Compared with Li Yu, Zhao Ji's people all the way was very unsmooth, there were almost no results at all, his opponent was too cunning, the old Dai Shan was like a turtle lying under the city of Shuozhou, neither attacking the city nor acting rashly, the scope of scout activities was never more than twenty miles away from the camp, once it was a thunderous blow, often Wu Bai and Turushh two strong generals went out at the same time, Zhao Ji was not strong enough to dodge far away, and watched the Jin army return with a full load - Dai Shan did not hurt Li Shutai in vain, with the help of this big spy, the Jin army knew everything about the vicinity of Shuozhou, Basically, one hit must be hit, of course, this must also pay a price, and Wang Mumin, the head of Datong Titang, is also a person who is a mixed person in this industry, and takes the opportunity to kill a lot of Jin State spies who have emerged.

Zhao Ji couldn't find a chance to start, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and Cao Wenzhao, the general soldier of Datong, came with a letter from Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, hoping that the Fengzhou army would work in partnership with the Ming army - Cao Wenzhao returned to Datong from Henan in early August, and he did not fight a battle, and the Lintao army that followed him to suppress the thieves was detained by Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, and Hu Zhanen, the governor of Datong, also transferred the elite of the Datong army to defend Datong, and he had no soldiers available for the general army of Datong. Zhang Zongheng's situation is similar, the Xuanfu army is frightened and can no longer be used, the Shanxi army refused to send troops on the grounds of suppressing thieves, and it took a lot of effort to return Cao Bianjiao, who was transferred to Shanxi as a general, to Cao Wenzhao, as for the reinforcements in Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, I don't know when I can see the shadow. The governor of Xuanda and the general army of Datong got together, and there were less than 3,000 soldiers who could fight, so they were really unable to meet the Jin army, so they had to hide in Huairen City.

"General Zhao, the Governor said it himself, as long as you pull the iron cavalry to Huairen, you will be paid a month's salary immediately, and you will be promoted to the imperial court as a deputy general, how about it, let's do it together!" Cao Wenzhao said.

Zhao Ji thought for a while and replied: "Forget it, the money is really wanted, but let's say it first, who will listen to whom after the partnership." ”

"Of course listen to me, I'm the chief soldier of Datong! The Governor also has the power to oversee military affairs. ”

"That's not good, the governor is a civil official, he doesn't understand the war, you, you are the governor, I know the same thing, you have to listen to me."

"Joke, I, the general soldier of Datong with the title of Governor of the Imperial Court, is a formal official of the imperial court, and the Governor of the Metropolitan Governor who you have indiscriminately sealed is a pseudo-official and does not count, you should listen to me."

"Then I don't care, anyway, my officer is bigger than you, if you don't listen to the order, get out, my iron cavalry is strong and strong, why are you doing it with a group of bear soldiers."

Zhao Ji's words angered Cao Wenzhao, the two quarreled, and they broke up, Cao Wenzhao continued to hide in Huairen City, and Zhao Ji continued to circle around the Jin army camp. If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, Jin Jun was a little careless, and finally sent the opportunity to Zhao Ji.

Tiancong Khan became more and more dissatisfied with Da Beile, this guy not only dragged on enough time outside the pass, but also easily entered the customs, arrived in Shuozhou in advance, and his popularity suddenly soared, Dai Shan also wrote proudly that he waited for the Great Khan to come to meet for a long time, and he was so idle that he panicked and made a fortune without paying attention, seized more than 100,000 taels of silver, and countless other grains, livestock, and property, and also captured more than 10,000 young and strong people, and asked the Great Khan what to do next. The eyes of the people in the Eight Banners were red, and they privately discussed whether the war was more powerful than Da Beile, which hurt Tiancong Khan's self-esteem, and immediately set his eyes on Datong, and ordered the whole army to withdraw from Yingzhou, and Daishan could no longer be idle and panic, so he quickly went to Daizhou to meet him.

Dai Shan did not dare to slack off when he received the Khan's edict, and led the army to Daizhou with Wu Bai and Turush, and the people and property that were robbed were more troublesome, so he could only follow behind, but there were two thousand gold troops to protect him, which was already very careful, no Ming army had the ability to eat two thousand banner soldiers, even if he encountered the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry, it was enough to hold on until the reinforcements arrived, but when he encountered Zhao Ji, an alternative, everything was different.

