Diao Leixun didn't know why Mr. Wu said it badly, so he just asked: "What's wrong?" Isn't it just right that they go in the direction of the mountain, and we can destroy them when we turn back!" ”

When the Ming army entered the mountain before, there were several plans formulated, one of which forced the puppet Tang thief army out of the mountain, and then defeated the puppet Tang thief army outside the mountain.

However, Mr. Wu snorted coldly and said: "If we kill their lair and chase them have nowhere to escape and are forced to leave the mountain, then it will naturally be a good thing."

But why did they come out at this time? Don't they know that it will be dangerous to hide in the old forests without the mountains after leaving the mountains? ”

Diao Leixun shook his head: "Although the puppet Tang thief army is not strong, there are a few smart people in it, otherwise they would not have come to attack our grain road." ”

Mr. Wu nodded slightly, and then continued: "How many people do we still have in Longhua Town?" ”

Diao Leixun said: "We have left almost fifty soldiers and horses in Longhua Town, in addition to two hundred county warriors!" ”

Mr. Wu continued to ask, "Do you think these people can resist the attack of the puppet Tang thief army?" ”

Diao Leixun thought for a while and said: "It shouldn't be, although the puppet Tang thief army is just a group of bandits, there are quite a few of them, and they are ......."

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, and then hurriedly said, "What does Mr. Wu mean, are they going to fight Longhua Town?" ”

Mr. Wu nodded!

Diao Leixun's face immediately changed: "If this is the case, then it will be a big trouble, there is a hoarding of all the grain and grass needed by our army, and we don't have many people and horses in Longhua Town, if they are beaten down and robbed of food, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

After learning that the bandits in Huangzhushan were going out of the mountain, Diao Leixun and Mr. Wu quickly took action, on the one hand, they sent people to tell Su Jiakang, and on the other hand, they took people out of the mountain directly to try to pursue the bandits in Huangzhushan.

With such a large-scale operation of the Ming army, it is natural that the spies of Huangzhushan cannot be hidden, after all, the distance between the two anti-dumping forces was not too far before, and yesterday the Ming army was still chasing the bandits of Huangzhushan all over the mountain.

After learning that the Ming army had caught up, Liu Bagou said: "This Ming army has caught up, but there are only a few hundred people in this Ming army, and there are many more people who are looking for Huangzhushan behind, so they must be lured out!" ”

Fang Dongquan said: "How to lead?" ”

The Chen butcher next to him said: "This is not simple, when we get out of the mountain and kill all the way to Longhua Town, we are not afraid that they will dare to continue to stay in the mountains!" ”

The solution proposed by Butcher Chen is simple and crude, but if you think about it carefully, if you kill it all the way, it is impossible for the Ming army not to react accordingly, especially there is a Zhengtai County behind Longhua Town.

In case these bandits in Huangzhushan have their brains pumped and hit Longhua Town and Zhengtai County, then the matter will be a big problem.

At that time, even if it is for his official hat and head, Su Jiakang must retreat to strengthen his defense.

Whether to exterminate the puppet Tang thief army or not is at most a matter of meritorious service, but if Longhua Town or even Zhengtai County is breached, it will be a major event that will lose its head, and it will inevitably alarm the imperial court.

Therefore, although he knew that there were not many Ming troops catching up, he still did not change the original plan of the Tang monarchs and ministers, continued to go out of the mountain, and then made a gesture of attacking Longhua Town and even Zhengtai County.

Of course, it's just a gesture, and they don't really have the courage to fight them, not because they are afraid that they won't be able to beat them, but because they are afraid that they will cause the Ming court to shake, and then attract more Ming troops.

But Su Jiakang didn't know about this worry of the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers.

So when Su Jiakang learned that the puppet Tang thief army was so bold to go out of the mountain, and Mr. Wu in front of him also said that these puppet Tang thief army wanted to attack Longhua Town and even Zhengtai County.

Su Jiakang had such a terrible scene in his mind, the puppet Tang thief army in Longhua Town and even Zhengtai County broke through, and then the court shook, and he clicked himself before sending the army.

His life was about to be lost, and he had not been able to find Huangzhushan for more than half a month after entering the mountain, Su Jiakang still cared about continuing to be a headless fly in the mountains, so he returned to the mountain with people on the same day, and sent someone to send an order to Diao Leixun, so that he must catch up with the pseudo-Tang thief army.

However, it is not so easy for Diao Leixun to catch up with a group of bandits in Huangzhushan.

This time in the attack on Longhua Town, Li Xuan did not bring a large number of old and weak baggage personnel and captured people, only brought 100 guards and 300 standing troops, and about 50 young and strong baggage personnel were selected.

There are a total of 450 people, all of them are young and strong!

And he didn't bring too much baggage, and he didn't even bring much food, so the speed of walking was naturally fast, and it was understandable that the Ming army couldn't catch up!

It didn't take a few days to do this, the bandits of Huangzu Mountain just ran to the foot of Longhua Town, and the frightened Ming army in Longhua Town hurriedly closed the gate of the village, and at the same time sent people to hurry into the mountain for help!

When Diao Leixun knew the news that Longhua Town was besieged, they were still in the mountains, and it would take two days to rush back to Longhua Town at the earliest.

