After showing his strength to the military attachés of various states and explaining his future goals and ambitions, Sun Tu planned to return to Qingzhou. It has been more than a month since I came to Jeju to rescue Zhujiazhuang. Although I paid a lot of money, the rewards are also big.
Defeating the Liangshan bandits and receiving a reward from the imperial court was only one aspect. More importantly, Sun Tu gained a great reputation among the armies in Shandong with this battle. Despite the fact that the military attachés still have reservations about him, the ordinary soldiers outside the city have already surrendered to Sun Dujian. Maybe as long as he gives an order, these soldiers and horses from various states can run to Qingzhou and join his command.
Now that everything is over, it's time to return to his roots and recuperate, while waiting for the imperial court to promote him to the post of clerical official of Jingdong Road Superintendent. After all, although everyone now knows that he has become a supervisor, it is just a rumor after all. Only by actually getting the official title can he legitimately order the soldiers and horses of the various states to carry out rectification and training according to Sun Tu's wishes.
On February 15th, Sun Tu formally bid farewell to the officials and people of Jeju and set off back to Qingzhou.
Different from the harsh environment of heavy snow blocking the road and biting north wind when I first came, spring was getting better when I left, everything was about to flourish, the roads were already accessible, and the wind blowing on people's faces had become softer, which made people on the road more comfortable. My mood is getting better and better.
Especially when they returned home victoriously, in addition to seizing a lot of material wealth, the Liangshan army also left behind a lot of good things when they were defeated. In addition, Sun Tu then leveled the entire Lijiazhuang with a thunderous sweep. , and in addition to obtaining a large amount of property from it, there was also a surrender team formed by the merger of Zhuhu and Huzhuang, numbering about a hundred people.
This time Sun Tu led his army to help Zhujiazhuang defeat the Liangshan bandits. In addition to making the people of these two villages grateful, it also made them fearful and began to think about their own future survival. You must know that the essence of local tyrants like Zhujiazhuang is not much different from the thieves and bandits who dominate the mountains. They are also a destabilizing factor for the government, just because they do not do any evil and pay taxes according to regulations, which seems extremely If they stay safe, the government will have no intention of attacking them.
However, this does not mean that the local government will recognize their existence. It is just because there are still bandits and bandits from all walks of life and the government and army are not strong enough that they will be left alone. It is precisely because of this relationship that the Jeju Army did not go all out to rescue Zhujiazhuang when it was attacked by Liangshan the day before yesterday.
But now the situation is different. Under the leadership of Sun Tu, the official army is likely to become stronger. The Zhu Hu family has witnessed the strength of the Qingzhou Army with their own eyes. Naturally, they do not dare to neglect and start to curry favor with Sun Tu in advance. Sending people from his own village to follow Sun Dujian and become part of the Qingzhou army is obviously the most direct and beneficial way. In addition, Zhu Biao also respected Sun Tu greatly, so in the end the Zhu family asked him to bring eighty young men to join Sun Tu.
As for Hujiazhuang, Hu Rong was determined to follow Sun Tu to Qingzhou. Her father and brother couldn't resist her, so they could only nod in the end. It's just that Hujiazhuang's strength is limited, so it can only send about twenty people to go with it. Together, it becomes a team of about a hundred people.
Sun Tu actually knew Hu Rong's feelings for him, but for a while he didn't know how to make a decision. He could only take the person back to Qingzhou first and then make a decision.
Planned. A young girl who had not left the court was sincere to him, and she was even willing to face many powerful enemies for him that day. He, Sun Tu, was not a heartless person, so he couldn't hurt her heart now. As for her feelings for Hu Rong, maybe she does, but because the two parties don't have much contact, they are not strong enough to insist on marrying her.
In addition, Sun Tu also knew that he still had Ya'er in Qingzhou, and he had promised to marry her early on. This matter has been delayed for another month or two... Perhaps he should bring Hu Rong back to Qingzhou to let her know that he will be married in the near future. If she gets married to Ya'er, she will give up.
With some tangled thoughts, they headed east. Compared with the speed of the previous adventurous skiing, the return this time was much slower. After walking for seven or eight days, I finally saw the familiar Qingzhou City again.
At this time, all the soldiers and civilians in Qingzhou City had already received the news of Sun Dujian's return. They came out of the city early and came to the eastern suburbs to wait. When they saw the banner with the word "Sun" rising from the end of the road and the familiar army marching majestically, all the people cheered, and countless people suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Qingzhou The army is victorious, and Sun Dujian is mighty!"
Soon, the shouts spread, and finally turned into the unanimous shouts of tens of thousands of officials and civilians, so that they could be heard clearly by officials and soldiers miles away. This also shocked the people of Zhuhu Liangzhuang who had just arrived in Qingzhou, and even turned a little pale. They really didn't expect that the soldiers and civilians of Qingzhou would be so united and respect Sun Tu so much!
