Zhang Xiao's face was as usual, but he was sighing in his heart, the emperor was still too young, and he was deceived by these Qingliu who ignored practice. The emperor thinks that the eunuchs are all villains who do a lot of evil, and if these villains are cleaned up, the court will have a good atmosphere, but in fact, how can it be so simple? The emperor instigated Qingliu to fight against the eunuchs, and he just threw himself into party strife. The "Three Dynasties Classics" recorded Wanli, Taichang and the Apocalypse during the three cases of the attack, the red pill, and the palace shift, which themselves were a confused account, but they became the miracles of the Donglin Party to show off to the world, and by the way, they used this to suppress the courtiers they did not like, and Wei Gonggong wanted to unite all forces to clean up the Donglin Party that was against him, and naturally he wanted to "set things right", so Wei Gonggong worked closely with the Zhejiang, Qi, Chu, Xuan, and Kunming parties in the DPRK and Central China that were suppressed by the Donglin Party through the three cases, and Gu Bingqian, a cabinet scholar, Huang Liji, Feng Quan, etc. set up a library to compile documents and files related to the three cases, and added the words of the case, completely overturned the conclusion of the three cases, and in turn said that the Donglin Party was the culprit of the three major cases, "The Three Dynasties Canon" involved too many people, on the surface it was Wei Zhongxian who attacked the Donglin Party, but in fact, the Northern Party among the courtiers and the Southern Party led by the Zhejiang Party abandoned the old grudges and joined forces to fight back against the strong Donglin Party, the biggest problem of the "Three Dynasties Canon" is to draw a line between the courtiers who is a righteous gentleman and who is a traitorous villain. Therefore, its existence and destruction are related to the official position, reputation and interests of many people in the government and the opposition, and the ministers are all human spirits, and they all understand that if they want the court to be stable, they must cover the affairs of the three cases, and they must not be easily moved, and it is best to perfunctory until everyone forgets it, but Ni Yuanlu These stunned young people actually lifted the cover, and it is easy to destroy this book, but for many courtiers, it is to dig their ancestral graves, so that some people must work hard with red eyes, but I am afraid that the court will never have peace.

"The courtiers are so confused, who is the traitor villain has his own "Da Ming Law" to follow, why bother to listen to the words of those Qingliu who specialize in impeachment and ignore practice to start party disputes again, are the ministers all confused?" Song Tongyin shook his head, pointed to the north and said, "This is the first priority today, the invasion of the west of the Han Dynasty is in chaos, Shanxi, Datong, Xuanfu and the four towns of Jizhen are in danger from now on, this is more terrible than losing Liaodong, and the decision should be made as soon as possible whether to fight the Han Dynasty, otherwise there will be a big disaster." ”

"The emperor is eager to seek treatment, thinking that after clearing the eunuchs, and then introducing those virtuous gentlemen into the court, the Ming Dynasty can be revitalized, so the court shock is unavoidable, and the ministers are afraid that it will be difficult to protect themselves, who still has the heart to care about us, the court does not allocate food and salary, and we can't do anything, so we can maintain this situation, take a step at a time." Zhang Xiao smiled bitterly and said helplessly, he looked at Li Huai, and said kindly, "Since Yushan is back, he will stay here with the old man to praise and paint how about military affairs, what the old man lacks here is a talent like you who knows the side affairs." ”

Li Huai is quite grateful in his heart, although he is not an official position, although he can participate in the military affairs under the commander's account, take charge of the documents, and can also be ordered to go out to perform military affairs on behalf of the commander, so there are more opportunities to obtain military merits, and it is easy to be awarded an official position by the imperial court with his military merits, which is a new career opened up by the governor for him, Li Huai hurriedly saluted Zhang Xiao and said: "Thank you for the love of the boss, the late life has been the work of dogs and horses, but the Yue Lord of Yulin has the grace to carry the late life, and the crisis will be calmed down, In his later years, he still had to go back to Yulin to serve. ”

"Don't worry, the old man won't dig the corner of Erlu, Yushan is a practical talent, not an ordinary scholar can be compared, the old man wants to give you a chance to become an official, and when the big thing is decided, the old man will let you go back to Yulin." After Zhang Xiao finished speaking, Li Huai bowed down again to thank him, Zhang Xiao waved his hand, turned his face to Song Tongyin and said: "Xianzheng, you can tell Yushan about the situation outside the Xuanda border during this time, maybe Yushan can help us pick up the gaps." ”

Song Tongyin nodded and roughly told him what happened after Li Huai left, Li Huai heard that Emperor Jian Taiji had entered the West Liao River and attacked the old camp of the Dorot Department of Hudun Tuhan, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Is this news true?" ”

"After Li Dusi left the customs, he has been informing us of the information outside the Saiwai, and it is very accurate, why, Yushan thinks this news is very important?" Song Tongyin replied.

