"Lao Cao, I'm here to help you," Li Yu shouted, then waved his hand at Mo Rige, and the two of them squeezed through the crowd with their fists, shouting loudly: "You are so bold that you dare to pick quarrels and provoke trouble in front of the military department, I will come to dissuade you on the order of the military department, and if you don't disperse, you will definitely take the punishment." ”

Cao Wenzhao and another tall and sturdy young officer were helpless against a dozen or so family members who were fighting in groups, looked up at Li Yu, and shouted in surprise: "Hermes, you have come just in time, help us disperse this gang of evil slaves." ”

Li Yu and Mo Rige rushed into the circle, kicked and kicked at this gang of evil slaves, Cao Wenzhao and the young officer came out to persuade them, no one was willing to listen to them, but someone gave them a few punches, they were thinking about whether they should fight back, it was easy to do with a helper, everyone did it together, and after a while, several evil slaves were beaten and crawled away, at this time, the guards of the military department seemed to remember their duties, and held their spears to disperse the crowd watching the excitement.

The crowd quickly dispersed, Li Yu pulled Cao Wenzhao aside, the young officer who was fighting with Cao Wenzhao said hello and was about to leave, Li Yu heard his accent, and hurriedly stopped him in Liaodong Han: "You are from Liaodong?" I am the deputy general of Datong Jingyu, and I am the commander of Li Yu. ”

"Salute to the adults, the last general Zhou Yuji, the Kaiyuan Weiren of Liaodong, the Chinese army of Shanhai Town with the battalion capital, and the Beijing camp to report, is the adult also from Liaodong?" The officer's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly replied with a salute.

"I'm also from Liaodong, we have fate, I happen to be in Beijing to help errands, and you come to Beijing to be my companion."

"The last general also planned to go to Beijing early, but he has been here for several days, and he has been blocked outside the military department's room waiting for the approval of the military selection department," Zhou Yuji pointed to Cao Wenzhao on the side and said, "Lord Cao and the last general live in the same inn near the military department, and he didn't report it." ”

"Hermes-Epitek, I came this time to listen to the military department, I didn't report a few times, and the military department didn't let us live in the pavilion that didn't cost money, to tell the truth, our coils are almost exhausted, if it drags on for a few more days, Zhou Dusi and I will probably sleep on the streets." Cao Wenzhao also said with a wry smile.

"You don't understand this, if you don't stuff some silver to the little officials in the porter, your official documents can't enter the departments of the Ministry of War at all, even if you enter the divisions, you have to wait for ten days and a half months," Wang Pu didn't know when to come over, and when he saw Cao Wenzhao and Zhou Yuji's bitter faces, Wang Pu sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll help you with the report, you just wait outside." ”

Wang Pu entered the gatehouse and talked to the little officials inside, walked out with the official documents of Cao and Zhou, and waved his hand to Li Yu, Li Yu followed him into the military department, Wang Pu said proudly: "The official document really didn't hand it in, this kind of official document that sends errands can't be done for a month without money, Hanmin, I only help because of your face, how can you identify with the township everywhere, you are from Yulin." ”

"Isn't my brain broken, I like to be home everywhere, and I can speak Northern Shaanxi, Northern Jin and Liaodong, of course, there are more fellow villagers." Li Yu replied with a smile, and Wang Pu was also amused.

The two of them finished their errands in the military department, and by the way, they handled the reports of Cao Wenzhao and Zhou Yuji. It was almost dark when the troops were dispatched, Cao Wenzhao and Zhou Yuji were still waiting pitifully outside the door, and the two were ecstatic when they got the approval and couldn't stop thanking Wang Pu and Li Yu. Wang Pu shouted that it was fate for everyone to meet, and they would simply go to dinner together when it was late, and Li Yu also suggested that the two of them live with him in his own small courtyard, anyway, there are many houses there and it doesn't cost money, so it's best to buy more wine, meat, vegetables and vegetables on the road, and go back to have a lively meal together. So the group went to the small inn where Cao Wenzhao and Zhou Yuji lived to get their luggage, Cao Bianjiao was waiting anxiously in the inn, and finally waited until his uncle came back, and heard that the report was done, and there was a good place to live, so he immediately packed his luggage and shouted to meet his good friend Meng Ke.

The military department is not far from Xuanwu Gate, and after a while, they arrived at the small courtyard in the barracks outside the door where Li Yu and they lived, and at this time, Ding Qiming in the hall was preaching to Na Mu'er, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi in a serious manner - every time Ding Qiming went to Nantang to do business, he inevitably came to them to talk about some strange things.

