Zhang Huai said: "You should be talking about the bodyguards raised by the Tiger Flag! What are they called soldiers?"
"My boss does have some bodyguards who usually serve as convoy guards." Zhao Yutu admitted frankly.
Raising bodyguards and thugs is not a secret. Any gentry family with some strength will raise some thugs, especially when the Tiger Character Banner does business with the Mongolian tribes on the grassland. Without a certain amount of force, they would have been eaten long ago. Not even the bones are left.
Neither Governor Liu nor Zhang Huai was surprised by this.
Governor Liu picked up the bowl, blew the hot air inside, and said, "The regiment training is to maintain local stability. They are not private soldiers of your Tiger Flag. Moreover, the Lingqiu regiment training is not allowed to leave the county."
"Please rest assured, Governor, we only need soldiers from the Tiger Flag to deal with the Northern invaders." Zhao Yutu bowed to Governor Liu.
Governor Liu frowned and said with an expression of displeasure: "That's nonsense. Do you know how many Northern invaders are coming? The few soldiers raised by your Tiger Flag will only anger them once they appear in front of the Northern invaders." "
Zhang Huai, who was standing next to him, said: "The invading Beibei are not the horse bandits that your Tiger Banner met on the grassland. With just your few soldiers, they are no match for the Beibei."
As the leaders of civil and military affairs in Datong, both of them did not believe that a single company could deal with the Beibei army in the direction of Xinpingbao.
Zhao Yutu smiled and said: "This time, there are about 6,000 Northern soldiers who invaded. The leader is Su Nangtaiji from Bansheng City. However, most of these 6,000 horses are ordinary herdsmen and real soldiers. No more than a thousand.”
When Governor Liu heard the number of people Zhao Yutu said, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhang Huai with questioning eyes.
Zhang Huai did not expect that the people of the Tiger Character Banner would know so clearly about the situation of the invading Beibei army. Considering that the Tiger Character Banner often dealt with various grassland ministries, it was not a surprise to know the situation of the Beibei army, and compared with Xinping He believed the 10,000 people said by the people from the fortress, but he believed the 6,000 cavalry mentioned by the Tiger Character Banner.
As the commander-in-chief of the border town, he knew very well that the people below liked to exaggerate the truth.
Thinking of this, he nodded towards Governor Liu.
Governor Liu put down the bowl in his hand, stroked his beard, and said: "It's not easy even for General Zhang to deal with these six thousand Beibei cavalry. Why do I believe that you can deal with the invading Beibei soldiers?"
As a high-ranking official in the border town, he was very aware of how difficult it was for these six thousand cavalry to be dealt with. He scorned the idea of sending troops to deal with the invading Northern invaders proposed by the Tiger Banner people.
Even if a business company raised some military force, he did not think it could be more powerful than the Datong frontier army. It was undoubtedly a fantasy in his eyes to use the soldiers raised by the business company to deal with the Beibei army.
"Sir," Zhao Yutu said, "the northern barbarians have invaded our border area of Datong. If we do not stop them, Su Nang will lead the army to march straight in. Datong will definitely suffer heavy losses by then. And our tiger-character flag is willing to cooperate with the invading border areas." Even if we lose in a battle with Beilu, we can still weaken Beilu's arrogance."
"Okay, stop talking." Governor Liu said, "How to deal with the invading Beibei army is a matter for the imperial court, and it is not your business's turn to comment."
Zhang Huaiye, who was standing next to him, said: "Your Tiger Character Banner is really overestimating its own capabilities in trying to deal with the invading Beibei army. Neither the governor nor I will agree with your Tiger Character Banner doing such a thing that may anger the Beibei army." The behavior of prisoners."
Zhao Yutu saw that these two people did not believe that the Tiger Character Banner could deal with the Beibei army, and knew that it was useless to say anything else, so he said: "Common people listen to these two adults."
Governor Liu picked up the tureen on the table, put it to his mouth and took a sip, then asked: "What is the relationship between your Tiger Flag and the various grassland ministries?"
Zhao Yutu did not expect that Governor Liu would ask about this, so he thought about it and said, "The Tiger Flag's convoy is just going to do business on the grassland. It has a normal relationship with the various ministries in Monan and does not have deep contacts."
"I don't think so." Governor Liu moved the tea in the cup with the lid between his fingers, and said calmly, "Since your Tiger Character Banner can figure out the number and leaders of the invading Beibei soldiers, I guess you and the Beibei soldiers The relationship is definitely not as simple as you said."
Zhao Yutu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't quite understand why Governor Liu said such things.
Governor Liu closed the lid of the cup and said, "I have something for you to do. I think with the relationship between you and Beilu, you will be able to get the job done."
"I wonder what you want the common people to do?" Zhao Yutu asked.
"This matter is very simple for you. As long as you work hard, you will be able to solve it." Governor Liu said, "I have decided that you, the Tiger Character Banner, will come forward to persuade the invading Beibei army to retreat. If you do this well, I will I will definitely ask the imperial court to reward you."
Zhao Yutu frowned and said: "My lord, since the Beilu have chosen to invade, they will definitely not retreat with just a few words of persuasion. Besides, our Tiger Character Banner does not have deep contacts with various grassland ministries. Even if we come forward to persuade, It won’t be useful.”
He knew in his heart why Su Nang led his troops to Datong, so he didn't think that the tiger character flag could make Su Nang retreat his troops. Asking them to persuade Su Nang to retreat would be equivalent to sending the tiger character flag into the mouth of Beilu.
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Governor Liu put the bowl in his hand heavily on the table and said: "This matter has been settled. You go back and discuss it with your proprietor, and go to the Beibei army outside Xinping Fort as soon as possible."
After saying that, without waiting for Zhao Yutu to speak, he said again: "Okay, go down!"
Zhao Yutu saw that Governor Liu was determined to give their tiger-character flag to Su Nang, and knowing that there was no point in saying anything else, he said: "Yes, the common people should retire."
With that said, he bowed and exited the back office.
Governor Liu said to Zhang Huai: "Your General Military Office will send a team of soldiers and horses to keep an eye on the people with the Tiger Flag. They must not be allowed to leave Lingqiu and escape elsewhere."
The invading Beilu ordered the people in the Tiger-Character Banner to be wanted. He had already decided in his mind that as long as the Tiger-Character Banner could not persuade the Beibei to retreat, he would hand over all the people in the Tiger-Character Banner to the Beibei in exchange for their retreat.
"Don't worry, sir, I will make arrangements right away." Zhang Huai stood up from his seat, raised his fist towards Governor Liu, and said, "General, I will leave."
Governor Liu nodded.
Zhang Huai took two steps back and left the houya with his staff.
When only Governor Liu and his staff Du Wanyuan were left in the houya, Du Wanyuan said: "Sir, are you really prepared to hand over the people of Tiger Flag to Beilu?"
"Hmph, they are the ones who provoked the Northern invaders this time, so naturally they have to deal with it." Governor Liu snorted coldly.
Du Wanyuan said: "But this tiger-character flag is backed by Eunuch Wei from the capital. Your Excellency, you have disposed of the tiger-character flag in this way. I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to Eunuch Wei."
