There was no battle for this period of time, the Fengzhou army moved the camp from the Luanhe River to the hilly area in the north, the whole army entered the rest, the soldiers finally had a chance to relax, Liu Zhilun originally had the intention to attack Qian'an, but Li Yu refused, the reason was that the cavalry could not be used for siege, and the Fengzhou iron cavalry did not have siege equipment, Li Yu in turn proposed to Liu Zhilun to reserve grain, grass and ordnance while resting, Liu Zhilun was immediately dumbfounded, when Qiu Hejia was in Jizhou, he would allocate some grain, grass and ordnance to him, After leaving Jizhou, Liu Zhilun knew the ups and downs of life.

Military salary, grain and grass have made Liu Zhilun anxious, the emperor except for the edict that he gave a sum of money when recruiting volunteers, he did not plan to give another son in the future, and Li Yu's Fengzhou Iron Cavalry did not have a formal establishment in Datong Town, and the military department did not regard them as serious Ming troops, belonging to black people and black households without food, the food and salary of these two troops had to be raised through him, in addition, You Shiwei and others came out of the Jizhou camp with him, and the food and salary could only be taken care of by him, but the imperial court could not even guarantee the officials and troops of Shanhaiguan and Jizhou, how could there be extra money and grain for him, In view of his recent successes, the emperor's attitude towards him has improved, and he is allowed to raise money and grain in the local area and supply it preferentially, Liu Zhilun had to take the emperor's edict and beg everywhere, many county towns of Shuntian Mansion to which Zunhua belongs and Yongping Mansion to which Qian'an belongs are still under the control of the Ming Court, but these magistrates are also living hard, and Liu Zhilun is cheeky and does not have much to do.

A drop in the bucket can't solve the problem, You Shiwei and his gang who withdrew to the Santun camp first quit, these people can't get food and pay to rob the people in the Zunhua area, Liu Zhilun is upright, and this gang of military leaders had a big quarrel, You Shiwei and others simply slapped their butts and left, took Ma Shilong's order to ask them to return to Luanzhou to mix rice and eat, Liu Zhilun's righteousness and courage are not much better, many people don't want to do it, and they admit it if they don't pay military salaries, but it's too much to eat, and thousands of people have been deserted one after another, full of columns, Hou Shijie's volunteers were less than 2,000 people, and Liu Zhilun was tired and angry, but he had to give up his plan to attack Qian'an or Zunhua.

Fortunately, Li Yu is still relatively well-behaved, although he also did not get military salary and food, he did not make trouble for him, otherwise Liu Zhilun would have the heart to hang himself. But Li Yu is also the most uneasy for him, this guy has been a little sneaky recently, and he is still secretly packing up his things, and there seem to be signs of wanting to run, this is definitely not good, Li Yu's iron horse is his only hope for Liu Zhilun, if he runs away, Liu Zhilun is afraid that he will really hang himself. Liu Zhilun thought of this, he didn't dare to go anywhere, so he stayed in the barracks every day, even sleeping with one eye open.

Li Yu is indeed preparing to withdraw the troops, it has been almost four months since he came out of Fengzhou, except for Liu Zhilun, who was driven out of Beijing, who treated them as treasures, no one in the imperial court paid attention to them, there was no military salary, the grain and grass relied on Liu Zhilun to beg others for charity with a shy face, and there was no reward for winning the battle, so who is still willing to stay here, including Bai Xianzhi and Zhang Chuanjie, everyone wants to go home early, only Liu Xingzuo is still hesitating, it is not that he doesn't want to go, but the battle has reached this point, and the disadvantages of the Jin army are becoming more and more obvious, It can be said that the defeat has been decided, at this time I ran, not only the previous blood was shed in vain, but also fell to blame for the Ming Kingdom, this is really a bit unworthy, Liu Xingzuo said this, everyone hesitated, Li Yu finally made a decision, whether to go for a while or not, but must be ready to set off at any time, and now that the weather is warm, it is the time for hunting, there should be a lot of prey on the surrounding mountains, and each battalion takes turns to send a team of people to hunt in the mountains to reserve some food for the long journey.

As long as it is hunting, Li Yu is always interested, there are Liu Xingzuo, Bai Xianzhi and Namuer in the big camp There is nothing to worry about, Qian'an is located at the southern foot of the Yanshan Mountain Range, there are mountains and forests and prey, but if you want to hunt big prey, you must go to the depths of the mountain, Li Yu wants to hunt a wild boar and other prey, and took Mo Rige, Meng Ke and a group of people into the mountains.

