Shimokura County, the county guard's mansion.

A large group of people sat together, these people were all big names in Jiaozhou, there were high-level officials in Jiaozhou, and there were army generals.

Huo Cheng, Huang Wenyan, Wu Yong, Su Yong, and Song Biao were among them, and among them was Su Qi'an, who returned from Yuezhou.

Seeing Su Qi'an, everyone was very excited, they are now the mainstay of Jiaozhou, but Su Qi'an has always been their backbone.

Now that they see Su Qi'an returning, everyone's tense hearts are a little more relaxed, and they have some confidence in their hearts.

Looking at the old acquaintance in front of him, Su Qi'an smiled and said, "Hehe, I really didn't look away, it's still good to hand over Jiaozhou to you."

"Look, you've lost a lot of weight in a month or so."

Su Qi'an's joke can be regarded as dissolving the tense and serious atmosphere present.

"Sir, don't make fun of us, you are not here during this time, but we are tired, and those black barbarians don't know where they learned that you left Jiaozhou, and they actually gathered 50,000 troops and stormed Xiacang County, but fortunately, we reacted quickly and stabilized the position."

"Now that the gentleman is back, I can finally beat up these guys who don't know the height of the sky."

"That's right, there's a gentleman, and it's our turn to fight back."

I don't know who raised it, and most of the people in the mansion shouted.

This is not their arrogance, in the stalemate with the barbarian Heilu for half a month, don't look at them with 50,000 troops, they have the momentum to conquer Xiacang County.

But they were not vain, 20,000 soldiers and horses from the first and second divisions of the state soldiers in their hands gathered, and the three elders of the priest alliance helped each other.

This time, the Priest Alliance was supported by the two elders with troops, and 30,000 elites were directly drawn from the Priest Alliance.

Now the strength of the two sides is basically equal, and the battle fought half a month ago, and they were a little caught off guard and suffered a small loss.

But here, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses gathered in the six counties of Xiacang County, and the logistics in the rear are constantly transporting grain and grass.

In the last battle of Jiaozhou, they did not consume too much grain and grass, plus tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass collected from Li Kang's warehouse.

This time with these barbarian Heilu, it took him a month, which was more than enough.

It can be said that everything is ready and troops can be dispatched at any time, and this time their backbone, Su Qi'an, is also back, this is their east wind.

In the face of these barbarian Heilu, there will definitely be no one-to-one battle damage, and the shame of sneak attacks will be washed away by saying anything.

Seeing the anger of everyone, Su Qi'an waved his hands, and his high voice suddenly became a lot smaller.

He didn't answer everyone's words, his gaze swept and fell on the two elders who were standing aside, in an inconspicuous position.

He smiled and said, "Second Elder, we haven't seen each other for a month, why are we so angry? This is not in keeping with the identity of the two elders of the house."

Su Qi'an's joke made the two elders step forward with a smile, looking at Su Qi'an's eyes, with a little admiration.

Although he is much older than Su Qi'an in terms of age, Su Qi'an is much smarter than them in managing the boundaries of Jiaozhou.

The reason why he changed his previous attitude towards Su Qi'an was not just because he fought with Su Qi'an.

The main thing is that Su Qi'an's promises to them have been fulfilled one by one.

After overthrowing Li Kang, Su Qi'an promised that their territory would not change in any way and continue to maintain their previous high degree of autonomy.

Moreover, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the natives, Su Qi'an even sent some of the elites of the Dongshan Army to serve as instructors and guide them in military training.

They even provided a large number of weapons and equipment for free, and in a month, under the training of the Dongshan Army, the strength of the natives under them increased rapidly.

Like before, they didn't know a single big word, and they didn't know any tactics and tactics, but later they could perform simple tactical cooperation.

Don't look at these as nothing, but for the natives, the strength has increased greatly, and those natives who have become Jiaozhou soldiers.

Su Qi'an even allowed them to return to the indigenous army, and gave what he had learned to these natives without reservation.

It can be said that

With the addition of these real elites, their combat effectiveness continues to rise.

Half a month ago, I fought against Barbarian Heilu, and everything was verified.

In the past, when they encountered the Barbarian Heilu, it was basically a one-sided slaughter, but now, at least they can use tactics to catch the Barbarian Heilu by surprise.

This gave the two elders a rather big surprise, the shadow brought to them by the barbarian Heilu was too great.

Well, now, although from a one-on-one perspective, it is still not a barbarian opponent, but at least I can see the hope of victory, not as before, no hope.

This is also an important reason why the two elders led troops to support as soon as they heard that there was a war in Xiacang County.

Su Qi'an's generosity, the two elders naturally know how to repay the favor, which can be regarded as taking what each side needs.

As for such an unreserved giving, the combat effectiveness of the natives has become stronger, will it pose a threat to Su Qi'an in the future, and will the priest alliance have changed their hearts because of their strength.

These, I believe that with the wisdom of the three patriarchs, they should know how to choose.

Of course, this is not to say that Su Qi'an is not at all guarded against them.

This kind of unreserved learning was learned even by the soldiers' committee and the three major disciplines.

