Du Wenhuan and Ma Guangyuan arrived at the camp of Manhan Mountain three days ago, and put Zhao Ji into it in a few words - Fengzhou does not have the habit of being bullied in vain, and the governor of Xuanda dares to make trouble, so he simply drives him away, and it is easy to do without soldiers, as long as the battalion soldiers are brought into the pass, there are people in Tuoyangkun. Zhao Ji's brain was hot, and he immediately prepared to send troops, fortunately, there were still people who understood, and the old and serious Kubai muttered, "The soldiers are all from the Guannei, who will listen to them in the future", Zhao Ji suddenly came to his senses, found an excuse and quit again, so angry that Du Wenhuan wanted to die.

Fengzhou is too strict in the control of the army, there is no order from the Grand Commander's Office, the reserves of the guards do not enter the camp, the Prime Minister's Office does not allocate food and salaries, ordnance, Du Wenhuan has no strength, the Ming army out of Yang and Kou gave him a good reason, Zhao Ji no longer dared to slack off, led Sun Fuhu's cavalry Zuo Xie, Kubai's cavalry Qianxi to reinforce, but they only have a total of 500 horsemen, whether they come or not is the same thing, Xuande Wei deputy garrison Guo Xiu, Xinghe Wei deputy garrison Huishan has completely surrounded the Ming army.

"Lao Zhao, are you going to fight or not? This time, the Ming army broke in on their own, and we will start immediately, and the battle will be over before dusk. Du Wenhuan observed for a while, the opponent's formation was very fancy, not honestly dense formation, but listed countless small formations of about ten people, and the weapons were also disorganized, with spears and forks more than a zhang long, short weapons such as knives and axes, and crossbows and three-eyed guns in the middle, it was obvious that this loose formation could not withstand the impact of the cavalry.

"This is the soldier trained by the governor of the Ming Kingdom, does he treat us as rogues?" Zhao Ji was a little fussed, but immediately said seriously, "I believe in Buddhism, and I am eating vegetarian for the past few days. ”

The garrison shouted together to disarm and not kill, and the four leather cannons removed the cannons and fired a salvo, and then a rain of arrows poured over, neatly nailed to the feet of the Ming army - finally someone couldn't bear it, howling and throwing down the weapon and running, someone took the lead, and the others would not wait for death, and in a moment the Ming army almost dispersed, leaving only the group of people who were still holding on.

Zhao Ji closed his eyes and began to chant the scriptures, Du Wenhuan scolded in his heart, you old horse thief are pretending to be a good person now, it's late, I'll do it for you. Du Wenhuan slowly raised his arm, and the garrison was silent, waiting for this arm to fall to launch a final attack.

"Wait, old man, I'll talk to them first." Du Wenhuan's arm was held down, and the deputy commander Batu suddenly appeared, and after greeting him, he galloped to the opposite side with a dozen guards.

Zhao Ji opened his eyes and ordered sharply: "The iron cavalry pressed over, and the deputy commander threw a single hair, and killed them immediately." ”

Behind a hill, the civil officials who had been frightened for most of the day finally found a punching bag, surrounded Batu and shouted - do you want to rebel if you are naturalized, dare to move us, the Ming million-strong army can set foot on your projectile land in a moment, oh, if you don't want to rebel, then it's easy to do, prepare food and tea immediately, and the sedan chair will be sent to you, and it is simply a crime to go to your ghost place, and we have spent a lot of money along the way, and the money in hand is so tight that we must be reimbursed for the money and the money must be advanced for half a year, you know!

These people said almost that, Batu replied with a smile: "You are mistaken, this is not Guannai, we have our rules, you have no problem in naturalization, it is easy to be an official if you want to, you can tell the people what you have and what you can do, the people trust you, you can be an official, you can be an official, you understand, you have to be an official, otherwise you will not recognize it, and you will not have one." ”

"How can this be reasonable, we finally spent money to entrust someone to get an official position, and you still don't recognize it, is there a royal law in your eyes?" The officials were simply dizzy.

"Then we can't control it, the officials of the imperial court naturally have to be raised by the imperial court, we entertain guests, and you can eat and live for free within three days, but in the future, you can find a way to make a living, in fact, it is very easy to find an errand in naturalization, for example, you can all go to the guard to be a teacher," the officials were so angry that they beat their chests, Batu didn't care about them, and pointed to the guerrilla and said, "Brother, you can't last a stick of incense in a real fight, you don't want to die in vain, surrender your weapons, it's also for your good, to be honest, It's useless for you to bring weapons to naturalization, just a bunch of ordinary people can clean you up, hand over the weapons, and promise to return a lot of them to you when you enter the customs. ”

The officials couldn't go back to the country if they didn't go to naturalization, and the guerrillas had to accompany them, and after discussing for a while, they decided to disarm, and the surrounding villages sent some dry food, drinking water, and prepared some vehicles.

