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"I am Liu Qingzhou, Zheng Zheng of the Third Battle Barracks. I want to go into the city to see Shi Zheng. Open the city gate immediately." Liu Qingzhou, who was riding on horseback, shouted to the guards on the top of Xinping Fort.
A head stuck out from the top of the city and shouted: "It's getting late, please ask Liu Yingzheng to enter the city in a hanging basket."
"Okay, put the hanging basket down!" After saying that, Liu Qingzhou got off his horse and walked to the bottom of the city wall.
A hanging basket was slowly lowered from the city wall.
Liu Qingzhou took a step forward and sat in the hanging basket, and was pulled up the city wall little by little by the people above.
"Lao Liu, how are you doing over there?"
As soon as Liu Qingzhou climbed onto the city wall, Pan Yi rushed over from the side.
"Great victory!" Liu Qingzhou grinned.
Pan Yi looked happy and said: "Tell me quickly what happened in your battle."
"I'm going to see Shi Zheng first. If you're not busy, come with me." Liu Qingzhou said to Pan Yi.
Pan Yi, who heard this, said quickly: "Yes, go see Shi Zheng first and tell Shi Zheng the good news. Let's go, I will go with you."
With that said, he pulled Liu Qingzhou and walked under the city wall.
"Don't leave in a hurry. I still have a few subordinates outside the city. Let's put them into the city first." Liu Qingzhou did not move, but mentioned the people who came back with him.
Pan Yi said with a smile: "Leave this small matter to the people below. You and I will go see Shizheng first. Don't worry, my people will entertain your subordinates."
"Then let's go." Liu Qingzhou thought so and left with Pan Yi.
Xinpingbao City is very quiet, and there are only patrols with tiger flags patrolling the streets holding torches.
There are horses tied to horse posts below the city.
Pan Yi and Liu Qingzhou each rode a horse and rushed along the street to the general's mansion in Xinpingbao City.
After Huang An, the original guard of Xinping Fort, was taken away, this place became the temporary command post of the Tiger Banner in Xinping Fort. As soon as Zhang Hong led his army to Xinping Fort, he moved in.
The two people came to the gate of the General's Mansion and got off their horses.
"Has the division rested?" Pan Yi asked a guard in the general's mansion.
The other party said: "Master has just finished dinner and is currently working in the signing room."
Pan Yi took Liu Qingzhou straight to the signing room in the general's mansion.
As they approached the signing room, both of them saw the candlelight coming from inside.
"Shi Zheng, Deputy Shi Zheng and the others won a big victory." Pan Yi came in and said eagerly to Zhang Hong behind the desk.
Liu Qingzhou, who had been robbed of the conversation, followed helplessly.
"Haha, okay, tell me quickly." Zhang Hong looked happy.
This battle is too important for the Tiger Flag. If they win, the Tiger Flag will have no opponent in Xuanda. If they lose, the Tiger Flag will really have no choice but to retreat to the grassland.
Liu Qingzhou took a step forward and briefly stated the two battles they had with Datong soldiers and horses and Xuanfu soldiers and horses respectively.
"Shi Zheng, can we use troops directly against Datong Fucheng next?" Pan Yi asked Zhang Hong excitedly.
Zhang Hong smiled and nodded.
His mission in bringing troops to Datong was to capture Datong.
Now Xuanda's soldiers and horses were defeated outside Xinping Fort, and Datong's commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu was captured alive. There were not many soldiers and horses left in Datong who could still fight.
"Shi Zheng, there is one more thing." Liu Qingzhou said, "Our Tiger Banner army captured nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers in this battle. Deputy Division Chief Gao sent me to ask Shi Zheng how to deal with these prisoners."
Zhang Hong rubbed his chin with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, and said thoughtfully: "Putting so many prisoners in Datong will easily cause trouble, so we must not keep them."
"Then kill them all!" Pan Yi raised his hand and made a slashing gesture.
Zhang Hong frowned and said: "After so many prisoners have been killed, how can anyone dare to surrender to our Tiger Flag in the future? Is it possible that when our Tiger Flag's army goes to a place, it will kill everyone there?"
Then he glared at Pan Yi again.
"These prisoners are all Ming soldiers, they are loyal to the imperial court, and there are too many of them. We can't just do nothing and just keep an eye on these prisoners every day!" Pan Yi said.
Liu Qingzhou also looked at Zhang Hong at this time.
Zhang Hong thought for a while and said: "The captives are all sent to the grassland. Our Tiger Banner is short of manpower on the grassland. Having these prisoners in the grassland can greatly alleviate the demand for manpower from the proprietor."
"With so many prisoners sent to the grassland, I am afraid that a military battalion of troops will be sent to escort them. In this case, the remaining troops will be too few." Pan Yi said worriedly.
A combat division of the Tiger Character Banner has only four large battalions, three combat battalions and one supply camp.
Zhang Hong said: "Just send two thousand-man troops to escort them. There are also our forts along the road, and the soldiers and horses stationed inside will take care of them. There won't be any big problems. Moreover, I will send people back to Qingcheng to help them." The proprietor sent a letter asking for reinforcements."
"Is it too late to send reinforcements from the grassland at this time? Xuanda's two troops have just been defeated. It is a good opportunity to send troops to capture Xuanda." Pan Yi said.
Liu Qingzhou on the side also said: "Otherwise, we can select some strong soldiers from the prisoners to help us attack the Xuanda Prefecture."
"This method is good. These prisoners are all from the border army. They are much stronger than the guards and patrol soldiers. Even if they are not as good as our own soldiers, there is still no big problem in using them to attack the county." Pan Yi He nodded in agreement with Liu Qingzhou's mention.
Zhang Hong, who was sitting behind the desk, straightened his face and said, "No, these prisoners joining our team will bring down the combat effectiveness of the army, and these prisoners are not worthy of our trust."
He righteously rejected the proposal to use captured border troops to enrich his own army.
"For a place as big as Xuanda, the strength of just one of our combat divisions is too small." Pan Yi said.
Zhang Hong pondered for a moment and said: "I didn't expect that the official army would be defeated so quickly. The troops are indeed somewhat stretched, but it doesn't matter. We don't have to occupy the entire Xuanda University at once. Let's do it bit by bit first and wait for reinforcements." s arrival."
"That's all it can do." Pan Yi sighed.
As the deputy division chief of the Second War Division, he is already qualified to know some things.
The intelligence department of the Tiger Flag is divided into two parts: the Foreign Intelligence Bureau and the Internal Intelligence Bureau.
The Foreign Intelligence Service focuses on external affairs, while the Internal Intelligence Agency focuses on internal affairs.
The Foreign Intelligence Agency has spies placed in various state capitals to collect intelligence, and the Internal Intelligence Agency also has spies, but they are placed inside the Tiger Flag to act as the proprietor's eyes and ears.
The reason why Liu Qingzhou was asked to confess to Shizheng Zhang Hong was because he didn't know whether Liu Qingzhou's words questioning the proprietor had been known to the people in the Intelligence Bureau.
"This kind of thing cannot be hidden from others. It is better for you to say it yourself than to have these words reach the ears of Shi Zheng or even the ears of the proprietor one day." Gao Zhongyun said to Chen Yunhui.