After two days of hiking in the mountains, he didn't find a wild boar, but he hunted a few antelopes, Li Yu still wanted to continue to work, Mo Rige reminded him that he couldn't come out for too long, what if something happened to the camp, Li Yu had to take care of it, and took everyone back, but this walk went a fork in the road, and at dusk he broke into a valley through a stream, and there were many people living in this valley.

Liu Shi took a few people to walk in the front, and the other party suddenly met, both sides were startled, Liu Shi sent someone to the back to report the news, while stretching a bow and arrows just in case, the other party Ding Zhuang, who was holding a wooden stick to sentry, also ran back shouting, when Li Yu arrived with people, there were already dozens of people holding sticks and hoes to look at them angrily.

"Tartar, we are not afraid of you, if we go further, we will fight with you." A strong man shouted as he waved a stick in his hand.

"It must be the common people who have taken refuge in the mountains, put away your bows and arrows," Li Yu commanded in a low voice, and then stepped forward and said happily, "Brother, we are not Tartars, we are soldiers from outside Datong, we are good people!" You need not be afraid. ”

"Nonsense, look at your dress, you look like a Tartar, don't try to deceive us."

"Who said we are Tartars? You listen to me with a Shanxi accent, you see that I don't have braids on my head," Meng Ke stepped forward and shouted, taking off his felt hat, and the other party immediately laughed together, even Li Yu and they also laughed, Li Yu and these guards either had short hair or shaved bald scoops, and now it was even more unclear, Meng Ke was anxious and shouted, "We are in a group with the Ming army, specializing in fighting Tartars, we are all good people!" ”

"Those who are with the Ming army are not good people." The other party has already labeled them.

"You are not good people, I think you are all like thieves, don't let Lu Xin or not believe Lao Tzu beat you." Meng Ke couldn't say a few words clearly, and the other party immediately raised the weapon in his hand without showing weakness.

"Forget it, don't entangle with these ordinary people, let's go another way," Li Yu grabbed Meng Ke, told everyone to withdraw from the valley, and casually picked off the two hares hanging on Chen Erzhu's spear and threw them to the other party, shouting at the other party, "Brother, disturb, these two rabbits are left for you, and we take our leave." ”

"Little brother, please stay, the old man wants to ask you something." As soon as Li Yu and his entourage reached the mouth of the valley, the other party chased after a white-haired old man on crutches, Li Yu was taken aback, the old man actually spoke Mongolian with a Tumut accent.

In the night, a bonfire was blazing, an antelope roasted on the fire exuded a burst of meat aroma, Meng Ke and Liu Shishi turned the roast sheep from time to time, the strong man who had quarreled with them wanted to help but couldn't intervene, and a group of children were already impatiently waiting to the side to suck their fingers.

Li Yu and the old man who can speak a few words of Mongolian are sitting not far away chatting, this old man's surname is Zheng, is a man from a high background, more than ten years ago when Datong Prefecture Youyuzhi County, and killed the tiger's mouth outside the Tatar for many years, after returning to the hometown to return to his hometown to live in peace, when the Jin army called, with hundreds of people from the same village to hide in the mountains, Li Yu and they broke in in a daze, the old man thought that this time the village people were going to suffer, but he didn't expect the young man in the village to come back unscathed, and also carried two rabbits and said that this time it was really strange, The old man heard that the other party was from outside Datong and could speak Chinese with a Shanxi accent, so he caught up and asked what was going on.

The biggest official the old man has ever been is Youyu Zhi County, and he is very interested in Li Yu, the next-door neighbor from the place where he once had a glorious place, and he doesn't want to raise people, so he keeps Li Yu and asks about it, Li Yu briefly said what has happened in Datong in recent years, and the old man listened to the eyebrows and danced, and praised Li Yu for fishing in troubled waters to snatch back the territory of Fengzhou Beach, and Li Yu was a little red-faced.

"Some time ago, I heard from the people who entered the mountain that there was a group of soldiers with a black eagle flag on a red background who were very capable of fighting, and killed a lot of Jianzhou Tartars, unlike those who did not dare to fight and would only harm the people, the people called them the Black Eagle Army, but I didn't expect it to be you! Good job! When the old man was the right Yuzhi County, he was good to you Tatars, others looked down on the Tatars, but the old man often said to people, the Tatars are honest and kind, hard-working and good at riding and shooting, if it is used by my Ming Dynasty, it will be a strong army, this should not be tested! The old man said proudly.

