After rushing all the way, Tong Mu finally arrived at the foot of Qixia Mountain after the watch.
At this time, this famous mountain resort in Jinling in later generations had already taken on a different look - above it was raging flames accompanied by thick smoke rising into the sky, while below it was surrounded by tens of thousands of elite soldiers, not to mention human beings. Now, not even the wild beasts on the mountain can escape from the encirclement of the army.
After seeing this scene, Tong Mu became even more impatient. Without any regard for etiquette, he grabbed a soldier who was stepping forward to block his way: "Where is your Sun Qianha now? Take me to him quickly!"
Originally, with the military discipline and combat power of the Shandong Army, it would have been impossible for Tong Mu to run behind the team unimpeded. If he hadn't been wearing an official uniform, he would have been shot down by an arrow long before he was still some distance away from the army. At this moment, seeing how presumptuous he was, the soldiers who joined the Shandong Army after entering Gyeonggi Road were really frightened by him, but they also shook their heads in confusion. With their status, it was impossible for them to know where Sun Tu was now. .
"Take me in, I have something urgent to see Sun Qianha." As he said that, Tong Mu dismounted and walked in as a matter of course. After a few soldiers were stunned, they could only follow him blankly, not knowing what to do. If there is any resistance, it is better to clear the situation first.
In this way, Tong Mu rushed all the way and unexpectedly broke into the central area of the Shandong Army. It was only then that he was stopped by the troops patrolling along the way. Fortunately, he had taken over Sun Tu's troops at the Yangtze River ferry before, and he became familiar with everyone. Finally, he was not taken down as a spy, but he could not go further and could only wait there uneasily. Sun Tu is willing to see him.
This delay lasted for more than half an hour. It was only when Tong Mu couldn't hold it in any longer and thought about making a noise again that Sun Tu appeared in front of him in person. Seeing his smug and confident look, Tong Mu felt even more angry. He took a step forward and shouted loudly: "Sanlang, you are so confused! Do you know that you have been taken advantage of? Zhu Meng’s poisonous plan!”
"Second brother, don't be so anxious. If we have anything to say, we can wait until we get to the big tent to talk about it." Sun Tu smiled and comforted him a few words. But seeing that he still didn't take his words seriously, Tong Mu became even more anxious. She grabbed his hand and said urgently: "It's too late. You listen to me and send people up the mountain to put out the fire. Don't do it." Let the fire spread again. Also, ask the soldiers below not to hurt people randomly after going up the mountain, otherwise the consequences will be too serious... "
Sun Tu saw that he was so eager and understood that the other party was thinking about himself, so he could only nod his head repeatedly, and then sent an order to his subordinates to pass the order quickly, and then brought Tong Mu to his Chinese army tent. middle.
After walking all the way, Tong Mu calmed down a little, and seeing that there was no one else in the tent, he lowered his voice slightly and said: "Sanlang, do you know that you have caused a big disaster? If it is really because of your fire that the man on the mountain was burned to death. , I'm afraid you will become our public enemy in Jiangnan. Even if Zhu Meng doesn't attack you, you won't be able to gain a foothold here... "
"Oh? Why is this?" Sun Tu frowned. To be honest, he had never seen Tong Mu lose his composure and be so anxious like today.
"Do you know why a few hundred people can stay on Qixia Mountain for more than a month? We obviously have more than 100,000 troops inside and outside Jinling. It's only a matter of seconds to kill him, but no one has been seen.
move? "Tong Mu asked solemnly, but without waiting for Sun Tu's response, he answered by himself: "Because there is a person on the mountain who no one dares to hurt easily. Precisely because of the rat-proof weapon, neither Zhu Meng nor the other generals only Maybe it didn't happen. "
"Is this happening?" Sun Tu's expression suddenly changed, but it wasn't because he was lying, but because he really didn't know that such a thing existed. In fact, he had previously wondered why Zhu Meng had entrusted such a simple task to him in such a strange situation. Now it seems that the whole story is much more complicated than I thought before.
Seeing that he didn't know anything, Tong Mu sighed again, and then roughly told what happened about Xie Mo, and finally said: "Not only in Jinling, but in the entire Jiangnan, there are too many people who live because of Xie Mo. He is like a Buddha to thousands of families. If he is harmed by you, you and the entire Shandong army will become the public enemy of Jiangnan, and you will be unable to move anywhere in the Jiangnan area... You, you are too reckless, why did you do that? If you don’t ask me in advance, we can discuss it..."
Sun Tu's eyes flickered, and he felt chilled and frightened in his heart. He really didn't expect Zhu Meng to be so insidious and dig such a big trap to harm him. At the same time, he was also a little angry in his heart. The Zhou brothers were not good people either. They didn't mention this when they met him that day. They were obviously on guard against him.
Seeing him stunned, Tong Mu thought he was also panicking, so he said: "The top priority now is to send people up the mountain to put out the fire and find people. No matter what, we must rescue Xie Mo from the mountain. Once he is really killed by the fire , the consequences are hard to say.”
