"They are here, but they still have no intention of letting me go back after all." Xu Youzhi said with a panic look on his face.
Jinyiwei Baihu pulled out the Embroidered Spring Knife from his waist, a ruthless look flashed across his face, and said: "Since the people in the Tiger Character Banner want to kill them all, I will fight with them. Killing one is enough to kill two and earn one."
The other Jin Yiwei around also drew their swords.
"Sir, don't worry, maybe the soldiers and horses with the tiger character flag are just passing by and not coming towards us." The commander advised, and at the same time he said to Ye Bushou who reported the message, "Where did you see it? The other party is coming How many people are there?”
Ye Bushou in front of him said: "There is almost a battalion of soldiers and horses just three miles away."
"There are so many pursuers coming, why don't you hear any movement?" The general manager frowned.
A battalion of cavalry can hear movement early, let alone three miles away, even five miles away.
Ye Bushou said: "It's not cavalry, no, there are only a small number of cavalry, most of them are infantry, and the flag they fly is the black flag of the Tiger Flag."
"Infantry!" The boss glared and said, "How can the infantry catch up? It is at least thirty or forty miles from Qingcheng to our place. Even the infantry cannot reach such a long distance even after dark. "
"They are not coming to us. That army is heading towards Qingcheng." Ye Busuo explained hurriedly.
Hearing this, the president was so angry that he almost lost his breath.
"You said the tiger-character flag army is not coming for us?" Xu Youzhi calmed down a little after hearing what he said that night.
Ye Bushuang nodded and said: "After observing carefully for a while, I found that the army came from the southeast, which is the same direction as our way back."
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Xu Youzhi let out a sigh of relief.
As long as it's not directed at them, at least you don't have to worry that the people in the Tiger Flag are killing people and silencing them.
After all, he knew about such a big thing as the Tiger Character Banner. If he didn't return to the Ming Dynasty, he would always worry that the people in the Tiger Character Banner would intercept and kill them on the grassland in order to prevent the news from spreading back to the Ming Dynasty.
"Sir, I'll go take a look and make sure the other party is going to Qingcheng or has other intentions." The boss looked at Xu Youzhi and said.
"Yes, go and have a look. Once they really come for us, we will leave immediately and we must not let them catch us." Xu Youzhi said eagerly.
The boss nodded and said, "Sir, please wait a moment. The little one will come as soon as he goes."
As he spoke, he walked towards the horses beside him.
The man who came to deliver the letter hurriedly followed.
The two people got on their horses, led by Ye Bushou, and rode in the direction where the tiger-shaped flag army was found.
"Quick, pass the order, everyone mounts their horses. Once the tiger flag is issued, people will leave immediately." Xu Youzhi stood up from the grass.
Now he didn't dare to stay here to rest any longer, and all the people he led got on their horses.
The general and Ye Bushou walked more than a mile and reined in the reins.
A few miles ahead of them, a large army was slowly advancing.
Although they were not too close, the general could still be vaguely identified from the flags of the army. The army in the distance was the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag.
"Sir, you see, the direction of the army's advance is Qingcheng." Ye Buhou pointed at the tiger-shaped flag army in the distance and said.
In fact, he can tell it without saying anything.
After staying in a dirt bag and watching for a while, the boss was completely relieved when he saw that the army did not send anyone in their direction.
"Let's go back and tell Mr. Xu the news." As he said that, he pulled the reins, controlled the horse under him to change direction, and walked towards the place where Xu Youzhi and others were resting.
When he came back, he saw that everyone was on their horses and ready to leave.
"How's it going? Did the other party come after me?" Xu Youzhi asked hurriedly when he saw the person coming back.
The general said with relief: "Don't worry, sir. I've seen it. Although there are many people in the army, they are almost all infantry, and they are indeed going to Qingcheng."
"That's good, that's good." Xu Youzhi patted his chest gently, letting go of his worries.
The Jin Yiwei Baihu on the side said: "Sir, let's hurry up and get on the road. If we go too far, even if the people with the tiger character flag want to catch up, they won't be able to catch up."
"Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and get on your way." Xu Youzhi nodded and immediately said to the boss, "Take your people and let's hit the road."
At this time, he became a little closer to Zonghe Yebushou, the general sent by the Xuanfu.
On the grassland, Xuanfu's night guards are obviously more useful than these royal guards.
Everyone is on the road again.
And just a few miles away in the Tiger Flag army, Lao Wu rode up to Liu Heng.
"Proprietor, my subordinates discovered that they were not harvesting for several nights a few miles away."
The cavalrymen of the Tiger-Character Banner, down to the squad leader level, were already equipped with monocular binoculars. Before Xu Youzhi's Ye Bushou could find the Tiger-Character Banner's men, the cuirassiers surrounding the Tiger-Character Banner army had already Found them.
"Why did Ye Busuo come to Qingcheng!" Liu Heng frowned slightly, and then he seemed to have thought of something, and said, "Besides Ye Busuo, is there anyone else?"
Lao Wu said: "There are still a few people who look like Jin Yiwei."
"That's right." Liu Heng said, "What your people saw should be the envoys sent by the imperial court to Qingcheng. I didn't expect to meet them in this place."
Lao Wu said: "How about arresting all these people? They should also discover our army."
"No, let them go, just to let them bring the news back and let the people in the court know that the Tiger Flag is not something they can manipulate at will." Liu Heng said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
Since the imperial court so happily asked him to resign, and later Wei Zhongxian wanted to swallow the tiger-character flag, he had decided to flex his muscles and let some people in the court understand that if he wanted to deal with the tiger-character flag, he should be prepared to kowtow. Be prepared to break a mouth full of teeth.
The tiger-shaped flag army continues to move forward.
Before it got dark, the army arrived outside Qingcheng.
The army began to camp outside Qingcheng, and Liu Heng led Zhao Wu and others directly into Qingcheng on horseback.
In front of the city gate, as soon as Li Shuheng received the news sent by Lao Wu, he had already led others to wait at the city gate.
"Proprietor." Li Shuheng stepped forward quickly.
Liu Heng said on horseback: "Get on the horse and follow me into the city."
Li Shuheng got on the horse again.
Two men rode into the city gate.
Guards were placed in front and behind, guarding the two people in the middle of the team.
"Master, the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to confer Ermu Buhong as King of Shunyi. He just left recently." Li Shuheng said from the side.
Liu Heng nodded and said, "I saw them on the way here."
"Are we really going to let them go back like this?" Li Shuheng said.
