The hundreds of people who suddenly came out of the dark woods were as brave as tigers, even the Liao army, which was fighting desperately, was not the slightest bit inferior. Especially when the first few people, killing into the enemy group is more like a tiger into the flock, a thick Zen staff like a goose egg, waving the tiger and the tiger, when it is really flying, bumping down, there is almost no enemy on the way forward.

And beside him, a person was holding a double knife, walking like flying, and even killing blood splattered, like mowing grass, and the screams did not stop everywhere. In comparison, the few people behind them seemed to be much more restrained, but Pu Dao's long fork rose and fell, but it also killed the Liao army, and could only retreat again and again, and there was no resistance at all.

After Sun Tu saw this scene, his face was full of surprise, his eyes narrowed, and his roar began: "Qingzhou Army, kill the enemy!" "Ignoring the minor injuries on his body, he has swung his knife again to kill.

This roar also boosted the morale of the Song army again, and with such a help all the way, the remaining officers and soldiers of the Qingzhou Army rose up one by one and fought back with all their might. In just a short period of time, those Liao troops were squeezed into a very small range, and the number of people was constantly reduced, and the dead and wounded were everywhere.

The master of his own family will be killed, and the Song army suddenly has one more reinforcement, all of which is undoubtedly extremely fatal to the Liao army. At this point, they couldn't even get the courage to resist, and as the two sides attacked back and forth, the remaining two hundred people were completely turned into fish on the chopping board, and in the blink of an eye, they were all killed and wounded, and almost no one was left alive.

When Sun Tu stopped, there were only two or three people left in the Liao army who could still stand, and all around them were fallen comrades, and the eyes and faces of these people were completely covered with horror. There was no need to drink any more orders, and as the Song army pressed on, they had obediently dropped their weapons, raised their hands high, and shouted for mercy.

It was only at this time that Sun Tu looked at the few new and old friends who strode over, and said with doubts: "Brother Lu, Second Brother Wu, Brother Fan, how could you all appear here together?" ”

It turned out that this sudden appearance of soldiers and horses was the elite of the Qingzhou Army led by Sun Tu's old brothers such as Luda and Wu Song, plus Fan Qi and Zhao Huang and several other new subordinates who had promised him that they would come to join the army after settling their families.

The last person who came up to meet was Xiao Li Guanghuarong, just now it was he and Fan Qi who fired arrows in time to save Sun Tu at that critical moment. It can be said that Sun Tu's life should not be extinguished this time, and it is really God who blesses him and sent a few of them here in time. But at the same time, Sun Tu's question in his heart is also big, these two people don't know each other, how did they get together? Especially Luda, if they count the footsteps, they will set off from the south of the Yangtze River, and no matter how fast they are, it will be impossible for them to come to the north at this time, let alone the current wilderness not far from Zhuozhou.

Luda and Wu Song both laughed, and then looked at Hua Rong: "Let's let Brother Hua Rong say it, most of this is his credit." But that's a long story. ”

"Oh?" Sun Tu blinked curiously, then waved his hand and said, "In this case, then it's not too late to finish the matter in front of you first." "The so-called immediate matter is naturally to deal with these dead and alive Liao troops. As soon as he gave the order, all the Qingzhou soldiers quickly got busy, cleaning up the battlefield, treating their wounded brothers, mending the undead enemies, and moving the corpses aside, and at the same time tied up the captives with ropes and guarded them.

At the same time, the camp became more and more lively, many brothers reunited, and even though there had just been a bloody battle, everyone's mood was still high. So they lit a fire on the spot, brought out food, and said goodbye, and made the pre-dawn mountains and forests as if they were in the daytime.

Sun Tu didn't stop the brothers' rare moment of relaxation, but just called Luda and the others to him, and while sharing food with them, he asked about his previous doubts again.

This time, Hua Rong was finally able to tell everything in detail: "The general doesn't know, in fact, my brothers and I have already set off from Jiangnan to Bianjing before receiving the order from the imperial court, and we knew about your order to the Northern Expedition halfway through." And we went to Bianjing precisely to pay New Year's greetings to the general, and at the same time to truthfully report the progress of Jiangnan in the past two years. ”

"I see." Sun Tu was not in a hurry to ask about Jiangnan's development in the past two years, but said, "That's why you can appear in the north so quickly?" It's just that, how could you go with Brother Fan and them and come here? ”

"This is because the Yanmen Pass side refused to let us in, although we have already taken out the relevant tokens, but the other side still refuses to believe our identity, and only arranges us outside the gate." Hua Rong smiled bitterly: "It is said that they are afraid that there will be Liao Guo's fine work among us, just in case......"

