After it got dark, Bao Chengxian inspected the city according to the old habit, during this time Qian'an City was very quiet, the Ming army outside the city did not know where to hide, and the scouts did not find their traces in the west of the Luanhe River, probably ran to attack Luanzhou - Bao Chengxian estimated this, but he was still more cautious, and he had to go around the city every day to put his mind at ease, and today was as safe as usual, so he returned to the county office early to rest.

Sleeping until midnight, a rapid knock on the door woke him up, and then he heard shouts and fights in the city, Bao Chengxian hurriedly put on his clothes, opened the door with a war knife in his hand, and saw a blue flag Beiyu standing outside the door with a panicked face.

"Deputy General Bao, it's not good, the Ming army has entered the city, it must be the Ming troops defending the city who have let them in, Lord Bai Ge is driving them out of the city, and you and I will stay here to guard the county government and the official treasury."

Bao Chengxian's head buzzed, how could the Ming army enter the city? It was fine when it was dark, the Beiyu didn't wait for him to open his mouth and turned around and ran, and after a while, more than 100 soldiers with blue flags rushed into the county office, shouting and guarding the gate and wall, completely isolating the county government from the outside world.

At this time, on a fort at the south gate of Qian'an, the Fengzhou soldiers and the Jin soldiers were draped all over their bodies, each holding a sword and spear, standing face to face against the fort, Li Yu sat on a chair and drank tea in a hurry, from here you can look down and control the city gate, Bai Ge shouted at several officers on the side: "Have you figured it out, the Erlu brothers don't want our city, and the people who hurt us are robbing the money and food of the officials' families, these guys have deceived us, and they all claim to be Qing officials who love the people when they sacrifice the city and return to obedience, It was the emperor of the Ming Kingdom who was mediocre to remove them from their official positions, in fact, they all collected a lot of money, we just gave them an official position, why should we protect their ill-gotten gains, they robbed the people's property are all thieves, we rob them is to avenge the people, it is best for the people with the Elu brothers to come forward, so as not to cause trouble after we do it. ”

"Bai Ge, you should have said it earlier, I thought it was a big deal, wasn't it just to rob a few Han officials who were greedy for ink? We won't just say it, but this matter can't only be eaten by you with yellow flags, but also by us people with blue flags. ”

"That's it, Brother Erlu, when you were in the Jin Kingdom, you got along well with our blue-flag-inlaid Erbeile and Zilharangbele, you can't just go to the yellow flag, our blue-flag life is not easy, we should also have some benefits."

The officers with the blue flag chattered and asked to join the gang, Li Yu said very generously that if there was money, everyone should share it, and the officers with the blue flag cheered and went according to Bai Ge's instructions. As soon as the people dispersed, Li Yu couldn't hold back any longer, and spit out a sip of tea: "Brother, I can't get used to drinking your tea, so give me a bowl of white water to drink." ”

"This is the good tea I specially asked for from the Han officials, you guy has been here for so many years, why are you still a rough man," Bai Ge shook his head regretfully, and asked a little worriedly, "The people you sent into the city are useless, can they find the money?" ”

"Don't worry, there are people I send who specialize in this business, even if they dig three feet into the ground, they can find out the money."

It was Zhang Chuanjie's two hundred people who entered the city to grab money, only they were like the Ming army in the Fengzhou army, and they also had specialized talents to do this kind of thing, Jin Bing killed a few sentry Yuan Ming soldiers to make a look, opened the south gate and put them into the city, Bai Ge opened the list of demoted officials, and robbed them door to door according to the list, Zhang Chuanjie in order to improve efficiency, divided his subordinates into four teams and acted separately, the primary target was the pseudo-Zhi County appointed by the Jin State, this guy had previously worked in the Changlu Salt Transport Division, and then he was squeezed out of the fat shortage before returning to his hometown, It must be a fat sheep, Zhang Chuanjie personally took Liu Qian and a group of people to do this vote.

