When the bandits from Huangzhu Mountain arrived at Longhua Town, many people stayed awake all night. Diao Leixun and Mr. Wu, who were still in the mountains, could not sleep well. They were worried that the Ming army in Longhua Town would not be able to resist for long. After they
Longhua Town was captured before we rushed back.
Even though Su Jiakang, who was farther away, didn't know that the Huangzhushan bandits had arrived in Longhua Town, judging from the news he got a few days ago, he could guess that the target of the Huangzhushan bandits was Longhua even if he had to guess with his butt.
town.
Calculating the time, those pseudo-Tang thieves should have arrived in Longhua Town, but Su Jiakang is obviously more confident than Diao Leixun and the others.
He left more than two hundred county warriors in Longhua Town. In addition, there were a large number of young and strong civilians in Longhua Town, and his second-in-command, the Chengtai County Magistrate, was in charge. The puppet Tang rebels were just bandits and refugees. Su
Ieyasu didn't believe that these bandits and refugees could conquer Longhua Town in just a few days.
What Su Jiakang was even more worried about was that the puppet Tang bandits escaped before he could rush back. Not only would he lose the opportunity to kill them all, but also these fleeing puppet Tang bandits would cause harm to the countryside, causing the entire
Corruption in Zhengtai County.
After all, Su Jiakang was also the head of a county. As a herdsman for the emperor, he had the principles to protect the environment and the people. Excessive casualties among the people under his rule would have a great impact on his career.
In addition, what he was even more afraid of was that the puppet Tang bandit army would evolve into rogue thieves who held the people hostage.
Su Jiakang was not afraid of the pseudo-Tang traitor army slowly farming and accumulating strength, but he was afraid that the pseudo-Tang traitor army would take the path of hijacking the people. In the former case, he would slowly encircle and suppress it. Even if he failed this time, he could do it a second time, or a third time.
Every time, the puppet Tang rebel army can always be successfully wiped out in the end, and it will not cause too much negative impact.
But once the puppet Tang bandits evolved into rogue thieves who held the people hostage, although this would alarm the superiors and even bring the matter to the capital, and then the imperial court would send large troops to quickly destroy these rogue bandits, but for
Personally speaking, Su Jiakang had a great influence.
Let what was originally just a group of small bandits evolve into a real army of refugees, causing harm to surrounding counties and even larger areas. It will only take a matter of minutes for him to be arrested by the court.
Su Jiakang was worried about the expansion of the scope of the disaster caused by the puppet Tang thief army, but he did not know that the puppet Tang thief army he mentioned was also trying its best to avoid the situation from expanding.
After all, Li Xuan and other Tang emperors and ministers were quite timid. They were also afraid of making things worse and attracting a large-scale Ming army. The local government, mainly in Zhengtai County, assembled a thousand regular troops and a thousand young men and women.
, has already put the Tang Dynasty King into a great crisis. If the matter is made more serious and attracts more Ming troops, it will really be over.
So that night, Li Xuan and others outside Longhua Town were also discussing how to force the Ming army out of the mountains without causing shock to the puppet Ming court.
The final conclusion is still the same as a few days ago. Longhua Town can try to fight and put a little pressure on them, but it must not be really fought. If it is really fought, it will easily cause great losses to itself, and more importantly, if
If Longhua Town is really captured, this scene will not end well.
After forcing the Ming army out of the mountains, they immediately left and stopped playing with the Ming army. They went to the countryside to rob, travel and so on!
Well, we need to capture a few more craftsmen to improve the Tang Dynasty's high-tech research and development capabilities and heavy industry production capacity.
People outside can't sleep well, and the defenders and even the people in Longhua Town can't sleep well!
When the ordinary people in the town learned in the afternoon that the puppet Tang traitor army was approaching the city, they were all panicked. Then in the evening, officers and soldiers began to go door-to-door to pull people, and sent young men and even some healthy women to reinforce the earthen fortresses and wooden fences.
'City Wall', prepares many things to defend the city.
In such a noisy Longhua Town, not many people can sleep peacefully tonight!
Early the next morning, Li Xuan was still a little sleepy when he got up. The military tent meeting last night actually didn't last long. They ended very early. However, after Li Xuan lay down, he thought a lot again, so that
It was a little late when I actually fell asleep.
After getting up, she washed herself and had breakfast under the service of an old woman. Originally, it was impossible to bring a woman with her in this war, even if she was just an old woman. But before leaving Huangzhushan, Empress Dowager Bai was not worried about anything she said. In the end, she sent
He hired a confidant, an old woman, to follow Li Xuan.
This old woman is not a simple woman. She is Xia Ma, the number one general under Queen Mother Bai.
Xia Ma is strong and strong, weighing at least twice as much as Li Xuan. When their family fled, she could walk like flying while carrying Huichen on her back.
Later, when they turned into Huangzhu Mountain, Dong Yunyun fell ill on the way. Xia Ma also carried Dong Yunyun on her back, and Dong Yunyun was not as heavy as Li Xuan's sister Huichen, so when Xia Ma carried her on her back,
She was as light as a swallow, as if she was carrying a few pieces of goose feathers instead of a living person, and her relaxed and comfortable demeanor made even Butcher Chen feel inferior.
