Let's say that You Shilu personally went out to welcome the reinforcements, but it was none other than You Shiwei, the brother of his own compatriot. This You Shilu has a total of three brothers, the eldest brother Shigong, the second Shiwei, and Shilu is the youngest. All three brothers practiced martial arts and were known for their bravery.

You Shigong in the Wanli years in the martial arts, after the tired officer to the chief officer, guarding the city of Shenyang, a year ago, the Jin army broke through Shenyang, You Shigong died in battle. Not long ago, he was promoted from the guerrilla post to the general of the Jianchang battalion, and what he brought this time was the 3,000 elite soldiers of the Jianchang battalion.

When brothers see each other, they are naturally overjoyed. When the Tatar cavalry saw the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army, they had long since disappeared. You Shiwei ordered the headquarters to set up another large battalion next to the military camp set up by You Shilu, rest for the night, and return to the division the next day.

That night, after arranging the patrol matters, You Shiwei invited his younger brother to his camp to talk about brotherhood. You Shilu wants to take Li Xianzhi with him, and the way of envy: "Brothers get together, it's inconvenient to disturb, brother should go by himself." You Shilu said: "My second brother has the same temperament as me, and he is also an excellent person, since you and I worship brothers, the three of us are brothers, how can we be born like this." After that, he couldn't help but drag Li Xianzhi away. Li Xianzhi had no choice but to respond, and You Shilu let go, and the two went together.

When they arrived at You Shiwei's camp, the soldiers guarding the Chinese military tent were originally the members of the You family, so they naturally knew You Shilu and were busy letting them into the tent. You Shilu made a joke with him, and strode in with a smile, Li Xianzhi followed behind, tiptoeing a little.

As soon as Fang entered the tent, You Shilu let Li Xianzhi to the front and introduced to his brother: "This surnamed Li Mingxin is also a person from our township. He told in detail about Li Xianzhi's shooting of the bandits and Tatar cavalry, as well as the acquaintance of the two.

When You Shiwei heard this, he was very respectful and said, "In this way, this Li Xian brother has the demeanor of Xiong Shuai." Li Xianzhi understood that the Xiong Shuai he was talking about was the famous Liaodong Jingluo Xiong Tingbi, and hurriedly thanked him: "The little brother is vulgar and talentless, how dare you compare to the famous marshal, the general tortured me." ”

You Shiwei did not answer Li Xianzhi's words, but said to himself: "It's a pity that the eunuch is autocratic, the government is unknown, Xiong Shuai is meritorious but imprisoned, the momentum of the Manchurian people is becoming more and more violent and no one is available, the family and country are in great affairs, and the rivers are declining!" As he spoke, he couldn't help beating his chest and stunning.

However, You Shilu saw it a little more openly, and said: "We are military generals, and the country is in trouble, so we should sacrifice our lives to serve the country and serve the frontier." We can't interfere in the major affairs of the court, and it is useless to think too much, which will only increase our troubles. ”

When You Shiwei heard this, he laughed and said: "What Dingyu said is true, it is a happy event for brothers to meet today, and these troublesome things should not be mentioned, which disturbs the interest." "Let's just watch the tea on the seat.

In a short time, several sergeants brought in two more cases, one on the left and one on the right, and added a bed to each of them. After arranging it neatly, You Shiwei let the two of them sit, and another sergeant came up to make tea. He ordered the food to be prepared, and the sergeants took the order.

You Shiwei said: "Alcohol is forbidden in the army, and tea is used instead of wine, so let's drink a cup together." The three of them held up the tea bowl together and took a sip. You Shiwei said again: "Since Brother Li Xian has sworn to my brother, they will be brothers in the future, but I don't know if Your Excellency looks down on me?" ”

Li Xianzhi hurriedly got up and bowed: "Brother Meng doesn't dislike it, and the younger brother is honored." You Shiwei also hurriedly left his seat, helped Li Xianzhi up with both hands, and sat down separately. That night, the three of them talked for half the night, first talked about their own futures, and then talked about some things about their families and countries, and then slept separately.

