On the road leading to Zunhua in Qian'an, a team of cavalry galloped through, it has entered the second half of April, the village next to the road has popularity again, there are farmers in the field to grab some crops, there are no soldiers in this area for a long time, the croppers can not see the old and barren, the people who are hiding outside the war have returned home one after another, and are busy with their own livelihoods again, the arrival of this cavalry has caused a panic along the way, but the people quickly calmed down, someone has seen this soldier with the black eagle flag, tell everyone, This is not a golden soldier or an officer or soldier, but the Black Eagle Army outside the Guan, who never harassed the common people, and even gave rations to those hiding in the mountains.

What the people didn't expect was that between the two columns marching with the Flying Tiger Flag, there was just a column of the Golden Army, but they didn't dare to play the flag, and put their braids in their helmets, and behind them was the marching column with the Flying Tiger Flag, the Jin soldiers who were clamped tightly did not panic at all, and took the initiative to laugh with the Fengzhou Han soldiers and Mongolian soldiers on both sides. Before they set off, Bai Ge painted a picture of making a fortune for them, Zunhua is a big city, bigger and more prosperous than Qian'an, and there are more and richer officials, and there will be money to make with Erlu Batulu, and the Jin soldiers are full of expectations for their future - the robbery of the Jin army is organized, and the looted property must be handed over to the public, and the layers are divided into their hands Three achievements are good, Qian'an's partnership to rob the surrender of the official is black and black, and you can swallow it privately if you can't get on the account, everyone tasted the sweetness, Holding back his strength, he wants to partner with his brothers in Fengzhou in Zunhua, and have a bigger vote.

"The front is to the Santun camp, there is a Ming army stationed there, I can't take you anymore, let Asari accompany you in front, the Ming army should not dare to provoke you, we will follow five miles behind, if you encounter danger, you will call the shots, I will try to meet you." Li Yu gave an eviction order to Bai Ge, who had been relying on him, and Yang Zhaoji and his gang lived in Santun camp, this old guy's eyes were too poisonous, and Li Yu was afraid that he would see the flaws.

"It's okay, we've never been afraid of the Ming army, so we'll go to Zunhua first." Bai Ge agreed nonchalantly, greeted Asari, and walked away with his men.

The troops passed the Santun camp very smoothly, and the garrison Ming army closed the city gate without taking a step, and there was not a single sentry in several outposts on the side of the road, so it was estimated that they were scared away by Bai Ge. However, the desolate scene of the Santun camp surprised everyone, they walked from here in early March, more than a month has passed, this place is still full of devastation, the village is empty, the fields are also barren, and I haven't seen a person for a long time, Bai Xianzhi can't help sighing, the people here are suffering, the people in the places where there are gold soldiers can't get by, and the people in the places where there are officers and soldiers can't live either, when will this hard life be the end? Liu Xingzuo thought of the people of Liaodong, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Walking to the vicinity of the long-abandoned Zunhua Iron Factory, I suddenly found that the village in front of me was full of smoke, and I could vaguely see that someone was running to this side.

"Does Bai Ge want to die? I told him that you are not allowed to touch the people. Li Yu scolded hatefully.

"It won't be Baige's people who did it, they don't have the guts, the Jin army is also strictly forbidden to leave the team during the march, could it be that the Ming army did it, could it be that Manzhu and Hou Shijie ate leopard gall." Bai Xianzhi pondered for a while and said.

"No matter who did it, we can't ignore it when we see it," Li Yu waved his hand and ordered in a loud voice, "All battalions will search and advance along the official road in a cavalry formation, and anyone who plunders the people will be taken down, and those who dare to try to attack our army will be killed." ”

The scouts soon came back to report that the Ming army had been found looting the people, and the banner was the officers and soldiers of Shandong Town stationed in the Santun camp, numbering about a thousand people, with infantry as the main cavalry, and they seemed to have fought with the Jin army in front, and were retreating towards us with the women and property they had taken captive. Immediately afterwards, Asari's entourage also ran to report that the vanguard of Bai Ge's department was ambushed by the Ming army, killing more than ten people, after Bai Ge launched an attack, the Ming army was quickly defeated, and Bai Ge was pursuing and defeating the fleeing Ming army.

