Chapter 45: The Devil Enters the Village
The reason why Li Xuan said at this time that he wanted to drive the expedition was naturally not simple, but with many deep-seated purposes.
If you want to take a look outside, observe this era more deeply, or take this opportunity to leave Huangzhushan, get rid of Fang Dongquan and them, and return to the society of normal people to live incognito.
There is also a desire to test whether Fang Dongquan and Liu Bagou are still as defensive about themselves as before.
The result is very obvious, as soon as Li Xuan said that he wanted to go outside the mountain, they just couldn't wait to let themselves think twice, on the surface, Li Xuan was a golden body and could not easily get into danger, but they made it clear that they would not let Li Xuan leave.
Maybe they really thought so, such as Liu Bagou, but in Li Xuan's opinion, they were trying to prevent themselves from leaving and getting rid of them.
Thinking of this, Li Xuan's mood was naturally not better.
Seeing everyone's unanimous opposition, Li Xuan didn't insist, because he knew that even if he insisted, it would be useless.
What he said just now was just a temptation, and since it tested their attitude, there was no need to insist on it in the future.
Fang Dongquan said again: "This time out of the mountain, the ministers will definitely do their best, and please wait for the good news of the ministers in the palace!" ”
Huang Xueren also picked up the conversation at the right time and said: "At most half a month, at least ten days, the minister will definitely return with food to repay His Majesty!" ”
Li Xuan's gaze swept over these people again, his face had slowly eased from the previous coldness, and he said after a while: "All the Qing family are full of confidence, and I am very relieved, so I am waiting for good news in the palace!" ”
Then he waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone can go home and make arrangements, and if it's okay, they will all disperse!" ”
said that I was very relieved, but this was just a step that Li Xuan directly found for himself, although the steps were a bit steep, but Li Xuan, the emperor of the ravine, was all right, and it was not an ordinary road to walk all the way, so naturally he didn't care if the steps were steep or not, it was a big deal to fall to death.
After driving these people away, Li Xuan was a little bored, and he didn't go back to the backyard, but ran to the playground to watch his guards drill.
Although the last time he attacked Shuilong Village, the guards on whom Li Xuan had high hopes did not fire a single shot, and did not show any combat effectiveness, Li Xuan did not give up his high hopes for the guards.
Why?
The strength of the combat effectiveness of this guard is a trivial matter, but more importantly, this guard army is an army that he has personally trained, and the soldiers in it are all teenagers, which makes it easier for them to build their loyalty to themselves.
Since Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren were still very defensive of themselves in the test just now, and they couldn't leave this place in a short time, Li Xuan also put his mind on other aspects, such as getting rid of the current embarrassing situation of a puppet emperor.
Among the 1,000 people in Huangzhushan, there are more than 200 young people, and the more than 200 young people are basically listening to Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, and even the guards around Li Xuan are Fang Dongquan's people.
This situation is unbearable for Li Xuan, since you don't let Lao Tzu go, then Lao Tzu will control the real power, and when the time comes, I will see if you will regret today's decision.
The Guards are not only the cards he prepares to use to resist the attacks of officers and soldiers, but also a means to expand his voice in Huangzhushan.
Especially in the case of Huangzhu Mountain, which cannot be left for a short time, the importance of the Guards is even higher.
When Fang Dongquan and the others gathered the young and prepared to organize the manpower to launch the Battle of Fengjiazhuang, Li Xuan also quietly expanded the size of the Guards.
Before, there were only more than 20 people in the Guards, but now Li Xuan has found almost 20 teenagers to join the Guards.
Li Xuan's movements were naturally also seen by Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren, but the guards were all half-grown teenagers, who did not belong to the ranks of young and strong bandits, and the guards played in line every day, rather than cultivating personal martial arts, this kind of thing was just a game for young people in Huangzhushan.
Everyone thought Li Xuan was fun, so they didn't stop him, but watched Li Xuan command some teenagers stupidly in the playground every day with the mentality of watching jokes.
As long as the Guards didn't prove themselves on the battlefield for a day, Fang Dongquan and they couldn't look at the Guards squarely, especially when they attacked Shuilongzhai last time, more than 20 people from the Guards ran away, not to mention going into battle to fight, they didn't even have their share in waving the flag and shouting, so it was impossible for everyone to have great hopes for the Guards like Li Xuan.
No matter what others thought, Li Xuan had great expectations for these teenagers of the Guards.
Three days later, Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, and Chen Butcher officially set off with two hundred young and strong bandits, and the two hundred bandits will be divided into two routes, one is led by Fang Dongquan, and they will go out of the mountain with great fanfare, and then attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, and lead them away, it is best to introduce them into the deep mountains, and take the officers and soldiers in circles.
And the rest of the way is led by Huang Xueren, and Butcher Chen goes with them, they will go to bypass Longhua Town in a low-key manner, and then sneak all the way to Fengjiazhuang to launch a surprise attack, conquer Fengjiazhuang and come back with food.
These two roads, one way is high-profile like a devil entering the village, and the other way is low-key, but it is also the same as the devil entering the village, just don't shoot, come quietly.
After they left Huangzhushan with their people, Huangzhushan became calm again, and the old and weak women and children continued to work in the fields, picking wild fruits and vegetables, and fishing in the river.
It's just that some old hunters in Huangzhu Mountain have followed Fang Dongquan out of the mountain, so the large-scale organization of human hunting has stopped, and only occasionally some old and weak young people go hunting, although the harvest is not much, but it can also allow some people to eat meat and improve their food.
As for Li Xuan, he continued to bury himself in the training of the Guards, in fact, he had nothing else to do except this.
The civil affairs of the 'Tang Dynasty' are not much to say, and there are not many to say less, but they are all handled properly by Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu and Wang Wenhua, and occasionally there are things to report to Li Xuan, and most of them will put forward feasible suggestions, all Li Xuan has to do is say: Accurate.
And Li Xuan himself is not interested in these, in this ravine, there is no attraction for him to deal with a group of bandits
He was more interested in how to change the embarrassing situation he faced, such as fleeing the place, or forming a strong guard army and defeating the advance of the officers and soldiers.
As for the rest, it doesn't matter to him at the moment.
As time passed, in the blink of an eye, Fang Dongquan and they had been out of the mountain for ten days, and news came back one after another a few days ago, but they were too far away in the back, and the manpower was also limited, so they did not continue to send messengers to Huangzhushan to report the situation.
The last news I learned was that Fang Dongquan and the others were already approaching Longhua Town, and it attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers.
At the same time, Huang Xueren was already ready to take people to secretly bypass Longhua Town.
Calculating the time, now Fang Dongquan and the others should be taking the officers and soldiers in circles in the mountains, and Huang Xueren should have also arrived in Fengjiazhuang.
However, the specific situation, the people of Huangzhushan do not know.
As time passed, the atmosphere in Huangzhu Mountain became more and more tense.