"It's too fast, this chieftain is not simple, judging from the naturalization war that the adults talked about, Hudun Tuhan lost 30,000 people in the first battle, and its strength has been greatly weakened, and the chieftain took advantage of it to go west and immediately ended the old nest of the Han, this chieftain has a far-reaching plan! Once Jiannu is bigger outside the border of Liaodong, then the Mongolian ministries outside the border of Liaodong, Shanhai and Jizhen will definitely have to compete for refuge, so that the strength of Jiannu will be stronger, and it will definitely have a plot against the Han Dynasty, if Jiannu succeeds and Hudun Tuhan is defeated, then Jiannu and the Mongolian ministries will be integrated, at that time they will join forces to have the full strength to attack the Guannai and even the Beijing Division, Xuanda, Jiliao The side walls of the towns can be attacked everywhere for thousands of miles, and the Ningyuan line will have no effect except for the vain consumption of food and wages, so that the Ming Dynasty is in danger! ”

Zhang Xiao and Song Tongyin nodded again and again when they listened, and they actually thought of what Li Huai thought of, but the imperial court did not express its position, nor did they pay for food, and they couldn't do anything, Zhang Xiao asked softly: "How does Yushan think the imperial court should respond?" ”

"Fu! Since we can't afford to send troops to the border, then we can only appease Hudun Tuhan and give him money and food so that he can live outside the Xuanda border, as long as Hudun Tuhan is still alive, Jianbei will not be able to integrate the forces of the Mongolian tribes to deal with us, even if he wants to bypass the Ningjin line to attack, we have to fight to the death with Jian Han first. Li Huai said decisively.

Zhang Xiao shook his head: "What Yushan said is extremely true, but my dynasty has always been the most taboo about Fuyi, and the peace with me is just a special case. ”

"The courtiers are busy fighting, and they won't care about Xuanda outside the border unless there is a big incident." Li Huai sighed, he continued, "But the boss has already taken a clever move, arranging for Li Dusi to appease the rest of the rabbit outside the border is really a clever calculation, these Tatars and the Han are as deep as the sea, they will definitely be incompatible, having them is equivalent to putting a knife next to Hudun Tuhan, the Han will not dare to let go of the south, even if Jiannu comes in the future, we also have a force outside the border to deal with Jiannu, but this force is too weak now, if you want them to be used by me, the boss must also support them with food, ordnance, This seems to cost some money, but it is still much more cost-effective than raising some soldiers who can't get out of the pass and can't fight. ”

"Yushan, Li Dusi is too bitter there, and eating is a problem, so it's better for you to stay with the boss." Song Tong persuaded him politely.

"I'm not afraid of hardship in my later life, please allow me to go out of the customs and serve the imperial court." Li Huai replied firmly.

"Okay, the old man will allow you, and you will go to Manhan Mountain to supervise military affairs, but if you can't stand it, come back immediately, don't be embarrassed, the position of the governor's mansion to praise the military affairs is still yours." Zhang Xiao thought about it and agreed, he ordered his soldiers to immediately go to the post house to pass Li Yu to the governor's mansion.

Not long after the soldiers went out, they rushed back with Zhang Chuanjie, but there was no shadow of Li Yu around them, Zhang Xiao was just about to open his mouth to ask, Zhang Chuanjie shouted: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Deputy Envoy, Li Dusi went out of the customs to fight the barbarians, and the last general couldn't persuade him, so he had to rush to report to the two adults." ”

Zhang Xiao was furious: "The official asked him to stay in Yanghe for a few days, he was so bold that he ran away without even making a report, he didn't lead troops this time, how could he fight with the insertion?" Zhang Chuanjie, tell me what's going on. ”

"Lord Qiqi, there are thousands of Tatar men and women outside Xinping Fort who were chased and killed by the barbarians and fled to the front of the pass, asking to enter the pass to hide, the officers and soldiers guarding the fort resolutely did not allow it, the Tatars and the barbarians fought outside Xinping Fort, Li Dusi heard about this, and immediately went to Yanghekou to summon the people he stayed there to rescue, the last general couldn't stop him, he went out of the Shoukou Fort," Zhang Chuanjie hurriedly replied, he pleaded with Zhang Xiao eagerly, "My lord, let the last general lead the troops out of the pass to help Li Dusi, he only has four personal soldiers, The Tatars he contained outside Yanghekou were only five or six hundred, there were few people who could fight, and the barbarians were numerous, although Li Dusi was brave but it was difficult to win, and he was afraid that he would be poisoned if he rescued him too late. ”

