The heavy rain overnight washed the air in Qingzhou City with a very freshness. Even though the weather had not turned colder now, the people standing in front of the city gate today did not feel too hot. At this time, outside the west gate of Qingzhou, two groups of people were clearly arranged around the city gate. On one side were the government officials led by Murong Yanchao, and on the other side was Sun Tu with a hundred soldiers.

Although the two sides were a distance apart, the atmosphere was still a little nervous, especially at the government office, many officials were glaring at these soldiers with resentment, wishing they could rush over and cut them a few times before they could vent their anger.

This is not only because the Xiang army has robbed a lot of the government powers under Sun Tu during this period, but even asked them to spit out all the military pay they had embezzled before. It is also because Sun Tu has recently advocated that the people under his command have brought up old things and sued the officials in the government. For this reason, many people have been taken into the military camp and severely rectified them, which has made them suffer and also lost face.

Originally, after being hit one after another, these government officials had already recognized the facts. Even the prefect Murong could only swallow his anger when facing Sun Tu. What else could they do? But this time, since the transshipment envoy from this route sent someone, they felt that they had a chance to turn things around. So today they met them with the Xiangjun at the city gate again, and they were naturally full of resentment, and they just wanted to take this opportunity to take revenge.

Yes, today these two teams appeared at Ximen together, waiting for the upcoming grain transport team sent by the transferee. Moreover, the purpose of both sides is very clear, that is, to take the grain into your own hands.

Sun Tu naturally wanted to no longer be controlled by others. After all, he was really not interested in going to the yamen to ask for money and food every time he had, and he was not as greedy as they had received. You should know that according to the court regulations, there should be no less than 3,000 soldiers in Qingzhou, and the court also distributed military rations accordingly. However, before, the military rations that Sun Tu received from the government office were only based on the thousand people in the camp now, so after all, they still had more than half of the money and food.

As for Murong Yanchao, in the face of constant failures, if he wants to win back the city, he can only take the military rations into his own hands. Moreover, he plans to report everything that happened here to the people in Shangguanya. No matter how brave he is, he will never dare to keep all these many people and officials!

It was precisely with such thought that Murong Yanchao's momentum today was quite strong. When he met Sun Tu's eyes, he also had a provocation. This was a look that he had never seen since he was scared away in the military camp.

Just when both sides were waiting for half a day, a smoke suddenly rose from the distance on the official road ahead, and then a team came slowly. Looking at the flag of the Transportation Office in front of the gate, the two conveniences in front of the city immediately cheered up. Murong Yanchao quickly laughed and led the crowd to meet him quickly.

Seeing that Sun Tu had no intention of coming forward to greet him, Tang Feng, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but feel anxious: "The Chief Executive..."

Sun Tu smiled calmly: "Don't be impatient. The success or failure of this matter does not depend on who meets Shangguan first, so why should he demote himself?"

This is reasonable. If Murong Yanchao had been in the past, let alone rushing forward to greet him in such a hurry, he might not even be welcomed out by the government office. After all, the person who came was not the transshipment commander of the road, but just an official under him. Compared to the governor Murong, who had a backer in the court and a chief official, the status was not a little worse. He had no other choice today, so he had to make such a choice.

An official in front of the team was a little surprised when he saw Murong Yanchao, the prefect, led the crowd to welcome him. He quickly rode his horse and took two steps, and then he turned over and got off the horse quickly, clasped his fists and asked, "Is the prefect Murong in Qingzhou in front of him? It's really a trepidation for you to come out of the city to greet him!" He had already owed his body as he spoke.

Murong Yanchao was stunned for a moment. The one who came today was not Qin Lu, the deputy envoy of Transportation who had dealt with him several times before and had a good relationship? But he still calmed down in a blink of an eye and replied with a smile: "This official is so serious. You come here to escort money and food for me Qingzhou. As the prefect of Qingzhou, I am the only one who leads his subordinates out of the city to greet him. I don't know that the official is..."

"The lower official Cao transfers the rank of the official Wang Ping." The man quickly reported his official position and was just an eighth-rank military officer, which made Murong Yanchao even more unhappy. He was a little too polite this time. But since everything was done, he could not regret it anymore, so he smiled and said, "It turns out that it is Wang Tie. It's really hard for you to come from afar. Please go to the city first to have a drink. This official has set up a banquet in the city."

While chatting and greeting, the two of them kept coming to the city gate. At this time, Sun Tu took a step forward and clasped his fists at Wang Ping and said, "I have seen Sun Tu, the chief of Qingzhou, who has seen the best man."

