Su Qi'an took Su Fengling's question and said softly, "This trip to Zhongzhou, through Commander He, I almost know how much I know, now if I want to break the situation, the only way to completely exterminate the bandits in Zhongzhou is to completely eradicate the bandits, at present, it seems that the strength of the enemy and us is not equal, but as long as the tactics are used, it should not be a problem to take Xu Shan and Feng Dian." ”

"But the top priority is to eradicate Zheng Da and other bandits who harass Beishan County."

When Su Qi'an said this, Su Ji didn't speak, but Li Chongxiang on the side said.

"It's not difficult to take down Zheng Da and them, but if they take it, there will be no buffer area between us and Xu Shan and Feng Dian, and the two sides will face each other with swords, with our current strength, we really want to attack head-on, I'm afraid..."

Speaking of the back, Li Chongxiang did not continue, but the meaning was obvious.

The bandits who are ravaging Zhongzhou, even if they join some ruffians, their overall strength is definitely not as good as the official army, but the key is that they are numerous.

There are 50,000 people, and the number alone can make up for the lack of its own combat effectiveness, and now the four counties have been conquered, and a large number of weapons and equipment have been obtained from the counties, and in terms of combat effectiveness, they can barely make some moves with the Zhongzhou soldiers.

If Zheng Da and his gang of bandits are exterminated, there will be no buffer zone between the two sides, and the swords and soldiers will meet each other.

When the time comes, Feng Shan and Xu Dian will definitely cooperate, gather troops to entangle food step by step, and they have no foreign aid, and after a long time, they will be consumed to death.

This is the reason why Li Chongxiang has not exterminated Zheng Da and the others for a long time, even if it is exterminated, it is not this time, at least it will have to wait for the recruits recruited by the second county to gradually adapt.

Zhongzhou was killed for a month before and after the turmoil, and the recruits recruited by the second county were less than ten days or so, and now let them fight these bandits, basically sending them to death, even if they win, it is a tragic victory.

Therefore, Li Chongxiang has never given the order to exterminate Zheng Da, in order to wait for the end of the recruit training and find a suitable time.

Li Chongxiang's worries, of course Su Qi'an knows, it stands to reason that this idea is correct, but Emperor Liang has returned to heaven, the second king has also ascended the throne, Da Liang is gradually turbulent, with Xu Shan and Feng Dian's many years of military experience, they are the henchmen of the two kings, it is impossible not to know what Li Chongxiang is thinking.

Zheng Da, a bandit of about 1,000 people, has been wandering around Beishan County, wandering around and harassing, which is probably the arrangement of the two.

In addition to harassment, most of them are tentative, Li Chongxiang is waiting for the right time, and the two are probably waiting for an opportunity.

If they are really indifferent, or like before, when they don't find out anything, no one can guarantee whether the two of them will do it in advance.

If you really have to wait for the other party to make a move, it will be very passive, the battlefield experience in the past few years tells Su Qi'an that in the battle, even if you don't know the other party's intentions, you have to strike first, if you wait until the other party makes the first move, there is no guarantee that the other party will go all out.

It was based on this consideration that the first thing Su Qi'an did when he came to Zhongzhou was to completely exterminate the bandits led by Zheng Da.

First, it is to give Feng Shan and Xu Dian a deterrent, and secondly, it is also a warning, if you want to destroy the Zhongzhou soldiers and take the two counties of Beishan and Qinghe, it is not so easy.

As long as the other party is jealous, it will be of great significance to destroy Zheng Da, and only in this way can Su Qi'an implement the second step of the plan.

Feeling the firmness in Su Qi'an's eyes, Su Ji said seriously, "Qi An, from your point of view, what you said is right, passive action is indeed a taboo on the battlefield, but I want to know more, what is your second step after killing Zheng Da?" ”

Su Qi'an did not hide it, and came to his plans one by one, not only the plan for the second step, but even the option for the third step if the second step failed.

Anyway, Su Qi'an's plan basically takes into account some uncontrollable things, which is good, but this kind of good plan is accompanied by a kind of adventure.

If it fails, let alone recover the four counties of Zhongzhou, it is impossible to even keep the two counties.

Although the two of them had been prepared for a long time, after listening to Su Qi'an's plan, their hearts still couldn't help jumping.

Su Qi'an's plan was too bold, but only he could come up with such a bold plan.

The two did not speak, their eyes flashed, thinking quietly, Su Qi'an did not open his mouth to urge, and waited silently.

After a while, Su Ji said, "Qi An, how sure are you?" ”

"My certainty depends on whether you have the confidence to recover the four counties of Zhongzhou and exterminate the bandits rampant in Zhongzhou."

Su Qi'an's somewhat confusing answer made the two stunned, and then they glanced at each other, and after a while, Su Ji said.

"Hehe, you are worthy of being chosen by my niece and daughter, and only you dare to say such a thing."

"Okay, this time Uncle Huang will be bold and accompany you to break through, so many years have passed, Zhongzhou knows that the name of King Yu is not much, this time borrow your kid's light, let these damn guys, know who has the final say in this Zhongzhou."

Feeling the confidence released by King Yu, Su Qi'an smiled and nodded.

With 10,000 troops, it is indeed difficult to fight against 50,000 bandits, and recover the lost four counties, but it does not mean that there is no hope.

