Song Jiang, who had already led his team to rush down the mountain and was about to fight with the official army with a knife, couldn't believe his eyes, because just as they entered the military camp and were about to take advantage of the chaos to harvest the lives of the soldiers, the official army that should have been in chaos but could not counterattack had quickly formed a group of troops, and then they even helped each other and turned into small military formations. When the brothers came to the front, they had already launched a counterattack.

In the eyes of the people who know the soldiers and soldiers, as long as it is a night attack and the enemy is not prepared for any defense, breaking into the enemy camp will mean a victory or even a one-sided massacre. But today, in front of this Shandong official army, the Liangshan Army completely miscalculated. The army was not in chaos, and the orders were clear, with one mind, and the formation was 100% reversed the entire battle situation in a blink of an eye.

Song Jiang was really stunned. Of course, he could not know that this was the result of Sun Tu's continuous training of his troops and horses over the years, and he had never slacked off. He would not know that this was the real terrible thing about Sun Tu's troops. Because the training they received on weekdays was far ahead of this era. In an army, they were actually divided into countless squads, and then three or five squads were used as a group and three or five squads were used as a group, which formed the entire Qingzhou army.

The troops of all battalions in the army also rest according to this rule. As long as they wake up in time and rush out of the camp, their captains will issue orders to assemble, and then officers from higher levels will order the teams to assemble. Because they practice diligently on weekdays, they can quickly form teams according to their habits even in chaos, forming camps that can fight head-on with the enemy, turning passive into active

Therefore, unless the enemy launches the most fierce attack with troops far exceeding Sun Tu's troops, ordinary night attacks may not necessarily disrupt the morale of his soldiers. With the shouts of military officers and generals, solid defensive formations have already been launched, and the first wave of offensives of Liangshan Army was immediately blocked.

Then with a sound of "Boardman ready!" the team behind was quickly arranged in shape. After a loud roar, hundreds of arrows swept away like raindrops towards the Liangshan Army, which had just been blocked and wanted to launch an attack again. In an instant, screams sounded from the middle of their team.

At this time, after seeing the terrible performance of the official army, these Liangshan bandits were already terrified and had no fighting spirit anymore. Some turned around and ran to the mountain road behind, while others were panicked and ran to the sides and in front. Some fell into the water, and some happened to hit the blade of the official army after stabilizing the formation. Suddenly, screams were endless, and countless people were killed.

Originally, the leaders Lu Junyi, Hua Rong, Yan Qing and other leaders who came down the mountain with Song Jiang were trying to fight for a while with their own bravery, but when they were surprised to see their team's performance of collapse after the fight, they immediately became deflated. Seeing that the enemy had already been surrounded from both sides, they were also panicked and quickly pulled Song Jiang, who was a little confused, and retreated.

"Brother, we are defeated, hurry back to the mountain. These official troops are not something we can resist." Lu Junyi waved his sword to knock down an official army that attacked him, and loudly reminded him that at this time he had already developed a rare fear, knowing that he was definitely not the opponent of this official army.

It was not until this time that Song Jiang suddenly woke up and yelled, "Retreat, retreat!" Since the sneak attack has failed, fighting will only cause greater casualties among the brothers, so he can only give up in time and go back to the parody.

So, the next step was a one-sided pursuit battle - the Liangshan army continued to retreat back to the mountain, while the official army chased closely behind, and the people who were behind were killed directly by them. The people in the front must be careful of the arrows that kept shooting. In just a short journey up the mountain, the Liangshan army paid an extremely tragic price, leaving nearly 300 brothers' bodies, and the other seven or eight hundred people had to retreat back to the mountain in a hurry and rely on the terrain of the mountain road to delay the blocking and counterattack.

Originally, the official army wanted to take advantage of the momentum of victory and directly go up the mountain, but at this pass, an urgent order came from behind, allowing the troops to only kill to the foot of the mountain without rashly moving up, which allowed Song Jiang and the others to safely retreat back to the mountain village. However, the people who returned were deeply powerless and confused on their faces.

This time they truly realized how terrible and invincible the official army below were. Even the sneak attacks they thought they could easily succeed were easily resolved by the enemy and were even killed. If it were a head-on confrontation, they would have no chance of winning.

"Sun Tu is indeed the best-ranked general in the court today, and we can't compare..." Lu Junyi sighed softly. No one could refute this. Song Jiang lowered his head, but he didn't even have the strength to speak.

