Li Yu immediately got up and patted his chest and said: "Fengzhou likes the merchants of the Ming Dynasty the most, my lord just let them come to find the last general, on the ground of Fengzhou, the last general will ensure that their business is prosperous." ”

Ma Shiying was overjoyed, lowered his voice and said: "The official will thank General Li for them first, and in the evening, the official will call them to have a light meal with General Li." ”

Li Yu was shocked, he remembered the meal he had with Ma Shiying and Qu Jiazhen last time, and that meal made him diarrhea for two days, Li Yu was about to excuse himself, and Man Gui arrived at this time.

Man Gui sat down with a big grin, waved his hand to signal Li Yu to sit down too, and then looked at Li Yu with strange eyes, with a rare smile on his face, Li Yu was still wondering why Man Gui suddenly looked at him today, Man Gui spoke: "Counselor Li will be a member of the Du family in Yulin, why didn't you tell the town earlier?" Young people are just careless, and they don't make it clear about such a big thing. ”

Li Yu was confused, he touched his head and said, "No, my surname is Li, how can I be from the Du family, is Dashuai mistaken?" ”

"What a bad brain! I forgot where I belonged to, poor thing! Man Gui shook his head sympathetically and sighed, he received a letter from Du Wenhuan to him, Du Wenhuan told him about Li Yu's situation in the letter, and asked him to take more care, Man Gui and Du Wenhuan met in Liaoxi, but one of them was in Ningyuan, the other was in Shanhaiguan, and the relationship was not deep, Man Gui only knew that Du Wenhuan's background and qualifications were very prominent, and he was the head of the army in the northwest, not a person like him who was born as a small soldier could afford to provoke him, and then his old friend Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, also sent a letter, and also asked him to take care of Li Yu, And emphasize that this Li Yu may be the leading figure in the next generation of Yulin, he is likely to be able to use it in the future, Hou Shilu and him are old comrades-in-arms in Liaoxi, the two can be regarded as friends of life and death, the old Hou brothers have spoken, and Man Gui will naturally look at Li Yu, a junior.

After Ma Shiying asked Man Gui clearly, he was also taken aback, the Du family in Yulin was famous and powerful in the Ming military circles, and this poor boy actually climbed to the Du family, and it seems that he will take care of him in the future.

Li Yu inexplicably has a backer, and it is much easier for him to talk to Ma Shiying and Man Gui, and the prepared bargaining is useless. Man Gui told him that this time the governor was going to send more than 1,000 horsemen to garrison the Barbarian Mountain, led by a general and a guerrilla, but he was still in charge of the affairs of Fengzhou, and the two of them were his helpers. Li Yu mentioned the food and salary supply of the Ming army stationed in the Ming Army, and Ma Shiying said very happily that he had discussed it with the governor, and that the Ming army's food and ordnance would all be solved by the governor's yamen, and would never make Fengzhou, which had difficulty eating, worse.

Li Yu took the opportunity to propose that the Fengzhou soldiers were also the Ming army, and the military salary should also be paid, Ma Shiying was a little hesitant, Man Gui spoke for Li Yu at this time, since Li Yu was a general of the Ming Dynasty, he had no military salary, and his soldiers did not have military salaries, this could not be said anyway, and he Man Gui also had to ask for justice for his subordinates.

Ma Shiying thought for a while before saying, since Fengzhou is a household arrangement, you can solve those military households by yourself, and the military salary of the 500 people in your personal guard battalion can be considered, but it must be decided after consultation with the governor.

Li Yu suddenly asked, how big is this general? How much can I get?

"The staff will be the third grade, you are higher than the official grade, and the prefect of the official is only from the fourth grade," Ma Shiying explained to Li Yu with a smile, "The staff general has thirty-five stone rice per month, one stone of natural rice for the moon, and the other thirty-four stones for folding, according to one stone, two coins and five distributions, and eight taels and five coins of silver." ”

Li Yu grinned happily, but Man Gui complained: "The price of rice here is almost two taels and one stone, and when the green and yellow are not accepted, it can be sold for three or four taels and one stone, and the two coins and five cents and one stone are the yellow calendar of the year, and the court does not know how to change it, but it is bitter for us who are paid!" ”

Ma Shiying nodded sympathetically.

