When the young officer saw Li Yu, he said hello excitedly and walked quickly, Du Hongtai pulled the officer and introduced to Li Yu: "Yuzi, this is my brother Du Hongfang, nicknamed Sihuzi, do you still remember him, you two fought when you were young." ”

Li Yu tried hard to search for this person in his mind, but he couldn't think of anything, Du Hongfang came up with a punch: "Yuzi, you even forgot my four tigers!" When we were children, we couldn't remember fishing in the Yuxi River and stealing dates in people's yards? ”

"Four tigers, Yuzi broke his brain in the war, don't tease him, you hurry up and get down to business, where did the handsome go?" Li Huai waved his hand at Du Hongfang and asked.

"We have only arrived here not long ago, in order to conceal his whereabouts, the marshal hid all the people and horses in the valley in front, I didn't expect you to come so quickly, when the marshal sent me out, he said, if I find you, I will ask you to go to that valley to hide," Du Hongfang replied, while still pestering Li Yu, "Yuzi, I heard that you married two daughters-in-law at one time, and you are also the princess of the Mongolian Khan and the Little Khan's family, you really have a kind, I will go to Fengzhou with you, you can also find a Mongolian princess for me to be a daughter-in-law, I have also been addicted to being a concubine." ”

"Four tigers, you have a daughter-in-law at home, what are you doing, Dashuai is waiting for us, you lead the way in front, we will go to meet Dashuai immediately." Li Huai cried out impatiently.

In the valley near the Qingjian River, nearly a thousand Ming cavalry stayed in the snow and was silent, only the horses occasionally chirped a few times, and when they saw a large number of reinforcements arriving, they just waved and smiled, and then continued to be silent and busy with their own business.

Du Hongtai was busy counting the heavy grain and grass, Du Hongfang led Li Yu and Li Huai brothers to see Du Wenhuan, Li Yu suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and finally wanted to see this world-famous handsome, what kind of person he is, what he looks like, Li Yu doesn't know anything, but he can always feel the existence of this handsome, the handsome has always sheltered him, like a giant umbrella on top of his head, sheltering him from the wind and rain, the prestige of the Du family also gave him a place in the Ming army, and was included in the list of strong Yulin generals. Without the help of Dashuai, Li Yu knew that it would be difficult for him to get to where he is today, but is he really the Du family?

"That's Du Shuai, salute quickly!" Walking into a camp tent, Li Huai pointed to the person sitting behind the handsome case to remind Li Yu that the man was tall and burly, and his face could not be seen clearly with his head down, and Li Yu hurriedly bowed to him.

"Have you ever thought about how to fight this battle?" Du Wenhuan looked at the map without raising his head and asked casually.

"This battle is neither easy to fight nor easy to fight, it all depends on what the commander plans," Li Yu was gently pushed by Li Huai, and said after sorting out his thoughts, "If the purpose is to defeat the thieves and relieve the siege of Qingjian, our army only needs to hide its whereabouts and sneak into the enemy camp, and launch an attack while it is unprepared, the thieves' combat power is too weak to attack, and our iron cavalry will definitely defeat them in one fell swoop, and the siege of Qingjian will be naturally solved, but the thieves are familiar with the local terrain and will flee into the mountains to hide, and when our army leaves, it will continue to wreak havoc; If the purpose is to annihilate the thieves, the battle will not be easy to fight, the terrain here is complicated and it is easy for the thieves to escape, and the number of our army is far inferior to that of the other side, and it is difficult to fight hard. ”

"Fortunately, I didn't just think about cutting off a few heads," Du Wenhuan nodded and raised his head, Li Yu saw clearly at this time, this is a man in his fifties, his face is slightly dark but the outline is clear, like a knife carving, he looks very cold, he beckoned Li Yu to come over, pointed to the map and said, "If there is no your people, I can only defeat the thieves, now there are thieves everywhere, the officers and soldiers are insufficient and difficult to deal with, I only have these 800 people in my hands to deploy, we have no effort to spend here, It's easy to do with your iron cavalry, the Qingjian River leads directly to the county seat, you can detour back to the county seat, there are several open areas twenty or thirty miles north of the Qingjian River, this is the preset battlefield of our army, the thieves must not know the reality of our army at present, lead them over, and then send a team of men and horses from the path to outflank the enemy, and the iron cavalry will be able to succeed in one fell swoop, this battle must be quickly resolved. ”

"The last general understands that the 2,000 iron cavalry and 1,000 infantry troops of the Fengzhou Army are at the disposal of the commander." Li Yu replied.

