(Recommended reading: After reviewing the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, Li Hongyu and Li Rubai rode back home side by side, chatting and laughing with each other, which eased the tense atmosphere a lot.

"Old General Li, this officer is going to visit the soldiers guarding the pass tomorrow at Yaque Pass, and I hope that Old General Li can lead on his behalf." While talking and laughing, Li Hongyu suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but smile and say to Li Rubai.

"The Governor is going to Crow Pass?" Li Rubai was stunned when he heard this, his eyes flashed with surprise, and the generals around him also looked at each other and were shocked.

Originally, Li Hongyu's ability to come to Qinghe Fort had been beyond Li Rubai's expectations, after all, Qinghe Fort was the closest place to Hetuala, the capital of the Later Jin Kingdom, among several important military towns of the Ming army, and now the Jin army may come over at any time after the new defeat of the Ming army, which can be described as dangerous.

Outside the Yaque Pass is the territory of the Houjin Army, which is the forefront of the battle between the Ming Army and the Houjin Army, and it may be attacked by the Houjin Army at any time, so Li Hongyu is in danger of his life when he goes at this time.

"Lord Governor, there are frequent wars in Yaque Pass, and Lord Governor should not be in danger as a commander, I hope you will think twice." After the initial stunned, Li Rubai bowed his hand to Li Hongyu and opened his mouth to persuade, if Li Hongyu has anything good, it will be bad, not to mention him, even Zhou Yongchun and others can't explain to the court.

"Please think again, sir." Hearing this, the generals of the South Route Army behind them opened their mouths to persuade.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's just a little Jiannu, and the official doesn't believe that they can turn the sky upside down." Li Hongyu smiled disappreciatively when he heard this, "This official has made up his mind, you don't need to persuade again." ”

Li Rubai squirmed a few times when he heard this, and wanted to say something, but when he saw that Li Hongyu didn't put Hou Jinjun in his eyes, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, after all, Li Hongyu was young and vigorous, where could he listen to his advice, and if he talked too much, he was suspected of fear of war and cowardice.

After the banquet, Li Rubai sent Li Hongyu to a mansion in the city to rest, and immediately summoned the four generals of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to discuss the matter after returning home.

It is worth mentioning that as Li Chengliang single-handedly formed the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the generals of its commanders are naturally close to the Li family, either the children of the Li family or the righteous son of Li Chengliang, which can be described as the soldiers of father and son, and the soldiers of brothers, which is a very common phenomenon in the ancient army, and the friendship between the literati and the same year.

"Second uncle, as soon as the governor came, he seized your military power, and you have to guard against it." After the four generals arrived, a man in his thirties with a Chinese character face said to Li Rubai, who was sitting there sipping tea, with concern.

"Second master, as the saying goes, the new official has three fires, and the governor has just come to Liaodong, and he will take you for the sake of Liwei." Hearing this, another burly and sturdy man also opened his mouth to express his concern.

In the final analysis, the Ming army of the Southwest Road led by Li Rubai failed to participate in the Battle of Salhu because of its slow march, and became the only unit in the Ming Army of the Fourth Route to retreat in its entirety, which will naturally become the target of the outside world, and Li Rubai is obviously the best lamb to deal with.

"Do you think that the Governor came here to ask the teacher about his guilt?" Hearing this, Li Rubai put down the teacup in his hand, glanced around at the anxious generals in the room, and asked in a deep voice.

"Second uncle, as soon as he arrived in Liaodong, he came to Qinghe Fort, instead of going to Shenyang to command the battle, and seized your military power, obviously wanting to deal with you." The man with the national character face sneered when he heard this, and said to Li Rubai, "Court officials like them are all happy and self-righteous, and they will definitely use you to invite merit to the court." ”

"Yes, second master, you can't sit still." The sturdy man followed, and the remaining two generals also expressed their worries.

"If the governor wants to punish me, then send someone to send me to Shenyang or Liaoyang, and you don't need to come to Qinghe in person, let alone go to Yaque Pass."

Li Rubai glanced at the four generals on the scene again, frowned slightly and said, "The governor is from a top background, and he is full of scholarly spirit, so he won't want to take credit for me like those officials in the imperial court, I'm worried that he is young and vigorous and wants to fight with Jiannu." ”

"Last fight?" The four generals couldn't help but be stunned, their faces full of surprise.

"We are the only one in the four-way official army that retains its strength, and the governor is in a hurry to come to us as soon as he comes, making it clear that he wants to compete with Jiannu.

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Li Rubai bowed slightly, and said with a serious expression, "Now that the morale of Jiannu is high, the consequences of our army's rash attack will be unimaginable, in case the governor has any mistakes, we can't afford to wait." ”

"I heard that the governor is still the teacher of the grandson, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to him." Saying that, Li Rubai solemnly instructed, "If you really start a war with Jiannu, you must protect the safety of the governor, and the future of our Liaodong Iron Cavalry will be in the hands of the governor." ”

"Second uncle, rest assured, if the governor really wants to go to war with Jiannu, we will definitely do our best to protect the governor." The man with the face of the national character replied in a deep voice when he heard the words.

To tell the truth, not only him, but also the entire soldiers of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry felt aggrieved because of the last retreat, and since the Liaodong Iron Cavalry formed the army, they have never "fled", so they can't wait to compete with the Houjin Army on the battlefield to restore their former reputation.

