"It turns out that we are brothers of Tiger Character Banner." Zhou Qiguan clasped his fists in the air and said immediately, "We are under the command of General Yang. You, Dongzhu Liu, are also the guerrilla generals of Datong East Road. You are an official in Datong with our great master. We all work for the imperial court."
The sentinel rider of the Tiger Flag also clasped his fists in return.
Zhou Qiguan grabbed the reins of the war horse with both hands and shouted: "I wonder where you and the army behind are going? If possible, I hope that for the sake of their respective lords being officials in Datong, you The soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag can take a detour."
He was not afraid of the tiger-shaped flag sentries in front of him, but there were thousands of soldiers and horses behind these sentries. No matter how powerful he was, he did not think that his small number could deal with a thousand soldiers and horses.
"Since you are under General Yang's command, don't interfere with the affairs of our Tiger Flag and the Liang family. Leave now. I can pretend that I have never seen you." said the Sentinel of the Tiger Flag.
A servant who can become the commander-in-chief of a town is naturally very capable.
If both sides started fighting, there would inevitably be casualties, and their target was the convoy sent by the Liang family to the grassland, so he didn't mind letting go of the Yang Guozhu servants in front of him.
Zhou Qiguan frowned.
Unexpectedly, the people in the Tiger Flag would not give any face, and would definitely take action against the Liang family's motorcade.
However, he and the other servants were all sent by his eldest boss to protect the Liang family's motorcade. If they left like this, they would not be able to do business after returning.
"So there is no room for negotiation! You are not afraid of offending Mr. Yang." Zhou Qiguan said with a threatening tone.
The sentinel of the tiger-character flag sneered and said: "There's no need to use Yang Guozhu to suppress me. It's useless. It's not like I haven't fought with you before. In Datong earlier, if we weren't kind-hearted, Yang Guozhu would have died on the battlefield long ago." .”
Hearing that his eldest master was humiliated, Zhou Qiguan's face sank.
At the same time, it also made him understand that the Tiger Flag sentry rider in front of him should have participated in the battle when their eldest boss encircled and suppressed the Tiger Flag in Lingqiu.
"In this case, there is nothing more to say. We have the real seal in our hands." Zhou Banner shouted, "Brothers, follow me and kill the cavalry of the Tiger Flag in front of you."
After saying that, he rushed out immediately.
The other servants also rushed towards the tiger flag sentry cavalry ahead.
When the tiger-character flag sentry rider on the opposite side saw this, he turned his horse's head and ran away without saying a word.
There were only four of them in total, but there were dozens of Yang Guozhu's servants chasing him.
You'd be stupid to stay and fight with so many servants.
The personal servants around the general soldier of a town are completely comparable to the full-armored personal guards around the Mongol Khan. They are the most elite soldiers whether on the grassland or in the Ming Dynasty.
Naturally, Zhou Banner refused to let these tiger-shaped banner cavalry escape and pursued them closely.
On both sides, you chase me and I run away.
However, this situation did not last long.
Zhou Banner chased them for only a few miles before he saw the huge flag with the tiger character waving in the wind, and thousands of soldiers and horses with the tiger character flag.
He reined in the reins and controlled the horse to stop.
The other servants also stopped around him.
"It's the Tiger Flag's army. What should we do next?" Zheng Da asked Zhou Banner.
The expression on Zhou Qiguan's face was uncertain.
He didn't know what to do next, whether to advance or retreat, and he couldn't make up his mind.
Compared with the army of thousands of soldiers and horses, these dozens of people have become insignificant, and it is difficult to threaten the army of thousands of people.
"It's a cannon. I didn't expect that they actually brought a cannon." The sharp-eyed Zheng Da saw the artillery cart pulled by animals in the Tiger Flag army.
Zhou Qiguan heard the word "cannon" and looked over quickly.
When he saw those gun carriages, his expression suddenly changed.
When I heard about the cannon before, I subconsciously thought it was the kind of squatting cannon that could be carried by one person.
However, after seeing the artillery cart and the cannons on it, I realized that these cannons were not trotting tiger cannons at all, but cannons that were larger than the general's cannons.
He was no stranger to these cannons.
When he went with the imperial army to Lingqiu to encircle and suppress the Tiger Flag, he had seen the power of this kind of cannon with his own eyes.
When one shot comes down, the sky will shatter and even the clouds in the sky will shatter.
"Let's go back!" Zhou Qiguan said to the people around him.
After saying that, he turned the horse's head and left.
Zheng Da led the other servants behind him and retreated toward the woods where the Liang family's motorcade was.
Their retreat was not hidden from Wang Yuncheng's eyes.
Wang Yuncheng took out the monocular telescope in front of him, chuckled, and said: "I thought these guys relied on their own abilities to attack the army in a daze, but now it seems that they are not stupid."
"Shi Zheng, do you want to release all the sentries?" The captain of the thousand-man team came to Wang Yuncheng's side.
Wang Yuncheng nodded and said: "Tell our sentries to be careful and don't get bitten by those guys just now."
"Yes." The captain of the thousand-man team agreed, turned around and left to convey the order.
Soon, a dozen sentry riders left the team.
The tiger-character flag army continues to march.
Everyone knows that it is not far from where the Liang family’s motorcade is.
Zhou Qiguan led Zheng Da and others on horseback and walked halfway when they suddenly stopped.
"Lord Flag Officer, why don't you leave?" Zheng Da asked in confusion.
Zhou Qiguan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you think we, plus the guys from the Liang family, can keep the goods on the convoy?"
"No." Zheng Da answered without thinking.
Zhou Qiguan pursed his lips and said, "You are right. We are no match for the thousands of troops on the Tiger Flag. Those guys from the Liang family can't count on us. If we really take action, It would be a good thing not to be held back.”
"What do you mean, Flag Officer?" Zheng Da looked at Zhou Flag Officer.
Zhou Qiguan said: "Rather than stay and die with the Liang family, it is better to go back and tell the great master everything that happened here. As for what to do in the future, it is all up to the great master to decide."
"I agree to go back." Zheng Da supported.
If you stay and die, you can survive if you leave. The Liang family is not Yang Guozhu, so even if they betray the Liang family, they will not feel any guilt.
Zhou Qiguan turned to look at the other people around him and said, "What do you think?"
"Everyone obeys the command of the flag officer."
The servants around started talking.
It was obvious that between death and survival, they chose the latter.
"Since everyone has no objections, let's turn around and go back to Datong." Zhou Qiguan shouted, ensuring that dozens of people around him could hear it.
"Go back to Datong, go back to Datong."
The surrounding servants waved their weapons and shouted.
No one wants to stay with the Liang family's convoy to die if they can survive.
