Yang Yuan quickly walked into the mortgage room in Xujiazhuang.
"Master, Mr. Zhao has sent a secret message."
He held the bamboo tube in his hand and placed his hands on the table in front of Liu Heng.
Liu Heng picked up the bamboo tube, pulled out the plug on it, poured out a paper roll from it, pulled it open with his hands, read the contents on it, handed it to Yang Yuan, and said at the same time: "You should also take a look!"
Yang Yuan took it in his hand and looked at it.
Liu Heng turned to Zhao Wu and said, "Send someone to inform several war soldiers Yingzheng and Huang Zhong are coming to Xujiazhuang to discuss matters."
"Yes." Zhao Wu agreed and walked out of the signing room.
After reading the content of the secret letter, Yang Yuan frowned and said: "With our relationship with Su Nang, it is impossible to persuade Su Nang to withdraw, but our Datong governor has left this matter in our hands. He is What's the meaning?"
"The governor wants to hand us over to Su Nang in exchange for Su Nang's withdrawal." Liu Heng picked up the teapot on the table, took a sip of water, and said, "Don't forget, the one Su Nang was beating was The tiger-shaped flag has deceived the herdsmen, and I think our governor is prepared to sacrifice us to resolve the anger of the Mongols."
"A bunch of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves." Yang Yuan said bitterly.
Throughout Datong, there were very few officials who had not taken money from the Tiger Flag, especially the governor, the commander-in-chief, and the guards at the border forts, who got the most money from the smuggling of the Tiger Flag.
Now that something happened, these officials didn't think about how to deal with the invading northern captives, but thought about sacrificing their tiger-character flag, which made Yang Yuan resentful.
Liu Heng stood up with a teapot in his hand, walked to the table, and said: "Our governor is not worried at all. Fortunately, we don't expect him to do anything. The invading Beibei army originally planned to let us Let’s solve it.”
"Do you mean to head north?" Yang Yuan asked.
Liu Heng picked up the teapot and took a sip of water, and said: "I wanted to be more prepared and go north in a month or two. Unfortunately, Su Nang did not give us this time, so now we can only go north early."
"Isn't it too hasty to go north at this time? The armor of several soldiers' camps has not been gathered yet, which will affect the strength of the soldiers." Yang Yuan said worriedly.
The armor required by several large military camps was a large sum of money. Especially after learning that Su Nang would besiege Daheihe Dunbao, the armor and iron cannons built by the Ordnance Bureau were sent to the grassland as a priority. The time for equipping other military camps with armor has been postponed.
Liu Heng looked out the door and said, "It's impossible for everything to happen until we are ready. We didn't expect Su Nang to invade the border under the guise of deceiving the herdsmen under the banner of a tiger-shaped flag."
"That's true, but my subordinates are still worried that too many soldiers and horses will be lost in hastily joining the battle, and there are too many recruits in the several military camps. Once the war goes unfavorably, the army may collapse." Yang Yuan revealed. He said worriedly.
Liu Heng walked to the door of the custody room, looked at the area in the yard that was illuminated by the sun, and said, "Several military camps have tried their best to train new recruits while sending them to escort convoys and suppress bandits. This time with The first battle of the Beilu army led by Su Nang is to prepare for the next move northward. If we can't defeat the Beilu army led by Su Nang at home, then we don't need to talk about going north."
At this time, Zhao Wu came back from outside.
He stood in front of Liu Heng and said: "Report to the head of the family, inform the soldiers from the military camp and the weapons bureau that people have been sent out, and the meeting hall has been rearranged."
Liu Heng nodded.
Half an hour later, the long table in the Xujiazhuang meeting hall was full of people.
Liu Heng sat on the seat at the head of the long table. He looked at the people in front of him and said, "You have all read the secret message Mr. Zhao sent back from Datong. Now Su Nang has named the government officials to remove our tiger-character flag. The governor of Datong has agreed. One is to tie our hands and let Su Nang bully us. The other is to send troops to defeat the northern invaders brought by Su Nang. army, but I decided to send troops to defeat the Beilu army in the direction of Xinpingbao."
As he spoke, he hit the table with his fist.
"My First Soldier Battalion is willing to invite us to fight." Chen Xunping stood up.
Jia Liu, who was standing next to him, also stood up and said, "There is also my second battalion of warriors who are also requesting a fight with Beilu."
"And our fourth soldier camp." Wang Yuncheng also stood up.
"And my fifth soldier camp."
"Our Sixth Soldier Battalion is not a coward either."
Several battalions of soldiers stood up from the long table and asked to go to Xinpingbao to fight the Beili army.
Liu Heng pressed his hands down and said, "I understand your desire to fight, but because of the armor, only three battalions of soldiers can be dispatched at most."
Several battalions of soldiers looked at each other, and suddenly they all stood up.
However, before they could speak, Liu Heng said: "Needless to say, I have already made a decision. This time, the First Soldier Battalion and the Fourth Soldier Battalion will fight."
"Yes." Chen Xunping and Wang Yuncheng agreed at the same time.
Jia Liu said: "Master, our Second Soldier Battalion can also go to war, and compared with the Third Soldier Battalion, our Second Soldier Battalion has been established for a long time, has more veterans, and its combat strength is also higher than that of the Third Soldier Battalion. The Fourth Soldier Camp is stronger."
"Fart." Wang Yuncheng retorted, "Our fourth soldier camp is no weaker than your second soldier camp."
Just as Jia Liu was about to speak, he heard Liu Heng say: "The Second Soldier Battalion needs to stay in Lingqiu. After the First Soldier Battalion is transferred, some of Lingqiu's defenses need to be supplemented by the Second Soldier Battalion. "
"Yes, I obey." Jia Liu didn't argue anymore.
Liu Heng looked sideways at Wang Yuncheng and said: "Your Fourth Soldier Battalion is located close to Xinping Fort, so you need to make logistical preparations in advance so that you can enter the battlefield as soon as possible after the First Soldier Battalion arrives. "
"I understand." Wang Yuncheng nodded solemnly.
Liu Heng looked at the two battalion commanders of the Fifth Soldier Camp and the Sixth Soldier Camp and said: "The number of artillery equipment in the First Soldier Camp and the Fourth Soldier Camp is not enough. After you two go back, , send the artillery teams of your two battalions to the first and fourth soldier battalions."
"Yes." The other two soldiers from the camp nodded heavily.
Liu Heng said to Huang Zhong again: "After the discussion is over in a moment, your weapons bureau will send the existing armor to the first and fourth soldier camps."
"Don't worry, proprietor. I'll arrange for someone to send him there when he gets back." Huang Hong nodded in agreement.
Liu Heng said to Lao Wu again: "Lao Wu, your cavalry will be needed as sentries next. Are you qualified?"
Lao Wu is training a new batch of cavalry.
"Don't worry, Boss, the cuirassiers can go to war at any time." Lao Wu assured.
Liu Heng stood up, looked at the people in front of him and said: "This battle is related to the future of our Tiger Flag. We can only win but not lose."
