"Do you think Honshu did something wrong?" Li Kang raised his eyebrows.

"My subordinates don't dare."

"Envoy, I know what you mean, that's right, according to what you mean, slowly use personnel to infiltrate, and apply pressure little by little, it will indeed have an effect, but Su Qi'an is not one of those priests who can slowly entangle food, if it is allowed to develop, this insect will definitely turn over and swallow the bird."

"That's right, Master Kezhou, now that the persecution is so ruthless, I always feel that Su Qi'an is making a big move, waiting for the opportunity to take a bite directly."

"Your Excellency, you also know that although we have 40,000 soldiers in our hands, half of them are fighting in Xiacang County and the southwest barbarians, and the remaining 20,000 state soldiers, except for 5,000 people and horses who stayed in the state city, the rest are distributed in the subordinate counties. , the state envoy said bitterly beside him.

I just hope that Li Kang can be cautious when making every decision.

After all, the current Su Qi'an is not as good as in the past, he has land, people, and food in his hands, if he doesn't gather all the people and wants to do something to him, he may not be able to eat.

Although Li Kang was a little displeased with the state envoy's words, he still knew the reality in front of him.

In Jiaozhou, putting aside Su Qi'an, Li Kang's rule in the territory is also under great pressure, and the pressure on that side is not the priest alliance, but the southwestern barbarians far away in the western border, outside Xiacang County.

The Southwest Barbarians do not only exist in Xizhou, but across the West and Jiaozhou.

They gathered in the form of tribes, twenty-seven tribes, also known as the Twenty-Seven Tribes of the Barbarians.

These barbarian races are the Heiru, and they are also the natives who have lived in the local area for hundreds of years, and they are of the same nature as the natives.

It's just that these barbarians and Heilu have several grades higher than the natives.

The population is not very large, only five or six hundred thousand, and in addition to women, the old and weak, there are at least 70,000 suitable young and middle-aged people.

These 70,000 barbarians have brought great pressure to the border of Xijiao Erzhou, so in the border counties, they need to be maintained by heavy troops all year round, and Xiacang County is the nearest county close to the southwest barbarians.

Fortunately, the southwestern barbarians straddle the two states, and they are also an alliance composed of twenty-seven tribes, so the troops are loose, and the barbarians in Xiacang County are only twenty or thirty thousand.

With the advantage of the city wall, 20,000 state soldiers resisted, and it was no problem.

It is precisely because of the continuous harassment of the barbarians from the outside world that the available troops under Li Kang cannot be completely assembled, and sometimes he still needs to rely on the people of the priest alliance to give him a front station.

Therefore, Li Kang's scenery and power are supreme, just the appearance, and the pressure he bears in private is very great, which is also an important reason why Su Qi'an has a high-pressure situation.

Originally, the southwest barbarians threatened him all the year round, and it was absolutely impossible for him to watch it, and under his nose, an army with amazing combat power like Su Qi'an developed.

Even though the reality is helpless, since the state envoy dares to raise this issue with him in person, then he must have a solution.

This is the reason why Li Kang did not interrupt the state envoy and continued, he wanted to hear how to solve it later if he followed his method.

The state envoy continued to speak unhurriedly, "My lord, we can issue an order to the outside world, let the people of the Priest Alliance send troops to change the state soldiers of Xiacang County, I think they are definitely unwilling, just take this opportunity to let them send troops in Dudu, this time not to carry out large-scale encirclement and suppression of Su Qi'an, just in the name of suppressing bandits, just in the name of suppressing bandits, just operate around Qingcheng County."

"Internally, send a letter to Su Qi'an, asking him to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression of this group of bandits of unknown origin, as the ruler of a county, it is his responsibility to encircle and suppress the bandits, and he resolutely dare not refuse."

"Finally, open the external connection with Qingcheng County, and it is best to restore the previous state of contact with the counties, and then we can send people into it in a bright and bright way."

"Let them feel the lurking, collect the topographical intelligence of Qingcheng County, and when the time comes, in the last half year, as short as three months, the war in Xiacang County should be over, and then the state soldiers who are fighting abroad will be transferred back, and the troops will be assembled, cooperate with the internal response, and finally set foot in Qingcheng County in one fell swoop."

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This plan is good, that is, to endure first, and then wait for the right time, and launch a surprise attack directly, which is similar to the slow pestering he insisted on before.

It can be said that treating Su Qi'an and slowly pestering has always been the concept that the state envoy adheres to.

Li Kang also understands this, although he and the state envoy have had unpleasant things happen before because of Su Qi'an's matter.

But now, if he continues to adhere to his high-pressure policy, he will not be able to take Su Qi'an in a short time, but he will use the plan of the state envoy, and the success is not small.

The biggest disadvantage of this kind of slow entanglement is that it takes too long, but Li Kang has waited for a year, and he will care about the next three months to half a year.

Just when Li Kang was a little abnormal and was about to do what the state envoy suggested, suddenly a piece of news broke Li Kang's thoughts.

This news is a letter, and the messenger is none other than the bandit played by Su Yong.

Under the guise of bandits, they sent a letter to Li Kang demanding and kidnapping tickets.

The letter was to the effect that he had hundreds of state soldiers in his hands, and if these people were to be safe and sound, the ransom prepared for each person was 1,000 taels, and the scale of a few hundred people was at least 3,400,000 taels.

