Disaster is the basis of good fortune.

A planned fire certainly caught Sun Tu and his soldiers off guard, and destroyed half of the city of Hangzhou, losing more than half of the wealth and food that had already been successfully obtained, but it also brought an opportunity to the Song army, a chance to win people's hearts and win the trust of the people in Jiangnan.

After Sun Tu's order, the Song army, which had just ended a great war, especially the soldiers of the Shandong army, immediately joined the new battle to fight fires and people. In the next few days, they rushed around the city, doing their best to fight fires and disasters, and at the same time welcomed the people in the city into the military camp. Even the people who had been deceived and fled from Hangzhou before, were treated kindly by them and properly placed, and there was no such thing as the legendary person would be dealt with strictly, or even the crime would be punished.

Not only that, the government army also took out all the food and clothes that should belong to them for food and clothing for the people in need. They would rather venture into the city to find a place to rest, than give the military account to the people to settle them. After all this fell into the eyes of the people, they let them personally feel the different parts of this Song Dynasty official army, everyone was deeply moved and truly understood what it means to be a military-civilian unity, and the deep love between fish and water.

The original misunderstanding has long disappeared, and now the people only have a strong respect and gratitude for this official army, especially Sun Tu, who regards the general who arranged everything as a rebirth parent and guardian god. Today, at the suggestion of some old people and gentry, the people finally mustered up the courage to express their wishes to thank Sun Tu to the soldiers left behind in the camp, and then the matter was quickly reported.

Sun Tu was doing so many things, in order to win over the hearts of the people in Jiangnan. Of course, it was impossible to refuse with this opportunity. So he came out of the secret passage and came to the military camp as soon as he made an appointment. At this time, hundreds of representatives of the people had already been waiting in front of the military camp. When they saw Sun Tu riding a horse, they all knelt down in unison: "Caomin, thank you General Sun for his life and care..." As he said that, there were still people who kept kowtowing.

Sun Tu saw the row of white-haired old men in front of the crowd at a glance. He quickly got off the horse and stepped forward a few steps forward to support the old man in front and helped him up: "I'm going to ask him quickly, I can't afford to wait for such a big gift!" After helping him up, he reached out to help the other two old men beside him, and continued: "My fellow villagers, just say whatever you have, there is no need to do this. I'm just doing what the imperial officials should do..."

The old man who was helped up by him was full of excitement and said tremblingly: "What General Sun said? How many things did you and the soldiers do for me, Hangzhou and us? Everyone saw them all. We are so ashamed... If we had known that the government army was such a kind and righteous army, how could we do something to collude with the thieves? We would have brought our brothers and nephews to help the thieves away."

"Yes, General, it was only when I waited for the lard to be fooled by those thieves that I did that series of things. I was really ashamed." Another old man continued, with a look of shame and blame.

Others also followed and said how ashamed they were. They were deceived by others and became enemies with the official army. They also said that they would do their best to cooperate with the official army in the future and rebuild and manage Hangzhou well...

Those who can come to see Sun Tu as representatives in the city today are all famous figures in Hangzhou City, including old officials who have retired and wealthy gentry and landlords with high wealth and high popularity, and some young scholars who have their own fame but have not yet entered the government. It can be said that almost all the leading figures in Hangzhou City are present at this time. With their guarantee, it means that Hangzhou will return to the court from now on, and it will no longer be possible to join the rebels such as Fang La.

This judgment made Sun Tu very happy. He did so much, and a large part of it was for this. He immediately clasped his fists and said, "It is really my Hangzhou, my Jiangnan, and my blessing for the world of the Song Dynasty. In fact, I also know that everyone will come to this point because of the momentum. It is because the treacherous ministers in the court and there are corrupt officials in the local area to act against each other, so I force everyone to join the thief in order to protect themselves. Other officials don't have many guarantees, but I can say that there is one thing that I can say bluntly that Hangzhou will be very different in the future. As long as my soldiers are still here, the court will not make things difficult for you."

These responsible words naturally won the cheers and praises from everyone. Seeing this, Sun Tu hit the iron again and said while the fire was hot: "Everyone also knows that rebuilding the home is not something that can be done overnight, nor is it the soldiers under my command able to do it alone, so next..."

Before he could finish his words, some people responded loudly: "General Sun, the people of Hangzhou have long been interested in going back and rebuilding our Hangzhou city with the soldiers. I wonder if you agree or not, don't worry, I'll wait to go back?"

