"Let's go to your house." After Li Yu inspected the camp, he said to Zhang Miaoshou, who was still expressionless and took Li Yu to his shack.

Zhang Miaoshou's shack was a little lively in front of it, forty or fifty raged dolls were chattering, most of them looked like they were about ten years old, Zhang Miaoshou's mother-in-law was busy distributing the black paste porridge to each doll, the bowls were not enough, the dolls took turns to drink, the children who had finished eating honestly sat around and sat aside, a boy who was about twelve or thirteen years old was holding a branch to write and draw on the snow, and other children also learned to draw on the ground.

"That's my baby, I've been studying in my hometown for a few years, and the orthodox dolls know how to read!" Zhang Miao pointed to the child who taught literacy, with a sense of excitement in her tone, seeing that Li Yu was a little puzzled, and explained, "There is no one in the family of these dozens of dolls, and no one cares about them, I think they are pitiful, so I asked the villagers to make some food, and asked my aunt to make them two meals of porridge every day. ”

Li Yu finally had a smile on his face, and walked straight to the middle of the children, but the children didn't appreciate it, and when they saw a senior official of the official army, they were so frightened that they quickly ran away, only Zhang Miaoshou's son and a few bold friends did not leave, and their eyes were still staring at Li Yu.

"What's your name and what books have you read?" Li Yu stroked Zhang Miaoshou's son's head and asked.

"My name is Zhang Zhiyao, and I have read The Analects and the University."

"Better than me, I didn't even read "Primary School" and "The Book of Filial Piety" well." Li Yu smiled and asked the names of the other children.

"My name is Li Dingguo."

"My name is Liu Wenxiu."

"My name is Mabao."

The children reported their names one by one, and Zhang Miaoshou got angry: "Didn't I say that you shouldn't call this name, that is the name given by the Eight Great Kings, he is a great villain, and he threw you down and ran away." ”

"Lao Zhang, don't blame the children, in fact, these names are quite nice," Li Yu stopped Zhang Miao's hand and asked a little strangely, "I heard that the Eight Kings are very bad, and he will also adopt children who have no home?" How did the children end up with you? ”

"These babies were brought out by him from Mizhi, when he ran south, he wanted to fire and us, but we and Lord Bai drove away, these babies were too young to walk, and they were thrown to the side of the road by him, I saw that they were pitiful and brought back," Zhang Miaoshou hated Zhang Xianzhong when he mentioned it, and said angrily to Li Yu, "He didn't have this kindness, he was trying to let these babies grow up and work for him, and he forced the dolls to follow his surname, so shameless!" This guy and we are not all the way, we can't survive to rebel, but he has been a messenger, a soldier, and his life is not bad, the rebellion is to use other people's blood to get a share of glory and wealth for himself, this kind of heart is ruthless! ”

Li Yu stopped talking, the children in front of him made him feel uncomfortable, each of them looked so thin and thin, the clothes on their bodies were tattered and there were big holes, the cold wind blew and they were shivering, the youngest Ma Bao didn't even have shoes on his feet, only a few rags.

"Sister-in-law, use this leather jacket to make a few foot covers for the dolls!" Li Yu took off the sheepskin jacket on his body and stuffed it into the hands of Zhang Miaoshou's mother-in-law, and Mo Rige, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi behind him also hurriedly took off their leather jackets and left them for the children.

Li Yu pulled several children to his side, hugged each of them, stroked their faces again, then rubbed his eyes, lowered his head and walked away, he originally wanted to discuss something with Zhang Miaoshou, but what is there to discuss in this situation now.

Walking out of the camp of the displaced people, Li Yu stopped and said to Zhang Miaoshou who sent him: "Brother Zhang is a good person!" ”

"Adults are also good people!" Zhang Miaoshou smiled on his numb face.

Li Yu returned to Baode City, and immediately asked Chen Erzhu to take a bag of millet to Zhang Miaoshou's house, and then wrote a letter in front of the bookcase, first wrote a letter to Song Tongyin, hoping that Lord Song would help him, even if there was no military salary, it would be good to give him some food, and then wrote a letter to Fan Erxi, warning Fan Erxi not to get into the eyes of money and not be able to get out, you are doing business with my things under my banner, you should always repay me, immediately raise thousands of stones of grain to send it, I am about to be unable to open the pot here, the last letter is written to the Commander's Mansion of Fengzhou, Li Yu gave a detailed account of the situation here, and asked the Great Commander's Office to consider whether it could find a way to resettle some displaced people, because Fengzhou has a lot of land but few people who can farm, and absorbing some people in the customs should be conducive to the development of Fengzhou.

