The thunderous voices gathered together, carrying a strong momentum.
Coupled with the countless figures rushing up from all directions, the dignitaries were trembling with fear. Without any hesitation, they immediately ordered the guards to put down their weapons and surrender.
The surrounding darkness was instantly dispersed by the burning flames, and the soldiers held torches to control the surrendered guards.
With the light, the powerful and powerful people could clearly see the figures rushing up. These people were all soldiers from the county and city.
Although they were captured and looked at the leader Huo Cheng, some policemen angrily yelled at Huo Cheng.
"Huo Cheng, you are so brave. You are rebelling! Aren't you afraid of being liquidated in the future? Mr. Zhou Mu will not let you go."
"Humph, liquidation? Who knows who is liquidating yet? Don't worry, you are just an appetizer. When the time comes, I will make a good place for you and leave it to Li Kang."
"What...what!" Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Huo Cheng to be so bold.
But then I thought about it, Huo Cheng dared to take them down, and after expending so much effort, the natural target was not them.
"Huo Cheng, you..."
Several policemen from the city wanted to say something, but Huo Cheng had no time to argue with them, so he waved his hand and took them all away.
Then he said to several captains, "Quickly lead the troops to attack. Don't let Li Kang escape."
The captain nodded and waved his hand, and more than 4,000 soldiers from the county and city followed him and went out of the city to pursue him.
Huo Cheng did not return to the city. He waited outside the city and made many arrangements. In the end, it was for Li Kang. If Li Kang escaped, there would be endless troubles and he would be disgraced by Su Qi'an's instructions.
Huo Cheng, who was waiting on the spot, thought about it and still felt uneasy, so he led a group of soldiers and chased him out.
But after the team had walked for more than ten miles, they still found no trace of the team, not even a trace of a fight.
This scene made Huo Cheng's heart sink, and a bad premonition emerged.
Huo Cheng did not stop and continued to speed up his progress. After walking for about two or three miles, he met a group of people.
This group of troops were the soldiers from the county and city who were sent out to pursue them earlier. The leading soldier looked at Huo Cheng and quickly raised his hands and said, "Sir, Li Kang is too cunning. We have been attacking for more than 20 miles, but there is no trace of Li Kang at all." , Captain Chen was unwilling to give in, and led us in pursuit for more than twenty miles, and finally caught up with the retreating state soldiers."
"We fought with him, but until the group of state soldiers were wiped out, no trace of Li Kang was found. According to the prisoner's account, Li Kang distanced himself from the front team halfway along the road. By the time the front team arrived at the county seat, he had already brought him with him. He sent his soldiers and horses back, and now he has probably fled back to the state capital."
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Huo Cheng's face was gloomy. He didn't mean to blame his subordinates. He could only say that Li Kang was too cunning and an old fox.
"Sir, what should we do next? Captain Chen and several other captains, along with the remaining soldiers, are temporarily stationed twenty miles away from the city. I have been specially sent to report."
"Then the whole army will naturally gather and march towards the city."
It was not Huo Cheng who said this, but Su Qi'an. Huo Cheng turned his head, and at some point, Su Qi'an chased him out with a thousand men of the Dongshan Army.
"Greetings to Mr. Suhou." Everyone saluted.
"Master Marquis, my subordinates failed in this matter today, please punish me." Huo Cheng saluted Su Qi'an and asked for punishment.
In order to lure Li Kang into action, Su Qi'an did not hesitate to take 20,000 Dongshan troops to confront the local state soldiers in front of Jiaojun, and even used himself as bait.
With thousands of people, he deliberately released the news that he was trapped in Yangliu County City. Everything was for Li Kang to get out of the city.
After finally waiting for Li Kang to leave the city, he was about to arrive at Yangliu County City, but in the end he was allowed to run away.
It can be said that this layout fell short of the mark, which made Huo Cheng, who was responsible for the final finish, feel very guilty and asked Su Qi'an to punish him.
Su Qi'an waved his hand and said, "Huo Cheng, it doesn't have to be like this. This is not your fault. No one would have thought that Li Kang, an old fox, could be so cautious. If you are really wrong, you can only blame me. I underestimated it."
Li Kang. "
"Anyway, Li Kang has been in charge of Jiaozhou for more than ten years. If he can be taken down by me so easily, then he is not worthy of controlling Jiaozhou."
"Okay, anyway, it's a done deal, it's happened, just face it next."
"I have made arrangements for Yangliu County City. Two thousand people will be left behind to guard Li Kang's henchmen. The rest will all assemble and march towards the state city."
"Don't worry, our county is not the only one involved in this operation. I don't think it will take long. The Priest Alliance and the Dongshan Army should arrive in the city soon."
"At that time, with the tens of thousands of troops in our hands, we will not be able to capture the small state city. Li Kang's position as the state pastor will be regarded as the end."
Huo Cheng nodded, calmed down, and immediately ordered his men to prepare to join Captain Chen.
At this time, Li Kang, who returned to the city, looked pale with anger.
Fortunately, he was cautious enough and had a sensitive sixth sense, which saved his life again here.
Not long after he issued the order, Li Kang thought about it, and for the sake of safety, finally issued an order to retreat directly.
