Fengzhou once again activated the war machine, Li Yu led Hadari's Flying Tiger Battalion, Meng Ke's Cavalry Right Association, Sun Fuhu's Cavalry Rear Association, Darhan's Chahar Cavalry Left Battalion, and the Khalkha Cavalry Battalion of Subutai and Ashu Cavalry Battalion trained in Manhan Mountain to enter the pass from Fort Desheng first, Du Wenhuan led Hou Shijie's infantry front association, Sun Shoufa's infantry left association, Jin Guoding's right artillery battalion followed, and then Wang Fang's 5,000 armed auxiliaries. This was the largest troop movement in the history of Toyosu, with 15,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 5,000 artillery troops dispatched. Zhao Ji, Ma Guangyuan, and Terig were more depressed, and they were ordered to stay in Fengzhou with the Left Association of Cavalry, the Right Association of Infantry, and the Left Association of Artillery and Artillery.

Bai Xianzhi of Shanxi also launched an operation at the same time, and together with Sun Xianzu, he commanded 5,000 Shanxi people's troops to enter Niangzi Pass, Zhang Mengcun, Tuoyangkun's 10,000 Fengzhou armed auxiliaries and 5,000 Shanxi auxiliaries who volunteered to go to the expedition immediately passed through Niangzi Pass, and rushed to Luquan near Zhending in advance to set up a grain platform, but the Fengzhou auxiliaries clashed with the Ming army just after Jingcheng, and it became more and more intense, and finally fought.

Most of the Ming troops near Zhending were defeated by the remnants of the Qing army, there were a lot of them, the banners were more mixed, the local government didn't want to take care of it, and Sun Chuanting, the governor's reinforcements, didn't bother to care, these guys looted everywhere without eating or drinking, and made the place a mess. Fengzhou auxiliaries came to transport food and baggage, and they were immediately targeted, and the rebels rushed up in groups to rob them, Zhang Mengcun and Tuoyangkun were happy, they had been thieves, and it was already very good not to rob others, but someone was impatient to rob them, and then ordered to fight back. Fengzhou auxiliaries have guys in their hands, among which there are many thieves, outlaws from the ruffians, the rebels are not opponents at all, and they have found more accomplices to help, Zhang Mengcun and Tuoyangkun simply opened a killing ring, rushed all the way to Luquan City, forcibly ascended the city to take over the county, and the county magistrate came forward to stop it, and he didn't dare to speak after a few whips.

Zhang Mengcun and Tuoyangkun placed the grain platform in Luquan City, and freed up their hands to chase and fight the rebels, and the two sides fought a bad battle for a day, until Li Yu led the cavalry to hurry to the end.

"Don't stick to the mud and scorpion pieces, you two are amazing, the shadow of the Qing army hasn't been seen yet, so let's fight with the friendly army first, let's be happy, let me ask you, have you harmed the people?" Li Yu asked with a gloomy face when he saw Zhang Mengcun and Tuo Yangkun.

"It was the officials and soldiers who did it first, no wonder we we, we only disrupted the soldiers, and never disturbed the people, the brothers all knew the 'Seven Killings Order', and they all obeyed the rules." Zhang Mengcun hurriedly defended.

"Great Commander, the officers and troops can't fight, but they will only disturb the people, and leaving them here will get in the way, so it's better to clean them up and save trouble in the future." Tuo Yangkun saw that Li Yu's face was softened, and then pointed to a military tent and said with a smile, "We brought back two old acquaintances for you, but they didn't do anything with us, and they came to persuade them to fight, and they were eating and drinking inside, you can go and take a look." ”

Li Yu nodded, walked towards the military tent, walked a few steps and suddenly stopped and ordered Sun Fuhu behind him: "There can be no chaotic soldiers around our army, you take the cavalry to clean it up, and if you want to eat a meal, bring it back and be incorporated into the auxiliary army, if you don't want to do it with us, tell him to get out of here immediately, and those who dare to make trouble will be killed!" ”

"Eat slowly, I'm full here" - Li Yu couldn't help laughing when he entered the military tent, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were holding the big bowl and gobbling it up.

The two unlucky guys looked up, put down their jobs and hugged Li Yu and cried and poured bitter water - Jiazhuang died in the first battle of Lu Xiangsheng, and their brothers ran away first, when the escape will have a hard time, Chen Xinjia collected Luo Xuan's defeated soldiers, they didn't dare to go, for fear of being slaughtered by Wenchen as a scapegoat, Shanxi, Xuanfu's old nest did not dare to go back, so the head could not be saved, after Sun Chuanting came, he also had a headache for the two general soldiers of the town, and drove them to camp near Zhending, and now they finally see their relatives.

