On the other hand, the Qingcheng County Sheriff and the High Priest did not stop until they really left the boundaries of Qi'an City.
At this time, the two people looked at each other, and both could see each other's heart palpitations.
The high priest said, "Is this guy named Su really so powerful? He actually noticed that we were ambushing us? Could he be deceiving us?"
The governor's eyes flashed, he looked into the distance, shook his head and said, "No, with the five thousand men and horses in his hands, and the popularity of the people in Tucheng, he is now far from the one who just came to Tucheng, and he needs to be cautious. Act like that."
"Let me tell you, this person can't be retained. It's only been a while since he came to Jiaozhou for about half a year, and he has developed so rapidly. If we don't get rid of him this time, you can imagine how difficult it will be to move him later."
The high priest said in a low voice, with deep regret in his voice. If he had known earlier that such a person would come to their territory, he would probably have taken advantage of the opportunity to eradicate him when the little priest sent troops.
The high priest suppressed the regret in his heart, seemed to think of something, and asked again.
"Since this kid can guess that we have an ambush, do you think he can guess our purpose in suppressing bandits this time?"
The high priest's concerns were not unreasonable. Fortunately, Qingcheng County Sheriff was more cautious about this operation and chose a compromise plan.
Even if they were discovered, their purpose of coming was just to find out the cause and effect, and they did not take action. Even if Su Qi'an wanted to take action, he had to have a reason.
Therefore, if we understand clearly what happened this time, the crisis will naturally be resolved smoothly.
But it was different when Su Qian suppressed the bandits.
This operation was nominally for Su Qi'an to control the troops in various counties and counties and cooperate with him to suppress bandits across the state. .
But in fact, just to mobilize Su Qian and suppress the bandits across the state is not an easy task.
During this operation, they not only informed the bandits under their control, but even the state pastor gave orders.
Let all the bandits in the state obey the arrangements of the Qingcheng County Sheriff and the high priest.
The banditry in Jiaozhou is so serious, and the manipulator behind the scenes is Jiaozhou Mu.
Not to mention that all bandits in the state obey the orders of the state pastor, but at least 90% of the bandits act under Li Kang's orders.
They are a knife in Li Kang's hand. As a Jiaozhou shepherd, he represents the officialdom of Great Liang. Some shady things must be left to shady people.
It is precisely in this way that this Jiaozhou bandit will survive in Jiaozhou.
Not only the Jiaozhou bandits, but also the priest alliance were controlled by Li Kang.
This is why the high priest, who is clearly not an official of Daliang, is afraid of the Jiaozhou Shepherd.
To put it bluntly, Li Kang is the real boss in Jiaozhou, and he is a typical black and white man.
It's just ordinary things that don't require him to come forward at all. He always gives advice behind the scenes and lets his subordinates take care of things.
Just like last time, Li Kang clearly guessed Su Qi'an's identity, but he didn't tell the two of them the specific information.
It almost caused the two of them to stumble. This was Li Kang's style of conduct.
If everything is told one by one, why are they left here? Anyone you can find can serve as county guard or high priest.
In addition to being loyal and obedient, Li Kang wants his subordinates to have their own ideas.
If unfortunately they die, it only means that their fate is bad and they are looking for someone to replace them.
Anyway, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at their position.
If you want to gain a foothold in Jiaozhou, you must do what Li Kang told you well.
Qingcheng County Sheriff pondered for a while and said, "Probably not. No matter how good he is, Su Qi'an will never be able to guess how and where we will start. Moreover, our people were not used in this operation."
"Even if this thing fails, he wants to settle the score and there is no evidence to put the blame on us."
"I have already informed several nearby county guards about this operation. Su Qi'an must be doomed."
Listening to Qingcheng County Sheriff's explanation, the high priest felt a little relieved.
At this moment, a subordinate reported behind him, "Two adults, two priests
He Juncheng was beaten until he passed out. "
The anger in their hearts was almost gone, but the subordinate's words ignited the anger in their hearts again.
The high priest said coldly, "Tie them to the back of the horse with a rope and drag them back to the county. If they are lucky enough to survive, continue to beat them. If they die, just leave them on the outskirts of the city to feed the dogs."
After saying that, the two tightened their horses' ropes and walked away.
The subordinates who stayed behind showed expressions of pity. It seemed that these two envoys would not survive to return to the county.
After seeing off the Qingcheng County Sheriff and the High Priest, Su Qi'an did not leave in a hurry and waited in Qi'an City for three days.
Qingcheng County Sheriff did not break his promise this time. When the three days were up, he sent five thousand refugees and prisoners directly.
These people are not even as good as the lowest common people. They are exiled to Jiaozhou and seem to have saved a life. In fact, they are almost like animals. Whether they can survive depends entirely on luck.
Not to mention sending away five thousand people, even if he was sending away five thousand people, Qingcheng County Sheriff would not blink an eye.
These refugee prisoners, some male and female, some old and some weak, even if they are not sent to Su Qi'an, they may not live long just to serve in corvées.
The Qingcheng County Sheriff was not worried at all, Su Qi'an would organize this group of people, as long as they did not want five thousand elite natives, these few thousand were old, weak, sick and disabled.
