Li Yu didn't say a word, his mind was a little messy, he had to face it in the end after hiding for so many years, whether Sibeile fought Mingguo or Chahar, he couldn't stand idly by, but if Sibeile, Sakhalian, Haoge, Turai, and Aobai were standing opposite, could he raise his knife to them?

"Li Yucha, I know what you're thinking, Tuba Jinong sent someone to inquire, your relationship with the Great Khan of the Jin State is extraordinary, and even has a bit of father-son affection, you still have a lot of very good friends in the Jin Kingdom, you are hesitating whether to attack them," Chahar Khan was a little disdainful, he patted Li Yu's shoulder and said, "You must understand, you are no longer the Erlu Batulu of the Jin Kingdom, you are our Mongolian Humbaturu and Tumut Great Commander Li Yucha, you have no other choice, you have to fight with us, Unless you want our Mongols to be exterminated by the brutal Jin State, all the Mongols will become the Aha of the Jin people. ”

"Li Yucha, don't have any illusions about your Sibeile, the people of the Jin Kingdom are cruel and tyrannical, ambitious, from ** Hachi to the current Huang Taiji, they have never given up their ambition to annex our Mongolia, the Great Khan of the Jin Kingdom may let you go, but will never let go of your subordinates, you have a population of more than 40,000, you are too powerful for them, even if you are willing to take refuge in them, they will mercilessly slaughter you, break you up, drive you away from your homeland, and finally burn your Tumut with a fire, they will definitely do this!" Sangha Erzhai Jinong stared at Li Yu's eyes and said with a cold face.

"Come on, Li Yucha, we need you more than ever, show your majesty of Humbaturu, we will resist the bandits from the Jin Kingdom together, we once swore to the Heavenly Alliance, if any party is attacked by others, we must fight together." Chahar Khan smiled bitterly and said, "If you are timid, then we Chahar people will retreat to Ordos, and you will wait for the Jin people to slaughter and loot the Tumuts." ”

"Then let's fight, we Fengzhou people have no way out, and I will never allow anyone to kill and enslave my brothers and sisters." Li Yu was silent for a while, then raised his head and said firmly, he knew in his heart that Sangha Erzhai Jinong was right, Sibeile could let him go, but he would never let go of the Fengzhou people, and the Jin Kingdom would not tolerate a strong force staying on the grassland.

"Li Yu is the well-deserved Humbaturu on our steppe, some people say that he is the reincarnation of Altan Khan who is possessed by the soul of Dayan Khan, Ben Khan doesn't care at all, Ben Khan hopes that he is the current Altan Khan, and take on the important task of defending the Tumut, Karaqin and Ordos steppes." Chahar Khan talked eloquently to everyone, Li Yu broke out in a cold sweat when he heard it, the land of 30,000 households on the right wing was protected by him, so what did Chahar Khan do? A thought suddenly popped into his mind, could this guy be running away again? Li Yu was still thinking about it, Chahar Khan turned his head and whispered to him: "Li Yucha, the Chahar tribes suffered heavy losses from plague and famine, and almost 30,000 people died, the two thousand stone grain you gave helped us a lot, I heard that you have opened a new iron factory, you can give me some more weapons, you can rest assured, Ben Khan will never ask for you in vain, Ming Guo still owes this year's New Year's coin, this money will definitely be recovered, Ben Khan will definitely give you money." ”

The brother-in-law finally stretched out his hand, Li Yu was still hesitating, Sangha Erzhai Jinong asked for some cloth on the side, and then Tuba Jinong and Karma Jinong also asked Li Yu to support them with some property, Li Yu glanced at Yun Rong, who was standing behind him and had not dared to speak, Yun Rong's face was already red with shame.

When Li Yu left, Chahar Khan and his important ministers also gave him a long way, repeatedly reminding him that the weapons and goods he had promised should be delivered as soon as possible, otherwise they would not be able to help him defend against the Jin State.

Li Yu finally got rid of the entanglement of Chahar Khan's gang, and after walking for a while, he pointed at Yun Rong angrily and asked, "Do you think they are calculating me?" Is this Mongolia his Chahar Khan's, or my Li Yu's, at the beginning they swore that I would fight side by side with them, but in the end, it became them to help me defend the territory! ”

"The Grand Commander gave them a little bit, didn't you hear what they meant? The Great Khan has the idea of fleeing west again, if they run away, we will be even more troublesome, "Yun Rong is also angry, of course he has to report the situation in Fengzhou to the Great Khan, but he can't imagine that these people are so thick-skinned, what they want when they are caught, and they seem to have the intention of pushing Fengzhou to the front and running away by themselves, even his Yunrong's face is lost, he secretly decided that he will never be able to tell the truth honestly to the Great Khan in the future, he is also a native of Fengzhou now, and he must not tolerate others digging the corners of Fengzhou.