"What's wrong with this? Everyone is doing good for Hangzhou. Not only you, but also the local people in Hangzhou, no matter what mistakes they have made before, as long as they come back at this time, I promise that they can go and let people spread the news and let more relatives and friends who don't know the truth go home as soon as possible." Sun Tu announced loudly, and naturally he received a cheer again.

For a moment, many people knelt down and kowtowed to each other with excitement, and their last concerns were finally relieved. At least now it seems that General Sun really wanted to make decisions for them, and they also sincerely felt grateful to Sun Tu.

Sun Tu didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly stepped forward and helped a few people who bowed, but fortunately he felt relieved. He believed that as long as the people here really recognized him, the prejudice of the whole Jiangnan towards him would completely disappear. When he attacked Wuzhou westward, the local people might have to stand on their side and help quell the turmoil that lasted two or three years.

While talking, Sun Tu walked to a man who was still kneeling there and kowtowed, bent down, and said, "Brother, let's get up first, I've learned your feelings..." At this point, he suddenly had a sudden warning in his heart, and his steps were wrong, and his body quickly retreated.

The man who looked grateful and kowtowed just now suddenly looked up and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. As he turned his hand, a cold light snatched Sun Tu's chest with a sharp roar!

The sudden and rapidity of this change was really beyond the expectations of many people. Not to mention the people around who were still grateful, even the personal guards who were following Sun Tu did not expect that someone would assassinate Sun Tu at this time. When they discovered it, the cold light had reached Sun Tu's chest. All they could do was a scream. Someone had already rushed forward, but it was obviously too late.

Jiang Shihu watched the sleeve arrow flying out like lightning with murderous aura, waiting for the moment when the sharp blade entered his body. He had been waiting for this moment for many years, and now he felt that the blood in his body had begun to boil. He wanted to do it himself and watch Sun Tu be killed by himself at close range, even if he would be dismembered by a random knife in the future!

He paid too much and planned too much for this day. Originally, he thought he could fight for the Song Dynasty by helping Fang La uprising and eliminate Sun Tu, the great enemy, in the process. He could almost kill Sun Tu... But in the end, he failed!

Not only did Sun Tu save his life in the battle of Changshu, he also achieved successive victories and eventually led his troops to Hangzhou. Until then, Jiang Shihu knew that everything was a certainty and it was impossible to kill this terrible opponent on the battlefield. Even though Pang Wanchun and Fang Fei still had some confidence, he had already given up.

So there was a layout in the city of Hangzhou. Although he had the intention of sending Fang La away from Hangzhou before, he wanted to retain the last glimmer of hope, his real purpose was to be able to make trouble in the palace. Because once the emperor left the city, the palace could set up a trap under his control.

Jiang Shihu guessed that once the city was broken, Sun Tu would definitely lead the troops to attack the palace. As long as he waited there, he could borrow the tinea oil and hay to burn him to death with a fire to avenge his brother's death! In order to be foolproof, he even arranged a backup plan outside the palace. It can be said that as long as Sun Tu led his people into the palace, he would be able to kill him.

The plan is completely unfair. However, people are not as good as the heavenly consort. Because Pang Wanchun led his men to break through and Dong Ping and others outside the city were unstoppable, Sun Tu actually led his troops to pursue him temporarily, but also handed over the major matter of capturing the palace to the people below to do. So the one who appeared in front of Jiang Shihu was replaced by other Song generals!

This was indeed beyond his expectations, but fortunately, he still kept his hands and escaped through the secret passages in the palace early, so there was no tragedy of dying before he could fulfill his ambitions. But at the same time, Jiang Shihu was also very clear that it was even more difficult for him to kill Sun Tu after this plan failed.

Finally, he decided to take a bet, use his life as a bet, stay among the people, waiting for the last chance to approach Sun Tu and assassinate him.

And this time, the opportunity really came. Not only did he get involved in these people who were grateful to him, but he also met Sun Tu at close range. What surprised him even more was that Sun Tu actually came to him, and he reached out to support him who pretended to be a kowtow.

The opportunity was right in front of him. Without any hesitation, Jiang Shihu raised his hand and stimulated the sleeve arrow that was highly poisonous and blood-sealed, and directly grabbed Sun Tu's chest. He even vaguely saw the arrow entering his body. He felt tears in his eyes: "Brother, I'm finally going to avenge your revenge-!"
Chapter completed!