As soon as Li Yu sent out the letter, Zhang Daojun came back from Taiyuan, and when he saw Li Yu, he scolded and told you to go and kill the thief, where did you go? The thief has crossed the Fenshui eastward, what should you be guilty of arsoning with the thief? Li Yu is also welcome, I just have this little bit of people, it is a great luck to be able to annihilate the elite horse team of thieves in Hexi in one fell swoop, is it possible for me to block 200,000 thieves? What's going on with the officers and troops in Xingxian and Qilan, are they all a group of local chickens and dogs? The court blames me for carrying it, just go home, anyway, this acting chief soldier is just an ornament.

As soon as Li Yu went home, Zhang Daojun was angry, in fact, Song Tongyin was still satisfied with Li Yu, 200,000 thieves went south to change no one could stop him, Li Yu couldn't fight anymore and kill some thieves, he personally deployed in Xingxian, the officers and troops in Qilan didn't even dare to go out of the city gate, let alone block it, almost opened his eyes and watched the thieves swaggering around the city, Li Yu also wiped out all the thieves, killed the monkey, and appeased the eagle and mixed 100,000, this was already a great victory, so Song Tongyin boasted Li Yu's military exploits in the report to the imperial court, and take all the responsibility for the internal invasion of the thieves, and clearly tell the court that if he doesn't like him, he can leave immediately, and whoever wants to be the governor of Shanxi will do it, and then he will reach out and ask for food.

Song Tongyin was also bitter during this time, the army couldn't fight without food, he understood this truth, in order to raise food, he was shameless, he searched everywhere for the survival of various state capitals, and cheekily persuaded the vassal kings and wealthy businessmen to donate, he was busy like this, but some people were idle and bored, Ningwuguan soldiers kept suing Li Yu for the situation, and also sent Li Yu's reselling of military assets to Taiyuan, Song Tongyin suppressed all the questions and did not ask, and sternly warned him, don't just complain, if you have the ability, you can get the food and salary, then I will immediately deal with the crime of acting the general army.

Song Tongyin is still reluctant to Li Yu, after all, this kid was brought up by him, and he can fight and be kind, if Li Yu pats his ass and leaves, it will be more troublesome to change to an unreliable Shanxi general soldier, but Li Yu only sent a letter to Fugu this time, asking him to urge the defenders of Xingxian and Qilan to defend strictly, and he didn't ask him if he agreed, so he ran to Hexi, which was a bit excessive, and when he sent Zhang Daojun to transport the money and grain, Song Tongyin told Zhang Daojun not to be polite to Li Yu, and he must scold him well.

Zhang Daojun scolded for a while, feeling that this guy was getting more and more skinny, and he didn't bother to scold anymore, so he pointed to the door and said: "The grain has arrived, not much, three thousand stone grain, five thousand taels of silver, this is what Lord Song has worked hard to raise, you can waste it!" ”

Li Yu immediately changed his smiling face, and couldn't help but hug Zhang Daojun and said, "I'll just say that Lord Song and Brother Zixuan are good to me, this can save my life!" ”

"Also, your 'Shanxi Thief Army' has also been recognized, and it has been incorporated into Shanxi Town, and Bai An, Zhou Yuji, Hu Dawei and Fierce Tiger have all risen to guerrillas, now you are even more proud, right?" Zhang Daojun broke free from Li Yu's clutches and said.

As soon as the grain arrived, Li Yu immediately distributed grain to the displaced people, giving each family five liters of rice, and also made a special request to the army to distribute a steamed bun or dough cake to the children every day.

"If you go on like this, you will die." Zhang Daojun said coldly to Li Yu.

"One day counts as one day." Li Yu was happy.

Li Yu soon couldn't be happy, and Bai An and the others who were chasing the rogue came back, but they were all depressed, and even the tiger Dawei and fierce tiger who loved to fight and make trouble were also depressed - behind their team, the black pressure was all the common people, they helped the old and the young, and walked here with staggering steps, and the flow of people could not be seen at a glance.