When Wang Ping heard that he had reported his own house, he quickly smiled and returned the gift. After reporting his official position, he added: "Even on Jingdong East Road, Xiaguan had heard of the various contributions made by Sun Dujian in Tokyo and Jiangzhou before in Jiangzhou. It is really well known."

"It's good to say it." When Sun Tu smiled and greeted him, Murong Yanchao's heart suddenly sank. The chief escort of the grain this time was already nervous. Seeing that the other party was still so familiar with Sun Tu, he became even more nervous. He smiled and said, "Sun Dujian is indeed very capable in training the army, and even the official valued him more. However, it's better not to explain these things in detail here, and it's not too late to let us sit down and talk slowly after we go down. Moreover, the soldiers who escort the grain must have worked hard to come from afar. Let them first send the money and grain into the government warehouse before making the next arrangement." He must do one as soon as possible.

Sun Tu sneered in his heart, but he was already speaking before Wang Ping answered: "Hey, Master Murong is such a bad word. Since everyone has worked hard, how can we let these brothers continue to work hard to deliver food to the city? In my opinion, it is better to hand over the food to my brothers in the wing army. The other brothers will enter the city to rest now."

As soon as he met the people from the Transportation Office, the two sides had already started to compete for control of the food. Wang Ping obviously did not expect to encounter such a disagreement. He swept over the two serious Qingzhou civil and military officials in front of him with a little surprised look, and after a moment he understood something.

"Sun Tu is indeed as Tong Shuai said. He is a courageous and capable young man. He didn't expect that he could compete with Murong Yanchao, who had been operating here for many years, just a few days later." Wang Ping seemed to be hesitating, but in fact he had already made a decision.

Because he came to Qingzhou by Tong Guan's order, otherwise the original deputy envoy of the Transportation Transportation Army Qin Lu would have come here today.

After sending Sun Tu to Qingzhou like a bridge crossing the river, Tong Guan was actually a little uneasy. Although Sun Tu was a little capable, Qingzhou had no foundation for him, and with a strong prefect like Murong Yanchao, he was really afraid that this young man he was optimistic about would suffer a great loss here, and even his life was spent.

So when no news was conveyed there after a month or two, Tong Guan simply used his relationship to send Wang Ping, who belonged to his camp, to Qingzhou to find out. The latter was also worried about Sun Tu's current situation. It was not until he saw the scene in front of him that he realized in surprise that Sun Tu was really capable and had already established a foothold in Qingzhou.

Since we all belonged to the Tong Guan camp, Wang Ping naturally wanted to help Sun Tu, so he quickly bowed to Sun Tu and said, "Since Sun Dujian is willing to make the brothers relax, the official will thank you first. But, there are so many money and food..." As he said that, he looked at the hundreds of soldiers behind Sun Tu, and then looked back at the hundreds of trucks of food behind him. Obviously, the quantity was not equal.

Murong Yanchao's face turned pale at this time. Has he given the other party so much before, he actually got such a result? But before he could say anything, Sun Tu smiled and said, "This is not a problem. Tang Feng——"

The latter immediately understood and quickly turned around to the city gate, whistled violently. Then hundreds of soldiers from the wings lined up in an orderly manner, walked out of the city gate in a row, and then stood straight in front of everyone.

A solemn aura that made people feel cold in their hearts suddenly rushed over. Not to mention Wang Ping and the others, even Murong Yanchao and other government officials who had experienced the strength of the Xiang Army were uneasy, and a few of them even took a few steps back unconsciously.

In just over half a month, the chaotic wings were already trained by Sun Tu to look decent. This understanding made their hearts even more sank. Murong Yanchao wanted to argue a few more words, but at this time he could no longer speak.

It was not until this time that he realized that Sun Tu had already been prepared. Maybe once he got Wang Ping's permission to get the food, he would have someone to snatch it. After suffering a great loss in several battles with Sun Tu, Murong Yanchao really didn't think the other party was not so brave.

Wang Ping's eyes swept back and forth on the powerful Qingzhou army, and finally he couldn't help but sigh: "Sun Dujian is indeed a master of military training, and the officials are really impressed. Since this is the case, please take the people to take over the food." Originally, his task was to send the military food security to Qingzhou, and it didn't matter whether it was handed over to the prefect's office or the local garrison.

Sun Tu smiled with satisfaction, with only a look, Tang Feng had already made an order, and then the soldiers were all very energetic and quickly pushed the wheelbarrows filled with money and grain to the west gate of Qingzhou.
Chapter completed!