As soon as Li Kang's crusade came out, there was no one in Jiaozhou who disobeyed the order.
All the soldiers and natives were mobilized immediately. Even the two elders who signed the contract with Su Qi'an had to obey orders at this time. ap.
The peaceful Jiaozhou suddenly became chaotic.
The powerful families and priests in Jiaozhou, as well as ordinary people and indigenous people, can all feel the terrible news after Li Kang's order was issued.
This should be a rare war that has affected all of Jiaozhou for more than ten years. The air is filled with a strong atmosphere of war.
Compared with the nervousness of countless people, everyone on Su Qi'an's side was gearing up. All the high-level generals of the Dongshan Army gathered in the county town, waiting for Su Qi'an's order.
Those who can be gathered together, without exception, are all the elites of the Dongshan Army, and they are also Su Qi'an's confidants.
The heads of each regiment were in place, and the county magistrates recognized by each county gathered here under the leadership of Wu Yong.
Among the many county magistrates, the most eye-catching is the Tucheng County Magistrate, Huang Wenyan.
Since Wu Yong was transferred from Tucheng County to the county seat as county magistrate, the post of Tucheng County Magistrate naturally fell on Huang Wenyan.
Don't underestimate Huang Wenyan. Before coming to Jiaozhou, Huang Wenyan was Su Qi'an's military advisor and one of his think tanks.
With his status as a Jinshi, it is more than enough to serve as the magistrate of a county.
Su Qi'an still values Huang Wenyan very much. His talents are obvious to all, but the only thing he lacks is practical management at the grassroots level. Su Qi'an feels relieved when Tucheng County is handed over to him.
Under Huang Wenyan's management, Tucheng County has developed the best among the seven counties in Qingcheng County in more than a year, whether it is the quality of the population, the security of the county, or grain collection.
Tucheng County is well-deserved at the top of the list. It can be said that the integrated Tucheng County is not only the base camp of Su Qi'an, but also an important logistics county in Qingcheng County.
It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of logistics, Tucheng County alone occupies one-third of Qingcheng County.
Normally, Su Qi'an rarely summoned Huang Wenyan to give him sufficient time to develop, so he rarely saw him.
Calling Huang Wenyan together today is enough to illustrate the importance of this war.
The battle with Li Kang is very important and must not be neglected. Only by gathering these army generals and county magistrates together and personally issuing tasks can Su Qi'an feel at ease.
Looking around, looking at the familiar people in front of him, Su Qian took a deep breath and then said.
"Everyone has followed me and came to Jiaozhou for two years. The two years are neither long nor short. From the beginning, I grew up from scratch, from weak to strong. During this time, I will not forget the hardships I experienced. Nothing more to say."
"Now, after waiting for two years, I have finally waited for this day. This battle is crucial. Whether we can realize our ideals depends entirely on you. I am here, thank you all."
Everyone in front of them was a little excited. They saw Su Qi'an nodding heavily, then clasped his hands and said solemnly.
"Please rest assured, sir, as long as I am waiting for you, your mission will be fulfilled."
Soon after, Su Qi'an also issued respective combat orders to everyone.
The people surrounding the room received the order and turned to leave. The room suddenly became empty, leaving only Wu Yong and Huang Wenyan.
Looking at the two people in front of him, Su Qian asked, "Has the Dongshan Army and militia been assembled? How about the logistics support? The R&D department and the weapons and equipment manufacturing in major factories are ready."
"Mr. Hui, now, 11,000 Dongshan troops have been assembled, and 10,000 militiamen are also ready to go."
"The R&D department and major arsenals have prepared 30,000 arrows, 3,000 heavy bows, 100 heavy catapults, 50 catapults, 4,000 rattan armor, 2,000 repeating crossbows, various broadswords, and long swords. The halberd is about ten thousand."
"As soon as sir gives the order, we will immediately join the battle," Wu Yong said.
"Seven counties in Qingcheng County, headed by Tucheng County, have recruited 30,000 logistics workers and have opened up the transportation roads in the seven counties. At present, the food can supply the entire army for more than half a month, and the rest can be replenished at any time. If needed, we can
Time to take action. "Huang Wenyan added from the side.
Su Qi'an nodded, with an inexplicable emotion in his heart. A year of expansion of territory, a year of forbearance and development, and now, Su Qi'an is enough to rule the roost in Jiaozhou.
Thinking back to a year ago, Su Qi'an had just expanded his army to 10,000, and immediately had a fight with the 50,000-strong army of the two elders.
Half of the soldiers are new recruits, and the logistics support is far less than the support of 10,000 people.
Su Qi'an had no choice but to lead a small force and go deep alone. In the end, he traded space for time. Good luck captured the two elders and barely won the battle.
In the next year, although Li Kang suppressed him in various ways, he was even more harassed in private.
But in exchange for forbearance, the Dongshan Army became stronger and cultivated a militia of ten thousand people.
These militiamen come from the seven counties under Qingcheng County. After a year of training, they are not elites, but they are definitely not recruits who know nothing.
