The angry Chahar people gathered in groups in front of the Great Commander's Palace, asking for troops to attack Chahar Khan, and Chaolu even brought a large group of Chahar elites, asking the Great Commander's Office to approve them to go to the old capital to recapture Wulang Hahatun and Ada Hai, Zhao Ji scolded Chaolu, saying that he would have nothing to do when he was idle, and drove Chaolu to the Flying Tiger Camp to replace Jeddah.

Yun Rong was already on the road, and the Great Commander's Mansion could only wait patiently for his reply, but at this time, Jinong, the Sanghar Village of Chahar, rushed to the Barbarian Mountain.

Sangha Erzhai was surrounded when he entered the lobby of the Great Commander's Mansion, they were all old acquaintances, and the Fengzhou officials did not give him face, pointing at him was a stinky scolding, Sangha Erzhai was sweating on his head, and he didn't reply a word, letting others scold.

Ortai said solemnly: "Sanghar Zhai Jinong, we Tumut do not remember the old hatred and form an alliance with you, obey the Chahar Great Khan, the two families depend on each other to have today's situation, you detain our Hatun and children for no reason, this is the defeat of the alliance, what do you explain?" ”

"Is there anything in Toyosu that doesn't live with you, is there less food and goods for you? As soon as the grain harvested this year was delivered to you, you did this kind of thing, are the Chahar people hungry wolves on the steppe who turn their faces and don't recognize people? If the Great Khan wants to fight, just say it, and there is no need to embarrass women and children. Batu almost jumped to his feet and roared.

Waiting for everyone to scold enough, Sanghal Zhai blushed and said: "The Great Khan did it too abruptly this time, so I rushed to explain to you, so as not to have a misunderstanding between the two families, I met Yun Rong on the road, I have already told him, Yun Rong went to the old capital to see the Great Khan, I still have to come here to say, you all know that the Great Khan's heirs are not prosperous, and the most worrying thing is that Ezhe Kongol will not have brothers to help him in the future, Adahai is the nephew of the Great Khan, and the Great Khan really likes him, the Great Khan said that he will accept Adahai as his adopted son, In the future, Chahar's foundation is that of the brothers Kongol and Adahai, and the Great Khan has absolutely no malicious intent, and Li Yu is the answer of the Great Khan, and he will definitely be able to understand the Great Khan. ”

"I don't have a son, so I rob other people's children, the good plan made by the Great Khan, I'm afraid there are other plans, right?" Li Huai sneered.

"The Great Khan may have done a lot of wrong things and foolish things, but he is kind and generous, how can he harm his nephew, the Great Khan has given Ada Haizun the name Daiqing, now you can rest assured." Sanghar Zhai replied that Dai Qing means brave general, belonging to a kind of noble title of Mongolia, and the Great Khan gave Dai Qing the title of honor, and Li Meng, who was only a few months old, had actually entered the ranks of nobles, and later had the right to receive population, pasture and livestock from the Great Khan, which indeed proved that Chahar Khan loved Ada Hai.

"I never thought that the Great Khan would harm his nephew, there must be villains who want to harm others, such as the likes of Tuntu and Gonchuk, but the Great Khan will never listen to them, am I right?" Li Fugui leaned in front of Sangha Erzhai and whispered sarcastically, "The Great Khan wants to play a game of chess, a big chess game that can only see the result in ten or twenty years or even longer, and what the Great Khan wants to plot is not Adahai, but the entire Fengzhou, but the Great Khan seems to be thinking too far, the grassland is unpredictable, and who will say clearly what will happen in the future." ”

Sanhar Zhai's face turned white all of a sudden, he tried to calm down, and said slowly: "It's too far to think about the military affairs, the Great Khan of Chahar is in charge of Great Mongolia, is it necessary to plot against you, this little Tumut?" But in the past two or three years, you seem to be plotting against Chahar, we have gained a lot of things from you, but you have gained more from us, not to mention the land and population, our silver has been earned into your treasury, alliance with you, trade, we are getting poorer and poorer, you are getting richer and richer, in a few years Chahar may be self-defeating without a fight, but it is ridiculous that we are still blocking the Jin Kingdom for you, it is really beyond our strength. ”

Li Fugui laughed: "Jinong, Fengzhou is different from the Chahar system, some things are doomed from the beginning, there is no plot, the Great Khan and our great commander are the answer, and the matter of Ada Hai will be discussed by them, in fact, our generation can do their own business, Ezhe Kongol and Daiqing Adahai's generation has their own way of living, why should we trouble them." ”

Sangha Zhai couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed: "Actually, a few of us Jinong also think that there is no need to be like this, the Great Khan is ......."

