Li Yu went home this time with only Mo Rige, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi, Meng Ke came cheekily after hearing about it, and said that Li Yu's home is his home, and he also wants to go home to see, this guy is now jumping in the yard, his arms are already full of red dates, walnuts and other things, while eating to a few big girls to get around, Mo Rige chatted with a few Mongolian military households, but these military households have been attached to the customs for several generations, and the level of speaking Mongolian is about the same as the level of Mo Rige speaking Chinese, Several people spoke Mongolian and Chinese, and Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi acted as interpreters on the side, and everyone chatted very energetically.

Li Yu is very aggrieved, Fengzhou is Hou Shijie a few Yulin people, where is he looking for someone, Uncle Ma spoke at this time: "Old Qin, Yuzi is a person who has seen the emperor, and he knows more reason than us, don't blame him, but, Yuzi, you are a big official, you can't ignore your brother in Yulin, this time take my eldest son away, there has been a famine all these years, the emperor and the court don't care about us in the northwest, and the babies can't support themselves as soldiers, so let him follow you for a future." ”

"I also understand the reason, the Mongolians in our Yulin City, and you have returned a lot, are you not the same as a family, I just hate it when I see Jiannu," Uncle Qin touched his crippled leg, pointed at Li Yu and said, "You must have Yulin children by your side, and the people from your hometown can be relied on when you fight, and my kid is also following you, you can't do it if you don't want it!" ”

"Yes, yes, Danian and Huzi have been playing with Yuzi since childhood, how can they not want it!" Li Huai immediately agreed for Li Yu.

The women brought the meal, oil cake, dumpling, buckwheat gnocchi, fried tofu, stewed mutton, and miscellaneous soup set a table, and the sister-in-law poured mutton on Li Yu's bowl of buckwheat gnocchi, watching Li Yu eat it with relish, tears came down again, saying that when her mother was there, Yuzi liked to eat buckwheat gnocchi made by her mother, and Li Huai quickly persuaded her sister-in-law to leave.

At the end of the day, Li Yu and Li Huai slept on a hot kang at night, Li Huai sighed and said, I don't know if there is a chance to go to Ningzhai, the Li family's thirty acres of land are in Ningzhai, and the Du family's land is very close, the mother is worried about her own piece of life, has been living in the countryside of Ningzhai, and is buried there when she dies, Li Biao, Li Yang father and son are also there, they should really go to their graves to worship, but unfortunately now there are thieves everywhere, this year Shen Yiyuan, Shen Yikui brothers, Wang Zuohang and other big and small thieves have harassed Ningzhai, These thieves have rebelled and rebelled, and they have rebelled, and it is still not peaceful there.

Li Huai lay down and said with a sigh: "Du Shuai was far-sighted, and guessed that the two brothers of Shen Yiyuan must have different intentions, and took their family members to Yulin, and by the way, our sister-in-law, mother and son also came, now that the war is in chaos, I am afraid that we will not be able to go to the grave of our eldest brother, our mother and eldest brother for a while, if they know that you come back alive, how happy they will be in their hearts!" ”

Li Yu didn't speak, today he has a sense of home, he likes the folks in Yulin, this is undoubtedly the place where he grew up, he should go to his parents' grave and kowtow a few times, he thought of Wula Mountain, where he started his life again, Uncle Kulu, Uncle Wudai and Aunt Naya should also be his relatives, as well as Kuku and Tun's Xuerji Lama, Uncle Dabu, ......, Li Yu was thinking nonsense in his mind, Li Huai spoke again.

"Uncle Ma's son Ma Danian, Uncle Qin's son Qin Hu, you must accept it, Danian and Huzi are both people who have been thousands of generals, and they are also outstanding young officers in the Yulin Army, they have grown up with you since childhood, you can't ignore them."

"Of course I want them, but Fengzhou is more bitter than Guannai, and the military salary cannot be guaranteed, so people have to be willing to come!"

Li Huai lowered his voice and said softly: "If you don't come, you can't do it, they were ordered to go to King Qinwang in Gyeonggi, and the soldiers mutinied when they arrived at the Yellow River, they were afraid of eating sin and fled, and now they are still hiding and dare not go home, if you don't take them in, then you have to surrender to thieves, there are many things like them in Yulin, and some people will look for you in the future, Yuzi, they are all from their hometown, and it is not their fault that the team mutinies, you now have official territory, and you must take care of the affairs of your hometown." ”

Li Yu slept on the kang and thought for a while, then turned over and said, "Second brother, you go and tell the villagers that as long as you are not afraid to go to Fengzhou to suffer, I want to come if you are willing to come, and I will never let them go hungry if I have a bowl of rice to eat." ”

"This is like the people of Yulin, we all hug each other when we go there, in fact, Du Shuai and I have mentioned this matter a few times, how can you not have hometown children around Fengzhou!" Li Huai smiled with satisfaction.

