Xizhou City was captured and Tang Feng died. This series of news quickly swept across Xizhou like a storm.
After hearing the news, some in the six counties were happy and some were sad. The happiest people were the people in Sichuandu County.
Among the six counties in Xizhou, Sichuandu County has been the most exploited by Tang Feng in the past three years.
If the other five counties were only squeezed twice as much, then Sichuandu County was squeezed four to five times as much.
Not only the high taxes, but also the life and death of the people of Sichuandu County were completely ignored.
In the past three years, among the six counties, Sichuandu County has the highest number of people who died of abnormal deaths, two or three times higher than the second-placed Manghuang County.
The reason why he bullies Sichuandu County so much is very simple. Su Qi'an made his fortune in Sichuandu County.
In order to completely eliminate Su Qi'an's influence in Sichuan Du County, and also to suppress the remaining guys like Qin Ziyin and Lu Xiaowan.
The surveillance of Kawadu County is several levels higher. Once someone is suspicious, they would rather kill someone by mistake than miss the opportunity. It is very common to kill someone in the street.
Under such high pressure, the people of Sichuandu County naturally broke out in fierce resistance in the past three years.
But under Tang Feng's army, after rounds of sweeping, the rebels who resisted were eventually suppressed ruthlessly.
Then, under Tang Feng's iron-blooded orders, Sichuandu County would regularly suffer brutal and inhumane massacres.
According to statistics, in the past three years, the total population of Sichuandu County has dropped sharply from about 700,000 to more than 400,000.
There has been a decrease of more than 300,000 in three years. This data seems shocking.
It can be said that among the six counties in Xizhou, the one that hates Tang Feng the most is Sichuandu County.
The people of Sichuandu County have suffered from Tang Feng for a long time.
Tang Feng set Sichuandu County as the core of defense. On the one hand, he valued the geographical location. The other biggest reason was that he wanted to defeat Su Qi'an in front of all the people of Sichuandu County.
In one fell swoop, Tang Feng destroyed the myth of Su Qi'an in the hearts of the people in Sichuan County. Tang Feng not only conquered the bodies of the people in Sichuan County, but more importantly, destroyed their spirits.
The abacus was a good one, but unfortunately, in this battle, Tang Feng not only escaped, but also lost his life in his Xizhou City.
This means that good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil consequences.
Compared with the shock in Manghuang, Guangyang, and Yong'an counties, when the people of Sichuandu County heard the news, they all walked out of their homes, set off firecrackers, sang and danced to celebrate the good news of Tang Feng's death.
On the streets of the county town, countless people looked excited, and many even laughed with tears in their eyes, which was very impressive.
Among these people was Zhou Qi, the magistrate of Lingdong County who had initially helped Su Qi'an and finally surrendered to Su Qi'an.
Zhou Qi walked out of the street and felt the happy atmosphere of the people on the street. There were tears on his face as well.
After three years of forbearance, the good news finally arrived today. In Zhou Qi's heart, the most correct decision he made in his life was to firmly support Su Qi'an.
Even after the Xizhou Incident, he still tried his best and took risks to help.
Now that Tang Feng is dead, the world of Xizhou is about to change completely. What Zhou Qi is thinking about at this moment is not how much reward he will get. What he is thinking about is that the innocent people who died tragically in the Xizhou Incident three years ago can finally The spirits in heaven comfort them.
At this time, Dongshan Village, Lingbei County, back mountain. ..
A large number of people gathered in front of the tombs. These people were all survivors of Su Ji Trading Company.
Each of these people cried bitterly. Under the leadership of Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan, Qin Huai and other senior executives of Suji Trading Company, they paid homage to their friends who died tragically in the Xizhou Incident.
"Old Wei, have you seen it? Mr. Su did it. He really did it. He avenged us. Tang Feng is really dead. You can rest in peace."
"You guys are free to drink the wine today. If it's not enough, I'll drink it to your heart's content with you."
Some people came forward, crying and laughing at the same time, to express their excitement towards the tomb in front of them.
The leaders Qin Ziyin, Lu Xiaowan, Qin Huai and others had serious expressions and picked up their wine glasses.
Then he fell to the ground, muttering softly.
"Shui Sheng, Dali, you can rest in peace. Mr. Su has avenged you."
The people in Sichuandu County were filled with a strong atmosphere of excitement. At the same time, the atmosphere in Hanzhong and Nandu counties that had not been captured was obviously very depressed.
After confirming it several times, the governors of the two counties finally reluctantly accepted the fact that Tang Feng died and Xizhou City was captured.
The governors of the two counties still can't understand that they obviously have good cards, but they play them so poorly.
Even if you prepare for the worst, you can't be defeated so completely. Not only will you lose your life, but even Xizhou City, the capital of Xizhou, will be taken away.
Xizhou City was captured, and it could be said that two-thirds of Xizhou was completely controlled.
The only two counties left, Hanzhong and Nandu, have less than 30,000 troops. How can we fight?
The most important thing is that 20,000 of these 30,000 troops are still fighting with the barbarians in the barbarian tribes.
Once the 20,000 people are moved, the barbarians in the tribe will definitely not miss this opportunity and will definitely fight back with all their strength.
