"My lord is equal to the emperor in the hearts of my subordinates." Zhao Yutu said solemnly.
The place where the pledge room was located was the former General's Mansion of Li Huaixin. Now it is filled with people from the Tiger Flag, both inside and outside. If Zhao Yutu's words were spread, it would be enough to set off huge waves, and it would not be an exaggeration to annihilate the nine tribes.
Liu Heng's expression did not change at all when he heard such treacherous words.
Zhao Yutu's words may be treacherous to people of this era, but in Liu Heng's ears, they didn't take them seriously at all.
The emperor used divine power to deceive and rule the people, but Liu Heng did not believe in divine power at all. In his eyes, the emperor was just an ordinary person.
It’s not like I’ve never been to the Forbidden City where the emperor lived. Except for the chair that didn’t give up my seat, I’ve seen many places more than once.
"Sir, your marriage cannot be delayed any longer." Zhao Yutujin advised.
The Tiger Character Banner's industry has spread all over the north of the Ming Dynasty, and its military strength has already reached tens of thousands. At this time, the Tiger Character Banner has no successor. For a scholar like Zhao Yutu who has been studying for several years, it is like a rootless duck, so he hopes Liu Heng can marry a wife as soon as possible and give birth to a young master, ensuring that the Tiger Flag can continue and not become a flash in the pan.
Liu Heng looked at Zhao Yutu and said: "Now the Tiger Character Banner seems to be powerful. It has defeated the imperial court's encirclement and suppression, and the war against the Mongols has been victorious one after another. Do you feel that the Tiger Character Banner has gained a firm foothold and no one can Shaken?"
"Isn't it?" Zhao Yutu asked in confusion.
In his eyes, the Tiger-Character Banner was already powerful enough. When he was still a bandit, he could not have imagined that the Tiger-Character Banner would achieve what it has today. It not only owned a huge business name, but also had tens of thousands of troops outside. Liu Heng Geng was an official of the imperial court and was in charge of the first battalion of the Datong East Road guerrilla general.
No matter from any aspect, he felt that the Tiger Flag was powerful enough.
Liu Heng straightened his tone and said seriously: "If you really think so, you are wrong. Nowadays, the tiger-character flag can be said to be cooking oil. Although the tiger-character flag has defeated several encirclement and suppression campaigns by the imperial army, that is because The court did not seriously deal with us. As for me, a guerrilla general, it was thanks to the rebellion of the Wenxiang Cult in the south, otherwise the Ming court would never have given me the position of a guerrilla general and allowed me to sit in Xinpingbao."
"Sir, are you too worried?" Zhao Yutu said with a frown.
Liu Heng sneered and said: "It's not that I'm worried. Think about it, where are the Xuanfu troops who surrounded us and where were the former Xuanfu general soldiers? If the imperial court really trusts our Tiger Flag, How could it be possible to leave Xuanfu’s soldiers and horses in Datong?”
After he said this, Zhao Yutu's face turned pale.
It's not that he didn't know about the reunification of Yang Guozhu and Xuanfu's troops, and he had been worried about it before, but he had been living in peace for more than half a year, so he forgot about it.
Now Liu Heng reminded him that he thought of Yang Guozhu's troops again.
After Liu Heng saw that Zhao Yutu had some thoughts, he added: "The imperial court has more than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, there are hundreds of thousands and millions of soldiers. If the imperial court uses all the power to deal with Hou Jin to deal with our Tiger Flag, do you think we Can you bear it?"
"This..." Zhao Yutu choked.
The Tiger Flag only exists in Datong, and there are many border troops stationed in Datong, and the local officials are all members of the imperial court. Once the imperial court fully encircles and suppresses their Tiger Flag, there will be no place for the Tiger Flag to move around.
Even when Hou Jin's troops were not as strong as the Ming army, there were still many places where he could hide. Even if he couldn't hit them head-on, he could still go around to other places. fly across
But they had no choice but to stay in Datong and fight hard.
The Tiger-Character Banner only had tens of thousands of troops, and the Ming army could fill the Tiger-Character Banner's tens of thousands of troops with men.
Liu Heng continued: "Tumut grassland is very important to our Tiger Banner. If one day the Ming army wants to deal with our Tiger Banner, we can retreat to the grassland. As long as there is Tumut grassland, we can Can be truly invincible, so I must go to the grassland and personally participate in this war with Mongolia, and our Tiger Flag can only win but not lose. Once defeated, we will no longer have the strength and soil to be silent. The special department conducts the second decisive battle."
"But my lord, you are getting married..." Zhao Yutu still wanted to persuade.
Liu Heng waved his hand and said: "How can I still have the energy to get married at this time? Only when our Tiger Flag stands firm on the Tumut grassland can we truly breathe a sigh of relief, so let's talk about the wedding later." !”
With his current status, it was very easy to get married. Except for those wealthy families with a scholarly legacy, ordinary small and wealthy families were willing to marry women to him.
In any case, he is also the guerrilla general of Datong East Road and the proprietor of the Tiger-Character Banner. He is a big shot that many people cannot reach.
But to those from a truly scholarly family, he was nothing like a guerrilla general, especially since he was a bandit and was looked down upon. As for his identity as a businessman, it was even less important.
"My subordinate understands." Zhao Yutu lowered his head again.
This time, he failed to persuade Liu Heng to get married. However, he did not intend to give up. After taking the Tumut Grassland, he would persuade Liu Heng to get married again.
Now after the New Year, the Tiger Character Banner will have a decisive battle with the Tumut tribe in at most two or three months. At most, he is waiting for half a year. After the Tiger Character Banner takes the Tumut grassland, he will see what excuses Liu Heng will use. Not getting married.
Liu Heng's eyes were always on Zhao Yutu's face.
He hadn't thought about Zhao Yutu's advice to him to get married, but he didn't dare. In this troubled world, he didn't have the energy to love his children, and there was really too little time. In a few years, Hou Jin would set his sights on the grassland. At that time, it was the real crisis for him and Hu Ziqi.
Although the Tiger Character Banner is powerful, Houjin is also the strongest army in East Asia in this era.
Even though he had tried his best to make the Tiger Flag stronger, compared with Hou Jin, there was still a gap.
If Hou Jin attacked Datong with all his strength at this time, he could not guarantee that he would be able to defend it, so he did not dare to relax. Before Hou Jin set his sights on the grassland, he wanted to make the tiger-character flag strong enough that he no longer had to fear Hou Jin. .
"Sir, the meal is here." Zhao Wu came in from outside with a rice bowl in his hand.
Liu Heng glanced at Zhao Wu, then smiled at Zhao Yutu and said: "Sit down and eat something first. I will consider what Mr. Zhao said. As for going to the grassland, don't persuade him. I have made up my mind. "
"Yes." Zhao Yutu agreed.
At this time, he also heard the relief in Liu Heng's tone, at least he was no longer so resistant to getting married.
Zhao Wu placed the rice bowl with food on Liu Heng's desk, and handed the other to Zhao Yutu. Then he picked up the iron kettle on the stove and dried some hot water in the tea vats for the two of them. .
