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Chapter 717: Turning Crisis into Opportunity

Seeing the reaction of the generals, a hint of ridicule flashed in Sun Tu's eyes. He knew very well why everyone was like this. Although the troops sent troops successfully and captured many cities like plowing the ground, in fact, the armies did not encounter real strong enemies. It was not until they came to the city of Huzhou that they learned how powerful the anti-army elites were.

It is precisely because of this that these generals were actually timid in their hearts, especially when they heard that thousands of escort troops were easily defeated by the enemy, they naturally did not dare to act rashly.

But this does not mean that Sun Tu recognized their self-protection. In just a moment of change, a bold idea came to his mind. At that moment, his face also became cold and he called out: "Lu Mo, Wang Yang, Zhang Kuangchu..." As he pronounced a name, the general's body shook slightly and looked over with some anxiety. It was not until he called the names of more than a dozen generals in one breath that the uneasiness in their hearts turned into doubt. There were too many people who came to this point.

After Sun Tu called out the names of the seventeen or eighteen generals present, he even issued an order that made them feel that they had heard the wrong one: "You will lead your troops and return north together! Be sure to find the anti-army before Suzhou changes and encircle and annihilate them! Can you do it?"

These generals all looked at him with their mouths open, and they didn't know what to say. Because Sun Tu was so angry that he had all the generals except the Shandong Army. In other words, he wanted to draw all the other troops and horses in the back, leaving only the Shandong Army outside Huzhou City.

This decision was too unexpected and even more risky. You should know that compared to the thousands or tens of thousands of troops in the rear, the defenders of Huzhou City were more dangerous. He did this just to lose the foundation. Once something really happened, the consequences would be serious.

Even Song Jiang couldn't figure it out at this time and couldn't help but say, "General, think twice, in this way, only 20,000 people stay outside Huzhou..."

Before he could finish his words, Sun Tu waved his hand and interrupted: "I have decided, this is a military order, and it must not be violated!" As he said that, his eyes swept across the generals like lightning. None of the others dared to look at him, and they stood up and crossed their hands and responded: "The last general obeys the order!"

"Prepare everything today, and set off immediately tomorrow morning without delay!" Sun Tu ordered again with a serious expression. Although the generals were full of doubts, they could only respond again, and then left the tent with doubts and prepared to go.

It was not until these generals retreated and only the Shandong Army's family was left in the tent that Dong Ping took the lead: "General, isn't this arrangement too risky? There are still no less than 50,000 anti-army troops in the city. Once they fight all the way, can we really win?"

"Yes, General, our Shandong Army is good at fighting, but it is hard to say that we will win head-on with multiple enemies." Song Jiang also advised again.

Sun Tu sighed: "If you don't take the risk, I don't know when I can take this Huzhou down. You have also seen that Pang Wanchun, the governor of Huzhou, is a good soldier. The whole city is even more like an iron barrel by him. It's just a forceful attack, and it's difficult to get things done. Since that's the case, it's better to take a chance and try it out and try to get them out of the city.

"I believe that with the strength of our Shandong Army soldiers, even if it is twice as strong as the enemy, as long as we are united, we will be able to defeat it! So in my opinion, this change in the rear is not only a danger, but also an opportunity, so that we can win Huzhou City as soon as possible!" At the end of the story, his eyes were full of determination, and he was obviously determined to fight the enemy head-on with the strength of a single army.

Seeing that Sun Tu had made up his mind, his subordinates couldn't say anything more, so they could only stand up with a serious expression and hold their fists: "We will definitely die and follow the general to kill the enemy!"

"Okay! Then someone will take out all the Polu bullets. I want Pang Wanchun to know that my Shandong Army is far stronger than he thought!"

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"Pang Shuai, look over there..." The next morning, when Pang Wanchun went to the city to check, some of his men pointed at the Song army camp a few miles away in confusion and shouted.

When he looked in the direction, there was a little more surprise on his face. Because they saw that the soldiers and horses in the Song army camp were moving slowly, and they were actually retreating north. Moreover, there were still a lot of soldiers and horses moving, and they always felt that the whole army was retreating.

"What's going on? Did the Song army give up siege when they saw that Huzhou was difficult to get out of the country?"

"No, these days, they have not attacked the city too hard and were not seriously injured. How could they retreat? Besides, even if they really feel that it is difficult for me to retreat, they should not choose to retreat at this time. Aren't they afraid of us chasing us?"

