On the other hand, on the side of Manghuang County, there are three internal responses to the county order, and the 60,000 Jiaozhou army is basically overwhelming, and the so-called resistance is vulnerable in the face of absolute power.

In less than two quarters of an hour, five of the seven counties of Manghuang County were occupied by the army.

The dispatch of the 60,000-strong army, which rarely encountered resistance along the way, most of them took the initiative to open the door and surrender.

In the face of absolute troops, the stubborn resistance of thousands of troops is nothing more than hastened destruction.

It can be said that after stepping into the barren county, the army had an easy journey, but after occupying the five counties, the vanguard found that there was something wrong.

Of the five occupied defenders, except for a small number of old, weak, sick and disabled, the rest of the soldiers who had combat effectiveness were gone.

After understanding, the soldiers with combat strength in the five counties had already received the order of the reckless county guard, and they withdrew to the reckless county town one after another, apparently to fight Su Qi'an's army head-on.

For this kind of stubborn and stubborn people, Su Qi'an will not get used to it, and as the first division of the vanguard, he will attack and storm the barren county town.

A barren county with only 5,000 defenders, but it is not the turn of 60,000 troops, and it is just right for Su Yong's first division to test the water.

As for the remaining 50,000 troops, they did not move on, but waited silently in the rear.

It's not that Su Qi'an doesn't want to take Xizhou as quickly as possible, he knows that Xizhou, which is ruled by Tang Feng, is no better than Jiaozhou under Li Kang.

The territory that Li Kang can control in Jiaozhou is only six counties, and the other vast territories in Jiaozhou are controlled by the priest alliance.

Therefore, it seems to be a complete Jiaozhou, but in fact, the territory controlled by Li Kang is not large.

Therefore, as long as the priest alliance and the six county guards are persuaded to come together inside and outside, it is not difficult to take Jiaozhou.

But Xizhou, don't look at the fact that there are only six counties, but the territory of each county is at least two or three times larger than that of Jiaozhou.

The control of Xizhou is complete in Tang Feng's hands, and there is no situation where he is controlled by others.

Especially three years ago, the commercial bank founded by Su Qi'an was destroyed by Tang Feng, and he was driven out of Xizhou.

The current Xizhou, it is no exaggeration to say, is all under Tang Feng's control.

Otherwise, Su Qi'an's army counterattacked Xizhou, and the subordinate counties should choose to surrender, rather than resist.

The reckless county guard is a good example, so if you want to divide your troops into multiple routes, bypass the reckless county, and attack the two counties of Guangyang and Yong'an on both sides of the rear, it is estimated that the resistance will be more tenacious.

When Su Yong led the first division to storm the barren county town, Su Qi'an, who was in charge of the Chinese army, received the latest military report from Xizhou.

Now in Xizhou, with Su Qi'an's invasion, the remaining five counties have received the news, and according to Tang Feng's order, the counties have closed the city gates and are ready to fight.

The entire Xizhou army began to mobilize and march towards the front line of Guangyang, Yong'an, and Sichuan.

The troops dispatched by Xizhou this time are 60,000 people, and in terms of troops, they are already on par with Su Qi'an.

Among these 60,000 people, except for half of them were regular Xizhou soldiers, the rest were private soldiers recruited privately by Tang Feng in the past three years.

This is Tang Feng's real strength, after driving Su Qi'an away, the entire Xizhou, under his high-pressure rule, he is the supreme overlord of Xizhou.

The local veteran families and magnates are all attached to Tang Feng, and as for some dissatisfied, they even want to take the opportunity to denounce Tang Feng and recruit private soldiers.

There is no accident, in the past three years, he has either disappeared inexplicably, or disappeared quietly, in short, those who oppose Tang Feng's dictatorship can leave Xizhou alive.

This is Tang Feng's influence on Xizhou, so it is basically unrealistic to want to reproduce the internal and external cooperation of Jiaozhou here in Xizhou, and to rebel.

From the degree of resistance of the reckless county guards, we can know how much influence Tang Feng has on the six county guards.

And these 60,000 people are not all of Tang Feng's troops, according to the latest news sent back.

Tang Feng, who supervised the war in the clan land, did not withdraw all the troops in the clan land, but left 20,000 to continue the battle with the barbarians in the clan land.

This plus

The total strength of Xizhou has reached at least 80,000, if you add the private soldiers in the hands of the major families, the magnates, and the slaves who are captive and have the ability to fight.

More than 100,000 is a breeze.

A state has 100,000 troops, which is already a terrible thing, and generally speaking, the imperial court allows a state to have only 50,000 troops.

In the last battle of Kyoto, Xizhou took out 30,000 or 40,000 people, and through the change of defense and deployment, it was only 20,000 or 30,000 when they returned to Xizhou.

In just three years, under Tang Feng's high-pressure rule, the number of troops directly tripled.

This is already the state of a state's military potential, basically squeezed to the extreme, continue to expand, Xizhou will collapse sooner or later.

After all, to support an army of 100,000, behind this, at least about 300,000 logistics people, a total of 400,000 people, all need to eat.

