After expressing his attitude, Sun Tu brought the topic back to the extremely heavy casualties of the Qingzhou Army. This time, Yang Zhi gave a further explanation: "The casualties of our Qingzhou Army in the past six months are indeed extremely heavy, and the casualties of the soldiers below alone have exceeded half.

"The troops of the third battalion A, B and C were now combined together but only about 500 people are still in the city. Others either died in battle or were seriously injured and could not return. Some of them fled elsewhere after being defeated and still have nowhere to be found. There are also scout camps, which have suffered heavy losses. The 423 people who had just filled, but now there are only less than a hundred people left."

He told these numbers one by one, and even the other soldiers who had known the result were still angry and depressed. Sun Tu's face turned pale, his fists were clenched with both hands, and his breathing became a little rapid.

These soldiers who were injured and killed were his confidants and were his most valued brothers. As a result, the misconduct of Gao Xiang and others led to such heavy consequences. As for the casualties in the scout camp, they were actually as expected. Although the soldiers there were the most elite, the situations they had to face were often the most dangerous. Once they were defeated, they would be the first to be affected.

After a long silence, Sun Tu spoke again: "What about the casualties of generals?" This is the most important part of an army. As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get one general.

Qi Desheng looked at Yang Zhi who had fallen silent, and then he said, "The commander and captain of the third battalion of A, B, C, and others are no longer there..."

Just this sentence made Sun Tu's eyelids twitch, his body trembled, and he immediately asked, "Are they all killed when they were fighting against the Liangshan bandits?"

Qi Desheng gritted his teeth and shook his head: "They were killed by He Mo! A few months ago, we were forced to lead troops to Liangshan bandits' nest. As a result, after having a little contact with the enemy, the thieves kept retreating, which made He Mo think he was sure to win, so he kept urging us to march as soon as possible. As a result..."

"As a result, I was ambushed by the Liangshan bandits?" Sun Tu immediately guessed the result and asked with a gloomy face.

Qi Desheng nodded: "We suffered heavy casualties in this battle, especially the brothers from the scout camp who were exploring the way forward, and even Commander Shi lost his traces. Deputy Commander Cao was found dead there after the war..."

These words were simple, but they made everyone's hearts heavier, and what he said later made Sun Tu feel extremely angry: "After this defeat, He Mo found an excuse to deal with the soldiers who were not obeying his orders, so he used the excuse of several commanders who had just escaped from the enemy's sword to kill all the generals who had just escaped from the enemy's sword!"

"Bang..." Sun Tu smashed the coffee table at his hand with just one palm: "He is so brave!" At this time, he really regretted that he was eager to kill He Mo with one knife yesterday in order to establish his authority. If he had known what he had done, he would have cut him into pieces this time to relieve his hatred!

When Sun Tu knew that the Qingzhou army suffered heavy casualties, he would certainly feel angry, but that was just a number and general, and it was far from comparing the powerlessness and pain when he talked about the details one by one. Those soldiers died so unjustly that they were really hurt by He Mo and the others!

After a while, Qi Desheng continued to bite the bullet and tell the details of who was killed on the front line and who was later killed by He Mo. This incident had a huge impact on him, so even after so long, he could still clearly tell everything, as if it had happened yesterday.

The atmosphere at the scene became more and more depressing. Everyone knew that every time he announced a name, it meant that this person would never be able to be in front of everyone again. He was a good brother who had fought side by side with them and shared life and death. But he died so cowardly!

In the end, Lin Chong made the final summary: "So because of He Mo and Gao Xiang's rebellious actions, the casualties of our Qingzhou army reached nearly 3,000, and nearly 1,000 soldiers have not returned. Now the third battalion in the city and the troops recruited later have only about 800. In addition, in order to give the court an explanation, they recently wanted to force the men and recruit more than 200 people, but most of them are old and weak, and they are not worthy of use."

"That is to say that the number of soldiers we can use now is just the smallest?" Sun Tu had slowly calmed down at this time and asked with a cold face.

Everyone nodded bitterly. The Qingzhou army had already become a large-scale, but it was destroyed in just half a year. It really corresponds to the later generations' statement that they worked hard for decades and returned to the pre-liberation overnight.

Sun Tu took a deep breath and adjusted his mentality: "As things come to this point, we should not think about the past. Since this is the situation in front of us, we should think about overcoming all difficulties. The most urgent task is to stabilize the situation in Qingzhou City. It should not be a problem with me and Brother Huang." As he said that, he glanced at Huang Wenbing who was leaning on the couch, and the latter nodded quickly and said: "Although the humble official is injured, it should not be difficult to handle some official duties."

