Li Yu took more than 100 people to defect to the Ming army in Yanghe, causing a big sensation, Yanghe officialdom was shocked, no one thought that with the appearance of the Xuanda Ming army, there would be people who defected to them, and these people were not the Shoukouyi people who begged them for food in the past, but an elite cavalry, all of them had horses, many of them also brought a horse or mule to carry the outfit, everyone also brought their own weapons, bows and arrows, knives and spears, but there was no armor - the armor is too valuable, and ordinary people can't afford it, But this is already very good, the horses and weapons did not ask Daming to pay for it, and Daming made a lot of money.

When Yang and the deputy envoy Song Tongyin reported the good news to the governor of Xuanda, Zhang Xiao, the governor of Xuanda, was thinking about things in a languishing state, the emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty died suddenly in August this year, and the throne passed to the emperor's half-brother - the young King Xin, the new emperor ascended the throne and changed his name to Chongzhen, the wind direction of the court seems to have changed, the original Ming Dynasty was in charge of the Wei Gonggong can not eat, originally this has nothing to do with him Zhang Xiao, Wei Gonggong's party is not something he can enter if he wants to, but in the same year in the court wrote to him to tell him that after the new emperor ascended the throne, Someone began to impeach Father-in-law Wei, and the imperial historians who had nothing serious to do in the court also involved him in writing to support the construction of the ancestral hall for Gonggong Wei, Zhang Xiao, who had been in the officialdom for most of his life, immediately noticed that the situation was wrong, and he understood the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, and he was a person who had been mixed for two years and was going home to retire, and it would be dangerous to be dragged into the court dispute at this time.

Zhang Xiao was not at all interested in the good news reported by Song Tongyin, and after beckoning Song Tongyin to sit down for tea, he said worriedly: "Xianzheng, someone in the court impeached Father-in-law Wei, and we also wrote to the court to build a shrine for Father-in-law Wei. ”

Song Tongyin seems to have been poured a basin of cold water, and he can't be happy anymore, the matter of Shanxi, Xuanfu, and Datong for the cultivation of the ancestral hall of Duke Wei is very active, and almost all the officials who have heads and faces including him are involved, Song Tongyin said in a low voice: "The lower officials have also heard about this matter, and the emperor who impeached Gonggong Wei did not return it to the cabinet but stayed in the middle of it, which has a deep meaning!" I am afraid that there will be great changes in the court, but at the beginning of the construction of the ancestral hall for Duke Wei, the local state capital gathered to respond, not only my Xuanda three towns, the boss does not have to worry too much, we have nothing to do with Duke Wei, no matter who wins the court, we still have to use us to guard the border for the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Xianzheng, what you think is too simple, Gonggong Wei and the Donglin Party have no one who is good or bad, everyone is just fighting for authority, you and I are both Beibang Jinshi, and we are in important positions, if the Donglin Party and the gang take advantage of the new emperor's accession to the throne to regain power, they may not be able to tolerate us." Zhang Xiao sighed and said, when Gonggong Wei cleaned up the Donglin Party, he also followed the flag and shouted.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in view of the situation of the dominance of the southern scholars in the imperial examination, the Beijing Normal Examination was divided into two lists, the Emperor Taizu's idea was to admit Jinshi through the list, so that the officials in the north and south maintained a relative balance, but he did not expect that the north and south lists instead put a label on the heads of the officials, once there was a dispute in the imperial court, the southern and northern officials immediately fought together, no one cared about what to fight, the key is to see which camp they are in, the officials would rather talk nonsense, and never want to stand on the wrong side, More than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the north and south parties in the DPRK have been fighting for more than 200 years, the court can not reduce the party contention, and simply divide a list in the Wanli years, the introduction of the list not only did not play a balancing role, but weakened the north list, the Donglin party people in southern Jiangsu took advantage of the rise of the nest, and gradually formed a situation where the protégé and the old officials were half the world, and the Donglin party forced other officials to form a party to protect themselves, so the Qi party, the Zhejiang party, the Chu party and other gangs came into being, and the party competition was more intense than before. Talented and empty-eyed together Donglin Party people calmly face the battle, the party fights the same difference, and beats the other gangs to the ground, these desperate remnants of the defeated generals then rushed into the arms of Wei Gonggong, united under the leadership of the eunuch party with Wei Gonggong as the core, worked closely to eliminate all difficulties, and finally counterattacked, drove the Donglin Party out of the court, and raised their eyebrows.