Li Huai took advantage of Li Yu's stay at home for a few days, and pulled Li Yu everywhere, relatives, friends, and neighbors had to go, and by the way, they had to send something over - the life of Yulin people was not easy, including the Li family, Li Yu went home and ate a few meals with everyone, and the food was also made up by everyone, Li Yu took out all the money he had saved, left some for his sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, and bought the rest of the rations and things for his usual life, and sent one to each family.

Li Xuan and Li Yao's two nephews pestered Li Yu all day long, Li Xuan is almost fifteen years old, similar in age to Hadari, very tall, just a little thin, his father died early and his mother couldn't control him, he played with a group of military children in the countryside of Ningzhai all day long, he didn't read well but learned horseback riding and archery well, Li Yu felt that this kid might be like himself in the future, and he would teach him a few unique skills if he had nothing to do, but he was so happy that this kid was happy, and he wanted to fight with the third uncle, Li Yao was different, much quieter, Li Huai himself was a lifter, Of course, he will not relax his son's study, thirteen-year-old Li Yao was locked in the house by his mother every day to study, and finally the third uncle came back, so he had the opportunity to indulge for a few days, and he didn't want to go back to study when he was wild, and he had to go with the third uncle.

Li Yu discussed with the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law, since the family is not having a good time, then go to Fengzhou together, so that the family is together, but the two sisters-in-law do not agree, the sister-in-law is worried about the land in Ningzhai, and the second sister-in-law is reluctant to Yulin's house, Li Yu had to give up, comfort the two children, and come to pick them up when they grow up.

Li Yu lived at home until the third day, Du Hongtai ran to pull the brothers to go to Du Mansion, Du Mansion is not far from Li's house, Li Yu went home to visit Du Wenhuan on the same day, Du Mansion to Li Yu's impact is cold, Li Huai told him that Du Shuai is very pessimistic about the situation in the northwest, and the family of Ningzhai Old Mansion received Yulin not long after, and it was sent to Nanzhili Kunshan's hometown, Yulin's family has only one concubine and a few old family members, and then there is his family Ding Guard.

Li Yu and his brothers were taken to the back house of Du Mansion, where there were already several people waiting, and except for a middle-aged man who was talking to Du Wenhuan, everyone else knew - Wang Chengen, the current Yulin commander-in-chief, You Shilu, the former Ningxia general-in-chief who retired and returned home, Wang Shiqin, the former Shanhaiguan South commander-in-chief, and a person Li Yu was afraid of when he saw him - Sun Tingyao, a big profiteer who lent money to him.

Du Wenhuan beckoned Li Yu to come over, and pointed to the man next to him and introduced: "Hou Shilu, Hou Shuai, the former chief soldier of the Xuanfu, you must have heard of it when you were under Man Gui, and you are also your elder." ”

"Thank you for taking in Shijie, when he came to see me, he said, I will follow you in the future, and I will hand him over to you," Hou Shilu said about his brother Hou Shijie, and said with a smile, "Lao Man is lucky, with subordinates like you supporting his Datong army, my old Hou can't do it, he lost the battle and ate the lawsuit, and was dismissed and dismissed, shame!" ”

"Dismissal is a fart, isn't it just to let your old marquis go home and rest, the old man can give his life to the Beijing division," You Shilu walked over and pushed Hou Shilu away, hugged Li Yu's shoulder and said, "Our elm is out, the deputy general with the title of governor is only half a step away from the general army of a town, we people are old!" Yuzi, during the Zunyong War, our brothers ran from Santun Camp to Luanzhou, don't blame us for this, we can't help it, Liu Zhilun can't get food, and if he doesn't go to be a soldier, he will mutiny. ”

Li Yu hurriedly said that he had never blamed a few uncles, but he didn't fight a good battle, and everyone didn't get stained, Wang Chengen and Wang Shiqin praised Yuzi for being sensible in his later life, and he had a bright future in the future. The more he talked, the more unpleasant it became, Du Wenhuan got annoyed, and knocked on the table to make them all sit down.

