Two days later, the Khalkha cavalry battalion and the Wuxuan Academy rushed to Baoketu, and Terige settled the team and brought the Khalkha Taiji Subutai and the head teacher of the school, Xi Mao Yuanyi, to find Li Yu.

"Great commander, you are asking me to go west together, you can be regarded as the right person, I fought in the West Sea when I was a Boshuo Ketu Khan, and I am most familiar with the situation there, you can rest assured, I also handed over the cavalry front to Kubai, this guy is the most down-to-earth, he just doesn't want to be an official, this time he can't help it." Terrig was verbose when he saw Li Yu.

"My uncle sent me a letter that the second batch of 1,500 Khalkha cavalry trained arrived in Fengzhou in April, and our group will all go back after moving west, but I don't plan to leave, I still do a good job here." Subutai leaned in and said.

Li Yu nodded: "Terrig, you are my deputy commander, Subutai, and the Khalkha cavalry battalion will follow me westward." ”

"What about our Martial Arts Academy?" Mao Yuanyi immediately asked.

"You stay in Bauktu." There are not only the backbone of the Fengzhou Army in the Wuxuan School, but also the people of the Shanxi People's Army, the Datong People's Army and Chahar, especially the children of the young sentry are the hope of the Fengzhou Army in the future.

"Great Commander, the three outposts of the Wuxuan Academy, the infantry, the cavalry, and the gun, plus the six hundred or so young sentinels, are here, and everyone is enthusiastically participating in the battle, what do you want me to tell them! I'm also in my forties, I've compiled a few military books and mixed in Liaodong for a few years, but I think I've never done it with a real sword or a gun, and I blush when I say it, no, I must go this time. Mao Yuanyi said stubbornly.

"If I say no, I can't." Li Yu waved his hand, turned around and walked out of the big tent, and Mao Yuanyi followed behind and entangled.

Outside the big tent, the young officers of the Flying Tiger Battalion were surrounded by their little brothers, the hairy children of the junior post of the Wuxuan Battalion, Li Dingguo fiddled with Hadari's clairvoyance, Liu Wenxiu, Ma Bao and a group of children immediately went to rob it, making Hadari's face pale with fright, but Cha Gui was called aside by his father Batu to reprimand, Kong Guoer was very righteous and accompanied Cha Gui to be scolded together. Mao Yuanyi shouted a few times to the children, Li Yu wanted to hide too late, and the children rushed together, shouting to fight.

"There is a government decree in Fengzhou, no battalion soldiers under the age of eighteen are allowed, it is very difficult to go out on the expedition, eat and sleep on the march, and it is difficult to drink saliva through the sandy Gobi, forget it this time, and take you out next time." Li Yu had no choice but to coax the child.

"We have been soldiers in the Wuxuan Camp for many years, and we are not afraid of hardship, Brother Hadari's brother fought with you before he was eighteen years old, why can't we?" Li Dingguo is the head of the child, and he kept shouting with the children, and called Kong Guoer over and asked, "Great Khan, do you think we should be allowed to go on the expedition?" ”

"Great Khan" is the nickname given to Kongol by the young sentinel, and this kid imitates his father's righteousness and says: "Ben Khan thinks that everyone in my young sentry is the strongest warrior, and the steel sword is terrifying to the enemy, and of course the expedition cannot be left behind, uncle, have you promised to take me to war!" ”

Li Yu was so tormented by these bear children that he lost his temper, and turned his face to a round-faced child with a smile: "Zhuzi, you are the most obedient, just stay in Baoketu, Sister Qiqige will definitely be reluctant to let you go far away." ”

"Who said that? Qiqige looks down on cowards the most, my grandfather, my father, and my mother all said that you can't lose the face of Baita Village when you come out to be a soldier," Zhou Zhuzi of the old Dabu family immediately called out, hugged a child next to him and said, "Uncle Yuzi, I have agreed with Wuen, no matter whether others go or not, anyway, we will go with you." ”

Wun is the grandson of the old man Du Han of Chahar, his grandfather became an orphan after he died in the war, Li Yute approved him to enter the juvenile sentry, and he was almost inseparable from Zhou Zhuzi at ordinary times, and immediately answered: "Uncle Yuzi, I have the best fight with the pillar firecracker, and the battle will not be bad." ”

"Forget it, let them all go, the Fengzhou army will be theirs sooner or later, it's better to hone it first, this kid Chagui should suffer some hardships." Batu dragged Chagui over and shouted, just now when the children of the young sentry saw him, everyone else came to say hello, Chagui wanted to run away when he saw his father, but Batu was angry.

"Get out, get back and wait for the order." Li Yu was impatient, waved his hand and blasted the children away, and the children ran away with cheers.