"Brother, don't you know, I can't get food and salary during this time, but we are starving, it's all Lu Xiangsheng, 30,000 people have been beaten until now, and we have only 1,000 people left in our hands, I have already said that he will kill the Xuanda army." Yang Guozhu said with a full burp, while nibbling on the dough hard.

"That's it, he wanted to die and dragged us up, fortunately we reacted quickly, otherwise you wouldn't have seen our brothers, Yuzi, I heard that Wang Pu ran away from you?" Hu Dawei saw Li Yu nodding and said angrily, "This kid is not righteous, he doesn't say hello to us, he runs away first." ”

"That's Wang Pu Congming, I told you that you must form a group and advance and retreat together, but you are fighting indiscriminately, and you still want to play sneak attack, Lu Xiangsheng has never seen the Qing army, and the two of you have never fought with the Qing army?" Li Yu said with a pout.

"Can we be blamed for this, the surnamed Lu was scolded by the emperor and forced us to split our ways, do we dare not obey orders?" After Hu Dawei finished speaking, he looked at Li Yu with a smile, "Yuzi, I can see that Donglu has a lot of guns in his hands, and the armor is also somewhat similar to yours, eighty percent of them were sold to them!" ”

"I want to sell it to you, too, but you are reluctant to spend money, forget it, don't mention it, let me ask you, who beat you? I went to him to settle the score. Li Yu hurriedly waved his hand to divert the topic.

was beaten, but I don't know who beat me - Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei's faces were red, and they couldn't say clearly, Li Yu said in a big way: "I'll ask clearly, I must save face for the two brothers, what are you going to do now, go to Baoding to find Sun Chuanting, or go back to Shanxi and Xuanfu?" If you really can't do it, go to naturalization first to avoid the limelight. ”

"Don't go anywhere, the towns of Xuanda are one, since you are here, you can no longer be separated." Yang Guozhu immediately replied.

"Yes, don't try to dump us, we'll follow you wherever you go." Hu Dawei echoed.

At noon the next day, Du Wenhuan led the follow-up army to arrive, and the small place of Luquan suddenly gathered a large army, and the local gentry and people were happy to see it, beating gongs and drums, and setting off firecrackers to celebrate - the locals found that these bald soldiers from outside the Guanxi were not terrible at all, not only treated people and were not guilty of any offense, but also took the initiative to increase the price by two percent to buy things from the people, the more such soldiers came, the better, with them, the Dongyu did not dare to come, and the rebellious army disappeared without a trace.

Li Yu went out of the camp to greet the old marshal and his party, and only after a few words of greeting, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Li Yao and Zhang Zhiyao, who were with the army's staff and government affairs, and immediately shouted: "Kong Guoer, Chagui, Xiaobao, I saw you, stand up!" ”

"Uncle, we have participated in the westward march and are veterans, so let us stay!" Kong Guoer stood up and shouted, Cha Gui and Ma Bao also hurriedly called "uncle" and "uncle" to say good things, and at the same time glanced at Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu behind Li Yu - Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu are eighteen years old this year, just enough to go to the battle standard, but Li Yu is afraid that something will happen and insists on leaving them at the guard post.

"You're veterans of war, how come I don't know? It is the rule that you are not allowed to go on the expedition before the age of eighteen, and I will send someone to send you back immediately. Li Yu said coldly, the three children blushed and lowered their heads - that westward march was really unbearable for them, Kong Guoer still took a lap and hit two guns, and the other two were lying on the car almost half of the time.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu hurriedly came over to plead, there were many people in the Flying Tiger Camp who were born in the Martial Arts Academy, and they surrounded Li Yu and said good things together, Hadari patted his chest and promised that the three little brothers would never have an accident, Rabudu pulled the three children to hide in the queue of the Flying Tiger Camp, Li Yu was dizzy from the noise, Du Wenhuan looked at it with a smile, pulled Li Yu up and left.

Li Yu and Du Wenhuan entered the tent, ate a few bites of food, and asked Mao Yuanyi, the military affairs of Zanhua, to prepare the map of Zhili and Shandong, and then brought Ma Shiying, the government affairs of Zanhua, to discuss the current military situation on the map.

