Li Huaixin stuck his head out of the city.
He had no impression of these people in the city, and it could be said that he didn't know any of them.
But he knew the black armor of Tiger Character Banner, and knew that this kind of black armor was forged from fine iron. Only people from Tiger Character Banner in Datong Prefecture could use such good armor.
"Master Li." Wang Yuncheng shouted again towards the city.
Li Huaixin, who was lying on the top of the city, said: "I know that you are people from the Tiger Flag, but if you want to enter the city, you definitely can't. The Beibei army is still outside the city. I will not risk the people of Xinpingbao. This risk."
"Don't worry, sir, the Beilu have returned to the grassland." Wang Yuncheng shouted.
Li Huaixin on the top of the city did not answer the question.
He saw the defeat of the Beilu with his own eyes, and he also guessed that the Beilu would probably retreat to the grassland, but there was still an army of Tiger Flags outside the city.
Before he figured out what the Tiger Character Banner wanted to do, he didn't dare to open the city gate, let alone let the Tiger Character Banner people enter the city. If the city gate was closed tightly before to prevent the Northern invaders, now the city gate is closed tightly. The army of anti-tiger flags.
Wang Yuncheng, who was at the bottom of the city, guessed a little bit of Li Huai's worries, so he raised his head and said, "Don't worry, sir, the common people have never thought of entering the city, and the Tiger Flag army outside the city will not enter the city either."
"Since you don't want to go to the city, why did you come to see me?" Li Huaixin asked.
When people from the Tiger Flag came to the city to look for him, they couldn't just chat for a few words or meet him once. He believed that something must be wrong with the other party.
Wang Yuncheng said: "Our Tiger Character Banner defeated the Beibei army before and captured many heads. The common people wanted to give these heads of Beibei to the general."
"Really?" Li Huaixin blurted out on the top of the city, his face slightly flushed.
He saw with his own eyes that the Beibei army was defeated and fled. The number was less than half of the number when it came. As the victor, the Tiger Banner must have captured many Beibei heads.
My guess is that there will never be less than a thousand heads.
These heads represent meritorious services, official positions, and rewards from the court.
A soldier on the side said to Li Huaixin: "Sir, if we have these Tatar heads, it will be a great achievement, but my subordinates are worried that the tiger-character flag will not be so kind, and maybe they want to trick us into opening the city gate. "
Li Huaixin trembled when he heard this and calmed down.
I saw him pressing one hand on the parapet, leaning out half of his body outside the city wall, and shouting at Wang Yuncheng below the city wall: "Are you really willing to hand over the heads of the Tatars to me?"
Wang Yuncheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir. Common people will never dare to deceive you. Besides, these heads are of no use to our Tiger Flag. Keeping them will only take up space."
Li Huaixin on the top of the city thought for a while and said: "Okay, you send all the Tatar heads to the city wall. I will put the bamboo baskets down from the city wall. When the time comes, you can put all the heads in the bamboo baskets." In the basket.”
"Master Li, those are more than 2,000 heads. How long can they be kept in bamboo baskets?" Wang Yuncheng smiled lightly and said immediately, "Besides, Sir, you don't want to take away the heads so easily, do you?"
Li Shuheng frowned.
The soldier next to him whispered: "Sir, be careful! It is impossible to hide such a big thing from the Tiger Flag from the court. They might jump over the wall and seize the opportunity to occupy Xinping Fort."
Li Huaixin nodded, he also had this concern.
However, if the people in the Tiger-Character Banner really thought that they could use the Tatar's head to trick him into opening the city gate, then the people in the Tiger-Character Banner were delusional.
Another soldier on the side said: "If your lord can get the heads of more than two thousand Tatars, your lord will be at least the deputy commander-in-chief in the future. Those of us who follow you, your lord, may also have the opportunity to get into the official ranks."
The breathing of several soldiers around him became rapid.
With so many Tatar heads distributed to each of them, at least a dozen heads were mixed in, which was enough for them to advance further in the army.
Li Huai pinched his beard with his hands.
He didn't want the people from the Tiger Character Banner to enter the city and threaten Xinpingbao, but he also didn't want to give up the heads of these Tatars.
If he misses this time, he doesn't know if he will have such an opportunity again in this life to get the heads of more than two thousand Tatars for free.
"Is Mr. Li still there?" Wang Yuncheng couldn't help but ask without waiting for a response from the city leader for a long time.
Li Huaixin came to his senses and shouted to the city: "Of course I want the heads of the Tatars, but if you want to use these heads to blackmail me, I can only tell you that you made the wrong idea..."
"What are you talking about, sir? How dare the common people threaten you, sir." Wang Yuncheng said with a smile, "The head can be handed over to you, sir, but I hope you can conceal the fact that our Tiger Flag was defeated by the captives."
When Li Huaixin heard that the people from the Tiger Flag would not enter the city, he agreed without thinking: "Okay, I agree."
"The common people have thanked you in advance." Wang Yuncheng raised his hands toward the city and said immediately, "The common people will arrange for someone to go back and bring the Beilu's head."
After speaking, he turned to the cuirassier beside him and said, "Go back to the camp and bring five hundred heads."
"Yes." The cuirassier agreed, turned his horse's head, and galloped towards the camp.
Li Huaixin, who was on the top of the city, saw the cavalry with the tiger-shaped flag leaving the city and guessed that the other party was going to get the heads of the Tatars.
Thinking of this, his heart became hot.
More than two thousand Tatar heads have not appeared in Datong Mansion for so many years. What's more important is that these are real Tatar heads, not the fake Tatar heads in the past.
Wang Yuncheng took the cuirassiers around him and retreated a little, out of the range of the bow and arrow on the city wall.
Less than half an hour later, a four-wheeled cart drove towards Xinpingbao.
Soon, a four-wheeled cart appeared at the foot of Xinpingbao City.
Li Huaixin on the city wall frowned as he looked at the heads pulled by the four-wheeled cart.
The soldier on the side whispered: "Sir, it's not like there are more than two thousand heads. I'm afraid there are not even a thousand."
There were only a few hundred heads brought by the four-wheeled cart, and there was a clear gap between the two thousand heads. People on the top of the city could tell it at a glance.
When Li Huaixin saw that the people in the tiger-character flag were fooling him, his face sank and he said coldly to the city: "What do you mean by the tiger-character flag? Don't you think I know how to count? Is this the only amount of two thousand heads?"
"There are indeed not two thousand heads in front of us, only five hundred." Wang Yuncheng said unhurriedly, "General Zhang is leading the army towards Xinping Fort. They will arrive in a few days. The common people feel that Sir One person can't eat so many heads, so I prepared some for the commander-in-chief."
Hearing this, Li Huaixin's expression softened a little.
He also knew in his heart that even if the people of the Tiger Character Banner handed over all the Tatar heads to him, he would still have to share the profits with other officials in Datong. The General Soldier would also have a share, and he would also take the bulk.
Now the Tiger-Character Banner has offered to give part of it to Commander-in-Chief Zhang Huai, which does no harm to him. Five hundred Tatar heads are enough for him. What's more important is that these five hundred Tatar heads belong to him. One person does not need to share profits with others.
