Chapter 469: Surrender
Xizhou City was taken, Tang Feng died, and this series of news, like a storm, quickly swept the entire territory of Xizhou.
Hearing the news, the six counties can be said to be a few happy and a few sad, and the happiest are the people in Chuandu County.
Among the six counties in Xizhou, Chuandu County has been the county most squeezed by Tang Feng in the past three years.
If the other five counties are only one or two times the squeeze, then the Chuandu County is four or five times as much.
Not only is it a high tax, but the life and death of the people of Chuandu County are completely disregarded.
In the past three years, among the six counties, the number of people who died unnaturally was the highest in Chuandu County, which was two or three times higher than that of the second county.
The reason why he oppressed Chuandu County so much is very simple, Su Qi'an made his fortune in Chuandu County.
In order to completely eliminate Su Qi'an's influence in Chuandu County, and also to suppress the remaining guys such as Qin Ziyin and Lu Xiaowan.
The monitoring of Chuandu County is several notches higher, and once a suspicious suspicion is found, it is common to rather hold the opportunity to kill by mistake than to let go, and it is very common to kill on the street.
Under this kind of high pressure, the people of Chuandu County naturally broke out into fierce resistance in the past three years.
But under the army under Tang Feng, under the rounds of sweeping, the *** who resisted was finally ruthlessly suppressed.
Then, under Tang Feng's iron-blooded orders, Chuandu County would be regularly subjected to inhumane massacres.
According to statistics, in the past three years, the total population of Chuandu County has dropped sharply from about 700,000 to more than 400,000.
There is a decrease of more than 300,000 in three years, which is shocking.
It can be said that among the six counties in Xizhou, the one who hates Tang Feng the most is precisely Chuandu County.
The people of Chuandu County have suffered from Tang Feng for a long time.
And Tang Feng set Chuandu County as the core of defense, on the one hand, he valued the geographical location, and the biggest reason was that he wanted to defeat Su Qi'an in front of all the people of Chuandu County.
In one fell swoop, defeating Su Qi'an's myth in the hearts of the people of Chuandu County, Tang Feng conquered not only the physical body of the people of Chuandu County, but more importantly, the destruction of the spirit.
The abacus played well, but unfortunately, in this battle, Tang Feng not only fled, but finally lost his life in his Xizhou City.
This is that good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil, not that it will not be rewarded, and the time has not yet come.
Compared with the shock of the three counties of Manghuang, Guangyang, and Yong'an, the people of Chuandu County heard the news, and they all walked out of their homes, set off firecrackers, sang and danced, and celebrated the good news of Tang Feng's death.
On the streets of the county town, hundreds of people were excited, and even many people laughed with tears, which made people sigh very much.
Among these people, there is Zhou Qi, the Lingdong County Ling who helped Su Qi'an at the beginning, and finally returned to Su Qi'an.
Zhou Qi walked out of the street, feeling the happy atmosphere of the people on the street, and his face was also full of tears with smiles.
After three years of forbearance, the good news that he finally waited for today, in Zhou Qi's heart, the most correct decision he made in his life was to firmly support Su Qi'an.
Even after the Xizhou incident, he still did his best and took risks to help.
Now that Tang Feng is dead, the sky in Xizhou is about to change completely, Zhou Qi is not thinking about how much he has in return at the moment, what he thinks about is that three years ago, the innocent people who died tragically in the Xizhou incident can finally comfort their souls in the sky.
At this time, Dongshan Village, Lingbei County, Houshan.
In front of the tombs, there were a large number of people around, all of whom were survivors of Su Ji Trading House.
These people wept bitterly, and under the leadership of Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan, Qin Huai and other high-level executives of Su Ji Commercial Bank, they paid tribute to their friends who died tragically in the Xizhou Incident.
"Old Wei, have you seen it, Mr. Su, he did it, he really did it, he avenged us, Tang Feng is really dead, you can rest in peace."
"Today's wine, you drink it openly, if it is not enough, I will accompany you to drink a heart."
Some people stepped forward, crying and laughing, and expressed their excitement in front of the tomb.
Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan, Qin Huai and others, led by Qin Ziyin, had serious expressions and picked up the wine glass.
Then he fell to the ground and muttered softly.
"Aquatic, vigorous, you can rest in peace, Mr. Su has avenged you."
The people of Chuandu County are filled with a strong atmosphere of excitement, and at the same time, the atmosphere of Hanzhong and Nandu County, which has not been taken, is obviously very depressing.
The county guards of the two counties, after confirming it several times, finally accepted the reality of Tang Feng's death and Xizhou City being taken very unwillingly.
The two county guards still can't understand that they have a good hand of cards, but they are playing so poorly.
Even if he planned for the worst, he couldn't have lost so completely, not only did he lose his life, but even Xizhou City, the capital of Xizhou, was taken.
Xizhou City was taken, and it can be said that two-thirds of Xizhou's territory was completely controlled.
Only the two counties of Hanzhong and Nandu are left, with less than 30,000 people and horses, how can this be fought?
The most important thing is that these 30,000 horses, 20,000 of them, are still fighting with those barbarians in the land of the barbarians.
Once these 20,000 people are moved, those barbarians in the clan land will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and will definitely fight back with all their might.
