When the next supply of food and fodder for the army was about to arrive, and the time for dispatching troops was agreed upon with Zhang Huai, Yang Guozhu took his leave and returned to the official and army camp outside the city with his soldiers.
Tens of thousands of people, boundless.
Tens of thousands of troops were stationed outside the city of Datong, which made many Datong officials and people feel at ease.
However, only the people inside Datong Prefecture were at ease, while the people outside Datong Prefecture were on tenterhooks, hoping that this army from Xuan Prefecture would leave as soon as possible.
Returning to the place where the army was stationed outside the city, Yang Guozhu saw carts of grain and grass being sent into the camp.
Yang Guozhu led his own soldiers to avoid the carts bringing food and rode into the camp.
Back at the main tent, the deputy general in the camp got the news and came to see Yang Guozhu.
"Mr. Du, the staff member next to Governor Liu, has sent food and grass. Sir, do you want to see him?" The deputy general bowed and said to Yang Guozhu.
Yang Guozhu waved his hand and said, "I won't see him anymore. You go and see him off when you leave."
"Yes, I will understand." The deputy general agreed.
Yang Guozhu said again: "Tomorrow the army will leave Lingqiu, and Datong's soldiers and horses will also go with them. You can make arrangements later."
"The Datong soldiers and horses were defeated by the bandits from Lingqiu. Wouldn't it be a good idea to take them to Lingqiu?" the deputy general said hesitantly, somewhat reluctant to bring the Datong soldiers and horses.
Yang Guozhu said: "We come to Datong to suppress bandits. All the food and grass are prepared by Datong. In addition, we are fighting as a guest army. We cannot take all the benefits. We must give others a chance to eat soup."
"The general feels that the soldiers and horses of Datong are too useless. They can't even defeat a bandit formed by a businessman. So he went to Lingqiu with us. The general is worried that it will cause us trouble." The deputy general expressed his worries. .
Yang Guozhu shook his head, and then said with a smile: "Our Xuanfu soldiers and horses should be the main force in the suppression of the bandits. Datong soldiers and horses can only go with them. They don't need to take action. After the suppression of the tiger-character flag group of bandits, , give them some credit for their efforts."
The lieutenant general nodded, knowing that eating alone was the most undesirable, as it would easily offend others.
"If you have nothing to do, go down!" Yang Guozhu waved his hand, indicating that the other party could leave.
The deputy general did not leave, but said: "When your Excellency went to see Datong Fucheng, the Governor of Datong sent his staff over, saying that he wanted to see the Lord."
"Meet me?" Yang Guozhu frowned slightly and said, "What do the people around me from Datong Patrol want to see me?"
The lieutenant general said: "He didn't say anything, but he said that he would come to visit again when the Lord comes back."
"Then ignore him. If something happens, he will naturally say it, and the Donglin Party officials don't want to have too much contact with him." Yang Guozhu said.
At this moment, a soldier from the army came in from outside the station, knelt on one knee in front of Yang Guozhu, and said: "General, there is a man coming from outside the camp, claiming to be Wang Xunjian's staff."
The deputy general standing aside looked surprised and said: "This person came very quickly. He came up to me as soon as the master came back."
"This person must have hurried over as soon as he learned that I was coming back from Datong Fucheng." Yang Guozhu said something, and then said to the soldier kneeling on the ground, "Bring him in!"
"Yes." The soldier agreed and withdrew.
Not long after, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar walked into the big tent.
"Chen Tong, I have met Mr. Yang." Chen Tong bowed to Yang Guozhu deeply.
Yang Guozhu looked Chen Tong up and down and said, "Are you Wang Xun's aide?"
"Exactly." Chen Tong smiled and nodded.
Yang Guozhu stroked his beard and said, "Why do you come to see me?"
"I'm here this time to give money to the Commander-in-Chief." Chen Tong said with a smile.
Yang Guozhu frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
"Does your Excellency know the business name of Lingqiu Tiger Flag?" Chen Tong asked back.
"Hmph!" Yang Guozhu snorted coldly and said, "I came to Datong this time just to wipe out the banditry of the Tiger Flag. Do you think I know that?"
"I made a mistake. I hope you won't blame me." Chen Tong quickly admitted his mistake.
Yang Guozhu stared at him coldly and said: "If you have anything to say, you'd better say it clearly once and for all. If I let this general notice that you are teasing me, even if you are a staff member next to the patrol officer, I will kill you." you."
When he said the last few words, his voice suddenly turned cold.
Chen Tong bowed his hands and said eagerly: "Mr. Yang, please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean to tease you, but I want to tell you that Tiger Flag is a powerful business in Datong with tremendous wealth. Your Excellency, if you can come to Datong to clear the Tiger Flag, you should get this huge fortune."
After hearing the other party's explanation, Yang Guozhu's expression softened a little and he said, "This general knows what you said, and there is no need for you to remind me."
"My lord, there is really no need to remind me of these things. In fact, what I want to say is the industries left behind after the Tiger Flag was wiped out." Chen Tong raised his head and looked at Yang Guozhu, who was sitting at the top.
Yang Guozhu twirled his beard with his fingers and said, "What? Are you interested in the industries of the Tiger Flag? Or are your adults interested in these?"
"No, no, no, my family is not interested in these." Chen Tong shook his head and denied, and then said, "It was a business called Fan Ji in Xuanfu who found my family, hoping to take over the Tiger Flag industry."
"Fan Yongdou came to see you?" Yang Guozhu asked.
Chen Tong said: "Dragon Fan didn't come, but Fan Yongcheng from the Fan family visited my family and proposed the idea of taking over the Tiger Character Flag industry. My family felt that someone must take over the industry left by the Tiger Character Flag, so he asked me to come down and talk to the general. Your Excellency, please discuss whether we can leave the properties of the Tiger Flag to Fan Ji after the Tiger Flag is wiped out by the army. Of course, the Fan family will not get these properties in vain, and there will be no shortage of rules."
After hearing this, Yang Guozhu did not answer immediately, but looked thoughtful.
The deputy general standing aside said: "Sir, we can't take away the properties of Tiger Character Banner anyway. After sealing them up, we might as well hand them over to Fan Ji. After all, Fan Ji is also a powerful and powerful business house in Xuanfu, so it's not bad. silver."
The army has not yet arrived at Lingqiu, and these people have already begun to study how to divide the benefits left after the demise of Runhuzi Banner.
To them, Tiger Character Banner is just a business name. Even if they secretly raised some private soldiers and defeated the Datong official army, no one thought how powerful Tiger Character Banner's soldiers and horses were. They all felt that after the army arrived at Lingqiu, The Tiger Flag has only one way to be wiped out.
Yang Guozhu took his right hand away from his beard and said: "We will discuss this matter after we take down the Tiger Flag. Then we can let the Fan family come to Lingqiu to meet the general."
"I would like to thank Mr. Yang here first." Chen Tong saluted Yang Guozhu and knew that the matter was done.