After the three of them discussed, Man Gui left first, Li Yu also said goodbye to Ma Shiying, he covered his stomach and told Ma Shiying about the last time he had diarrhea at dinner, Ma Shiying laughed so much that he almost couldn't breathe, this young man was so funny, Lao Ma said very considerately: "Hermes-Epitek is really hard-working!" In this case, this meal will be waived, the official asked them to go to Manhan Mountain to find you in a few days, you remember, the leader of the person is named Fan Yongdou, a native of Jiexiu, Shanxi, and has a little fame in the Zhangjiakou area. ”

Li Yu walked out of the prefect's yamen and excitedly shouted to Mo Rige, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi: "My lord has agreed to pay me, let's go eat something delicious." ”

"Let's go to the mutton shop on the street opposite the General Soldier's Mansion to drink mutton soup, I want to drink a big bowl and add more meat." Chen Erzhu immediately responded, they had eaten the shop opened by the old man back to Ma once, and it tasted really good.

"No problem!"

"I don't want to eat black bread, can I eat white bread today?" Liu Shishi asked.

"Let's eat white flour buns and drink mutton soup today."

After returning from Datong, Li Yu entered the camp of the Barbarian Mountain, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the Great Commander's Mansion, Wulan and Namu'er ran over with joyful faces, "Yuzi, look who is coming!" The two of them said and pulled him up and ran to the main hall, there was a person standing there outside the main hall door, that person was dark and thin, with a full beard, and a few holes in his shabby clothes, and looked at Li Yu with tears in his eyes, Li Yu looked at the man for a while, and suddenly threw himself with a scream, and hugged the man tightly.

Batu came back, the right wing of the Ebuha River was almost wiped out, Boshuo Ketu Khan and Baiyan Taiji were killed, and the Erdos Erinchen Jinong led the remnants of the Ordos Department to surrender, the Mongolian right wing that once crisscrossed the desert 30,000 households were finished, Batu led the breakthrough of nearly 10,000 Tumut tribes to flee to the West Sea, and when crossing the border wall, they were successively intercepted by the Ming army of Ningxia Town and Gansu Town of the Ming Kingdom, and were forced to retreat, the Tumuts were defeated and crushed by hunger, and the tribes began to flee to survive, Batu rejected the suggestion of some leaders to defect to Omulun in Daqingshan - his eldest brother was frightened after the battle of Kuku and Tun, and he hid in the mountains and starved and did not dare to come out, before the battle of the Ebula River, Boshuoktu Khan ordered him to come to the rendezvous many times, but Omulun always refused the Khan edict of his father Khan, and did not show up until the end of the war, Batu was completely disappointed in this big brother who hid in the mountains and waited for death, he never wanted to see this coward again, so the Tumuts parted ways, and most of the leaders defected to Omulun, Batu, on the other hand, resolutely crossed the Yellow River eastward and headed straight for the Manhan Mountains, where he knew that he had a brother fighting, and that by the time he had made the arduous trek to the Manhan Mountains, there were less than a thousand men left.

Li Yu and Batu had tears in their eyes, the two were reluctant to part for a long time, Ulan and Namur were also speechless with tears in their eyes, Ortai walked out of the lobby, and he was followed by Zai Sheng Buyantu and the guard officer Zabutu of the Shunyi Palace, and they also fled back with Batu - Ortai wanted to scold Buyantu, but when he saw the pitiful appearance of these two people, his heart softened, and in turn comforted these two big men who cried like tears, and persuaded these two people, and someone outside the door began to cry, He ran out again to persuade Li Yu and Batu.

Everyone returned to the lobby and sat down, and as soon as everyone said a few words, Batu suddenly raised his face and asked, "Yuzi, everyone told me about this before you came back, and I asked you, why did you surrender to that vicious sweat?" Why did you marry the sister of Vicious Khan? I always thought you were still fighting, but I didn't expect you to betray us Tumut too. ”

"I have not surrendered, Fengzhou must honor Chahar Khan, this battle can not be fought again, both the Tumut and the Chahar need peace." Li Yu replied firmly.

"The Chahars are as fierce as hungry wolves, they have done all kinds of bad things, they have killed thousands of us, they have taken our livestock, our possessions, and they have given our women to their people, Baturu, we cannot get along with this hungry wolf, one of us must fall." Buyantu said excitedly.

