"Yingzheng!" A tiger-shaped banner cavalry ran quickly from outside into the backyard of Sun's house.
Tan Zaiwang turned around and saw the visitor and asked, "What's wrong?"
The visitor walked up to Tan Zaiwang, whispered a few words in his ear, and then stepped aside.
Tan Zaiwang said: "You go back first, I will be there right away."
The visitor quickly left from Sun's backyard.
"Yingzheng, did something happen?" Xu Guang walked up and asked in a low voice.
Tan Zaiwang said: "I'll leave the affairs of the Sun family to you. The food should be transported outside the city as soon as possible. Our army will arrive soon and will be sent directly to the camp."
"Understood." Xu Guang nodded.
Tan Zaiwang left the affairs of the Sun family behind and left with some of his subordinates.
A group of tiger-shaped banner cavalry were stationed on the street outside the Sun Family Courtyard.
As soon as Tan Zaiwang came out, someone immediately led the horse over.
"Where did you find the official sentry cavalry?" Tan Zaiwang, who got on his horse, asked the cavalryman who had gone to Sun's house to report the news.
The other party said: "Twenty miles away from Xi'an Fort, a group of more than 20 officers and soldiers suddenly appeared. When they discovered our cavalry, they took the initiative to retreat. Our people have already chased them. I believe there will be news soon. return."
"It seems that the officers and soldiers in the direction of Taiyuan are not far from Xi'an Fort." Tan Zaiwang raised his eyebrows.
tread! tread! tread!
Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves on the street in front, and Tan Zaiwang subconsciously looked up.
I saw Chen Wu rushing over with his people.
"Yingzheng, my subordinates heard that a small group of official cavalry was discovered outside Xi'an Fort?" Chen Wu asked after approaching.
Tan Zaiwang glanced at the blood stains on Chen Wu's armor, nodded slightly, and then asked: "How is the situation in the city?"
"It's just some Lahu and Banner troops who took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. My subordinates have already taken care of them all." Chen Wu said sarcastically, and then added, "The official cavalry appears in Xi'an Fort. The troops and horses of the official brigade are definitely not there." It’s far away, would you like me to take someone to check it out?”
Tan Zaiwang waved his hand and said: "We have sent people to investigate. You stay in the city and continue to stabilize the situation in the city. Xu Guang will cooperate with you."
"Yes." Chen Wu nodded in agreement.
Tan Zaiwang left Chen Wu to guard Xi'an Fort, and left Xi'an Fort with the rest of the cavalry to meet Jia Liu's personal division.
When the two armies faced each other, the cavalry was mainly used to strangle the enemy's flanks and chase down defeated troops. The frontal infantry battle mainly relied on infantry.
It is eighty miles away from Xi'an Fort.
A large army under the banner of Taiyuan Prefecture General Town Office is marching towards Xi'an Fort.
"Report!" The flying cavalry rushed into the advancing army, came to a military general under the banner, bowed and said, "Report to the general, a large number of bandit cavalry were found near Xi'an Fort."
The yellow-faced general under the banner raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there only the cavalry of the bandits? Have you found a large army of bandits?"
"Not found." Fei Qi lowered his head and said.
A general following the yellow-faced general said: "It seems that the bandits have already heard about the arrival of our troops. Xi'an Fort may have fallen into the hands of the bandits."
If there are people from Datong Town, they will definitely recognize that the general speaking is the Lieutenant General Li who escaped from Datong Town.
After Lieutenant General Li and others escaped from Datong Town, they fled all the way to Taiyuan.
Along the way, he didn't even dare to bring more soldiers and horses, for fear that the extra people would cause too much noise and be targeted by the bandits around Datong Town. When he encountered a large army coming from the direction of Taiyuan, he only had less than a hundred soldiers and horses around him. .
"I don't expect to hide it forever." The yellow-faced general said disapprovingly.
As the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan, he personally brought an army of 20,000 people. He knew that the army was marching all the way and it was impossible to hide the bandits from the direction of Datong Town.
Lieutenant General Li said: "In this case, the army is likely to meet in Xi'anbao and Huairen County."
As the deputy general of Datong Fubiao Camp, he knew all the states, counties and border forts in Datong by heart. Even without a map, he knew the specific locations of states and counties.
"It's just right. We'll first eliminate this bandit halfway, and then deal with the other bandits when we get to Datong Town." The yellow-faced general said majestically.
Lieutenant General Li next to him frowned, feeling that the other party underestimated the bandits in Datong, and obviously regarded the bandits from Tiger Character Banner as ordinary bandits.
He was worried that the other party would suffer a loss when encountering the bandit army, and carefully reminded: "This bandit in Datong cannot be underestimated. At the beginning, the two armies of Datong and Xuanfu, with 60,000 to 70,000 people, were not in the hands of this bandit." We got a bargain, but the whole army was annihilated, otherwise Datong Town would not be defenseless and easily captured by the bandits."
"You don't understand." The yellow-faced general waved his hand and said, "Sometimes the more soldiers and horses, the better. For example, Yang Guozhu and Wang Tong are both commander-in-chief. No one can command the other. When facing the bandits, they fight independently. Seeing that there are many soldiers and horses, it is not as good as a single army to pose a greater threat to the bandits."
After hearing this, Lieutenant General Li's eyes showed deep worry.
The Taiyuan commander obviously did not take the bandits in Datong seriously, and as a defeated general who escaped from Datong Town, he had no say in this Taiyuan army.
If you keep reminding the other party that the bandits in Datong are powerful, it will only arouse the other party's boredom, and maybe they will use him as a sacrifice in the name of deceiving people.
The yellow-faced general did not give an order to the flag officer: "Pass this order to the general and order the army to speed up and arrive at Xi'an Fort before noon tomorrow."
Obviously he couldn't wait to fight against the bandit army.
As soon as the flag officer left, the yellow-faced general once again said to Deputy General Li who was following him: "This time I will let you see how I eliminated the bandits."
"I wish the general a great victory and eradicate the bandits in one fell swoop." Vice General Li congratulated.
The yellow-faced general held his beard and laughed.
He was determined to wipe out the bandits in Datong. He wanted the court to see that he could do things that the two generals of Datong Xuanfu could not do.
His contribution to wiping out the bandits in Datong may not necessarily earn him a direct knighthood, but he can be rewarded by the court. Even further, being reused by the court may not necessarily mean he will not have the opportunity to be knighted in the future.
The more than 20,000 troops in Taiyuan Town pulled out a long snake-like team.
Several sentry teams were sent out to search for bandits in Datong, especially in Huairen County, Xi'anbao.
"General, Yingzhou City has not fallen into the hands of the bandits. It is better to settle down in Yingzhou City today and wait for the sent out sentry cavalry to return before deciding whether to continue the journey." Vice General Li persuaded the Taiyuan general to stay in Yingzhou temporarily. .
He learned from this Taiyuan army that there were several more officers and soldiers coming towards Datong.
Since he could not persuade the Taiyuan commander to pay attention to the bandits in Datong, he wanted to delay the arrival of several other armies.
"I told you that we should arrive at Xi'an Fort before noon tomorrow." The yellow-faced general gave Vice General Li a dissatisfied look.