Ortai pondered for a while and said: "Chahar and Tumut are dependent on each other, if they are together, they will benefit both, and if they fight, they will lose both, Jinong will go back and tell the Great Khan that it is okay to accept Ada Hai as an adopted son, but people should be put back, our two families are relatives, the Great Khan can go to Tumut at any time, and Ada Hai can also go to Chahar at any time, wouldn't it be better." ”

"Jinong, after all, this time the Great Khan did something wrong, can you make it convenient for us," Liu Xingzuo suddenly interjected, saw Sangharzhai nodded, and said in a low voice: "We need to trade with the Jin State, can you give us a trade route, Jinong must not think about it, Chahar and the Jin State are mortal enemies, and Fengzhou and the Jin State can't get on the same boat, but we must deal with the Jin State, where the stakes are, Jinong should guess." ”

Sangha Erzhai hesitated, Li Fugui stared at him with his eyes and added: "Jin Guo is too dangerous, we have to plan early, if you want, you can also work together." ”

Sangha Erzhai didn't speak, just nodded, and Li Fugui and Liu Xingzuo looked at each other and smiled.

Sangha Erzhai finally agreed to persuade Chahar Khan to return Xiao Li Meng, but he was not sure, it was best to talk after Li Yu returned, but both sides said that they would abide by the oath and continue to maintain the alliance relationship, and the Great Commander's Office confirmed that Wu Langha's mother and son were safe, and they could only put this matter aside for the time being, and Fengzhou could not take care of Chahar now.

Chen Erzhu is back again, and this one has tired him enough that he can barely stand on his feet.

"The commander really did not agree to start a war, but ordered the troops to turn to the pass," Ortai handed the letter to Li Huai, and then waved his hand and said, "Yushan, Meng Qing, the governor of Shanxi has ordered the opening of the deviant pass, you should set off immediately, and the whole army will quickly enter the pass and go to the river meander." ”

Hequ County, Baode Prefecture, which is a small city close to the east bank of the Yellow River, Li Yu stationed on a mound in the north of Macheng and looked northward, early this morning Meng Ke led several scouts of the Fengzhou army to report, the iron cavalry has entered the head pass and is driving towards this side, Li Yu could not sit still, and rushed to the river meander to meet his brother in ecstasy.

"Hermes-Epitek, it will take a while for your iron riders to get here, so get off your horse and rest." Zhang Daojun happily rode over on horseback.

"Brother Zixuan, Wang Shuai, why are you here, it's too cold, you better go back to the city and wait, I will inform you as soon as the iron horse arrives." Li Yu dismounted and bowed to Zhang Daojun and Wang Guoliang, the general soldier of Shanxi, who came over.

"I'm used to being a soldier, and I can't be idle in the city," Wang Guoliang was nearly fifty years old, his black face was full of wrinkles, he also got off the horse, waved his hand and said to Li Yu with a smile, "The soldiers in our Shanxi town are useless, and the iron cavalry of the Han people is the glory of the three towns of Xuanda, and I also want to take a look." ”

The three of them hid behind a big tree sheltered from the wind and chatted, Li Yu had been in Hequ for three days, Wang Guoliang made a special trip from Ningwuguan to meet him, he and Wang Guoliang were simple and old, and they had a good conversation. Originally, Wang Guoliang was the chief soldier of a town, and his position was the first of the military generals in Shanxi, but the official title was from the command of the second rank of the same knowledge, lower than Li Yu's rank of the governor of the second grade, and Li Yu was the deputy general who was ordered to help suppress, the two got together, and no one was good at commanding the other, Song Tongyin was very worried about the bad things for the two to fight, and specially sent Zhang Daojun to assist in military affairs in the name of the governor Yamen, but Song Tongyin was too worried, Wang Guoliang was an honest man, and because of honesty, he put on the unlucky errand of the Shanxi general army, the governor of the three towns of Xuanda, Since the new emperor ascended the throne, none of them have a good end, the former Shanxi general soldier Wang Honggong was just asked to be beheaded at the beginning of the year, everyone in the Ming officialdom regarded it as a daunting way, since no one wants to jump into the fire pit, the honest and honest Wang Guoliang was forced to press on the position of the Shanxi general soldier, but the military department is obviously not optimistic about him, so far he has not given him a title, Wang Guoliang does not care about this, he is an old man in Shanxi Town, he is very clear about his family background, the current Shanxi army is in addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled is the egg of the new soldiers, it is good to be able to hold the city, It will definitely not be possible to pull out the thief, Li Yu can come, he can't ask for it, and he has no intention of fighting for power with Li Yu at all.