When Sun Tu rode his horse and came to these people, Huang Wenbing strode out surrounded by a group of elders. He came to him and bowed deeply and said: "I have humbled my duty to lead the army and people of Qingzhou to congratulate the governor on his return after defeating the powerful enemy." .After today, the name of our Qingzhou Army will definitely spread throughout the world, and our generals will no longer have the trouble of thieves and bandits!"
Seeing this, Sun Tu quickly dismounted, helped him up, and then gave others a help, and said loudly: "You don't have to be so polite. Although I defeated the Liangshan bandits this time, in terms of credit, it is me, Qingzhou. To all the soldiers and civilians. If it weren’t for everyone’s full support, our Qingzhou would never have won today! I also believe that as long as you and I continue to work together, everything in our Qingzhou will prosper, and great days are ahead of us.”
As soon as these words came out, cheers resounded throughout the countryside again, and then, these tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians returned to Qingzhou City surrounded by a few hundred people. Along the way, the people ate pots of pulp and welcomed the triumphant return of the soldiers. The prosperity there was beyond words.
Zhu Biao and others who were among them were also excited, thinking that they would become a member of this glorious Qingzhou Army in the future. These people became more and more motivated. They wished they could enter the military camp today and start joining the Qingzhou Army tomorrow. Get into practice.
Feeling the admiration of the soldiers and civilians in the city for him, Sun Tu was also excited and smiling. It wasn't until he walked forward for a while that he saw a slender figure standing in the middle of the crowd in front of him, looking at him with admiration. It was Ya'er who suddenly throbbed.
Sun Tu felt deeply indebted to this girl who loved him wholeheartedly. There is no need to mention what happened before. This time, he clearly promised to marry her during the first month of the year, but he broke his promise again because of the Zhujiazhuang incident. This is very harmful to a woman.
But this time, I came back with
After returning to Hu Rong, once Ya'er knew the feelings, I'm afraid she would be very disappointed and sad. At this moment, Sun Dujian, who would never shrink back even when facing a stronger enemy, actually felt timid and did not even dare to meet Ya'er's eyes.
And Ya'er, who was still smiling and waiting to meet Sun Tu, suddenly noticed his avoidance, which made the girl's sensitive heart suddenly tremble. Soon, relying on her daughter's unique sixth sense, Ya'er discovered the key to making her third brother lose his temper. The beauty who had been following him all the time, looking at him affectionately with eyes as tender as water. woman.
"She is..." Ya'er's heart suddenly tightened, but she was not completely confused yet. After looking carefully, she finally recognized Hu Rong's identity: "Isn't she the same person who was there last year?" The sister who killed the enemy with her third brother in the small town? Could it be that they..." An extremely uneasy feeling had already arisen in her heart.
Ya'er has always regarded Sun Tu as her best and is proud of his continuous success. However, as Sun Tu's status became higher and higher, she became more and more inferior. In the past few years, the third brother has become a hero in everyone's eyes and a high official in the court, but what about himself? She is still just a little girl, a little girl who is nothing if she leaves her third brother, and doesn't even know how to survive. I am really worthy of my third brother, can I share his worries
She remembered very clearly that when thieves came in that small town, this sister Hu was the one who could kill the enemy side by side with her third brother. She must have killed the enemy with the third brother this time, so she came back together... Compared to herself, sister Hu may be a more suitable candidate to be the wife of the third brother.
Feelings of inferiority hit her face like a tide, making Ya'er feel suffocated in addition to being sad. Do I want to give up my attachment to my third brother and fulfill them? She actually doesn't mind sharing her third brother's love with others, but is that sister Hu willing to accept her? Will the third brother feel embarrassed by this? She couldn't help her third brother anymore, and she really didn't want to make him feel embarrassed anymore.
In just a short moment, Ya'er's heart was already entangled a lot, and she even thought about quitting and leaving to help Sun Tu and Hu Rong. Her eyes were also full of sadness and attachment. For a moment, she just looked at Sun Tu who was getting closer and closer, not knowing what to say.
Sun Tu, who originally avoided her gaze, noticed the sadness in the girl's heart at this moment. Without turning around to look back, he had already guessed why Ya'er had such thoughts, which made his heart tighten. Aches.
He must never let Ya'er suffer this injustice again, even if it hurts the heart of another woman who loves him!
After making up his mind, Sun Tu suddenly lifted the reins and galloped forward two steps. When he rushed to Ya'er, he stretched out his long arms and quickly hugged the light and slender person. Then, in front of the astonished eyes of the entire city's soldiers and civilians, he shouted loudly: "I, Sun Tu, take heaven and earth as evidence that I will marry Ya'er in three days!"
After the words fell, everyone around them was stunned for a long time, and then they burst into fierce cheers that could shake up the whole day: "We would like to congratulate the Governor on the wedding..."
But Ya'er was completely lost at this moment, and her whole body had completely collapsed into Sun Tu's broad and warm embrace.