Bai Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "It's lively now, the friendly troops who robbed were pursued by the Jin soldiers and retreated towards us, whether we fight or not, if we want to fight, we will join forces with the Jin army to fight the Ming army." ”

"Why don't you fight? We did not attack the Ming army, but killed the rotten soldiers who plagued the people," Li Yu replied coldly, and then ordered again, "Advance one mile forward in the cavalry formation, occupy the open area in front, and block the retreat of the rout in a horizontal formation." ”

It was not easy for Shandong general Liu Zeqing to come out this time, after the first battle in Luanxi, Yang Zhaoji and You Shiwei and others joined forces to retreat to the Santun camp, but the grain and grass in the Santun camp were limited, and thousands of people had to find the people outside the city to raise food and wages, and so the people around the Santun camp ran away, You Shiwei and other northwest army leaders could no longer endure the hard life of no food and no pay, and went to Luanzhou, Yang Zhaoji was lonely, and since then he has made up his mind to defend the Santun camp, and no longer dares to have the delusion of going out of the city to fight, claiming that the Jin army has been active frequently recently, and there is an attempt to attack Yutian and Fengrun by means of Santun Camp and Zunhua, and cut off the grain road in Shanhaiguan, he wants to go out of the city to fight with the enemy, Yang Zhaoji of course knows his true intentions, the land grain route in Shanhaiguan has long been broken, and he currently relies on shipping to transport food, but Liu Zeqing's background is too deep, and he is not good at offending this little fellow, so he had to let this hungry wolf out after hesitating.

Liu Zeqing went straight to Zunhua when he left the city, there was no robbery around the Santun camp, and the Jin soldiers stationed in Qian'an did not dare to go, only to go to Zunhua, where the Jin soldiers were besieged in the city and could not get out, most of the people went home, and the volunteers outside the city did not dare to provoke them, these genuine officers and soldiers, they could just grab a handful.

Liu Zeqing really came right, Zunhua's righteousness and courage were strictly controlled by Liu Zhilun, and the man Zhu and Hou Shijie who led the team never had the idea of bullying the people, so the people of Zunhua still had a good life, no one expected that a large group of brutes would suddenly come, a little ration and property in the people's homes were robbed, and the people who resisted were killed and burned down their houses, and the robbers who robbed things were not counted as robbing people, and the officers and soldiers of Shandong robbed hundreds of young women to go back to be prostitutes. Bai Ge passed by here and didn't want to cause trouble, the officials and soldiers of the Ming State harmed the people of the Ming State and it was none of their business, they rushed out of the way and left, but Bai Ge didn't take the Ming army seriously, his vanguard went too fast, and was just discovered by Liu Zeqing's personal soldiers, Liu Zeqing's family and personal soldiers are his Caozhou fellow countrymen, some combat effectiveness, relying on the strength of the crowd to fight an ambush, killed more than a dozen of Bai Ge's subordinates, this time Bai Ge was angry, and took people to slash and kill the Ming army, the Ming army was busy robbing and was unable to resist, Liu Zeqing snatched more than a dozen heads of the killed Jin soldiers, and fled first with his family and personal soldiers, and the Ming army almost collapsed at the touch of a button, each with the looted property and women desperately running in the direction of the Santun camp, and was blocked by Li Yu.

There is no suspense in the battle between the Fengzhou army and the Shandong official army, the rotten soldiers who refuse to surrender their weapons are shot by random arrows, with the front and rear assaults of the Fengzhou iron cavalry and the Jin army, the Ming army has abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and the fleeing Ming army did not run away, the angry people saw that someone supported them, picked up hoes and sticks to chase and kill the Ming army everywhere, killed and deserved, and the ones who were not killed were tied up and handed over to the Fengzhou army and the Jin army. Bai Ge suddenly had a feeling of being the master of the people, and in the roars and cheers of the people, he cut off more than a hundred heads of rotten soldiers, if it wasn't for Liu Xingzuo telling him to get out of here, this guy would have to do it.

When Liu Zhilun and Namur, who were escorting the baggage, arrived, Li Yu was killing hard, and the Fengzhou army brought up the prisoners in rows for the common people to identify, and those who did bad things were immediately dragged out and beheaded, and the ground was already full of corpses.

"Li Hanmin, you are crazy, they are officials and soldiers, do you want to rebel by killing officials and soldiers?" Liu Zhilun rushed up and hugged Li Yu.

"They are not people, they are beasts, look at what they have done," Li Yu pointed to the belongings piled on the ground, the angry people, and the women who hugged their heads and cried, and then turned his face to the soldiers and shouted angrily, "What are you doing in a daze, continue to kill me." ”

"Lord Liu, save me, this Beiyu is crazy, he and Jianyi beat us together, and he wants to kill us all." An officer with a bloody face was pressed to his knees by two big men, crying at Liu Zhilun for help, Liu Zhilun saw that it was Liu Zeqing, a general in Shandong, Liu Zeqing desperately struggled to crawl towards Liu Zhilun, "Lord Liu, Shandong Town is our elite, who killed us to guard the Santun camp, this Beilu is Jianyi's spy, he wants to harm our Daming!" ”

"****, do all the bad things and talk nonsense, Lao Tzu will kill you today!" Li Yu kicked up, Liu Zeqing screamed and fell to the ground on his back, but fortunately, Liu Zhilun hugged Li Yu to death, and Liu Zeqing was not kicked to death.

