When it was dusk, the remnant sun was sinking in the west, but the end of the sky was dyed with a palpitating blood red.

In the end, the Liangshan army still chose to retreat, even if Sun Tu really kept his promise to put Chao Gai and Wu Yong back, they did not attack Dongping again, let alone stay outside the city for a long time, and went directly on the road.

It was Wu Yong who made this decision, because he had already seen that now his brothers had no intention of fighting, and let them attack again with defense, and Dongping City, which had more troops, would only increase casualties in vain, without any benefit at all. Moreover, Chao Tianwang's injuries worsened, which affected the morale of the whole army, so it was better to take advantage of the fact that the official army did not dare to go out of the city to pursue.

It's just that in this battle against Dongping, are they really victorious?

On the surface, it seems that the Liangshan army did invade Dongping Mansion and looted a lot of goods and materials in the city, but can this really make up for their consumption and casualties in this siege battle? The previous onslaught on the city alone had caused hundreds of casualties, and then Sun Tu's accident killed and injured hundreds of people, and together, more than a thousand brothers fell in Dongping Mansion, which was also a big blow to Liang Shanbo.

And more importantly, this battle with the Qingzhou Army made the brothers afraid of the official army, Wu Yong and Chao Gai both fell into the hands of the official army, once the news was transmitted back to the cottage, the consequences are really hard to say.

Of course, if this is just the case, Wu Yongjue feels that as long as he can retreat safely, it is not unacceptable, after all, this attack on Dongping Mansion is more of a pretense, but the real target is set in Qingzhou City. However, after listening to Sun Tu's last words, he couldn't help but have doubts, could it be that his plan had been seen through by him a long time ago, and Qingzhou would also end in failure?

This idea troubled Wu Yong for a long time, and he still couldn't let go of it until he marched in the middle of the night and set up camp. At this time, Chao Gai was seriously injured and had not yet recovered, and he couldn't find anyone to negotiate with for a while. Now it seems that he can only pray that Sun Tu only realized that something had changed after the fact, but in fact, Qingzhou City was not prepared, he was just lying and threatening.

Wu Yong, who can only comfort himself like this, actually knows very well in his heart that with Sun Tu's talent, he may have already seen the flaws, but now he is just planning it. And it is very simple to find out whether what he said is true or false, as long as he waits on the road to Qingzhou, as long as he sees Sun Tu sending someone back to deliver the news, you can know that he is just holding on.

But the result disappointed Wu Yong, because after the whole night, they didn't see any people coming from Dongping - Sun Tu really led the army to stay in Dongping, and he didn't feel worried about the possible changes in Qingzhou at all......

In fact, Sun Tu, who was in Dongping City at this time, really didn't have the heart to pay attention to what the situation would be in Qingzhou, anyway, everything had already been arranged, and there was no doubt about employing people, since he believed that Lin Chong could deal with any danger, let them figure out a way by themselves, and what Sun Tu wanted to do was to let Dongping Mansion settle down, and take this opportunity to obtain the military power of the state capitals in Shandong!

When the Liangshan army retreated, and Sun Tu led the Qingzhou army to defend the city, the people finally put their minds at ease. The people who were captured by Sun Tu with the Liangshan army were naturally very grateful to him, and as soon as they entered the city, they all knelt on the ground, which made him spend a lot of words to call everyone.

The rest of the people in the city were crying incessantly, their homes were destroyed, and their relatives were killed, which was unbearable pain for any ordinary person. Sun Tu could only ask some officials in the city to come forward to appease people's hearts, but the effect did not seem to be very good, and if he wanted to calm down the people, he had to live for a while.

In the midst of the cries of the people, Sun Tu's face was gloomy and he swept over the two or three hundred Dongping defenders who had survived the catastrophe. These people were all trembling by Sun Tu's momentum, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, looking weak-hearted. After a long time, he said in a cold voice: "Why was Dongping City easily attacked by the Liangshan army? This official let people see, several city gates are intact, why was the city gate broken by the enemy? Also, where is your capital supervisor Dong Ping? The city has fallen, and he should be the first to blame! ”

"Sun ...... Sun Dujian, and listened to the general's explanation...... "Pang Xu, who was injured and almost died, finally couldn't help but say after seeing that all the soldiers did not dare to speak: "I waited until I really fell into the plan of the Liangshan thieves to cause the city to fall and the people suffered, but this matter has nothing to do with Dong Dujian, he, he was ordered by Taishou the day before yesterday to take it down and put him in prison." ”

"Huh?" Sun Tu raised his eyebrows, he really didn't expect such an answer. thought that the loss of Dongping might be related to Dong Ping's rebellion, but who would have thought that this person would be thrown into prison early in the morning. After a moment, he hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on?" Why was Dong Ping taken by Cheng Taishou, and what did he do? ”

"This ...... I don't know what to do. Pang Xu shook his head blankly, and then looked at the subordinates around him. These people also shook their heads, but some people still hesitated for a moment and said: "Moreover, the reason why the city gate was opened today was also urged by Cheng Taishou." Originally, General Pang wanted to take another look, but the result was that Taishou personally urged him, and then he ran to the west gate and personally gave the order, so that the city gate was quickly opened and put into the Liangshan thief Kou ......"

