Sure enough, it was Brother Tulai, still so tall and mighty, and even more old and cold than before, he was standing quietly in front of the fort gate, his eyes flashing with tears, and he stretched out his arms forward. Li Yu's eyes were moist, he looked at it blankly for a while, and then pounced, and the two of them didn't say a word, just hugged each other and cried.

"My Erlu brother is a big man on the side, but he can't shed any more tears and let the people below see the joke." Thurai squeezed out a smile, wiped Li Yu's tears, and gently pushed him away.

"Brother Turai, this is my second brother Li Huai, we are all a family." Li Yu pulled Li Huai next to him.

Li Huai's heart is pantothenic, Xiao San Yuzi recognizes him as a second brother, and he is really good to his sister-in-law and nephew, but he has never seen him so emotional, this kid's brain is really bad, Turai also wondered, is this obviously my brother, why did he come out again, both of them were very embarrassed, and they saluted each other according to their own customs, and then they had nothing to say.

Meng Ke came over with a hippie smile, made a salute and said, "Lord Tulai, please greet you, do you remember me, the famous Meng Ke in Shenyang City!" ”

Turai smiled: "Remember you, when it comes to smoking, gambling, and prostitution in Shengjing City, I remember that there was a Meng Ke back then." ”

"Isn't that a mouthful of food," Meng Ke didn't care about his thick skin, patted the two tiger heads on his chest and said proudly, "Now that I'm an official, a serious staff officer with the rank of battalion officer"

When you arrived at the gate of the General's Palace, Turai asked his entourage to bring a lot of things - this is given to you by Haugbel, this is Duoduobele's, this is Sakhalian Belle's, this is Yuetobel's ......, since Fengzhou and Jinguo traded, Li Yu has asked merchants to send gifts to his former elders and friends, Zhushen people are honest and affectionate, and they must return the gifts, mainly ginseng, skins, fungus, pine nuts and the like, Li Yu will never refuse.

"Here are ten fine East Pearls, specially selected for you by the Great Khan." Thurai took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it over, Li Yu's face changed and he waved his hand - since he knew the bad news that Master Kur was killed, he was full of resentment in his heart, and he never gave a gift to Sibeile again. Turai stuffed the cloth bag into Li Yu's hand, and said earnestly: "The Great Khan knows what you think, Kul is a good person when he pesters Dabakshi, we all know in our hearts that he is still the Great Khan's nephew, can the Great Khan not hurt him?" The Great Khan is too difficult, the success or failure of the Great Golden Kingdom is all on him, and sometimes he has to do something against his will, you will understand later. ”

Li Yu was silent, and Turai continued: "The Great Khan often talks about you, he doesn't blame you for not wanting to return to Shengjing, and he also told us that Zhushen is too poor and weak, no matter how many victories he wins, he can't fundamentally solve the problem of survival, if he dies, this burden may fall on your shoulders, you have to understand the Great Khan." ”

Li Yu's eyes turned red again, and he hurriedly changed the topic: "Are you okay at home?" Are Aobai, Zhunta and Suppilon here this time? ”

"The family is still the same, there are many wives and children, no matter how much you earn in the military, it is not enough to spend, you don't want to learn from my brother in the future, Uncle Wei Qi is sick, it seems that he can't survive this year, Ao Bai has to wait for Amma, and Zhun Ta and Kubilong are staying in Shengjing."

Li Yu sighed and pulled Turai into the main hall, where Li Huai, Yunrong, Du Wenhuan, Zhao Ji, Bai Xianzhi, Terige and other Fengzhou military and political officials were already waiting. Liu Zhilun was afraid that he would fall too deep in this thief's den in Fengzhou, and refused to enter, so he and Mo Rige squeezed on a bench outside the door to eavesdrop, the Ming Dynasty was founded two hundred and seventy years ago, and he was probably the only governor who mixed to such a point, but he was soon disappointed, people spoke Mongolian, and he finished talking in a few words, and he didn't understand a word.

"Turai, I've heard of you, everyone is a soldier, you don't need to beat around the bush, do you want to fight?" Zhao Ji asked bluntly.

Thurai smiled faintly: "Happy, I'll be honest, it's time for us to go home, but if you want to fight, you can definitely accompany you, and if you don't want to fight, you can sit together and talk." ”

"It's better to talk than to fight, but it's not convenient here, if you want to talk, you can talk outside the customs, you can talk after the fight, or you can talk while fighting, we don't care," Li Huai's eyes lit up, the plague god was finally leaving, and then said, "If you want to withdraw, withdraw immediately, the time has dragged on for a long time, and we can't guarantee that we won't beat you." ”

"During the retreat, you must ensure that you do not harass or intercept us, and do not approach our army within twenty miles." Thurai nodded.

