On the second day of the second month, the dragon raised its head. Jeju Prefecture City, Xiangjun military camp.

After leading the army to defeat the Liangshan bandits this time, Sun Tu did not return to Qingzhou immediately, but stayed in Jeju City for the time being. As for the reason, one is that the road is difficult to walk. Before, even the official road was covered with heavy snow, and sometimes the road could not be found at all. When he came, he might take risks to save Zhujiazhuang, but he didn't have to go back.

The two were Gu Tongzhou's enthusiastic invitation and retention, and he kept saying that he hoped that Sun Dujian would teach and train the soldiers and horses in Jeju City so that these local military horses could be stronger and safeguard the country and the people.

Originally, Sun Tu had the intention of making friends with all the troops in Shandong. Since the other party had invited each other so kindly, he naturally would not refuse too much, so he went back to report the victory first, and he stayed in Jeju with more than 200 elite troops. While watching the training of the Jeju army, he asked the soldiers to rest here for a long time, and at least he had to cure all the injuries caused by the war.

In order to get along with Sun Tu, Gu Tongzhou did spend a lot of effort this time. Not only did he greet Sun Tu with a smile all day long, he kept inviting Sun Tu to go at banquets of all sizes, but he did not dare to neglect the more than 200 Qingzhou soldiers. The daily consumption of food and drink was the best. He also invited famous doctors in the city to treat the injured. As a civil servant, he could be regarded as the first time in this way.

Although there were people in the Jeju army who were dissatisfied with this from time to time, they were helpless. After all, Sun Tu did what they had not been able to do for many years. Only two or three hundred Qingzhou elite soldiers could match the 1,000 or two thousand. Moreover, they really admire Sun Tu and Qingzhou army, and they also hope that they could one day kill the enemy and make contributions like them, and be respected by the people of the whole city.

Unfortunately, this wish would not come true at least in a short time, because they even had to do things on weekdays, and it was even more fun to see the generals and officers of the Qingzhou Army. At this moment, looking at the loosely lined up and the soldiers who were not even energetic to take weapons, Sun Tu couldn't help but frown: "Zhou Dujian, it's been seven or eight days, and the soldiers still looked very relaxed. How can they make progress in such practice?"

The Jeju Superintendent Zhou Fan felt unhappy, but he smiled bitterly on his face, "Sun Dujian, please calm down. My Jeju soldiers are indeed lazy because they can't even eat on weekdays. Moreover, everyone has practiced too much in the past few days, and my brothers are also tired, so..."

Sun Tu sighed helplessly. The root cause of the weakness of the Song Xiangjun was actually on the surface, but no one thought about solving it. This is true for Jeju, and Jiangzhou. After all, he is not a local chief supervisor, so it is really hard to manage too much. Even if Gu Tongzhou invited him to train the Xiangjun this time, the situation did not seem to have improved much.

This more than a thousand-box army is deducted from military pay at every level, and even food and clothing are a problem. How can we devote ourselves to the training? Moreover, we have no energy to practice well if we don’t have enough food. In fact, they all know these problems, but those who are officials, generals and those who are selfish.

After exhaling a breath of turbid air, Sun Tu shook his head and said, "Since that's the case, it's better not to train this army. I can enforce orders in the Qingzhou army. No matter what they are asked to do, they can do it without any discount. But there is no trace of the spirit of the army here. No wonder the bandits are rampant here, and even the government is helpless."

After leaving these words, Sun Tu turned around and left without caring about Zhou Fan's ugly face. Lin Chong, Lu Da and others who left with him were also full of disdain. They used to be in the Qingzhou army, but they didn't realize anything until they saw the situation of the Jeju official army that they realized how rare what Sun Tu did was.

Not only did he let the soldiers eat and wear warm clothes, but he also gave them self-esteem and honor. Moreover, after every war, Sun Tu was able to be selfless and distributed almost all the seized property and the rewards from the court, and he almost did not intercept them at all. Take this time for example. When Gu Tongzhou led people to send the rewarded food to Zhujiazhuang, in addition to leaving a part of it for Zhujiazhuang, Sun Tu distributed it to the soldiers below.

It is precisely because of Sun Tu's actions that thousands of Qingzhou soldiers were devoted to him and obeyed orders. Whenever they fought with the enemy, they would not avoid life and death, and could exert their strong combat power in every battle. In Luda's view, the combat power of the Qingzhou army is almost catching up with the Song Dynasty border army.

