"How many tiger thieves have come?" Degerei asked about the number of invading tiger-character banner cavalry.
Having fought against the Tiger Flag, he knew very well that the Tiger Flag was much more difficult to deal with than the Ming Army, and in so many fights, they had never taken advantage of the Tiger Flag.
The soldier with the yellow flag who delivered the message said: "About a few thousand cavalry."
"Where are those Mongols? Isn't there still a Mongolian cavalry in Huangzhuang? With this Mongolian cavalry here, they should be able to hold on for a while." Degerei said.
However, the Xianghuang Banner soldier who delivered the message quickly said: "Forget about those Mongols. When they encountered the tiger-thief cavalry, all the Anxi Mongolians ran away, leaving only Saharian Beile and more than 200 Xianghuang Banner soldiers. "
"The Mongols ran away?" Dege frowned.
The Mongolians in Huangzhuang escaped, which was beyond his expectation.
The soldier with the yellow flag who delivered the message said: "Master Beile, hurry up and send troops to Huangzhuang. If you are late, everything in Sahalian Beile and Huangzhuang will be taken away by the tiger thieves."
"I understand, let's take him down to rest first." Degerei asked his men to take the soldier with the yellow flag who delivered the message to rest.
After the people were taken away, the commander of the Zhenglan Banner on the side said: "Baylor, we can't ignore Huangzhuang. We should send troops immediately. The things in Huangzhuang are not only those of the two yellow flags, but also the things of our Zhenglan Banner."
Except for the belongings of the two red flags, the goods stored in Huangzhuang are all stored here.
"We must send troops to rescue Huangzhuang, but you have to understand that tiger thieves are not that easy to deal with. Don't forget the lessons of the two red flags. Yue Tuo's life and death are still unknown." Degerei said.
Zhenglan Banner only has a few thousand soldiers and horses in Jinjun Mountain, most of them are infantry.
He didn't have the slightest confidence in taking these thousands of soldiers and horses to Huangzhuang to confront the Tiger Banner's cavalry, and he didn't want to end up like Daishan.
The Zhenglan Banner's ginseng leader frowned and said: "The longer time passes, the more dangerous Huangzhuang will be. If we don't rescue Huangzhuang, the Great Khan will definitely put the responsibility on our Zhenglan Banner. All banners that have lost will blame us."
"You are right." Degerei nodded and said immediately, "If you do this, immediately send people to Qian'an to inform the Great Khan about the situation in Huangzhuang. I will lead a team of cavalry to Huangzhuang first and try to find a way to delay the move of Huhu. Thief, take the others and come to support us."
"Okay." Zhenglan Banner nodded.
The slaves and thieves who marched into the mountain quickly divided into two groups.
Degelei left the team with his cavalry, led by the soldier with the yellow flag who had sent the message, and rushed to Huangzhuang first.
When they arrived, the fighting here in Huangzhuang had already ended.
The corpses of soldiers with yellow flags dropped on the ground made Degerei understand that the people from the Tiger Flag had robbed the property of Huangzhuang and had already evacuated.
"Master Beile, a large number of ruts were found in the west. It should be that a large number of carriages went west." A left leader of Zhenglan Banner came to Dege Lei and told what they had discovered in the surrounding area.
Dege personally went to the place where a large number of rut marks were found to check.
The place where the rut marks were found is in the northeast of Huangzhuang. Although it is very close to Huangzhuang, it is not in Huangzhuang after all.
With such a large number of ruts, only the carriages transporting Huangzhuang's goods could leave so many marks. Moreover, these ruts were in the northeast of Huangzhuang, and many corpses of soldiers with two yellow flags were left nearby.
There are various indications that Saharian had already set off with his belongings, but he was blocked by the cavalry of the Tiger Flag before he had gone very far.
"Master Beile, Saharian's body was found." The flag soldiers below came over to report.
Hearing this, Degerei hurriedly said: "Let's go, take me there."
Soon, he was brought to a corpse whose appearance was difficult to distinguish.
However, no matter how difficult it is to tell, Sahalian's identity can still be inferred through the clothes inside his body, the location and shape of the scars, and the barely identifiable incomplete face shape.
"Give the body a good burial!" Dege ordered his subordinates.
Sakhalian was also a Baylor. His body was brought back to Liaodong, and Dege could get half of Sakhalian's wealth.
There was no place to find a coffin at the moment, so Saharian's body could only be wrapped in a straw mat.
If Saharian's body was found two days later, I am afraid that only a few bones and rags would be left, and the carnivorous beasts on the grassland would eat the meat from the body.
"Leave a few people to guard the body, and the others will follow Benbeile and chase along these ruts." Degelei arranged for several Zhenglan Banner flag soldiers to guard the body.
Not only Saharian's body, but also more than 200 corpses decorated with yellow flags also needed to be buried.
After all, every corpse brought back is half of the deceased's family property. He, Dege, looks down on the petty profits of these ordinary flag soldiers, but the others in Zhenglan Banner care very much.
With these ruts, there is no need to worry about not being able to catch Huangzhuang's convoy full of goods.
Moreover, no matter how fast the convoy moves, it cannot run faster than the four legs of the horse. Moreover, the carriage is full of goods, and the convoy cannot go faster even if it wants to.
Not far after chasing them, Dege noticed that the ruts on the ground were getting fresher and fresher, and immediately understood that they were not far from the convoy.
At this moment, the flag soldiers of Zhenglan Banner retreated from the front with injuries.
"What's going on?" Derge looked at the injured flag soldier in front of him, his brows knitted together.
The people he sent out were all Baya La, skilled in bow and horse. This time when he came to Daming from Liaodong, he only brought dozens of Baya La from Zhenglan Banner.
Even the last time he fought against the Tiger Flag, he was reluctant to send out these bagaras. Unexpectedly, he lost several bagaras in just one exploration.
"Reporting to Lord Beile, the slaves encountered the tiger thief's sentinels and suffered some losses during the fight. However, the tiger thief did not take advantage. Several were killed or injured," said the injured Baya Labing.
Degerei noticed that the injured Bagala's arm in front of him was soaked with blood and his sleeves were red. Knowing that the injury was serious, he said: "You go back to Huangzhuang to recuperate first, and your revenge will be avenged on you."
"This slave obeys Lord Beile's orders." The injured Baya Labing did not resist and obeyed Degerei's arrangements.
Of course, he was injured on his right arm. Even if he stayed, it would be difficult to go into battle and kill the enemy. It would only drag others down. It was better to go back and recover from the injury before killing the enemy.
Now that the man with the tiger character flag has been discovered, Dege Lei is not in a hurry.
He did not have an advantage in military strength, and he knew very well that if he took action forcefully, not only would he not be able to take advantage, but he might also lose all the remaining cavalrymen in his possession.
After all, even the most elite Baya soldiers in his hands did not take advantage of the sentries of the Tiger Flag.
Now he only needs to ensure that the convoy full of goods coming out of Huangzhuang will not be lost, and the rest will be solved when the Khan arrives.
