Seeing the reactions of the generals, a trace of ridicule flashed in Sun Tu's eyes. He knew very well why everyone was like this. Although the troops had successfully sent out troops before and captured many cities like plowing through holes, in fact, the troops had not encountered any real strong enemies. It was not until they came to Huzhou City that they Experienced the strength of the elite rebels.
Because of this, these generals were actually timid, especially when they heard that thousands of troops carrying grain were easily defeated and dispersed by the enemy, they were naturally timid and did not dare to act rashly.
But this does not mean that Sun Tu recognized their wise and self-protective approach. In just a second, a bold idea came to his mind. At that moment, his face also turned cold, and he named them: "Lu Mo, Wang Yang , Zhang Kuangchu..." Every time he read out a name, some generals trembled slightly and looked over with some uneasiness. It was not until he called the names of more than a dozen generals at once that the uneasiness in their hearts subsided. If you are confused, there must be too many people talking about this.
After Sun Tu called out the names of the seventeen or eight generals present, he issued an order that made them all feel that they had heard it wrong: "Wait for each of you to lead your troops and return north together! You must arrive in Suzhou as soon as possible." Find the rebel army before the change, encircle and annihilate it! Is it possible for you to do it?"
Each of these generals looked at him with their mouths open, not knowing what to say. Because Sun Tu had ordered all the generals except the Shandong Army at one go. In other words, he wanted to mobilize all other troops to the rear defense, leaving only the Shandong Army to stay outside Huzhou City.
This decision was too unexpected, and it was extremely risky. You must know that compared to the thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the rear, the defenders of Huzhou City are more dangerous. By doing this, he is completely sacrificing the first and the last. If anything goes wrong, the consequences will be serious.
Even Song Jiang was a little confused at this time and couldn't help but said: "General, think twice. In this case, only about 20,000 people will stay outside Huzhou..."
Before he could finish his words, Sun Tu waved his hand to interrupt: "I have made up my mind. This is a military order and must not be violated!" As he said this, his eyes were like lightning, sweeping across the generals. No one else dared to look at him, so they all stood up, crossed their hands and said, "General, I will obey your order!"
"Get everything ready today and set off immediately tomorrow morning without delay!" Sun Tu ordered again with a serious look. Although the generals were full of doubts, they could only obey the order again, and then left the tent with doubts.
It wasn't until these generals retreated, leaving only the Shandong Army's own family in the tent, that Dong Ping said first, "General, isn't this arrangement too risky? There are still at least 50,000 rebels in the city. Once they fight on all fronts, we can really win. ?"
"Yes, General, our Shandong Army is certainly good at fighting, but it's hard to say we can win in a head-to-head confrontation with an enemy that is multiple in number." Song Jiang also advised again.
Sun Tu sighed: "If we don't take risks, I don't know how long it will take to take Huzhou. You have all seen that the current Huzhou guard Pang Wanchun is a man who is good at using soldiers, and the entire city is run by him. It's like an iron barrel. It's hard to succeed just by attacking by force. In this case, it's better to take a risk and try to mobilize them out of the city.
"I believe that with the strength of our Shandong Army soldiers, even if we are twice as strong as the enemy
, as long as we work together, we will definitely win! So in my opinion, this change in the rear is not only a danger, but also an opportunity, giving us the opportunity to win Huzhou City as soon as possible! "At the end of the sentence, his eyes were full of determination, and he was obviously determined to fight the enemy head-on with an army.
Seeing that Sun Tu had made up his mind, all his subordinates could not say anything more. They could only stand up and clasp their fists with solemn expressions: "We will follow the general to kill the enemy until we die!"
"Okay! When the time comes, people will take out all the ammunition. I want to let Pang Wanchun know that our Shandong Army is far stronger than he thinks!"
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"Pang Shuai, look over there..." The next morning, when Pang Wanchun went to the city to check, one of his subordinates pointed to the Song Army camp a few miles away with confusion and shouted.
And when he looked in the direction, there was a bit of surprise on his face. Because they saw the soldiers and horses in the Song camp moving slowly, actually retreating to the north. Moreover, the number of soldiers and horses moving was still very large, and it seemed that the entire army was retreating.
"What's going on? Could it be that the Song Army gave up attacking Huzhou when they saw it was difficult?"
"No, after these days, their attacks on the city are not too fierce and the damage is not great, so how can they retreat in spite of the difficulties? What's more, even if they really think that I am in trouble in Huzhou and want to retreat, they should not If they choose to withdraw at this time, aren't they afraid of us chasing them out?"
"Is there some trouble in their rear, or did Song Ting order the troops to withdraw?"
"Let me see, this might be a conspiracy to lure us out of the city. Sun Tu is a man who is always good at using tricks. I don't know what he has in mind this time!"
