Sun Xin knelt on one knee, his face was sad and angry, and he lowered his head and shouted: "Marshal, when our army attacked the glue, it was defeated and suffered heavy casualties!" ”

Shi Jin heard staring at Sun Xin sternly, and shouted loudly, "Where is your eldest brother? Soon after the report one by one, there must be no concealment! ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

Sun Xin slowly elaborated on the process of defeat, from Zong Ze's initiative to attack, to the sandwich attack of the bandit Chen-style ambush, and until he was led into the trap by Zong Ze and fell into the fire attack.

When everyone in the lobby heard Sun Xindi speak, it was really surprising that Zong Ze, a civil official, had such a plan and courage.

They silently pondered in their hearts, if it was themselves at that time, would they be tricked?

Thinking of this, many people couldn't help but shake their heads.

After hearing this, Shi Jin's brows furrowed.

In that case, he could raise a large army through his own ability, and then he did not choose to defend the city, but took the initiative to attack and design to defeat Sun Li.

This Zongze is really not a great person who can leave a big name in history, and he is really a person with real skills.

It's a pity that this Zong Ze is the person of Daojun Emperor Zhao Ji, not his own subordinates!

It's still your own talent, how good it would be!

After being silent for a while, Shi Jin looked at Sun Xin and shouted, "Before I set out on the expedition, I told your eldest brother Sun Li to be careful of that Zongze." But he still didn't take it to heart. Our army has strict military law, meritorious service will be rewarded, and mistakes will be punished......"

Sun Li was immediately anxious when he heard this, and looked at Shi Jin with a worried expression.

After a pause, Shi Jincai continued to shout: "Originally, according to our army's military law, Sun Li must be severely punished. However, thinking of Sun Li's leading troops to attack Kleyang, as well as his past merits, he was temporarily punished with a salary deduction for half a year, and he was allowed to stay in office and make meritorious contributions. Sun Xin, tell your eldest brother to take this as a warning in the future, if there is another mistake, the two crimes will be punished together, and there will be no forgiveness! ”

When Sun Xin heard that Shi Jin was going to punish Sun Li severely, he was half frightened to death. In the end, I heard that it was just a suspension of pay, so that the sin body would be placed on duty to check.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, the salary deduction is good, as long as he does not remove the eldest brother Sun Li's position, what is the deduction of salary!

Sun Xin hurriedly threw up his hands and shouted: "Yes, marshal! The last general will definitely tell his eldest brother Sun Li that he will never dare to do it again! ”

Shi Jin nodded and said, "Sun Xin, you are also tired, go down and rest first!" ”

Sun Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "Marshal, what is the glue county going to do?" ”

Shi Jin thought for a while and said: "That Zong Ze is a great talent, if he can't be used by our army, he will be a big trouble for our army in the future, I will personally lead the troops to capture this person!" ”

In the end, Shi Jin's tone was stern and his eyes were firm.

Although Shi Jin respected Zong Ze very much, he even wanted to recruit this person. But if he is stubborn, Shi Jin will have no choice but to ......

Sun Xin sighed in his heart when he heard that Shi Jin was going to personally lead the troops to attack the glue. Hey, this time the marshal wants to recruit in person, and the eldest brother will lose the opportunity to lead the troops to fight again and save his image in Shijin.

However, Sun Xin also knew that the marshal did not severely punish the eldest brother, which was already considered lenient. I didn't dare to ask or complain too much, so I turned around and went down to rest with a gloomy look.

Shi Jin turned his head to look at Zhu Wu and asked, "Brother Xian, we are attacking the glue, what is your plan!" ”

Zhu Wuwei thought for a while, and said to Shi Jin: "Marshal, it's not appropriate to use troops against glue in a short period of time!" If you want to attack the glue, Lin Chong and Wang Yin are not here, and you must personally lead the troops to fight, marshal. However, our army has just conquered Yecheng, and it has not yet completely pacified those wealthy clans. Marshal, you will go on the expedition at this time, who will be the town? Moreover, our army's grain and grass have been fighting again and again, and there is not much grain in stock. If the war doesn't go well, it's dangerous! ”

Hearing that Zhu Wu opposed his own troops, Shi Jin was a little disappointed.

