Chapter 386: Invitation to the city
Eighteen sounds shook the entire state city, and the patrolling state soldiers on the city wall were instantly in place, looking at the mighty army under the city with a wary expression.
At a glance, there were at least sixty or seventy thousand people in the city, armed with torches, arranged according to their respective camps.
Looking at their appearance, it seems that a large army is about to besiege the city, and it is the first time that Jiaozhou City has been besieged by such a huge army for so many years, and the situation can be described as extremely urgent.
As a soldier of the state city, those who can stay here are not only Li Kang's henchmen, but their loyalty is self-evident, and they are all a group of veterans who have experienced a hundred battles.
Several times more than their forces besieged the city, even if the situation was dangerous, they did not retreat for half a minute, their eyes returned to their respective positions with serious eyes, and the arrows that emitted cold glow, aimed at the figures below, ready to counterattack at any time.
As the bell on the city tower rang, Li Kang, the ruler of Jiaozhou, came to the city wall with his soldiers.
Looking at such a huge army under the city, Li Kang did not have the slightest fear, but with a strong anger, he shouted to everyone in the city through the heralds.
"Su Qi'an, Benzhou really underestimates you, and you have the ability to turn these people against you, you do have the ability, Benzhou admires it."
"But a few elders, county guards, do you dare to rebel against the water, have you forgotten that your children are still in the hands of this state?" ap.
"Hmph, you betrayed the court and followed Su Qi'an to rebel, you should be punished for your crimes, come here, bring their children one by one, and Benzhou wants them to watch their children die before they play."
Li Kang's face was cold, he had to be ruthless when dealing with these anti-water people, and after so many years, these protons and hostages should also play a role.
Li Kang's order was issued, but the imaginable proton and hostage girl did not appear as escorted, which made Li Kang stunned for a moment, and was just about to ask his subordinates.
Su Qi'an's voice sounded, "Is this what Lord Governor is talking about? I'm afraid that this time, I will disappoint the state pastor."
Su Qi'an clapped his hands, in the rear of tens of thousands of troops, there was a group of figures protected by soldiers, and if you looked closely, these people were the children of the elders and county guards.
This scene shocked Li Kang, and before declaring war with Su Qi'an, in order to prevent Su Qi'an from sending people to lurk into the city in advance and rob these protons and hostages.
Li Kang had already made arrangements for them, not only did he move and hide in advance, except for him, there were only a few henchmen who knew the location, and at the same time, without his warrant, no one would want to leave the city.
Li Kang still knew about Su Qi'an, so he didn't search like the Qingcheng County Guard.
He knew that it was better to be sparse, and instead of mobilizing a large number of soldiers and horses and searching from house to house, it was better to default to the lurking personnel entering the city, but the city of Kezhou was so close, it would be difficult to figure it out.
Without his warrant, no one, even a state and city official or magnate, is qualified to leave the city, so it can be said that he only recognizes the warrant and does not recognize anyone.
It stands to reason that under his tight defense, it is impossible for the lurkers arranged by Su Qi'an to leave the state city easily.
Li Kang's eyes turned quickly, and he quickly thought of something, and asked, "Honshu asks you, how many people left the city with Honshu's warrant before leaving the city."
Li Kang's voice was cold, and he said the wrong thing, and immediately his head fell to the ground, and his frightened subordinates hurriedly said.
"Back to my lord, except for a few adults and the patriarch of the big family who left the city with your hand, there is no one else, oh, by the way, there is a group of people, I don't know them, but there is your warrant, they said that they were ordered by the state envoy and needed to go out of the city to investigate, now that I think about it, this group of people should be Su Qi'an's hidden personnel."
As soon as these words came out, Li Kang's face was indifferent, and two thoughts immediately flashed in his mind.
First, this group of Su Qi'an's lurkers, playing the order of the state envoy, got the hand card out of nowhere, and deliberately splashed dirty water on the head of the state envoy.
The second is that the state envoy and Su Qi'an are in the same group.
Compared with who is closer to the truth, Li Kang is more inclined to the former, the state envoy has been with him for more than ten years, and it is not an exaggeration to be the earliest confidant, if he wants to turn against the water, in the past ten years, I don't know how many opportunities there are.
There is no need to turn back on the water until now, and there is no need to cooperate with Su Qi'an, saying that the state envoy is a person installed by Su Qi'an.
This is even more impossible, more than ten years ago, Su Qi'an was just a little showman in Xizhou who didn't know anything, how could he arrange people to Jiaozhou, if he really had this ability, he would not flee Xizhou in embarrassment.
There is no time for Li Kang to think about this right now, things have already happened, and it is impossible to stop them.
The robbery of these protons and hostages really shocked Li Kang, but Li Kang had more than one hole card in his hand.
As long as the next few hole cards take effect, these anti-water guys, when Li Kang solves Su Qi'an, there is a chance to deal with them.
Compared with Li Kang's shock, Su Qi'an breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was able to make these people turn back, Su Qi'an began to plan to infiltrate the state city a year ago to rescue the proton and hostage.
This time the infiltrators were naturally handed over to Tong Zhan and his special combat team.
Entering the state city this time, the number of people should not be large, but fine, and Jiaozhou City has been operated by Li Kang for so long, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration.
Therefore, this time when he lurked into the city, Su Qi'an did not ask for a quick solution, but lurked cautiously, just like ordinary people, living in the state city normally every day.
