"Maybe it's because the local government doesn't have a large army!"
Li Xuan said thoughtfully.
"No big army?"
Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others were all stunned.
"The land is vast and sparsely populated, so naturally there are no large cities. There are only ten or twenty thousand people in each city. How big an army can there be with such a small number of people?"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly.
"That's right. We have been walking for two days and we found two small villages. The population here is really sparse!"
Li Chongyi also thought of something and felt a little emotional.
"Meet the king!"
At this time, a group of scouts came running from the front.
"Your Majesty, we found a small city twenty miles ahead!"
"Small town?"
Hearing this, everyone's faces were filled with joy.
"how many people?"
Li Xuan asked.
"Back to your Majesty, according to the villain's estimate, there are only ten thousand people at most!" the scout reported.
"Everyone rest where you are for a quarter of an hour, and then go into the city!"
Li Xuandao.
"yes!"
Everyone rested where they were, looking forward to it.
An hour later.
Li Xuan and others entered the small town unimpeded.
It was said to be a small town, but in the eyes of Li Xuan and others, it was as big as a large village.
A city wall made of piled stones is densely packed with small houses built of wood.
The streets are also very dirty.
As Li Xuan and others came in, the atmosphere in the entire town suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Li Xuan and others with wary faces.
At the same time, some people were quietly running out.
What surprised Cheng Chusi and others the most was that after they had been in for so long, no army came to stop them.
Instead, I saw someone in the dark holding a round shield, a long knife, and a spear.
Unfortunately, they are all hiding far away.
Li Xuan and others simply ignored this.
"Your Majesty, there is a corn shop here!"
"Your Majesty, we will find a sweet potato and potato shop..."
Soon, a group of personal guards had searched out all the shops in the small town.
"Walk!"
Li Xuan led a group of soldiers and first came to a shop selling sweet potatoes and potatoes.
The sweet potatoes and potatoes in this shop were not as many as Li Xuan expected, with each item weighing up to five hundred kilograms.
As for the shopkeeper with a yellow beard, after Li Xuan and others came in, he was already standing by the window of the house with all his vigilance.
Now, there are signs of jumping out of the window and escaping.
However, there were soldiers in armor all outside the house, and the shopkeeper with beards did not dare to make any move.
"Bring out two bottles of refined salt!"
Li Xuan smiled slightly and took two bottles of refined salt from the hands of the guards behind him.
Then, put it in front of the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper saw the two bright small glass bottles, his eyes widened.
Seeing this, Li Xuan's eyes flashed with satisfaction.
Sure enough, these people have a special love for transparent glass bottles.
Unfortunately, what Li Xuan wanted to sell was not the glass bottle, but the refined salt inside.
He called the shopkeeper over, and in front of the shopkeeper, he slowly unscrewed the glass bottle, tasted it himself, and then motioned to the bearded shopkeeper to have a taste too.
Immediately, the bearded shopkeeper's eyes widened, 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 the two bottles of refined salt.
The meaning is self-evident.
But what Li Xuan didn't expect was that the bearded man actually shook his head.
At the same time, he stretched out four fingers and wanted to ask Li Xuando how many bottles of refined salt he wanted.
"snort!"
Seeing this, Li Xuan reached out directly, took two bottles of refined salt, and walked out.
Although sweet potatoes and potatoes were very precious in the Tang Dynasty, here, Li Xuan believed that these items were as common as rice in the Tang Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty, just those two small glass bottles could be exchanged for several times the amount of sweet potatoes and potatoes here.
Now, after exchanging two bottles for these, he felt like he was at a loss, but this bearded barbarian actually wanted more!
However, before Li Xuan had even taken two steps, the bearded shopkeeper quickly ran up to Li Xuan with a flattering look on his face and hurriedly gestured.
Judging from its meaning, I agree!
On the side, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others all looked disdainful when they saw this.
Li Xuan snorted coldly and 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.
Then, he walked to the next shop.
Behind him, the bearded shopkeeper also closed the shop door and followed Li Xuan quietly.
Corn shop.
Li Xuan spent a small bottle of refined salt and more than a thousand kilograms of corn.
Then, I spent another small bottle of refined salt and bought 500 kilograms of dry and stir-fried red peppers.
Finally, Li Xuan also discovered a surprise.
pumpkin!
Li Xuan spent another bottle of refined salt to buy up all the pumpkins in that shop.
Finally, after walking around the city and not finding anything good, he took everyone out of the city and prepared to return to the ship.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there will be no peace tonight!"
After setting up camp, Xue Rengui came to Li Xuan with a serious look on his face.
"That's why I chose this place to camp!"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "There are only two roads here, which is the best time for them to attack!"
"Your Majesty, did you deliberately lure them here?"
Xue Rengui looked surprised.
"Why, are you scared?" Li Xuan asked.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, even if everyone in that small city comes to attack, the general will not be afraid at all!"
Xue Rengui said hurriedly.
"Everyone should take a good rest and occupy favorable terrain. These barbarians are different from me in the Tang Dynasty. No one knows when they will attack.
Therefore, at least half of the people need to keep vigil tonight and set up traps, more of them!"
As he said that, Li Xuan had a stern look on his face.
"I never like to take the initiative to kill barbarians, but if someone wants to kill me, then for my safety, I 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.
When Xue Rengui and other personal guards had nothing to do in Lijiazhuang, they liked to hide in the mountains and forests next to Zhuangzi, studying and setting up various traps.
The other soldiers are all veterans who have been on many battlefields. They have more experience in killing enemies on the battlefield than Xue Rengui and others.
Night falls.
Several fires have been lit throughout the camp.
Half of the soldiers entered the tent and fell asleep.
Half of the soldiers were lying in the grass in the distance, watching the distance with vigilant faces.
"Master, why did we clean up those tails following us when we left the city?"
In the big tent, Cheng Chusi looked puzzled.
"Why clean up?"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "I am only about twenty miles away from that small town at this time. With such a large team, even if the tails are cleared, they can still find it.
In this case, it is better to keep a few tails and know their movements!"
Hearing this, Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others were all thoughtful.
"Are you worried?"
Li Xuan chuckled again, "Today, there are only two blacksmith shops in the city, and there seem to be only more than a hundred soldiers wearing iron armor.
Tonight, even if all the barbarians in the city came out in full force, there would only be four thousand young and strong barbarians at most.
Such a small number of people are not enough to pay too much attention to!"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others all breathed a sigh of relief.