The flag is displayed, and the mountains and rivers are magnificent. Soldiers go out to fight, and the victorious side returns!

Under the expectant and reverent gaze of tens of thousands of Qingzhou people, in the cheers of all the people, and under the complicated eyes of dozens of officials in Qingzhou Mansion, Sun Tu finally set off from the north gate with a thousand soldiers and drove along the official road towards the north.

The people of Qingzhou have been suffering from bandits for a long time, and now Sun Dujian is finally going to lead the army to suppress one of the bandit cottages, which is naturally a great good thing for the people, and everyone hopes that they can return triumphantly as soon as possible. As for the government officials, their minds are more complicated, although they hope to be calm in the country, but they are also worried that after the victory of the Xiang army, the momentum will be stronger, and their life will be even more difficult at that time.

However, when this was related to the safety of the entire territory of Qingzhou, the officials could only put aside their past prejudices and rushed to see them off. Even Murong Yanchao, who hadn't shown up for a long time, was dressed neatly and said a lot of words in public today to boost the morale of the army, and also toasted Sun Tu with a glass of Zhuangxing wine, which can make people who don't know what happened before think that Qingzhou's civil and military forces are united.

It's just that when the army was far away and Murong Yanchao led the crowd back to the mansion, his face became gloomy again. When one of his subordinates asked him whether he should take advantage of Sun Tu's lack of military strength in the city to suddenly regain power, he even turned his face and drove people out of front with a reprimand.

"What an idiot! At this time, if this official really dares to make a move behind his back, I am afraid that the people of the whole city will not obey me, and once Sun Tu returns victoriously, he can kill me with this alone! Murong Yanchao said hatefully in his heart. In fact, there was one thing he didn't want to admit, that is, he didn't have the confidence to really take control from the Xiang army in the seemingly empty Qingzhou City.

Because Sun Tu didn't take away all the 1,000 veterans who had gone through two or three months of training this time, he also left 200 elites in case of accidents. And since he was frightened in the military camp and peed his pants in public, the Murong prefect has long had a fear of the military camp, at least this time he didn't dare to act at will.

However, he is indeed worried that if Sun Tu really attacks the thief Kou Cottage in a row and takes advantage of his military exploits to gain fame, then his situation will be even more difficult, and at that time, it will really become an ornament, and even life and death will be completely in the hands of others. It's really getting worse......

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Sun Tu, who was leading the army forward, didn't care about what those people in the palace would think, at this time, he was only thinking about how to break the bandits in Baihu Mountain at the lowest cost, and at the same time, it also had the effect of training with battle, so that this Qingzhou Xiang army, which had never really experienced the war, grew up quickly.

This made him ride his horse, and at the same time, he recalled in his mind the detailed report on Baihu Mountain made by Shi Qian before: "Baihu Mountain is not very high, but it is better to rely on the river in the rear, so it is easier to defend. And the reputation of several leaders in the White Tiger Village on the mountain is not too obvious, although the two brothers Kong Ming and Kong Liang have also been instructed by masters to have good martial arts, but they are only brave horses, and they will only take the lead in leading the troops to fight. In addition, there is a thief's lair at the foot of the White Tiger Mountain, Baihu Village, where the Zhuang Ding people and other people seem to be the same as the Confucian brothers, so if you really get nearby, you have to be careful......"

Speaking of which, Shi Qian is indeed a good hand at investigating news, and he was able to investigate the situation inside and outside Baihu Mountain clearly in a short period of time, not only did he have a clear understanding of the surrounding terrain, but he even knew the martial arts habits of the bandit leader well, obviously he had worked hard during this period of time.

"Qi wins, Yang Zhi!" Sun Tu already had a plan in his heart, so he suddenly named the two of them. It was Qi Yang and the others who were really responsible for commanding the march this time, because the two of them were more familiar with military affairs than Lu Da and Lin Chong, and Tang Feng and Huang Wenbing were left in the Qingzhou military camp by him, after all, someone in the city had to take care of them.

Hearing the call, the two people who were running on the side of the team and constantly controlling their speed hurriedly rushed over: "What do you command?" ”

"At our speed, how many days will we be able to reach the foot of White Tiger Mountain?" Sun Tu asked after glancing at the team that was not marching very fast. This is also a matter of no choice, in addition to the general lack of horses in the border army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the situation of the Qingzhou Xiang Army is even worse, those military horses have long been gone, and now there are only dozens of horses brought by Sun Tu when they came, and a thousand people can not go anywhere faster only by walking.

Qi Desheng thought about it for a while, and then he spoke: "Because we need to guard against sneak attacks, and because we also have to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, we can only travel thirty miles a day. In addition, once you leave the official road, the speed will be reduced again, so you can only arrive in three days. Yang Zhi on the side also nodded in agreement.

