For Chen Dali.
The downgrade still delayed the director of the Intelligence Bureau. Although the level was lowered, there was no actual change. He was still the leader of the Intelligence Bureau.
He understood that although the proprietor was dissatisfied with his affairs on Yanghewei, he still trusted him.
"Next, the Intelligence Bureau will conduct a thorough investigation of the personnel sent to various places by the Tiger Character Banner to check whether there are still people like Su Naichen." Liu Heng said.
"Yes." Chen Dali responded.
Liu Heng pointed to a piece of sweet potato on the stove and said to Chen Dali: "Bring a piece of roasted sweet potato and go do something!"
"My subordinates excuse themselves." Chen Dali bowed first, then picked up a piece of roasted sweet potato on the stove and left the office.
Liu Heng took his pipe and knocked the remaining ash inside. He stood up from the bench and walked to the wall with the map.
"Proprietor, drink some water. It's already warm." People tend to have dry mouths after smoking. Zhao Wu picked up the tea vat that had been drying on the table for a while and brought it to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng took the tea vat, took a sip, looked at the map in front of him and said, "How is the Dragoon Army doing now?"
"Not long ago, we fought several battles with several tribes in Mobei. They all won great victories and captured a lot of cattle and sheep. They should have returned to Bansheng for repairs now," Zhao Wu said.
The attendant team has a record of the mobilization and combat status of various troops in the Tiger Character Banner.
As the captain of the guard around Liu Heng, Zhao Wu is also the captain of the attendant team. For major events such as the mobilization and combat of any army in the Tiger Flag, he always gets the news from the attendant team as soon as possible.
"Although they are not elite enough, there should not be much problem in dealing with the tribes on the grassland." Liu Heng said to himself while looking at the map in front of him.
The map in front of me is a map of the grassland.
The mountains and rivers above, including desert areas, as well as every lake on the grassland, and the area of grassland frequented by Mongolian tribes are all marked on it.
"Send the order." Liu Heng looked at the map and said, "Order the Dragoon Army to enter the defense line that takes over the position of the Third Battle Division. After the Third Battle Division switches defense with the Dragoon Army, it launches an attack on the forts of Xuan Mansion."
Zhao Wu on the side took out the small notebook in his arms and started recording.
"Order the First Battle Division to prepare for war and prepare for entering the Xuan Mansion." After saying this, Liu Heng looked at Zhao Wu.
At this time, Zhao Wu quickly recorded Liu Heng's orders with the charcoal pen in his hand.
Liu Heng said: "Send the order to the attendant team, form an official letter, and send it to Grassland and Shuozhou."
After recording, Zhao Wu closed the notebook in his hand, turned around and walked out.
Not long after, several fast horses walked out from the main town office and galloped away towards different city gates on the east and west sides.
Zhao Yutu, who returned to the governor's office, also left Datong Town with a group of cavalry.
Yanghewei is a hundred miles away from Datong Town.
Although the Mongolian horses used in the Tiger Character Banner have better foot strength than many horse breeds, it still took more than a day for Zhao Yutu to reach Yanghewei.
After the tiger-character banner occupied Yanghewei, the city began to open and close the city gate on time. The soldiers and horses guarding the city gate were a group of soldiers from the garrison in the city and several government officials from the government office.
As soon as Zhao Yutu led a group of cavalry to the gate of Yanghe Acropolis, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city gate.
Ordinary people would not encounter difficulties or obstructions when entering the city, but these people brought by Zhao Yutu looked like members of the army, and each of them was holding a riding gun and a hand gun, which posed a greater threat, even if they were all belonging to his own people. The costumes were also stopped for inspection.
"This is the bronze medal that proves my identity." Zhao Yutu threw his bronze medal to the city gate guard who stopped him.
The other party took the bronze medal, glanced at it, and hurriedly handed it back. He raised his right arm and saluted, and said, "I'm here to see Director Zhao."
Several government officials on the side looked at each other.
Although I didn't know what the visitor was doing, looking at the appearance of the Tiger Flag soldiers guarding the city gate, I guessed that the visitor should be a big shot of the Tiger Flag.
"Can I enter the city?" Zhao Yutu asked.
The other party nodded, took a few steps back, and said to the others: "Everyone, step aside and let Director Zhao enter the city."
Several soldiers guarding the city gate retreated to the edge.
Zhao Yutu rode towards the city on horseback. When he passed by the guard at the city gate, he said, "Send someone to inform the guards in the city to meet me at the county government office."
After saying that, he dismounted his horse and entered the city.
A group of cavalry behind him followed him into Yanghe Acropolis.
When the people were far away, several government officials approached the city gate guard and asked in a low voice: "May I ask the military master, who is the one who just passed by?"
"Guard the city gate honestly and don't ask about other matters." The city gate guard glanced at the yamen officer who spoke, and immediately said to one of his subordinates, "Go and inform the general that Director Zhao has gone to Yanghewei County yamen. "
The soldier who was called ran to the horse path behind the city gate, untied the reins of a war horse from the horse post, got on the horse, and rode towards the garrison.
Compared with other guard posts and border forts, Yanghewei is already a very large guard post, and is inferior to most other county towns.
There are two yamen in the city, one is the patrol yamen and the other is the military yamen, which are now the county yamen and garrison office.
Zhao Yutu had been to Yanghewei, and he still remembered the place where the patrol office was located in Yanghewei City, so he led people straight to the former patrol office.
The plaque on the patrol office outside the government office has been replaced by the county government office.
Zhao Yutu handed over the horse to the guard who was following him, and walked towards the Yamen.
The gate of the government office is guarded by government officials.
As soon as he saw Zhao Yutu and the group of tiger-shaped flag cavalry following him, he immediately realized that someone was unusual, and one of the government servants quickly ran into the government office to deliver a message.
"Take me to see Su Naichen." Zhao Yutu climbed up the steps in front of the Yamen and said to the Yamen guarding here with a gloomy face.
"Guan Ning's soldiers and horses are the last elite of the Ming Dynasty. As long as we defeat the Guan Ning soldiers and horses brought by Zhao Zhijiao, there will not be many soldiers and horses in the entire Ming Dynasty who can be our opponents, and they will be qualified to become our opponents in the future. , only the slave thieves from Liaodong are left." Liu Heng said.
Zhao Yutu said: "If you say so, we must defeat this Liaodong army. Once we lose to this army, it will damage the morale of our Tiger Flag army. When we face this Liaodong army in the future, it will be very difficult for us to do so." Might become withdrawn.”
"The battles with the official army will be done by the combat divisions below. The top priority is that you must prepare enough food and grass in advance. I don't want the army to fight because of food and grass problems, resulting in a failure in the battle." Liu Heng told Zhao Yutu said.
The reason why Zhao Yutu was brought here was to prepare the army for the upcoming battle.
Zhao Yutu nodded vigorously and said: "Don't worry, proprietor, we will definitely not delay the food and grass needed by the army."
