When Fang Xitong received the general's saber and epaulettes from Li Xuan's hand, his eyes were full of tears, and he finally said in a very cautious way: "Minister, I must lead the second brigade for Your Majesty, and I will not hesitate to do anything for this!" ”

He didn't say anything about what feats he would lead the Second Brigade to establish, how many Ming troops he would defeat, he was talking about bringing the Second Brigade well for His Majesty!

Fang Xitong knows his position very well, he can't compare his talent with Hao Bonian, and he can't even compare with Li Chunjing, but he has an advantage that others don't have, that is, he has already established the impression of his own foolishness and loyalty in His Majesty's heart.

Now all he has to do is to deepen the impression, even to the extreme!

If you want to climb up, there is not only talent such a path, but also loyalty!

Besides, although his ability is not as good as Hao Bonian and Li Chunjing, he is also stronger than others, otherwise, there are so many people who express their foolish loyalty to Li Xuan, why was he able to climb all the way from the commander of the mixed battalion to the commander of the main infantry battalion, and the commander of the main regiment, it is because he also has the ability, but it is not too outstanding.

Li Xuan took two steps forward, helped Fang Xitong up with his own hands, and then said: "Fang Aiqing's loyalty, I know it, get up!" ”

"Now that my Datang is facing the most difficult moment, I hope that Fang Aiqing can not accept my high hopes and send good news as soon as possible!"

Fang Xitong said: "What Your Majesty said, the minister will keep it in mind, and he will definitely present good news to His Majesty in the future!" ”

Although he knew that he was on the throne because of his foolish loyalty to His Majesty, he knew better that if he had no loyalty and no ability, and failed to make a dazzling achievement, His Majesty would not continue to reuse himself, after all, in the new army of the Tang Dynasty, there were too many people who wanted to replace him and become the commander of the Second Brigade.

After Fang Xitong officially served as the commander of the Second Brigade, he changed into a brand-new general's uniform that day, and then appeared in the camp tent of the Second Brigade to hold a military meeting.

From these words, it is also once again emphasized that he is stupid and loyal in the eyes of outsiders!

And that's what he wants!

After determining the candidate for the commander of the second brigade, the main force of the Datang New Army finally began to move south!

Because at this time, the forward troops of the Ming army have already arrived in Liping Mansion City, and if they do not go south, the Ming army will not only conquer Liping Mansion City, but may even march all the way east into Xingquan Mansion.

The Xingquan Mansion is now extremely empty, and it is categorically unable to stop the Ming army's eastward advance, so the main force of the Tang New Army must go south in time to intercept the Ming army's troops on the west road, and strive to fight a strategic decisive battle in Liping Mansion, so that the rear of Xingquan Mansion can avoid the flames of war.

Otherwise, the various systems established by the Tang Dynasty in Xingquan Mansion will be destroyed, especially the many workshops under the Ministry of Industry, which cannot be wrong at all, otherwise, the new army of the Tang Dynasty will not be able to obtain guns and ammunition.

Just when Li Xuan led the main force of the new army of the Tang Dynasty to the south, in the city of Liping Mansion, the Tang Dynasty was second to none, and at the same time the only feudal official, Sun Yawei, the prefect of Liping Mansion, frowned and looked at the Ming army outside the city!

Behind him stood a group of officials of the Tang Dynasty, including many officials of the Ming Army!

"My lord, the puppet thief army outside the city has reached a thousand people, and it is still increasing, I am afraid that by tomorrow, there will be more than three thousand!" At this time, a middle-aged male official said this behind Sun Yawei, with an unconcealable fear in his expression!

"Now all the people in the city who should be evacuated have been evacuated, and those who are left behind are the old and weak and the gentry who still have nostalgia for the false Ming!" He continued, and the subtext of the words was already very obvious: we should run, and it will be too late if we don't!

After Sun Yawei heard this, he turned around and glanced at this person, and he didn't speak, just let out a cold snort!

The middle-aged official who spoke just now was a county official, and he was still a Ming Dynasty official, this kind of person was originally greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise he would not have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in the first place.

If possible, it is highly likely that they will become traitors again and turn their heads to the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that they don't have that opportunity!

Because even if they want to be traitors, the Ming Dynasty won't agree!

They can save their lives by surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty or any traditional central dynasty will not spare traitors, since you have become a thief, then don't expect to get rid of the title of thief, even if you don't give you a Zhujiu clan, it is certain that you will be wiped out!

Who made you dare to be a thief!

Nima, there are many officials in Xingquan Mansion and Liping Mansion, and after the fall of these two prefectures, there are many officials who commit suicide, and there are not a few who escape, but there are really not many who stay and join the thieves.

