Everyone reunited in this small mountain village, which was very lively.
This kind of meeting again after a catastrophe and going through dangers is beyond words.
Everyone gathered around and communicated with Su Qi'an, and noisy voices continued to sound.
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from behind, "Master Marquis, it's been a long time. It's been a blessing for me to meet you."
The person who spoke was none other than Lingdong County Magistrate Zhou Qi.
Through communicating with everyone, Su Qi'an knew how much effort the Lingdong County Magistrate had exerted after that night.
That night Tang Feng launched an attack on Sichuandu County and Dongshan Village almost simultaneously.
Because they had made some preparations in advance, although they would not be caught off guard, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great.
Not surprisingly, both were breached, and everyone fled all the way. Finally, Zhou Qi sent someone to meet him and quietly picked him up.
Because at that time, Tang Feng and Tang Xiao's attention was all on Lingbei County, and they would not pay attention to Lingdong County next door.
After all, Su Qi'an's base camp has always been Lingbei County. In order to divide Su Qi'an's control over Lingbei County, Fang Jingzhi was directly removed.
As for Zhou Qi from Lingdong County, according to their understanding, Su Qi'an was just on a side trip to Lingdong County.
The relationship with Zhou Qi was not very close, and when Su Qi'an went to the county town, prefecture town, or even Kyoto, he never found that Zhou Qi had any close contacts with Lingbei County.
Therefore, he was ignored, and it was precisely this neglect that made Tang Feng and his son miss the mark.
Su Qi'an and Zhou Qi didn't have much contact, but during the original trip to Lingdong, Su Qi'an helped Zhou Qi deal with the local overlord Song family.
Without the existence of the Song family, the rights of Lingdong County basically returned to his hands. Zhou Qi has always been grateful to Su Qi'an.
And in his contact with Su Qi'an, he found that Su Qi'an was a very good person and he admired Su Qi'an very much.
Therefore, Zhou Qi had always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Su Qi'an, and he had been waiting for this opportunity for more than a year.
Finally he met him. Due to Tang Feng's majesty, other county magistrates were afraid of Tang Feng and were powerless to help him, but he was not afraid.
Zhou Qi was dissatisfied with what Tang Feng did in Xizhou, but he knew that he, as a small county magistrate, could not shake Tang Feng at all.
So since he took back the rights in Lingdong County, it has been developing silently. He has no way to control other places, but in Lingdong County, as long as he is here, no one can harm Qin Ziyin and others.
Under his arrangement, Qin Ziyin, Tong Zhan and other people from Dongshan Village were the first to be hidden by him.
Then, a large number of informants were sent out to look for people from Suji Trading Company in the county.
Huangtian paid off. After Zhou Qi searched for many days, he finally met Lu Xiaowan, Ye Zhong and others who were evacuating on the outskirts of Sichuandu County.
As for Su Qi'an's return to Lingbei County and making such a big noise, it stands to reason that Zhou Qi would have heard the news.
But the reason why there was no contact was very simple. At that time, Tang Feng stationed a large number of soldiers in several counties near Lingbei.
For the sake of safety, Zhou Qi could only choose to remain silent until the soldiers were led by Su Qi'an's Dongshan Army to evacuate.
Zhou Qi immediately sent someone to arrange Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan and others to this extremely remote mountain village.
Su Qi'an fled all the way from the north of Xizhou to the south and arrived at Manghuang County.
Manghuang County happened to be bordering Lingdong County, and by chance, Su Qi'an besieged Manghuang County.
After learning the news, Zhou Qi sent someone to respond as soon as possible, because he was the only one who knew that this small mountain village had a road that could lead directly to Manghuang County.
Fortunately, the location for Su Qi'an's fierce battle was in the dense forest leading directly to Manghuang County. If it were any other place, Zhou Qi would not be able to respond even if he wanted to.
What does this mean? It means that God will never stop Su Qi'an.
Seeing Zhou Qi approaching, Su Qi'an had deep gratitude on his face and bowed respectfully to Zhou Qi.
Seeing this, Zhou Qi's expression changed slightly and he quickly stepped forward to stop Su.
Qi An said.
"Master Marquis, what are you doing? You are a noble Marquis, and I am just a county magistrate. I can't use such a great gift, I can't do it."
No matter how Zhou Qi tried to stop him, he was stopped by Su Qian's stubbornness.
He shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhou, you can't say this. If it weren't for your action, I'm afraid Su's life would not have been saved, and the Dongshan Army's casualties would have been even greater."
"One code equals one code. Your kindness will always be in my heart."
Su Qi'an said it sincerely, and Zhou Qi was very moved when he heard it. Just what Su Qi'an said made Zhou Qi believe that his actions were worth it.
The two exchanged pleasantries, and under the leadership of Zhou Qi, everyone returned to the village one after another.
Not long after, Song Biao and Er Meng, who were in charge of the rear of the palace, also led others to join Su Qi'an.
Seeing the two people returning safely, Su Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
This time the crisis has been resolved, but the casualties are not small. Not to mention the high-intensity and continuous running around Xizhou, the subsequent annihilation of the Heilu army and the battle with the Xizhou soldiers.
The two thousand Dongshan Army suffered 800 casualties, which made Su Qi'an very sad.
He knew that in the face of a large-scale military encirclement and suppression, it would be great to escape from Tang Feng and save his life. It was unimaginable to be able to save the Dongshan Army like now.
