Shortly after Han Xu left the Qianqing Palace, the decree was sent to the Ministry of War.
Soon, the Ministry of War mobilized Xuan Da soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the Tiger Flag, and sent it to Xuanfu and Datong respectively. Yulin Town received an official document to assist the two places in suppressing bandits.
Official documents from the three places were sent out of the capital at almost the same time.
"Is the shopkeeper here?"
"Here, come in first!"
The person inside the door turned aside to let the person outside the door come in.
As soon as the people came in, he stretched out his head and looked on both sides of the street. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he returned to the house and closed the door.
"Follow me, the shopkeeper is in the backyard."
The two people walked one behind the other towards the main house behind the yard.
When he came to the door of the house, the people in the yard let him enter the house first, while he himself stood guard outside the house.
"Shopkeeper, something happened, the court is going to take action against us." As soon as he entered the room, he saw Wang Zijin and said hurriedly.
Wang Zizi was shocked when he heard this and asked eagerly: "Is the news reliable?"
"It's absolutely true, the official document has been sent to Xuanda, and I'm afraid it has left the capital by now." said the person.
Wang Zi raised his eyebrows and said: "Every time the court wants to do something, the ministers in the court always restrain each other. It can't be done within a month or two. How come the official document was issued so quickly this time?"
In the past, he would always know about the court's actions in advance.
But this time, he received the important news about the safety of the Tiger Flag only belatedly, while the imperial court had already sent the official document to Xuanda.
"This time is different. I heard that the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party have joined forces to deal with our Tiger Banner. In addition, only Xuanda's troops were dispatched, and Xuanda prepared a certain amount of money and food themselves, so no one attacked this An idea for something." The visitor explained.
Snapped!
Wang Ziyi slapped his hand on the table in front of him.
The Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party actually stopped fighting because of their Tiger-Character Banner, or in other words, their Tiger-Character Banner has become a common thorn in the side of this party.
"By the way, there is another news." The visitor added, "The governor of Fujian and the commander-in-chief submitted a memorial. It mentioned an island. There is a force on the island also called Tiger Flag. The court received this Shortly after receiving the memorial, we decided to send troops against our Tiger Flag."
As he spoke, he looked at Wang Ziyi.
It seems that they are asking whether the tiger flag on the sea is related to their tiger flag.
After all, the tiger-character flag's truckloads of goods were sent to Dazhigu, which could not be hidden from the people in the Foreign Affairs Bureau in the capital. However, not everyone knew that the tiger-character flag had a foundation in Bengang.
Otherwise, the imperial court would not have just learned that Bengang’s tiger-character flag and Xuanda’s tiger-character flag were from the same family.
Wang Zizi hesitated for a moment, thinking that he might not be able to keep this matter secret for long, and then said: "You are right, the Tiger Flag on Da Yuan Island is from the same family as us. A few years ago, the proprietor took his own The guard captain and some of his men were sent to Bengang to work as maritime merchants."
"No wonder the imperial court immediately decided to take action against our Tiger Flag as soon as it received the memorial from Fujian. It turned out that we suffered a loss at the hands of our seamen." The visitor suddenly realized.
Wang Ziping stroked the beard on his chin and said, "Go back first and keep an eye on the court. No matter what the court has, send the news over as soon as possible."
"Okay." The visitor agreed and then said, "Then I'll go back first."
Wang nodded on his own.
As soon as the people left, Wang Ziqing immediately arranged manpower to send the news back to Qingcheng that the imperial court was going to use troops against the Tiger Character Banner. In order to prevent the Tiger Character Banner who stayed in Datong from being insufficiently prepared, he wrote an extra piece of information and sent it to Lingcheng. mound.
That's all he can do.
The capital has long been different from what it used to be. The shop where Tiger Flag once was is now gone. Even the shop where he is hiding now is an inconspicuous grocery store. On the surface, it has nothing to do with Tiger Flag.
The messengers sent by the Ministry of War to proclaim the decree did not go very fast on the road, and the officials who promulgated the decree were not like the postmen at the post station, who had to use fast horses every day to deliver the news.
The official who carries the imperial edict is an imperial envoy. Even if his rank is not high, if he has an imperial edict, his representative is the emperor.
Therefore, even if the imperial courier left the capital first, the people sent back by the Tiger Character Banner to deliver the message were sent to Qingcheng and Datong first.
After receiving the news, the Datong Foreign Intelligence Bureau immediately sent the news to the supply camp in Lingqiu.
The last remaining force of the Tiger-Character Banner in Datong was this supply camp.
"Yingzheng, what happened? You are so anxious to find both of us." Ye Yuncheng, who had rushed back from Xujiazhuang, entered the room and asked Liao Junyi who was sitting in his seat.
"Yes! What's going on!" Du Yan also asked.
The two met at the foot of the mountain and climbed to Hutou Village together.
Liao Junyi looked at the two people who entered the room and said: "I just got the news that the imperial court has decided to use troops against the Tiger Flag. The officials carrying the imperial edict should be on their way to proclaim it again."
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When Du Yan, who was drinking water, heard the news, he spit out the water he just drank and asked, "What? The imperial court is going to use troops against us!"
"What's so surprising! We hadn't expected this result a long time ago." Liao Junyi said calmly.
As the governor of Datong and the commander-in-chief were replaced one after another, the border army expanded the number of soldiers and horses of a large battalion. The middle-level officers who stayed in Lingqiu as the Tiger Flag had this result in mind.
Ye Xianggao looked at Liao Junyi with a heavy face and said, "What does the proprietor mean?"
"The news came from the capital. Master Dong is in the grassland and received the news later than us. I'm afraid we haven't received the news yet." Liao Junyi explained.
From Datong to Qingcheng, it will take five or six days even if the horse is outnumbered.
"Then what should we do next?" Du Yan asked.
Ye Xianggao also said: "We can't just wait here. If we really have to wait until the border army takes action, it will be too late for us to do what we want to do."
"That's right, so I decided to stop work at the iron yard in Dongshan, organize all the miners into a temporary camp, and then select some miners with better training and allocate them weapons to help us resist the government troops." Liao Junyi said.
Ye Xianggao frowned slightly and said, "You mean we should defend Lingqiu?"
"No," Liao Junyi shook his head and said, "Let's attack Xinping Fort. As long as we capture Xinping Fort, we can take the initiative no matter whether the proprietor plans to attack Datong in the future or we retreat to the grassland."
After speaking, he looked at the two people in front of him.
Even though he was the leader of this supply camp, the two people in front of him also played a pivotal role in the supply camp. In order to ensure that the strength of the supply camp was used in one place, he needed to seek the consent of these two people.