Along the way, the Ming army and the Jin army shouted and shouted, and the Ming army also released a few three-eyed guns into the sky, which frightened the people in the city and did not dare to go out. The Ming army walked in front, the Jin army followed behind, the Jin army was afraid that they would go the wrong way, and from time to time shouted a few times to point in the direction, the original Ming soldiers patrolling the city became unlucky, the Ming army naturally would not let go of these puppet troops, and the Jin army also killed the puppet army who came to ask for help, and this road was easy. Arrived at the door of the pseudo-Zhi County, Zhang Chuanjie didn't even bother to call the door, waved a few Ming soldiers to put the iron claws to the wall, three or two times over the tall and thick courtyard wall, soon the courtyard door was opened, the Ming army shouted and rushed into the compound, the Jin army behind was amazed, people are called professional, we use a knife to rob that little means to carry shoes to people is not worthy. The courtyard and the outside were lively, the Ming army robbed in the courtyard, and the Jin army shouted and shouted outside the courtyard, but both sides felt that the Ming army was working, and the Jin army was looking at the wind.

The Ming army killed a few of the guards in the courtyard, and blocked the puppet Zhixian family, Liu Qian beat the puppet Zhixian who was escorted to the main hall to cover his face, and then ordered him to hand over the money, this old guy is also a hard bone, asking for money and shamelessness and not dying, pointing to the simple family at home and saying that he is a Qing official, since the officers and soldiers of the court are here, they want to kill and cut him to admit it, but there is really no money, the old guy also threatened that Jin Bing is outside the courtyard, if he is released, he can plead with Jin Bing to give them a way to live, Otherwise, none of them will want to get out of this yard alive.

"****, when you are dying, you dare to be hard-mouthed, ask our people to search, turn the yard upside down and find money, I don't believe that there are salt officials in the world who don't make money," Zhang Chuanjie kicked the old guy unconscious, pointed to the two sons of the pseudo-Zhixian and shouted, "Hang these two things for me and beat them, and if you don't open your mouth, you will be beaten to death, and you deserve to be killed if you are rebellious." ”

Zhang Chuanjie's subordinates who were thieves were also really powerful, and after a while, they found a sandwich wall in the old guy's bedroom, and then dug a big hole under the kang where his servant slept in the county. Zhang Chuanjie did not stop when he got the money, and the food at home in the pseudo-Zhixian County was also scraped away, and more than a dozen carts and small cars swaggered out of the yard, and the Jin Jun outside the courtyard shouted for a while, and put arrows indiscriminately for a while, and then went into the courtyard to see, the pseudo-Zhixian County had woken up, and the family was hugging their heads and crying, and the Jin soldiers didn't care about them, and took away some valuable things by the way, and then said that they were going to chase the Ming army, and left.

Under the cover of night, the same farce was staged in other places in the city, the Ming army robbed a family and then changed one, and the Jin army followed that one, in addition to pointing the way and looking at the wind, but also helped to pull the cart to transfer property, a dozen puppet officials who took the lead in offering the city to reduce the gold were looted overnight, and the south gate was full of property in front of the fort when the day was about to dawn, and after the two sides counted, they found that they had fished more than 40,000 taels of silver, 2,000 stone grain, and a bunch of gold, jewelry, and jade, so Li Yu began to share the spoils with Bai Ge and his gang, But the two sides quarreled without saying a few words.

"Why do you want to subsidize our silver by fifty-fifty points, and we take advantage of four or six points, obviously you are working for us, and there are so many gold, jewels and jade, what do we rough people want them to do, Brother Erlu, you look down on people if you do this." Bai Ge said angrily.

"That's it, Brother Erlu, you can't underestimate us, we Zhushen are all kind people, never do things that violate our conscience, if you have more people, take more, that bit of food is not worth much, you can take it, there is no need to make up for the silver, we will also take the gold and jewelry, leave a few pieces for us, and you will take the rest." The head of the blue flag also came over to protest against Li Yu.

Li Yu didn't expect to be able to grab so much property, he originally wanted to take all the food away, half of the silver for the family, and then he made up some silver for Bai Ge and them according to the price of grain, he didn't want gold and jewelry, so he left it to Bai Ge and them, but he didn't expect Bai Ge's gang to disagree, he had to explain: "Two old brothers, I didn't treat you as outsiders, I am short of food there, so I'm not welcome to take all the food, but I must not let you suffer, the food money still has to be supplemented, you can count less is enough, The gold jewelry is not easy to sell, I take it and it is not useful, you can stay, I think this thing is a bit big, Erbeile may be coming, you have to show him, Erbeile likes these rare things, as long as he is willing to accept this matter, it will be settled, I also have to think about your brothers who are inlaid with yellow and blue. ”

Bai Ge and the others discussed it, and they also felt that what Li Yu said was reasonable, they accepted the gold, jewelry and jade, and it was acceptable to divide them into fifty or fifty shares, but Li Yu resolutely couldn't make up for their food, otherwise they wouldn't be brothers in the future, Li Yu had to reluctantly agree, and both sides went their separate ways happily.

