"Uncle Dongshan? Well, that's a good name. Xie Cang muttered a few words, smiled and patted Su Qi'an on the shoulder.

"In the future, I will call Mr. Uncle."

Su Qi'an glanced at Xie Cang, looked at Fan Wenzhong and said, "There is something that has to trouble Fan Lao." ”

"The old man can do it, just say it."

"The younger generation canonized Dongshan Bo in Ningzhou, and I hope that Fan Lao can keep it secret for me and don't spread it."

"Don't worry about this, in the old man's place, there will definitely be no two people who know, but generally speaking, when the canonization of an earl, he will inform the parents of the territory where he is located, Lingbei County..."

"There is no obstacle in Lingbei County, and the younger generation will only be able to speak loudly."

Fan Wenzhong nodded, and looked at Su Qi'an deeply, it seems that in the local area, Su Qi'an also has someone to support him.

It's good in this way, lest Fan Wenzhong worry that after Su Qi'an returns home, he will encounter trouble from the local wealthy family.

Su Qi'an's low profile, Fan Wenzhong understands, concealing his earl title, once he is suppressed from above, he takes revenge, and directly reveals his identity, which will definitely surprise everyone.

This kind of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, Fan Wenzhong also tried and tested it repeatedly when he was young, after all, they all came from a young age, and Fan Wenzhong could expect this kind of picture.

After thinking about it, Fan Wenzhong said, "Xiao Su, the old man originally planned to transfer a hundred people from the new army to leave the military and use them for your use, but now it seems that they can be under your command in the open." ”

"These 100 people are your guards, and if you encounter any trouble in the county, you will also have the ability to protect yourself."

Hearing Fan Wenzhong say this, Su Qi'an was very moved in his heart, in Daliang, unless he has the title of earl or above, he is qualified to have a personal soldier.

And Fan Wenzhong was worried about Su Qi'an's safety, and took the risk to transfer a hundred people to Su Qi'an.

Fortunately, this time, Su Qi'an was canonized as an earl, and he could transfer a hundred sergeants openly to protect Su Qi'an's safety.

Don't underestimate these 100 sergeants, even if it is not a strong army like the new army, it is a great danger to change to any border army and return to Chuandu County.

Su Qi'an did not refuse Fan Wenzhong's request, and this 100 new army can be said to be his most powerful hole card.

No matter how strong you are, you will fight alone after all, if you have a strong army in your hands, this is the confidence to be able to gain a foothold in Daliang.

Xie Cang, who was beside him, also spoke, "Since Fan Lao is not stingy, I will give a gift to Mr. ”

Xie Cang beckoned, and Tong Zhan instantly appeared in front of Su Qi'an.

"With the protection of the children's war, coupled with this hundred new troops, presumably Mr. can be like a fish in water in Lingbei County and even Chuandu County, and I am looking forward to Mr. shining in the future."

Su Qi'an's face was solemn, and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xie Cang.

"Mr. doesn't need to refuse, I was promoted to the county marquis, and the territory I hold will be transferred to Xizhou, Tong Zhan is familiar with Chuandu County, and it will be of great use to stay by Mr.'s side, so that I can feel at ease."

Su Qi'an took a deep breath and bowed solemnly to the two, "Su, thank you here." ”

……

On the second day after the military reward arrived in Zhenjuncheng, Su Qi'an, escorted by Xie Cang, began to return.

Fan Wenzhong stood on the city tower, looking at the army of five hundred people under the city, his face was solemn, and he watched them leave.

I don't know when I will see this farewell, and I have experienced a war of life and death together, and some emotions are not understood by those who have not been on the battlefield.

Su Qi'an and Xie Cang sat on horseback, looking at Fan Wenzhong from a distance, their faces were embarrassed.

Turning his head, looking at the gray city shrouded in yellow sand at the end of his sight, Xie Cang said.

"I don't know if I can see the recovery of Qing and Youzhou in my lifetime."

"I believe there will be a day, it will." Su Qi'an said firmly.

The two of them cleaned up their moods, flicked their horses, and the army of five hundred people was gradually swallowed up by the yellow sand and disappeared.

This time they walked back from Ningzhou in the north, the same distance, but the two were not in a hurry, and they stopped and stopped along the way.

After walking for three days and stepping out of the boundary of Ningzhou, at a fork in the road, Xie Cang was about to separate from Su Qi'an.

This time, Xie Cang was promoted to the county marquis, and the fief where he was located was in a place called Yuezhou in the south of Daliang.

The land of Yuezhou, compared with Xizhou, is also a remote place, and it is said that the southernmost point is full of miasma, humidity, and sparsely populated.

This promotion and defense adjustment is mostly a kind of vigilance, and Chu Guogong, who is supported by Xie Cang, seems to have been hit.

Although the location is not good, at least it is far away from Kyoto, so as not to be retaliated against by the wealthy and powerful in Kyoto.

Their hands, no matter how long they stretched, out of Jingzhou is the limit, just taking this opportunity to reorganize Xie Cang's Split Mountain Army.

This is also the reason why Xie Cang did not have the slightest complaint about the distribution of the southern Yuezhou land.

Of the 3,000 Split Mountain Army, only about 400 people were left, and they were basically scrapped, if it weren't for Fan Wenzhong's desperate request to keep the number of the Split Mountain Army.

