Jiangzhou Prefecture Ya, Taishou Cai Dezhang was listening to the officials below reporting relevant official affairs to him, and finally said a little strangely: "Two days ago, the lower officials were ordered to hand over the arrears of money, food, and military salaries to the township soldiers' barracks, and Sun Tuanlian personally inspected and accepted them. Just yesterday, the military camp over there had already distributed all this money and food to the soldiers, and according to the investigation later, Sun Tuanlian did not deduct any money and food, and all the money was distributed to each soldier......

These words aroused suspicion on the faces of several officials in the hall, because this was a situation they had never encountered, in the past, even the most honest and self-disciplined military attachés would try their best to benefit from these army salaries, not to mention that this time it was the reissued money and food, according to reason, Sun Tu should have more opportunities to start, would he let it go in vain?

Cai Dezhang saw through the thoughts of these people at a glance, and said slowly: "This official has long said that Sun Tu is very different from those generals in the past, and only he can really make the Jiangzhou officials and soldiers obey orders. ”

At this time, an official said with some disapproval: "Maybe it's just because this person is more cautious, after all, he just trapped Qi Kun in a desperate situation, and he doesn't want to cause trouble for himself." Moreover, as far as the lower officials know, what the state government allocated to him this time was a full amount of money and food for 500 township soldiers, but now the soldiers and horses in the barracks are less than 400, and the difference is not small. ”

Without waiting for Cai Jiu to speak, the official who had just reported the situation in the barracks added: "In addition, Sun Tuanlian also hoarded the remaining money and food in the camp and sent someone to take care of it. Early this morning, he asked people to go to the market to buy two fat pigs, I don't know what the purpose is. ”

These words suddenly made the former's suspicions self-defeating, and he could no longer target Sun Tu, so he could only smile wryly: "This is not a year, but he Sun Tu bought pigs into the military camp but wanted the township soldiers to raise pigs for him?" ”

At this time, the expression on Cai Jiu's face became solemn: "Now you have all seen that although Sun Tuanlian has only been in my Jiangzhou for a short time, he is indeed dedicated to running errands for the imperial court and will never have any selfish intentions, so you have also dispelled those ideas who want to take revenge on him as soon as possible." That's the end of it, it's the best for everyone! ”

Because Sun Tu took action to get rid of Qi Kun, a corrupt official who made a big fuss about military rations, many officials in Jiangzhou suffered a lot of losses - half of the grain in the granary was borrowed from the shops under the names of officials in the city to hide people's ears, and now with his murder and conviction, these grains will not come back - plus after this incident, they have lost a good financial route, which makes these officials hold a grudge against Sun Tu, so they continue to speak in front of Cai Taishou, I want to ask him to find a reason as soon as possible to dismiss or even eradicate this bold military attache on the spot.

But after a few days of delay, today Cai Taishou finally made his attitude clear, at least without a precise handle, it is impossible for him to get rid of Sun Tu, a capable subordinate, and at the same time, he tactfully reminded his subordinates that it was better to settle down and not cause any more trouble.

Looking at Cai Jiu's serious but still handsome face, these officials finally knew that they couldn't do it, so they could only agree in a low voice: "The lower officials obey the order." ”

It wasn't until these people retreated one after another that Cai Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and casually asked his cronies on the side: "This."

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In addition to distributing military rations in the past two days, what else did Sun Tu do in the barracks? Have you started training your soldiers? This is his duty, if after a while those village soldiers are still as powerless as before, I am afraid that those people will not give up again. ”

"This ......" The cronie obviously hesitated, but still replied truthfully: "The little one has just gotten the news, Sun Tuanlian is now selecting available people, but the way he selects people is too strange......

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The sun is already blazing at the end of April, especially near noon, and standing under the sun for a while can make you sweat.

At this time, in the township barracks outside Jiangzhou City, 354 soldiers were standing straight under the scorching sun, letting the sun shine, not moving at all.

This was the second day they had received such strange exercises, no need to run, no need to wield knives, spears or draw bows or anything, from the beginning, Sun Tu had asked them to do only one action, that is, to line up the phalanx, and then stand motionless.

However, this standing also has extremely strict requirements, as a slightly older soldier slackened his body a little because he couldn't hold his strength, Sun Tu's voice quickly sounded in front of him: "Raise your head with your chest up, your hands are straight and hang down on your sides, you must not relax in the slightest, and you will lift your spirit to me!" If you can't even do this simple standing, you still have the face to receive money and food from the imperial court every month? At least I don't have waste in the Jiangzhou Township Barracks! ”

What kind of exercise is this, what is the use of just making people stand so straight and stiff, can they kill the enemy with this? Many of the soldiers were full of complaints, after yesterday's day, and today's half a day of boring and laborious standing in line.