Du Wenhuan slowly raised his head, his eyes looked at Li Yu, as if he was thinking about something, Li Yu suddenly felt that Da Shuai's sharp gaze like a goshawk was familiar, and he had a feeling that he had not seen for a long time, this was a feeling of respect and fear mixed together, which could only be felt when Uncle Kuru and Sibeile stood in front of him.

Du Wenhuan spoke: "You have grown up, you are as tall and mighty as your father, even the posture of talking and walking is similar, seeing you reminds me of my old brother, I heard Yushan and Meng Qing call you Hanmin, who gave you the word?" ”

"When Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, served as the deputy envoy of Datong Zhenyang and gave it to the last general, it was intended to warn the last general not to forget the state of the Ming parents." Li Yu replied.

"What kind of thing is Song Tongyin, what qualifications does he have to give you words, you are originally my Ming people, do you still need to be called Hanmin, this is an extra move," Du Wenhuan stared at Li Yu and said in a serious tone, "You look at me and tell me where you are from?" Whose son are you? ”

"The last general, the last general is from Yulin, my father is ......, and he is the town standard guerrilla Li Biao of Juniper Shuai." Li Yu was a little frightened and stammered.

"Be louder, I don't understand." Du Wenhuan shouted.

"I am from Yulin, the son of Flying Tiger Li Biao." Li Yu blushed and roared loudly, Li Huai's eyes were full of tears, and the soldiers around him also turned their eyes to them.

Du Wenhuan smiled, gently dusted off a few snowflakes on Li Yu's face with his hand, and said in a low voice: "This is what I want to hear from you the most, we are all old, Yulin needs a new generation of generals to take over, maybe you will lead the way in the future, wielding your sword to conquer the world, so that all the children of Yulin will admire you and follow you." ”

The heat wave in Li Yu's heart was rolling, and he suddenly felt that he was not only a Ula person, but also a Yulin person, and Wula Mountain and Yulin City were his distant hometowns.

Du Hongfang put his arms around Li Yu's neck and said to Du Wenhuan with a smile: "Uncle, then I will be with Yuzi in the future, when he was a child, he always took my things, and now his grassland and horses should also have my share." ”

Du Wenhuan laughed and walked away with his hands behind his back, and Li Huai, Li Yu and Du Hongfang followed closely behind while laughing and playing.

Fengzhou soldiers and Suide soldiers walked all night, the soldiers in groups of three or five or leaning on horses, or sitting on the car to seize the time to rest, Sun Shoufa began to complain about his horse again, Hou Shijie quipped, we are not easy to find a good woman in Fengzhou, good horses are, you go to us forget it, this sentence aroused public anger, most of the two battalions of the infantry army are singles who can't get along in the pass, and they are planning to find a Fengzhou woman to start a family, Lao Hou Isn't this scolding everyone? The full man doesn't know that the hungry man is hungry, beat him! A group of soldiers rushed up and pressed Lao Hou in the snow to force him to admit his mistake, Zhang Chuanjie and Man Zhu looked at it happily, who told you to say frustrating words, you deserve it!

Li Yu accompanied Du Wenhuan over, Man Zhu shouted that the commander and Du Shuai were coming, and kicked away the giggling and slapping people with a few kicks, and the soldiers got up one after another to salute Du Wenhuan, but Li Yu was left aside, this can't be blamed on everyone, Li Yu usually doesn't mess around with them, and it's hard to get serious.

"I see you're a little familiar, have you been to Liaoxi?" Du Wenhuan looked at Man Zhu and asked.

"The humble position used to be the person next to the marshal of Mangui, and when the marshal was in Ningyuan to command the army, the humble post went to deliver a letter and saw the marshal." It is rare for Man Zhu to be so respectful, his former head of the family Man Gui admired Du Wenhuan when he mentioned it, and those who are military generals should be as backbone as Du Shuai, and never be a servant lackey of the ministers.

"It's a pity to be handsome, are you okay in Fengzhou?" Du Wenhuan asked with concern.

"I was promoted to a lowly position, became a guerrilla, and led a battalion of infantry troops." Full Pillar cracked his mouth and smiled.

"Du Shuai, and me, I am from the Yulin Hou family, and I have also been promoted to guerrilla." Hou Shijie squeezed up and said.

"I recognize you, your brother went back to his hometown in Yulin after an accident, you didn't accompany him, and he went to Fengzhou outside the gate!" Du Wenhuan slapped Hou Shijie hard.