Li Yu returned to the Manhan Mountain Commander's Mansion and immediately convened a meeting with the Ming army generals Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie, and told everyone about the intelligence report they had received from Chahar and the discussion between the two sides.

"Hermes, I want to know your attitude, whether to fight, surrender or flee, it's up to you to make up your mind, if you want to fight, did you do it to the people of the Jin Kingdom?" Ortai looked at Li Yu coldly and asked, and everyone turned their eyes to Li Yu at once, waiting for his answer.

Li Yu stood up and said firmly: "I have already thought about it, the Chahar people are right, the four beylers of the Jin country will not let us go, the Jin country will never accept that such a big force as us exists in Fengzhou, we have no choice but to fight, if they come to the door as guests, I will treat them as friends and brothers, but if they dare to break into my house with a knife, we will drive them out with a knife, and the people of Fengzhou will not be anyone's slaves, whether he is the emperor of the Ming State or the Great Khan of the Jin State." ”

Ortai smiled and nodded, everyone's mood immediately became warm, shouting and beating sounded, Zhao Ji said disdainfully: "We are not afraid of the Jin army, the infantry of the Jin army is indeed strong, but as long as they enter the grassland, it is the world of cavalry, and the cavalry of the Jin army can scare the Ming army, but in our opinion, they are a group of infantry on horseback, and we can kill as many as they come." ”

Bai Xianzhi was a little hesitant, he had fought with the Jin army in Liaodong, and knowing the strength of the Jin army, he suggested that he immediately report to the imperial court, requesting that the soldiers and civilians of Fengzhou be withdrawn into the pass to preserve their strength.

"We have no way out, the Ming Kingdom will never allow us to enter the border wall, and besides, our crops and workshops are here, we can't run away if we want to, we can only fight to the end, Tumut River has already experienced a catastrophe, the people will not be afraid anymore, it's a big deal to break it and we will rebuild, Nianfeng, what do you say." Ortai replied.

"The people of the Jin Kingdom are more barbaric and ferocious than the Chahars, unless we are willing to leave our homes to be their Aha, either you die or I live," Li Fugui nodded, glanced at Yun Rong and said, "However, if the Chahar Khan wants to flee west, I don't plan to let the Chahar people get out easily, our strength is still too weak, if necessary, we must consider launching an attack on the Chahar people first, drive away the Chahar Khan, and intercept the Chahar people, didn't the Chahar Khan say that our general should take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the 30,000 grasslands on the right flank?" Then their men must stay behind us to defend against the Jin army. ”

"I agree, the nobles of Chahar are a group of timid wretched, but some are brave and warlike Chahar men, we play the banner that the great commander is the reincarnation of the soul of Dayan Khan, there will definitely be Chahar people to respond, as long as we have people in our hands, we can completely win or lose with the Jin army and Mongolian rebellion from afar." Yun Rong immediately supported Li Fugui.

Li Yu looked at Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie and said in a low voice: "You have lived outside the customs for almost a year, and you have suffered a lot of crimes with us, I want to find an excuse to ask the governor to transfer you back to the customs, and you should also go home to see!" ”

"There's no going back! It doesn't matter if we are dead, we can't withdraw to the gate, forget it, the brothers are used to lawlessness here, and they are not used to it when they go back. Bai Xianzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, those who wanted to run out of the Ming army had already run out, and among the more than five hundred people left, more than 100 Yi soldiers did not plan to leave, and the rest of the people were either former criminals who committed crimes in the customs and were confiscated and guarded in the border towns, or they were ruffians and thorns who turned their faces with the previous Shangguan and were driven out, and there were few honest soldiers who were handed over to be soldiers, these guys liked the new life in Fengzhou from the bottom of their hearts, and some of them were even hooking up with local women, planning to start a family here.

