Batu threw the work of guarding the house to Du Hongtai, the same knowledge, and rushed to the Heihe River early in the morning with the garrison Zabutu, and the document of the Great Commander's Office agreeing to send troops arrived yesterday, and Dong Shengwei immediately issued a ******, and each of the six thousand households sent out three squadrons, each squadron selected 100 strong people, and arrived here to assemble before noon the next day.

The strength should be enough, the garrison of eighteen squadrons, as well as a sentry flying tiger cavalry in Jeddah, and one outpost each of the battalion soldiers Zhang Ding and Du Hongfang stationed in Dongshengwei, a total of 2,100 people, more than enough to deal with Omulun in Daqingshan-Batu looked at the various units that arrived one after another, and drank the mixed batter and boiled yam eggs very easily, this was his breakfast.

At noon, the teams arrived, and the soldiers lined up in front of the quartermaster's cart of the guard station, and each received a bucket of fried rice and thirty iron-headed arrows—the rations and ordnance needed for ten days of fighting. Brigade flags and squadron flags with the Black Eagle logo were erected in the open space by the river, and the soldiers packed up their things and silently walked to their own team flags to line up.

"Brothers, the Omulun dog of Daqingshan is so bold that he dares to go down the mountain to rob, this gang of robbers robbed us of more than 300 animals, killed more than 60 of our brothers and sisters, and stripped the dead of their clothes, Fengzhou people have never been bullied like this, what do you say?" Garrison Zabutu shouted loudly with a horsewhip.

"Take revenge and repay the blood debt!" The garrison roared with rage.

"Destroy the robbers, destroy the robbers!" Ma Jinzhong and Qin Hu shouted absentmindedly with the battalion soldiers, there was no battalion to suppress the bandits, Zhang Ding and Du Hongfang were really panicked, and they sent their deputy battalion officers to bring a sentry to join in the fun, and they brought their own rations and ordnance, ensuring that they would not share the spoils of war, as long as they could get rid of the addiction of fighting.

Jeddah and the Flying Tiger rode with a smile and didn't speak, the Flying Tiger rode one out of a hundred, and they were well-equipped, one person and two riders, and they were embarrassed to go out and talk about a gang of poor robbers.

After Zabutu's brief mobilization, he immediately gave the order to set off, and the soldiers marched north across the ice of the Heihe River with murderous violation, in front of more than 600 garrisons with horses and two sentinel battalions, the garrisons without horses followed, and the Flying Tiger rode unhurriedly and dragged at the end.

Hao Heizi, the leader of the fifth squadron of the 24th Brigade, carried a spear on his shoulder, and walked in front of his squadron with a mule in his hand, and glanced at Bagen on a horse from time to time.

"Don't you go with the people in front of you, what are you doing with me all the time, do you want to make trouble?" Hao Heizi sneered at Bagen.

"From today on, your fifth squadron is my direct squadron," Bagen saw that Hao Heizi was about to get angry, and said in a low voice, "Don't be ignorant, what is it that you have fought the Ming army, your ability to fight is still far behind, Chuncao is your relative, I don't want to see you have an accident." ”

The troops advanced smoothly, there were hardly any decent battles on the road, and occasionally encountered a group of robbers, who were also crushed at the first touch. When he was about to reach the mouth of the Kundulun River, Zabutu, who led the cavalry in front, sent someone to report that there was an ambush of robbers in front of him, asking them to be cautious, Jeddah was startled and hurriedly led the Flying Tiger cavalry to support, and Batu also ordered the infantry to march forward quickly.

By the time Batu arrived panting, the battle was over, and five or six hundred captives were sitting in the snow shouting for food. Ma Jinzhong and Qin Hu also complained to Batu, what kind of robbers are these, they were easily defeated by an ambush, this battle was not enjoyable at all, they knew that they were going to come, Zabutu also complained dejectedly, the people of Omulun ran too fast, and they couldn't find anyone to fight if they wanted to.

