Yang Tinglin read out the decree on the spot. In this will, Emperor Chongzhen pardoned all the guilt of Lu Xiangsheng and Lin Yi, and crowned Lin Yi as the guerrilla commander.

This decree is also timely, and it also shows that Emperor Chongzhen is not a complete faint monarch, and the guerrilla commander wants to say that the official is not big, which is roughly equivalent to the brigade and regiment-level cadres of later generations, which is the middle and lower-level officers of the Ming Dynasty's official army, and belongs to the rank of the field army, which means fighting guerrillas everywhere.

The merit is nothing more than saving the driver, and just going to Beijing to relieve the siege will not be crowned a guerrilla commander. It's just that Lin Yi's starting point is too low, and he was still guilty in the eyes of the emperor before, so there is a sense of merit and demerit. It can be seen from this point that it was not easy to be an official at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But this is undoubtedly also a supreme honor, although the official position is not large, the emperor personally sealed it, and the golden mouth and jade words, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, which emphasized literature and light military force, is very rare.

After reading the holy decree, Yang Tinglin also brought a robe to Lin Yi, saying that this was an additional reward from the emperor.

This is a unicorn suit, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor rewarded the meritorious ministers with about these kinds of clothes, python robes, flying fish suits, bullfighting suits, and unicorn suits. The Son of Heaven bestows service to ministers, generally the first product is given to the python suit, the second grade is given to the flying fish suit, the third grade is given to the bullfighting suit, and the fourth or fifth grade is given to the unicorn suit.

But most of this is given to civil ministers, it is the first case to be given to the military general Lin Yi, and only the fourth and fifth rank of civil officials can be given unicorn suits, Lin Yi is only a small guerrilla commander after being crowned, and he is a military general who is ranked outside the fifth grade, which is far from the level of the fourth or fifth rank of civil officials.

The clothes given by the emperor to his courtiers are very ceremonious, and they are also a peerless glory, and Emperor Chongzhen undoubtedly wants to use this way to prove that his imperial grace is vast, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for Lin Yi's past.

Headed by Governor Yang Tinglin, Zu Keyong, Wang Jian, Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, Wang Qi and others all congratulated Lin Yi.

Lin Yi is grateful, but he looks at this supreme honor relatively lightly, not because he is pretentious and unflattered. But he knows that in this kind of declining dynasty, the size of the official position no longer matters, and he knows that this Chongzhen Emperor is moody, happy is one thing, and the other is the one who turns his face. He must do this without rejoicing in things, not being sad with himself.

But from now on, Lin Yi can kill the Tartars with the support of the imperial court again, and do a vigorous career, he is still a military general of the Ming Dynasty, and there is an essential difference between him and those mountain thieves, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, it seems to be vigorous, but in fact, it is difficult to become a big weapon, this point, Lin Yi has already made a conclusion in his heart, so he will definitely not be with them.

Regardless of fame, at least there is no need to hide in the mountains and forests, this is where Lin Yi is gratifying.

Lin Yi received the order and thanked him, and Yang Tinglin asked Lu Xiangsheng again.

Lin Yi shook his head, "Lord Governor, Duke Lu has seen through the red dust and is unwilling to come back. Let's fulfill him, fortunately, the emperor has justified him, and we can only congratulate him from afar. ”

Yang Tinglin also sighed, "From now on, there is one more master in the world, and there is one less virtuous minister and good general in the court." ”

Under the mediation of Yang Tinglin, Lin Yi and his headquarters were temporarily assigned to the command of Liu Zhaoji, the chief military officer.

Liu Zhaoji turned out to be the chief soldier under Lu Xiangsheng, and was ordered to garrison Yuyang, Huang Taiji this time he set troops in Jinggi, Liu Zhaoji's 7,000 men and horses were only a few hundred left, and Yuyang was also lost. Yang Tinglin added more men and horses to him, plus Lin Yi's 1,000 people, and now he, the chief military officer, directly dispatches and commands only 3,000 people.

Liu Zhaoji took Lin Yi and other 3,000 men and horses to be stationed outside the city, cleaning the battlefield and taking care of the spoils. Among them, there were also 3,000 white pole soldiers from the loyal Marquis Zuo Liangyu from Shizhu, Sichuan.

At this time, the news came that Huang Taiji had returned to Shengjing. Hundreds of thousands of Tartars in the vicinity of Shangjing to show off their might for more than a month, in the end the war ministers gave up their previous achievements, lost the soldiers, the grain and grass were almost lost, seeing the Ming army Qin Wang's division came one after another, Huang Taiji had to go home.

Next, Liu Zhaoji became the general army of Miyun, after this battle, Emperor Chongzhen realized the weakness of the defense around Miyun, several times, the Manchu iron cavalry broke through from here, so he allocated thousands of soldiers and horses to Liu Zhaoji.

Lin Yi took his subordinates and moved to Miyun. Knowing that this Liu Zhaoji is a virtuous minister and good general that Lu Xiangsheng fancies, he is indeed very good in history, after Chongzhen hanged himself, the Ming Dynasty fell. Liu Zhaoji was in the Nanjing area again, and with several short-lived small courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty fighting against the Qing army, in this respect, he also belonged to the backbone of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Lin Yi also moved all the savings of the private camp in the mountains and forests to Miyun, where there was food and cannons. In addition to this time, the spoils obtained from the defeat of Huang Taiji were all equipped with this army.