"My lord, this time I have made a great contribution, these ordinary people were all surrendered by me, there are twenty or thirty thousand people!" Zhao Sheng didn't notice that Li Yu's face was getting more and more ugly, and he dragged a middle-aged man behind him over, "This is my good brother Zhang Mengcun, he listened to me about the adult, and immediately came with 8,000 people under his command, this is also a good man who understands righteousness." ”

"Light the lamp, your contribution is too great, it seems that I am going to protect you from the governor!" Zhang Daojun suddenly spoke coldly, Zhao Sheng didn't expect Zhang Daojun to come back again, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind Li Yu.

"Uncle Yuzi, we have also made meritorious contributions, Uncle Zhao went to persuade this uncle to submit, or Uncle Mo Rige took the two of us to escort it." Hadari and Richard also came over, excitedly pointing at Zhang Mengcun's performance, Mo Rige smiled bitterly and shook his head, if these two boys hadn't run away first, he wouldn't have bothered to care about Zhao Sheng.

Li Yu barely squeezed out a smile and exchanged a few words with that Zhang Mengcun, Zhang Mengcun was one of the first big thieves to rebel in Yansui, this person had read some knowledge, and learned about Li Yu from Zhao Sheng, seeing that Li Yu's gang had ugly faces, he understood seven or eight points in his heart.

"Lord Commander, we originally planned to cross Fenshui, I heard about the great benevolence and righteousness of the adults, and we were inspired by the adults, and we came to follow the power of dogs and horses. Zhang Mengcun said boldly.

Zhang Daojun was furious, this thief is so bold that he dares to speak wildly, do you think this is a rogue between thieves? But before he had time to scold, Li Yu, who was simple-minded, said casually: "What's the matter, Brother Zhang came to me to treat me as a brother, Fengzhou people never turn away brothers, and if there is a mouthful of food, I will let my brother eat first, I will immediately send someone to send you food, tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first month, and I must let the villagers eat a few dry meals." ”

It's over, this guy's old mistake has been done again, Zhang Daojun was so angry that he stomped his feet and left,

After Li Yu finished speaking, his brain also reacted, after all, he himself was a poor bastard who begged for food, after distributing food to the new homeless, Li Yu immediately called the officers of each battalion to hold a meeting, this time Zhang Daojun was really angry, pointed at Li Yu's nose and scolded, when are you going to be a good person, there are now more than 50,000 homeless, can you manage it? Lord Song is running out of money and food that he has managed to raise, how do you pay your military salary? How can you send troops to suppress thieves? The more Zhang Daojun spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but slap Li Yu twice, Li Yu didn't dare to be skinny this time, covering his head and not daring to speak.

Zhao Ji was furious, and pushed Zhang Daojun down and sat down, what are you, our great commander can you do it, frightened Zhang Daojun, and he pointed to Bai An and Zhou Yuji and asked, what the hell is going on?

Bai An and Zhou Yuji said with a bitter face, this time the troops actually didn't fight, the leaders of the thieves ran too fast, took away the elite from Yansui, and threw away the people and even their families, the road was full of these crying and shouting refugees, and there were a lot of Shanxi people in it, most of our brothers were recruited in Baode and Hequ, and when they saw the poor townspeople, they persuaded them to join the general army, and more and more people followed, and then the people rushed up to surrender when they saw the Black Eagle Banner, and the normal marching speed of the troops could not be maintained. Where can you catch up with the thief, the only result is that the big thief surrendered by the Fen River without mud, but that was also the initiative to surrender, Qiu Xian and Sun Fuhu also added that there are many mountains and rivers in Shanxi, and the iron cavalry can't be used, the infantry can't keep up, and they don't dare to move forward.

Zhao Ji laughed proudly when he heard this, pointed at Zhang Daojun and said: "Did you hear it, the thieves saw my Fengzhou military flag and fell in the wind, are your officers and soldiers okay?" What are the officers and soldiers of Xingxian and Qilan doing, probably hiding in the city to watch the excitement, right? ”

"Since your soldiers in Fengzhou can fight, let's continue to fight, what about the thieves?" Zhang Daojun ignored Zhao Ji, but stared at Li Yu and asked.

After careful deliberation with the generals, Li Yu and the generals decided to send out Zhang Chuanjie's two battalions of Fengzhou Infantry Army, the newly formed battalion and Bai An's "Shanxi Thief Army", a total of seven battalions of infantry, and selected from the people who defected to the cavalry to form another battalion and handed it over to Sun Shoufa, and Sun Fuhu went out together, with Zhang Chuanjie as the main general, Sun Shoufa and Zhou Yuji as the deputy generals, and set off immediately after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Yu led the cavalry battalions to stay in Baode temporarily, which is also no way, the consumption of cavalry is too great, Raising one cavalry is equivalent to raising five infantrymen, Li Yu really can't come up with the money, so he can only consider taking the elite cavalry south later.

