"Dongshan Bo? Well, that's a good name." Xie Cang muttered a few words, smiled and patted Su Qi'an on the shoulder.

""From now on, I will call you uncle."

Su Qi'an rolled her eyes at Xie Cang, looked at Fan Wenzhong and said, "I have to trouble Mr. Fan if I have something to do."

"If I can do it, just say it."

"This junior canonizes Dongshan Bo in Ningzhou, and I hope Mr. Fan can keep it a secret for me and not spread it outside."

"Don't worry about this. No one here will know about it. Generally speaking, when a count is conferred, the parent officials in the territory where it is located will be notified. Over in Lingbei County..."

"It's fine over there in Lingbei County. I can just say a word."

Fan Wenzhong nodded and looked deeply at Su Qi'an. It seemed that Su Qi'an had someone supporting him locally.

This is good, so that Fan Wenzhong will not worry about Su Qi'an encountering trouble from local wealthy families after returning home.

Fan Wenzhong understood Su Qi'an's low profile and concealed his earldom. Once he encountered pressure from above, he took the opportunity to retaliate and directly revealed his identity, which would definitely surprise everyone.

This kind of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger was something Fan Wenzhong had tried repeatedly when he was young. After all, he had come from a young age, and Fan Wenzhong could have predicted this kind of scene.

After thinking about it, Fan Wenzhong said, "Xiao Su, I originally planned to transfer a hundred people from the New Army to leave the military and put them under your command. Now it seems that they can be under your command openly."

"These one hundred people are your bodyguards. If you encounter any trouble in the county, they are capable of protecting themselves."

Listening to what Fan Wenzhong said, Su Qi'an was deeply moved. In Da Liang, only those with a title of earl or above were eligible to have personal soldiers.

Fan Wenzhong was worried about Su Qi'an's safety and took the risk to transfer a hundred people to Su Qi'an.

Fortunately, this time, Su Qi'an was conferred the title of earl, and he could mobilize a hundred sergeants to protect Su Qi'an's safety.

Don't underestimate these 100 sergeants. Even if it is not a powerful army like the New Army, it will be a big danger for any frontier army to return to Sichuandu County.

Su Qi'an did not refuse Fan Wenzhong's request. These one hundred new troops were his most powerful trump card.

No matter how strong you are, you will still have to fight alone. If you have a strong army in hand, this will give you the confidence to gain a foothold in Great Liang.

Xie Cang, who was beside him, also said, "Since Mr. Fan is not stingy, I will give him a gift."

Xie Cang waved, and Tong Zhan instantly appeared in front of Su Qi'an.

"With Tong Zhan's protection and these one hundred new troops, I believe that your husband will be able to thrive in Lingbei County and even Sichuandu County. I look forward to your success in the future."

Su Qian's face was solemn and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xie Cang.

"Sir, there is no need to refuse. I have been promoted to a county prince, and the territory I hold will be transferred to Xizhou. Tong Zhan is familiar with Sichuandu County, and staying with him will be of great use. This way I can feel more at ease."

Su Qi'an took a deep breath and bowed solemnly to the two of them, "Su, thank you here."

…

On the second day after the military merit reward arrived at Zhenjun City, Su Qi'an began his return journey under the escort of Xie Cang.

Fan Wenzhong stood on the city tower, looking at the 500-strong army below the city, with a solemn face as he watched them leave.

This parting, we don’t know when we will see each other again, we have experienced a life-and-death war together, some emotions are not understandable to those who have never been on the battlefield.

Su Qi'an and Xie Cang were sitting on horseback, looking at Fan Wenzhong from the tower in the distance, with expressions of sadness on their faces.

Turning his head and looking at the gray city shrouded in yellow sand at the end of his sight, Xie Cang said.

"I wonder if I will be able to see the recovery of Qingzhou and Youzhou in my lifetime."

"I believe there will be a day, it will definitely happen." Su Qian said firmly.

The two calmed down and flicked their horsewhips. The army of five hundred people was gradually swallowed up by the yellow sand and disappeared.

This time they walked back from Ningzhou in the north, the same journey, but they were not in a hurry and stopped and stopped along the way.

After walking for three days and stepping outside the boundaries of Ningzhou, Xie Cang was about to say goodbye to Su Qi'an at a fork in the road.

This time Xie Cang was promoted to a county prince, and his fiefdom was in a place called Yuezhou in the south of Daliang.

Compared with Xizhou, Yuezhou is also a remote place. It is said that the southernmost part is full of miasma, moisture and sparsely populated.

The promotion and defense adjustment this time was probably a warning. The Duke of Chu, who was supporting Xie Cang, seemed to have been hit.

Although the location is not good, at least it is far away from Kyoto and will not be retaliated by the wealthy and powerful people in Kyoto.

No matter how long they stretched their hands, they would reach their limit beyond Jingzhou. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xie Cang reorganized the Split Mountain Army.

This is also the reason why Xie Cang did not complain at all about being assigned to Yuezhou in the south.

