Crossing the Gobi, and into a grassland area, it is already the middle of May, the earth is green grass, the breeze blows the rolling green waves, and the wild flowers in full bloom are also mixed in, colorful and colorful, this is the season of lush water and grass, but the shepherds, cattle and sheep of the past can not be seen on the empty and endless grassland.

A cavalry team came slowly, the number seemed to be small, only a thousand men, but all one man and two horses, and many camels were also sandwiched in the middle, in order to save horsepower, the cavalry dismounted and walked, but they had obviously gone through a long journey, and the pace under their feet was a little scattered, and the queue was also long. The horn to stop the advance sounded for a few moments, and then the order to "rest in place, no fire" was heard, and the cavalry stopped, feeding the cattle and stuffing some dry food into their mouths.

"Is there still water? Give me a few sips. Wu Xian sat on the ground and greeted Buck, who was leading the horse.

"Save some drink!" Buck Leng paused for a moment before throwing the skin bag to Wu Xian, and then sat down and said, "Old Wu, you speak slowly, the half-hung Shanxi dialect is hard to listen to, I heard that your hometown is far to the south, why did you remember to come to us?" ”

"Cause trouble, run around!" Wu Xian said angrily, he is a native of Huizhou, a young man who practiced martial arts, learned a good martial arts, a few years ago a fight and brawl killed people, he did not dare to return home, first fled to Zezhou, and then was instigated by Sun Shoufa and Sun Fuhu, and joined the army in Fengzhou, this time it was completely safe, but the hope of returning home was slim.

"What's the matter? Tell me about it, I like to listen to stories the most. Buck immediately became interested, and grinned and approached Wu Xian's side, Wu Xian glanced at him and turned his head.

"Buck, are you bored? The Grand Commander has called you, so don't you go! "Morrig came to chase them, and Buck grimaced at his cousin and ran away.

Li Yu and Zhao Ji were squatting on the grass, contemplating in front of the map, and the four battalion officers of the Flying Tiger Battalion, Meng Ke and Ji Da, and Sun Fuhu and Qiu Xian of the Left Cavalry Battalion, surrounded them together, talking and talking.

"It's been ten days since we came out, and we haven't seen a single shadow of Jin Jun, will we take a fork in the road?" Jeddah scratched her head and muttered to herself.

"Impossible, the Jin army can only take this road when it goes west, this is Yitu, and in front is the withered mallet, maybe if you go further, you will meet these guys." Qiu Xian shook his head and said.

Zhao Ji said with a smile, Chahar Khan is a master of escape, and before leaving, he has to wrap up people and animals, and without the help of people who are familiar with the local area, the Jin army broke in, and there must be hardship. The Jin soldiers had a lot of livestock, but they were not familiar with the local situation, and they went to Daer Lake to find water to drink, which was a saltwater sea.

"Buck, you are most familiar with this road, let me ask you, is there any other way for Jin Jun to go?" Li Yu saw Buck coming over and immediately asked.

Buck is going to follow this time, and he claims to be familiar with every grass and tree on this road, and he can walk with his eyes closed, listening to Li Yu's question, patting his chest and guaranteeing that Jin Jun can only take this road, unless they don't want to live anymore.

Li Yu nodded and said to Zhao Ji: "Our scouts have been placed for thirty miles, and it is impossible for the whereabouts of the Jin army to escape our eyes, maybe they are not far from us, just wait here, and we will also take a rest." ”

"Yuzi, why don't you take the Flying Tiger Camp back first, I want to move forward anyway, I will fight if I have the opportunity, and bypass them if I don't have the opportunity." Zhao Ji thought for a while and said.

"No, we are marching covertly along the way, and even the Chahar people are not alarmed, so we must not be exposed at this time," Li Yu shook his head, looked to the east and said, "You don't know the Jin army, or let me come, this battle must be fought, first, to disrupt their deployment, to buy time for Fengzhou to prepare for war, and second, to attract their attention and cover you to go around their backs." ”

The Fengzhou army rested here for a day, just after noon the next day, the scouts reported, the Jin army cavalry appeared in front, there were about 500 armored soldiers, looking at the flag like a red flag and a white flag soldiers, was going in the direction of Karamangnai, Li Yu and Zhao Ji looked at each other and smiled, and the Jin army finally appeared.