One Tatar at a time, and said that it was good for us, Li Yu said a little unhappily: "Zheng Yuanwai, we are not Tatars anymore, we have Tumuts, Chahars and Han people, and we are now Fengzhou people." ”

"Yes, yes, if you are willing to accept the indoctrination, you can no longer be called Tatar, but you should not be called Fengzhou people, my Emperor Ming Shenzong once gave the name Kuku and Tun as naturalization, you should call naturalized talents." Zheng Yuanwai immediately changed his words and sent another title.

Li Yu didn't entangle with him anymore, and complained again: "We defected to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty didn't care about us, asked us to come out to fight but didn't give us military salaries, and the heads we won were not rewarded, and even the rations and ordnance had to be figured out by ourselves, and the emperor shouldn't have called people like this!" ”

"Why are you so desperate, the emperor doesn't even pay the salaries of officers and soldiers, how can it be your turn!" Zheng Yuan regretted it as soon as he spoke, and then scolded, "It's not that the emperor doesn't give you money and food, but the emperor's money has made those wolf-hearted officials embezzle, my Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, the land is vast and rich, and it is more than enough to support you soldiers, all those dog officials drink the blood of the Ming Dynasty, eat the meat of the Ming Dynasty, and steal the emperor's money and property." ”

"Then why didn't the emperor kill the dog officials and take back the money they stole?" Li Yu asked in surprise.

"There are too many dog officials to kill, killing all the officials of the Ming Dynasty will definitely wronged the good people, but killing one and leaving one will definitely let the bad people go, the court has a party dispute, the whole person is the simplest, directly check whether there is greed for ink, one catches one accurately, the Ming Dynasty is finished, and it is all destroyed in the hands of these dog officials," Li Yu touched Zheng Yuanwai's sore spot, and now it is Zheng Yuanwai's turn to complain, "How honest the old man was when he was in Youyuzhi County, and the addition of the Lu and the usual rules is only enough to buy 100 acres of land in his hometown, and there is nothing else, But those dog officials dare to be greedy for any money, they desperately make money when they have the power in their hands, and they take a lot of money home to enjoy happiness when they lose their officials, Yongping's Bai Yangcui, Zhang Yangchu, Meng Qiaofang, and Qian'an, Luanzhou, Zunhua, why do those abolished officials in Qian'an, Luanzhou, and Zunhua want to defect to the enemy and betray the country to accept false positions, it is because they made too much money when they were officials, most of them are worth millions, and some of them have hundreds of thousands, and they have to surrender to Jiannu to protect their family property, and the court has used a large group of corrupt officials to raise a large group of rebels, and Qing officials like the old man will not take refuge in the barbarians if they are killed, The poor old man is so old, but he has to take the children of the clan and the villagers in this deep mountain and old forest to suffer from hunger and suffering, and I don't know when it will be the day of the beginning. ”

Li Yu looked at him sympathetically, and suggested that they go down the mountain to the area of Shuntianfu, where except for Zunhua City, all the other places have been controlled by the official army, not only safe but also life will be much better, Zheng Yuanwai shook his head and sighed: "We dare not go to the place where there is a Ming army, although Jiannu is a beast, but they are not familiar with the place, and it is not difficult for the people to hide from them, and Jiannu is also afraid that there are many of us, and if you grab a handful, you have to leave quickly, the most afraid is the government and the official army, when the government comes, you will send Ding to send grain, and if you can't hand it over, you will be arrested and punished, and the official army is even worse, They will do the bad things that Jiannu does, it's endless, whoever dares to fight against the government and the official army is a rebellion, the people have to flee, we don't go anywhere, it's the most stable here, when the battle is over, the officials and soldiers have withdrawn, and we will go home again. ”

The more Zheng Yuanwai talked, the more angry he became, and suddenly found that Li Yu was looking at him with wide eyes, and then he felt that he had said too much, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I saw that you were young, and I was afraid that you would suffer losses in the future, so I said a few more words to you. ”

Zheng Yuanwai left after speaking, Li Yu felt that what the old man said in the end was inexplicable, whether the Ming Emperor is holy or not is my business, can he know who I am? Meng Ke came with a piece of hot meat, urging Li Yu to eat it quickly, the people here fled to the mountain at the beginning of the first month, the life was too hard, there was no meal, the eyes were red when they saw the meat, and a sheep and two rabbits were robbed in the blink of an eye.