Wang Guoliang wiped the snowflakes that floated on his face, and said with a sad face: "The snow is falling, the weather is cold fast this year, maybe the Yellow River will be frozen in a few days, fortunately, the iron cavalry of the Han people came in time, our scouts have seen that there are thieves on the other side, Yansui is a bad seed, can not appease the people, and drive people to our Shanxi." ”

Li Yu lowered his voice and asked, "I heard that many people starved to death in the northwest, Brother Zixuan, is this true?" ”

Zhang Daojun hesitated for a while before replying: "A friend over there wrote that the drought in the northwest has been severe for many years, especially in Yansui, coupled with earthquakes and hailstorms, a large area of land has no harvest, the people have no food to eat, and the bark and weeds have also been emptied. ”

"Why didn't the imperial court give relief to the people, and the government there watched the people starve to death?" Li Yu felt chills all over his body, and couldn't help but ask again.

"The imperial court is in charge, Shanxi and Shaanxi are in drought, and the government still collects land and sends additional salaries, and I heard that there will be an additional three percent of Liao salary next year, which still makes people live?" Wang Guoliang said dissatisfiedly.

"Don't talk about the government in vain, just guard the river defense," Zhang Daojun drank the two of them, and then said fearfully, "Those rogues are all desperate outlaws, more harmful than locusts, and they are all rotten wherever they go, so don't let them enter Shanxi!" ”

The three of them were chatting, and there was an intermittent trumpet sound in the distance, Liu Shishi listened carefully for a while, and then jumped up excitedly, shouting: "Our people have arrived, this is the horn of the second pillar, only he will blow so ugly." ”

A red flag faintly appeared on the horizon in the distance, moving rapidly to this side, behind the banner was a dense cavalry, getting closer and closer, the black eagle with teeth and claws on the red flag also saw clearly, Liu Shishi unfolded his black eagle flag, calling the horse to meet it, Meng Ke, Hu Dawei, fierce as a tiger, Ding Qiming, Jin Guoding and others shouted, Bai An and Zhou Yuji also high-fived each other.

The iron cavalry finally arrived, Li Yu stepped forward and raised his hand to signal, the team erupted into bursts of cheers, the soldiers dismounted one after another, bustling around, after the Zunyong battle for more than half a year, everyone wanted to say a few more words to their commander. Hu Dawei and fierce as a tiger saw their old acquaintances Qiu Xian and Borshu, and immediately screamed and hugged each other, Bai An, Zhou Yuji and others couldn't interject, so they could only watch from the side, but when Zhang Chuanjie and Manzhu's two battalions of infantry arrived later, they could be regarded as finding the same kind.

Zhang Daojun and Wang Guoliang carefully observed on the side, the initial impression of this team was that they were poor and chaotic, except for the red tasseled felt hat on their heads and the old sheepskin jacket on their bodies were relatively unified, other costumes were varied, all kinds of clothes, and the clothes were patched, and the weapons were also their own guys, some weapons were not even famous, the team was neat and tidy when they were lined up, and they were chaotic as soon as they dispersed. Zhang Daojun couldn't help frowning, but Wang Guoliang saw the doorway and quietly told Zhang Daojun that these people all have a lot of qi in them, they should be outlaws who have killed people and seen blood, and they should not be underestimated.

Zhang Daojun was looking in a daze, Li Huai and Du Hongtai came over to salute him.

"In the lower Yulin Li Huai, Li Yushan."

"In Yan'an Du Hongtai, Du Mengqing."

"In Xia Zezhou, Zhang Daojun, the word is Xuan." Zhang Daojun's eyes lit up.

Zhang Daojun chatted with Li Huai and Du Hongtai, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, these two are still from a good background, and they are in important positions in Fengzhou, and the scholars get together, and it will be convenient to talk and do things in the future.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this town has already arranged a camp outside Hequ City, let's go back to the camp if we have something to say." Wang Guoliang was a little impatient.

Everyone cheered and walked to the camp in a chaotic manner, Li Yu suddenly found that his people seemed to be unable to walk together, Li Huai, Du Hongtai and Zhang Daojun talked loudly while walking, Hu Dawei, fierce as a tiger and Meng Ke, Qiu Xian, Borshu These former horse thieves shouted together, Bai An, Zhou Yuji, Ding Qiming and other officers from the Beijing division got together with Zhang Chuanjie, Man Zhu and others, and the Mongolian officers such as Mozhige, Terrig, and Kubai also chatted vigorously together, while Asari and dozens of Zhushen always followed behind his ass.

