After leading his army to capture Erlong Mountain and arranging the entire army to be stationed up and down the mountain, Sun Tu could finally relax and rest for a while. However, at this time, he was not in a hurry to fall asleep. Instead, after sending the people around him to wait outside the house, he quietly entered the ring again.
In fact, in the more than a year after leaving Tokyo, Sun Tu also entered the world of the warehouse system many times. However, what made him a little disappointed was that although his official position and reputation continued to increase, the system did open many more warehouses. Now they have been opened to Warehouse No. 37, but the contents of these more than 20 additional warehouses have not changed at all. They are all full of grain, and at most they have added some categories.
Sun Tu didn't plan to be a grain merchant in the Great Song Dynasty. He had more than 20 warehouses and hundreds of tons of grain at his disposal, which really made him feel helpless. This system was too cheating. But after the battle at Erlong Mountain, he realized some key points that had been ignored before. In fact, these grains may be more valuable to him, the commander of the army, than obtaining a large amount of real money and silver.
Affected by today's population, planting technology, etc., the annual food output of the Song Dynasty was actually not too abundant. Even in good years, it may not be able to satisfy the needs of countless soldiers and civilians in the world. Once it reaches famine years, the situation will only get worse and people will starve to death. There are many things about people. This is a problem for the people, but not for the Xiang troops in various states.
Officials and soldiers in various places are said to be armies, but in fact they are similar to ordinary people. They also have their own survival needs, and because they need to train, their food consumption will only be greater. And if Sun Tu wants to train an elite army in Qingzhou, he needs a large amount of food as logistical support. It is obviously not enough to rely solely on the allocation from the court. The hundreds of tons of food in the warehouse are now used to support his troops and train them. The greatest help and confidence lies in it!
After understanding all this, Sun Tu felt lucky that the warehouse system could give him so much food that seemed useless before. Entering the Jiezhong Realm again today and looking at the grains in the warehouse one by one, Sun Tu's face lit up with joy: "This battle only consumed a few hundred boxes, less than one-tenth of the grain in the warehouse. . Most of the other warehouses are filled with refined rice and noodles. Once they are all taken out, they will be enough to feed tens of thousands of troops for many days. From this point of view, it is not difficult for me to expand the army and recruit troops."
The more he thought about it, the more excited he felt. The role of the food in the warehouse is not only that, but more importantly, they are a powerful supplement that is completely unexpected by both the enemy and ourselves. Just like this time, it can induce the people of Erlong Mountain to take the initiative to go down the mountain. Once they judge the enemy in future confrontations, If he made a mistake and thought that Sun Tu's troops were short of food and attacked rashly, he would naturally suffer a big loss.
In addition, the logistics and transportation of the army when it goes on an expedition is also a huge problem. In order to ensure the safety of the food road, the main force of the army sometimes does not dare to go too fast, and a large number of civilians are needed to help deliver food along the way. But when we arrived at Sun Tu's place, there was obviously no such concern. The food was all placed in the Jiezhongjie system on his body, and it did not affect the march of the army at all.
"Perhaps with this hand alone, I can lead my army on a long-distance attack and catch some enemies off guard. As long as I use it well, these hundreds of tons of food will be enough for me to win several big victories. Moreover, the warehouse is still growing. If we expand more, maybe I will be able to stock up on tens of thousands of tons of food..."
Just as he was excitedly planning for the future, the system voice suddenly echoed throughout the space: "The host's reputation has been upgraded again, and three more warehouses have been opened. Warehouses 38 to 40 have been opened!"
Sun Tu became more energetic when he heard this, and with a quick thought, he teleported himself to those warehouses to see what was going on. The first two warehouses were just as he expected. There were still bags of grain neatly stacked there, roughly the same as the dozens of warehouses before. However, when he came to Warehouse No. 40, the situation was completely different. Looking at the cardboard boxes and smelling the pungent smell of sulfur, Sun Tu frowned: "No, actually. Such a coincidence? I just thought it would be good to keep the warehouse full of grain open, and you changed the trick for me? Your system is too cheating!"
Complaining in his heart, Sun Tu stepped forward and opened a cardboard box. The items inside were exactly as he had guessed. They were square-shaped firecrackers the size of a sea bowl, or something with the words "Shattering Thunder" written on it. Son.
Could it be that the system also knew that it had achieved a great victory this time and wanted the army to celebrate well after returning to Qingzhou, so it sent these firecrackers? Sun Tu stared at the boxes of firecrackers in a daze, dumbfounded. After a while, he suddenly thought, as if this thing has other greater uses...
But before he could figure out the reason, he discovered that an external force was pulling him toward the world outside the system. Sun Tu understood at that time that someone should be calling outside the door, so he didn't stay here. As soon as he thought about it, he had returned to the house. Sure enough, he heard someone knocking on the door: "Du Jian, something has changed down the mountain." , there is an army lingering below, and it seems that it may be detrimental to us."
