The beginning of February was not without good news for Sun Tu, just two days after the imperial court's war urging documents were delivered, Dong Ping finally led hundreds of elites from Dongping Mansion to Qingzhou, which made the strength of the officials and troops here get some improvement. Because compared with the township army of other state capitals, although the soldiers and horses of Dongping Mansion are weaker than the Qingzhou army, they can be regarded as a real elite division, even if they are pulled into the battlefield at this time, they can fight head-on with foreign enemies such as Liaoxia.

Of course, in addition to the Qingzhou Army and the men and horses of Dongping Mansion, the township army of other state capitals still fails to meet Sun Tu's minimum standards, even the Lingzhou Township Army under Chu Mingsheng, who still has some combat strength, is actually stronger than the ordinary officer army, and there is still a big gap between the elite who can fight and win.

So what Sun Tu did in Qingzhou for the next period of time was to train the troops, training this army of more than 10,000 people day and night, hoping that they would be able to afford a tough battle before the real war with the Liangshan Bo thieves.

At this time, it was also revealed that Sun Tu had only taken the soldiers and horses of the state capitals to save Lingzhou before the public opinion, because the head-to-head confrontation with the Jin people made these officers and soldiers obviously aware of their own shortcomings, and they also knew the lesson of sweating more and shedding less blood in wartime, so the drills of the soldiers were also extraordinarily attentive, and there was no need for Sun Tu to send people to supervise at all times, but really from the bottom of their hearts in hard practice.

Of course, in addition to the training of soldiers and horses, Sun Tu also paid close attention to two important things, one of which was the storage of war horses, although now the armies are still mainly foot soldiers, but he also knows that this is only temporary, once one day out of the Shandong territory, the role of cavalry is still very large, so he focused on instructing Huangfu Duan and Duan Jing to live with them, be sure to raise horses well, as for other things, they don't need to care. As long as it is related to raising horses, it is asking for money for money, and asking people to give people.

Another important thing, of course, was the development of firearms. Judging from this confrontation with the Jin people, it can be known that firearms can turn things around on today's battlefield, and even have the effect of making a final decision, plus Sun Tu is a traveler, so he naturally attaches more importance to the use and development of firearms, which makes his investment in this area also increase, hoping that one day these craftsmen can make firearms that are more powerful than breaking bullets. However, it seems that it will take a long time to achieve this.

It's just that in this way, Sun Tu's speed of spending money is really like flowing water, so that everyone who knows is a little panicked.

Diligent training of soldiers and horses is to burn money, and the daily food and clothing of these many people is completely an astronomical amount, even if they do bring grain, grass and silver when they come, they can't stand the high-intensity drill. So it was only more than half a month, and all the food they carried with them had been eaten, and they could only eat Qingzhou reserves.

The research and development of horses and firearms also requires a large amount of investment, the latter is just that, it is still in the beginning stage and the demand is not high, but the cost of more than a hundred horses is much more powerful than that of ordinary soldiers, and Sun Tu is responsive to the emperor's request, so the cost is too great.

Even if Sun Tu had seized several cottages in Lianping before, plus the property found from the homes of those officials who were arrested and killed, as well as Qingzhou's own money, grain and taxes, they would not be able to fill this bottomless hole for a while.

It was really not a family that knew how expensive firewood and rice were, and it was only at this time that Sun Tu knew how much money and food it would cost to raise an elite army of tens of thousands of people, and only the imperial court had such courage. Of course, there is another option, which is to raid around like the nomads or bandits in the north to feed the war, but this is obviously not something that Sun Tu can accept.

Just when he was stretched thin on money and food, the appearance of one person made him temporarily relieve his urgent need, this person was Chai Jin, who had been almost ignored by him. In the afternoon of this day, he actually asked someone to come to Sun Tu to send a message, saying that he wanted to talk to Sun Tu. For Chai Jin, Sun Tu didn't dare to be too casual, so he took the time to rush over.

When Sun Tu appeared in front of him again, Chai Jin opened his mouth and said, "Sun Dujian, it seems that your plan is not small!" From the recent changes in the city, as well as the conversation Sun Tu had with him before, he had already sensed some of this person's thoughts.

Sun Tu only smiled at him: "My plan is actually not contrary to the ideas of Chai Daguan, so cooperation between you and me is the most beneficial choice for both parties." I wonder how you think about it? ”

Chai Jin looked at Sun Tu and showed an unpredictable smile: "I can cooperate with you, not only that, but I can also provide you with a batch of food and money to help you succeed as soon as possible." However, I also have one condition. ”

These words suddenly made Sun Tu feel a burst of surprise, he planned to recruit the other party before because Chai Jin had a very high reputation in the rivers and lakes, and he was also a descendant of the Chai family, so he might be able to use this identity in the future, but he really didn't think about getting actual benefits from him. After all, Chai Jin has been in Liangshan for a long time, even if he was rich and glorious before, those family properties would have already been filled into Liangshanbo's treasury. But now that he says that, it's clear that he's leaving a hand outside.

