When everyone quieted down, Li Yu glanced at the officials in the hall with a cold gaze, and said slowly: "Everyone, our people brought the exact news from the Xilamulun River, the Great Khan of the Jin State personally led the army to the west, the strength was between 40,000 and 50,000, and almost all the elite horses came out, the target is undoubtedly Chahar and us, the Jin State is too strong for us, this will be an unprecedented crisis, maybe a lot of blood will be shed, you tell me, is it a war, is it surrender, or escape?" ”

Zhu Yiqian's wail came from the lobby, "Datong is in danger, Xuanfu is in danger, the damn Jiannu actually ran to the edge of Xuanda, Li Shuai, you must block them and kill this gang of robbers!" "——Jianyi's awesomeness, he knows that he is almost invincible, can Fengzhou withstand the attack of forty or fifty thousand gold troops? If Fengzhou is defeated, Datong and Xuanfu will be in trouble.

Ortai laughed loudly: "These days, I always think about when the Jin people will call, and I am very panicked, but now I feel down-to-earth, come on, we haven't defeated them, Yuzi, don't let them run, I want war horses and young people." ”

"Surrender, that is, to be a slave to Jianyi, the people in the northwest are not so cowardly, escape, where can they flee, the land and crops are here, fight, no matter how many people die, they will also make a way to live for their mothers-in-law and dolls." Wang said with a clenched fist.

"We escaped once when Chahar invaded the west, and almost ended up in death, I don't want to run away again, the commander, Dongshengwei is willing to serve Fengzhou!" Batu said firmly.

"The people of Jianzhou are the mortal enemies of our Yehe people, others can surrender, I will never surrender to Mandahai, the commander, Xinghe Wei is willing to serve Fengzhou!" Man Dahai gritted his teeth and said.

"Xuan Dewei is also willing to play for Fengzhou!" Uerden and Zhang Mengcun said that these two people fought with each other and were scolded by Ortai before they were released for discussion.

"Fengzhou Wei is also willing to play for Fengzhou!" Bu Yantu and Zhang Miaoshou said.

"The Barbarian Mountain Battalion is willing to serve Fengzhou!" Namur squeezed up and said.

"Willing to play for Toyosu!" The crowd shouted loudly.

Sun Tingyao was terrified when he heard this, he was here to make money, but not to fight, and said timidly to Li Yu: "Great Commander, our money, the silver in the silver treasury, should be transported into the pass, I promise to be optimistic about the silver, and I will send it back after the battle." ”

"Lao Sun, you are not naturalized in Fengzhou, and no one will stop you if you want to hide in the pass, but the silver in the treasury is not allowed to move, do you plan to let my Fengzhou chaos before fighting?" Li Fugui replied coldly, and then ordered the Inspection Department to take over the silver treasury.

Sun Tingyao cried out with a sad face: "Li Hanmin, you have made us miserable, aren't you very capable of fighting, I will pay for it, and you will go to the territory of the Chahar people." ”

"Sun Boxi, take out the pride of the Northwest people, don't be embarrassed here." Du Wenhuan roared viciously, and Sun Tingyao was deflated all of a sudden.

Ma Qi quietly patted Fan Yongdou: "Old Fan, you are the most familiar with the people of Jin Guo here, don't you sell us then, right?" ”

"Nonsense, it's possible for my old Fan to sell Mingguo, tell me to sell Fengzhou, don't think about it!" Fan Yongdou blushed with anger, pushed Ma Qi away, and shouted at Li Yu, "Great Commander, Old Fan is also willing to play for Fengzhou." ”

Li Yu waved his hand and ordered, the Great Commander's Office immediately issued a ******, Fengzhou fully entered a state of readiness, and ordered the Guannai army to quickly withdraw to Fengzhou, and at the same time alerted Yanghe and Datong.

According to the decree of the Commander's Office, only men over the age of 18 and under the age of 50 could be recruited to go out to fight, but if a foreign enemy invaded the territory, the men over the age of 16 to under the age of 60 were responsible for defending the territory, and women and children were also required to be dispatched. As soon as the ****** of the Grand Commander's Mansion arrived, the whole of Fengzhou was boiling, the men took up their weapons and rushed to the guard post to report, the women and children were also preparing grain, grass, weapons and strengthening the village, and the guards who had been training quickly gathered to the Barbarian Mountain, and Fengzhou seemed to become a large military camp in an instant.