This retreat was after the two thousand states were defeated. He only took a dozen of his confidants to evacuate in advance.
The two sides maintained a distance of at least ten miles. After he retreated more than twenty miles, someone caught up with him. No need to think about it, these people must be those who were ambushing him.
Although there were two thousand state soldiers to resist, Li Kang knew very well that the number of those who dared to attack and pursue them was definitely superior, and Li Kang could not take care of so many.
He accelerated even more and ran away crazily. At that time, he wished that there was wind in his legs. He kept waving the riding whip and whipping the horse hard on his crotch.
With his life-threatening escape speed, he finally managed to escape back to the state city before the state soldiers were destroyed.
It can be said that this is the first time that Li Kang has seen such an embarrassing scene in all the years he has been in charge of Jiaozhou.
When he returned to Zhoucheng, he didn't need to do any investigation. Soon, news came one after another.
Su Qi'an came towards him with five thousand troops. There were 30,000 troops on the official road leading from the front line to the rear from the county city, and near Yangliu County City. Their purpose was very clear, which was the prefecture city in the rear.
These armies are all indigenous troops. What does this mean? The priests' alliance and the governors of various counties, these subordinates who originally obeyed his orders, actually rebelled.
And it was under his nose that Su Qi'an quietly instigated the rebellion without anyone noticing.
This was a complete slap in his face, good guy, there were hundreds of thousands of people, and as a result, at least about 70% to 80% turned to Su Qi'an, because of what he did.
Li Kang went from sitting firmly on Diaoyutai to become almost like a bachelor commander.
This made Li Kang not angry, but he wanted to kill someone.
The room was filled with Li Kang's angry roars, and the sound of breaking teacups from time to time.
This venting lasted for a cup of tea, and then the noise and movement slowly subsided, and then Li Kang's questioning voice sounded in the room.
"Does the state envoy have any news?"
After a while, a person who seemed to be in charge of liaison bowed his body and whispered.
"Back to... sir, according to the latest news we got, the state ambassador seems to have been... missing in Jiaojun City, and his life and death are unknown."
This news just made Li Kang sigh heavily, as if it was expected by him.
Think about it, most of the troops sent to the county this time are natives of the Priest Alliance. The Priest Alliance has betrayed them. How can the state envoy survive? Most likely they were killed on the way.
A pair of good cards, but now they were beaten to pieces by Li Kang. If he had made an early decision and personally led the troops to dispatch, maybe things like this would not have happened now.
Now Su Qi'an not only has the ability to fight him, but also has the strength to take over Jiaozhou.
He is unwilling to give up, but this does not mean that Li Kang does not have the final trump card.
If he was killed by Su Qian just like that, it would be too disrespectful to take him seriously.
Since Su Qi'an wanted to have a decisive battle with him, Li Kang would make it happen.
In general
After venting his emotions, Li Kang stood up and issued several orders to his men.
"One, the state city is on level one alert. The 10,000 state soldiers in the city will act according to the state's arrangements and all plans."
"Two, order soldiers from the two prefectures of Xiacang and Chencang to set out immediately to support the prefecture."
"Third, send an order to the barbarian Heilu. As long as they can send troops to reinforce the city, the state is willing to cede the two counties of Xiacang and Chencang."
"Four, if you violate the above orders, you will be killed without mercy."
The order was issued, which made everyone under his command tremble with fear. They could still understand one or two of them. After all, the city was about to be besieged by Su Qi'an's tens of thousands of troops. It was normal to ask for support.
But the third article behind it is somewhat humiliating and bows its head. The two counties of Xiacang and Chencang are important military towns in the northwest of Jiaozhou, defending against the barbarian Heilu.
Once it is ceded, there is basically no defense in the northwest direction of the state city, and it is not difficult to drive straight into it.
Not only that, if you occupy these two counties, you can go north through Chencang and enter the border of Xizhou.
At that time, we can join up with the barbarian Heilu on the border of Xizhou, if the two sides unite.
The two states of Jiao and Xi can basically be officially cut off by the barbarian Heilu.
If the barbarian Heilu take this opportunity to strengthen themselves, there is a possibility that Jiao and Xizhou will be invaded in the future.
This kind of cession and asking for help is, to put it bluntly, drinking poison to quench thirst. Even if Su Qi'an is defeated, the barbarian Heilu behind them will not have an easy time.
They all understand the principle of luring a wolf and then a tiger, but Li Kang may not understand.
But as subordinates, they only have orders to execute and cannot resist.
If they refuse, Li Kang's fourth order is prepared for them.
Everyone could only nod and obey the order, return to their posts, write down the order, tie it to the pigeon's leg, their eyes flashed, and finally let it fly.
"There is bound to be disaster in Jiaozhou! It depends on who can put it down."
Everyone sighed in their hearts. At this moment, suddenly, the clock on the tower made a violent crashing sound.
The number of times the sound was heard was eighteen, which was a sign that the army was besieging the city.
Everyone hurriedly ran towards the city wall and looked around. At this time, below the city, tens of thousands of people were waiting in formation, holding torches, as if they were in the rhythm of a siege.
Su Qian's army is coming!