At dusk, more than a dozen carriages entered the camp under the escort of Li Xuan's flying tiger cavalry -- the officials of the Great Commander's Palace, Li Yu's family, and the Qing trade ambassador Bayanha and Khalkha trade ambassador Derge all arrived in Baoketu.

"Yuzi, I heard that the governor of the country bullied you, then you should teach him a lesson, what is it for our family to hide here?" Wu Langha led the Chahar people to tear down the border wall and encircle Datong ten years ago, and he was disdainful of the Ming Kingdom, and when he saw Li Yu, he opened his voice and shouted.

"Eldest sister, you can't speak quietly." Li Yu frowned and said, Wu Langha is more than forty years old, and his fiery personality has not changed, Wulan is very gentle, smiled sweetly at Li Yu, and pushed Su Tai and Li Meng forward, Su Tai blushed when he saw Li Yu, and both of them were embarrassed to speak, but Li Meng only glanced at his father, and then pulled Su Tai to see Brother Kong Guoer - Li Yu was a little sad, his eldest son was brought up by Chahar Khan and Su Tai Hatun since he was a child, and he was always lukewarm to his biological parents, and it was not easy to give him more fatherly love.

The three assistant government ministers of the Grand Commander's Mansion, Li Fugui, Namur and Chang Shu, also got out of the car, and before they had time to greet Li Yu, Zhou Yi, a wealthy businessman in Zhili, came out from behind Li Fugui and came over to give a deep salute first, Li Yu wondered why this guy suddenly jumped to Baoketu.

"Great Commander, Old Man Liu is too powerful, Brother Nianfeng and I will go here and hide for a while." Zhou was stunned and said with a smile, Liu Zongzhou inspected the naturalization schools at all levels during this time, and felt that there were joys and worries, and called the Fengzhou officials together to talk about the way of "cautious independence" in three days, Li Fugui and Zhou were also taught by the key, and the two really couldn't stand it, so they took this opportunity to run to Baoketu to find Qingjing.

"Is Lord Liu very powerful?" Li Yu asked curiously.

"That's not it, but his old man is the best among the people, he can be called flawless, whoever is with him feels like a villain, he is uncomfortable, I heard that the emperor is afraid of him, the commander, he also wanted to find you in Baoketu, fortunately we said that there are many wild people here, and you have to shave your hair when you see people, which scares him." Zhou replied.

Li Yu shuddered in his heart, Liu Zhilun, a saint, is not easy to deal with, and now there is Liu Zongzhou, a perfect person, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is determined to torture him, Zhou Yu saw that Li Yu's face was not good, and immediately continued: "Great Commander, don't be afraid, this kind of person only needs to be a bodhisattva, we still do our own thing, this time the Westward Chamber of Commerce will also make a contribution, Wang Dengdao, president of the Chahan Brain Health Chamber of Commerce, has recruited eight hundred merchant troops to Wuyuan, and we will do business wherever you hit." ”

Li Yu nodded, asked Zhou Yi to go down to rest, and then entered the big tent with Li Fugui, Na Mu'er, and Chang Shu, and sat down to eat and talk together, and Na Mu'er immediately handed over the letter from the Yuerji Lama to Li Yu.

"It's really lucky that Fengzhou has an old man, he has thought of everything he should have thought of," Li Yu sighed after reading the letter, and after thinking for a while, he asked Namur, "When will Lama Ang Ton and Dr. Ma arrive?" ”

"The Lama instructed them to go directly to the Five Plains, and the army would definitely arrive before it departed." Namur replied.

"Is naturalization arranged?" Li Yu asked Li Fugui again.

"There is a big decision, everything is as stable as Mount Tai, the naturalized garrison Zhang Liwei is his son-in-law, and he will not be disobedient, but there are still shortcomings in Yushan, Du Hongtai should be used, transfer him to the Prime Minister's Office as the secretary, with him in the middle, the old man is the backing of Yushan, so that the forces of all parties will be balanced." Li Fugui replied, Li Yu and Batu glanced at each other and nodded in agreement, Li Fugui said a little worriedly: "Hanmin, are we too hasty to send troops this time?" Maybe it's better to send troops after sorting out the dispute with the Ming Kingdom. ”

Li Yu shook his head: "We don't have time, Shengjing Titang reported, the Qing State sent troops to North Korea in December last year, and with the national strength of North Korea, it will have to surrender after two months at most, the next step should be the remnants of Dongjiang Town, Phi Island will not last long, Sibeile has pacified the east, the target will immediately point to us or the Ming Kingdom, we must clear the surrounding hidden dangers as soon as possible, and then go all out to deal with the Qing State, and the westward advance must not be delayed." ”

"In all fairness, Huang Taiji can be called eloquent and orderly, and the threat to us is too great, so we should plan early and deal with it with all our might." Chang Shu nodded and said.