"No, you only have more than 100 people under your command, and if you go out, you will be sent to death," Zhang Xiao stomped his feet in anger and couldn't help scolding, "This muddy boy will cause trouble, and this official will definitely not spare him." ”

"Boss, let's go for a trip in the evening, just to help Li Dusi come up with ideas, the Han is too arrogant, dare to go to Xiping Fort, and it won't work if you don't fight," Li Huai interjected, and then said to Zhang Chuanjie with a smile, "Please Zhang Dusi prepare a horse, a bow and a pot of arrows for me, I want to learn how powerful the Han is to be inserted." ”

Song Tongyin glanced at Zhang Xiao, and then said sharply: "The Han dog is bold, and he actually provoked me in front of the pass, Zhang Chuanjie, take your people with you to expel the Han with this Li Zan's painting, and be sure to rescue Li Dusi." ”

Li Huai and Zhang Chuanjie happily accepted the order, and Zhang Xiao said in a low voice: "When you get out of the customs, you will find an opportunity to beat the Han with Li Dusi, and if you don't have a chance, you will immediately withdraw with Li Dusi, whether he wants to or not, you have to come back, don't fall in love." ”

Li Yu lived in Yanghe very depressed for three days, he was very honest in the post house waiting for someone to talk to him about grain and grass, but no one looked for him, but Zhang Chuanjie and his two captains Wang Yongqiang and Liu Qian also came to the post house to chat with him, Li Yu couldn't wait a little, and wanted to say hello to Song Tongyin and pat his ass and leave, at this time, Yang and the mouth of the Hu'er Mountain camp Bi Lige, Han Dagong sent people to rush to deliver the letter, their people patrolled the border and learned that the Chahar army defeated the Wulu, Wushen and Bayant departments of the east outpost, Ulutaiji was defeated and killed, a large number of fleeing people from the eastern outpost poured towards the border wall of Xinpingbao, the Chahar people were chasing them, Bi Lige was afraid, and asked Li Yu to make an early decision, either let the people in the Hu'er Mountain camp enter the pass to hide, or allow them to flee to the Barbarian Mountain, if the Chahar people came over, they would definitely pack them up.

Li Yu didn't say a word after hearing this, and beckoned Meng Ke and the others to pack up and leave the customs immediately, Zhang Chuanjie, who was talking to him, hurriedly persuaded: You just leave like this, what should the governor and the deputy envoy do if they look for you, and besides, you still have to ask the adults for food! Li Yu shook his head and said, we are Tatars, no one cares about our life or death, we only have to save ourselves, I want to go to the Hu'er Mountain camp to gather people and horses, first rescue the villagers in Dongshao, and then everyone go to the Barbarian Mountain together, whether it is dead or alive, everyone will live together, please Brother Zhang ask for my resignation to the Governor and the Deputy Envoy for me.

Li Yu went out of Shoukou Fort and Yanghekou, rushed to the Hu'er Mountain camp in one breath, and ordered Bi Lige and Han Dagong to gather people with horses and bows and arrows to follow him to Xinping Fort to rescue people, and the others packed up the camp and prepared to retreat to Manhan Mountain, and soon Li Yu rushed out of the camp with Han Dagong and more than 100 people, Bi Lige was left in the camp to direct the remaining old and weak women and children to be busy packing up their things and preparing to leave, this guy still didn't feel at ease when he thought about it, and sent someone to ride two horses to Manhan Mountain for help.

Shoukou Fort is not far from Xinping Fort, Li Yu and his entourage rushed all the way along the dirt road outside the Great Wall, and arrived outside Xinping Fort in the afternoon. Li Yu raised his eyes and looked, there was already a mess here, the Chahar people and the people of the east post were in a mess, the people of the east post obviously did not have a unified command, some people were still desperately resisting, but more people were running around, some people were running to the mountains, some people were running under the side wall, the Chahar people were also in chaos, what they wanted most was livestock, property, the people of the east post were running around, they followed the chase, the poor and crazy Chahar people not only robbed, but also wantonly killed people, killed people and stripped clothes, outside the side wall were full of **** corpses, there were men, Women's, more often are the corpses of the elderly and children.