... After seeing the actions of the Song army outside the city, all the soldiers were confused for a while. Various guesses came out one after another, but no one could come up with an accurate idea. Even Pang Wanchun also started to murmur: "Which song is Song Jun singing? Does Sun Tu really think that this can lead me to lead his army out of the city to pursue him? That's too much to underestimate me, Mr. Pang!"
But as time went by, and at noon, the results came out, and everyone's views changed again. The Song army only left one army to guard outside the city. Just looking at the high-flying banner with the word "Sun" in it, one could tell that the remaining What kind of army is this? The other troops had already gone far away, and even if everyone tried their best to look, they could only see the hazy shadow of the team retreating.
"They really withdrew? Only one part of the Shandong Army was left here? What was the reason for this? Could it be that there was some dispute within the Song Army?" Many people had doubts again.
Pang Wanchun, who had been standing guard at the top of the city watching the Song army retreat, frowned: "This is indeed strange. What is the purpose of these many people suddenly abandoning me in Huzhou? There are only two reasonable explanations, one of which is that they We are in trouble on our way back and need to send a large army to come back for reinforcements; secondly, they plan to bypass our Huzhou City and attack other cities, or even directly attack Hangzhou City!"
The others didn't think as much as he did. Seeing that there was only one army and 20,000 people left outside the city, their courage instantly grew. At that moment, someone shouted: "Pang Shuai, no matter what their purpose is, it is a fact that the strength of the Song army is greatly reduced at this time. We just take the opportunity to kill out. As long as we can annihilate the main force of the Song army on the spot, we will
The crisis of Wu Kingdom will naturally be resolved! "
"Pang Shuai, I am willing to be a pioneer!"
"I want to go too!"
Immediately, many generals clamored to go out of the city to kill the enemy in revenge for the hatred they had suffered during this period. To be honest, these people have been holding back their anger recently. Since they failed to capture Changshu a few months ago and were instead taken advantage of by the Song army to capture Suzhou, the Wu army has been too passive and suffered too much losses.
Among them, a general who was tall and as majestic as an iron tower was the most anxious. He was Liao Qing, the younger brother of Liao Guang, the general of the Wu army who was killed at Changshu City that day. He had always wanted to do something for him. My brother is out for revenge.
Faced with the constant requests for battle from his generals, Pang Wanchun seemed to become more and more calm. He immediately put a straight face on his face and shouted: "Shut up, everyone! Have you all forgotten the big losses you suffered before? Sun Tuke outside the city This person is not Yi Yu. This person is extremely cunning, how could he reveal such a big flaw? In my opinion, this is obviously a trap. What we have to do is to defend Huzhou. We will leave other things for later. Again. Anyone who dares to speak out and speak out will be severely punished!"
Pang Wanchun has a high prestige in the army, and now this roar immediately shocked everyone. The generals on the city head who were still clamoring immediately fell silent. After a while, they reluctantly clasped their fists and said, "I will obey your orders."
Pang Wanchun glanced at the Song Army's camp from a distance again and thought to himself: "Sun Tu, don't try to use such tricks to mess up the morale of our army. I, Pang Wanchun, am not someone who is eager to make achievements but can't even see the danger." The reckless man!"
So in the next few days, a strange scene appeared in front of Huzhou City. The defenders, who clearly had twice the strength, were actually suppressed in the city by 20,000 Shandong troops. The Song army provoked several times to attack the city, but the defenders remained firm and had no intention of leaving the city to defeat the enemy. I mean, Wu Jun really carried out the word "consuming" to the end.
After three or four days, there was no progress at all, which made many soldiers feel confused and a little relaxed. At least for now, the enemy did not dare to fight out of the city. But Sun Tu felt quite troubled by this. He knew that this time he really met his opponent. This Pang Wanchun was far more calm than he thought. He really had no faults and no merit.
"Tell me, how can we lure them out of the city and fight?" Sun Tu had no choice but to ask Ji Yu and his men.
In this regard, those generals really couldn't come up with a solution. Wu Yong, on the other hand, after twirling his beard and thinking for a while, said: "General, there is a solution that may work for this humble position, but it is a bit risky..."
"As long as we can lure them out of the city, there's no harm in taking some risks. If I only leave the Shandong Army here, I'm already taking a big risk." Sun Tu immediately became interested and said quickly.
"The general can order the army to stop attacking the city, and then make a gesture of withdrawing..." Wu Yong quickly told his idea, which made many people frown.
This idea is indeed not very good, and it is even a bit sinister. But Sun Tu nodded after pondering: "Now it seems that this is the only method available. Just do as you say. If they don't leave the city, then retreat a certain distance and wait until the fighting in the rear is over before continuing the attack. city!"