Chapter 326: Fierce Battle
Huo Cheng's thoughts, Su Qi'an naturally didn't know.
The reason why Su Qi'an chose to return to help is that on the one hand, it is indeed promising for the people in the city, but more importantly, it is a good opportunity to take action at this time and kill this group of bandits by surprise.
Once the county town of Yangliu is breached, when the bandits occupy the county seat, with this high city wall, the 3,000 troops in Su Qi'an's hands will be difficult to defeat for a while and a half.
Of course, Su Qi'an's thoughts, he naturally wouldn't tell Huo Cheng, people's faces were full of excitement, and they couldn't wait to repay them with their lives, this was the key to recovering this person.
Yangliu County is very important to the bandits, and similarly, Su Qi'an also has a crush on this county town.
Who made his geographical location quite good, it is an excellent Tuntian District, if Yangliu County can be used by Su Qi'an, at least he doesn't have to worry about his food and grass problems.
As for being calculated by Huo Cheng, he can tell which is more important than this matter and getting Yangliu County.
And this time, Su Qi'an is not stupid, since he left Qingcheng County, along the way, he has discovered a very strange thing.
There was not even the slightest movement in the forests along the way, and you must know that the denser the forest, not to mention any wild beasts, at least they would also chirp.
But Su Qi'an was very quiet all the way, and that kind of silence made people feel terrible.
In this case, it can only mean that there is danger hidden in the forest, and when he walked into Yangliu County, Huo Cheng's performance was too smooth.
He and Huo Cheng were not familiar with each other, even if they were ordered by Li Kang to cooperate.
But as a county guard, and it is the second county in Jiaozhou after the state city.
No matter how you say it, you have your own arrogance, and Su Qi'an, an outsider, came to his territory.
Not only did he not give the so-called dismount, but he also cooperated with that to call it a clean and neat one, and even the deployment of troops was very free and easy.
At this point, Su Qi'an was already suspicious, but he didn't debunk it, he wanted to see what this Huo Cheng wanted to do.
With 3,000 men under his command, he went straight to the bandits' lair, but as soon as he left the sight of Yangliu County, Su Qi'an asked the army to stop.
A company was drawn from each of the three battalions, and under the leadership of several guides, they divided into different routes and quietly infiltrated.
Su Qi'an led his troops to fight, even if it was to fight bandits, he would send reconnaissance team members according to the usual practice.
In order to verify his idea, Su Qi'an sent three companies to investigate this time.
Led by the old guide, the three companies soon reached the edge of the bandits' lair.
They did not act, waited quietly, and as time passed, according to the number of patrol personnel in the bandits' lair, as well as the smoke from the living cooking of the bandits, they judged that the bandits in the lair, the number of which would not exceed three hundred.
If it were normal times, these 300 or so people, just their three companies, would be able to wipe them out.
But their mission this time is only to investigate, not to exterminate.
In order to prevent any ambushes nearby, the three company commanders reached a consensus and searched along the way to clear the obstacles for the follow-up large troops.
They spent an hour walking around the bandits' lair, and finally determined that there was no ambush near the lair, only three hundred bandits inside the lair.
After it is confirmed, quickly send someone back to report it.
Su Qi'an, who received the news, immediately judged that this wave of bandits was not simple, and he immediately asked the three companies of the reconnaissance to launch an attack on the nest bandits.
But there is one point, this attack is not to wipe out all the bandits in the nest, but to make a feint.
As for Su Qi'an, he immediately led a large army and returned quietly.
Su Qi'an didn't believe in the bandit leader, and he didn't know the news that he was out of Yangliu County.
was originally a game, and the so-called surprise attack was just a play.
In order not to make the remaining bandits suspicious, Su Qi'an made plans and continued to go out of the city.
Then let the three companies make a feint posture, I believe that it will not be long before the bandit leader will receive the news.
And the direction of things, as Su Qi'an expected, the bandit leader who hid quickly got Su
The news of Qi An's attack on his lair.
The only guard in their hearts has been lowered, and they can attack Yangliu County City with all their strength without any scruples.
If Su Qi'an was reluctant to dispatch, they really didn't dare to let go.
They know a lot about this Hou Ye, who is the nemesis of the heavenly bandits.
If they can't find Su Qi'an's movements, they will have trouble sleeping, and everyone is afraid that when they attack with all their might, this uncertain Su Hou Ye will not stab them in the back.
Fortunately, the news came back, and they were finally able to attack Yangliu County with all their might.
Of course, there is not much time left for them, and Su Qi'an, who is the nemesis of bandits, is still very strong.
With hundreds of bandits in the lair, it is difficult to stop him.
So this siege, they had to fight quickly, and everything was going according to plan.
As a result, at the moment when Yangliu County City was breached, this Su Qi'an was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, directly catching them off guard.
Seeing that the city was broken, he was finally stabilized by Su Qi'an.
This annoyed the bandit leaders, who immediately gave a death order to the besieging bandits.
Since the matter has come to this point, no matter how many casualties are paid, Yangliu County must be taken, and those who take a step back will be killed.
