Li Yu followed the white guerrilla from the victory fort overnight, and only stopped to rest outside the north gate of Datong City, and the white guerrilla immediately urged them to change into the military flag and uniform of the Ming army, and repeatedly reminded them to talk less, and they did what the people in front of them did, and those with braids tried to stuff the braids into the helmet, so as not to attract the attention of others - there were many Yi people in the cavalry of the Ming army, but it was difficult to explain that there were too many Yi people.

In the morning, just after eating the meal sent by the white guerrillas, several teams of cavalry came from all over to meet them, and the cavalry of Datong Town finally gathered seven or eight hundred people, and then the infantry of the brigade came one after another, about 3,000 people, and the officers even beat and scolded the people they brought to line up into several squares, and soon one after another military flags were raised, and the formation was also decent, but Li Yu knew at a glance that there were many ordinary people in the middle, and the soldiers were different from the common people, and those who were vain and sweating on their heads must be ordinary people.

At the end of the day, Zhang Xiao, the governor of Xuanda, Zhang Yiming, the governor of Datong, and Qu Jiazhen, the chief soldier of Datong, appeared on the city tower, and the north gate immediately sounded the cannons in unison, and the flags were unfurled, and several big drums sounded almost at the same time, and the officers led everyone to chant in unison the slogans of "the mighty Datong army" and "the victory of the Datong army", and for a time the war drums and slogans sounded together, and the scene was magnificent. Li Yu was a little weak-hearted, he felt like he was being a thief, and Bai Guerrilla hurriedly encouraged him: "Little brother, don't be afraid, just follow the town standard guerrilla after a while, that is, make up a number to fool people, it's not a big deal." After a while, Bai Guerrilla added another sentence to everyone: "After finishing the work, I will send everyone millet immediately." ”

The review began, the officers carried sticks in their hands to drive a group of infantry to the front of the city tower to practice, the soldiers held swords, shields, spears, with the officer's command to block, stabbing action, it looks like a look, that is, some people seem to be unable to distinguish the direction, the formation will be chaotic as soon as the direction is turned, and some people are frightened by the shouting of killing and sit on the ground, but there are obviously many veterans in the formation to press the formation, and they will teach these fools a lesson with a fist and kick, and the infantry will take turns to line up under the city tower, Turning around in a circle and making a few moves on the spot, and then being shouted by the officers to hurry away, the officials on the city tower also turned a blind eye, and the infantry drill passed even if it was so-so.

The archers of the Ming army also came out, a hundred or so people shot at a clearing by the moat, Li Yu was still wondering why they didn't have arrow stacks, and soon there was a cheer, the Ming cavalry on the side said that he understood, the rules set by the Ming Taizu, the assessment of archery is divided into "near can be hit" and "far can be reached" two, "near can be hit" refers to shooting twelve arrows, fifty steps away from the arrow stack six arrows are qualified, and "far to" is to shoot twelve arrows, the officer has six shots of one hundred and sixty steps to be qualified, The soldier has six branches that have shot 120 steps to qualify, today there are too many people so "close can be in the middle" is not tested, just now the test is "far can be reached", the group of archers shot out 80% of the arrows are 120 steps away, this is a rare good result. Li Yu looked at each other and smiled at Wuhai and Buck, the tricks played by the Ming army couldn't hide from their archery veterans, the bows of the Ming army just now were just five or six ordinary foot bows, and if you want to shoot the arrows far, you can only use light arrows, but the light arrows are shot out and fluttering, and the threat to the armored soldiers is not great, and those guys shoot indiscriminately, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like eighty percent of the arrows have shot one hundred and twenty steps, but Li Yu finally made sure that Zhang Shi'an, a Ming merchant in Kuku and Tun, did not tell a lie, and the arrow clusters he sold were indeed taken out of the Datong military arsenal.