"Is it because of some chaos behind them, or because Song Ting ordered the retreat?"

"If you want me to see, this may be a conspiracy to lead us out of the city. Sun Tu is a habitual person who uses tricks. I don't know what he is thinking this time!"

...After seeing the actions of the Song army outside the city, a group of soldiers were confused. All kinds of guesses came out, and no one could come up with a correct idea. Even Pang Wanchun muttered: "Which is the Song army singing? Sun Tu really thinks that this will lead me out of the city to pursue me? That's too much of a slight look down on me, Mr. Pang!"

But as time passed, at noon, the result showed that everyone's views changed again. The Song army left only one army and guarded outside the city. Just looking at the flying flag of Sun, you can know what army was left behind. The other people had already gone far away, and even if everyone looked at it hard, they could only see the hazy shadows of the team leaving.

"They really withdrew? Only part of the Shandong Army was left here? What is the reason? Could it be that there was a dispute within the Song army?" Many people felt doubts again.

Pang Wanchun, who had been guarding the city and watching the Song army go away, frowned: "This matter is indeed strange. What is the purpose of these many people suddenly abandoning me in Huzhou? There are only two reasonable explanations. One is that they are in trouble in their retreat and need to send a large army to help; the other is that they plan to bypass our Huzhou City, turn to attack other cities, and even attack Hangzhou City directly!"

The others were not as much as he thought. Seeing that there were only one army of 20,000 people outside the city, their courage became even greater. At that moment, someone shouted: "Shuai Pang, no matter what their purpose is, it is a fact that the Song army's troops were greatly reduced at this time. We just took the opportunity to fight out. As long as we can annihilate the main force of the Song army on the spot, the danger of our Wu Kingdom will naturally be solved!"

"Pang Shuai, I am willing to be a pioneer!"

"I'm willing to go too!"

Suddenly, many generals clamored to go out of the city to kill the enemy in order to avenge the hatred that has been around these days. To be honest, these people have been very angry recently. Since they failed to take Changshu a few months ago, they were taken over by the Song army to take advantage of the situation and suffered too much losses.

Among them, especially a tall and majestic general who looked like an iron tower, he was the younger brother of Liao Guang, the general Liao Guang, who was killed in Changshu City that day. He had always wanted to avenge his brother.

Faced with the continuous requests from the generals under his command, Pang Wanchun seemed to be more and more calm. He immediately turned his face and shouted: "Shut up! Have you all forgotten the great loss you suffered before? Sun Tu outside the city is not Yi and he is very cunning. How could he reveal such a big flaw? In my opinion, this is clearly a trap. What we have to do is to defend Huzhou and leave other things for the future. Those who dare to say anything will definitely punish them strictly! "

Pang Wanchun was extremely prestige in the army. Now this roar shocked everyone. The generals on the city that were already clamoring were immediately speechless. After a while, they held their fists and replied unwillingly: "The generals obeyed the order."

Pang Wanchun looked at the Song army camp from afar and thought to himself: "Sun Tu, don't think of using these tricks to disrupt our morale. I, Pang Wanchun, aren't the reckless man who is eager to make achievements but cannot even see danger!"

So in the next few days, a strange scene appeared in front of Huzhou City. The defender, who had twice the strength, was actually suppressed by 20,000 Shandong troops. Ren Song's army had provoked the city several times, but the defender was still defending, without any intention of leaving the city to break the enemy. The Wu army really implemented the word "destroy" to the end.

There was no progress after three or four days, which made many soldiers feel confused and relaxed. At least for now, the enemy did not dare to fight out of the city. But Sun Tu felt a headache about this. He knew that he had really met an opponent this time. Pang Wanchunyuan was more calm than he did. He really had no mistakes and did not seek merit.

"Tell me, how can I lead them out of the city and fight in the last battle?" Sun Tu had no choice but to ask his subordinates for advice.

In this regard, the generals really couldn't come up with a way. But Wu Yong, after thinking for a while, said, "General, there may be a way for humble officials, but they are a little risky..."

"As long as they can be led out of the city, it's okay to take some risks. I will only leave the Shandong Army here, and I will be taking a big risk." Sun Tu immediately became interested and said quickly.

"The general can order the army to stop siegeing the city and then take the initiative to withdraw the army..." Wu Yong quickly told his ideas, and many people frowned.
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