After Zhang Daojun listened, he stood up and walked out, and Li Yu asked him where he was going? Zhang Daojun didn't say anything back: "I'm unlucky to meet you, I'll beg for you!" ”

After the fifteenth day of the first month, Zhang Chuanjie and Sun Shoufa and Zhou Yuji set off with the infantry army, and Li Yu also received a reply from the Fengzhou Commander's Office, which agreed to accommodate some of the displaced people, but they thought that they could only accommodate 20,000 people at most, and there must be more men, and they must enter Fengzhou before the snow melts, so as to put into spring ploughing in time, the Commander's Mansion also said in the letter, they all know that the Commander's Office is currently very difficult, but Fengzhou is too poor to get food, so they raised 50,000 catties of yam eggs, which will be transported into the customs one after another.

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, 20,000 people out of the customs is also a big problem, his burden is much lighter, Zhao Sheng, Zhang Miaoshou, Zhang Mengcun together with Zhang Ding, Ma Jinzhong to discuss, except for Zhang Mengcun is still hesitating, others have no opinion, they can only wait for death when they return to their hometown, it is too dangerous to stay in the customs, they are convinced that if Li Yu pats his ass and leaves, the government will definitely find them to settle accounts after the autumn, or go out of the customs to avoid safety. Seeing that they had no objections, Li Yu immediately asked them to go back to recruit people who were willing to leave the customs, and to prepare for departure, and asked Zhang Ding and Ma Jinzhong to mobilize their subordinates to protect the displaced people from the customs safely.

At the same time, Li Yu sent people to Taiyuan to ask for Song Tongyin's opinion, as long as Song Tongyin agreed, he would do it immediately, Song Tongyin's reply soon arrived, the letter praised Li Yu for finally opening his mind, immigration is really a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, he completely agreed with Li Yu's idea, and thought that 20,000 people were too little, it was best to send the 50,000 displaced people of Baode out of the customs, he told Li Yu that this matter must be carried out immediately, the sooner the better, but in order to avoid those imperial historians who are full of food and talk nonsense, they must not make a big show, Instead, he had to do it quietly, and it was best to take advantage of the darkness at night to send the displaced people out of the pass, and the defenders of the side pass had already greeted him, and they would never get in his way.

With the support of Song Tongyin, Li Yu immediately ordered Zhao Ji to take the two battalions of cavalry from Terig and Kubai to move to the Hequ south of the Bitou Pass, and together with Zhang Ding and Ma Jinzhong's men and horses, escorted the displaced people out of the customs - more than 20,000 people are willing to go out of the customs, who cares where to go this year, and those who do not want to leave the customs are actually looking at Li Yu, if Li Yu does not leave, they are still reluctant to leave the pass.

When Li Yu was busy, Zhang Mengcun secretly came to him, and talked for a while, as if he had something to say, Li Yu thought he was going to inquire about the situation in Fengzhou, so he really introduced it to him, and then said: "Fengzhou is a little poor, but the land is better than our hometown Yansui, as long as you are willing to work, it is no problem to live, it doesn't matter if Brother Zhang doesn't want to go, it's okay to go if you don't want to go, it's okay to go, it's up to Brother Zhang to make his own decisions." ”

"No, no, I have long admired the adult, it is my blessing to be able to serve the adult, and I will follow the adult whenever and wherever I am," Zhang Mengcun hurriedly waved his hand, and then said in a low voice, "I feel humiliated for the adult, the lord regained the land outside the Saiwai for the imperial court, and repeatedly defeated the slave in Gyeonggi, and this time the thief was beaten to the ground, such martial arts are rare since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the marquis should also be, but the emperor and the court treat the adults too thinly, and give a general soldier or acting, and may drive the adults back to the gate in the future, Da Ming, I'm sorry, my lord! ”

Li Yu snorted and laughed: "Daming is a bullshit, I'm not uncommon with this broken official, I have also seen the emperor of Daming, he is a poor man, what do I want his things for, after the battle in Shanxi, I will go home from the customs, and the affairs of Daming will be left to the Ming Emperor, and I will not come if I am invited to enter the customs." ”

"No, the customs are the foundation of the great achievements of adults, and adults must not go out of the customs!" Zhang Mengcun suddenly screamed, startling Li Yu.