But what they didn't know was that they were actually not facing Sun Tu at all this time, but Dong Ping. Although the military camp was under the banner of Sun Tu, he was in Beizhai at this time. If he knew that this was the case, the blow to them would only be even greater.

The reason why Sun Tu was in Beizhai was because he was also wary of the Liangshan Army's rush to jump over the wall. Compared with the fortifications in Dongzhai and the strong military force of Xizhai, Beizhai was the most empty. Therefore, as the main general, he guarded Beizhai in order to boost the morale of the army and prevent the soldiers under his command from being distracted after being attacked.

But this time he actually judged the enemy's target wrong. When the war broke out in the west, he was really shocked. It was not until he saw a fire that kept moving up the mountain from afar and no fires in the Xizhai that he felt relieved. At the same time, he shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that they would avoid the truth, which is really unexpected."

"The Chief Minister, I thought we could take this opportunity to kill the mountain. Now the bandits on Liangshan must be empty and panic. If they kill at this time, they might be able to defeat the enemy in one go and capture and kill all the bandits!" Han Tao, the Baisheng general who was eager to show his meritorious service, suddenly made a suggestion.

This immediately won the support of many soldiers around: "Yes, Dujian, Liangshan has already fought, so we might as well attack tonight."

Sun Tu's eyes swept over them quickly, then he smiled and shook his head: "No hurry, now the Liangshan bandits have become our bag, why should we be anxious for a while? There are only two thousand people on our side. If they rashly kill them, they will be powerless in the future. This will affect the advantages we have finally established. Taking a steady step and breaking the bandit's nest at the lowest cost is what I hope to see."

"But..." Someone wanted to ask for a fight, but after Sun Tu took a look, this person dared not speak. Sun Tu is now in the army with his prestige, and he can suppress all the different opinions with just one look.

However, although everyone didn't say anything, they were full of doubts. In the past, Sun Dujian was brave and straightforward, but why did he delay and even be afraid at this time?

This is not a conclusion drawn by everyone, but a fact. Because in everyone's opinion, after breaking through the three water camps, Liangshan's village is already in his pocket and is within easy reach. He only needs to advance along the slow slopes on three sides, and with the strength and combat power of the Liangshan army, he cannot resist this overwhelming offensive at all. But Sun Tu was fine, this time he slowed down the pace of attacking the mountain, but kept concentrating his troops on three sides, but was not in a hurry to attack.

If they hadn't believed in Sun Dujian's character, they would have guessed that he had any ulterior motives with the Liangshan bandits. Or would Sun Dujian have planned to have another good show of raising the bandits and respecting themselves, and deliberately destroyed the Liangshan bandits in one breath, and wanted to seize more benefits from the court?

In fact, everyone's ideas were wrong. Sun Tu did not rush to attack Liangshan's village because he had his own considerations, but he did not want to raise the bandits and respect them, but planned to force the thousands of Liangshan to surrender to him!

The various actions of the court have made Sun Tu more alert. He knows that there is not much time left for him to strengthen his strength. In such an urgent situation, it is obviously unrealistic to seek to develop slowly as before. Therefore, if you want to strengthen your troops, you have to annex some established troops. After the warlike army in Shandong has almost been completely captured by him, the only ones that can still be taken by him are the thousands of bandits in Liangshanbo in front.

Moreover, the thousands of troops in Liangshanpo not only have a certain combat power, but dozens of leaders are also brave enough to fight. As long as they are subdued, their strength can be steadily increased. Only in this way can they have the capital to bargain with the court and have the possibility of protecting everything they are.

That's why Sun Tu did not rush to launch a final attack on Liangshan's village, but simply put enough pressure on the enemy by constantly garrisoning troops at the foot of the mountain. After their fighting spirit completely collapsed, he would send people up the mountain to persuade them to surrender.

The time was not yet ripe, but this night attack tonight made Sun Tu see that the opportunity had come. I believe that after this battle, Liangshan would have no fighting spirit. If you use both soft and hard, you will definitely be able to make these people submit to you.

Of course, in addition to these reasons, another reason why Sun Tu dared to make such a decision was that he knew what Song Jiang and others were thinking. They were unwilling to be just a bandit. As long as the opportunity was right, it would not be easy to persuade them to surrender to the court.

So after dawn the next day, the official army had already sent people up the mountain, but instead of taking the opportunity to launch an offensive, he rushed up and shouted loudly: "My family wants to meet the Master Song, and I also ask Master Song to go down the mountain to see him!" The voice was uploaded from afar and soon reached the Juyi Hall above.
Chapter completed!