Zhang Xiao and Song Tongyin are both Jinshi from the North List, and they are naturally willing to praise the stinky feet of Wei Gonggong, but to say that they are still far from Wei Gonggong's party, and they are not even members of peripheral organizations, their bad deeds are mainly to build a shrine for Wei Gonggong, but Jiansheng Temple is deeply supported by local officials in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the gathering responds, and the local taxes of the Ming Dynasty are about eighty percent of the transportation of Beijing divisions and border towns, and two percent of the remaining places, and the local state capital has little money and food and expenditure, and often cannot make ends meet, the court is in a hurry, often directly embezzle the local storage, the local officials have no money in their hands and the life is even more sad, and the officials will leave a bad debt, so the more local officials are willing to build the ancestral hall of Gong Wei, the more the better, not only the upper and lower officials can take the opportunity to make a profit, but the bad debts over the years can also be eliminated, Zhang Xiao and Song Tongyin have done this, but they are not patronizing to stuff money into their pockets, mainly taking the opportunity to take out a sum of money to add a few mouthfuls of food for their officers and soldiers in the three towns.

The two were silent for a while, Song Tongyin gritted his teeth and said: "I have done our best to defend the border of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not so easy for those traitors to harm us, Hudun Rabbit Han invaded the west, and when he has stored the grain and grass for the winter, he will definitely be with the Tatar fire on the right wing, and the stupid people of Bu Lost Rabbit will definitely be defeated, and when the time comes, even if the emperor reactivates the Donglin gang, no one dares to take our stall, the boss doesn't have to worry, no one dares to touch us." - The Ming Dynasty never seems to learn to respect their allies, Chahar Khan has always been called "Hudun Rabbit Han" in the mouth of the Ming officials, and even the Shunyi King Boshuo Ketu Khan who was enshrined by the Ming Emperor is also called "Bu Lost Rabbit", and the Ming Dynasty is known as "Inserting Han" and "Barbarian" to the Chahar people, and even the Mongolian right-wing tribes that have been mixing behind the Ming ass for nearly 60 years are still called "Tatars" or "Northern Prisoners", and the Han people who live in Bansheng have also become "Han Yi".

Zhang Xiao nodded slightly, and after a while he asked: "Xianzheng, you just said that there are one hundred and ten northern captives who defected to us, how do you plan to arrange these people, can they be trusted?" ”

"It's a group of Tatars and Hanyi who are so poor that they can't afford to eat, I Daming is a great gift to take them in, they dare not be honest, the person who leads is like a tiger general, but a little stupid, the lower official casually said that he is a citizen of Daming, and he still believes it a little," Song Tongyin replied a little proudly, he still kept an eye on it, Daming has a deputy general soldier in Yanghe Road, which belongs to the deputy general soldier of Datong Town, but he thinks that these people are all brought by him, and they can't be handed over to Yanghe deputy general soldier, but should stay in the superintendent, In this way, if there are military merits in the future, they are all counted as him and Zhang Xiao, two civil officials, he laughed a few times and said to Zhang Xiao: "Boss, we are using these people, my Yanghe superintendent is not enough for three hundred people now, and the horses are not good, and there is no hope for a war. ”

"You can do this thing, just leave them outside the city to garrison, and be sent at any time, and let them wait for the court to pay the military salary, but the grain and grass must be enough, and they can't be starved." Zhang Xiao waved his hand and said, thought about it and said; "After all, they are also Northern captives, those Han Yi are also mutinous soldiers or White Lotus bandits who escaped from Daming, these people can be used but not credible, they can't give them my Daming banner and military uniforms, just let them look the best, I always feel that I will be useful to these Northern captives in the future."

Song Tongyin smiled: "Boss, the lower officials also feel this way, since they are willing to serve my Daming, then reward them with a bite to eat." ”

The two couldn't help laughing.

A new barracks were built under the Baishan Mountain in the south of Yanghe City, the barracks were very simple, except for a few broken grass huts that had been rebuilt, the rest were the kind of Mongolian-style tents, there were not many people living in the barracks, only one hundred and ten people were all Tatars, Yanghe people all called this camp Tatar camp, the people of nearby Baideng Village were very curious about this group of soldiers who were not like soldiers, and the people were not like the people, and from time to time someone came to take a look, these people were also kind, and some people came to sit and sit, and talked a few words casually, there were naturalized Mongolians in the village, and these people also got into a relationship with the villagers, and soon everyone knew the details of these people, and the people in the village couldn't help but sympathize with these poor creatures, and the two sides got along more and more friendly.