If the top brass cowers and is cautious, even if they have a large army, there is a possibility that the ship will capsize.

What Su Qi'an has to do is not to immediately send troops to exterminate him, but to enhance the confidence of high-level commanders.

Only when they have the will to win can they drive the soldiers below to fight hard and turn the tables around.

In this conversation, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang did not disappoint him, and then they took Zheng Dawei as an appetizer.

After Su Ji and Li Chongxiang entered Monan County, they never left until the next day, when a joint order from King Yu and Zhongzhou Mu came from Monan County.

"Beishan County has been ravaged by the scourge of bandits led by Zheng Da all the year round, and the people are miserable, and now it is decided that He Xing will be fully responsible for leading the Beishan battalion to exterminate the bandits led by Zheng Da in one fell swoop, and it is bound to return the people of Beishan County to peace."

"All counties in Beishan County must actively cooperate, and if there are any delays in the fighter planes and the so-called supporters, they will all be killed."

The release of this news naturally caused a lot of shock in Zhongzhou, and it was not determined to exterminate Zheng Da and other bandits.

After all, there are only about 1,000 people, and for 50,000 bandits, even if they are destroyed, it will not be painful.

They are more concerned about the second half of the sentence, and those who delay the fighter planes and support the bandits will be killed.

The former is beating the local officials, and the latter is a reminder to Xu Shan and Li Dian, a very strong reminder.

Let them not interfere, and if they do, they will show no mercy and will be exterminated.

If these words had been put before, they might have made the two disdainful, but this time, the two of them were suspicious.

Zheng Da and other thousand-person bandits wreaked havoc in Beishan County, it was their idea, on the one hand, to find out, and on the other hand, to give themselves a buffer time.

Li Chongxiang did not dare to make a move because there were not many troops, and the recruits could not be used for the time being, and they did not dare to continue to storm Beishan and Qinghe and take Zhongzhou, not to give them a chance to breathe, but also to be afraid.

The conquest of the four counties of Zhongzhou did not seem to have wasted much effort on the surface, but in fact the casualties were not small, and the casualties in the four counties reached seven or eight thousand.

This is still under the condition that half of them are willing to take the initiative to cooperate with the surrender, and on the other hand, there is another reason, the speed at which they took the four counties was too fast, and it took less than half a month before and after.

When the four counties are taken, the battle line will be long, and each county will need troops to be stationed, so that the maximum number of troops that can be used is 20,000.

Moreover, Xu Shan and Li Dian belong to the two kings, and the current cooperation is just forced by the situation, but also to take Zhongzhou as soon as possible, so as to show their respective masters.

Therefore, in the cooperation, it is inevitable that there will be some mutual vigilance, and the four counties won will also be divided according to the advance agreement, each accounting for two counties, so that there will be about 10,000 bandits in one county.

Although the number of bandits was large, their combat effectiveness was always inferior to that of the regular army, and when they took the four counties, the two counties of Beishan and Qinghe were replaced by Su Ji and Li Chongxiang immediately.

I wanted to pass the internal response, and the internal should be combined with the outside, but without waiting for them to contact, I was taken down a long time ago, and I directly cut off my head and hung it in the city tower to warn.

This move gave the hidden two counties a great shock, and no one dared to pass on the news for a while, and gradually, they were not clear about the situation in the two counties.

The only thing I know is that the territory has shrunk, but it has given them the opportunity to concentrate their forces, 10,000 Zhongzhou soldiers, sitting in the second county, if they attack rashly, even if they are lucky enough to take the second county, but the price of casualties, they can't afford it.

The two had already estimated that if they really wanted to attack in an all-out way and kill 10,000 Zhongzhou soldiers, at least more than 30,000 casualties would be lost, and there was no guarantee that they would not be among the 30,000 casualties.

There is no way, the bandits are always a rabble, no matter how the two of them plant soldiers and veteran oil training, their combat effectiveness will not improve much, if they encounter a fierce battle that is not afraid of death, these people will definitely escape.

I have encountered this situation in conquering one of the county towns before, and if it weren't for the two people in charge, I'm afraid it would have been chaotic a long time ago.

Since they can't improve their combat effectiveness, they can only increase their numbers, so in half a month, the two of them continue to expand, whether they are ruffians and hooligans, or drunkard bandits, or even Lazhuangding.

Anyway, as long as the hands and feet are not broken, no matter what kind of goods they have, they will all be under their command, and according to their plan, they will recruit at least 30,000 people, and the total number of troops must reach more than 70,000.

Although the conditions were relaxed and the recruitment was carried out on a large scale, it also took time, at least more than a month, so during the recruitment period, in order to keep the other party in a tense state.

The two of them released Zheng Da's harassment team, don't look at the small number of people, this harassment team, all of them are fine, and they were put into Beishan County, and they were not exterminated, but they were like fish in water.

With the strength of Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, it was too easy to exterminate them, but they have been allowed to survive until now.

What their idea is, Xu Shan and Feng Dian know well, just like them, wait for the right time, and Zheng Da has become a buffer zone where the two sides have not fought directly for the time being.

The two sides maintained this rare tacit understanding, and it is estimated that this tacit understanding will last for half a month at most, but only half of the time has passed, and it was directly broken by the other party.

This is the reason why the two of them have solemn faces and frowns.