Chapter 345: The Last Hope Is Lost

Privately possessing military armor, annexing land, and even encroaching on the imperial court's mineral sources are all basic operations.

In the more than 300 years since the founding of the Great Liang country, it has come to this point, and the mountains and rivers have long been declining, and the local officials of the imperial court, and even the powerful families, how many of them are clean in their hands?

It's just that such things are hidden and tucked away, and they will not be put on the surface, as for the correspondence, why not burn and leave no evidence, it will be simpler.

People who have reached their position, to put it bluntly, no matter how deep the friendship is, they are afraid that the other party will be stabbed in the back.

Keeping correspondence is a kind of protection for them from being betrayed.

But this kind of crucial evidence is often hidden in top secret places, and no one can know except the parties.

But their top-secret letters were obtained by Su Qi'an, even if Su Qi'an bought off the servants of the mansion, but with their identity, they were not even qualified to enter their room and courtyard.

It's just incomprehensible.

It is true that the servants of the mansion are not qualified to enter their rooms, but Tong Zhan's intelligence reconnaissance company is not a dry meal.

Only the servants of the mansion need to be outside as cover, and entering the room of the county guard is easy for the soldiers of the intelligence reconnaissance company.

What they are good at is intelligence reconnaissance, and no matter how deep the county guard's letters are hidden, they can't escape their eyes, and it's a matter of time before they are discovered. Look at the book

Of course, it is impossible for Su Qi'an to tell the county guard and the high priest.

At this time, the faces of the two of them were not as calm as before, especially the high priest, who looked at the Qingcheng County Guard coldly, with a strong sense of resentment.

According to his plan, just do it directly, just take down Su Qi'an, but Qingcheng County is guarding here, and now the boat will capsize.

The high priest stood up and was about to open his mouth to take Su Qi'an down, but Su Qi'an said unhurriedly.

"High Priest, Benhou advises you to be less rash, Benhou can take the county with foresight, and so can your territory."

"Calculate the time, most of your territory should have been taken by my people, compared to dealing with the powerful soldiers in the county, Benhou is better at dealing with the natives."

The high priest at this time, the boss with staring eyes.

He didn't doubt what Su Qi'an said, how the little priest's territory was taken by him, and how the natives on the territory were assimilated by him, and they all obeyed him.

The high priest saw it with his own eyes, and he really didn't expect that Su Qi'an's ambition was so big, and he wanted not only one county, but the entire Qingcheng County.

The next action is afraid that it will be the same as Tucheng County, and it will directly affect the entire Qingcheng County.

If this is the case, how can there be a place for the two?

The high priest's face was pale, his hands were clenched, and he looked like he was about to attack at any time, and Qingcheng County Shousen stared at Su Qi'an with cold eyes, and then said word by word.

"The surname Su, even if these charges are enough for you to get rid of this county, this is just your side of the story, and the so-called correspondence can be forged by you."

"Hmph, even if you sue the governor and the shepherd, this county can still say that, if you want to get rid of this county, you should be tender."

Qingcheng County Shou's words are a little shameless, but they do have some effect.

Whether it is the house deeds, land deeds, and even the correspondence that Su Qi'an took out, who knows whether these physical evidence are true or false.

Unless Su Qi'an has the ability to let the parties come forward, but unfortunately, the owners of these deeds have not been dead for many years.

Even if you have become a house slave in the mansion, if you are a simple house slave, can you believe it?

He is a county guard, a local magistrate canonized by the imperial court, if this kind of lowly and lowly house slave can be believed, it will not damage the majesty of the county guard.

The inferior untouchables went to sue the local magistrates, and this spread was a joke.

If it is really done, isn't it just an opening for lowly civilians at the bottom, as long as they are willing, they can't sue the officials at will, then there is still stability in the Daliang officialdom? Those who don't make it panic.

Moreover, Su Qi'an's physical evidence is so smooth that it is difficult not to suspect that it is his forgery.

As long as the Qingcheng County guards bite this point, the final result will be a suspension of pay and a fine, and if you want to get rid of him, don't even think about it.

This is the last insistence of the Qingcheng County Shou, and in the end, his official position will definitely be kept, but his face will be lost.

was given by Su Qi'an to take the county seat without blood, and even together with the high priest's territory, it must be regarded as a joke when it is spread.

But it's all come to this point, and the official position is pushed to the end, and the face is lost.

As long as he is still in this position in the county, this face will always be regained in the future.

Qingcheng County was embarrassed, Su Qi'an expected it, he nodded, and continued.

"The shameless spirit of the county guard makes Ben Hou admire, that's right, compared with losing his official position, his face is gone, and he will have time to make a comeback in the future."

"But it's a pity that Ben Hou won't give you this chance, how about you make a bet with Ben Hou and put a ring arrow to see if you have this chance?"

"Su Qi'an, you don't come here less, don't you just want to send a signal to ask for reinforcements, is it really a fool to be a priest?" The high priest rebuked.

"Hehe, send a signal for reinforcements? High Priest, I'm afraid you can't figure out the situation, how much territory can you control in the current county town?"

"Even if you call for reinforcements, it's you, not Benhou."

"Why, could it be that the two adults don't even have the courage to fire arrows and call for help? If that's the case, Benhou doesn't mind letting it go for you."

