How to break through the Liangshanbo mountain village has been a problem that has troubled Sun Tu in the past few months. At least so far, he has not come up with a proper way, just because the terrain of Liangshanbo is too good, even the elite Qingzhou army trained by him are not sure that it can really pose a threat to it.

Whether it was reading the book "Water Margin" about the repeated attacks of the Song Ting, or the fact that Gao Xiang and others forced their attacks on the mountain, Sun Tu was a little dissatisfied with their final failure at the beginning, believing that the incompetence of these generals led to the successive failures.

However, after disguising himself as he ran to Liangshanpo for careful observation two months ago, he realized that he had underestimated the easy and difficult attack of Liangshanpo. The mountain village, surrounded by water on three sides, and only one way to the gate of the village is not something that ordinary soldiers can attack.

Liangshan is surrounded by lakes on the east and north sides, which makes the official army have to choose to attack from the south if they want to go up the mountain. However, the terrain there is extremely narrow and steep, which is not conducive to the spread of the army at all. However, once the troops attack the mountain are reduced or the team is lengthened, it will not pose too much threat to the periphery of the mountain village that has been strictly guarded.

Sun Tu only looked away for a few glances and could clearly see the numerous levels standing outside the mountain village, as well as the various weapons with cold light flashing on the walls of the village. He could clearly make predictions. If the army really attacked head-only without hesitation, there would be only one fate. When they reached the opponent's wall, they would have suffered heavy casualties. Just shooting with bows and arrows would be enough to harvest the lives of a large number of officials.

And this is just the outermost defense line of Liangshanpo. Going up, there are still gates like iron walls waiting for the official army. Unless the court can send a hundred thousand troops at all costs and then fill out a path with human lives, it will be impossible to kill the Liangshan village.

Of course, after confirming this, some people proposed the idea of ​​launching an attack on Liangshan from the waterway. In this regard, Sun Tu quickly gave an even more desperate answer, but he still couldn't succeed.

Because the waters around Liangshanpo are actually under the control of the other party, and the waterways in the lake are complex and changeable, and there are reeds growing. Not to mention that there are not many people in the Qingzhou army who can really fight water. Even if they can really train an elite naval army, it is very dangerous to send them into it. You must know that the strongest man in Liangshanpo is the navy. They can attack the official army entering the lake from two lines above and below the water. In such an environment, the situation of the official army will only be more dangerous on land, and they will not even retreat, and the casualties will only be greater.

Moreover, even if the official army can successfully reach the other three sides of Liangshan through water, it will be difficult to spread the geography of the shackles there. At that time, as long as the enemy attacks with arrows and stones above, the soldiers below will be passively beaten, and casualties cannot be smaller than those on the frontal attack.

Such unique geographical conditions, coupled with Liangshanbo itself having a certain combat strength, no wonder the court sent troops to attack many times and ended in failure. It was not until this time that Sun Tu realized how huge the problem was before him. This was also one of the key reasons why he would rather bear the pressure of the court and refused to use troops to Liangshanbo for a long time.

However, the problem is always solved by finding a way to solve it. Therefore, in the following days, Sun Tu not only continued to train troops, but also discussed strategies for attacking the mountain with many soldiers. Unfortunately, he has not come up with a proper and correct idea after many days.

In fact, there are still some ideas. For example, someone proposed an overnight attack and went up the mountain before the Liangshan bandits noticed it. However, this statement was soon pointed out that there was a big problem, because the official army could not perform a surprise attack at all. The people in Liangshanbo were much smarter than everyone thought. They had already spread their eyes outside the mountain and set up hotels in all directions. Not to mention that thousands of soldiers and horses were approaching, even dozens of people appeared in that area, the news was spreading up the mountain earlier, so that they could prepare for relevant defenses.

In addition, some people started from their geographical environment and proposed a more whimsical idea - digging the embankment of the lake where Liangshanbo is located, and guiding the water in the lake to other places, so that the natural barrier can be turned into a smooth road, so that the army can launch an offensive from other sides, which is much easier than attacking the more defensive south.

To be honest, Sun Tu was really excited when this proposal was expressed. Although this approach was time-consuming and labor-intensive, once it was successful, the benefits were huge, and it was the least casualty. Just send laborers to dig open the lake embankment and divert water to other places.

But soon, he discovered that this was just a "smart plan" like a paper talk, because the Liangshan Lake covers too much land. Although it is not as vast as the rumored 800-mile water, it is also a radius of 100 miles, which is comparable to a large and medium-sized reservoir in later generations. Once the water of the lake is placed elsewhere, the harm it causes is too great, and I am afraid that the entire Jeju Prefecture will be trapped in.

