Chapter 385: The Great Army Besieges Zhou City
Earth-shattering voices converged with a strong momentum.
Coupled with the countless figures rushing up from all directions, the powerful *** made the powerful *** tremble with fright, and without any hesitation, they immediately ordered the guards to put down their weapons and surrender with their heads in their hands.
The darkness around them was instantly dispelled by the burning flames, and the soldiers armed with torches controlled the surrendering guards.
With the light, the *** magnates saw the figures rushing up, these people were all soldiers of the county town.
Although he was captured and looked at Huo Cheng as the leader, some *** scolded Huo Cheng angrily.
"Huo Cheng, you are so bold, you are rebelling! Aren't you afraid of being liquidated in the future! The Governor will not let you go."
"Hmph, reckoning? Who liquidates who doesn't know yet, don't worry, you are just an appetizer, and when the time comes, I will make a good place for you and leave it for Li Kang."
"What... What!" Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect Huo Cheng to be so bold.
But after thinking about it, Huo Cheng dared to take them down, it took so much effort, and naturally the target was not them.
"Huo Cheng, you..."
A few state city *** still wanted to say something, but Huo Cheng didn't have time to argue with them, so he waved his hand and took all these people down.
Then he said to several lieutenants, "Quickly lead the troops to attack, don't let Li Kang escape."
The lieutenant nodded and waved his hand, and more than 4,000 soldiers from the county followed him and went out of the city to pursue.
Huo Cheng did not return to the city, waited outside the city, and laid out heavy arrangements, in the end, it was for Li Kang, if Li Kang was allowed to escape, it would be endless troubles, and it would be worthy of Su Qi'an's entrustment.
Huo Cheng, who was waiting in place, thought about it, but he was still not very relieved, and chased out with a team of soldiers.
But the team walked for more than ten miles, and still didn't find any trace of the team, not even a trace of a fight.
Seeing this scene, Huo Cheng's heart sank, and a bad premonition emerged.
Huo Cheng didn't stop, and continued to speed up the progress, walking about two or three miles before he encountered a team of people.
This group of men and horses was the soldiers of the county town who were sent out to pursue before, and the soldiers led by them looked at Huo Cheng and hurriedly said, "Report to your lord, Li Kang is too cunning, we attacked for more than 20 miles, and we didn't see any trace of Li Kang at all, Chen Duwei was not reconciled, and took us to pursue for more than 20 miles, and finally caught up with the retreating state soldiers."
"We fought with it, but until we exterminated the group of state soldiers, we didn't find any trace of Li Kang, according to the prisoners, Li Kang was halfway down, and he opened the distance with the front team, and when the front team arrived in the county town, he had already returned with his soldiers and horses, and now he has mostly fled back to the state city."
Hearing the report of his subordinates, Huo Cheng's face was gloomy, he didn't blame his subordinates, he could only say that this Li Kang was too cunning, and he was really an old fox.
"My lord, what should we do next, Du Wei Chen and a few other Du Lieutenants, with the remaining soldiers, are temporarily stationed in a place twenty miles away from the state capital, and they will send me back to report back."
"Naturally, the whole army will gather and march towards the state city."
It was not Huo Cheng who opened his mouth, but Su Qi'an, Huo Cheng turned his head, and at some point, Su Qi'an chased out with his thousands of Dongshan troops.
"Meet Master Su." The crowd saluted.
"Master Hou, my subordinates have done a mess in this matter today, and I ask Master Hou to punish you." Huo Cheng saluted Su Qi'an and asked to punish him.
In order to lure Li Kang to dispatch, Su Qi'an did not hesitate to take 20,000 Dongshan troops, and stiffened the local state soldiers in front of Jiaojun, and even used himself as bait.
With thousands of people, he deliberately released the news that he was trapped in Yangliu County, all for Li Kang to get out of the city.
finally waited for Li Kang to leave the city, and saw that he was about to arrive in Yangliu County, but finally let him run.
It can be said that this layout fell short, which made Huo Cheng, who was in charge of the final finish, very guilty and asked Su Qi'an to punish him.
Su Qi'an waved his hand at this and said, "Huo Cheng, it doesn't have to be like this, it's not your fault, no one would have thought that Li Kang, an old fox, would be so cautious, if you really want to say something wrong, you can only blame me, I underestimated it."
Li Kang."
"It's good that Li Kang has been in charge of Jiaozhou for more than ten years, if he is taken by me so easily, then he is not worthy of controlling Jiaozhou."
"Okay, it's a foregone conclusion anyway, it's already happened, so let's just face it."
"I have already arranged for Yangliu County, leaving two thousand people to guard Li Kang's doglegs, and all the rest of the people are assembled and marching towards the state city."
"Don't worry, this operation is not just our county, I don't think it will be long before the Priest Alliance and the Dongshan Army will arrive in the state capital soon."
"At that time, with tens of thousands of troops in our hands, we will not be able to take the small state city, and Li Kang's position as the state pastor will be regarded as the end."
Huo Cheng nodded, cleaned up his mood, and then ordered, and took his men and horses to prepare to join Du Wei Chen.
At this time, Li Kang, who returned to the state city, had a pale face, which was angry.
Fortunately, he was cautious enough and had a keen sixth sense, and here he saved his life again.
