"The court refuses to give relief, what can the official do, the military salary of the official army has not yet been settled!" Song Tongyin's anger continued unabated, and he slapped the table and shouted, "Li Hanmin wants to be a good person, and he can let him bring everyone to Fengzhou, and the official doesn't care." ”

"My lord, my subordinates will find an opportunity to drive people away, but that's 20,000 people, if you don't give food to eat, you will make trouble, and your lord will help Hermes-Epitek and Yushan no matter what!" Zhang Daojun thought for a while, and then said to Song Tongyin, "My lord, there are still some of the state capitals in Taiyuan and other places, it is better to take some out to solve the urgent need, many of those displaced people are young and strong, and they can also recruit some supplementary river defense officers and soldiers, so that they may be able to cope with it for some time." ”

"Let's do it for the time being, this official will fulfill Li Hanmin this time and give him some food," Song Tongyin walked in the house for a while and said, then gritted his teeth and shouted, "Can't let Li Hanmin get into trouble anymore, isn't he very capable of fighting, let him cross the river to Shaanxi, since the Yellow River is not good to guard, we simply cross the river to suppress the thieves, and the court has nothing to say, Zixuan, you immediately rush back to the stone building, preside over the recruitment of troops to care for the people, the official army is no longer of great use, let Li Hanmin leave some people to help you." ”

Zhang Daojun promised to leave, Song Tongyin stopped him again, and said after a while: "Zixuan, Hanmin and Yushan are our own people, and we can't wronged them, northern Shaanxi is too bitter, you bring some money and food from the Taiyuan treasury to them, don't let them starve on the road." ”

Zhang Daojun returned to the stone tower and told Li Yu what Song Tongyin meant, Li Yu didn't say a word, he immediately agreed, and agreed to leave Bai An, Zhou Yuji, Hu Dawei and others brought by the Beijing division to assist Zhang Daojun in handling military affairs, and after replenishing grain, grass and ordnance, Li Yu and Li Huai immediately pulled out the camp and led the battalions of the Fengzhou Army to cross the river into Shaanxi and go straight to Yulin City.

The land of northern Shaanxi is white, sparsely populated after the catastrophe, many villages are empty, only some walled forts are still guarded by village soldiers, and the Ming army can't even see a shadow, Chen Erzhu and Liu Shishi muttered, this is still Guannei, how is it similar to our Fengzhou?

Li Huai told Li Yu about his hometown Yulin along the way: Yulin Town not only refers to Yulin, but also includes Qingyang Mansion, Yan'an Mansion and Suidezhou, so it is also known as Yansui Town, the hometown is poor, the land is barren and there is a lack of water, one acre of land can not be dozens of catties of millet, in the event of a famine, they will starve, and the people have to rely on being soldiers as post soldiers to earn some money and food, our family is good, we have fought a lifetime and earned 30 acres of good land, and the Du family was exempted from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so that the family has something to eat, and when I win the lift, there is a preferential exemption, The family returned the field to the name of the Li family, the Du family is really a benefactor!

"Fengzhou has land, bring the eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law and nephews to Fengzhou, and we will live together as a family." Li Yu couldn't wait to say that he likes to have Li Huai as an elder brother, but he agrees more that he is a Ula person, and there is always some plausibility about being a Yulin person, but since he entered Shaanxi, he suddenly became inexplicably excited, and even the half-baked northern Shaanxi dialect was also spoken.

Li Huai listened to the heart of a hot heart, in the end is a brother, he is still worried about his family, he has always been dissatisfied with the two daughters-in-law married by Li Yu, especially Wu Langha, the man who died and is more than ten years older than his younger brother, but he married into the Li family, it will be a shame to say it, Li Huai hopes that Li Yu will marry the daughter of a scholar in the Guannei, and he will be able to enter the customs and become an official in the future, but this kid seems to be determined to be a Yiren, Li Huai even alienated Li Yu for a while, Du Hongtai also joked, Yuzi was already a bad brain, what does he know, One of them is the sister of the Great Khan of Mongolia, and the other is the daughter of the Little Khan of Tumut, and your elm has not suffered a loss!

Li Huai glanced at his younger brother, shook his head and replied: "No matter how poor you are, it is your own family, our family's land is in Ningzhai, next to the Du family's land, I took my sister-in-law to Yulin before I went to Fengzhou, she is still unhappy, the family's rations depend on those dozens of acres of land, and now there are thieves, and the life of the family must be difficult." ”

The brothers haven't been together for a long time, talking all the way, Li Huai looked at the devastated scene of his hometown, sighed from time to time, and Li Yu's heart tightened.