Give Li Kang three days to prepare the ransom, otherwise, the lives of these hundreds of state soldiers will not be guaranteed.

It was this sudden ransom letter that suddenly made Li Kang immediately change his mind according to the state envoy's plan.

He threw the kidnapping letter to the state envoy and scolded, "Look, these bandits who don't know whether they live or die are so bold that they dare to blackmail Benzhou, they really eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, if they don't give it to others, they really make others think that Benzhou is easy to bully."

"Don't be angry, my lord, this group of bandits is so bold, there must be a supportive instruct behind this, even if this group of bandits is exterminated, I'm afraid there will be the next wave, the next wave."

"Hmph, of course Benshu knows that there are instructors behind the bandits, who else can there be besides Su Qi'an."

"Originally, Benzhou wanted to let Su Qi'an go for the time being, but now it seems that Benshu is too good for them."

"Even if this group of bandits cuts and comes again, Honshu must lead troops to exterminate them, and if they are not eliminated, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in Honshu's heart."

"The same extermination this time is also to give Su Qi'an a dismount, so that he knows who has the final say in Jiaozhou!"

"But, my lord—" the envoy wanted to say.

was stopped by Li Kang, "State envoy, I know what you mean, but this Su Qi'an is too arrogant, Benzhou has not taken action yet, and even the bandits dare not take Benzhou in their eyes."

"If you really follow the plan of the state to make you slowly entangle, next time, I am afraid that anyone will dare to climb to the head of this state and be unscrupulous."

"The state told you not to say it, Benzhou has made up its mind, pass on the order of Benzhou, immediately let the elder send troops, let the three elders lead the troops to Xiacang Town, prepare to change the guard with the state soldiers there, immediately order the subordinate counties, transfer troops and assemble, this time the state will personally eradicate this group of arrogant bandits."

Li Kang is very decisive, there is no room for maneuver at all, and this letter can be regarded as touching Li Kang's reverse scales.

He has been in charge of Jiaozhou for so many years, and no one has been so bold as to dare to blackmail and threaten him.

This time it was the little bandit who threatened, if he didn't react, he did it according to the order of the state envoy, and if he confessed, his reputation in Jiaozhou would be a thousand miles away.

This time, no matter whether there was support behind this group of bandits, Li Kang was able to take a strong attitude and completely eradicate this group of bandits who were looking for death.

Li Kang's order was given, and the state envoy knew that there was no room for persuasion, nodded his head, and then turned to leave.

It's just that after leaving the room, a smile appeared on the state envoy's face, and he said in a voice that only he could hear.

"Hmph, you are worthy of being favored by Your Highness, just a few words can provoke Li Kang's emotions, interesting, then it depends on how you end, don't let me down."

After Li Kang's order was issued, the speed of execution was very fast, even if the eldest elder and the third elder who had some minor friction with Li Kang received the letter, they were silent for a while, and then they gave the order to gather the natives and prepare to open up.

After knowing Li Kang for so many years, they had never seen Li Kang so angry.

Li Kang, who is angry, it is better not to offend the people in power in Jiaozhou. It's not just a joke.

As for the two elders among them, it is not surprising that they have not been called.

Whoever let the two elders sign a non-aggression contract with Su Qi'an, this thing has a high binding ability for the priest, especially if it is signed by the elder level, it is even more difficult to regret it.

Even if you forcibly tear up and send troops, I am afraid that in terms of contribution, it will be greatly reduced.

This operation seems to be a suppression of bandits, but it is actually a disappointment to Su Qi'an, which is also a warning.

Let him know what will happen if he offends Li Kang in Jiaozhou.

For Su Qi'an, the elder and the third elder are very interested, and they can't ask for such an opportunity to get in touch, so they just want to know about it.

Whoever let the only two elders who fought with Su Qi'an, after returning to the elder city, it was called a strict mouth, and he kept his mouth shut when he asked anything.

This opportunity is in front of us, and it is natural to seize it.

With the issuance of the order, less than a day later, the eldest elder and the third elder all arrived in the state capital.

The task of the three elders is to send troops to Xiacang County and change the state soldiers, but this change of defense only needs the natives under him, as for himself, it doesn't matter if he goes or not.

This time, there are not many people brought by the great patriarch, 10,000 natives, of which half are elite.

By the time they arrived in the state capital, five thousand state soldiers had already gathered in the city.

In fact, in one day, the subordinate counties have sent 5,000 soldiers to the state capital, and this time the state capital has a full 10,000 troops.

But in the face of the suppression of bandits, it is already very good to dispatch 5,000 soldiers, looking at the assembled 5,000 state soldiers, the elder and the third elder glanced at each other, and they could all see that Li Kang attached great importance to this suppression of bandits.

To be honest, saying that it is a bandit is actually a temptation for Su Qi'an.

After all, there are only a few hundred bandits, and where the state soldiers are used, even if the state soldiers are used, a few hundred people are enough.

But this time, not only the state soldiers were dispatched, but even their natives were also dispatched, a full 15,000 people, not to mention bandits, even in the face of Su Qi'an's Dongshan Army, they also had the strength to fight.

It depends on Su Qi'an's reaction in the name of suppressing bandits this time,