Buck did what he said, they arrived near Xinpingbao the next day, leaving Bi Lige and Wu Hai to lead the team to rest at the foot of the mountain, Buck led the way, Li Yu, Chen Erzhu, and Liu Shishi followed him along a rugged path to climb under a pier platform of the Great Wall, the flag of the Ming army was planted on the pier, but there was no shadow of a person, there were dozens of sheep grazing under the pier, and as soon as they came, the sheep were so frightened that they ran around, and someone on the pier platform immediately shouted: "Which bastard dares to come and steal my sheep?" ”

"It's me, Brother Mozhige, I brought a few friends to see you." Buck shouted at the platform as he gathered the sheep back together.

"It's you, Buck," a strong man in the Ming army uniform appeared on the pier, he glanced down, and then got off the pier and threw a thick and strong rope from the city wall, Buck beckoned, and the four men dragged the rope one by one, and climbed up the city wall.

Li Yu went up to the city and glanced around, this city wall is really wide! If it was flat, two horses could have been run, and a few cannons had been put up on the battlements, but they were all a little rusty and covered with a thick layer of ash, and two hares were hung on one of the cannons, and a few soldiers in the city were sitting listlessly on the steps basking in the sun, and the man named Mozhig asked, "Buck, who is the friend you brought?" If you are bullshit officials in the palace, you don't need to be introduced. ”

Li Yu hurriedly said: "Brother Mo Rige, my name is Li Yu, I am not an official, I am a poor bastard who lives by farming and hunting. ”

"He's a good guy from Baturu from the Kingdom of Jin," Buck hurriedly introduced, and pointed to the tower-like Morrig, "this is my cousin, a famous archer on Tumut Beach, who looks down on those Taiji and Noyan the most, and would rather be here to be a man of mouth than an errand for those guys." ”

"You're Baturu?" Mo Rige kept staring at the bow on Li Yu's back, this is a hard bow, it seems that the strength will not be small, these years the grassland is full of Baturu, few have real skills, if this young man can pull this bow, it is by no means an impostor.

Li Yu saw that Mozhige was always looking at his bow, and hurriedly took off the bow and handed it to Mozhige, Mozhige took it quietly, tried his strength and then took a lunge, took a deep breath, pulled the bowstring away with both arms, and then released the string with a bang, Mozhige nodded and returned the bow to Li Yu. Li Yu secretly praised Mo Rige in his heart, this horn bow given to him by ** Hachi is not something that ordinary people can open, after he arrived in Fengzhou, it seems that only Zhao Jikai has pulled this bow, and this Mo Rige is by no means an idle person. Mo Rige was still staring at Li Yu without saying a word, Li Yu understood, this was Mo Rige comparing, Li Yu took the bow, and the sideways lunge was very easy to pull the bowstring.

"This bow needs at least two stone power, you Baturu deserves your name, Buck, this friend of yours is a good brother." Mo Rige laughed, he casually threw a leather bag to a Ming soldier, "Shanzi, you go to the bottom of the mountain to borrow some wine, it happened to be two rabbits in the morning, let's drink wine and eat meat at noon today." ”

Mo Rigela took Li Yu's hand and sat down on a step, and when the Ming soldiers heard that they wanted to eat meat, they happily lifted the two rabbits and opened them. Mo Rige smiled bitterly and said to Li Yu: "I haven't been paid for five months, and my brothers are having a hard time!" I was happier to eat meat than for the New Year. ”

"Five months without pay! Didn't Ming Guo have money? But you don't pay the soldiers, so how do you live? Li Yu asked in surprise.

"Find a way to live, the sheep under the pier platform are raised by our brothers, here is not far from the Xinpingbao horse market, every day there are a few brothers who take turns to find some work in the horse market, and they can also get a few silver coins, anyway, a day is a day." Morrig replied dejectedly.

"We have a small family, and it's difficult for a family to eat." The veteran, who was lighting a fire and boiling water, said, "I heard that the emperor's new governor of Datong is here, maybe this new official will pay us some military salaries." ”

Several Ming soldiers nodded their heads, agreeing that the new governor would pay them a military salary, or who would work hard for them in the future.