"You said that we live on this ball, and this ball will spin, so if the ball turns down, won't we plant it head-down, Lao Ding, don't lie to us!" Liu Shishi pointed to what Ding Qiming had drawn on the paper and said.

"You don't understand this, this is called the earth, in the book written by Father Matteo Ricci, it is said that the earth and the sea are round, and they are combined into one ball, and there is no upper and lower sphere, and where the foot is stored, it is the bottom, and where the head is the top, so we will not plant it."

"I still don't believe what you said, our prairie is boundless, and you can't necessarily go out for a month, how can you be so small on this earth?" Na Mu'er shook his head, during this time, Liu Zhilun and Jin Sheng were busy with other things, giving him and Li Yu a lot of opportunities to skip class, and this guy also had time to think about something else.

"Fuxixue, not small China, the land is big, the land is small, China is the tenth of Asia, Asia is the fifth of the world, your Fengzhou is only a very small piece of China, of course, it is so big on the map," Ding Qiming shook his head as he said, and pointed to Namur and said, "The emperor has collected the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" painted by Father Matteo Ricci, and Lord Xu Guangqi also believes in it, and has joined my teaching, Lord Xu is a scholar from the Ministry of Rites, is your Wang Baozhu's knowledge greater than him?" ”

Na Mu'er was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, and when he looked up and saw Li Yu leading a group of people into the courtyard, he immediately shouted: "Hanmin, come and take a look, Lao Ding drew a picture, and said that we all live on the same ball, and we are in Fengzhou, which is the size of a fingernail." ”

"Lao Ding is here to fool you again, forget it, I don't understand what he said, you go and prepare, let's have a big meal first." Li Yule hugged a jar of wine and said.

Everyone cheered, and they went to clean up the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, Cao Bianjiao put down his luggage and shouted: "Meng Ke, where are you kid hiding, my little Cao is here!" ”

After a while, Meng Ke and Chaolu came back, but they were escorted to the door to complain.

"Vice General Li, you don't care about your people, these two people have mixed into our courtyard to eat, you don't want them anymore, I will take the two of them back to Sichuan." A handsome young woman in a military uniform shouted when she saw Li Yu.

"Vice General Li, I have taken a fancy to your two subordinates, why don't you let them go to our stone stone upside down, I, Ma Xianglin, can't treat them badly." A strong man with one eye covered next to him smiled and helped.

"Brother Ma, sister-in-law, Meng Ke and Chaolu didn't do anything bad, right?" Li Yu hurriedly asked, these two people know each other, it is Shi Yan who comforted Ma Xianglin and the two of them, they live in the opposite yard, everyone is neighbors who look up and don't look down, at the beginning these two people don't have a good face for Li Yu's gang, especially when Ma Xianglin saw Li Yu, he remembered that he was shot blind by the Jin army in the Battle of Hunhe River, and the two sides also quarreled a few times over trivial matters, and after a few dealings, they understood each other, Ma Xianglin and his wife were also cheerful, and they also admired Li Yu Zunyong's battle and killed many Jin soldiers, It is still easy to communicate between the soldiers, and the relationship between the two sides has gradually become closer, Meng Ke and Chaolu did not go out to mix during this time, nor did they go to various places in the Beijing camp with Li Yu, but they would go out with Shi Yan soldiers every day, and also instructed others how to deal with the cavalry, Li Yu was busy with his own affairs, and he didn't care about the two of them.

Ma Xianglin and his wife didn't care about Meng Ke and Chaolu blushing, and told them what these two people did, the two of them were not only honest and very hard-working on the side of Shi Yanbing, but they were too attentive to Mrs. Ma's group of female soldiers - Mrs. Ma's name Zhang Fengyi, a native of Qinshui, Shanxi, was martyred in Shenyang and was martyred in Shenyang, the daughter of Zhang Quan, although Zhang Fengyi was a daughter, she practiced martial arts since she was a child, and after marrying in Sichuan, she followed Ma Xianglin to fight in the south and the north, and there were dozens of female soldiers around her, most of whom were brought from her hometown in Shanxi, and the girls wore military uniforms to look more pretty, Meng Ke and Chaolu targeted these girls, the two of them spoke a half-baked Jinbei dialect, followed behind the female soldiers' butts to teach horse riding and archery, and also asked people to cook for them, the girls were ignorant, and they were deceived by them, Ma Xianglin and his family were afraid that they would make jokes in the future, so they quickly came to the door to explain it clearly.