Li Fugui was silent for a while, then raised his head and said to Li Yu: "Then you can go, naturalization has Ortai, Baoketu has me, and there will be no chaos at home." ”

A few days later, Li Yu announced that he would be the commander of the Western Army, with Terrig as the deputy marshal, Namur and Mao Yuanyi as the military affairs of Zanhua, and Lama Angdun and Dr. Ma as the Grand Imam for the administrative affairs of Zanhua, and then rushed to Wuyuan to guard the Thousand Households. In late February, Zhang Ding's Provisional Cavalry Association, Meng Ke's Right Cavalry Association, Jin Guoding's Artillery Left Association, and Subutai's Khalkha Cavalry Battalion took the oath in Wuyuan, and the whole army of more than 15,000 people set off in a majestic manner, officially kicking off the westward advance.

Naturalization, the Prime Minister's Office is busy with spring ploughing, the Grand Law Department is busy with the trial of cases, the House of Representatives is busy with the general election after spring ploughing, everyone has long been accustomed to the days when the general commander is not there, and they still perform their duties step by step as before, only the governor Liu Zhilun is more troubled - Li Yu threw down the seal letter and ran away, Lu Xiangsheng can only find the naturalized governor, the letter accuses the naturalized Tuntian for many years but has never paid a tael of taxes and silver to the imperial court, but instead defrauded the people of the Ming Dynasty, so that the money and grain are surplus, the soldiers are strong and strong, and it has gradually become a trend of separation, and now the naturalized general army has left office, As long as another good general is selected, the town of naturalization can be used by the imperial court, and the reason why the Xuanda army can not fight is all because the soldiers are weak and lack of salary, if you can send officials to take over the naturalization, collect horses, strong to fill the camp, levy seeds, taxes to fill the army, then the towns of Xuanda will be able to train a strong army, I hope Liu Zhilun can understand his good intentions, do his best to help him do this.

Liu Zhilun was greatly annoyed, Fengzhou was extremely poor, relying on agriculture, animal husbandry, industry and commerce and the people of all ethnic groups to share weal and woe, and worked hard for many years to initially solve the problem of food and clothing, the imperial court knew little about Fengzhou, and rushed in to ask for soldiers, horses, and food, and the people did not immediately get into chaos, what was the consequence of more than 500,000 people having no food to eat? It makes people shudder when they think about it, Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng were often with him during this time, and they were also indignant after reading the letter.

"Governor Xuanda doesn't understand side affairs, let alone Fengzhou, this is not Guannei, you can solve the problem by changing officials, the authority of the Han people comes from the trust of the people, whether there is a title of chief soldier or not, no one can take away his authority, Yuan Cheng, you can't listen to him, otherwise you will be the one who bears the black pot if something happens." Sun Qifeng has been in Fengzhou for a long time, and he sees the problem most thoroughly, and immediately reminds Liu Zhilun.

"The governor and the governor are not subordinate to each other, and each obeys the orders of the imperial court. Naturalization is a barbarian land, and it should be educated with benevolence and righteousness, how can you abuse the art of punishing the name of the overlord and push him back! Liu Zongzhou has always advocated the cultivation of morality, benevolence and righteousness, although he has some views on Fengzhou, but he recognizes that the people here are kind and simple, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

In fact, Liu Zongzhou is also like this in the court, as long as the things to be done above are not in line with his wishes, he will resolutely oppose them, for example, the emperor is anxious to seek treatment, but he said that he wants to cure the heart first, the emperor is eager for talented people, but he said that he wants to be the first, the emperor seeks to calm the thief and kill the thief, but he said that he wants to imitate Tang Wu based on benevolence and righteousness, and the emperor wants to reuse Tang Ruowang to cast firearms, but he said that Tang Ruowang and other Westerners should be expelled from the country, and even the emperor wants to ask the ministers and nobles to donate camels and horses, he also thinks that it is to take the wealth of the people and oppose it.

Liu Zhilun received support and confidence, and immediately replied to Lu Xiangsheng - naturalization is bitter cold and poor, and he wants to ask the court for relief but can't, only to live by debt, the so-called money and grain surplus treasury is just the wealth of the merchants, how can he loot wantonly, naturalization can maintain today is a great luck, it is really powerless to help the adults train and prepare for the army, the naturalized general army has made great contributions to the imperial court, and is loyal and honest, the adults use power pressure to make them run away, and they should be persuaded to return to office, and do not cause a big change by the mistake of the adults for a while.

