Two thousand Mongolian cavalry left the camp and made a great noise on the grassland.
In the fort, Zhang Hong looked in the direction of the Mongolian army's camp with a monocular telescope, and his expression gradually became extremely ugly.
"Yingzheng, what's wrong?" Lin Ping came to Zhang Hong with a piece of cake in his hand. Seeing Zhang Hong's ugly face, he asked aloud.
Zhang Hong said with a serious expression: "The Northern prisoners have sent out troops."
"My subordinates will go back and let the artillery team prepare in advance." Lin Ping didn't care about eating the pancake in his hand, and turned around to walk back.
Zhang Hong said: "Instead of coming to our side, we should divide our troops and go to other places."
"Aren't you here to attack the Dunbao?" Lin Pingping was surprised and immediately said, "Are you planning to go behind the Dunbao and attack us?"
Zhang Hong glanced at him and said angrily: "What are you thinking about? Behind us is the Dahei River."
"Yes, yes, yes, behind the fort is the Dahei River. The Mongolian army cannot deploy on the remaining land." Lin Ping patted his forehead twice with his free hand.
There is a moat behind the fort, which is connected to the Dahei River. There is not much grassland. Once the cavalry approaches, it is equivalent to entering a dead end. It is not easy to turn around, and it is easy to become the target of shelling on the fort wall.
Zhang Hong put away the monocular telescope in his hand and said, "Go and tell Pan Yi to keep an eye on him here while I go see the deputy director."
He said this to the messenger beside him.
The ordering soldier agreed and ran to convey the order to Pan Yi.
When Lin Ping saw that Zhang Hong was leaving, he returned to the artillery team with the cake in his hand.
After getting off the fort wall, Zhang Hong quickly walked through the camp and returned to Li Shuheng's office.
"Deputy Director, the Mongols have divided their forces." Zhang Hong said as soon as he entered the room.
Li Shuheng, who was sitting behind the table, put down the iron spoon he was holding, looked at Zhang Hong with a frown, and said, "Are you sure the Mongolian army is dividing its forces?"
"I'm sure," Zhang Hong said. "The Mongol army that left had at least several thousand riders. It made a lot of noise. Many people on the fort wall saw it."
Li Shuheng put half of the cake in his hand into the big teapot with rice, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that as we guessed before, the Mongols can't do anything to us here, and are planning to attack our Tiger Flag in other places. ”
"Are they going to deal with our Tiger Flag's shops on the grassland?" Zhang Hong said, "The Mongolian army surrounded the Dunbao area and broke up with us. Maybe they will target those shops."
"It's a pity that no news has been sent back from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. We don't know what the situation is outside." Li Shuheng said with a frown.
Since the Mongol army arrived at Daheihe, the people in Dunbao have completely cut off contact with the outside world.
Zhang Hong said: "Why don't we send a team of people to leave Dunbao at night and go to Qingcheng to check the news?"
"Well, you are right, we need to send people to contact the outside world." Li Shuheng nodded and agreed to Zhang Hong's proposal.
Zhang Hong asked: "Deputy Director, who do you think is best to send?"
Li Shuheng thought for a while and said: "The people sent to inquire for information should be selected from the armored cavalry battalion. The number should not be too many. A dozen or so cavalry is enough. Too many people will be easily discovered by the Mongolian army."
Zhang Hong on the side nodded in agreement.
There are not many soldiers in his military camp who can ride horses, but those who go to inquire for information must be able to ride horses and have good riding skills. In the entire fort, only the armored cavalry battalion has suitable candidates.
Li Shuheng turned his head to look at Wu Bin and said, "Go find Ma Yunjiu and ask him to come to my place."
"Yes." Wu Bin agreed and backed out of the office room.
Zhang Hong walked to the bench beside him and sat down.
Li Shuheng, who was behind the table, picked up the teapot on the table, took a sip of water, and immediately said: "According to what you said, the Mongolian army left in an army of several thousand people. It seems that they will not attack us again for the time being. You A group of people can be withdrawn over there, so there won’t be so many people guarding the fort wall for the time being.”
"My subordinates understand." Zhang Hong nodded and said immediately, "As long as the Mongols don't come, it's enough to leave a team of a thousand men, and the remaining people can also take the opportunity to rest for a few more days."
"Well, you look at the arrangements." Li Shuheng nodded.
After a while, Ma Yunjiu walked in from outside.
"Deputy Director, are you looking for me?" He asked Li Shuheng as soon as he came in.
When Li Shuheng saw him, he said straight to the point: "Zhang Hong said that the Mongols sent an army of several thousand people to leave the camp. I suspect that the army that left was to deal with our Tiger Flag's shops or convoys on the grassland. , so I want to ask your armored cavalry battalion to arrange a team of people to go to Qingcheng to find out the news."
"When will we set off?" Ma Yunjiu asked.
Li Shuheng said: "Zhang Hong's people will lower the suspension bridge before dawn tomorrow. You select a dozen cavalry with good riding skills and leave the Dunbao at night."
"Yes, I will make arrangements when I get back." Ma Yunjiu agreed directly without refusing.
After explaining the matter, Li Shuheng picked up the cake in the big tea vat again, dug out the vegetables with a spoon and ate it one bite at a time.
At the same time, he said to Zhang Hong and Ma Yunjiu: "Have you two eaten? If not, I will ask Wu Bin to get food for you two. Come back and eat with me."
"We ate." Zhang Hong and Ma Yunjiu said.
Immediately, the two people stood up, and one of them, Zhang Hong, said: "There are still people who need to keep an eye on the fort wall, so I will go back first."
Li Shuheng nodded.
Ma Yunjiu on the other side also said: "I will go back and select suitable personnel, and give them a few words by the way."
"Go ahead!" Li Shuheng agreed.
Soon, Zhang Hong and Ma Yunjiu walked out of the office.
As soon as the two people came out of the office, Ma Yunjiu said: "What do you think Su Nang will do by forming an army?"
Zhang Hong, who was walking in front, looked back at him and said, "You really didn't guess?"
Ma Yunjiu hesitated and said, "I have some guesses, but I'm not sure."
"I know what you guessed." Zhang Hong said, "I guessed the same as you did. The army sent by Su Nang was to deal with the convoy of our Tiger Flag on the grassland."
Ma Yunjiu frowned and said, "Since you have guessed it, why didn't you tell the deputy director when we were in the office before?"
"Don't you know that you really want to be the deputy director?" Zhang Hong asked back, and then said, "When Su Nang was just about to take action, several of our Tiger Flag's Banshengdi shops had already closed. At this time, Su Nang The only thing Nang can deal with is the convoy sent by our Tiger Flag to the grassland. How could the deputy director not know this?"
Ma Yunjiu lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhang Hong continued: "Unfortunately, it was too late for us to know the news. Even if we wanted to send someone to inform Lingqiu, we couldn't do it. That's why the deputy director was anxious to contact the outside world because he didn't want anything more to happen. Everything happens in hindsight.”
Ma Yunjiu sighed and said, "I don't know if the convoy targeted by Su Nang can escape from the Mongolian army."