It took more than two days to hit the Kundulun River, there were almost no casualties, but the result was only more than 700 prisoners, according to the order of the Grand Commander's Office, they could not go any further, the soldiers were depressed, and felt that they had run in vain, Batu was very unwilling, and set up a large camp at the mouth of the Kundulun River, and sent scouts to the vicinity to frantically find the traces of the other party. After another two days, the good news finally came, and the scouts of the Flying Tiger Rider came back to report that they had found about five or six thousand men and women in the camp of the robbers near Bauktu.

Batule was so broken that he forgot the orders of the Grand Commander's Palace, and ordered him to set out at once, to rush to Bauktu as fast as possible, and to eat the robbers. The soldiers set off with a roar, the cavalry marched in front as usual, the infantry drove behind with their cattle, and only the Flying Tiger rode at the end with a loose look.

The troops marched along the Kundulun River, and arrived at Baoketu at dawn the next day, the other side did not seem to take the Fengzhou army seriously, nor did they send men and horses to block the attack, allowing the Fengzhou cavalry to successfully outflank the two wings, and when the Fengzhou infantry arrived at the front of the camp, the other side came out of the camp, and men, women, and children came out together with cattle and sheep, and crowded into a large area in a chaotic manner.

It's not like going to war! Batu was still stunned, and there were several horseback riders in the crowd on the other side walking towards him, and there was a strange-looking black eagle flag behind him.

"Batu, you don't know me anymore? I'm Itak, I haven't seen each other in a long time, let's hug each other. "This guy is going to hug Batu when he comes here.

"It turned out to be you, you look dirty and shabby, you look like a Taiji, I thought it was a person who asked for food, you didn't bring your people to prepare for war, what are you doing here?" Batu hurriedly pushed this smelly guy away, he knew this Itak, this person is a Taiji of Tumut, there are more than 100 households, he also studied with the Qierji Lama, and he has been mixed in the Ming Kingdom for more than a year, and he is still somewhat knowledgeable in Taiji, but he is from the family of Mrs. Zhongjin, and followed Xi Lingsetaiji to surrender Chahar, and it seems that he is quite miserable.

"I'm here to return to Shun, we've all discussed, it's too hard to go back to the mountains, I'll follow you to eat in the future, haven't you seen that I've already played the Black Eagle Flag?" Ittak proudly pointed to his banner and said, and a few tattered Taiji and Noyan behind him immediately followed suit, saying that they had sincerely defected to Humbatulu.

"I see that your banner is painted with a pheasant, I am here to fight, not to surrender, why should I take care of your food, go back immediately, I will attack." Batu replied with a straight face - there is another bunch of bastards to eat, and they must be sent away quickly.

"I'm not stupid, why should I fight you if I can't beat you, I'm bringing the people to obedience, Brother Batu, you can't drive me away." Itrak was still smiling.

"Ittak, do you think I won't dare to beat you if you pretend to be pitiful, you leave immediately, I don't have anything to eat here." Batu yelled at Itak's gang.

"Batu, I know your rules, we must take care of the food when we come to Toushun, if you dare to beat me, you will kill innocents indiscriminately, be careful that I go to Humbaturu to sue you." Itak exclaimed justifiably, then snatched the strange-looking Black Eagle Flag from his hands and waved it vigorously, and the people waiting in front of the camp immediately walked slowly with their children and cattle in their arms.

The Fengzhou army was in chaos, Zabutu was angry and ordered the other party to stop advancing, and also shot two rows of arrows and hit a three-eyed gun to intimidate, but to no avail, the common people still walked towards them firmly, and the infantry of Fengzhou went to block it with their spears horizontally, but where they could stop it, they were rushed to pieces.

"Brother Ittak, why are you bother, I don't have any food left here, please, just fight with me, or you can go elsewhere, I can give you some rations, and promise not to chase you." Batu pleaded with a pale face.

"If you think beautifully, I'll eat you, everyone is Tumut, you have food, do we deserve to starve to death in the mountains?" Ittak didn't budge.

"Ittak, you are shameless, you came out to rob and kill our people, how should this account be calculated?" Batu was a little on fire.