However, Sun Tu was obviously not satisfied with the fact that his own army was powerful, so after coming out of the military camp, he went to the government office to meet Gu Tongzhou, hoping that he could make some decisions that would be beneficial to the strength of the Xiang army. However, this matter was obviously not that simple. Prison Gu had already shirked it openly and secretly several times before.

After all, Jeju is different from Qingzhou, which was killed by Sun Tu before, the relevant interest groups here are too large and mixed. Not to mention that Gu Tongzhou is one of them, even outsiders, he dare not offend hundreds of stakeholders in the Quanzhou Prefecture. Moreover, he is just a civil servant, and whether the Xiang army is strong or not has much to do with him.

But even so, Sun Tu still wanted to do his last effort to at least not regret it. So before leaving this place, he came to see Gu Tongzhou again, hoping to understand the other party.

Just like the previous few times, Gu Gong met him in the public room of the Second Hall soon, but his attitude was a little polite compared to the previous two days: "Sun Dujian, you are here just in time. I really have something to discuss with you."

"Oh? But what's the matter?" Seeing that he said this, Sun Tu was not in a hurry to mention his own affairs first, otherwise once the other party refuses, the two parties will be unhappy again.

"Didn't the Dujian mentioned that we should unite the troops of the prefectures in Shandong before? I and the Dujian jointly sent letters to the prefectures inviting them to Jeju, and today there were finally a reply."

"Oh? What did the officials of each state respond?" Sun Tu said with some hopelessness. There was a third reason why he stayed in Jeju at the time, which was to meet the military generals and other prefectures in Shandong.

If he set the location in Qingzhou, he would seem too strong and might cause dissatisfaction from others, so he set it in Jeju, which is easier to accept. However, these official letters have been sent out for some time, and no response from those people, so he gave up. It seems that the local officials had no intention of cooperating with him at all, so he is already cold and has never thought about this again.

But to his surprise, Gu Tongzhou smiled at this time: "Just just received the news that officials from Dengzhou, Laizhou, Yizhou and other places will each lead a group of troops to Jeju to respond to the strategy proposed by Sun Dujian to combine the troops and horses in our Shandong area to fight against the bandits in the territory."

"Huh?" Even Sun Tu was a little moved at this time: "The officials of these states really have this idea?"

"I dare not talk nonsense about such a big deal. This is the document they sent to this morning. I believe someone will arrive within three to five days. This time, Sun Dujian ordered the troops of various states to be in the state. The days of peace in the world in Shandong should not be too far away." Gu Tongzhou said excitedly, and then took out several official documents.

Sun Tu hurriedly took it and looked at it quickly, his face full of joy: "I really didn't expect that they could still understand the righteousness so deeply. From this point of view, I am a little bit villainous."

"Hey, why did Sun Dujian say this? You are a great hero in Shandong. Not only did I say that, but the court also recognized it." Taking this opportunity, Gu Tongzhou flattered him again, and then said with a smile: "In addition, I would like to congratulate Sun Dujian. Just a few days ago, the court had decided to reward you. You will be promoted to the fifth-rank palace maid of the palace and lead the dispatch of the military commander of Jingdong Road. Sun Dujian, you have fought for the country this time and killed countless enemies. Naturally, the court will reward you well."

Sun Tu was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed in a clear way. No wonder Gu Prime Minister's attitude today is much better than before, no wonder those officials of the state government suddenly had a major change of 180 degrees. It turned out that everything was because of this.

Because they were about to be promoted and become the chief military officer in Shandong, they were so obedient. Because as long as they got the post, they could order military officers from all over the country to come to see them without discussing with them.

Although he is also a chief official, the authority of the chief minister is not a little more important than that of the chief minister of the state. As long as this matter is true, he has the power to command the troops of more than ten prefectures in his territory, and he can even deal with the chief generals. As long as there is a legitimate reason, killing them is not a big deal.

Thinking of all this, Sun Tu felt proud and smiled and said, "That's true good news. I had previously felt powerless because my troops in Shandong were weak. Then I have to do my best to live up to the court's kindness."

A solemn momentum suddenly rose from Sun Tu, which made Gu Tongzhou feel cold. He could only smile with him and said, "It is really a blessing for me in Shandong and even more a blessing for the Song Dynasty when Sun Dujian has such a desire to serve the country."

"It's easy to say. By the way, the wing army in Jeju Prefecture is too careless to practice on weekdays. I think it's time to rectify it. I hope the prefect Gu can help and support it."

"That's natural." Gu Tongzhou felt annoyed, but he didn't dare to show it at all. At the same time, he sneered: "Do you really think this is a good thing? Gang is easy to get by. You are so arrogant, I'm afraid you won't be able to last long..."
Chapter completed!