Li Yu was relieved when he heard it, Meng Ke should have become a family a long time ago, Chaolu's wife died of the plague in Fengzhou, both of them are now alone, the grassland is more civilized between men and women, and it is not a big deal for the two of them to find a girl, but Zhang Fengyi said seriously: "Vice General Li, we Shiqi and you Fengzhou people are all Yi people in the final analysis, no one is big or small, there is no problem for the two of them to marry the people around me, but we have to make it clear first, most of these girls around me are brought by me from my hometown, and I don't worry about them marrying you Fengzhou, Meng Ke and Chaolu got our stones, and our Ma family will definitely reuse them. ”

"Vice General Li, you give us the two of them, I like their kung fu when I see it, anyway, you don't have a shortage of good players there." Ma Xianglin helped his wife again.

"I don't do it, why let me go to Sichuan, I heard that there are mountains everywhere, and it's not easy to find even a piece of flat land, so it can't suffocate me to death." Meng Ke immediately raised his hand in protest, and Chaolu also nodded again and again.

Zhang Fengyi immediately shouted: "Then you two don't want to touch my female soldiers, you can't get close if you want to." ”

"If you don't touch it, you won't touch it, anyway, we won't go to Sichuan." Meng Ke and Chaolu lowered their heads and muttered.

Everyone burst into laughter, Cao Bianjiao covered his stomach and pointed at Meng Ke, laughing so much that he couldn't speak, Ma Xianglin and his wife were a little annoyed, Li Yu hurriedly said: "Everyone eats, there is wine and meat today, the eldest brother and sister-in-law came just in time, let's have a few drinks." ”

Everyone immediately laughed and went to the table, Li Yu pushed Ma Xianglin and his family to sit in the first seat, Wang Pu immediately poured them wine with a smile, the two of them are military generals in the end, they are not so careful, and after a while, they will eat and drink with everyone.

Zhou Yuji's military rank is relatively low, and at the beginning of the meal, he shrank at the table of Cao Bianjiao and Mo Rige to eat, Li Yu dragged him to his table, poured a bowl of wine and put it in front of him and said: "We don't talk about the rules of the official face here, sitting together is a brother, you are my big brother in Liaodong, you must sit with me today." ”

"Zhou Dusi, you are not welcome here at Hermes-Epitek, their group has always been lawless and unruly, we will be friends after eating this meal today, if you encounter any difficulties in the Beijing camp, just come to me Wang Pu." Wang Pu likes to be lively, and he wants to drink a bowl of wine with Zhou Yuji with a red face.

"Xiao Li, I like you here, it's a bit like going back to Shiyan's hometown, we are all Yiren, what do you want to do so much to break the rules, it's been a long time since I've been so happy, everyone drinks hard, and I still have there if the wine and meat are not enough." Ma Xianglin was happy to drink, and picked up the wine bowl and shouted loudly.

Everyone toasted to Ma Xianglin and his wife, Na Mu'er, Ding Qiming and others simply became Zhang Fengyi's fans, and they were courteous to Zhang Fengyi - the heroine Qin Liangyu didn't see it, but he saw Qin Liangyu's daughter-in-law, Zhang Fengyi is also a person who has fought and seen blood, maybe it's another Qin Liangyu, Zhang Fengyi is worthy of being a heroine among women, and she drank bowl after bowl very happily, and insisted that since Fengzhou is under the control of the governor of Datong, the Fengzhou people are also their fellow villagers in Shanxi, and in the future, Fengzhou people will encounter problems in Shanxi officials. She also has to help - the Zhang family is still prestigious in Shanxi.

When he was almost drunk, Li Yu asked about the aftermath of the Jizhou camp of Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao shook his head and said: After the battle, everyone dispersed and returned to their own town, Wu Zimian finally escaped the courtiers' accountability, but he wanted to go back to Yulin, the court in order to deal with the northwest civil uprising has enabled Du Wenhuan, who lived at home, as the general soldier of Yulin, Wu Zimian went back to his hometown in Shandong very interestingly, and the town marshals who returned to their hometown together were Yang Zhaoji, You Shilu and Wang Shiqin, Yang Zhaoji was already sick, and he was injured in the first battle of Luanxi and needed to go home to recuperate. You Shilu ranked second in the Luanzhou War this time, but he was not convinced that Huang Long, the deputy general from Shanhaiguan, ranked first in a few shots under Luanzhou City, so he simply resigned and went home.

