Song Jiang, who had already led the team down the mountain and was about to engage the officers and soldiers with his sword, couldn't believe his eyes, because just when they entered the barracks and were full of plans to take advantage of the chaos to harvest the lives of the soldiers, those officers and soldiers who should have been in a mess and could not fight back had quickly formed a team, and then they helped each other into small military formations, and when the brothers killed them, they had already launched a counterattack.

In the eyes of today's people who know the soldiers, as long as it is a night attack and the enemy is not prepared, killing into the enemy camp means a victory, or even a one-sided slaughter. But today, in front of this Shandong official army, the Liangshan army completely miscalculated, the army was not chaotic, and the orders were well-understood, the upper and lower levels were united, and the formation was complete, and the entire battle situation was reversed in the blink of an eye.

Song Jiang was really dumbfounded, of course he couldn't know that this was the result of Sun Tu's continuous training of his military horses for many years, and he had never slackened, let alone that this was the real terrible thing about Sun Tu's department. Because the training they received on weekdays was far ahead of the methods of this era, in an army was actually divided into countless squads, and then three or five squads as a group, three or five groups of men and horses as a group, so as to constitute the entire Qingzhou army.

As long as they wake up in time and rush out of the camp, their respective captains will give orders to assemble, and then there will be officers at a higher level to order each team to assemble. Because of their diligent practice on weekdays, they can quickly form a team according to their habits even in the chaos, forming a camp that can confront the enemy head-on, and turning passive into active

Therefore, unless the enemy launches the most ferocious rush and sneak attack with a force far exceeding that of Sun Tu's troops, an ordinary night attack may not be able to disturb the morale of the soldiers under his command. With the shouts of military attachés and generals, a solid defensive position has been deployed, and the first wave of the Liangshan Army's offensive was immediately resisted.

Then with a cry: "Crossbowmen ready!" The rear team was quickly formed, and after a loud shout, hundreds of arrows were already raining down towards the Liangshan army, which had just been blocked and retreating, and wanted to attack again, and in an instant, the screams had sounded from the middle of their ranks.

At this time, after seeing the terrible performance of the officials and soldiers, these Liangshan thieves were already heartbroken, and they really had no fighting spirit. Some people turned around and ran to the mountain road behind in the screams, and some people ran to the sides and front in a panic, some fell into the water, and some happened to hit the knife edge of the officers and soldiers behind the stabilization of the formation.

Originally, Lu Junyi, Hua Rong, Yan Qing and other leaders who came down the mountain with Song Jiang also tried to fight for a while with their personal bravery, but they were surprised to see the performance of their own team that was about to collapse after the battle, which immediately made them also deflated, seeing that the enemy had been outflanked from both sides, they were also panicked, and hurriedly pulled Song Jiang, who was a little confused, to retreat.

"Brother, we are defeated, hurry back to the mountain. These officers and soldiers are not something we can resist. Lu Junyi swung his knife and knocked down an officer and soldier who attacked him, and reminded loudly that at this time, he had already developed a rare fear, and he knew that he was definitely not the opponent of this official army.

It was only at this time that Song Jiang suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" "Since the sneak attack has failed, and continuing to fight will only cause more casualties among the brothers, then we can only give up in time and retreat to the cottage.

So, what followed was a one-sided pursuit battle - the Liangshan army continued to retreat and flee back to the mountain, while the official army was in close pursuit in the rear, and the people who fell behind were directly killed by them, and the front must also be careful with the arrows that kept shooting, only a short distance up the mountain, so that the Liangshan army paid an extremely tragic price, leaving nearly three hundred corpses of brothers, and the other seven or eight hundred people had to retreat to the mountain in a hurry, and relied on the terrain of the mountain road to delay the counterattack.

Originally, the official army wanted to take advantage of the momentum of this victory to kill directly up the mountain, but at this pass, an urgent order came from the rear, so that the army only killed at the foot of the mountain, and did not rush up again, so that Song Jiang and they could safely retreat back to the cottage. It's just that these people who retreated all had deep powerlessness and dazedness on their faces.

This time, they really understood how terrible and invincible the officers and troops below were. Even the sneak attack that they thought they could easily succeed was easily defused by the enemy, and they were counter-killed, so if they went head-to-head, they really didn't even have the slightest chance of winning.

"That Sun Tu can really be regarded as the first-class famous general in the court today, and I can't compare with it......" Lu Junyi sighed lowly, no one could refute this, Song Jiang lowered his head even more, but he didn't even have the strength to speak.

But what they didn't know was that in fact, this time they were not facing Sun Tu at all, but only Dong Ping, although Sun Tu's banner was standing in this military camp, but he was in Beizhai at this time. If this was the case, it would only hit them harder.

