the road, and the people of the county and state capitals all consciously walked out of their homes to welcome this heroic army that had come from Shandong and had pacified several groups of mountain bandits and bandits for the Great Song Dynasty. And not only the local people, but also some state officials often come forward to entertain Sun Tu and his subordinates.

Although Sun Tu always declined the kindness of these people, it was enough to see that Sun Tu's army had long been famous and well-known by the people in the north.

It is precisely because there are always people along the road to greet and see them off, so that the spirit of the whole army is more energetic, and the marching ranks are more neat than imagined. And all this fell into the eyes of the people, and the senses of this mighty and victorious army became better and better, the majestic and high-spirited head, and the neat and solemn team, not to mention compared with the local ruffians, even the so-called elite of the forbidden army that can always be seen near Gyeonggi, which is much worse than one of them.

And what is even more talked about is the serious military discipline and military rules of this army, which really did not commit any offense to the people along the road, even if the people sent food to reward the sergeants, they would abide by the rules and pay for things, compared with them, those officers and soldiers who always advertised that they loved the people and the people in the past were really a big joke.

So unconsciously, there was such an evaluation from all over the north - for example, among the millions of officers and troops today, the Sun family army is the first-class army, and no one can stand out from the forbidden army or the border army. Correspondingly, Sun Tu's name as the lord of the three armies is also getting louder and louder, and he even has titles such as the god of the army among the people, saying that he governs the army rigorously and uses soldiers like a god, and he is really the first person in the Great Song Army.

When this title spread like the wind, although the commanders of all the soldiers and horses in the world did not say much in their mouths, they obviously had quite an opinion in their hearts. Especially some arrogant border army and forbidden army generals, they even thought about trying to compete with Sun Tu as soon as they had the opportunity to suppress his arrogance.

And when the news reached Jiangnan and was known by the growing Fang La rebels, many people were also waiting for the time to fight this army. Because as far as they thought, since the Great Song Dynasty held this army so high, as long as they defeated the other party on the battlefield, the blow to the Great Song Dynasty would inevitably be fatal, and maybe they could take advantage of this battle to expand the territory of Wu again and develop beyond the south of the Yangtze River.

It can be said that when Sun Tu was still halfway through, some people's unintentional praise made his team, which was just over 20,000 people, the focus of many enemies and others, and also set up a lot of enemies for him.

However, there are naturally advantages, and after walking along the road for less than half a month, no less than 2,000 young and strong men in Gyeonggi alone have voluntarily come to join the army. You must know that this is the great Song Dynasty that is noble and martial, and believes that good men are not soldiers, and it can be seen how much Sun Tu's army is supported by the people, even if they know that they will go to Jiangnan to fight with Fang La's anti-army next, they actually join the army without hesitation, just to be able to follow the big heroes in their minds, kill the enemy together, and defend the country.

For these hot-blooded men who took the initiative to vote, Sun Tu naturally would not refuse them, and immediately incorporated them into the army. Although these people really have a limited role on the battlefield, they are enough to help the rear army transport grain, grass and baggage on weekdays. What's more, as long as they go through a few battles and can accept the military rules and orders set by Sun Tu, after a year or two, many of them will naturally be able to grow into qualified officers and soldiers.

So a miraculous scene appeared, when other vanity continued to appear in the ranks of other van troops who went south to fight against the Fangla rebel army, so that their number was sharply reduced, Sun Tu's Shandong army not only did not decrease, but expanded rapidly, and after half a month, more than 2,000 people were added out of thin air, and the number of troops directly broke 20,000.

It's just that in this way, the logistical pressure is even greater, Sun Tu can only send people to urge the escort of grain and grass, and at the same time, he is temporarily stationed outside Xinyang City before leaving Gyeonggi Road and entering Huainan Road, only waiting for the imperial court to allocate the grain and grass that he promised him before, and then continue to go south.

But in the end, what Sun Tu was waiting for was only enough grain and grass for the army to consume for a month, and Fang Qian with a look of apology on his face. After rushing to the army, as soon as he saw Sun Tu, Fang Qian apologized first: "Qianli, please forgive me." Now that the imperial court has dispatched too many local troops to Jiangnan to quell the turmoil, there is also some confusion in the transportation of grain and grass. Now the household department can only make up this batch of grain for the soldiers to eat on the road. ”

When Sun Tu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly: "Is this true? Don't wait for me to lead the army to Jiangnan, and the imperial court will find other excuses and refuse to distribute all the grain and grass to our army, right? ”

