"The sin of the minister deserves death!"

"The minister has no face to see the wives and children of those dead brothers!"

"It's all my fault, if I hadn't insisted on attacking Fengjiazhuang at that time, I wouldn't have met those officers and soldiers, and my brothers wouldn't have died tragically, it's all my fault, I hurt my brothers!"

Looking at Fang Dongquan, who was lying on the ground, with a look of self-blame, Li Xuan sighed deeply, feeling a lot in his heart.

On the one hand, he was glad that Fang Dongquan and the others did not loot and kill a large number of people, but on the other hand, he felt sad for the young men of Huangzhushan who died tragically at the hands of the officers and soldiers.

These are all the backbone of the Tang Dynasty, and there are only about 500 people in the small Tang Dynasty, of which the total number of young and strong people will not exceed 150.

However, Fang Dongquan went out of the mountain this time, so that the entire thirty-two people did not come back alive!

It is not an exaggeration to say that it hurts the meridians, but more importantly, behind these thirty-two young and strong people, there are twenty or thirty families, and they have wives and children.

After losing their breadwinner, how will these families survive the difficulties in the future? Or to put it more simply: how will they survive in the future?

It's just that no matter how many words he has in his heart, he can only sigh at this moment, this defeat is not a crime of war!

Because when Fang Dongquan and them went to attack Fengjiazhuang, they happened to run into the officers and soldiers, according to the bandits who came back, the strength of that army exceeded five hundred, and there were dozens of cavalry among them.

There is no doubt that it was a regular army of the imperial court, not the kind of county warriors who had come to attack them in the first place.

No matter how much it is explained in the history books, the army's guard army is rotten and its combat effectiveness is low, there is still no problem in dealing with this kind of bandits in Huangzhushan, not to mention that the difference in strength between the two sides is nearly ten to one.

This is not completely annihilated, and half of them can escape even if they are good.

"General Fang, go back and have a good rest!" Li Xuan looked at the strong man in front of him, and judging from his demeanor, it was obvious that he had been completely defeated.

It's not because of failure, but because more than half of the brothers he brought out didn't come back alive, and as he said, he was already faceless to face the families of those dead brothers.

Perhaps, the failure was just because of their own luck, but no matter what, Fang Dongquan's responsibility is very large, and it cannot be shirked.

After Fang Dongquan went out as if he had no soul, Liu Bagou also sighed: "I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen!" ”

Butcher Chen also looked helpless: "I knew that I should have gone together, if I went, this kind of thing would definitely not happen!" ”

"What's the use of talking about this now, the top priority is to deal with the aftermath, and the families of those fallen soldiers must be appeased!" Li Xuan said: "Prime Minister, you go back to the homes of the families who died in the battle, and help as much as you can!" ”

"Obey the order!" Liu Bagou said: "It's just that this time General Fang went out and failed to receive food, and our food crisis still hasn't been alleviated!" ”

Butcher Chen said: "There are so many officers and soldiers now, and I heard the brothers who came back say that those officers and soldiers are entering the mountain, I think it is very likely that they are coming for us, and if you go out of the mountain now, it is too dangerous, if you want me to say, it is better to go and grab the water dragon village!" ”

"Water Dragon Village!" Li Xuan repeated these three words in his heart.

This is not the first time they have talked about Water Dragon Village, they have talked about Water Dragon Village many times before, but each time they have not made up their minds.

This is mainly because the water dragon village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is very difficult to fight, if it is easy to attack the water dragon, Fang Dongquan will not choose to go out to collect grain at that time, instead of attacking the water dragon village, because they felt that the danger of attacking the water dragon village is much greater than going out to 'collect grain'.

But judging from the current situation, it is probably impossible to go out to 'collect grain'.

Let's not talk about whether the officers and soldiers outside the mountain are aimed at them, even if it is good, but Fang Dongquan has already alarmed the local government when he went out once before, and the government must have taken precautions, maybe there are several officers and soldiers waiting for them to fall into the net outside the mountain.

The food crisis in Huangzhushan is real, and it is impossible to say that it does not exist if it is not managed.

Immediately, Li Xuan turned his head to Liu Bagou and said, "Prime Minister, what do you think?" ”

Liu Bagou Road; "Although Shuilongzhai is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not uncertain if you want to fight, and it is much better to face them than to face the officers and soldiers!"

This is for sure, no matter how scrapped those officers and soldiers are, they also have strong bows, firearms, iron armor, and swords, and no matter how poor their combat effectiveness is, it is not something that they can compete with bandits like homeless people, not to mention, the difference in numbers between the two sides is too great.

Bai Yunqi, who has rarely spoken in this kind of court meeting, also said at this time: "Our strength is much stronger than that of the Water Dragon Village, if we attack the Water Dragon Village, the possibility of success is relatively high, and if we can take the Water Dragon Village, we can also incorporate them, so that we can strengthen our strength!" ”

Hearing these words in Li Xuan's ears, they woke up Li Xuan all of a sudden.

Li Xuan had been thinking about how to solve the food crisis before, whether it was going out to 'collect grain' or attacking Shuilong Village, it was all around this goal.

But now Bai Yunqi's words made Li Xuan think of another possibility.

That is to increase the strength by annexing other bandits.

He is already a thief who has put up his name on the side of the government, and there are still his own arrest notices outside, this officer and soldier will come to attack Huangzhu Mountain sooner or later, maybe the officers and soldiers of the guard post who appeared outside the mountain are here for themselves.

In this case, you can't sit still, you have to improve your strength as much as possible.

In the past, Li Xuan organized and trained the Guards to guard against the attack of officers and soldiers, but now, if he can incorporate Shuilongzhai, he will also be able to increase his strength, so as to resist the attack of officers and soldiers.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan no longer hesitated, and immediately made a decision: "Since this is the case, we will start planning to attack Shuilong Village!" ”

Although he was only a puppet emperor, but now Fang Dongquan was disheartened because of a big defeat, and even his prestige in a group of bandits in Huangzhu Mountain had plummeted, and Butcher Chen and Bai Yunqi had originally supported the attack on Huangzhu Mountain, so when Li Xuan made this decision, he was not opposed.

It's just that Liu Bagou said: "The matter of swords and soldiers is extremely dangerous, and we must be cautious when fighting water dragon villages!" ”

Butcher Chen said: "What are you afraid of, isn't it a water dragon village, my old Chen is out of the horse, and he will immediately get ...... hand."

Speaking of this, he habitually paused and looked at Liu Bagou.

Liu Bagou was speechless and gave him a hint: "Get caught!" ”

Butcher Chen said: "Yes, with my old Chen here, I will definitely be able to catch it when the time comes!" ”

It's just that he said so, but Li Xuan couldn't believe the combat effectiveness of these bandits.

He thought, can he take down Shuilong Village, I'm afraid he will have to rely on his own guards!