The successful defeat of Jiguan Mountain, for the Tang Dynasty, is no less significant than the defeat of the Ming army in Luohu not long ago.

If you zoom in, this battle of Jiguan Mountain can be regarded as a powerful consolidation of the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

Because after defeating Jiguan Mountain, not only can they recover nearly 100 bandits and more than 100 old and weak women and children in Jiguan Mountain, but also seize a lot of food and other property.

What's more, because Jiguan Mountain is within a radius of 100 miles, among the three bandits who still refuse to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, they have the toughest attitude, and they are also the strongest one.

Taking Jiguan Mountain can effectively deter Huangguishan and Black Tiger Village, so that the follow-up operation to recover Black Tiger Village and Huanggui Mountain can be smoother.

Once the Black Tiger Village and Huangguishan were also captured, and their young and strong women and children were captured, the population of the Tang Dynasty would be able to break through the 2,000 mark.

Among them, there are at least more than 200 bandits who can carry out the battle at any time, and if they encounter a big enemy, such as the Ming army, then the Tang Dynasty will be fully mobilized, and it can mobilize more than 400 troops.

Maybe whether it is two hundred or four hundred, the gap is not big for outsiders, but for the Tang Dynasty, this is a qualitative leap.

Because this means that the strength of the Tang Dynasty has more than doubled!

It is precisely because of such a big and obvious benefit after conquering Cockscomb Mountain that Liu Bagou and Wang Wenhua were very excited when they learned the news.

But in addition to such a group of excitement, as the nominal supreme leader of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Xuan saw the hidden crisis from it.

That is, after Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren conquered Jiguan Mountain, they did not send the captive Qingzhuang and the women and children back to Huangzhushan together, but chose to directly take the Qingzhuang captives to attack the Black Tiger Village directly.

Although they have a very good reason: the lack of youth and strength in Huangzhu Mountain may make it difficult to take care of the nearly 100 bandit captives in Jiguan Mountain, and at the same time, the people of Black Tiger Village have changed, Fang Dongquan and they do not have enough time to go back to Huangzhu Mountain first, but need to go to Black Tiger Village immediately to face the battle.

However, even so, it still made Li Xuan see the hidden crisis.

That is, Fang Dongquan and the others directly absorbed the nearly 100 bandits in Jiguan Mountain without the consent of his Li Xuan, or even without the court's discussion.

That's not nearly a hundred ordinary captives, but the bandits of Cockscomb Mountain!

If these nearly 100 people join Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, it will greatly improve their strength, and this is not over, if they do the same in Black Tiger Village and Huang Guishan in the future, wouldn't it be that the young men of these three families will be directly accepted by the two of them in the end?

In this regard, Li Xuan felt a little uneasy.

During this time, he has been working hard to weaken the influence of Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.

Raise the strength of Butcher Chen, intentionally or unintentionally help the Butcher of the city to create a reputation as the first fierce general in Huangzhu Mountain, and expand Butcher Chen's influence.

At the same time, she secretly supported Madame Bai to form a standing army through Bai Yunqi and collect prisoners of the Ming army.

These are all measures taken by him to curb the strength and influence of Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.

But now he found that these actions that he had put a lot of effort into were of little effect in the end, because now people directly incorporated Jiguan Mountain, Huanggui Mountain, and Black Tiger Village, and then divided the young and strong inside, leaving no residue for Li Xuan.

At this time, Li Xuan couldn't turn his face with Fang Dongquan and them, and he couldn't even secretly obstruct their actions.

Because even if Li Xuan, Fang Dongquan, and Huang Xueren have conflicts of interest, they are all facing a more powerful common enemy, that is, the Ming army!

He Li Xuan has to take care of the overall situation!

However, this does not mean that he will watch Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren carve up the fruits of victory in Jiguan Mountain, Black Tiger Village, and Huanggui Mountain.

Since he couldn't control it personally, Li Xuan took a compromise approach!

