Originally, Zhou Hu didn't intend to tell this matter.
This trip to Qingcheng, safely escorting Mr. Xu back from the capital, has completed the task. In the spirit of doing more than doing less, I don't want to raise the Tiger Flag.
Seeing the situation in front of him, he knew that he could no longer hide it, so he told everything about what happened on his way to Qingcheng.
Wang Bao, who was sitting in the upper seat, turned paler as he listened.
In the past, he thought that the Mongols had good relations with the Tiger Flag because the Tiger Flag could bring them enough benefits. It was not because of how powerful the Tiger Flag was, but because the Tiger Flag could bring enough benefits to the Mongols.
Even if there was friction between the Tiger Character Banner and the Mongols later, he just believed that the Tiger Character Banner had built a few forts on the grassland to resist the Mongols, and that the Tiger Character Banner would only provoke one or two older people at most. tribe.
Now after listening to Zhou Hu's words, he realized that the tiger-character flag was hidden deeper than he imagined.
This is not just provoking a few tribes, it is simply poking a hornet's nest of the Mongols and provoking the most powerful tribe of ten thousand households on the grassland, the Tumut tribe.
Not only that, the Tiger-Character Banner actually captured Qingcheng and forced the Tumote tribe to surrender to the Tiger-Character Banner.
You know, the Ming Dynasty and Tumut have been fighting for so many years, and the Tumut tribe has always been helpless, so they surrendered to the Tiger-Character Banner.
All of this made him feel like he had heard the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"Dong Weng, it seems that we all underestimated this tiger flag." Chen Gong said with emotion.
In the past, he only looked at the Tiger Flag because Liu Heng, the proprietor of the Tiger Flag, was the guard of Xinping Fort. After Liu Heng resigned, he only regarded the Tiger Flag as an ordinary business name. When the shopkeeper of Ziqi comes to visit, he rarely pays attention.
Now that Zhou Hu said this, he realized that compared with the Tiger Flag itself, the identity of the defender of Xinpingbao was nothing. After all, the lord of the Tumote tribe had the identity of King Shunyi.
In front of a prince, no official is as dignified as the prince, not to mention that the prince of the Tumote tribe is the kind of prince who has a large army and his own land.
Although Liu Heng of the Tiger Character Banner could not be canonized as a prince by the imperial court, it cannot be denied that he has the strength of King Shunyi, and is even more powerful than King Shunyi. Otherwise, the Tumote tribe would not surrender to the Tiger Character Banner.
"Yeah, no one thought that a small business could cause such a big thing." Wang Bao swallowed subconsciously.
Liu Heng, whom he looked down upon in the past, is now a prince. Even if he is just a prince on the grassland, he is many times stronger than him as a general.
Chen Gong suddenly said: "Dong Weng, do you think those two people from Datong know these things about the Tiger Flag?"
"I probably don't know!" Wang Bao said hesitantly, and he himself was not sure.
Chen Gong said with a playful expression: "It would be interesting if those two people from Datong knew these things and concealed them for the Tiger Character Flag."
Although he didn't speak clearly, Wang Bao still understood.
At this time Wang Bao fell into deep thought.
The Tumut grassland is bordered by Xuanfu and Datong. Once Datong and the Tiger-Character Flag are unclear, it means that the Tiger-Character Flag has long been determined to be independent, and Xuanfu will be in a dilemma.
Even the cavalry of Tumut's tribe were no match for the Tiger-Charactered Banner army. He didn't think that the Xuanfu could do anything to the Tiger-Charactered Banner with so few soldiers and horses.
When the Mongolian cavalry attacked, the border town could still rely on the city to defend it. The Mongols were not strong in attacking cities, but the Tiger Flag was different. It was entirely Han soldiers and horses, and a large fortress like Xinpingbao was under the bombardment of the Tiger Flag. , they didn’t even hold on for a day before the city was breached.
Although Xuanfu City has high walls and thick walls, he did not think that Xuanfu could withstand the bombardment of the Tiger Flag.
"Dong Weng, you have to prepare early." Chen Gong reminded.
Wang Bao frowned and said, "Are you worried that Emperor Xu is in such a hurry to return to the capital that he wants to inform the imperial court about the Tiger Flag?"
"Envoy Xu will definitely report to the imperial court, otherwise he would not even be able to come to the Xuan Mansion, and he would be in a hurry to return to the capital without even seeing you, Dong Weng." Chen Gong said.
Wang Bao said disapprovingly: "If he wants to report to the imperial court, he can report to the imperial court. What does it have to do with me? I am not the commander-in-chief of Datong. The fire of the imperial court cannot burn me."
"Don Weng, don't forget that Tiger Character Flag is not only a business name of Datong, but also has many properties in Xuanfu. If the Tiger Character Flag is really overthrown, Dong Weng will have you involved, especially for the serious crime of treason. I'm afraid Datong and Xuanfu will involve many officials," Chen Gong reminded.
Upon hearing this, Wang Bao tapped his fingers on the table, looking thoughtful.
After a while, he said: "He wants to report the Tiger Flag to the imperial court. I can't stop him even if I want to. I can't let me send people to intercept and kill the imperial envoy."
Zhou Hu, who was kneeling below, quickly lowered his head and wanted to block his ears with his hands.
"In fact, there is no need for Dong Weng to take action at all. As long as Dong Weng tells the people in Tiger Character Banner what the imperial envoy wants to do, and wants to come to Tiger Character Banner to block his mouth, he will take action himself." Chen Gong said softly.
Wang Bao raised his eyelids and looked at Chen Gong and said: "This method of borrowing a knife to kill someone is good, but how can you be sure that the people in the Tiger Flag will kill the imperial envoy!"
"Don Weng, please think about it. The Tiger Character Flag has been kept secret for so long, and no one knows that they have occupied Qingcheng. This shows that Liu Heng does not want people to know. Now the imperial envoy coming from the capital already knows about the Tiger Character Flag. Dong Weng Do you think Tiger Character Banner will let Envoy Xu go?" Chen Gong whispered.
Wang Bao nodded thoughtfully.
If it were him, in order to continue to conceal it, he would kill people to silence him and prevent the news from leaking out.
"I will do as you say and find a way to tell the news to the Tiger Flag and let their people take action." Wang Bao made up his mind to get rid of the imperial envoy.
Rather than being implicated in the Tiger-Character Banner's rebellion in the future, it would be better for the Tiger-Character Banner to kill the imperial envoy. Even if something happened, it would not involve him, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu.
"Envoy Xu Qin probably hasn't left the Xuanfu territory at this moment. If he sends someone to inform the people of Tiger Flag, he still has time to catch up. Why don't we let Zhou Hu leak the news to the people of Tiger Flag." Chen Gong He turned to look at Zhou Hu who was kneeling on the ground.
His discussion with Wang Bao about murdering the imperial envoy had been overheard by Zhou Hu. In order to ensure that the news was not leaked, Zhou Hu naturally needed to get involved.
Zhou Hu didn't expect that there was something about him, and he was stunned.
Murdering an imperial envoy is a capital crime. Once found out, the commander-in-chief may be fine, but he, a small commander, will definitely become a scapegoat.
"That's fine." Wang Bao nodded, then turned to Zhou Hu and said, "You heard what I just said, you know what to do now!"
"Little one, little one knows." Zhou Hu lowered his head helplessly.
He knew he couldn't escape, so he had to obey.