Liu Zhaoji's army has now reached the scale of 8,000 people, but this is still a pitiful small number of soldiers for the establishment of a general army, you must know that a guard in the Ming Dynasty has five or six thousand people.

Although there were still not many soldiers, they were well fed, and in addition to the musketeers, there were more than 100 red-coated cannons with sufficient ammunition.

The current Liu Zhaoji regards Lin Yi as a general, and even a vice president in the future, and is by no means a small guerrilla commander. In the army, everything is discussed with Lin Yi.

It's not that Liu Zhaoji is modest, but he knows that this Lin Yi is above him Liu Zhaoji in terms of talent and morality, and his military exploits, but he is not talented and born at the wrong time. If Prime Minister Lu was promoted at this time, Lin Yi would not be just a small guerrilla commander, in terms of his merits, he would at least be a staff general or deputy commander-in-chief, and even be promoted to the commander-in-chief without exception.

In the Ming Dynasty, Miyun District has a vast area, belongs to Changping Prefecture, is located in the border area, the territory is mainly the Great Wall defense line, is the northern Xinjiang gateway of the Ming Dynasty Jinggi. But since the Ming Dynasty Wanli, the border defense is lax, will not be repaired, here has become a weak defensive area, especially in the Chongzhen era, the Manchu Qing iron cavalry, repeatedly from this area across the Great Wall to invade the Central Plains.

Liu Zhaoji took Lin Yi and Zu Keyong and others to inspect the Great Wall in this area, and at Lin Yi's suggestion, Liu Zhaoji allocated 3,000 men and horses to Lin Yi, including his original guards and nearly 1,000 Guanning iron cavalry to garrison Xifengkou.

From Xifengkou to Qingziling, the Great Wall in this area stretches for 200 miles, and it has become Lin Yi's defense line.

Lin Yi led his troops to inspect from east to west, repairing and reinforcing places that had fallen into disrepair and destroyed by the Tartars, mainly Xifengkou and Qingziling.

After repairing and reinforcing Xifengkou and Qingziling, become the two most important fortresses in this section, the two fortresses set up a total of 50 red-coated cannons, of which 30 were set up around Xifengkou, 20 were set up around Qingziling, according to ten people and a cannon, a total of 500 artillerymen, these cannons were mainly placed on the battlements to prevent the Tartars from attacking.

Zu Keyong was Lin Yi's deputy general, and Lin Yi asked him to garrison Qingziling in the west with 1,000 men and horses, including 200 artillerymen, and Xifengkou in the east was no more than 200 miles away from Shiguan Pass, one of the fortresses of the customs.

Lin Yi took the remaining 2,000 men, including 300 artillerymen, and more than 100 of his personal guards, stationed at Xifengkou Fortress, Lin Yi's Great Commander's Mansion was located in Xifengkou Pass, where the terrain was dangerous, and it was an important pass on the Great Wall. After the renovation, the Xifengkou Pass is divided into the inner city and the urn city, although it is not as large as the scale of the world's first dangerous pass Shanhaiguan, but it is also divided into four city gates, in addition to the north gate and the south gate, there are auxiliary cities next to the north gate and the south gate respectively, and the inside is the urn city.

Since this area is a mix of low mountains and plains, Xifengkou Pass is located on a low mountain.

Climbing the city and looking at it, it is like standing on the top of the mountain, Lin Yi has a feeling that he will be at the top of the mountain, and he can see the mountains at a glance, inside and outside the Great Wall, the distant mountains and near the water, and he can see it all. The vast prairie in the north is like a rippling sea, which is refreshing.

To the east, the Great Wall twists and turns, winding above the lofty mountains, like a giant dragon, lying on the shore of the Bohai Sea.

To the north of Xifengkou, there is a low valley, out of this low valley, a few miles later is the vast prairie.

Lin Yi took a fancy to this place with abundant water and grass, and set up the training ground here. As for the hundreds of artillerymen, they were trained at the head of the city.

In addition to artillery and patrol sentry squads, Lin Yi took his men and horses, including his guards, to the grassland every day to practice horse archery, attack and killing, combat and defense, and individual combat. From time to time, he also instructed the artillerymen and fired a few cannons at targets outside the Great Wall.

The days flew by, and in a blink of an eye it was November 1637.

The cold wind was raging outside, but Lin Yi's men and horses were in full swing on the exercise ground, with some practicing archery on horseback, musketeers practicing horseback shooting, and some practicing individual combat.

Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, Erhu, Wang Qi, Dongsheng, etc., Lin Yi's personal guards are practicing the attack.

Lin Yi danced the big knife for a while, until his body was warm and he was about to sweat.

At this time, someone came to report, the Tartar is coming!

Lin Yi hurriedly stopped training the men and horses, and more than 1,000 people were ready for battle.

At this time, a group of people and horses appeared on the vast grassland in the north, as if they were chasing and killing a person, and they could see clearly when they got closer, and it was a Mongolian woman who was riding a horse in front, dressed in Mongolian clothes, and the white Hada was flying in the air, holding a cow-ear scimitar in her hand, and she looked behind while running.

A few hundred meters behind, a Mongolian Tartar looked like hundreds of people, each holding a knife and a gun, and Pegasus hurriedly chased after him.

A Mongol prince at the head shouted: "Stop! Zhezhe, don't run any further, hurry back for me, everything is easy to discuss, otherwise, my father will open his bow and release arrows......"