"Don't fight, the old man begs you, you have killed enough people, they are also the emperor's soldiers, and the emperor has to rely on them to protect the Ming Dynasty!" Liu Zhilun pleaded bitterly, he understood everything, but these beasts were still saved. Li Yu's hand was raised again, dozens of rotten soldiers were pushed out and knelt down, the Fengzhou soldiers behind him had raised their big knives, Liu Zhilun let go of Li Yu, rushed to the side of the rotten soldiers and shouted to Li Yu: "Hanmin, I know your thoughts, but you really can't kill them anymore, what's the use of killing them all, what will the emperor and the court think of you, have you thought about this?" If you continue to kill, kill me first! ”

Liu Xingzuo, Bai Xianzhi, and Na Mu'er hurriedly grabbed Li Yu and persuaded him, he had already killed more than 300 people, and he had beaten the Shandong generals to the point that they were not human, so they should stop, Li Yu gasped a few breaths, and roared hatefully: "Count these guys lucky, let them all go, drive them away with whips, give me a hard whip, and make them have a long memory." ”

The Fengzhou soldiers rushed together, the leather whip rained towards the Shandong soldiers, the rotten soldiers fled like wolves howling ghosts, Liu Zeqing's family still had a conscience, endured the whipping and lifted Liu Zeqing and ran, seeing that the rotten soldiers ran away, Liu Zhilun asked Namuer to appease the people, and he sat down on the ground weakly.

It was getting late, the Fengzhou army arrived at the village in front, which was not lightly harmed by Liu Zeqing, several people died, and more than a dozen houses were set on fire, Li Yu ordered the whole army to rest outside the village, and each battalion sent some people to the surrounding villages with Namur to pacify the people, and by the way, they helped the people clean up their belongings and build shacks. Man Zhu and Hou Shijie arrived in a hurry with more than 200 people at this time, Li Yu scolded them for splitting their heads and covering their faces, both of them were very aggrieved, they had to deal with the Jin soldiers in the city, where could they take care of this head, and who would want to get the Shandong soldiers of the Santun camp to be so ruthless, Liu Xingzuo comforted Man Zhu and Hou Shijie a few words, and dragged Li Yu away, Li Yu's anger had not subsided, and he shouted loudly while walking: "Lao Tzu is camping here, I want to see which one dares to come to my territory again!" ”

Liu Zhilun relieved himself and called Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie aside to reprimand - the two of them are the generals of the Ming army in the Fengzhou army, Liu Zhilun is very dissatisfied, Li Yu and his gang of soldiers and generals are wild and untamed, these two not only do not persuade them, but also follow the indiscriminate killing, the Shandong army will definitely sue if they suffer a big loss, and wait for the court to track it down and see how you end up.

Zhang Chuanjie said unconvinced: "How can we be blamed for this, we are all old military affairs, it is not uncommon for the guest army to harm the people in other places, and it is okay to grab some property, but they have gone too far, killing, arson, and robbing women, which are more ruthless than building slaves and bandits, we really can't stand it before we do it, and the court wants to investigate and deal with it casually, anyway, Lao Tzu is afraid of a fart outside the customs!" ”

Liu Zhilun was so angry that he couldn't speak, and Bai Xianzhi spoke: "Lord Liu, I heard that this Liu Zeqing escaped from the battle on the west side of the Luan River, why is this **** still jumping alive and doing bad things outside?" The court should have put him in prison a long time ago. ”

"Of course, this kind of person should be imprisoned to discuss the crime, and the official's performance has already been sent to the imperial court, I heard that many people in the court have spoken good things for him, saying that he is a rare general, and he is not suitable for punishment for taking the initiative to fight, and he is allowed to wear the crime and make meritorious contributions to make up for the past," Liu Zhilun finished speaking, Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie couldn't help laughing - this kind of goods is still a general, and Daming is not afraid of being embarrassed, Liu Zhilun is also a little frustrated, and told these two people about the letter from his friend Jin Sheng, who stayed in Beijing, "This person is just from Caozhou, and has neither wealth nor background, The official position is not high, but he is like a fish in water in the officialdom of Shandong, and there are many people in the court who speak for him, and this official is very strange about this, so he is even more worried that Hermes-Epitek and you have offended this kind of skinless villain, and there will be endless troubles! ”

"There are a lot of strange things in Daming these years, but we don't want to be promoted and make a fortune, and his group of bear soldiers can't beat us, so we are not afraid of him!" Zhang Chuanjie still looked like he didn't care.