Sun Tu nodded: "In addition, they are recruiting the soldiers who have fled back. They escaped because they didn't want to be harmed by He Mo, so they are naturally not offended. Since I, Sun Tu, have come back, they should call them all back. Their number should be among the thousands of people, and perhaps there are generals like Shi Qian. So what we should do the most next is to post list articles everywhere so that they can know the changes in Qingzhou as soon as possible."

Everyone nodded in agreement. This was indeed extremely critical. If the Qingzhou Army, which had been seriously injured, could re-enlist these people, their strength would be improved. In fact, it was a blessing that Sun Tu had not followed the laws and regulations of the Song army before and kept a record of the newly recruited soldiers, otherwise they might not have been able to hide it.

Sun Tu then said coldly again: "There is another last point and the first thing to do, that is, announce the crimes of Gao Xiang, He Mo and others, and then execute them in public as soon as possible, and sentence them to Ming Zhengdian. Only in this way can we restore our confidence in the Qingzhou military and civilians!"

Lu Da and others were naturally happy after hearing this: "These guys deserve to die. It would be considered light to kill them with just one knife!"

"Not only them, as long as they are their family members and confidants, no one can escape! In addition, I will also report to the court to make their crimes public and let their relatives in their hometown be punished!" Sun Tu added that he was so angry this time that he was about to kill all these people!

These words attracted the praises of Lu Da and his wife, but Huang Wenbing and Lin Chong and others looked worried, as if they wanted to say something, but they did not dare to defeat Sun Tu's excitement for a while.

"Of course, the most important thing for you guys now is to heal your injuries as soon as possible. Although Qingzhou cannot live without my Sun Tu, I cannot live without your help from you." Sun Tu's face eased when he said that, and he also had a warm smile. Although the enemy deserves to die, these brothers are all good. He doesn't want any accidents from these people.

After everything he should do was settled, everyone got up and wanted to disperse. At this time, Sun Tu called Huang Wenbing. Wu Song, who had not spoken much, also gave him a wink and left him alone.

When only the three of them were left in the room, Sun Tu looked at Wu Song and said, "Do you have anything else to tell me about Erlang?"

"There is one thing that I always feel a little weird. Brother Lu and I were specially left by Tong Guan for a while when we were in Bianjing. On the surface, he said that he wanted to recruit us to serve in his men, but in fact he seemed to have only one purpose, that is, to trip us up there so that we could not come back as soon as possible." Wu Song said with a serious expression: "And just like me, if Brother Lu and I were here at the beginning, Gao Xiang and He Mo would never succeed!"

Sun Tu nodded with importance: "You are right. With the character of the second brother and Brother Lu, and your prestige in the army, once you come forward, it will be difficult for He Mo to seize military power even if he threatens the official power." Not only that, with the courage of these two people, once they notice their thoughts, they might directly kill these two guys, and there would be no subsequent changes.

"So I always feel that Tong Guan is also one of the behind-the-scenes commanders in this matter, at least a co-conspirator." Wu Song quickly expressed his guess. Although he was a martial artist, he was very rough and detailed, and he quickly saw the inside story from Tong Guan's actions.

Sun Tu nodded: "I actually noticed this. If it weren't for his tacit approval, Gao Xiang and Gao Qiu behind him wouldn't have been so brave enough to do things so well in Qingzhou!"

When Huang Wenbing heard this, the worry on his face became a little heavier: "Mainland, our situation will become more and more dangerous." He was very clear about the relationship between Sun Tu and Tong Guan. If he lost Tong Guan's support, would Qingzhou really dare to challenge the court?

After pausing, he said again: "And this time you killed the imperial officials. Once the matter is really informed, even if they are guilty, you may have a lot of guilt..." This is what he is most worried about. All of this Sun Tu is challenging the authority and bottom line of the court. If one is not good, it will inevitably cause trouble.

Sun Tu looked at the two of them and suddenly laughed: "Do you really think I made such a decision because of a moment of anger and impulse? I even ignored anything to exert this anger? No, I dared to do this because I knew there was still a lot of room for improvement, at least Tong Guan wouldn't really be an enemy of me."

"Then how do he explain his previous actions?" Wu Song still cared about this.

Sun Tu smiled again: "That's because he thought I was dead in Liao Kingdom at that time, but now the situation is completely different!"
Chapter completed!