This time out of the mountain, Li Xuan's purpose was very clear, one was to go to the countryside to collect grain and population, and the other was to contain the Ming army.

Therefore, after reaching the edge of the mountain, the entire Tang Dynasty King Division only revolved around these two goals.

After occupying the outpost on the edge of the mountain abandoned by the Ming army, Li Xuan left more than ten people to guard the outpost, and the next day he officially left the mountain with a large group of men and horses and marched towards the countryside outside.

The reason for leaving men at this outpost is to leave a liaison post for the large army outside.

Because the army is fighting outside, it still needs the support of Huangzhushan in the rear, especially muskets and ammunition, which cannot be supplied outside, so they can only be sent from Huangzhushan.

With this liaison station, then it will be possible for the personnel transporting ammunition in the rear to accurately find the army wandering outside, after all, it is unlikely that the army led by Li Xuan will stay in a certain place for a long time, which will give the Ming army a chance to gather and annihilate, and they will be in a state of wandering for a long time, plundering the countryside and creating pressure on the Ming army.

However, the supplies that Li Xuan and the others could obtain from Huangzhushan were limited to muskets, ammunition, and a small number of cold weapons.

As for the more important food, Li Xuan didn't expect to be able to get supplies from Huangzhu Mountain, Huangzhu Mountain itself was short of food, so he expected the men and horses led by Li Xuan to grab enough food and send it back, and there was no extra food to send out for the army to eat.

Therefore, the hundreds of people and horses led by Li Xuan can only be eaten by the enemy!

In the morning, after they came out of the mountain, they did not take care of Longhua Town, which was more than ten miles away, but searched several villages on the periphery of Longhua Town.

It's a pity that these villages are relatively small, they are all small villages with only a few dozen families, although it is already in the summer harvest, there will be some grain, but the total amount of food is very small, but the bandits in Huangzhushan are under the banner of 'Tang Dynasty King Division', claiming to be a righteous teacher, so they have not been able to do something clean and killing.

They just took some of their grain, and then took a few craftsmen and more than a dozen young men to act as people's husbands and then drifted away.

According to the plan they made at the beginning, their number one target in the early stage was not Longhua Town, nor those small villages, but Fengjiazhuang!

The reason why Fengjiazhuang was chosen as the first target was not because Fengjiazhuang sent people to investigate the location of Huangzhushan at the end of last year to retaliate, nor because of the several contradictions between Fengjiazhuang and the bandits in Huangzhushan.

The reason why Fengjiazhuang was chosen to attack was absolutely not mixed with any personal emotional factors, and the reason for hitting Fengjiazhuang was very simple: Fengjiazhuang was the largest outside Longhua Town, and at the same time produced the most grain.

Now that the summer harvest is not over, the summer grain that Fengjiazhuang has just harvested is still in the warehouse and has not had time to be transported away or collected by the official army.

When they hit Fengjiazhuang this time, it is very likely that they will harvest a large amount of grain, which can not only meet the needs of the army, but also send a large part of it back to Huangzhushan, so that the food crisis in Huangzhushan can be alleviated.

The night before arriving in Fengjiazhuang, Li Xuan convened the main generals for a military meeting as usual.

"We will be able to arrive at Fengjiazhuang tomorrow, what is the movement of the Ming army?" During the military discussion, Li Xuan did not speak much like in the previous court discussion, but personally spoke to lead the military discussion.

Fang Dongquan, who has always been in charge of sentinel affairs, said: "Our army's scout cavalry has already gone out of the vicinity of Longhua Town, and now the Ming army in the town still thinks that we will attack Longhua Town, so it is strictly defended, and there is no movement to come out for the time being!" ”

"However, our scouts also found out that the Ming army sent a lot of scouts to find us, and Fengjiazhuang is only half a day's distance from Longhua Town, tomorrow after we arrive in Longhua Town, I'm afraid the Ming army in Longhua Town will get the news soon!"

After Fang Dongquan said this, he paused and continued: "When the time comes, I'm afraid that the Ming army will leave Longhua Town to reinforce Fengjiazhuang!" ”

However, at this time, Wang Danxu said: "It is unlikely that the Ming army will take the initiative to go out of the city to fight us, after all, there are not many people in Longhua Town, if they go out of the city, their Longhua Town will not be defended!" ”

"They don't know that we don't plan to attack Longhua Town, if we go out of the city, they will definitely worry about the safety of Longhua Town!" At this time, Huang Xueren also spoke: "And Fengjiazhuang is not a strategic place, we fight Fengjiazhuang just because there is a lot of food over there, and the Ming army can't fight us head-on for a Fengjiazhuang!" ”

"And the Ming army on the side of Zhengtai County has not yet been dispatched, how can those Ming troops in Longhua Town come over alone!"

Huang Xueren's words also attracted the approval of several people, after all, the Ming army knew that the total number of the Tang Dynasty Wang Division who went out of the mountain this time was as high as more than 500 people, because although the whereabouts of the new army of the Tang Dynasty were hidden in the past few days, it was still inevitable that the news would leak out.

If they want to eat more than 500 of them, even if the Ming army is conceited, it is impossible to send only five or six hundred people, let alone thousands of people, so that they will have a relatively large certainty.

With the discussion of everyone, Li Xuan himself was constantly thinking about the gains and losses, first of all, Fengjiazhuang must be beaten, thinking that Fengjiazhuang had the food they urgently needed.

Secondly, he also needed to do his best to avoid a large-scale engagement with the Ming army.

This time, his purpose was not to kill or injure many Ming troops, and even in order to avoid causing the Ming army to shake, even if there was a chance, they could not kill and injure the Ming army on a large scale, so they could only deal with them.

And today, many so-called battle plans are no longer working, and Li Xuan can only see one step at a time, and this time the battle will last for a long time.

After the military discussion that night, Li Xuan called Zeng Ziwenshan in: "Mr. Zeng, in your opinion, how likely is it that the Ming army will attack?" ”

Although Zeng Ziwen said that he had helped Li Xuan train the army, and this time Li Xuan also brought him to the battle, but he still refused to hold any official position in the Tang Dynasty, nor did he participate in any formal meetings, Li Xuan wanted to ask him, he could only ask in private.

Zeng Ziwen said: "The town guarding Longhua Town is the Tong'an Qianhu Office that served before the next, and its new Qianhu is Diao Leixun, the deputy of the old days, although this person is a little brave, but he is timid and cowardly. ”

Speaking of Diao Leixun, a trace of resentment flashed in Zeng Ziwen's eyes!

If it weren't for Diao Leixun, how could Zeng Ziwen have fallen into such an embarrassing situation now, not only was he forced to join the bandits, but even he could really escape successfully, but he didn't dare to go home.

Because Zeng Ziwen has 'died', going home will not only harm him, but may even affect the family!