Shortly after his order was issued, Li Kang thought about it, and for the sake of safety, he finally gave another order to retreat directly.
This retreat was after the two thousand state soldiers were broken, and he only evacuated in advance with a dozen henchmen around him.
The two sides maintained a distance of at least more than ten miles, and after he retreated more than twenty miles, someone chased after him, and there was no need to think that these people must be those who were in ambush.
Although there were 2,000 state soldiers who resisted after the break, Li Kang knew very well that the number of people who dared to attack and chase after them was definitely superior, and Li Kang couldn't care about it so much.
It was even more accelerated, running frantically, at that time, he couldn't wait for the wind in his legs, constantly waving the horsewhip, and whipping his crotch off the horse.
Under his desperate escape speed, he finally escaped back to the state city before the state soldiers were destroyed.
It can be said that this is the first time that Li Kang has been in charge of Jiaozhou for so many years, and there has been such an embarrassing scene.
When he returned to the state city, he didn't have to investigate much, and soon, news came.
Su Qi'an sent 5,000 troops towards him, and there were 30,000 troops each on the official road leading from the front line to the county town to the rear, as well as near the Yangliu county town, and their purpose was very clear, that is, the state city in the rear.
These armies are all indigenous armies, what does this mean, the alliance of priests, the county guards, these subordinates who were supposed to obey his orders, turned against him.
And it was under his nose that Su Qi'an rebelled quietly and unknowingly.
This is a complete slap in the face, good guy, 100,000 people, as a result, at least about seventy or eighty percent, fell to Su Qi'an, and gave him such a play.
Li Kang sat firmly in Diaoyutai and suddenly became similar to a single commander.
This makes Li Kang not angry, and he wants to kill.
The room was filled with Li Kang's angry roar, and the sound of teacups breaking from time to time sounded.
This kind of venting lasted for a cup of tea, and the sound and movement slowly subsided, and then Li Kang's inquiry sounded in the room.
"Is there any news from the state envoy?"
After a while, an officer who seemed to be in charge of liaison bowed over and whispered.
"Return... Back to my lord, according to the latest news we have received, the state envoy seems to be in the county of Jiao, lost... Missing, life and death unknown.".
This news only made Li Kang sigh heavily, as if he expected it.
Think about it, most of the troops in the county are natives of the priest alliance, and the priest alliance has turned back, and the state envoy's life can still be good? Most likely they were killed on the way.
A good deck of cards, now played by Li Kang, if he could have made a decision early and personally led the troops to dispatch directly, maybe there would not be such a thing as now.
Now Su Qi'an not only has the ability to fight with him, but also has the strength to enter Jiaozhou.
is unwilling to return, but this does not mean that Li Kang does not have the final hole card.
If he was killed by Su Qi'an like this, it would be too unserious to take him seriously.
Since Su Qi'an wants to fight him in a decisive battle, then Li Kang will fulfill him.
In the will
After venting his emotions, Li Kang stood up and gave several orders to his subordinates.
"First, the state city is on alert, and the 10,000 state soldiers in the city will act according to the arrangements of the state and all plans."
"Second, order the state soldiers of Xiacang and Chencang counties to immediately set off to support the state city."
"Three, give an order to the barbarian Heilu, as long as they can send troops to reinforce the state city, this state is willing to cede the two counties of Xiacang and Chencang."
"Fourth, if the above orders are violated, there will be no forgiveness."
The order was issued, which made everyone under his command tremble, and they could still understand one or two, after all, the state city was about to be besieged by Su Qi'an's tens of thousands of troops, and it was normal to ask for support.
But the third article in the back, somewhat humiliating and humiliating, the two counties of Xiacang and Chencang, but the northwest of Jiaozhou, defend the military town of Barbarian Heilu.
Once ceded, the northwest of the state city was basically without any defenses, and there was no long-distance drive into it.
Not only that, occupying these two counties, you can go north through Chencang and enter the boundary of Xizhou.
At that time, it can converge with the barbarian Heilu on the border of Xizhou, if the two sides are united.
Jiao and Xi's two states, basically they can be officially cut off by the barbarian Heilu.
If the barbarian Heilu takes this opportunity to strengthen its own development, most of the future Jiao and Western states may be invaded.
This kind of cession and begging for help, to put it bluntly, is to drink to quench your thirst, even if Su Qi'an is defeated, the barbarian Heilu behind them can feel better.
Lead a wolf and a tiger, they all understand this truth, and Li Kang may not understand.
But as subordinates, they only have orders to carry out, and they can't resist.
If they refused, Li Kang's fourth order was prepared for them.
The crowd could only nod their heads and obey, return to their posts, write down the order, tie it to the pigeon's leg, and their eyes flash, and finally release it.
"Jiaozhou is destined to be a disaster! It's up to whoever can calm down."
Everyone sighed in their hearts, and at this moment, suddenly, the bell on the city tower made a violent crashing sound.
Listen to the number of sounds, eighteen rings, this is a sign of the siege of the great army.
Everyone hurriedly ran towards the city wall, and looked, at this time, below the state city, tens of thousands of people, standing in battle, holding torches, seemed to be the rhythm of the siege.
Su Qi'an's army is here!