Li Xianzhi returned to his tent, and Li Ruyi and Li Xi'er slept early. Li Xianzhi lay on the straw, thinking about the situation today, and felt more and more confused about his future. Unconsciously, there was the sound of the husband's banging outside the tent, and it was already four watches, so he fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, the army pulled out of camp, and Li Xianzhi still walked east with the You brothers. There were many Ming soldiers, and the Tatar cavalry did not dare to harass again, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, all the way without incident, and arrived at Gubeikou in a few days, and entered the customs from this place.

You Shiwei's station wall road is not far from here, and he went back. Li Xianzhi still joined You Shilu to bid farewell to You Shiwei and returned to Beijing in the west. When he arrived in Beijing, You Shilu stationed his soldiers and horses outside the city, entered the city with Li Xianzhi, and went to the military department to take up his post, and Li Xianzhi was waiting outside the yamen of the military department.

You Shilu met with the official of the military department and reported the battle at the Black Mountain Pass. After hearing this, the hall official glanced at the battle report again, put it aside, and said: "The battle report will be put first, and then I will discuss it with several adults in the ministry, draft an opinion, and report it to the emperor together, and you will be rewarded with merit." As he spoke, he picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, spit out the tea dregs, and said, "You should retreat first." Then he turned around and went inside.

You Shilu kowtowed to the empty bookcase and the Taishi chair and retreated.

Li Xianzhi greeted him and asked how it was.

You Shilu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Li Xianzhi naturally knew the bureaucratic style in this hospital, and he didn't ask anymore. After leaving the military headquarters and coming to the street, the prosperity in front of him was still there, You Shilu said sadly: "I don't matter, it's just that the soldiers who were born and died with me have suffered." ”

Li Xianzhi took the opportunity to say: "When the younger brother entered Beijing, he brought a lot of silver, and after the expenses, now there are 100 taels left, so it is better to buy some wine and meat, and go back to the camp to reward." ”

You Shilu smiled and said, "Brother Xian's intention is very good, but it's just going to break the bank." ”

Li Xianzhi said: "After all, we have lived and died together, and it can be regarded as a friendship of life and death. ”

So saying, the two of them found a butcher's shop, bought a pig and two sheep for twenty taels of silver, and found a hotel, and bought two large urns of good wine for thirty taels of silver, and bought some fruits and vegetables along the street, hired two men, and pulled them to the camp outside the city with ox carts, and used up a hundred taels of silver before and after.

Back in the camp, the soldiers saw it, thinking that it was a reward from the imperial court, You Shilu said that it was the silver of Li Xian's flower, and all the soldiers came to thank him. Then he moved down the wine, meat and fruits, and let the Huotou Army cook the meat, scald the wine, and buy dinner.

In the evening, the soldiers gathered together, drank and ate meat, and were merry. When he was drunk, You Shilu asked Li Xianzhi: "What are the plans of the virtuous brother, and when are you going to return to your hometown?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "I want to stay for a long time, and it is not too late to wait for the court to send down my brother's whereabouts." ”

You Shilu said: "I don't know when I will wait until this matter, I am afraid that I will miss the schedule of the virtuous brother to return to his hometown and cause the old lady to worry." Can the virtuous brother have a letter to bring back? ”

Li Xianzhi said: "I always wanted to write a letter, but the mountain is high and the road is far away, and no one who knows each other along the way will take it back, so I have to give up." ”

You Shilu said: "This matter is simple, I am friends with Yulin Garrison He Renlong, and we have a deep relationship, we both have official positions, and we can use the official family to pass on the post." I'm just about to write a letter, and you can write a letter to your family, and I'll seal it together and ask him to pass it on. ”

Li Xianzhi said happily: "This is very good. I'll write it tonight. That night, feasting and drinking, Li Xianzhi wrote back to the account, thinking while writing: "I had intended to have a relationship with He Renlong before, and I didn't want people not to buy it, but now that I have You Shilu's relationship, I won't refuse him anymore......" Thinking about it, after writing, he sealed it in an envelope, and he didn't feel that the wine came up, and he was confused, so he fell asleep.