God helps, the sky is sunny and snowless, the Fengzhou army soon arrived in Suidezhou, they did not have the text of the military department, and they did not dare to disturb the Suide official mansion, passed around the city and continued to advance in the direction of Yulin, not long after walking, news came from behind the team, the right battalion of the infantry army behind the palace and the Suide Ming army fought, Li Yu and Li Huai were startled, and hurriedly rushed over with the Flying Tiger Battalion.

When Li Yu arrived, his battalion foot soldiers were in a circle with more than 100 Suide Ming troops and cheered loudly, the main and deputy battalion officers of the right battalion, Man Zhu and Hou Shijie, were also mixed in and pointed excitedly, in the center of the circle there were two big men each carrying a steel whip Ping Pong and playing hard, one of them was Tie Biao, the sentry commander of the right battalion of the infantry army, who was originally a soldier of Datong Town, and mixed with Man Zhu and Hou Shijie when he was a deserter in Gyeonggi, and later followed these two to Fengzhou, and also became an officer, this guy has a big waist and a round waist makes a good iron whip in one hand, Li Yu saw him kill two Jin soldiers in Zunhua, he was a fierce general, but he didn't know another man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, this person was only thirty years old, but the iron whip in his hand made the old way, powerful and fast, so that Tie Biao was a little out of breath, obviously higher than Tie Biao's skills, but Tie Biao is a muddy person, stalking is not admitting defeat, Zhang Chuanjie is sweating profusely and shouting and screaming, trying to make the two stop.

"Stop, Tie Biao, if you can't beat it, you can't beat it, there's no shame!" Li Yu hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, Zhang Chuanjie took the opportunity to drag the red-eyed Tie Biao away, Li Yu turned his face to stare at Man Zhu and Hou Shijie and scolded, "You two battalion officers are watching what is lively, why don't you go as a team!" ”

Man Zhu and Hou Shijie shrank their necks and hurriedly ran away, this fight was actually caused by the two of them, a group of people under the banner of the Ming Army but dressed in nondescript clothes passed under the city of Suide, and a team of people in the city immediately caught up to investigate, originally a few words made it clear, but they had nothing to do, and they were disrespectful to the Suide Ming Army, and saw that the other officer was carrying an iron whip weighing thirty or forty pounds, so he instigated Tie Biao, who was good at making iron whips, to compete with the other party, Tie Biao was also a good person, and he started to do it with a few words.

Li Huai felt that the officer was very familiar, so he greeted him and said a few words, and after a while, he pulled the officer to Li Yu: "Yuzi, this is Du Shuai's old subordinate, who has worked in Du Shuai's standard camp, and is his own person!" ”

The officer solemnly saluted Li Yu, and then said with a smile: "The last general Suide garrison Sun Shoufa, who was originally the general of Du Shuai's standard camp, listened to the brothers who came back from King Qin told the story of the adult beating Jiannu, and they all said that our Yulinwei has a big hero again, I didn't expect to see the adult here, the previous things are all the last general's recklessness, and the last general is here to make amends!" “

"It's our fault that Guo Suide didn't contact you, and it is natural for Sun Garrison to check the official documents of the past soldiers." Li Yu had a good impression of this Sun Shoufa, and casually handed over the official documents of the Ministry of War and the governor of Shanxi.

Sun Shoufa is very strange, the official document of the imperial court said that Li Yu was ordered to aid Shanxi, how could he come to Shaanxi, Li Yu smiled and said that he caused trouble, Shanxi drove him out, Sun Shoufa listened to what happened, and couldn't help laughing.

"Shanxi people are slamming the door, this is better, the adults are originally our Yulin people, we are still short of manpower to suppress the thieves, Yulin knows that there are iron horses galloping to help, must be ecstatic," Sun Shoufa finished speaking, and bowed to Li Yu again, "Actually, the adults have done us a great favor, the lamp is the Qingjian thief, the officials and soldiers have suppressed him several times, and let him escape, which falls back into the hands of the adults, and it can be regarded as a big harm." ”

Li Yu blushed a little when he heard this, Zhao Sheng, who lit the lamp, was still alive and kicking in the camp of the displaced people on the other side of the river, Sun Shoufa asked where Li Yu was going again, and when he heard that Li Yu was going to Yulin to find Du Wenhuan, he immediately shook his head.

