Chapter 141: Robbery and Travel
When the bandits of Huangzhushan came to the city of Longhua Town, many people were sleepless all night, and Diao Leixun and Mr. Wu, who were still in the mountains, did not sleep well, worried that the Ming army in Longhua Town would not be able to resist for long, and Longhua Town was broken before they rushed back.
Even though Su Jiakang, who was further away, didn't know that the Huangzhushan bandits had arrived in Longhua Town, judging from the news he got a few days ago, even if he guessed with his ass, he could guess that the target of the bandits in Huangzhushan was Longhua Town.
Calculating the time, those pseudo-Tang thief armies should also arrive in Longhua Town, but Su Jiakang is obviously more confident than Diao Leixun.
He left more than 200 county warriors in Longhua Town, in addition, there are a large number of young and strong people in Longhua Town, and he has his own second-in-command Zhengtai County Cheng Formation, and the pseudo-Tang thief army is just some bandit refugees, Su Jiakang does not believe that these bandits and refugees can break through Longhua Town in just a few days.
Su Jiakang is more worried that the puppet Tang thief army will slip away before he rushes back, and he will lose the opportunity to wipe out the puppet Tang thief army at that time, not to mention, and these escaped puppet Tang thief army will also plague the township, causing the entire Zhengtai County to erode.
He Su Jiakang is also the lord of a county, and he has the rule of protecting the territory and the people on behalf of the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, and the death and injury of the people under his rule will also have a considerable impact on his career.
In addition, what he is more afraid of is that the pseudo-Tang thief army will evolve into a thief who holds the people hostage.
Su Jiakang is not afraid that the puppet Tang thief army will slowly farm and accumulate strength, he is afraid that the puppet Tang thief army will take the road of coercing the people, and he will slowly encircle and suppress the former, even if he fails this time, he can still come a second and third time, and in the end, he will always succeed in exterminating the puppet Tang thief army, and it will not cause too much negative impact.
But once the puppet Tang thief army evolves into a thief who coerces the people, although it is said that this will alarm the superiors, and even stab the matter to the Beijing Division, and then the imperial court will send a large army to quickly destroy these rogue thief army, but it will have a great impact on him Su Jiakang personally.
Let what was originally just a group of small bandits evolve into a real army of homeless people, scourge the surrounding prefectures and counties and even a larger area, and then he will be a matter of minutes by the imperial court.
Su Jiakang was worried about the expansion of the scourge of the puppet Tang thief army, but he didn't know that the puppet Tang thief army in his mouth was also trying his best to avoid the expansion of the situation.
Li Xuan and other Tang monarchs and ministers are quite small in the end, they are also afraid of making things bigger and attracting a large-scale Ming army, this Zhengtai County-based local government gathered a thousand regular troops plus a thousand young and strong people, it has already put the Tang Dynasty Wang Division into a great crisis, if the matter is made bigger, attract more Ming troops, it will be really over.
So that night, Li Xuan and others outside Longhua Town were also discussing how to force the Ming army out of the mountains, but at the same time, it would not cause the shock of the puppet Ming court.
In the end, the conclusion was still the same as a few days ago, Longhua Town can try to fight and put a little pressure on them, but it must not really fight, it is easy to cause great losses to yourself, and more importantly, if Longhua Town is really defeated, then this scene will not end well.
After forcing the Ming army out of the mountains, they immediately left and stopped playing with the Ming army, and went to the countryside to rob and rob themselves, travel or something!
Well, a few more craftsmen need to be grabbed to go back to improve the high-tech research and development capabilities of the Tang Dynasty and the production capacity of heavy industry.
The people outside can't sleep well, and the defenders and even the people in Longhua Town can't sleep well!
When the ordinary people in the town learned that the puppet Tang thief soldiers were coming to the city in the afternoon, they were all panicked, and then in the evening, the officers and soldiers began to go door to door to pull people, and sent young and strong women and even some healthy women to strengthen the 'city wall' composed of earthen fortifications and wooden fences, and prepare for many things to defend the city.
In such a noisy Longhua Town, there are really not many people who can sleep peacefully tonight!
Early the next morning, Li Xuan was still a little sleepy when he got up, and the time for the military account discussion last night was actually not long, they ended it early, but after Li Xuan lay down, he thought a lot, so that the time to really fall asleep was a little late.
After getting up, he was dressed up and had breakfast under the service of an old mother, it was impossible to bring a woman to this war, even if it was just an old mother, but before leaving from Huangzhushan, Empress Dowager Bai said that she was not at ease, and finally sent a confidant old mother to follow Li Xuan.
This old mother is not simple, but Xia Ma, the number one warrior under the command of the White Empress Dowager.
Xia's mother was strong and strong, weighing at least twice as much as Li Xuan, and when their family fled, she was walking like flying with Huichen on her back.
Later, when they turned into Huangzhu Mountain, Dong Yunyun fell ill halfway, and Xia's mother also carried Dong Yunyun on her back, and Dong Yunyun was not as heavy as Li Xuan's sister Huichen, so when Xia's mother was carrying her on her back, she was as light as a swallow, as if she was not carrying a big living person, but a few goose feathers, and that relaxed and comfortable demeanor even Butcher Chen had to bow down.