The current battle situation is very funny, the Ming army fights locally, but there is no heart to fight, the first assistant Liu Yuliang because Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou, did not allow him to enter the city to avoid the war, the two started a lawsuit, Liu Yuliang turned his face, and was leading the Jinggi Ming army to retreat to Tianjin, Chen Xinjia was more honest, and collected the remnants of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting together to shrink Baoding to defend strictly, and Gao Qi sneaked to Linqing and did not move, it seemed that he planned to stay until the end of the battle, and the Qing army was also tired of entering the pass, no one came to disturb, just resting near Cangzhou, the two sides did not disturb each other, and they were safe and sound.

"In mid-November, the Qing army of Jierharang and Duoduo swept Ningjin, and then met in Jinzhou, Zu Dashou's Guanning army was trapped in Jinzhou, and Hong Chengchou also led the Qin army to Shanhaiguan to strengthen the defense, and the two elites did not dare to go south, it seems that the Ming army in the Guannei is determined to mix to the end." Du Wenhuan said contemptuously.

"It's not wrong to advance and retreat together in a group, but if you want to approach each other, how can there be a reason to shrink your head when you are a hundred miles apart? The emperor uses all waste," Li Yu shook his head with a wry smile, pointed to the location of Baoding and said, "This Sun Chuanting is said to have some ability, this person is from Daizhou, even if we are half of our fellow countrymen, we should contact us, if we can win a friendly army, at least we will not fight alone." ”

"When are we not fighting alone, Da Ming Wenchen can't wait for us and Dongyu to die, the Ming army is more dangerous around us, don't forget the lesson of the battle of Yanghe, this Sun Chuanting doesn't have to contact, he is similar to Lu Xiangsheng, a bastard who is an expert in the civil war." Du Wenhuan shook his head and replied.

"Let's give it a try, Lao Ma has been the prefect of Datong, so he will work hard to go to Baoding." Li Yu thought for a while and said to Ma Shiying.

"You're going to bring shame on yourself." Du Wenhuan glanced at Li Yu dissatisfied, pointed to the map and said, "The army will immediately set up camp in Zhending, first show the Qing army, and wait for Ge Kuli to come back." ”

Ma Shiying immediately set off to Baoding, and came back in less than two days, looking for Sun Chuanting was really self-inflicted humiliation - although Sun Chuanting was a native of Daizhou, Shanxi, he was not polite to his neighbors at all, and in front of Ma Shiying, he directly reprimanded Li Yu for sending troops under the orders of the central government and not being subject to the jurisdiction of Wenchen is a disaster for the dynasty, and the soldiers he brought are no different from the puppet army, and the court will not spare him in the future. Lao Ma was scolded for no reason, he was really aggrieved in his heart, and when he saw Li Yu, he shed tears and scolded Sun Chuanting for being rude, and he refused to cooperate, and even scolded Fengzhou people for being Hanyi, and he was still a well-dressed beast.

Li Yu couldn't help sneering when he heard this, comforted the old horse a few words, and promised to save face for him - just kidding, scolding the old horse for being a well-dressed beast, then he must be inferior to a beast, and he will also teach Sun Chuanting a lesson in this sentence, this opportunity is coming.

At dusk, Liu Wenzhong suddenly ran in a rage, rushed into Li Yu's big tent and shouted to suppress the thief, Li Yu helped him sit down, and finally calmed him down and explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

Liu Wenzhong returned to Beijing from naturalization, and told the emperor a lot of good things about Li Yu with tears in his eyes, and the naturalized general soldier raised debts to the loyalty of King Qin, and the emperor couldn't help but be a little moved when he heard it, of course he knew that no one would pay attention to the edict to beg for food, and secretly decided to give some money, and the news that Li Yubing was out of Niangzi Pass came, and immediately appointed Liu Wenzhong as the supervisor of the naturalized army, and issued 20,000 taels of silver to reward the naturalized army. Liu Wenzhong set off with great ambition, and the officers and troops in Zhili gathered and should have been safe all the way, but there was an accident on the ground south of Baoding, and hundreds of well-trained robbers with complete war horses and weapons suddenly killed, and dispersed the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp and the people in a moment, and then quickly disappeared with silver. Liu Wenzhong lost his inner silver, and he was so anxious that he had the heart to hang himself, but the two brocade guards who accompanied him saw that there were war horses, used standard weapons and dared to commit crimes in broad daylight, these guys could only be nearby officers and soldiers, and they found out the origin of the robbers in three or two clicks along this clue - this gang of thieves is the person who came to the aid of the general soldier Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen, and only the two of them in the entire Zhili official army have many Hu cavalry in their Guanning cavalry, and there are a large number of Hu Qi among the robbers, these guys are too conspicuous and easy to identify, and their station happens to be nearby, It's not what they did, Liu Wenzhong knew the culprit, gritted his teeth with hatred, and hurried to report to Li Yu.