As soon as Dai Shan walked forward, a series of wolf howls sounded around the camp of the Jin army, and the flag soldiers who were pulling out the camp and setting off immediately appeared in a commotion, and the officers were also shocked to hear it, and sent cavalry to search, but found nothing. Jin Jun was worried about the road, strange cries around him constantly, occasionally there would be a few horn arrows, and there were many accidents in the team such as overturning, horse panic, and prisoner escape, the officer noticed that the situation was abnormal, but found that the soldier's eyes were not right, and he did not dare to care, so he went until he camped in the dark. Taking advantage of the cover of night, someone sneaked out of the camp of the Jin Army and burrowed into the nearby woods, where someone was waiting for them.

There are seven or eight Jin soldiers who came, all of them were full of meat, and at first glance they were unruly and unruly, Zhao Jipi greeted the two guys led by him with a smile: "Snow wolf, sorghum pole, it turned out to be you, you are still a thief when you become a soldier, and when you see the marks you left, you want to draw the territory when you pee, and say, can't you hold back and want to go back to your old business?" ”

"Phew, flying on the grass, we have also seen your mark, knowing that you and Thunderbolt and Little White Wolf are nearby, how about a partnership? Dajin Kingdom does not pay the army to the land, is Lao Tzu a person who does farm work? If you don't do a few businesses, you have to die poor. The stout Hurha Snow Wolf replied.

"I can't stand it, the money I robbed has to be handed over to the public, and it is less than 30% of the money that has been divided layer by layer, is there such a bully? Little white wolf, how are you there? The Horqin horse thief sorghum pole took the cigarette stick handed over by Qiu Xian and asked.

"We are a regular army that has both military salaries and military fields, unlike you, the looted, no, of course, the captured booty must be handed over to the public, but you can get a commission, you can raise three percent, pay one percent to the Great Commander's Office, and the other sixty percent will be disposed of by public discussion, first used to reward military merits and compensate for the dead and wounded, and more money will be left for each battalion as public expense, if you want to get more benefits, the main thing is to look at military merits." Qiu Xian replied disdainfully.

"Is this fair, it's a bit like we used to be horse thieves, the more work you do, the more benefits you have," Snow Wolf nodded, and asked again with a serious face, "Do you have a business?" There are more than 100,000 taels of silver in the camp, and there are countless amounts of property, and there are more than 100 brothers who used to be in the same way as internal responses, and there are also people who want to make a fortune together. ”

"Also, we are not familiar with the people here, and we have nowhere to go if we get our belongings, so we must let us go to Fengzhou to hide for a while, anyway, there are many of your fellow horse thieves there." Sorghum Stalk immediately added.

Sun Fuhu sneered: "It's too ruthless, let's take thirty percent of our fart, half of it when we meet, and fifty percent for the family." ”

"It's not easy for us, **** points, we take sixty percent, you take forty percent." The snow wolf patted his legs and bargained.

Zhao Ji frowned and said, "In this way, half of the silver family, and the rest of the gold and jewelry will depend on you, and we can also help you cash out." ”

"It's better not to hurt anyone."

"Yes, we want money and don't want to die."

"Deal!" The snow wolf and sorghum stalk immediately agreed.

On a night when the wind was high and the moon was dark, there was a sudden wolf howl outside the Jin army camp, and a group of Jin soldiers with white scarves on their arms ran out and shot three arrows into the sky, and immediately a large number of black cavalry poured out of the darkness, and broke into the camp under their guidance, and then the camp sounded everywhere with the shouts of "want to get rich and follow me", and the silent night suddenly became lively.

Jin Bing, who was sleeping in a daze, was awakened and was surprised to find that the camp was all in chaos, and the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry was rampant, but the leader was his own people, and before he could figure out what was going on, there were people around him shouting "get rich" and "robbing money" into the flow of people, and by the way, they were also involved. The crowd rushed to the center of the camp and saw boxes of silver lying on the ground, and cartloads of silk and jewels thrown in front of them—the temptation was so great that the minds of the golden soldiers, who usually cared about even a piece of rags, went blank, and when they found that someone was picking up money, the others immediately went crazy and rushed over to fight desperately. Seeing that there was an opportunity, the captured people took advantage of the opportunity to flee one after another, and the bold ones even squeezed into the crowd to grab things.

The officers of the Jin Army jumped out to stop the robbery, but it was useless, the Fengzhou soldiers, the Jin soldiers and the common people were all robbing, everyone was robbing the money, and no one wanted to stop them. The officers are nosy, the Fengzhou soldiers are still relatively friendly, and they beat them violently, Jin Bing not only did not help them, but also carried a knife to warn, as long as everyone has money, it is best not to block other people's financial paths, otherwise they will not be able to get along with everyone, they have a way to stuff the property under the bed of the official, and when the time comes, it will be up to the Great Khan to clean up first.

