"Bilige, tell me, did Xi Lingse and that Heqi Lama do bad things in Kuku and Tun? Are the folks in Bansheng okay? Tell me the truth, if anyone does something bad, I will kill him. Li Yu saw that Bi Lige was full of food and drink, and immediately asked him what he was most concerned about.

"The Chahar people have not had time to do bad things, and it snows on the day, and they don't dare to run around if they are not familiar with the place, so they only grab some food in Bansheng and go back to spend the winter, and Kuku and Tun are left with the Hezhangqi Lama and a small number of Chahars, and Xi Ling Setaiji regards Bansheng and Kuku and Tun as his territory, and he has not done anything too much," Bilig replied, he paused for a while and said: "This year it was this heavy snow that saved everyone, and after the beginning of spring, the Chahar people will definitely come back to fight Omulun and Batu, and then it is time for everyone to suffer. Many villagers have begun to flee, when I went to the side wall, I saw that many people were crowded on several border wall passes, the Ming people are really ruthless, rich people can enter the customs, poor people freeze to death and starve to death outside the customs and ignore it, and some people were shot to death by the Ming army when they climbed over the side wall, and many people will definitely die this winter. ”

Li Yu sighed and lowered his head again, and after a long while, he asked softly, "Do you know where Ulan and Hadari went?" ”

"Princess Ulan is with Batu Taiji, I heard that they accompanied the Lama of Xuerji to Meidai, Hadari has always been taken by the princess, and that Namur, he must follow Princess Ulan wherever she goes." Bi Lige replied in a low voice, he suddenly remembered the corpses that he saw outside the gate that were frozen to death and starved to death, as well as the villagers who were hiding in the mountains and shivering from the cold, and couldn't help crying: "Yuzi, you are Baturu, you have to save the villagers!" Killing the tiger's mouth, winning the mouth is now dying every day, even the corpse is not collected, after the beginning of the spring will be even worse, the Chahar people and Omulun, Batu they will not give up, they will fight, then Kuku and Tun are a war, Tumut is finished, Bansheng is also finished, the villagers will be bleeding. ”

Bilige's sobbing sound touched everyone's hidden pain, their eyes were also red, Wuhai and Buck also inquired about Bilige, their family has fled west, and now they must be living a very hard life, and they may not be able to eat, Wuhai said to Li Yu: "Those Taiji and Nuoyan are all a group of wastes, they must have no hope, you are the real Baturu on our grassland, we are not the Ming army, you take us back, although the Tumut people have not fought for decades, they still have blood in their bones, as long as you are willing to lead." , someone will pick up a bow and arrow and follow you to fight, Baturu, you have to stand up at this time! ”

Liu Shishi, who doesn't like to talk, waved his fist and shouted: "Those Taiji are not good people, if they want to fight, they will definitely make the villagers suffer, Brother Yuzi, take us back, we will gather the villagers of Bansheng, whoever dares to harm us, we will fight with him." ”

Everyone was arguing around Li Yu, Li Yu was annoyed by their quarrel, stood up suddenly, pointed at everyone and shouted: "I can die for the villagers, but I am poor, I have no money, no food, we will all starve to death if we leave the Ming army, what do you let me do to save everyone!" ”

Li Yu ignored everyone, he rushed into the wind and snow alone, in an empty snowfield he stopped, crying at the Great Wall on the mountain beam in the distance, the wind and snow kept hitting him, he didn't feel it at all, now his heart is more uncomfortable than anyone else, he doesn't want to fight and don't want to see others bleed, he hid in Tibet and ran here, thinking that he could live a peaceful life, but the war still found him, he didn't know what to do, he never thought he was a smart person, and he didn't think he could do great things, He needs someone to rely on, when he was in Wula Mountain, there was Uncle Kulu, Uncle Wudai and Grandpa Shaman to rely on, in the Jin State there were four Beile, Sakhalian, Kurtang, and Dahai to teach him, and when he went to Kuku and Tun, there were also Qierji Lamas who cared about him, even in Baita Village, there was Li Fugui who could come up with ideas, but no one could help him here, he could only make his own ideas, but now in such a crisis situation, there are so many villagers in Fengzhouchuan who need help, what should he do?

