PS: Thanks to book friend He Cheng for promising the reward.
"General Li, don't worry. Since I dare to come, I can be sure to ensure my safety. Even if I am really caught by the government, General Li will never be implicated." Zheng Hong said with a smile.
Li Kaiyang took a sip of tea from the bowl and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do when you come to Yulin City?"
The Tiger-Character Banner army had already arrived in Mizhi. At this time, someone was sent to see him, the deputy commander-in-chief of Yansui Town. He did not think that the other party was just doing business in Yulin Town.
In his opinion, the identity of the fur merchant was just a cover to facilitate entry into Yulin City.
"Of course I came here for Yulin City." Zheng Hong said with a smile.
Li Kaiyang snorted softly and said: "You are quite anxious. We haven't taken Yinzhou Pass yet, but you are already thinking about Yulin City. If you want to take Yulin City, we will wait until you take Yinzhou Pass first."
The tiger-character banner army came from the direction of Mizhi. If they wanted to reach Yulin City, Yinzhou Pass was an insurmountable barrier.
"Yinzhou Pass cannot stop the Tiger Flag's army. General Li should receive news from Yinzhou Pass tonight." Zheng Hong said with a smile.
Li Kaiyang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and naturally understood the hidden meaning of the other party's words, and quickly asked: "Yinzhou Pass has fallen into your hands? This is impossible, didn't you just capture Jiazhou and Mizhi? Maybe we can win Yinzhou Pass again so soon."
Although he did not believe that Yinzhou Pass could block the troops of Tiger Character Banner, he also did not believe that Tiger Character Banner could capture a pass like Yinzhou Pass in such a short period of time.
"Nothing is impossible in this world." Zheng Hong said with a smile, "When General Li was still in Datong, he often secretly attacked Tiger Character Banner and my lord. Now he has also chosen to cooperate with my lord."
A look of embarrassment flashed across Li Kaiyang's face.
Who would have thought that the ant that could easily be crushed to death would now become such a behemoth that even Ming Dynasty wanted to recruit him several times.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Li Kaiyang understood that the moment he chose to cooperate with Liu Heng, he had no way out.
If he regrets, Liu Heng can hand over what he wrote at any time. What awaits him then will be the court's liquidation, becoming the scapegoat for the court's successive defeats in front of the tiger-character flag, and a tool used to appease the people.
Zheng Hong looked serious and said: "When the Tiger Banner army attacks Yulin City, I hope General Li can help us."
"Okay." Li Kaiyang agreed happily.
Choosing to stand with Hu Ziqi, it was naturally his duty to help Hu Ziqi capture Yulin City.
Now, he hopes that the Tiger Character Banner can take over the world. In the future, he may even become a founding hero and be granted a title.
Zheng Hong put a smile on his face again and said: "General Li is waiting at ease in the mansion. In three days at the latest, the tiger-shaped flag army will arrive at the gate of Yulin City."
"Since I promised General Liu, I will naturally keep my word and help you take Yan'an Mansion. Don't worry that I will regret it. But I want to say one more thing about Yinzhou Pass. Just today, Yulin City will send a force of 3,000 soldiers. Ma's army went to Yinzhou Pass for reinforcements, but I deliberately told Wei Weicheng, who was leading the army, to rush to Yinzhou Pass as slowly as possible." Li Kaiyang told the news about Wei Weicheng's reinforcements at Yinzhou Pass.
After listening, Zheng Hong said with a smile: "Yinzhou Pass should have changed hands by now. The reinforcements brought by General Wei may not be able to arrive."
"That's good." Li Kaiyang nodded lightly.
Zheng Hong suddenly stood up from his seat, cupped his hands towards Li Kaiyang, and said, "I have specially prepared some high-quality leather goods for General Li, and have given them to the servants in the mansion. I will ask General Li for more in Yulin City in the future." Take care of your business."
"Do you really want to do business in Yulin City?" Li Kaiyang frowned. valley
He thought that the other party's identity as a fur goods merchant was just a pretense for him to come to Yulin City, and he did not really want to manage the fur goods merchant's business.
Zheng Hong said with a smile: "I am a fur trader. I came to see General Li just so that someone above me can take care of the business, so that no one will be suspicious. This is also for the general's good."
"It's good that you have thought carefully. In this way, you will have an excuse to explain why you suddenly came to my house." Li Kaiyang's eyes were a little more appreciative.
After Zheng Hong left, the servants of the mansion carried a large wooden box into the room.
"What is this?" Li Kaiyang asked, looking at the wooden box on the ground.
The servant explained: "This wooden box was given to the mansion by the person just now. He said that it contains some high-quality leather goods, specially given to you as a tribute to the master."
"Open." Li Kaiyang motioned to his servants to open the wooden box.
The servant standing next to the wooden box opened the lid of the wooden box, directly revealing a patterned tiger skin on the top layer inside.
Li Kaiyang walked over, bent down and touched the tiger skin with his hands. It felt very comfortable.
After asking the servants to open the entire tiger skin, they found that it was a complete tiger skin and it was intact. There were no holes left by sharp weapons.
He glanced down at the inside of the wooden box.
I saw that there were still a few pieces of leather inside. Although the whole piece of leather was not opened, with the tiger skin and jade in front of me, the rest of the leather would not be defective.
In the General Military Mansion in the same city.
The news that Zheng Hong came to see Li Kaiyang was told to Wu Zimian, the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town.
The reason why the General Military Mansion knew the news immediately was not because Wu Zimian sent people to secretly monitor Li Kaiyang, but because such a caravan entered Yulin City and went directly to Li Kaiyang's residence, which naturally attracted the attention of others.
"A fur goods merchant suddenly went to see Li Kaiyang. Could there be something going on here?" Wu Zimian rubbed his lower body with his fingers, looking thoughtful.
Normally he wouldn't think too much, but now that the bandit army was approaching Yinzhou Pass, and suddenly such a caravan came to the city, he couldn't help but think too much.
"Do you want my subordinates to capture this person?" the soldier guarding the side asked.
Wu Zimian waved his hand gently and said: "Since he has something to do with Li Kaiyang, if he were to arrest him at this time, it would inevitably make Li Kaiyang dissatisfied. The most important thing right now is to block the traitor soldiers who blocked the Tiger Flag. It is not appropriate to fight with him." Li Kaiyang gave birth to discord."
He didn't want to offend Li Kaiyang at this time.
As the deputy commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, it is normal for Li Kaiyang to open a shop and do some business privately. Even he, the commander-in-chief, has several shops in Yulin City.
If it weren't for the coincidental timing of this fur caravan's arrival in Yulin City, he would not have interfered at all with the business affairs of the generals below.
"Report!"
A man in armor stumbled in from outside the house, followed by guards outside the gate of the General Military Mansion.