Sun Tu also stood in front of the team in high spirits, and he could see through their thoughts at a glance, and continued: "If you can't even do this little thing, why are you going to fight the enemy? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, this official wants to train you into an elite who can protect the peace of my Jiangzhou, so as long as there are unqualified people, I will not stay! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a gray-haired veteran suddenly fell to the ranks. The old man, who was far from mentally and physically insufficient, finally couldn't bear the harsh drill and fell down.

Sun Tu didn't even blink his eyes at this, and waved his hand, ordering a few selected soldiers behind him to carry the fallen old man away. This was the twelfth veteran who had fallen in two days, and the remaining seventy or eighty veterans in the phalanx were panicked, because they knew that this fall meant that he had been expelled from the ranks of the villagers.

Because of Sun Tu's assurances two days ago, many village soldiers chose to believe it, and then some of these old and weak soldiers asked themselves to leave the army, and arranged for the younger and stronger sons and nephews in the family to take their place. Only some people who are lucky, or who really don't have young and strong men at home, will continue to grit their teeth and persevere.

In this regard, Sun Tu did not pretend to make things difficult, but directly trained them equally, he just wanted to brush off these old and weak soldiers who wanted to abuse and fill the numbers with strict requirements.

Although just a simple station

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The military posture also requires considerable energy and physical strength to deal with it, so in only a day and a half, he has already made more than a dozen of the physically weak old men show their original form, and it also proves that they are indeed not qualified to become his subordinates.

It wasn't until he stood for half an hour, and almost all of them were soaked with sweat, almost as if they had just been fished out of the water, that Sun Tu spoke: "Let's pause and rest for a while." The official still said the same thing, today's village soldiers are different from before, you can get more money, food and military salaries, but at the same time, you will inevitably be asked for more, so I hope there are only young men here. Now is just the beginning, and from tomorrow onwards, I will continue to increase the intensity of my drills until I build you into a true elite division. ”

With that, he also began to move his slightly stiff body and hands and feet. The military posture that stood for nearly half an hour just now was not only done by the soldiers in the phalanx, but also Sun Tu, who was staring at them, and the pro-soldiers behind him, Lu Da Yang Zhi, and even Wu Huan and Zhu Lin also stood under the scorching sun for a long time, and because of this, the village soldiers would stand for a day and a half according to the order.

Taking advantage of everyone's efforts to move their hands and feet, Luda glanced at Sun Tu with some puzzlement and asked Yang Zhidao beside him: "What do you say San Lang has in mind?" Although this team is really abrasive, the Sprinkle family really didn't feel that just standing like this could improve the combat power of the soldiers, so it was better to let them pick up swords and guns or something to practice here for a few days. ”

Yang Zhi actually had some doubts in his heart, but at this time he still said: "This may be a way to accumulate the physical strength of the soldiers." If you can't even stand this little bit of suffering, let alone anything else. In addition, although this method is a bit weird, I always feel that there is another use in it, but Saburo doesn't say it, but we can't know it. ”

Even the people around Sun Tu had some suspicions about this, and the others were naturally even more dissatisfied, especially the two who thought that their status was higher than others and had long been lazy and leisurely, so they called a few cronies to make arrangements there.

After waiting for half an hour, Sun Tu gave the order again and asked everyone to continue to line up in a phalanx, Wu Huan spoke: "Sun Tuan Lian has something to say. ”

"Oh? What do you want to say? Sun Tu could see at a glance that the other party finally couldn't help but make some trouble, but he didn't mean to panic at all, and even had a light smile on his face.

"The lowly rank thought that the purpose of such standing was only to test the physical strength of men, so that those who were not qualified could be removed from the barracks. But in fact, such people are clear at a glance, so why let everyone accompany them to suffer? The lowly position thinks that as long as all the people in the battalion who are over fifty years old are pulled out to stand in line, no one else needs to be used, right? ”

"yes, that's what the lowly thinks." Zhu Lin immediately followed, and then some other people also responded, saying that there was no need for everyone to do such a thankless task.

Sun Tuzhi waited for these people to finish their words before he said with a smile: "It seems that you mistakenly think that this official set up this line just to eliminate some people?" You are wrong, this is what the official wants to practice for you, even if you are all young and elite, standing in line is indispensable, it is the root of all the next exercises! ”

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