Zhu Xuan finalized the plan for the battle.
Hou Xian and Yan Guan could not object, so they could only prepare to fight as planned.
the next day.
Zhu Xuan led the team away from Mengman and rushed to Luzhou.
"It takes about a day and a half to go from Mengman to Luzhou." There was also a local guide who was responsible for showing them the way.
This guide is a very slow man who was once bullied by Li Zhen.
Zhu Xuan solved Li Zhen and returned the grain, which won the support of many people in Luzhou. When he was looking for a guide, this man volunteered himself and took the initiative to help. In his words, he just wanted to repay his kindness and took the initiative to lead Zhu Xuan to Luzhou. state.
After checking it out, there was nothing wrong with this person, and of course Zhu Xuan had no problem with it.
The road ahead was still flat, and after walking for about half a day, they finally entered the mountainous area. Zhu Xuan followed the solid theoretical knowledge taught by Li Jinglong and sent an order to alert the entire army.
Scouts were sent out one by one to inquire about the movements ahead and whether there was any enemy ambush.
The scouts were all members of Jinyiwei. They were relatively skilled at this and quickly went deep into the mountains and forests. The first thing they had to do was to understand the terrain.
"Your Highness, there is a situation!"
A scout came back and said: "There are more than fifty Annan soldiers ahead, chasing and killing people from several nearby villages."
Zhu Xuan heard this and said decisively: "Go and save people!"
Li Niu first led the team to follow the scouts, and soon found the Annan soldiers who were killing the people. More than ten men and women had been killed by the Annan soldiers.
Only a little girl was left, crying loudly.
But those Annan soldiers had no intention of letting the little girl go. One of them was about to chop the little girl off with a single blow.
When Li Niu saw this scene, he became furious and shouted: "Kill them all!"
boom!
Gunfire rang out.
These soldiers took action directly, rescued the little girl, and shot all the Annan soldiers to death.
The little girl was still crying, and she was lying on the body of a woman. It was obviously her mother. She was crying as miserably as she could, and at the same time, she was looking at Li Niu and the others in fear.
"Go and tell His Highness!"
Li Niu didn't know how to comfort the little girl, so he could only tell Zhu Xuan and the others to follow her quickly.
Under such circumstances, they couldn't leave the little girl alone. Everyone had been rescued. If they didn't care, it wouldn't be in vain. It would be better not to save her at all.
The little girl cried for a while, probably because she saw that Li Niu and the others did not hurt her, so they were not bad people. Her nose twitched and she stopped crying, but when she saw her mother's body, she felt sad again.
After a while.
Zhu Xuan finally led the team to follow. Seeing this scene, he realized that they were still a step too late and failed to save everyone. Only a little girl was still alive.
"Your Highness, I don't know how to comfort people, why don't you come?"
Li Niu pointed at the little girl with red eyes and still crying.
Zhu Xuan thought for a while and walked towards her.
Hou Xian was worried about danger and followed him step by step.
Seeing them approaching, the little girl trembled slightly and sat on the ground in a panic. She grabbed her mother's arm again and trembled slightly, her clothes automatically moving.
"We're not bad people."
"We're here to help you fight the bad guys."
"You have also seen that we are the army of the Ming Dynasty. Do you know what the Ming Dynasty is, right?"
Zhu Xuan originally wanted to comfort someone, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that he didn't know how to comfort people either, and he was similar to Li Niu.
The little girl looked at Li Niu and then at the dead Annan soldiers. She seemed to believe that Zhu Xuan and the others were not bad people and were here to fight bad people. She nodded slightly to show that she knew the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Xuan continued: "We really want to help you. Since your relatives are gone, just stay with us for the time being, and then we will find a good family for you, okay?"
The little girl's nose felt sour and tears fell again. She was very reluctant to leave her dead mother.
"What a poor man!" Hou Xian sighed.
He began to understand why Zhu Xuan had to attack Luzhou. Those Annan people invaded the Ming Dynasty and could do anything. If they did not kill all the Annan people in Luzhou, they would be sorry to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Annan people are not a good thing.
"If you can believe me, come with me!" Zhu Xuan said again.
The little girl hesitated for a long time, reluctantly let go of her mother's hand, stood up and walked towards Zhu Xuan.
Zhu Xuan added: "Let's bury their bodies in the mountains temporarily."
When she heard that her relatives were about to be buried, the little girl cried uncontrollably. Finally, she dug a few holes and buried the bodies, not caring about delaying the process.
"What's your name?" Zhu Xuan asked.
"Tang Sai'er!"
The little girl sniffed and whispered her name.
Zhu Xuan felt that the name was a bit familiar and said: "From now on, you will stay with us temporarily."
Tang Saier nodded slightly, looking very pitiful.
Zhu Xuan did not hesitate too much. He took the people with him and continued to move forward. Until the evening of that day, another scout reported that traces of Annan people had been found ahead.
"Be alert!" Zhu Xuan said.
All soldiers reacted quickly.
The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion opened the safety of their rifles, and the other soldiers took out their weapons. Some of them prepared the Tiger Crouching Cannon they brought with them, ready to start a fight with the Annan people at any time.
When Tang Sai'er saw those things from the Ming Army, he didn't quite understand what they were and just felt it was strange.
The Annan people showed up quickly. Not many people showed up, only dozens of them. They seemed to be the other party's scouts, coming to find out the specific situation of the Ming army. As soon as they were discovered, they turned around and ran away, with no intention of fighting.
"Your Highness, there are no other enemies nearby."
Wang Er led people to search the surrounding area.
Zhu Xuan said: "The man named Ruan Wenyong already knew that we were going to Luzhou, so he sent people to test it. Don't let down your guard. It's getting late. Find a favorable location to camp, and at the same time send out scouts, day and night. Keep an eye on the surrounding situation.”
They quickly found a favorable position and set up camp to rest.
The soldiers in the army take turns to rest and are always on alert. Some soldiers also start cooking dinner.
Hou Xian was responsible for preparing Zhu Xuan's dinner.
On the way here just now, he came back from hunting two wild sheep, cut off a large leg of lamb, and left it for Zhu Xuan to eat. The rest was divided among the other soldiers.
There were more than 3,000 people, and each person could not get much, but it was still a bit of meat.
"Saier, this is for you!"
Zhu Xuan brought a bowl of meat over.
Tang Sai'er looked at him and said softly: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Zhu Xuan sat down and said, "You're welcome. Next, I will help you get revenge."
Tang Saier nodded timidly.
Zhu Xuan saw that she seemed to be in a bad mood and didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only ask Hou Xian to come over, and he would sit aside and rest.
Before I knew it, it was late at night.
The soldiers in the camp stood guard and rested. It was quiet at night, nothing else happened, and the night passed quickly.
