When everyone dispersed, there were only a few henchmen left in the hall, and Zhu Mian's anger had slowly dissipated, and his speech was much calmer than before: "In this way, Sun Tu can't be regarded as escaping, if he doesn't temporarily change to Danyang, I'm afraid the consequences will be unpredictable." ”

But then, he changed his words again: "But it's also true that he doesn't obey my generals and makes decisions on his own, do you think we can punish him for this crime?" There is also the fact that the Shandong army in Changzhou only watched from the wall, resulting in the failure to win, how should we deal with it? ”

These generals and staff were silent for a while, and after a while, Xue Xian spoke: "Zhu Shuai, I'm afraid this is not easy to do, then Sun Tu is too bold, if he really turns against him, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make more radical moves, and then the gains will outweigh the losses." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Mian frowned, and asked in a somewhat unhappy tone.

"Now that Danyang is in his hands, and those grains are also under his control, once he is determined to be our enemies, those grains and grasses will be ......."

"He dares!" Zhu Mian immediately reprimanded angrily: "If this is the case, he is my Great Song Dynasty sinner, and everyone will be punished!" Then it will be destroyed, and the whole people will be light! ”

Although these words were heavy, several people present remained silent, not by acquiescence, but by denying Zhu Mian's statement directly. Because from the good news, they could clearly see that Sun Tu was going to use the grain there as a bargaining chip for self-protection, even if Zhu Mian was angry, it would be useless.

"Zhu Shuai, as far as the villain knows, that Sun Tu killed court officials many times when he was in Shandong. In addition, not long ago, when he attacked the Liangshan bandits, he disobeyed his will and did not use troops according to the formation plan laid out by His Majesty, and as a result, he was defeated because of his merits. This person is so bold, I am afraid that no one in the world can beat him. Xue Xian could only speak more bluntly and point out what kind of person Sun Tu was.

This time, Zhu Mian did not have a seizure, but his face became more and more gloomy: "Even if his own sins can be saved by Danyang, what about the Shandong army in Changzhou?" ”

"Those Shandong troops are all looking forward to Sun Tuma, and it is naturally difficult to command them with Peng Yongzhen's popularity. What's more, it is the Huainan Army's words to say that the Shandong Army lost the battle by delaying its fighters in Changzhou, but it may not be accurate. If this is not the case, Zhu Shuai will punish them for this, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of all the soldiers. Although he was a little apprehensive in his heart, Lu Bofei still told the key to his thoughts.

If there was no good news from Danyang later, even if everyone could clearly see some problems in the Changzhou war report, they would not have exposed it in front of Zhu Mian. But now, with some concerns, in order to prevent Zhu Mian from making mistakes that affect the overall situation, they can only tell the truth.

Not only Lu Bofei, but even Xiao Jing, who has always been low-key and refused to speak without asking by name, took the initiative to speak: "Zhu Shuai, what happened in the first battle of Changzhou is really inconclusive now, at least we must wait for all the soldiers on both sides to return to Jinling to ask carefully before making a decision." In the opinion of the last general, there are many untruths in what Gu You reported, and please ask Zhu Shuai to learn from it! ”

Even these cronies around him did not approve of taking the opportunity to take Sun Tu and the Shandong Army, which made Zhu Mian both angry and a little panicked: "Can't we deal with Sun Tu?" ”

"Don't worry about Zhu Shuai, now that the enemy is present, everything should be focused on the army. But as long as the tide of the battle is turned around, we still have a lot of opportunities to attack it. At least this time, Sun Tu's embezzlement of grain and grass in our army in Danyang is enough to ruin his reputation! Xue Xian is worthy of being the most credible number one strategist in front of Zhu Mian, and he pointed to the key point in one sentence.

Zhu Mian really asked urgently: "How do you say this?" Do you think that Sun Tu will encroach on my grain and grass in Danyang? ”

"Zhu Shuai, he wrote clearly in his good news, saying that only half of the grain and grass were rescued, and the rest of the grain had been burned by a fire when the thieves left. This matter is too strange, and as long as you investigate deeply in the future, you will always be able to ask for some root causes. ”

One sentence immediately reminded Zhu Mian and others. The former narrowed his eyes and sneered: "You are right, I'm afraid that Sun Tu deliberately reported the grain figure low in the good news, what does he want to do?" Is this a plan to use this grain to continue to recruit troops and buy people's hearts? It seems that this Sun Tu's ambition is not small, and it is indeed a big hidden danger in my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Some of the others quickly understood, but the expressions on their faces were different. There are those who breathe a sigh of relief, and there are those who have chills in their hearts, but they are not easy to express. Because they suddenly found out that Danyang's catastrophe had done Zhu Mian a great favor.

As Zhu Mian's cronies, of course they know very well what he has done behind his back. Abusing his power for personal gain and reselling large quantities of military rations to various parts of the north in exchange for money was his biggest gain in the past few months. But because of this, there was a huge shortage of military rations sent by the imperial court.