"Yuzi, I discussed it with your uncles, you are our people, Fengzhou is a barbarian land is too difficult and dangerous, you can't do without your own people by your side, it just so happens that there are some idle people in each prefecture who are not easy to settle, we want to hand them over to you, don't worry, these are all elite soldiers, all Yulin children, what do you think?"

Li Yu glanced at Li Huai, stood up and said, "Of course the juniors are willing, but I am too bitter there, and the military salary has not been settled, so I am afraid of everyone." ”

"Isn't Yulin bitter now, will you have a military salary if you stay in Yulin?" Hou Shilu laughed, and then said seriously, "The situation in the northwest is hopeless, we are also selfish in sending people to you, the court doesn't care about us, it's time for the people in the northwest to think about the back road, you are a child of Yulin, and your Fengzhou is the back road of the northwest people, do you understand?" ”

Li Yu's scalp was a little numb, You Shilu sat down according to him, and said softly: "To tell you honestly, the Northwest Jiangmen has been fighting openly and secretly for the Northwest people and the imperial court for several generations, we don't trust the imperial court, and we must rely on ourselves to solve the crisis in the northwest, but we are all old and can't do it anymore!" Among the young generation of Yulin, you are the only one who can take on this important task. ”

"Yuzi, we have made a lot of efforts to control this popular uprising, but to no avail, we can only hope for you, but we will all help you, Lao Sun, take out the money," Du Wenhuan waved to Sun Tingyao, and said with a sneer, "Hong Chengchou only gave two thousand taels of silver when he made a move, and he is still a little family!" ”

"Vice General Li, take this letter and just go to the money village to withdraw money, Datong and Taiyuan can be used, you can withdraw 10,000 taels of silver," Sun Tingyao handed over the letter, Li Yu was so frightened that his hand retracted, Sun Tingyao smiled, "Don't worry about the deputy general, this silver doesn't have to be returned, find a way to live for the people in your hometown, and Sun Mou will also admit how much money you pay." ”

"Yuzi, you just have to take the money, Qin Shang is arrogant and arrogant in the world, don't look at Lao Sun as a businessman, in fact, he is also a chivalrous and courageous person." Du Wenhuan gave Sun Tingyao a thumbs up.

"I also helped Yuzi, and took advantage of the power in my hand to get some camp tents and ordnance out." Wang Chengen also interjected, and several other people immediately expressed their intention to do their best when they heard it.

"That's it! Kuroko, Da Shui, go and call them in. Du Wenhuan shouted to the two pro-soldiers outside the door.

After a while, Sun Shoufa, Du Hongfang, and two officers in their early twenties were brought in, and Li Huai pointed at the two officers and shouted: "Danian, Huzi, it turns out that you are hiding here, I said why can't I find you." ”

"Of course Brother Huaizi can't find us, we don't want to go out to eat lawsuits," Ma Danian and Qin Hu smiled in front of Li Yu, "Brother Yuzi, can you still afford us, we listened to you when we were young, and we will do it with you in the future." ”

When Li Yu was still trying to find the memories of these two guys, Du Wenhuan walked up to Li Yu and said in a solemn tone: "Yuzi, the four of them will be handed over to you in the future, you are the seeds of the Northwest people, you have to take root wherever you go, do it well, don't lose the face of our Northwest people." ”

Li Yu was a little stunned, Li Huai quietly stabbed him, and he hurriedly gave up his order.

"Yushan and Meng Qing stayed to help me deal with some things, you will go to the barracks tomorrow and be ready to send troops at any time, you may not be able to stay in Yulin for a few days." Du Wenhuan said.

"Marshal, is there another war?" Li Yu hurriedly asked.

"Do you think it's okay, where can Yansui's thieves be killed!" Wang Shiqin smiled bitterly.

Back home, Li Yu covered his head and asked Li Huai: "Second brother, why do I feel wrong, am I in trouble?" The governor told me to listen to him, and the commander wants to do something else, who should I listen to? I don't want to rebel. ”

"Of course you're in trouble, you're in a high position and have a strong army, and you still want to stay out of officialdom? But the marshal they are just fighting with the court's ministers, rebellion is absolutely not, don't think about it," Li Huai smiled indifferently, and continued to Li Yu, "The Ming Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light military has reached the extreme, Wenchen does not need to shed blood to fight, but he holds the power of the army, and regards the military as a lackey arbitrarily driven, Juniper Marshal has pretended to be crazy and stupid in order to welcome Wenchen, and the letter from Li Chengliang, the illustrious Liaodong commander-in-chief, to the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, is actually a lackey under the door, but Du Shuai is different, he is both civil and military, and never bows to Wenchen, Several other handsomes have him as an example, and they are bold, and the Northwest people are this temper, eating soft rather than hard. ”

"I don't want to be someone else's lackey, so I'll listen to Dashuai."