The most fierce is the gunner of Datong Town, suddenly lifted out five tiger squat cannons, loaded gunpowder and ignited at the same time, after five loud noises, a earthen city on the other side of the moat collapsed, Li Yu was still surprised, Bi Lige said with a frightened face: "The firearms of the Ming Kingdom are really powerful, I didn't even see the cannon clearly, and the earthen wall on the opposite side was blown down." ”

Finally, it was the turn of the town mark cavalry to be reviewed, and the assessment content was very simple, rush to a mound a mile away, put a round of arrows at the straw men above, and then cut down all the straw men to the end of the matter. But the town mark guerrilla who led the team had a problem with himself, and it would be fine if he took the seven or eight hundred people who were scraped together to fool around, but this old man had to show his hand in front of Shangguan, and when he walked halfway, he suddenly ordered to speed up and rush up the hill, which was a mess, and the horses of the Ming army were too miscellaneous - there were cavalry horses, horses that pulled carts, and even some mules, and there were people in the Ming army who stole horse material, so that the horses often starved, and these horses were accelerated and could not rush before reaching the hillside, and some horses stopped and gasped, Some horses rushed a few steps and retreated, those horses, mules simply lay down and did not do it, the Ming cavalry squeezed together before and after immediately became a mess, some people also fell off the horse, the town mark guerrilla shouting is useless, Li Yu who followed behind was startled, they have accelerated, if they collide directly, there will definitely be a big incident, Li Yu can't control the town mark guerrilla password, hurriedly ordered a sharp turn, two hundred Fengzhou cavalry almost attached to the chaotic Ming army turned the horse's head and left, the town mark guerrilla was also anxious, waved his hand to signal Li Yu to leave them alone, He rushed up first and then said, Li Yu immediately took his cavalry to make a small detour and then gave up a distance, and then accelerated up the hillside, and the rest was easy to do, Wuhai and Buck led everyone to set up a column, shooting all the way down to shoot the straw man like a hedgehog, and then turned around in a roundabout, and then cut it all the way from the beginning, cutting off the straw man's head one by one, and the work was easily called off after a while. When the town mark guerrillas came up with people leading their cattle, the Fengzhou cavalry were already collecting the arrows they shot at the straw men, and the cavalry drill ended here.

After watching the cavalry performance, the review was over, and the governor of Xuanda on the city tower nodded with a smile: "The military authority of my Datong Town is still the same, very good!" Very good! "Zhang Xiao is an old man, he knows what kind of virtue his Xuanda officers and soldiers are, since the fourth year of Longqing, I agreed to pay tribute, Xuanda Sanzhen has not fought for almost 60 years, the court is too lazy to pay military salaries, what can he do, can he tolerate people and tolerate people!

Zhang Yiming and Qu Jiazhen breathed a sigh of relief, and quietly wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads, just now the bastard cavalry almost smashed the trick, they thought that they would be reprimanded and reprimanded, but they didn't expect to be fooled so easily, or the governor is forgiving!

Zhang Xiao turned around and left, the civil and military officials of Datong followed him in a swarm, Zhang Yiming was only a few steps away before being pulled by the corner of his clothes, Zhang Yiming turned his head to look, and Song Tongyin, the deputy envoy of Yang and Datong who accompanied Zhang Xiao to Datong, sneered at him: "Lord Governor, today's play has been performed!" ”

"Xianzheng, you are also from Datong Town, let's accumulate virtue on your lips!" Zhang Yiming said in a low voice, Yanghe deputy envoy is the deputy envoy of the Datong Governor, the deputy of the governor of Datong, according to the Ming official system, the governor of Xuanda lives in Yanghe, the governor of Datong lives in Datong, and the deputy envoy of the governor of Datong is stationed in Yanghe and assists the governor in handling military and political affairs, so it is also called Yanghe deputy envoy, this Song Tongyin is a Jinshi in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli, and his qualifications are old and hard, and Zhang Yiming also has to respect him for three points.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will never say much, it's just that I have been in Datong for many years, and I haven't seen the cavalry of our Datong Town grow so far, those war horses are good horses outside the fortress at a glance, and the cavalry on the horse is not trained in three or five years, just the sharp turn, detour, climbing, archery, and stabbing action is not something that our cavalry can play, and my lord will not ask the Tatar cavalry to help from outside the fortress, right?"

