Chapter 145: The Unfinished Expedition (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
What happened to the Ming army after returning to Longhua Town, Li Xuan naturally didn't know, all he could know was that since the main force of the Ming army returned to Longhua Town, he first sent many people to the countryside to find his pseudo-Tang thief army.
But Li Xuan was not stupid, but he was not stupid to stay outside the mountain with the bandits of Huangzhu Mountain, and then fought with the Ming army, but quickly ran back to the mountain.
They returned to the mountain three days after leaving Longhua Town, and they still returned with a large pile of loot.
Their trophies were not only the gold, silver, and ordnance they had stolen from Longhua Town, but also in the last few days, fortunately, several villages they passed through had been emptied, not only were they packed up and taken away, but even people were brought back.
So much so that when they returned to the mountain, the team had swelled from more than 400 people to more than 1,000 people, but most of the extra 1,000 people were depressed, and some women and children were still crying.
This can not be depressed, can not cry and cry, their little life is good, usually they are not full of food and clothing, at most, they starve to death in a bad harvest year.
But now, those demon-like bandits of Huangzhu Mountain have actually broken their peaceful and beautiful life and taken them captive to the mountains, what will they do in the future!
Li Xuan naturally didn't care about these crying people, when they forcibly annexed other bandit dens in the mountains, those women and children were not crying like this, but after arriving at Huangzhu Mountain, they didn't honestly settle down and became the people of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty is like a melting pot, no matter what kind of person this person was before, as long as he is thrown into the furnace, he is completely melted and finally becomes a part of the Tang Dynasty.
This was the case with other bandits who were annexed before, and the Ming captives were like this, and now these ordinary people who were taken captive will be the same.
After this group of captive people is escorted back, the population of the Tang Dynasty will once again skyrocket in an instant, from more than 2,000 people to more than 3,700 people, an increase rate of 50 percent, and this will greatly improve the strength of the Tang Dynasty, especially the war potential.
More than 1,000 people means that at least 100 more people can be young, which is enough for the Tang Dynasty to mobilize more people to join the army in wartime, and the size of the mobilized army is expected to break through the existing 400 people to 500 people.
The large seizure of gold, silver, ordnance, horses, and livestock made every Huangzhushan bandit who returned to the mountain happy, although these seizures were all public, but in the final analysis, they were still used on them.
For example, those ordnance weapons have already been distributed, so every bandit in Huangzhushan has used brand-new Ming military weapons, which are much better than the various messy weapons they used before.
After several days of trekking, the Tang Dynasty successfully arrived at Huangzhu Mountain, and a large number of old and weak women and children came out to welcome the army back to the court.
These old and weak women and children had learned the news that all the Ming troops had left the mountain a few days earlier, so they returned to Huangzhu Mountain a few days earlier than Li Xuan.
That night, the whole of Huangzhu Mountain was filled with laughter and laughter, and even the weeping of the more than 1,000 people who had just been taken captive disappeared after learning that they would be given houses and land for free.
Although these ordinary people are still full of anxiety about the future, it seems that Huangzhushan is still good here, with houses to live in, fields to plant, and food to eat.
It won't be much better than they cried on the days outside the mountains, or even better.
After Li Xuan's banquet that night, he returned to the backyard after being a little drunk, and couldn't wait to carry Dong Yunyun back to the room.
Originally, he and Dong Yunyun were in the newlywed stage, and it was the time of adultery and love, and they had been separated for nearly a month because of the arrival of the Ming army, and now they naturally couldn't bear to see Li Xuan again.
After tossing for a night, the two of them naturally slept the next day, and when they got up, it was already three poles in the morning, and when Zhu'er came in with a basin of water and a towel, they didn't have a good look at Li Xuan.
When Li Xuan and Dong Yunyun tossed the bed last night, Zhu'er pretended not to see it at first, waiting for them to finish cleaning up, but then Li Xuan and Dong Yunyun became more and more crazy, and when the game was rising, Li Xuan even pulled Zhu'er over.
This frightened Zhu'er, thinking that she was going to lose her body last night, but at that time, Li Xuan had been tossing on Dong Yunyun's body for half a night, and she drank a little too much, so she fell asleep before she could break Zhu'er's body.
In this way, Zhu'er, who was half-undressed, escaped, but although that thing had not been done, he was also forced by Li Xuan to 'bite' with his mouth for a long time.
When Li Xuan fell asleep, she was not only completely clothed, but also soaked between her legs.
In the early months, although she was not friendly to Li Xuan on weekdays, since Dong Yunyun and Li Xuan had a round house, she, a maid in the room, was also involved in cleaning up the aftermath many times, so she knew that she would have to lie under Li Xuan sooner or later.
