But this trip to Nanzhou has to deal with some messes in Jiaozhou.

Hearing that Su Qi'an agreed, Xie Cang was quite happy, and he came to Jiaozhou to support, just to invite Su Qi'an to go to Nanzhou.

As for when to leave, Gu Hua said before coming that everything would be arranged according to Su Qi'an's schedule.

Next, it's a big deal that Xie Cang stays for a while, and the Nanzhou soldiers also need to rest.

Of course, it is impossible for the 50,000 troops to stay in Jiaozhou all the time, Xie Cang has thought about it, stay in Jiaozhou for ten days and half a month, and then let the Nanzhou soldiers return, and Jiaozhou will only leave his Split Mountain Army.

There is a Split Mountain Army in Jiaozhou, and with the Dongshan Army owned by Su Qi'an itself, hundreds of courage have been given to the local families and elders in Jiaozhou, and they dare not be reckless.

Before Xie Cang entered the city, not only Su Qi'an paid attention to the Split Mountain Army under him, but he also noticed the Dongshan Army that maintained law and order in the city.

Back in the day, when Su Qi'an was crowned uncle, he took Dongshan as his name, and in just three years, Su Qi'an not only became a marquis, but also had his own army.

The hardships involved, even if Su Qi'an had a brief chat with him in the correspondence, he could feel Su Qi'an's hardships for several years.

Not to mention Su Qi'an, he himself came up step by step from the bottom of the military with his military exploits, even if Su Qi'an brushed it off, Xie Cang could empathize.

This Dongshan Army, from Xie Cang's point of view, is quite good, different from other armies in Daliang, and different from the Split Mountain Army.

In addition to feeling a strong momentum, Xie Cang also found that the soldiers of the Dongshan Army had a kind of high spirit.

The energy is very strong, which makes Xie Cang quite concerned, there is such a thing as spirit and spirit, the Daliang army is not nothing, basically as long as it is an army, after mobilization before the war, it has a little bit of good energy.

But it is also said that this kind of momentum is only in wartime, and in normal times, it would be good to be in half the wartime state.

But Su Qi'an's Dongshan Army not only maintains a high fighting spirit in peacetime, but also has a proud smile on everyone's face, which means that they are proud to be a soldier of the Dongshan Army.

This is something that can't be seen in any army in Da Liang, even if it is the Split Mountain Army in his hand, only half of the people have this feeling.

After all, he is a veteran, he has experienced a lot of things, and he has been under his hands for a long time, so he naturally knows how he governs the army and how he takes the lead.

It's absolutely impossible to be like a recruit, but this Dongshan army has done it, don't look at it as a trivial matter.

However, only senior generals who have led troops all year round will understand how important it is for the whole army to have such a proud momentum from top to bottom.

There is no need to pull it out to discuss, Xie Cang can feel the strength of the Dongshan Army.

Su Qi'an is a talent, he has always thought so, but now it seems that he still underestimates him.

This kind of momentum that can be proud from the bottom of his heart from top to bottom, Xie Cang naturally will not let go, and has been asking Su Qi'an the secret of leading the troops.

But Su Qi'an pretended to smile mysteriously at this time and said, "Stay in Jiaozhou for a while and you will understand, it just so happens that I have a big thing to do tomorrow, you can take a look, maybe it will give you some inspiration." Look at the book

Although Xie Cang's heart was tickled, Su Qi'an said so, and he didn't say anything.

The next time is for the two to catch up, and later, there are not only two people in the room, but also Tong Zhan, Su Yong, Song Biao, Er Meng and some other veterans of the Dongshan Army who have followed Su Qi'an for a long time.

Gathered together, everyone drank directly in a big bowl, and the sound of the wine bowls colliding, mixed with the noise that broke out from time to time, spread in the room, and the atmosphere was quite lively.

Lively is lively, but everyone strictly abides by the iron law set by Su Qi'an before drinking, and they can vent wantonly, but they must sober up in time.

This night, the lights in the room on the top floor were never extinguished, and the sky was bright for a while.

When Xie Cang woke up in a daze, Su Qi'an and the others, who had been drinking happily with him last night, got up early.

Not only that, they were dressed in black, with serious expressions, and a white cloth hanging from their right arm.

This scene, Xie Cang instantly understood, this is the standard for funerals, and it is here

When Xie Cang got up, a low horn sounded outside the house.

The voice was long, but it was very sad, looking at Xie Cang who woke up, Su Qi'an stepped forward, put a roll of white cloth on Xie Cang's right arm, and said softly, "Brother Xie, we can go."

Looking at the people gathered in the room, Xie Cang somewhat understood why Su Qi'an gave the order last night, and his generals should sober up in advance, it turned out to be for today's day.

As the door opened, everyone walked out of the room, and every soldier was greeted with a white cloth hanging on his right side with a solemn expression, even the indigenous army outside the city.

Looking at it, at this time, under the city wall, the eyes are full of corpses covered with a white cloth, and there is no end in sight.

Su Qi'an stepped forward, stood on the city wall, and through the heralds, his words reached the ears of every soldier.

Xie Cang, Tong Zhan and the others retreated to the side, listening to Su Qi'an's speech in their ears, and behind them was Tong Zhan explaining something to Xie Cang.