"Lao Shuai, you and Lao Ma have returned, and the Barbarian Mountain Camp will be handed over to Lao Zhao and Lao Bai." Batu then ordered, Zhao Ji didn't care, Du Wenhuan stomped his feet and walked away.

Lu Xiangsheng has been worried since he took office, there are too many corrupt officials here, especially the officialdom of Datong Town has also formed a set of unwritten rules - no matter how expensive or low the money is given, the money will be absolutely refunded, in order to avoid the intermediate links to eat and take the card, so that the clerk can spend the money clearly, officials at all levels also secretly advertise their terms of reference and service prices, this kind of power and money transaction with a clear price is rare in ancient and modern times, but the efficiency of the government at all levels to do things for the people is extremely high, Datong profiteers are also very active, the laws of the imperial court, But the decree was trampled underfoot.

There are more people here, arrogant and treacherous, Lu Xiangsheng once settled the displaced people in Huguang to Tuntian, won unanimous praise from the government and the opposition, but it was difficult here, the common people complained that the government treated them as military households, and most of the harvest was taken away and had to be used as soldiers and served hard labor, it was better to be a homeless person to ask for food, and the Shanxi government took people in front of them, and some people fled on the back foot. The people have become bad, the court gave a way to live, should have kowtowed to thank the court, and repaid the court for more than two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, this gang of Diao people actually dared to pick and choose, and the anti-thief Tuoyangkun was the most hateful, and turned out the previous account books to prove that the court had never levied money and grain from their land, so they couldn't break the rules - nonsense, the land used by Fengzhou in Datong Tuntian was a Weisuo field occupied by corrupt officials and local tyrants, and the ghost would pay money and grain to the court.

Lu Xiangsheng ordered the local government in Datong to take over the Weisuo field and expel the Fengzhou officials, and the people of Tuntian still stayed in place to cultivate, and controlled according to the law of Juntun. Tuoyangkun disdained this, and ordered the Tuntian Army to strengthen its vigilance in all thousands of households, and all those who dared to enter the camp were driven out. The friction began, and at the beginning there was Bai Xianzhi on both sides and the mud, and the Datong government didn't want to tear their faces, and the two sides only moved their mouths and didn't move, but with Bai Xianzhi's return and the end of the summer harvest, the situation finally deteriorated - Lu Xiangsheng was very angry at the perfunctory things of the Datong government, mobilized the officials and troops to collect summer grain, and was determined to subdue this gang of Diao people, and Tuoyangkun did not show weakness, not only invited the Datong People's Army as a helper, but also Li Wanqing, the guard of Xuandewei, also came to cheer up, and the two former anti-thieves released cruel words to give the government some color.

There are people above who support them, and there are people below who dare to cause trouble, Bai Dengshan has a thousand households of the Tuntian Army, and he dares to be arrogant under the nose of the governor, not only beating the officers and soldiers who levy grain, but also threatening that their land is the land of Li Dashuai outside the Guan, and the people are also Li Dashuai's people, and they can only pay taxes to Li Dashuai, and the taxes of the imperial court have nothing to do with them. Lu Xiangsheng couldn't bear it, and immediately sent the officials and soldiers to suppress it, these Diao people did not show weakness, thousands of men, women and children were armed to confront, after a chaotic battle, the officers and soldiers killed more than 100 people on the spot, and occupied five or six homeless villages - the two sides tore their faces, and thirty or forty thousand homeless people poured into Yanghe City to seek justice, threatening the government to hand over the murderer and compensate for losses, and the officials and soldiers kept shouting in the city, "The governor has an order, if the people in the city disperse by themselves, the past will not be blamed, and those who dare to fight with weapons will be regarded as chaos and anti-thief theory", the homeless people made more trouble, A poor scholar who looked like a leader dared to shout that he wanted to arrest the governor of Xuanda and bring him to naturalization.

Holding sticks, hoes and even knives and spears to seek justice, it is clearly a challenge to the government, such a lawless Diao people are rare, it seems that it is not possible not to kill people - Lu Xiangsheng made up his mind after observing for a while, his whole body was neatly draped on his horse, and he led the superintendent cavalry and the five thousand officers and soldiers he trained to go out of the city to clear the city, he is still experienced in dealing with the troubled people, as long as he kills the most fierce leader among them, the others will obey, and if they give them some benefits, they will immediately kneel down and thank the great kindness of the Qingtian Lord.

