Valley Emperor

Liu Bagou and the others' writings were as obscure and difficult to understand as before, and even the lowly ordinary bandits, even those who could not read the text in a few simple words, could not understand it.

On the other hand, Wang Wenhua, Qian Mengjiu, and a few others who knew a little bit of text were fascinated by it!

After the stinky and long letter was read out, it was another ceremony such as slaughtering animals and offering sacrifices. After all this was done, the ministers and many soldiers all looked at Li Xuan in unison.

At this time, Li Xuan slowly drew out the long sword from his waist, raised it to the sky, and said softly, "Go!"

Immediately, several guards around him sang in unison:

"Your Majesty has a purpose: open!"

"Your Majesty has a purpose: open!"

"Your Majesty has a purpose: open!"

After repeating this three times, Liu Bagou, on behalf of all the officials, came forward and bowed down, saying, "I will obey the order!"

By this time, the entire expedition ceremony was over, and hundreds of people lined up in long queues to go out one after another.

Li Xuan also rode forward with Fang Dongquan, Liu Bagou and the others. Moving forward, the line stretched for several miles, and he seemed to see Dong Yunyun in the crowd.

She was waving to herself and seemed to be shouting something!

In the past two years, Longhua Town, which was isolated and deserted, and there were not many people at all, has become very lively in the past year. At first, there were many county braves stationed here, but after the first half of the year, hundreds of thousands of people came here. The officers and soldiers of the guard station were stationed, and this time, the officers and soldiers seemed to not leave.

From the end of get off work last year until this spring, the number of officers and soldiers has not increased but decreased.

And the reason for all this is naturally because of the existence of the Tang Dynasty. About ten miles ahead of Longhua Town, there are deep mountains and dense forests.

Due to such a convenient geographical environment, this place naturally became a strategic location for the Ming army to gather and annex grain.

Even though Su Jiakang brought a large number of troops stationed in Longhua Town into the mountains yesterday, there are still two hundred young men and a large number of civilians left here to guard the large amount of military supplies hoarded in Longhua Town. It is necessary to continuously dispatch civilians to transport food into the mountains for the use of the army.

At the edge of the mountain, about twenty miles away from Longhua Town, the Ming army was advancing one after another.

"My lord, now we have entered the edge of the mountain, but the soldiers have been on their way for most of the day. Isn't it time to set up camp!" At this time, Diao Leixun walked in front of Su Jiakang and said respectfully.

Su Jiakang didn't answer him directly, but asked, "Where is Mr. Wu, and when will he be able to find Huang Zhushan?"

"Mr. Wu sent someone to deliver the letter just now, because the troops have been divided into three groups, and they have gone along the route that the Feng family's people entered the mountain. This time, there are more than 60 people in these three groups, no matter which way they are. The Shang Puppet Tang Bandit Army can also bring the news back!" Diao Leixun said: "Don't worry, sir, Mr. Wu is the right arm of the mansion, and if he leads someone to find it, this Huangzhushan must be hidden. Can't stop!"

Su Jiakang nodded and said, "Well, since that's the case, let's set up camp early today!"

"Xiaoguan obeys!" After Diao Leixun finished, he bowed and retreated.

At this moment, Luo Mazi looked at Diao Leixun with a hint of resentment in his eyes. The surnamed Diao didn't have any face at all. He didn't have the dignity and consciousness of being a five-rank household, and he was respectful to Master Su. Even if it is, he still calls himself an official.

So shameless, is it because you want to compete with yourself for the number one celebrity in front of Master Su?

No, I can't lose to him!

Immediately, Luo Mazi took a step forward, and even before he reached Su Jiakang, he said with a charming smile: "Sir, this time we have 2,000 elite soldiers, as long as we find Huangzhu Mountain, we will definitely be able to win a big victory. The imperial court has awarded the reward, and it is not a bad thing for adults to even upgrade to three levels!"

Hearing Luo Mazi's obvious compliment, Su Jiakang did not refute, but smiled.

Because he himself thinks so, according to scattered information, the total population of the pseudo-Tang is more than 2,000, and most of them are bandits who have just recovered. , how many young and strong bandits can we make out of these two thousand people?

At most, five hundred people.

And he has 2,000 soldiers under his command. Even if he puts aside ordinary young men and civilians, there are 900 soldiers in the guard and 200 recruits.

With these 1,100 people, can't they defeat a mere bandit den?

Compared with Su Jiakang's full confidence, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be in a hurry. After the official expedition, Li Xuan led a team of 600 people along the way, and in front of them, it was scattered. of many spies.

Although this mountain is quite large, there are not many roads suitable for the army to enter and exit. Otherwise, Fang Dongquan would not have been able to find it smoothly and ambushed the Ming army in the Tiger Valley.

But this time, they didn't plan to take the main road, but walked some sheep intestines, wading through the forest, just to avoid encountering the large army of the Ming army on the main road.

The purpose of their battle this time was not to fight the Ming army head-on, but to attack their logistical supply line. By attacking the Ming army's supply line, the Ming army was in a dilemma of lack of food, thus forcing the Ming army to retreat or even cause chaos.

The former means that Huang Zhushan can get temporary safety, and the latter may also make the Tang Dynasty win again.

It's just that this kind of opportunity is not big. The biggest possibility is that the Ming army is short of food because of the unusual supply line, and then voluntarily retreats.

They just walked for three days in a row, and they failed to meet the Ming army. They walked through the mountains all day, almost making Li Xuan wonder if they were lost, but Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren swear that they did not go wrong.

God knows how they can tell the exact position in the mountains.

But the people in Huangzhushan didn't get lost~www.wuxiaspot.com~ doesn't mean other people won't get lost.

In a certain valley deep in the mountains, a group of about 60 Ming troops were sitting on the ground, and several officers who looked like officers were arguing about something.

"You can't go wrong, just follow my instructions and continue to go east. It will take three more days at most, and you will definitely be able to find Huangzhu Mountain!"

"You fart, we continue to go east, do you know where we are now? If we continue to go east, who knows where we will go!"

"If you don't go east, where should we go?"

"do not know!"

"I don't know what you are!"

When these people were arguing, one of the strong men suddenly stood up and said, "Don't make any fuss, okay? After all the arguing, I didn't get lost in the end. Now it's not a question of whether I can find Huang Zhushan. The question of whether we can meet with Mr. Wu and the others on time, if we can't meet on time, then you and I will be dealt with by military law!"

"Immediately someone muttered: "Then what should we do now? "

After asking this question, the strong man in Baihu costume wanted to open his mouth for something, but he was stunned for a long time, but in the end nothing came out.

So, in the next instant, these general flags, flags and the like started arguing again.

After arguing for a long time, it was finally up to the strong man Baihu to make the decision and continue to go east!

Anyway, they can't tell where they are now, so they can only walk casually by feeling.

When everyone shouted that they were on the road again, on a hilltop a mile away in front of them, a man in a cyan cloth was secretly looking at the Ming army ahead.