Chapter 575: Failure to Attack
After nearly a month of being ill in Xingyuanli on the grounds that he was not accustomed to the water and soil, Zeng Kaiqian, the Qin Mission, finally began to take people out. However, he was not in a hurry to go to the military camp to compete with Sun Tu in person at this time, but walked around Qingzhou City, and intersected with many local officials, looking completely approachable, but his reputation among the people has been improved.
Of course, behind the scenes that others didn't know, Zeng Jianjun actually had contact with some generals in the army, and taking the opportunity to wander around, he would secretly meet with some generals such as Tuanlian in other state capitals, and ask them about the choice between himself and Sun Tu.
These local military attaches naturally didn't dare to say anything to refuse in front of him, the supervising army, so after a period of hard work, Zeng Kaiqian felt that there were more people and horses under his command who could listen to him, at least there were four generals in the soldiers and horses under Sun Tu's command who were completely on his side, and there was a key internal response to Qi De's victory in the Qingzhou army, he believed that as long as the timing was right and the excuse was found, at least Sun Tu could be forced to hand over part of the military power to himself.
Seeing that the time had entered the middle of March, and he had been in Qingzhou for more than a month and a half, this made Zeng Kaiqian, who had already borne a lot of responsibility, not dare to delay, and felt that it was time to take action, at least let Sun Tu send troops to attack Liangshanbo.
So on the morning of that day, Zeng Kaiqian changed into a regular official uniform and brought his cronies and others to reappear in front of the barracks. After some negotiations, this time they entered it smoothly, and met Sun Tu on the school field who was reviewing and supervising the soldiers to practice.
At this time, there were 3,000 soldiers and horses on the school field practicing with all their strength under Sun Tu's gaze, and with the sound of orders, this team of soldiers and horses changed their formations from time to time, with knives, guns, bows, and shields...... All kinds of weapons were deployed one after another, dazzling and admiring at the same time, this kind of proper deployment and well-founded advance and retreat, even the elite of the forbidden army was afraid that it would be difficult to do it perfectly, but under the command of Sun Tu, the combined army of these state capitals could easily do it.
Even after Zeng Kaiqian watched it for a long time, he couldn't help but praise Sun Tu is indeed a talent for military training, if he can be loyal to the imperial court and have been training elite teachers for the Great Song Dynasty, it will naturally be better.
It wasn't until the army drill was temporarily suspended that he led people forward and said with a smile: "Sun Dujian really trained the troops well, which really opened the eyes of this official." ”
Sun Tu had actually heard the news long before he arrived, and he just ignored it just now. Now I can hear this greeting, but I pretended to see him and walked off the platform, smiled and hugged my fists and said: "I don't know if the prison army is visiting, I hope to forgive my sins if I miss the distance." This official is just taking some ideas, if you really want to talk about hard work and credit, it is still a group of generals. ”
"Sun Dujian is too polite, now not only in Shandong, but also in all parts of my Great Song Dynasty, everyone knows that the Qingzhou Army under your command can fight habitually, and has repeatedly cleared out bandits and bandits for my Great Song Dynasty court and the people, and has made great achievements." Zeng Kaiqian said and swept his eyes to the side, and saw that Hou Yong, the two generals of the Dengzhou regiment and Wang Kuang, the Laizhou regiment who had promised that he would be loyal to the court and were waiting to be sent, were standing in front of the team, which made him feel confident suddenly, it seems that this side is his own people.
In fact, he entered the barracks today because Qi won the victory last night and brought out the news, saying that Sun Tu would train the soldiers and horses under the command of these two generals today, which was a good opportunity to make trouble. Once they were allowed to lead their troops to make a move, it would be enough to threaten Sun Tu and make him act according to his intentions.
After taking a deep breath, he continued to look at Sun Tu, who was smiling and modest, and even said that he had won the award: "But Sun Dujian, now this official really doesn't understand a little. With the strength of the soldiers here in Qingzhou, how can you bear to watch the people of Shandong still being constantly harassed by the bandits of Liangshan? Even if you are hard-hearted, the will of the court must always be taken into account, why does the court issue orders again and again, and the official has asked each other several times, but you still have no intention of sending troops to suppress thieves? Could it be that you have some ulterior relationship with the Liangshan thief, or do you plan to raise your own dignity and want to bargain with the imperial court? By the end of the words, his expression had become a little gloomy, and his stern gaze was fixed on Sun Tu's face, just waiting for him to give a satisfactory answer.
After these words, Sun Tu didn't react, but the faces of several pro-soldiers behind him changed a little, and they all glared at Zeng Kaiqian angrily, if it weren't for the army's own law, they would have to directly open their mouths to scold each other for being bold.
