Su Qi'an, Su Fengling and the others stood on Jiaozhou City, looking into the distance, and in their patient waiting, there was a faint flash of fire in the darkness ahead.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of soldiers rode military horses, quickly approaching, and behind the cavalry, infantry armed with halberds and shields came with a momentum.

There are more than 10,000 of these people, and they are very imposing, and at the front, a big flag is fluttering, and the two big characters of Cracked Mountain are written on it in white font.

Looking at the familiar army, Su Qi'an immediately led people down to the city tower and greeted them at the city gate.

After a while, Xie Cang arrived at Jiaozhou City with his Split Mountain Army, he immediately turned over and dismounted, and saw Su Qi'an in the crowd at a glance.

His face was excited, and he hugged him, Su Qi'an was also very excited, and the two hugged each other for a long time before separating.

Xie Cang looked Su Qi'an up and down, and laughed, "Haha, Brother Su, you and I haven't seen each other for three years, I didn't expect to meet in Jiaozhou, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"I haven't seen you for three years, Brother Xie's demeanor is still the same, your reorganized Split Mountain Army is completely different from three years ago, no wonder you can sweep Nanzhou, when I see it today, Su admires."

Xie Cang's arrival made Su Qi'an very excited, and he could almost see at a glance the extraordinary nature of the Splitting Mountain Army behind him.

Not only the increase in personnel, but also the weapons and armor in the hands are qualitative changes.

Not only did the number of cavalry increase, but the heavy infantry increased dramatically, and behind the army, heavy ballista and siege engines were lined up neatly.

The strength of the whole army definitely exceeded 10,000 people, and in addition to the fierce aura exuded by them, they also had a battle-hardened atmosphere.

Su Qi'an just glanced at it, and he could conclude that the strength of this reorganized Split Mountain Army was not as good as that of the Dongshan Army.

As soon as the two meet, it's called an eagerness, if it weren't for Tong Zhan's reminder, this is not a place to catch up, maybe the two will continue to talk.

Looking at his former subordinate Tong Zhan, Xie Cang sighed, patted his shoulder and said, "Tong Zhan, it's been okay in the past few years."

"All the blessings of the Hou Ye, my subordinates have learned a lot by my husband's side."

"Haha, yes, yes, Ben Hou sent you to Brother Su back then, it seems to be right,"

"Go, go, go, enter the city, enter the city."

Xie Cang waved his hand and took the lead into the city with Su Qi'an, followed by the Split Mountain Army behind him.

"In the past three years, Brother Xie should have experienced a lot, and his temperament has changed a lot." Feeling Xie Cang's heroism, Su Qi'an sighed in his heart.

But after thinking about it, let alone Xie Cang, even himself, isn't it the same, from the cautious little Xiucai at the beginning, now he has become the Dongshan Marquis of the Weizhen side.

Time can change a lot, but it can't change their heart.

This time when she entered the city, Su Fengling did not appear, and when Su Qi'an was strange, a subordinate came to bring a message, saying that His Royal Highness the Ninth had rested, and the next matter would be handed over to Su Qi'an to deal with.

These words made Su Qi'an stunned, but he was a little more grateful in his heart, His Royal Highness the Ninth did not show up at this time, firstly, he did not want to disturb the old memories between him and Xie Cang.

The second is that he doesn't want to put pressure on Su Qi'an, which is equivalent to delegating power to let Su Qi'an handle all the affairs of Jiaozhou City, and affirming that Su Qi'an is the actual person in charge of Jiaozhou.

His Royal Highness Nine is a child of the royal family, and in the Daliang states, they all have exclusive privileges, which have advantages and disadvantages.

The beneficial side saw that all of Su Qi'an's actions, including declaring war on Li Kang, were supported by His Royal Highness the Nine, and he could boldly let it go.

On the disadvantage, if His Royal Highness the Ninth makes many appearances and criticizes, it is likely that some people will fold His Majesty and say that His Royal Highness the Ninth has been involved in local affairs many times, so as to stimulate the contradictions between the local and the imperial family.

Da Liang is not the Great Liang of the founding of the country, and there are contradictions between the local government and the royal family, especially after so many years, the collusion between local families and local officials has reached the point where it is difficult to return.

There are more and more contradictions with the royal family, and today's royal family is not capable of eradicating the intertwined local situation, so sometimes the royal family's children visit, most of them are secret, and they will intervene only as a last resort.

In Jiaozhou, fortunately, there is such a special marquis as Su Qi'an, without him coming forward, if you want to eradicate the cancer of Li Kang, it is difficult to do it with the ninth princess alone.

Therefore, after the Jiaozhou war ended, the ninth princess should not come forward, she would not come forward.

She believes that Su Qi'an can clean up the chaos in Jiaozhou.

With the arrival of Xie Cang, tens of thousands of indigenous troops in Jiaozhou City have withdrawn from Jiaozhou City and stationed outside the city.

The defense and security in the city were all handed over to Su Qi'an's Dongshan Army and Xie Cang's Split Mountain Army.

The three patriarchs had no opinion on this resolution, and withdrew from Jiaozhou City with their troops.

As soon as the three elders were stationed outside the city with their indigenous troops, the three elders complained a little.

"Li Kang's defeat, the first credit is that Marquis Su is right, but Marquis Su drove us out of the city, isn't it too much to do this."

