After a lapse of a few months, Li Xuan once again bid farewell to Empress Dowager Bai, Dong Yunyun and others, and personally led the army to the expedition, unlike the last time the Ming army attacked and the expedition was in a hurry, this time they went out after months of preparation.

After returning from Longhua Town last time, Li Xuan and the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers prepared for the next war, especially after the heavy rain washed away up to one-third of the cultivated fields, and the entire Tang Dynasty entered the preparation for the battle in the mountains.

In the past few months, the preparations have also been remarkable, not only have they completed the transformation from a half-civilian and half-bandit army to a professional army, and a brand-new professional army has been established, but the level of equipment has been further improved, and cold weapons such as armor, shields, spears, and strong bows have been standardized and unified, and there is no mess of weapons in the whole army as in the past.

What's more, both musket teams are also fully equipped with muskets!

Through the creation of weapons workshops almost day and night, and even in order to meet the iron needed to make muskets, Huang Zhushan even melted almost all the miscellaneous weapons that were replaced, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of insufficient iron to make muskets and bayonets.

Not only were the two musket teams equipped with muskets, but there were also seven or eight more muskets, and this part of the extra muskets was equipped by Li Xuan's guards.

Anyway, Li Xuan's guards have no restrictions on the types of troops, they also wear cotton iron armor, long-waisted knives and small shields, and now it is not a big deal to be equipped with muskets.

On the day of the departure of the Tang New Army, the old and weak women and children of the entire Huangzhushan came out to see them off, and Li Xuan originally thought that the scene of the send-off would be more touching and even sad.

Because when he left the palace in the morning, Empress Dowager Bai and Dong Yunyun were quite worried about his safety, Dong Yunyun even cried, and Empress Dowager Bai told Li Xuan very clearly that if the opportunity was not good, he would run away, and survival was the most important thing.

And sent the number one warrior 'Xia Ma' to Li Xuan's side again, the focus is not to serve Li Xuan's daily life, this is not Xia Ma's strength, her biggest role is to flee with Li Xuan on her back at a critical moment, and when it comes to the kung fu of fleeing with people on her back, these strong men like Butcher Chen are not as good as Xia Ma.

She is not only physically strong, but also has the endurance unique to rural women who work all year round, maybe she can't beat those strong men, but carrying things on her back for a long-distance run, whether it is Chen Butcher or Cai Erhu, you have to bow down.

She is a cow who can run with Huichen on her back all day, and Li Xuan's weight is not much heavier than Huichen.

Then Empress Dowager Bai broke away from Li Xuan again, and personally lectured Li Xuan's guards, as for what Li Xuan said, Li Xuan didn't know, but judging from the faces of those guards, it should not have said anything good, it was nothing more than a threat and temptation!

You don't have to guess that Li Xuan also knows that if he really makes a mistake, his old lady will definitely go crazy, and it is not impossible to kill all the family members of these guards when the time comes.

However, unlike Empress Dowager Bai, who was worried about Li Xuan's safety, the families of those ordinary soldiers did not pretend to be daughters, but encouraged their sons or husbands one by one.

"Remember to grab some more food and come back!"

"Don't lag behind when the time comes, run fast so that you can grab the good stuff! , run slowly, let others rob all the good things! ”

"My son, you are twenty years old, and now you are still a bachelor, if you don't grab a daughter-in-law back this time, my mother will not recognize you as a son!"

Listening to these people's words, Li Xuan was a little embarrassed for a while!

are all mothers, why is there such a big difference, other people's mothers encourage them to grab more things, but the Queen Mother Bai told him to run when he should run, saving his life!

Zeng Ziwen, who was standing beside him, was quite shocked in his heart, it was the first time he had seen this kind of expedition scene, these family members were not only worried about the safety of their children, but encouraged the soldiers to go out one by one, but what they said was not to let them win the battle, but to let them grab more things and come back.

O bandits!

Zeng Ziwen remembered that when he led the army to the expedition last year, the cry was earth-shattering, the old mother and wife of the soldiers were tearful, and his own soldiers also turned back one step at a time, and the scene was like a funeral!

The bandits of Huangzhushan, who were encouraged by their families, embarked on the journey in a mighty way, this time, the elite of the Tang Dynasty Wang Division did their best, and they also transferred about 200 young people, that is, those bandits in the previous standing army to serve as militia and baggage personnel.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty Wang's division had about 350 soldiers and 200 people, with a total of about 550 people.

The bandits of Huangzhushan knew that they had left spies outside Longhua Town and Zhengtai County to observe day and night, and the Ming army was not stupid, and checkpoints were set up on many roads on the edge of the mountain to observe the police in advance.

Therefore, as soon as the Tang Dynasty King arrived at the edge of the mountain, he was discovered by the Ming army!

Looking at the checkpoint at his feet, which had been abandoned by the Ming army, Li Xuan knew that the Ming army at this checkpoint had already run ahead of schedule, and the news of the Tang Dynasty's division coming out of the mountain was estimated to spread throughout Longhua Town and Zhengtai County within a day.

But it doesn't matter!

This time out of the mountain, he didn't expect to be able to sneak to sneak away, if sneaky, the Ming army didn't even know that they came out of the mountain, how to contain the Ming army in Longhua Town and Zhengtai County.

"Pass the order, camp in advance today, and set off early tomorrow morning!" Li Xuan looked at the time, it was already close to three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and if he continued to go forward, it would be outside the mountains of Yima Pingchuan, which was not a good place to spend the night.

Naturally, Fang Dongquan and Qian Mengjiu took care of everything in the camp, and Li Xuan himself studied it against a simple map, and he should go there next!

And at this time, outside the mountain, a thin horse was galloping on the field, this knight knew that it was a soldier of the Ming army by looking at his clothes, he did not pause on the road, and went straight to Longhua Town.

By the end of the evening, almost the entire Ming army in Longhua Town knew that the puppet Tang thief army had come out of the mountain!

That night, Su Jiakang, who was still asleep, was shouted, and as soon as he got up, Luo Mazi outside said with a panicked face: "My lord, it's not good!" ”

"Those thieves have come here!"

Hearing this, Su Jiakang was also stunned, and then spoke: "What kind of thief army killed you?" Is it a pseudo-Tang thief army? ”

Luo Mazi continued with a frightened face: "Yes, it's them, in the afternoon, the sentinels in the mountains found a lot of pseudo-Tang thief troops out of the mountain, and the little one got the news, and immediately rushed back from Longhua Town overnight!" ”

Luo Mazi still seemed to be in a panic, and he was a little impatient when he spoke!

Su Jiakang glanced at the dogleg who was sent to Longhua Town by himself to monitor the dynamics of the puppet Tang thief army at any time, and then said: "What's the panic, tell me carefully, how many people and horses are there in the puppet Tang thief army, and now where are they?" ”