Li Yu's blood surged for a while, he waved his fists into the air, and shouted loudly at the wind and snow: "Uncle Kulu, Master Kurtang, and Lama Xuerji, you tell me, what should I do?" No one answered him, only the wind and snow still howled. In Li Yu's blurred eyes, there will be a scene of corpses strewn across Juehua Island and Xilamulun River, and a picture of Uncle Zabu, Brother Su He, Lama Xuerji, Li Fugui and Wulan smiling at him will appear. Li Yu wiped his tears and forced himself to calm down, Li Fugui is right, now that the world is in chaos, where can you hide? Since I can't dodge, then I have to put on my armor, pick up a bow and arrows to fight, I can't watch those villagers die in vain, and the shout of worship by the Ula River rings in his ears: The Great Khan said, Erruba Tulu is a warrior who stands up to the sky, and no matter how difficult it is, it will not be difficult for him!

When Li Yu returned to his tent, everyone was still waiting for him dejectedly, they shouted fiercely, but no one was a person who could make up his mind, Wuhai and Buck didn't know a single big word, there was no problem in fighting, and when they thought about things, their brains were messed up, Bi Lige and Han Dagong had read a few books, and it was okay to be clever, but they were at a loss when they encountered big things, and they were stunned as soon as Li Yu left, and they were immediately silent.

Li Yu glanced at everyone and said in a serious tone: "We don't want to fight and kill, but if someone puts a knife on our neck, we won't wait for death." Bilige, do you remember when we were training in the Barbarian Mountains? You and Han Dagong go there and take a look, there are Manhan Mountain in the north, Matou Mountain in the south, Cangtou River in the west, and Yinma River in the east, it is a good place to hide and train soldiers, if there is a war after the beginning of spring, you can hide the villagers there, you take a closer look at where you can camp and garrison, where you can hide and take refuge, where you can farm and graze, and draw a picture for me when you come back. ”

"Chen Erzhu, Liu Shishi, you two go back to Bansheng to see how the villagers are, and Zhao Ji, Meng Ke, Qiu Xian have not come back, if you see them, tell them not to be thieves, protect the villagers with us, by the way, go to Meidaizhao again, find the Qierji Lama and Batu them, you have the hardest trip, bring a few more people and horses, and you will set off when the snow is small," Li Yu instructed Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi again, Wuhai and Buck were just about to speak, Li Yu pointed at them and said, " The two of you stay in the camp and continue to patrol the border, and when you see the villagers who can't survive by the Great Wall, you will bring them back, we don't have much food, so if you can't do it, you can use my money to buy some food. ”

Wu Hai shook his head: "Your little money has been almost spent, let's keep it in a hurry, I want to find a way to replace the sorghum and millet sent to us by the Ming army for miscellaneous grains, maybe it can last for a while." ”

Li Yu brought back the money from the Jin Kingdom is indeed not much left, after he defected to the Ming army, Song Tongyin quietly stuffed him five taels of silver before going out of the customs to patrol the border, and never gave money again, Li Yu sighed: "That's it, if you can save one, count one, I will immediately enter the customs to find Lord Song, and beg him to think of a way for us, we have been here for two months, except for the five coins of silver issued to each person before leaving the customs, the military salary and official silver have not been given to us." ”

Li Yu called Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi over again, and quietly told them to go and see Wulan and Hadari, and then went out of the door against the wind and snow, and galloped towards Yang and Kou.

