Li Yu finally spoke: "Our strength is too weak, there is no place for us in this game of chess, let's take one step at a time." ”

"It's best if we don't interfere in this matter, Mingguo has gone too far this time, Gui Yingcha is arrogant and unreasonable, he also went to make peace, Mingguo said kill it," Ortai said, he remembered that the cold reception he received when he went to Yanghe and Datong for help was a belly of fire, "Mingguo has always thought that he was **** Shangguo, and he didn't take us seriously, this time it's time for them to taste the bitterness." ”

"What if you say light, what should I do if I still have to buy and sell my grain?" Li Fugui muttered in a low voice.

"Gui Yingcha is a stupid person, he has been messing around outside the eastern border of Liaodong for so many years, and he has never heard of how the speed commander of the Bahrain Ministry died? How could he be so easily fooled? Li Yu was very anxious about the current situation, and couldn't help but scolded-Fang Zhikun's hand Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, had used it decades ago, and when he ran to the peace meeting, he was tricked by Li Chengliang into Zhenyibao Urn City and killed.

"The Han people are cunning, untrustworthy, they talk about benevolence, morality, loyalty, filial piety and courtesy, but in fact, they are full of hypocrisy, male thieves and female prostitutes, which is like the people on our grassland who are kind and honest, we dare not think of such despicable things." Ortai pretended to be relaxed and said, but his eyes glanced at Li Fugui, this guy opened and closed his mouth because the money had already annoyed him.

Li Huai shook his head and wanted to say something but stopped, he was an outsider here, and he had to be cautious in what he said and did.

"Ortai, who are you talking about? If you want to scold the emperor and dog official of the Ming Kingdom, Lao Tzu doesn't care, if you want to scold the Han people, you just can't get along with me. Li Fugui stood up all of a sudden.

"What if I scold the Han people? Aren't the emperors and dog officials of the Ming Kingdom all Han Chinese? Li Fugui, I have long seen that you are not pleasing to the eye, do you say that you look like a well-behaved person? ”

Li Fugui couldn't help it, jumped forward and kicked Ortai, Ortai immediately threw his fist at Li Fugui, the two hugged each other and fought, Li Huai and Na Mu'er were startled and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them, but Zhao Ji looked at him coldly and said nothing.

"Enough!" Li Yu endured it for a while, then suddenly got up and kicked the table case out of the air, the people in the big tent were startled, Li Fugui and Ortai didn't dare to fight anymore, the big tent immediately quieted down, Li Yu said coldly: "The Yuerji Lama said to me, where the land raised me, there is my homeland, where people like me, I also like them, the people there are my relatives, I tell you, all the people in the Barbarian Mountain live on the land of Fengzhou, all the people are a family, There are no Mongols or Han people here, only Fengzhou people, whoever doesn't want to be a Fengzhou person will get out of the Barbarian Mountain! ”

"Namur!" Li Yu pointed to Namur who was holding Ortai, "You write down my words, and ask your subordinates and scribes to tell everyone that all the people here are brothers and sisters, all of them are from Fengzhou, and only if everyone huddles together can they live, and those who want to be Mongolians or Han Chinese, let them leave the Barbarian Mountain." ”

After Li Yu finished speaking, he waved to Zhao Ji, and the two went out, and the people who stayed in the big tent looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Hermes-Epitek is actually angry, this is the first time I've seen it," Na Mu'er wiped the cold sweat on his head, and blamed Ortai dissatisfiedly, "Brother Duxing, you have said it today, Hermes-Epitek is easy to say anything, but you can't touch his bottom line, in fact, you also know that Brother Nianfeng's burden is heavier than you and me, and the Barbarian Mountain has not been able to maintain until now because of his careful calculations, why do you keep getting along with him?" ”

"I just can't get used to his face, I used to think he was like a scholar, since he arrived in the Barbarian Mountain, this guy has been arrogant, and our food and clothing are stuck tightly, and my family has never had a serious meal until now." Ortai complained in a low voice, everyone laughed when they heard it, Li Fugui simply ignored him, it was not his family's business to not have enough to eat, Li Yu and Ulan's rations were not enough, Ortai also smiled embarrassedly, and said softly: "Nianfeng, don't worry about it, you and I have known each other for a few years, I am this temper, it's hard to change, Yushan, I said something just now, I just hate those Ming officials who are self-righteous and don't do their jobs, you are different from them." ”

