In the next few days, other troops and horses arrived one after another. However, their treatment was like Zhu Xie's direct subordinates, and they were still blocked outside Suzhou City. Except for those major generals who could bring about a hundred personal soldiers into the city, the other troops had to be stationed outside the city.

In response to this, the reactions of these generals of the wing army were much calmer. Anyway, their army was not allowed to enter the city when they were in Jinling, and now they are just stationed in another place. However, they also have something to pay attention to, that is, the supply of logistics food and grass must be kept up as soon as possible. After staying in Jiangnan for so long, many things happened in the middle. Now that there is not much food and grass left in each army, it is almost impossible to get rid of the blame.

So when they entered Suzhou, they went to see Zhu Xie first, hoping that he could allocate the food and grass he had agreed to as soon as possible. The newly arrived generals in Suzhou don’t even know who is the one who is in Suzhou now, and even Zhu Xie’s own men are locked out of the city.

Zhu Xie, who had already had a murderous thought about Sun Tu, quickly made a decision after discussing with several aides. On March 17, he invited all these generals to his mansion on the pretext of arranging the allocation of food and grass. For a time, dozens of generals holding military power in the Jiangnan area gathered together, and the momentum was quite strong.

This time, Zhu Xie lost his prestige when he was in Jinling. When he saw them, he even had a bitter meaning. When everyone respectfully paid homage to him, he only waved his hand: "All generals, please sit down and talk, there is no need to be so polite. Anyway, it seems that it's better not to have such a fake scenery, but maybe you will be killed at any time!"

These words immediately made the generals stunned, and after a moment, someone was worried: "Why did Zhu Shuai say this? Now the situation in our war is very good. We have taken down Suzhou City. We can take advantage of the situation in two days to move south. Where will the danger come from?"

"If Zhu Shuai is really worried, I am willing to take the troops from this route to the south and keep a few cities to seize. However, I would like to ask Zhu Shuai to allocate some of the food and grass to me first, so that the soldiers can let go of their hands and feet to pacify the thieves for the country." Then someone took the opportunity to raise the request.

Everyone else followed, and they directly or tactfully reached out to Zhu Xie for money and food, and by the way they also wanted to send troops to make contributions. Sun Tu's conquering two cities this time had a great impact on them. It turned out that he had less fear of the Wu army.

After listening to them with a smile, Zhu Xie sighed and said, "The generals' sincere desire to serve the country really touched Zhu Xie, but this time I want to disappoint you. Although I still have some food and supplies on hand, I may not be able to share with you."

"This... Suzhou is not a place of fish and rice, a rich place? Can't Zhu Shuai get enough money and food?"

"It's not that I don't want to, but I can't do it." Zhu Xie said, his face darkened: "At this point, you haven't realized that I'm no longer the one who can make the decision in Suzhou City? Not to mention asking the wealthy businessmen in the city to donate money and food, even the city gate is not up to me to have the final say."

"Ah..." Everyone changed color again. Although they were blocked from leading their troops into the city, they really didn't know who was the order of this. They just thought that Zhu Xie was using the Jinling City style. Looking at everyone's surprised look, Zhu Xie's face was also a little hot. As the chief official of Jiangnan and the border ranks designated by the court, he actually had the final say in and out of the three armies of the official army who quelled the rebellion, he had the final say in the entry and exit of the old nest in Suzhou. It was indeed embarrassing enough, just as if he was slapped several times in front of everyone.

This feeling of shame and anger made Zhu Jie's anger even more intense, and all this was thanks to Sun Tu. He must turn the situation around and let him die without a place to bury him!

After a while of silence and pressing down the shame and anger in his heart, Zhu Jie said again: "Although it is very unbearable to say it, I am not able to hide it from you anymore. In fact, when the first two Japanese officials led their troops, they were stopped by Sun Tu. Now, those who guarded the city gates and did not allow your troops to enter the city are all Shandong soldiers. They regard Suzhou as their own territory and do not take this official and you at all."

"This is actually happening!" someone screamed in surprise.

"It's outrageous. Then Sun Tu is so bold!" Someone also scolded angrily.

People are afraid of comparison. They think that their family has not made any contributions in so long, and they are taken away by the Shandong army. When their subordinates suffer outside the city, Sun Tu and the Shandong army can be free and do their best in the city, these generals immediately feel resentful and jealous. For a moment, they denounced Sun Tu's inseparable from the top and bottom, and the rebukes of arbitrary acts were already heard.