Of the three thousand Split Mountain Army, only about 400 of them were beaten, and they were basically defeated, if Fan Wenzhong hadn't tried his best to keep the Split Mountain Army's designation.

I'm afraid this army has been disbanded long ago.

Now that Xie Cang is given a chance to breathe, as long as Xie Cang is given enough time, the Splitting Mountain Army will be able to achieve nirvana and be reborn. Su Qi'an firmly believes in this.

The two of them stood at the fork in the road. They didn't say anything. They held the offering hand and just said two words, "Take care."

The next moment, the two men divided their forces, each taking his own troops and horses, one heading south, the other heading west, and left separately.

One hundred sergeants under Su Qi'an moved forward slowly. After walking for four or five days, they finally entered the border of Xizhou, which was less than fifty miles away from Lingbei County.

Su Qi'an didn't make any effort, and went straight to Lingbei County and found a forest. Everyone dismounted, took off their armor, and changed into civilian clothes prepared in advance.

Su Qi'an only took ten of Tong Zhan and Su Yong with him, and the rest stayed where they were, waiting for Su Qi'an's order.

After fighting on the battlefield for a long time, Su Qian had an extremely keen sense of danger.

The feeling was not obvious at first, but when he was about twenty or thirty miles away from Lingbei County, an instinctive reaction made Su Qi'an on guard.

Ahead is a lush green path, with the sun falling above your head, it looks very pleasant.

But it is such a pleasant path, not to mention people, not even the sound of a bird. This is really abnormal.

Su Qi'an and the others were walking forward, and after walking about a mile, they suddenly picked out twenty or thirty men holding broadswords from both sides of the woods.

They looked fierce and shouted at Su Qi'an, "I'll capture you obediently. If you obey, I might be able to spare your lives. If not, I'll chop them all into pieces."

Su Qi'an didn't resist and looked scared. Tong Zhan behind him quickly stepped forward with a flattering look on his face.

"We are all foreigners. When we passed by here, we collided with a certain mountain man somewhere. We will definitely cooperate with you, and we hope that you can let the little one go."

With that said, Tong Zhan took out a dollar of silver and handed it over.

Seeing Tong Zhan's discerning look, the leading man grabbed the money and sneered, "You know what's happening, I'm a bandit from Dongzi Mountain. I'm happy today and will hand over your valuables."

, you can get out."

Tong Zhan nodded repeatedly, quickly came to Su Qian's side, and collected all the valuable things on his body.

But no one saw that when the leader of the big man mentioned Dongzishan bandits, Su Qi'an and Tong Zhan had strange expressions on their faces.

The bandits in Dongzi Mountain were wiped out by Su Qi'an, Xie Cang, and Fang Jingzhi more than half a year ago.

Not long after this half year, another group of bandits appeared in Dongzi Mountain, and judging from their courage, they were even more arrogant than the previous group of bandits.

After all, no matter how rampant Liu Shengming's bandits were, they only raided nearby mountain villages.

There is no such thing as robbery along the way, but it won't be to this extent.

The area within a radius of 20 to 30 li is being robbed, which is totally a shame for the Lingbei County Government.

This group of bandits is so rampant, it seems that something must have happened in Lingbei County in the past six months.

Looking at each other, Tong Zhan understood and quickly handed over all the valuable things he had collected to the leader.

Ask from time to time.

"Masters, I admire you for being so powerful, but with your actions like this, aren't you afraid of being encircled and suppressed by the county government?"

"Huh? What do you mean? Are you threatening me?"

"No, no, no, I misunderstood. I definitely didn't mean that. I just admire your actions. After all, you can control a place twenty or thirty miles away. I have never seen it in other counties."

"The elders are so brave that even the younger ones have the urge to join them."

Hearing Tong Zhan's compliments, the big man at the head laughed happily and said with a proud look.

"Haha, that's right, in other places, Dongzi Mountain may be a little scary, but in Lingbei County, Dongzi Mountain is the sky in Lingbei!"

"Not to mention the Lingbei County Magistrate, we are not afraid of even the entire Lingbei County Government. Now they are unable to protect themselves. Dealing with us is just a dream."

"Oh, you can't protect yourself. Why?"

"That's not because I, the head of Dongzishan, our head of the family, is famous for being very powerful. Some time ago, without my boasting, he led a group of us to fight directly and the Lingbei government officials threw away their armor. Then

He is the magistrate of Lingbei County and is hiding so much that he doesn’t even dare to come out, hahaha.”

Su Qi'an's eyes narrowed, and Tong Zhan wanted to ask a few more questions, but was stopped by an experienced-looking bandit behind him.

"Li Qi, please stop saying a few words. If the boss hears some of your words, I will break your legs."

"Wait a minute, who are you? What do I think? You are not ordinary businessmen. Come here, surround them and tell them your identities. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave here alive."

In an instant, the bandits, including Li Qi, realized that they had said too much, and each held a sword and surrounded Su Qi'an and the others.

Seeing this scene, Su Qian just sighed and said to Tong Zhan, "Except for Li Qi, kill everyone except Li Qi."
Chapter completed!