"You must also promise not to enter within twenty miles of the Datong side wall, this is our bottom line, once we cross this line, we will immediately attack, you go out of the border wall from Xuanfu or Jizhen." Du Wenhuan pointed to the map and warned.

Turai did not object, Zhao Ji and Du Wenhuan were happy, and pulled Turai to drink and eat with one left and one right, and Yun Rong, Bai Xianzhi, and Terig also followed behind with a smile on their faces. Li Yu is very strange, what's wrong with these guys, they usually scold Jin Kou and grit their teeth, but today it's like a different person, Li Huai patted him on the back - they are all human spirits, just look at it.

Today, when eating mutton hot pot, the people of Fengzhou said nice words and took turns to toast to Tulai, and everyone became familiar after a while. Tulai ate happily, drank happily, and had a lot of words in his mouth, and scolded Ming Guo - what Dajin wants is just a piece of peace and discussion, we can go to the country name, last year's number, and call the Ming State the minister Nagong as the suzerain, with the Sancha River as the boundary, and give the Da Ling River and the Xiao Ling River to the Ming State, which is very fair, but people just ignore us, no matter how to beg for letters, they don't even give a reply, you say, is the Ming Kingdom owed?

Du Wenhuan spat out the smell of wine, patted Turai's shoulder and said: "Big nephew, it's your Great Khan who is wrong, you shouldn't come to this place at all, beating everywhere can only harm the people, who cares about being an official!" Do you think, it's definitely not the emperor and the big officials who shed blood in the war, and it must be the common people who pay for the grain. You should go to Jingshi to discuss the law, that's what Altan Khan of Tumut did back then, surround Jingshi and block the emperor's door to make trouble, and he can't admit it. ”

Yun Rong immediately said: "Brother Tulai, the younger brother has read a few more books, let me tell you, when the ancestor of the Zhu family raised his army, he was called the 'thief of Huaiyou', killing and robbing is light, and the slaughter of the city is countless, but it is whitewashed with the anti-Yuan signboard, so the Ming court is actually a thief, and you have to find a thief when dealing with thieves, don't go to harm the people." ”

"Who has harmed the common people? Every time we enter the customs, the Great Khan has repeatedly ordered that the people should not be disturbed, and our Dajin soldiers are strictly disciplined, and it is the Ming government and the official army that pit the common people," Turai immediately jumped up, but the people around him were staring at him with a smile, blushing and muttering, "Occasionally, maybe, maybe we have done some bad things, but you think, we are few and unfamiliar with life, and we are marching and fighting at any time, how many bad things can we do?" ”

"That's not good, since the Ming court cheated the people, you will be portrayed more and more black if you do bad things, just to cover up their ugly things, and deceive the people to continue to work hard, you just go to the black pot, they can do this kind of shameless thing." Yun Rong replied disdainfully.

"That's it, the Ming court is the most shameless, and likes to play intrigues, we Tumuts have declared themselves to them, and they are still using their tricks to sow discord, for decades, Altan Khan's world-famous Tumut iron cavalry is shattered, and the Chahar people are coming, we don't even have the strength to fight back, you have to be careful!" Terige immediately added to the fire.

Tulai's mind was a little dazed, and he took a sip of wine and shouted: "If you don't make peace, you can't make peace, what do you want to tell me?" ”

"Trust us!" Du Wenhuan and Zhao Ji replied in unison, Yun Rong patted his chest and said, "You just have to find the emperor to reason, the trade matter is on us, and it will be easy to handle after the peace discussion, we are on the same boat in the Ming Dynasty, and we happen to openly form an alliance and mutual protection, and the imperial court will not dare to do anything to us." ”

Too warm-hearted, Turai staggered to his feet, bowed deeply to everyone, and then patted his chest and said, "We must tell the Great Khan the meaning of the Fengzhou brothers, and it is best that everyone can become a family in the future."

