The few riders who entered the fort only stopped for a moment when passing the city gate, and then continued riding towards the military camp in the fort.
The fort is divided into two parts.
One part was used to arrange the soldiers of the Tiger Character Banner and serve as military camps, while the other part housed the Han merchants from the grasslands.
These Han merchants were all Han merchants who had cooperated with the Tiger Character Banner. Many of them had offended the Mongolian leaders of the Tumote tribe because of the Tiger Character Banner. It was difficult for them to survive on the grasslands and they had no choice but to rely on the Tiger Character Banner. Banner, was eventually arranged to live in the Dunbao by the people of Tiger Flag.
However, even if the Han merchants lived in the area of Dunbao, there was still a team of Tiger Flag soldiers stationed, and they would rotate with other soldiers in the military camp every half month.
In addition, there are soldiers guarding the surrounding walls.
Arriving outside the military camp, Huang Hong jumped off his horse and handed the reins to the person who followed him.
Huang Hong took a few steps to the soldiers guarding the military camp checkpoint, took out his token, and gave it to the soldiers for review.
After the soldier checked the token, he waved his hand behind him, signaling to open the level and let Huang Hong and others in.
After entering the military camp, Huang Hong said to the few people who followed him: "You go to the armored cavalry camp first and prepare some new horses. I will find you later."
After saying that, he separated from the few people around him.
The direction Huang Hong went to was where Li Shuheng usually worked, and it was also the area where the barracks of the Third Army Corps were located.
Not long after he walked, he saw several people walking towards him.
"I looked like you on the top of the city just now. When I come back this time, I will find Ma Yunjiu and let's get together." The visitor came closer and said to Huang Hong with a smile.
Huang Hong said solemnly: "We'll talk about Juju later. Is the deputy director in the office?"
"Here, I'll take you there." Seeing Huang Hong's serious expression, Zhang Hong felt that something big was going on, so he didn't dare to waste time and walked towards Li Shuheng's office with Huang Hong.
The office is in a room at the back of the barracks.
Both of them were warriors, and they walked with great energy. Not long after, they arrived at the row of barracks where the offices were located.
Arriving at the office, Huang Hong stood outside the door and shouted: "Report!"
"Come in." Li Shuheng's voice came from the office room.
Huang Hong stretched out his hand to lift the cotton curtain in front of him, and walked into the office with Zhang Hong.
Li Shuheng, who was sitting in the office, raised his head, looked at the two people who walked in, and said with a smile: "You two, sit down! There is a teapot over there. Pour your own water."
There was a stove in the middle of the room, with a teapot on it. Water was steaming out of the spout of the teapot.
"Deputy Director, my subordinates have news to report." Huang Hong said with a serious expression.
Li Shuheng glanced at him, nodded and said, "Tell me, what news do you want to bring back this time?"
"My lord is here," Huang Hong said.
Li Shuheng suddenly stood up from his seat, put his hands on the table in front of him, and said solemnly: "Are you saying that our adults have come to the grassland?"
"Yes, my lord has arrived at the grassland and is heading towards the Dahei River. It will take at most two days to get here." Huang Hong nodded solemnly.
Li Shuheng's face suddenly darkened and he said: "Nonsense, why are you reporting such a big thing now?"
After saying that, he looked at Zhang Hong aside.
"What's going on with you? You have just been promoted to the commander of the Second War Division. You have been entrusted with the defense of the forts on the grassland. Why didn't you report such a big thing like your visit to the grassland?"
When he talked about the latter part, Li Shuheng's voice had turned cold.
Zhang Hong had a bitter look on his face and said, "My subordinates have not received any news of your coming to the grassland."
A few years ago, he was promoted to commander of the combat division, and the number of troops in his hands expanded from three to four thousand to more than 16,000 now.
He is responsible for all the forts built on the grassland between Xinpingbao and Daheihe River.
Now Liu Heng came to the grassland from Xinpingbao and arrived at Daheihe in two days, but no news came. The first person Li Shuheng blamed was Zhang Hong, the commander of the combat division.
Huang Hong, who was standing on the side, said at this time: "Deputy Director, don't blame Master Zhang. It was your Excellency who asked someone to conceal the news, so the guards in the pier along the way did not send the news back."
Zhang Hong looked at Li Shuheng with an innocent face.
Li Shuheng snorted coldly and said immediately: "What are you doing here? Why don't you quickly gather the army and bring the master back?"
"Yes." Zhang Hong agreed, turned around and left.
At this time, I heard Huang Hong say: "Deputy Director, your Excellency won't let our people pick him up, saying that making too much noise will arouse the suspicion of the Mongolians."
Liu Heng came to the grassland only a few times, and many Mongolians had never seen him. Even those who had seen him might not have had much of an impression after such a long time.
"You come back first." Li Shuheng called to Zhang Hong, and then said to Huang Hong, "How many people are you bringing with you?"
Huang Hong said: "Your Excellency came to the grassland with the convoy, but when we reached the halfway point, we separated from the convoy and came with only Guard Zhao and a group of guards."
"There are too few people. If the Mongols discover them, they will easily be in danger." Li Shuheng frowned and shook his head.
Today's Tiger Flag is no longer what it looked like when the bandits were in camp. The Tiger Flag now is countless times more powerful than it was then. Liu Heng is the anchor of the Tiger Flag, and there is no room for any surprises.
Huang Hong said: "Your Excellency is worried that too many people around you will let the Mongolians get the news that Your Excellency has come to the grassland, so they are prepared in advance."
"No, there are too few people around you. We can't take this risk. We must send people to bring you back." Li Shuheng said.
Huang Hong said: "But your Excellency doesn't want to send anyone there. Deputy Director, you'd better not embarrass your subordinates."
"I'm not trying to embarrass you. You should know how important adults are to our Tiger Flag. The reason why the Tiger Flag is what it is today is all because of us adults. If something happens to our adults, something big will happen to our Tiger Flag. Yes, so I will not allow you to be in any danger." Li Shuheng said solemnly.
Zhang Hong at the side said: "Deputy Director, why don't we gather the army and my subordinates will personally lead the army to bring you back."
"That's fine, go ahead and get ready. When you're ready, we'll set off directly." Li Shuheng told Zhang Hong.
Huang Hong said hurriedly at this time: "Deputy Director, wait a moment. There is too much noise here when Commander Zhang leaves Daheihe. I think it is better to send out the armored cavalry battalion to pick up the master."
Hearing this, Li Shuheng hesitated and said, "Go and find Ma Yunjiu for me."
