There are many people on the city who think the same as this white servant.
Faced with such an elite army, many people on the city wall had no confidence in defending the city.
tread! tread! tread!
Several cavalrymen wearing black armor arrived first, two to three hundred steps away from the head of Lingqiu City, making the people guarding the city wall nervous.
Fortunately, the dozen or so archers on the city wall have some experience and know that even if they shoot arrows from such a long distance, they will not be able to hit anyone, and they will only waste their arrows.
"General, I'm afraid this battle won't be easy." A soldier whispered to Zheng Shuqi.
The tiger-character flag soldiers and horses outside the city looked elite at first glance. Looking at the people on the city wall, although there were hundreds of people, they all looked very nervous. Many of the people defending the city were trembling.
Zheng Shuqi said with an ugly face: "We must defend even if we can't hold on. We must never give up unless we have to."
Although he will not live or die with Lingqiu, as a guard, he will not abandon the city easily.
Soon, the soldiers and horses at the front of the Tiger Flag army were getting closer and closer to the city gate.
Zheng Shuqi nervously grabbed the parapet with his hands and held the word "shoot" in his mouth, threatening to shout it out at any time.
However, God seemed to have made a joke.
Just when the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner were about to approach the city gate, they suddenly turned a corner and turned to the official road on the right, without stopping in front of the city gate of Lingqiu County.
"General, they seem to be gone?" a soldier said hesitantly.
Seeing that the tiger-shaped flag army was about to reach the city gate, they suddenly bypassed the city gate and walked to another road, which made the people on the city wall confused.
"My general ordered everyone to keep an eye on them and be careful of the people in the Tiger Flag." Although Zheng Shuqi didn't understand the operation of the Tiger Flag, he still remained cautious.
after awhile.
More and more soldiers and horses with the tiger-shaped flag walked on another road, sticking to the side of the city wall, walking farther and farther away, and they didn't look like they were attacking Lingqiu County.
"General, it seems that the Tiger Character Banner has no intention of attacking the county seat?" As the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner got farther and farther away from Lingqiu County, a soldier said hesitantly.
At this time, Zheng Shuqi frowned.
He also didn't understand what the people of the Tiger Character Banner were doing, and why the army only appeared in front of the city gate but did not attack Lingqiu County.
People who don't believe in the tiger-character flag don't know the emptiness in Lingqiu County.
"General, could it be that they were just passing by and had no intention of attacking the county?" The soldier on the side expressed his doubts.
After all, the Tiger Character Banner army is coming to attack Lingqiu County, and it will be difficult for the government to defend it.
Zheng Shuqi hesitated for a moment and then said: "When the few tiger-shaped flag cavalry at the top of the city leave in a moment, can you take a few people to follow them and see what they are going to do?"
He was always uneasy because he couldn't figure out the purpose of these tiger-character flag soldiers and horses.
"I obey," the soldier next to him promised.
Several Tiger Banner cavalrymen in front of the city gate of Lingqiu County kept wandering near the city gate until the Tiger Banner soldiers and horses were far away, then they left and chased the army that had gone away.
At this time, everyone on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief.
Once the tiger banner army left, they no longer had to worry about attacking the county seat, nor did they have to worry about dying on the city wall.
However, although the Tiger-Charactered Banner army left, Zheng Shuqi did not let the people on the city wall leave. In order to prevent the Tiger-Charactered Banner army from turning back, everyone on the city wall still stayed to defend the city.
A few days later, the order to destroy the Tiger Flag was sent to Datong Fucheng.
Yang Guozhu was called to the governor's Yamen.
"General Soldier Yang, the imperial court has sent an order to suppress the Tiger Flag, and I will be the commander in chief of this bandit suppression." Li Guangyi said to Yang Guozhu.
Yang Guozhu saluted Li Guangyi and said: "General, I will obey the military command in everything."
"With General Yang's words, I feel relieved." Li Guangyi stroked his beard and was very satisfied with Yang Guozhu's attitude.
Yang Guozhu sat back on his seat, looked at Li Guangyi and said: "Junmen, when will we send out troops? The general recently received news that Lingqiu's Tiger Flag troops are attacking Lingqiu County. The general is worried that Lingqiu may not be able to hold on. how long."
"There's no rush." Li Guangyi waved his hand and said immediately, "The imperial court ordered me to be the commander-in-chief, but the soldiers and horses from the Xuanfu haven't arrived yet. It's probably not that easy to deal with the Tiger-Character Banner just relying on Datong's own soldiers and horses. , once you can’t give the Tiger Flag a fatal blow and let them escape to the grassland, it will not be that easy to completely eliminate them.”
Yang Guozhu frowned and said: "Although Datong is the home of the Tiger Flag, the bandit leader Liu Heng and most of the Tiger Flag bandits are on the grassland. With Datong's own troops, they want to pack up the Tiger Flag and keep it in Datong." There is still no problem with the troops and horses within the territory.”
"It's better to wait a little longer." Li Guangyi persuaded with a smile, "The sharpening of the knife will not delay the chopping of firewood. What I want is to be absolutely sure. As soon as the Xuanfu troops arrive, I will immediately order the attack on all the people in Datong." Tiger Character Banner personnel conducted a cleanup."
Yang Guozhu saw that Li Guangyi had to wait for the Xuanfu troops to arrive before taking action, so he said: "Junmen, we can wait. I'm afraid Lingqiu can't wait. Otherwise, we should ask the Junmen to allow the general to bring a troop of troops." , first solve the siege of Lingqiu?"
He didn't want to sit in Datong and wait.
In the past, I wanted to take action against the tiger-character flag, but there was no chance. The court did not allow it, and most of the officials in Datong were bribed by the tiger-character flag. He, the deputy general, could not do it even if he wanted to.
Now that he finally had the chance to take action, he was unwilling to wait any longer.
"I told you to wait a moment." Li Guangyi put away the smile on his face and said in a deep voice, "The Tiger Flag is not an ordinary bandit. You have fought against them and you should know how difficult they are to deal with. You can just If you just bring a bunch of troops to Lingqiu, if you fail, who will bear the responsibility? It's not up to me to bear the responsibility."
Yang Guozhu opened his mouth and finally said: "What should we do about Lingqiu? We can't just watch Lingqiu fall into the hands of the bandits."
"Lingqiu is the place where Tiger Character Banner started. The people there have long been bribed by Tiger Character Banner. Although Lingqiu is still the Lingqiu of the imperial court in name, you and I both know that Lingqiu has long been secretly controlled by Tiger Character Banner. , it can be said that Lingqiu has fallen into the hands of thieves a long time ago, so the matter of Lingqiu is not urgent at this time." Li Guangyi said.
In short, he disagrees with Yang Guozhu leading troops to Lingqiu now.
Yang Guozhu was dissatisfied, but he knew that the imperial court appointed Li Guangyi as commander-in-chief, and he was just a general under the other party.
Unless he wants to disobey the commander's order, he can only wait for the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu to come to Datong.
"Okay, you go back and prepare first, and wait for my general's orders at any time." Li Guangyi signaled that Yang Guozhu could leave.
Yang Guozhu stood up, saluted, and said, "I will retire at the end of the day."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Seeing him leaving, Li Guangyi put down the tureen in his hand and said to his staff Hu Mingyi: "Find a way to spread the news that I was appointed by the imperial court as the commander-in-chief of the Suppression and Suppression of the Tiger Flag. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, Dong Weng. The student promises to let the other side know that Dong Weng, you were involuntarily." Hu Mingyi said hurriedly.
Li Guangyi nodded with satisfaction.