Sun Tu was stunned for a moment, and shook his head with a smile. This is because of him, when the Liao spies were arrested at Yanmen Pass, he repeatedly ordered the defenders to strictly control the pass in the future, and not to give anyone the opportunity to enter and leave the city at will. Unexpectedly, this effect was on his cronies and subordinates, making them unable to pass through.

But now it seems that this time it is crooked. Sure enough, I only heard Hua Rong say again: "At that time, I was in a hurry to go north to meet the general, so I thought of finding another way to bypass Yanmen Pass, and at the same time looking for a guide nearby, after all, I have never been here, and we are not good at finding those roads hidden in the mountains." I didn't want to look for this, but we really found Brother Fan, and they also wanted to bypass Yanmen Pass and go north......"

Fan Qi immediately answered his words and said, "General Sun, my brothers and I have promised you that as long as you settle down your family, you will come to the north to join you and kill foreign enemies together." Our lives were saved by you, and we should do our best to help you, so we rushed here without worries! Only Yanmen Pass was not allowed to enter and exit, so I thought of finding another way out. ”

Sun Tu laughed: "So you all came together, took a long detour, and appeared here?" I was even more emotional, all this was really a coincidence, if it weren't for all kinds of antecedents, I might have died under Xiao Yanping's arrow.

"We were already going over the forest in front of us, but the scouts who stayed behind noticed that someone was following our traces, so we decided to look back just in case. Unexpectedly, we saw that the general was in danger and was besieged by several times the enemy, so we didn't think much about it and came to the rescue. Hua Rong said again, but Sun Tu was surprised again.

It turns out that there is still this key. What he sent someone to track down before was not the traces of the Liao people, but Hua Rong and others who entered the mountain first, and they were later aware of their whereabouts. Obviously, they were really careful enough, and the original intention of this turn was to launch a surprise attack on the enemy who might exist in the rear, but in the end they saved themselves and killed the Liao army by surprise, which can be regarded as achieving the set goal.

After figuring out all the causes and consequences, Sun Tu sighed again: "It's really thanks to you for appearing here this time, otherwise, my brothers and I would really die here." ”

"By the way, General, why are you leading troops here? And there are only a few brothers around? Wu Song raised the question that all of them had at the beginning.

In front of his own brothers, Sun Tu naturally had something to say, so he told him what he had done along the way. Whether it was killing Gao Yu, or seizing power and fighting Tong Guan and a draw with the Liao army, in the end, he elaborated on the current predicament between the two armies, and the purpose of going to Zhuozhou to see Guo Yaoshi......

These things are much more dangerous and exciting than their experience, and they were dumbfounded when they heard Lu Dawusong, and they all sighed for a while: "The general is worthy of being a general, and everything he does can shake the world, I admire it!" ”

Sun Tu waved his hand to stop their praise, and then asked with concern: "By the way, you said that you want to report the changes in Jiangnan in the past two years, but what progress has there been?" ”

"Our Jiangnan has changed a lot in the past two years." As soon as he mentioned this matter, Luda became interested, and his eyebrows danced: "Since we completely controlled the military and political power in all parts of Jiangnan according to the general's intentions, we have removed all the previous harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and relied on the food hoarded by the Fangla rebel army as the base, and let the people rebuild their homes and reclaim the fields at the beginning. In just two years, the people of Jiangnan have returned to their homes and lived and worked in peace and contentment, and last year alone, the money and grain collected were enough for the local government to eat and use, and there was still a large amount of surplus to be used to raise soldiers. ”

Sun Tu nodded, which he had expected. Jiangnan is the richest area in the world, but it was only because of the excessive exploitation of the imperial court, not to mention the corrupt officials, and the creation of a flower and stone gang that harmed the people countless times, which caused the people to live poorly. But now, all the malpractices have been swept away, and under the instruction of Sun Tu, the tax supply to the imperial court has been greatly reduced, so that both the military and the people in the Jiangnan region are naturally greatly rich.

And these words fell into Fan Qi's ears, but they were greatly surprised and yearning. You must know that their days in the Daimyo's Mansion are tight, and imagining the wealth of Jiangnan, they really want to cry with envy.

But this was only the beginning, and the things that really shocked them came one after another: "It was precisely because of the surplus in the army that we began to cultivate craftsmen and innovate gunpowder and firearms according to the instructions of the general when he left." By the time we left, gunpowder had advanced enormously, and in addition to the more powerful bombs, we had created a new batch of firearms, some of which the general had said could be buried in the ground against enemy mines, and a batch of smaller bullets that were lighter and could be fired from a crossbow, which we called ...... thunderbolts."