"Deputy envoy, there is a decree from the imperial court!" One of Ma Shilong's soldiers came to Sun Chuanting.
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting hesitated and asked, "Where is the angel?"
"My general is accompanying the angel and will be there soon," the soldier said.
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting gave up the idea of taking the initiative to see the angel and decided to stay and wait for the angel to come.
Not long after, Ma Shilong was seen walking over accompanied by a capital official.
"There must be angels from the capital around!" Sun Chuanting greeted him enthusiastically.
When the visitor saw Sun Chuanting, he also raised his hands and said, "Deputy Envoy Sun, you are polite. I have sent an official document from the Cabinet and the Ministry of War on the order of Liang Butang of the Ministry of War."
As he spoke, he took out the official document from his sleeves and raised it in front of Sun Chuanting with both hands.
It's just an official document rather than an edict, so there's no need to go through the trouble of showering, changing clothes, and furnishing eucalyptus.
Sun Chuanting took the official document and opened it to read the contents.
After reading it, he closed the document, turned to look at Ma Shilong beside the angel, and asked, "Has General Ma ever read the contents?"
"I haven't seen it." Ma Shilong shook his head and then added, "However, on the way here, I heard Xu Tiantian mention some of it."
Sun Chuanting nodded, then turned to the angel who came from the capital and said, "The matter is urgent, so I won't accompany Xu Angel."
"Deputy Ambassador Sun, just go and do it if you have something to do. I understand." Xu Tiantian did not feel coldly treated because Sun Chuanting did not accompany him.
Knowing the contents of the official document, he began to feel pity for Sun Chuanting.
Originally, it was not easy to take over the mess left behind after Lu Xiangsheng's death, but now he has added another task to go to Shandong to eliminate tiger bandits.
Even if he is an official in the capital, he still knows the power of the Tiger Flag.
Since the late emperor, the Tiger Character Banner has become stronger day by day. Now it has occupied three provinces and has begun to attack Shandong. Such a powerful rebel, with the few soldiers and horses brought by Sun Chuanting, may not be the opponent of the Tiger Character Banner. .
Of course, Xu Tiantian only thought about these words in his mind and did not say them out.
The court's orders can only be executed, and there is no room for bargaining.
Defeating the Tiger Flag soldiers and horses in Shandong means you are lucky, but if you lose, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.
Sun Chuanting nodded to Xu Angel and returned to his tent outside the city.
After he led his troops to Shunde Prefecture, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture did not allow the army to enter the city, so the army had to camp outside the city.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Sun Chuanting could only live with the army outside the city in order to know more about his troops.
Different from the relationship between Lu Xiangsheng and Tianxiong Army, Sun Chuanting knew that he had taken over Ma Shilong's army halfway, and he had to get familiar with it as soon as possible, so that he could stretch like an arm on the battlefield.
Similarly, because they were guest troops, they were not allowed to enter the city by the prefect of Shunde Prefecture.
And shortly after Sun Chuanting returned to the big tent, the gathering drum started to sound.
"The deputy envoy summoned the generals. The last general cannot accompany Xu Tiantian for the time being." Ma Shilong apologized and arranged for two of his soldiers to accompany Xu Tiantian, while he rushed to Sun Chuanting's commander's tent.
When he arrived, there were only Zuo Liangyu and the Tianxiong Army commander left by Lu Xiangsheng in the tent.
After Sun Chuanting came to Shunde Mansion, all the Tianxiong troops left by Lu Xiangsheng came under Sun Chuanting's command.
Different from the soldiers and horses brought by Sun Chuanting, the hundreds of cavalry of this Tianxiong Army are Sun Chuanting's real subordinates, and they are also subordinates that he can fully command.
"Deputy envoy." Ma Shilong greeted Sun Chuanting, who was sitting on the throne.
Sun Chuanting nodded.
Ma Shilong walked to the empty seat beside him and sat down.
There are three seats in the tent.
The chair in the middle naturally belongs to Sun Chuanting.
Even though he was not of the highest rank, he was a civil servant, and he was also the deputy envoy to the inspection department. He was responsible for rectifying the military preparations of the three palaces, and Ma Shilong and others were thrown under his command.
As a deputy general, Ma Shilong naturally has a chair.
The last chair left was the seat of General Cao Wenzhao.
People like Zuo Liangyu and others could only stand aside after entering the big tent, and were not qualified to sit at all.
"See the deputy envoy." Cao Wenzhao walked in from outside the tent.
One of the young generals following him was Cao Bianjiao.
Sun Chuanting pointed to the last empty seat and said, "Sit down!"
"Thank you, deputy envoy." Cao Wenzhao walked to the seat and sat down, while Cao Bianjiao stood behind him.
After a while, Wang Chengyin and other generals also came to the big tent.
Sun Chuanting, who was sitting on the main seat, glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was here. He said, "I have called you all here because the Ministry of War sent an official document ordering me to go to Shandong to suppress bandits. So I have called you all here." The officer has decided to send troops into Shandong tomorrow, General Cao!"
As he spoke, he looked at Cao Wenzhao, who was sitting in the lower position.
"The general is here." Cao Wenzhao stood up from his seat and bowed to face Sun Chuanting.
Sun Chuanting said: "I order you to be the vanguard of the army and enter Dongchang Mansion via Qinghe River."
"The last general has received the order." Cao Wenzhao bowed and accepted the order.
Sun Chuanting added: "After entering Linqing Prefecture, don't rush to fight the tiger thieves. First find out the situation of the tiger thieves in Dongchang Prefecture."
"The general has recorded it," Cao Wenzhao said.
Sun Chuanting nodded.
He still had great trust in Cao Wenzhao. He was a rare brave general in the Ming Dynasty, especially his nephew Cao Bianjiao, who was even more rare.
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After explaining Cao Wenzhao, Sun Chuanting began to assign tasks to others.
He made arrangements for all the troops and horses he could use one by one. Even so, he still didn't say a few words to everyone.
Being born in Dai County, he knows the Tiger Flag better than many people.
Many people only saw the Tiger Character Banner occupying the three provinces of the Ming Dynasty and its fierce military fronts, but he had personally seen the internal affairs of the Tiger Character Banner outside Yanmen Pass.
If the Yuan Dynasty, a foreign race, still ruled the Central Plains today, he would definitely choose to join the Tiger Flag and follow Liu Heng of the Tiger Flag to expel the Tartars.
However, the Ming Dynasty was not a foreign race, but the orthodoxy of the world. The books and articles he had studied for many years prevented him from betraying the Ming Dynasty and instead defected to the Tiger Flag.
After the Ming army in Shunde Mansion stayed for a day, Cao Wenzhao led his troops to leave on the second day.
Not long after, Sun Chuanting took the remaining soldiers and horses and left camp.
Soon, there were no more guest troops in Shunde Prefecture. When the prefect of Shunde Prefecture learned about the departure of the army outside the city, Sun Chuanting had already left with the army.
Now the main force of the Tiger Flag has left Guangping Mansion and has no intention of attacking Shunde Mansion.
Therefore, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture had long hoped that Sun Chuanting's guest army would leave his rule as soon as possible.
If Sun Chuanting hadn't been newly appointed by the court to serve as Shunde, Guangping, Daming, and Sanfu soldiers, I'm afraid he would have personally driven them away.
Now that the guest troops in Shunde Prefecture have left, it is just in line with his wishes.
