After Zhang Hong patiently listened to Liu Qingzhou's words, he immediately laughed and said, "Okay, the proprietor won't blame you for such a trivial matter. You are also talking nonsense, and you are not really blaming the proprietor. "
"It's too late for me to admire the proprietor, so how dare I blame the proprietor." Liu Qingzhou said with a bitter face, "My subordinates also fled to Datong from Liaodong. If it weren't for the tiger-character flag and the proprietor, I don't know when I would have starved to death. Or he could die of illness in the wild, and there would be no way he would be here today."
Zhang Hong nodded lightly and said: "That's right. Without the proprietor, there would be no Tiger Flag today, and it would be impossible for you and me to live such a good life today."
Liu Qingzhou nodded vigorously after hearing this.
Pan Yi on the side also nodded vigorously.
He was a miner from Lingqiu Dongshan Iron Works. He knew very well what kind of life the miners lived in the past. Every winter, the corpses of the miners were carried out one by one, and some even caused the whole family to freeze to death at home.
It can be said that the miners do the most tiring work, but what they eat is swill. Throughout the year, the whole family does not have a full meal.
Miners like him have worked in iron yards almost all their lives, and there are only a handful of miners in Dongshan who can live beyond the age of forty.
Almost all the miners have exhausted themselves in the ironworks, and their bodies are almost broken by the time they reach middle age.
This is true for generations of miners.
If Hu Ziqi hadn't come to Dongshan later, he would have been like his fathers. I'm afraid he would have died before he was forty years old.
Liu Dongzhu of Tiger Character Banner completely changed the life of miners in the iron yard.
Although there is still the same amount of work every day, there is more food and water, and the wages are higher than before. Some miners have sick and injured families, and they also have enough money to hire doctors to treat their families and buy medicines.
The days are getting better and everyone has hope.
It is precisely because of this that he and the miners in Dongshan are willing to follow Liu Hengqian, even if they are beheaded and rebel, because they, who are miners, never want to live the precarious life before.
"Okay, go back and bring the message. I'm waiting for news about your occupation of Tiancheng Guard." Zhang Hong said to Liu Qingzhou.
Liu Qingzhou saluted straightly and said: "Yes, I will definitely live up to the trust of my master. I will definitely capture Tiancheng Guard within three days."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
Tianchengwei is the closest guardhouse to Xinpingbao. In later generations, Xinpingbao can only be regarded as a town under Tianchengwei.
Of course, Tianchengwei was not called Tianchengwei, and became a county in later generations.
Pan Yi said at this time: "Shi Zheng, my subordinates are sending Liu Yingzheng out of the city."
"Let the people below deliver it to you. I have something to tell you." Zhang Hong called to Pan Yi who was about to leave with Liu Qingzhou.
Pan Yi stayed when he heard that he still had something to do.
Zhang Hong said, "I'm going to leave it to you to escort the prisoners back to Qingcheng."
"Can someone else go back?" Pan Yi looked bitter when he heard that the task of escorting the prisoners fell on him.
The Tiger Character Banner is currently using troops against Xuanda. Returning to Qingcheng now means missing the opportunity to fight Xuanda.
Zhang Hong said: "I feel more at ease if you escort the prisoners."
"But the camp under my command is a war camp, otherwise it would be better to leave it to Chen Yingzheng's supply camp to escort the prisoners." Pan Yi looked at Zhang Hong expectantly.
Unfortunately, what was waiting for him was Zhang Hong shaking his head in refusal.
Just listen to Zhang Hong say: "Chen Yunhui's supply camp needs to stay to continue to put pressure on the two defeated armies of Xuanfu and Datong. It cannot be easily mobilized, and your camp has left a thousand-man team to defend the city. If you are mobilizing the troops and horses in the baggage camp, both the baggage camp and the second battle camp will be incomplete, making it inconvenient to command, so it is still up to you to escort the prisoners."
"If I had known this, my subordinate would have gone out of the city to fight with the Ming army with Deputy Division Chief Gao, even if I had told him otherwise." Pan Yi said with an annoyed look on his face.
Zhang Hong smiled and comforted: "Okay, going back to Qingcheng is not a bad thing. Escorting so many prisoners back is also considered a meritorious service."
"Can that be the same?" Pan Yi said with a bitter face, "After all, my subordinate is also the commander of the war camp, but now he has to do the work of the transport camp. When the people below know about it, they have to blame the subordinate to death."
Zhang Hong laughed when he heard this and said: "Don't be aggrieved. The Ming Dynasty is so big and you are afraid that you won't have a chance to fight. Complete the task first, and you will have a chance sooner or later."
"Shizheng, what you mean is that we want to rebel. No, do you mean to hold high the banner and restore peace to the world?" Pan Yi's eyes were shining.
Zhang Hong smiled and said, "Go back and prepare. The prisoners will be sent over tomorrow. Tens of thousands of prisoners must be arranged."
"Yes, I will go back and prepare now." Pan Yi happily agreed.
He knew that if the Tiger Character Banner really wanted to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, there would be many battles to fight in the future, and he was not afraid that he would have no battles to fight in the future.
Zhang Hong picked up the teapot on the table and took a sip of water. He stopped Pan Yi who was about to leave and said, "The amount of food and grass cannot be too much, and indeed it cannot be too little. Although the forts along the way will provide some support, this time the prisoners The quantity is too large, and all the food in the fort cannot be used for the prisoners."
"Don't worry, Shi Zheng. I know this well. I only need to take half of the rations consumed by the prisoners along the way, so as to prevent the prisoners from causing trouble when they are full." Pan Yi turned around and said to Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong saw that Pan Yi understood what he meant, so he said yes and signaled that he could leave.
Pan Yi then left the signing room.
The night passed.
An hour after dawn, a long stream of people appeared outside Xinpingbao City.
Pan Yi came out of Xinping Fort with a group of soldiers and horses.
Leaving Xinpingbao with them were Niu Er and the others who were the first group of prisoners to be captured.
tread! tread! tread!
Several fast riders came galloping from a distance.
"The camp is in full swing, all the prisoners have been brought here." Cheng Ping on horseback came to Pan Yi and others.
Pan Yi looked at the endless flow of people, nodded solemnly, and said, "Give me the order to tell the prisoners ahead not to stop and to go towards the grassland."
This time, Cheng Ping did not go back to inform in person, but asked the messenger below to deliver the order.
"Bring these people over too!" Pan Yi told a subordinate next to him, and at the same time pointed at the second-class Niu not far away.
The group of people following Pan Yi split off and took Niu Er and others to join the captive army not far away.
When there were only a few people left in front of Xinpingbao City Gate, Cheng Ping finally spoke: "Yingzheng, why did you accept the errand of escorting the prisoners back to Qingcheng? Such errands are usually done by the baggage battalion."
There was a hint of complaint in his tone.
Seeing that the Tiger-Character Banner army was about to send out troops to declare a great victory, returning to Qingcheng at this time would mean missing out on the upcoming battle.
