Li Shimin

"Maybe it's because the local government doesn't have a big army!"

Li Xuan said thoughtfully.

"No big army?"

Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others were startled.

"The land is vast and the population is sparse. Naturally, there is not a big city. A city only has 20,000 people. With such a small number of people, how big an army can there be?"

Li Xuan laughed lightly.

"That's right, I've been walking for two days, and I only found two small villages. The population here is really small!"

Li Chongyi also thought of something, feeling a little emotional.

"See Your Majesty!"

At this time, a team of scouts ran from the front.

"My lord, I found a small city twenty miles ahead!"

"Small town?"

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed.

"how many people?"

Li Xuan asked.

"Back to the king, according to the estimation of the villain, there are only 10,000 people at most!" The scout reported.

"Everyone rests in place for a quarter of an hour, and then enters the city!"

Li Xuandao.

"Yes!"

Everyone rested in place, and at the same time looked forward to it.

An hour later.

Li Xuan and the others entered the small city unimpeded.

It is said to be a small town, but in the eyes of Li Xuan and others, it is as big as a large village.

A circle of city walls made of piled stones, densely packed inside, are all small houses made of wood.

The streets are also very messy.

As Li Xuan and other people came in, the atmosphere in the whole small city suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Li Xuan and others with a full face of wariness.

At the same time, some people were quietly running out.

What surprised Cheng Chusi and the others the most was that after they had come in for so long, no army came to stop them.

Instead, in the dark, someone was holding a round shield, a long knife, and a spear.

Unfortunately, they are all hiding far away.

In this regard, Li Xuan and others directly ignored it.

"Your Majesty, there is a corn shop here!"

"My lord, I'll find a sweet potato and potato shop..."

Soon, a group of personal guards had already found out all the shops in the small city.

"go!"

With a group of soldiers, Li Xuan first came to a shop selling sweet potatoes and potatoes.

There are not as many sweet potatoes and potatoes in this shop as Li Xuan expected, each up to five hundred catties.

And the shopkeeper with a yellow beard in this shop, after Li Xuan and others came in, was already standing vigilantly by the window of the house.

Now, there are signs of getting ready to jump out the window and escape.

However, the soldiers outside the house were covered in iron armor, and the bearded shopkeeper didn't dare to move.

"Bring out two bottles of refined salt!"

Li Xuan smiled slightly, and took two bottles of refined salt from the guard behind him.

Then, put it in front of the shopkeeper.

And the shopkeeper, when he saw the two bright small glass bottles, his eyes widened.

Seeing this, a trace of satisfaction flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.

Sure enough, these people have a special liking for transparent glass bottles.

Unfortunately, what Li Xuan wants to sell is not the glass bottle, but the refined salt inside.

Greeted the shopkeeper over, slowly unscrewed the glass bottle in front of the shopkeeper, tasted it first, and then signaled the bearded shopkeeper to let him taste it too.

Immediately, the bearded shopkeeper's eyes widened even more, his face full of surprise.

He had never seen this kind of refined salt in the main city.

Immediately, he looked at Li Xuan expectantly.

Li Xuan pointed to the sweet potatoes and potatoes in the shop, and then pointed to two bottles of refined salt.

The meaning is self-evident.

But what Li Xuan didn't expect was that the bearded man shook his head all over his face.

At the same time, he stretched out four fingers and wanted to ask Li Xuan how many bottles of refined salt.

"Humph!"

Seeing this, Li Xuan directly reached out, took two bottles of refined salt, and was about to go out.

Although sweet potatoes and potatoes are very precious in the Tang Dynasty, here, Li Xuan believes that these items are as common and common as the rice in the Tang Dynasty.

In Datang, just those two small glass bottles can be exchanged for several times the amount of sweet potatoes and potatoes here.

Now, he felt that it was a bit of a loss to exchange two bottles for these, but this bearded barbarian wanted more!
However, before Li Xuan took two steps, the bearded shopkeeper quickly ran up to Li Xuan, with a flattering face and hastily gestured.

See what it means, I agree!

On the side, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others all looked disdainful when they saw this.

Li Xuan snorted coldly, then handed the two bottles of refined salt in his hand to the bearded shopkeeper.

Then, he ordered a group of soldiers to come in and pack sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Immediately, go to the next shop.

Behind him, the bearded shopkeeper also directly closed the shop door, and quietly followed behind Li Xuan.

Corn shop.

Li Xuan spent a small bottle of refined salt, more than 1000 catties of corn.

Then, I spent another small bottle of refined salt and bought five hundred catties of dry-stir-fried red peppers.

Finally, Li Xuan found a surprise.

pumpkin!

Li Xuan spent another bottle of refined salt to buy out the pumpkins in that shop.

Finally, after wandering around the city and finding nothing good, he led everyone out of the city and prepared to return to the ship the same way.

"My lord, I'm afraid there will be no peace tonight!"

After setting up camp, Xue Rengui came to Li Xuan's side with a serious expression on his face.

"That's why I chose to camp here!"

Li Xuan chuckled, "There are only two roads here, and this is the best time for them to attack!"

"My lord, are you deliberately luring them here?"

Xue Rengui looked surprised.

"Why, are you scared?" Li Xuan asked.

"Please rest assured, even if everyone in that small city comes to attack, the last general will not be afraid at all!"

Xue Rengui said hastily.

"Everyone should take a good rest and occupy a favorable terrain. These barbarians are different from my Tang Dynasty, and no one knows when they will attack.

Therefore, at least half of the people need to keep vigil tonight, and set up traps, and set up more! "

As he said that, Li Xuan had a stern look on his face.

"This king never likes to take the initiative to slaughter barbarians, but if someone wants to kill this king, then for the safety of this king, he can only kill all those barbarians!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xue Rengui responded, and hurried down to deliver the order.

Li Xuan didn't worry about making traps at all.

Xue Rengui and other personal guards like to drill in the forest next to Zhuangzi when they are free in Lijiazhuang, researching and arranging various traps.

The other soldiers are also veterans who have been on the battlefield many times. They have more experience in how to kill the enemy in the battlefield than Xue Rengui and others.

Night falls.

In the entire camp, several fires have been lit.

Half of the soldiers went into the tent and fell asleep.

And half of the soldiers were lying in the grass in the distance, watching the distance with vigilance.

"Master, why did we clean up those tails that followed us when we left the city?"

In the big tent, Cheng Chusi looked puzzled.

"Why clean up?"

Li Xuan chuckled, "I'm only 20 miles away from that small town right now. With such a large team, even if the tails are cleaned up, they can still find them.

So, it's better to keep a few tails and know their movements! "

Hearing this, Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others were thoughtful.

"Are you worried?"

Li Xuan chuckled again, "Today, there are only two blacksmith shops in the city, and it seems that there are only more than 100 armored soldiers.

Tonight, even if all the barbarians in the city came out in full force, there would be at most four thousand young and strong barbarians.

Such a small number of people is simply not enough to pay too much attention to! "

Hearing this, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and the others breathed a sigh of relief.