On March 13th, the sun was in the sky. An army finally arrived at the Suzhou city after a long journey. It was Zhu Meng's main force, which was the former Suzhou garrison. In a large and luxurious carriage in the middle of the army, Zhu Meng was sitting upright, looking at the familiar city with contentment, and secretly said in his heart: I am finally back.
Although it had only been less than a year since they fled Suzhou, Zhu Meng and his men felt as if they were in another world. Thinking about being suddenly attacked in Suzhou that day, I could only ignore the other people's embarrassment and flee for their lives first. Coming back today gave many people a sense of satisfaction that their hatred had been repaid.
At this time, the whole army just wanted to enter the city as soon as possible and return to a familiar place, so they didn't stop too much and headed straight towards the open north gate. But just when they came to the suspension bridge, several shouts came from the top of the city: "Who is coming? How dare you break into our Suzhou City? Stop and identify yourself immediately, otherwise we will release arrows!" In order to show their attitude, the soldiers at the top of the city immediately displayed a row of arrows with a cold light. A large number of soldiers quickly poured out from the other side of the city gate, holding knives and spears, blocking the way of the team.
This posture caused the team of more than 10,000 people to stop immediately, and many people were a little panicked. However, the faces of the leading generals sank, and one of Zhu Meng's trusted generals immediately indulged. He immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly: "You are really blind. Didn't you see Zhu Shuai's banner? How dare you block it? Be careful with your heads!"
"Get out of the way quickly and send a message to Sun Tu to tell him that Zhu Shuai is here and ask him to hurry up and wait for his subordinates to come and greet him!" Then someone shouted loudly, with a completely arrogant look as if he was shouting at his subordinates. .
But his words were of little use at all. Not to mention that the defenders at the top of the city quickly apologized as he thought. They didn't even take back the bows and arrows aimed at the front. They still looked nervous and on guard: " Sun Qian has an order, and Suzhou is still not at peace now. To prevent changes, the army is not allowed to enter the city! You can enter the city if you want, but you can only enter a hundred people at most!" The voice was firm and not accommodating at all.
"You bastard, how dare you talk like that? This Suzhou belongs to us!" An officer didn't know whether he was really angry or wanted to show off in front of Zhu Meng. After an angry scolding, he urged his horse to rush forward. This was I'm going to break through the door directly.
He thought that the city defenders did not dare to do anything to him. After all, he was a sixth-grade military general, and his status was much higher than these big-headed soldiers. But just after he took two steps, he heard the sound of a string above his head, and then sharp arrows struck through the air. He froze in fright and screamed, but he had no time to dodge. Come. There was only a puff sound, and the arrow penetrated into the body of the horse under his crotch. The horse fell to the ground with a mournful cry, and threw the unlucky guy directly to the ground, making him scream in pain. miserable.
This also scared the others. In the past, they had never encountered such a thing when they relied on their status to dominate. The soldiers and generals who originally wanted to follow them suddenly stopped. , his face was also blue and white, he didn't know whether it was shock or anger. But despite being frightened and angry, no one dared to come forward and break through the door. It was embarrassing and so on, but if they were really injured by an arrow, the crime would be serious.
Zhu Meng was really angry when he saw all this later. Suzhou was his hometown and had been attacked by rebels before.
Po had already lost his face, and now that the Shandong Army was still so obstructive, they slapped him in the face in public. After a while, he who was still sitting in the carriage watching could no longer bear it anymore and immediately shouted: "Get up here and let me talk to them. See if he dares to stop me!"
This is a luxurious carriage pulled by eight horses of the same color. Its specifications are almost those used by princes. It travels quickly and steadily on weekdays, but using it as Zhu Meng is considered to be arrogant. Of course, Zhu Meng lived like a native emperor in Jiangnan. He had done so many transgressions, and he didn't care about one more thing.
The carriage soon came to the front of the team and stopped at the bottom of the city. Only then did Zhu Meng reveal half of his body and shouted loudly: "I am Zhu Meng, who dares to stop me!" After saying that, he asked the coachman to drive directly into the city.
The defenders at the top of the city and in front of the city gate really didn't dare to attack him. Even if these soldiers already hated him to the core because they knew what he was doing behind the scenes, without Sun Tu's instruction, they would not be brave enough. Dare you really attack an important official of the imperial court.
Under the leadership of Zhu Meng, the others quickly became bolder and immediately followed suit. As they moved forward step by step, the hundreds of defenders at the city gate could only retreat continuously, and were about to retreat into the city gate hole.
At this moment, a group of people hurried over from the city, and the leader was Sun Tu. When he warned them to stop them, the officer at the city gate immediately sent someone to deliver a message to Sun Tu. The latter was patrolling at the north gate and rushed over immediately.