This Zhu Wujun is good at the time, but politics and people's hearts are really not what he is good at.

Shi Jin shouted: "No, we must send troops to attack glue as soon as possible." Those wealthy clans value our army so much, and they value my Shi Jin. Relying on the ground is that our army is invincible and invincible. If we can't defeat Zong Ze in a short period of time and capture the glue, the prestige of our army's accumulated territory in the past will be greatly weakened. This will inevitably arouse the suspicion of other wealthy clans, and if the imperial court sends people to contact these people again, there will inevitably be ill-intentioned people who will unite with the imperial court to eradicate our army, so as to be the foundation of promotion. If someone makes a rebellion, even if it is pacified in the future, it will shake the foundation of our army. Therefore, it is not too late to send troops to attack the glue! Only by defeating Zong Ze as quickly as possible and occupying the glue can we enhance the confidence of others in our army! ”

Zhu Wu thought about it when he heard it and nodded and said, "My subordinates understand, my subordinates are going to prepare grain and grass!" ”

Shi Jin nodded and said, "Well, when I'm not there, Lu Zhishen will stay in Yecheng!" Let Zhu Guijia send people to listen to the glue and Zong Ze's information. Zong Ze is an upright official and sympathetic to the people. For the common people, it will definitely harm the interests of the local wealthy families, and some of them will definitely be dissatisfied with it. Let Zhu Gui see if he can find a few people as the internal response of our army! ”

"Yes, Marshal!" Zhu Wu replied in a deep voice.

"Okay, the matter of going out to glue is decided! The others will go back and prepare first, and then follow Ben Shuai on the expedition in the near future! ”

"Order!" Many leaders shouted in unison.

Two days later. At the fifth watch, the sky was already bright.

Lu Zhishen and the others who stayed behind all came to Yecheng to make a trip for Shi Jin, and Shi Jin said to Lu Zhishen earnestly: "Brother Lu Zhishen, I will ask you to go to Yecheng." Please also be cautious and abstain from alcohol. Don't miss out! ”

Lu Zhishen shouted: "Don't worry, marshal, I, Lu Zhishen, am not an ignorant person. With me, Yecheng will definitely not lose ground! ”

"That's good!"

After telling Lu Zhishen, Shi Jin led the soldiers and horses to fight glue.

On this expedition, Shi Jin led a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses, of which 1,000 were newly recruited.

It is now the end of April, and the old grain is almost eaten, and the new grain is not yet ripe.

There was not much grain left in the Liangshan army, and in order to alleviate the plight of grain and grass, Shi Jin was fighting a quick battle at the beginning of this expedition.

This time he traveled lightly and carried a large amount of grain and grass. Everything is based on light, fast, and stealthy marches.

marched quickly all the way, and waited until the Liangshan army came to a place more than seventy miles outside the city of Jiaoshui County.

Zong Ze, the county governor of the glue, finally received the report from the spies, and Zong Ze shouted in surprise: "What, the thief leader Shi Jin led the thief Kou to kill the glue in one day!" ”

The spy shouted, "Yes, my lord. The thief marched too fast! The little one found out the news, and he also rushed back all the way back to report to the enemy! ”

Zong Ze saw the spies under the hall galloping all the way, his turban was blown off by the strong wind, his face was covered with dust, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

Zong Ze knew he wasn't lying!

Zong Ze regained his calm appearance, waved his hand and shouted indifferently: "It seems that this thief is not dead, but they are only here to send death if they come too much." With my Zongze, how can I allow those thieves to be arrogant. You've worked hard all the way, so let's go down and rest first! ”

"Thank you, sir!" The spy said gratefully.

Waiting for the spies to retreat, Zong Ze, who was originally breezy and calm, showed a trace of bitterness.

This time, Shi Jin, the head of the Liangshan thief, personally went out to fight, and he led an army of 5,000.

A whole 5,000 army, how many soldiers and horses are glued under his own rule!

The last time he designed to ambush Sun Li, although he was victorious, his casualties were not small. Now there are only more than 300 soldiers, 600 young and strong, and more than 400 original bandits, a total of 1,300 miscellaneous soldiers.

How to keep this glue?