"I'll go to see him after the battle, Du Shuai, when the soldiers of Fengzhou always win the battle, they live happily, and the soldiers don't want to do this!" Hou Shijie argued with a red face, but Du Hongfang grimaced at him.

"The last general, Zhang Chuanjie, see the marshal." Zhang Chuanjie excitedly bowed to Du Wenhuan who approached him, Du Wenhuan joined the army at the age of sixteen, made great achievements in the Quartet, shocked the world with the great victory in Dingxi, and sang Shilin with the poetry of the side of the Sai, in the Ming Dynasty can not bow to Wenchen, and often suppress Wenchen's head The only military general is this Du Dashuai, he is a god-like figure in the Ming army.

"You are a Dingbian general! It is more than 30 years old to be promoted to guerrilla in Guannai, and it is more difficult to be promoted to deputy general than to ascend to the sky. After Du Wenhuan finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter, Fengzhou is indeed easy to be promoted, there are too few talents, and those who have a little ability are promoted quickly, and Datong can't get rewards and military salaries, and it is also generous to give an empty official title, and now the battalion officers of each battalion and the deputy battalion officers with older qualifications are mixed into guerrillas, and the sentry commanders are also hung up with the title of capital director.

"Xiao Sun, you have been promoted to garrison now, how are you doing on your errand?" Du Wenhuan patted Sun Shoufa's old subordinate on the shoulder and asked.

"It's not good, I deal with bandits all day long, or follow the marshal to make a nest outside the gate, and I don't want to be this garrison." Sun Shoufa shook his head and complained.

"How can there be any nest messing with now, I can't take care of it in the Guannai, and I don't know how long this chaos in the northwest will last?" Du Wenhuan replied with a sigh.

When Du Wenhuan inspected the cavalry, the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion and the other three battalions were taking care of the horses, and the officers saw Li Yu and Li Huai respectfully accompanying a member of the Ming army generals over, and it was very strange that the commander suddenly became serious today, the officers estimated that this person was not small, and they got together to give Du Wenhuan a salute, and then dealt with a few words casually, and went their own way, Li Huai felt that these guys were too faceless, and was about to scold a few words, Du Wenhuan stopped him and walked to the two battalion officers of Terig and Kubai, Talk to them in half-baked Mongolian.

Du Wenhuan patted Terig's horse and praised it: "Brother, good horse, I've fought a lot of battles, when a cavalry has to be like this, horses can rest, people can't rest, such a cold day, the horse must stop for a walk, brush, help it live blood, and then feed some materials, Ma Tong human nature, you are good to it, it is willing to charge for you." ”

"Adults know horses, too!" As soon as Terige's eyes lit up, he boasted about his yellow horse with Du Wenhuan, Kubai interjected and said that his black horse was also very good, Du Wenhuan flew on the black horse, ran around the valley, and then came back to restrain the horse and jumped down quickly, patted the horse's butt and said with certainty that this horse is a good horse from Mobei, with fast charging speed and good marching endurance, Kubai smiled proudly, this is indeed a horse from Khalkha.

The Mongols chatted about horses, and Meng Ke, Chaolu and Zabutu also came around, and everyone chatted for a while, saying that Du Wenhuan was an expert and definitely a cavalry veteran, Li Yu was also surprised, and in his impression there seemed to be no Ming army general who was so proficient in horsemanship.

After Li Yu and Li Huai accompanied Du Wenhuan away, everyone said that Du Wenhuan must be a great Ming official, and people around the age of fifty are no worse than young people in kung fu, and if they don't have some skills, the commander and the secretary in charge will not accompany them in person - these people still don't know, if Buyantu is here, he will definitely jump to their feet and tell them that it was this Du Wenhuan who beat their Mongolian right-wing departments in Haixi badly.

Du Wenhuan lowered his head and walked for a while, then suddenly stopped and turned around and asked Li Yu: "Yuzi, there are many good horses among your subordinates, how can they be able to march long distances?" ”

"Marshal, they have been accompanied by horses since they were children, as long as they have enough dry food and horse feed, it is no problem to march continuously for a month." Li Yu replied.