When he saw Zhu Meng's luxurious carriage, a gleam flashed in Sun Tu's eyes, but then it disappeared again. He immediately strode forward and said loudly: "Stop, stop it!" He shouted twice. As soon as they came out, there was a tense situation at the city gate. Even Zhu Meng showed his face again and hummed: "Sun Tu, you are so majestic, you actually dare to let people block my way back to the city! "
"It turns out that it's really Zhu Shuai who has arrived. I hope you'll forgive me for being far away from me!" Sun Tu strode over with a bit of surprise. He said he was asking for forgiveness, but he only arched his hands slightly, showing no fear at all. , as for the hundred or ten soldiers behind him, they stood like javelins, looking directly at the soldiers and horses at the city gate. Although there were more than 10,000 people, they were not afraid at all.
Before arriving at the carriage, Sun Tucai said with a smile: "Shuai Zhu, you don't know something. Since Xiaguan took the risk to capture Suzhou City, the rebels sent several groups of people in disguise to do evil things. Although they were all killed in the end. They were eliminated, but there was also quite a commotion, so we ordered the city gates to be strictly guarded, and no large groups of people were allowed to enter."
"Hmph, are you still suspicious of me? Tell them to get out of the way. This matter should not be pursued, otherwise..."
"Forgive me, Marshal Zhu. Military orders cannot be tolerated, so please forgive me for not obeying them!" Sun Tu replied without flinching. As he said these words, the atmosphere at the scene became even colder, and then there were people around him. Many soldiers gathered together. Although the number was only two or three thousand, the evil spirit they exuded was much stronger than that of Zhu Meng's trusted army.
At the same time, several more horns sounded in the city, and as the flags waved, an unknown number of people were rushing towards this direction. This posture alone put great pressure on Zhu Meng's troops. They all knew how good the Shandong Army was in fighting.
Victory over walls is commonplace, not to mention that they now have an absolute advantage in military strength.
For a moment, the arrogance of these people was extinguished. The soldiers who had originally wanted to rush into the city stopped, and the people behind kept walking back, for fear of causing unnecessary conflicts.
Seeing this situation, even Zhu Meng's heart became tense, and the anger on his face gradually turned into a bit of timidity, but he still forced himself to support himself and shouted: "Sun Tu, do you want to rebel?"
"I don't dare." Sun Tu's answer was neither humble nor arrogant: "This official is just doing this for the sake of stability in Suzhou. After all, I have learned from past mistakes and I have to guard against it!"
"You...are you just going to let us stay outside the city? Isn't that reasonable?"
"The official has already said that Commander Zhu and other generals can enter the city to rest, but the troops and horses under his command should be aggrieved and stationed outside the city. At least I will not dare to let you go until I confirm that there are no problems with the troops and horses here. Enter Suzhou."
After staring at Sun Tu for a long time, Zhu Meng finally let out a breath, and a smile appeared on his face: "It turns out that Qianli, you are also out of a public spirit, and that commander is not good enough to harm the army. The rules, as you said, leave the troops outside the city, but the two hundred soldiers I have with me have to follow them in."
If anyone who is familiar with Zhu Meng is here and sees his reaction, they will know that this is a sign of his extreme anger. The better he talks and the gentler he acts at this time, the more terrifying it will be when he takes revenge.
"Yes, but they are not allowed to bring bows and crossbows into the city, so as to ensure safety. Don't worry, Commander Zhu, my subordinates will do their best to ensure your safety and will never let anyone hurt you." Sun Tu made an exception and agreed, but New conditions were proposed.
The smile on Zhu Meng's face grew brighter: "Okay, as you said, take out the bows and crossbows, and let's go into the city. The others will stay outside the city, waiting for the army behind to arrive!" To be honest! Yes, he really regrets his decision to come back in a hurry. If he had known this, he should not have come with only these more than 10,000 direct descendants, but should have come with other armies. That would have been more confident. .
Sun Tu, however, seemed to be unable to feel his anger and murderous intent, and just responded with a smile. But just as the carriage was about to move forward, Sun Tu stopped him again: "Wait a minute!"
"What are you waiting for? Sun Qianli, don't push yourself too far!" This time, even if Zhu Meng had the city, he was already furious.
"Please also ask Zhu Shuai to get out of the car. Let my people check that there is no problem with the car before entering the city." Sun Tu pointed to Zhu Meng's car and said solemnly: "This car is not small, there is no guarantee that it will not Hiding something."
"You..." Zhu Meng was so angry that he was shaking with anger this time. He was really bullying someone! If he hadn't made various compromises before, he might have turned around and left the city, waiting for other troops to arrive before fighting back. But now, having endured a lot of resentment before, it would be uneconomical to turn around and leave again. So after some hesitation, he finally got out of the car, but he didn't really ask Sun Tu to send someone to check his carriage. Instead, he directly asked someone to help him get on the horse, and then rode in without looking back. The carriage was handed over to be pulled out of the city.
This time, although Sun Tu offended Zhu Meng to death, he also severely dampened the spirit of his subordinates. These men no longer dared to talk nonsense and could only garrison outside the city obediently.