"Of course we listen to the big handsome, the big handsome they are all from the northwest like us, this land is our home, only we care about the people of the northwest the most, what do the guest ministers sent by the imperial court know, the governor of the three sides Yang He is empty-handed but blindly appeased, and the governor of Yansui, Hong Chengchou, is sharpening the knife Huo Huo to suppress it, who has thought about the suffering of the people in the northwest, to save the people of the northwest must find another way, this has to rely on us in the northwest themselves."

Li Yu returned to the camp in a daze, Cao Wenzhao suddenly came, and said to Li Yu that he was going to go on an expedition again - Yang He, the governor of the three sides, sat in Guyuan, and oppressed the two brothers of Shen Yiyuan and Shen Yikui who fled to the area of Qingyang Mansion to accept Zhao'an, and urgently needed to mobilize his soldiers and horses to Qingyang, so he came to resign, Cao Wenzhao reminded Li Yu by the way, don't get too close to Yulin Jiangmen, these people are from noble backgrounds, and they are born as officials, and they are not all the way from civilian backgrounds.

"Han Min, those disciples of the sect turn their faces faster than turning over books, they can't be trusted, Lord Hong has already repaid the court for your efforts to extinguish the lamp, the eight kings and the king's left, maybe it won't be long before you are the youngest town guard in the Ming Dynasty, you have to remember my words, we still have to rely on the court." Cao Wenzhao preached to Li Yu very seriously.

Li Yu nodded and agreed, and sent Cao Wenzhao away, Li Yu was sober-minded, or Lord Hong was right, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was too dirty and rotten, why should I get involved, let's find a way to go back to Fengzhou, although it is poor, it is much cleaner, Li Yu suddenly thought again, I and Yulin Jiangmen are indeed not all the way, so Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou, who was born in the imperial examination, are they all the way, and Brother Cao is also too close to the governor?

Before Li Yu could figure out how to get out, Hong Chengchou suddenly sent someone to call him to the governor's yamen, glanced at the anxious Li Yu, and handed him a letter casually.

"The deputy general of Shenmu Fort sent people to ask for help, the Fugu Thief King Jiayin gathered people to besiege Shenmu Fort, the situation is very critical, this official is mobilizing soldiers and horses to prepare for rescue, but it will take some time, now only your soldiers and horses in Yulin can set off at any time, and this official wants to send you to take the first step."

"How's the strength of the thieves?"

"The thieves gather and disperse, it is difficult to determine, the messenger always said that there are about 30,000 people, but the official estimates that the elite young and strong among them are at best 3,000 people, and the rest are some people who have been coerced, Han people don't need to worry, you just need to hold on with the Shenmu defenders for three days, and the official will arrive later."

"The last general obeys!"

Hong Chengchou nodded, and suddenly asked again: "I heard that your battalion has recruited six or seven hundred new recruits, but is there such a thing?" ”

Li Yu was a little nervous, and replied cautiously: "The last general's unit has suffered some losses after a series of vicious battles, so I recruited some hometown children who volunteered to join the army, do you think it's inappropriate?" ”

Hong Chengchou waved his hand: "Your Fengzhou army is already insufficient, and you have been fighting tough battles, so it is natural to replenish the troops, what's wrong?" The official said that you only need to do your best to suppress the thief, and you don't have to worry about other things. ”

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, saluted Hong Chengchou gratefully, and hurriedly slipped away.

The Fengzhou army set off again, this time the team added 700 Yulin soldiers, Li Yu temporarily organized it into a battalion, with Sun Shoufa and Du Hongfang as the main and deputy battalion officers, Ma Danian and Qin Hu also served as the sentry commander, the source of this new battalion is similar to before, a large number of deserters, plus the barbarian family members who stuffed the various mansions into the door, the weapons and equipment are good, but there are too few horses and livestock, so they can only march with the Fengzhou infantry army.

(The New Year is approaching, Lao Lu is here to give a New Year's greeting to book friends, I wish you all the best in the coming year, all your wishes come true, Lao Lu has to rest for a few days during the holidays, I am too tired to write books, and I ask you for a few days off.) This book has told the story of the Jin Kingdom, Mongolia, and the Ming Kingdom is about to come to an end, and the following will tell the story of a group of free people to establish a free country, and the content is more exciting, I hope you like it. ）