Or maybe there is more than one hand at all, this Chai Jin can break into a great reputation in the world, and he must have some ability, how can he not understand the truth of the cunning rabbit three holes and leaving more back roads? Now that he is feeling a headache about the shortage of money and food, Chai Jin said this and handed him a pillow as if he wanted to fall asleep, so how could Sun Tu refuse?

So after thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "You said, as long as it doesn't violate the law and morality of the country, I will agree to you." ”

"It's very simple, I just hope that Sun Dujian you don't want Liang Shanbo's brothers to be wiped out, although they are in the grass, but in fact, most of them are forced to be helpless. I fought with their brothers, and I really didn't want to see them end miserably. Chai Jin said and looked at Sun Tu expectantly.

Sun Tu glanced at the other party with some surprise: "Now that we haven't used troops against Liang Shanbo, it's hard to say who loses and who wins, so you dare to make this conclusion and think that I will win?" ”

"Although I only know a little about military affairs, I still understand some truths. Just listening to the sound of the drills of the soldiers in the city during this period of time, you can know that the combat strength of the officers and soldiers here has far surpassed that of Liangshanbo. Moreover, we have learned the power of Sun Dujian before, even if they rely on the cottage and have 800 miles of water as a barrier, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the male soldiers of the capital eunuch! Chai Jin smiled bitterly: "And the only thing I can do is to intercede for them and save some brothers." ”

"You and they are really brothers, and I should be you." Sun Tu looked as if he hesitated for a while, but in fact, he was just pretending, even if there was no Chai Jin's request, he would not kill everyone in Liangshanbo. Sun Tu also plans to take this power into his pocket and use it for his own use.

Chai Jin saw that he should respond, and his heart was also happy, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and thanked him, and then reported an address, which was actually in Qingzhou, a village called Chenjiazhuang, which was also one of his industries. There are not only good fields and mansions, but also thousands of stones of grain and a large amount of gold and silver, enough for more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou to use for more than half a year.

When he learned this number, even Sun Tudu showed a look of surprise: "You actually hide so much money and food outside of Liangshan?" ”

"This is not hidden by me alone, but the savings of the entire Chai family for many years." Chai Jin explained with some emotion.

This sentence alone has made Sun Tu understand the deep meaning, even if it has been a hundred years apart, even if the Great Song Dynasty has already sat firmly in the world, the Chai family still does not feel relieved about the things of the year.

In fact, it is impossible for anyone to accept such things calmly, a former general suddenly rebelled and bullied people, orphans and widows took away the country of Lao Chai's family, even if Zhao Kuangyin made a lot of compensation later, it still could not change the fact that he stole the country. It can be said that in the eyes of the descendants of the Chai family, the Zhao family is a group of thieves and robbers, not some kings and emperors.

It's a pity that no matter at the beginning or later, the old Zhao family firmly controlled the military power, and it was difficult for the descendants of the Chai family to regain everything after all. But even so, they are still making all preparations in secret, making friends with heroes from all over the world, hoarding property and fertile land through identity and means, and then hiding them as capital for future counterattacks......

When a wealthy and venerable family spends generations of painstakingly storing money and food, that number must be extremely terrifying. When he understood all this, Sun Tu didn't pay much attention to the thousands of stones of grain he reported, this thing should only be a part of the property, and the entire Chai family's secret possession would only be much larger than this number.

Seeing that Sun Tu fell silent, Chai Jin was a little uneasy, he suddenly thought of the saying that wealth is not exposed, could it be that his own moment actually made the person in front of him more greedy?

Under his apprehensive gaze, Sun Tu chuckled: "I see, then the official will thank the Chai officials for their generosity." Don't worry, I'll make you feel that your efforts are worth it in the future. Also, if you really want to help the people of Liangshanbo, it is best to send them a letter, so that they do not have to resist stubbornly, so that there will be many fewer casualties. After saying this, Sun Tu had already gotten up and left, at this time he was not as calm as he seemed on the surface, and he couldn't wait to send someone to transport all the property of Chenjiazhuang into Qingzhou City immediately.

As soon as the urgent need is solved, he only needs to train his soldiers and horses, and then wait for the time to be ripe to attack Liangshanbo, and it is time to see the real chapter!

But he obviously still underestimated the meanness of Cai Jing and the others and their determination to get rid of him quickly, and just when everything was developing in the best direction, a change was approaching......

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