"My lord, when my soldiers searched them, they found that these guys were hiding the evil calligraphy of the White Lotus Sect, and I heard that some of them were cutting into the White Lotus Cult, I guess these guys are related to the White Lotus Cult, if that's the case......" Bai Xianzhi has already left a hand, many of the Bansheng disciples in the Fengzhou Army are the descendants of the White Lotus Sect members who fled from the customs, and the ghosts of the White Lotus Sect can't hide from them.

"Quickly send someone to collect the evil books and prostitution of the White Lotus Sect, and not let go of any of them, and find the village chief and grain chief to draw and detain, now we have something to say, if the court sends someone to inquire, we will bite it to death, and we will say that there is a cult in the Shandong army that is causing chaos, and we will cut it off in one fell swoop." Liu Zhilun immediately came to the spirit and sent Zhang Chuanjie to collect evidence of the Shandong army.

Bai Xianzhi wanted to leave but was pulled back, Liu Zhilun sneered and asked Bai Xianzhi: "What's the matter with you and the Jin Army attacking the Shandong Army?" Don't think that this official is really deaf and dazzled, General Bai Shen, tell me what you have done. ”

Bai Xianzhi was shocked, and immediately shouted: "My lord, are we killing fewer Jiannu?" If you don't believe us, then we will leave immediately, we thousands of people have no food and no salary, and it is all up to the face of the Han people to fight today, and it is not our turn to betray the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Of course this official trusts you, otherwise you won't be allowed to get to this day, do you think this official doesn't understand, the military book says that this is a trick, Han Ming and Vice General Liu are people who came out of Liaodong, naturally there are some Jianyi friends, as long as it is beneficial to my Daming, some private dealings with this official will not be blamed," Liu Zhilun immediately motioned to Bai Xianzhi to whisper, and then asked in a low voice, "You said that Han Ming can pull a few Jianyi over to surrender?" The official can go to the court to give them official work, and the court's face will be bright. ”

"Well, my lord, let's go to Hermes-Epitek and talk to him myself, I'll leave first if I have something." Bai Xianzhi looked at Liu Zhilun strangely, and then quickly slipped away.

Fengzhou quietly arrived in Zunhua, the Jin army besieged in the city did not know anything, after the main force of the Ming army went to Qian'an, Fan Wencheng and Chakala organized people and horses to go out of the city to fight a few battles, and they could always take advantage of it every time, but there were too few people to withstand consumption, and after losing sixty or seventy people, Chakala was killed and did not go out of the city, allowing Manzhu and Hou Shijie to take a large group of volunteers to show off their might under the city.

The arrival of Bai Ge greatly boosted the morale of the Jin army in Zunhua, although there were fewer people, but it was enough to deal with the righteous courage outside the city, Fan Wencheng drew two hundred people from the remaining four hundred people in the city to join Bai Ge's reinforcements and went out of the city to fight, the righteous and brave were really vulnerable, and when they saw the Jin soldiers, they immediately dispersed in a hurry, Chakala did not dare to go far this time, and wanted to run back without chasing a few steps, but Fan Wencheng was bold, urging Bai Ge and Chakala to chase and kill ten miles before he would stop.

After beating away Yiyong, Fan Wenchen immediately decided to take this opportunity to drive the people in the city to fill in ditches and pave roads outside the city - the outside of the city was really dug out of shape, three trenches more than one zhang wide surrounded the city, and several roads in and out of the city were even more potholes, and the horses and vehicles of the Jin army had to be carried by people to pass. Bai Ge resolutely objected, saying that it was easy to get into the spies, and Chakala also felt that the Han people in the city were unreliable, so the two failed to convince Fan Wencheng, so they simply left it alone and let Fan Wenchen toss it himself.

Fan Wenchen is really capable, every day with a group of Jin soldiers and Yuan Ming soldiers escorted the people out to work, two or three days of hard work to level the outside of the city almost, Fan Wenchen is very proud, the Ming army's trick failed, and in a day or two you can finish the work, Dajin's cavalry can gallop outside the city again.

However, just when he felt that the great achievement was about to be completed, the Ming army attacked Zunhua City out of nowhere.