Su Qi'an's words, in addition to understanding the burden in Li Zhong's heart, are also a kind of recognition for their officers and soldiers guarding the border, and this recognition is more valuable than any money and silver.

Over the years, the imperial court has sent a lot of overseers, and all of them have either gone through the motions, or they have eaten a lot, and even insulted them excessively.

These, even Wang Zhenshan, sometimes have to be patient, with his temper, if he was alone, he would have taken down these corrupt officials a long time ago.

But there are 60,000 officers and soldiers behind him who want to eat, and if he makes a move in anger, he will be very happy, but the 60,000 officers and soldiers are destined to be deprived of food, grain and grass.

Therefore, even if the teeth of hatred are itchy, Wang Zhenshan can only greet him with a smile, which is why Su Qi'an came to Ganzhou for the first time and did not get the favor of these generals.

Everyone thinks that Su Qi'an is just relying on His Majesty's trust, coming to Ganzhou to go through the motions, just like those wine bags and rice bags, making enough military merits, and then patting his ass and leaving.

But during this time, what Su Qi'an did in Tiannan City, in addition to letting them see the resourcefulness of this person, more importantly, treated the officers and soldiers of Ganzhou equally, with an iron fist, means, and rare sympathy.

If nothing else, Xiao Fei and Sun Liang will be executed, but if they are replaced by other overseers, they must not boast about how wise and powerful they are, and they will definitely threaten Wang Zhenshan with this matter.

But what did Su Qi'an do, first with an iron fist, he executed the four people in public according to the law, and hung their heads for ten days, giving a warning to everyone in Ganzhou.

But he turned around and found him, not to mention relieving his psychological burden, but also took out his own money to subsidize the families of the four people. and instructed him to wait for ten days to bury the four of them.

This method is tough and tender, and what it does can be said to be beautiful.

Such a person, how can Li Zhong not be admired, not only on the surface, but also in his heart by Su Qi'an's character, such a superior, Li Zhong really wants to obey the order to follow.

If Xiao Fei and Sun Liang had known underground, they would have regretted it, and they only hated that they hadn't been able to meet a compassionate border official like Su Qi'an earlier.

After Li Zhong helped Su Qi'an, he bowed solemnly, her expression was excited, and her voice was sincere.

"Rest assured, Lord Overseer, the Admiral will handle this no matter what, and will live up to the expectations of Lord Overseer."

"To have an official like Lord Overseer, Li Zhong promised your lord that he will not do anything foolish in the future, and if there is any violation, I, Li Zhong, will come to see you!"

Su Qi'an nodded, patted Li Zhong on the shoulder, and after a few words of relief, he immediately sent someone to send Li Zhong away.

The city gate opened, and after a while, Li Zhong's carriage quickly disappeared from Su Qi'an's sight, kicking up a puff of dust.

Su Qi'an stood on the city tower, his gaze from afar was retracted, after solving the matter of the inner ghost and relieving the inner burden of the generals, the next thing to do was to adjust the internal army.

This matter has existed in Su Qi'an's mind since the end of the battle of the city.

There are seven military towns in Ganzhou, including the capital city, a total of eight, and the regular army has only 30,000 people, plus the local militia, there are also 20,000 people.

With a total strength of 50,000 troops, it stands to reason that in the face of the surprise attack of the 40,000-strong Hui evil army, even if it was a little unprepared at the beginning, it would not be able to lure the enemy deep and rely on the city wall to defend the battle, which is not in line with the prestige of the Northwest Iron Cavalry.

Regarding this problem, Su Qi'an has long seen that there is something wrong, mainly because the troops are too scattered.

The purpose of dispersing the forces is also to protect the safety of each military town, and if one of the military towns is attacked, it can also be reinforced.

Such a tactic is not wrong, but it also depends on the situation, at the beginning, the Western Regions countries and Daliang were quite stable, and the occasional friction broke out, the number of troops was not large, and the dispersion of troops could be effectively solved.

But now, the number of troops in Saktu's hands far exceeded their predictions, from 40,000 at the beginning, directly skyrocketed to the current 70,000, not including the troops left behind in the Western Regions.

Combined, there are at least eighty or ninety thousand people, which is really not what Saktu boasts, but a real deal.

Now Saktu has the support of Darong behind him, sending troops to invade Mengzhou, at present, Mengzhou is worry-free for the time being, but in the same way, the 30,000 elite soldiers guarding Mengzhou will not be able to return to support for a while.

It would be unwise to spread the forces as they are now.

According to Su Qi'an's plan, the 50,000 people who were scattered in various military towns and military forts in Ganzhou were all moved to the defense as a whole and mobilized in the three towns of Tiannan, Longquan, and Wuwei.

As for the capital city in the middle, as well as the four military towns in the rear, only a small force was left to maintain order.

Coupled with the more than 30,000 troops he brought himself, the comparison of the forces of the two sides can at least be a draw.

When Wang Zhenshan first learned about this kind of transfer, he was amazed at Su Qi's bold adventure.

The 80,000 troops have all moved forward, which is almost equivalent to the distribution of the border area, and it is almost impossible to break through this kind of defense, like an iron wall.