The more he talked, the more unspeakable he became, and Li Huai couldn't help but ask: "Tulai, how many people have you captured this time?" It's okay to go home out of the customs, and let me go with the population. ”

Turai replied with a big grin: "Don't let it go, do you want to send you tens of thousands?" More than 100,000 people, we can't catch so many people with three heads and six arms, they are all hungry, give a bowl of rice to eat, and then promise to give land to Liaodong, and someone will follow immediately, we still suspect too many people! ”

Li Huai wanted to say more, but was held down by Bai Xianzhi and said in his ear: "Brother Yushan, you can't afford to feed so many people, if people are really released, if they don't starve to death, they will be killed by the officials and soldiers, so leave a way for the people to live." ”

Li Huai was deflated all of a sudden, and angrily grabbed a bowl of wine and poured it into his mouth - the harsh government is fiercer than the foreign captives, and the tyrannical meat eaters are like mustards, and there is nothing they can do to save them.

Li Yu was arrested by Liu Zhilun for questioning, and finally got out at this time, and greeted everyone at the wine table, and it was another meal of mixed food and drink. Thurai was so happy that he couldn't even walk steadily, Li Yu helped him get on his horse, and quietly stuffed him with a bag of silver coins, which Toure put in his arms and staggered back with two carts of gifts.

On the night of the same day, the general's mansion was brightly lit, and the generals at all levels of the Fengzhou Army stood solemnly, and Liu Zhilun read out the text of the military department that had just arrived, ordering Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Datong, You Shiwei, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, Li Yu, the general soldier of naturalization, and Wu Xiang, the general soldier of Ningyuan regimental training, to encircle the Guandong captives with the soldiers and horses of the four towns, and be sure to destroy the enemy.

Du Wenhuan then announced the order of the Fengzhou Army: the left cavalry battalion and the deputy army, and the cavalry battalion of the Naturalized Mansion were the first route army, and Zhao Ji commanded the mobile movement; The front battalion and deputy army of the cavalry, the rear battalion and the deputy army of the cavalry, the Dongshengwei cavalry battalion and the left and right battalions of the Chahar cavalry are the second route army, which is personally commanded by Li Yu to follow the Jin Army Brigade; The right battalion and deputy army of the cavalry, the cavalry battalion of Chahan Naoerwei, the front battalion, the rear battalion, the left battalion, the right battalion and the deputy army of each battalion, and the artillery battalion are the third route army, commanded by Bai Xianzhi and Terrig, ready to support forward at any time; The garrison units were deployed along the border wall, the western front was commanded by the old commander Du Wenhuan sitting in Fort Victory, and the eastern front was commanded by Liu Xingzuo, the deputy commander, sitting in Xinpingbao, and if a war broke out, the camera would attack from the flank. This battle was to expel the Jin army from Datong as the main point, before it was determined that the Ming army and the Jin army would start a war, they were not allowed to take the initiative to provoke, but once the Jin army approached the border wall, it was possible to threaten Fengzhou, and the various departments immediately launched an attack.

"Your Excellency, what else do you command?" Du Wenhuan finally asked Liu Zhilun.

"I will move with the Third Route Army," Liu Zhilun sighed in his heart, the deployment of the Fengzhou Army was obviously to defend against both the Jin Army and the Ming Army, he beckoned to Ma Shiying, the Governor of the Political Division, and said, "Yaocao, you come with me, if there is any change, we will contact the Ming Army." ”

Turai returned to the camp of the Jin army, and reported the situation of the negotiations at Fort Victory with a full burp, and Tiancong Khan smelled the heavy smell of alcohol on his body, and waved his hand to go down and rest—Turai has always been honest and kind, and has never deviated from the way, and today he drank like this, obviously because he was happy to see his brother, and the boy of Eruna seemed to be very popular everywhere. However, the harvest of Turai's trip is indeed great, Fengzhou has shown that he does not want to become the sworn enemy of the Jin State, and is willing to sit down and talk about cooperation, of course, there are still small tricks, typical profiteer psychology, a little loss is not willing to eat, both ends of the advantage want to take advantage, Tiancong Khan is not dead-eyed, since you can't eat the other party, it is not bad to be able to pull into your own allies, the Ming Kingdom is too strong, and the Zhushen generation is not as good as the generation, and the old generation is dead, the survival of the Zhushen family may really depend on Erlu to maintain.

There is no point in continuing to stay in the pass, let's get out of the pass earlier - after Tiancong Khan thought it through, he ordered Yue Tuo, Haoge, and Dege to lead 10,000 Jin troops to Lingqiu overnight, and retreat to Xuanfu together after meeting with Abatai, and be sure to dredge the back road of the retreating troops, and the main force of the Jin army set off at dawn and retreated to Xuanfu along the Great Wall, and at the same time warned the troops not to take the initiative to provoke the Fengzhou army.

