Fang Dongquan suddenly changed his attitude, which made Huang Xueren and others very uncomfortable. What about their promised opposition?
Why are you so timid? Don't be timid. Stay upright!
Li Xuan looked at Fang Dongquan's sudden change of face, as if he had seen the time when the Ming army attacked, when he failed to escape but was intercepted by Fang Dongquan and the others, and when he kicked him out of rage, he was Just like today, I didn't care about face at all. Instead, I bowed my head and admitted my mistake.
Today, it seems like the same thing happened again.
And this situation made Li Xuan deeply alert!
This Fang Dongquan is not simple.
Among all the people in Huangzhushan, this Fang Dong can be regarded as the most tolerant person, and his tolerance is not ordinary tolerance, but has a deep purpose.
Li Xuan would not believe that he was really impressed by him, so he turned around and supported the attack on Jiguan Mountain.
Li Xuan guessed that he was still fighting for power, especially for military leadership with Huang Xueren.
But this is no longer important to Li Xuan. He is just a puppet emperor anyway, and to be honest, he has nothing to lose.
The worst-case scenario is to continue to be his puppet emperor.
But after opening a hole today, he feels that he still has great hope of gradually taking control of real power in the future.
When Fang Dongquan also expressed his agreement, the four generals who controlled the real power on behalf of the Tang Dynasty reached a consensus.
Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, Chen Tufu, and Wang Danxu all agreed. As civil servants, Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu did not have much objection, so they quickly expressed their agreement.
In this way, after Li Xuan came to this era, the strategic choice he made on his own for the first time was recognized.
Although there is a lot of water in this recognition, I am afraid that several people will be dissatisfied in their hearts, and it will cause some subsequent troubles, but again, in the worst case, he will continue to be the puppet emperor, and he will not lose more anyway.
When the imperial meeting formally decided to attack Jiguan Mountain, just like the previous attacks on Shuilong Village and Fengjiazhuang, the entire Huangzhu Mountain was once again prepared for the upcoming war.
Feeling that the number of the two standing armies on the left and right of the Tang Dynasty was relatively small, it might not be enough to attack Jiguan Mountain, so this time like the last attack on Fengjiazhuang, ordinary young men were mobilized.
However, these mobilized young men did not join the left and right armies led by Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren and others. Instead, a new standing army was established, with Chen Tufu as the commander.
The number of the front army was even greater than that of the left and right armies, reaching nearly a hundred people, while the left and right armies only had fifty people each.
However, although the number of people in the left and right armies is smaller, the people in the left and right armies are carefully selected, and they are better than the people in the former army in terms of physical fitness and martial arts.
After all, those in the former army were all leftovers. If it hadn't been for this war, they probably wouldn't have been mobilized. Naturally, their quality in all aspects would not be as good as that of the left and right armies.
Together with this temporarily mobilized front army, the Tang Dynasty gathered a full two hundred troops. Such a large-scale mobilization was obviously another country-breaking battle for the Tang Dynasty.
These two hundred troops were all preparing to attack Jiguan Mountain. As for the defense of Huangzhu Mountain, it was left to the Guards.
This is partly because Li Xuan insisted on keeping the Guards with him, so that if the Ming army attacked, he could rely on these more than 50 Guards to escape with his life.
On the other hand, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren still looked down on the young men in the Guards, thinking that they could only play in formations and could not fight at all. They could not help much after going to Jiguan Mountain, so they left
The Guards remained.
In order to prevent the base camp of Huangzhushan from being attacked by the Ming army or other bandits when the army went to attack Jiguan Mountain, the Tang Dynasty also deployed many spies around it, even on the edge of the mountain and even near Longhua Town.
Once the spies discover that the Ming army has entered the mountain, they will immediately report back.
At that time, whether to bring the army back and fight the Ming army to the death, or to flee again, it depends on whether the Ming army can find their location in Huangzhu Mountain and how many troops the Ming army will come.
In late October, the prepared three armies of the Tang Dynasty's standing army officially set off for the expedition. This time, due to the relatively large scale of the operation, and the possibility of accepting the surrender of other bandits, civilian help was also needed, so this time Qian Mengjiu also went with him.
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Several other important ministers, Wang Danxu, Liu Bagou and Wang Wenhua, stayed behind in Huangzhushan.
After Fang Dongquan and the others set off, Huangzhushan once again returned to its calm and busy state.
Although most of the young men and women have gone off to fight, the remaining old, weak, women and children cannot remain idle and must continue to exploit the wasteland during this winter.
In this way, they will have enough land to plant food next spring.
The population of Huangzhushan now exceeds 1,300, which is a full 300 more than when Shuilong Village was recovered.
Three hundred more people means three hundred more mouths to feed. Although the food in Huangzhu Mountain is sufficient, it can only last for a year and a half. Next year's food will have to rely on what was planted during spring plowing.
food.
When the Tang Dynasty once again launched a war to expand its territory, Su Jiakang and several generals in Zhengtai County were discussing the strategy of conquering Huangzhu Mountain.
"To wipe out the rebels in Huangzhushan and capture Li Ni, the first priority is to find their hiding place. As long as we find them, with our strength, it will be easy to defeat this group of rebels!" said a man who was about forty years old.
The military general said: "However, it is not easy to find Huangzhu Mountain because of the high mountains and dense forests in the mountains!"
"Yes, we now have 500 elite soldiers and 300 county warriors. There is no problem in sweeping across the mountains. The key is how to find them!" Another general said.
At this time, Su Jiakang looked confident: "Don't worry, everyone, I already know the location of Huangzhushan. When the time comes, we can go straight to Huangzhushan and capture Li Ni!"
Hearing what Su Jiakang said, the several generals and military attachés below were all surprised. One of them said: "Your Excellency, you already know where they are? If that's the case, that would be great."
, we just lead the people to kill them, and we will get a great achievement!"
Su Jiakang touched his goatee and said: "Without further delay, I have decided to enter the mountain in three days to encircle and suppress Li Ni!"
After these generals had dispersed, a middle-aged scribe walked in from the side door, it was Master Sun.
Su Jiakang said: "I have already ordered you to go down and enter the mountain in three days. There is no problem with your arrangements there!"
Master Sun said: "Don't worry, sir. The people I sent have already contacted those people, and there will never be any mistakes."
At this moment, Luo Mazi also walked in. He fanned Su Jiakang with a folding fan and said flatteringly: "Sir, you are so clever. You fooled those warriors with just a few words. When the time comes, we..."
Before he finished speaking, Su Jiakang slapped him in the face: "Don't say what you shouldn't say!"
This slap made Luo Mazi spin around in circles. After being stunned for a while, Luo Mazi stabilized his body and said quickly: "What you are trying to teach me is that it is the villain who talks too much!"
After giving himself two more slaps to the left and right, he continued:
"It's all the villain's fault. Sir, you are angry. Sir, does your hand hurt? Otherwise, I will go and get some medicinal wine to rub it!",
Luo Mazi continued to lick his face and smiled charmingly. The slap marks on his face were still very clear!