"Dong Weng, you are finally back."
As soon as Yang Guozhu returned to the General Military Mansion, Xue Mu, who was guarding outside the gate of the General Military Mansion, hurriedly came up to greet him.
"You are so anxious to find me, is there something going on?" Yang Guozhu got off his horse and threw the reins to the soldiers who came back with him.
Xue Mu said: "I just received news that Tiger Character Banner sent a troop of troops from Lingqiu to Xinpingbao. The students are worried that Tiger Character Banner may have received some news."
"It's not new." Yang Guozhu walked in and said at the same time, "The Tiger Character Banner can do such a big business, and there is no shortage of people in the officialdom who show their goodwill to them. I received the news in advance, and I am not surprised at all."
Having been an official for many years, he knew that there were no real secrets in the officialdom. The imperial court ordered the suppression of the Tiger Flag with great fanfare. It was impossible for Liu Heng of the Tiger Flag not to receive this news.
Xue Mu frowned slightly and said, "Are you really watching them escape to the grassland like this?"
"Otherwise!" Yang Guozhu said with a bad expression, "Li Xunfu must wait for Xuanfu's troops to arrive before taking action against the Tiger Flag. I can only wait."
Xue Mu walked a few steps quickly, followed closely beside Yang Guozhu, and said: "What on earth is Li Xunfu thinking? With such a good opportunity, we can first wipe out the bandits who fled to the grassland and weaken the Tiger Flag." Strength."
"How many people are there in this bandit that fled to the grassland?" Yang Guozhu stopped.
Xue Mu stopped in a hurry and said, "It is said that there are two to three thousand people, and there are about ten general cannons."
"What a pity." Yang Guozhu pursed his lips and continued walking forward.
Xue Mu chased after him again and said, "The Tiger Flag only has so few troops. This is a good opportunity for us. As long as we dispatch two or three large battalions, we will be able to successfully annihilate this bandit."
"It was okay before the decree was sent to Datong, but it is no longer possible now." Yang Guozhu said, "The mobilization of troops and horses has fallen into the hands of the commander Li Xunfu. Without the commander's order, I cannot mobilize troops and horses at will."
Soon, the two people entered a study room in the garrison mansion.
Yang Guozhu took the main seat, and his servants served hot tea and snacks.
"Is there really nothing you can do?" Xue Mu frowned.
Yang Guozhu blew the hot air in the tea cup, shook his head, and said: "There is no other way but to let the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag escape to the grassland."
"But what if they attack Xinping Fort?" Xue Mu asked worriedly.
Yang Guozhu paused while holding the teacup, and said with a frown: "I'm not surprised that the people from the Tiger Flag fled to the grassland at this time, but it's impossible to attack Xinping Fort!"
The imperial court had issued a decree to suppress the Tiger Flag. The people of the Tiger Flag were afraid that it would be too late to flee to the grassland. He did not think that the Tiger Flag had the courage to attack Xinping Fort.
"The Tiger Character Banner has attacked Xinping Fort before, so we have to guard against it," Xue Mu said.
Yang Guozhu stroked his beard and looked thoughtful.
"Dong Weng, why don't we talk to Li Xunfu and send a team of soldiers and horses to Xinping Fort? It's best if nothing happens. We can take precautions in advance if something happens. Moreover, guarding Xinping Fort is equivalent to destroying the tiger flag." A way to escape to the grassland." Xue Mu looked at Yang Guozhu and said.
Yang Guozhu nodded slightly and said: "What you said makes sense. Xinping Fort is indeed an important place and cannot fall into the hands of the Tiger Flag."
"Dong Weng, have you agreed to send a team of soldiers to Xinping Fort?" Xue Mu said.
Yang Guozhu said: "It's useless only if I agree. Li Xunfu also needs to agree before I can mobilize troops to Xinping Fort. In this way, you first tell the generals of each battalion and let them be ready to send troops. I The officer will go see Li Xunfu now."
With that said, he stood up from his seat and left the General Military Mansion again.
Datong Fucheng is more than 200 miles away from Xinping Fort.
And on a hillside twenty miles away from Xinping Fort, a group of fully armed soldiers and horses were resting.
"Deputy Battalion Commander, the sentry we just sent to Xinping Fort to investigate the situation has returned. Now that Xinping Fort has closed the city gate, I am afraid that our troops are already known." Staff officer Li Shaoyang said to Du who was looking at the map. Yan said.
Du Yan straightened up and chuckled: "I didn't intend to hide it from them."
"As a result, it may be impossible for us to take Xinping Fort in a sneak attack." Li Shaoyang said.
Du Yan smiled and said: "We have brought so many cannons, so there is no need to conduct a sneak attack. Let's attack them openly this time."
He pressed his finger hard on the Xinping Fort marked on the map.
"Here," Li Shaoyang hesitated and said, "How about we contact our people in the city and ask them to cause trouble in the city so that we can attack the city."
"There is no need to go to such trouble." Du Yan waved his hand and said, "Our Tiger Banner can break Xinping Fort once and twice. We have worked hard to transport the cannon all the way here just to use it when attacking the city. "
Li Shaoyang nodded.
The last time the Tiger Banner army attacked Xinpingbao, he was still studying in the Jiangwu Hall, and the example of the battle to capture Xinpingbao was later compiled and used in the classroom at the Jiangwu Hall.
So he knew clearly that the walls of Xinpingbao could not withstand the bombardment of his own artillery.
"Okay, the team has almost rested. Send the order and continue on the road. I will spend the night in Xinpingbao before dark." Du Yan put away the guard map.
The army soon set off.
The flag of the tiger character flag is flying high, and the big black flag is swaying in the wind.
Xinping Fort received news early in the morning that a troop of troops from the Tiger-Character Banner was heading towards Xinping Fort.
The tiger-character flag is no longer a stranger in Datong. Not only the government knows about it, but even some ordinary people have seen it more than once.
Moreover, in the entire Datong territory, apart from the government and the army, only the Tiger-Character Banner dared to fly its own flag openly.
On the top of Xinping Castle, Huang An stared nervously outside the city.
After receiving the news that the Tiger-Character Banner army was coming, he led his soldiers to the top of the city.
thump thump thump
Rapid footsteps sounded on the top of the city, and soon a soldier wearing cotton armor came to Huang An, bowed and said: "General, the few shops in the city under the Tiger Flag are already empty, and everyone has run away. ”
"Trash!" Huang An yelled.
The other party lowered his head and allowed himself to be scolded.
Huang An said angrily: "You can't even catch anyone. How can we feed you? If we go search the city, I don't believe they escaped from Xinping Fort."
"Yes, my subordinate will lead people to search from house to house. We will definitely find the person." The other party agreed, turned and left.
Huang An took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.
He was worried that the Tiger Character Banner would attack Xinpingbao again, so as soon as he received the news that the Tiger Character Banner army was coming towards Xinpingbao, he ordered to arrest all the Tiger Character Banner people in Xinpingbao City.
I want to use the people of the Tiger Flag as hostages to make the incoming Tiger Flag army throw a rat weapon.