After dawn, the main force of the Jin army set out from camp, and the Mongolian tribes of the outer domains walked in the front in a chaotic manner, the elite iron cavalry of Wubai and Turushh echoed back and forth, and the Eight Banners Army lined up neatly and was heavily guarded, and retreated to the east under alternate cover. The Jin army carried too much baggage and too many people, and the speed of the march could not be accelerated, Zhao Ji's first route army crossed the Jin army's queue several times, but the other party ignored it at all, and Zhao Ji did not have the courage to block the way of this behemoth, and the whole situation seemed to be that the Fengzhou army was holding the Jin army to withdraw from Datong.

The Fengzhou army and the Jin army have a very tacit understanding so far, Li Yu is more worried about the Ming army, and the scouts came to report that there are about 50,000 Datong Ming troops following behind, always maintaining a distance of twenty miles, but there are not many elites on the other side, most of them are not fully armed and armored, and they are more like ordinary people who are temporarily pulled. Li Yu called the other party several times to get closer, and hoped to meet with Cao Wenzhao, but did not get any reply, Li Yu became vigilant, and secretly ordered Bai Xianzhi and Terrig to strengthen their vigilance.

At this time, an accident happened - when Du Wenhuan, Bai Xianzhi and Terrig considered considering the battle plan, they thought of everything they could think of, but they missed Sun Tingyao and his group, this ragtag army known as the merchant army outside the customs and turned into a loyal and righteous national salvation army after entering the customs is almost synonymous with the rabble in the eyes of the Zanhua Military Affairs Office, no one took them seriously, and no one even asked about Sun Tingyao who disappeared for several days, but it was this miscellaneous army that ignited the war.

The signboard of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army is very popular in Datong, in these years, the soldiers and bandits are harming the township, the rich gentry and rich businessmen are the most worried, the officials and soldiers dare not count on it, and the establishment of a private army will definitely be punished by the government, and everyone envies the loyal and righteous National Salvation Army in the hands of the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce. Sun Tingyao is a good person, of course, he will not let go of the opportunity to expand his power, and openly declared to Datong that as long as he pays money to the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce, he can become a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and the banner of loyalty and the National Salvation Army will be played casually, and weapons, training, and government inquiries will be solved by the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce. Some of the Datong gentry thus joined the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce, the Datong government has always been in the same stream as Fengzhou, and will naturally give some face, the loyal and righteous salvation army seems to be justified, and it swells rapidly like blowing a ball, and there are such rabble everywhere near the Datong side wall, and it is indeed effective against ordinary thieves. However, the Jin army's invasion of Datong frightened many people, and those who could hide and hide immediately disappeared, and the Loyal National Salvation Army collapsed almost instantly. Yanghe's gentry and wealthy families are still a little tough, and they are reluctant to keep their real estate, land, and crops, and continue to guard themselves in the village to defend themselves, and they think that the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce cannot collect money in vain, and they are also obliged to provide protection for members, this call was quickly responded, Sun Tingyao of the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce came, he was idle on the side wall in a panic, and immediately brought Fang Zhikun, Buck and seven or eight hundred outlaws to support after hearing the news - if you want to sit firmly on the boss, you must have the ability to cover the younger brother, this is the truth that everyone understands.

The Mongolian tribes of the outer feudal clan also belong to another kind in the Jin army, this rabble is more interested in robbing property than fighting, and wants to get a handful on the way to withdraw the army, but along the way there is a black eagle flag on the fort, the group of fierce gods and evil can not be provoked, can only be avoided from afar, to Yanghe near they finally found the long-awaited Ming army flag - Yanghe is the residence of the governor of Xuanda, Li Yu is really embarrassed to rob, which left an opportunity for the robbers, while the Eight Banners Army is still behind, several small tribes rushed to attack, thousands of cavalry killed a few villages under Baishan Mountain, As a result, the "Battle of Baideng", which was widely boasted in the history of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army, broke out.

The robbers encountered an unexpected blow, and it was not the Yang and Ming troops who hit them, those guys did not dare to go out of the city at all, but a well-equipped, fierce and fierce Saiwai iron horseman, and some of them were horse thieves who had been rampant in their hometown, how could this group of fellows jump here? Before they could figure it out, the other party first beat them with a fire gun, and then they came up with a knife to kill, and the honest herdsman was certainly not the opponent of the horse thief, and he was defeated and fled after a short fight, and took more than a hundred lives.

Sun Tingyao triumphantly accepted the cheers of the people, ordered the captured robbers to be beheaded on the spot, and generously sent the heads to the local gentry and wealthy families to report to the officials for rewards. At this time, he would never have imagined that it was because of this skirmish that triggered a bloody battle.