Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren were full of contempt for the Guards before.
When the Ming army launched a charge in the direction of the Guards to break through, they were still extremely worried. Everyone wanted to catch up and intercept them in a hurry, fearing that the Guards would not be able to hold on.
But who would have thought that in the past, the Guards, who they thought were just playing house and playing around in formations and talking about discipline every day, were able to defeat more than 60 Ming troops in one fell swoop!
Moreover, they defeated the Ming army in one fell swoop in a head-on duel!
Such a result was something that almost all of them had not expected or even imagined before.
Are those Ming armies too weak?
Absolutely not!
The more than 60 Ming troops before were definitely not ordinary young men, and they were not even serf-like military household soldiers. Otherwise, they would have surrendered directly when they were surrounded, and it would be impossible for them to survive in adversity.
He is also able to bravely launch a charge and carry out breakout operations.
Facing such a fierce Ming army, even Fang Dongquan and Chen Tufu had to be careful. If they really wanted to fight, they could only rely on their numerical advantage to suppress the Ming army step by step.
And if it was a head-to-head confrontation with comparable forces, Fang Dongquan and the others knew very well that bandits like themselves could not possibly be opponents of the regular army. In all likelihood, they would be beaten to a pulp, and there was a high possibility that they would not even be beaten.
He immediately collapsed and fled.
However, the Ming army of more than 60 people was defeated by the Guards of more than 80 people.
What does this mean?
Although Fang Dongquan and the others were unwilling to admit it, they could not change the fact that the Guards were not a team playing house games, but an army, a stronger army than the Ming army.
If we deduce this, we will come to a conclusion that will shock Fang Dongquan and the others, and at the same time be extremely embarrassing, that is, these guys from the Guards are actually more awesome than their uncles!
The Ming army, which their uncles could not defeat, was easily defeated by these half-grown nephews.
There is no place to put this face!
However, embarrassment is embarrassing, and we can't lose the words in this situation. Fang Dongquan and the others walked up to Li Xuan and said the same compliments to Li Xuan as Liu Bago and the others. They were nothing more than how awesome Li Xuan was and how awesome the guards he trained were.
For example, our Tang Dynasty is so awesome!
Well, in short, it’s all kinds of awesome!
Wang Danxu on the side looked at everyone with a smile on his face!
Among everyone in Huangzhushan, except for Li Xuan, he was undoubtedly the happiest today. The Guards he commanded showed unexpected combat effectiveness and defeated the Ming army in one fell swoop. Although he himself also knew that the formation and training of the Guards were basically basic.
This was all done by Emperor Li Xuan alone.
But I dare not say anything, he is also an executor.
Li Xuan used his brain, but he used his hands!
Physical labor and mental labor are equally glorious, and there should be no distinction between them!
Now that the Guards has won a great victory, no matter what happens here, his contribution is indispensable!
And now he is the commander-in-chief of the Guards. The stronger the Guards, the higher his status in the Tang Dynasty. Maybe it won't be long before he can be on equal footing with Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, or even surpass them.
After the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty complimented each other for a while, someone finally thought of business!
"Now that all the prisoners of the Ming Army have been disarmed, what will be done next?" It was Bai Yunqi who said this: "Now we still need to continue to look for opportunities to attack the logistics line of the Ming Army. I am afraid that we will bring more than 30 prisoners with us.
It’s hard to act!”
Li Xuan also frowned a little after hearing this. This prisoner is indeed not easy to handle. Huang Zhushan can handle the prisoners as soon as they catch them. They recruit those who can recruit them, and use them as coolies if they can't. But now they take these prisoners with them when they go out.
Of course it doesn't work.
But it is not possible to send them back to Huangzhu Mountain. There are only a few dozen old and weak people staying in Huangzhu Mountain now, mainly to guard the fields that have been opened up and planted with food. More than a thousand old and weak women and children have gone into the mountains to escape the war.
At this time, Butcher Chen said: "This is not simple. Those who are willing to submit will be accepted directly, and those who are unwilling to submit will be chopped with a knife. Otherwise, wouldn't they be left to waste food?"
When Butcher Chen said this, Fang Dongquan also said: "That's the reason. It's best if they are willing to submit. If they are not willing, there is no need to keep them!"
But at this time, Huang Xueren said: "We in the Tang Dynasty are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness. Killing prisoners is really harmful to the peace of the world. Why don't we collect the food, clothes and swords from those who refuse to surrender, and then let them go?"
go."
Huang Xueren's words sounded a bit like the Virgin Mary, but everyone present felt their scalps numb when they heard it. There was no food or swords in the deep mountains and forests. How could those Ming soldiers who had been let go survive?
Either starve to death or be eaten by tigers and wolves!
What's more important is that they don't even leave any clothes for them. If a miracle doesn't happen, these people will freeze to death tonight!
Even though it’s spring now, it’s very cold at night. A late-spring night is no better than a winter night.
At this time, Liu Bagou and the others looked at Li Xuan. After taking a look, Liu Bagou quickly turned to the others and said, "That's very good. Just go ahead and do it!"
Regardless of whether he kills people directly or strips them naked and lets them go, talking about these things is harmful to the harmony of the heaven and the saint. As an emperor, Li Xuan will naturally not do this, but if the ministers want to do this,
If you take the initiative to take the blame for him as the emperor, he will not object!
And this is the way for kings and ministers to get along with each other.
Liu Bagou wanted to assist the Holy Lord, so he naturally couldn't let Li Xuan get involved in these matters, so he spoke directly and decided on this matter as the head of the officials.
And Li Xuan never said a word from beginning to end!
Soon, someone went to persuade the more than 30 prisoners to surrender. The people who came here were mainly Bai Yunqi. He had previously persuaded more than 60 Ming army prisoners to surrender and join Huangzhu Mountain. Now he was asked to go.
, presumably the effect will be better.
It didn't take long for Bai Yunqi to come back, and he brought back great news. More than thirty Ming army prisoners all surrendered on the spot, expressing their willingness to join the great Tang Dynasty and serve the holy king Li Xuan who met once in a thousand years.
According to Bai Yunqi, not so many people were willing to surrender at the beginning. At first, Bai Yunqi asked more than a dozen people who had been prisoners of the Ming army and now joined Huangzhushan to take turns to go into battle and speak out with their own experience, saying how awesome the Tang Dynasty was.
How many benefits will there be after joining Datang?
Then, after a few unsteady Ming army prisoners surrendered first, Bai Yunqi appointed these few as corps commanders on the spot, and then threatened others that those who refused to surrender would be stripped naked and still in the mountains.
After some threats and inducements, these Ming army prisoners all chose to surrender and expressed their willingness to join the Tang Dynasty King's Division. Whether they were sincere or not is not important. What is important is that once they join the Tang Dynasty King's Division, there is no turning back.
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They are rebels. Once a thief, you will always be a thief. If you want to get on the thief ship of the Tang Dynasty, you have to ask the Ming army first if they agree!