Li Yu personally wrote an enthusiastic letter to Chahar Khan, praising him as a generation of heroes on the steppe, the current enemy of the great enemy, the steppe army and people are looking forward to him, looking forward to the Jin army under his leadership, restoring the glory of Mongolia in the past, and at the same time ensuring that Fengzhou will do its best to provide grain and grass weapons, and he will also lead the main force of the Fengzhou army to fight side by side with him, and the Jin army will definitely meet in front of the brave Khan and break the blood - what Li Yu is most afraid of is that this brother-in-law runs away and throws him away to fight alone. It is an old problem of my brother-in-law to run away when he encounters danger, and Li Yu desperately encouraged him in the letter, hoping that he could cheer up this time.

At the end of April, Fengzhouwei reported that the Chahar people had retreated, and the roads on the north bank of the Heihe River were crowded with their people, animals, and vehicles, and they were fleeing westward across the Yellow River, and by the way, they had also taken away the wealthy households of Kuku and Tun. Li Yu was furious, kicked the case to the ground, and ordered Fengzhou and Dongsheng Liangwei that if the Chahar people dared to enter to rob and make trouble, they would immediately counterattack, and at the same time ordered Xinghewei to send troops to the north of Weining Haizi, intercept the backward Chahar people, and force them to stay and fight. Li Yu then angrily went to find Chahar Khan, this guy had already arrived in Kuku and Tun, and was waiting to see him.

On the north bank of the Black River, the Chahar people have set up a temporary camp, and smoke is rising from several yurts, Chahar Khan is reclining on the wooden fence, holding the young Ada Hai in one hand and Kongol in the other - his luck is good, the Jin army has just passed the Xing'an Mountains, and the two Mongolian Aha with yellow flags stole six good horses and fled to report the news, Chahar Khan immediately ran away when he heard the news, and escaped again, and now he is smiling and watching Li Yu come over.

"Li Yucha, my answer, your face is very bad, hug your son, Adahai can already speak." Chahar Khan said and handed Adahai to Li Yu, but Adahai was obviously unhappy, crying and making trouble in his father's arms, and Sutaihatun hurriedly came over to pick up the child.

Adahai smiled proudly in Su Tai's arms, Li Yu was very disappointed and pondered, this child will definitely not recognize his father in the future, but Kong Guoer came over, pulled Li Yu's clothes and said: "Uncle, Zhu Shen is coming, Father Khan said that you will definitely be able to defeat them, and I also think that Zhu Shen can't beat you." ”

"Zhu Shen is very powerful, and my uncle may not be able to beat them." Li Yu squatted down and gently stroked Kong Guoer, this child is almost ten years old, he looks like a tiger, and he doesn't look like the weak and fair-skinned Chahar Khan at all.

"No, you can do it, you are the bravest Humba Tulu on the steppe, no one can beat you." Kongol was in a hurry.

"Okay, for the sake of my Ezhe Kongol and Daiqing Adahai, my uncle will find a way to defeat Zhushen." Li Yu pressed Kong Guoer's shoulder and said.

Kong Guoer became happy: "Uncle, you will definitely win, and when I grow up, I will go with you to fight Zhushen." ”

Su Tai took Kong Guoer and Adahai away, Chahar Khan glanced at Li Yu and said: "Li Yucha, I'm leaving, I don't want to come back, there are still a lot of Fengzhou silver banknotes in my hand, you can exchange them for silver for me." ”

"Great Khan, I want to fight, I can't get the money," Li Yu flatly refused, and the anger in his heart also surged up, "The Jin army has come from afar, the people are sleepy and the supply is difficult, we can be sure to repel them when we join forces, why do you want to escape?" If you run, I will run too! ”

"Li Yucha, you can't run if you want to, I will leave you the land and pasture of 30,000 households on the right wing, you will guard your crops and workshops and fight with Zhushen, you must teach these guys a hard lesson, I will open up a large territory in the west," Chahar Khan was still smiling, pointing at Li Yu and continuing, "It doesn't matter if you don't give the silver, there are enough people, livestock and property in Kuku and Tun, after I leave, this city will also belong to you, doesn't the Lama Qiuerji always want to go back to the Silver Buddha Temple, you let him come back." ”

"You take away the livestock, the property, and the rich households, leaving the empty city and the poor for me, you might as well move the city together," Li Yu sneered and roared angrily, "Why is this happening? Hundreds of thousands of people in control of the strings of Mongolia could not protect the grassland, only more than ten years by less than 30,000 strong Zhushen defeated and fragmented, but the Great Khan never dared to fight to the death, are you still the master of the grassland? ”