"Yuzi, let's get together and live together, you may not be the Ming army, but we have become Fengzhou soldiers, and we can't leave if we want to, isn't it just a war? Soldiers are not afraid of this. Zhang Chuanjie also said with a smile, their soldiers and Fengzhou soldiers have already arrived together, Datong basically doesn't care about them, but let them try to eat locally, this group of Ming soldiers was very embarrassed to Fengzhou at first to excuse food, and then borrowed too much and thick-skinned, simply reached out on time to ask, and now these more than 500 people eat Fengzhou's big pot of rice with peace of mind.

Li Yu nodded, beckoning everyone to discuss how to resist the Jin State, Li Huai, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Have you thought about it, maybe Jiannu is not going to attack us, but to break the border wall to the south and drive the Jingshi directly, if so, what should we do?" ”

Li Huai's words stunned everyone, how is this possible, the Jin State does not fight the Chahar who is still breathing, but goes to attack the Ming State, which is a hundred times stronger, Yun Rong first objected: "This is impossible, the Ming State has a border wall that refuses to defend the outside of the fortress, the city of Beijing is tall, and there are elite soldiers in the Beijing camp, and there are strong soldiers in the four towns of Shanhai, Jizhen, Changping, and Zhenbao nearby, this is an iron plate, the Jin army will never hit it hard, Brother Yushan, this is no joke." ”

Li Huai's friend Du Hongtai, secretary of the Great Commander's Office, also shook his head and said: "The population of the Jin Kingdom is small and cannot withstand consumption, and the Ming Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of troops near the Beijing Division, and there are cities everywhere that can be defended, and the Jin army will not ask for hardship." ”

Li Huai shook his head, sighed and said: "The Ming Kingdom is already in vain, when I went to Beijing to participate in the examination, I walked along the Great Wall, the Great Wall is fortified everywhere but there are loopholes everywhere, the side wall is dilapidated, the equipment is outdated, the officers and soldiers guarding have no food and no salary, they are like beggars, and the border wall is still guarded like this, what can the officers and soldiers of the towns do?" As for the Beijing camp, it is just a façade for Daming, and it may be possible to scare some thieves, but there is no power to fight with Jiannu. ”

"What Yushan said is the truth, the Jin army is fully capable of breaking through the border wall of Jizhen, as long as they adopt the strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the false and fighting the war near the Beijing Division, the Ming army has no field ability, and can only defend the fortified city and let it plunder at will, but after all, the Jin army is far away from the rear, and it is difficult to echo before and after, the Ming army has a heavy army stationed in western Liaoning, which can not only go south to King Qin, intercept and kill the Jin army, but also directly smash Liaodong and destroy its rear, the risk of the Jin army is still too great, I am afraid that the Great Khan of the Jin State will not take this step." Li Fugui hesitated for a while and said.

"If it is a normal situation, Jian Chieftain Taiji will definitely not dare to take this step, but the more I think about it, the more I feel that the current situation is not normal, Brother Duxing, Brother Nianfeng, you must know that in the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Altan Khan broke the border wall of Gubeikou and plundered Jinggi and besieged Jingshi, right?"

"Of course I know, but that's not to blame us, we want to pay tribute to the Ming State and exchange trade, but the Ming court refused to reply, and killed our envoy, Altan Khan was forced to send troops to attack the Datong side wall, Datong General Soldier Qiu Luan was reasonable, and asked us to enter the customs from Gubeikou to find the Ming Emperor to reason, we just arrived at the Jingshi City, but we didn't do anything bad, so we grabbed a bunch of iron pots and clothes that were not rare for the Ming people to come back, and we were good to them when we caught them, and gave them land to cultivate," Ortai hurriedly defended his predecessors, causing Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie to look at him angrily, and Ortai changed his words again, "Don't mention the old accounts from many years ago, Yushan don't mention them again." ”

"This matter is called 'Gengxu Change' in the Ming Dynasty, and today's situation is too similar, today's Jian Chieftain Taiji and the Altan Khan of the year are as eager to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and exchange commercial markets, but they are also rejected by the Ming Dynasty and ignored them, and today's Jiliao Governor is the same as the Datong General Soldier of the year by the emperor's favor, ordered to pacify the border troubles, and is also helpless against powerful foreign enemies."

