Soon after the words fell, the closed gate of the fortress opened, and during this time, bandits in batches threw their weapons aside, bent down and nodded to the soldiers not far ahead.

Then they hurriedly ran away with nervous expressions, their hearts beating wildly, and the two feet were eager to take off, wanting to escape from here as quickly as possible.

When they ran away, there was really no ambush behind them, and they were really let go.

The bandit leader hiding in the stockade was a little relieved when he saw this scene.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and walked out of the stockade, nodding to the soldiers in front of him, and the next moment, he also fled as fast as he could.

Watching batch after batch of accomplices leave safely, the bandits hiding in the stockade finally let go of their hearts and walked out.

He dropped his weapon, turned around and ran, and just as the last group of bandits were almost leaving, the voice of the soldier behind him sounded again.

"Wait."

These bandits, their bodies stiffened, their hearts tightened, and all kinds of thoughts flashed in their hearts.

"Is this going to do it to us?"

"Could it be that this Marquis Su repented? Whether we want to give it a go or not, this is our last chance."

The heads of the *** were clenched, and they stopped in place, doing a psychological struggle in their hearts.

After a while, the soldier continued, "My lord said that I would like you to have a message with the brothers on the nearby mountain."

"Master Su is very kind, give three days, all the bandits evacuate Tucheng County within a radius of 100 miles, and after three days, if you find any remaining bandits, you will be killed."

The bandits turned their heads, nodded their heads again and again, and the next moment, spread their feet and fled quickly.

In the blink of an eye, he burrowed into the dense forest and disappeared without a trace.

Looking at the departing bandits, the battalion commander asked with some concern, "Sir, these bandits are difficult to move in nature, so if they are let go like this, I am afraid that something will happen."

Of course, Su Qi'an understood what the first battalion commander said, released these bandits, and drove them out within a radius of 100 miles from Tucheng County.

It can only be in disguise, forcing them together, a group of bandits may be nothing, if all the bandits are integrated, if they attack Tucheng County with a backhand, they still have to be cautious.

Su Qi'an said indifferently, "Let them go, a hundred miles away, the safest and most suitable for their survival, only the suburbs of Qingcheng County, this is the purpose of Benhou."

"Whether to gather or not, Ben Hou doesn't look at it, of course, if they insist on looking for death and have to attack Tucheng County, Ben Hou doesn't recommend serving them in one pot."

Su Qi'an's voice was very soft, but his words carried the majesty of Sensen, and he did what he said.

The commander of the first battalion was a little stunned, he only followed Su Qi'an when he was defending Kyoto, and he was not clear about Su Qi'an's record in suppressing bandits in Xizhou.

The second battalion commander beside him stepped forward, patted the first battalion commander on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"First battalion commander, don't worry, these bandits can't make any climate, with Mr. here, they don't have to worry, like Mr. said, if they really insist on looking for death, a battalion commander you will see a good show."

The second battalion commander showed a playful smile and continued, "Okay, okay, the bandits have run away, now it's time for us to go and see if there are any good trophies in this stockade."

As he spoke, he led people to rush into the stockade in front of him, and the commander of the first battalion who came back to his senses left two companies of soldiers and horses to protect Su Qi'an's safety, and then rushed into the stockade to see what good loot there was.

This group of bandits is different from bandits in other states, and they do not have the habit of kidnapping meat tickets, and they are all intercepted and killed on the spot.

The reason why they do this is to save trouble, and secondly, to take meat tickets and do ransom, even if they are cautious, their whereabouts will be exposed.

In Jiaozhou, any wealthy family has the shadow of the Priest Alliance behind it, if it is really discovered, with the power of the Priest Alliance, it will be found sooner or later.

Rather than this, it is better to simply intercept and kill on the spot, no matter what you grab, you will not be left alive.

Even if they were tracked, they would have fled into the primeval jungle long ago.

For the ruthlessness of these bandits

, Su Qi'an had learned it when he stepped into the border of Jiaozhou.

It's a pity that this trick doesn't work for Su Qi'an, who has dealt with bandits all year round.

This kind of primeval jungle, Su Qi'an has already sent people to survey, surveying and mapping, reconnaissance company, special company, with a few old local guides, once went deep into the primeval jungle for a month.

Surveying and mapping is basically a basic subject that every recruit has to learn, even if he is not proficient in it, but he must basically understand it.

Therefore, for the local soldiers, this primeval jungle is a moat, but for the Dongshan Army under Su Qi'an, this is their practical subject.

Dealing with complex terrain a lot, it is natural to become an expert.

Because these bandits pursue the principle of not leaving a living mouth, and grabbing what to use, there is basically no extra money in the stockade.

The money is only a few thousand, the food is less than five stones, and the rest is some daily necessities, and the quantity is not much.

Su Qi'an was not polite, confiscated them all, and then burned the village clean.

With three regiments of people, continue to the next one.

Su Qi'an's anti-bandit action spread like the wind, with the mouths of the fleeing bandit leaders.

When the bandits within a radius of 100 miles heard the news, some of them immediately did not hesitate, packed up their homes on the spot, and ran away with their brothers.

And some of them are very strong, relying on the people in their hands, and hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, with the advantage of terrain, even if they can't beat them, they can run away from the back mountains.