That night, Zhang Daojun and Wang Guoliang convened the Fengzhou soldiers for dinner, Zhang Daojun announced that the governor would reward the Fengzhou soldiers with five dollars of silver each, and also told everyone that Shanxi is Fengzhou's dependence, Shanxi is erosive, and Fengzhou has not had a good life, so everyone must keep the thieves out of Shanxi, and Wang Guoliang's words are very real, he has prepared more than 20 big fat pigs, and everyone wants to eat meat, eat and drink enough, and work hard.

The snow fell more and more, it rained for three days in a row, the Yellow River in a section of the river meander froze, Wang Guoliang hurriedly left the river meander to deploy the river defense, Zhang Daojun estimated that the ice must be frozen in a few days, and the snow was small and urged Li Yu to hurry, so the Fengzhou army went on the road again, and drove south along the Yellow River to Fenzhou Mansion.

The people on the other side of the river may not be able to survive, groups of three or five ventured to wade across the river, the Fengzhou cavalry often intercepted these people along the way, a stick and a whip drove people back, but the river defense officers and soldiers along the way had black hands, caught people and killed, and cut off people's heads and hung them on the river embankment, Li Yu complained to Zhang Daojun that the Ming army killed indiscriminately - it was just a matter of killing young and strong men, and it was too much to kill old people, women and children, Zhang Daojun patted Li Yu on the shoulder and said, you must not be soft at this time, you don't kill some people to scare each other, there are more people who run across the river, Do you kill or don't kill?

The Fengzhou army trekked all the way into the boundary of Fenzhou Mansion, Song Tongyin sent an urgent order, ordering the iron cavalry to enter Yongning Prefecture, ready to rush to the aid of river defense along the river, Li Yu complained bitterly, the governor had to exhaust them to death, but Zhang Daojun was warning Li Yu that Fenzhou Mansion is adjacent to the Yellow River in the west and Luliang in the east, which is the west gate to enter the hinterland of Shanxi, and must be strictly guarded.

The Fengzhou army set up a large camp in Yongning Prefecture, Li Yu originally planned to rest for a few days, but the news suddenly came from the Fenzhou Mansion that a large number of thieves crossed the river from Shilou County in the south, and the Ming army deployed on the river embankment could not withstand it, and broke away after a few shots, and the thieves were attacking Shilou County, and the messenger of Fenzhou Mansion told that the big Kou who was on the other side of the clear stream "lit the lamp" and brought people to fight over, and the thieves were numerous, and the small soldiers in Shilou City could not hold on for long, and the Fenzhou Mansion would not be able to gather enough men and horses for a while, so please send troops to rescue the iron cavalry no matter what. Zhang Daojun agreed without waiting for Li Yu to speak, and when he turned around, he urged Li Yu to send troops.

The Fengzhou cavalry set out of the camp, marched rapidly for a day and night to the stone tower, at this time the city and the city had been in chaos, Li Yu was startled - where did so many thieves come from, the black pressure was overwhelming, almost overwhelming, eighty percent of the twenty thousand people, Li Yu stubbornly ordered the cavalry array to meet the enemy, the other party was also taken aback, drove away the officers and troops on the river embankment, and thought that they could capture Shilou County in one breath, but they didn't expect so many officers and cavalry to suddenly come, it was impossible to run back, and evacuated the city in chaos, Facing the Fengzhou army, the formation was in formation.

Zhang Daojun kept scolding the officers and soldiers for being useless, and they would only get military salaries for nothing, and seeing that Li Yu was still stupid, a wave of anger came up, pointing at Li Yu and shouting: "Li Hanmin, haven't you ever fought?" The thieves are in a mess, and it is the opportunity to break the enemy, so take your people to kill them. ”

Li Yu cried and couldn't speak, the thieves were indeed in a mess, some people squeezed forward, some people retreated, they couldn't put on a decent formation at all, the thieves' weapons were also messy, there was almost no armor, there were not a few knives and spears, there were a lot of wooden sticks and hoes, and people were even more unbearable, one by one unkempt, unclothed, shivering in the cold wind, many people did not wear shoes, but wrapped their feet with rags and straw, and some people fell headlong as the team was crowded, and they could not get up again, The chaotic crowd was also mixed with the cries of women and children, Li Yu was stunned by these thieves, he had seen with his own eyes the Han people who rebelled against the Jin State under the Anshan Post Fort, and the hungry people of Chahar who survived by the Heihe River, but those were not as shocking as what he saw in front of him, this is a rebel thief, but a group of hungry people!