The grain output of Xizhou is not high among the twelve states of Daliang, and it can only be said to be decent.

To support such a large group of people, the output of the western state, if in wartime, at most half a year, will be at the limit.

Don't think about it, under Tang Feng's high-pressure rule, only the people at the bottom are suffering and being oppressed.

This is also why the imperial court will make a rule that a state can only have 50,000 troops.

In addition, it is true that the number of troops can be doubled again, to 1.45 million, but if this is the case, the people of the twelve states are afraid that they will ***.

Therefore, Tang Feng, who has an army of 100,000 troops, is indeed beautiful on the surface, but Su Qi'an can calculate through the forces in his hands how far the situation of Xizhou has been squeezed.

And this can just become a breakthrough for Su Qi'an to win Xizhou.

It's just that this matter has to be considered in the long run, and it can't be rushed, so this is the reason why Su Qi'an led the army and didn't act for a long time.

Judging from Tang Feng's arrangement, it can be known that Tang Feng did not give up on the barbarian land.

And the Barbarian County, I'm afraid that most of them are his pawns to buy time, since this is the case, Su Qi'an of the Barren County accepted it unceremoniously.

Although his strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao did not seem to have completely worked.

Su Qi'an did underestimate Tang Feng's desire for the barbarian land, but this did not mean that this was a failed operation.

At least the reckless county will be taken by Su Qi'an, which has to cause Tang Feng to change his strategy and return the Xizhou army as a whole, focusing on the three counties of the front line to defend against Su Qi'an's attack.

In this way, it gave the barbarian land some respite, as long as the battle in Xizhou was not decided this time, the barbarian land had a chance to survive.

In general, this counteroffensive basically achieved the effect that Su Qi'an wanted.

Next, after taking Manghuang County, I will talk to this Xizhou pastor about his most beloved son.

Just when Su Qi'an's eyes flashed, he went through the current war in his mind.

News came from the front line that under Su Yong's onslaught, the reckless county town was taken.

The defenders of 5,000 were almost completely wiped out, and only a few hundred wounded soldiers were captured.

And the reckless county guard who resisted to the death, before the city was broken, wanted to disguise the people and escape, but was directly captured by Su Yong's guards.

This news surprised Su Qi'an.

He originally thought that this reckless county guard, who seemed to be arrogant, would kill himself, but now it seems that he is no different from ordinary people, and he is also afraid of death, this is human nature.

"Sir, there is one more thing, this reckless county guard, clamoring to see you."

Hearing this, Su Qi'an was a little surprised, then nodded and motioned to take him to have a look.

Reckless County Shou, Su Qi'an still has an impression, he fled from Manghuang County three years ago, although he has not met with Manghuang County Shou, but this person seems to be Tang Feng's die-hard fan, and the search for Su Qi'an back then, that is called a spareless effort.

Now, seeing this loyal Tang Feng county guard, let Su Qi'an see what kind of goods this reckless county guard is.

Under the leadership of everyone, Su Qi'an soon saw the gray soil under the reckless county city that had been breached

Face, the reckless county guard who was captured.

This man was about forty years old, obese, and his face was full of flesh, even if he was captured, he was not convinced.

When he saw Su Qi'an coming, the reckless county guard struggled and scolded directly.

"Su Qi'an, you rebellious ministers and thieves dare to invade Xizhou, what is the difference between you and rebellion, when Lord Tang arrives, he will definitely take you down and seek justice for the people who are suffering in the barren county!"

The reckless county guard scolded loudly, so that the soldiers who controlled him around him wanted to gag his mouth when they went up.

But was stopped by Su Qi'an, for the scolding just now, Su Qi'an was not angry, but showed a strange look on his face, and said with a smile.

"Hehe, whether Ben Hou is a chaotic minister or a thief, it's not your turn to judge this kind of goods, but you are really worthy of being a good dog by Tang Feng's side."

"Since that faithfully speaks for your master, rest assured, Benhou will definitely let you see with your own eyes what will happen to him."

"And you, I see that you are so loyal and speak for the people of the barren county so much, then let the local people do well, how kind of love will such a parent official who is dedicated to the people be loved by the local people."

After saying this, Su Qi'an didn't even look at the reckless county guard, turned around and entered the city.

And the barren county code was dragged down, and the direction of looking was not the county prison, but the center of the county.

At this moment, the face of the reckless county guard, who was still vigorous and righteous just now, immediately changed.

He kept struggling, and kept insulting Su Qi'an, but this kind of abuse didn't last long, as he went away, gradually, there were more noisy scolding voices in the city...

The people around him looked at this scene, they all sneered, they could have gone to prison with peace of mind, but they were looking for death and being in the limelight.

Since you want to be in the limelight, then make a big deal.

Su Qi'an doesn't care very much about this kind of jumping clown, since he is so loyal to Tang Feng, let him be loyal enough, and let these officials and uncles who are used to being powerful and prosperous in the heads of the people of Xizhou, take a good look, who has the final say in this Xizhou.