Li Xuan decided to tentatively attack Zhengtai County. On the one hand, he wanted to continue to test the strength of the Ming army in Zhengtai County and see if the main force of the Ming army had really left, or if the previous actions of the Ming army were all fake.
, the main force of the Ming army was hiding in the city.
In other words, the main force of the Ming army did not go to Huangzhu Mountain, but stayed near Zhengtai County.
All of these require a real probing with real firepower, and it is probably impossible to detect them just by wandering around outside for a few times.
In addition, what Li Xuan wants to know is whether these Ming troops want to go to Huangzhu Mountain to confuse and ambush him, or whether they really intend to go to Huangzhu Mountain to take over their lair!
With all kinds of doubts, Li Xuan led his army straight to Zhengtai County. Even in order to have a certain influence and force the Ming army to take the initiative, Li Xuan did not deliberately conceal the march route, but swaggered along the mainland to Zhengtai.
county seat.
Naturally, I will not forget to grab a few handfuls along the way so that the army's food reserves can always be maintained at a relatively high level.
Otherwise, if you wait until there is a food shortage to look for food, it will be too late.
When you are eating from the enemy outside the mountains, you must not forget to grab a handful every day. At least you must grab a day's worth of food. Try not to move the stored food if you can.
The new armies of the Tang Dynasty were like tigers descending from the mountain, sweeping across without restraint and plundering three small villages in succession, causing the people along the way to be frightened and flee in all directions.
Looking at the fleeing people on both sides of the road, Li Xuan felt uncomfortable. Why are you so miserable? What are you running for? Uncle, I fought the Ming army, and those who robbed were all landlords and tycoons. You guys don't even have a single piece of intact clothes on your body.
Damn it!
Li Xuan was quite speechless for these people. Even if they begged Li Xuan to rob them, Li Xuan was unwilling. These people were damn poorer than the bandits under his command. They wanted food but no food, and they wanted money but no silver.
Robbing them is a waste of time and energy.
Although Li Xuan thought so, these people still ran away in great fear, fearing that they would be caught by the bandits of Huangzhushan if they ran too slowly. Why, because in the past year, the reputation of the Huangzhushan bandits has become legendary.
They have covered the entire Zhengtai County, and now the puppet Tang bandit army has really come to Zhengtai County, and they burned, killed and looted along the way. It would be damned if the people were not afraid.
These people were not afraid that the Huangzhushan bandits would rob them of their food or money, because they did not have these in the first place. What they were afraid of was that the Huangzhushan bandits would kill them and kidnap their wives and daughters.
Not to mention, their worries are real. These bandits in Huangzhushan have really done this kind of thing. The former Huangzhushan bandits are really not that good. For them, burning, killing and looting are just as good as
Later generations of diaosi masturbated, it was part of their daily lives.
Even now, the bandits in Huangzhushan have put out the sign of the Tang Dynasty. They talk about Master Wang every day, and they don't just burn, kill and loot without understanding like before. However, robbing people is still theirs.
Established policy.
The bandits in Huangzhushan now plunder the population as before, but in the past they usually only robbed the eldest girls of Huanghua, but now they pack up and take away all of them, regardless of age or sex.
In fact, the Huangzhushan bandits who become like this will also scare ordinary people. If they rob their wives and daughters, forget it. If they are lucky enough to survive, then they will marry another wife and have children. But now these damn Huangzhushan bandits
They don't even spare the men.
Moreover, in order to replenish their troops and labor force, the bandits in Huangzhushan now prefer to kidnap young and strong men rather than old and weak women and children. This makes quite a few men among ordinary people, especially young and strong men, quite frightened.
Li Xuan frowned slightly at the people fleeing on the roadside, but he didn't pay too much attention to them. He had no intention of paying attention to these ordinary people now, and he would not stop and shout with a loudspeaker: "Nostalgics, we Tang Jun
He is the King of Justice, and he will never steal any of your needles!"
Because not only does he not have much time to deal with these ordinary people, but more importantly, no one believes what he says. The people will think that you bandits not only want to take a needle and a thread, but to take everything.
Walk!
As the people fled in panic, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty swept through the vast wilderness like an autumn wind, and arrived outside Zhengtai County in the afternoon.
Standing on a hill outside the city, Li Xuan squinted his eyes and looked at the small county in front of him!
Although the distance was a bit far, Li Xuan, who had good eyesight, could still barely see two big characters hanging on the gate of the county town. Even if these two big characters couldn't be seen clearly, he could still guess that they must be the word Zhengtai.
Although Zhengtai County is officially only a medium-sized county, this is because it is a remote and remote area. It does not have rich products and its humanities are not outstanding. However, in terms of area and population, Zhengtai County is a typical large county.
How much worse than those superior counties or even scattered states.
As a result, the scale of Zhengtai County is much larger than ordinary county towns.
The Zhengtai County in sight is very big, but this is just an appearance. Strictly speaking, the real urban area of Zhengtai County is not that big, it can even be said to be very small, with only two to three thousand people living there.
However, there are large buildings on the periphery of the inner city, that is, a large area close to the city wall. Outside these outer buildings, another two-foot-high city wall was built.
This formed an inner and outer city layout that was very common in ancient times!
Many cities in ancient times had relatively small planning scales at the beginning. After the population increased, they had to increase the area of the city, and then formed an inner and outer city, or even three cities standing side by side.
Generally speaking, the outer city that is subsequently expanded will generally have weaker defensive capabilities due to its large area and low walls. The strongest defensive capabilities are generally found in the inner city.
The same is true for Zhengtai County. The outer city is a scattered residential area and commercial area, and the city wall is only one and a half feet high, but the inner city has a two-foot-high city wall. In addition to the official residence, the inner city is also where the powerful live.
, the protective capability is much stronger than that of the outer city.
But for Li Xuan, this difference is not big, because fighting will not be more difficult just because the city wall is half a foot taller and half a foot shorter, because he really intends to fight into the city, and even use tricks to get into Zhengtai County
He wouldn't even try to grab a handful.
Zhengtai County is a more sensitive place than Longhua Town. Even if you fight outside, it will have a certain impact, but as long as the city is not destroyed, it is not a big deal. In ancient times, there were quite a few small-scale riots or rebellions.
, it was common for local county towns to be besieged. As long as the city was not breached, the imperial court would not take it seriously.
However, even if there is no intention to actually attack the city, Zhengtai County still has to fight, even if it is just to test and intimidate.
"Come down, the whole army is ready to attack the city!" Li Xuan did not hesitate for long, and soon issued the order to attack the city!