When Huang An saw this, he immediately understood what was going on.
"General, I have asked several soldiers on the city wall, and they all agree with him. I think the soldiers and horses outside the city are the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag." As he said this, the servant glanced at the hundreds of households standing aside. .
"I understand." Huang An nodded with a heavy face.
Before this moment, he thought that even if the Tiger Character Banner had some soldiers and horses, they were mostly bandits and bandits, with at most a small number of elite soldiers. Now he discovered that the soldiers and horses of this battalion outside the city alone were rare. The elite of the army were better than any battalion he had ever seen.
"General, do you want to send someone to arrest Liu Heng? Once the soldiers and horses outside the city attack the city, with Liu Heng in our hands, we can also make the soldiers and horses outside the city surrender." The servant said to Huang An.
Before Huang An could speak, he heard the man from the household speak first: "General, you must never do this."
As the words fell, some people who heard these words looked at the hundred households.
Huang An's face sank and he said in a deep voice: "What? You still want to protect a traitor!"
"I don't dare." Baihu bowed and lowered his head, and continued, "The purpose of the troops outside the city is still unclear. To arrest Dongzhu Liu at this time will only anger the troops outside the city. The leader of the army forced them to really attack Xinping Fort, and..."
As he spoke, he hesitated.
"And what?" Huang An asked coldly.
Baihu bowed and said: "When Liu Dong was in charge of the garrison of Xinping Fort, many people in the fort benefited from him. Even now, some soldiers are paid with tiger-character flags."
"Nonsense!" Huang An said angrily, "Didn't the imperial court pay you? But each of you got paid from the merchants. Are you soldiers of the imperial court or Liu Heng's private soldiers?"
Baihu lowered his head.
There were some soldiers with spears and spears around who also remained silent.
At most, only half of the royalties received from the imperial court were in their hands. It was still some old grain and dirty money. After being damaged, less than 30% was left. Even though they were not paid every month, they often owed wages for three months. It would be nice to get it once.
However, although Tiger Flag is just a business name, as long as they help Tiger Flag maintain the security of Xinpingbao and ensure the safety of businessmen, Tiger Flag will give them a sufficient salary every month.
For the soldiers stationed at Xinpingbao, they naturally listen to whoever gives them money.
"General, why don't we send a few cavalry to Datong Fucheng to deliver the message first." The servant standing aside suggested.
By this time, everyone understood that it was impossible to catch Liu Heng in the city.
Although there are many soldiers in Xinping Fort, most of them not only will not arrest Liu Heng, but may actually send a message to Liu Heng first.
Huang An also understood that with the few manpower he brought, Liu Heng's people might pick him up, let alone capture Liu Heng.
After all, Liu Heng had a troop of more than a hundred soldiers and horses around him, more people than he, the newly arrived garrison of Xinpingbao, brought with him.
"The troops outside the city have cavalry. I'm afraid there are only one or two hundred cavalry. Even if a few cavalry are sent out in the city to deliver messages, it's hard to escape the small worry." Baihu said.
Huang An glared at him when he heard this.
I feel more and more that the hundred households in front of me are unlucky, and every time I open my mouth, I have nothing nice to say.
Baihu also noticed the disgust in Huang An's eyes, and had to lower his head again, not daring to look at him.
"You go and arrange a few cavalry with good riding skills, find a way to rush out, and be sure to send the news about us to Datong Fucheng." Huang An ordered the servants around him, and then said to the others, "The others stay here No one is allowed to leave the city."
As for the Baihu in front of him, he didn't even want to pay attention to it.
He even suspected that the hundred households in front of him and the soldiers on the city had already been bribed by Liu Heng, and now only the people he brought to Xinping Fort were trustworthy.
"General, Guard Zhao is asking for an audience at the city gate."
Just when Huang An's servant was about to leave, a soldier ran up to the city.
"What nonsense Guard Zhao! Blast away, blast away." Huang An said impatiently, while giving Bai Hu a hard look.
It seemed that he was blaming the people under him for being ignorant. They came to the top of the city and made noises for a guard who knew which trader he was talking about.
But Baihu next to him said, "General, it's better to meet this Guard Zhao! He has an unusual identity."
"Is it obvious that a guard from a businessman came to see me just to leave the city? Let me tell you, without my order, no one is allowed to open the city gate and let the people in the city out." Huang An glared again A glance at the hundred households in front of me.
He became increasingly dissatisfied with this Baihu, and decided to remove the Baihu guarding the city gate from his post and replace him with one of his own when the crisis in Xinpingbao passed.
"This Guard Zhao is different. He is the guard beside Dongzhu Liu." Baihu could see Huang An's dissatisfaction, but still reminded him.
Huang An frowned and said angrily: "Who is Liu Dongzhu and Li Dongzhu? I don't..."
Halfway through his words, his voice seemed to be strangled, and his voice suddenly stopped.
"Tell me again, who does this Zhao guard belong to?" Huang An asked the hundreds of households in front of him.
Baihu bowed and said: "Guard Zhao is the guard beside Dongzhu Liu of Tiger Character Banner. If he comes to see the general at this time, there must be something wrong. The general will not let him see him."
"Why are we talking about such an important thing now?" Huang An gave the hundred households a hard look, thinking that the hundred households were deliberately going against him.
However, at this time, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with the other party. The first priority was to meet the people of Tiger Character Flag and figure out what Tiger Character Flag wanted to do.
"General, do you still want to arrange for people to leave the city?" the servant asked from the side.
Huang An thought for a while and said: "The manpower for leaving the city still needs to be arranged, but do not leave the city. I will decide everything after seeing the people with the tiger character flag."
The servant agreed, turned and left.
Huang An said to the soldier who delivered the message: "Go and bring that Zhao guard to the top of the city."
The soldiers ran down the city wall from the top of the city to deliver the message.
When he returned to the city again, he was followed by two sturdy men.
These two men were wearing armor, with knives hanging on their waists, and a blunderbuss on the other side.
"Stop."
When the soldiers and servants around Huang An saw these two armored men, they stepped forward and blocked Huang An behind them, leaving only a gap half a man wide.
Huang An felt angry when he saw the soldiers bringing two people wearing armor and holding sharp knives with tiger flags in front of him.
Fortunately, the soldiers around him knew what was going on and knew how to protect him.
"Zhao Wu, Liu Dongzhu's bodyguard, has met General Huang." Zhao Wu hugged Huang An.