"Well, I hope the trip will be smooth sailing." Li Rubai sighed helplessly, hoping that Li Hongyu would not be hot-headed and do anything risky, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

The next day, Li Hongyu, surrounded by Li Rubai and his entourage, led more than 6,000 cavalry to Yaque Pass.

Among the accompanying cavalry, Li Rubai's Liaodong Iron Cavalry was 4,000 people, Chai Shixiu's Shaanxi and Gansu cavalry was 2,000 people, and Mangui led the Gyeonggi cavalry 500 people.

Although there are only more than 100 miles from Yaque Pass to Qinghe Fort, because there are rugged mountain roads along the way, Li Hongyu and his party only arrived at Yaque Pass two days later.

"Command to go down and put the official's guard of honor on the table." After approaching Yaque Pass, Li Hongyu looked at the gate tower of Yaque Pass in the distance and said in a deep voice to Man Gui who was following him.

Man Gui waved his hand when he heard this, and dozens of cavalrymen dismounted, took out the avoidance cards, quiet cards, official rank cards, resume cards, flags, gongs, cards, umbrellas, fans, gourds, moon axes, stirrups and other accompanying honor guards when they traveled, and quickly set up a queue in front of Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu came to Liaodong in a hurry as soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy, so it was naturally impossible to carry the honor guard with him, but Yang Hao's honor guard was ready-made, so he took it directly and used it.

It is worth mentioning that not all officials can use the honor guard, only the local chief official has this qualification, generally speaking, the local is the county, the prefecture, the prefect and the Taoist platform, the platform, the feudal platform and the governor, and the other is the imperial mission sent by the emperor according to the imperial history.

As for the capital, except for the emperor, I am afraid that only the prefect of Shuntianfu and the prefect of Daxing and Wanping counties are not allowed to set up a guard of honor in Beijing.

In the guard of honor, the first sign is naturally written with "quiet" and "avoidance", followed by four signs, that is, two official title cards and two resume cards, usually the official title card is in front of the resume card, and each sign has four words.

Li Hongyu is the governor of Liaodong and the right attendant of the military department, and he appreciates Fang Ming's dragon sword, so his official title plate reads "Liaodong Governor" and "Concurrently in charge of military affairs".

However, compared with the official title card, officials in the officialdom pay more attention to the resume card, which is to put it bluntly, the achievements made in the imperial examination.

Li Hongyu is the champion, and the two resume cards are written "champion and first" and "hand-picked Hanlin" respectively, which can be said to be the highest level of resume cards in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, at the front of the guard of honor is the person who "sounds the gong to open the way", reminding the pedestrians in front to avoid.

Speaking of which, there are many ways to open the way with this gong, and officials at different levels have different gongs and different words.

The gongs of the governor, the governor, the three priests, and the Taoist platform sounded thirteen times, and in addition to the words to indicate their identity, they could only shout the thirteen words, "Respect and believe, use sparingly and love others, and make the people timely", in order to emphasize that the purpose of being an official should be to be conscientious, honest, economical, and caring for the people, and arranging labor should not delay the agricultural time or choose the appropriate time.

"The governor travels, and the idlers dodge. Respect and believe, use sparingly and love people, so that the people can be timely! As the governor of Liaodong, Li Hongyu naturally used the highest level of honor guard in the local area, so the person who was at the head of the line shouted while beating the gong.

Facing the scene in front of them, the Liaodong officials who followed Li Rubai looked at each other in amazement, no one expected that Li Hongyu would behave so high-profile, and even brought a guard of honor, and he didn't pay attention to keeping his identity secret at all, so he wasn't afraid of being known by the Houjin Army.

Since Li Hongyu is the governor, although everyone is dissatisfied and worried about this, no one dares to dissuade him, otherwise it will undoubtedly be a long enemy's morale and destroy his own prestige, and he is suspected of being afraid of war.

Li Rubai shook his head secretly in his heart, thinking that Li Hongyu was a little arrogant, outside the Yaque Pass was the army of Houjin, and once the other party attacked and gathered troops to attack, it would be difficult to hold the situation of the Ming army guarding the pass.

After all, unlike Xiongguan such as Shanhaiguan, Yaque Pass is just an ordinary pass, and in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, it was broken by the Houjin army led by Nurhachi, and then bloodied Qinghe Fort, so Li Rubai was very worried about Li Hongyu's situation.

However, the appearance of Li Hongyu's guard of honor boosted the morale of the Ming troops in Yaque Pass, and they flocked to both sides of the road to witness the demeanor of the governor.

"The Governor is so young!"

"I didn't expect the Governor to come here now."

"It's the new governor, I've seen Governor Zhou before, he's not Governor Zhou."

"It seems that the imperial court has increased its troops!"

"I don't know how many people the imperial court sent this time, Jiannu is not easy to deal with."

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The soldiers were surprised when they looked at Li Hongyu, who was walking in front of Li Rubai on horseback, and Li Hongyu, the governor, looked too young, and was talking in private.

Li Hongyu naturally heard the soldiers' discussions, and a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and with his arrival, the morale of the soldiers was invisibly inspired, which was exactly what he wanted at the moment.

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