When Ma Wei said this, several people who initially thought that Li Xuan was just talking about the natural beauty quickly came to their senses and quickly said something like "His Majesty is wise."
However, Wang Wenhua was very depressed, because the flattery he had prepared could no longer be said out loud. You have to pay attention to the timing of flattery. Ma Wei took the lead. If he said similar words again, he would naturally be at a disadvantage.
However, there is still a long way to go. Wang Wenhua wants to flatter him, who can stop him?
Sure enough, when they walked down the hill, they happened to encounter a group of Tang Army soldiers leading a large group of tied prisoners. At this time, Wang Wenhua said without hesitation: "My Wang division captured many prisoners in the battle across the river. It's all thanks to
Your Majesty, Hong Fu, even though this false Ming bandit army has tens of thousands of people, they still dare not resist His Majesty's might!"
He said these words in an exclamatory tone, and his expression was like a literati sighing at a beautiful scenery.
There is no smell of human fireworks at all!
When Li Xuan heard this, he looked at Wang Wenhua and thought to himself, Wang Wenhua is getting better and better at speaking, and he can say such a biting compliment so nicely!
It just sounds comfortable.
Moreover, he also felt that Wang Wenhua's words spoke to his heart, because Li Xuan had always believed that the Tang Dynasty could be what it is today, and the Tang Dynasty's new army could defeat the Ming army many times, all because of himself.
Without the new army of the Tang Dynasty that he created, and without the muskets that he created, the Tang Dynasty, a valley dynasty, would have been destroyed long ago. How could it have developed to this day?
That's right, Li Xuan took all the credit on himself!
As for Liu Bagou, Fang Dongquan, Wang Shanxu and other bandit leaders, what credit do they have? They have a lot of credit, they are just here to make fun of them.
What he is thinking at this moment is: Without me, Li Xuan, there would be no Datang Dynasty, and without the Datang Dynasty, there would be no New China...
If someone saw Li Xuan's expression at this moment and understood his inner thoughts, they would probably make an arrogant comment about him.
It's rare for someone to advise you: Your Majesty, please don't be arrogant!
Seeing Li Xuan smiling, Wang Wenhua's expression remained unchanged, but he was secretly happy in his heart. This horse was well photographed, and His Majesty was so elated!
But he inadvertently looked back at Liu Bagou, Ma Wei and others, and showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, a smile full of confidence.
Huh, in the huge Tang Dynasty, when it comes to flattery, if Wang Wenhua claims to be second, who would dare to claim to be first?
Who dares?
Ma Wei is just a scholar who has lost his mind. Otherwise, how could his family have been ruined before? Even though he just said some beautiful words, it only meant that the Tang Dynasty had gained hegemony, and it did not say anything at all.
It goes to His Majesty’s heart and fails to grasp the core point of flattery!
Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu and others are just clowns. Although they often compliment His Majesty, from Wang Wenhua's point of view, they have no talent for the great skill of flattery, and they don't mean what they say.
Not to mention Yang Xiucai, Old Man Xie and others, Wang Wenhua didn't even bother to look at them.
At this moment, Wang Wenhua suddenly couldn't help but sigh!
The rest of the people watching were confused. Those who didn't know better thought he was still sighing about the victory or defeat of this battle. But who could know that he was sighing at this moment because he was searching for his opponent and couldn't find it.
After countless heroes of the Tang Dynasty, there was no single enemy!
He is lonely!
Li Xuan naturally didn't bother to pay attention to the inner thoughts of the civil and military ministers behind him. Now he is indeed very complacent. It is not easy to lead a valley dynasty to this day. What a great achievement it is!
Since ancient times, there have been countless people who have rebelled in the ravines, but there are only a few who can do this!
Perhaps, it won't take long for him to lead his army to capture several provinces, and then send his troops eastward into the prosperous land south of the Yangtze River to drink from the Qinhuai River!
When the time comes, do you want to hold an oiran competition to select the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in this era?
After selecting them, line them all up in a row, and then go up one by one!
Well, no money!
However, before sweeping through the southwestern provinces and drinking from the Qinhuai River, they had to capture the city of Xingquan Prefecture. I don’t know if Hao Bainian would dare to arrive at Xingquan Prefecture before the Ming army and stop Song Zhiwen’s remnant army.
Come down.
Song Zhiwen escaped very simply. However, in order to control casualties, the Tang army who was crossing the river did not dare to send a large number of troops to land for combat at first. When Song Zhiwen escaped, many Tang troops were actually still on the ships.
So when Song Zhiwen led his troops to retreat, the Tang army that was crossing the river could not catch up in time and entangle them, allowing Song Zhiwen to escape with two to three thousand men.
As for the remaining more than a thousand people, they naturally became abandoned sons, either killed or injured or became prisoners of the Tang army.
After resting for a while at the Lanjiang Ferry, Li Xuan once again led the follow-up troops to catch up with the front-line troops and headed for Xingquan Fucheng.
Before him, the Second Mixed Battalion and the Third Infantry Battalion had already caught up, commanded by Wang Shanxu.
The only troops that Li Xuan personally led later were the 4th Infantry Battalion, garrison battalion, artillery team, baggage battalion and a large number of young men who transported baggage.
