In the early morning, as soon as the mist covering the Yellow River had lifted, a large group of cavalry galloped in, crossed the river on the ice, and quickly formed a formation on the west bank. This is an empty land, with no figure to be seen in the snowy fields, and the Ordos people have been repeatedly ravaged by wars, droughts, bitter colds, and plagues in the past few years.

Li Fugui jumped off the horse, rubbed his hands and trotted on the snow - it was too cold, and there was a feeling of freezing on the running horse, Li Yu and Batu also got off the horse afterwards, complaining that Li Fugui should not follow, and his body bones were frozen.

"The painting is here, since I have arrived in Dongshengwei, I have to come out to pick it up." Li Fugui replied with a smile.

Du Wenhuan is still shocked by Fengzhou, at least the people in the praise painting office are worried that someone will grab their jobs, and Zhao Ji, who is in charge of military affairs, has always been lazy, and he has stayed in the office during this time. The officials of the Great Commander's Office have a more unanimous view that there are many people who have defected to Fengzhou in recent years, but most of them are homeless refugees, businessmen who want to make a windfall, and there are ruffians, gangsters, and fugitives who can't get along in the Guannei. Li Huai's proposal to appoint Du Wenhuan as the assistant military affairs of the military affairs was opposed, and many people agreed with Ortai's suggestion that a senator should paint military affairs, and Li Yu proposed a compromise method to give Du Wenhuan a military affairs to participate in the political affairs of the prime minister. Ma Guangyuan immediately shouted, he is also an old man in Fengzhou, and now he is still a senator, there must be a first-come-first-served reason, and finally everyone decided to promote Ma Guangyuan and Terig to participate in politics, and they were afraid that Zhao Ji would be emotional, so they transferred him out of the Zanhua Office and sent him to Li Yu's side to assist in military affairs as a servant and in charge of military affairs.

"The Ming Kingdom is really messy enough, a dispatched official will go out of the customs as soon as his butt is lifted, and no one will take care of it." Batu said as he stamped his feet on the snow.

"The common people must have someone to take care of, as long as the big officials are convicted and repatriated, as long as they spend a little money, they can be assigned to the original guard or a place close to home, like the Du family, who has been a high-ranking official in Yulin for generations, the dispatch is to go home, and he can go sideways when he goes home, and no one dares to care if he wants to go to heaven." Li Fugui replied.

"Then it's a fart, the crime of being an official, it saves some trouble if you cut it down or throw it into the prison," Batu scolded a few words, and whispered in Li Fugui's ear, "Lao Li, are we Yuzi too gullible people, just give the new important position, the people in the Guannai are no better than us Fengzhou people, beware that they will have different intentions, if they ......." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, the Great Khan of the Jin Kingdom can reuse the demoted and abolished officials of the Ming Kingdom as a treasure, and we Fengzhou people must be more open-minded to do great things," Li Fugui interrupted Batu's words, sneered and said, "The Fengzhou system is different, the authority of the great commander comes from the trust of the people, and no one wants to replace him, I have reminded ******, presumably no one dares to ask for hardship." ”

Li Yu sent the scouts out, and then beckoned the cavalry to dismount and rest, and he and Tu Lichen had a casual conversation - this guy had a good mix, he was already the head of the personal guard post of the Flying Tiger Battalion, and his future was bright. After waiting for a meal, the scout Pegasus came to report that Du Shuai and his party had arrived!

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and the cavalry of the brigade galloped around dozens of carriages, getting closer and closer, and the women and children on the carriages saw the flying tiger flag and black eagle flag fluttering not far away, and cheered excitedly.

"Mother, aunt, the third uncle's handsome flag, the third uncle picked us up!" Li Xuan shouted at his mother Zhang and his aunt Chen, pulled Li Yao and jumped out of the car, and ran all the way to the Flying Tiger Banner.

Finally arrived smoothly - Du Wenhuan grabbed the reins of the horse and stopped, in June last year, he was impeached by the Shaanxi Patrol Wu Sacrifice, was convicted and sent to Yulinwei, stayed at home for half a year and felt uncomfortable, and discussed with several generals in Yulin, simply left his mother, and before leaving, he also sent a letter to Hong Chengchou, who he had always looked down on, saying that he knew that he was ashamed of the imperial court, and left in Yulin as a walking corpse without a face, so he voluntarily sent to Fengzhou, which was most needed by the imperial court. Hong Chengchou was suppressing thieves in the Guyuan Overseers, and he didn't even fart when he received the letter - in fact, Hong Chengchou also wished that this local Tyrannosaurus rex in Yulin would get out of here as soon as possible, and if he stayed in Yulin and did nothing, he could also let those Yulin generals secretly arch and warp.

