In the past three watches, the world has long been dark.

But in this military tent, it was lit with candles and torches, and the radius of nearly ten zhang was illuminated brightly, like day. Sun Tu was lying on the soft couch, and An Daoquan applied a newly made ointment to the wound on his back, which was cool and silky, and the pain on his back was relieved a lot.

A few hours ago, Sun Tu forcibly stopped a civil strife between the officers and soldiers in front of him, and after he ordered Lin Chong and other generals to return to the barracks with their soldiers and horses, he fell headlong due to a poisonous attack of knife wounds on his back. When he woke up again, he was already in this familiar military tent, and the divine doctor An Daoquan was treating his wounds.

"Doctor An, do you think my injury is serious?" After a while, Sun Tu couldn't help but ask out loud.

An Daoquan's hand continued to move, still gently applying the ointment around the wound, and said in his mouth: "Don't worry, this knife is some distance from the vital parts, and the murderer's strength is not enough when he shoots, so it doesn't matter, the only thing to worry about is that his knife is poisonous." Fortunately, after that, the antidote was used to take it internally and externally, so the toxicity did not spread, and then the villain used this Qingling ointment to eliminate the residual toxicity, presumably there would be no major problem after three or five days. ”

Sun Tu was even more relieved when he heard this: "That's good, it's not good if you delay the trip because of this." Thanks to Dr. An, you are traveling with the army, otherwise it would be troublesome. ”

"It's all about the villain." As he spoke, An Daoquan had already applied the ointment, took a cloth and bandaged his wound, and then ordered: "However, in half a month, you still need to walk carefully, don't aggravate the injury, and in addition, you must change the dressing every day, so that the wound can heal quickly." ”

Seeing Sun Tu nodding, he didn't say anything more, and bowed and exited the account. In fact, according to his meaning, Sun Tu had better not work too hard during the period of recuperation, like now, he should rest well. But obviously this is impossible, and there are still a lot of people waiting outside the account, so this instruction is not spoken after all.

Sure enough, as soon as An Daoquan left, Sun Tu changed to a more comfortable position and lay on his stomach slightly, and then said, "Come in." As soon as the words fell, the curtain was lifted, Lin Chong and other old subordinates had already walked in first, followed by Yue Fei, who was looking at Sun Tu with concern and apprehension, wanting to say something, but he didn't dare to speak first.

Seeing this, Sun Tu smiled: "This time, I can react quickly enough to lose Pengju, otherwise I will really capsize in the gutter." ”

These words immediately made everyone else's eyes fall on Yue Fei, making him even more flustered, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Yue Fei is ashamed." I...... I'm here to plead guilty, and as your personal guard, I put you in danger and almost ...... This is all Yue Fei's ineffective work, and he also asked for punishment. ”

"Pengju, what you said was too much, we all knew the situation at that time, you were first ordered to be outside the tent, and then you were blocked by someone, so it is reasonable to be taken advantage of, so there is no need to blame yourself too much. And if we really want to talk about it, on the contrary, our subordinates are even more incompetent, and if even you, the meritorious person who rescued the ruler in time, have to blame, then we will be even more ashamed. Zhu Wu saw Sun Tu's intentions, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to appease Yue Feidao.

Sun Tu glanced at him with satisfaction, and then said: "What Counselor Zhu said is very true, Pengju you are not only not guilty, but have made great contributions, so don't blame yourself." Also, you are not at fault, even I didn't expect such a mess in the Huainan army, let alone you. I'm glad you came to the rescue in time. ”

Seeing Sun Tu speak like this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but also very moved: "The ...... of the Commandery" paused, and then Luda said angrily: "That Huainan Army is really vicious, if it weren't for the order of the Commander to not let me wait to attack, we will destroy his entire army today!" ”

"Yes, they actually dare to attack the rulers, they really don't know whether they are dead or alive!" Wu Song also echoed angrily, looking at his appearance, as long as Sun Tu gave an order, they would immediately lead the army to attack it.

"Okay, I have received your wishes, but this thing must not be done, otherwise it will only make the relatives and enemies happy, and the rebels in the south and some people with ulterior motives will be cheapened in vain." Sun Tu waved his hand. But because of the wound involved, he frowned, and took a cool breath before continuing: "Originally, I didn't mean to turn my face with the Huainan Army, but I just wanted to get winter clothes and bedding for everyone, so I behaved tougher." But I think after this incident, as long as Peng Yongzhen is not completely confused, he will have to compromise, right? ”

Before when Zhao Siliang did not come forward, Peng Yongzhen had already wavered, and now it stands to reason that he should not dare to be the enemy of the Shandong army. As soon as Sun Tu made such a judgment, he heard Lin Chong say: "Cha Zhi is wise, in fact, after they sent Cha Zhi out of the camp, they have already sent someone to send a batch of clothes and quilts first, and promised to send all the remaining warm clothes in the camp tomorrow. Not only that, but even the Changzhou city sent some thick clothes and quilts after dark, and they promised to provide thousands of catties of charcoal for our army to warm up tomorrow. ”

"Oh? They know the opportunity, and it seems that they see that we are not easy to mess with. Sun Tu sneered and commented. Indeed, before the Changzhou government and other places found all kinds of reasons and excuses to drag and refuse to take supplies to help the Shandong army survive the winter, but in just a few hours, their attitude changed 180 degrees, obviously frightened by the military might of the Shandong army, for fear that the soldiers would turn around in anger and use troops against Changzhou.