"Shut up, can this be blamed on Ben Khan, it is those Taiji and Nuoyan who ruined Mongolia, Ben Khan succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, these nobles bullied Ben Khan, they went their own way, did not listen to orders, and did everything possible to steal Ben Khan's population and livestock, the Mongolian Great Khan was an ornament in their eyes, the Mongols were like a plate of scattered sand, ambitious guys coveted Ben Khan's authority at any time, they wished that Ben Khan and Zhushen would fight a lose-lose battle, and Ben Khan still dared to take the Chahar headquarters to fight a decisive battle with the Jin State? Kill these nobles, and Mongolia will have hope! Chahar Khan said through gritted teeth.

"Then why don't you kill me, kill all of us who are in our own ways and don't obey orders, and go and revive Mongolia yourself." Li Yu pointed to his nose and shouted.

"Why did Ben Khan kill you, do you think you are a nobleman? The Mongols respect their bloodline, and it is not your turn to seize power and usurp the throne, unless you dare to confront the whole of Mongolia, do you have such a great ability? Ben Khan not only trusts you, but also adopts your son, Adahai is more noble than your father, he has a great future, for your son, go and fight the people of Jin. ”

"I'm quitting, I'm going to take Ada Hai home."

"Don't think about it, Adahai is also the son of Ben Khan," Chahar Khan saw Li Yu's chest rising and falling with anger, and smiled and comforted, "Don't worry, Ben Khan likes Ada Hai very much, he will never suffer in the future, and Ben Khan will not treat you badly, Sangha Er Zhai Jinong intercepted the Tuba behind the palace, and the two bastards of Bentu and Gunchuk did not run away, okay, these people Ben Khan don't want it, all of them are handed over to you to command, and even if Ben Khan helps you, you are here to block the Jin people for Ben Khan." ”

Li Yu stomped his feet and turned his head away, Chahar Khan smiled and watched him leave, a burst of bitterness welled up in his heart - I'm sorry, I replied, I calculated you for a few years, but I can only do this, you go to fight, I should also go, Chahar Khan waved his hand and ordered the camp to retreat west.

Li Yu crossed the Heihe River in frustration, although Chahar's retreat was expected, but it really happened, and he still felt panicked in his heart, the Chahar people ran away, and the Ming army did not dare to count on it, and the weak Fengzhou had to deal with the tiger-wolf-like Jin army alone, and the prospects for this battle seemed to be bleak.

"Great Commander, you see, in front of you are the people of the 5,000th household, as well as Uncle Dabu and Erhu." Chen Erzhu suddenly shouted, Li Yu woke up from his contemplation, looked up and looked forward, the 5,000th Household Gu Keli, the captain Xing Hongwolf was walking towards him with the patrol Qingzhuang, and Lao Dabu was holding a spear in his hand, and walked in front with Liu Erhu's support.

Li Yu hurriedly dismounted, stepped forward to support Dabu, the villagers gathered around, shouting "Great Commander auspicious", Dabu patted Li Yu's hand and said: "Yuzi, I see that you are a little sad, Chahar people want to go, let's go, we Fengzhou people have always relied on ourselves, as long as you are here, we can defeat the Jin army." ”

Li Yu smiled bitterly and said to everyone: "The Jin army is very powerful, this time it will not be as easy as before, we may shed a lot of blood." ”

"No matter how much blood is shed, you are not afraid, the crops are here, the mother-in-law and the doll are also here, and you will try your best to drive them away, the commander, you can take us to fight!" Gu Keli said.

"Great Commander, don't look at me as your prisoner, but my Lao Xing is really good at fighting, Jianyi is here, I can beat the three of them alone." Xing Hongwolf patted his chest and shouted.

Li Yu nodded, patted Liu Erhu on the shoulder and asked, "Erhu, have you fought before?" The Jin army is coming, do you dare to cut them with a knife? ”

"I've fought in the Guannei and killed officials and soldiers, and I'm not afraid when the Jin Army comes, but the guy in my hand is a little worse, and I don't have a knife." Liu Erhu embarrassedly touched the spear in his hand.

Li Yu laughed and untied his saber and stuffed it to Liu Erhu, the young man was so excited that his face was flushed, and he couldn't say anything when he touched the knife.