With the care of relatives and friends in Yulin Town, Du Wenhuan swaggered out of Yulin City, and by the way, Li Yu's sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, mother and son, together with Du Hongfang, Qin Hu, Ma Danian, Hou Shijie and other Yulin officers The wives and children were also carried, Sun Tingyao and his party of more than a dozen Qin merchants were waiting in Shenmu Fort, and the two roads met and were escorted out of the side wall by the old subordinates.

Li Yu sent his two nephews who asked him for horses and bows and arrows, walked quickly to Du Wenhuan and bowed, looking at Du Wenhuan and didn't know what to say, but his eyes were a little red - Du Shuai was still so powerful and kind, and when he saw him, he had the same feeling of seeing his elders, and he had the same feeling when he was with Uncle Kuru and Sibeile before.

"It's all handsome, why do you still look like a child!" Du Wenhuan got off the horse and whispered to Li Yu, and then laughed, "Yuzi, I'm old, the court thinks I'm useless and doesn't want me anymore, come to you to support the elderly, do you want it?" ”

Li Yu rubbed his eyes, grabbed Du Wenhuan's horse reins and said, "Dashuai, let's go home!" ”

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not snowing and the road was easier to walk, Li Yu and Du Wenhuan said goodbye to Batu, did not stop and went straight to the Barbarian Mountain, and met the crowd that welcomed them when they arrived at the Cangtou River - Li Huai and Ortai led the team, and the officials of the Great Commander's Mansion almost poured out, Wang Fang also summoned a large group of Yansui people to come to greet them, and as soon as the Flying Tiger Flag appeared, cheers immediately sounded.

Li Huai wiped his red eye circles and ran over first, Du Wenhuan smiled and waved his hand at him, asking him to go and see his mother-in-law and son. Seeing his relatives, Li Huai's tears were about to fall, Li Yao and Li Xuan, two heartless guys, were still showing off the horses and bows and arrows that the third uncle had just given them.

Wulan and Wu Langha also came to greet their own concubines, respectfully and respectfully gave the Mongolian welcome ceremony, but the Chen family and the Zhang family were startled, and reluctantly returned the salute, but they didn't know what to say to the two brothers and daughters-in-law, or Xiao Li Jin recruited people's love, and asked people to hug when they met, Chen and Zhang took turns to hold him in their arms, Li Jin vaguely "aunt, aunt" kept calling, which made the two women love it, Chen and Zhang soon found that the two younger daughters-in-law were pregnant with children again, and the four concubines finally found a common topic and chatted warmly.

Shen Shoulian saw Sun Tingyao as if he was seeing a relative, and took his hand with tears in his eyes and said, Brother Sun, why did you come, this place is so not fun, the little brother can't hold it back here, Sun Tingyao had to comfort him to take over the business of Fengzhou as soon as possible, and then let Brother Shen go back to Suzhou for a year.

"It's not too early, let's hurry," Li Yu commanded in a low voice, and then bowed to Du Wenhuan, "Dashuai is a senior, please go ahead, the villagers of Yansui also want to meet you." ”

Du Wenhuan was let to the front, walked through the crowd of people who welcomed him, listening to the familiar northern Shaanxi accent in the crowd, he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, raised his hand to signal to the people, but the crowd suddenly fell silent, and some people deliberately turned their faces, Du Wenhuan's heart was cold - the villagers in Yulin did not recognize him, and they were probably full of resentment, many of them had fathers and brothers who had followed the Du family to fight in all directions, but when they were starving to death and desperate, the Du family did not lend a helping hand to them, He Du Wenhuan instead led the officials and soldiers to raise the butcher knife to them, and the **** burning and killing that other officials and soldiers had done, his subordinates did the same, the Du family is sorry for the people of Yulin!

"A mob who doesn't know what to do, so rude!" Du Hongtai, who accompanied him, scolded in a low voice, he looked around, trying to find some people to cheer, but remembered that the people who had inserted the door in Yulin had just entered the customs with their front feet, and the Yansui people who stayed in Fengzhou were all rebellious refugees.

