When the news of the invasion of the East and the West and the escape of the Han Dynasty reached the Jingshi, the courtiers were still startled at first, and they quarreled for a while, but soon calmed down - in these years, there were too many internal and external troubles in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone had long been numb, anyway, Jianyi was still far away, and it was not their turn to be unlucky.

Shoufu Zhou Yanru was secretly anxious in his heart, Shen Di, the governor of Xuanfu, and Zhang Tinggong, the governor of Datong, were his people, and if something happened to these two people, he would definitely be brought out, Wen Tiren did not bring him down in the matter of Sun Yuanhua, and was waiting for it. He cares a lot about reputation, but his hands and feet are not clean, there is no high-ranking official in his hands who does not collect money, but taking people's money has to eliminate disasters for people, after a few thoughts, Zhou Yanru secretly wrote to tell Shen Di and Zhang Tinggong: Yi people are greedy, if they give favors, they will be able to envelop them, and they can respond to the invitation of the East Emperor as appropriate.

Subsequently, Zhou Yanru declared in the court discussion that the invasion of the east and the west was originally to seek revenge against the Han Dynasty, and the fight between Yi and Di had nothing to do with this dynasty, and Fengzhou was a barbarian land after all, and raising 200,000 people was just a thief and a thief, and it was not a pity to abandon it.

Zhou Yanru's words were supported by most of the courtiers, and they didn't care about the life and death of the people outside the border, and the immigrants actually put it bluntly were to drive the chaotic people out of the customs and fend for themselves, and the emperor also felt that the first assistant was reasonable, and the big thing was almost confused by Zhou Yanru, but the sworn enemy Wen Tiren stood up at this time.

"Shoufu should be killed, the land of Fengzhou is my Ming Dongsheng, Xinghe Liangwei homeland, Emperor Chengzu wants to collect it but can't, now my emperor wants to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, how dare you abandon it? Besides, if the Xuanfu and Datong borders fall into the hands of thieves, how can the thousands of miles of border walls be guarded? Where are the officers and soldiers and the food and salaries needed? Wen Tiren knelt down in front of the emperor, raised his hands and wept silently, "Your Majesty, the first assistant is mistaken for the country, the total army of Tuntian is 200,000, and there are not a few elite soldiers, he needs my Ming Dynasty's food and reinforcements, so as to be able to fight with the Dongyu, if he is forced to be cornered, 200,000 people in Fengzhou are pressed to the side wall, not only the three towns of Xuanda are in danger, even if the Jingshi and Zhili are also difficult to keep safe, the emperor, Daming Ning will not lose an inch of land if he loses a thousand troops, and Fengzhou must not give up!" ”

As soon as Wen Tiren's words came out, Zhou Yanru and his gang were speechless, and the court discussion ended hastily, and the courtiers knew that Wen Tiren was singing a high note, and the so-called food and reinforcements were all nonsense, but this guy's tone was too high, and others were not easy to refute. Followed by Shao Zhan Shi Liu Zhilun, he assured the emperor that his disciples would never surrender to the enemy, but also resolutely opposed the abandonment of Fengzhou, threatening that whoever gave up the territory of the Ming Dynasty would be **** rebellious, and everyone could be punished, and also asked the imperial court to send him to supervise the military affairs of Fengzhou, if he could not retreat from the enemy, he would die in front of the battle.

The direction of the wind changed, Wen Tiren suddenly became a patriot, but Zhou Yanru became a coward, and the clear stream that was originally following Zhou Yanru's ass immediately turned around, and they all went up to make a stand, and they seemed to be staunch defenders of the Ming territory.

The young emperor's brain was hot, and he convened the cabinet and ministers of various ministries and institutes overnight to discuss again, and Wen Tiren talked eloquently and made a big show, squeezing Zhou Yanru so much that he didn't dare to speak. The court quickly agreed that the three towns of Xuanda must guard the passes, and ordered Datong to ensure that Fengzhou is not lost, and the governors and general soldiers of various places must not be afraid of losing the land.

After the edict was prepared, the emperor immediately issued a red approval and issued it urgently, and the courtiers were also relieved, this matter was just mixed up, it was Wen Tiren who was in the limelight, and it was Li Yu who bled and died, and the only thing that was unhappy was to posthumously award Li Biao an official position, which was equivalent to the imperial court confirming Li Yu's Han identity.

