Don't be optimistic about everything, otherwise things will happen, and usually bad things will happen!
These words are very appropriate when applied to Fang Dongquan and the others. After defeating the coalition forces of Black Tiger Village and Huang Guishan, the Tang Dynasty King's Division used the power of victory to pursue Black Tiger Village and Huang Guishan's remnant troops.
However, the deserters in Black Tiger Village and Huang Guishan are the same as other bandits in the mountains. Although they are not good at fighting, their escape skills are second to none.
They escaped at first, but it would be difficult to catch up later.
Fang Dongquan, Chen Tu and the others were chasing almost to the point of exhaustion, but they did not catch up and could only continue heading towards the Black Tiger Village.
As the saying goes, if you can run away from a monk, you can't run away from a temple. Even if the people from Black Tiger Village have run away now, Black Tiger Village is still there.
However, when they finally arrived at Black Tiger Village, what they saw was an empty Black Tiger Village, with not a single person found.
Seeing this scene, Fang Dongquan and the others realized that they had been too optimistic before, thinking that others were stupidly waiting for you to capture them.
"They ran away, but judging from the situation, they left in a very hurry. You see, they only took Xinruan with them and didn't have time to take away many things!" Huang Xueren pointed to the chaotic houses in Black Tiger Village.
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Fang Dongquan said: "When the Ming army came to attack, since we were able to leave, they people from Black Tiger Village were naturally able to escape before we came, but..."
At this point, he showed a sneer: "We are not officers and soldiers who will get lost in the mountains, and they didn't leave anyone behind to stop us!"
"It would be fine if they were just young and strong, but they also brought with them so many old, weak, women and children. How fast can they go at this speed? If we pursue them, we will definitely be able to catch up!"
At this time, a small leader came forward: "Generals, judging from the traces they left, they should have ran towards the west, and their walking time would not have exceeded six hours. They should have walked overnight last night.
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"Six hours, when they were defeated, someone should have taken a small road back here first, and then they were able to escape six hours in advance last night, but they would not be able to cover much distance if they traveled overnight!"
"If you go west, it happens to be in the direction of Huanggui Mountain. I'm afraid they are going to Huanggui Mountain!"
Huang Xueren said this: "If they go to Huang Guishan, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble for the two groups to merge. No, we must catch up with them and not let them merge!"
Qian Mengjiu also said at this time: "I, the King of the Tang Dynasty, went out this time to save the Black Tiger Village. The nearly a thousand people in Huanggui Mountain were in water and fire, so that they could bathe in the favor of the Emperor. This goal was not achieved.
Our expedition will be a failure and I will be unworthy of His Majesty’s mighty favor!”
Fang Dongquan said: "What Prime Minister Qian said is absolutely true. We must catch up and rescue them!"
After a group of bandits in Huangzhu Mountain quickly reached a consensus, they quickly ordered the entire army to set off again and followed the fleeing footsteps of the people in Black Tiger Village.
This pursuit was another earth-shattering rush. When the bandits in Huangzhu Mountain heard the promise from Fang Dongquan and other leaders that they would receive generous rewards after catching up with the people in Black Tiger Village in front of them, they gave full play to their fearlessness and fearlessness.
Tired of the entrepreneurial spirit, he kept walking and drove all day long. It was not until night fell that he stopped chasing and rested.
"Judging from our speed and the ashes they found on the road when they were cooking, they are not far away. Even if they drive all night, we can catch up with them tomorrow!"
"Have a good rest tonight. We will get up before dawn tomorrow and set off as early as possible. We must catch up with them tomorrow!"
"Don't worry, they have so many old, weak, women and children with them. Even if they can't move fast, we can catch up!"
While Fang Dongquan and the others were chasing the bandits of Black Tiger Village through the mountains exhaustingly, at the foot of Huangzhu Mountain, Li Xuan was in a good mood, eating under the candlelight, and even had two drinks while eating.
Today's dinner was quite good. Although there were not many dishes, fortunately they were all natural and green food. The main course was a large pile of fat and oily wild boar meat.
During the day today, a group of young men from the Guards hunted a wild boar in the mountains and brought it back. The wild boar weighed several hundred kilograms.
With such a good harvest, Liu Bagou took the people to share the wild boar on the spot. Each household received some wild boar meat. Although it was not much, it was still an improvement in the food and allowed everyone to eat some meat.
Naturally, the royal family was also indispensable, and they got the most delicious piece!
The royal family's chef is also experienced in the art world. Although the seasonings are limited, he still makes the wild boar meat quite delicious.
Frankly speaking, although Li Xuan was restricted in many aspects after coming to this time and space, his living conditions were still the best in the Tang Dynasty.
After all, although he is the puppet emperor of the mountain valley, he is still the emperor's emperor no matter what. He is the nominal supreme leader of more than a thousand people in Huangzhu Mountain and the number one person within a hundred miles. Naturally, there is no shortage of food and drink.
All kinds of game from hunting on weekdays are also given priority to his side.
However, it is difficult to meet such a big wild boar, and the people below could not pay tribute even if they wanted to, so it was the first time for him to eat wild boar.
Strictly speaking, this is the first time in my life that I have eaten this.
Out of curiosity, Li Xuan ate a lot, but Dong Yunyun, who was sitting opposite him, was not interested in this obviously too greasy wild boar meat, and just ate green vegetables as before.
Li Xuan said: "Why don't you eat more? You always eat vegetables and you don't have enough nutrition!"
As he spoke, Li Xuan gave her a piece of particularly fat meat.
Dong Yunyun's appetite has always been relatively small, and she doesn't eat much every day. Moreover, this woman especially doesn't like to eat too much meat. Li Xuan suspects that the reason why her body is so weak and she will fall ill when the wind blows is because of eating.
Not enough meat.
If she could be as picky about food as Zhu'er, and could eat vegetables and fat meat, she probably wouldn't be the same as Lin Daiyu.
Hearing Li Xuan's words, Dong Yunyun said nothing. She just looked at the big piece of fat meat that Li Xuan put into her bowl and showed hesitation. After hesitating for a long time, she heard Li Xuan say: "Don't look at it, eat it!"
Dong Yunyun picked up the meat now, but after picking it up for a long time, she didn't put it into her mouth. After a while, she raised her head and looked at Li Xuan with pitiful eyes and said: "It's too big, I can't eat it!"
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan was a little speechless. How could these women be so different?
If the person sitting in front of her was her sister Huichen, she would probably be able to eat up this large plate of meat by herself without even having to say anything, and she would be able to eat it all with her hands.
If it were Pearl, she wouldn't pick and choose. Although she didn't eat much, she would definitely not eat no meat at all.
However, this Dong Yunyun gave him the same feeling as those women in later generations who talked about losing weight every day and did not eat any meat, only vegetables without oil and water, such as cucumbers.
It’s no wonder that some women in later generations had nothing but cucumbers in their refrigerators. These cucumbers were edible and useful. They probably lived on them!