Pang Wanchun is worthy of being the first general of Wu State, even if he faced twice the enemy when the army's morale was shaken, he still led his military horses to defend the city of Huzhou. Even if the Song army used all kinds of means to attack the city continuously in half a month, it failed to pose much threat to the city, but suffered a lot of casualties.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Sun Tu has always retained his strength, and the elite of the Shandong army also attacked the city wall for two or three days at the beginning, and then was left in the Chinese army. And the other people from all walks of life did not really attack at all costs, so the situation in front of the army was blocked from Huzhou for more than half a month.

In this regard, many generals have some opinions, because in their opinion, as long as the Song army gives it a go and invests all its forces to attack for several days, it will be difficult to defend the current situation of the anti-army. But when they made this suggestion to Sun Tu several times, they were all rejected by him.

Because Sun Tu knew very well what his real purpose was, it was not just to capture this Huzhou city. There are still many cities and rebels to the south of Huzhou waiting for them to deal with, especially Hangzhou, which was used as the capital by the rebels, where the walls are higher and there are more defenders, if they don't preserve their strength, they will inevitably run into a wall, which is not the result he wants to see.

It's just that his delay is not a small problem. Putting aside the pressure from the imperial court for the time being, the morale of the generals below alone is enough to make many people feel worried. On the 20th day of July, even Dong Ping's heart couldn't bear it anymore and came to persuade him.

"General, it's not good for us to drag on like this. The morale of the brothers began to decline, and some people said strange things behind their backs, saying that they were generals, you only want to preserve the strength of the Shandong army, but you use other armies as pawns......" Dong Ping said with a solemn expression.

Song Jiang also followed: "Yes, General, even our Shandong Army officers and soldiers have a lot of puzzles, more than ten brothers have asked me to fight, hoping to attack the city immediately." They believe that with the combat strength of our Shandong army, as long as we let go of the attack, we will be able to take Huzhou City within ten days! ”

As soon as these two people started, the other generals also chimed in, hoping that Sun Tu would use his troops with all his might. They were talking word by word, but Sun Tu sat there with his eyes half-closed, and there was no reaction. It wasn't until everyone finished speaking that he smiled and said, "It seems that you are really carried away by the results of the previous battles and victories, and you really think that this Huzhou City can be easily attacked." Have you forgotten how we held Changshu City with inferior forces a few months ago? At that time, Changshu County was much thinner and shorter than Huzhou City, and the 100,000 onslaught of the anti-army was not supported by our army for a long time. Now the two sides are changing offensive and defensive, but the situation is actually the same. ”

"This ......" Everyone wanted to say that they were much stronger than the rabble-like anti-army, but after meeting Sun Tu's gaze, they didn't say it after all.

Sun Tu smiled again: "Huzhou is the last fortified city north of Hangzhou, we know this, they know better, so Pang Wanchun will definitely do his best to defend it." We must not be impatient, as long as we have enough patience, sooner or later we will exhaust the hearts of the troops in the city, and then we will be able to easily break the city. ”

Seeing that Sun Tu was already iron-hearted, the generals didn't dare to say more, so they could only retreat. Only Song Jiang stayed alone, and after waiting for only the two of them to be left in the tent, he spoke: "General, since we can't put all our forces into the battle to storm Huzhou, in my opinion, we can divide part of our forces to continue south, and first take down some small cities in the rear." On the one hand, it can give our officers and men a hope, and on the other hand, it can completely isolate the Huzhou defenders and cut off all ties between them and the rear. I wonder what the general thinks? ”

"Well, that's a good idea, give it a try." Sun Tu nodded: "But remember, only take the small city, and don't venture to the vicinity of Hangzhou." In this case, the matter will be left to you, and I will give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, so be careful. ”

Song Jiang immediately clenched his fists and responded: "The last general has an order, I will go all out and take a few cities as soon as possible to boost the momentum of our army." ”

Early the next morning, Song Jiang ordered 20,000 horses and horses, and hurried away with some of the brothers who were originally Liang Shanbo. In order to put pressure on the defenders, Sun Tu even let this army of 5,000 Shandong troops and horses drive south in front of the enemy.

At this time, it reflects the problem of Huzhou's geographical location. Although it is also located in the traffic hub, after all, it does not block the southward route of the army like some important passes, and once the attacking side goes around the city, then this fortified city is completely furnished. Of course, Sun Tu didn't dare to completely abandon it and lead the whole army directly south, then there would be a dangerous situation of enemies in front and behind.

At the head of Huzhou City, looking at the Song army around the city to the south, many generals were already a little anxious: "Pang Shuai, it's not a way for us to just stick here, we must break the enemy as soon as possible." If we really let the Song army kill behind us, we will really become a lonely city, and it will be difficult to defend it again. ”

"Yes, Pang Shuai, in the past few days, the combat power of the Song army is not very strong, it is better for us to take the initiative to attack, take advantage of their reduced forces, and be defenseless to kill!" And the radical even came up with a bold idea, intending to defend and attack.

