Damatei was not qualified to sit down in front of Sakhalian. At least Sakhalian did not allow him to sit down, so he could only stand and answer questions.
"To return to my master, Gaizhou is relatively stable at present. The tiger thieves only operated in the area at the junction of Fuzhou and Gaizhou, destroying some Zhuangzi, but the impact on Gaizhou as a whole is not great."
"The tiger thief has not used troops against Gaizhou for so long!" Saharian frowned. In his opinion, the Tiger Character Banner would soon attack Gaizhou after taking Fuzhou. It was precisely because of this speculation that Huang Taiji urged them to send troops from Shengjing to attack Gaizhou.
The march was delayed for a while. Unexpectedly, the Tiger Character Banner did not attack Gaizhou at all. As for Zhuangzi who lost several places at the junction of Gaizhou and Fuzhou, this was nothing to him.
"Maybe the tiger thieves knew that the old master led an army to Gaizhou, and the tiger thieves were scared out of their wits, so they didn't dare to attack Gaizhou City." Damatai boasted.
After hearing this, Saharian shook his head and said: "The situation you are talking about is completely impossible." The incident of the two red flags on the grassland was still fresh in his mind, and he did not believe that the tiger-character flag would be abandoned because he was worried about Daishan. Dare to send troops to Gaizhou.
"Then I don't know," Damatei said. Ever since the news of the loss of Fuzhou City came back to Gaizhou, he had been awake at night and eating tastelessly, fearing that the Tiger-Character Banner army would one day come to the city.
On the surface, it seems that the territory of Gaizhou is larger than that of Fuzhou, but in fact, there are not as many Eight Banners soldiers in the city as in Fuzhou, but there are more Han troops. In addition, all the villages outside the city are bannermen. Although many bannermen are old, Although his strength is weak, he often followed Lao Khan to fight everywhere when he was young. He has rich combat experience and can barely be regarded as a force.
But these still can't make him feel safe. The news that Fuzhou City could not be defended for even a day really shocked him as the defender of Gaizhou City. He was afraid that after the tiger-character banner army came, Gaizhou City would follow in the footsteps of Fuzhou City.
Now that Shengjing's reinforcements have arrived, he can finally feel at ease. Sahanlian asked: "Didn't you send some people to find out the news about the tiger thief?" Damatai lowered his head and said nothing.
He had been worried that there were not enough garrison troops in the city, so how could he be willing to send people to Fuzhou to investigate the news about the Tiger Flag.
"Immediately send a team of cavalry with good equestrian skills to Fuzhou to find out the situation of the army of tiger thieves." Seeing Damatai's guilty look, Saharian knew that the other party did not send anyone, so he gave Damatai an order directly.
"I will make arrangements now." Damatai turned around and walked out. Staying in front of Saharian, he felt that the pressure was too great, and his back was wet with sweat.
Saharian snorted coldly and was very unhappy with Damatai's inaction. But I never thought about what to do with Damatei.
In any case, the other party is also the one who is holding the red flag. With the current situation of the two red flags, one more person can be more powerful. The two red flags are really short of flag men.
If Huang Taiji hadn't allowed it, he would have even wanted to feed the captured wild girls into the two red flags to enhance their power and strength.
Sakhalian took over all affairs in the city, and Damatai, the original Gaizhou city guard, served as his deputy to cooperate with Sakhalian's actions in Gaizhou.
The first thing Saharian did after taking over Gaizhou City was to control the granary and prepare sufficient food for the army that would follow.
In the rear, before the grain and grass are shipped, the army can only borrow the grain and grass in Gaizhou City to consume the army, and then make up for it when the grain and grass from the rear are shipped.
In the past few days while Saharian was waiting for the arrival of the army, the Ming Dynasty had another quarrel. At the court meeting, one of the ministers mentioned the strategy of "eating wolves and driving away tigers", but Chongzhen was immediately opposed by everyone just to spare other ministers.
The reasons for opposition are also varied, and many people seem to have forgotten that they have ever signed a memorial to unite slaves against thieves.
The opposition of many Ming ministers in the court was for the sake of opposition. As for whether it was beneficial or not, few people cared at all.
More people spend their energy fighting for power and profit. As for the matter of deploying troops and horses from Liaodong, there is naturally no further discussion.
Zhou Yanru was more like a political speculator. He had gained some of Chongzhen's favor by using the strategy of swallowing wolves and driving away tigers. He didn't care at all whether this strategy could be implemented or not.
After a court discussion, Zhou Yanru was satisfied because he got what he got. Those officials who opposed the strategy of swallowing wolves and driving away tigers were also satisfied because he prevented the implementation of this strategy.
In the end, Chongzhen could only walk away. And this strategy of swallowing wolves and driving away tigers was directly shelved. Gaizhou, Liaodong.
Daishan finally arrived at Gaizhou City with his army. Not all the tens of thousands of troops entered the city, but stayed and camped outside the city. Only Daishan led a few people into the city to learn about the situation of the Tiger Banner army here in Gaizhou.
As the deputy commander of the army, Mang Gurtai naturally followed Daishan.
"Slave Damatai has met the old master and met Wu Baile." Damatai bowed respectfully in front of Daishan.
Daishan is no longer the flag owner of Zhenghong Banner, but he used to be, so Damatai calls him his old master.
Daishan glanced around the crowd that greeted him and asked, "Where is Sahanlian? Isn't he in the city?"
"Master is collecting food and grass from various places. It has been half a day since we left the city." Damatai explained. After hearing Descendants nod their heads, they rushed to the Yamen with their men.
Today, the army will stay in Gaizhou City to set up camp and replenish food and grass, and then continue south to the Fuzhou area.
One of the reasons why Saharian came to Gaizhou City in advance was that he needed to prepare food and fodder for the army. The grain and grass in Gaizhou City had been prepared long ago. As soon as the army arrived, grain and grass were immediately transported from the city to the army outside the city. At the same time, all the grain and grass collected by Sahalian from the villages around Gaizhou City were also transported to the army. middle.
The food and fodder needed by tens of thousands of troops required Gaizhou's support, which put great pressure on Gaizhou. However, Daishan didn't care about this. He only cared about whether the army's food and grass were enough. As for where the army's food and grass were snatched from, or whether it was forcibly collected from the village outside the city. In short, Saharian managed to get all the food and grass for the army. All the necessary food and fodder were collected.
As for whether the people in Zhuangzi would starve to death because there was no food, Sahalian didn't care. As one of the few people in Daikin who has a long-term strategic vision, in his opinion, as long as the offensive of the Tiger-Charactered Banner army is blocked and the Tiger-Charactered Banner army is kept out of Gaizhou at the expense of some people's interests or lives, it is victory.
Besides, most of the victims were Han people, so he wouldn't feel bad at all. After Dangshan led his army from Gaizhou City, Sahalian was left in Gaizhou City and continued to raise food and grass for the army.
Tens of thousands of troops consume huge amounts of food and grass every day. Without knowing how long the stalemate with the Tiger Flag army would last, Daishan knew how important it was to have a person behind him who could ensure the food and grass needed by the army.
He didn't trust the people of Mang Gurtai, so naturally only his son Sahalian was the most suitable person to do this.
There is also a bit of selfishness on behalf of Shan. Once something goes wrong with the army on the front line, Saha Lian in the rear will still have time to escape from Gaizhou City.