The Jin army camp has been completely out of control, and the carts swaggered out of the camp under the escort of the Fengzhou Iron Horse, Zhao Ji felt that it was almost over, greeted Qiu Xian, and shouted loudly to the robbing crowd: "Snow wolf, have you robbed enough, you can't stay here for a long time, we are about to leave." ”

"If you want to run away, follow me, and if you stay, hide your money." The snow wolf shouted a few words at Jin Jun, stepped on the horse and followed Zhao Ji.

Outside the camp of the Jin army, there were Sun Fuhu and sorghum poles to respond, and the two roads of men and horses converged together and retreated in the direction of Datong, with many carts and livestock in the team, and Zhao Ji ordered to light torches to speed up the march.

"Snow wolf, aren't you more than a hundred? See for yourself how many followed? There were about 300 people. Sun Fuhu then counted the number of people by firelight, and grabbed the snow wolf.

"These guys have snatched the head, they can't avoid the limelight!" Snow Wolf replied disapprenousively.

"Don't talk nonsense, walk quickly, bring so much belongings, and you will be in trouble when you meet the Jin Army." Zhao Ji scolded.

Snow Wolf replied with a smile: "The Jin soldiers have all gone to Daizhou in the east, and they can't take care of us." ”

"When I have no money, I am poor and panicked, and when I have money, I am afraid of not only the Jin army, but also the Ming army, let's go, don't have an accident on the road." The sorghum stalks are worried, 100,000 taels of silver, and more than 100 carts of property are not in Fengzhou.

On this way, they were like thieves, they did not dare to take the wide and flat official road, and fled to Fort Victory on the secluded path, but they were afraid of anything, and the next afternoon, shortly after bypassing Huairen, they collided with a large force of Jin army, and both sides were taken aback, and they coincidentally sent iron cavalry to expel each other.

It is Wu Bai and Turush's forward elite iron cavalry, who must have come to grab money, black and black really have retribution, this time it's troublesome, let's hurry up and escape - Zhao Ji saw the other party's banner and his scalp was numb, and he ordered to seize the road and retreat north at full speed.

Why is it the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry again, we are not in the way of your business, what are we doing in our way? Now there is going to be a delay, and they must be driven away as soon as possible - Wu Bai and Turushh were so anxious that they ordered the iron cavalry to attack with all their might, and the elite cavalry of the five thousand gold army quickly lined up to press the Fengzhou army.

As soon as the two sides started fighting, the sound of killing immediately shook the sky, the arrows rained like a shuttle, the Fengzhou cavalry was only two thousand, the number was at an absolute disadvantage, and all of them were stuffed with money in their arms, they couldn't fight and couldn't fight, they couldn't escape quickly, they immediately fell to the downside, and they were beaten back step by step, fortunately, the Jin army did not want to eat them in one bite, but only pressed the opponent with an arrow array, and the Fengzhou army cavalry formation was barely chaotic.

"It's important to save your life, throw down your belongings and run!" Zhao Ji kept shouting in the cavalry formation, but there were few responders, and the Fengzhou army was still desperately blocking the Jin army, especially the snow wolf and sorghum pole group, and kept shooting arrows at their former colleagues with red eyes, Zhao Ji was helpless against these guys who wanted money and didn't want their lives, and while sending people to find helpers, he commanded the Fengzhou army to cover the vehicles and livestock with a dense cavalry formation and slowly retreated.

The more the Jin army fought, the more excited they became, as the cavalry advanced step by step, they were pleasantly surprised to see the silver taels and property scattered on the ground, and they didn't dare to get off their horses to pick up money, but they were sure to chase and fight, and they also outflanked the Fengzhou army from both wings - these guys in front of them have oil and water, and there are not many people, bite them, defeat them, and you can make a big profit. The Jin army fought hard, the Fengzhou army did not show weakness, Qiu Xian and Sun Fuhu desperately protected the two wings, the snow wolf, sorghum pole and even bravely launched a hand-to-hand counterattack against the frontal Jin army, the two sides were entangled with each other and did not back down, although the Fengzhou army was passive everywhere, the Jin army could not gnaw this hard bone for a while. Wu Bai and Turushh were anxious, and they could have driven each other away by concentrating their forces and attacking fiercely, but both sides were fans of wealth, and they were endlessly wringing and fighting together, and the Jin army also played with two wings to outflank each other, forcing the other party to fight desperately, which delayed the time, and the two were so angry that they cursed.