It turns out that today's major event is to commemorate all the soldiers who died in this siege, and the soldiers who died this time, regardless of whether they were Dongshan Army, militia, or indigenous army, as long as they were killed, they not only won the title of hero.

All of them are buried in the cemetery of the fallen heroes, and not only that, as long as the fallen soldiers have family members, they will receive different hero pensions according to their positions and ranks.

If there are children and elderly people in the family, the children will be taught free of charge by the local county school, and the elderly will be supported by the villages, townships and towns in their respective charges.

Even the local county order will regularly visit the townships and villages to see if the policy formulated by Su Qi'an has been implemented, and if it is not implemented, the local county order will be severely punished.

At first, it was very difficult to promote this system, and Su Qi'an's strength was not very strong at the beginning, and he only governed Tucheng County, but with the expansion of power.

owning a county, and even defeating Li Kang and becoming the actual ruler of Jiaozhou, those who oppose him are basically silent.

The main reason is that Su Qi'an leads by example and personally does pilot promotion in Qingcheng County, although the responsibility of the county order is heavy, but if the quarterly assessment meets the standard, the local county order will be greatly rewarded.

Su Qi'an will give priority to the promotion of these model county orders according to their performance.

Of course, it is not directly promoted to the county guard, after all, there is only one county guard, but between the county order and the county guard, there are also many official positions, and even if these official positions are raised by half a step, these county orders are rushed.

Moreover, after being promoted, Yulu will be promoted, and food will also be rewarded, which is real.

Of course, if you want to be promoted, it is not that simple, you must strictly follow the policies formulated by Su Qi'an.

Although it is strict, at least you can see hope, not like when Li Kang was in power, no matter how good you do, as long as you don't please the superior county guard, you will be a county order for the rest of your life, and even demotion is not impossible.

As soon as Su Qi'an came, he immediately took down all the county orders, thousands of household chiefs, and lieutenant chiefs who did not act as corpses.

Now the people who can take the position in Qingcheng County are all capable people, as for the garbage that has been taken down, they will naturally secretly sabotage and resist.

But under the tyrannical methods of the Dongshan Army, these people are just mantis arms as a car, and they will kill themselves.

It is precisely because Qingcheng County has taken a good lead that other counties are quite envious, and they didn't dare to speak out because they were afraid of Li Kang's power, but now, Su Qi'an is in power, and anyone who wants to disobey his orders will not end well.

No matter where you are, whoever has the biggest fist is the boss, this is a constant truth since ancient times.

Hearing Tong Zhan's story, Xie Cang's heart was shocked, and it could be said that he was shocked.

It's not that it's unusual to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, but like Su Qi'an, not only gave the fallen soldiers enough dignity, but even took good care of their families.

It is said that there are eight cemeteries of fallen heroes in Qingcheng County alone, and every once in a while, the county order will send people to take the children in the city to pay homage to these fallen soldiers.

Even in the academy, in addition to the various sage books necessary for the imperial examination system, the knowledge they learned also added the subject of learning the heroic deeds of the fallen soldiers.

Treating the fallen soldiers in this way is no longer about treating them as human beings, but as offerings

Finish.

Even Xie Cang, who has always governed the army strictly and loves soldiers like a son, is really ashamed compared to Su Qi'an.

This is not just a change in an army, but a kind of support from the inside out, the people under its jurisdiction, this is a reform.

It's no wonder that everyone is proud to join the Dongshan Army, and if Xie Cang is a local, he is willing to be one of them.

It is difficult not to respect and like such an army supported by the whole people.

The memorial ceremony continued, but Xie Cang no longer had the curiosity he had before, standing in place, feeling the shock in front of him.

It wasn't until the end of the memorial service, when the fallen soldiers were taken away and ready to be buried in the hero's cemetery, that Xie Cang came back to his senses.

No wonder during this trip to Jiaozhou, Nanzhou Mu Guhua tried his best to want Xie Cang to stay for a while longer, and left him with a meaningful smile.

Now it seems that Xie Cang has come to the right place.

This memorial service to bury the fallen heroes lasted for a long time, most of the day.

The vast majority of people in Jiaozhou City went, and only Xie Cang and his Split Mountain Army sat in Jiaozhou City.

Taking advantage of Su Qi'an's absence, Xie Cang took people to walk in Jiaozhou City.

There are still people in the city, and there are also the Dongshan troops who stayed behind, although after yesterday's battle, there were many losses in the city.

But in the dilapidated houses and ruins in the city, the figure of the Dongshan Army is always indispensable.

The scenes brought new feelings to Xie Cang, he didn't have words, he just became a bystander, watching silently, in his heart, there were some different changes to Su Qi'an, in addition to admiration, more respect.

With the passage of time, Su Qi'an and the others finally returned to the city, and simply said hello to Xie Cang, and Su Qi'an quickly entered the city with people.

Xie Cang knew that the next time would be enough for Su Qi'an to be busy, and he only needed to take care of the city's defense for Su Qi'an, and if necessary, he would take his subordinates to crack the mountain army and cooperate with Su Qi'an's actions.

He had a hunch that there were still a lot of bad things waiting for Su Qi'an in Jiaozhou this time.

But Xie Cang has an inexplicable trust in his heart, after the change of power in Jiaozhou, he believes that the stabilized Jiaozhou will definitely have better development.