At the same time as the edict arrived, Zhang Tinggong, the governor of Datong, was arguing with Jin Sheng of Tuntian Road - Datong Town opened its warehouse to provide grain, grass and ordnance to Fengzhou, and Jin Sheng came with a thousand young people from Fengzhou to get cheap, and Liu Wenzhong took a leather whip to suppress the treasury officials who were in the way, and ran away with all the things that could be taken in three days. When settling the accounts, Zhang Tinggong pulled Jin Sheng to sign and draw a pledge, Jin Sheng saw the greasy thing at a glance, and shook his head but refused.

"Lord Zhang, it's just enough to write more weapons and gunpowder, but I didn't take a pair of armor, and besides, we only took less than 3,000 stone old rice beans, how can there be 6,000 stone rice, and the silver treasury doesn't let us get close at all, what's the matter with these 8,000 taels of silver? This is not a sign of the official. ”

"Zhengxi, you should help the official, this is all the old accounts left by the previous governors, and now they are all hanging on the head of the official, to tell you the truth, the gap is more than that, the official has to think of another way to write off the account."

"Lord Zhang is in trouble, and the lower officials should naturally help him, but in case the imperial court comes to check the accounts......" Jin Sheng looked embarrassed.

"Don't worry, in such a big battle, how can there be no loss of money, food, and ordnance, you say hello to the general soldier of Tuntian, and no one will be able to find out if we don't say anything, Zhengxi, this time this official also took the risk for you!" Zhang Tinggong replied.

"Okay, the lower officials will depend on the lord, and the eight thousand taels of silver are half of the family, which is just used to block the mouth of the general soldier of Tuntian." Jin Sheng hesitated for a moment before stomping his foot and said.

"No, the official doesn't get much, at most two thousand taels."

"Three thousand taels."

"Two thousand five hundred taels."

"Deal!"

After bargaining, Zhang Tinggong said with a smile: "Zhengxi is really from the family of Shangjia, so shrewd, this official has served you, this edict has just arrived in Datong, the herald refuses to go out, and others are not willing to go, so you should take it back by the way." ”

"It's all false, it's not real at all, the general soldier of Tuntian sees it, I'm afraid he will curse people brutally, this is really embarrassing for him." Jin Sheng read the edict and said.

Zhang Tinggong sighed and stopped talking.

Jin Sheng left the governor's yamen, out of Datong City and went straight to kill the tiger's mouth, where there had been gathered seven or eight hundred Shoukou Yi people from all over the side wall, Jin Jun hit the door, they asked to return to their hometown without hesitation to defend the land, Datong Town did not block, but also issued them with knives, spears and arrows, at this time was waiting in line, Jin Sheng shouted to them, "Brothers, go home!" The young men shouted together, "Go home!" ", followed Jin Sheng's stride to the north.

Fengzhou has been fully mobilized, the old and weak women and children, as well as grain, grass, and livestock have been transferred to the camp in the mountains, and the healthy women's camp and the boy battalion are guarded by women and children who can shoot arrows, and the young and strong people take up arms to join the army, and the craftsmen are specially protected, and they are all withdrawn into the mountains and forbidden to participate in the battle, but the craftsmen are very unappreciative, and they are still working all night, trying to build a spear and a sharp arrow for their army - the catastrophe is coming, the unprecedented unity of the people of Fengzhou, and the stumbling things before have been forgotten, Everyone wants to do their part to protect this place.

Ma Xianglin's Shi Yan soldiers, Bai An, Hu Dawei's Shanxi army and Cao Bianjiao's Datong soldiers entered Fengzhou, causing a huge sensation, Fengzhou people feel that they are not isolated, and the friends of the commander also come to support, what else do we have to fear? Then Ah Shan's group of captives were sent back to Fengzhou, Namur struck while the iron was hot, and ordered Wang Fang to vigorously publicize the Yitu ambush battle, so the mission department escorted the captives to the various guard posts to take turns to display, and also invited the participants to tell about the battle, and encouraged the people to work together to repel the enemy, the people were really excited, and before the official start of the fight, one hundred and fifty or sixty Zhushen were captured, and the commander was brave!

The Erji Lama also came to Fengzhou at this time, and convened several grand **** in a row by the Heihe River, chanting and praying for Fengzhou, calling on the believers to stick to their homeland and never succumb to strong enemies, and solemnly reiterated that Li Yu Hongbaturu is the reincarnation of the wise and martial Altan Khan, carrying the will of the Buddha to save the world, and the Zhushen who pretend to believe in Buddhism but actually believe in shamans will definitely be severely punished by Hongbatulu. Ulan was pregnant, and despite the toil, he brought Li Jin to accompany the old lama to inspect the guards, and everywhere they went, they were warmly welcomed by the people, and the tension before the war seemed to be disappearing, replaced by the hope of victory.

