"It's all what a young person should do." Pei Shun said with a flattering smile.
Pei Hong nodded with satisfaction and said immediately: "We must hurry up and do the Tiger Character Flag matter. I am worried that if it is too late, others will take the lead."
He had long been envious of Tiger Character Flag's wealth, and now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to take it into his own hands.
"Don't worry, sir, Liu Heng is dead this time." Pei Shun said fiercely.
Without the black gauze hat, Liu Heng is just a white-bodied businessman. With the wealth of the Tiger Flag, he believes that when the time comes, he will definitely be overthrown by everyone.
Pei Hong picked up the tureen and took a sip of tea.
Except for the fact that the Tian family's arrival made him slightly uncomfortable, today was all good news for him.
"Master, regarding the matter of dealing with Liu Heng, should we contact Deputy General Yang?" Pei Shun, who was standing aside, asked cautiously.
In the officialdom of Datong, Yang Guozhu was considered half of their ally.
Pei Hong thought for a while and said: "Don't ask him to deal with Liu Heng. A military general can't help much in this kind of matter."
He didn't want Yang Guozhu to have the opportunity to share the benefits from Tiger Flag.
"Sir, I heard that when Liu Heng was a guerrilla general, he had a battalion of soldiers and horses under him, all of whom were the bandits who used to be around him. Without the help of Deputy General Yang, I was worried that Liu Heng would jump over the wall in a hurry. ." Pei Shun said.
Pei Hong waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "Those bandits are now the soldiers of the imperial court. How can they still be willing to give up the monthly salary and rebel with Liu Heng without any name or distinction!"
He didn't believe that Liu Heng's soldiers would give up their promising future and become gangsters again.
"Then I won't go to Deputy General Yang. However, the Governor and General Ma still need your help," Pei Shun said.
Pei Hong nodded and said, "You don't need to tell me, I will understand."
Tiger-Character Banner is a business name of Datong. If you want to deal with Tiger-Character Banner, you must obtain the tacit consent of the Datong Governor and the General Soldier. He cannot afford such a big bet by himself.
Moreover, these two are the leaders of civil and military affairs in Datong, and many things cannot avoid these two people.
"Master, I think you can go to Datong Mansion in the next two days. The sooner some things happen, the fewer people will be targeted. When the official document about Liu Heng's resignation comes, I can take action directly and let him You can't even leave Xinping Fort." Pei Shun clenched his right hand into a fist in front of him.
It seems like everything is under control.
Pei Hong stroked his beard and thought for a moment.
After a while, he said: "Well, you are right. This matter should be done sooner rather than later. Let's go and prepare. I will set off after I change into my official uniform."
"Young man, let the people below prepare the carriage." Pei Shun bowed and left the back office.
As long as Datong officials with some connections in the capital already knew about Liu Heng's resignation, they were now just waiting for the official document from the Ministry of Personnel to come out so that Liu Heng could step down as East Road guerrilla general.
Similarly, many people in Datong are eyeing this position.
Some military generals have already started to set up operations here and there, waiting to take over the positions left vacant after Liu Heng left.
Although Liu Heng is just a guerrilla general, many people know that the position of this guerrilla general is no worse than that of a general.
There is no general in Datong East Road. Liu Heng is nominally a guerrilla general, but in reality he holds the position of general.
For many generals, as long as they take over the guerrilla position in Xinpingbao, they are likely to take a step closer to becoming a general on Datong East Road in the future.
"Sir, the capital has sent news of Liu Heng's resignation. This is a good thing for us, as long as Liu Heng does not have the black gauze hat on his head and is just an ordinary citizen."
In the camp outside Datong Prefecture, Xue Mu smiled and said to Yang Guozhu, who was sitting in the first seat.
Yang Guozhu shook his head slightly and said, "Mr. Xue, you think too simply."
"My lord, do you think that Liu Heng has a back-up plan?" Xue Mu asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Yang Guozhu said in a deep voice: "When I first knew Liu Heng, he was not a guerrilla general on the East Road, but at that time he had five or six thousand soldiers in his hands. Now even if he no longer serves as this official, he still has five or six thousand soldiers in his hands." The troops are still there.”
"Students remember that when Liu Heng was recruited, he was only allowed to retain soldiers and horses from one large battalion. Later, the soldiers and horses were all disbanded. Now Liu Heng only has soldiers and horses from that battalion at most, right?" Xue Mu frowned slightly.
Yang Guozhu waved his hand and said: "Although Liu Heng only has one promised army on the surface, no one knows how many soldiers there are secretly. Unfortunately, there are too many people who have fled to Datong in the past two years, and the general cannot be sure. How many soldiers and horses does Liu Heng have?"
"This, this is impossible! Secretly raising soldiers and horses, if this kind of thing were to be known to the court, the nine tribes would be destroyed." Xue Mu opened and closed his mouth a few times, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Yang Guozhu sneered and said: "Others may not do it, but Liu Heng may not do it. Don't forget, the Tiger Flag has gold, mountains and silver seas. It lacks nothing but money. It's not enough to raise some soldiers and horses." What a difficult task.”
"But where are so many soldiers and horses hidden? It is difficult to completely cover up the traces of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!" Xue Mu said with a frown, still unwilling to believe that the Tiger Character Banner had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside.
Yang Guozhu said: "You only want to go to Datong, but have you ever thought about going north?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the north with his hand.
"Sir, you mean that he put all his soldiers and horses on the grassland!" Xue Mu took a breath.
The grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and it does not belong to the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention placing 18,000 soldiers and horses, even if tens of thousands of people are hidden, it will not be conspicuous. As long as the Mongols don't say anything, it will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to know such a thing.
Yang Guozhu snorted and said: "The Tiger Flag has built many forts on the grassland. Troops can be hidden in these places, and there will be no problem at all in winter."
"The imperial court is already aware of the construction of the forts outside Xinping Fort. The governor and the commander-in-chief were rewarded by the court for this. It can be said that the forts on the grassland are the property of the imperial court. Liu Heng hid his soldiers and horses there. It should have been It's just that he was discovered, there is no way there will be no news." Xue Mu frowned.
Yang Guozhu snorted coldly and said: "In name, they expanded the border for dozens of miles and built forts. In fact, those forts were stationed by people from the Tiger Flag, and there were no soldiers and horses from Datong at all."
"How could this happen?" Xue Mu exclaimed, and then asked, "Is General Ma willing to abandon those forts? He is not afraid that Liu Heng will use those forts to do some treacherous things."