Yanghe officialdom has been jubilant these days, Zhang Xiao's illness has all recovered, he is full of energy and began to take care of government affairs, and he is also smiling when he greets the lower officials-the emperor's will has arrived in Yanghe, although the emperor is taking the courtiers to vigorously expose and criticize the eunuchs' desires, but he is still very satisfied with him Zhang Xiao, and resolutely rejected his request to retire home, and the errand of the governor of Xuanda is still done by him, and the holy decree also praises him for his meritorious work in guarding the border, Bu Lost Rabbit has not paid honest tribute for many years, and he can take the initiative to admit his mistakes this year, And for the first time, he didn't stretch out his hand to ask for money and sent tribute horses, which were all taught by him Zhang Xiao and Xuanda officials, and the emperor also rewarded Zhang Xiao and Zhang Yiming with 30 taels of silver each, and Datong General Soldier Qu Jiazhen, Xuanfu General Soldier Heiyunlong, and Shanxi General Soldier Zhang Honggong also followed the light, and each received a reward of 15 taels of silver, as for Zhang Xiao's hand to the court to ask for military salaries, the holy decree did not mention it, but Zhang Xiao was already content, and the emperor did not look for him to calculate the account he wrote to the Duke of Wei to build a shrine. Song Tongyin heard that someone had already impeached him, but as soon as the emperor and the cabinet heard that Xuanda had gone out for a big event, they immediately suppressed the chapter, and several of the most fierce stunned Qingyushi were also warned by the ministers, whoever made trouble again would send who to Xuanda Sanzhen, these guys were immediately honest, this time Zhang Xiao passed the test without danger, as long as Zhang Xiao was not unlucky, the officials of Xuanda would not be unlucky, they could continue to be their officials, and this time they also got some rewards, so the officials of the three towns were all happy.

As soon as the officials of the three towns came in spirit, their waists were also stiffened, and even the envoys sent to Datong by Chahar Khan were not taken into account - Chahar Khan won a great victory, and in one fell swoop took the old nest of Boshuo Ketu Khan, and captured the seal of the king of Shunyi granted by the Ming Kingdom, Chahar Khan got the seal of the king of Shunyi, and felt that he was the king of Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty, and immediately sent someone to Datong to threaten the reward, and the rabbit ran away, you still have me Chahar Khan, I will be the king of Shunyi for him, and I will do it for him, but I can't do it in vain, The market rewards you give to the right-wing ministries every year have to be given to me now, and we will continue to trade with each other as before, and no one will suffer. But the Ming officials have always only recognized people and do not look at things, Zhang Yiming, the governor of Datong, refused to even see the face of the envoy, and Ma Shiying, the prefect of Datong, also scolded the envoy, is the Shunyi king of the Ming Dynasty what you want to be? If you don't give any money, we won't open the horse market again, and you will go back immediately where you came from. The envoy was scolded and slipped away, and the officials of Datong reported the situation to the governor of Xuanda, and Zhang Xiao immediately supported the officials of Datong, and he had to do this to Hudun Tuhan to see how long this poor ghost could stay outside the border of Xuanda.

Song Tongyin now has a better and better impression of Li Yu, this guy is honest and obedient, he will go out of the customs when he is out of the customs, and he will bring good news to everyone as soon as he gets out of the customs, this guy is still very good at fighting, and it is not a big problem to ask him to get a few heads back in the future, and there will be a way to fool the fools in Jingshi when the time comes. Song Tongyin proposed to Zhang Xiao to give Li Yu a few dollars and then promote him to be the capital secretary, so that this stupid boy will follow us in the future, Zhang Xiao has no opinion on rewarding Li Yu with money, anyway, he didn't look at the thirty taels of silver given by the emperor - the emperor is too picky, only thirty taels of shots, and it makes people laugh at it, but he is a little hesitant to promote Li Yu, Li Yu is too young, and he is too quick to be the capital secretary after only two months in the Ming army.

Song Tongyin said with a wry smile: "Boss, now the officials of our Ming Army are no longer valuable, they have official positions but do not pay official salaries, you have to see if people are happy to ask for it, your supervising guerrilla ******** do business, this year suddenly encountered a war, the trade in the horse market can not continue, he has all the goods he bought from Taiyuan, Pingyang, and Zezhou in his hands, this guy is poor and has the heart to hang himself, how can he do the right thing, now the whole Yanghe can be pulled out to fight, there are two hundred people Li Yu and Zhang Chuanjie, You can't get a penny of your military salary, how will you use them in the future, now you can only appease each of them to the official position of the capital. ”

Zhang Xiao sighed and waved his hand: "You can do this thing, the court is not pulling out a dime, we can only last one day a day." ”

Song Tong Yin hurriedly completed the official documents, and prepared a reward of ten taels of silver, and before he could send someone to Li Yu, Li Yu himself came to the door. Song Tongyin saw Li Yu, put the official documents and silver on the table, and said kindly: "Mr. Li Qian, you have done a good job these days, the governor and the official are in the eyes, I will never treat the meritorious ministers, the governor has promoted you to the capital, you take the silver, this is a reward for you." ”