When he got up early the next morning, Li Xianzhi handed the letter to You Shilu, who sealed it in a letter box with his letter, stamped it with the official seal, and sent it to the post station, which was sent back to Yulin by the post guard.

Li Xianzhi was in the barracks, eating and sleeping with all the soldiers, and learned some martial arts used in the battle array, and he lived comfortably every day.

More than ten days later, one day someone brought the name of the military department to invite You Shilu. You Shilu took the name post and set off for the military department. When he arrived at the military headquarters, it was still the hall official who came to see him that day, You Shilu kowtowed, got up and stood aside.

The face of the hall official was a little kinder, and he took out a stack of documents from the pile of official documents on the side, and said: "I and several adults in the ministry submitted the battle report of your ministry to the imperial front, and the emperor sent the cabinet to discuss and decide on your merits, and promoted you to be the commander, serving as a guerrilla in Yongguan, and the generals and schools of the department each have rewards, and the casualties and soldiers also have their own pensions, all of which are here, you can take them and take a closer look." As he spoke, he put the stack of papers on the side of the bookcase, took a sip of tea from his teacup, spit out the tea residue, and got up and went inside.

You Shilu stepped forward to take the document, unfolded it and read it, as the hall official said, everything was written in detail, and at the end, the big seal of the military department was stamped. At this point, You Shilu was relieved, not for his official position, but for the promotion of the soldiers and the compensation for the fallen soldiers. When he returned to the camp and carefully read the documents to the soldiers, he was full of joy and joy.

The next day, the military department sent a director to the camp and officially announced the appointment, and the officials were promoted to one level, and the soldiers were rewarded with eight taels of silver. I hope that the staff of Juyongguan will make up the number of soldiers allocated and assign them to the command of You Shilu.

You Shilu received the promotion, Li Xianzhi followed the joy, sent him all the way to the post, to Changping before parting, turned back to the south, crossed the Lugou Bridge, and returned to Yulin west through Liangxiang and Zhuozhou out of the Bauhinia Pass. At this time, Li Xianzhi didn't have much to do, so he didn't dare to postpone it anymore, so he hurried back to Yulin in more than ten days.

When I returned home, I came to worship my father, and said that the field was not successful, and the old lady comforted me with kind words. Speaking of the letter again, the old lady said that she had received it, but she was worried about how many days she would not be able to live in peace. Li Xianzhi's heart was filled with deep guilt, and that night, the father and son ate at the same table and spent half the night. After that, he lived in the house, said goodbye in the morning and evening, and served his father.

After a few days, I was bored, and as before, I rode out on horseback every day, but instead of hunting, I took four scholars around the border and beyond, and took all the dangerous fortresses in my heart, and when I came back in the evening, I stopped reading the books of the sages, and drew a map with a pen and paper. In addition, I walked through bookstores all over the street and bought and read "Liutao", "Sanluo", "Sun Tzu", "Wu Qi", and the works of well-known and unknown soldiers of various generations in later generations.

Since Li Ruyi and Li Xi'er came back, they have also become angry, gathering the boys in the house every day, talking about the knowledge of going out with the master, especially the earth-shattering situation of killing the bandits and the war in the Black Mountain Pass, which made Jin Shun'er and Han Chu'er envious, and chattered: "I knew that there was such a lively scene, and the two of me would go with the master when I died." ”

Li Ruyi and Li Xi'er took a breath of cool air, and pretended to be hypocritical: "You should be a good thing, we almost gave our lives there, if it weren't for the great blessing of the son, we wouldn't have seen each other." One sentence frightened the companions into not speaking for a long time......

After a few days like this, one day, I thought about He Renlong again, and thought about how to make friends with him. A thought came to mind, so it was better to ask for a meeting with a backup ceremony, thank him for transferring the letter the day before yesterday, and have You Shilu's face, and I am not afraid that he will not meet.

Thinking of this, he took a big red name post, and wrote: "Xin Youju people worship Li Xin." "After writing, I ordered Li Ruyi to send it to Hefu.