At that time, Su Qi'an was sending troops from Xizhou, and the two counties immediately attacked back and forth, which was a fart.
It can be said that the hearts of the two county guards at this time are extremely irritable.
Even Tang Feng is dead, they are stubbornly resisting, and it is a matter of time before they are taken, but if they want to open the city and surrender, it makes them worry that Su Qi'an will not settle them afterwards.
The county guard of Nandu is okay, but the most worried is the county guard of Hanzhong, you know, three years ago, when Su Qi'an was wandering in Xizhou.
I have been to his territory, and at that time, he was active in encircling and suppressing Su Qi'an.
Unexpectedly, in just three years, this Dongshan Marquis not only did not die, but became bigger in Jiaozhou and made a comeback with the Jiaozhou army.
It only took two or three months to take four of the six counties, and even the state pastor Tang Feng died in his hands.
Su Qi'an even dared to kill Tang Feng, he was a small county guard, and he couldn't run away if he didn't run away.
Thinking of this, Hanzhong County Shou was nervous in his heart.
Just when the Hanzhong County Guard was about to contact the Nandu County Guard, he resisted with an iron heart and vowed not to surrender.
With the arrival of one person, it changed the mind of the county guard in Hanzhong.
This person is none other than Xue Muxiu, the state lieutenant who was seized of military power by Tang Feng and forced to resign.
After Xue Muxiu seized military power and lost his official position, he returned to Xizhou City ahead of schedule.
When Su Qi'an entered the city to negotiate with Tang Feng, Xue Muxiu wanted to leave quietly, but he overestimated Tang Feng too much, and in less than two quarters of an hour, he not only lost Xizhou City, but also took his own life.
Because of the entry into the city with the Dongshan Army and the Split Mountain Army, Xue Muxiu naturally became a prisoner.
Imprisoned with Western State officials.
Xue Muxiu, who was arrested, was desperate, waiting for Su Qi'an to convict him, how could he say that he was the captain of Xizhou, whether it was three years ago or three years later, he did not have any substantial help to Su Qi'an.
It was on Tang Feng's side, and some of the Xizhou wars were specially used to deal with Su Qi'an through his hands.
Even if he is not like Tang Feng and has a life and death grudge with Su Qi'an, the two sides are not a battle line.
For people like him, Su Qi'an will probably not let it go easily.
Xue Muxiu could probably guess his fate in his heart, either exile or prison.
With Tang Feng's death, the Xue family, a veteran family that has been sitting firmly in Xizhou for many years, will fall apart with his conviction and finally decline.
In Xue Muxiu's heart, it was called a mourning, and he didn't have any anger or unwillingness.
Ever since he turned his face with Tang Feng and didn't stand on Su Qi'an's side in time, he already knew this fate.
Whether it is a family or a powerful person, no one can guarantee that the family will prosper for a lifetime.
The prosperity of the family, the decline and decline of the family, with Xue Muxiu being detained for a while, he saw it very clearly, and gradually, he was relieved.
Just as Xue Muxiu was waiting for his final fate to be announced, suddenly, the person who was guarding him,
Tell him that Su Qi'an wants to see him.
Xue Muxiu was surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he could guess something.
"I guess it's to avenge the inaction I did three years ago."
Xue Muxiu thought like this, got up and followed the detainees, and went to see Su Qi'an.
The place where Su Qi'an interrogated him was in a side room in the state capital, Xue Muxiu entered the room and stayed for at least half an hour.
Finally, the door opened, and Xue Muxiu walked out.
But at this time, Xue Muxiu's body trembled slightly, and there was unconcealable disbelief on his face, and even the shackles on his hands and feet were removed.
Xue Muxiu's chest rose and fell, his mind seemed to have undergone a huge shock, and his entire mind seemed to have been cleansed.
Xue Muxiu stood in place and was stunned for a long time, until a team of soldiers walked in front of him, and Xue Muxiu came back to his senses.
Without waiting for Xue Muxiu to speak, the soldier led by him spoke, "Lord Xue, you must have understood what Master Hou meant, so please do it."
Xue Muxiu nodded, and was just about to leave with this team of personal soldiers, but he quickly thought of something, quickly turned around, arched his hand at the closed door in front of him, and said loudly with a strong respect on his face.
"Please rest assured that the old man will take this life as a guarantee that he will live up to the trust of the Marquis of Dongshan, and he will definitely complete the entrustment of the Marquis of Dongshan."
After saying this, Xue Muxiu's eyes were depressed, but he was in good spirits, with a little light.
Turning around and following this team of personal soldiers away, looking at Xue Muxiu's footsteps, he felt a lot lighter.
No one knew what Xue Muxiu and Su Qi'an talked about in the half hour just now, which suddenly made a *** who had lost hope and was bent on waiting for death like a different person.
Whether it is temperament or spiritual attitude, it can be said to be radiant.
Everyone only knew that after Xue Muxiu left, after changing a set of clothes, he took the team of personal soldiers and left Xizhou City.
They were right, under the gaze of countless eyeliners, Xue Muxiu and the team of personal soldiers not only came to Hanzhong County, but also entered the county seat.
I stayed in it for about half a day, and then, a shocking news came from Hanzhong County.
"Spread the order of Hanzhong County, seven counties of Hanzhong County, and surrender to Dongshan Marquis in Kaecheng."