"We didn't kill anyone, it was your eldest brother's people who killed people, and they were scared away a long time ago," Ittak shook his head and continued to speak to Batu, "Your eldest brother is just not authentic, even if he killed Xi Ling Setaiji, he annexed us but didn't give us food, and drove us out to be thieves, is there anyone who does this?" I won't go back to Daqing Mountain after I die, if I think about it, you still have food here, so let's live together in the future. ”

"Itak, don't be complacent, I'm going to break up your people and put them all into the guard, and don't think about living a life of prestige in the future!" Batu yelled angrily.

"Whatever you want, you won't live long if you go back to the mountains anyway." Ittak left Batu nonchalantly and went after his own men.

The people of Daqingshan broke through the barrier of the Fengzhou army - Zabutu had no choice but to order it to be released, most of those people were Xi Lingsetaiji's subordinates, they were also Tumuts, from their tattered clothes, haggard faces and staggering steps, it can be seen that this is a group of people struggling on the line of death, they just want to have a bowl of rice to eat, who can still harden their hearts to attack this group of defenseless poor people.

The people cheered and passed through the ranks of the Fengzhou army, and Hao Heizi held the spear in his hand and muttered with a puzzled face: "This is considered the end of the battle?" Haven't seen it, haven't seen it, Captain Baggan, what the hell is going on? ”

"How do I know, this is not the first time, anyway, everyone else has eaten us well." Bagan replied angrily.

Dong Shengwei's military report quickly arrived at the Great Commander's Mansion, Li Yu shook his head while reading it, Batu held back his strength and wanted to fight, but he failed and brought back more than 6,000 mouths, so he had to be cheeky and reach out to the Great Commander's Mansion to ask for money and food.

"This is not a bad thing, the area around Baoketu is rich in water and grass, which is very suitable for grazing, and the land along the Yellow River and Kundulun River is fertile, and it is good to grow crops. Ortai was satisfied.

"That's Chahar's territory, what do they say?" Li Yu hesitated.

"The territory they don't want, we take back it is ours, it's a big deal to share some benefits with him, Chahar Khan won't care too much, besides, you are also a Jinong of Chahar, and you also have a share in their territory." Li Fugui is a little unreasonable.

"Send an official letter to Dongshengwei, allowing them to set up another twenty-nine thousand households, let that Ittak be a thousand households, and the officials and subordinates will be transferred to other thousand households, and the location of this thousand households will be Baoketu." Li Yu thought about it and ordered, and Li Huai agreed to draft the official document.

"Archon, what about us? You personally promised to build a cannon battalion, but two iron cannons and 100 bird guns are not enough, you have to give me some money to buy your belongings! Ma Guangyuan was tired of waiting, he was not interested in Dong Shengwei's affairs, and he came to ask for money today.

"Old horse, when did I promise, how about you see how much I'm worth, how about selling me for your gun?" Li Yu was a little anxious by him.

"You promised at least twice, and you said it in the martial arts camp a few days ago, and Li Xiangli can also testify." Ma Guangyuan did not back down and pointed at Li Fugui and said.

Li Yu has nothing to say, a few days ago he read the Tang newspaper copied back from Datong, which has a court official recommended Zu Dashou to guard Jinzhou with the vanguard general soldiers, in which Zu Dashou killed the people and defended the Daling River for more than 100 days with human flesh as food, and praised it for more than 100 days, saying that it has the style of Zhang Suiyang in ancient times, and is a good general who is loyal to the king today, Li Yu was furious about this case, and ordered Ma Guangyuan to arrange time, he wanted to personally teach the commander of the battalion and the captain of the guard post for rotation training, and Ma Guangyuan quickly arranged it, When he was teaching, he even dragged Li Fugui away.

Li Yu's so-called lecture was actually to scold Zu Dashou and the court officials, and tell the officers who listened to the lecture that protecting the people is the minimum conscience of a warrior, and that the people must not be given up at any time, let alone be brutalized, and that when the situation is urgent, the land and city can be given up, and the people can surrender, and the warriors should choose to die in a glorious battle, which can be called loyalty, if Zu Dashou's behavior occurred in Fengzhou, he will be punished as a serious crime of rebellion and killing innocents.