"The rebellious army that boldly covers the sky, even the emperor's silver dares to rob, and it is not too much to destroy his nine clans, Li Shuai, kill this gang of thieves." Liu Wenzhong roared with red eyes.

"Meng Ke and Hadari, immediately combine the team and follow me to Baoding to suppress the thieves." Li Yu was furious, stood up and ordered loudly.

Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen did a big deal to kill their heads, but they felt at ease - they have been in the customs to suppress thieves for several years, and it is not the first time they have done this kind of thing, Shangguan has always coaxed them, even Lu Xiangsheng is not such a rigid person as they are played around, if you can fight, you should be a little sideways, what is that naturalized general soldier from outside the Guan, and he is embarrassed to enter the king of Guanqin with a copy of the decree that violates the imperial system, and the emperor is too partial, we are still in arrears of salaries, why should we take money to reward those miscellaneous soldiers, Robbing them for their money is a matter of course. Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen even felt that they had done a very glorious thing, and they were not afraid of the naturalized general soldiers suing and suing for lawsuits, and Wenchen would definitely applaud their righteous deeds, and it was indispensable to secretly help them get rid of their crimes, since this is the case, then sleep in peace.

But Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen didn't expect Li Yu not to sue, but directly struck the knife to settle the account, and on the fourth watch, the Guanning army camp was suddenly surrounded by countless iron cavalry - someone came to rob the camp, and the soldiers got up in a daze, picked up their knives and spears and rushed to the camp fence. The sound of killing outside the camp shook the sky, the enemy cavalry shot a dense rain of arrows and guns, and was pressing towards the camp step by step, and some people rushed forward and threw something like a chain ball, which blew up the officers and soldiers guarding the camp in a daze, and the camp fence was hit with two gaps in a blink of an eye, and the Guanning army was suddenly in chaos.

Zu Kuan woke up from his sleep, pushed away the woman beside him, rushed out of the tent with a knife, saw Li Chongzhen running in front of him, and hurriedly asked: "Old Li, where do thieves dare to come to rob the camp?" ”

"I can't see clearly, I heard them shouting Jiannu and Tatar words, run quickly, it must be Dongyu calling." Li Chongzhen waved his hand, then stepped on the war horse led by his own soldiers, and ran away as soon as he slipped away.

Zu Kuan was so frightened that his face turned pale, he didn't care about the rebellious people, but he had been a housekeeper in the ancestral family since he was a child, and followed the main family from Liaodong to Liaoxi, he was always beaten badly, and he was afraid of the Qing army in his bones.

Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen were defeated and fled, causing chaos among the Ming troops near Baoding, thinking that the Qing army was coming, and fled to Sun Chuanting's camp one after another. Sun Chuanting was shocked, and immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and at the same time sent scouts to inquire about the news. Sun Chuanting was furious when he heard the news, and scolded the northern captives for causing trouble to the whole army and deserving of death, and then led his supervisor to find the naturalized general soldier to settle the account. Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen also came back to their senses, no wonder the other party opened the net and let them escape, it turned out that they were going for the silver, this time the loss was big, not only the silver that had just arrived was gone, but the family money hidden in the camp was also lost, the two gritted their teeth with hatred, and followed behind menacingly.

Li Yu drove away Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen's Guan Ning army, continued to stay in place and did not leave, heard that Sun Chuanting was coming, immediately ordered the whole army to wait in front of the camp - in the early morning, Darhan, Subutai, Ashu three battalions rushed to meet, Li Yu already had 10,000 iron cavalry in his hands, very want to scare the Ming army.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting's Daxu was approaching, the Fengzhou army suddenly sounded its military horn, the military flag fluttered, and the mighty army soared into the sky. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu then led more than a dozen flying tigers to gallop to the Ming army, shouting loudly, "Prince Shaobao, Zuo Du Governor, General Zhengdong, and Naturalized General Soldiers, please come forward to answer."

My mother, the naturalized army has so many armored iron horses, Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen were shocked to see it, and quickly led the team to retreat to a distance to watch, they only had a total of 3,000 Guan Ning iron horses, and they lost five or six hundred people when they were attacked at night, and it was not unjust that this strength was destroyed by others.

Sun Chuanting was also secretly frightened, he couldn't imagine that the naturalized army had such a strong strength, I am afraid that sooner or later it will be a big disaster for the imperial court - he didn't know that Li Yu had kicked the imperial court aside, but he couldn't let that northern captive underestimate Daming, and he stepped forward with great righteousness, pointing at Li Yu and shouting angrily.