A pure waste of rations, sent to Su Qi'an, and saved the Qingcheng County Sheriff some trouble.
The arrival of the five thousand people, as before, was divided into five major areas according to age and gender. Qi'an City's thousand household heads and household heads, under the leadership of Wu Yong and Song Biao, had already begun to review one by one, and the registration was completed after review. .
Among these five thousand people, there were naturally many members of Chen Dao's tribe. When they met again, they hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Su Qi'an did not disturb them and stepped aside to let Chen Dao and his clan members vent their emotions.
These five thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people can't do much to Su Qi'an.
But their value lies not in forming an army, but in forming a new village individually.
Among these people, they may not be good at fighting, but there are many skilled craftsmen and knowledgeable people.
Among them, most of the prisoners who can become exiles come from powerful people.
The most basic knowledge and literacy are the most basic operations. As long as they are well cultivated, these people can become the chief security officer, the head of a household, or the head of a thousand households in Tucheng.
What Su Qi'an lacks now is not soldiers, but grassroots personnel to manage tens of thousands of people.
If it can be managed well, it can continuously provide Su Qi'an with stable logistics.
If you want to develop, in addition to having soldiers in hand, logistics is very important.
As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass go first. Su Qi'an thought far ahead than Wu Yong and Huang Wenyan.
The two of them might just be thinking about how to manage the Tucheng under their feet, but Su Qi'an's thoughts have long extended to a county or even a state.
He had a premonition that when he set foot in Jiaozhou, he would have to fight Li Kang sooner or later, just like Tang Feng back then.
If you want to make a comeback and fight back to Xizhou, you must have your own territory, and what Su Qi'an wants is the entire Jiaozhou.
It can be said that Su Qi'an's heart has become wild. After experiencing the Xizhou Incident, Su Qi'an does not want to see the second Xizhou Incident.
Again, if you want to gain a foothold and protect yourself, you must have your own territory and power. In Jiaozhou, you must win anything.
The screening of 5,000 people took two days. After arranging Chen Dao's clan members, Su Qi'an, Wu Yong, and Chen Dao returned to Tucheng County under the protection of the security company and the special operations company.
This time in Tucheng County, Su Qi'an did not stay long. He stayed for three days and then set off with about a regiment of troops.
It’s just that the group we led this time was neither the first group, the second group, nor the third group.
Instead, it was a temporarily assembled regiment, with the first battalion of the second regiment and the second and third battalions of the third regiment removed.
Song Biao couldn't quite understand Su Qi'an's decision. After all, the combat power of a temporary regiment was definitely not as strong as that of a complete regiment.
And the most important thing is that the three regiments
The second and third battalions were basically made up of new recruits, so the first battalion of the second regiment had rich combat experience.
According to Su Qian's division of regiments, the first battalion of each regiment is often the most powerful and has the best weapons and equipment.
The second battalion has a core of veterans, while the third battalion is basically composed of recruits.
Under normal circumstances, when three battalions are dispatched, the entire regiment must be dispatched. Firstly, it can give the new recruits effective practical experience, and secondly, even if they are attacked or defeated.
The first battalion, which is a sharp knife, will immediately support and return to the defense. The second battalion is responsible for defending the enemy. With the cooperation of the three battalions, basically there will be no disadvantages.
But this time, sex has been removed. Among the three battalions, only the second and third battalions of the third regiment will be familiar with each other. As for the second regiment and the first battalion, they have yet to make contact.
Of course, thanks to this dispatch, Song Biao also came. If it was just a simple battalion, Song Biao would be extremely worried about Su Qi'an's safety.
Even with Song Biao, Song Biao was still under great pressure during this operation.
Because we were suppressing bandits across the entire state, this was not like the last time we had to deal with more than 2,000 people. Moreover, we had worked hard in advance to defeat them one by one, so they were naturally easy to deal with.
Su Qi'an has already given Song Biao a vaccination to suppress bandits across the state. He also has to guard against the governors of the other five counties. If he stabs them in the back, it will be troublesome.
What Song Biao is more worried about now is that the bandits from all over the state will gather together. If there are tens of thousands of them, even if they eat them down, there won't be many left.
On this expedition, Su Qi'an took him with him, plus Chen Dao and the security company responsible for protecting his safety. As for Tong Zhan and Su Yong, neither Tong Zhan nor Su Yong was brought with him.
If you want to say don't worry, that's a hell of a deal.
But since Su Qi'an has decided so, he naturally has his reasons, and Song Biao will not refute it, he will just implement it.
After leaving Tucheng County, they went directly north to the county seat and were polite with the governor of Qingcheng County.
Immediately, the mighty army of thousands of people set off. The first county they were going to was Yangliu County.
The terrain is flat, and it is one of the few plain areas in Jiaozhou. Because there are many plains, banditry here is not too serious.
Let's practice with the bandits in this county first, and then see the reactions of the bandits in the other four counties.
When they set out, the Qingcheng County Sheriff introduced a situation. The Jiaozhou bandits were not aware of Su Qi'an's actions.
So this gave Su Qian an opportunity for a surprise attack.
