The continuous rain of arrows came rapidly, and the elites behind Xu Shan fell to the ground one after another, suffering heavy casualties, looking at this scene, Xu Shan got up and scolded at the crossbowmen.

But as if he had not heard, the crossbowmen continued to fire their arrows, and in less than half a burnt of incense, the elite of the bandits were all shot.

Xu Shan's face was gloomy, he turned his head sharply, looked at the two people in front of him who were quite calm, and scolded.

"It's you! No wonder he had no fear and actually bribed the subordinates of this commander! Scoundrel! ”

Xu Shan scolded, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang looked calm and noncommittal, and after a while, Li Chongxiang said.

"Xu Shan, I've given you a chance, so how do you choose now? Will we be captured, or will we take it down? ”

Xu Shan's face changed, and he said viciously, "I, don't think that if you buy my subordinates, you will be sure of nine out of ten, and if you want the commander to surrender, you are a fool." ”

"Hmph, since you're all here, let's die with this commander!"

Immediately, Xu Shan jerked from his waist, held a dagger in his hand, and stabbed at the two people in front of him.

The two of them stood in place, motionless, this scene seemed to Xu Shan's eyes, thinking that the two of them were scared stupid, and he didn't expect that he would die with them.

After all, the two of them have noble statuses, and compared with those of them who have experience in battlefield fighting, I am afraid that they can't even kill people, and they are no different from those weak literati.

Since Su Ji and Li Chongxiang want to treat him to death, Xu Shan is not a person who sits idly by, the big deal is to die, but before he dies, he has to pull the two of them to be the back.

Seeing that Xu Shan's dagger was about to stab the two, suddenly, a sigh sounded in his ears.

Immediately afterward, his body stiffened, and he felt as if he had been hit hard in the back, causing him to stop moving.

A dagger was inserted in his back at some point, Xu Shan's face turned pale, and he turned around with difficulty, and saw clearly the person who attacked him.

It's none other than his dog's leg, Zheng Xipo, the commander of Changping County.

At this time, Zheng Xipo changed the image of the dog's leg just now, his face was indifferent, and he looked at Xu Shan and said softly.

"Hey, there's no way, I originally wanted to capture you alive, but you insisted on looking for death, and the lower officials could only fulfill you, so Commander Xu can go on the road with peace of mind."

Xu Shan's eyes flashed, and many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, that is, when he was about to die, some things that he couldn't figure out had an answer at once.

The dagger in Xu Shan's hand fell to the ground, his hands propped up on the table, looked at Zheng Xipo who was sneaking up behind him, and said softly.

"It turns out that this is your hole card, Zheng Xipo, you are really good, you actually deceived me, haha, defeated in your hands, not wronged, cough cough."

As he spoke, Xu Shan couldn't stop coughing up blood, his face was not a little angry, but with a bit of playfulness, he turned his head to look at Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, and used his last strength.

"I admire your layout, but since you came to Changping County, I said it, you can't leave, so you can all be buried with me."

When the words fell, Xu Shan's body was stunned, and then he fell down in a daze.

Xu Shan died, the two major henchmen of the Zhongzhou bandit group, finally except for one trouble, as for Feng Dian, who was the other trouble, when Xu Shan was negotiating with Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, Zheng Xipo had already placed people and went with Chu Qing.

As long as Feng Dian is still in Changping, it will be a matter of time before he is arrested, and in this peace talks, it is the real purpose of the two to take down and kill Xu Shan and Feng Dian.

This is also the second step of Su Qi'an's layout, and in order to be able to implement this plan, the two have done a lot of work.

The most important link is the Changping County Ling Zheng Xipo.

On the surface, Zheng Xipo is the dog leg next to Xu and Feng, and he is one of the first county orders to surrender in Kaicheng, but in fact, his approach was instructed by Su Ji and Li Chongxiang.

When Xu and Feng provoked the turmoil in Zhongzhou, led tens of thousands of bandits, invaded the counties and counties of Zhongzhou, and caused chaos in Zhongzhou, the two specially instructed confidants like Zheng Xipo to act cheaply when they were unable to resist, such as the surrender of Kaesong.

Everything is done to minimize casualties and protect the local population as much as possible.

Of course, this kind of surrender of Kaesong will inevitably be scolded by the people, especially the things that Zheng Xipo did later to help and abuse, which caused the local people to want to pick his skin.

It's just that these are just superficial, like the default bandits robbing houses and houses in the county, in the final analysis, it is to protect the safety of the local people, if some people are allowed to resist, they can only be slaughtered in the end.

seems to have become a dog's leg and an accomplice of Xu and Feng, but in fact, Zheng Xipo used this identity to not only get some information about the bandit group.

At the same time, the robbers in Changping County were secretly assassinated and replaced little by little, like the crossbowmen around the house this time, but they were not bought, but they had already been replaced by Zheng Xipo as their own.

He did this in order to wait for today, it seems that the hunt for Xu Shan is going well, but in fact, Zheng Xipo is under a lot of pressure behind it.

In addition to enduring the abuse of the people, in the same way, for today's plan, during the period when Changping County was taken over by bandits, some lives were still lost, and some people still died tragically at the hands of bandits.

