The two kings coveted Zhongzhou for a day or two, and instead of waiting for the two kings to jointly send troops to fight and forcibly force submission, it was better to simply take the initiative to surrender.

Directly to retreat into advance, it seems to have suffered a big loss, but in fact, the initiative is on yourself.

Su Zhe and Su Tai ascended the throne, although they were justified, legitimate, and legitimate, but the division of Daliang always made the states not so convinced.

The top priority of the two kings is naturally to grab territory, don't look at the two kings now shaking hands and making peace, but they will definitely not be able to communicate frankly, and they are still strongly wary of each other.

Just like Xu Shan and Feng Dian in Zhongzhou, as long as the two can work together, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang will not be defeated individually.

And the value of Zhongzhou, the two kings know better than anyone else, and it is absolutely impossible to be willing to share it, at this time, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang jointly issued this kind of statement, which has already shown their great sincerity.

Even if the two kings want to provoke, it is difficult to say, and they have not offended the two kings, and they are completely equal, and it is difficult for the two kings to find a reason to send troops.

If the army is forcibly dispatched, it will only suffer criticism from other states, and it will definitely take Zhongzhou as a lesson from the past, and it is not so easy for the two kings to make other states submit.

And even if he really sends troops, the two kings have to weigh it well, the 30,000 militia hidden in Zhongzhou, plus the 20,000 Zhongzhou soldiers on the surface, and the 50,000 men and horses, if they want to take Zhongzhou, they are afraid that they will have to pay a great price.

With the character of the two kings, they should know the stakes and disadvantages, and this kind of strategy of retreating into advance is basically unsolvable.

Su Ji and Li Chongxiang were also bright-eyed, and without any hesitation, they directly sent an announcement to Kyoto and informed the states.

And during the period of Kyoto's reply, the chaos in the six counties of Zhongzhou was also taken over by the Zhongzhou soldiers at a very fast speed, thus pacifying.

As the six counties of Zhongzhou returned to the hands of the two, the two immediately issued an order to recruit militia, and the remaining four counties quickly took action.

After experiencing the turmoil of the bandits and seeing the counterattack of the people of Changping County, the people of each county understood a truth, only when they are strong, can they protect their homes.

Blindly pinning hopes on others is the next policy after all, so when they heard that the counties were open to recruiting the so-called militia, the local people were very excited and enthusiastic.

If it weren't for the number limit, it would be easy for a county to recruit tens of thousands of people if it was directly released.

Even if they knew, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang did not do this, recruiting militiamen, mainly young and middle-aged at the beginning, and they had to pass the set physical test, and only those who passed could join.

The reason for this is mainly to build a strong army, quality rather than quantity, only in this way can Zhongzhou be better protected.

And once you open your mouth, even if tens of thousands of people are recruited, the daily food supply of these people is a big consumption.

Therefore, recruiting a specific number of people, and combining cultivation and cultivation with training, to create an army that idlely serves the people and fights as soldiers, this kind of soldiers is the origin of the militia.

The only one who can come up with this method is Su Qi'an, when he was in Jiaozhou, he established this system very early, but he just brought this system to Zhongzhou.

As long as the training plan formulated by Su Qi'an is followed, the militia in Zhongzhou will definitely be able to exert a strong force, at least in times of war, Zhongzhou can have the power to protect itself.

Su Qi'an didn't mean to see the training of the militia in Zhongzhou, and he didn't even show his face, not only him, but even Su Ji and Li Chongxiang didn't show up.

After they ended the bandits' surrender, they did not appear, as if they had evaporated from the world.

If you look closely, you will find that since the war in Zhongzhou was put down, it is not only the three of them who have disappeared, but even the direct team that followed Su Qi'an has gradually disappeared.

Originally, the direct team was the instructor who trained the militia, but after staying for three days, they began to evacuate one after another, until the fifth day, they were completely gone.

The sudden disappearance of these big shots, the militia was a little confused, but they didn't think much about it, after all, they were big people in Zhongzhou, so naturally they had important things to deal with, and it was normal to leave first.

Soon, the militia began to devote themselves to daily training, as they had done at the beginning.

At the same time, on the official road leading to Jinzhong County in a small border county in the west of Zhongzhou, a caravan was marching towards the county seat in front of it.

If you look at this team carefully, you will find that they are Su Qi'an's direct team, and the big man at the head is none other than Tong Zhan, and there are several figures in a carriage in the middle behind him.

are all acquaintances, namely Su Qi'an, Su Ji, and Li Chongxiang.

Who would have thought that the three big men who pacified the turmoil in Zhongzhou would appear here.

Behind this carriage, there are several carriages, looking at the figures on the carriage, they are some female dependents, you can guess who is sitting in it without thinking about it, the ninth princess Su Fengling, and Wang Yan is sitting next to her.

This formation, judging by their appearance, is leaving Zhongzhou.

Since Su Qi'an learned the news of Xizhou from Feng Dian, it was basically difficult for him to stay in Zhongzhou longer.

Not for anything else, the current situation in Xizhou is afraid that it is a mess, and I learned from Feng Dian that Su Zhe and Su Tai respectively sent an army of 50,000 troops, divided into two routes, and sent troops to Xizhou.

It's just that this news has not been announced at all, and in addition to the parties concerned, it is estimated that it is Xizhou, which has been attacked.