"This is a mountain fire. How can it be put out so easily?" Sun Tu shook his head. He knew very well what would happen if a wildfire broke out in this dry season. It couldn't be easily extinguished by today's manpower. After it spread rapidly, not to mention that he only had 20,000 or 30,000 people, or even more. Even if it is doubled, it is difficult to control.
"What should we do? How about you withdraw from Jiangnan first?" Tong Mu looked even more nervous, and actually came up with such an idea, which is enough to show how high Xie Mo's reputation in Jiangnan is.
Sun Tu laughed at this time: "Second brother, you are too nervous. Things are not as dangerous as you think, and it is far from the point where you need to escape."
Tong Mu stared at him with wide eyes: "You first came to Jiangnan, so you don't know Xie Mo's reputation and prestige here. Let's put it this way, if he hadn't been indifferent to the world and didn't want to be an enemy of the government, half of Jiangnan would have been no longer under the control of the imperial court. , even if Zhu Meng had not died, he would have fled back to Bianjing in despair."
"This guy named Xie Mo actually has such charisma?" Sun Tu couldn't believe this statement, but seeing the serious look on his face, he could only believe it temporarily. After a pause, he stood up and said, "Come on, I'll take you to meet a few people. You'll understand then."
Tong Mu, who was still waiting to persuade him, saw that he was still calm, and suddenly his heart moved. He remembered that Sun Tu was not one of those reckless men who only knew how to use force to solve problems. How could he fall into Zhu Men's plan so easily? This gave him a glimmer of hope, and he immediately followed Sun Tu outside, and soon came to a barracks surrounded by a large number of Qingzhou troops.
Seeing that Sun Tu was coming, Wu Song and Ruda who were guarding there asked the soldiers to make way and let them in, but only Sun Tu, Tong Mu, and a few soldiers were allowed in.
After entering it, Tong Mu saw at a glance some men in ragged clothes, disheveled faces, and nervous expressions sitting in several military tents. At first glance, they were not elite Shandong soldiers. This made him trust his judgment even more, and he glanced at Sun Tu hesitantly: "They are..."
"Let's go in and talk about it later." Sun Tu just smiled and led him into the largest military tent.
At this time, there were several people sitting inside, whispering something. It was not until they saw Sun Tu and others suddenly entering that their voices stopped, and they subconsciously stood up to greet them. Tong Mu, who followed Sun Tu into the tent, did not glance at the Zhou brothers, who were the leaders of the rebels. Instead, he fixed his eyes on a man sitting in the corner. After confirming that he was safe and sound, he took a long sigh of relief. Take a breath.
Only then did he realize that Sun Tu had not been taken advantage of and had actually taken the "rioters" off the mountain early in the morning!
This is exactly what happened. Just last night, the Zhou brothers finally took people down the mountain and secretly contacted Sun Tu. That's why he suddenly sent out troops at noon today, assuming a posture of attacking the mountain.
After he controlled all the surrounding roads, Sun Tu sent people to bring all the rebels hiding at the foot of the mountain into his camp. It was only then that he ordered people to go up the mountain to set fire. As for the purpose, of course it was to deceive others and hide the truth.
Although he didn't know Zhu Meng's true intention, in order to make them believe that he was really serious about quelling the chaos, he came up with such a plan to kill every family - setting the mountain on fire.
Although this kind of technique would have been a deadlock in later generations, at this time, especially when applied to the military, it was an extremely clever and efficient move. Because in this way, the enemies on the mountain will be forced down, without having to worry about taking risks and paying a huge price due to the restrictions of the terrain.
And if the enemy refuses to come down the mountain like this, when the mountain fire spreads, the enemy can be destroyed by the power of nature. This single move was enough to make everyone believe that Sun Tu was doing his best to quell the chaos.
Even Sun Tu has already thought of a follow-up plan. He will send people to dig up hundreds of corpses from several mass graves outside the city in the past two days, and then throw them up the mountain and burn them again after the fire is extinguished. In this way, even if Zhu Mengzhen sent people to investigate, he might not be able to find out the problem. He could only believe that he had indeed killed the rebels and ensured that these people could stay in his camp safely.
With the current chaos in Jinling City, many innocent people are killed every day, and it is not difficult to find hundreds of corpses.
However, this plan still went a little awry at this moment. It was not until Tong Mu came that Sun Tu knew that Xie Mo, who could not be moved, was hidden among these mobs. This made him very annoyed. Coming here at this time not only made Tong Mu feel relieved. , also has the meaning of raising an army to ask for guilt.
So after entering the military tent, Sun Tu's eyes fell on Zhou Xuan and the others gloomily: "Xian Kunzhong is really good at planning, he actually included me in it!" Then, his eyes followed. Tong Mu fell on the inconspicuous man in the corner.
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