The officers and soldiers quickly lined up outside the city, and after a round of three-eyed gun volleys, they shouted "Return to the imperial court, Rao Er will not die" and advance neatly, the common people had never seen this formation, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran, sticks and hoes were thrown all over the ground, and the guy who made the most trouble just now, including the poor sour scholar, also mixed into the crowd and disappeared. Lu Xiangsheng ordered the two wings of the supervising cavalry to outflank, the infantry to speed up the pursuit, and it was common for the officers and soldiers to chase the rebels and wanderers running all over the ground, the key was to catch the leader of the trouble, but the officers and soldiers were soon forced to stop - several neat infantry phalanxes suddenly appeared in front, and the people quickly closed after passing through the gap in the large array, like a wall blocking the way of the officers and soldiers, and at the same time, the outflanked cavalry of the two wings was also intercepted by the dense arrow rain of the other side.

After hearing the news, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, the other party was about three or four thousand people, and he did not play the banner, but he had a strict face surgery and excellent weapons, obviously he was not an ordinary person, and it was unlikely that he was a soldier trained by the homeless people themselves, could it be the Datong People's Army? He had seen the armed township soldiers, and once wanted to incorporate them into the Ming army, but the Datong gentry bit it to death and said that this was the maintenance of the local family and tenants, and then this team disappeared, and it would disappear immediately if it appeared occasionally in the future. The team in front of him not only has a large group of cavalry, but also the armor and weapons do not seem to be weaker than the official army, and the township soldiers will never be so arrogant. Lu Xiangsheng was frightened into a cold sweat, and secretly rejoiced that he was not careless, and the officers and soldiers who were brought out of the city were strong and strong, and he was sure of winning this battle. He waved his hand and ordered the three-eyed guns to be moved to the front, advancing while fighting, the thieves were most afraid of this move, and it would not be wrong to deal with the uninformed northern captives.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was quickly poured cold water, more than a dozen artillery pieces suddenly appeared on both sides of the opponent's large array, and the officers and soldiers were first subjected to a round of salvo fire before they could react, and the cannons whistled obliquely into the queue of the officers and soldiers, and the blood splashed and wailed endlessly, and then the other party's horn sounded, and the large array of 3,000 people carrying artillery slowly advanced forward as a whole, accompanied by round after round of firecrackers in the middle - the other party's soldiers were holding bird guns in their hands, this kind of firearms were expensive, and they often exploded, and the officers and soldiers could not afford and did not dare to use them, but the opponent had at least a thousand shots, lined up in a horizontal line to shoot in turn, and the officers and soldiers in front of them who cast the three-eyed guns were constantly knocked to the ground, and the officers and soldiers were stunned all of a sudden, and they couldn't help but mess up. At this time, the two wings of the Governor cavalry also played a call for help, the opponent's cavalry dispatched, not only the number of people, and the horse is good to ride and shoot well, there is a short gun in the hand, the Governor Cavalry was hit by a dense rain of arrows and guns, but the range of the three-eyed gun in the hand could not reach the other party, almost no power to fight back was shot piece by piece, the living wanted to rush up to the hand-to-hand fight but could not approach the other party, has been separated and surrounded and destroyed imminently.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned, it was really a northern captive outside the pass, otherwise there would not be such a strong cavalry, but how could they have so many sophisticated firearms, and they used it so skillfully, it must be that the naturalized general army led the elite to enter the pass, this anti-thief is really ruthless, as soon as he made a move, he surrounded the superintendent cavalry, most of these more than 600 people are veterans who have suppressed thieves in Henan and Huguang, and they really can't afford to lose it. At this time, we must not retreat, a retreat is a defeat like a mountain, we must move forward bravely to have a glimmer of hope, Lu Xiangsheng personally went into battle, even beheaded several fugitives to stabilize the position, and ordered the officers and soldiers to pounce on them to start hand-to-hand combat.

On a hillside in the distance, the former enemy commander Sun Tingyao looked at the black pressure of the official army and was a little helpless, it was not fun to fight, but Boss Sun was good at this, and he must show his hand when he got an opportunity, and others had to give him a face, but a good deck of cards made him play indecently, which provoked Tuo Yangkun and Li Wanqing to speak coldly, and his accomplices Zhou Yi and Yang Tingfang were also a little dissatisfied - this time with Bai Xianzhi's help, the merchant army got a lot of ordnance from the Barbarian Mountain Depot, Even more than a dozen camp cannons and thousands of horse infantry guns were borrowed, which can be said to be armed to the teeth, more than 1,000 merchant cavalry, plus the Xuande garrison and the Datong People's Army also brought by Li Wanqing, there were more than 4,000 well-equipped soldiers, and the battle still could not eat 6,000 officers and soldiers, and it was a joke to say.