The purpose of the second king's attack on Xizhou is very simple, that is, to take down Su Qi'an's lair in one fell swoop before he returns to Xizhou.

The nest was breached, and even if he returned to Xizhou, it would be difficult to organize troops to attack.

In order not to leak the news, except for the second king and his own henchmen, no one else knew about it, and at the same time publicly issued a wanted warrant to hunt down Su Qi'an, in fact, it was to divert everyone's attention.

made Su Qi'an and the states mistakenly think that the two kings were bound to chase and kill Su Qi'an to the ends of the earth and not give up, but in fact, they had already divided their troops into two ways to attack Xizhou.

If it weren't for the turmoil in Zhongzhou, with the geographical location of Zhongzhou, even if the news was not released, it would be possible to spy on the war in Xizhou, but unfortunately, Xu Shan and Feng Dian occupied two-thirds of the territory of Zhongzhou.

Moreover, it is still the main road to Xizhou, so to speak, it directly cut off the connection with Xizhou, which is why Feng Dian dared to speak out when he saw Su Qi'an.

He knew that as long as he could drag Su Qi'an to Zhongzhou and wait for Xizhou to be taken, Su Qi'an would be rootless water, and if he wanted to send an order, there was not much danger at all.

It's a pity that he underestimated Su Qi'an too much, and also underestimated Su Ji and Li Chongxiang too much, and at the last moment, Chu Qing killed him against the water, making his plan completely bankrupt.

Now the news that Su Qi'an knows is that the two counties of Hanzhong and Nandu in Xizhou have been taken, and the two armies have gone all the way south to Xizhou City, and the situation is precarious.

Speaking of which, this news came out seven days ago, and Su Qi'an really doesn't know what the situation in Xizhou is now.

It is imperative that he return to Xizhou as quickly as possible, so this is also the reason why Su Qi'an disappeared after the bandits in Zhongzhou were pacified.

In five days, under the leadership of Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, they went all the way from Qinghe County to Jinzhong County in the west, and the distance between the two completely spanned a state.

It took five days to reach the small county on the border with Xizhou.

To be honest, Su Qi'an, who learned the news, had mixed feelings in his heart, in addition to shocking the second king's generosity in sending an army of 100,000, he had many doubts in his heart.

The army of 100,000 is indeed terrifying, but with Luo Qingyuan's wisdom, in the nearly two years since he left Xizhou, not to mention the wealth of the people, at least it has to be in order.

Before he left, the total number of troops in Xizhou was 50,000, and even if an army of 100,000 attacked, it was impossible to lose the two counties so quickly, including the most important county, Hanzhong County.

This is what Su Qi'an can't understand the most, Hanzhong County is the gate of Xizhou, if he remembers correctly, when he left Xizhou and entered Kyoto, he once rectified Hanzhong, and specially summoned Xue Muxiu to assist Wuchuan in solving the problem in Hanzhong.

But in less than half a month, he lost the two counties of Hanzhong and Nandu in one go, and went straight to Xizhou City.

Even if the strength is not good and finally gives up, in addition to Xizhou, Jiaozhou, which borders it, is also Su Qi'an's base camp.

Jiaozhou's troops are at least 20,000 or 30,000 people, plus the natives led by the local patriarchs, it is more than enough to gather 50,000 people.

Xizhou has the south, and it is impossible for Jiaozhou to sit idly by, but the result is that the two counties in the north of Xizhou were captured, and the 100,000 army went straight to Xizhou City, while Jiaozhou in the south was motionless.

In the past few days of going to Xizhou, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang specially sent people to investigate, but they did not find that there was great turmoil in Jiaozhou, and they were not restrained by any bandits, so they could not send troops.

But Jiaozhou is motionless, but it is strange, Su Qi'an has left the West and Jiaotong for nearly two years, and there should not be too many problems.

If there is really something, it will not wait until now to do it, the only thing that can be explained must be what Luo Qingyuan has planned.

Only when you enter Xizhou and meet the parties can you understand all the recent situations.

Just as everyone was about to arrive in Jinzhong County, suddenly, an arrow shot from the city tower in front of them.

The arrow broke through the air, but did not shoot anyone, and shot straight at the ground about a dozen paces in front of Tong Zhan.

Tong Zhan's face froze, his palm was on the hilt of the knife at his waist, ready for battle at any time, and at the same time, the gate of Zhongxian County opened, and two teams of cavalry came in a hurry.

A cold voice rang out, "Stop!" Report the name, if not, there will be no forgiveness. ”

These two teams of cavalry are not local soldiers, judging by their clothing, they are Jinzhou soldiers and Zhaozhou soldiers.

These two teams of cavalry were none other than the soldiers of Su Zhe and Su Tai's fiefdoms.

It was not surprising that they appeared here, and when Zhongzhou fell into bandit turmoil, these two cavalry came to Zhongzhou.

And the place where they are stationed is the westernmost Jinzhong County, nominally by chance, they found that bandits are rampant here, and they have to stay, in order to protect the safety of the local people, in fact, most of them are to assist Xu Shan and Feng Dian to take Zhongzhou.

It's just that since Xu Shan and Feng Dian were killed, and after the bandits completely quelled the rebellion in Zhongzhou, the two battalions of about six or seven hundred people have not made a move from beginning to end, and they don't know what they are thinking.