Zhu Xie had no intention of stopping him at all. He just listened quietly. When they were almost scolding, he said again: "Sun Tu has always been known for his boldness and arrogance, otherwise he would not have caused so many things in Jinling. In fact, if it was just like this, I could tolerate it. Even if I was suppressed by him, as long as I could quell the chaos in Jiangnan as soon as possible, I would recognize it. But what I was most worried about was that this person was really trustworthy?"

Seeing that everyone was a little confused, Zhu Jie continued to explain in a tempting manner: "You have also fought with the anti-army army. How about they compare to our local wing army?"

"This..." The generals suddenly didn't know how to reply. In fact, they knew very well that although the Wu army had just risen, their combat power was above all the wing troops. There were still a few people who suffered a considerable loss under the enemy's hands. This was one of the reasons why they had been staying in Jinling and did not dare to go south easily. However, due to their own face, they did not want to tell the truth, and they all suddenly became distracted.

Zhu Jie sneered in his heart, and then told the truth: "Actually everyone knows that our various wing troops cannot defeat the anti-army. We must fight steadily to combat the thieves." After pausing for a moment, without waiting for others to raise objections, he said: "Then the performance of the Shandong Army is too strange. What kind of virtue is that Sun Tu? He can lead an army of more than 20,000 to win many times. Now he has even taken down a strong city like Suzhou. Isn't this worth thinking about?"

"What Zhu Shuai means is that there is something else in it?"

"Hey, anyway, based on my years of experience in leading troops, it is impossible for a few tens of thousands of people to not only guard a small county town, but also to further capture a big city like Suzhou. If it were you, can you, you, guarantee that you can do it?"

The generals who were pointed at by Zhu Xie blushed and all shook their heads. They still had this self-knowledge.

Seeing that it had already had an effect, Zhu Xie threw out the key points: "So I have always suspected that Sun Tu had used other methods to continue to win. For example, he had already colluded with the thieves in the morning. All of them were just means of collusion between them in order to paralyze us!"

What is the thief calling for catching a thief and what is the crime of wanting to be punished? At this moment, Zhu Jie has fully reflected it, and many generals have believed his statement. It is just because Sun Tu's various contributions are indeed too jealous, and the miracles created are completely inconsistent with the concepts of these people, so they can quickly develop prejudices in just a few words, and Sun Tu is indeed very problematic.

"In my opinion, what Sun Tu fought this time was to attract us to Suzhou, and then block all the troops outside the city. In this way, we have no city to support, and once the enemy attacks, it will be difficult to resist. If his troops and horses are fighting out of the city and attacking each other, we will really die in this Suzhou city!" In order to convince everyone, Zhu Xie really used alarmist methods this time.

But let alone, this statement really made many people believe it, and everyone showed a look of vigilance and deep thought on their faces. Zhu Jie threw out the final evidence: "Do you all know that the Huainan Army commander Peng Yongzhen is dead? How did he die? According to Sun Tu, he was killed in a battle with the anti-army. But will he, the chief general in the army, really die so easily? Looking at the current Huainan Army, which is completely controlled by Sun Tu, the cause of his death is worth exploring. Sun Tu seems selfless, but in fact he is extremely insidious, and it is our biggest hidden danger. If you didn't make plans earlier, you and I will soon be in Peng Yongzhen's afterwards."

The examples are more effective than Zhu Jie saying hundreds of words. This time everyone is really in danger. Once they think that Sun Tu would do something to kill the chief general in the army in order to seize military power, they feel a chill on their backs.

Because according to Zhu Xie, the entire Suzhou is now completely under Sun Tu's control, but there are only a hundred personal guards around them. Once the other party really takes action, they will definitely die.

What should I do? Everyone looked at each other in panic, and finally looked at Zhu Xie: "Shuai Zhu, please let Zhu Shuai decide for us..."

"The current plan is that if we want to protect ourselves, we can only resist and get rid of Sun Tu before he attacked." Seeing that, Zhu Xie finally revealed his true purpose.

"But... we can use no more than two thousand soldiers together. How can we compete with Sun Tu?"

"If it is only more than the number of troops, we are certainly not our opponents. But now Sun Tu is also stationed in various places in Suzhou, and he has to be on guard against the army outside the city. This is our opportunity. In addition, I have already made a pity and will catch him off guard this time. However, before that, I need all the strong support. As long as you secretly order the troops outside the city to cooperate with the attack, we will kill Sun Tu first in the city, so that the Shandong army has no leader, the situation can be reversed!" As he said that, Zhu Jie looked forward and glanced at everyone: "Everyone, do you have the courage to eliminate traitors with me?"
Chapter completed!