"Meng Qing, Hugh is talking nonsense, the mob only originates from ****, there is no **** in Fengzhou, and there will be no mob." Ortai glared at Du Hongtai fiercely.

Li Yu came over, and the crowd immediately erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and the song "Xintianyou" sounded again:

The red in the east, the rising sun

There is a Li Hanmin in the northwest

He seeks all blessings for the people, and he is the great savior of the people

Hey, he's the savior of the people

……

Accompanied by the loud singing, there were bursts of slogans in the crowd, and Wang Fang led the crowd to chant as if tearing his throat:

"Long live freedom and equality, long live the Grand Commander!"

"Swear to be a Fengzhou person, not a Mingguo dog!"

……

Li Yu was very dissatisfied in his heart, this was obviously to give Du Wenhuan a dismount, he glanced at the people around him, Ortai and Yunrong were laughing dryly, Zhao Ji, Ma Guangyuan, and Terig were even more exaggerated, and they also took off their fur hats and fans on a cold day, and deliberately showed their bald heads - they had already arranged for this prominent figure of the Ming Kingdom to understand from the first day he stepped into Fengzhou that Fengzhou was not the Ming Kingdom, and there was only one leader of Fengzhou, that is, their commander, it was useless to have different intentions, and no one in your hometown would run with you.

Li Yu waved his hand and scolded a few times, and the singing and slogans finally stopped, but people took off their hats one after another, followed Zhao Ji's example and showed their shaved heads, and stared at Du Wenhuan tightly - no one cared about shaving hair in Fengzhou, and most people followed Li Yu's example to have short hair, just to be clean and convenient, but Wang Fang put this matter on the line when brainwashing immigrants, and became a symbol of being willing to be a slave of the Ming Kingdom or a free and equal Fengzhou person, and the common people also responded with hatred for the imperial court. The head with short hair has become the standard Fengzhou head, Du Wenhuan is in front of such a Fengzhou head, the people are using this way to show their attitude, they will never be slaves like their ancestors.

Du Wenhuan's face changed, but he immediately realized that the people had made a mistake, and regarded him as a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, he decisively took off his hat and dismantled his bun, and then took the short sword out of the sheath, waved his hand to cut off the long hair, and then shouted to everyone, "Du Wenhuan is also from Fengzhou, to hell with the bullshit court", and threw the long hair in his hand under the horse.

"Long live the commander, Du Shuai is mighty!" Du Hongtai waved his fist and shouted, and took off his hat to show his Fengzhou head.

"Long live the Great Commander, Du Shuai is mighty!" The common people cheered.

Li Yu walked up to Du Wenhuan with a red face and whispered: "Dashuai, I didn't think it through, let you ......"

"Needless to say, Yulin people are home wherever they go, and it is natural for them to follow the customs, I am very happy that they can support you!" Du Wenhuan interrupted Li Yu's words, and then said solemnly, "You said on the road that the Great Commander's Office wanted to appoint me with the post of Prime Minister, and I agreed!" ”

"Thank you for your love!"

"Let's work hard, and we will make this Fengzhou Beach a new home for Yulin people."

In early February, according to the proposal of Du Wenhuan, the general praiser, in the final stage of the spring exercise, the infantry and cavalry reserves of the Siwei and the Manhan Mountain battalion, plus nearly 10,000 cavalry of the third battalion and the Wuxuan battalion, were all transferred to the south of the Heihe River in Kuku and Tun.

At present, the external situation of Fengzhou is unpredictable, after the beginning of the spring, the official army and the thieves fought, Hong Chengchou in the northwest good news is frequent, Song Tongyin is a little unable to parry in Shanxi, and began to curse Hong Chengchou to drive the thieves into Jin, and the Shandong Ming army is a defeat, Kong Youde in Jinan Ruanchengdian defeated the Ming army in Shandong Town, and then the soldiers pointed directly at Denglai Town, the first month in the old man Geng Zhongming with the cooperation of the capture of Dengzhou in one fell swoop, Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua was captured, the general soldier Zhang Keda hanged himself, the deputy chief soldier Zhang Tao was defeated and fled, Kong Youde took care of the old relationship and then released Sun Yuanhua, but Da Ming's face was lost. The Ming Kingdom is in turmoil, and naturally there is no time to provoke the Jin State, so where is the strategic direction of the Jin State this year, is it to go south or west? In the spirit of taking precautions, the Commander's Office decided to strengthen the armament, in addition to the food and salary saved by the five battalions entering the customs, and allocated another 10,000 taels of silver, all of which were used to strengthen the equipment and training of the battalion soldiers and guards.