Zhao Ji is more anxious than them, the enemy is strong and I am weak, we must retreat immediately, and it will definitely be him who will be finished if we continue to fight, and the Ming army in Huairen City is also a bastard, and the outside of the city is a pot of porridge, and I don't say anything to help. At this time, it suddenly rained, and the opportunity was too rare, Zhao Ji immediately ordered to abandon the vehicle and retreat immediately, and casually used the whip to drive away the wealth fans - the snow wolf and sorghum pole were still rushing to carry the silver in their arms, and if they didn't fight anymore, they couldn't do it anymore, and after a few whips, this group left with red eyes.

The Fengzhou army fled lightly, all the way to the vicinity of Datong to meet Li Yu to respond, the two groups of men and horses met together and retreated to Fort Victory, this time it was finally safe, but the looted property was almost lost, and there were only fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver left, and the snow wolf and sorghum stalk were in tears, and the dream of making a windfall was shattered.

The Jin army won the battle but was unwilling to catch up, the battlefield was full of money, which made them itch, at first it was just a few daring people who secretly dismounted to pick up money, and then a swarm rushed up to fight, and the scene was almost out of control. Wu Bai and Turushh wanted to cry without tears, they had a big deal - Li Shutai came with news that the governor of Ming Xuanda and the general army of Datong were in Huairen City, and it was likely to flee to Datong tonight, the Great Khan was overjoyed, Wu Bai and Turushh had just arrived in Daizhou, and they were ordered to rush to Huairen to set up an ambush on the road to Datong, and they must capture the two Ming officials alive, especially the governor of Xuanda, who must not let go, but on the way, the ghost made the gods and the Fengzhou army collide together, this confused battle will definitely alarm the Ming army, and it will be difficult to set up an ambush to arrest people.

The soldiers collected the silver taels and belongings on the clean ground, and then regrouped on the road in a hurry, and hurried to the ambush site in the heavy rain. This night, Wu Bai and Turushh led Jin Junbai to wait for a night, and they didn't see the shadow of the Ming official, in fact, this was originally self-deception, and the movement outside the city was so big that fools would crash into their nets.

Wu Bai and Turushh returned in vain, and they were naturally scolded by Tiancong Khan when they went back, and Dai Shan also forced them to return the money they picked up - the Jin army that was dragging behind rushed to Daizhou, and the people put the responsibility for the loss of people and property on the snow wolf and sorghum poles, and as for the money in their pockets, they concealed it and did not report it, Dai Shan of course knew that there must be a cat in it, but he did not dare to arouse public indignation, and he turned a blind eye to forget it, but he was not polite to Wu Bai and Turush, and resolutely demanded that the goods be returned to their original owners. Wu Bai and Turushh also had no ability to let everyone spit out what they had eaten, kneeling at the feet of Dai Shan and begging bitterly, Tiancong Khan was a little gloating, spared the two minions with a wave of his big hand, and ordered the two to continue to fight the vanguard, and immediately rushed to Datong with the Mongolian Edo Dorji.

Zhang Zongheng and Cao Wenzhao in Huairen City picked up a life, as soon as the Jin army and the Fengzhou army started fighting, they realized that the situation was not good, the two of them Fu Biao, Zhen Biao plus Cao Bianjiao's family and personal soldiers, they couldn't make up a thousand horses when they were full, this is also all the elite in their hands, since the Jin army appeared, it was almost waiting to die if they continued to stay in the city. Taking advantage of the fierce battle of the Jin soldiers outside the city, they secretly went out of the city in the rain, bypassed the battlefield outside the city, and rushed to Datong with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Entering Datong City, Zhang Zongheng immediately pushed Hu Zhanen aside and personally commanded the Ming army in the city to defend strictly, but Liu Wenzhong, the monitoring eunuch, was very dissatisfied, and jumped out and severely reprimanded the Datong army for fearing the enemy like a tiger. Zhang Zongheng did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight, but he got the idea of naturalization town, and ordered Liu Zhilun and Li Yu to immediately lead the troops to fight, Li Yu quickly replied, the naturalized army has been fighting during this time, and there are five or six hundred heads captured, if you don't give me food, you should let me take a breath.

Zhang Zongheng had a headache, he definitely couldn't beat it, and he couldn't explain it to the court if he didn't fight, so he simply pushed Cao Wenzhao out and ordered him to lead more than 20,000 elite troops out of the city to meet the Jin army. Cao Wenzhao did not shirk it, he had the confidence to have soldiers in his hands, pulled up the team and drove out of Datong City, just collided head-on with the advance of the Jin army, and the Ming army and the Jin army fought a rare field battle.