After looking back at Zeng Kaiqian for a while, Sun Tucai smiled lightly and said, "Although you are a soldier in the army, you are still a little unfamiliar with the use of soldiers after all." After all, Liangshanbo is different from the cottage that was fought before, they not only have many soldiers, but also the terrain is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, if there is no sure victory, the hasty use of troops will only end in failure, and then it will be just like what Gao Xiang and others did two years ago, only let the soldiers die in vain. Therefore, before using troops against them, the officer must first find out all the details of them, and then find the right opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the enemy......"
"Sun Dujian!" Zeng Kaiqian interrupted him a little impatiently: "It's just that your words can be used to deal with others, but don't want to use them to perfunctory officials." It's true that this officer has never really led troops, but he still knows a lot about military affairs, a group of grass couges, and they are not the enemies of Liaoxia, do you need to take things seriously like this? Also, this official has been in Qingzhou for more than a month, but I have never seen you really take the matter of the Broken Liang Mountain thief to heart, have you really sent someone there to investigate the intelligence and prepare to attack the mountain? You can't deceive the official at all with such words, you just want to raise your own dignity and want to cover the sky here! ”
Speaking of this, Zeng Kaiqian's whole spirit had become extremely excited, his eyes swept over the silent soldiers around him, and he raised his voice again: "Fellow soldiers in Shandong, you have received the grace of the imperial court, and you should serve the imperial court and eliminate traitors for the country. But what about his grandson, he always pushes back, drags the glory that should belong to you, just to satisfy his own selfishness! What does such a tri-service commander mean to you? That's the endless aftermath! When the court investigates it, he may be able to be exonerated because of his past merits, but what about you? But you will be implicated in it, and you will be fined money and food at the least, or convicted and distributed, and then you will all be prisoners of sin, and you will no longer be free!
"Today, as the supervisor sent by the imperial court, this official will lead you to change everything about this injustice, do you dare to follow me to take Sun Tu, let the whole army of Qingzhou regain control of the imperial court, and then follow me to Liangshanbo to make meritorious contributions to the thieves?"
In his mind, as long as he said it in public, with his dual identity as a superintendent of the army and a messenger, coupled with Wang Kuang and other internal recognises, he would be able to control the overall situation in the blink of an eye and successfully take Sun Tu.
And as long as Sun Tu is in his hands, even if there are a group of people in the military camp who are obsessed, they can only follow his orders at that time.
Just when he thought that his wishful thinking would succeed, just waiting to watch those soldiers kill and hold Sun Tu, the scene was still cold, when he finished speaking, and even waved his hand again and again, except for the dozen or twenty forbidden army soldiers behind him who drew their swords and were about to go up, the thousands of soldiers in the school field not far away all stood there like wooden stakes, looking at him with blank faces, as if watching a clown jumping off the beam playing tricks, Zeng Kaiqian could even see the meaning of banter from the eyes of some people.
"How...... How could it be like this......" Zeng Kaiqian was really a little flustered at this time, and turned his head to look at Wang Kuang and Hou Yong blankly, but found that they were also surprised, and even looked at him in some panic, obviously not understanding why he would suddenly do such an unwise thing in this matter.
"Take these people down for me!" Sun Tu also had a deep mockery on his face, and after smiling and watching Zeng Kaiqian's surprised performance for a while, he suddenly opened his mouth and shouted.
Suddenly, the more than a dozen guards behind him had rushed up like predatory beasts, and before those forbidden soldiers could react, they had already attacked in front of the opponent, and their weapons were dancing, and they quickly knocked them over and overcame their uniforms with their hands and feet. In front of these elite soldiers who fought a hundred battles, the seemingly elite soldiers of the forbidden army did not even have the ability to resist at all, and they all fell to the ground in a blink of an eye.
"Sun Tu, you ...... How daring! Dare to do something to the official's personal guards, do you want to kill the official and rebel? Seeing that all his subordinates were taken, Zeng Kaiqian was really panicked, but he still shouted loudly with a strong face, hoping to scare Sun Tu with this.
Sun Tu walked forward slowly, although he was not much taller than Zeng Kaiqian, but at this time, there was a kind of condescending, Taishan suppressed the momentum, stared at the other party and said: "Who is trying to mess with my Qingzhou army, I'm afraid only you know it, right?" Zeng Jianjun, do you think that my Sun Tu is one of those ordinary generals, is this Qingzhou another state city, can you do whatever you want? You are wrong, this is the territory I fought out with one hand and one foot, don't say it's you, even Cai Jing Gao Yu is here, don't think about doing it to me in our army! ”
Every time he said a word, he would take a step forward, and Zeng Kaiqian was overwhelmed by his momentum and unconsciously retreated, and in a moment, the two of them walked more than ten steps, Zeng Kaiqian actually tripped on the root of the stake, and his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
This time it made him even more frightened, and he retreated, and exclaimed, "What do you want to do?" Don't mess around, this official is a member of the imperial court, and he is the ...... of the Shandong Supervisory Army" It was only at this time that he really felt what it was like to be afraid, and he regretted his previous decision.