Qingcheng County Shou's eyes flashed, Su Qi'an was right, releasing a ringing arrow would not mean much to Su Qi'an, but it was them, he could ask for support.

The only thing that didn't make him understand was why Su Qi'an would give them this opportunity.

I don't understand it, there is such a good opportunity now, and the Qingcheng County Guard will not let it go, and Su Qi'an is just conceited.

Glancing over, the soldier behind him fired a rattling arrow into the sky.

The arrows rang loudly, and the piercing sound could be heard throughout the county.

Soon after the arrows were released, several arrows rang out from different directions.

Listening to this voice, it was not in the county city, but outside the city, and it seemed to be a little remote, and the voice was very small, but the face of the Qingcheng county guard changed in an instant, and he looked at Su Qi'an with a look of disbelief.

The mouth is open, and I want to say something, but when the words come to my mouth, I can't say anything.

At this time, Su Qi'an's leisurely voice sounded. "Lord County Guard, the place where this arrow was released should be no stranger, I want to add the people of these places, and it should be no problem to get rid of you."

Su Qi'an's voice was very soft, but the heart of the Qingcheng County Guard was like falling into an ice cellar.

He was all too familiar with the place where the arrows were fired just now, it was the last hand he left behind in the county town.

It is the location of his money and grain warehouse, which is his hole card for his comeback and his base camp.

But it was this last hand, his hope, that was dashed by Su Qi'an.

Now he understands why Su Qi'an dared to attack the county town in a grand manner.

The so-called surveillance has been directly flipped, and now it is his every move, which is completely under Su Qi'an's surveillance.

Everything about him, even the hidden hole cards, is under Su Qi'an's control.

This man is terrible.

Listening to the sound of a few arrows, Su Qi'an's heart breathed a sigh of relief.

Those places are the money and grain base camps of Qingcheng County, as for how to be discovered, it can be regarded as a kind of luck.

It was the cavalry battalion of Ermeng, and when he was training outside Tucheng County, he accidentally bumped into it.

The cavalry battalion of Ermeng is not very many, only about 500 people, and before the reform, the cavalry commanded by other Daliang Marquis was at least 1,000 people, and these 500 people seem a little shabby.

It's not that Su Qi'an doesn't have the strength to expand the cavalry, but what Su Qi'an wants to form is a heavy cavalry.

Before gunpowder was used on a large scale on the battlefield, cold weapons were always the mainstream.

Among the many branches of the military, the most powerful is the heavy cavalry.

It can be said that it is a tank monster on the battlefield of cold weapons, and wherever it passes, it is like a torrent of steel, and it can achieve a devastating existence.

The strength of the heavy cavalry is strong, but when it is cultivated, the financial and material resources are not something that ordinary people can afford.

The money spent by a heavy cavalry is enough to feed ten infantry, even if it is as strong as a natural cavalry country like Darong, as far as Su Qi'an knows, the number of their heavy cavalry seems to be only 10,000.

In order to feed this thing, it is really too expensive, so, generally speaking, with this money, it is better to train infantry, or light cavalry.

There are not many other than Da Liang, but there is a lot of money, but even so, there are not many heavy cavalry in the royal court, about 8,000, and they are basically in the northwest battlefield.

Cultivating heavy cavalry is not only about money, but also about the purity of the horse breed.

It is also in the northwest region of Daliang that horses suitable for the needs of heavy cavalry can be produced, and none of the other states are qualified.

Since it is impossible to change the battlefield pattern, it has to start with the training of military branches, and in the cavalry battalion trained by Su Qi'an, there are only about 100 heavy cavalry.

Don't underestimate these hundred or so people, in order to be able to gather heavy cavalry, Su Qi'an spent a lot of money and asked Huo Cheng to show him if there were suitable horses on the black market.

It took a long time and at least tens of thousands of taels of silver to get together these hundred horses suitable for heavy cavalry.

In order to form a heavy cavalry, Su Qi'an's family can be hollowed out, and this year's autumn harvest is lost, if the autumn harvest is not good, Su Qi'an is afraid that he will have to eat soil.

In order to train the cavalry battalion, but also to train the heavy cavalry formed, Er Meng took his cavalry battalion and wandered around Tucheng County.

It is considered God's favor, and a training outside the city allowed Er Meng to discover a money and grain warehouse hidden behind the mountain and shrouded in dense forests.

Ermeng did not startle the snake, and quickly sent someone to send a message to report, and Su Qi'an, who learned the news, arranged personnel to investigate as soon as possible.

After investigation, it was determined that this should be hidden by a certain powerful person, and later, Er Meng continued to send people to track it down, and after several months.

found that there are at least four such hidden money and grain warehouses, and with such a scale, Su Qi'an basically has a judgment in his heart.

He has never been alarmed, waiting for now, Su Qi'an was worried that it would be a little difficult to deal with the cavalry battalion of about 500 people with only Ermeng.

Now it seems that his worries were overwhelmed.

The cavalry battalion is not small in number, but each is strong, and it provides the best money, food and equipment, plus it is equipped with a heavy cavalry, and the training difficulty in peacetime is greater than that of ordinary infantry.

If you can't take it, I'm really sorry for Su Qi'an's hard work.