Chapter 872: Into the Trap Again
With the token given by the two elders, plus Wu Yong's guidance, everyone arrived at Xiacang County City smoothly, without staying too long, all the way to the north, towards the Xizhou clan land.
The Xizhou clan land, with a vast area, directly crosses the west and the two states, but the location is close to the westernmost side, even if a war breaks out between the two states, it will not be able to affect it for a while and a half.
At least for now, the aborigines and Heilu living in the clan land are quite peaceful, and the place where Su Qi'an and them are located should be under the jurisdiction of the natives, so they will naturally not encounter any trouble along the way.
When they passed through the territory governed by the natives and came to the territory governed by the Heilu people, there was a checkpoint post in front of everyone.
This outpost level should be the largest Su Qi'an has ever seen, in addition to being blocked by two rows of thorn fences in the middle, there are also two arrow towers built around it.
In the arrow tower, there were figures flickering, each holding a bow and crossbow, looking in the distant direction.
As Su Qi'an and the others arrived in the area under the jurisdiction of the Heilu people, suddenly, above the arrow tower, there was a cold scolding.
"Stop coming, report your name, why did you enter the Xizhou clan land."
Saying that, the bows and crossbows on the arrow tower were aimed at Su Qi'an and the others, and at the same time, at the rear of the checkpoint, a large number of Heilu people immediately rushed out, each holding a spear, looking at the approaching people with a wary expression.
Wu Yong, who was the leader, took a few steps forward and said loudly. "I am the county guard of Chencang County, and I need to enter Xizhou for special and important matters, and I am tired of borrowing the road."
Hearing this, the Heilu people with tense expressions, their faces eased slightly, and motioned for Wu Yong and the others to stop in place, and after a while, a team of Heilu people walked out of the checkpoint outpost, came to Wu Yong, and checked the relevant documents.
After looking at the patriarchal order in Wu Yong's hand, Heiluren's pupils shrank, but he quickly regained his composure, looking at Wu Yong's expression, he was not so hostile, and hurriedly hugged his fists.
"It turned out to be Chen Cang's guard, it was our rudeness, come, please come here."
Under the wave of the inspectors, the closed checkpoint post was slowly opened, and hundreds of people including Wu Yong and Su Qi'an passed through one after another.
The Heilu people led by him looked calm, and while walking, they communicated with Wu Yong.
Between the natives and Heilu, they don't like each other, but they still have a little awe for each other's high-level figures.
Especially several elders of the natives, as well as officials above the county guard level in Jiaozhou, after all, they all belong to Su Qi'an's subordinates, even if there is a small friction, but it is controllable, and it will not be an enemy of life and death, all of which is due to Su Qi'an's own strong strength and deterrence.
Without Su Qi'an, in the last battle to encircle and suppress Tang Feng, they were afraid that the Heilu people would have been exterminated long ago, where could they still live peacefully like now, especially with the natives of Jiaozhou, they didn't dare to think about it before.
admired Su Qi'an, whether it was Heilu or native, from the bottom of his heart, so watching the Jiaozhou county guard actually transit through Xizhou, naturally made the Heilu people who were guarding it shocked.
Generally speaking, between the two prefectures of the West and Jiaojiao, there are very few county-level officials crossing the border, and they are personally leading the team, and there must be something big happening.
During his inquiry, Wu Yong didn't say much, but simply asked to meet with several of their chiefs.
Hearing this, the Heilu people who led the way nodded again and again, even if they didn't need Wu Yong to speak, he had the intention of informing his own chief.
With the guarded Heilu leading the way, it was much more convenient for everyone to enter the Xizhou clan land, but just halfway through the journey, suddenly, a faint voice sounded.
"Guy in front, stop me."
Everyone looked at them, behind them, a large number of Heilu people appeared at some point, the number of at least a hundred or so people, especially the leader of Heilu, it seems that the status should not be low, and the size should be a centurion level.
Hei Lu, who led the way, raised his eyebrows, didn't say anything, and motioned to Wu Yong and the others to continue on the road, not taking the reprimand just now in his eyes.
This time, it angered the centurion, his face sank, and he said coldly.
"Come on, surround them for me, dare to resist, and take it immediately."
With an order, the hundreds of Heilu men behind him, armed with spears, immediately blocked the way of Wu Yong and the others.
Hei Lu, who led the way, looked at the centurion who came up and said, "Qiu Da, what do you want to do?" If you attack me in the clan land, aren't you afraid of the chief's punishment? ”
"Meng Er, if you don't use the chief to press me, even if you are punished, you will have to be punished."
"According to the rules of the clan land, the number of people entering the Xizhou clan land cannot exceed five hundred, and the number of people must reach more than one hundred, and they must be checked one by one, and only after confirming that they are correct, can they be released, see what you are doing? With you alone, you actually put these hundreds of unidentified outsiders into the clan land, Meng Er, what are your intentions. ”
"I seriously suspect that you are using your power for personal gain, and you want to take advantage of the turmoil in Xizhou to wantonly sabotage."
"Qiu Da, you fart!" Meng Er was obviously annoyed by Qiu Da's words, and couldn't help but scold.
Su Qi'an, who was in the crowd, didn't expect that when he entered the Xizhou clan land, he would encounter such a thing, and he didn't encounter any friction, but saw the infighting between the Heilu people.
