Pang Wanchun is worthy of being the first general of the Wu Kingdom. Even when the morale of the army was shaken, he still defended Huzhou City with his troops without leaking water. Even if the Song army used all kinds of means to attack the city in half a month, it could not pose too much threat to the city, and instead suffered a lot of casualties.

Of course, this is also related to Sun Tu's ability to preserve his strength. The elite Shandong army first attacked the city wall for two or three days, and then was left in the central army. The other troops did not attack fiercely at all costs, which led to the situation where the army in front of him was blocked from Huzhou for more than half a month.

Many generals have some opinions on this, because in their opinion, as long as the Song army let go and put all their troops into attack for several days, it would be difficult to defend the current situation of the anti-army. However, when they made this suggestion to Sun Tu several times, they were all denied by him.

Because Sun Tu knew very well what his real purpose was, not just to capture this Huzhou city. There were many cities south of Huzhou and the anti-army waiting for them to deal with, especially Hangzhou, which was replaced by the anti-army capital. The walls there were higher and more defenders. If the strength was not preserved, they would inevitably hit a wall at that time, which was not the result he hoped to see.

But his delay was quite a problem. Regardless of the pressure from the court, the morale of the soldiers below alone was enough to make many people feel worried. By July 20th, even Dong Ping and his confidants could not bear it and came to persuade him.

"General, it's no good for us to hold on like this. The morale of the brothers began to decline, and some people said strange things behind their backs, saying that it's General, you just want to preserve the strength of the Shandong Army, but you treat the other armies as pawns..." Dong Ping said with a serious expression.

Song Jiang also said, "Yes, General, even our Shandong Army soldiers are puzzled. More than a dozen brothers have asked me for battle, hoping to attack the city immediately. They believe that with the combat power of our Shandong Army, as long as we let go of our attack, we will be able to capture Huzhou City within ten days!"

As soon as the two of them opened their heads, the other generals also agreed, hoping that Sun Tu could use all his strength to fight. They said one by one, but Sun Tu sat there half closed his eyes, without any reaction. It was not until everyone finished speaking that he smiled and said, "It seems that you were really dazzled by the result of repeated victory in the past. You really thought that Huzhou City could be easily attacked. Have you forgotten how we defended Changshu City with disadvantaged forces a few months ago? The Changshu County City on that day was much thinner and shorter than Huzhou City. The anti-army attacked 100,000 yuan was still supported by our army for a long time. Now the attack and defense of both sides are easy, but the situation is actually the same."

"This..." Everyone wanted to say that their family was much stronger than the rabble-like anti-army army, but after facing Sun Tu's eyes, they didn't say it.

Sun Tu smiled again: "Huzhou is the last strong city north of Hangzhou. We know this and they know it better, so Pang Wanchun will do his best to defend it. We must not be impatient. As long as we are patient enough, we will exhaust the morale of the city sooner or later, and then we will easily break the city."

Seeing that Sun Tu was already determined, the generals did not dare to say more, so they could only retreat with a slight slogan. Only Song Jiang stayed alone, and waited for the only two of them to be left in the tent and spoke: "General, since we cannot put all our troops into the fierce attack on Huzhou, in my opinion, we can divide some of the troops and continue to go south, and first take down some small cities in the rear. One can give our soldiers a hope, and the other can completely isolate the Huzhou defenders and cut off all their connections with the rear. I wonder what the general thinks?"

"Well, this is a good idea, you can try it." Sun Tu nodded: "But remember, just seize the small city and don't rush to the vicinity of Hangzhou. In this way, this matter will be left to you. I will give you 20,000 troops, be careful."

Song Jiang immediately clasped his fists and replied: "I will do my best to win the orders of the last general and win several cities as soon as possible to inspire our army's momentum."

The next morning, Song Jiang ordered 20,000 troops and hurried away with some of the brothers from Liangshanpo. In order to put pressure on the defenders, Sun Tu even let the troops mixed with 5,000 Shandong troops set sail south as the enemy.

At this time, the problem of Huzhou's geographical location is reflected. Although it is also located at a critical rush in traffic, it does not block the necessary path for the army to move south like some important passes. Once the attacking party goes around the city, the strong city will become a decoration. Of course, Sun Tu did not dare to completely abandon it and lead the entire army to go south directly, and then there will be a dangerous situation where the enemy is in front and behind.

At the beginning of Huzhou city, looking at the Song army around the city toward the south, many generals were a little anxious: "Shuai Pang, it is not a way for us to defend here like this. We must break the enemy as soon as possible. If the Song army is really allowed to kill us, we will become an isolated city, and it will be difficult to defend it."

"Yes, Pang Shuai, the combat power of the Song army has not been very strong in the past few days. It is better for us to take the initiative to attack and take advantage of their reduction in strength and have no defense to kill the previous game!" The radical even proposed a bold idea, and planned to turn the defense into an offensive.