"That's right, what the third brother said is reasonable, this counteroffensive, to say that the biggest contribution is still our indigenous army, if it were not for our containment, Su Hou Ye could take Li Kang so quickly? Now as soon as the Split Mountain Army comes, they treat us as outsiders, which is somewhat ruthless, this Split Mountain Army is a Nanzhou soldier, and people from other states come to meddle in the affairs of Jiaozhou, this..."

The elder on the side took the words of the three elders and expressed his opinion, but in the end, it came to an abrupt end.

But what does he mean, obviously, there is a suspicion of agitation, and it is also to put pressure on the binary elders who have been silent.

As long as the two elders are on their side, I am afraid that the war that ends tonight will not end so easily.

But this time, the two of them were going to be disappointed, and the two elders, who had been silent for a long time, spoke at this time.

"I advise the two of you to be more aware of current affairs, since you are counterattacking Li Kang and standing on the side of Marquis Su, you must not have other thoughts."

"The time before the Split Mountain Army came, but it was the best time, you didn't do it at that time, and now that Lingdong Hou is here, you have other thoughts, and it is not this way to die if you want to die."

"In the end, don't blame me for not reminding you, during the time of waiting, Su Hou Ye was probably ready to make a move, but unfortunately you don't have the guts, now, don't pull me if you want to die."

The outspokenness of the two elders did not make the two elders angry, but showed surprise on their faces.

After being stunned for a long time, they came back to their senses for a long time, they wanted to ask and continue to ask the two elders, but they looked at them with their eyes closed and looked unreasonable.

The two didn't ask, they looked at each other, and they both saw a fear in each other's hearts.

They are not stupid, if they really follow what the two elders said, fortunately they didn't do it just now, if they really make trouble, I'm afraid it is really them who die.

They were guarding against Su Qi'an, how could Su Qi'an be defenseless against them.

It depends on who couldn't bear it just now, was blinded by lard, and took the lead.

Fortunately, they endured it, and in retrospect, His Royal Highness the Ninth was still in the state city and did not leave, was this a subtle support for Su Qi'an, believing that Su Qi'an was the lord of Jiaozhou?

Thinking of this, both of them had wet backs, and they were secretly glad that they knew the times.

At the same time, in a room on the top floor of the state capital, Xie Cang stood by the window and looked into the distance, and from the direction he looked, he could just see the indigenous army stationed outside the city.

Xie Cang looked at it for a while, retracted his gaze, and said with a smile, "Brother Su, it seems that you are quite intimidating in Jiaozhou, this indigenous army really has the intention of making a move, it seems that there is no need for the Split Mountain Army to come out this time."

"Count them as knowledgeable about current affairs." Su Qi'an said with a smile.

Although with a smile, but the words had a coldness, Xie Cang stepped forward, glanced at Su Qi'an seriously, and said.

"Brother Su, you have worked hard in the past three years, and I can't help with the affairs of Xizhou, but this time, if there is a need, just ask, I will definitely lead the army to the battle."

Looking at Xie Cang with a sincere face, Su Qi'an smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Hehe, if Brother Xie goes out," I'm afraid that Xizhou will be leveled, and most of the Nanzhou pastors will settle accounts with me at that time."

"Alas, this is a bad word, Master Gu, I'll go and say, don't worry, don't say anything else, when the time comes, go back and the Split Mountain Army will transfer it."

You use it." Xie Cang shook his head and said.

"Brother Xie's kindness, I understand it, but I want to solve the matter in Xizhou by myself, so I won't trouble you."

"But..."

Xie Cang wanted to continue, but was stopped by Su Qi'an, and looked at Xie Cang and said seriously.

"Tang Feng is targeting me, if I drag you in, even if you are sent back to Xizhou, you will be implicated, and having said that, Li Kang has been solved by me, can I not deal with Tang Feng with my strength?"

"Okay, okay, put this aside in advance, there are still a lot of things to deal with in Jiaozhou now, and I won't be in a hurry to return to Xizhou for a while, and I'll talk about this later."

"By the way, you told me in the letter that you have something important to discuss with me in this military dispatch, and you have to meet to say what makes you so cautious."

As Su Qi'an diverted the conversation, Xie Cang also knew that there were some things, once Su Qi'an decided, it would be difficult to change it, and he also understood that Su Qi'an did it for their good.

At present, he can only put this matter aside, Xie Cang collected his mood and said to Su Qi'an.

"Brother Su, this time I was ordered to support *** state, in addition to getting an order from Lord Gu, there is another matter, Lord Gu asked me, I hope that Brother Su can go to Nanzhou after dealing with the affairs of Jiaozhou, Lord Gu wants to see you."

Su Qi'an was a little surprised by this request, to be honest, Su Qi'an didn't know much about this Nanzhou Mu Guhua.

Even the ninth princess doesn't know, the only one who knows that this person is very prestigious in Nanzhou, and he is very loyal to the Daliang royal family.

It is not clear how much water there is in this faithfulness.

I thought that Xie Cangzhi *** state, this Nanzhou pastor might ask for some excessive things afterwards, such as ceding a part of the land, or compensating some economy.

Su Qi'an was ready to negotiate, but Xie Cang brought only one request, let Su Qi'an go to Nanzhou, Gu Hua wanted to see him, and then there was no other request.

This proposal, and the former that Su Qi'an thought, was too easy.

Although he didn't know what this Nanzhou Mu had in mind, Xie Cang admired this person very much, and he was a student of Chu Guogong back then.

Even if this person can disguise and be ambitious, compared with Li Kang, his temperament should not be much worse.

After thinking about it, Su Qi'an still agreed to go on this trip to Nanzhou.