"Brother Du Xing, I know in my heart that I also hate the bastard officials of the Ming Dynasty," Li Huai waved his hand, he said in contemplation: "The Han people and the Mongols are actually no different, the Han people make a living from farming, and each family cultivates and weaves by themselves, so they are good at calculation, and the Mongolians take herding as their business, and they must work together to survive, so they are bold and open-minded, and it is not easy to say who is superior and who is inferior, as long as no one wants to bully anyone, everyone can get along very well." ”

Na Mu'er suddenly asked, "Brother Yushan, do you like our Fengzhou River?" Do you want to be our Toyosu people? ”

"Fengzhou here is better than our Yulin, we have a lot of wind and sand, the land is barren, every year in the spring, the overwhelming wind and sand come, the side wall will be buried, at that time the men, women and children of Yulin Town have to get the side wall to cut sand, not to mention the crops in the field, Yulin people are bitter!" Li Huai said sadly, as if the yellow land appeared in front of him, and the yellow-skinned farmer working in the field, he seemed to be talking to himself, "No matter how bitter it is, it is my hometown, no one wants to ravage her, no one can." ”

Li Fugui couldn't help but sigh: "The northwest is bitter!" The people of the Northwest have guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, but when did the imperial court let the people of the Northwest live a good life. ”

"I really shouldn't have come to Barbarian Mountain, I've been with you for a long time, I don't know what I'll do in the future?" Li Huai shook his head and sighed, and then he said to everyone with a serious face: "But I am now a native of Fengzhou, I want to make plans for the people of Barbarian Mountain, the Ming Dynasty has a foundation of more than two hundred years, a vast territory, and a population of hundreds of billions, it is definitely not Chahar's strength that can be shaken, Chahar people can't gain a foothold in the Guannei at all, and they will soon withdraw, but the officialdom of Xuanda will definitely change greatly, and how Yanghe and Datong will treat us next, this is very important to us, our strength is too weak, and we can't survive without the Ming Kingdom, So we can't do it if we want to stand idly by, we have to hold on to the big tree of Mingguo. ”

Ortai said: "I have also considered these, but I can't think of a way, if we send troops to aid the Ming State, maybe we can defeat the Chahar people hard, but that will definitely anger the Chahar people, they will concentrate their forces on revenge against us, and the Ming Kingdom absolutely hopes that we and the Chahars will fight to defeat both sides, and the final defeat must be us, our strength is too weak, and both sides have the ability to eat us." ”

"It's time for us to consider making peace with the Chahar, and we must find our place between the Ming and the Chahar, the Chahar both seek and hate the Ming, and the Ming have both contempt and fear for the Chahar, and this may be our chance."

Na Mu'er's face changed: "Saying that it is a peace negotiation is actually surrender, right?" This is impossible, the hatred of the Chahars with us was formed in the time of Altan Khan, and now they have robbed our land and killed our people, and we have a deep enmity with them, and unless one of them falls first, this enmity cannot be resolved, and we ....... ”

"Na Mu'er, do you want more than 30,000 people in Barbarian Mountain to fight with you all the time, and finally all of them are finished? If you want to avenge your family, go to the Chahars yourself, don't drag us along. Li Fugui coldly interrupted Na Mu'er.

"Live, live to have hope," Na Mu'er jumped up with red eyes, Li Huai grabbed him, and after Na Mu'er sat down angrily, Li Huai turned to everyone and said: "Peace or surrender, as long as you keep the Barbarian Mountain, the sky on the grassland is changing rapidly, as long as we survive, everything has a chance." ”

Outside the big tent, Li Yu looked at the sky and said slowly: "Brother Zhao, you sort out our men and weapons, let's prepare for war." ”

"Have you made up your mind?" Zhao Ji asked softly.

"I don't have a choice, and there is no choice in Barbarian Mountain, if Yanghe and Datong transfer us to send troops, we can only obey our fate, and I also want to use the battlefield in Guannei to weaken Chahar's strength."