Even if Zheng Xipo wanted to stop it in advance, it was a step too late, and all he could do was to secretly send his henchmen afterwards to assassinate those blood-stained bandits.

Sometimes, looking at the people under his rule, dying in front of him, and he can't resist, for the sake of today's plan, he can only endure silently, that kind of pain is not something ordinary people can understand.

Su Qi'an still admires this person, endures the people's incomprehension, abuse, and even wants to kill him, and always endures it silently, such a person, in Su Qi'an's opinion, is a great talent.

Xu Shan and a group of elite bandits were killed, and this street was basically taken over by Zheng Xipo's people, and at this time, Su Qi'an walked out from the soldiers of the Beishan Battalion behind him.

Looking at Zheng Xipo in front of him, he said, "I have heard of Lord Zheng for a long time, and when I saw it today, I really admired Su, and it was a blessing to have Lord Zheng's help in today's matter, here, Su expressed his gratitude to Lord Zheng." ”

Saying that, Su Qi'an wanted to swing at Zheng Xipo, but this move frightened Zheng Xipo.

hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, with a frightened look on his face, and hurriedly said, "The prince can't help it, the lower official is only a seven-grade county order, the prince, you are a royal noble, and you are a second-class county king, this worship of the lower official can't stand it." ”

About Su Qi'an, Zheng Xipo still knows a little, today's design, the person behind the scenes is Su Qi'an, from Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, I learned that this famous marquis broke through from the imperial city, and also came to Zhongzhou, and planned to design a booby trap Xu and Feng, Zheng Xipo was still very surprised, and it took a long time to come to his senses.

His reaction was not fear, but excitement, and being able to become Su Ji and Li Chongxiang's henchmen was at least similar ideologically.

Zheng Xipo admires Su Qi'an in his heart, in the past few years, the southern and northern wars, and the pacification of many wars for Daliang, Su Qi'an's reputation is still very loud.

Knowing that Su Qi'an killed the monarch in the imperial city and forced the palace to rebel, Zheng Xipo's first reaction was not to believe it, but he was just a small county order under a state, and it was impossible to come out.

Moreover, after the forced palace incident, Zhongzhou soon suffered the impact of Xu and Feng and fell into turmoil, which can be described as too busy to take care of itself.

Just when Zhongzhou was in danger, Su Qi'an, like a divine soldier, not only came to Zhongzhou, but also helped King Yu and Zhongzhou Mu to calm the turmoil in Zhongzhou.

Hearing this news, Zheng Xipo was quite excited, he endured it for so long, and finally got the day to fight back.

And as a result, as he thought, not only did he let Xu Shan and Feng Dian come to Changping, but in the end, he directly won it, and only people like Su Qi'an dared to do this kind of risky plan.

Therefore, for Su Qi'an, Zheng Xipo also had the nervousness of looking forward to seeing it, and wanted to see what this great cool strange man was like.

Who knows, as soon as he met Su Qi'an, he would give him such a big gift, how would this not make Zheng Xipo honestly afraid.

Zheng Xipo stopped him, but Su Qi'an shook his head and said, "Zheng County Order, this worship is not due to your great achievements this time, but in the hands of Xu and Feng, you have suffered so much incomprehension and the pain of being alone, Zheng County Order, you have worked hard." ”

These words made Zheng Xipo stunned, and then his eyes were red, he didn't expect that the person who could understand him turned out to be Su Qi'an, who had never met before.

His suffering is not something that ordinary people can understand, after all, a county order like him, but he has embarked on a career through the imperial examination, and he has read the books of sages and sages, and the pursuit in their hearts is the kind of official who serves for a term and benefits the people, and yearns for leaving a name in history.

And this time, what he did was all things with blood on his hands, even if Changping was recovered this time, informed the people, and gave him justice, but for those innocent people who died tragically at the hands of bandits, whether it was the people or Zheng Xipo, there was some estrangement in their hearts.

Although it is ultimately for today's great plan, this matter will always linger in the hearts of some people, like a shadow.

But Su Qi'an understands him better than anyone else, and these words are like dispelling the dark sunshine in his heart and letting him be relieved.

Zheng Xipo stood in place, silent, Su Qi'an patted him on the shoulder, and said.

"Master Zheng, I know your difficulties, your pain, and I also have this pain, but I want to tell you that nothing can be perfect, there will always be the opposite."

"But I want to tell you, what we do, just ask for a clear conscience, even if we suffer from incomprehension, abuse, and even attacks, these are left to them to comment, our purpose is to cool a peace, this road is destined to be full of thorns, is bumpy, are you willing to go down with us for this dream."

Zheng Xipo raised his head and looked at Su Qi'an, and behind Su Qi'an, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang also looked at him with a smile.

Zheng Xipo suddenly seemed to have found his goal, and a depression in his heart dissipated in an instant, his eyes were firm, and he hugged his fists.

"Xiaguan is willing to sacrifice everything for Zhongzhou and Daliang, even if it is his own life, he will not hesitate."

The three of them nodded slightly, and were about to say something, when suddenly, a dull horn sounded.

The three of them were stunned for a moment, then turned their heads.

This is the clarion call for attack, listen to the direction, it should be outside the county seat of Changping.