It was of great importance, and even Sun Tu did not dare to be careless, so he immediately summoned all his generals to discuss matters with the Central Army.

With the order from Sun Dujian, all the generals in Qingzhou were present, and in just half an hour they sat in the central military conference hall. There are quite a lot of generals in the Qingzhou army today. At a glance, there are dozens of people. In addition to the Qingzhou army trained and brought out by Sun Tu himself, there are also military officers from various prefectures who were ordered to bring troops here before, but their positions must be seated back.

After listening to Sun Tu's story, everyone showed surprise and resentment. Several impatients even slapped the table and shouted: "How dare the dog thief! The chief general is willing to lead his troops to pacify the Zengtou City to eliminate future troubles!"

Seeing everyone looking at the ready to fight, a satisfied smile flashed across Sun Tu's face, which was exactly the scene he wanted to see. If an army can be happy when they hear the battle, and take the initiative to fight, it means that they have the confidence and belief, and even if they really encounter setbacks and strong enemies in the future, they will not collapse in one battle.

However, he did not rush to agree, but swept his eyes to the back of the seats, and finally landed on a black-faced leopard-bearded general: "Zhang Tuanlian, you came from Lingzhou, I believe you should have some understanding of Zengtou City. I wonder what you have to say about this?"

Zhang Yunfeng, a Lingzhou Troupe, was frowning and thinking at this time. When he heard Sun Tu lit his name, his body trembled slightly, and then he stood up and replied: "The chief minister, Bei Zhi thought this fact was a bit strange. As usual, the Zeng family would never be able to do such a thing."

"Oh, how can I see it?" Sun Tu attached great importance to his statement and asked immediately.

"The governor doesn't know that the Zengtou City can establish a foothold in Lingzhou for many years, and do many unjust things but not punished by the government. It is because they have been in a relationship with local officials in the morning and have completely colluded with each other. It is said that they contribute more than 100,000 yuan of money to the prefect and below every year, so that the government can turn a blind eye to what they do. Moreover, the prefect Weng is still closely related to the head of the Zeng family, and Xiang Yi brothers, how could he suddenly turn aside and cut off his own way of retreat?"

The other generals wanted to refute him a few words, but after listening to Zhang Yunfeng's remarks, they all showed deep thought. Even Sun Tu nodded in agreement and said, "If what you said is true, this matter is indeed strange. Lingzhou can be regarded as the foundation of Zengtou City. No one will be so confused that he will do something to cut off his foundation."

"Can it be that there was a conflict between the Lingzhou government and Zengtou City that led to their ruthless moves? After all, the annual contribution of 100,000 yuan is not a small amount. Who would be willing to give others a free gift?" Yang Zhi said guessingly.

Zhang Yunfeng looked at him and shook his head gently: "This is unlikely. At least when I was in Lingzhou, I had never heard of such a thing. Moreover, because the Lingzhou government covers up the money I earn from the black and white roads every year, how could I care about this expenditure? Moreover, I had heard before that the prefect Weng intended to marry one of his daughters to Zeng Suo, the third son of the Zeng family, so how could he turn against him at this time?"

Both sides are about to get married, and it is indeed impossible for Zengtou City to collude with foreign tribes to invade Lingzhou. This made everyone feel suspicious again. Even Sun Tu frowned tightly at this time: "This matter looks too weird. Logically speaking, they really don't have the need for this."

"The Chief Superintendent, is there such a possibility that Zengtou City is actually not Lingzhou City, but another nearby city?" Zhu Wu hesitated for a moment and suddenly reminded. Like several other brothers, after being captured alive by the Qingzhou army, after some persuasion, he finally surrendered to the court and was taken under the tent by Sun Tu as a military officer and a military advisor.

In fact, it can be seen from here that the powerful Liangshanbo heroes have a big problem, because all the heroes come from the three mountains and five mountains, and the time is not long, so they don’t have a strong sense of belonging to the parody, so it is easy to commit to other places. For example, most of the heroes won by Sun Tu this time were surrendered to the Qingzhou Army.

Zhu Wu's words reminded Sun Tu, making his eyes lit up: "What Counselor Zhu said is reasonable. The paper only says that they will be unfavorable to a certain state city, but never mentioned that it is Lingzhou. Just because Zengtou City is in Lingzhou, we take it for granted that they think their goal is here, so that something can make sense."

"After that being said, there is still some doubt. Who did Zengtou City collude with this time? The Liao people are hundreds or thousands of miles away from Shandong, and there are other roads in the capital. It is impossible for them to appear here without knowing it, right? And the Xia people are even more impossible." Zhu Wu was interested at this time and soon asked another question.