Bai Xianzhi took the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry to meet under the city, and left soon with food and property, Li Yu returned to the camp and immediately found Na Mu'er, and asked him to leave some silver for public use, and then leave a bereavement for the brothers who died in the war, and all the other silver was sent down, Na Mu'er was still a little reluctant, more than 20,000 taels of silver was not a small amount.

"What can I do, how can I fight with a lot of silver, leave a few thousand taels, and divide the rest," Li Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then ordered, "A part of the grain should also be allocated, the people hiding in the mountains are too bitter, send someone to tell them to come and receive the grain, you can help them count a handful." ”

The Toyosu Iron Cavalry now only has more than a thousand wounded, and the least amount of silver can be divided into ten taels of silver, and the soldiers got so much money for the first time, and their morale was immediately lifted, and the voice of wanting to go home was much quieter. Liu Zhilun came back from wandering around for two days, and he was very happy to see the new weather in the army, and he didn't ask anything else - there were some things he could guess in his heart, but what could he do? It is so rare that a young man like Li Yu who dares to fight to the death with Jianyi and will not harm the common people is too rare for him to love.

Li Yu relaxed for two or three days, and brought Liu Xingzuo, Bai Xianzhi and Na Mu'er to discuss the next move, and something happened again - Bai Ge was actually taken to the camp by the scouts, Li Yu was taken aback, this guy simply ate him, and he dared to come to the door, Bai Ge was still complaining that it was not easy to find Li Yu, he waited by the Luan River for two days before he met the scouts of the Fengzhou army, or he couldn't find this place at all.

Bai Ge sat down and drank a sip of water, and then he told the reason why he came here: On the afternoon of Li Yu's departure from Qian'an, Erbeile Amin arrived with reinforcements, and the robbed Han officials took the opportunity to cry and make trouble around Erbeile, they thought that there must be Ming spies in the city and the Ming army outside the city colluding with each other, so they could easily enter the city and rob their property, and then easily escape, otherwise it would be impossible to explain that the always brave and invincible Dajin soldiers would not be able to deal with a group of bandits, They worked hard for Dajin but ended up in a poor end, which is too unreasonable, and asked Erbeile to investigate the matter thoroughly and avenge their grievances. Erbeile doesn't look at the Han officials on weekdays, and at this time he won't take these unlucky guys seriously, pointing at these demoted officials and scolding them, the Ming army should have slaughtered you rebels when they saw you, how can you just beat you and grab some money, is this still the Ming army? Didn't you all say that you are a clean and good official, and in order to save the people, you obeyed the mandate of heaven and surrendered to me with a lot of money, why did you suddenly have a large amount of money? You are all readers, please tell me, which of your statements is true and which is false? This time, it is clear that you and the enemy beat each other, and you folded some money yourself, so you have to blame me for the big golden soldiers. The demoted officials were scolded by Erbeile and cried red-eared, Bao Chengxian naturally saw that there were ghosts in the night, but he was much more honest after being beaten, and he didn't dare to say a word from beginning to end.

"Brother Erlu, your method is really good, Erbeile took a few of us for questioning, we put gold, jewelry, these rare things in front of his old man, Erbeile didn't say a word of criticism, and said that we defeated the Ming army and defended the city, and we will be rewarded with merit when we go back, brother, I'm wondering, how can I have a lot of luck with you!" Bai Ge said with his eyebrows fluttering, and everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Liu Xingzuo smiled and asked, "Bai Ge, you don't want to come to us, do you?" Say, you must have something else. ”

"Erbeile said that Lao Fan over there in Zunhua sent a letter asking for help again, and sent me to Zunhua with two hundred people, so that I could come to you to discuss," Bai Ge scratched his head and glanced at Li Yu and the other three who were stunned, and whispered to Li Yu, "Erbeile also blames you for always avoiding him, and wants me to tell you that he wants to see you." ”

"It's all messed up, I can't figure out who I'm fighting with now, and I'm confused about which side I'm on." After Bai Xianzhi heard Liu Xingzuo translate Bai Ge's words, he covered his head and shouted, and Na Mu'er nodded with deep sympathy.