"Then let's fight, if we don't fight the Chahar people, they will also beat us if they turn around, and we can't give them the opportunity to borrow the opportunity to enter the pass to strengthen their strength," Zhao Ji nodded, he looked at Li Yu and reminded, "Yuzi, you have to think about how to fight this battle, we don't have the capital to consume, you have to guard against those officials of the Ming Kingdom, they don't have the ability to fight, but they have the ability to calculate." ”

Li Yu sneered: "I'm not smart, but I won't be stupid enough to sell myself, I know they are calculating me, but I will also calculating them." ”

The old and weak women and children were transferred to the camp in the mountains, the craftsman battalion kept making ordnance day and night, the young and strong men stepped up their drills under the leadership of their captains and sentry commanders, and a team of scouts galloped back and forth.

Bi Lige suddenly ran back, and brought a lama wearing a red robe and a red hat, and when he saw Li Yu, the lama took off his hat and smiled at Li Yu: "Li Dusi, do you still recognize me?" ”

Li Yu also felt that this lama was a little familiar, and after thinking for a while, the long scar on the other party's white face finally reminded him: "You are the Bai Guerrilla and Lord Bai of the Datong General Military Mansion, right?" ”

"Exactly, little brother, it's rare that you still remember the old brother, the old brother didn't misunderstand you at the beginning, you really have a chance, it's only been more than half a year since Datong City was parted, and you have become the capital."

Li Yu was also very happy to see the old man, pulled up Bai Xianzhi and entered the big tent, after the two exchanged a few words, Bai Xianzhi took out the letter of the Datong General Military Mansion and handed it to Li Yu, and said to Li Yu: "The situation in Datong is critical, the Han Dynasty has concentrated almost 100,000 people under the city of Datong, and the camp is more than 100 miles, Datong has been surrounded, I can come out this time thanks to the help of Bi Lige, who stayed in Datong, and pretended to be a lama to mix it up. The military order from Yanghe will come down soon, you should send troops immediately, we will definitely be able to defeat the Han in cooperation with the outside world. ”

"Did you attack the city?"

"That's not true, but the Datong garrison is insufficient, and there are many people and little food in the city, so I'm afraid something will happen after a long siege."

"My lord has passed by the Han Insertion, what do you think of their soldiers and horses, and weapons? Is the camp well guarded? ”

"A rabble, thin horses, hungry men, disorganized armaments, and unorganized camps, seemingly separate and unrelated, with a large gap between the battalions, and a lax defense, so I can easily mix with Brother Bilig."

"In that case, why didn't you Datong defenders take the initiative to rob the camp, why do you trap in the city."

Bai Xianzhi's face changed, and then he said: "The governor and the chief soldier have their own arrangements, Li Dusi doesn't need to ask more, you just tell me, you can't fight this battle." ”

Li Yu smiled: "I fought this battle, but I have the final say." ”

"How to fight this battle The Lord of the General Army has made it clear in the letter, except for a small number of troops to defend the Barbarian Mountain, the rest of the men who can fight all enter the pass from the side wall of Hongci Fort and Zhenchuan Fort, and rush to the east of Datong City within three days to standby, the Lord of the General Army will take the three-pillar wolf smoke as the number, and the inside and outside should be combined to attack the Han, Li Dusi only acts according to the military order, and the Lord of the General Army will take note of your merits, if you claim it without authorization, if something happens, the Lord of the General Army will not be able to help you."

"In the letter, the general soldier only asked me to go all out to enter the customs and attack the Han Dynasty, but how to supply the grain, grass and ordnance after I entered the customs, how to contact and cooperate with the friendly forces around Datong, how to contact and cooperate with the friendly forces around Datong, how to deploy the Han troops around Datong, these general soldiers did not mention it, the Han Dynasty destroyed the border wall from Hongci Fort and Zhenchuan Fort, and it was impossible not to send heavy troops to stay behind to guard the retreat, so that I could enter the customs from the retreat of the Han, the governor and the general soldier probably hoped that I would run into the main force of the Han Dynasty, fight to the death, and it was best that no one would get out of the customs alive, and ordered me to stand by outside Datong City, do you want me to find death? I'm not stupid enough to find my own death," Li Yu said with a sneer, Bai Xianzhi listened to the cold sweat on his body, and he suddenly felt that the young man in front of him didn't know him, he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, and that honest young man became daunting.