Because she knew that she was her own lady's personal maid, she knew when she was very young that she was going to help her young lady serve her future aunt together, so even if she didn't have a good impression of Li Xuan earlier, she really didn't resist it, but accepted all this with peace of mind.
But when it came to the end, Li Xuan actually fell asleep halfway, which made her very unhappy.
And Li Xuan slept like a pig, she shook Li Xuan several times but couldn't wake him up, so that she couldn't go up or down, so that she couldn't sleep in the second half of the night, and she couldn't help but complain a little more about Li Xuan in her heart.
Even if she is a maid in the room, she doesn't expect to be treated the same as Miss Dong Yunyun, but you can't fall asleep halfway!
So today, she looked at Li Xuan with resentment in her eyes today!
However, Li Xuan and Dong Yunyun, the two heartless people, obviously don't pay much attention to what Zhu'er's mood is, and after the young couple got tired of being crooked in bed for a while, they were dressed under Zhu'er's service.
When dressing, Li Xuan didn't forget to pinch Zhu'er's face, if it was in the past, Zhu'er would definitely turn her head in protest, but today she didn't, but she was obedient and let Li Xuan's hand pinch it, and even blushed.
Seeing the changes in Zhu'er's little girl, which was different from before, Li Xuan laughed twice, and then stepped out of the door.
Although he drank a little too much last night, but he didn't know what he did, yesterday he wanted to eat the pearl, but in the end he was powerless, after all, he had been running around very hard this month, and he was half drunk with the ministers at night, and finally took advantage of the wine to come several times in a row.
In this case, even if he was young, he couldn't hold it, and then he fell asleep unconsciously.
And it is unforgivable to give up halfway, he is ready to nourish his spirits, eat this little maid tonight, and complete the unfinished conquest last night!
But that's tonight, and he's got a lot of work to attend to during the day.
After arriving at the council hall, Liu Bagou and the others were already waiting together!
With the arrival of the emperor, Li Xuan walked to the dragon chair on the stage and sat down, and the ministers also knelt down and shouted long live under the leadership of Liu Bagou.
Li Xuan raised his hand slightly: "Zhong Aiqing is flat!" ”
Originally, according to the film and television dramas that Li Xuan had watched, these words should have been shouted by a eunuch with a duck voice, and he should have said a word later, if there is something to do, there is nothing to do and retreat.
However, there are no eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty is not acting, but no one has the courage to say a word of Aiqing on behalf of Li Xuan, so naturally no one will do it for him.
Speaking of eunuchs, Liu Bagou originally suggested arresting a few people and cutting off *** as eunuchs to serve in the palace, but was resolutely stopped by Li Xuan.
As a descendant, he doesn't want such a group of poor people to have in his harem, so he should create a new atmosphere with the new creation of the Tang Dynasty, and he can't appoint eunuchs like the degenerate pseudo-Ming.
In the end, this matter was suppressed, and in the current Tang Palace, all affairs are undertaken by the two groups of old mothers and maids.
After the salute was completed, the Tang monarchs and ministers began the court discussion that had been suspended for more than a month.
Today's court has a lot of discussions, the first thing to talk about is how to settle the more than 1,000 people who have newly joined the Tang Dynasty, these people can't just leave it alone after dividing the houses and fields, they have to settle down well, distribute food, farm tools and other daily necessities, so as not to starve to death.
In addition, there have been quite a lot of various things accumulated in the past month, which have to be dealt with one by one.
However, these are all trivial, and what is more important is the follow-up of the Standing Army and the Guards.
If it is according to the previous situation, after the war, the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty will resume the situation of half soldiers and half farmers, most of the time these young men will do all kinds of things in agriculture, and they will gather for training in their spare time, whether it is the standing army or the guard.
Especially now that we are in the midst of spring and summer, there are so many things to do that it is impossible for hundreds of young and strong laborers to train all day without engaging in production, and this will have a great impact on agricultural production.
However, this time, Li Xuan wants to change this habit in the past, and he wants to build a real full-time professional army!
An army that can train and go out to fight even during the busy farming season!
Li Xuan has this plan, as Li Xuan's number one mouthpiece, Bai Yunqi will naturally bring out this topic at the court meeting.
I saw him step forward and said: "Chen Qilu: In the previous battles, our army was majestic, and the puppet Ming thief army was defeated and retreated, relying on long-term training, this time although the Ming army retreated, but the threat of the Ming army is still there, and it will not be long before it will come back."
To this end, we must maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, and we believe that we should select some loyal and brave soldiers to devote themselves to training in case of contingencies."
As soon as Bai Yunqi's words came out, they immediately attracted everyone's attention, especially Wang Danxu, Fang Dongquan, and Chen Butcher, the generals of the Tang Dynasty's royal division, and their faces became cautious one by one.
Because they all know that the professional army plan discussed at today's court meeting will not only affect the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty Division, but also directly affect their personal power!