"Pan Yi, take your squadron to prepare firewood and hay. The more, the better. If there is not enough, ask the herdsmen for it and buy it. After getting it, they will all be piled around the warehouse. Every yurt must be surrounded by firewood. stand up."
Zhang Sancha came to Pan Yi and began to give orders.
"Yes." Pan Yi agreed.
Although he was curious about what he was doing with so much firewood, the word "obey orders" had already been engraved in the minds of every Tiger Flag soldier, and he would not disobey orders out of curiosity.
Pan Yi found the messenger and summoned more than a hundred soldiers from his squadron. According to the size of the squad, they went to several different directions to find the herdsmen to ask for the firewood and other items requested by Zhang Sancha.
The warehouse originally stocked some firewood and grease.
Under the order of their squadron leader, the soldiers of the second squadron began to gather firewood around the yurt where the goods were stored, and large barrels of grease were sprinkled on it.
In addition to the busy soldiers of the two squadrons, the captured Fan Ji guys were also busy carrying firewood and other items.
Not long after, Pan Yi got a lot of firewood and hay and piled them towards the yurt on the inside of the fence.
More and more firewood was piled up, and hay and grease were sprinkled on top. Soldiers came over with wine jars, and jars of wine were sprinkled on top. The aroma of wine immediately filled the surroundings of the warehouse.
By this time, Pan Yi had already seen that he was going to set fire to the warehouse, and his heart was twitching.
Not for anything else, I just feel distressed for so many goods in front of me.
All kinds of firewood and hay were piled all over the ground, completely surrounding the yurt used as a warehouse.
Wang Dachun is a squad leader under Pan Yi and a native of Zhaojiayu.
Compared to the vast majority of people in Zhaojiayu who chose to join the Ordnance Bureau and become a blacksmith apprentice, he preferred to dance and play with sticks, so he joined the war corps when the Iron Field Thousand-Man Team was established in Tiger Character Banner.
After becoming a combat soldier, he became literate quickly and there were too many miners in the team. In order to prevent officers at all levels from being served by miners, the Iron Field Thousand Man Corps promoted a group of combat soldiers who were not absentees to serve as officers. Wang Dachun was there. At this time, he was promoted to squad leader.
At this time, he was leaning on the edge of a yurt where grain was stored, breathing heavily, and said: "Squadron leader, I'm afraid our life will be shortened if we do this! This is goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels, which I have never seen in my life. So much money passed."
"Say a fucking word." Pan Yi scolded with a dark face, "I have never seen so much money, but the captain has given an order, and we must carry it out."
Wang Dachun licked his dry lips and said: "The food in the warehouse is piled up like a mountain. With so much food, the entire Lingqiu people can't eat it all in one winter, not to mention there are so many messes. What a mess of groceries, squadron commander, what do you think the squadron commander thinks? Why do you have to burn such good things?"
"How the hell did I know." Pan Yi cursed and then said, "Deputy Director Li is here. The order must have been given by Deputy Director Li. If you are curious, go ask Deputy Director Li yourself. , it just so happens that I am also very curious."
Wang Dachun grinned and said, "Squadron leader, please don't harm our brothers. I'm only a squad leader, so I can't go up and ask the deputy director."
"Order from above, set fire, set fire immediately."
In the open space around the wooden fence, Shao Wen rode his horse around the warehouse while running. while shouting and setting fire.
Without the obstruction of the herdsmen from Jamukha Ranch, more and more herdsmen began to gather towards the warehouse, and more and more people gathered. In the distance, there were herdsmen coming here on horseback.
"The deputy director has an order, hurry up and light the fire. Anyone who disobeys the order will be severely punished."
Pan Yi knew Shao Wen who called out and knew that the other person was from the cavalry team. He usually followed Deputy Director Li. When he saw him, he knew that this order was directly issued by the Deputy Director.
"Everyone, please don't mess up. Throw the torches one by one and retreat slowly."
Under Pan Yi's order, torches were dropped from the yurts in the central area and gradually spread.
In addition to his squadron lighting up, there is another squadron on the other side that is also lighting up.
Grease and wine were sprinkled on the firewood, and it caught fire when touched.
About a quarter of an hour later, huge black smoke surged into the sky, and everyone in the entire ranch could see it clearly.
Among these people are not only the original herdsmen of the ranch, but also the herdsmen who have poured into the ranch, and some Mongolian armored soldiers who will not have time to withdraw in the future.
Huge flames hundreds of meters high shot up, and the sky seemed to be burned through.
The herdsmen who originally rushed into the pasture made various exclamations, and some people were shouting angrily.
Among those who shouted angrily was Fan Yongdou.
He didn't expect that Tiger Flag would do such a catastrophic thing and be able to make up his mind to burn so many goods. This was not goods worth hundreds of taels or thousands of taels, but goods worth hundreds of thousands taels. If it were him , couldn’t make up this decision.
The tongues of fire grew bigger and bigger, and soon they became one.
Some people who came after hearing the news looked at the soaring fire and let out bursts of exclamation.
No one would have thought that Tiger Flag would take the initiative to burn his own goods. If it were another person, no one would dare to burn goods worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
"I never imagined that people with the Tiger Flag could be so cruel to me."
Jamuka looked in the direction of the fire, muttering to himself blankly.
After such a huge fire burned down, the pasture would definitely be unusable, and the herdsmen in the pasture began to migrate several miles away.
The flames soaring into the sky were still very bright at night. After all, there were too many goods. Cloth and food were all flammable things. Once they burned, they would be out of control. Very difficult to extinguish.
The surrounding flames were so fierce and the smoke was so heavy that no one could stand within a few miles. Even the Tiger Flag's own people had retreated far away.
Some of the herdsmen who stayed behind stood watching the excitement from a distance, and the heat waves made people feel the coldness of winter completely.
The fire burned for most of the night before gradually dying down and finally extinguishing, leaving only sparks on the ground.
This fire made many Mongolians feel the strength of the Tiger Flag and their determination not to be impressed.
In the eyes of the Mongolians, the Han people have always been cowardly and courageous. At this time, no Mongolian would attach these two words to the people of the Tiger Flag.
Outside Qingcheng's sweat tent, Bu Shitu looked straight in the direction of the fire.
Some of the Taijis around him also had extremely complicated expressions.
During the day in the sweat tent, almost everyone thought that Tiger Flag's warehouse must be robbed. No one thought that Tiger Flag would be so ruthless and directly burn down his warehouse.
This fire put an end to those who wanted to build the Tiger Flag. Everyone understood that if the Fanji Chamber of Commerce could no longer produce goods to sell to the herdsmen, the Tiger Flag would be the only business on the grassland in the future.
"Fanji Chamber of Commerce's supplies are becoming increasingly insufficient, and all tribes are short of goods." Bu Shitu said, "Send notices to everyone on my behalf to expel the people from Fanji Chamber of Commerce. The tribes on the grassland will continue to cooperate with the Tiger Flag."
Even Tai Ji nearby could tell that the tiger-character flag's fire had made the Khan determined to continue cooperation with the tiger-character flag.