"Du Shuai sent troops to King Qin in the northwest towns when he acted as the general army of Yansui and Guyuan, and the generals of King Qin are now back, Du Shuai only supervised the two towns with the rank of general of Zhenxi, and the real power in his hands is gone, and many things are not easy to do, and it is not appropriate for the Lord to go directly to the town without the approval of the Ministry of War," Sun Shoufa saw that Li Yu and Li Huai were a little disappointed, and after thinking about it, he said, "The new governor of Yansui, Lord Hong, is short of strong soldiers, if there is a report from Suide Zhizhou for the adult, Lord Hong will definitely accept the adult, it is better to do so, the last general will go to report to the Lord Zhizhou." , please stay in Suide temporarily and wait for the official document, there are few soldiers in the city, some are barracks to live in, there are some grain and grass, and the adults can also rest the soldiers and horses. ”

Li Yu and Li Huai glanced at each other, nodded and thanked each other, Sun Shoufa quickly returned to Suide City, and came back after a while, telling Li Yu that Lord Zhizhou agreed to the Fengzhou army to enter the city, so Sun Shoufa led the way in front, and the Fengzhou army followed him into Suide City.

Zhou Shiqi, the governor of Suide, was waiting at the gate of the city, and Li Yu had a few polite words, and then threw them aside, and pulled Li Huai away affectionately, Sun Shoufa was bold, and after arranging the barracks for the Fengzhou army, he brought some wine and meat, and invited Li Yu and the battalion officers of the Fengzhou army to drink wine and eat meat, and the soldiers were not seen, and the people were cooked after a few glasses of wine, and everyone at the wine table talked about the battle of Shilou, Zhang Chuanjie shook his head and said, Shaanxi people are more ruthless than Shanxi people, and they dare to fight hard, if they have a guy in their hands, The Toyosu army also suffered a lot of losses.

"Lord Zhang is a Datong person, never stayed in the northwest, life here is too hard, the land is barren, arid and rainless, the Mongolians outside the border are often harassed, if you want to live, you have to dare to fight with God, dare to fight with the Mongolians, so the people are fierce, see death as home, light the lamp is said to be a down-and-out scholar, his gang of thieves are much weaker, the real bandits, such as Zhang Ding, Wang Jiayin, Wang Zuohang, as well as Shen Yiyuan and Shen Yikui brothers, the elite of the men are mainly mutinous border troops, the weapons are also quite sophisticated, there are many people and horses, These thieves are very fierce, and you must be careful when you encounter them in the future. Sun Shoufa said with a serious face.

"That Zhang Ding is known as the Eagle of the Sky, and he was a horse thief outside the border?" When Li Yu heard the name Zhang Ding, he was shocked, Brother Zhang also rebelled?

"It's this person, and the adults know him?" Sun Shoufa was a little surprised, but he was immediately relieved, this horse thief probably also harassed Fengzhou, he said to Li Yu, "This thief has been the capital of the border army, and he has a lot of kung fu immediately, and he has some names inside and outside the border wall, and his subordinates are either horse thieves outside the border army or cavalry pawns of the border army, and other rebellious horse thieves such as the king of the king, the monkey of the sky, the collapse of the sky, and the hundred thousand, etc., also have to bow down to it, unlike other thieves, he never takes the people with him, but uses the cavalry to fight fast and walk quickly, floating and uncertain, so this thief is not only strong but also the most difficult to suppress. ”

Sun Shoufa said happily, let the soldiers around him take out a map, pointed to the map to explain the topography of Yansui to the generals of Fengzhou, as well as the general situation of the thieves everywhere, the generals of Fengzhou listened carefully, and couldn't help but gasp, this errand to suppress thieves is not easy to do!

After Sun Shoufa explained, he shook his head and sighed: "It's not difficult to say that thieves are suppressed, a group of ordinary people will never be able to beat the officers and soldiers, but the trouble is that the thieves kill more and more, often the officers and soldiers beat the thieves all over the ground, and the thieves are also captured and beheaded, but after a few days, more thieves appear again, and they are simply invincible, such as Qingjian This place, lighting the lamp to cross the river was exterminated by adults, but there was a wave of thieves, the nickname of the leader' Eight kings', it is said that he is a native of Dingxi, he has been a soldier and knows how to march and fight, this thief is more fierce than lighting a lamp, but unfortunately Suide's soldiers are too few, unable to exterminate this thief, I have told Yulin, ask for troops to be sent as soon as possible, be sure to eradicate this thief as soon as possible, but unfortunately there is no response, I estimate that the Lord Zhizhou invited Li Juren to talk about this matter. ”

After Sun Shoufa finished speaking, he complained, in fact, the common people would not make trouble if they had something to eat, but the court didn't know what to think, people couldn't live anymore, and the taxes and additional distributions were still collected.

Sun Shoufa's complaint resonated with everyone, it doesn't matter if the soldiers are together, they scolded the court, Li Yu thought about Zhang Ding's matter, and said very little, Sun Shoufa saw that the wine was almost drunk, so he said hello and left.