Li Yu looked at Bai Xianzhi, who was speechless, approached him and said gently: "Brother Bai, we are old friends, some words are spread out to say better, in fact, you also understand the thoughts of the governor and the chief soldier, but don't worry, for your face Brother Bai, I will also do my best to fight this battle, you stay and rest first, I will immediately recruit and transfer troops and horses to prepare to send troops, I don't have the strength to defeat tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but it should be possible to defeat the Han to relieve the pressure of Datong." ”

Bai Xianzhi was speechless by Li Yu's words, so he had to withdraw from the big tent, of course he understood what the governor and the chief soldier were thinking, but it was really uncomfortable to be exposed in front of him, and he couldn't help complaining in his heart, these big officials are self-inflicted, thinking that people are barbarians and don't understand anything, and they want to be fooled by a few nonsense, in fact, which one can mix up a little appearance this year is a fool, this little brother is really good, knowing that he is setting up a trick to calculate him, people are still willing to send troops, and he can't do things absolutely in his old white, If you can help, you still have to help, if you really fight to the death with the insertion, you have to put yourself in it if you can't get it right.

As soon as Bai Xianzhi left, Li Yu immediately summoned the officials of the big tent of Hongba Tulu and the thousands of households and the sentry chiefs, everyone had already prepared for the dispatch of troops, and after a brief discussion, Li Yu immediately ordered that each of the thousands of households should send 200 troops, and a total of 2,500 troops together with the guard battalion were led by him, Zhao Ji and Li Huai to enter the customs, and Wulan and Li Fugui, Ortai, Namur and others led their troops to stay in the camp and set off immediately after dark.

Xing Wanmin, the general of Deshengbao, has been worried these days, and the damn Xinpingbao general Fang Zhikun ran away after getting into trouble, and he still has to bear it, but the imperial court does not pay military salaries for most of the year, where can he find someone to defend the city for him. Thousands of Chahar people outside the side wall shouted, scared him into a panic, the Ming soldiers also knew that it was not good, those who could run ran away, and those who didn't run all hid in various fortresses, the Ming army in the fortress was large, and the Chahar people did not dare to hit the iron plate, but these guys were too cunning, and directly did the demolition work, demolished the side walls of Hongci Fort and Zhenchuan Fort, and then rushed into the pass to rob, these guys finally quieted around the victory fort as soon as they left, and Xing Wanmin's heart was also cold- The general of Deshengbao was in charge of the defense of various fortresses and border walls on the Beidong Road of the North Hebei Road of Datong Town, and the border walls around Hongci Fort and Zhenchuan Fort were just within his Beidong Road defense area.

In the middle of the night, Xing Wanmin was thinking about it in bed, and suddenly a family member came in and told him that the white guerrilla of the General Military Mansion was coming, Xing Wanmin was scared half to death, how could the General Military Mansion come soon, he trembled and got dressed, and when he entered the lobby, he saw Bai Guerrilla, an old acquaintance of the General Military Mansion, and asked: "Lao Bai, you won't be the one who arrested the elder brother, right?" ”

Bai Xianzhi was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted, and said with a smile: "Brother Xing, how could my brother do such a thing, my brother not only didn't arrest you, but also sent you military merits." ”

Xing Wanmin pulled Bai Xianzhi to sit down, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Bai, don't make your brother happy, my brother is going to die of worry these days." ”

"Don't be afraid, brother, won't I help you?" Bai Xianzhi then said, he was ordered to borrow more than 2,000 elite iron horsemen from the Outside Tartars this time, and the people have been hidden outside the fort, and now they need to borrow you a way to enter the customs, which is a great good thing for you, these Tartars are extremely fierce, and it is indispensable to kill some barbarians, you can just mix up some military merits, and when the court discusses your sins in the future, you can also atone for your sins.

Bai Xianzhi patted his chest and said: "That Li Dusi with Tatar soldiers is my little brother, he has to do whatever I ask him to do, and it is not easy to ask him for ten or eight heads when the time comes, your brother is really lucky to meet me this time." ”

Xing Wanmin was pleasantly surprised, but he asked with some concern: "Brother Bai, Lord General Soldier didn't tell me to release people into the customs, the letter that the Lord handed over to you said that these Tatars were allowed to enter the customs by themselves from Hongci Fort and Zhenchuan Fort, and I will put people in here, will Lord General Bing blame me in the future?" ”

"The military situation on the battlefield is changing, and the general soldier is surrounded in Datong, how can he say anything about the outside, as long as we win the battle, who will blame us?" Bai Xianzhi reminded Xing Wanmin, "Brother Xing, if you don't want this credit, forget it, I'll go to the tiger's mouth, someone will definitely rush to ask for this credit for nothing." ”