When Li Xuan led a group of bandits from Huangzhushan to climb mountains and wading rivers, trying to get behind the main force of the Ming army and attack the logistics line, the main force of the Ming army led by Su Jiakang was not idle either.
Su Jiakang had entered the mountain with a main force of 1,600 troops a few days ago. However, they did not enter the mountain quickly because they had to wait for the spies ahead to report the specific location of Huangzhu Mountain.
Once they know the specific location of Huangzhu Mountain, they will go straight to Huangzhu Mountain and completely wipe out the audacious gang of pseudo-Tang rebels.
In addition to not knowing the specific location of Huangzhu Mountain for the time being, it is also related to the fact that Su Jiakang was particularly cautious this time.
The Battle of Luohu Valley at the end of last year is still vivid in my mind. I was walking too hastily and was accidentally ambushed by a group of pseudo-Tang rebels.
The beating was so miserable!
Su Jiakang didn't even see clearly what the puppet army of the Tang Dynasty looked like. The army of more than 500 people had already collapsed. They all threw down their swords, guns, baggage and armor and fled in a swarm. When Su Jiakang was being escorted to escape, he even lost his shoes.
Losing one is really an insult to politeness!
He didn't want to suffer such a disastrous defeat a second time!
After all, he was able to write brilliantly once and put all the blame on Zeng Ziyun. But even so, he was reprimanded by the official.
As expected, his great contribution to annihilating the puppet Tang rebels and capturing the puppet emperor Li Xuan brought about three consecutive upgrades, not to mention the fact that he also received a reprimand. But if such a defeat were to happen again, it would probably not be so easy to evade.
Responsibility.
So this time, he was quite cautious and cautious. He would rather slow down a little, and would rather spend a month in the mountains, but he had to move steadily.
If this time he suffers the same disastrous defeat as last time, then the situation will not be easy to deal with. I can't blame all the blame on those Qiubashen like last time. If I do this, even a fool can see it.
Furthermore, if you lose this time, you will definitely not give up. Then you will have to find someone with weight to be blamed, and who else is the most suitable person to be blamed besides Su Jiakang!
So this time, for the sake of his own future, Su Jiakang has to take it easy!
Anyway, those puppet Tang rebels are in the mountains. Although the mountains are big, if you search slowly, you will be able to find them. When the time comes, destroy them, and then capture the puppet emperor Li Xuan and send them to the capital. Official
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Therefore, the main force of the more than a thousand Ming army only walked for two or three hours a day. They set off when the sun was high in the morning. In the afternoon, the sun just set a little bit. They started setting up camp long before the sun set. They only walked ten hours a day.
Doli Road.
However, walking slowly is not without its advantages. At least there were no accidents along the way. If there were any, it would be that one unlucky guy accidentally broke his leg while walking.
On this day, after the Ming army set up camp, Su Jiakang finally saw Mr. Wu coming back, but when Mr. Wu came back, his face didn't look good.
Before Su Jiakang could ask, he said: "Of the three teams sent out, one team has not been contacted for two days!"
Hearing this, Su Jiakang was a little unconvinced: "There is no connection at all? Those are all elite recruits sent by Master Fu Zun. Even if they encounter a large group of puppet Tang rebels, the whole army will not be destroyed!"
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Mr. Wu shook his head: "It's hard to say. Now I'm not sure whether they encountered the puppet Tang bandits, or they might have lost their way!"
They didn't know that the missing group was not only lost, but also bumped into the main force of Huangzhushan bandits led by Li Xuan. Then, under the attack of the Guards, the entire army was destroyed, and the remaining
Many people surrendered en masse.
Su Jiakang thought for a while and said: "If my guess is correct, their direction should be the direction of Huangzhu Mountain. Otherwise, it is impossible to encounter the puppet Tang bandit army!"
Mr. Wu smiled at this time: "Master Su is really smart, and I think so too, so I came back in a hurry!"
Su Jiakang said: "Now that we know which direction Huangzhu Mountain is, what are we waiting for? We will change direction starting tomorrow and go straight to Huangzhu Mountain!"
It is a pity that the direction they chose was the direction in which the Ming army that was killed by Li Xuan entered the mountain to search. However, if the Ming army did not get lost and go in the wrong direction, it would be impossible to encounter Li Xuan and the others.
In other words, if this group of Ming soldiers had not lost their way and walked in the intended direction, they would not have been able to find Huangzhu Mountain.
Similarly, now that Su Jiakang and the others are moving in this direction, it will be impossible to find Huangzhu Mountain in the end.
Early the next morning, Su Jiakang set off with the main force of the Ming army, but at noon, a messenger hurried to Diao Leixun behind him and whispered a few words.
At that time, Diao Leixun's expression changed drastically, and then he walked up to Su Jiakang and said, "Sir, it's not good!"
Su Jiakang was in a good mood today. He was about to find Huang Zhushan and attack Huanglong. Now Diao Leixun actually came over to tell him that he couldn't do it.
He immediately said with a straight face: "What's going on?"
Diao Leixun said: "The people behind reported that our grain transport team was robbed?"
As soon as he heard this, Su Jiakang's face immediately turned gloomy: "Who is so bold as to dare to steal our military rations? What kind of gangsters are they? I will send people to destroy them immediately!"
Diao Leixun said: "It's the puppet army of the Tang Dynasty. The messenger said that they were attacked by the puppet army of the Tang Dynasty earlier. Although the county warriors who escorted the grain tried their best to protect them, they were outnumbered. In the end, the grain was robbed by them!"
"What? It's actually the puppet Tang bandit army?" Su Jiakang couldn't believe what he heard: "Huangzhushan is in front of us, how could they run behind us and attack our grain transport team?
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At this time, Mr. Wu on the side asked without changing his expression: "How many people did they come?"
Diao Leixun said: "There are at least five hundred men and horses, otherwise our grain transport team would not be able to defend it!"
Hearing this, Su Jiakang's expression changed several times. He could probably deduce from some scattered information how many people there were in the Puppet Tang bandit army. It was said that the Puppet Tang Dynasty had recovered all the bandit nests with a radius of hundreds of miles. This estimate
There should be two to three thousand people, and the number of young people that can be gathered out of these two or three thousand people is estimated to be only four to five hundred.
In other words, the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army is no longer in Huangzhushan, but has gone behind them.
"Master Su, in my opinion, we should turn around immediately. The puppet Tang bandits must not have gone far yet. If we chase them, we can keep them all behind!" Mr. Wu said with a serious expression.
But when Su Jiakang listened to his words, he showed hesitation!