Du Wenhuan thought for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Pass my general's order, and the officers of all departments will come to listen to the order immediately." ”

After a while, the officers came to Du Wenhuan, Li Huai and Du Hongtai, two literati, also put on armor and stood with Li Yu, everyone quietly waited for the marshal to give the order, Du Wenhuan glanced at the generals coldly - the officers of Fengzhou, the officers of Yansui Town and the officers of Suide.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the thieves in the Qingjian are rampant, scourge the people, dare to besiege the county seat, not eradicate not enough to stabilize the place, I Yansui official army and aid the official army as dated, the strength has been far better than the thieves a hundred times, easy to win, but here the thieves activities are frequent, there are many eyes and ears, if you want to surprise, our army can not stay for a long time, you received the order immediately set off to act according to the order, this battle must not leave any troubles in one fell swoop, its eight kings and other bandits must be annihilated."

Du Wenhuan ordered, with the two battalions of the Fengzhou infantry army as the forward, and the Suide infantry as the guide, the rapid march rushed to the camp of the thieves under the Qingjian City, sneaked up on the thief camp and lured the enemy to attack, the third battalion of the Fengzhou cavalry took the Suide cavalry as the guide, and slowly returned to the Qingjian City along the river valley, and after the enemy planned to attack, he leveled his camp in one fell swoop, and then attacked the back road of the thieves, Du Wenhuan and Li Yu led the Yansui cavalry and the Flying Tiger Battalion to set up an ambush in the area of Zhejiaping in the north of Qingjian City, and when the enemy arrived, the Fengzhou cavalry attacked back and forth, and the enemy was annihilated in one fell swoop.

The generals of Yansui received orders one after another, but the generals of Fengzhou looked at Li Yu without saying a word, Li Yu waved his hand and ordered, everything obeyed the orders of the generals, and the generals of Fengzhou took the order and left.

The valley soon became lively, the soldiers hurriedly assembled under the shouting of the officers, and then a group of Ming troops drove out of the valley one after another, Sun Shoufa was about to get on the horse, Li Yu stopped him, and gave him the reins of the horse in his hand.

"You have to take a detour back to Qingjian County, take a farther road, the horse is not good, my jujube red horse is not bad, I have fought a few battles with me, give it to you."

Sun Shoufa first shook his head, then arched his hand towards Li Yu, didn't say a word, flew on the jujube red horse and left.

There were still sporadic snowflakes in the sky, the Ming army was all elite, and this bit of wind and snow could not hinder their march, and after a while, all the efforts were gone, and the valley was quiet again.

Since the first year of Chongzhen, Qingjian County has not been quiet, here are mostly mountains, rivers and valleys, the land is barren, the people are poor, even the food can not be eaten after the drought for many years, the people are hungry all over the field, but the court not only does not give relief but collects the field endowment, plus the faction, the people are forced to live by the government, Zhao Sheng who supports the lamp and rebels for the leader, the local government is not effective, and the territory outside the county is almost controlled by the thieves, and then the eight kings come from other places, this guy is not only more fierce, but also good at demagoguery, the landlords of the countryside, The big families looted out, and the looted property and food could also be distributed to the people, and the poor people were grateful to Dade for taking refuge when they got some cheapness.

The eight kings are more courageous than lighting the lamp, and they dare to besiege the county seat when they pull up the team, Qingjian Zhixian relies on the dangerous terrain of the county, with the government and a group of large families and tenants to defend the city, the two sides have fought a few battles in chaos, the common people are a rabble that can't fight, the city has not been breached, but it is also surrounded by the common people, and can only wait for rescue. The Eight Kings have gained a lot, and under the banner of attacking the county seat, he attracted a large number of people hiding in the mountains to take refuge, and gradually had tens of thousands of people in his hands, which can be regarded as a foothold in Qingjian.

The ambitious Eight Kings actually look down on Qingjian County at all, he has a group of elites who have been soldiers, horses, and weapons, but they can't be used to fight a poor and broken small county, and the matter of attacking the city and dying is still handed over to the people who eat together, and the Eight Kings want to do a great career, and they are now hiding not far from the city to train young and strong, build weapons, this is the capital in the future.

However, the Eight Kings were in trouble, and they were awakened early this morning by the sound of fighting and shouting from the city, and he got up from the bed as soon as he pushed away the woman next to him, and the minions outside the door reported in horror that the people besieging the city had been raided, and they were fighting together, and there didn't seem to be many people sneaking up, but the fight was very fierce, and the people couldn't stop it, and sent people to ask for support, the Eight Kings were startled, the main force of Yulin Town had been attracted to Qingyang Mansion by Shen Yiyuan and Shen Yikui, and there were few officers and soldiers in Suidezhou, and they were suddenly bold. How dare you beat him up against the idea of the Eight Kings?