Su Qi'an listened, without the intention of interrupting, he knew that Ningzhou had 300,000 soldiers and horses standing in front of Rongguo to defend against Rongguo, such a heavy army, if he didn't take the rotation and adjustment method, after a long time, no one would be able to stand it.

Therefore, every once in a while, more than half of the troops and horses will be drawn from the states to meet the replacement of guards, and the scale of this transfer feels huge, tens of thousands of horses, but for the total strength of the army of 300,000, the impact is not great.

This kind of change of defense, first, will not affect the overall combat strength, and second, it can also properly temper the local state soldiers and not be abandoned, and the border troops who have changed their defenses can also rest appropriately and do not need to be tense all the time.

No matter how you look at it, it is a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone, and this kind of system of changing guards has lasted for at least seven or eight years, and basically there has been no chaos for such a long time.

Therefore, this kind of change of defense will not be felt that there is anything wrong, at most it will be in the first half a month, because the internal strength may be insufficient, but when the border army comes to Zhongzhou, there will basically be no chaos.

"Unless..."Su Qi'an's eyes flashed, looking at He Xing and hesitating.

He Xing nodded, "That's right, as Hou Ye thought, the problem of the matter lies in the change of defense of the border army, we have been waiting for a month, and the change of defense of the border army has not moved, for this reason, the state pastor wrote several excerpts to the imperial court, but in the end there is no news." ”

"Originally, according to the plan of the state pastor, I will wait for seven days at most, and if there is no movement, I will go to Beijing in person and ask for an explanation."

"But no one expected that only three days later, Zhongzhou began to be chaotic, and some of the counties under the six counties were inexplicably attacked by bandits, and the offensive was very fierce, and some mountains even laid down a county town in a few days, and the local county guards were powerless to resist and asked for reinforcements."

"Moreover, these bandit attacks, both in number and strength, are much stronger than before, and the state pastor can't be distracted, so he can only put the matter of going to Beijing on hold, command the soldiers in the state, and eliminate the bandits."

"This purge has been fought until now, not only failed to achieve a quick victory, but even made the bandits time more and more strong, until half a month ago in Kyoto came the news that Hou Ye killed the monarch and rebelled, the two kings inherited the unification, these and the state soldiers fought guerrillas, the bandits hiding in Tibet, no longer pretended, gathered heavy troops, stormed the county seats, in just half a month, in addition to Qinghe, Beishan two counties are still in our hands, the remaining four counties are basically, controlled by these bandits."

Hearing this, Su Qi'an's face instantly became solemn, he had thought that the turmoil in Zhongzhou was serious, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

In the six counties of Zhongzhou, in less than half a month, the bandits actually knocked down four counties, two-thirds of the land, which sounded unbelievable even to Su Qi'an.

Su Qi'an has been to a lot of places over the years, and it is inevitable to deal with local bandits and robbers, but no matter how they fight, these bandits are at most a little clever, and if you want to say that you have the ability to take one or two county seats, Thaksin.

But to be able to conquer a few county towns, or even take two-thirds of the territory of Zhongzhou, this kind of combat power is absolutely impossible for bandits to have.

No matter how many people there are, without excellent commanders and strict military training, these bandits in the Wuthering Mountains and forests are always a rabble.

Su Qi'an raised his head, looked at He Xing with a complicated face, seemed to have guessed something, and said softly.

"Behind the bandits in the Wuthering Mountains, there will really be cool soldiers? Or did they collude with local officials in the first place in order to wait for the Imperial City Incident? ”

He Xing nodded and said directly, "Master Hou, you guessed right, these bandits who gather in the Wuthering Mountains and Forests, at least one-fifth of them are Liang soldiers, to be precise, they are ruffians, and their behind-the-scenes commanders are none other than Xu Shan and Feng Dian." ”

"Last time, I originally took down the second commander Feng Dian, according to the arrangement of the adults, at most half a month, I will be able to control the Beishan camp, as for Xu Shan, it will be slowly divided and won when the time comes."

"But we still underestimated them, Feng Dian was taken down, originally to be put on death row, and asked to be beheaded after the autumn, but during the detention, he bribed the jailer and ran away directly in the middle of the night, we sent people to search for him, but there was no trace of him, only that he fled into the mountains and forests."

"For so long, there has been no news of him, and I thought he had become a beast's mouth, and gradually it was gone, until the battle with the bandits in the back found his traces, and I wanted to kill him on the spot, but in the Beishan camp, there was still his henchman lurking, directly against the water, and at the same time against the water Xu Shan, this arm of mine was also lost in that battle."

"The back is out of the encirclement, and knowing that Feng Dian's whereabouts are exposed, it is a trap, in order to take the opportunity to exterminate me and the brothers of the Beishan camp."

"After this battle, counting the men and horses, 3,000 soldiers of the Beishan Battalion, there were as many as 300 who defected against the water, and more than 2,000 people were killed in the battle.

Speaking of this time, He Xing had a deep sentimentality on his face, and he didn't continue.

Su Qi'an almost understands it, and he can basically guess what follows.

The Beishan Battalion, which was greatly injured, could not show the strength of deterrence as before, and under the command of Xu Shan and Feng Dian, the number of bandits gathered was increasing, and now there were at least 50,000 people.