"Du Shuai's reputation is well known at home, Wu Zimian will definitely not be able to go back, and it is smart to return to his hometown to avoid trouble, but it is a pity that You Shilu and Wang Shiqin are two Northwest generals." Wang Pu winked at Li Yu as he spoke, but Li Yu was indifferent, Du Wenhuan, who insisted that he was a member of the Du family, had never met him, what did he have to do with him Li Yu.

Cao Wenzhao looked at Li Yu and said: "You are not bad, you have kept the position of deputy general, others are not so lucky, whether you can be rewarded and added to the official depends on the relationship between the court and the central government, all those who belong to the old line of Sun Ge, Zu Dashou and Huanglong, these people have been rewarded, we are neither the old descendants of Sun Ge, nor do we belong to the Liaoxi Jiangmen can only stand aside, like me, there are many people who have been squeezed out of Shanhaiguan, Zhou Dusi is also the same as me, that Zuo Liangyu is also missing, and he went to Changping Governor Hou Sui, who promoted him, to do chores, I don't know how the military department has arranged for me, so if it doesn't work, I'll go back to my hometown. ”

Zhou Yuji also said depressedly: "We Kaiyuanwei was defeated by Jiannu early in the morning, and no one has used us since we were exiled to Liaoxi, and now Ning Jin is a person from Jiangmen in Liaoxi, and Shanhaiguan is a person from Sun Gelao, and this time I was sent to Beijing to listen to people like me who can't stand anywhere, I have no way but to resign myself to fate, General Cao still has a home to go back to, where am I going?" ”

Zhou Yuji's eyes turned red as he spoke, and Li Yu hugged his shoulders and said, "Brother Cao, Brother Zhou, if you really have no way to go in the future, come to my Fengzhou, we will suffer a little there, but brothers are together, and you can survive any hardship." ”

"Xiao Li, you are really so courageous, the more the eldest sister looks at you, the more pleasing it becomes." Zhang Fengyi patted Li Yu's shoulder as she said and gave him a thumbs up.

Ma Xianglin remembered another thing, the imperial court intended to rebuild the Daling River, but the advance commander Zu Dashou stationed in Ningyuan dragged it out, the reason was that the troops were insufficient, and Sun Chengzong started the idea of the stone soldiers again, and asked the imperial court to mobilize the stone soldiers from Gyeonggi to the Daling River to supervise and garrison. Shi Yan soldiers are currently divided into two parts in Gyeonggi, Ma Xianglin led the elite stationed outside the Xuanwu Gate, and the other part was led by his cousin Qin Yiming to garrison Tongzhou, but Ma Xianglin did not want to go to the Daling River, the first year of the Apocalypse made him heartbroken, his uncle Qin Bangping, Qin Minping and he led four thousand white pole soldiers to meet three thousand elite Zhejiang army and tens of thousands of Jiannu army on both sides of the Hunhe River desperately bloody battle, when the two sides were deadlocked, the Liaodong Ming army with a large number of cavalry escaped, and Zu Dashou, who was still a guerrilla at the time, was among them, The two armies of Sichuan and Zhejiang, which lost the protection of the cavalry, were finally defeated, the Zhejiang army was annihilated, the white pole soldiers broke through the siege by luck but lost more than half, Qin Bang died in battle, and he himself was blinded by random arrows.

"What is the imperial court doing here, Liao levies more than five million taels of silver every year, Liao affairs are still a mess, Jiannu have all hit the city of Jingshi, and they are still fighting hard to eliminate dissidents in their nests, Liaoxi raises so many soldiers, and we have to put our Sichuan army in front of the big Ling River, we Shiqi people have never been afraid of fighting, but we are not at ease with those people in Liaoxi, they sold us once in the battle of Hunhe, we don't want to suffer their losses again," Ma Xianglin complained resentfully, he pointed to Li Yu and said: "Xiao Li, Are you willing to lead troops to the Daling River, with the protection of your iron cavalry, I will dare to fight with Jiannu to the end. ”

"I won't go, I don't dare to touch that muddy water," Li Yu was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, and then sighed and said, "It's what I should do to let the people of Fengzhou eat enough, I've been out to fight for more than half a year, and I don't know what's going on at home, I want to go home." ”