Although he was prepared, how could Su Qian not feel distressed when the casualty figures were actually reported? These were his elites.
Not only that, the casualties of Dongshan Village and Suji Trading Company have also basically come out.
One-third of the personnel of Suji Trading Company were injured and killed, and now there are less than a hundred people who can be contacted between the two banks.
As for the villagers in Dongshan Village, they were lucky. Tang Feng did not target these civilians. The night attack resulted in few casualties and targeted the four village protection teams. Read the book
Of the 1,000 village guards, there are now only about two to three hundred left, with more than two-thirds of the casualties.
More than half of the first and second teams were killed or injured, and the structure of the third and fourth teams was shattered.
In other words, this battle in Xizhou has basically destroyed all the forces established by Su Qi'an so far.
It can be said that the current Su Qian in Xizhou is just a group of homeless people fleeing east and west without anyone to rely on.
Su Qian suffered heavy losses in this battle. Fortunately, the important people were still alive.
As long as they are still there and give Su Qi'an time, they will definitely make a comeback.
After all, he was just a young scholar in Dongshan Village back then, with no influence at all around him.
In just two years of development, he has become famous in Xizhou. People are not afraid of failure, but they are afraid of not having the courage to start over.
After settling the Dongshan Army, Su Qi'an began to discuss the next arrangements with Zhou Qi, Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan, Tong Zhan, Li Hu, Zhao Da, Ye Zhong and other senior officials.
At this time, Tang Feng, who was forced to return by Liu Xin's order, returned to Manghuang County half a day later.
Liu Xin's injury seemed serious, but it did not hurt any vital parts. He was bandaged to stop the bleeding and did not take any rest. He just waited for Tang Feng to give him an explanation.
As expected, when the two sides met, the peaceful atmosphere lasted less than a stick of incense before they began to curse.
The point of dispute between the two sides is very simple, which is about the mobilization of Xizhou soldiers.
Liu Xin kept questioning whether Tang Feng had ulterior motives and deliberately mobilized the Xizhou soldiers in order to do something to Su Qi'an and disobey His Majesty's will.
But Tang Feng was not false at all. He directly refuted that because the situation was chaotic at the time, he did not know the extent of Liu Xin's injury, and it was confirmed that the person who shot Liu Xin was Su Qi'an's Dongshan Army.
Su Qi'an's move was an attempt to rebel. He led people to encircle and suppress them, which was completely justified.
Because of this, both sides did not give in at all and argued fiercely, both claiming that the other party had done something wrong.
The dispute between the two sides lasted for a quarter of an hour. In the end, Liu Xin, whose face was ashen, stood up abruptly and dropped his harsh words without continuing the argument with Tang Feng.
"Tangzhou Mu, don't think that what you do is perfect and no one notices it. I tell you, it's better to keep your tail. If
If you are found out by this commander, you don’t need to explain to your majesty. I will kill you personally for your majesty! "
"Okay, this state hopes that Commander Liu can find evidence. If not, just because Commander Liu framed Yizhou's state pastor, you won't be able to leave Xizhou."
In response to Liu Xin's harsh words, Tang Feng did not give in at all and spoke angrily.
"Okay, let's wait and see. I, the commander, still say the same thing. As long as I am in Xizhou for one day, you will not be able to mobilize the Xizhou soldiers without my order."
After saying this, Liu Xin kicked the door open and strode away.
Only Tang Feng, who had a gloomy look, stayed there. Shortly after Liu Xin left completely, Tang Xiao slipped in from the side door.
He could clearly hear the fierce quarrel between the two parties just next door.
Looking at Tang Feng's unhappy face, Tang Xiao whispered, "Father, this Liu Xin is too arrogant. Since he has already torn his face apart, why don't we just..."
Tang Xiao did not finish speaking, but instead made a knife with his palm and slid it in front of his neck.
Although Tang Feng was angry at Tang Xiao's suggestion, he was not carried away by his emotions.
He shook his head and stopped Tang Xiao's thoughts. Don't look at the fierce quarrel between the two parties just now.
I almost had plans to take action, but definitely not to the point of killing someone.
It's very simple. Both parties have no evidence to accuse the other party of evil intentions. If one of the parties has an accident at this time, don't worry, the other one will be responsible.
Liu Xin is your Majesty's bodyguard after all. If something happens in Xizhou, it will definitely attract His Majesty's attention.
Liu Xin is troublesome enough, but if he attracts others, Xizhou will be completely disrupted.
At that time, all the things that have been hidden in the dark corners of Xizhou for so many years will not be revealed.
This is not a good thing for Tang Feng.
Therefore, Qi Guiqi, for Liu Xin, he will not touch him until his life is in danger.
As for what Liu Xin said, without his order, the Xizhou soldiers would not be able to move. That would be to underestimate Tang Feng.
He still didn't believe that Su Qi'an and other Dongshan troops had disappeared, but were hiding.
After being encircled and suppressed for so long, and even annihilating his elite Heilu, he could guess that the casualties of the Dongshan Army would definitely be huge.
Anyway, the scope of disappearance is so large, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will be able to dig him out sooner or later.
Once dug out, even if he doesn't use the Xizhou soldiers, the eight thousand soldiers he still has are enough to kill Su Qi'an and others in one fell swoop.
Now, both sides are betting on their last breath, and it all depends on who will win.