Sun Tu's face changed again, there is still such an inside story? Then he looked at the man who spoke: "Who are you?" Do you know what it is to frame an official at will? ”

"The villain Dong Jian is a personal soldier next to Dong Dujian. What the villain said was true, and he didn't dare to deceive the prisoner. He was obviously out of the way, and after answering loudly, he turned his head to look at the people behind him: "In fact, there are many people who see these things, and Sun Dujian can know the truth by asking them." ”

"Pang Xu, is what he said true?" Sun Tu's gaze fell on Pang Xu, who was stared at by him like this, and his body trembled for no reason, and he felt obvious pressure. But after a little hesitation, he still said truthfully: "Back to Sun Dujian, what Dong Jian said is true, it was Taishou's several urgings that forced the last general to hastily order the city gate to be opened. And when the last general realizes that this is a conspiracy of thieves, it is too late to undo it. ”

Seeing that the main general spoke, the other defenders finally had a little more confidence and followed up one after another: "Du Jian Mingjian, I was also present at the time, and we all saw Taishou's practice of constantly asking General Pang to open the city gate and welcome reinforcements into the city...... I hope that the capital supervisor will make decisions for us and others! With that, these people knelt down towards Sun Tu one after another.

Sun Tu watched the movements of these people, listened to their uneven testimonies, and knew that what they said should be true. If only a few people put the blame on Cheng Wanli, it can explain that they are afraid that they will be responsible, so they are shirking it indiscriminately. But now, when almost everyone says the same thing, that's the truth.

What's more, Sun Tu also felt strange before, why the city had just been broken, and Cheng Wanli, a civil official Taishou, would fall into the hands of the Liangshan army. With his identity, he can at least hide for a while, especially after he led the army to kill in time, the thieves in the city have no time to capture important people. The only explanation is that he was near the city gates, and this is in line with the claims of the crowd.

And if what they say is true, then this Cheng Wanli is very problematic. He imprisoned Dong Ping, who was able to lead an army to defend the city, which greatly weakened the city's defenses. Later, he forcibly opened the city when the city could still hold on, which made no one suspect that Cheng Wanli had colluded with the Liangshan bandits.

In the end, after returning to the city just now, Cheng Wanli only thanked Sun Tu for a few words and left in a hurry. At the time, I didn't think there was anything wrong, but now that I think about it, his behavior is a bit of a thief. Does he want to take advantage of the chaos in the city and escape with his family?

Once he became suspicious, Sun Tu no longer delayed, and immediately ordered Yang Zhi and others to lead the army to defend the city, and he took Pang Xu, Dong Jian and others to go directly to the prefect's yamen. If there was really something wrong with that Cheng Wanli, he wouldn't let this traitor go.

By the time they reached the palace, it was already dark. The gate of the palace, which was supposed to be lit with lanterns, was now dark, and no one was guarding it. Sun Tu didn't have too many concerns, and immediately led everyone through the door and went straight to the inner hall, only to see Cheng Wanli being angry at several servants: "...... Are you all rubbish, and you can't even look at the young lady? ”

"Master, at that time, there were thieves who suddenly entered the mansion, and the little ones were really frightened, so they could only scatter and flee for their lives, so they didn't care about the young lady......" Someone had the courage to whisper back, but it was even more inflammatory, which made Cheng Wanli even more annoyed, and said angrily: "Waste, it's better for this official to raise you than a dog, at least you can rely on it at a critical moment......"

"Cheng Taishou is wrong to say this, it is the nature of people to seek good fortune and avoid evil when they encounter danger, and it is too inappropriate for you to speak like this." With this sentence spoken, Sun Tu had already swaggered in.

Cheng Wanli's face changed slightly, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't attack in front of Sun Tu, so he could only smile reluctantly and said: "Sun Dujian, you don't know something, how many of them ......?"

"As I said, what they did was not wrong, who decreed that a slave should give up his life for the sake of protecting his master? Ling Qianjin's life is life, isn't their life? Sun Tu didn't let him finish his words at all, so he directly interrupted: "And compared to the actions of some magistrates who eat the imperial court, their little mistake is even less of a crime." ”

"What does Sun Dujian mean by this?" Cheng Wan's face in [58 fo] immediately turned cold, and at the same time, his heart tightened, and he faintly sensed that something was wrong. Not only because of Sun Tu's attitude, but also because of Pang Xu, Dong Jian and others who followed in, these Qiu Ba, who had been respectful to him before, actually looked at him with strange eyes at this time!