In the battle of Luohu Valley, it was Diao Leixun who led his men to escape, and Zeng Ziwen was defeated and made a prisoner. If Diao Leixun had not led his men to escape, then the five to six hundred Ming troops in the valley at that time would not have been able to do it with just two or three hundred bandits.
Taken down.
As soon as Diao Leixun ran away, he, Zeng Ziwen, became a defeated general, not only became a prisoner, but also "died in battle".
However, Diao Leixun, who escaped, was praised for his "meritorious service" and succeeded Zeng Ziwen as the Qianhu of Tong'an Qianhu Office. From this, we know that he must have been involved in his "death in battle".
He did not hate the Huangzhushan bandits who ambush and defeated him, but he hated Diao Leixun and even Su Jiakang who led the escape. Without this resentment, Zeng Ziwen would not have finally agreed to Li Xuan's recruitment after struggling for half a year.
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"A timid and cowardly person like Diao Leixun would never dare to lead his army into battle without authorization. Even if he led his army into battle, he would not be able to pose any threat to us. Instead, he would severely damage Diao Leixun's army!" Zeng Ziwen's words were full of emotion.
He expressed his disdain for Diao Leixun.
After Li Xuan listened to Zeng Ziwen's words, he didn't think much about it. It was naturally impossible for him to understand Zeng Ziwen's inner thoughts. All he needed was Zeng Ziwen's understanding of the Ming army.
After all, Zeng Ziwen used to be a Qianhu of Tong'an Qianhu Station, and he knew the Ming army very well, especially the Tong'an Qianhu Station, and his words were of great reference value.
"According to this, there should be no risk for us to attack Fengjiazhuang!" Li Xuan said slowly: "In that case, Mr. Zeng should go back to rest early and follow me to defeat Fengjiazhuang early tomorrow morning!"
After Zeng Ziwen heard this, he bowed slightly and retreated!
Seeing Zeng Ziwen bow slightly before going out, a smile appeared on Li Xuan's lips. Maybe it won't be long before this Zeng Ziwen shouts: "I resign!"
So far, Zeng Ziwen still refuses to call Li Xuan by honorific titles such as emperor, majesty or lord. However, he will not directly call Li Xuan by his name or other derogatory names as before. Instead, he will be vague and ignore it in the conversation.
The name given to Li Xuan.
But even so, Zeng Ziwen has shown considerable respect in some detailed actions.
Li Xuan could generally guess some of Zeng Ziwen's inner thoughts, which were that he could not save face, or he was worried that if he really took up an official position in the Tang Dynasty, being discovered by the government would affect his family.
However, Li Xuan believes that as time goes by, Zeng Ziwen will put aside these worries and finally become a true vassal to Li Xuan.
Of course, the premise is that the Tang Dynasty did not fall, and he, the Shangou Emperor, did not die.
Early the next morning, the King of the Tang Dynasty quietly left a small village where he had stayed overnight. Seeing the Huangzhu Mountain bandits leaving, the villagers in the small mountain village all breathed a sigh of relief.
Yesterday, when I heard that the bandits from Huangzhushan were going to camp in the village, the more than 20 families in the village were all on tenterhooks. They were afraid that all their food and property would be robbed, and they were even more worried that their wives and daughters would be ruined.
Fortunately, these Huangzhushan bandits seem to be different from ordinary bandits. Although they have occupied all the houses in the village and gathered the villagers in the ancestral hall for custody, they have made things difficult for them and even have no food.
They snatched them all away, but left a large part with the villagers.
This different group of bandits left a pretty good impression on the villagers. After all, any bandit these days who doesn't steal all the food and doesn't kill on a large scale can be considered a good bandit.
So much so that when the Great Master of the Tang Dynasty left the next day, he asked the villagers as usual whether any villagers would join the Great Master of the Tang Dynasty.
As long as you join the King of the Tang Dynasty, you will be fed every day, and you are guaranteed to drink a lot of wine and eat meat every day, and you will also get a portion of Anjia grain. The Anjia grain is not much, only ten kilograms, and the symbolic significance is greater than the actual significance.
But for the few who are struggling to starve to death, it is still a life-saving ration.
Although the King of the Tang Dynasty said that drinking wine and eating meat every day was an exaggeration, it still attracted several villagers from poor families to join. These young and strong people who voluntarily joined had no fields in their families and a large number of people in their families. They could only work a year.
The kind of person who never gets enough to eat.
Naturally, joining the Tang Dynasty King Master was not for the justice preached by Qian Mengjiu and others, but just for a bite to eat, or simply to leave a ration for the younger brothers and sisters at home.
Li Xuan naturally welcomed these young men who voluntarily joined the Tang Dynasty King's Master.
Those who join voluntarily are much better than those who are forced to join.
Two days ago, the Huangzhushan bandits followed their usual practice of kidnapping some young men to serve as husbandmen wherever they went, but this behavior was quickly stopped by Li Xuan.
This is not because Li Xuan has a heart attack and feels that it is unethical to take young people hostage, but because they are now engaged in mobile warfare and have relatively high requirements for the quality of their personnel. These young people cannot be used on the battlefield. It is impossible.
Fighting with the Ming army with swords and guns.
At most, they were used as commoners to transport baggage, which was of little use at ordinary times. However, these people would run away as soon as they found an opportunity, which was an unstable factor for the Tang Dynasty King's army who was on an expedition.
What's more, these people will waste the Tang Dynasty's limited military rations.
For this reason, Li Xuan personally decided to change the previous coercion policy and adopt a recruitment method.
Those young people in the village are welcome to join if they are willing, and there is no need to force them if they don't want to join. Anyway, there is no shortage of these civilians who transport things.
However, this recruitment policy is only limited to replenishing the army's young men and does not include the general population.
The bandits in Huangzhushan still have plans to rob people on a large scale and send them back to Huangzhushan. However, the plan to rob people will be carried out in the middle and late stages. At least they must first rob Fengjiazhuang and initially solve the food crisis. As for now, Huangzhushan
We don’t even have enough food, so if we take hundreds or even thousands of people captive, we won’t have to starve to death together!
The Huangzhushan bandits staggered all the way, and finally arrived at the very familiar Fengjiazhuang in the afternoon.
After arriving outside Fengjiazhuang, Li Xuan saw for the first time what kind of village this old friend of the Tang Dynasty looked like.
The first time he saw Fengjiazhuang, Li Xuan was shocked!
From a distance, one can easily see that Fengjiazhuang is very different from the many villages they have seen along the way. The most conspicuous thing is that they have a village wall, and the wall is not short, nearly ten feet high, and it is not
The wooden fences commonly used in ordinary villages are made of earthen bricks and stone structures. The walls of ordinary remote towns are not as high as the walls of Fengjiazhuang.
Under the village wall, there is actually a small ditch that serves as a moat, and only a suspension bridge is left in front of the village gate. This is a village, and this is clearly a fortress.
After seeing the first scene of Fengjiazhuang, Li Xuan was a little confused. How did Huang Xueren and the others break into Fengjiazhuang last year? Looking at the posture of this village, it didn't look like it could be easily broken by a group of two to three hundred bandits.