"Elm, Vicious Khan gave you a great commander, and you betrayed Tumut? If you are timid, you can hide in the Ming Kingdom, and I will take the Tumut people to fight down," Batu said and stood up with a fierce light in his eyes, Li Yu was stunned, the once beautiful and dashing young scholar suddenly seemed to be a different person, Batu saw Li Yu sitting in a daze, he pressed the handle of the knife and shouted, "What you dare not do, I will do it for you, my father Khan is gone, I am the master of Tumut River, come and pass on the order of Shunyi Wangfu Bentaiji, arrest the Chahar princess, and the Chahar people will immediately kill those who disobey, Gather our men and prepare for war with Chahar at once. ”

Buyantu and Zabutu stood up excitedly and were about to go out.

"Batu Taiji, you can't be like this, we have worked hard to start a business, and it is not easy to get to where we are today, you will ruin Tumut!" Ortai stopped Buyantu and shouted at Batu, Namur and Ulan were startled and hurriedly got up to dissuade them.

"There are no Taiji or nobles here, I am the great commander of Fengzhou, and the master here is me, without my orders, I see who dares to move! The Tumuts, Chahar and Bansheng Han people here are all from Fengzhou, and I don't allow anyone to hurt them, and you are the same," Li Yu stood up and slowly walked in front of Batu and Buyantu, and said coldly, "I'm not afraid of death, no one here is afraid of death, I killed more Chahar people than all of you, but I don't want to fight, Fengzhou people are the same as Chahar people, they all want to live, what do you want to do?" You've already killed tens of thousands of Tumuts, and you want to bury them all? ”

"You are Han, a Han man who is as timid as a mouse, you go to the Ming Kingdom, we will fight, kill the Chahar people, kill them all!" Zabutu rushed to Li Yu, his eyes were full of tears and he shouted loudly, his family had died in the Ebuha River, and he had come here to take revenge.

"Someone! Tie up this madman and lock me up," Zhao Ji, who had been sitting in the corner silently, was furious, Mo Rige broke in with Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi, and pressed Zabutu to the ground, Zhao Ji coldly pointed at Batu and Buyantu and shouted, "And them, disarm them and the people they brought back immediately, lest they can't figure it out." ”

Mo Rige did not hesitate to remove the saber from Batu and Buyantu, Batu was pale and did not say a word, Ortai and Namur shook their heads again and again, this little Taiji thought that he could do whatever he wanted as in the past, but he didn't know that Fengzhou had changed, Wulan hurriedly helped his brother to sit down, and blamed his brother in a low voice, Wu Langha, who had been hiding and eavesdropping outside the door, walked in and sat next to Li Yu at this time, and Chao Lu stood majestically behind Wu Langha, Batu frightened them when he arrived at the camp of Barbarian Mountain, Chaolu even tangled a group of people to prepare to deal with the eventuality, but Zhao Ji saw it and scolded him, and the tangled group of Chahar people were also dispersed by Zhao Ji, and Chaolu had to run alone to protect the master.

Li Yu sighed and said to Batu: "When Uncle Kulu, who treated me like a father, died, I was as bent on revenge as you, I killed a lot of people, but I regretted it, killing people can't solve hatred, it can only make hatred deeper, and it will make people crazy in the end, you just follow me these days, calm down first, there will be a Ming army to be stationed in Barbarian Mountain in a few days, think about why I did this, hatred can't solve any problems, let yourself live well, let others live well, this is the solution to the problem." ”

Batu's mind was blank, this was not what he thought at all, no one listened to him, the prince of Shunyi, Taiji, he even felt that Li Yu, who was two years younger than him, had become his brother, and he could only bow down and obey his orders.

A few days later, the Ming army in Datong Town entered the Manhan Mountain, and as soon as the commander of the Ming army appeared, Li Yu couldn't help it, pointing at the generals and guerrillas of the Ming army and holding his stomach and laughing: "Lao Bai, Lao Zhang, do you two miss me, you have to run outside the gate to accompany me." ”

"I miss you, you guy's own bad luck, and you still cause us to suffer here, you know? Wang Yongqiang, Liu Qian, and I have to scold you eight times a day. Zhang Chuanjie responded to Li Yu unceremoniously, and Wang Yongqiang and Liu Qian behind him grimaced at Li Yu vigorously.