Early the next morning, Zheng Yuanwai instructed the strong man to lead the way, send Li Yu and his party down the mountain, there are local people to guide it is different, near noon I saw his own camp, Li Yu specially stuffed two pieces of broken silver to the strong man, and asked him to go down the mountain in a few days to see, maybe he can get some food for the people on the mountain, the strong man left with a thousand thanks.

Li Yu returned to the camp and immediately called a meeting of the officers, and told the officers what he saw and heard in the mountains, and the officers were still sighing, Li Yu slapped the table and scolded: "I still didn't believe it when I heard the Jin State Belle Saharan say that the country was worse than them, but now I know that the officials and soldiers of the Ming State can harm the common people more than Zhu Shen, and force their people to hide in the mountains and suffer from cold and starvation. Can you tell us about our people, have they harmed the common people? ”

Na Mu'er was startled, the Fengzhou army has been very angry recently, and many people have died in the bloody war for the Ming Kingdom, but they can't get military salaries and rewards, and they can't even eat well, how can there be this truth in the world, some people think that the Ming Emperor refuses to pay money, since the people of the Ming Dynasty are the people of the Ming Emperor, it is natural to ask the people for money and food, there is no major event of violating military discipline, but thieves and robberies still happen from time to time, Na Mu'er is worried all day long, and takes a group of guards around the camp, and he is caught as a traitor. It's not enough to kill the head, but a whip is indispensable, Li Yu got angry today, Na Mu'er thought that he was going to find him trouble, so he quickly stood up and spoke: "Great commander, the brothers must have resentment in their hearts, but we are all honest people, and we can't do bad things that hurt nature and reason, besides, we are not familiar with life here, and we can't do bad things if we want to, the brothers are all very good, you can rest assured that I will look at you." ”

Li Yu ignored him, and continued to the officers: "You all remember to me, the Fengzhou Army is not my Li Yu's, nor yours, but the people of Fengzhou, I can't control the affairs of the Ming Kingdom and don't want to take care of it, but who wants to learn from the Ming Kingdom's messy set to harm the people, that is, to slap the face of the Fengzhou people, my Li Yu's knife will also kill, Na Mu'er, from today onwards, I will strictly implement the "Seven Killings Order", I want to see who has the courage to hit the knife." ”

The officers rarely saw Li Yu make such a big fire, one by one trembling, as soon as Li Yu finished scolding them, he hurriedly ran back to his unit to say hello, Liu Zhilun only had the opportunity to talk to Li Yu at this time, just now he saw Li Yu shouting with a fierce look, and he was also startled, but it was not his turn to speak here, and Li Yu would speak Mongolian and Chinese, he was confused, but the general meaning he understood, that is, serious military discipline, this is a good thing, You Shiwei They must have the consciousness of Li Yu, I won't just run away.

"Hanmin, it's good for you to grasp military discipline, but don't be in a hurry, the key is to have food and salary, the main reason for the corruption of military discipline in the official army is this, the old face of this official has long been gone, I will go to the court to ask for food, if one does not work, two or three letters, always let the soldiers eat their stomachs." Liu Zhilun said with his head held high.

"Have you been cured of your ear problems lately? It's better to find a Langzhong nearby and take a look, and the affairs in the camp will be handed over to the last general, and the last general will never leave Qian'an. Li Yu suddenly cared about Liu Zhilun's body.

"Where do I have an ear disease?" Liu Zhilun noticed Li Yu's eyes, and immediately changed his words, "It's nothing that the official's ears are sick, it's just that his eyes are getting worse and worse, and he can't see things a little farther away. ”

By the Luan River, Bai Ge hurried over, and when he saw Li Yu open his mouth, he asked, "Brother Erlu, are you in such a hurry to call my brother here, is there something important?" ”

"I don't have much food and grass there, and I want to ask your brother to help me find a way."

"Brother, we're at war! It's too late for me to be happy that you have no food to eat," Bai Ge laughed, and when he saw that Li Yu's eyes were wrong, he changed his tone and said, "Brother, for your sake, my brother will give you a few bags of rice, and I don't have a problem with the rest, our Dajin's military law can be strict, and my brother's family has to live!" ”

"Bai Ge, do you want to get rich, if you want to get rich, our brothers will work together, if you don't even want to earn money, believe it or not, I can capture your Qian'an City, and when Amin Belle's reinforcements come, I'm afraid I can only collect your corpse." Li Yu said with a straight face.

"I believe, if you want to get out, Qian'an will definitely not be able to hold it, then I will make a fortune." Bai Ge replied with a grin.