Chapter 61: The Panicked Huangzhu Mountain
Although the Ming army had just entered the mountain two days ago, and it was not known whether they knew the exact location of Huangzhu Mountain, or whether they had entered the mountain and then searched for it in a dragnet style.
If you look for it after entering the mountain, it is estimated that they may not be able to find Huangzhushan for ten days and half a month.
However, even if they had already known the exact location of Huangzhu Mountain in advance, the army could not go fast at all in this kind of high mountain and dense forest, and they would not be able to reach Huangzhu Mountain in five or six days.
In other words, the current people in Huangzhushan still have several days to respond!
However, Rao is like this, and the news of the Ming army's entry into the mountain also made everyone in Huangzhushan panic.
Even if the people of Huangzhushan have already established the Tang Dynasty in a grand manner, and they will say that they will attack the pseudo-Ming and sweep the world if they have nothing to do, but in essence, they are still a group of bandits.
And the bandits have a natural fear of the official.
Even Li Xuan himself was a little panicked about the Ming army's entry into the mountain, the reason was very simple, he was afraid of death!
After learning the news of the Ming army's entry into the mountain, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty quickly made a decision, first of all, to send more spies to the periphery of the mountain to monitor the movements of the Ming army at any time, so that Huang Zhushan could respond in time according to the movements of the Ming army.
Secondly, it is to urgently mobilize the people of Huangzhushan to start building civil walls and other fortifications, and prepare enough materials for defensive operations, such as rolling logs, boulders, etc.
And more importantly, immediately send someone to Jiguan Mountain, and let Fang Dongquan lead the army back to the dynasty!
Under the threat of the Ming army's attack, it no longer matters whether to attack Jiguan Mountain or not.
After many preparations were arranged, in the evening, Liu Bagou found Li Xuan with a tired face.
"Your Majesty, the minister has already arranged for someone to monitor the Ming army, and he has also asked people to speed up the construction of the wall!" Liu Bagou obviously hasn't rested for a day.
The expression looked extremely tired, and there was a worry that I wanted to hide in my exhaustion, but I couldn't hide it.
If Li Xuan is worried about death, then what Liu Bagou is worried about is that the greatest work of his life, the 'Tang Dynasty', was exterminated by the Ming army and repeated the incident of Lijia Village at the beginning of the year.
At that time, the Ming army attacked Lijia Village, so that the Tang Dynasty, which had just been established for half a year and had hid and played family games, could not hold on for a day, and was finally exterminated by the Zhengtai County Commander led by the 300 County Commanders.
Liu Bagou and Chen Butcher fought desperately to escape with Li Xuan, preserving the bloodline of the Tang Dynasty and rebuilding the Tang Dynasty.
Liu Bagou has also slowly regained his self-confidence in the past six months, and is full of confidence to work hard for Datang Zhongxing.
The Tang Dynasty was also under his leadership, the strength of the rapid expansion, when they escaped from Lijia Village, they only had a few dozen people left, and later with the addition of Huangzhushan and Shuilongzhai, two bandit gangs, their population exceeded 1,000 people.
Later, they successively annexed the surrounding five small villages, making the population further swelled to more than 1,300 people, and if there was no accident in the future, they would also annex Jiguan Mountain, Huanggui Mountain, and Black Tiger Village, so that the population exceeded 2,000 It is no problem at all.
At that time, I dare not say that the great cause of the Tang Dynasty has been completed, but the image of Zhongxing has been presented, and the capture of Zhengtai County and the surrounding prefectures and counties are just around the corner.
However, now that the three bandit dens such as Jiguan Mountain have not been recovered, the Ming army has entered the mountain, which undoubtedly casts a shadow on the great cause of the Tang Dynasty, which has seen hope.
This made Liu Bagou very worried, worried about the old things in Lijia Village again!
If the officers and soldiers come in, if Li Xuan dies, then the Tang Dynasty will also fall, and he Liu Bagou can no longer find a prince to support him to ascend the throne.
So when he talks to Li Xuan now, he is worried, he is worried about the Tang Dynasty!
Seeing that Liu Bagou's expression was also full of worry, Li Xuan also sighed in his heart!
After talking a few words to Liu Bagou and instructing him to repair the fortifications and monitor the Ming army, Li Xuan returned to the backyard with a worried face.
When she arrived in the backyard, Dong Yunyun saw Li Xuan's worried look, and she didn't say much, but took the initiative to take over Li Xuan's coat.
This kind of thing was done by Zhu'er in the past, but today Dong Yunyun did it herself, but at this time, Li Xuan was absent-minded and didn't notice that something was wrong.
Although Dong Yunyun is in the back house, such a big event that the Ming army has entered the mountain has spread throughout Huangzhu Mountain, and she naturally learned the news from others.
After learning the news, her mood was a little complicated, on the one hand, she was looking forward to the officers and soldiers being able to come in, rescue herself, and return to her parents.
But on the other hand, she was a little worried about whether she would be regarded as a thief's family, after all, she had really visited Li Xuan, and everyone in Huangzhushan knew that she was the queen of the Tang Dynasty.
When the time comes, will the officers and soldiers regard themselves as victims or family members of the thieves?
Although she is deep in the boudoir all the year round, she is not stupid, and naturally knows that once she falls into the hands of officers and soldiers, she is very likely to be regarded as the family of a thief, and even if she does not die, she will probably be sold into slavery.
And the family would never dare to save her at this time, and would even leave all the relationship behind and deny that she was the daughter of the Dong family.
Also, if the Ming army breaks through Huangzhusha, I'm afraid that the man in front of me, my nominal husband, will probably die!
If it is said that after Huang Zhushan is captured by officers and soldiers among the more than 1,000 people, it is possible for anyone to live, but only Li Xuan can't, because he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!
If he dies......
Thinking of this, Dong Yunyun shook her head violently, letting herself not think about this possibility.
Now Dong Yunyun is afraid and looking forward to the Ming army's entry into the mountain, and in the end, even she can't tell what it feels like.
Dong Yunyun's many thoughts, Li Xuan naturally didn't know, and now he is not in the mood to play a love game with Dong Yunyun.
Just when the people of Huangzhushan were panicked about the arrival of the Ming army, at the foot of Jiguan Mountain, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren also received a messenger who came overnight the next day.
When he heard the envoy explain that the army had entered the mountain, Fang Dongquan frowned, and then looked at Huang Xueren, Butcher Chen, and Qian Mengjiu.
"Guys, what are we going to do now?"
Butcher Chen immediately said loudly: "What else can I do, of course, I should go back to Huangzhushan immediately, and then fight with the officers and soldiers!" ”
Huang Xueren on the side said: "And now I don't know if they have found our Huangzhushan, so how to retreat from the enemy, we still need to plan well!" ”
Fang Dongquan said: "There are four or five hundred Ming troops entering the mountain this time, and it is definitely not possible to fight hard, just us people, even if the number is two or three times more, we can't beat these five hundred regular troops!" ”
At this time, Qian Mengjiu also said: "Yes, we must not let them find Huangzhushan and then fight, we must stop the Ming army in the periphery in advance and choose the opportunity to fight, otherwise, we Huangzhushan has no geographical advantages available, and it will be difficult to block the Ming army at that time!" ”
At this time, Huang Xueren looked at Qian Mengjiu: "......What does Prime Minister Zuo mean?"
Qian Mengjiu said: "We won't go back to Huangzhu Mountain, just find a place to ambush the Ming army!" ”