On the prairie, the team of the Jin Army walked sparsely, and it had been several days since they came out, and they were exhausted, but they didn't even see a shadow of a person, and everyone's plan to make some military merit and property was in vain, and they couldn't stand up when they walked, and Ah Shan and Lausa, who led the troops, were also depressed.

"If I had known this, I shouldn't have listened to you to rob Turush, and followed the Great Khan on a trip to Longbutu, maybe I could get some benefits." Ahsan complained, he had a hard time in the past two years, Sibeile mixed sand with each flag, transferred him to the Zhengbai Banner Zuoli Flag Affairs, Zhengbai Banner Duoduo was not polite, kicked him to the Mongolian tribe to patrol the border, the poor countryside stayed for a long time and wanted to jump out, this Great Khan's westward expedition was a good opportunity, he brought his two or three hundred people to follow, but he didn't expect to spread a bitter and tired errand without oil and water.

"Can you blame me for this, I don't want to give you some credit for the sake of the two of us being good friends, it's all because the Chahar people are running too fast." Rausa also has a fire in his heart, this expedition has been by him and Turushh to fight the outpost, in fact, there is no battle to fight, the main thing is to catch life, but after running hard for several days, it took dozens of Chahars to capture, the harvest is too little to score, he and Turushh also quarreled, Lausa has a lot of eyes, pulled his good friend Ahsan to find the Great Khan together, and squeezed Turushh to the back to answer.

"Turushh is not stupid, he must be hiding far behind and hanging out, and the two of us will be unlucky." Ahsan is still dissatisfied.

"I haven't screamed for more than ten days, and you're still muttering a fart, hey, there seems to be someone in front!" Rausa drank Ahsan, looked forward carefully for a moment, and then shouted excitedly, "Ahead are the Chahars, all get on their horses and catch these guys!" ”

A few herdsmen dressed in the pasture in front of them also found the Jin army, panicked and turned the horse's head and ran desperately, the Jin army became excited, screamed and got on the horse to chase, Laosa and Ah Shan ran in front of the front, they ran all the way for twenty miles, the other party seemed to be out of horsepower, slowly stopped, turned the horse's head together and looked at the Jin cavalry who pounced, and a strong man in the lead was still laughing.

"Ahsan, Raussa, it's the two of you, why didn't Turushh come, you three bears just come together." As he spoke, the man raised his bow and arrows—the three big bears were the nicknames that Zhu Shen gave to Ashan, Rausa, and Turushh, but Turush, the big bear, was always at odds with the other two bears, and the man continued, "Do you two dismount and surrender, or do you plan to die?" ”

"Tu Lichen, you rebellious, Ah Shan, you go with me, killing him is a great achievement, hey, what are you dragging me for?" Rausa also recognized Turichen, and knew that he was not the opponent of the former second Baylor guard, and wanted to pull Ahsan together.

"it, we're surrounded by people," Ahsan shouted in horror as he listened to the sound of horses' hooves on all sides, "I saw their big flags, there are Black Eagle Flags, and Flying Tiger Flags, and Erlu is also here!" ”

"Don't fight, run!" Ah Shan saw the Flying Tiger Flag clearly, turned the horse's head and ran - when Li Yu was in Shenyang, he once beat him and Rausa, and the beating was not light, and now the other party is more powerful and difficult to provoke, it is still important to flee for your life.

Rausa was also frightened, but he moved a little slower, the other party had not yet arrived, the dense arrow rain poured over, the Jin cavalry immediately returned fire, the two sides shot each other with bows and arrows, and the dense arrows in the air were like shuttles, at this time it was not easy to turn around and run, Lausa secretly scolded Ahsan for not being a friend enough, but he had to work hard to support.

The two battalions of the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry elite iron cavalry plus more than 100 fierce outlaws of the Buck Caravan had an absolute advantage in numbers, and they rushed up to surround the Jin army and beat it fiercely, and the Jin army ran so sleepy that many people did not have time to put on their armor, and they suffered a big loss in a hurry, and countless people fell from the arrow. Ah Shan broke through twice and was beaten back by the other party with a rain of arrows, turned around and wanted to rendezvous with Lausa, but he had no chance to resist, Sun Fuhu brought a sentry iron cavalry to completely break it off with Lausa. The two Jin armies were divided and surrounded, suffering heavy casualties under the dense rain of arrows, and there was almost no way to fight back, and this time neither of the two bears could escape.

