In this part of Zhengtai County, there are still more than 100 Ming troops now, except for the Ming army in Longhua Town and Zhengtai County, it can only be the Ming army from the opposite city.

Longhua Town and Zhengtai County are the key monitoring areas of the Datang New Army, and there are spies from the Datang New Army monitoring day and night inside and outside the city.

Therefore, the Ming army in Longhua Town and Zhengtai County only sent a few people to slip away in disguise, and the Datang New Army may not be able to detect it, but if the other party sends more than a hundred troops out of the city, those spies will be able to find out as soon as possible, and then immediately pass the news to Li Xuan.

This is also why Li Xuan's first reaction was not the Zhengtai Ming Army, but the Fucheng Ming Army sneaking across the river.

It is unlikely that Zhengtai's Ming army will evade the surveillance of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, so it will quietly send more than 100 Ming troops, and only the Ming army on the other side of the Lanjiang River can do this.

It's just that where and when did these Ming troops cross the river?

The grain collection team was attacked, and the infantry team of nearly 100 people was defeated, so that they threw down the looted grain and fled in embarrassment, and also lost more than 20 people, although Li Xuan was also concerned about this matter, but it was not to the point where he paid attention to it and worried.

What really worries him is that if this Ming army is really the Ming army of Fucheng, then does it mean that the Ming army of Fucheng has another passage for crossing the river, and this place is there? Will the main forces of the Ming army suddenly cross the river along this passage?

These are the more critical, even fatal, problems.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan immediately asked Zeng Ziwen beside him: "Zeng Aiqing, is there any change in the Ming army on the other side?" Have they ever had fewer troops? ”

Zeng Ziwen also kept listening to the conversation between Li Xuan and the scout, although he didn't interject to speak, but he knew the details of the matter, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, our army has people paying close attention to the Ming army on the other side of the river day and night, and the one who crossed the river at noon yesterday is still lurking on the other side of the river to observe the Ming army. ”

Hearing this, Li Xuan frowned, this is not a good sign, and it is a rather bad sign, because this means that this sudden appearance is obvious, it is not the Ming army that arrived on the other side of the river yesterday, it may be the Ming army from other places?

But no matter how Li Xuan guessed now, he couldn't guess where this Ming army of more than 100 people came from!

Soon he recruited Cao Mingda: "You lead the cavalry team to find out the Ming army and report the news at any time!" ”

As for what to do after finding these Ming troops, what else can they do, kill them, they can't let such a Ming army of more than 100 people hang around on their logistics line, so they have to worry every day that the logistics line will be attacked!

Just when Li Xuan made relevant arrangements because the grain collection team was attacked, in a small village with only a few dozen households more than thirty miles away from them, a young man wearing the costume of a hundred households of the Ming Army was grinning and said: "Haha, there are rumors outside about how sharp the pseudo-Tang thief army is, and today it seems that it is only like that!" ”

"This is all Gongzi, you have led the army well, and you have taken the lead to kill the enemy bravely, it is natural for the puppet Tang thief army to be defeated, and our army beheaded the puppet Tang thief army with one hundred and fifty people in this battle at level 30, which can be called a great victory!" Immediately, there was a middle-aged general flag beside him, and he smiled and complimented.

But when he said this, a trace of melancholy flashed in his eyes!

Perhaps seeing the gloom in his eyes, the young Baihu said: "What, Uncle Yun doesn't have anything unspeakable, but he can say it all!" ”

Immediately, the middle-aged general banner called Uncle Yun said: "Childe, it is rumored outside that the pseudo-Tang thief army is sharp, but the pseudo-Tang thief army we ambushed before does not have this firecracker!" ”

But the boy didn't care: "Isn't this a good thing?" This shows that there are not many firearms of the puppet Tang thief army, maybe there are only so many dozens of guns, their firearms can hit so far, and the power is so huge, the cost must be expensive, there can be dozens of shots is not a lot, such a precious weapon, it must be on the side of the Lanjiang ferry, how can there be spare time to come to us! ”

This person's guess was really half right by him, there are really not many muskets in the Datang New Army, so far, only the first infantry battalion in the Datang New Army is equipped with almost two hundred muskets, and although the second infantry battalion and the third infantry battalion are organized into two musket teams, and they are also trained according to the musketeers, but they are not equipped with muskets in batches for the time being, and they usually need to share muskets with the first infantry battalion for training.

Therefore, the total number of muskets owned by the Datang New Army is only about 200, which is completely different from the musket in the hands of the Datang New Army.

But even so, it is enough to support the current combat strength of the Datang New Army, if the Datang New Army can have more than a thousand muskets, Li Xuan will dare to enter Xingquan Mansion, and he will have the confidence to fight in the face of the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of Ming troops!

But now, there are few new soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, fewer muskets, and if there is no weapon advantage, the troops do not have an advantage, so they can only be a shrinking turtle and hide in Zhengtai County to stabilize the foundation.

Just like Zeng Ziwen once said, if Li Xuan is given a few months to run Zhengtai County, then the Tang Dynasty will be able to control at least tens of thousands of people in the surrounding area, and recruit at least thousands of soldiers from it.

It's just that now the Ming army didn't give Li Xuan so much time, the Ming army in Fucheng called, and a Ming army appeared behind him out of nowhere.

This made Li Xuan puzzled, and at the same time, he was also very vigilant!

The most terrifying thing is not a strong enemy, but an enemy that appears inexplicably, because it means that you don't know if there will be a large group of enemies suddenly in the next moment!

The unknown is the most terrifying!

And this kind of unknown is also what Li Xuan hates, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the supreme commander of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, he needs to control the overall situation and understand the surrounding information before he can make the best choice.

And now this kind of unknown is enough to affect his follow-up judgment, for example, if he is determined to ask the Ming army to do a big vote, and a group of Ming troops suddenly does not appear behind him, no need to be more, as long as there are a few hundred people killed from behind, then the new army of the Tang Dynasty will be finished.

And this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed by Li Xuan, and for this reason, finding out and annihilating the Ming army that suddenly came out has become Li Xuan's top priority.