"Well, I don't know, it's all handled by Qu Jiazhen and their General Military Mansion," Zhang Yiming replied vaguely, pointing at Qu Jiazhen casually, "If you have anything to say, you can ask Qu Jiazhen." ”

As soon as the officials on the city tower left, the officers and soldiers under the city dispersed in a hurry, Bai Guerrilla talked and counted, and brought a cart of millet to Li Yu and them, the Fengzhou cavalry laughed so much that their mouths couldn't close together, these two buckets of millet came too easily, when the big guy distributed the grain, the white guerrilla god mysteriously pulled Li Yu aside, and quietly stuffed him with three taels of silver, Li Yu casually threw it to Bi Lige, and asked him to buy some wine and meat for everyone to eat nearby, Bai Guerrilla gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "Little brother is really bold, my brother likes people like you, your friend brother has made a deal!" ”

Li Yu was chatting with Bai Guerrilla, and a team of people came out of the city, and when Bai Guerrilla saw the clear people, he immediately said to Li Yu: "The chief soldier is here, I have to go up and talk to him." ”

After a while, Bai Guerrilla rushed back and said to Li Yu: "Little brother, come with me, Yang He's deputy envoy Lord Song and my family's chief soldier want to see you." Saying that, he picked up Li Yu and left, Li Yu had no choice but to say hello to Wuhai and Buck, and with Bai Guerrilla passing over, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi, who wanted to be Li Yu's personal soldiers, immediately followed behind Li Yu's buttocks.

Song Tongyin looked up and down at the tall young man in front of him, nodded and praised: "What a sturdy descendant, this official heard that you are a Han from Liaodong, and Baturu, who was a Jiannu, was dissatisfied with the cruelty of Jiannu, so he fled to Fengzhou River to hide, is this the case?" ”

Li Yu nodded, and then shook his head: "I escaped from Liaodong, but I don't know if I'm Han or not, some people say I'm Zhushen, some people say I'm Mongolian, and the Qierji Lama can't figure out where I'm from." ”

"This official thinks that you are a Han person, a Han person from my Ming Dynasty, your name is a Han name, and you speak Chinese dialect, which Jiannu can not keep braids like you? Who would you be if you are not my Ming people, the official listened to Bai Guerrilla say, your brain is broken, so you can't understand your origin, but the official understands it very well in his heart, the official asks you again, have you ever read? ”

"When I was in Shenyang, I read some books with Master Kurtan and Master Dahai of the Wenguan."

"Jiannu also reads? Tell me what books your two masters taught you to read? ”

"They taught me to read "The University", "The Analects" and "Mencius", but I was not promising, and I forgot about it after reading it, and Master Kur always scolded me." Li Yu replied embarrassedly.

"It turns out that you have read the books of the sages, no wonder you can see through the nature of Jiannu and refuse to go along with the dirt, your two masters are also well-informed people in Jiannu."

"That's it, that's it, Master Kurtang and Master Dahai are amazing, they are the most knowledgeable, we all call them Zhushen Sages." Li Yu's eyebrows fluttered and praised his master.

"Nonsense, no matter how knowledgeable Jiannu is, he is not as talented as my Daming, how dare he call himself a saint, they just know a few more words," Song Tongyin said disdainfully, Li Yu was immediately unhappy, his face twisted and ignored him, but Song Tongyin was happy in his heart, this stupid guy still knows the master who protects him, which is not bad. Song Tongyin smiled slightly, and then said: "Hou Sheng, since you have studied and are my Ming people, why don't you defect to my Ming army to serve the country, with your ability to lead the cavalry just now, it is more than enough to be a general and a thousand generals, as long as you work hard, this official will ensure that you can be a guerrilla within three years." ”

"No, I fought with the Ming army, and they won't fight if they're afraid of death, so I won't be with them." Li Yu didn't appreciate it at all.

"Good! You dare to be the enemy of my Ming Dynasty, tell me how many Ming soldiers you have killed me," Qu Jiazhen, who had been respectfully behind Song Tongyin, was angered by Li Yu's words, and he pointed at Li Yu and shouted angrily, "You rebellious who has forgotten your ancestors, how can I tolerate you, let me get out of the pass and be your Tartar." ”

"I'm not from the Ming Kingdom, I'm not a rebel," Li Yu replied coldly, he shook his head again and whispered, "I did kill a lot of people, and I don't want to be a soldier anymore." ”

Qu Jiazhen sneered: "Do you think you'll be fine if you don't wash your hands, this town tells you that if you have bad intentions, even if you hide in Fengzhou Beach, you can also kill you." ”

Li Yu glanced at Qu Jiazhen angrily, turned his head and left. Qu Jiazhen's anger was about to attack, and Song Tongyin held him down.