Liu Zhilun believed that Lu Xiangsheng bullied his honest disciple, and there was extreme dissatisfaction between the words, Lu Xiangsheng was difficult to distinguish, and he was always embarrassed to say that he was pointed at by dozens of firearms, but he would not be polite, and immediately replied to refute Liu Zhilun, and the two accused each other in letters, and finally complained to the court about each other's situation. Lu Xiangsheng told Liu Zhilun to shield his disciples for doing evil and not abiding by the law, so that the decrees of the imperial court could not be naturalized, and the reorganization of the armaments of the towns of Xuanda was also hindered. Liu Zhilun told Lu Xiangsheng that he did not learn about border affairs, caused trouble, and forced away the naturalized general army to bury the hidden danger of chaos.

It took a month for the imperial court to issue an edict, affirming Lu Xiang's promotion to the king's affairs and his hard work for the country, and agreeing to implement the Ming law to the naturalized officials, and the position of naturalized general can also be elected as the acting general of the naturalized army, but asked not to cause trouble to provoke the people, and also comforted Liu Zhilun, and gave him the title of left deputy capital to continue to stay as the naturalized governor, but how to arrange Li Yu did not mention a word.

Lu Xiangsheng is now difficult to ride a tiger, the imperial court obviously also wants to get a piece of the pie from naturalization, the newly appointed naturalization deputy envoy, Bingbei Road, Tuntian Road, salt transport envoy and other dozens of officials arrived in Yanghe with the edict, just waiting to send troops to escort to naturalization to take office, but the naturalization side has no intention of giving in, and the three towns in the Guannai are not united, Shanxi governor Wu Xian suddenly fell ill, and asked the court to go home sick, Datong governor Ye Tinggui, Xuanfu governor Chen Xinjia only said that they obeyed the holy decree, and did not say a word about the other words, and the general soldiers of the three towns were making trouble to make up the arrears, can only be counted on his superintendent and the newly recruited more than 10,000 soldiers.

The naturalized general soldier has been entrenched in naturalization for many years and has deep roots, how can he give up his old nest? The imperial court not only wants to be naturalized, but also does not allow reckless incidents to provoke the people to revolt, this is like hanging a sword, once something happens, he will be used to calm the anger of the people, and the people's hearts are warm and cold, no matter what, it is good for the country, life and death, even if it is a sacrifice for the court, Lu Xiangsheng made up his mind and sent a letter to Liu Zhilun again, hoping to get his full help, and at the same time sent someone to the Tuntian camp to summon Bai Xianzhi to come to Yanghe quickly.

Naturalization, the lobby of the Prime Minister's Office was full of officials, the main officials of the Prime Minister's Office, the Grand Law Department and the House of Parliament, the leaders of the Freedom and Citizen Parties were sitting in danger, and Liu Zhilun, Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng were also invited, but their faces were all very ugly. Da Ming suddenly put pressure, Prime Minister Li Huai's life was the saddest, Li Yu and Li Fugui were far away, but he was pushed to the front, he couldn't help but feel a little restless, and quietly glanced to the side, Ortai still looked calm as usual.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is a military report from our western march that our army and the 20,000 cavalry of the Khalkha have joined up west of the Yumen, and the whole army is marching towards the Shule River, and with the courage of the commander, it is not a problem to defeat the Oirats; Korea had been defeated and surrendered in mid-February, and although the Qing army had won, the division's veterans were exhausted and unable to launch another expedition in the short term. In Guannai, due to the main force of the Ming army going north to King Qinwang of Gyeonggi, the thieves who were compressed in the Huguang Mountains were rampant again, Ma Shouying's troops captivated Jiangbei, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai joined forces to invade Anqing, and Nanzhili was afraid that they would also be together; And my Fengzhou is in a good situation this year, there are many years of painstaking management of water conservancy, spring ploughing is very smooth, it should be over in a few days, the commander of the westward march is not much, the main force of our army has not moved, and it is fully capable of countering the provocation of the Ming State," Du Hongtai, secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, explained the current situation in detail, appeared full of confidence, and finally said to everyone with a smile, "The Zanhua Military Affairs Office has a proposal to directly occupy Yanghe and capture the Governor of Xuanda for negotiation, I think it is worth considering." ”

"It's too conservative, we have the Datong People's Army as an internal response, and we are fully capable of occupying the whole town of Datong." Civic Party Premier Wang Fang waved his hand and said, by the way, he glanced at his old opponent Shen Shoulian.

"Peace is still precious, if you really can't do it, you can negotiate directly with the imperial court." Liberal Party Premier Shen Shoulian's face was swollen and red, and he lowered his head and whispered.