Faced with these statements, Pang Wanchun was as unaffected as Sun Tu yesterday, and shook his head gently: "If you really say it, it will hit Sun Tu's conceit. Don't forget that he had only 40,000 to 50,000 people that day, and he could compete with my 100,000 troops. Now the Song army outside the city is twice as big as me. What is the difference between taking the initiative to leave the city and dying?

"Don't be fooled by the illusion of siege during this period. Sun Tu has always retained most of his strength just to paralyze us so as to deceive us into fighting."

When the generals saw him speaking solemnly, it was really hard to express different opinions for a moment. They were silent for a while before saying, "Then... let's just keep guarding like this?"

"There is enough food and grass in the city, just guard it." Pang Wanchun said without hesitation. At this time, he wanted to thank Qian Maocai. If this person had not had a strange intention and had stored food and supplies in Huzhou early in preparation for an accident, he might not have been able to defend it safely. But now, at least with the current food in the city, they would have been able to defend it for two or three months.

Pang Wanchun firmly believed that with the abilities of Fang La, Fang Fei and Jiang Shihu, he would definitely come up with a countermeasure to solve the current problems before this. What he had to do now is to drag the enemy under Huzhou city until the war had variables, and then find an opportunity to defeat the enemy.

"Sun Tu, you are indeed a rare opponent. Let's compare who is more patient and who has better luck!" Looking at the Song army camp several miles away, Pang Wanchun muttered in his heart.

Just like a response, Sun Tu, who watched Song Jiang lead his army away, suddenly looked up and looked at the city of Huzhou. A sharp light flashed in his eyes: "Do you want to be patient? Then give it a try!"

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The lights were just on, and it was the most lively time for the powerful and noble princes to have fun. But today the Liang Mansion is a little quiet, especially in the study room of the atrium. The servants didn't even dare to breathe a few breaths, for fear of affecting the ministers inside.

Today, many senior officials from the court came to Liang Mansion, all of whom were good friends in the Liang army. Among them, the highest status was naturally the Taiwei Gao Qiu, and the rest of the lowest positions must be a doctor, all of whom were high-ranking officials and nobles in the court.

However, unlike in the past when they met, they only talked about the romantic relationship, today they are very serious and there is no smile on their faces. Just because there are always good news in the south recently, after replacing Zhu Xie, Sun Tu has successively taken several cities in the south. Judging from this situation, it is almost time to see the complete quellation of Fang La Rebellion.

This made Liang Shicheng, Gao Qiu and others feel a little nervous. If Sun Tu really made such a contribution, the government would inevitably give him a lot of rewards. Once he completely gained a foothold in the court, he would be in trouble.

"How do you think this matter should be dealt with?" Liang Shicheng asked directly without going around in circles.

These officials in the court were silent. It was not until they saw that they showed unhappiness that Chang Shan, the Minister of War, said: "In fact, the Taifu doesn't have to worry so much. Although Sun Tu seems to have won many battles, he is still far from the point of being able to settle the south of the Yangtze River. Fang La's anti-army strength is still strong, and Hangzhou is one of the few strong cities in Jiangnan. It is unlikely to be captured within a year or two."

"Hmph, what about us who thought Sun Tu would be difficult to accomplish, but what about him? He made successive contributions. Do you really dare to promise this time?" Liang Shicheng asked dissatisfiedly, but no one dared to take on this sentence.

Seeing this, Gao Qiu smiled and said, "Actually, the Taifu doesn't have to worry too much. Although Sun Tu made great contributions, the disaster caused even greater. Zhu Xie is a close person to His Majesty. Even after a while, he will not forget this matter. As long as we look at the right time and take some eye drops at that time, we will not worry about not being able to get rid of him? And then the civil strife will be quelled, and the government will not keep him."

"Although it's good, Sun Tu's courage is greater than what we think. If we can't check or balance him, I'm afraid..." Liang Shicheng finally told the point he was most worried about.

At this time, Yan Tiesheng, a doctor at the Ministry of Justice sitting at the end, suddenly spoke: "Two ministers, the following officials are foolish. This matter is not difficult to deal with. Why do the imperial court often take advantage of local officials to handle local officials? Isn't it because they have some concerns? And what they are concerned about is the means we can restrain our dealings with Sun Tu today!"

Only this sentence made Liang Shicheng and Gao Qiu excited. They had quickly understood and both laughed and shook their heads: "Why did we forget this move? In the past, we couldn't reach the Qingzhou territory because Sun Tu was there, but now it's different!"

Sun Tu never dreamed that when he was still trying his best to take Huzhou at the lowest cost and quell the chaos in Jiangnan as soon as possible, these opponents in the court had already begun to reach out to his back, wanting to attack the person he cared about the most...

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This year I went out for the first time with my friends, so it was a little late...
Chapter completed!