At that time, Su Qi'an was sending troops from Xizhou, and the two counties immediately attacked from the front and back, which was a big deal.
It can be said that the governors of the two counties were extremely agitated at this time.
Even Tang Feng was dead. They were stubbornly resisting, and it was only a matter of time before they were captured. But asking them to surrender in Kaicheng made them worry whether Su Qi'an would liquidate them afterwards.
The Nandu County Sheriff was fine, but the Hanzhong County Sheriff was most worried. You know, three years ago, when Su Qi'an was running around in Xizhou.
I had been to his territory, and at that time he was very active in encircling and suppressing Su Qi'an.
Unexpectedly, just three years later, the Dongshan Marquis not only did not die, but instead grew bigger in Jiaozhou and made a comeback with the Jiaozhou army.
It only took two or three months to capture four of the six counties, and even the state pastor Tang Feng died in his hands.
Su Qi'an even dared to kill Tang Feng. He was a small county guard, so he would definitely not be able to escape.
Thinking of this, the Hanzhong County Sheriff felt nervous.
Just when the Hanzhong County Sheriff was about to contact the Nandu County Sheriff, he decided to resist and refused to surrender.
The arrival of one person changed the Hanzhong County Sheriff's mind.
This person was none other than Xue Muxiu, the state captain who had been deprived of military power by Tang Feng and forced to resign.
Xue Muxiu seized military power and lost his official position, so he returned to Xizhou City in advance.
When Su Qi'an entered the city to negotiate with Tang Feng, Xue Muxiu originally wanted to leave quietly, but he overestimated Tang Feng. In less than two-quarters of an hour, he not only lost Xizhou City, but also lost his own life.
Because as the Dongshan Army and Split Mountain Army entered the city, Xue Muxiu naturally became a prisoner.
Held together with Western State officials.
Xue Muxiu, who was arrested, was completely devastated and waited for Su Qi'an to convict him. How could he say that he was the Xizhou Lieutenant? Whether it was three years ago or three years later, he had not provided any substantial help to Su Qi'an.
He was on Tang Feng's side, and some of the wars in Xizhou were handled by him specifically to deal with Su Qi'an.
Even though he was not like Tang Feng and had a life-and-death feud with Su Qi'an, the two sides were not on the same front.
For people like him, Su Qian would probably not let him go easily.
Xue Muchiu could probably guess his fate, which was either exile or prison.
With Tang Feng's death, the Xue family, a well-established family that has been in Xizhou for many years, will fall apart and eventually decline following his conviction.
In Xue Muxiu's heart, it was called mourning. He didn't have any anger or unwillingness.
Ever since he fell out with Tang Feng and failed to side with Su Qi'an in time, he had known this fate for a long time.
No matter whether it is a noble family or a powerful person, no one can guarantee that the family will prosper for a lifetime.
The prosperity of the family, the decline of the family, as Xue Muchiu was detained during this period, he saw it very clearly, and gradually felt relieved.
Just as Xue Muchiu was waiting for his final fate to be pronounced, suddenly, his captor
Tell him that Su Qian wants to see him.
Xue Muxiu was surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he could guess something.
"Maybe it's to avenge me for standing by three years ago."
Xue Muxiu thought like this, got up and followed the prisoner to see Su Qi'an.
The place where Su Qian interrogated him was a side room in the state capital. Xue Muxiu entered the room and stayed there for at least half an hour.
Finally, the door opened and Xue Muchiu walked out.
But at this time, Xue Muxiu's body was trembling slightly, and there was unconcealable disbelief on his face. Even the shackles on his hands and feet had been removed.
Xue Muchiu's chest heaved, and his mind seemed to have experienced a huge impact. His entire mind seemed to have been cleansed.
Xue Muxiu stood there stunned for a long time. It was not until a group of soldiers came to him that Xue Muxiu came back to his senses.
Before Xue Muchiu could speak, the leading soldier said, "Sir Xue, you must have understood what the Marquis meant, so please go ahead."
Xue Muchiu nodded and was about to leave with the group of soldiers, but he quickly thought of something, turned quickly, faced the closed door in front of him, cupped his hands, with deep respect on his face, and then said loudly.
"Please rest assured, Marquis Dongshan. With this life as my guarantee, I will live up to Marquis Dongshan's trust and will definitely fulfill Marquis Dongshan's instructions."
After saying this, Xue Muxiu's eyes lost their former decadence, and instead became energetic and a little bright.
He turned around and left with the group of soldiers. Looking at Xue Muchiu's steps, he felt a lot lighter.
No one knew what Xue Muxiu and Su Qi'an had talked about in the past half hour, which suddenly made a woman who had lost hope and was waiting for death seem like a completely different person.
Whether it is temperament or mental attitude, it can be said that he is full of energy.
Everyone only knew that after Xue Muxiu left, he changed a set of clothes and left Xizhou City with the group of soldiers. It looked like he was going to Hanzhong County City.
They were right. Under the watchful eyes of countless informants, Xue Musiu and the group of soldiers not only came to Hanzhong County, but also entered the county town.
After staying inside for about half a day, a shocking news came from Hanzhong County.
"An order was sent from the governor of Hanzhong County, and the seven counties of Hanzhong County and Kaicheng surrendered to the Marquis of Dongshan."
