At midnight, Li Hongyu took advantage of the retreat of the Houjin soldiers to visit the Ming army sticking to the mountainside of the front and back mountains, and after a day and a half of fierce fighting, the Ming army defending on the mountainside died and wounded, and no one was not injured.

"Your Excellency!" Seeing Li Hongyu coming, the soldiers who were sitting around the bonfire and munching on cakes got up to greet them.

"Sit down and continue eating."

Li Hongyu pressed down his hand and motioned for the soldiers to sit down, then came to a bonfire and sat down between the two soldiers, took a piece of dry food from the guards, and chatted with the soldiers while nibbling, hoping to reduce the tension and oppressive atmosphere of the scene.

"My lord, there is a sentence that villains don't know whether to say or not." While talking and laughing, a young soldier sitting next to Li Hongyu hesitated for a moment, but still said to Li Hongyu.

"What do you have to say?" Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and nodded to the young soldier.

"Adults, the little ones are not afraid of death, serving the country is a matter of course, it's just ......"

The young soldier gritted his teeth and said to Li Hongyu with a gloomy expression, "It's just that the little ones are worried about their parents at home, and the little ones have only one brother in the family, and I don't know if the parents' lives are settled." ”

There was a silence all around, and the soldiers silently looked at the bonfire in front of them, and their faces showed a look of longing, all of them missing their parents and relatives at home.

"Rest assured, this officer has already made arrangements, and the Customs Department will take care of the parents of the casualties, and give priority to your brothers to work in the industries under the customs."

How could Li Hongyu not know the feelings of missing these soldiers, especially at this moment of life and death, he missed his family incomparably, so he stood up and said loudly to the soldiers at the scene, "Other officials don't dare to guarantee it, but as long as the Customs Department is in the day, then it will be your parents and relatives in charge!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" The soldiers came back to their senses when they heard this, first looked at each other, and then knelt on the ground to thank Li Hongyu.

"Everyone get up, this is the official's business, everyone don't need to be polite." Seeing this, Li Hongyu raised his hands upwards and said loudly, sighing helplessly in his heart, and he didn't know how many of the soldiers on the scene would survive after the battle.

"Brothers, we are here to fight not only for our country, but also for our own relatives."

After the soldiers sat on the ground, Li Hongyu glanced around and said loudly, "I think everyone knows that the place where Jiannu lives is white mountains and black waters, and the environment is harsh, once they occupy the outside of the pass, they will sooner or later enter the pass and invade, in order to be prosperous and rich, and then they will be ruined, I don't know how many people will die." ”

"Therefore, we are working hard here so that our parents and brothers can live with peace of mind in the future."

Saying that, Li Hongyu's tone became gloomy, and he looked at everyone sadly, "I can't hide it, since the official Wanli was named on the gold list in the capital in the forty-seventh year, he has never gone home to visit his mother, and the official also wants to Cheng Huan under his mother's knees and do a good job of filial piety, but people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, and many things are not up to the official." ”

"My lord, haven't you returned to your hometown to worship your ancestors after winning the championship in the palace?"

A military attache couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu in surprise when he heard this, returning to his hometown in fine clothes is the most eager and urgent thing for the new science and technology scholars, and those Jinshi who have studied hard for many years will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity to glorify their ancestors, not to mention Li Hongyu, the champion.

The imperial court is also very considerate of this, and will give those new scholars a holiday to return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors, after all, the officials of various ministries and institutes are all from the imperial examination, so they can naturally understand the homesickness of those new scholars, and they are also teachers who thank Professor Xie for their knowledge.

"State affairs are the most important, and other matters can only be put aside."

Li Hongyu smiled helplessly when he heard this, and then said to the soldiers around him in a deep voice, "The word 'country', 'country' is ranked before 'home', this is not unreasonable, only when the country is stable will the family be safe, and only then can thousands of families in the north and south of the river live and work in peace and contentment." ”

"My lord, we all understand what you mean, although we are all rough people, we are willing to follow your lord to protect the family and defend the country!" The military attache before said solemnly to Li Hongyu when he heard this.

"My lord, we are willing to follow you, and we will not hesitate to do so!" Subsequently, the surrounding soldiers opened their mouths one after another, since Li Hongyu was with them, then what else did they have to complain about?

"Thank you, brothers, this official is here."

Hearing this, Li Hongyu stood up and bowed his hand to the soldiers around him, and said loudly, "After this battle, if this official is lucky enough not to die, he will definitely set up a stone monument on this Shimen Mountain, so that the world will know about the battle on Shimen Mountain." ”

"Thank you, sir!" How can the surrounding soldiers withstand Li Hongyu's worship, seeing this, they hurriedly got up and bowed to Li Hongyu in return, with Li Hongyu's previous guarantee to take care of their families, then they can rest assured even if they die.

"Speaking from the heart, I am also homesick, the old mother at home is full of white, to be honest, I also have love, often miss her in the dream, she in the dream ......"

Li Hongyu couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be exempt, and then looked up in the direction of Guan Nei, and slowly chanted.