The later stage of the guarantee is completely enough to supply 20,000 people for half a month. This is just doing nothing and no action by the civilians. If we really want to mobilize the civilians, it will only take half a month.
The arsenal established by the R&D Department and Su Qi'an basically ran into almost the same situation within one year.
Not to mention that all the 20,000 troops in the army will be replaced with new weapons and equipment, but it can still be achieved if it meets about 70%.
It was this year of forbearance that gave Su Qi'an the confidence to dare to fight Li Kang directly.
Li Kang planned to encroach every step of the way, so Su Qi'an just went along with his wishes. He was prepared, so didn't Su Qi'an have any backup plans?
As Su Qi'an's order was issued, the entire Qingcheng County army and people began to take action.
The vast team departed from the county town and headed towards the three counties.
It has never happened before in the history of Jiaozhou that one county can fight against five counties in Jiaozhou, plus the priest alliance.
Li Kang's army was very fast. Not long after Dongshan Army left the city, 60,000 indigenous troops had arrived at the three counties.
In the current three county cities, plus 6,000 local state soldiers, each county has at least 26,000 people.
Judging from the paper data, the military strength assembled in this county far exceeds Su Qi'an's so-called Dongshan Army.
The soldiers from various counties guarding the city were very curious and wanted to see how Su Qian could break the situation.
But this kind of waiting was destined to make them a little disappointed. They waited from day to night, but there was no news about the Dongshan Army.
The only thing they knew was that after the Dongshan Army left the city for half a day, their whereabouts remained unknown for a few hours.
This surprised the soldiers in each county. Qingcheng County was only a hundred miles away from the three counties, even the farthest Gaolan County.
It took five hours for even ordinary people to make it there, let alone this group of Dongshan troops who were quite famous in Jiaozhou.
But until dark, there was no news about them. Although they were confused, some veterans who had fought with them gave warnings.
"Don't be careless. What the Dongshan Army is best at is taking the enemy by surprise. They make sneak attacks at night to cheer up the brothers. They might not know where their cats are, so they can take advantage of us to let down our guard and deliver a fatal blow."
When the other soldiers heard this, they all nodded heavily, understanding it in their hearts, and relayed the news to each other.
As time passes by, when the dark night reaches the second half of the night, that is when people are most relaxed.
Suddenly, in the dark sky, a loud arrow exploded in the sky, and the harsh and sharp sound quickly spread to the surroundings.
Those sleepy soldiers who couldn't bear it were suddenly alert, stood up suddenly, and looked outside the city wall.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack..."
Before his voice fell, immediately outside the city wall, in the pitch-black darkness, the sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and countless arrows were like machines that ruthlessly harvested lives, heading towards them all over the sky.
In fact, there was no need for this person to warn him, basically everyone was shocked by the ear-piercing sound of the arrow just now.
Not only that, far below the city wall, in the darkness that could not be seen, countless torches lit up out of thin air.
in firelight
Under the illumination of the sky, a large number of soldiers in armor roared and killed with loud noises, pushing heavy ballistas and catapults towards them.
That sight made people feel scalp numb.
All the soldiers guarding the city had serious expressions, and their eyes were filled with deep shock.
What was shocking was not the number of soldiers who suddenly attacked the city, which was at least four to five thousand, but how they quietly removed the trap they had laid outside the city wall in advance.
And they also felt that they were only about a hundred feet away. If it hadn't been for the loud arrow just now, it would not have been impossible even if it penetrated deep into the city wall.
It was as if the sounding arrow was deliberately telling them, a naked provocation.
Those who have such ability can tell at a glance by looking at their attire that the ones attacking the city this time are the Dongshan Army they have longed for.
This group of Dongshan troops gave them quite a fright. They dispatched more than four to five thousand men at one go, and the county they attacked was not Gaolan County, which had the weakest defense among the three counties, but Jiao County, which had the strongest defense.
The city of Jiaojun is second only to Zhoucheng among the six counties in terms of strength. The city wall itself is high and thick, and is guarded by more than 20,000 defenders.
It's not that they look down on the Dongshan Army, and they want to break through Jiaojun City with just four to five thousand troops, but they are just wishful thinking.
The state soldiers and elite natives guarding the city were not polite at all, and immediately organized personnel to fight back.
After all, he had experienced some wars, so he was not frightened by the scene of siege before him.
The cooperation between each other is quite good, and there is no swarm of swarms. According to the plan, the 26,000 people are divided into five batches, each batch of about 5,000 people, stationed in the four directions of Jiaojun City. The last batch is regarded as Reserve team.
This distribution is to prevent the Dongshan Army from secretly sending troops to attack the other three cities in the direction of attacking one city.
It can be said that they have basically seen the tricks of the Dongshan Army. After being fooled once, they will never be fooled a second time.
On the frontal battlefield, the two sides fought fiercely. What the defenders of the city did not expect was that in such a fierce battle, the Dongshan Army did not send troops to sneak attack on the other three urban areas this time.
It seemed that they were about to reach the city in front of Hard Steel, and so far, they had only seen four to five thousand Dongshan Army, and the rest had no whereabouts.
What the idea behind this was, they couldn't figure out for a while.
