"The garrison at Juyong Pass is less than 2,000. As long as the First Battle Division is willing, Juyong Pass can be taken. Why not fight?" Zhao Yutu came to the signing room where Liu Heng worked.
Zhao Wu in the room made a cup of hot tea and brought it to Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu took it and continued: "Qian Liang's subordinates are all ready. As long as the first battle division breaks through Juyong Pass and goes all the way to the capital city, we Tiger Character Banner will have a chance to change the dynasty on our own."
When he mentioned the change of dynasty, he looked very excited.
"Don't be excited, look at the map on the wall first." Liu Heng pointed to the map of the entire Ming Dynasty hanging on the back wall.
Zhao Yutu looked at the map hanging on the wall, frowned slightly, and said: "What's wrong with the map? It's not very good. This location is the capital. As long as Juyong Pass is captured, the army can go straight to the capital. If it is delayed, we will wait. Once King Qin’s army arrives, it will be difficult to capture the capital.”
Looking at the map, he still did not forget to persuade Liu Heng to continue sending troops.
"It's a waste of time to look at the map." Liu Heng stood up from his seat, picked up a thin wooden stick next to him and drew a circle on the map at Xuanda, which was occupied by the tiger-character flag army, and said, "Here we have the tiger-character flag. The place occupied by the flag, all the way to the south, is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Even if we barely capture the capital, how long can we hold it? As long as the enemy blocks the retreat of the first battle division back to Xuanda, the first battle will be The military division will become a kite with its string cut off. Without any support, it will not be able to hold on for long. Taking the capital will not do any good for us, Tiger Character Banner, other than making us the target of public criticism."
Zhao Yutu opened his mouth, and finally turned into a long sigh, saying: "I just feel that it is a pity to miss such a good opportunity."
"I don't think this is a good opportunity, it can only be said to be a trap full of temptations." Liu Heng said, "Even if we capture the capital, the only ones who are cheap will be the slaves and thieves in Liaodong and the rebellious chieftains in the south. The Duhu character flag does not bring much benefit, but it makes it easy for oneself to get involved."
He threw the thin wooden stick in his hand on the table and sat back on his seat.
Zhao Yutu stared at the map and took a sip of tea from time to time.
On the map, there is only a small area representing Xuanda, which is pitifully small compared to the entire Ming Dynasty.
"The army can't go south, but can we capture the whole of Shanxi? In this way, it connects Shaanxi to the west, Henan to the south, and Shuntian Prefecture to the east. The situation will suddenly open up." Zhao Yutu said looking at the map on the wall.
Liu Heng glanced at the map on the wall and said: "The matter in Shanxi is not urgent. We have just captured Xuanfu and have not yet fully digested it. The Logistics Bureau needs to immediately arrange for officials to go to Xuanfu to handle the land allocation matters."
"After several months of experience, the deputies from various states and counties in Datong are fully capable of presiding over the situation in one place. My subordinates think that these people can be sent to Xuanfu." Zhao Yutu suggested.
Liu Heng nodded and said: "You make a list and show it to me. If there are no big problems, we will arrange for these people to go to Xuan Mansion to preside over the land distribution."
"I'll go back and get ready." Zhao Yutu responded, turned around and left the signing room.
Zhao Wu picked up a piece of roasted sweet potato from the stove cover and brought it to Liu Heng. He said: "Some of the captured Liaodong soldiers and horses and some of the Xuanfu guards' soldiers and horses have been sent to the grassland. Now all kinds of captives on the grassland are The Ming army was too large, so Deputy Director Li sent someone to ask if these prisoners could be reorganized into an army."
"There have been a lot of prisoners sent to the grassland recently." Liu Heng put down the official document in his hand, thought for a while, and said, "Soldiers from Xuanda's guards can be released back to Xuanda as long as there are no major problems. Just let them go home and farm, I believe they have their own fields, even if they are asked to help the court deal with the Tiger Flag, they will not agree."
Zhao Wu said: "I will ask the attendants to write an official letter and send it to the grassland."
Liu Heng nodded.
On the other side, Zhao Yutu came out of the main town office with several guards. As soon as he went out, he saw seven or eight fierce-looking men appearing outside the gate of the main town office.
The leader was a middle-aged man.
When the other party saw Zhao Yutu walking out of the general town office, he nodded to Zhao Yutu with a smile, and then walked towards the main gate of the general town office.
Zhao Yutu looked at the middle-aged man carefully and confirmed that he had not seen this person before. Otherwise, given the aura of the other person, it would be impossible not to have any impression of him.
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Yutu called out to the middle-aged man from behind.
However, several men behind the middle-aged man immediately protected the middle-aged man behind them and looked at Zhao Yutu warily.
Several guards around Zhao Yutu also protected Zhao Yutu. They took out the muskets on their waists and pointed them at the strange men in front of them.
At the same time, when the guards in front of the main town office saw that something was wrong, they all raised their rifles and pointed them at the middle-aged man and the men around him.
The middle-aged man pushed away the man in front of him, walked to the front, smiled and said to Zhao Yutu: "Don't get me wrong, my people don't have any ill intentions. I wonder what happened to Mr. Zhao's request to stay here?"
It was obvious that the middle-aged man knew Zhao Yutu.
Seeing that the other party knew about him, Zhao Yutu asked, "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
He knew some of the big families in Datong Town, but none of them could match up with the middle-aged man in front of him.
"I am not from Datong Town, so Mr. Zhao may have never met me, which is not surprising." The middle-aged man said with a smile.
Zhao Yutu looked the middle-aged man up and down and said, "Must be from Liaodong!"
After hearing this, the middle-aged man's face, which was still smiling at first, changed, and soon returned to normal, saying: "Mr. Zhao has a good eye. I am a businessman from Liaodong. When I came to Datong this time, I made a special trip to see Mr. Liu. .”
"Businessman?" Zhao Yutu looked at the middle-aged man, then at the fierce-looking men he brought, and said, "Since you are a businessman, you should do business well. If you miss the business rules, you will lose your life." .”
After saying that, he left the main town office with his guards.
The middle-aged man squinted his eyes as he watched Zhao Yutu gradually move away from his back, and did not look away for a long time.
"Uh-huh, has this person already recognized our identities?" A man standing behind stepped forward and whispered.
The middle-aged man shook his head slightly and said: "It's hard to tell, but it doesn't hurt to recognize us. Now that we've arrived in Datong, we didn't expect our identities to be kept secret forever."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the main gate of the town office.
When he was still a few steps away from the stone steps in front of the main town office, he stopped and said to the guard guarding the main town office: "Can you please go in and report that the envoy from Dajin is here to visit Dongzhu Liu. "