Li Yu and Zhao Ji were observing the battle not far away, and the two couldn't help but shake their heads when they looked at the performance of the Jin army, is this still the world-famous elite army? The combat power seems to be weaker than in the Battle of Gyeonggi, and if Li Yu encounters such a situation in the Jin Kingdom, it will definitely be the whole army twisted together to fight to the death, instead of fighting like now.

"The Zhu Shen who have been honed in the white mountains and black waters is one less to go, and the younger generation can't go to work, so I'm afraid they can only do something to bully the soft and fear the hard in the future," Li Yu said with emotion, and then shouted to Chen Erzhu, "Don't waste time, blow the trumpet, and the whole army will launch a hand-to-hand attack." ”

The rapid trumpet sounded, the Fengzhou iron cavalry under the cover of the arrow rain, quickly launched an attack with a cone-shaped cavalry formation, the cavalry easily broke into the opponent's crowd, holding knives and axes to slash wantonly, the Jin army launched a brute force at this time, and the Fengzhou iron cavalry fought viciously, doing a dying struggle. Rausa was very unlucky to meet the Flying Tiger Rider, the other party seemed to have the fighting ability of Baijia Bayara, and the riding skills were more exquisite, Jin Bing leaned on it and died, he looked up and unexpectedly saw a familiar figure, immediately recognized who the other party was, and shouted "Erlu, I'm Rausa and you fight!" The horse rushed forward, and the other party obviously noticed him, smiled and raised his bow and arrow, and then a cold air came at him. No, this guy's arrow shot accurately - Laussa broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly turned sideways to dodge, but the opponent's arrow came too quickly, and as soon as he tilted his head, he felt a sharp pain, and covered his left eye with a wail.

Lausa was seriously injured and fell off the horse, the Jin army no longer had the intention of fighting, and shouted "Erlu Batulu" in his mouth, and dismounted and surrendered one after another. More than 200 people who survived the Jin army were driven together, and Tu Lichen had not yet enjoyed it, so he took a few Zhushen flying tigers and rode them, punching and kicking the captives - when Amin Belle was unlucky, the banners and belles did not help to say a good word, but fell into the ground, Tu Lichen and they just took out their anger at these captives, and they refused to stop until Li Yu came to stop them.

"Brother Erlu, I'm Ahsan, do you still recognize me? I'm on an errand for Dordor Belle now, we're our own people, don't kill me!" Ah Shan shouted when he saw Li Yu, his hands still covering his face, Tu Lichen's punch was not light.

"You've arrived at the White Flag, is little Baelor Dordor alright? Don't worry, I don't kill prisoners, and besides, we're old friends. Li Yu patted Ah Shan and said.

"Erlu, you shot me in my left eye, Sakhalian Bel will definitely settle accounts with you, and if you have a kind, you will kill the master." Raussa wailed and roared.

"I can't be blamed for this, Rausa, I wanted to scare you, but you hit the arrow yourself." Li Yu immediately retorted and waved his hand to the medical officer to bandage Rausa's wound.

Ah Shan comforted Rausa a few words, and said cheekily: "Brother Erlu, after the battle, is it time to let us go home, we are also on errands, it is the Great Khan who wants to crusade against you, in fact, we don't want to come." ”

"Think about it beautifully, Lausa and their seriously injured numbers stay, you have to go with me, don't worry, when Sibeile retreats, he will naturally let you go home." Li Yu rejected this unreasonable request.

The Toyoshu army quickly cleaned up the battlefield and withdrew south with Ashan's group of prisoners, as well as captured horses and weapons, and Lausa and fifty or sixty seriously wounded men who could not ride horses were thrown in place. When it was almost dark, Turushh finally arrived, and was startled to see the dead bodies in one place, and Lausa told him about the defeat of the battle, and Turushe was also afraid, and he had only two or three hundred men, and he did not have the courage to pursue them to the west, so he took Lausa's men and fled in a hurry to the east.