The water in the pot boiled, the veteran threw a few handfuls of black beans into it, and then the rabbit meat was put into the pot, and the aroma of kung fu meat came out after a while, and the veteran said to Li Yu embarrassedly: "The soldier is not particular, what to eat, we have no food here, so we can only ask you to eat rabbit meat and cook black bean porridge." ”

Li Yu waved his hand to say that it didn't matter, when everyone was about to eat, the Ming soldier who went down the mountain to drink came back with a middle-aged man who looked like an officer, and the veteran shouted: "Meet Lord Ethics!" Mo Rige and the Ming army hurriedly saluted the man, and the Ming army guard smelled the meat vigorously and said very dissatisfied: "Old Ma, Mo Rige, why did you casually pull the people outside into the city?" ”

"It's okay, it's all my friends, Shanzi must have made it clear to you when he came to your house to borrow wine." Mo Rige said nonchalantly, and the veteran named Lao Ma also followed: "It's okay, they are all friends outside the gate, there are no bad people!" ”

"Be careful yourself, just don't let the officials above see it," Ethics immediately remembered something more important, "Mo Rige, you have calculated how many times you have borrowed wine from my house, when will the wine money be given to me?" ”

"Is my Mo Rige a person who doesn't pay off his debts, and I will pay you a lot of military salaries, and besides, there are a few sheep of mine under this platform, which is enough to pay you back the wine money."

"My lord, eat first!" The old horse hurriedly pulled the guard to sit down, another Ming army soldier hurriedly scooped a big bowl of soup and meat to the guard, a group of people immediately sat around and ate together, the wine in the hands of everyone passed away, everyone talked for a while and the words were familiar, the guard took a sip of wine and said to Li Yu: "Housheng, the cavalry under the mountain is your people, you have to let them go farther, do anything, just don't let us see, it's not that the uncle is embarrassed for you, it's the senior officials above who see it and want to make trouble, When the time comes, it will be difficult for the uncle to speak for you. ”

Li Yu agreed, whispered a few words to Chen Erzhu, and Chen Erzhu listened to it and went down the city along the rope, and ran down the mountain with a smoke. Ethics was very satisfied with Li Yu's performance, and when he opened his mouth, he praised this young man for being tall and mighty, and he would come to things, and he would definitely have a future in the future.

Buck took the opportunity to add fuel and vinegar to the experience of Li Yu he knew, and everyone couldn't help but be amazed, the Jin Kingdom was far away from Datong, and it was not a matter of liking or disliking for them, they all knew that the Ming Dynasty was fighting with the Jin Kingdom, and it was always the Ming Dynasty that was losing the battle, this young man could be the Baturu of the Jin Kingdom, it must be very remarkable, Li Yu saw that everyone was looking at him with admiration, and his face turned red.

When the meal was almost finished, Chen Erzhu came back and told Li Yu that Bi Lige and Wuhai had already retreated two miles with people to camp, and asked Li Yu to go back early. Chen Erzhu brought a bag of grain by the way, and Mo Rige was not polite, so he accepted it immediately.

After Li Yu left, the integrity said to Mo Rige: "Brother Mo Rige, you have made friends with this descendant, and everyone may have to touch your light in the future." ”

Li Yu originally wanted to take this group of men and horses around the Great Wall, familiarize themselves with the terrain and roads, and then pat their butts and leave, no one would be alarmed, but it was impossible for his two hundred armored cavalry to wander around under the Great Wall without attracting the attention of the Ming army. As soon as Li Yu returned to the camp, Bi Lige came to tell him that the general army of Datong Town in the Ming Kingdom had sent someone to find him, and it was the Chinese army who was sitting in the camp and guerrillas, which was a big official who could not be provoked.

Bi Lige said very aggrievedly: "We didn't recruit anyone to provoke anyone, that white guerrilla still has to say that we have ill intentions and deliberately make trouble, and we want to report to the Ming Dynasty, what can we do, but he doesn't listen to how to explain it, and now we may be in trouble." ”

Li Yu sneered: "I'll go to see him, we have nothing to do, and we are not afraid of anything." ”

This white guerrilla is about forty, not tall but very burly, with a long scar on a white round face, and a patch with a leopard painted on the front of the red official uniform, when Li Yu saw him, he was angry at Wuhai, Wuhai knew that he couldn't afford to provoke this big official, so he honestly stood aside and let him reprimand.

"Our head is here, if you have anything to say, let's talk to him," Wu Hai saw that Li Yu was coming, and hurriedly introduced Bai Guji, and then slipped away.