The Ming Dynasty couldn't bear to those officials who escaped, and if they were caught, they would be beheaded, and the heavier ones would be escorted to the Beijing Division to be interrogated by a three-division meeting, not to sit through the bottom of the prison, and finally a Ling Chi, how to explain to the people of the world, how to promote the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, and the determination to resolutely suppress the rebels and any rebellion!

Rebellion, that comes at a price!

If you rebel after becoming a traitor, you need to pay a price!

So when the Ming army came to the city, few of those surrendered officials thought about surrendering again, because they all knew that it would definitely be dead, but they didn't want to stay in the city of Lipingfu and wait for death.

Now there are only more than 400 people in the city, and there is not even a regular army of soldiers, although in recent times, the Liping Mansion of the Tang Dynasty has also forcibly recruited the remaining young and even old and weak in the city, and organized nearly a thousand people to prepare to defend the city, but this can hold the city of Liping Mansion?

No matter how scum the Ming army is, the siege of thousands of people is not something that these young men can resist!

This city can't be defended, so the best option is to escape!

These officials wanted to escape, and even the other officials of the Tang Dynasty in the city actually agreed to evacuate first.

Anyway, all the things in the city that have value have been emptied by them, and all that remains is a group of stubborn gentry and old and weak people, and there is not even much food left.

This is naturally the best choice to retain the vitality after evacuation, and at the same time save your own life.

Sun Yawei knew what they thought, but his thoughts were a little different, retreat definitely needs to retreat, but when to retreat is worth considering.

Now that the Ming army has not yet attacked the city, it has run away, isn't it a joke!

Moreover, if he drags the Ming army here for one more day, he will be able to give the army led by His Majesty one more day to prepare, so even if it is a day or two, he wants to fight for it.

Why?

In this way, he can reflect his role as the first feudal official of the Tang Dynasty!

In the future, I will have the opportunity to enter the cabinet and be on an equal footing with Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu!

How is this possible without meritorious service!

It is also interesting to say, many civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty today, especially those civil and military officials who took the initiative to surrender, are very ambitious, civil officials want to enter the cabinet, military generals want to become generals, and they all want to be the founding heroes!

In fact, they can't be blamed for this, because the people who dared to take the initiative to vote when the Tang Dynasty was just rising were basically not normal people!

Basically, they are all careerists, and they want to win a glory and wealth by chance, otherwise, who would take such a big risk to join thieves and rebel, and they are not Liu Bagou and Fang Dongquan.

They are very sensible, they know that there is a great risk, but they also know that behind the great risk represents a great benefit.

In such a rebellion, the risk is directly proportional to the benefit!

Either die without a place to be buried, or even relatives and friends are killed, or become a hero of the founding of the country, glorious and rich for a hundred years, this is a rebellion!

Sun Yawei is also this kind of person!

For his future future, for the glory and wealth in the future, he had to hold back the Ming army for a few days, even if he couldn't hold it for a day in the face of the Ming army's attack, he had to retreat after he couldn't hold it.

In any case, it is absolutely impossible to run away without a fight!

It's not in his style!

"As the prefect of Liping Prefecture, this official defends the land on behalf of the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven and flees without a fight, which is absolutely impossible!" Sun Yawei turned around at this time and said to a group of officials under him: "Tell me to go down, let the thief hunting camp and the Qingzhuang battalion take strict precautions, once the puppet thief army attacks the city, we must resolutely resist!" ”

Sun Yawei said that the righteousness was so good, and the officials below naturally had no choice but to sigh or continue to accompany Sun Yawei to play the game of defending the city with a bitter face.

But Sun Yawei obviously overestimated his own charm, and at the same time overestimated the IQ of some officials in the city! Interestingly, there were no Ming Dynasty officials among these officials, but all the local officials of the Tang Dynasty, all of whom were born as down-and-out scholars, and then took the initiative or were forced to take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, and then became officials of the Tang Dynasty.

These people rushed to the camp of the Ming army, and told the generals of the Ming army that they would offer important military information, which would definitely allow the Ming Dynasty to put down the puppet Tang thief army as soon as possible!

The Ming army in the barracks was very curious, it was the first time they saw the puppet Tang officials, and many people shouted: "Come out and see, the puppet Tang officials have come to surrender!" ”

The generals of the Ming army met with them in person, and then listened carefully to the military situation of Liping Fucheng that they took the initiative to say, and highly praised their behavior of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty!

Then he asked his own soldiers to tie up these pseudo-Tang officials, and shouted: "Pull it out and cut it!" ”

When his own soldiers hacked to death these pseudo-Tang officials outside the account, he also smiled and said to his subordinate generals: "These fools! ”