Li Xuan guessed that his wife sent Xia Ma, the number one warrior under her command, to follow him. Taking care of his daily life and food was secondary. The more important thing was probably to escape with Li Xuan on her back when he was in danger.
Xia Ma looked strong and sturdy, but she was honest and dull, and usually had no sense of presence. After Li Xuan finished eating, she quietly retreated.
It didn't take long for Liu Bagou and other civil and military officials to enter the Chinese military camp one after another!
Fang Dongquan, who was always in charge of dispatching spies, took the lead and said: "Our spies reported that the Ming army who followed us out of the mountains was still in the mountains last night. Even if they started on their way early this morning, they would not be able to reach Longhua Town in one day.
We estimate that the Ming troops will not arrive here until noon tomorrow or even in the afternoon."
"So, we still have one day!" Qian Mengjiu on the side said: "If this is the case, we can put a little pressure on Longhua Town in the morning, and then evacuate in the afternoon, so that we can continue to maintain peace with the Ming army.
distance to avoid being caught up by them!"
But at this time, Liu Bagou said: "Are there still only a few hundred Ming troops coming out of the mountain? Where are the Ming troops behind?"
Now everyone in the Tang Dynasty Wangshi has also figured out that the Ming army that entered the mountain has already been divided into two groups. One group is led by the fairy Shi Qianhu in Linxian County, mainly to continue searching Huangzhu Mountain; the other group is led by Tong'an Qianhu.
The main purpose is to guard the grain road and entangle Li Xuan and others.
The Ming army that chased out this time was the troops from Tong'an Qianhu Station. This Tong'an Qianhu Station was also an old rival of the Tang Dynasty King. The original battle of Luohu Valley was fought against this Tong'an Qianhu Station.
, Zeng Ziwen, who was still by Li Xuan's side, was a Qianhu of Tong'an Qianhusuo before he was captured by the Tang Dynasty.
Fang Dongquan shook his head and said: "Those of us who are staying in the mountains have not yet found the people from Fairy Shi Qianhu's place, but we have deployed a lot of spies at the edge of the mountains. We will definitely find them as soon as they get close to the edge of the mountains.
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"Continue to monitor and report back as soon as they come out of the mountain." At this time, Li Xuan said: "We cannot relax until the remaining Ming troops come out of the mountain. We must create more pressure on the Ming army!
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Li Xuan did not stop talking, but continued: "We all discussed last night. If we fight today, we must make them feel that if they don't come back quickly, Longhua Town will be taken over by us.
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Everyone nodded in unison, and Fang Dongquan, the leader of the generals, said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go out and prepare now. Later, I will use the Guards' musketeers as the vanguard and the spears to hold down the formation, taking advantage of the range of the muskets to fire several rounds of volleys!"
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The tactics they discussed yesterday were quite simple, which was to use the musket's effective range of 120 meters for long-distance shooting.
As for rushing up and climbing the wall to fight hand to hand, that was never out of their plan, because they never planned to actually attack Longhua Town.
The purpose of letting the musketeers go up and fire volleys was not to kill or injure many enemy troops, but to scare the Ming troops into sending more messengers into the mountains to ask for help from Su Jiakang.
Since the tactics were simple and there was no hope of actually attacking the city, the Tang Dynasty King's army took no haste or slowness in its actions this morning. The bandits lined up with confidence.
The tension and fear of running for one's life.
To put it bluntly, these people are just a bunch of bullies who are afraid of the strong. When they encounter a large group of Ming soldiers, they are all scared to death. They can run away without even seeing the faces of the Ming soldiers. However, when they encounter a small number of county braves and civilians,
After facing such an opponent, each of them instantly transformed into a Spartan warrior, and their morale was extremely high!
On the other hand, the Guards were always calm, without any noise. The soldiers all looked like wooden men.
The Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty was lining up outside the city. It looked like they were going to attack the city in a big way soon. This situation made the county warriors who surrendered in Longhua Town seem to be panicked. Many people looked at them from a distance.
He was running around and didn't know what he was doing.
Li Xuan guessed that the Ming army in Longhua Town was probably preparing for their large-scale attack!
But if they knew that he had never thought about actually conquering Longhua Town, I don't know what they would think.
Is it joy or regret?
As time passed, the Royal Army of the Tang Dynasty finally completed their formation.
Looking down from the sky, the more than 400 Tang Dynasty king's troops were arranged in a very neat rectangle. At the front were more than 20 musketeers of the Guards, and on both sides of the musketeers were the archers of the standing army.
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Behind them, in the center are the spearmen of the Guards, on the left are the spearmen of the standing army, and on the right are the sword and shield bearers of the standing army.
In fact, the spearmen, shield bearers, and archers among the more than 400 people were actually used to suppress the formation and take precautions. The only ones who actually fought were the more than 20 musketeers.
After lining up, more than 400 people from the Tang Dynasty King's Division began to step forward slowly, and soon approached the 300-meter battle distance.
However, at this moment, a half-foot-sized white flag was suddenly erected on the city wall of Longhua Town opposite, with eight conspicuous characters: The general has left and presented the city for peace!
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan suddenly felt alert: This is weird, I'm afraid it's a scam!