Bai Guerrilla just wanted to reprimand Li Yu angrily, but suddenly found that Li Yu was more than half a head taller than himself, standing in front of him like an iron tower, and he was a little discouraged all of a sudden, but he still said to his Mongolian interpreter with a straight face: "You told him that the cavalry of the King of Shunyi was cruising under my side wall without being informed, what is the intention, do you want to provoke my Daming?" This matter is by no means a trivial matter, the Datong General Military Office will definitely report to the imperial court, and your Shunyi King must also give an explanation to the imperial court. ”

"You don't need to say it, I can speak Chinese," the interpreter was interrupted as soon as he said a few words, Li Yu said coldly to Bai Guerrilla: "What the adults said is not right, north of the side wall is the land where the Tumut tribes live and graze, we are just such a few people, so far we are just patrolling the boundaries of our own territory, where can it be regarded as a provocation to the Ming Dynasty, the people here want to live a peaceful life, and the adults can't talk nonsense." ”

"Am I talking nonsense? How do I see that you are coming down from the mound on the hill, and above the side wall is also your boundary? Bai Guerrilla replied mockingly, he had been here for a while, and he could see clearly how Li Yu and the others came down from the pier.

Li Yu had nothing to say, Bai Guerrilla patted his arm with a smile: "Little brother, this time you are in trouble, this matter is not a big deal, but let the court officials who are full of food and have nothing to do know, as long as they shout to the court, small things will become big things, you just wait for bad luck." ”

"That's not a nonsense, we didn't do anything bad, we just went to see our friends." Li Yu muttered unconvinced.

"Forget it, don't complain, you won't be able to explain it when the time comes," Bai Guerrilla continued, "Listening to your accent, it doesn't look like a Mongol, but like a Liaodong person, why did you do it with the Tatars?" I just heard that you are Baturu from Liaodong, and I thought you were a Jiannu, but you are clearly a Han from Liaodong. ”

"I may have a bad brain, I forgot all the things in the past, I don't even know where my home is, I don't know where my home is, I don't care if I go." Li Yu replied.

"O wretched! But don't be discouraged, I have met a lot of people who have broken their brains, it would be good to survive, I fought in Liaodong for a few years, we are also half a fellow countryman, see that your little brother is also a kind person, and he will not be able to mix up over there in the future, so go to Datong General Military Mansion to find me Bai Xianzhi, I am a good person! ”

Li Yu listened to Bai Guerrilla's comforting words, and felt hot in his heart, his luck is good, he can meet enthusiastic people wherever he goes, Bai Guerrilla glanced at Li Yu, sighed and continued: "Little brother, today this matter will be a big matter and a small matter, but my brother also has difficulties here and asks for your help." ”

"Just say that I will definitely help you where you can help you."

"Little brother is refreshing, in fact, it's not a big deal, I just want to borrow your two hundred people, the new Governor Xuanda wants to review the army in Datong, and also make up part of the arrears, the town standard of the Datong General Military Mansion has to go, but you also know that the year is not good now, the number of town marks is not enough, and there are not many cavalry transferred from other places at once, it just so happens that we have fate to meet, as long as you go to Yanghe to make up a number, and then perform a few times, even if you help my brother a lot." You can rest assured, you don't work in vain, you will be given two buckets of millet per person after the event, and you will be paid separately. How about it, would you like to help with this? ”

Li Yu never dreamed that this kind of thing would happen, scratched his head and said: "I don't know what to do about this matter, I'm just a farmer and hunting, they forced me to set up an errand as an instructor, in fact, I am not an official, just a temporary favor, and there is no money, I will discuss it with everyone." ”

"Phew! These Tatars also learned to be traitors, and let their families work, and they were not paid, and they couldn't figure it out. Little brother, come to us when this is over, just look at your body and know that you can fight, and there is no problem at all when you are a master. "Bai Guerrilla is very upset for Li Yu.

