Su Qi'an left for half a day, and no news came back during this period.

Huo Cheng stood on the city wall, motionless, his eyes looking into the distance, no one knew what he was thinking.

At this time, the voice of a staff member sounded, "My lord, you have been standing for a long time, come down and rest."

Huo Cheng shook his head and asked, "The people we sent out, do you have any news of Hou Ye Su?"

"Back to my lord, there is no news back for the time being."

After the staff said this, their faces changed, as if they were hesitating about something, and the staff's actions naturally couldn't escape Huo Cheng's inform.

He said directly. "Say whatever you want, but it doesn't hurt to say it. I won't blame you."

"My lord, you actually know better than us, this time Su Hou Ye went to suppress the bandits, since he left the city, he has already announced the countdown to his death, half a day has passed, Su Hou Ye and they have not returned, there is no news back, it doesn't matter."

Huo Cheng sighed, his eyes were a little complicated, "Yes, there is no way, who let this county have only one son, for the safety of his son, I have to be sorry for this Marquis Su this time."

"The cost of burying 2,000 soldiers in Yangliu County is still very high, I didn't expect that one day in this county, I would be in the same league with these people, and it is a joke to say it."

Huo Cheng smiled bitterly, "This county is sorry for them."

Huo Cheng's words made the staff behind him silent for a while.

Huocheng Yangliu County Guard, usually known for its strictness, whether it is the common people or the powerful, they are all treated equally.

Everything is done according to the law, but sometimes the management is too high-pressure, which makes people a little breathless, so that in private, whether it is the powerful or the low-level people, they have a lot of complaints about Huo Cheng.

In general, Huo Cheng is a strict official, but he is much better than other corrupt officials.

Yangliu County is a large grain-producing county, accounting for one-third of the entire Jiaozhou's grain payment.

But Van Huo Cheng was a corrupt official, or a man who obeyed his orders. He's going to have a pretty good time.

But he didn't do this, and his strictness was also a last resort, and the special geographical location of Yangliu County, which had already been prominent, required a very strict official to manage.

And Huo Cheng is the best candidate, although the task can be met every year, and the security in the county is not bad.

But because he is a person who does not know how to be flexible and is not tactful enough, he is hated by many people.

Although Huo Cheng is incorruptible, has no corruption, and is considered a good official, as long as he is a human being, he has shortcomings.

And his Achilles' heel is his son.

In order to control him, Li Kang of course took the simplest way to Huo Cheng, to capture his son and tie him up to the state city to eat and drink well, so as to control him.

Not only Huocheng, but also in Jiaozhou, officials, big and small, and even priests, their children and dependents, more or less, were all held hostage in the state city.

This is the reason why Li Kang has been able to rule Jiaozhou for so many years, and there is no one who is not afraid of him.

He has this strength, mainly because he has soldiers in his hands.

This so-called Quanzhou crackdown on bandits was a bureau specially set up for Su Qi'an.

After thinking about it, Huo Cheng finally chose to be in Yangliu County, and what Huo Cheng wanted to do was to let Su Qi'an leave Yangliu County and go to the so-called extermination of the bandits' lair.

But in fact, the bandits' nest in Yangliu County had already set up a net, waiting for Su Qi'an to throw himself into the net.

There is no other reason, at this time, the bandits gathered in Yangliu County have reached at least tens of thousands, and they have basically gathered the bandits in the whole state.

As long as Su Qi'an goes, he will make dumplings for him directly.

In order to be able to annihilate Su Qi'an in one fell swoop, Huo Cheng had to draw out two thousand soldiers to cooperate, that is, to send him to death as cannon fodder.

The more than 10,000 bandits gathered this time are not as simple as the last time Su Qi'an exterminated the bandits on the outskirts of Tucheng County, a mere 1,000 people.

In order to increase the chance of victory, the Qingcheng County Guard and the High Priest made a bloody investment and specially updated the weapons and armor of this group of bandits.

Now they don't want to talk about how strong their combat power is

, but it's a world of difference from the guy who couldn't even get together weapons before.

And this time they were also equipped with a dozen catapults, such heavy weapons.

If this extermination fails, then the Qingcheng county guard and the high priest will lose a lot.

This time the bureau was designed by them, and Li Kang issued an order at most, so that this group of bandits could cooperate, as for how to fight in the back, the weapons of the personnel, and so on, all of them were provided by the person in charge.

Therefore, in order to successfully win Su Qi'an this time, the two of them took out half of their wealth, and invested so much effort to do it today.

Half a day has passed, and Su Qi'an and they haven't even sent back any news, what does this mean? There was only one possibility, and they were exterminated.

Huo Cheng still has some appreciation for this Marquis Su, not to mention anything else, just his abolition of slavery is enough to make Huo Cheng admire. Look at the book

To have this kind of courage is unprecedented in the history of Jiaozhou.

If it weren't for his son, Huo Cheng might still be able to talk to him.

Unfortunately, there was no such opportunity.