Because of the novel style and straightforward lyrics of the song sung by Li Hongyu, it quickly attracted the soldiers on the scene and was attracted by Li Hongyu's singing.

When Li Hongyu sang, "Tell me from the heart, I'm not stupid, I know how to fight in the wind and rain on the way to join the army, to tell the truth, I also have love, and the fireworks in the world have raised me", many young soldiers couldn't help wiping the tears from the corners of their eyes, and the lyrics of this song deeply moved them.

Unconsciously, Li Hongyu sang the popular song of the military camp in later generations, which made the soldiers at the scene excited after listening to it and could not forget it for a long time.

Obviously, this song writes the ups and downs of military camp life, the innocence and simplicity of military life, and it is also a hymn to the youth of a soldier.

After Li Hongyu finished singing, the scene was already crying, and even the corners of Li Hongyu's eyes were a little moist, although now the Ming Dynasty implemented the cantonment system, but after experiencing life and death on the battlefield, he understood more about the sacrifices and selfless dedication of the soldiers.

"My lord, does this song have a name?" A soldier wiped tears from his face and asked Li Hongyu.

"This song is what the official just felt and said everyone's heart, so it's called "Words from the Heart", it is the song of our people!" Li Hongyu glanced around, muttered for a while, and then announced loudly.

"What a fitting name!" The soldier nodded his head, and because the lyrics were so straightforward, even the illiterate could understand the meaning well.

After the release of "Words from the Heart", it quickly became popular in the Ming Dynasty, not only the soldiers but also the common people also liked this song that seemed to be plain but could touch people's hearts, and it was sung far-reachingly.

At the same time, the Houjin military camp tent.

Although it was getting late, the lights were still bright in Nurhachi's tent, and the senior generals of Houjin gathered together to discuss the matter of tomorrow's mountain attack, and the atmosphere at the scene was somewhat dull and depressing due to the slow progress of the mountain attack.

The Later Jin generals discussed and discussed that there was no good way to attack the mountain, and those Ming soldiers on the mountain played with the Later Jin army one by one, and Li Hongyu would definitely not surrender, so there was no other way but to attack.

"Second Beyler, Third Beyler, Ben Khan tells you the truth, Lin Dan Khan's 50,000 army is only one day's journey from Shimen Mountain, if you can't take Shimen Mountain before dark tomorrow, then Ben Khan can only order a retreat, otherwise we will be besieged by Lin Dan Khan!"

Nurhachi listened for a long time and did not see anyone come up with a practical idea, so he interrupted everyone's discussion and said to Amin and Mang Gultai, who were sitting there sullenly, with a blank face.

"Father Khan, rest assured, tomorrow Erchen will personally go to battle, and he will definitely capture Shimen Mountain!" Mang Gurtai's face changed when he heard this, and he got up and bowed to Nurha, he never expected that the Ming army on his body would be so tenacious, causing him heavy losses.

"The Great Khan, the ministers also went into battle in person, so I don't believe that they can't capture Shimen Mountain."

Amin stood up and said solemnly, he was the first time he fought with Li Hongyu, but he was given a hard blow, and he finally saw the strength of the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and advanced to the mountain with difficulty in the back mountain, and the casualties of his banner soldiers were also very large.

This made Amin feel annoyed, he knew that the Ming army on the mountain was so difficult to deal with, he didn't come to fight for merit, and now he didn't get the benefits but trapped himself, no wonder the most capable Dai Shan and Huang Taiji didn't ask Nurhachi to fight, it turned out that they knew how powerful it was.

"This Li Hongyu, his life is really hard!" Nurhachi was a little uneasy, glanced at Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, and said coldly after a deep groan.

He knew that Shimen Mountain was so difficult to fight, so he sent Dai Shan and Huang Taiji to attack the mountain, but now there is no way to change people, and changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, and more importantly, it will affect the harmony between the four major Baylors, so it will be worth the loss.

"Eighth brother, do you say that Amin and Mang Gurtai can capture Shimen Mountain tomorrow?"

After leaving the tent, Dai Shan deliberately found an opportunity to walk side by side with Huang Taiji, and asked in a low voice quietly, he and Huang Taiji had seen Li Hongyu's skills in Tieling, so it was not easy to break through the Shimen Mountain guarded by Li Hongyu tomorrow.

"Second brother, I'm worried that the Ming army in Jinzhou City will most likely support Shimen Mountain tomorrow."

Huang Taiji pondered for a moment when he heard this, then lowered his voice and said to Dai Shan, "There are 20,000 Ming troops in Jinzhou City, if they come to reinforce us, we can only withdraw." ”

"Alas! I thought it would be an easy thing to come this time, but I didn't think about it, but I made it like this. ”

Dai Shan couldn't help but sigh, the 20,000 Ming troops in Jinzhou City were now a great threat to Houjin, and once they joined the war, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Huang Taiji shook his head secretly when he heard this, and looked very sorry, it seems that Li Hongyu is worthy of being the first rival of Houjin, so that Nurhachi, who has always been cautious, has been affected, regardless of casualties, he ordered to attack the mountain and wanted to capture Li Hongyu, and he didn't know how many people would die this time.

(End of chapter)

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