This army is afraid that it would have been disbanded long ago.

Now Xie Cang has been given a chance to breathe, as long as Xie Cang is given enough time, the Split Mountain Army will be able to be reborn, which Su Qi'an firmly believes.

The two stood at the fork in the road, didn't say anything, arched their hands, and just spit out two words, "Take care." ”

The next moment, the two divided their troops, each with their own soldiers and horses, one to the south, the other to the west, and left separately.

The 100 sergeants under Su Qi'an slowly moved forward all the way, and after walking for four or five days, they finally stepped into the boundary of Xizhou, which was less than fifty miles away from Lingbei County.

Su Qi'an didn't make a move, went straight to Lingbei County, found a forest, and everyone got off their horses, took off the armor on their bodies, and changed into civilian clothes prepared in advance.

Su Qi'an only brought Tong Zhan and Su Yong's ten people, and the rest of them stayed where they were, waiting for Su Qi'an's order.

After fighting on the battlefield for a long time, Su Qi'an has an extremely keen sense of danger.

At first, the feeling was not obvious, but when it was about twenty or thirty miles away from Lingbei County, an instinctive reaction made Su Qi'an vigilant.

Ahead is a green path, and the sun is shining overhead, which looks very pleasant.

But it's such a pleasant path, not to mention people, not even the sound of half a bird, which is really abnormal.

Su Qi'an and the others walked towards the front, and after walking for about a mile, in an instant, from both sides of the woods, twenty or thirty men with big knives were picked out at once.

Their faces were fierce, and they shouted at Su Qi'an, "Just be caught, if you are obedient, the uncle may be able to spare your life, if not, you will be chopped up." ”

Su Qi'an didn't resist, he made a scared look, and Tong Zhan behind him hurriedly stepped forward with a flattering look.

"We are all strangers, passing by here, I don't know where to collide with which mountain uncle, we absolutely cooperate with all the uncles, and hope that the uncle can let go of the little horse."

As he spoke, Tong Zhan took out a penny of silver and handed it over.

Seeing Tong Zhan's acquaintance like this, the big man at the head of the big man, with a handful of silver under his hands, sneered, "Count your kid acquaintance, Uncle Ben is a bandit in Dongzi Mountain, today Uncle Ben is happy, hand over the valuable things on your body, and you can get out." ”

Tong Zhan nodded again and again, quickly came to Su Qi'an's side, and collected the valuable things on his body.

It's just that no one saw it, and when the leader of the big man said the bandits of Dongzi Mountain, Su Qi'an and Tong Zhan both had strange looks on their faces.

The bandits in Dongzi Mountain were wiped out by Su Qi'an, Xie Cang, and Fang Jingzhi as early as more than half a year.

Not long after half a year, a group of bandits appeared in Dongzi Mountain, and judging by their courageous posture, it was even more rampant than the gang of bandits earlier.

After all, the bandits under Liu Shengming, no matter how rampant, only swept the nearby mountain villages.

It's not that robbery along the way like this is not uncommon, but it won't go so far.

A radius of twenty or thirty miles is within the scope of robbery, which is completely the face of the Lingbei County Ya.

This group of bandits is so rampant, it seems that something should have happened in Lingbei County in the past six months.

Glancing at Tong Zhan, Tong Zhan understood, and quickly handed over all the valuable things he had collected to the leader of the big man.

He asked from time to time.

"Uncles, such a powerful thing makes the little ones very impressed, but the uncle behaves like this, aren't you afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the county government?"

"Huh? What do you mean? Are you threatening Uncle Ben! ”

"No, no, no, the uncle misunderstood, the small one definitely doesn't mean that, the small one just admires the actions of the uncles, after all, being able to control the nearby twenty or thirty miles, the small one has never been seen in other counties."

"The uncles are so brave that the little ones have the urge to join the masters."

Listening to Tong Zhan's praise like this, the leader laughed happily, and he said with a smug look.

"Haha, that is, in other places, I may still be afraid of Dongzi Mountain, but in Lingbei County, Dongzi Mountain is the sky of Lingbei!"

"Don't talk about the Lingbei County Order, even if it's the entire Lingbei County Ya, I'm not afraid, now they are all difficult to protect themselves, dealing with us, foolish dreams."

"Oh, it's hard to protect yourself, why is that?"

"That's not because of my big boss in Dongzi Mountain, we are in charge, that's notoriously powerful, some time ago, it wasn't me who blew, led us to wait for a group of people, and the Lingbei official who directly hit lost his armor, and the Lingbei county commander didn't dare to come out of hiding, hahaha."

Su Qi'an's eyes froze, and Tong Zhan wanted to ask a few more questions, but was stopped by a bandit behind him who seemed to be experienced.

"Li Qi, you don't say a few words, if some words are heard by the big boss, your legs will be broken."

"Wait, who are you, what do I think, you are not ordinary merchants, come here, surround them, tell your identity, otherwise don't want to leave here alive."

In an instant, the bandits, including Li Qi, reacted and realized that they had said too much, and each of them held a big knife and surrounded Su Qi'an and them.

Looking at this scene, Su Qi'an just sighed and said to Tong Zhan, "Except for Li Qi, no one else remains, and they are all killed." ”

When the words fell, a terrifying killing aura was released under Li Qi's shocked gaze.