There are two commanders with battlefield experience, and among the bandits, there are also a large number of ruffians, don't look at these ruffians are useless, but after being a soldier for so many years, some training methods are still known.

In the case that there are only about 10,000 soldiers in Zhongzhou, and it can only be estimated that the two counties of Qinghe and Beishan, the officials of the other four counties, in the face of such a menacing siege, except for a very small number of dead guards on the city gate, finally the city gate was broken and ended up slaughtering.

The rest of the officials, either had the opposite intention and took advantage of the situation, took the initiative to open the city and surrendered, or in order to save their lives, they passively opened the city.

After all, at present, it is not like before, bandits conquer the county seat, and the local governor and even the imperial court will send a large army to exterminate it, but now, the high-level leaders of Daliang have begun to divide and rule, support the two emperors, and the court is in chaos, how can there be time to take care of this kind of civil strife in the local area.

And Zhongzhou Mu, even if he wants to manage, he is powerless, and he only has 10,000 troops in his hands, even if he sends troops to clean up, not to mention whether he can be exterminated, he can't do it as soon as the front foot leaves, and the back foot is stolen.

So I can only passively stick to it in this somewhat aggrieved way.

But if the 40,000 Zhongzhou soldiers are not transferred, with the temper of the Zhongzhou pastor, where will they endure this kind of anger.

If it is said that the border army that changed the guard did not appear, and I was still surprised, then since half a month ago, the Imperial City Incident, the Liang Emperor returned to heaven, and the news of the defection of the monarch killer Su Qi'an came.

He Xing and the others reacted instantly, all this was premeditated, from the time when 40,000 Zhongzhou soldiers were dispatched to the north, a premeditated plan specifically targeting Zhongzhou began.

Pumping the troops of the air state, when the bandit attack suddenly broke out, from hiding in Tibet at the beginning, to completely exposing the strength in the back, and storming the counties of Zhongzhou, I knew that all this was the conspiracy of the two kings.

The two kings have always had a plan against Zhongzhou, but they couldn't find the right time to make a move, so they waited this time.

Let Xu Shan and Feng Dian defect against the water, fall into the grass, and command these soldiers and bandits, it is very likely that it is one of them.

If the two of them rebelled openly as the commander of the Beishan Battalion, it would not only be unfavorable to the two kings who ascended the throne, but also likely to cause dissatisfaction among the people, thus losing their prestige.

But now, as rebels, the two have become bandits, commanding the bandits to attack the city, even if it spreads, at most it is said that the two of them are not right, and they have long had different intentions, and there is no evidence that what the two did was instructed by the two kings.

Now that Daliang is gradually falling apart, and all states are beginning to take care of themselves, who can say anything to them with the identity of bandits?

Only in this way can it be explained why the two of them suddenly launched an attack after the Imperial City Incident, and it has been half a month since the Imperial City Incident spread to Zhongzhou, but how could they act in advance, which shows that there are instructions behind the two of them, and the instructor is likely to be the second king.

In the way of bandits attacking the city, they forced Zhongzhou Mu and King Yu to surrender, and after taking Zhongzhou, the two kings could play a scene, and the police station recovered Zhongzhou for the army.

When the time comes, not only will you have the territory, but you will also be able to improve your prestige, and it will be effortless, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, these are always Su Qi'an's speculations, there is no evidence, even if they are made public, it will not have much effect.

Su Qi'an understands this, and he doesn't plan to mean it to the public, now Daliang is divided, Zhongzhou is in turmoil, and it is not much better than the states, otherwise, with the prestige of King Yu, ask for the nearest Dongzhou soldiers to support, Wu Dingguo will not be able to see death without help.

But in such a predicament, he never heard the Dongzhou soldiers, and Su Qi'an could probably guess it.

Da Liang was not Su Xuanyong, and he could barely maintain the peace of the twelve states, but gradually fell into civil strife, all kinds of conspirators, careerists, and more speculators who watched from the sidelines.

A troubled world is coming.

If you want to be respected by others, you can only rely on your own fists, who have the biggest fists, to occupy a place in this troubled world.

This point has been thoroughly understood by Su Qi'an since he fled Kyoto.

Although the turmoil in Zhongzhou was more serious than he imagined, he dared to come to Zhongzhou and wanted to return to Xizhou, Zhongzhou was a must-pass place, so no matter what, he had to solve this Zhongzhou turmoil.

On the one hand, it can be regarded as a vote for Zhongzhou Mu and King Yu, and on the other hand, it is also to give the two kings a deterrent.

Since the two kings can't be moved for the time being, then use the people under their command to kill as many as they want, until they are afraid, afraid, and dare not make a move.

Xu Shan and Feng Dian, I don't have to say, they are already on Su Qi'an's must-kill list, and they can't run away.

As for Dongzhou next door, Su Qi'an didn't plan to make a move, after all, in addition to Wu Dingguo, the governor of Dongzhou, there was also the former Zaifu Chuxiong.

With the strength of the two of them, if Dongzhou is plunged into the same civil strife as Zhongzhou, there is no need to govern Dongzhou.