After Li Yu finished speaking, Ma Guangyuan immediately went on to explain the Dalinghe battle case -- explaining the battle case is the main teaching method of the military selection battalion, the quality of the officers in Fengzhou is too low, and there are many people who can't read a few big characters, and explaining the art of war and tactics is purely playing the piano to them to the cow, and only by talking about the war examples they have personally experienced or know will they listen to them with relish, and the teaching materials of the military selection camp are actually the analysis and summary of the war examples. Ma Guangyuan analyzed the process of the Battle of Dalinghe, blew the artillery of the Jin army to the gods, and concluded that Fengzhou must also develop firearms if it wants to resist the Jin army, and we cannot afford to use the Hongyi cannon, but the small Franc machine fast artillery, as well as the beak gun and the horse gun should still be equipped in large quantities. Ding Qiming, Jin Guoding and others also immediately helped, advocating the establishment of a cannon battalion, everyone gossiped and coaxed, Li Yu agreed as soon as his brain was hot, but he regretted it the next day, playing with firearms costs a lot of money, he even worries about eating, how can he have the heart to do that, Ma Guangyuan and his group must have set him up. But Li Yu didn't say anything, Ma Guangyuan was entangled in the matter of taking the cannon battalion at both ends for three days, and it was not easy to avoid him in such a large area of Manhan Mountain.

Li Yu thought for a while, spread his hands and said: "Old Ma, I have calculated the account, your kind of camp cannon can't come down without three hundred taels of silver, and the bird gun also has thirty or forty taels of silver, I admit that I promised to build a cannon battalion, but I don't have money, you ask Li Xiangli for money, he gives you money, I have no opinion." ”

"Grand Commander, your words don't count!" Ma Guangyuan shouted very aggrievedly, and then turned his head to Li Fugui, "Li Xiangli, then I'll look for you, don't blame me for speaking ugly, if our soldiers can't stop the Jin Army, you can't keep your belongings." ”

"Do you think I look like a rich man?" Li Fugui smiled bitterly, seeing that the old horse was about to get angry, he added, "I really don't have any money, or you play with small gadgets such as mines and fire pots first, and the rest will be after spring ploughing." ”

"No, if you don't give money today, I won't be able to pester you." Ma Guangyuan grabbed Li Fugui and didn't let go, and Li Yu took the opportunity to sneak away.

Li Yu stretched his waist out of the Great Commander's Mansion, wandered around the camp, and saw Su He from Baita Village driving a cart into the camp, his brother Jida was chatting with him while walking, Jida only rushed back from Dongshengwei last night, his eldest brother came to see him early in the morning, the relationship between the two brothers was really good, he said hello and walked over.

The two brothers were a little flustered when they saw Li Yu, the two of them blushed and chatted with Li Yu for a while, and then hurriedly left, Li Yu looked at their backs very strangely, and whispered to himself, the two of them seem to be avoiding me, and the eldest brother Su and the eldest brother seem to have been a little diligent during this time, and it is a day's road from Baita Village by the Black River to here.

"Great Commander, Su and his brothers seem to be on good terms with a widow who does chores in the Ordnance Division, and Jeddah is also a ghost elf, often going to Zhao Ku's house, and dealing with other people's daughters, they must be afraid that you will not be able to say anything." Morrig spoke of gossip mysteriously.

"This is a good thing, what's so embarrassing," Li Yu was also interested, and turned his face to ask Wu Xian, "Brother Wu, I heard that there is a matchmaker to match the marriage in Guannei, and we will also find a matchmaker to help them talk about it." ”

"Great commander, where are we going to find a matchmaker, there are people from everywhere in Fengzhou, the rules are all messed up, who wants to wait for someone to say matchmaking and dowry marriage according to the customs of the customs, and they will definitely not find a wife, or the two brothers are smart and do it themselves." Wu Xian shook his head vigorously.

"This is not good, honest people will suffer, I have to talk to Wang Yan about this." Li Yu immediately remembered the kind-hearted old bachelor Zhou Yuji - Fengzhou people are mainly refugees, women are robbed, sold, and even eaten in large numbers in the process of fleeing, the number of women is far less than that of men, it is not easy for men to marry wives and start a family, if whoever grabs it quickly has a wife, an honest person like Lao Zhou must still be beaten as a single, Wang Ziyong is in charge of civil affairs, and if he wants to say hello to him, he still has to take care of it.