Li Xuan guessed that his old lady sent his number one warrior Xia Ma out to follow him, taking care of his daily life and diet was secondary, and the more critical estimate was to escape with Li Xuan on her back when she was in danger.
Xia Ma looks like a tiger, but she is an honest person, and she has no sense of existence on weekdays, so after Li Xuan finished eating, she quietly retreated.
It didn't take long for Liu Bagou and other civil and military officials to enter the Chinese military camp tent one after another!
Fang Dongquan, who has always been in charge of the affairs of sending spies, took the lead and said: "Our spies reported that the Ming army that followed us out of the mountain was still in the mountains last night, even if they started to rush early this morning, but they couldn't catch up with Longhua Town in one day, we estimate that those Ming troops will not be able to get here until noon or even afternoon tomorrow." ”
"So, we've got a day left!" Qian Mengjiu on the side said: "If this is the case, we can put a little pressure on Longhua Town in the morning, and then evacuate in the afternoon, so that we can continue to maintain a distance from the Ming army, so as not to be caught up by them!" ”
But at this time, Liu Bagou said: "Is there still only a few hundred people in the Ming army who came out of the mountain?" What about the Ming army behind? ”
Today's Tang Dynasty Wang Shi has also figured out that the Ming army that entered the mountain has already been divided into two routes, all the way to the fairy Shi Qianhu in Linxian County, mainly to continue to search for Huangzhu Mountain; All the way, it is mainly based on Tong'an Thousand Households, mainly guarding the grain road and entangling Li Xuan and them.
The Ming army that chased out this time is the people of Tong'an Qianhu, this Tong'an Qianhu is also the old opponent of the Tang Dynasty, the original battle of Luohu Valley was fought with this Tong'an Qianhu, Zeng Ziwen, who was still by Li Xuan's side, was a thousand households of Tong'an Qianhu before being captured by the Tang Dynasty.
Fang Dongquan shook his head and said, "The people we stayed in the mountain haven't found the people and horses of the Fairy Stone Thousand Households there, but we have set up a lot of spies at the edge of the mountain, and we will definitely be able to find them as soon as they get close to the edge of the mountain." ”
"Keep watching, and be sure to report back as soon as they get out of the mountain." At this time, Li Xuan spoke: "Before the remaining Ming army comes out of the mountain, we can't relax, we must create more pressure on the Ming army!" ”
Li Xuan's words did not stop, but continued: "We have already discussed last night, and if we fight today, we must make them feel that if they don't come back quickly, this Longhua Town will be taken down by us!" ”
Everyone nodded in unison, and Fang Dongquan, the leader of the generals, said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will go out to prepare, and the musket team of the Guards will be the vanguard, and the spear team will press the formation, and use the range advantage of the musket to fight a few rounds of guns!" ”
The tactic they had discussed yesterday was quite simple, that is, to use the effective range of the musket of 120 meters to shoot at long distances.
As for rushing up to climb the wall and fighting hand-to-hand, it was never out of their plan, because they never planned to really attack Longhua Town.
The purpose of letting the musket team go up to shoot the platoon was not to kill or injure many enemy troops, but to scare and frighten those Ming troops, so that they could send more messengers into the mountains to ask Su Jiakang for help.
Because the tactics were simple, and they didn't expect to really attack the city, so this morning's action of the Tang Dynasty Wang Division was not in a hurry, and the bandits lined up with confidence, and the entire camp did not have the tension and fear of fleeing for their lives in embarrassment a few days ago.
To put it bluntly, these people are a group of people who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard, and when they meet the Ming army, they are all afraid to death, and they can run away without even seeing the face of the Ming army, but after encountering a small number of opponents such as county warriors and people's husbands, they instantly turned into Spartan warriors, and their morale was extremely high!
On the contrary, the Guards were always calm, without the slightest noise, and the soldiers all looked like wooden men.
The Tang Dynasty division outside the city is lining up, looking at the appearance of this formation, it seems that it is about to attack the city in a big way, this situation makes those county warriors on Longhua Town seem to be very flustered, and many people are running around from a distance, and they don't know what they are doing.
Li Xuan guessed that the Ming army in Longhua Town was probably preparing for a large-scale attack on them!
But if they knew that they hadn't really thought about taking down Longhua Town, they didn't know how they would feel.
Is it rejoicing or remorseful?
As time passed, the Tang Dynasty King Division finally finished plating.
Looking down from the sky, the more than 400 Tang Dynasty divisions were lined up in a very neat rectangle, and at the forefront were more than 20 musketeers of the Guards, and the two wings of the musketeers were the archers of the standing army.
Behind them, in the center were the spearmen of the Guard, on the left flank were the spearmen of the Standing Army, and on the right flank were the sword and shield men of the Standing Army.
In fact, the spearmen, sword and shield men, and archers among the more than 400 people were actually used to suppress the formation and prevent accidents, and the real battle was only the more than 20 musketeers.
After finishing the line, more than 400 people from the Tang Dynasty King Division began to step forward slowly, and soon approached the battle distance of 300 meters.
However, at this time, a white flag the size of half a zhang was suddenly erected on the head of the city of Longhua Town opposite, with eight conspicuous characters written on it: The general left, and the city was offered peace!
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan suddenly became vigilant: This matter is weird, I'm afraid it's a fraud!