Li Yu rushed south until dawn the next day, and when he saw that no one was catching up behind him, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered everyone to stop and rest. The officers got together and laughed, this battle took advantage of the Jin army, and it must have made the Great Khan of the Jin Kingdom angry. However, this is not the end, the virtual and real, floating has always been the tactic of the steppe horse thieves, Zhao Ji suggested that the people who sent Buck send the prisoners and booty back, and the others immediately returned to the north and continued to look for fighters, and they had to poke the hornet's nest of the Jin army. Buck immediately quit, and finally got a fight, so he could easily go back, he asked to bring about twenty good men to stay, and said that he knew a hidden path that could lead directly to the withered mallet - the withered mallet is the assembly place of the Jin army, which was leaked by Ahsan, this guy told all he knew, and said that he was also bitter and bitter, when he fled from the Jin country before, his younger brother and son were killed by the Jin army, and he almost died, and the worse the Erlu brothers beat the Jin army, the happier he was.

Turushh fled to Kualao with the remnants of Rausa's defeated army, just met the main force of the Jin army, Tiancong Khan heard the news and his lungs were about to explode, if it weren't for the fact that Rausa was blind in one eye, he wanted to take a break from his anger, he immediately ordered Turushh to lead the way, Azig and Wunag led the elite cavalry to pursue the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry, which was of course in vain, Azig and Wunag went around near Yitu, and found no trace of each other, so they hurriedly came back and reported to the Great Khan that Erlu had fled far west - in fact, they were also afraid, The road is unfamiliar and far away from the main force, it will be bad if you are ambushed again, but the opponent is a cunning Erlu devil.

Tiancong Khan scolded the Eight Banners Belle and the Mongol chieftains, ordered them to be on guard to avoid any further accidents, and then went back to his bedchamber - the Chahars had fled, but Erlu had appeared, and he now needed to think calmly about what to do next.

The Jin army continued to have accidents in this westward expedition, and it took two days to cross the river when it crossed the Liao River in early April, and when it arrived at the Xilamulun River, it was found that the existing Mongolian tribes were still wandering on the road. After gathering all the Mongolian troops and horses, they set out on April 18, and crossed the Xing'an Mountains on April 22, when their own people had an accident again, and the two Mongol men of Gushan Ezhen Darhan with the Yellow Banner fled. Tiancong Khan knew that the matter might be revealed, and immediately led the whole army to speed up the march. Jin Jun ran all the way tired, the most troublesome thing is that often can not find water to drink, in order to solve the whole army and livestock drinking water, Jin Jun also made a special detour to Dahl Lake, but it turned out to be a saltwater lake, Jin Jun was unlucky, along the way you can see flocks of yellow sheep, you can hunt at will, but the water is not a mouthful of drink, a yellow sheep can not exchange for a bowl of water. The Jin army chased fast, Chahar Khan retreated and ran faster, this guy was born to escape for his life, after entering the Chahar territory, the Jin army only captured one hundred and eighty ordinary people, Tiancong Khan was of course not satisfied, I heard that there were Chahar people in Longbutu, and chased after him in one breath, but he still pounced, and turned to a dry mall, but Erlu came out at this time.

To be honest, Tiancong Khan still likes the child Erlu, people at his level will not care too much about the two sides have beaten a few times, Erlu this child ran out alone, and founded a family business in a few years, which is really difficult for him, but unfortunately this family business is a little bigger, and it is impossible for Jin Guo to set up a ninth flag for him, Erlu must understand this, so he has to protect himself, and he will strike first when he changes to Erlu's position, but this guy should not be blacked out repeatedly, this time he must teach him a good lesson.

But what is the strength of Erlu, Tiancong Khan is confused about this, Jin Guo understands that Fengzhou is mainly to ask businessmen, and what these businessmen say is also upside down, such as the old supplier Fan Yongdou, this guy desperately said that he is from Fengzhou when he pulls business, and the relationship with Erlu is very good, there are many merchants in Fengzhou, craftsmen are good, and all of them are honest people, whether it is the goods transferred from the Ming Kingdom, or the goods produced by Fengzhou itself, it is absolutely genuine, and when negotiating the price, he immediately changed his words and said that he was from the Ming Kingdom, the horse thieves in Fengzhou are in charge, the people are not happy, and the government is too dark, extorting and indiscriminately imposing heavy taxes on these poor businessmen, and they will definitely lose money and hang themselves if they don't sell a little money.

Erlu is young and ignorant, he has never been the material to be an official, maybe it is really a mess, he only has a population of 50,000, and he is strong at most 10,000, and the people are not happy, and the people's hearts are unstable, so it should not be difficult to deal with - Tiancong Khan thought, and gradually fell asleep.