Li Yu is a hard head to join the Ming army, playing is the abacus of messing around, often go to the village to chat with a few old military households in the village, the old military households also like this young general - this young man is honest and kind, knows how to respect the elderly, the old people blow up the past of Datong Town is endless, when Emperor Chengzu built a town here, Datong Town is so strong, raising 130,000 soldiers, raising more than 50,000 horses, fighting Tatars, fighting Wara has never been less than the soldiers of our Datong Town, Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty also went to our Yang and the imperial drive to conquer, The little prince of Mongolia (Dayan Khan) beat the fart to the, at that time our Datong town is an iron wall, the northern captives outside the plug dare not touch, our Datong town also has two great heroes Ma Fang, Ma Gui, a piece of Tatar cake, Tatar saw their banner and hid far away, especially Ma Fang fought bravely to crown the three armies, the people of the Ming Dynasty said "brave but not Ma Fang", the cavalry he brought was called "jumping horse", not only equipped with knives and spears, but also with three-eyed guns, even the Tatar Altan Khan was afraid.

The old people can't help but sigh when they mention the current Datong Town, since I answered the tribute, Datong Town has not fought for 60 years, the emperor and the court have forgotten us, the descendants go to be soldiers but can't get military salaries, they can't support themselves, let alone feed a family, the life of the military household is even more sad, the land of Datong is not good, the wind and sand are big, and you can't collect much food a year, you have to plant the land for a year, and you have no food to eat after handing over the military tunzi, so it is better to give the land to the officers of the guard, and go to be a tenant yourself. Datong Town is not as good as a generation, no one wants to be a soldier in Datong Town, let alone go out to fight now, it is difficult to say whether you can hold the side wall.

Li Yu himself also felt that the Ming army in Datong Town was too sloppy, and it was really useless to let them fight, and the old people repeatedly apologized to Li Yu, they didn't regard Li Yu's good descendants as Tatars or Beiyu, in fact, the war was still a matter of the imperial court in the final analysis, and there was not much hatred between the common people, and the people inside and outside the border wall had already become familiar with each other for more than two hundred years, and some of them had become relatives, who really wanted to kill their neighbors, Li Yu said that it didn't matter, he identified himself as a Ula person. It is not close to the Tatars and the Northern Captives.

When Li Yu was messing around under Baishan Mountain, someone came to the door. The pro-soldier Chen Erzhu came to report, and Zhang Chuanjie, the general manager of the standard Qian, came to visit, this Zhang Qianzong felt familiar as soon as he came in, as if he had met somewhere, Zhang Chuanjie smiled and said: "Do you remember when I was in Datong for a review, I shot you an arrow?" Li Yu suddenly remembered that when Lord Song Tongyin saw him outside Datong City, the entourage officer standing behind him was this person, and the two had compared arrows.

Zhang Chuanjie looked at his camp, shook his head and said: "You are too simple here, just a few broken houses, the rest are tents, the weather is getting colder and colder, people and animals will not be able to stand it, I have to go back to tell the official." ”

Li Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Song is afraid that we will cause trouble, and will not let us enter the city, so we have to hold on here, the people of the surrounding villages are very good, teach us to build some thatched houses, we should be able to live in it before the snow, everyone is used to it, we will just get by, can you ask Lord Song to give us some cloth and cotton, the military uniforms are not issued, forget it, we will sew up the old clothes and then put cotton on them, this winter can be passed." ”

Zhang Chuanjie listened very unpleasantly, nodded heavily, Li Yu was happy, and made another request: "We are still full of food now, but we don't have any money in our hands, can you ask Lord Song to send us some more military salaries, as much as you want!" Everyone has to support their families. ”

Zhang Chuanjie was also in trouble this time, and after a while, he said slowly: "I can't help with this favor, and we haven't paid military salaries for more than half a year." Be content, brother! We still have bowls of rice to eat, and the other brothers guarding the border wall are running out of food. ”

The two were silent for a while, Zhang Chuanjie explained his intentions, he also had more than 100 cavalry there, and he had nothing to do during this time, so it was better for the two sentry cavalry to conduct a confrontation drill, Li Yu immediately agreed, and the gang of people under him were also idle and panicked, and they had to find something to do, Zhang Chuanjie was overjoyed, and the two of them then settled down, and they would practice by the Baideng River in two days.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Chuanjie said goodbye and was leaving, and when he left, he said to Li Yu, who sent him, don't look at the sad life now, but the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, and the two hundred and sixty years of the country are iron-clad, and the emperor will think of us one day, and everyone's life will be better in the future.