The people on the beach of Toyosu shouted horses neighing, horns sounded, the armored battalion elite cavalry frantically pounced on the guards in a dense formation to prepare the infantry, the infantry put countless spears including sharpened long sticks out of the formation, forcing the cavalry not to approach, can only use the dense arrow rain to desperately hit the other side, the infantry did not show weakness, still with the arrow rain to fight back, the soft skin stained with lime headless arrows flew in the air like a shuttle, the infantry lacking armor was judged to be a large number of killed, rows of people reluctantly lying on the ground, and more people then rushed up to fill the vacancy. Ma Guangyuan, who commanded the infantry, was red-eyed, and ordered to blow the trumpet to counterattack, and the dense infantry array, under the cover of bows and arrows, did not retreat but advanced towards the cavalry. The cavalry commander Terrig was furious and immediately launched a firearms attack.

The newly established artillery battalion appeared, Ding Qiming took his apprentice Wu Laoba into the customs to pick up the cheap, and the acting battalion officer Jin Guoding happily ordered the two iron cannons to be pushed up, and under the cover of the cavalry, they unhurriedly fired continuous artillery at the dense infantry formation, and the artillery with bird guns also took the opportunity to line up and take turns to fire a salvo at the infantry formation - of course, there will be no cannons and guns, but another group of infantry was judged to be killed for sure, and then a group of guys on horseback led the long rope of the thunderbolt, galloped to the vicinity of the infantry formation, and raised his hand to throw the thunderbolt high, The thunderbolt fell on the heads of the infantry by the inertia of the horse, and immediately caused the infantry to shout and curse in anger, and the guys with big shoulders and round waists immediately made a beautiful stop and turned, laughing and walking away.

"**** Terrig, dare to rob my gun battalion, and let my grenadiers throw lime, immediately dismantle the formation, and let these rabbit cubs come in and beat them." Ma Guangyuan covered his nose and scolded.

The cavalry took advantage of the heavy casualties of the opponent and quickly broke away from the infantry formation, and the infantry gathered under their own brigade flags to re-array, and the cavalry did not give them a chance to breathe, relying on the protection of iron armor to constantly attack the infantry, and the infantry could not withstand it, and dismantled the formation again, turning the large queue formation into a middle queue formation, and some of the infantry who were scattered even formed in a small formation. The infantry refused to retreat, but fought with the cavalry, the cavalry divided the infantry, and their own forces were greatly dispersed, but in the face of the infantry shrunk into a group, but there was no way to start, the infantry took advantage of the opponent's slowdown, and the various small formations cooperated with each other, constantly flanking and destroying the cavalry that rushed into the gap.

"Old horse, you are cheating, can your people come back alive after they die, old handsome, they fouled, they should be sentenced to lose." Seeing that the situation was not good, Terrig pointed to Ma Guangyuan and complained to Du Wenhuan, who commanded the exercise-it was customary to call Li Yu a marshal in the Fengzhou army, and Du Wenhuan was naturally promoted to an old marshal.

"Obviously you robbed my artillery battalion first, did your cavalry come from afar and bring cannons? My soldier was wounded and fell to the ground, and when he saw that the situation was urgent, he got up and fought desperately, what was wrong? Ma Guangyuan smiled and quibbled.

"Blow the trumpet and collect the troops, that's all for today's drill," Du Wenhuan frowned, and said solemnly to Terig, "The cavalry will definitely be defeated if you fight like this, Terrig, you are in the hands of the old horse, your cavalry did not give full play to its mobility, but instead drilled into the melee of the advanced soldiers, and even lost its speed, and if you continue to fight, you will definitely suffer a big loss." ”

"Terrig, if you lose, you lose, there is nothing to complain about, tonight all the sentry commanders, captains and above officers went to the Chinese army camp to listen to the old commander's lectures, tomorrow they will go back to their respective stations, they have been practicing for three consecutive days, it's time to go home and prepare for spring ploughing." Li Yu said, casually returning the clairvoyance to the old horse, he has been observing the situation of the exercise, and did not speak until this time.