Valley Emperor

"The minister deserves ten thousand death!"

"I have no face to see the wives, children and children of those dead brothers!"

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on attacking Fengjiazhuang, I wouldn't have encountered those officers and soldiers, and the brothers wouldn't have to die tragically. It's all my fault. I killed the brothers!"

Seeing Fang Dongquan's self-blame lying on the ground, Li Xuan sighed deeply, feeling a lot in his heart.

On the one hand, he was glad that Fang Dongquan and the others did not loot and kill a large number of people, but on the other hand, he felt sad for the young men in Huangzhu Mountain who died tragically under the officers and soldiers.

These are the backbone of his Great Tang Dynasty. There are only about five hundred people in the small Great Tang Dynasty, and among them, the young and strong people will not exceed one hundred and fifty people.

However, when Fang Dongquan left the mountain this time, 32 people did not come back alive!

It is not an exaggeration to say that it hurts the nerves and bones, but more importantly, behind the thirty-two young men are twenty or thirty families, who have wives, children and parents.

After losing their pillars, how will these families tide over the difficulties in the future? Or more simply: how will they live in the future?

It's just that no matter how many words he has in his heart, at this moment he can only sigh, this defeat is not a crime of war!

Because when Fang Dongquan and the others went to attack Fengjiazhuang, they just bumped into the officers and soldiers. According to the bandits who returned, the officers and soldiers had more than 500 troops, and there were dozens of cavalry among them.

There is no doubt that it was a regular army of the imperial court, not the kind of county warriors who came to attack them.

No matter how the history books said that the army's garrison troops were already rotten and their combat effectiveness was low, there was still no problem in dealing with bandits like Huang Zhushan, not to mention that the difference in strength between the two sides was nearly ten to one.

It's not that the whole army is wiped out, it's not bad to be able to escape half of them.

"General Fang, go back and have a good rest!" Li Xuan looked at the strong man in front of him. Judging from his demeanor, it was obvious that he was completely defeated.

Not because of failure, but because more than half of the brothers he brought out did not come back alive. Just as he said, he was already the family members of those dead brothers without face.

Perhaps, the failure was just because of their own luck, but in any case, Fang Dongquan's responsibility is very great and cannot be shied away.

After Fang Dongquan went out as if he had lost his soul, Liu Bagou also sighed, "I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen!"

Butcher Chen also looked helpless: "If I had known, I should have gone together. If I had gone, this would definitely not have happened!"

"What's the use of talking about these now, the most urgent thing is to carry out the aftermath, and the families of the fallen soldiers must be appeased!" Li Xuan said, "Prime Minister, go back to the homes of the fallen family members and help as much as you can!"

"The minister obeys the order!" Liu Bagou said, "It's just that General Fang failed to receive food this time, and our food crisis has not been alleviated!"

Butcher Chen said: "There are so many officers and soldiers now, and the brothers who came back said that those officers and soldiers are entering the mountain. I think it is very likely that they are coming for us. If we go out of the mountain now, it is too dangerous. If you want me to say, or Go grab the Water Dragon Village!"

"Water Dragon Village!" Li Xuan repeated these three words in his mind.

This is not the first time they have talked about Shuilong Village. They have talked about Shuilong Village many times before, but each time they have not made up their minds.

This is mainly because Shuilongzhai is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is very difficult to fight. If it was easy to attack Shuilongzhai, Fang Dongquan would not choose to go out to collect grain instead of attacking Shuilongzhai, because they felt that attacking Shuilongzhai was dangerous. Sex is much bigger than going out to 'harvest food'.

But judging from the current situation, it is probably impossible to go out to 'collect food'.

Not to mention whether the officers and soldiers outside the mountain are targeting them, it is not bad, but Fang Dongquan has already alerted the local government when he went out once, and the government must be prepared. Maybe there are several officers and soldiers outside the mountain Waiting for them to throw themselves into the net.

And the food crisis in Huangzhu Mountain is real, and it is impossible to say it and ignore it.

Immediately, Li Xuan turned to Liu Bagou and said, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Liu Bagou said, "Although Shuilong Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it's not unsure if you want to fight. It's better to fight against them than against the officers and soldiers!"

This is for sure. No matter how waste the officers and soldiers are, they also have strong bows, fire guns, iron armor, and swords. No matter how bad their combat effectiveness is, it is not something that bandits like the refugees can compete with, not to mention the number of both sides. The difference is too big.

Bai Yunqi, who has never spoken in this kind of court discussion, also said at this time: "Our strength is much stronger than that of Shuilong Village. If we attack Shuilong Village, the possibility of success is relatively high, and if we can take We can also incorporate them in the Water Dragon Village, so that our strength can be strengthened!"

Hearing this in Li Xuan's ears, it suddenly woke Li Xuan up.

What Li Xuan had been thinking about before was how to solve the food crisis, whether it was going out to 'collect food' or attacking Shuilongzhai, it was all around this goal~www.wuxiax.com~ but now Bai Yunqi's The words made Li Xuan think of another possibility.

That is by annexing other bandits to increase their strength.

He is already a rebel who has a name on the government side, and he has his own arrest notice outside. Sooner or later, these officers and soldiers will come to attack Huangzhu Mountain. Maybe the officers and soldiers of the guardhouse outside the mountain are Come for yourself.

In this case, I can't just sit still, I have to improve my strength as much as possible.

In the past, Li Xuan compiled and trained the Guards in order to prevent the attack of officers and soldiers, but now, if he can incorporate the Shuilong Village, he can also strengthen his strength, so as to resist the attack of officers and soldiers, he will have more strength.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan no longer hesitated, and immediately made a decision: "Since this is the case, we will start planning to attack Shuilong Village!"

Although he is only a puppet emperor, Fang Dongquan is now disheartened because of a major defeat, and even his prestige among the bandits in Huangzhu Mountain has plummeted. Butcher Chen and Bai Yunqi originally supported the attack on Huangzhu Mountain, so Li Xuan made There was no objection to this decision.

It was only Liu Bagou who said, "The matter of swordsmen is extremely dangerous, so you must be cautious when fighting the Water Dragon Village!"

Butcher Chen said: "What are you afraid of, isn't it just a Water Dragon Village? My old Chen went out and got it right away..."

Speaking of this, he habitually paused to look at Liu Bagou.

Liu Bagou silently gave him a hint: "Come on!"

Butcher Chen said: "Yes, with my old Chen here, I'll definitely be able to catch it at that time!"

It's just that he said so, but Li Xuan couldn't believe the fighting power of these bandits.

He thought about whether he could take down Shuilongzhai, or he would have to rely on his own guards!