Early in the morning two days later, Zhang Chuanjie rushed to the Baideng River with his sentry cavalry, and the soldiers did things neatly, Li Yu and Zhang Chuanjie were judges on the side, and the cavalry on both sides set up their respective formations, and immediately fought together, and for a time the war horses on the Baideng River were galloping, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the headless arrows flew around in the air.

Zhang Chuanjie's department attacked the Fengzhou cavalry in a common wedge shape, they were all dressed in iron armor, and pressed down with a thunderous momentum, the Fengzhou cavalry whether the palace guards or the board was young and strong, most of them followed Li Yu to train in Kuku and Tun, and naturally remembered the way they often played, and immediately got out of the way, Wuhai and Buck each led a team to outflank the opponent's two wings, and the opponent's fatal blow fell into the air, and the two wings were attacked instead, and they had to turn their horses' heads and re-choose the direction of attack, but the Fengzhou cavalry did not give them a chance to adjust at all, Constantly attacking from both sides, each time it is a group attack on a point, the direction of the Ming army was immediately defeated by dense arrows, and when the Ming army made an adjustment counterattack, the Fengzhou cavalry had already turned to a roundabout, and once again concentrated on the Ming army to attack in the other direction, after several forced formations, the Ming army was already in chaos, and many Ming cavalry were shot by lime-stained headless arrows with white spots and had to withdraw from the battlefield, the Fengzhou cavalry launched a deadly attack at this time, Wuhai and Buck easily cut the Ming army into three sections, Begin to break through each with absolute superiority.

The drill ended in less than half an hour, although some Ming soldiers were not convinced, but the countless lime spots on their faces and bodies showed that they had been killed many times, the more Zhang Chuanjie looked at his face, the worse his face became, Li Yu comforted on the side: "Adults don't have to be too serious, this is just playing, you horses are not good, it's good to be able to fight for so long." ”

Zhang Chuanjie shook his head: "It's not just a matter of horses, our riding skills and archery skills are too far behind, just your whole team of emergency stops, turns, and detours are enough for us to practice for a few years, and we can support it for a while with few people, if our brigade of cavalry is attacked by you like this, it will be chaotic if we change the formation twice, and the cavalry outside the Saiwai is worthy of its name!" ”

"The cavalry of the Ming army can never compare to my gang in riding skills, they have not yet learned to walk and rode on horseback," Li Yu pondered for a while and said, "The Ming army must rely on the overall cooperation of infantry and archers, and the cavalry is more suitable as an assault force, and the Jin State uses this tactic to deal with the Mongolian cavalry, and their ability to play mounted archery is not as good as the Mongols, their cavalry is a move, and the heavy armor group assault." ”

Zhang Chuanjie nodded, shook his head after a while, pulled Li Yu and said, "Don't play, go to my house for dinner." Without saying anything, he pulled Li Yu away.

Zhang Chuanjie's home is next to the south gate of Yanghe City, and as soon as he enters the house, he asks his wife to go and order some white noodles and make a knife cut noodles for Li Yu to taste. Zhang Chuanjie pulled Li Yu to sit down, and said: "Brother Li, everyone knows what you said, but no one can do it, if you want to cooperate with the cavalry, you must train the soldiers, and if you are proficient in the formation of soldiers, you can naturally fight, but where do you ask me to find soldiers, now I can't afford to be a soldier, let alone a family, it's better to be a soldier, don't listen to what I say, it's all a lie, in fact, I know in my heart what Daming looks like, my family has been a military family for generations, so our family is poor, if you don't have other skills, I don't want to be a soldier either. ”

He sighed and continued: "Brother Li, I am willing to make you a friend, because I always feel that we are fellow travelers, and only the two of us can fight side by side in the future, and I don't count on anyone else, there are 1,000 people on our roster, and in fact, there are less than 500 of you, and only you and I are 200 people who can really go to the battlefield, and the others usually don't even see shadows, only when they are paid, and the guerrilla masters have not shown up for more than a month, Except for Lord Song who asked us from time to time, no one else cared about us anymore, it was over, Yang and the superintendent were finished. ”