Su Qi'an left for half a day, and no news came back during this period.
Huo Cheng stood on the city wall, motionless, looking into the distance. No one knew what he was thinking.
At this time, a staff member's voice sounded, "Sir, you have been standing here for half a day, come down and have a rest."
Huo Cheng shook his head and asked, "Do the people we sent out have any news about Lord Su?"
"Return to my lord, there is no news coming back yet."
After the staff member said this, his expression changed, as if he was hesitating about something. Naturally, the staff member's actions could not escape Huo Cheng's notification.
He said directly. "You can say whatever you want, but it doesn't matter. I won't blame you."
"Sir, you actually know better than us. This time Lord Su went to suppress the bandits. Since he left the city, the countdown to his death has been announced. Half a day has passed and Lord Su and the others have not returned. Is there any news? Pass it back, it’s not important anymore.”
Huo Cheng sighed, his eyes a little complicated, "Yeah, I can't help it. Who allowed this county to have only one son? For the sake of his son's safety, I have no choice but to be sorry to Mr. Su Hou this time."
"The cost of burying two thousand soldiers from Yangliu County is still high. I didn't expect that one day this county would be complicit with these people. If I tell you, it's really a joke."
Huo Cheng smiled bitterly, "This county is sorry for them."
Huo Cheng's words silenced the staff behind him for a while.
The governor of Yangliu County in Huocheng is indeed known for his strictness. He treats common people and dignitaries equally.
Everything is done in accordance with the law, but sometimes the management is too high-pressure, making people feel breathless, so that in private, both the powerful and the common people are quite critical of Huo Cheng.
In general, Huo Cheng is a strict official, but he is much better than other corrupt officials.
Yangliu County is a major grain-producing county, accounting for one-third of the entire Jiaozhou's grain payment.
But Huo Cheng is a corrupt official, or he takes orders from those people. His life is going to be pretty good.
But he did not do this, and his strictness was forced. Yangliu County's special geographical location and outstanding effects required a very strict official to manage it.
And Huo Cheng is the best candidate. Although the tasks can be met every year, the security in the county is not bad.
But because he is a person who does not know how to adapt and is not tactful enough, he is resented by many people.
Although Huo Cheng is clean, free from corruption and considered a good official, as long as he is a human being, he has shortcomings.
And his fatal weakness is his son.
In order to control him, Li Kang of course took the simplest method for Huo Cheng, kidnapping his son, tying him to the state city and raising him with good food and drink, in order to control him.
Not only in Huocheng, but also in Jiaozhou, officials, big and small, and even priests, their children and family members, were more or less used as hostages in the state city.
This is the reason why Li Kang has been able to rule Jiaozhou for so many years, and no one is not afraid of him.
He has this strength mainly because he has soldiers in his hands.
This so-called statewide bandit suppression was a bureau specially set up for Su Qi'an.
After much deliberation, this bureau finally decided on Yangliu County. What Huo Cheng wanted to do was to let Su Qi'an leave Yangliu County and go to the so-called annihilation of the bandits' lair.
But in fact, the bandits' lair in Yangliu County had already laid out a dragnet, waiting for Su Qi'an to fall into the trap.
There is no other reason. At this time, the number of bandits gathered in Yangliu County is at least tens of thousands, and they have basically gathered all the bandits in the state.
As long as Su Qian goes there, he can make dumplings for him.
In order to annihilate Su Qi'an in one fell swoop, Huo Cheng had to draw out two thousand soldiers to cooperate, or die as cannon fodder.
The more than 10,000 bandits gathered this time are not as simple as the last time Su Qi'an wiped out the thousands of bandits in the suburbs of Tucheng County.
In order to increase the winning rate, Qingcheng County Sheriff and the High Priest spent a lot of money to specially update the weapons and armor for this group of bandits.
Not to mention how powerful they are now
, but it is completely different from the guy before who couldn't even get together the weapons.
And this time they were equipped with more than a dozen catapults, heavy weapons.
If this extermination fails, the Qingcheng County Sheriff and the High Priest will suffer a big loss.
This time the game was designed by them. Li Kang could only issue an order to let these bandits cooperate. As for how to fight later, the weapons and other personnel, all were provided by the person in charge.
Therefore, in order to successfully capture Su Qi'an this time, the two of them spent half of their property. Such a huge investment was just for today.
Half a day has passed, and Su Qi'an and the others have not sent back even the slightest news. What does this mean? There is only one possibility, they were wiped out.
Huo Cheng still admires this Suhou Lord. If nothing else, Huo Cheng admires him just because he abolished slavery. Read the book
Such courage has never been seen in the history of Jiaozhou.
If it weren't for his son, Huo Cheng might still be able to talk to him.
Unfortunately, there is no such opportunity.
"Let's go. We will send troops out of the city tomorrow. If possible, we can find the body of this marquis and bury him alive."