Diao Leixun said with a panicked face: "Mr. Wu, what should we do now?"

Mr. Wu also frowned: "There are more than 200 counties in Longhua Town, and there are cities to rely on, and it is not so easy for the thief army to take it down, as long as they can hold it for two days, we will be able to rush back, and when the time comes, we will directly come to an inside and outside to completely annihilate these pseudo-Tang thief troops outside Longhua Town!" ”

After hearing this, Diao Leixun seemed to comfort himself and said: "Yes, there are more than 200 county warriors in Longhua Town, and there are more than 50 guards in it, and there are still many young people in the town, it should not be a problem to organize to block the thief army for two or three days!" ”

Diao Leixun and Mr. Wu thought so, they felt that it should not be a problem to guard Longhua Town for two or three days, and when they returned to Longhua Town after two or three days, they would annihilate those damn pseudo-Tang thief army.

And the Tang monarchs and ministers never thought about really attacking Longhua Town, so when they arrived at the city of Donghua Town, they didn't make a posture of preparing to attack at all, that is, in the evening, they asked Butcher Chen to lead people over and shouted two voices, which was nothing more than that the Tang Heavenly Soldiers were here, and they knelt down quickly.

After speaking, he also asked a few strong archers to shoot a few arrows at the low city head that was only a few meters high, which scared the Ming army inside!

After pretending, they set up camp outside the city, ready to rest for the night, as for what to do in the future, first see what the reaction of the Ming army on the opposite side of the mountain is, if the Ming army comes fast enough, they will run away tomorrow

If the Ming army came slowly, they would have waited for the Ming army for two more days, and then they would still run away!

Looking at the situation in the future, if there are only a few hundred people from the Ming army who come out of the mountains to defend themselves, then they will go to Zhengtai County, more than 20 miles away, to hang around, causing more pressure on the Ming army and forcing all the Ming troops to return to defense.

The current situation is that Diao Leixun and the others are counting on Longhua Town to be able to hold on for two days and wait for them to come back, while Li Xuan and the others have no intention of attacking Longhua Town.

However, when Diao Leixun and Li Xuan had their own plans, they never considered what the defenders in Longhua Town thought about themselves!

That night, the town of Longhua was brightly lit, and many county brave and young people were organized on the small city wall of earthen forts and wooden fences, preparing to defend the city, and those people occasionally looked outside the city with a look of fear.

Most of the places outside the city were dark, and a few fires could be faintly seen in the darkness, which was the camp of the puppet Tang thief army.

In a large compound in the city, five or six people sat together, half of them sighing, half of them looking frightened.

These people are all Ming army officials or generals who stayed here, these people sit on both sides, but the position in the middle of the head is empty, among which the one sitting in the upper left is a middle-aged man, and the official robe on his body is embroidered with Xiong Zhen who represents the five-grade military attaché, he is Zhao Xiangxin, one of the deputy thousand households from the six-grade of Tong'an Thousand Households.

Although his face seems calm, if you look closely, you will find that his legs are trembling slightly!

The other few people were all wearing the official robes of low-level military attachés, with different ranks, hundreds of households, general flags, and an inspection.

At this time, a small flag came in outside, and as soon as this person came in, Zhao Xiangxin, the deputy Qianhu, said in a panicked tone: "Lord Xu, what about him?" ”

The Lord Xu in his mouth is the county governor of Zhengtai County, who was arranged by Su Jiakang to preside over the supply of grain and grass in Longhua Town.

When this Xiaoqi heard the question, he immediately said with a sad face: "Lord Xu said that the county is in danger, and the thief army is very likely to go to Zhengtai County tomorrow, so he has to rush back to Zhengtai County overnight to preside over the overall situation!" ”

"Lord Xu, he's gone?" When Zhao Xiangxin spoke, he was not panicked, but fearful: "How can he go, what should we do if he leaves?" ”

"Hundreds of thieves are eyeing each other outside, and we only have two hundred young people in Longhua Town, and there is no boulder city, what can we do!"

At this time, a hundred households sighed and said: "Last year, when we were in Luohu Valley, we couldn't beat more than 600 people in 1,000 households, but now we only have more than 200 people, and there are only more than 50 guards among these 200 people, and the rest are all young and strong, so I'm afraid it will be ...... to fight!" ”

"I've heard of those pseudo-Tang thief troops, there are thousands of people, maybe this will only be their forwards, and there are still a large number of people behind!"

"It's over, we're going to die!"

Everyone showed fear when they spoke, too, this is about to break the city, can you not be afraid!

Half a day later, an inconspicuous little flag immediately cautiously said: "Or, let's go back to the county seat too?" ”

As soon as these words came out, many people present stopped talking, and then showed a thoughtful demeanor one by one, and several people even showed an ecstatic look, as if they were seeing light in the dark!

After a while, Zhao Xiangxin, the deputy Qianhu above, said: "Gentlemen, the safety of tens of thousands of people in Zhengtai is pinned on us, and I, as the official of the imperial court, shoulder the responsibility of guarding the land and protecting the people, we must leave immediately, rush back to Zhengtai County overnight to set up defenses, and must not let the puppet Tang thief army step into Zhengtai County!" ”

Immediately, the other people said with joy on their faces: "Your Excellency is wise! ”