Everyone in the lobby listened to Li Huai's eloquent talk, Li Fugui, Ortai and Yunrong fell into deep thought, Li Yu, Zhao Ji and others couldn't understand, Du Hongtai explained to them in a whisper: In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Altan Khan committed Datong in order to pay tribute, the chief soldier Zhang Da and the deputy chief soldier Lin Chun died in battle, and Qiu Luan, the Marquis of Xianning, won the favor of Emperor Shizong for bribing Yan Shifan, the son of Yan Song, the first assistant, at this time, he was ordered to serve as the chief soldier of Datong to pacify the Tatars with the title of the crown prince, but Qiu Luan had no talent and no virtue and could not do it, but he was afraid of the Tatars like a tiger. So privately bribed Altan Khan, begging him not to attack Datong, move to attack elsewhere, and revealed the reality of the defense of Jizhen, Altan Khan immediately led his troops to the east, broke the ancient north entrance into the border wall, and the garrison Ming army collapsed at the touch of a touch, the court was forced to declare martial law in Beijing and gather the soldiers and horses of the towns Qin Wang, Qiu Luan was the first to arrive under the city of Jingshi with a ghost fetus, but King Qin had merit, Emperor Sejong worshiped him as the general of Pingyu to lead the army, but the town Qin Wang Ming army had no food and no pay, and did not dare to fight, let the Tatars plunder in Gyeonggi, Altan Khan plundered for eight days, It was not until the imperial court promised to pay tribute that he swaggered and withdrew his troops, and in the process of withdrawing, he defeated Qiu Luan, who tried to catch up and take advantage. Afterwards, the emperor held him accountable, and Ding Rukui, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was made a scapegoat and beheaded, but Qiu Luan was fine. Twenty years later, with the efforts of Zhang Siwei, the governor of Xuanda, Wang Chonggu, and the governor of Datong, the two sides finally reached a peace agreement, and the Ming and Tatars turned the war into jade silk, and the Tatars called the Ming Dynasty a tribute, and Altan Khan was named the king of Shunyi, which is "I answer the tribute".

Zhao Ji couldn't help but scolded after hearing this: "It's a good thing for people to call the ministers a tribute, isn't it just that everyone does some business, and the Ming Kingdom does not suffer losses, and it has to be beaten to understand the reason, the emperor and the courtiers of the Ming Kingdom are all pigs!" ”

"Lao Zhao is right, the imperial court has to be beaten to understand the situation, Jiannu is weak, the land is barren, and since Jianyuan succeeded to the throne, there have been continuous natural disasters, and he is more anxious to seek peace to get out of the predicament, this must be understood, so the situation in Liaoxi is not normal," Li Huai continued with Zhao Ji's words, "Last month, I went to Yang and Lord Song to check this year's Tang Newspaper, and strange things are continuous!" In February and March this year, when there was a shortage of grain, there was a shortage of grain everywhere in Daming, but Gaotaibao in western Liaoning allowed Hara to make rice, Hara was poorer than us, how many livestock could they exchange for food? Where did the ginseng, skins, and dongzhu in their hands come from? They swore an oath to the Jin State in August last year, and the imperial court would not know why they gave them food? In April this year, there was another Dongjiang general Mao Wenlong was killed, Han people once told me that the chieftain has always thought that if he wants to go south to attack Ming, he must first clear the two wings, and he did the same, first conquer Korea, force North Korea to sue for peace with them, and then conquer Mongolia, clear the power of Chahar in the West Liao River, and then surrender to Hara, and obtain the passage to bypass the border wall of Ningjin and Shanhaiguan to the south. Dongjiang Town, which was already weak, was immediately divided into two and did not belong to each other, which was obviously disintegrating Dongjiang Town, and it is difficult to say whether Dongjiang Town can protect itself in the future, how can there be strength to contain Jiannu, so that the threat of building two wings of the chieftain is gone, Han people got news from the Chahar people again, in September, the Jin army plundered Ningjin again, and then the Jin army gathered to Hara, the purpose of the Jin army's trip is nothing more than to grab the crops in the field to supplement the military rations, I am sure that the Ming army in western Liaoxi will definitely hide in the city and let it be plundered, the Jin army will definitely have a great harvest on this trip, Don't you think it's strange that so many things add up? I'm afraid that the Gengxu Revolution will happen again. ”

"Yushan, are you saying that someone in Daming wants to be a revenge luan to lure the wolf into the house? It can't be, no one has the audacity. Du Hongtai retorted with a pale face.

"No one will be Qiu Luan, but some people want to be Zhang Siwei, Wang Chonggu, and Fang Fengshi, not only do not take the risk of conquest, but also be able to leave a name in history, why not!"