Li Huai came back very late and told Li Yu what he talked about with Zhou Shiqi, Zhou Shiqi was really fighting the idea of Fengzhou Iron Cavalry, Qingjian that place is a place of river valleys and mountains, the terrain is complex and easy to hide, Yansui has almost become a den of thieves since the change, and finally walked to light the lamp, and there is a more fierce Eight Kings, this guy's strength has developed too fast, and he has pulled up a team of tens of thousands of people, and there are 3,000 young and strong elites, and now Qingjian County has been surrounded by a lonely city, and there is no way for him to take him for a while. Zhou Shiqi wanted to use the Fengzhou Iron Horse to exterminate this thief in one fell swoop.

"Zhou Zhizhou has already sent people to Yulin to report our affairs, and promised that he would supply the grain and grass during the suppression of thieves, and I have already promised to come down." Li Huai said.

"When we get to other people's territory, we have to work for others, so let's fight this battle, but he must send people to cooperate, the terrain in this area is complicated, which is not conducive to cavalry combat, and I have to think carefully about how to fight." Li Yu nodded and replied.

Zhou Zhizhou sent Sun Shoufa to find Li Yu the next day, and brought his words, as long as the thieves in Qingjian can be suppressed, everything will be done according to Li Yu's wishes, Sun Shoufa patted his chest and said that he would personally lead the elite of Suide to suppress the thieves together, Li Yu immediately invited the battalion officials of each battalion to discuss, and asked Sun Shoufa to immediately send scouts and spies to Qingjian to investigate.

The Fengzhou army rested in Suide for a few days, Li Yu was preparing to send troops to Qingjian, Du Hongtai, who had not heard from him, suddenly ran over, and brought a letter from his uncle Du Wenhuan, Du Shuai's letter was very brief, and the anti-thieves nicknamed the "Eight Kings" gathered to besiege Qingjian County, he had gone to the rescue, and ordered Li Yu to immediately lead the army to Qingjian and join forces with him to defeat the rebels.

"You came at the right time, my uncle is worried that there is no army to deploy, when he heard your news, he immediately led eight hundred elite cavalry to rush to Qingjian by shortcut, and sent me to ask you to meet at the mouth of the Qingjian River, let's leave immediately." Du Hongtai said.

After reading the letter, Li Yu said to Li Huai and Du Hongtai with a smile: "Du Shuai will take 800 cavalry to suppress the thieves, and I will definitely not dare to change them." ”

"Du Shuai has always liked to lead the troops to fight with elite cavalry for long distances, and if we march fast enough, we should be able to meet Du Shuai in time." Li Huai replied.

Du Hongtai replied with a wry smile: "My uncle has no choice, he has the title of general of Zhenxi, but the soldiers and horses of Yansui and Guyuan are pinched in the hands of Governor Wenchen, if he hadn't heard that you have arrived in Suide, he would not have taken this risky move." ”

"Okay, let's listen to Du Shuai, and immediately set off for the Qingjian River estuary." Li Yu waved his hand and said.

Zhou Shiqi, the governor of Suide, was overjoyed when he received the notification of sending troops, and immediately sent Sun Shoufa to lead more than 300 elite Suide to accompany the thieves, and he also said that he would personally take the Suide gentry and the people to send off the Ming army, Li Yu hurriedly refused, but asked Zhou Zhizhou to close the city gate and block the news.

Li Yu quietly took two armies out of Suide City, all the way to the mouth of the Qingjian River, the iron cavalry everyone has horses, Feihu sent troops this time one person and two horses, even the two battalions of Zhang Chuanjie and Mangui, who are known as the infantry army, are by no means slow - Bai Xianzhi will not treat his descendants badly, the original more than 500 war horses belonging to him have not been handed over to the public, and he has earned hundreds of camels, mules and more than a hundred carts in vain, the only unpleasant thing is that the baggage of the whole army has also been thrown to them for transportation, and the Suide Ming army is not good, there are less than a hundred people with horses, You can only take the cart of the Toyosu infantry.

Sun Shoufa complained to Li Yu's side that the official army in the Guannai lacked horses, and he was originally a cavalryman, but now he can only lead foot soldiers, but because there are a large number of mutinous Ming troops with horses, the strength of the cavalry is not worse than that of the official army. Li Yu replied casually, I have horses there, if you are willing to come to Fengzhou, I will give you a cavalry battalion, Sun Shoufa was stunned for a moment, and then stopped talking.

The Fengzhou army was led by Sun Shoufa's people, and the march arrived at the mouth of the Qingjian River for a day and night, but did not see the shadow of the Ming army, and soon after the scouts were released, they brought back a small group of cavalry wearing the Ming army's uniforms, led by a twenty-something handsome officer, Li Yu did not have time to ask, Du Hongtai and Li Huai went up to pull the officer and laughed, Sun Shoufa also sighed and told Li Yu that Du Shuai had arrived!