"Qianli said this, how could the imperial court do such a thing?" Fang Qian hurriedly smiled and explained, "This is really caused by some accidents. Who would have thought that Fang Thief would dare to do such a rebellious act, and now His Majesty is furious, and will transfer hundreds of thousands of troops to completely annihilate the rebel army as soon as possible with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, so there are some mistakes in the transfer of grain and grass. ”

After a pause, he took out a document from his sleeve and handed it over: "This is a military order jointly issued by my Privy Council and the Ministry of Households, as long as you go to the local area in Jiangnan, you can directly transfer all the materials, grain and grass from the official warehouse that are enough for your army!" ”

Everyone has said this part, and they have shown such sincerity, Sun Tu is naturally not good at holding on to this matter anymore, so he can only accept the military order, saying that he will not live up to the trust and reuse of the imperial court. In fact, the most important thing is that he has already brought troops here, and it is impossible to really bring troops back to Shandong because the grain and grass are not fully in place, then he will really be spurned by the people of the world.

Just when Sun Tu sent Fang Qian out of the barracks, planning to continue to lead the troops south tomorrow, a familiar old voice came from the front: "Sun Tu......"

"Bold, dare to call my family by the name!" When the soldiers guarding the gate of the camp heard this, they immediately rebuked them angrily. Sun Tu was stunned for a moment, and then quickly looked over in surprise......

If it was in Qingzhou City, it would not be possible for idle people to get close within dozens of zhang in front of the barracks, but now that they are in Xinyang, they are just borrowing land for a temporary stay, so they are not so particular, as long as the people do not break into the barracks, no one will go to drive them away. So at this time, in front of the barracks, there were actually many local people who came to see the legendary military might of the Sun family.

Among those Xinyang people, Sun Tu saw at a glance an old man with a white beard and a ruddy face standing a few feet away with a famous young man who was dressed in coarse cloth but could not hide his heroic spirit, nodding and smiling at himself. This made him immediately have a respectful smile on his face, and he hurried up to meet him, and when he came to the old man, he had already bowed on one knee: "Master, why are you here, the apprentice has seen Master!" ”

This old man who suddenly appeared in front of the barracks and dared to call Sun Tu's name was his mentor, Zhou Dong, a generation of martial arts masters!

Although most of Sun Tu's martial arts were learned by himself before he crossed over, plus he learned from others, he must not ignore Zhou Tong's careful teaching in Bianjing City. It can be said that Sun Tu can have today's achievements and martial arts, thanks to his original allocation, so Sun Tu still admires this master from the bottom of his heart.

Originally, everyone thought that this old man was crazy, and he dared to run to the front of the barracks to call Sun Chan's name to make trouble, but now he has a lot of respect for him - to be able to teach a great hero like Sun Chan, this old man must be a figure who stands up to the sky!

As for the soldier who scolded Zhou Dong just now, his face turned pale with fright, and he almost knelt down, so he hurriedly stepped forward to admit his mistake. At this time, Zhou Tong had already quickly stretched out his hand and helped Sun Tu, who had just knelt down, to help him up: "You are now the commander of the three armies, how can you be like this, it has not weakened the momentum of the army." ”

"Master's lesson is that the disciples have not considered it." Sun Tu took advantage of the trend and humbly accepted the lesson. Then he looked at the soldier who was kneeling on the ground to apologize, and pleaded: "Master, this brother also offended unintentionally, please don't blame him......"

"Hey, he is also here to maintain the majesty of you, the main general, how can the old man blame him?" Zhou Tong said, and stepped forward to help this one up: "You did a good job, the old man is indeed just a cloth cloth, so it is inconvenient to call Sun Chan in public." ”

When the soldier heard this, his heart was finally relieved, and he thanked him again and again before retreating. And Zhou Tong looked at Sun Tu with a smile and said: "It seems that you really did what you said when you were in Bianjing, and trained a rare elite division for my Great Song Dynasty." Just look at this general's maintenance of you, you can see that you are really deeply supported by the soldiers. Good! ”

"Master has won the award, I just thank my brothers for their wrong love." Sun Tu was modest, and then he thought that his family was still outside the camp, so he hurriedly invited Zhou Tong into the camp. Only then did he look at the young man who had been standing behind Zhou Tong, silent but unable to hide his heroic spirit: "Master, who is this?" ”

"Oh, he is a closed disciple accepted by the teacher, his name is Yue Fei, and his name is Pengju. Pengju, haven't you seen your senior brother yet? Zhou Tong's casual introduction made Sun Tu stunned on the spot, and a pair of eyes stared directly at his junior brother......