Regarding the infighting of the Heilu people, Wu Yong knew a little more and whispered.
There are six major chieftains in Heilu, and in the hands of each chieftain, there is an army of Heilu, and these Su Qi'an knows.
It's just that after defeating Tang Feng and Heilu's army, the six chieftains and their Heilu people were absorbed.
The Heilu who was incorporated did not have much conflict with the Liang people, but there would be friction and contradictions between the internal and the subordinates of the chiefs.
Meng Er, who led the way, was the second chief's person, and Qiu Da, who deliberately made things difficult, was the person of the big chief, and there may not be much gap between the two chiefs, but there would be conflicts among his subordinates.
These all stem from the infighting between the Heilu people, who were originally gathered in Xizhou, and the six chiefs occupy six places under their jurisdiction, and there are not many contacts in normal times, so there is less friction.
But after Su Qi'an was originally absorbed, he gathered all the subordinates of the six chiefs, Heilu, together, and this kind of face-to-face meeting every day, over time, there will always be contradictions.
Not to mention Heilu, even if it is a cool person, they usually fight with each other, but Su Qi'an is a little negligent about this.
After the war in Xizhou was pacified, Su Qi'an had to deal with the people of Xizhou and Jiaozhou seriously.
However, at the moment, I am not listening to the two sides arguing, but passing through the clan land as soon as possible, entering Xizhou, meeting with Luo Qingyuan and others, and understanding the situation in Xizhou.
Su Qi'an gestured with his eyes, and Wu Yong on the side stepped forward, stopped the quarrel between the two, and directly took out the order of the elder and the county guard, and said loudly.
"I am the county guard of Chencang County, Jiaozhou, there is something important today, I deliberately borrowed the land of the Xizhou clan, and please get out of the way quickly, if you delay the important affairs of this county, you chiefs will definitely punish you severely."
Wu Yong flashed the token in his hand, and directly frightened the Heilu big man who surrounded him, and they looked at each other, a little at a loss.
And Qiu Da, who took the lead, also changed his face, looking at the token that Wu Yong presented, his eyes flashed, just when Wu Yong thought that the matter was solved and he could leave.
Suddenly, Qiu Da shouted coldly, "Hmph, Meng Er, if you want to deceive, you have to find a reason to say the past." ”
"As we all know, the well water in the West and Jiao Erzhou usually does not interfere with the river water, even if there are county officials who come and go, it is impossible to go to the clan land, there are regular channels, I think this is what Chen Cang County guard, that is, Meng Er, you deliberately deceive, casually find someone to disguise your identity."
"I have serious reason to suspect you now, and under the pretext of leading the way to the so-called Jiaozhou County Guard, you actually want to create chaos in the clan land."
"Brothers, don't be deceived by Meng Er, Meng Er just wants to take advantage of the chaos to seize the clan land, so as to cooperate with the attacking army on the Western Road, listen to my orders, give it to me, and immediately take down the second class of Meng Er's traitors, and those who violate the order will be killed."
Wu Yong didn't expect that this big black and rude man would dare to buckle such a big hat, reversing black and white without distinguishing, with the intention of taking them down directly.
Under Qiu Da's order, in addition to the hundred or so people he brought, the Heilu people who were watching from a distance also had a solemn look on their faces, and they seemed to have the intention of making a move.
If you add these people, in terms of numbers, they are no longer superior, and Meng Er also didn't expect that a simple quarrel would suddenly turn into a sword fight.
Meng Er scolded Qiu Da loudly at Qiu Da, who retreated into the crowd, "Qiu Da, you fucking fart, everyone, don't be deceived by Qiu Da, this is really Chen Cang's county guard, he came today, but there is something important, stop me, if it is a bad thing, we can't bear the responsibility." ”
"Brothers, don't listen to Meng Er's nonsense, Meng Er has betrayed us, the evidence is conclusive, he just wants to take the clan land, brothers, in order to protect our homeland, take Meng Er!"
"Qiu Da, what the hell are you doing, I think you are a traitor..."
Meng Er wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Su Qi'an behind him, "Meng Er, don't you need to explain, can't you see the situation clearly at the moment?" ”
"I didn't expect it to be planted here, Wu Yong is ready to break through at any time."
Meng Er's face was stunned, and he quickly seemed to think of something, his face changed, his pupils shrank, and he said with a look of disbelief, "Could it be that Qiu Da wanted to put us to death in the first place?" ”
Su Qi'an didn't answer, but his face was everything he said.
A group of them escaped many crises, but they didn't expect that when they entered the clan land, a seemingly safe place, there was a trap waiting for them.
This is what Su Qi'an didn't expect, his expression was solemn, if they couldn't avoid this level, I was afraid that they would really be planted here.
Wu Yong also gave the order as soon as possible, and the five hundred or so people behind him were ready to fight at any time.
And Qiu Da, who retreated into the crowd, continued to shout, "Brothers, you see, Meng Er is a traitor, his ambition has been seen through by us, rush, brothers, kill these traitors, kill." ”
Qiu Da's voice fell, and a group of Heilu people in front of him immediately rushed forward, but Qiu Da showed a strong playful look, as if some trick had succeeded.