Li Yu silently put away the official documents and silver, and after a while, he said hesitantly: "Your Excellency, can you give us some silver, if you really can't, you can give some food." ”

Song Tongyin was taken aback, he didn't expect that such an honest person as Li Yu would also stretch out his hand, he was stunned for a moment, and replied coldly: "My officers and soldiers in Datong Town have not been paid, is it just for you?" How unreasonable, stand down. ”

Li Yu lowered his head and was silent for a while, then plucked up his courage again and said: "My lord, there are many people outside the border who are going to starve to death and freeze to death, please save them, the king of Shunyi is canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and the people there are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, there is going to be a war on the grassland, many people will not survive, the adults switch and let them enter the customs to avoid the war, they will be grateful to the Ming Dynasty, as long as the adults are gracious, we are willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, guard the border for the Ming Dynasty, and fight for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Song Tongyin was furious: "Are you Han or Tatar, who are you talking for, as long as the border wall of the Ming Dynasty is opened, the Tatars outside the border will pour in like a tide, how can the Ming Dynasty afford to raise so many people, they will wantonly plunder if they have no food, do you want to harm the Han people in the border for those Tatars outside the border." ”

"No, those poor people on the grassland are not bad at all, they are all good people, they will abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty," Li Yu saw Song Tongyin's disdainful look, and then changed his words and said: "Why don't we send troops, drive the Chahar people away, and let the grassland return to calm, the people on the grassland are very diligent, they will farm and graze, as long as the Ming Dynasty gives a little food, everyone can live, my lord, I can take my people to lead the way and pioneer the Ming army, we can not pay military salaries." ”

"Get out, you rebel who doesn't recognize your ancestors, you really want to be a Tatar, you came up with this idea, do you want to harm our Daming?" Song Tongyin roared.

"I'm not rebellious, I'm a Ula person, I don't want to be harmed, I just want to help the poor people of Toyoshu River live." Li Yu replied loudly, his eyes were red, and he turned around and walked out.

"Stop!" Just when Li Yu was about to walk out of the lobby, Song Tongyin called out to him, Song Tongyin stepped forward and straightened Li Yu's clothes - this dress was still the Hanfu he gave to Li Yu, he sighed and said: "You are too young, you don't know anything, Daming can't save anyone, it's good to save yourself, Tatars are cruel and tyrannical by nature, don't practice education, let them enter the customs, it won't take a few years to become a climate, then there will be endless troubles, and it is even more unrealistic to send troops, Xuanda Three Towns must guard the two Great Walls inside and outside the three thousand miles, where is there still the strength to get out of the customs." ”

"My lord, why should we guard the Great Wall, the thousands of miles of defense line of the Great Wall will drag us down, we should get out of the customs, the people on the grassland are very simple, as long as they are good to them, they will support Daming." Li Yu replied excitedly.

"The Great Wall has dragged down my Ming Dynasty, the Ming people are tired and the soldiers have long lost their ambition to gallop the grassland, and it depends on luck to hold the side wall, but as long as we can hold the side wall and win time for the Ming Dynasty, with the large population of the Ming Dynasty and the vast land and resources, there must be a time to regain its strength, and the world will be stable," Song Tongyin stroked Li Yu's shoulder and said solemnly, "Li Yu, let me tell you, you are a Han Chinese, a Han of my Ming Dynasty, by no means a Ula person, let alone a Tatar, With my decades of knowledge, I firmly believe that you are the most potential person among the Ming army officers I have ever seen, you must be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and be a loyal and brave man of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Seeing that Li Yu calmed down, Song Tongyin continued: "You ask me for money and food, I really can't take it out, but I will try to send you as much rations as possible, but it is useless, this chaos in Fengzhou Sichuan will still kill many people, and you can't save them at all." ”

Li Yu left, Song Tongyin looked at his back, and was even more convinced of his own judgment, this child must be my people of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Lu beasts are also cruel and tyrannical, there will never be such a kind nature, this person is just a bad brain, but as long as he is educated, he will be a member of the Ming Dynasty.