The foot of the side wall was crowded with people, they pleaded bitterly to the Ming army in the city - as long as they went up to the side wall, it was a way to live, the side wall was full of Ming troops and temporarily recruited people, they held knives, spears, bows and arrows vigilantly watched the crowd under the city, from time to time shot a row of arrows or put a few three-eyed guns to prevent the crowd from approaching the side wall, the people who were shot let out a miserable howl, but these people had no way to retreat, they still gathered under the side wall, hoping that the Chahar people would be afraid of the power of the Ming Dynasty and let them live, But the Chahar people obviously did not give face to the Ming Dynasty, although they did not approach the side wall, they kept shooting the people under the border wall with bows and arrows, and there was a terrible wailing and crying under the side wall.

Li Yu wiped his eyes and shouted with a cold face: "Chen Erzhu, blow the trumpet, Liu Shishi, unfurl our Black Eagle Flag, follow me and rush over, kill the Chahar people, and save the villagers in Dongshao." After Li Yu finished speaking, he rushed to the crowd with a long lance in his hand, Meng Ke and Han Dagong followed with great anger, Chen Erzhu's horn sounded, and the black eagle flag with a red background immediately unfolded and fluttered in the wind, more than a hundred cavalry followed Li Yu to gallop under the Great Wall, and there were more than a dozen sturdy women in the cavalry, they shouted and shot sharp arrows at the enemy like the men, the Chahar people were caught off guard, and in an instant, several teams of Chahar soldiers were killed. And those East Sentinels who had escaped death looked at this sudden cavalry, and they were a little at a loss for a while.

Li Yu in his hand long lance in a row to knock over several Chahar soldiers, a Chahar officer shouted angrily with a long knife in his hand and pounced on him, Li Yu did not hesitate to smash the lance at the other party, the lance and the long knife collided together with a piercing collision sound, the strength of that person was obviously far inferior to Li Yu, the long knife was almost smashed out of his hand, Li Yu did not wait for the other party to react, the lance immediately slashed at the opponent's head, Li Yu's move was too fast, the other party did not have time to parry, the head was cut away by the sharp lance, the head was caught by Li Yu's lance in the air before it fell. Li Yu held his head high with a long lance and shouted at the people in Dongshao: "Brother of Dongshao, pick up swords, spears, bows and arrows, follow me to kill the Chahar people and save our relatives!" ”

"Kill the Chahar people and save your relatives!" Finally someone reacted, raised his weapon and shouted to gather under the banner of the Black Hawk, Meng Ke cut off a Chahar cavalryman with a knife, he wiped the blood splashed on his face, raised his knife and shouted: "Tumut, Humbaturu!" ”

"Tumut, Humba Tulu!" Li Yu's cavalry followed Meng Ke while chanting incessantly, while rushing towards the enemy, more and more people followed the Black Hawk banner - the people of the East Outpost were shocked, Humba Tulu is the most courageous person in the steppe to get the honorific title, Tumut River has not been able to obtain this honor for decades, is it now that we have Humba Tulu again? But they didn't have time to think about it, as long as there were people worthy of Humbaturu to lead them, then they would have the courage to fight.

"Tumut, Humba Tulu!" The people shouted together behind the Black Eagle Banner, and rushed at the murderous enemy with hatred, and this shout reverberated among the mountains, and the people at the foot of the border wall no longer pleaded with the Ming army, they wiped away their tears, took up all kinds of weapons, and ran towards the Black Eagle Banner at the bottom of the mountain. There was also a commotion on the side wall, and the Shoukouyi people who watched their people being killed and plundered could no longer bear it, and the Shoukouyi people on the various piers went down the city, and they also had to fight and die together with their own people.

Fang Zhikun, the general of Xinpingbao, stood on a pier platform at the pass, and he had been standing here from early morning to now watching everything that was happening under the side wall, and he did not dare to switch or fight, but could only watch hundreds of helpless people being killed by the Chahars.

"My lord, the people of Shoukou Yi are going to make trouble, many people have gone down the side wall without obeying the order, and they can't be suppressed if they don't kill a few, please give the order to press quickly?" A guard rushed to report.

"Fart! The barbarians have all hit under Lao Tzu's nose, you still want to kill your own people, you give me an order, the people who want to go to war are bloody men, those who are willing to go will be released, send them knives, spears, bows and arrows, and let them beat these **** barbarians," Fang Zhikun roared at the garrison, he patted a cannon beside him, sighed and said, "It's a pity, no one dares to use the cannons here in Lao Tzu, or I have to give these barbarians a few cannons to taste." ”