He asked the messenger to bring Fang Dongquan and them a 'holy decree', and the holy decree naturally praised them greatly, and this time the compliment praised everyone, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, Chen Butcher, Wang Danxu, and Qian Mengjiu were among them.

However, Li Xuan also officially appointed a dispatch to the generals outside in the holy decree, with the general Fang Dongquan of the chariot and cavalry to supervise the affairs of the thieves, appoint the prime minister Qian Mengjiu as the supervisor of the army, and Chen Butcher, Huang Xueren, and Wang Danxu will assist in suppressing the thieves.

To put it simply, it is to change the previous general without priority and priority, and officially establish the main person in charge of this crusade against Black Tiger Village and Huangguishan affairs.

There seems to be no problem with this appointment, but this is the result of Li Xuan's hard thinking all night, and it contains Li Xuan's evil intentions!

To put it simply, it is to lift Fang Dongquan high and ignore others, especially Huang Xueren.

However, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren have always been on an equal footing, even if they attacked Jiguan Mountain before, they were all discussing it, and now Li Xuan directly gave Fang Dongquan the title of being responsible for all the affairs of the thief, will Huang Xueren be willing to be under Fang Dongquan's hands?

It's impossible to think about it on your toes.

Some time ago, the two of them fought so badly, this contradiction had already erupted, and now, Li Xuan wanted to further deepen their contradictions.

As long as Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren are not allowed to unite, then Li Xuan can slowly divide their power.

This small conspiracy Li Xuan boasted that he had done quite well, but after returning to the backyard at night, he was called by the Queen Mother Bai.

As soon as she passed, Madame Bai said: "This thing is too obvious, and they are not fools, how can they not guess the careful thinking behind you!" ”

Li Xuan also knew that Madame Bai seemed to be staying in the harem, but the news was very well-informed, she had just issued the holy decree today, and she knew about it that day, so it was not surprising that she knew about it.

Madame Bai continued: "You can't be in a hurry about these things, now let your uncle train the rear army first, and then talk about it, as for the Black Tiger Village and Huanggui Mountain, let them make trouble!" ”

Speaking of this, Madame Bai pulled Li Xuan over, and then said with a look of pity: "Don't worry, my mother won't let them ride on our mother's necks for too long, sooner or later we will have to clean them up!" ”

Li Xuan listened to Mrs. Bai's words, thought for a moment in his heart, and then nodded: "This matter is indeed a little urgent!" ”

At this time, Madame Bai said: "But since it has been done, there is no need to regret it, just pay more attention in the future."

By the way, how is that guard of yours, you seem to have been going less recently, you have to watch the training of the guards, don't always let your guards take care of it, you have to use snacks yourself! ”

Li Xuan showed a surprised expression when he heard Madame Bai ask, this Madame Bai actually paid so much attention to the Guards, and even asked him to use more snacks.

Could it be that this White Lady also saw that the guards she had trained had a great future?

Seeing the puzzled look on Li Xuan's face, Madam Bai smiled: "Just your little care, you still want to hide from the old lady, you are born from me, I know what you want to do when you pout your ass, don't you just want to train a personal soldier!" ”

Speaking of this, she also said: "It's not just me, other people can see it somewhat, but they all think those little kids are useless!" ”

Madam Bai said to Li Xuan with a meaningful expression at this time: "Although those half-sized children are not used now, but people will grow up, and after a few years, these children will become adults!" ”

To be honest, these words really frightened Li Xuan, this Mrs. Bai actually thought so far ahead, and thought of it for several years at once.

However, what relieved Li Xuan was that this White Lady had limited knowledge in the end, and she didn't see the true potential of the Guards at all, and the Guards trained by Li Xuan were different from ordinary bandits.

In fact, there are only two people in the entire Huangzhu Mountain who can see the true potential of the Guards, one is Li Xuan himself, and the other is the prisoner Zeng Ziyun!