The reason why Li Xuan said at this time that he wanted to conquer personally was because his purpose was not simple, but had many deep-seated purposes.
I want to go outside and observe this era more deeply, or take this opportunity to leave Huangzhushan, get rid of Fang Dongquan and the others, and return to a normal society to live anonymously.
Also, he wanted to test whether Fang Dongquan and Liu Bagou were still as defensive about him as before.
The result was obvious. As soon as Li Xuan said he wanted to go outside the mountains, they couldn't wait to make themselves think twice. On the surface, they said that Li Xuan was a man of wealth and could not easily take risks, but they made it clear that they would not let Li Xuan
leave.
Maybe they really thought so, like Liu Bagou, but in Li Xuan's view, they were doing it to prevent him from leaving and get rid of them.
Thinking of this, Li Xuan's mood naturally couldn't get any better.
Seeing everyone's unanimous objection, Li Xuan did not insist, because he knew that even if he persisted, it would be of no use.
What he just said was just a test. Since the test revealed their attitude, there is no need to persist in the follow-up.
Regarding this matter, Fang Dongquan said again: "I will do my best when I come out this time. Your Majesty, please wait quietly in the palace for the success of me!"
Huang Xueren also picked up the topic at the right time and said: "It can take as long as half a month or as little as ten days. I will definitely return with food to report your victory!"
Li Xuan's eyes swept over these people again, his expression slowly softened from the previous coldness, and after a while he said: "Everyone in the Qing family is confident, and I feel very relieved, so I will wait for the news in the palace.
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Then he waved his hand and said: "Okay, everyone in the Qing family can go home and make arrangements. If nothing happens, just leave!"
I feel very relieved, but this is just a step that Li Xuan directly found for himself. Although the step is a bit steep, Li Xuan has become the emperor of the valley. The road he walked along is not an ordinary road, so naturally it is not
He doesn't care if the steps are steep or not, or he may fall to death.
After driving away the people outside, Li Xuan was a little bored and did not go back to the backyard. Instead, he ran to the playground to watch his Guards drill.
Although the last time he attacked Shuilong Village, the Guards whom Li Xuan had high hopes for did not fire a single shot and showed little combat effectiveness, Li Xuan did not give up his high hopes for the Guards.
Why?
The combat effectiveness of this Guards is not a trivial matter. More importantly, this Guards is an army that he personally trained, and the soldiers in it are all teenagers, which makes it easier for them to establish their confidence in him.
loyalty.
Since in the test just now, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren were still very guarded against them, and they could not leave here in a short time, then Li Xuan also focused on other aspects, such as getting rid of the current embarrassment of the puppet emperor.
situation.
Among the thousand people in Huangzhu Mountain, there are more than 200 young adults, and these two hundred or so young adults basically listen to Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren. Even the guards around Li Xuan are from Fang Dongquan.
This situation is intolerable to Li Xuan. Since you won't let me leave, then I will take control of the real power. We will see if you will regret today's decision.
The Guards were not only a trump card that he prepared to use against the invasion by officers and soldiers, but also a means to expand his voice in Huangzhushan.
Especially in the current situation of Huangzhu Mountain, which cannot be left in a short time, the importance of the Guards is even higher.
When Fang Dongquan and the others gathered the young men and prepared to organize manpower to launch the Fengjiazhuang Battle, Li Xuan also quietly expanded the size of the Guards.
Before, there were only more than 20 people in the Guards, but now Li Xuan has found almost 20 teenagers to join the Guards.
Li Xuan's actions were naturally noticed by Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren. However, the Guards were all teenagers and did not belong to the ranks of young bandits. In addition, the Guards played in formation every day.
, rather than practicing personal martial arts, this kind of thing is just a young man's game in the eyes of everyone in Huangzhushan.
Everyone thought Li Xuan was having fun, so they didn't try to stop him. Instead, they just watched Li Xuan as a joke as he directed some teenagers to line up foolishly on the playground every day.
As long as the Guards did not prove themselves on the battlefield, Fang Dongquan and the others would not be able to take a serious look at the Guards. Especially when they attacked Shuilong Village last time, more than 20 people from the Guards made a trip, let alone went into battle.
When the war started, they didn't even have the part to wave the flag and shout, so it was impossible for everyone to have the same high hopes for the Guards as Li Xuan did.
No matter what others think, Li Xuan has great expectations for these young men in the Guards.
Three days later, Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, and Chen Tufu officially set off with two hundred young bandits. The two hundred bandits divided their troops into two groups, with Fang Dongquan leading the group. They would go out with great fanfare and attract the attention of the officers and soldiers.
And lead them away, preferably deep into the mountains, and lead the officers and soldiers in circles.
Huang Xueren will lead the team the rest of the way, accompanied by Butcher Chen. They will bypass Longhua Town in a low-key way, and then sneak all the way to Fengjiazhuang to launch a surprise attack, capture Fengjiazhuang and return with food.
Of these two roads, one is high-profile, like the Japs entering the village, and will stir up trouble outside, while the other is low-key, but just like the Japs entering the village, only those who come quietly do not want to shoot.
After they left Huangzhu Mountain with their people, Huangzhu Mountain became calm again. The old and weak women and children continued to work in the fields, pick wild fruits and vegetables, and fish in the river.
It's just that some old hunters in Huangzhu Mountain have followed Fang Dongquan and the others out of the mountains, so large-scale manpower hunting has stopped. Only occasionally some old and weak young people go hunting. Although the harvest is not much, it can still feed some people.
Meat, improve food.
Li Xuan, on the other hand, continued to immerse himself in the training of the Guards. In fact, he had nothing else to do except this.
The civil affairs of the 'Datang Dynasty' were handled properly by Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu and Wang Wenhua. Occasionally, something came back to Li Xuan.
Most of them will put forward feasible suggestions. All Li Xuan has to do is to say: accurate.
And Li Xuan himself is not interested in these. In this ravine, managing a group of bandits has no appeal to him.
He was more interested in how to change the embarrassing situation he was facing, such as escaping from here, or training a strong Guards army, and then defeating the attack by officers and soldiers.
As for the rest, it's not important to him at the moment.
As time passed day by day, in the blink of an eye, it had been ten days since Fang Dongquan and the others came out of the mountain. In the past few days, news had been sent back one after another. However, later on, they were too far away and the manpower was limited, so there was no news.
Continue to send messengers to Huangzhushan to report the situation.
The last news we learned was that Fang Dongquan and the others were approaching Longhua Town and attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers.
At the same time, Huang Xueren was also preparing to lead people to sneak around Longhua Town.
Calculating the time, Fang Dongquan and the others should be taking their officers and soldiers around in the mountains by now, and Huang Xueren should have arrived at Fengjiazhuang.
However, no one in Huangzhushan knew what the specific situation was.
As time goes by, the atmosphere in Huangzhushan becomes more and more tense.