Du Wanyuan glanced at Zhang Huai who was a little impatient, smiled, and continued: "You two adults should all know that the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag are on the grassland outside Xinping Fort, and Lingqiu is the home of the Tiger Flag. , their iron yards and workshops are all in Lingqiu, and as far as the students know, Liu Heng, the proprietor of Tiger Character Banner, is also in Lingqiu."
"We can go straight to Huanglong." Zhang Huai patted the armrest of the seat excitedly.
Du Wanyuan looked at Zhang Huai and said with a smile: "If the Commander-in-Chief wants to deal with the Tiger Flag, he must send troops as soon as possible to catch Liu Heng before the Tiger Flag can react. Without him, the Tiger Flag will be leaderless, and the remaining Whether you want to recruit people to peace or to suppress them is all at your discretion."
"As expected of a scholar, he has a lively mind." Zhang Huai praised with a smile, then looked at Governor Liu and said, "Sir, Mr. Du is right. The general thought that he could gather his troops and send troops to Lingqiu now."
He can be the one to lead the troops, but when to send out troops, he still needs to listen to Governor Liu, a civilian official.
Governor Liu tapped his fingers lightly on the table, hesitating on his face, and after a long time he said, "Are you sure? What if there is still a troop of soldiers and horses hidden in Lingqiu under the Tiger Flag?"
"Impossible." Zhang Huai waved his hand and said, "I have seen the soldiers of the Tiger Flag. Everyone wears armor, and their weapons are blunderbuss and spears made of fine iron, as well as many iron cannons. All this costs a lot of money. Liu Heng is a businessman after all. As long as he is a businessman, he is greedy for money. It is impossible for him to use all the money he earns to raise soldiers. The thousands of soldiers and horses outside Xinping Fort should be tigers. The flags are all in force."
Du Wanyuan, who was standing on the side, interjected: "The students think so too. The number of thousands of soldiers and horses raised by the Tiger Flag should be the limit. Even if there are still more, the number will not be too many."
Governor Liu looked hesitant and undecided.
"Sir, please send troops. Once Liu Heng reacts and mobilizes the troops outside Xinping Fort, we will never have such a good opportunity again, and the imperial court's will will not be fulfilled." Zhang Huai persuaded.
Governor Liu suddenly let out a long breath and said: "The imperial court has issued a decree to suppress the rebellion, and we can only follow it. Regardless of whether there are still soldiers and horses hidden in the Tiger Flag in Lingqiu, we have no choice."
"Yes, sir, we have no choice but to send troops to Lingqiu to quell the rebellion." Zhang Huai echoed.
Governor Liu looked serious and said, "Okay, let's send troops to Lingqiu."
Snapped!
He slapped the table.
"General Mo will go back and prepare for dispatching troops." Zhang Huai stood up from his seat.
Normally, he can get a lot of smuggling benefits from the tiger-character flag. Now the imperial court has issued an order to suppress the rebellion. The so-called Taoist friends who will die in peace will not die. Now that the tiger-character flag is being put away, he is equally unambiguous.
"Wait a minute." Governor Liu shouted to Zhang Huai.
Zhang Huai turned around, stopped, and looked at Governor Liu.
I heard Governor Liu say: "Be quick. The so-called military is valuable and it is too fast to delay too long. Since we want to catch the Tiger Flag by surprise, we can't drag our feet on the road like the last time we sent troops to Xinpingbao."
Zhang Huaiyi lowered his head, clasped his hands and said: "General, I understand that this time I will only bring the deputy generals and servants. I will not bring any soldiers and horses from the main barracks. When I arrive at Lingqiu, I will ask the soldiers and horses from the Lingqiu garrison camp to assist."
"That's inappropriate." Governor Liu waved his hand and said, "The soldiers and horses in Lingqiu cannot be used. Don't forget, the home base of the Tiger-Character Banner is in Lingqiu. I'm afraid the county magistrate and guards there have long colluded with the Tiger-Character Banner. It’s so deep that I can’t believe it anymore.”