Sun Tu immediately stepped forward to open the door, and after calming down, he said: "Lead the way, I want to see who dares to run in front of our Qingzhou army at this time and act recklessly!" Although a battle has just ended, but The morale of the Qingzhou Army is strong, and they are not afraid of another battle.
When Sun Tu came to the high platform outside Baozhu Temple, some of his subordinates gathered there with solemn expressions, looking down from a distance, and saying: "Looking at the flags and clothes of these guys, they are most likely from Liangshan Bo." The thieves, they actually dare to attack our Qingzhou!"
"They are not here to invade Qingzhou, but they are here to help rescue Erlong Mountain." Luda explained loudly at this time. Seeing Sun Tu's arrival, he even told what happened on the mountain before.
But these words made everyone more and more angry: "These bandits are really rampant. Do our officers and soldiers really dare not attack them? Du Jian, the last general asked for orders to go down the mountain and lead the army to defeat the enemy!" These words immediately won many people. People agreed, and everyone was gearing up to go down the mountain to join the battle.
Sun Tu also squinted at the Liangshan army below. There were quite a few troops coming, but judging from the formation, their combat power was just that. Although it was stronger than the mob at Erlong Mountain, the team looked just as loose and loose, and it also gave people a feeling of chaos when it stopped at the bottom of the mountain.
"There's no rush, just wait." Sun Tu glanced at the Liangshan army from time to time, but he was weighing it in his heart. The Qingzhou Army under his command is naturally capable of fighting again, but after all, it has been fighting for a long time. Even if it continues to fight hard, it will have to pay a heavy price even if it can win. This is what Sun Tu does not want to see.
the result of.
Another thing he didn't want to show was that Sun Tu still had a little respect and expectation for the heroes in Liangshanbo, and he really didn't want to meet them with swords like this. So after pondering for a while, Sun Tu finally ordered: "Send a messenger over to negotiate with them. If they are willing to retreat, I can pretend that I have never seen them here. But if they don't know what to do, they still dare to If you show off your power in our Qingzhou territory, don’t blame us for sending troops to kill them.”
But at the same time he issued this order, a surprising scene happened. Liang Shanbo's team actually slowly retreated. Not only did they not intend to attack the officers and soldiers at the foot of Erlong Mountain, but they took the initiative to retreat.
"This is..." Sun Tu looked condescendingly at the other party's rapid retreat, and then laughed after a while: "It's true that they can take it up and put it down. Seeing that Erlong Mountain has fallen into the hands of our Qingzhou Army, they no longer dare to entangle. ”
This is indeed the case. This time Song Jiang and Chao Gai led nearly two thousand brothers from Liangshanbo to Qingzhou. They had the intention of helping the people of Erlongshan to repel the official army. But before they arrived, they saw officers and soldiers stationed up and down the mountain, and the flags of the Qingzhou Army were planted in front of the Baozhu Temple.
At this time, they immediately understood that Erlong Mountain had been completely captured by the Qingzhou Army in a short period of time, and there was no talk of rescue at all.
When they stopped in front, they were discussing what to do next. Some brothers advocated just killing them and defeating the army. However, Song Jiang, Wu Yong and other thoughtful people immediately denied this statement: "Now that the officers and soldiers have won a complete victory and their morale is high, we may not be their opponents, but this is one of them; our brothers have been working hard for many days on expeditions. We are already exhausted and have insufficient combat strength, which is the second reason; Erlong Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now the army has guarded the key point, and we have no chance of winning even if we do everything. This is the third reason. With these three points, I If you think you can't fight, you should retreat."
"But those people on Erlong Mountain..." Chao Gai still said unwillingly.
"Brother, by now they have been killed or imprisoned. If we really kill them, it will only make them die faster. We might as well retreat." Wu Yong also hurriedly persuaded: "Brother, everything We should take the overall situation of Liangshan as our top priority. If we really make a mistake here, I am afraid that even Liangshan will be in danger. Zhuhu Li Sanzhuang on Dulonggang had previously intended to attack my retreat. If we return with a loss of troops, the situation will be It will only get worse.”
"That's all, just do as you say, we will retreat right now. Hey..." Even though they were reluctant, Liangshanbo's army, which had traveled hundreds of miles and crossed the state, had no choice but to retreat. But when they were retreating, Chao Gai and others also had a clear idea in their minds: "It will always be a disaster if the three villages on Dulonggang are left alive. This time when we go back, we must find a way to eradicate them all!"
Seeing Liangshanbo's two thousand men and horses suddenly retreating, the Qingzhou army who was waiting in formation up and down the mountain burst into noise and cheers: "The governor is mighty, our army is victorious!" In everyone's eyes, this was clearly the result of his own momentum directly knocking out one of the two troops. The team of thousands of people was frightened away, and they were also bandits from Liangshanbo. Such a reputation was something they had never dreamed of before.
This time, he defeated the enemy without fighting, and Sun Tu's name became more and more famous throughout Shandong, and he was powerful throughout the world!