During this period, he basically cut off all contact with Su Qi'an, in order to ensure their safety.
This kind of disconnection lasted for a whole year, until not long ago, the special combat team sent information through an informant, and the location of the proton and the hostage girl was clarified, just waiting for Su Qi'an to declare war on Li Kang, they could take action at any time.
After a year of preparation, what I was waiting for was this sentence, only by rescuing these protons and hostages could Su Qi'an have the confidence to really let the patriarchs and county guards turn against the water.
Fortunately, in the end, Tong Zhan successfully completed the task, and was able to let the Priest Alliance, the five major counties guard the water, and tens of thousands of troops converged to besiege Jiaozhou City.
For so many years, Jiaozhou City was besieged by them for the first time, which made several veterans and county guards quite excited.
shouted at Li Kang on the city wall.
"Li Kang, as the governor of Jiaozhou, you have been in charge of Jiaozhou for more than ten years, but the people of Jiaozhou are angry and resentful under your rule, and you pretend to be appointed by the so-called imperial court to exercise independent rule in Jiaozhou, trying to divide one side, and a state pastor like you is the real betrayal of the court and a traitor!"
"That's right, Li Kang is now a stranger, and you are not just arrested, for the sake of your surrender, I can also save your entire corpse, if you are stubborn. Continue to resist, and our army will definitely set foot on Jiaozhou City completely under the leadership of Su Houye!"
Looking at the scolding of the elder of the city and the county guard of Jiaojun, Li Kang laughed instead of anger.
Thinking about these people, they dared not speak out against him before, and they were quite cautious, but now, with Su Qi'an as a backer, he looks like a villain, and what he says is called a righteous and awe-inspiring.
Li Kang didn't care about these people's clamor at all, in his eyes, these people were just a group of clowns who jumped off the beam, and only Su Qi'an was qualified to enter his eyes.
Li Kang stood on the city wall, looked at Su Qi'an, and suddenly sneered.
"Hmph, Su Qi'an, you have such a ability, you do have the right to challenge this state, you don't mean that this state is rebellious, haha, this state will tell you the truth."
"Before you set out to besiege the city of Zhouzhou, Honzhou had already issued orders to the two counties of Xiacang and Chencang, asking them to lead the army to quickly reinforce them."
"Hmph, Li Kang, do you really think that relying on the reinforcements from the two counties, you can resist the footsteps of our nearly 80,000 troops, and now call reinforcements, is it too late?" The three elders spoke sarcastically.
"Hehe, why are the three elders in such a hurry? This time, there are more than two counties of reinforcements, and at the same time, there are also barbarian Heilu, I think the state soldiers of Xiacang County are withdrawn, and there should be no obstacle to the barbarian Heilu, and they can drive straight in."
"Although the strength of Jiaozhou City is not much, with the defense of the state city, it should not be a problem to drag it until the barbarian Heilu enters Jiaozhou."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed greatly, and many people spoke directly, angrily accusing Li Kang of being a madman.
For many years, Xiacang County has been a military town to resist the barbarian Heilu, and for so many years, the barbarian Heilu has never been able to break through to Jiaozhou, in addition to having 20,000 state soldiers guarding it all year round, it is more of Xiacang County's unique geographical location.
It can be said that one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open, but Li Kang ordered that Xiacang and Chencang withdraw their troops, which is tantamount to giving barbarians a black
Lu opened a gate, and now, the barbarian Heilu is like a no-man's land, and he can invade Jiaozhou at will.
Even if they return to help in time, the barbarian Heilu can completely occupy Xiacang and Chencang and resist negatively.
What was once a front-line stronghold to resist has now become a threat to them that they cannot move forward.
If the barbarian Heilu really invades Jiaozhou unscrupulously, the entire Jiaozhou will be completely chaotic, not only Jiaozhou, but also through Chencang County, which is likely to affect Xizhou.
Li Kang's move can not be described as ruthless, completely under the idea of ending up together, this is not a madman.
Compared with the worries of the patriarch and the county guard, Su Qi'an seemed much calmer, he looked at Li Kang indifferently, and said coldly.
"Lord Zhou Mu dares to say this, presumably not just to show off, let's say, Li Kang, what do you want."
Li Kang laughed and nodded, "Haha, Benzhou likes to talk to smart people, happy, Benzhou has no other conditions, I want Suhou to enter the city for a while."
"Hmph, Su Hou has always wanted to lure Benzhou out of the city before, and now it's Benzhou's turn to invite Suhou into the city to catch up with the past."
As soon as Li Kang's words came out, the people around Su Qi'an immediately spoke out against it, and everyone could see that this entry into the city was a proper Hongmen banquet, just to lure Su Qi'an into the city, and then kill him.
Everyone objected, and no one wanted to see Su Qi'an take risks, but Su Qi'an shook his head and said.
"Everyone's kindness, I understand it, but those who know me know that I have to enter this city, not to mention for the people in the city, but also to understand Li Kang."
"Hmph, don't worry, Li Kang is not so stupid, he dared to do it directly to me in the state city, just to send him on the road, the person who wanted to kill me was not born."
After saying this, Su Qi'an rode towards the city gate, and at the same time, Su Yong gave an order, "A group, follow me into the city!"
The Dongshan Army, which exuded an astonishing momentum of more than 3,000 people, followed Su Qi'an in a mighty manner, and that kind of killing momentum, even if it was far away, still made people feel frightened.