Zhu Mian has been deducting the grain and grass of the army all along, in addition to wanting to control these imperial court soldiers and horses, but also because the food in his hand is indeed a lot less, and he cannot fully allocate it in place, so he can only use a procrastination trick. Originally, it was really possible that this matter would cause a big incident at some point in the future, but now, with the counterattack army attacking Danyang and the appearance of Sun Tu, he can blame Sun Tu for all the problems.

Although this practice made many people with vested interests breathe a sigh of relief, it also made some people feel cold, but they didn't dare to show it in front of Zhu Mian.

After making a decision, Zhu Mian was even more determined: "Then arrange it accordingly." Xue Xian, Lu Bofei, you want to let us out the rumor that Sun Tu deliberately concealed and hid military rations after recapturing Danyang, and we must make all the armies in Jinling believe that there is such a thing, and I want him to become the enemy of all the soldiers. It will be much easier to get rid of him then! ”

Maybe Zhu Mian doesn't have much ability to fight with soldiers, but when it comes to calculating pit people, he has the means. In order to detain this crime on Sun Tu's head, he has actually begun to premeditately arrange.

After glancing at each other, the two staff members stood up again and took the order with their fists clenched.

As a result, in the next few days, Sun Tu pretended to be public and private, took the opportunity to embezzle a large amount of military rations, but lied about the battle situation, and put the fault on Fang Lajun's rumors that spread widely in Jinling City.

At the same time, another theory began to be deliberately spread, that is, the Shandong army only sought self-protection and had no intention of killing the enemy, which led to the defeat of Changzhou in the First World War. As for the identity of the person who spread this news, naturally there is no need to ask, it must be Gu You and other soldiers in the Huainan Army.

The news spread very quickly, not only in the military, but also among the people. As the so-called public mouth accumulated gold and ruined the bones, and under some malicious slander, the reputation of Sun Tu and the Shandong Army plummeted. Coupled with the fact that he was still accused of "killing Gongzi Xie" before, it can be said that in half a month, Sun Tu has almost become a big villain in the eyes of the military and people in the entire Jinling area, and even more despised than Zhu Mian, who brought disaster to the country and the people.

When these feedbacks continued to reach Zhu Mian's ears, he was naturally very proud, and he only felt that if he continued, he would soon be able to use this public opinion to completely eradicate Sun Tu.

After these theories were disseminated, they were quickly grasped by some well-intentioned people, and then they were taken to the south, sent to Suzhou and Hangzhou and other areas already under the control of the rebels, and reported to those government enemies.

Pang Wanchun knew these sayings in the middle of winter, and he couldn't help laughing at this, and said to Fang Shifo, who had been in an unhappy mood in front of him: "Brother Ten Buddhas, you don't have to worry too much, maybe it won't be long before Sun Tu, who is regarded as a great enemy by you and me, will be solved by Song Ting himself!" ”

Danyang's defeat was still quite a serious blow to the Fang La army, for this reason, they even stopped continuing to advance northward, and turned to temporarily hold on to many cities that had been taken, and also transferred back the men and horses who had launched a strong offensive against Wuxi and other cities.

Because Pang Wanchun knew very well that with the failure of his plan to attack the west, the overall strategy that had been set could no longer be implemented, and the two defeats in Changzhou and Danyang seriously dampened the morale of the whole army, so he must first stabilize the morale of the army before trying to find another plan.

Among the officers and men of the army, the most frustrated ones are the Ten Buddhas. As a brother of the Fang La clan and a rare famous general with both wisdom and bravery, Fang Shifo has been smooth sailing since the beginning of the army, and has never lost a battle. Although this made him have a very high prestige and reputation in the army, it also made him swell himself to the extreme, and even threatened that as long as Fang La gave him 100,000 troops, he would be able to fight to Bianjing City.

The more arrogant a person is, the more he or she will be hit when he or she encounters setbacks. This time in Danyang, the blow of the other party's Ten Buddhas was quite serious, it had been more than half a month, and his mood had not been able to adjust, and the whole person was confused. Sometimes when it comes to Sun Tu and Shandong Jun, they can't help but feel fear.

This is not what Pang Wanchun wants to see, today he took the opportunity to receive the news over there to enlighten Fang Shifo: "Look, this Sun Tu is not really as terrible as you described, he is actually no different from ordinary Song generals, he is also a greedy person, and he has put his hand into the army's rations." ”

Looking at the secret report in his hand, Fang Shifo showed a thoughtful expression: "I knew that the Song Dynasty had already been completely corrupted, and it was a good opportunity for us to replace it." But based on these statements alone, can you really put that Sun Tu to death? Zhu Mian: Will they really cut off their arms because of this? ”

If Zhu Mian hadn't been behind him, how could these claims have been known in Jinling and other places? If what I expected was right, this was a sign that they were going to attack Sun Tu. ”

"Huh? Why is that? ”

"Being jealous and jealous is also what Zhu Mian has always done, that Sun Tu has made meritorious contributions many times, and he is not with him, with Zhu Mian's heart, he will naturally not let him go." Pang Wanchun obviously studied Zhu Mian very much, and immediately said the key point. After a pause, he smiled again: "What kind of situation do you say Sun Tu is now?" Will he be afraid? Or, they may become dissatisfied, and even ...... that "a bold idea has sprung up in their minds."