People like Fatty Xu and Yang Yuqian should also keep a close eye on them. After all, they are different from us. " Zhao Yutu reminded.
Yang Yuan said: "The Foreign Intelligence Bureau has arranged for people to keep an eye on them. Once they do something disrespectful to the Tiger Flag, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau will directly kill them."
"That's good. Lingqiu is our base camp, and there must be no internal problems." Zhao Yutu said.
At this time, Liu Heng said: "Fatty Xu and the others are in a different situation from the Xuan Mansion. They are too closely involved with our Tiger Flag. Even if they surrender to the imperial court, the imperial court may not let them go. As long as they are not stupid, I believe they should know how to choose.”
"What the boss said is that they may have begun to regret joining our chamber of commerce now." Zhao Yutu said with a smile.
The plaque of the Lingqiu Dongshan Chamber of Commerce hangs in Xujiazhuang. Fatty Xu, Yang Yuqian, and Li Lidong are all directors of the chamber of commerce, and they have been running the iron yard with Tiger Character Banner for a long time.
Establishing team training, forming iron field warriors, including the production and sale of iron goods in the workshop, although Tiger Character Banner is single-handedly responsible for it, nominally everything is related to Xu Fatty and others, and it should be. The bonus was never less than theirs.
Now that Tiger Flag has become a rebel bandit, these people are at least accomplices.
Liu Heng's eyes passed over Jia Liu's face and landed on the headquarters of the Fifth and Sixth Soldiers' Camps. He said, "In this battle, I will personally lead the Fifth and Sixth Soldiers' Camps." The battalion goes to war.”
"yes."
The fourth and fifth soldiers agreed in unison, with joy on their faces.
The military camp led by the two men has not experienced a real war since its establishment. At most, it only did some things to suppress bandits. This time they had the opportunity to have a big battle with the Datong soldiers and horses, which made the two of them involuntarily start. Get excited.
In the past, the two of them had watched the Third Battalion perform constant feats on the grassland. Not long ago, the First Battalion and the Fourth Battalion teamed up to defeat the Mongolian army commanded by Su Nang and made military exploits. This made the two of them My eyes are burning.
Now it was finally their turn to have a chance to make meritorious deeds.
In Tiger Banner, it is difficult to be promoted without merit. Every time a position is promoted, there must be tangible merit corresponding to it.
"Master, the second battalion of soldiers under me can also fight with the official army." Jia Liu stood up and asked for a fight.
As the commander of the Second Soldier Battalion, he did not want to miss this opportunity to fight against Datong soldiers and horses.
The soldiers and horses of Datong have always been the imaginary enemy of several of their battalions. They have already figured out the situation of Datong soldiers and horses in private. For them, it is much easier to deal with the soldiers and horses of Datong than to deal with the Mongolian cavalry.
Liu Heng pressed his hand toward Jia Liu and motioned for him to sit down. At the same time, he said: "The Second Soldier Battalion will stay at Tiechang and Hutou Village, including Xujiazhuang. I can rest assured that I will leave these places to you."
"The Second Soldier Battalion has many old men and is stronger than the Fifth and Sixth Soldier Battalions. If the master agrees, our Second Soldier Battalion can stand alone against Datong's invading women's soldiers." Jia Liu said.
He was unwilling to give up such an opportunity to perform meritorious service, and his Second Soldier Battalion had already missed several opportunities to perform meritorious service.
"Master, our Fifth Soldier Battalion can also fight alone." The Fifth Soldier Battalion was speaking hurriedly, fearing that Liu Heng would give this opportunity to Jia Liu's Second Soldier Battalion.
The Sixth Soldier Battalion also spoke: "Our Sixth Soldier Battalion can also fight alone, and we are guaranteed to win the battle."
Opportunities to make meritorious deeds are needed, and no one is willing to give them up.
Liu Heng waved his hand and said, "No need to say anything else. According to the original plan, as long as Datong's soldiers and horses invade, the fifth and sixth warrior camps will meet the enemy."
"yes."
Two large groups of warriors were puffing out their chests and loudly agreeing.
Jia Liu didn't want to give up and wanted to fight for it, so he said: "Master, our second soldier camp..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Heng said: "Obey the order."
"yes."
Jia Liu reluctantly agreed, knowing that the result was irreversible, and he and the Second Soldier Battalion could only continue to stay.
Liu Heng turned to look at Huang Zhong on the other side of the long table and asked, "How are you preparing the armor and iron cannons for the several military camps?"
"Except for the iron cannons, everything else has been prepared and delivered to several soldier camps." Huang Zhong said.
After such a long period of rush work, the Ordnance Bureau finally prepared the armor needed for several military camps, and now he was relieved.
Liu Heng nodded with satisfaction.
The Tiger Flag relied on strong soldiers and sharp armor. He never dared to be careless in this regard. Now that the soldiers and armor were all in place, the combat effectiveness of several large battalions of soldiers was guaranteed.
"How many cannons are there in the artillery field?" Zhao Yutu asked Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong took out a small book from his arms, licked his fingertips with his tongue, flipped through the pages of the book, and finally stopped at one of the pages, took a look, and said: "There are five guns left in the artillery field. , including two six-pound cannon, one nine-pound cannon, and two twelve-pound cannon, but these two twelve-pound cannon are used for testing guns and cannot be equipped to several large battalions of soldiers."
"We only need six-pounders and nine-pounders," the Sixth Soldier Battalion said.
Since the battle outside Xinpingbao, these battalions have seen the benefits of iron cannons. For these cannons, several battalions are eager to move to their own camps.
Huang Zhong glanced at Liu Heng and saw that he had no objection, so he said: "I will arrange for someone to send the cannon to you when I get back, but you need to handle the cannon yourself."
The gunners of the Tiger Flag have received special training, and not just anyone can become a gunner.
Without qualified gunners, the power of iron cannons will be greatly reduced.
The sixth battalion battalion looked at Liu Heng with a longing look on his face, and said flatteringly: "Master, my subordinates are still short of a few gunners. Can you see if you can support a few of my subordinates? Otherwise, These cannons have become dumb guns, what a waste!"
"Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful here. I will send gunners to you from the martial arts hall. You will not be short of gunners there." Liu Heng agreed.
Gunners are a technical branch, and the Jiangwu Hall has a special gunner course to train qualified gunners for the Tiger Flag.
"Thank you, Master." The Sixth Soldier's main camp looked happy.
The Fifth Soldier Battalion on the side had a look of regret on his face. Just because he was a step too late, the last few cannons in the artillery field fell into the hands of the Sixth Soldier Battalion.
Liu Heng turned his head and said to Yang Yuan: "People from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau are sent out to keep an eye on the soldiers and horses in Datong to find out when they will take action."
No matter how close the relationship between Tiger Character Banner and Zhang Huai, the commander-in-chief, was in the past, he knew that since the imperial court had made a decision to suppress the rebellion, Zhang Huai would definitely sacrifice Tiger Character Flag for his official title.
However, what he didn't know was that the news of Zhang Huai's troops was already on his way to Lingqiu.