"Li Yuzi, Lao Tzu was finally promoted, who would have thought that with you as a disaster star, Lao Tzu would be sent to you before his official addiction was over, what is the matter!" Bai Xianzhi also complained.

"Two brothers, I can't be blamed for this, I didn't know I would send you! It can only be said that our brothers have fate, and we can meet them wherever we go. Li Yu stepped forward and pulled these two unlucky guys to talk while walking.

Li Yu asked how the two of them lost their good errands in the General Military Mansion and the Governor, and Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie were full of grievances and told their unfortunate experiences.

Bai Xianzhi spent his own money to buy the guilt, the general army of Datong was replaced, Bai Xianzhi knew that the guerrilla camp could not go on, Man Gui must use his own people, he was already almost forty people, and he also wanted to go one step higher, so he first took out the Yamen of the governor of Datong and the general military office, and then took out all the savings of the family, borrowed a large amount of money, and collected 5,000 taels of silver to entrust people to the Beijing division for activities - the general level must first report to the military department of the military department, and then the military department must report to the cabinet to draft votes and the emperor to approve the red, which all costs money, and blame Datong governor Zhang Zongheng for being too talkativeIt just so happened that Zhang Zongheng was also reporting to the court that he planned to garrison troops outside the Guan, and the court was very happy to give Lao Bai the title of Jingbian General, and then kicked him to the Barbarian Mountain.

Zhang Chuanjie is simple, the new governor Wei Yunzhong is a native of Shanxi, Datong Town also belongs to Shanxi Chengxuan political envoy management, he has many relatives and friends in Datong, and the good errands around him naturally have to arrange their own people, Zhang Chuanjie This group of old people only have to get out, just the garrison outside the customs needs cavalry, Zhang Chuanjie They were promoted to a level and were sent to the customs garrison.

Bai Xianzhi said with a wry smile: "Our thousands of soldiers are all pieced together from the defenders of Datong Town, most of them are thorns and ruffians who are not treated by the officials, and some are originally Yi soldiers, there are few honest people, forget it, I will be forty years old, let's just mix it up like this in this life, the trouble is how to repay my debt of thousands of taels of silver." ”

Zhang Chuanjie shook his head: "We can't mix it up if we want to, the children in the family are still young, and we have to earn money to support the family, Yuzi, you are a veteran of playing cavalry, I will hand over the soldiers to you to practice, maybe I will be lucky that day, and I can also mix with a general." ”

Li Yu said solemnly: "We are not better than Guannei here, if you want to live, you have to practice your skills, soldiers must be trained, and you have to practice hard, even thorns, soldiers and ruffians have to let him obey orders, I have seen your team, sparse and listless, there must be many people in the middle who have made up their minds to be deserters, if you don't want to do it, let him get out, and don't want useless waste." ”

Walking in front of the commander, Zhang Chuanjie suddenly said: "Yuzi, when we left the big one, the prefect asked us to bring a few people over, and one of them said that it was your old friend and wanted to surprise you." ”

After Zhang Chuanjie finished speaking, he turned around and clapped his hands, and walked out of their team of pro-soldiers, several people wearing Ming army uniforms, one of them walked forward quickly and walked in front of Li Yu, he took off his felt hat and shouted with a smile: "Brother, whether your tiger skin is still for sale or not, I want it." ”

"Brother Erxi!" Li Yu hugged the man excitedly, he recognized it, this person was Fan Erxi, the shopkeeper of Fan who was doing business in Shenyang, Li Yu pulled Fan Erxi and said, "I have inquired about you and your owner, others say that you are in Zhangjiakou, a few days ago, the prefect said that your owner was coming to me, but I didn't expect you to come too." ”

"I know you left the Jin Kingdom, I heard that there is a Hongbatulu named Li Yu in the Barbarian Mountain who is from the Jin Kingdom, but I can't figure out whether it is you or not, just now I took a closer look in the team to be sure that it was you," Fan Erxi looked at the surrounding Ming army and glanced at Li Yu, Li Yu understood that there were some things that could not be said here, Fan Erxi was doing a head-killing business, Fan Erxi pointed behind him, "Brother, let me introduce you to my owner." ”