Song Tongyin drank Li Yu, who turned around to leave, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Yu, and whispered to Li Yu: "Your brain is broken, some things can't be understood for a while, it doesn't matter, you figure it out one day, just take this name to Yanghe to find the official, now the Ming state affairs are difficult, and a good man should work hard to show the urgency of the country." Ma Fang, a famous general during the Jiajing period of my dynasty, is similar to your experience, Ma Fang is a native of Ulzhou, Shanxi, was taken into slavery by the Tatars when he was young, and was loved by the Tatar Altan Khan as a righteous son, but he did not forget his parents' state when he grew up, and sought the opportunity to escape from the Tatars to join the Ming army, and made many miraculous achievements for my Ming Dynasty, from a soldier to the general army of Xuanfu, becoming a generation of famous generals admired by the world, and blessing future generations. ”

"Would you like to be my next Ma Fang?" Song Tongyin's eyes were firmly on Li Yu, but Li Yu was indifferent at all, Song Tongyin then said: "This official can also tell you a piece of news, Jiantou Hongtai invaded my Jinzhou and Ningyuan in May, and was attacked by our Ming army, Jiannu was defeated, and fled all the way back to the east of the Sancha River, and my Ming Dynasty won a complete victory." ”

Li Yu was still indifferent, as if Dajin Guo had nothing to do with him anymore.

Looking at Li Yu's back, Qu Jiazhen suddenly said: "My lord, this person is mixed with Tatars, will it become a trouble?" ”

"Do I need to worry about a fool with a bad brain becoming a trouble?" Song Tongyin replied coldly, and he suddenly said to a young officer behind him, "Zhang Chuanjie, do you see the bow he is carrying?" It should be a hard bow with more than two stone strength, you go and try him. ”

Zhang Chuanjie agreed, immediately untied his bow, and took out an arrow to go to the arrow, and shot at Li Yu's back, Li Yu was walking forward, suddenly felt a cold wind coming, he subconsciously leaned sideways, and grabbed the arrow in his hand, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi were startled, and hurriedly took off the bow and arrow on their backs, Li Yu drank them, the arrow just now had no arrow, and it was a throw, the arrow speed was not fast, obviously the other party didn't want to hurt himself, a Ming army officer on the opposite side raised a bow over the top and signaled to him, Li Yu knew that this was the other party's invitation to compete with the arrow, so he took off his bow, put the headless arrow on the bowstring, looked at the opposite side, and then shot it violently, the arrow slashed past the officer, and was heavily nailed to a poplar tree behind him, and after a long time it fell, leaving a deep nest on the poplar tree.

"That's a lot of strength!" Song Tongyin and Qu Jiazhen couldn't help but exclaim.

Out of the victory mouth along the Yinma River to the north and south of the road, Li Yu led the Fengzhou cavalry all the way to the north with laughter.

Chen Erzhu touched the millet on the horse's back, and said excitedly: "Brother Yuzi, this trip is right with you, not to mention eating and drinking, and bringing back so much food to the family, my father and mother must be very happy." ”

"Brother Yuzi, that big official said that you can be a guerrilla in the future, this is a big official, if you go to Ming Kingdom in the future, you must take the two of us with you." Liu Shishi also shouted.

"Do you think this official is easy to do? That's a knife for you to help them kill people. Li Yu pointed ahead and said, "We will be fine as soon as we return to Kuku and Tun to hand over the soldiers, and then we will go back to our village and continue to plant our crops." ”

When it comes to crops, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi are silent, the year is not good, everyone has a hard time, last year was a big drought in the crops half died, many people ran out of food in winter, this year is even worse, the beginning of the year encountered a spring cold, the snow is more than ten days later than in previous years, in the middle of April to finish the spring ploughing, spring planting, but God is not raining, the Xuerji Lama took the Kuku and Tun lamas to recite a few days of sutra is useless, this year's harvest will definitely not be good, all the villages and households in Bansheng have to find a way to survive the disaster year, For example, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi's family, these two people have the strength and ability to work, but the amount of food is too large, so their parents are busy with the work in the field, and they are left with Li Yu early to go out to eat mixed rice, so as not to consume food at home.

The sky suddenly got a little dark, there was a faint thunder in the distance, Li Yu touched his face and felt that there were water drips on his face, could it be that it was finally raining, after a while, more and more rain fell, and then a few lightning bolts crossed the sky, and then there was a deafening thunder, pouring rain down directly, Li Yu couldn't help laughing, and the cavalry of Fengzhou immediately cheered.

Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi jumped off their horses, ran back and forth excitedly in the rain, and kept shouting: "Brother Yuzi, it's raining, let's go home and see our crops." ”