Li Yu waved his hand to everyone and said loudly: "Brothers, the Zhushen of the Jin Kingdom is not comparable to the Ming army in the Guan, we have defeated them several times before, and we have paid a great price, this is a strong enemy, but since they are here, then let's fight, this land is our place of survival, we cultivate and graze here, no one wants to take it away, the Mongols, the Han people and the Zhushen who defected to us, all the new and old Fengzhou people as long as they work together and are like brothers, no matter how ferocious the hungry wolf, we can also drive it away." ”

"Great Commander, Hung Batulu", "Great Commander, Hung Batulu", everyone shouted excitedly over and over again, Han Laohan hurriedly ran over, squeezed through the dense crowd, and stuffed the newly made horse lance and plate axe into Li Yu's hands.

"Great Commander, take my old man's lance to kill the enemy, the villagers will follow you to the end, let the people of Jin Guo see if the people of Fengzhou are a bad breed." Han Laohan said.

Li Yu solemnly took the horse lance, and then raised it high, and another cheer rang out.

Li Yu returned to the Great Commander's Mansion and went straight to the Zanhua Office, where several fellow intellectuals and servants were also there, along with Jin Sheng of Tuntian Dao - Jin Sheng did not dare to stay in Datong at this time, and when he got the news from Zhu Yiqian that the Jin army was coming, he ran to his own jurisdiction, and by the way, he also brought the 2,000 catties of gunpowder raised for the artillery battalion.

Ma Guangyuan reported the latest situation: the Ming side still did not respond, but urgently blocked all passes on the border wall, and personnel were not allowed to enter and exit; On the Jin army's side, the Chahar people have definite information that the other side has passed the Xing'an Mountains on the 22nd; On the part of our army, Fengzhou and Dongsheng have been on alert to Chahar along the Heihe River and the Kundulun River, and the Chahar troops are eager to cross the river and flee westward, and there is no conflict with our army, Xinghewei began to transfer the old and weak women and children as well as livestock, grain, and property to the mountains, Mr. Han Lin volunteered, and has gone to Xinghe Weizan to draw military affairs, and Liu Xingzuo is assembling the main force to Weining Haizi, and can meet the Sangha Erzhai Jinong of Chahar at any time, and our army in Guannei, Bai Xianzhi will return, and the Fengzhou army will all return within ten days.

"At present, there are more than 10,000 men recruited by each guard, and more than 6,000 people have been recruited from the Barbarian Mountain Battalion, plus about 10,000 battalion soldiers and reservists who have been reorganized, our strength is close to 60,000, which exceeds the Jin Army," Ma Guangyuan kept shaking his head and said sadly, "The men who can afford to hold swords and spears have been recruited, but we lack sufficient weapons and rations, most of the men can only report to the guard station with poles and spears and a bag of yam eggs on their backs, and the weapons in the big treasury can only simply arm 20,000 people at most, The grain and grass reserves can only last for a month, and the Chahars have fled again, so what do we rely on to confront the powerful Jin army? ”

Li Yu lowered his head and pondered for a while, gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Send a letter to the governor of Yanghe and Datong, the governor and Gonggong Liu, the Chahar people have fled westward, and the last general is lonely, and there is nothing to eat, salary, ordnance, and he is unable to resist the elite of the country in the east. ”

"Li Hanmin, you are so bold, do you plan to blackmail the imperial court?" Jin Sheng took the case, but when he saw the cold looks of the people around him, he immediately waved his hand again and said, "Forget it, I'll go to Yanghe and Datong, there is no food, no weapons, and there is no way to fight, and the court can't summon people like this." Han Min, this battle is not difficult to fight, the east captives ran for 5,000 miles, the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, and there is no supply, and our army is strong, and there are dangerous mountains and rivers in Fengzhou, as long as they defend it to the death, and then cover up and kill it in one fell swoop when their food is exhausted and retreat, they will be able to win a complete victory. ”

"This plan is not appropriate, according to the danger and defend will make our army scattered, passive everywhere, but easy to be broken by the Jin army, the most terrible thing is that the Jin army can take this opportunity to destroy our fields, pastures, workshops, iron works and salt works in one fell swoop, so that even if the Jin army retreats, Fengzhou will collapse without a fight, we can't survive the Jin army, for now the only way is to concentrate forces for a decisive battle, and use the advantage of waiting for work to repel it," Li Huai shook his head, turned his face to Li Yu and said, "The strength of the Jin army is far above me, and the decisive battle must find out its weaknesses, We discussed with Du Shuai and them for a long time, but we didn't come up with a way, Hermes-Epitek, you are most familiar with the Jin Army, how do you say this battle should be fought? ”