Su Qi'an was not scared at all, he had to touch the three regiments, for these people, Su Qi'an was not used to it, and without saying a word, he attacked directly.

Directly on the throwing car, the first battalion and the second battalion made a charge, this kind of fierce attack posture, in less than a quarter of an hour, the stockade was breached.

As soon as these bandits on the big mountain reacted, they saw a group of soldiers who did not want to die, wearing rattan armor, slashing at them.

It is almost a one-sided trend, like a wind and clouds, destroying this group of more than 100 bandits, all of them.

Some of the recruits, covered in blood, trembling with large knives in their hands, after all, it was the first time to kill people and see blood, and some nervousness was inevitable.

Several veterans next to him stepped forward and patted their shoulders, relieved, and relieved the emotions of the recruits.

This is the advantage of establishing a soldiers' committee, and in each squad, there are two or three senior veterans, serving as squad leaders, squad deputies, and squad backbones, with six or seven recruits.

They are like the parents and brothers of a recruit class, no matter what they say, they can talk to the squad leader and even the soldiers' committee.

The relationship between veterans and recruits is like a family, and through the soldiers' committee, their feelings are connected.

Only fighting can make the recruits grow quickly, and the recruits, who were a little nervous just now, gradually adapted after a few slashes.

They were able to let go of the tension in their hearts and fight with all their might, and the rattan armor on their bodies was also indispensable.

Originally, Su Qi'an planned to give each soldier a pair of armor, but this is Jiaozhou, not when he was in Kyoto.

In Kyoto, the soldiers and equipment in his hands were all made by the royal blacksmiths of the imperial city, and he was not afraid of lack of materials at all.

Now that he has come to Jiaozhou, Su Qi'an's expansion of the army, to put it bluntly, does not conform to the law of Daliang, but he can successfully expand the army, relying on his identity as the lord of Tucheng and the complexity of Jiaozhou's high degree of autonomy.

In addition, Su Qi'an came to Jiaozhou, to put it bluntly, it is no different from fending for himself, what he does has nothing to do with the royal family, of course, including him being hunted down and dealt with.

If he survives with good luck, it is his ability, and if he dies, it is also his fate, no matter what the outcome is, it has nothing to do with the royal family.

There are not many iron mines in Jiaozhou, and most of them are in the hands of the imperial court, so it is impossible for Su Qi'an to rob them, but fortunately, there are many bamboo forests in Jiaozhou.

According to local conditions, he found a group of local craftsmen and blacksmiths brought over, and relied on local materials to build rattan armor on a large scale.

There are many advantages of rattan armor, light and strong defense, which was built by Su Qi'an in the Ningzhou battlefield at the beginning, and its performance on the battlefield is very good

Yes.

Similarly, the rattan armor has a fatal flaw, that is, it is afraid of fire.

The rattan armor built in Ningzhou was basically scrapped because of the fire attack.

Therefore, in this construction, Su Qi'an spent a lot of effort, and held several meetings with the bamboo craftsmen and blacksmiths who built it, and developed several versions of the rattan armor production drawing.

But the effect is not ideal, but Su Qi'an does not intend to give up, and has set up a research and development department.

Their purpose is to develop better weapons and equipment, such as the small throwing vehicle that made a big splash this time, which is the masterpiece of the R&D department.

In Tucheng County, the most important department, which Su Qi'an values the most, is the R&D department established by this department, which not only undertakes military industry, but also civilian use.

For example, the improvement of farming tools, transportation tools, etc., the investment is also the largest.

Su Qi'an came to Daliang and profoundly realized that if he wanted to defeat the barbarians from all directions, he had to improve his weapons and equipment in the battle with them.

In the Daliang dynasty, commerce was very developed, and the annual tax revenue could be said to be rich and rivaled, and it was precisely because of so much money that it could afford to raise a huge army of more than 700,000.

will cede the land and call it a tribute, but in the renewal of weapons and equipment, that is, in terms of invention, it is extremely old-fashioned.

That kind of old-fashioned makes people feel stiff and solidified, in the final analysis, everything still stems from Emperor Gaozu's emphasis on literature and light on military force, although there are more than 700,000 soldiers, but these soldiers are not the same, and the march is stiff, and they will only defend passively.

That is, relying on the large number of people, he barely managed to hold the territory of Daliang, but this so-called balance cannot be maintained all the time, and one day, the iron cavalry of Darong in the north will go south sooner or later.

Therefore, Su Qi'an's establishment of a R&D department is the top priority, even if most of them are currently failed products, but as long as there is progress, there is hope.

Gradually, I don't know when it began, Su Qi'an invisibly integrated into the Liangren, instead of looking at this backward feudal dynasty from the perspective of modern people.

In contact with the people of this dynasty, he found that whether it was the Liang people or the local natives, they were actually very smart.

It's just that no one has explored their potential value, and there is no Bole, which may be the reason why Maxima often has Bole and Bole does not often exist.

Su Qi'an is now thinking more about it, from the leadership at the beginning, to the transfer of talents who can give him shine.

Such as Li Hu, Zhao Da, Thin Monkey, Little Sister, Sun Wen, Huang Wenyan, Wu Yong... These are all talents discovered by Su Qi'an.

As long as he knows people and makes good use of them, this cool will have his foothold sooner or later.