Li Yu asked Bai Guerrilla to take a break, and he immediately found Bi Lige, Wu Hai and Buck, and told them what Bai Guerrilla said, Wu Hai and Buck were very tempted to hear it, they both wanted two buckets of millet, but they were a little afraid that they would be blamed in the future, Bi Lige ignored these, and shouted a little excitedly: "Why don't you do it, it's a fool not to make money if you have money, that's two buckets of millet!" As long as everyone doesn't say who knows about this matter, even if they do, what can they do to us, and can they still kill us? We did it! ”

Zhang Yiming, the governor of Datong, only arrived in May this year, and before he sat down, the news of Chahar Khan's westward advance came, and Chahar Khan's hand caught the imperial court off guard, not only did he have no restraint on Jiannu on the western front, but also the conflict between Chahar and the Mongolian right-wing departments was inevitable, and the Xuanda line, which was originally safe and sound, was in danger, so the imperial court strictly ordered the three towns of Shanxi, Datong, and Xuanfu to reorganize their armaments, and it was necessary to prevent the Mongolian ministries from taking advantage of the chaos to attack the Xuanda region.

Zhang Yiming can only blame himself for his bad life, and brought the Datong chief soldier Qu Jiazhen to discuss, Qu Jiazhen immediately complained, where is there any armament in Datong Town now, horses, grain and grass and ordnance are insufficient, what is more troublesome is that Datong Town has not been paid military salaries for almost half a year, and those who can run away as soldiers have run away, if it weren't for hiring some cheap guards, the people standing guard on the side wall can't get together, Qu Jiazhen only took over as the chief soldier of Datong last year, and he hasn't done anything until now, not that he doesn't want to do it, but he can't do it, With no money in his hand, he can't even afford to raise his own town mark, what else can the court expect him to do.

Qu Jiazhen said with a bitter face: "My lord, who is willing to serve the imperial court if you can't afford to eat the food of the soldiers, the seven-hundred-mile-long border wall in Datong Town, there must be soldiers everywhere fortified, and if you want soldiers, you must be paid. Otherwise, Datong will be in danger. ”

Zhang Yiming shook his head and said: "How can the imperial court still take care of us, and if there is silver, it will also be invested in Liaoxi, and there is no danger in Datong at present, who will listen to you." ”

The two sighed for a while, and had to take one step at a time, Zhang Yiming pondered for a while, the imperial court would not care about them, but the governor of Xuanda couldn't ignore them - something happened to Datong, and the governor couldn't get rid of it, Zhang Yiming and Qu Jiazhen discussed, now they can only beg Xuanda Governor Zhang Xiao to raise some food for them, Zhang Xiao is the governor of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi as the governor of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi, and the three towns of Shanxi. So the two hurriedly wrote a letter to the governor of Xuanda for help.

Zhang Xiao, the governor of Xuanda, is also anxious, the imperial court does not allocate money, where does he have money, but the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong are poor, and the border with the Mongolian right wing is more than 1,000 miles, and the two towns may have an accident at any time, he dare not care, fortunately, he still has Shanxi Town, Shanxi Town and Tumut West Outpost only have a defense line of hundreds of miles, and the location is west and Yulin Town, Chahar will probably not be able to be there for a while, Shanxi Town is much richer than Datong and Xuanfu towns, and the local state capital still has some remains.

Zhang Xiao finally scraped together some money, and immediately sent letters to Datong and Xuanfu, saying that he would personally go to Datong and Xuanfu to review the officers and soldiers. Zhang Xiao's set, Zhang Yiming and Qu Jiazhen of course understood, it was nothing more than telling them that he Zhang Xiao didn't have much money in his hand, so he had to go to Datong to check the armaments, and if he saw it, he would reward him with a few dollars, and if he didn't like it, he wouldn't give a big man. As soon as Zhang Yiming and Qu Jiazhen put together, they decided to send elites from all provinces in Datong to participate in the school review, and they must show the governor the might of Datong Town, and get as much money back as possible, no matter what, they can't be cheap The guys in Xuanfu Town.

So Qu Jiazhen was anxious to pull people everywhere, the infantry is easy to do, it really can't catch the common people to make up the number, that is, the cavalry is not easy to find, and the lack of people and horses is even more lacking - Datong Town can't even afford to guard the border wall, how can you afford to raise horses, Qu Jiazhen's town mark has more than 1,000 cavalry, but in fact, even 300 people can't get together, the governor of Datong has long existed in name, and the cavalry on the various roads and roads can't make up a few, as for the common people, who will be willing to pay for their own horses if they have nothing to do, when they are burning their eyebrows, Li Yu sent it to the door.