Zhang Huai paused, feeling that Governor Liu was making a fuss out of a molehill.
They also had constant contact with the tiger-character flag, but when it came to his official title, he had to take action against the tiger-character flag as well. He felt that the Lingqiu garrison would not be ignorant of the overall situation, and at this time, they still insisted on making good friends with the tiger flag. word flag.
Du Wanjian, who was standing aside, did not understand Zhang Huai, so he explained: "The Tiger Character Banner has raised thousands of private soldiers in Lingqiu. Such a big thing has never been reported to the local government. It can be seen that it has already colluded with the Tiger Character Banner. Otherwise, It is impossible for the governor and the commander-in-chief not to know about Huziqi's treasonous act."
They were all officials for many years. After hearing Du Wanyuan's words, Zhang Huai immediately realized that he was preparing to hand over the Lingqiu County Magistrate and the guards to the court as scapegoats.
Seeing that Zhang Huai understood, Governor Liu said, "Don't wait too long. It's best to send troops to Lingqiu today. We must dare to catch Liu Heng before he can react."
"Yes, the general will gather his troops and send troops to Lingqiu right now." Zhang Huai agreed, turned around and walked out of Houya.
Zhang Huai returned all the way to the General Military Mansion, and then summoned all the generals.
The personal servants have the strongest fighting power, but these people are the personal soldiers of the generals. At most, he can only assign his own personal servants. He cannot directly intervene in the command of the personal servants of other generals, but he can raise them as his own. All the generals from the Bing Jia Ding were summoned.
One by one, military generals were called to the General Military Mansion. The first person sitting on Zhang Huai's left hand side was Datong Deputy General Li Kaiyang.
The one who can come to the General Military Mansion is at least a Qian Commander, the kind with real power. Military generals with empty titles cannot afford to support many personal servants, and generals from Qian Commander down also do not have much money to support their personal servants.
Zhang Huai took a look at the generals who came to the General Military Mansion. Except for the guards at the border forts and guard posts, almost all of them arrived at the General Military Mansion as long as they were in Datong.
"Sir, I have summoned all the subordinates to the General Military Mansion at this time. What's the matter? Could it be that we really want to go to Lingqiu to suppress the rebellion?" Li Kaiyang, who is the deputy general, spoke first.
As soon as the imperial court decided to put down the rebellion, all the civil servants and generals in Datong knew about it.
Zhang Huai said: "Yes, I have discussed with the governor and will immediately send troops to Lingqiu to wipe out the traitors in the Tiger Flag."
He tried to make his words sound murderous and moved his hands to increase his momentum.
"The imperial court has issued a decree to quell the rebellion. Naturally, the lower officials do not dare to disobey. However, the strength of the tiger-character flag soldiers is obvious to all. I am afraid that this rebellion is not easy to quell. My lord, why don't you discuss it with the governor again and let the imperial court Send more soldiers and horses to participate in countering the rebellion." Li Kaiyang suggested.
The other generals also nodded in support of Li Kaiyang's words.
Anyone who knows the truth about the disastrous defeat of the Beibei army not long ago knows that the tiger-character flag is not easy to mess with.
Zhang Huai waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "There is no need for the imperial court to send additional troops, as long as I and you are enough."
"Sir, do you have a solution to the Tiger Flag?" Li Kaiyang asked aloud.
Zhang Huai smiled and nodded, and then recounted what he had inferred from Governor Liu.
"If Lingqiu is really empty, it is not impossible to send troops to attack Lingqiu at this time." Li Kaiyang said thoughtfully.
Seeing Li Kaiyang's move, Zhang Huai said again: "Suppressing the rebellion is a great achievement. If we succeed this time, you will all be promoted to high positions in the future. If you miss it, don't blame me for not giving you the opportunity in advance. "
Although the words were spoken by everyone present, his eyes were on Li Kaiyang.
He is nominally the commander-in-chief, but deputy commander-in-chief Li Kaiyang also has many people supporting him. He only needs Li Kaiyang to agree to send troops to Lingqiu, and then other generals will not object.