Wu Langha was very depressed, she also went out to inspect with a big belly, but except for the Chahar people who cheered her on, no one else took her seriously, and the old lama didn't want to see her, a Red Sect believer, and she just couldn't steal the limelight from Ulan in Fengzhou. Just when she was bored, Sun Tingyao, Ma Qi, Fan Yongdou, and Wang Chong came mysteriously and brought a chance to be in the limelight.

"The establishment of the Fengzhou Merchant Army, just you, but you haven't been naturalized yet, besides, have you guys fought and seen blood?" Wu Langha shook his head while looking at these four whimsical guys with very strange eyes.

"That's why I came to ask Hatun, we have discussed, among the people who do business in Fengzhou, only Hatun is highly respected, and can fight well, this merchant army is the leader of Hatun, you will lead us to do it, although we are not naturalized, we also want to contribute to Fengzhou." March replied immediately, and the other three nodded vigorously - the top hat was comfortable to wear, and Wu Langha was also interested, and unwittingly fell into the trap of the four profiteers.

Sun Tingyao, Wang Chong, Fan Yongdou this group of businessmen did not escape into the pass, made up their minds to pull a team to protect their family property, Wang re-experienced how the Zezhou township soldiers started, thinking about the original situation, gathered the subordinates of the Jin merchants together to distribute weapons, clumsy and clumsy to train the soldiers, Sun Tingyao did the same, and immediately took a group of Qin merchants to join in the fun, but they soon became the laughing stock of the Fengzhou people, the appearance of the gang of family members and thugs is very scary, it is useless, and they can't beat the ordinary military households in Fengzhou. And these two people are not the material to lead the soldiers, it took a lot of effort, and the group of bear soldiers couldn't even stand in a simple queue. The Great Commander's Mansion couldn't stand it, and persuaded them that the farce should end, and they couldn't spend money like this, these two people were still not convinced, and it happened that Fan Yongdou came to the Great Commander's Mansion to complain - he was worse than these two people, and before he could gather his manpower, Titang Si targeted him, and his former shopkeeper, his nephew Fan Erxi, led people to confiscate the weapons he and the border merchants raised, and warned them that because of their close contacts with the Jin State, their freedom of movement should be restricted just in case, and they were not allowed to go out after dark, When he goes out during the day, he must report to Titang Si in advance, if he is not obedient, he will kill his relatives in righteousness. Fan Yongdou is wronged, he really wants to contribute to Fengzhou, there is not only his industry here, but also the fame and fortune that he can't get from elsewhere, of course he is afraid that the Jin Army will destroy all this, but Fengzhou actually doesn't trust him, that Fan Erxi turned his face and didn't recognize people when he became the official of the Titang Division, and shouted to kill his relatives in righteousness, the more Fan Yongdou thought about it, the more angry he became, and he raised his leg to complain to the Grand Commander's Mansion.

Li Huai and Li Fugui were busy going around, so they couldn't take care of their affairs, so they sent them to find Ma Qi from the Department of Industry and Commerce in a few words. In the end, Ma Qi was a guerrilla commander, and he made fun of them when he opened his mouth, and you also want to train the army, and you can't train it for ten years. Ma Qi came up with an idea, although you all have money, but it is not the material to lead the troops, and besides, you don't have a team to use, it is better to make the ready-made caravan bigger and stronger and become your own merchant army, but raising private soldiers is easy to burn yourself, just play the banner of Wulang Hahatun, she is the person in our shopping mall, she likes to be in the limelight the most, she is the leader of the merchant army, we will pay the money, she must be happy, so that the merchant army has become the commander of the soldiers, and others have nothing to say.

The four of them discussed for a while, and ran to find Wu Langha together, Wu Langha didn't expect this kind of good thing to fall on her, but hesitated.

"Hatun, our business is getting bigger and bigger, and the caravan must be strengthened!" Ma Qi reminded in a low voice that he was selfish, the caravan did not have a stable reception, the personnel gathered and dispersed, and when there was work, they had to find people now, Ma Qi wanted to build a stable and capable team, so he was eager to pull the rich and unjust leaders of Qin Shang and Jin Shang into the gang.

Wu Langha immediately understood, and said with a twist: "The cost of building a merchant army is not small, how ...... this money?"

"Let's go out!" Sun Tingyao immediately patted his chest.