"Boss Sun, don't crowd your people together, there are many people in the official army, what should I do if I hit your two wings? Quickly split up and form a dense formation with large brigades, extending to both sides to block the officers and troops. ”

"Boss Sun, those hundreds of officers and cavalry are all about to die, what are your cavalry still doing around them? Draw out a part of it and outflank the two wings of the officers and soldiers. ”

"Boss Sun, Lao Bai has found a good gunner, why don't you use your two Hongyi cannons, fight against the official and military commanders!"

Sun Tingyao's brain was about to be blown up, and he hurriedly issued a military order, and Zhou Yi muttered: "Don't be reckless, you still don't listen, let me remind you, Lao Yang's Datong People's Army can't afford hand-to-hand combat." ”

"Who said that my soldiers can't do it, forget it, don't fight hand-to-hand, those monkey cubs haven't seen blood." Yang Tingfang jumped up to refute, but was immediately deflated.

"I knew how to fight, but I made all the noise about you, so shut up for me." Sun Tingyao also held back the fire in his belly, today he deliberately wore the black eagle logo given by Li Yu on his chest, and wanted to have a good battle with some aura to show everyone, but the result was a series of mistakes, first forgot to send cavalry to protect the two wings of the infantry formation, so that the official cavalry seized the opportunity, Fang Zhikun and Buck After the two generals shot, they turned the situation around the official cavalry in one fell swoop, but he was greedy again and wanted to eat the other party in one bite, and the superior cavalry did not turn to the frontal counterattack as soon as possible, giving the other party the opportunity to continue the attack, fortunately, the Fengzhou soldiers were much stronger than the Ming army, Otherwise, it won't end well.

"Tear apart the big array to leave a gap, it's time for my people to go, old grandson, tell the brothers to release arrows and guns to cover me." Wang Fang put on his armor and picked up a wooden shield as he spoke, and before everyone could answer, he had already gone down the hill.

More than 2,000 sturdy men in the rear of the large array lined up neatly with wooden shields, Gao He stood in front of the team chattering and shouting, this guy shouted the most vigorously under Yanghe City today, and escaped the fastest, and now he was full of anger to encourage everyone and the official army to fight hard, Zhang Guoji was impatient to hear it, pushed him away, and shouted to everyone: "Brothers, you are all citizen party members, and now it's time to shed blood and work hard for the people, I ask you, are the villagers who died in Baishan wronged?" ”

"Injustice!" The men shouted in unison.

"Is the government bad?"

"Bad!"

"Should the government fight?"

"It's time to fight!"

"Follow me to fight the dog's leg of the government." Zhang Guoji picked up a hand and threw a thunderbolt and turned his head to rush out, and the homeless men were enthusiastic, shouting and following him.

In front of the two armies, the Fengzhou soldiers and the Datong People's Army desperately shot arrows and guns, and the attack of the officers and soldiers was blocked, but because the bow strength was not as good as the opponent, and the power of the three-eyed guns was too weak, they obviously suffered a big loss, and they were shot down one by one, and the living people hid behind the big shield and did not dare to raise their heads, but there were Shangguan who did not dare to retreat from the formation, and moved forward hard. At this time, Wang Fang and Zhang Guoji suddenly came out with the Civic Party selection team, the bomb was the simplest, the lethality was not large, but it was the most suitable to scare people, and the homeless people usually practiced the most, and the iron balls emitting white smoke smashed into the officers and soldiers, and immediately the explosions rang out one after another, and the officers and soldiers could no longer hold on, so they ran backwards with their legs.

His own array was blown into a sea of fire, Lu Xiangsheng didn't think about what to do, two huge cannons flew in a roar, the pro-army team was smashed out of two bloody alleys, someone screamed miserably "Hongyi cannon", the family members reacted, and did not hesitate to turn the horse's head around him and run, Shuai Qi moved the army's heart was in chaos, and the Ming army collapsed instantly.

"Kill the dog's legs and capture the governor of the Ming Kingdom alive." Wang Fang slashed down a Ming army officer with a knife, raised his bloody head and shouted loudly, the homeless people picked up the weapons on the ground and killed the officers and soldiers, and now it was the turn of the officers and soldiers to run all over the ground.