"Then it's a little slower, as long as you can reach the foot of White Tiger Mountain within five days. But I also have a demand that once we get to the ground, we have to attack the enemy, and even a small contact is better than wasting time and food there. Sun Tu looked at the two of them seriously and said.

This is really a bit of a test of the two of them's ability to lead troops. After all, the consumption of the army on the long journey to catch up with eighty or ninety miles is really not small, and it is even more taboo for soldiers to go to war as soon as they arrive at the destination, and they must grasp the sharpness and physical strength of the army. However, after some thought, Qi Desheng still nodded and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

After saying this, he quickly turned his horse's head and shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Cheer up your spirits, speed up your march, and today we will rush to the savage slope in front of us before sunset to rest again!" "This savage slope can be forty miles away from Qingzhou City, which is much faster than previously expected.

For this arrangement, Sun Tu has no intention of interfering, as the so-called employment is not suspicious, since he believes that he can do a good job of leading troops, let go of his hands and feet and let him do it.

So in the urging of the voice, a thousand officers and soldiers continued to march forward at a trotting speed, and when they passed through some villages, many people were shocked, but they said that there was another way of thieves running to loot. It wasn't until they saw the color of the official uniforms on the team that everyone felt a little more at ease.

The direction of the 1,000 Qingzhou soldiers was clear, and the rapid movement towards the northeast soon alarmed many people along the road, and the news spread quickly, it was actually faster than the army's march, and it only took two days for the matter to reach the White Tiger Village under the White Tiger Mountain.

This White Tiger Village is the property of the Kong family, and the Kong brothers fled to the mountain in anger because of their enmity with the government. And under their management, the local government did not want to attack the cottage, and even the White Tiger Village, which was not well guarded, did not dare to attack, which made Kong Ming Kong Liang very proud, and sometimes he only lived in the village and did not go up the mountain.

Today is also ordinary, when the news reached Zhuangzi, the brothers of the Kong family were talking to a stubby man who looked a little strange, dressed in animal skin clothes, with almost no hair on his head, and only dragged a pigtail like a rat's tail behind him: "If you let us Baihushan cooperate with you, we must give some benefits first, otherwise we won't help you for no reason." ”

The man's tone of voice was also extremely stiff, and when he heard this, he took out a tiger skin bag from his side and threw it in front of the two of them: "Here are five hundred taels of gold, as long as you are willing to send troops to help us contain the Song army in Boden County in front, once we succeed, then there will be benefits later." ”

When Kong Liang heard this, he quickly reached out and picked up the tiger skin bag, opened it and saw that it was Huang Chengcheng's gold, which made his eyes light up: "You guys are really arrogant, so much gold is just to buy a containment." Deal, we Baihushan helped this busy! ”

Kong Ming, who is the elder brother, only hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said: "Then it is decided, in five days, we will send troops to harass the vicinity of Boden, attract the officers and troops there, and then your people will do it." ”

"Yes." This one grinned. A thousand taels of gold is a lot, but it can't feed thousands of people. Only by thinking of taking down a county town of the Han people and robbing the food of the people and the government in it can the clansmen survive this winter safely. And compared to the villages looted in the past six months, the county seat should be richer......

The Kong brothers didn't know what his idea was, and after reaching an agreement, they sent the people away. It wasn't until the other party rode his horse and galloped away that Kong Ming set his eyes on a cronie brother beside him: "You seem to be in a hurry, what's going on?" ”

"Lord Dazhai, someone just came with news from the south, saying that an official army from Qingzhou is coming towards us, and it seems to be coming at us."

"What? That's impossible. Kong Liang looked incredulous when he heard this: "Qingzhou City has already been harmed by that Murong Yanchao and has no army, how can they still have soldiers and horses to deal with us?" ”

Kong Ming shook his head and said: "Your news is outdated, as far as I know, three or four months ago, the Song Dynasty sent a new capital eunuch to Qingzhou, and also retrained an official army, could it be them?" ”

"Should...... That's it. I heard that the official army played the banner of the capital eunuch Sun Tu. ”

"Haha, an official army that has only been in existence for less than a few months still wants to deal with us, I think they are here to send them to death!" Kong Liang laughed disapprenosingly: "Big brother, it just so happens that we are worried that we may not have too many weapons to fight with Boden's officers and soldiers, so it is better to defeat them first and then go to Boden." And they came so swaggeringly, we can even intercept them in the middle of the road, let them know how powerful my White Tiger Mountain is! ”

Kong Ming thought only for a moment, then nodded, "That's it." Let the brothers all get ready, and set off with us early tomorrow morning! ”