Sun Tu sneered: "I have already had an answer to this point. If this matter is indeed true, most of the foreigners who colluded with Zengtou City were the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom. The Jurchens are not far from Shandong, and the two countries have never had any disputes before, so it is much easier for them to steal into our Song Dynasty than the Liao people. And more importantly, just two years ago, the Jurchens had bloody battles in my Song Dynasty!"

This made everyone change their color. Once the matter involved the Jurchens, it became even more subtle. Because everyone already knew that the Song and Jin Dynasties had reached an alliance and they would fight against the Liao Kingdom together in the future. Will the Jurchens really invade the friendship between the two countries? Also, if their own troops really sent troops to defeat them, it would affect the overall situation at that time, can Sun Dujian take this responsibility again?

Sun Tu swept the faces of everyone and said with a solemn expression: "Since the matter is related to the safety of the people of the Song Dynasty and is known to us, I have no reason to ignore it. If the Jurchens really want to invade our city, our Qingzhou army should have made them pay the price and hit them hard!" This set the tone for this matter.

Lin Chong looked worried: "The chief minister, if the court blames him later..."

"As long as something happened in my Shandong territory, the court would not dare to blame it randomly! And I believe that even the Jurchens themselves do not want to break the agreement with me. After all, compared to my Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom is more eager to fight against the Liao Kingdom." Sun Tu said, looking around everyone: "So what we have to do next is to find out the authenticity of this matter. If it is true, we have to figure out where their target is and where the Jurchens are hiding!"

Seeing that Sun Tu had made up his mind, everyone had no more words, and they stood up and crossed their hands to take the order: "I will obey the order of the governor!" Many people were eager to try, thinking of making contributions to this matter.

In this month, these generals from other places have gained knowledge. The daily training of Qingzhou Army is only one of them in their lives, but it is precisely because of this hard training that these soldiers in the village have grown up like a complete transformation. Now they are all full of confidence.

Now, there have finally been enemies that can be used to test the combat effectiveness of their own army. For these confident generals, of course, they want to fight in the last battle. This is related to their lack of understanding of the fierce combat power of the Jurchens. If they really experienced how powerful the Jurchens were, they would not have such thoughts.

It is naturally impossible for Sun Tu to pour cold water from everyone at this time, so he nodded happily and said, "I am deeply pleased that you have this heart. Since this is the case, everyone should prepare well and use this battle to test the true strength of our army!" As he said that, his eyes fell on Shi Qian: "Shi Qian!"

"The last one will be there."

"I'm going to lead a good scout camp who disguised himself as an inquirer, and then rush to Lingzhou to investigate the relevant information and find out the real purpose of Zengtou City as soon as possible. Remember, if you really find out that there is a Jurchen person there, you must not act rashly!"

"The last one will obey the order!" Shi Qian replied loudly, knowing that this was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the scout camp.

"Zhang Yunfeng, Qin Fan, Peng Yue..." As Sun Tu called out one by one, a group of military generals from other prefectures also showed hope, and after reporting six or seven names, Sun Tu ordered: "You will lead your troops to prepare for war. As soon as you find out the truth about Lingzhou, I will personally lead you to suppress the thieves and kill the enemy. I hope you will not weaken the power of our Qingzhou army!"

"I will obey the order!" These people also excitedly crossed their hands and promised that they had been practicing for a long time, and it was time to pull them out and practice.

After giving instructions on all the relevant matters, Sun Tu asked everyone to disperse. In the end, only Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and other old brothers from the Qingzhou Army stayed, but their expressions were not as optimistic as those positions. Even Lu Da frowned and said after a moment: "Sanlang... Dujian, isn't it too risky to arrange the troops of each state to go there this time? If they really want to confront the Jurchens, they may not be opponents."

This immediately won the support of others. They have all seen how brave the Jurchens were. Moreover, the Jurchen bandits were not the regular army of the Jin Kingdom. If they met the elite Jin Kingdom this time, how could the Zhoufu and rural troops who had only been practicing for a month or two to withstand it?

Sun Tu swept the crowd around and knew that they were all worried about this, so he nodded and said, "I know this seems a bit risky, but without this, these rural troops will not be able to truly grow. Even if they rely on the large number of people to break through Liangshanpo this time, they will still find it difficult to win if they encounter stronger enemies in the future. So it is better to sharpen them before you can tolerate them. Moreover, I will be fully prepared this time, even if I really fight with the Jin people, I may not be at a disadvantage!"
Chapter completed!