The sky is always gloomy during the Qingming season, and the sky is sprinkled with tears from time to time.

Those who shed tears may be nostalgic for their old people, or they may be heartbroken, or they may simply be infected by this slightly sad season, and weep for the petals that fell to the ground.

If you are standing on a high mountain in the depths of the mountains, you can only see the dense forests and rivers in the mountains through the gaps in the mist.

If there are literati who swim beautifully, maybe they can be provoked by the beautiful scenery in front of them, and then the poetry is prosperous, leaving a lot of poems, among which there may be similar prostitutes to the east mountain, and the spring is halfway urging. Looking at the peach and plum from afar, the double into the mirror opens such a famous story through the ages.

It's just that today, such a beautiful scenery is defiled by a large crowd of screams and screams, swords and blood.

In a small patch of flat land at the foot of the mountain, hundreds of people dressed in different clothes gathered, one group of about three hundred and fifty, the other about four hundred.

More than 100 people in the small group were dressed in the military expenses of the Ming army, and the remaining 200 people were wearing ordinary clothes.

But although these people were dressed differently, the weapons they held in their hands were the same, and there was no difference in formation and demeanor.

Most of those wearing ordinary clothes still have baskets under their feet, but these baskets are empty!

As for the side with the most people, they were disheveled, and even the formation of most of the people was chaotic, only a group of nearly 100 people, composed of half-grown children, maintained a neat queue.

It's just that at the front of the queue of this group of half-grown children, a horse rider has a sad face!

"What's going on? Doesn't it mean that there are only more than 100 guards in this grain transportation team, and the rest are people's husbands, those people don't look like people's husbands! At this time, a young man beside Wang Danxu, who was also riding on a horse, said: "General, we have been fooled!" ”

Wang Danxu was also depressed!

Their information turned out to be wrong, and the news reported by the spies stated that there were more than 300 people in the army, of which only more than 100 were regular soldiers, and the rest were civilians.

But now it seems that those people are not people at all, but a puppet regular army!

"What's going on?" At this time, Li Xuan in the rear was also frowning.

Fang Dongquan's face was anxious at this time, and he knelt down and said: "The crime deserves death, it should be that our people failed to see it clearly, so they admit their mistake!" ”

Fang Dongquan was responsible for the spies sent out to search for the Ming army before, and now that the situation was found out that something was wrong, he, the person in charge, naturally could not shirk his responsibility.

Li Xuan waved his hand: "Don't talk about responsibility or anything, what should I do now?" ”

As he spoke, Li Xuan looked at everyone present!

At this time, Butcher Chen was the first to speak: "What else can I do, just fight directly, although they have more than 300 people, but we also have more than 400 people, and we still have a baggage team of almost 400 people, which is enough to kill them!" ”

As soon as Butcher Chen's words fell, Fang Dongquan said, "If you attack rashly, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, although we have more people, but the enemy army is a regular army of the guard, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case!" The minister thinks that it is better to be cautious, let's not wait any longer, while they haven't come over yet, let's go directly! ”

Huang Xueren said: "If it is a direct retreat, it is a safe way, but now that the pseudo-Ming has begun to line up, if we retreat rashly, I am afraid that it will cause chaos if it is not done well!" ”

It's not easy to go, and now the two sides haven't fought yet, it's too simple for this group of bandits in Huangzhushan to leave, but what about after leaving?

The Ming army is not stupid, it will definitely catch up, this is chased all the way, and if the distance cannot be pulled, there will be no way to collect people and horses on the side of Huangzhushan, and then it will not retreat, but will become a rout.

Li Xuan looked at Wang Danxu at this time: "General Wang, Aiqing, you are the commander of the Guards, you said that if we fight, how sure are we that we can win the battle!" ”

When Li Xuan asked, including Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, and Liu Bagou, they all looked at Wang Danxu, because they all knew very well that Wang Danxu's answer was very important.

Everyone knows very well that now the Tang Dynasty Wangshi relies on the Guards army with only more than 90 people and the heavy armor sword and shield under the command of Butcher Chen with less than 30 people, and the rest of the people are used to make up the number, and it is okay to fight a smooth battle, but in today's situation, I am afraid that it will be dispersed in a hurry as soon as it goes into battle.

Wang Danxu raised his head and looked at Li Xuan and the others, he didn't speak for the first time, but pondered for a moment and said: "If the weather is good, the musket can exert its power, and with General Chen's heavy armor sword and shield soldiers to fight with our guards, I am fifty percent sure that I can win this battle, but I am afraid that the casualties will be relatively large!" ”

Wang Danxu's words did not stop, and soon continued to speak: "But ......"

As soon as they heard this, many people's expressions became a little gloomy, and at this time, Wang Danxu came to a but, obviously not optimistic.