Li Yu also didn't understand a little, and asked Bai Ge to explain things clearly, Bai Ge said with a sad face, Er Beile looked him alone, and first scolded Fan Wencheng in front of him, saying that this old Fan didn't have the ability to sweat a lot, and staying in Zunhua would only cause him trouble, it was better to get out of the house as soon as possible, Er Beile scolded Lao Fan, and ordered Bai Ge to draw out a hundred people from Qian'an to strengthen the Jianchang camp, Bai Ge himself took two hundred people to support Zunhua, Bai Ge almost sat on the ground in fright, according to Er Beile's deployment, Qian'an only had two hundred gold troops left, It's too difficult to hold the city, and letting him take this little person to Zunhua is simply going to die, Bai Ge stubbornly said that he couldn't do this errand, Amin replied with a sneer, of course you know that you don't have this ability, but you can go to Elu to discuss, he must have a way to help you, you don't tell Ye that you have no private contact, you can tell him all about the situation in Qian'an, Ye doesn't plan to hide anything from him here, tell this kid to get out, Ye is rare now.

Bai Ge finished talking about the matter, Li Yu asked Na Mu'er to take him down to eat and rest, Liu Xingzuo patted Bai Xianzhi on the shoulder and said: "Old Bai, there is nothing messy, you used to think too simply, the Jin Kingdom has never been monolithic, there are contradictions between the Great Khan and the Beylers, there are contradictions between the banners, there are contradictions between the ordinary poor Zhushen and the clans and nobles, there are contradictions between Zhushen and the Mongols, Han people, and even between Zhushen from different tribes, and some contradictions are life-and-death, These contradictions are absolutely not shown in front of the Ming Kingdom, but with our Yuzi, their contradictions are exposed, because in the eyes of the people of the Jin Kingdom, we and the Ming Kingdom are fundamentally different things, and the Yuzi is more like their own people who quarrel with them and break up, which invisibly gives us many opportunities. ”

Bai Xianzhi nodded as if he didn't understand, Liu Xingzuo smiled and said to Li Yu: "Amin has realized the danger, he is a person who wants to be self-reliant, he did it once when he conquered Korea, that time he wanted to pull Du Du to join the gang, but Du Du didn't eat him, but instead contacted Yue Tuo and Sakhalian brothers to force him to withdraw and return to China, I happened to go out with the army, this matter is very clear, the Great Khan must have recorded his account, this time he led the army to Yongping, but he was followed by a Shuotuo, this is the Great Khan is guarding against him, But Amin doesn't have many opportunities, the power of the Great Khan is becoming more and more stable, it is a matter of time before he makes a move on the three major Baylors, and he must be the first unlucky one, he can't stand in the four cities of Yongping at all, the territory here is meaningless to him, what he needs most is to find a reliable alliance for himself, the strength in your hands is much stronger than Du Du, and dare to do it with the Great Khan, of course he is rare for you, he has already shown you goodwill, Zunhua, Qian'an and even Yongping in the future can be given to you, do you dare to accept the offer? ”

"Erbeile dares to give, I dare to ask, finish the battle as soon as possible, my wife is going to give birth in May or June, I want to go home more than anyone else, I consider returning to Zunhua first, first use Baige to take Zunhua, and then go back to Qian'an to have a good talk with Erbeile, and persuade him to withdraw as soon as possible, Erbeile is willing to form an alliance with me, I can't ask for it, anyway, I have already stepped on the two ships of Mingguo and Chahar, and it doesn't matter if I add him." Li Yu replied nonchalantly.

Bai Xianzhi immediately shook his head: "This is absolutely not good, Lao Liu just said that there are many internal contradictions in the Jin Kingdom, in fact, the Ming Dynasty is the same, and it is dirtier and worse than the Jin Kingdom, we sent troops to fight Zunhua and Qian'an under the banner of Lord Liu, the squire of the military department, but the emperor and the court did not take Lord Liu seriously, the real representative of the court sent troops is Sun Chengzong of Shanhaiguan, at present, the old man Sun has 200,000 troops, spending countless food and salary of the imperial court, but under a small Luanzhou city, his head is broken and bleeding, and he is looking for teeth all over the ground, and we have almost not spent the food and salary of the imperial court, Only more than 1,000 people swept through the three cities, this is not a meritorious service, but a slap in the face of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and a slap in the face of the emperor, we will become the target of the public. ”

Liu Xingzuo thought for a while before saying: "Amin Belle is scheming and has thought of everything, so he sent Bai Ge to help us, and we can only partner with Bai Ge." ”