At noon, Li Xuan, who was leading his army on the road, once again received a report from the reconnaissance cavalry, saying that he had contacted Hao Bainian's troops. Now Hao Bainian's troops were rushing to Xingquan Fucheng, and judging from the itinerary, they were larger than the Ming army.
Much faster.
Li Xuan looked at the map, then calculated Hao Bainian's marching speed and distance, and finally drew a big cross outside Xingquan Mansion City. If nothing goes wrong, Hao Bainian and the others will arrive this evening.
Outside the city of Xingquanfu, they fought against the retreating Ming army.
As long as Hao Bainian can hold off the retreating Ming army for half an hour, then the 3rd Infantry Battalion and the 2nd Mixed Battalion led by Wang Shanxu will be able to catch up, and finally form a pincer attack on these Ming troops.
Song Zhiwen, even if he is only a few miles away from Xingquan City, he will not be able to enter Xingquan City.
After the remnant troops led by Song Zhiwen were annihilated, it would be impossible for Xingquan Fucheng to withstand the Tang army's attack unless a miracle occurred.
Because according to the reports of the spies of the Tang Army who were ambushing in and around Xingquan Prefecture, basically all the Ming troops in Xingquan Prefecture had been brought to the Lanjiang Ferry by Song Zhiwen. Those who stayed in the city were only hundreds of regular Ming troops, and there were more than a thousand young and strong soldiers.
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Even if the Ming army defending the city adds up their arrests and the like, they will also mobilize the young men in the city to defend the city.
But it is unlikely that they can withstand the attack of thousands of Tang troops!
The Tang army defeated tens of thousands of Ming troops at the Lanjiang Ferry, so why would they still be afraid of hundreds of Ming troops plus a group of young men?
Impossible!
When Li Xuan led his army to chase the frontline troops, Hao Bainian and the others also rushed towards Xingquan Fucheng non-stop.
In order to rush on the road, they only rested for half an hour at noon. After hurriedly eating dry food, they set off again as a whole army.
Although the soldiers were very tired along the way, with the encouragement of officers at all levels, and the soldiers also knew that the Ming army had been defeated, they went to Xingquan Fucheng this time to intercept the enemy's defeated army and
It's not that they want to attack the strong city of Xingquan Fucheng, but after winning many battles with the Ming army, they are also full of confidence in the victory of this battle.
The morale of the army did not drop. Although the soldiers' physical energy was greatly consumed, they gritted their teeth and continued on their way, and there was no large-scale falling behind.
Fortunately, the troops led by Hao Bainian are the main forces such as the First Infantry Battalion, the First Mixed Battalion and the Second Infantry Battalion. Most of the soldiers in these units have undergone more than several months of training.
In the past few months of training, they have gained a lot of influence, and their physical fitness is much better than those of the new recruits. Although the long journey has made them exhausted, it is not that they can't walk.
At this time, the high-intensity physical training that the New Army of the Tang Dynasty had been performing was playing its due role.
In order to strengthen the physical fitness of the soldiers, the new army of the Tang Dynasty paid a huge price. Most of the newly recruited recruits were very thin. The first thing these recruits did after joining the army was to eat, and eat a lot.
The food of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty has always been of high standard. Although there is not much meat to eat due to the conditions, the white rice is filling and you can eat as much as you can.
High-standard meals represent adequate nutrition, and combined with high-intensity physical training, a few months are enough to turn these soldiers into strong young men.
On the other hand, the Ming army was different. The adults in the Ming army were reluctant to give the soldiers white rice every day. Most of the time it was just coarse grains. Only when there was a battle would they improve the food standards so that the soldiers could eat more.
Eat white rice and meat.
However, this kind of temporary better eating may at best boost the morale of the soldiers, but it cannot fundamentally change the physical fitness of the soldiers.
At this critical moment, the physical fitness of the soldiers will become a huge flaw!
When Song Zhiwen led his army to retreat today, the retreating Ming soldiers ran very fast at first, but by noon, their speed inevitably slowed down.
If it weren't for the Tang Army's pursuit behind them, these Ming Army soldiers would never have gone on.
However, with the pursuers behind them, they had to continue to hold on and march, but even if they held on, they couldn't hold on.
By the time it was afternoon, there were already many soldiers unable to move.
There was no other way, Song Zhiwen could only slow down the retreat of the troops!
However, seeing the marching speed getting slower and slower, Song Zhiwen's brows furrowed more and more tightly. He knew that there was a main force of the Puppet Tang rebel army in the north that was also marching in Xingquan Fucheng.
Their purpose is self-evident, it is obviously to dare to reach Xingquan Fucheng ahead of them, thus cutting off the possibility of their retreating to Xingquan Fucheng.
However, there is nothing I can do if I am anxious. If the troops can’t move, they just can’t move!
Seeing the group of guard soldiers and young men behind who were slowing down, Song Zhiwen was heartbroken and immediately called a Ming army general and asked him to command the follow-up troops and continue on their way.
As for himself, he led five hundred soldiers and personal guards and continued to rush towards Xingquan Mansion at a high speed.