Wang Danxu didn't speak, but pointed up at the sky, then turned to Li Xuan Zhengse and said, "Your Majesty, it's raining!" ”

As soon as Wang Danxu's words came out, Li Xuan looked up at the sky slightly, the sky was cloudy at this time, and more importantly, there seemed to be raindrops falling at this moment, although the raindrops were very small, it was not even a light rain, and if you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't even feel it.

But after being reminded by Wang Danxu like this, Li Xuan noticed this at once.

When it rained, the musketeers, an important force of the Guards, lost a lot of support and could only be used as ordinary spearmen.

For bad weather, muskets and bows and arrows may not be able to play a role, they expected it before they came, but they did not expect to meet more than 300 regular troops of the Ming army, in their plan, the Ming army encountered only more than 100 regular troops, and then they could rely on several times the superiority of troops to win the battle.

But now!

Everything has changed!

At this time, Butcher Chen spoke: "To put it bluntly, now that it's raining, we don't need you to say it, we know, you just say directly, if I bring someone to cooperate with you, how sure can this be?" ”

Wang Danxu said: "Thirty percent, at most thirty percent, and even if you win, I'm afraid the guards and the heavy armor sword and shield team will also be disabled!" ”

Hearing Wang Danxu say this, Li Xuan fell into deep thought.

In fact, there is no need for Wang Danxu to say that he himself knows that today's battle is afraid that it will be difficult to fight, and not only is it not easy to fight, it is very likely that it will be defeated.

But he didn't say anything about retreating from beginning to end, not because he didn't want to run, but because he couldn't say he couldn't run.

As an emperor, even if it is just a ravine emperor, he has to maintain his majesty in front of his subordinates, and when he encounters a strong enemy, he runs away with people without saying a word, which will make people think that he is just a coward or something.

So he can't say retreat, he has to let someone else say it!

Because Li Xuan was not the only one who wanted to run, looking at the expressions of so many people present, Li Xuan knew that these bandit leaders had been thinking about running away for a long time, but they just didn't know how to run for a while, after all, there were many things to pay attention to when they wanted to run, such as who would go first, whether to let the leader go first or let the soldiers go first, whether to let the guards go first or let the standing army go first, this is all troublesome.

Wang Danxu said that he was only 30% sure, and even if he won the battle, he would lose a lot, which made many people's faces not look good.

Even Butcher Chen, who was shouting before that he was going to go up and fight with the Ming army, frowned, he was very arrogant, and he said that he wanted to fight at every turn, but he was not a fool.

This led the troops to fight many times, and every time he fought, it seemed that he was single-handedly attacking the enemy formation, but if you carefully study his battle examples, you will find that every time he rushes into battle, he picks up soft persimmons to fight, but he never stupidly rushes into the dense array of the Ming army.

Otherwise, he would have died a long time ago, and he would still be alive and kicking up there!

He also knew that when these two armies faced each other, although the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers under his command could play a big role, it was the guards under Wang Danxu who really decided the outcome of the two sides.

If the Guards are not sure, then whether it is his heavy armor sword and shield soldiers or other standing armies, they are even more uncertain.

At this time, Fang Dongquan spoke: "Our goal is not to kill and injure a few Ming troops, but to cut off their grain routes, since this Ming army is not a grain transport team, nor does it carry grain, so why waste our strength to fight such a battle at this time!" ”

Fang Dongquan paused for a moment and continued: "We don't have to act rashly now, we can retreat first, as long as we continue to block their grain routes in the future, these Ming troops who have entered the mountains will not be able to turn the sky!" ”

Fang Dongquan was the first person to say that he was going to retreat in time, but now it is not surprising that he said it again.

But the strange thing is that Butcher Chen also said: "We can go first, if they dare to catch up, I will kill them when we turn around!" ”

Butcher Chen said so, and the others naturally followed one after another, Huang Xueren and Bai Yunqi said one after another that they wanted to retreat.

After these generals spoke one after another, Liu Bagou stepped forward and said: "Since you all agree to let the Ming army go, then without further ado, the generals should arrange it as soon as possible!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Danxu, and then said, "General Wang, wait a minute, you will take the guards to escort the holy car first!" ”

As soon as he heard Liu Bagou's words, Li Xuan couldn't help but praise: Liu Bagou is really a loyal minister.

It is conceivable that once the order to retreat is notified, chaos will definitely occur at that time, after all, everyone knows that once it falls behind, it is possible to be caught up by the Ming army.

And among the bandits in Huangzhushan, what is really valuable is the guards with less than 100 people, those standing armies are all fund-raising, they are cannon fodder in cannon fodder, and let the guards go first at the critical moment to preserve the elite of the Tang Dynasty's royal division, which shows that Liu Bagou still knows the severity!

However, the reason why Li Xuan praised Liu Bagou was not only because Liu Bagou asked the guards to go first, but because Liu Bagou asked the guards to go first with him, the emperor.

At the critical moment, everyone else only cared about their own safety, but Liu Bagou's first consideration was to let Li Xuan, the emperor, go first

It can be seen that Liu Bagou is indeed a loyal minister!