Sun Tu is in Beizhai because he is also on guard, in case the Liangshan army will jump over the wall in a hurry. Compared with the remaining fortifications of Dongzhai and the strong strength of Xizhai, Beizhai is the most empty. Therefore, as the main general, he guarded Beizhai in order to boost the morale of the army and let the soldiers under his command not mess up after being attacked.

But this time he actually misjudged the enemy's target, and when the war broke out in the west, he was really shocked. It wasn't until he saw from a distance that there was a fire constantly going up the mountain, and there was no fire in the Xizhai that he put his mind at ease, and at the same time shook his head and said: "I didn't expect them to avoid the truth and the truth, it's really unexpected." ”

"Eunuch, the last general thinks that we can take this opportunity to kill the mountain. Now the thieves on Liangshan must be empty and panicked, if they kill them at this time, maybe they can break the enemy with one drum and capture all the thieves! Han Tao, a Yum general who was eager to perform and make meritorious contributions, suddenly made a suggestion.

These words immediately won the support of many soldiers around him: "Yes, Dujian, Liangshan has already fought a battle, so we might as well attack tonight." ”

Sun Tu's gaze quickly swept over them, and then he shook his head with a smile: "Don't worry, now that the Liangshan thieves have become our bag, why rush for a while?" There are only about 2,000 people on our side, and if they are stopped by the terrain they rely on, they will be powerless in the future. This can affect the advantages that we have built up so hard. Breaking the Thieves' Lair with minimal cost is what I want to see. ”

"But ......" There were still people who wanted to ask for battle, but after Sun Tu swept his eyes over, this one didn't dare to make a sound. Sun Tu's prestige in the army is now in full swing, and he can suppress all dissenting opinions with just one look.

However, although everyone didn't say anything, their hearts were full of doubts, in the past, Sun Dujian was bold and straightforward, why was it a little procrastinate at this time, and even timid?

This is not a slander of everyone, but a conclusion drawn from the facts. Because in everyone's opinion, after breaking through the three water villages, Liangshan Village is already in the bag, and it is within reach. It was only necessary to march rapidly along the gentle slopes on three sides, and the strength and combat power of the Liangshan army could not withstand this overwhelming offensive at all. But Sun Tu was good, this time he actually slowed down the pace of attacking the mountain, but he kept concentrating the soldiers and horses on three sides, but he was not in a hurry to attack.

If they hadn't believed in Sun Dujian's character, they would have guessed that he had some ulterior collaboration with the Liangshan thieves. Or is Sun Dujian planning to do another good show of raising his own respect, and deliberately not to kill the Liangshan thieves in one go, but to grab more benefits from the imperial court?

In fact, everyone's thoughts were wrong, Sun Tu was not in a hurry to attack Liangshan Benzhai did have his own considerations, but it was not because he wanted to raise Kou Zizun or anything, but planned to force the thousands of men and horses in Liangshan to surrender and submit to himself!

The various actions of the imperial court this time have made Sun Tu more vigilant, knowing that there is not much time left for him to strengthen his strength, and under such an urgent situation, it is obviously unrealistic to want to develop slowly as before, and recruit troops everywhere, so if you want to strengthen the soldiers and horses under your command, you have to annex some formed armies. After the Nengzhan official army in Shandong has almost been completely taken under his command, the only thing that can still be seen by him now is only the thousands of thieves in Liangshanbo in front.

Moreover, the thousands of men and horses in Liangshanbo not only have a certain combat power, but dozens of leaders are also brave and capable of fighting, as long as they are subdued, their strength can rise steadily, so that they can have the capital to bargain with the imperial court, and only then can they keep everything they have.

Therefore, Sun Tucai did not rush to launch a final attack on Liangshan Benzhai, but only put enough pressure on the enemy by constantly garrisoning troops at the foot of the mountain, and then sent people up the mountain to persuade them to surrender after their fighting spirit completely collapsed.

Originally, the time was not ripe, but tonight's night attack made Sun Tu see that the opportunity had come. Presumably, after this battle, the people of Liangshan should have no fighting spirit, and at this time, no matter how hard and soft they are, they will definitely be able to make these people submit to themselves.

Of course, in addition to these reasons, another reason why Sun Tu dared to make such a decision was that he knew the thoughts of Song Jiang and the others, they were not willing to be just bandits all the time, as long as the opportunity was right, persuading them to submit to the imperial court was not a matter of being caught.

Therefore, after dawn the next day, the officers and soldiers had already sent people up the mountain, but instead of taking the opportunity to launch an offensive, they rushed up and shouted: "My family wants to meet with the master of Song Village, and I also invite the Lord of Song Village to come down the mountain to see him!" The voice spread far away, and soon reached the front of the righteous hall above.