Someone pays for it, Wu Langha immediately agreed to be the commander of the merchant army, and the deputy commander let Fang Zhikun and Buck be the commander, Ma Qi, Fan Yongdou, Sun Tingyao, and Wang Chong also got a job of praising military affairs, and the number of people was easy to make up, and there were nearly 100 merchant guards who escorted the captives back, and Buck could pull some more people after he came back, and the Qin merchants, Jin merchants and border merchants also stuffed the outlaws in their homes and thugs, and the shelves of the merchant army were set up.

"I don't think it's right, it's us who pays for it, but it's their people who are the big officials, don't let this guy Madge set us up, right?" Wang re-whispered to Sun Tingyao.

"Of course he got into the trap, but it doesn't matter, what we have is money, and raising a thousand soldiers is nothing, just have the opportunity to justifiably be, wait and see, who the soldiers listen to, in the end it depends on who spends money to support them." Sun Tingyao said, he couldn't help laughing, Wang Chong is really a pig's brain, and he only reacted now, everyone is a profiteer, who is afraid of calculation!

The Fengzhou merchant army was established in a blink of an eye, Wu Langha was in the limelight, reviewed the army with a big belly, and gave Fang Zhikun a flag, this guy was overjoyed, a few days ago the Chahar people fled west, and the Chahar business he was in charge of was out of play, and he was grinding the Great Commander's Mansion to give an errand, and now there are officials again, and within a few days, Buck was driven back by Li Yu, and also pulled some little brothers into the gang, and the Fengzhou merchant army has more than 400 people.

Fang Zhikun and Buck were full of energy, leading this rabble to train the troops, and after a few days, they seemed to have some army appearances, Sun Tingyao and Wang felt quite satisfied, but the people who watched the excitement thought that the more the merchant army practiced, the more like horse thieves. The common people were still chattering about the merchant army, the assembly call suddenly sounded, and the louder and denser it became, one after another echoed over the Barbarian Mountain, the common people had already developed a habit, and ran to their own hundred households, and in a moment only the merchant army was still stunned on the school military field, Fang Zhikun and Buck glanced at each other - the big war is approaching!

The old marshal Du Wenhuan presided over the last pre-war meeting of the Grand Commander's Office, according to the rules agreed by the Fengzhou Public, if the Grand Commander is not there during the war, the operational command is transferred to the head of the army, and the military affairs are not in charge, it will be handed over to the Military Affairs Department of Zanhua, but the strategic decision-making power always belongs to the Commander's Office, specifically the right to pre-empt the important Tongzhi and the matter, at this time Li Yu and Zhao Ji happened to go out, and the general Zanhua Du Wenhuan actually became the supreme military commander of Fengzhou.

"The Jin Army has divided its troops!" Du Wenhuan suppressed his excitement and said excitedly to the map hanging on the wall, "According to the reports of the scouts of Xinghewei and Fengzhouwei, as well as the news brought by the scattered Chahar people, the Jin army has divided into two routes after arriving at Mulu Karakeqin from Kujiao, and its main force is advancing west along Daqingshan, obviously to choose a path to go south, the target must be Kuku and Tun, and the other road to the south sweeps the Chahar tribes stranded outside the border of Xuanfu, the Chahar people have collapsed and are fleeing to Weining Haizi controlled by our army. ”

"What is the strength of the Jin army?" Ortai asked contemplatively.

"The strength of the Jin army is not as much as we thought, the enemy of Xuanfu in the south has become clear, composed of the rebellious Mongol troops and a small number of Jin troops, the strength is about 13,000 people, the number of the main force of the Jin army cannot be determined, according to the report of the scouts who have been surveyed from a long distance, at best there are 25,000 people," Du Wenhuan finished speaking, pointed to the map and said loudly to everyone, "The fighters have appeared, the enemy on the southern road is weak, the equipment is inferior, and the armored soldiers are less than forty percent, the commander sent a letter from Weining Haizi, intending to gather all the forces of Xinghewei to join the remnants of Chahar, First of all, he defeated this Jin army, and he asked the Grand Commander's Office to immediately support his two cavalry battalions. ”

"What does the old man think?" Li Huai asked.

"Three cavalry battalions plus a temporary battalion, all 4,000 armored iron cavalry are sent out, the action must be fast, the quick battle to defeat the enemy on the south road, and then return to the military treasury and tun for a decisive battle." Du Wenhuan waved his hand and said.

After whispering a few words with several fellow intellectuals and servants, Ortai agreed, and Zanhua Terig hurriedly led the order out—all the elite cavalry of Fengzhou were handed over to him.