In the face of these statements, Pang Wanchun was also unaffected like Sun Tu yesterday, and shook his head lightly: "If it is really according to what you say, it will be in the arms of that Sun Tu." Don't forget, he only had 40,000 or 50,000 people to compete with my 100,000 army that day, and now the Song army outside the city is twice as large as mine, and he took the initiative to go out of the city, what is the difference between sending him to death?

"Don't be fooled by the illusion of siege during this period of time, he Sun Tu has always retained most of his strength, just to paralyze us and others, so as to trick us into fighting."

When the generals saw that he was solemn, it was really difficult for them to disagree for a while. was silent for a long time before he said, "That's ...... Let's just keep it? ”

"There is enough food and grass in the city, so keep it." Pang Wanchun said without hesitation. At this time, he had some to thank that Qian Maocai, if it weren't for this dissident person who had hoarded grain and grass here in Huzhou early in case of contingencies, I am afraid that he might not be able to defend so many soldiers and horses safely. But now, at least with the food stored in the city, there is enough for them to hold on for another two or three months.

Pang Wanchun was convinced that with the abilities of Fang La, Fang Fei and Jiang Shihu, he would inevitably come up with a countermeasure to solve the current problem before then. And what he has to do now is to drag the enemy army under the city of Huzhou, until the battle is uncertain, and then find a chance to break the enemy.

"Sun Tu, you are indeed a rare opponent, let's compare who is more patient and whose luck is better!" Looking at the Song army camp a few miles away, Pang Wanchun muttered in his heart.

As if he had a feeling, Sun Tu, who saw Song Jiang leading the army away, also raised his head suddenly, looked at the head of Huzhou City, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes: "Do you want to be more patient?" Then give it a try! ”

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At the beginning of the lanterns, it is the most lively time in Bianjing City, when the powerful kings and grandchildren are having fun. But today's Liang Mansion is a little quiet, especially in the atrium study, and the people don't even dare to take a few breaths, for fear of affecting the ministers inside.

Today, there are many high-ranking officials in the Liang Mansion, all of whom are good henchmen of the Liang Division, among which the highest status is naturally the Taiwei Gaoyu, and the rest of the officials with the lowest positions have to be a Langzhong, all of whom are high-ranking officials and nobles in red robes in the court.

However, unlike in the past, when they only talked about Fengyue, today they are all very serious, and there is no smile on their faces. Just because there has been good news in the south recently, after Sun Tu replaced Zhu Mian, he has taken several cities in the south one after another, looking at this situation, the complete pacification of the Fangla Rebellion is close at hand.

This made Liang Shicheng and Gao Yu and others feel a little nervous, if Sun Tu really made such a contribution, the official family would inevitably reward him, and once he completely established himself in the court, his own family would be in trouble.

"What do you think should be done about this?" Liang Shicheng didn't go around in circles and asked directly.

These officials of the DPRK and China were silent for a while, until they saw their unhappy expressions, and then Chang Shan, the squire of the military department, said: "Actually, Taifu doesn't have to worry so much, although Sun Tu seems to have won many battles, but it is still far from the point where he can settle Jiangnan, Fang La's anti-army strength is still strong, and Hangzhou is a rare fortified city in Jiangnan, and it is difficult to capture it in a year and a half." ”

"Hmph, when didn't we think Sun Tu would be difficult to succeed, but what about him? But it is a succession of meritorious contributions, do you really dare to pack tickets this time? Liang Shicheng asked dissatisfiedly, but this time no one dared to answer it.

Seeing this, Gao Yu smiled and said: "Actually, Taifu doesn't have to worry too much, although Sun Tu's meritorious service is great, the disaster is even greater." Zhu Mian is a person close to His Majesty, even after some time, he will not forget this matter. As long as we see the right time to take some eye medicine, we won't be able to get rid of him? And by that time, when the civil strife has subsided, the officials will not keep him. ”

"Although the words are good, but Sun Tu's courage is greater than we think, if we can't check and balance him, I'm afraid of ......" Liang Shicheng finally said what he was most worried about.

At this time, Yan Tiesheng, who was sitting at the back, suddenly spoke: "The two prime ministers, the lower officials are foolish, this matter is not difficult to handle. Why does the imperial court often need to take over local officials with just one will? Or is it because they have concerns? And the person they are concerned about is the means we can use to contain and deal with Sun Tu today! ”

Just this sentence lifted the spirits of Liang Shicheng and Gao Yu, they had quickly understood, and they all shook their heads with laughter: "Why did we forget this trick?" In the past, our hands couldn't reach into the Qingzhou realm because Sun Tu was there, but now it's different! ”

Sun Tu would never have dreamed that when he was still trying his best to take Huzhou at the lowest cost and pacify the chaos in Jiangnan as soon as possible, these opponents in the court had already begun to stretch out their hands to his rear and wanted to attack the people he cared about the most......

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I went out with friends for the first time this year, so it was a little late。。。。。