Chapter 1 Harsh Conditions

After Jiang Shanhe was escorted down, the four family masters secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Shang looked at their expressions and couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart.

However, his face was silent, he hugged his fists, and said with a smile: "The four family heads have great righteousness and contribute to the country, and this time they were able to successfully wipe out Jiang Shanhe's gang of bandits, thanks to the four family heads!" Thank you all four here! ”

"Lord Guogong is serious! Bandits are everywhere, the national disaster is at the head, and we just did what we could! The head of the Su family hurriedly clenched his fists and said.

The other three also clasped their fists and nodded in agreement, "Lord Guogong contributes to the country and is dedicated to suppressing bandits for the people, this is admirable!" ”

"Four of them have won the prize! Ben Shuai is also the same as the four, he only did what he could! ”

Su Shang laughed, then changed the topic, pointed to the more than ten private army generals and said: "Four family heads, I heard that these dozen brothers are all talented people, it's a pity to stay here like this, it's better to let them join the alliance army, and together they will make a contribution to exterminating the traitors in the world and pacifying the world!" In the future, maybe you can also be a marquis and a general, and protect the family! ”

The four of them were all stunned, their faces changed slightly, and then they returned to normal, and hurriedly clasped their fists and said in unison: "I can't ask for it, we also have this intention!" They will also ask the Lord Kokuko to take care of him in the future. ”

Su Shang nodded, and immediately asked people to take the more than ten private army generals down to make arrangements!

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Five days have passed, and the military and political affairs of Anqiu City have slowly entered the right track, and Wang Zhongyi and others, who led the army to take over the four county towns of Yucheng, Dongguan, Zhucheng, and Langxi, have also successfully completed the task and returned!

The takeover process went smoothly and there were no major accidents! However, there were some small accidents in the two counties of Yucheng and Dongguan before the arrival of the Allied soldiers!

After Meng Haigong's soldiers were defeated and escaped that day, they fled all the way back to Yucheng County, and he did not dare to continue to stay in Yucheng County, so he immediately let his son evacuate from Yucheng County.

However, before evacuating, Meng Haigong ordered the bandit army to loot the big families in Yucheng, and by the time Wang Zhongyi led the army to arrive, they had already left, leaving only a piece of ruined Xicheng.

The chief general of the bandit army stationed in Dongguan County is Meng Haigong's younger brother Meng Qigui, and he also has more than 2,000 bandit soldiers under his command. However, because when Meng Qi received Meng Haigong's information, the allied soldiers led by Luo Cheng were about to arrive, and Meng Qi Ghost had no time to loot Dongguan City, so he could only lead his soldiers to evacuate in a hurry!

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Outside Anqiu City, Liu Lancheng took two escort soldiers and galloped all the way, and was moving quickly towards Anqiu City!

A few days ago, Liu Lancheng was ordered to go to the three county towns of Jiaonan, Jiaoxi, and Gaomi to deliver a letter to the local garrison bandits and recruit them. However, at this time, his face was not good, his face was gloomy, obviously he failed to complete the task!

Soon, Liu Lancheng and the three of them returned to the garrison camp in the city, he didn't have time to rest, he went directly to the army commander's tent, he wanted to report the specific situation of this trip to Su Shang as soon as possible!

After the pro-soldier communication, Liu Lancheng walked into the handsome tent quickly! In the handsome tent, Su Shang, who had received the report, was already waiting, and he also wanted to know Liu Lancheng's travel situation quickly!

After Liu Lan established a salute, she directly bowed down and pleaded guilty, "The last general failed to complete the task, please punish the marshal!" ”

"It's okay! This is to be expected! ”

Su Shang shook his head, "Lan Cheng should first talk about their attitude towards surrender, as well as their requirements!" ”

"Yes! The last will be reported immediately! ”

Liu Lancheng paused, but his face couldn't help but be a little angry, "They all expressed their willingness to join the Alliance!" However, they put forward three equally harsh conditions. First, they must not meddle in anything in their army, and the independence of their army must be maintained. Second, their armies do not listen to the announcements, and when they mobilize their troops, they must be compensated in advance with sufficient money, food, and supplies. Third, it is necessary to provide them with military salaries, grain and grass, or divide each of them into a large county. ”

"When they took refuge in Meng Haigong, they only had one request to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement, and now they dare to put forward such harsh conditions to our allies. It seems that in the eyes of the three of them, Ben Shuai is even more unbearable than Meng Haigong!! ”

Su Shang smiled a little angrily, "Their courage is really not small!" I'd like to see where they come from! ”

"The last general thinks they should be secretly united!"

"It's okay! Even if they were united, they would only be 20,000 bandits! ”

Su Shang regained his composure, thought for a while, and asked again: "What is the current situation in the three county towns, and what is the attitude of those big families towards them?"

"I heard that in the beginning, the three of them had a cooperative relationship with the big families in the city, they protected the big families from robbery, and the big families provided them with a certain amount of military salaries and grass every month! However, not long ago, they all broke this relationship one after another, and almost all of them in the same period of time, they successively eradicated several big families in their respective cities, and also directly confiscated all the property of these big families! Now the big families in these three counties are very afraid of them, and they can't wait to drive them away immediately! ”

After speaking, Liu Lancheng's face changed slightly, and he looked at Su Shang a little strangely, he found that since the Allied Army entered Beihai and Gaomi Counties, the various counties in these two counties were inexplicably attacked by the local families before the Allied Army was stationed, which made the local families and bandits change from the original cooperative relationship to a life-and-death hostile relationship!

Liu Lancheng suddenly remembered that the eight masters of Shouguang City were inexplicably burned to death in Shouguang Building, he knew that it was not Qihu who did it, but Qihu became a backstabber, and finally had to take action to eradicate the eight families, which is exactly the same as what happened in other counties!

Liu Lancheng suddenly understood that this was all a secret hand under the marshal, the purpose of which was to provoke the cooperative relationship between the local big families and the bandit army, and also to eradicate those stubborn local big families and create better conditions for the entry and takeover of the allied forces in the future!

Thinking of this, Liu Lancheng couldn't help but be a little scared, he didn't expect that on the surface, he seemed to be a gentle and elegant marshal with a peerless Confucian general, but this secret method was so iron-blooded and powerful.

"That's good news!"

Su Shang said with a smile, "Since the three of them are not welcome in those big families, let's start with these big families, as long as our cavalry soldiers can enter the city smoothly, even if they have more bandits, we don't have to be afraid!" ”

Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?