By then, the people's displacement will only have a worse impact than the Liangshan bandits. Even if he can really destroy the Liangshan bandits with this, it will probably be far more than the achievements, and it is not worth taking a risk!

After thinking about it, Sun Tu even planned to use the method in the book to directly recruit Song Jiang and others in the name of the court. However, this idea was soon dispelled by him. The hatred between his family and those in Liangshanbo had already been deeply rooted in depth. Zhujiazhuang, Dongping Prefecture, Qingzhou City... After these fierce battles, the leaders and minions of Liangshanbo killed by his subordinates had already been counted. They must have hated themselves to the core, so how could they be willing to surrender?

Even though Song Jiang actually had the intention of submitting to the court again from the bottom of his bones, Liangshanpo is very different from those in the Water Margin story, because Chao Gai is still alive in Liangshanpo, and this person is much tougher when dealing with the court issues.

In addition, because Song Jiang suffered a great loss in the previous battles, his status in the parable was not as good as in Water Margin. In addition, many leaders with deep friendship with him died, which made Song Jiang not able to propose revenge in public.

It can be said that it was precisely because of the appearance of Sun Tu that the Liangshanbo incident could not end peacefully. At least until they felt the inevitable defeat and the threat of life, these people could not accept the choice of surrender.

So after the discussion during this period, the final conclusion returned to the starting point - neither military use nor recruitment could solve the problem of Liangshanbo, and the matter was delayed. It was not until Zeng Kaiqian came with the imperial decree that Sun Tu had to shift his focus to Qingzhou.

While suppressing Zeng Kaifan, Sun Tu did not completely put down his strategy against Liangshanbo. During this period, he was inspired and thought of the wisest choice at the moment.

Zeng Kaigan actually wanted to win over Sun Tu's generals to achieve his goal of undermining him. Of course, this would not work, but Sun Tu thought here that he could also use the complex relationship between the leaders in Liangshanbo to achieve the effect of internalizing them!

Unlike the situation where Sun Tu is the main person in Qingzhou City and the generals are convinced, the relationship between Liangshanbo is much more complicated. Just the leaders of different identities and origins have more or less conflicts and differences, either open or hidden. In addition, the two leaders of Song Jiang and Chao Gai actually have hidden problems, so the conflicts within Liangshanbo, which seem to be brotherly, have long been reborn, but they have not erupted for the time being.

What Sun Tu wanted to do was to completely arouse the conflicts between some people, and then wait for their own chaos to arise inside the village! There is a saying that solid fortresses are often easier to be broken from the inside, and the Liangshanpo in front of him is like this for Sun Tu. Since it seems that there is no grasp of the strong attack from the outside, it is better to take action from the inside and instigate them to cause civil strife through differentiation and instigation. Then, cooperate with the army to face the border, and maybe they can quell the Liangshan bandits at a very small price.

This is indeed the most reasonable and correct decision at the moment, but he has been thinking about where to start. In fact, Sun Tu had already made corresponding arrangements a few months ago, but it was because the man had no news after he left that he could not find out the specific situation in Liangshan Village.

This time, he had to find someone who was easier to use and was also the first key step for him to complete his own key.

In fact, there is such a candidate around him. After all, Sun Tu had accepted many surrendered generals from Liangshan before. After some consideration, he finally called a guy who was not valued and said, "I have an important thing to hand over to you. As long as it is done, you will be the first contribution."

The person on the other side was a little worried, but when he heard this, he suddenly became energetic: "Please give orders to the chief supervisor!"

"You should also know that I have been ordered by the court to attack Liangshanpo, but if it is too strong to attack, I am really not sure, so I plan to start from it." In the other party's somewhat puzzled gaze, Sun Tu finally revealed the key point: "I mean you go back secretly to meet your brother, so that he can secretly contact some unsuccessful leaders of the village, provoke conflicts within the village, and cooperate with us inside and outside!"

"This... my brother has always been low-key in the village and has been in the mountains for many years, so how could he do these things?"

"Just just go to see him, and you will see him at that time. Don't look at him as a veteran of Liangshan, but in fact, his situation is quite bad. Whoever has no selfish intentions? As long as you tell me what I teach you, I believe he will make the wisest choice." Sun Tu looked at the other party, with confidence on his face.

Since Sun Dujian said so, this person naturally did not dare to disobey and agreed immediately. Soon afterwards, he set off to Liangshan.
Chapter completed!