"Let's go, send troops out of the city tomorrow, and if possible, if we can find the body of this marquis, bury him alive."

Huo Cheng said, then retracted his gaze and left with his staff.

At this time, Yangliu County was shrouded in endless night, and the faint moonlight poured out, which made people feel very comfortable.

As time passed, the candles were extinguished and soft snoring sounded one after another.

The county town was peaceful, and even the soldiers defending the city fell asleep leaning against the city wall with their halberds.

No wonder they are not cautious, since the construction of the tall and thick city wall, in terms of defense, the entire Jiaozhou, except for the state city, has never been safer than Yangliu County.

The most important thing is that this group of bandits does not have any tools to climb the city wall, and it is not that they have not been attacked in the past, but they have been repelled every time and have returned in vain.

Only this time, they were doomed to disappointment.

A large number of new weapons and equipment were replaced, and tens of thousands of people were assembled at once.

The ambitions of this group of bandits were exposed at once.

Not long after, under the shroud of the soft moonlight, sharp iron claws were quietly fixed on the city walls.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the black shadows bit the dagger and quickly climbed up the city with the weakest defense in the city.

As far as the eye could see, hundreds of people climbed along the ropes, and about two or three miles away from the city gate, there were a large number of black and oppressive figures, they were lying quietly, their hearts were so nervous that their throats were in their eyes, and they were all looking forward to it.

These people are none other than the bandits who gathered in the whole Jiaozhou, and they did not follow the previous agreement to encircle and suppress Su Qi'an.

Instead, he hid and waited until it was dark, in order to attack the county town of Yangliu.

According to the previous plan, they did plan to wait for Su Qi'an to make dumplings.

But as the weapons and equipment in their hands became better and better, and there were more and more people in their hands, gradually, a bold plan came to their minds.

Why not take this opportunity to go the opposite way and directly attack Yangliu County.

In the current city of Yangliu County, at best, there are only 1,000 soldiers, and the scale of 5,000 people, 2,000 people were transferred to Su Qi'an, and the other 2,000 people were scattered in the subordinate counties.

And with their current strength and the tools to climb the wall, this is not a great opportunity.

Originally, there was a big grudge between them and Huo Cheng, if it weren't for the lack of troops in their hands and the lack of new weapons and equipment, they would have wanted to seek revenge on Huo Cheng a long time ago.

Yangliu County is a large grain-producing county, once it is captured, not only can it have a large amount of grain, but also with the city wall of Yangliu County, unless Li Kang sends troops to encircle and suppress, other county guards may not be able to take them.

And from the beginning, they didn't plan to occupy Yangliu County, fight any protracted war, and do anything to defend the land.

They are bandits, and it is the most stupid thing for bandits to loot and then shoot for one and occupy a place to defend it.

As for Su Qi'an, the value of Yangliu County. Much bigger than him, they did leave bait in the lair, but their strength was only a few hundred at best.

When they take Yangliu County, relying on the geographical advantage, to deal with Su Qi'an, it will be more than enough.

And even if they fail to eliminate Su Qi'an in the end, it is not their responsibility.

When the time comes, just a few words, and the matter will be confused.

The most important thing is that Yangliu County was taken, and after they ransacked and killed Huo Cheng, the position of this county guard will be empty.

I don't know how many pairs of eyes there are, staring at the position of Yangliu County Guard, if they kill Huo Cheng, they will also solve a problem for them.

At that time, they will all be staring at the position of Yangliu County Guard, and after they ransacked, they have long since disappeared, who will take them seriously? At most, it's a big deal to get a few unlucky ghosts, and it's over as substitute ghosts.

not only avenged their own revenge, but also solved the thorn in their side for them, the best of both worlds.

After determining the size of the risk, everyone said they would do it.

As the minutes ticked by, the bandits, hiding in the distance, kept their eyes fixed on the pitch-black city wall in front of them.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a faint candle flame flickering on the city wall.

That was the signal of success, and the bandits were shocked, and rushed towards Yangliu County City as fast as they could.

At this time, the successful bandits, after eliminating the sentries patrolling the city wall, just wanted to go down to the city and quickly opened the city gate.

Suddenly, in the darkness behind him, a low cold cheer sounded.

"Who? Password!"

But in response to him, it was a throwing knife, and the man snorted and fell to the ground in the darkness.

The bandits in the lower city didn't have time to take a closer look, and went straight to the city gate, and when he opened the bolt, the darkness behind him swished.

An arrow flew into the air in an instant, and a sharp sound instantly broke the silence in the city.

Immediately afterwards, the quiet Yangliu County City suddenly became in a commotion, and in the darkness, countless candlelights rang out.

A large number of soldiers rushed to the scene, and when the bandits saw this, they hurriedly pushed the door bolt open as quickly as possible.

In an instant, more than a dozen arrows whizzed by, shooting him directly into a hornet's nest.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

A rapid angry voice suddenly resounded through the county town of Yangliu.