Moreover, those natives who joined the Jiaozhou soldiers themselves served as squad, platoon, and company officers in each division.

Don't look at the grassroots officers, but it is precisely these grassroots officers that can reflect the combat effectiveness of an army.

Those who can serve are, without exception, the three iron laws formulated for Su Qi'an, the most firm executors.

Such people, enriched into the indigenous army, are like the backbone, and it is not only their combat effectiveness that increases.

It has subtly changed the thoughts in the hearts of the natives, and it is okay to have nothing to do in normal times, but if the three elders want to use them to counterattack Su Qi'an.

I am afraid that these people will be the first to refuse, and they will only end up reaping the consequences.

This is Su Qi'an's defense, and attacking the heart is the best policy.

Seeing the two elders coming, Su Qi'an said, "Thank you for the help of the Priest Alliance, this affection is in my heart."

"What Mr. Su said, Jiaozhou territory, you and I are already in the same breath, how can we divide each other, there are foreign enemies to attack, not to mention that they are still enemies of the Priest Alliance, this time to send troops, it is a matter of course, how can I say thank you."

"Now that Mr. Su is back, Mr. will give an order, as long as you give an order, you will definitely drive these barbarians out of Jiaozhou."

Su Qi'an nodded and looked at everyone, "Well, I understand your feelings, but this time, let's change our way of playing, not to drive them out, but to let them in."

"Put it in?"

Su Qi'an's words made everyone stunned.

It's not that I don't understand, what Su Qi'an said about the release tactic, to put it bluntly, is to lure the enemy deeper, and finally catch turtles in an urn.

They understand this tactic, but this kind of luring the enemy deep and catching turtles in the urn is only limited to reducing the number of troops, or it can also be effective by using the excellent terrain of the valley moat to divide and encircle.

But this time he faced 50,000 barbarian Heilu, and the only one who met the requirements in Xiacang County was Xiacang County.

It is impossible to lure 50,000 enemies in one go, not to mention whether there is such a big place in Shimokura County.

With such a large number of troops, the barbarian Heilu is not a fool, how can he be so obedient, according to your ideas, stupidly enter the city, waiting for you to close the door and fight the dog.

This style of play, the difficulty is not ordinary, almost impossible.

Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions, Su Qi'an said with a smile, "This time I let people in, it's not to close the door and fight dogs, Huo Cheng, Wen Yan, Wu Yong, remember what I explained to you before leaving, in the border towns of Xiacang and Chencang, on the main dangerous roads, the matter of building plank roads."

The three of them nodded one after another.

How could they forget this, when this matter was carried out at the beginning, it was in an uproar.

In addition to not understanding internally, he was also ridiculed by the barbarians from the outside world, and many of the soldiers below had a lot of experience for this

dissatisfaction.

If it weren't for the three division commanders holding it down, the three of them would have felt better.

The matter of repairing the plank road is not a bad thing, but Su Qi'an asked them to build the plank road in the two border counties, which is not only a matter of engineering quantity, but also a futile effort.

Xiacang and Chencang are both important border towns, and they are responsible for defending against the invasion of barbarian Heilu or Xizhou all year round.

In the past one or two decades on the border, there have been basically no large-scale wars, but small frictions and local invasions, such as plundering the counties under their borders, can be seen almost every month.

Therefore, it can only increase the number of checkpoints and strengthen the patrol density of soldiers, and Su Qi'an chose to build the plank road.

These plank roads, if the location is inside the two counties, in the rear, may not be so much criticism.

But most of them are on the front line, and every time they are repaired, it will indeed be convenient for the soldiers to attack.

But it can't be stopped, the next time the barbarians come to commit the destruction, it can be said that the plank road is repaired and destroyed, which is convenient for a while, but it is troublesome for a long time.

Therefore, in order not to waste manpower, material resources, and financial resources, it was canceled in the Li Kang era.

But on the eve of going to Nanzhou, Su Qi'an picked up the matter of repairing the plank road again, which didn't make their other party, barbarian Heilu, laugh at it.

But Su Qi'an gave the order, and there was no way but to carry it out.

Therefore, when Su Qi'an mentioned this, how could they forget it, it can be said that they were impressed.

It is not unreasonable for the three of them to be trusted and appointed by Su Qi'an.

Looking at Su Qi'an's smiling face, the three of them looked at each other, and in an instant, a thought flashed in their minds.

Suddenly, a deep shock flashed in the wryly eyes of the three of them, and they said in a hesitant tone.

"Could it be... Could it be that Mr. Fei wants to use the matter of building the plank road to make a big one?"

Su Qi'an nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, this time, I want to repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark."

Hearing Su Qi'an say this, the shock in the eyes of the three of them was incomprehensible.

What shocked them was not only Su Qi'an's decision-making methods, but also that a month ago, they could predict that there would be a war in Jiaozhou in the future.

And their seemingly ridiculous move to repair the plank road is actually a foreshadowing for the next counterattack.

This kind of inadvertent action, in the end, is revealed one link after another, it can be said that Su Qi'an's every decision is not wasted, but the time has not come.

With such a strategy and such a vision, who else can do it in Daliang?

At this moment, their admiration for Su Qi'an reached its peak.