Under this iron-blooded order, the bandits besieging the city had to play with their lives, and all of a sudden, the situation that was originally stabilized by Su Qi'an immediately became shaky.
At this time, Huo Cheng, who understood Su Qi'an's causes and consequences, came back to his senses from admiration.
Looking at the city wall that had suddenly increased under pressure, he said to Su Qi'an.
"Master Su, please do one thing, take the people in the city away, take as many as you can, and let me cover you."
Huo Cheng's face was a little deadly, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed of Su Qi'an or the people in the city.
He was very grateful to Su Qi'an for coming to the rescue at this time, but he also knew that under the siege of more than 10,000 bandits.
The army of less than 4,000 people in their hands will not last long at all, so it is better to cover Su Qi'an out of the city while he still has troops in his hands.
It's also good to be able to take some live mouth out.
Huo Cheng's will to die, Su Qi'an shook his head and said, "Now if you really cover out of the city, there is no shelter around, you can't run far at all, and you will become a live target for bandits, rather than this, it is better to stick the city and not come out."
"And now that I say this, Huo Jun is a little early, if this marquis is destroyed by these 10,000 bandits, it will be too sorry for the name of the marquis."
"If Huo Junshou believes me, he will obey my orders, and I promise that as long as I am here, this group of bandits will not be able to enter the city."
Su Qi'an had a smile on his face, but he gave Huo Cheng a magic of trust.
can still laugh at such a critical juncture, this Su Qi'an is not so simple.
Su Qi'an's words restored Huo Cheng's confidence, and he said, "Since the Hou Ye is so courageous, the lower officials should accompany him with his life."
"Team three, follow me, leave it to Marquis Su here, let's go to the South City Gate."
Huo Cheng shouted, and led about a hundred or so people under his command to support the precarious south city gate.
Su Qi'an nodded, looking at the bandits outside the city wall who were desperately attacking the city, his eyes flashed, as if he was waiting for something.
At the same time, in a mansion in Qingcheng County, the high priest's face was excited, and in his hand was the news that had just been transmitted from Yangliu County, guarding the road to Qingcheng County.
"This Su Qi'an is now trapped in Yangliu County, this is a good opportunity for us."
"With an army of less than 4,000 people in their hands, they will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the bandits in Jeonju, so why don't we take this opportunity to transfer troops to Yangliu County."
"After the bandits attack the city, we will have a yellow finch behind us and reap the benefits of the fisherman."
The bandits' attack on Yangliu County was tacitly acquiesced by the two of them, including killing Huo Cheng, which was also necessary.
If they send troops at this time, maybe they can really reap the profits of the fishermen and put all the blame on the hands of this group of bandits.
Whether it is Huo Cheng or Su Qi'an, the death of the two was done by the bandits, and they were one step late, and they regretted that the two were killed, so they deliberately avenged the two.
It can be said that it is effortless, not only to kill the hatred in their hearts, but also to take down Yangliu County in an instant, and easily put the responsibility in the hands of the bandits, killing three birds with one stone.
This kind of good proposal, I didn't expect to be rejected by the Qingcheng County Guard.
Qingcheng County Shou's eyes flashed, and after being silent for a while, he said, "Don't be in a hurry about this matter, I always feel that this matter is too smooth, if I really send troops, I have a kind of uneasiness in my heart."
"Forget about sending troops, it took a lot of effort to let the bandits in the whole state do things for us."
"It's hard not to leave a flaw when you suddenly plug in at the last minute, and sometimes it's a very cost-effective thing to be a behind-the-scenes manipulator and solve the hatred in our hearts with only money and no trace."
The attitude of the Qingcheng county guard was very resolute, and no matter how the high priest persuaded him, he was unmoved.
The high priest was helpless, turned away, and stood at the door of the mansion, his eyes flashing, as if he was making up his mind.
In the end, he sighed, and finally gave up, no way, without the cooperation of the guards of Qingcheng County, even if he went, even if he went, he was afraid that it would have no effect on the bandits who had been armed to the teeth.
As time passed, it had taken an hour and a half to attack the bandits in Yangliu County, but Yangliu County City could not be defeated for a long time.
At every critical moment, this Su Qi'an has the ability to turn the tide and stabilize the precarious Yangliu County City.
But this kind of stability comes at a price, an hour and a half of fighting.
Of the 4,000-strong army, there are now less than 2,000 left, and most of the casualties are soldiers from Yangliu County, but on Su Qi'an's side, the casualties have also reached one-third.
On the bandit side, there were more than 4,000 casualties, and the battle loss ratio was one to two.
If you were a bandit before, it would be absolutely impossible to have such combat power, but now, not only do you have weapons and equipment in your hands that are not weaker than those of local soldiers.
The bandit leaders continue to reward and punish them heavily, and under the continuation of this kind of high pressure, these bandits can only fight for their lives.
Although Yangliu County is still in Su Qi'an's hands at present, he understands that if this kind of war of attrition is fought, it will not take more than half an hour at most, and Yangliu County City will be broken.
There were too few soldiers in his hands, and his troops were divided into four routes, and his troops were seriously scattered.