There was no need to fight, no one was killed or injured, the most he could do was put up a formation outside to scare people, and he could also get enough food. Li Xuan was quite happy doing such a good deed.
He even regretted it, why hadn't he thought of such a good idea before: just scare people without fighting!
In this regard, he could only say: A wise man will make a mistake every time he thinks about it. Obviously, he, a wise man, had neglected to calculate this before.
But fortunately, he has now corrected this mistake. From a wise man who makes a mistake in every thought, to a wise man who makes a mistake in every thought.
Li Xuan himself was very satisfied with the result, but Zeng Ziwen's face looked a little abnormal.
"Your Majesty, if we really wanted to fight just now, it would not be a problem to defeat them. If we retreat without a fight, we are afraid it will affect morale!" Zeng Ziwen said with a worried look on his face.
After hearing this, Li Xuan showed a disinterested look. He said, "What are you fighting for? If you encounter a tough situation, you will naturally turn around and leave. Who would be so stupid as to fight hard?"
As for the impact on morale, there is no need to worry about it. These bandits are all greedy for life. If you let them scare people and beat up the useless landlords, they will be very happy, but if you let them fight hard, there will be no problem.
There are hundreds of people guarding it, there are high walls, and there are even powerful landowners guarding it with artillery. That will only affect morale, right?
Not long ago, they were once again rejected by a powerful landowner's manor. This family's manor was built like a castle. Although the place was small, the city walls were very high, and there were many young men on defense. These young men
At first glance, Zhuang didn't look like a weak civilian, but the kind of private armed man who had no shortage of swords, bows, arrows, and firecrackers. More importantly, the family actually put up a big iron statue on the wall.
Although the thing looked nondescript, Li Xuan could tell at a glance that it was an artillery piece!
Damn it, this family is much more awesome than the people in Fengjiazhuang. You don’t have to guess, this family is definitely not a good person. It is very likely that they are the kind of local tyrants who act as bandits when they go out and serve the people when they come in.
Although it was possible to defeat such a family, it was impossible to avoid casualties. Even if only two or three people died, Li Xuan would feel it was a loss.
Zhengtai County and its surrounding prefectures and counties are so big that it is not robbery to rob anyone. Why should he provoke these tough people just for a little food?
Li Xuan glanced at Zeng Ziwen, and then said: "Zeng Aiqing, don't worry about those people below, they are happy if there is no war!"
After hearing this, Zeng Ziwen turned around and looked at Fang Dongquan and the others. When he saw that Fang Dongquan and the other soldiers were walking very fast and did not appear to be demoralized at all, he immediately sighed.
Zeng Ziwen still didn't know enough about this new army of the Tang Dynasty!
He used his usual thinking to view the wars of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, but it was obvious that the New Army of the Tang Dynasty was different from the Ming Army.
Why is it different?
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty is not an army at all, but a group of bandits. Even if Li Xuan uses more advanced methods to train them, even if Li Xuan equips them with muskets, standard swords, spears, armor and other weapons, it cannot change the profound
The gangster spirit in their bones.
This gangster spirit makes them bully the weak and fear the strong. When they encounter weak enemies, they become as brave as peerless warriors. When they encounter powerful enemies, they immediately shrink back and want to run as far as they can.
Zeng Ziwen didn't quite understand it today, but after these few days, he finally understood that these new armies of the Tang Dynasty simply couldn't be judged by common sense.
Therefore, Zeng Ziwen stopped persuading Li Xuan. It was useless anyway.
Li Xuan somewhat understood some of Zeng Ziwen's mentality, but he had no choice. The core structure of an army was not ordinary soldiers, but the officer class.
It's a pity that most of the officers in the new army of the Tang Dynasty were bandit leaders. Their top beams were out of alignment and their bottom beams were crooked. The upper-level officers were so timid and afraid of death. Naturally, the ordinary soldiers were no better.
Now what Li Xuan hopes is the dozen or so officers from the Guards. Unfortunately, those Guards officers who were trained by Li Xuan are still at the level of corps commander and deputy captain. He wants to make them
There is still a long way to go before they take over the commanding duties from Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren and others.
While Li Xuan and others were rushing all the way in front, the main force of the Ming army behind them failed to catch up in time. In the first two days, Diao Leixun from Longhua Town even brought people out, but he quickly retreated, only to
Several small-scale troops were sent to hang at a distance.
For a moment, Li Xuan couldn't figure out what they were going to do. If they didn't chase them, would they have to watch him torture the countryside?
Isn't Su Jiakang afraid of being slapped hard and losing his hat?
At the same time, in Zhengtai County, Su Jiakang was talking to a middle-aged man in a robe. This middle-aged man was none other than Wu Nuanzhi, the confidant of Song Zhiwen, the master of Xingquan Prefecture.
"Mr. Wu, we can't continue like this. Now those puppet Tang bandits are looting everywhere in the countryside, so that fireworks are everywhere. Although our officers and soldiers are firmly guarding the county town and Longhua Town, the squire's opinions are quite big.
, the Chen family and the Song family both sent people here, saying that if we wait for the officers and soldiers to take no further action, they will write to the provincial capital!" When Su Jiakang said this, there was a hint of
have no choice.
After hearing this, Wu Nuanzhi said: "Don't worry, Mr. Su, those pseudo-Tang thieves will not be able to escape for long. As long as this arrangement is successful, those pseudo-Tang thieves will never come back!"
Su Jiakang still frowned: "It would be good if Mr. Wu's plan succeeds, but if something goes wrong, it will not end well!"
The implication of Su Jiakang is that if it succeeds, hello, hello, me, hello, everyone, but if the plan fails, you Wu Nuanzhi will pat your butt and return to the city, but Su Jiakang will have to take the blame.
It doesn't matter the few small defeats he fought in the past. He can let people like Zeng Ziwen and Ying Tianhu take the blame, and no matter what, it won't be tormented on him. But if he fails this time, even if he loses all the generals below,
I'm afraid I won't be able to carry that big black pot even if I press it on!
Such a big black pot, no one else in the huge Zhengtai County could carry it except Su Jiakang!
At this time, Wu Nuanzhi glanced at Su Jiakang, and then said with deep meaning: "Master Su, don't worry, Master Fu has already seen and approved of this plan. Please give me some confidence, Mr. Su.
The time has come to ensure that these puppet Tang traitor armies never come back, and capturing the puppet emperor Li Xuan alive is not a problem!"
As he spoke, he lowered his voice slightly and said, "What Master Su has to do is very simple, as long as..."