Huo Cheng said, then looked away and left with his staff.
At this time, Yangliu County City was shrouded in endless night, with a faint moonlight pouring down, making people feel very comfortable.
As time passed, candles were extinguished in every house, and soft snoring sounded one after another.
The county city was peaceful, and even the soldiers guarding the city fell asleep leaning on the city wall with their halberds in hand.
No wonder they were careless. Since the construction of the high and thick city wall, in terms of defensive power, in the entire Jiaozhou, except for the city, there is no place safer than Yangliu County City.
The most important thing is that this group of bandits don't have any tools to climb the city wall. It's not like they haven't made sneak attacks in the past, but they were beaten back every time and returned without success.
Only this time, they were destined to be disappointed.
A large number of new weapons and equipment were installed, and tens of thousands of people were gathered at once.
The ambition of this group of bandits was immediately exposed.
Not long after, under the soft moonlight, sharp iron claws were quietly fixed on the four walls.
Immediately afterwards, one after another, the black shadows held daggers in their mouths and quickly climbed up the city with the weakest defense in the city.
As far as the eye can see, hundreds of people are climbing along the rope, and about two or three miles away from the city gate, there are a large number of dark figures. They lie quietly, nervous to the point of their throats, and they all look forward to it.
These people were none other than the bandits gathered in Quanjiaozhou. They did not follow the previous agreement to encircle and suppress Su Qi'an.
Instead, he hid and waited silently until dark, in order to attack Yangliu County City.
According to their previous plan, they really planned to wait for Su Qi'an to make dumplings.
But as the weapons and equipment in their hands got better and better, and there were more and more men and horses in their hands, a bold plan gradually emerged in their minds.
Why not take this opportunity to do the opposite and attack Yangliu County directly.
The current Yangliu County City has no more than a thousand soldiers at best, and a scale of 5,000 people. Two thousand people have been transferred to Su Qi'an, and the other two thousand people have been scattered among the subordinate counties.
And with their current military strength and the tools to climb the high wall, this is not a perfect opportunity.
Originally, there was a big grudge between them and Huo Cheng. If it weren't for the lack of troops and new weapons and equipment, they would have wanted to take revenge on Huo Cheng.
Yangliu County is a large grain-producing county. Once captured, not only can they have a large amount of food, but they can also rely on the city walls of Yangliu County. Unless Li Kang sends troops to encircle and suppress them, other county guards may not be able to capture them.
Moreover, they had no intention of occupying Yangliu County from the beginning, fighting a protracted war, or establishing a defensive position.
They are bandits, and the nature of bandits is to loot, then shoot one for another, occupying a place and defending it, which is the most stupid thing.
As for Su Qi'an, the value of Yangliu County City. But they were much bigger than him. They did leave bait in their lair, but their strength was only a few hundred at best.
When they take Yangliu County City and take advantage of the terrain, it will be more than enough to deal with Su Qi'an.
And even if Su Qi'an failed to be wiped out in the end, it was not their responsibility.
When the time comes, just say a few words and the matter will be over.
The most important thing is that Yangliu County City was captured. After they ransacked and killed Huo Cheng, the position of the county guard would be vacant.
I don’t know how many pairs of eyes were staring at the position of Sheriff Yangliu. If they killed Huo Cheng, they would have solved a problem for them.
At that time, everyone was staring at the position of Sheriff Yangliu, and after they looted, they had disappeared long ago. Who would take them seriously? At the most, they can only get a few unlucky people to act as scapegoats.
He not only avenged himself, but also solved the thorn in their side, the best of both worlds.
After determining the size of the risk, everyone did what they said.
As time passed by, the bandits hiding in the distance kept staring at the dark city wall in front of them.
About a quarter of an hour passed, and candlelight was faintly swaying on the city wall.
That was the signal of success. The bandits were shocked and rushed towards Yangliu County City as fast as possible.
At this time, the successful bandits, after getting rid of the sentries patrolling the city wall, were about to leave the city and quickly opened the city gate.
Suddenly, in the darkness behind, a low cold shout sounded.
"Who? Password!"
But what he responded to was a flying knife. The man groaned and fell to the ground in the darkness.
The bandit from the lower city didn't have time to take a closer look, so he ran straight to the city gate. When he opened the door bolt, there was a whoosh in the darkness behind him.
A loud arrow instantly flew high into the sky, and the sharp sound instantly broke the silence in the city.
Immediately afterwards, the quiet Yangliu County City suddenly became commotion, and countless candlelights sounded in the darkness.
A large number of soldiers rushed over quickly. Seeing this, the bandits quickly pushed the door bolt open as quickly as possible.
In an instant, more than a dozen arrows whizzed by, shooting him into a hornet's nest.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The rapid angry voice suddenly echoed through Yangliu County.