But if there is a surprise attack like last time, it doesn't take 40,000 troops, and it only takes less than 10,000 people to turn the rear of Ganzhou upside down.

This plan has to be said to be quite risky, and even Wang Zhenshan couldn't make up his mind for a while, and was hesitating.

Wang Zhenshan's worries, Su Qi'an naturally wanted to know, he knew that with his tactical play, there was a great risk, and the chance of being impregnable was half and half.

If the defense is good, Saktu will not be able to cross the border at all, but once the other party finds an opportunity and the surprise attack is successful, he can easily occupy the capital and the other four military towns, and at that time, the fall of Ganzhou will be a matter of time.

Su Qi'an knew very well the probability of winning and losing, but he knew even more that if he still wanted to disperse his troops to defend like before, he would passively wait for the opponent to attack.

It can indeed hold out for a while, but after a long time, when the troops are exhausted, they will also find fighters by Saktu, and then lead the army to attack.

Ganzhou is slowly encroached upon and taken down, and it is also a matter of time.

In Su Qi'an's command operation, this kind of passive beating and being slowly entangled was absolutely not allowed.

Only by taking the initiative to attack and looking for fighters in the sortie can we turn the passive into the active and have a chance to turn the tables.

Su Qi'an even assured Wang Zhenshan that he would be responsible for all the consequences of this troop challenge, the adjustment of combat arrangements, and what happened, and would never drag others down.

Su Qi'an's words, Wang Zhenshan was quite displeased when he heard this, he, Wang Zhenshan, is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death and does not dare to take responsibility.

His opposition is that he doesn't want Su Qi'an to be dragged down by the war in Ganzhou, thus implicating his future.

He has been sitting on the border for twenty or thirty years, and he is also a veteran, Su Qi'an's change of tactics is very risky, but as long as it can be used, it does have a good effect.

When it came to this, looking at Su Qi'an's insistence, Wang Zhenshan was not his mother-in-law's person, and after hesitating for a moment, he agreed to Su Qi'an's change.

But there is a condition, once the war does not go well later, it must be changed if necessary, even if he is defeated and retreated, he can still bear the responsibility in the resistance, and ask the court for reinforcements.

Of course, this is also a last resort, Wang Zhenshan did this, Su Qi'an knew very well, it was all for him.

This kindness, Su Qi'an put in his heart.

After the two consulted, and after refining other specific details, a new combat order was issued.

The seven military towns in Ganzhou, together with the capital to protect the city, were mobilized in an instant, although the generals were a little puzzled by this order, they also realized that the new tactics were very risky.

But after contacting Su Qi'an, knowing his personality, all the generals didn't say a word, and immediately ordered to rush towards the three military towns on the border as quickly as possible.

With all 50,000 troops mobilized in one go, it is impossible for Su Qi'an to really leave no troops without leaving four military towns and all the cities to protect them.

When tens of thousands of troops were assembled and set off, the military towns had already arranged in advance to leave an elite army of two or three hundred people.

This elite army did not appear swaggeringly, but secretly hidden, wearing people's clothes, and secretly patrolling in various military towns.

Once any abnormal movement is discovered, the first time to fly the pigeon to pass the book, you can report to Su Qi'an and Wang Zhenshan secretly and separately.

And their existence is not even known about the county orders of the various military towns, and it is carried out completely in secret.

Of course, in order to prevent conflicts with local officials and misunderstandings, an auxiliary officer was arranged in the local county government to resolve these misunderstandings and conflicts.

Don't underestimate these people, these people are all their own direct team members, in order to prevent turmoil in Ganzhou in the future, Su Qi'an sent all his 1,000-person direct team out.

It can be said that this time Su Qi'an has made a bloody investment, and now by his side, the only one who can protect him is the Ermeng 5,000 cavalry division.

Except for this cavalry division, there is no other covert protection, and Su Qi'an's personal safety has been reduced to the lowest level so far.

Su Qi'an does not regret this, what he wants is the victory of the overall situation, and putting all the people by his side is not conducive to this war.

This is just an internal defense, after basically converging the 50,000 troops, together with the 30,000 people he brought, the second thing Su Qi'an did was to train the troops.

The Northwest Iron Cavalry is famous all over the world, even if its combat power has weakened a little over the years, it is still not to be underestimated.

And this time the assembly and convergence, Su Qi'an had a little selfishness, and wanted the Ganzhou cavalry to train his 5,000 cavalry division.

At the same time, Xie Cang's Split Mountain Army, Song Biao's Second Division, and Chendao's Third Division were training 20,000 militiamen in Ganzhou.

The two sides trained each other's troops and complemented each other, which was beneficial to themselves and could enhance the combat effectiveness of the other side.

Under this kind of large-scale military training, one of them is to send an army of about 5,000 people every once in a while to inspect the four military towns in the back and forth of Ganzhou.

This kind of patrol is not fixed, with the direct team in the secret, with this kind of cooperation, Su Qi'an does not believe that Saktu can have the ability to reach the sky, and he can also carry out a raid.

Moreover, his large-scale military training was not carried out in secret, but openly and vigorously trained troops not far from the border.