Then Sun Tu laughed at himself again: "In this way, it seems that my injury is quite cost-effective, at least it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, and in one fell swoop, I actually solved most of the problem of the winter of the lieutenant officers and soldiers of our army." ”

"It was the incompetence of the inferior rank that caused the Governor to be injured in danger." Hearing this, the subordinates were ashamed for a while, and once again admitted their mistakes.

"Okay, don't worry about whose fault it is since it happened, what you have to do is to take advantage of this opportunity to get enough benefits, otherwise my injury will be in vain. At least one thing you must do as soon as possible, and that is to get closer to the Huainan Army. I can see that Zhao Siliang was making trouble behind his back before, and now he has been seriously injured and almost caused a catastrophe, presumably Peng Yongzhen will no longer be at his mercy. In Jiangnan, one more friend is always better than one enemy. This matter will be handed over to ......" Sun Tu swept over the generals in front of him, but hesitated a little: "What about Dong Ping, where is he?" ”

"Dong Dujian was still waiting outside the tent, he said that he was guilty and did not dare to come to see him without permission." Yue Fei hurriedly whispered.

"Hey, let him in." Sun Tu smiled and immediately spoke.

After a while, Dong Ping, who was full of shame, entered the tent, and when he saw the wound on Sun Tu's body, he wanted to kneel down as soon as his knees were weak: "Everything is Dong Ping's fault, please punish him severely." But he was hugged by Yue Fei, who had already received Sun Tu's signal.

After he was stunned for a moment, Sun Tu spoke: "Dong Ping, are you still blaming me for beating you dozens of military sticks before?" ”

"Don't dare, there is no resentment in my humble heart, it is indeed my ineffective work that makes the soldiers suffer this grievance, and now I am even more seriously injured, I am really ashamed!" Dong Ping said with a serious expression. Indeed, in a sense, Sun Tu's injury really has a close relationship with him, if he wasn't too weak to get clothes and quilts from the Huainan Army and Changzhou Mansion, Sun Tu would not have single-handedly gone to talk to the Huainan Army, and naturally there would have been all kinds of changes later.

Sun Tu was also stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "You don't have to be like this, and I don't mean to blame you for this." One yard is one yard, I have already punished you for your ineffective work before, so naturally it is impossible to be angry with you because of this matter. However, there are some things I still want to remind you, as the chief general of the army, you have to understand the truth that Ci is not in charge of the army, at that time, you should attack strongly, and forcibly seize the clothes and quilts for the soldiers, even if you have a grudge with others because of this, I will not blame you, instead of being influenced by others, and endure it in every way. I, a Shandong soldier, stood up to the sky and made countless military exploits for the court and the people of the world, and I should not suffer such suffering! Now you know why I'm beating you with a baton, right? ”

"Yes, humble duty and remember the teachings of the Ruler." Dong Ping nodded hurriedly in response.

In fact, in the final analysis, he has been in Dongping Mansion for many years to sharpen the sharp edges and corners of his body, unless he is forced to do anything, he really doesn't dare to do anything out of the ordinary. This is the case when he was arrested by Cheng Wanli in Dongping that day, and the same is true for him in Changzhou this time. But after seeing Sun Tu's previous domineering performance, the inherent concepts in his heart are slowly relaxing.

Sun Tu still had expectations for him, so he encouraged him a few more words, and then said: "Next, you will contact Peng Yongzhen and Changzhou Mansion more, and take this opportunity to get more benefits for our soldiers, whether it is food, clothing, weapons or anything, we will not refuse to come." Also, it's best to pull the Huainan Army to our side, if you can do this, you will be a great achievement! ”

"I know that I will do my best to get things done." Dong Ping naturally understood Sun Tu's intentions, and immediately nodded and responded. He also believes that after this incident, the attitude of the Huainan Army towards his own family will definitely change greatly.

After telling everything that should be said, Sun Tu waved his hand and signaled that everyone could retreat, he also felt tired for a while, and thought about resting. But just when everyone withdrew from the tent in turn, Yue Fei whispered again: "By the way, there is another person outside the tent who asks to see, it is Fan Feng of the Huainan Army." ”

"Huh?" Sun Tu frowned a little unexpectedly, he had a lot of trouble with Fan Feng before, how could this guy be kind enough to come to inquire? But everyone is here, and they can't be seen after waiting for so long, right? So after groaning, he still nodded and said, "Then invite him to come in and talk." ”