"Hermes-Epitek, let's fight, if you don't drive them away, Shanxi will become like this." Zhang Daojun was stunned for a while, then sighed and said.

"The thieves have come to me, and they must be beaten!" Li Huai rubbed his red eyes, and shouted at Ding Qiming, who was probing his brain on the side, "Ding Mazi, don't you always brag about your guys, go and blow up the thieves for me." ”

Ding Qiming agreed, and took people to the front of the battle, he had just been appointed as the captain of the temporary artillery in the past few days, and there were fifty people and thirty or so bird guns under his command, plus two lifting guns he brought, a few bird guns were stolen from Beijing by him and Jin Guoding, and the other more than 20 were built by the Fengzhou craftsman battalion - Ma Guangyuan has always looked down on the three-eyed guns, and he has no money to make artillery, so he concentrates on making bird guns, and the effect of the test shot is not bad, that is, he can't make a few shots in a month, and the old horse has been reluctant to send the good guns in his hands. Bai Xianzhi grinded hard bubbles to get these dozens of branches from Ma Guangyuan.

The thieves rushed forward with their weapons against the door panels, shouting and screaming, and several leaders on mules and donkeys followed behind and cursed and pressed into formation. There were too many people to aim, Ding Qiming's row of guns hit over, and more than a dozen of them were knocked down, and these guys seemed to be frightened, and no one dared to move forward for a while.

"Lao Tzu missed, Wu Laoba, change the gun, you can stand firm in front." Ding Qiming shouted and scolded his apprentice Wu Laoba to carry another gun, this gun hit over, and half of the face of a leader riding a donkey on the opposite side was knocked away by the gun, Ding Qiming cracked his mouth and smiled, beckoning everyone to hurry up and recharge the gun.

"Folks, if you go back, you will die, there are few officers and soldiers, we will kill them and enter Shanxi to eat!" Some of the thieves shouted, and the people seemed to react, and the shouts of "enter Shanxi to eat" rang out, and the thieves went crazy again, shouting and pounced on the Fengzhou army.

The bow and arrows of the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry began to shoot, and the dense rain of arrows cut down the rushing flow of people one by one, but this could not defeat the hungry people who were not afraid of death, and thousands of people shouted "Fight into Shanxi and have food" to rush forward one after another, and the cavalry of the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry was forced to retreat again and again. Li Yu shook his head again and again, the thieves were already crazy, and if he didn't make up his mind to fight, the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry would not be able to protect itself, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered: Zhang Chuanjie and Manzhu two battalions lined up in a dense formation to prepare for hand-to-hand combat, and the two battalions of Terige and Kubai immediately attacked the enemy's two wings, and after defeating the enemy's two wings, they immediately attacked the enemy's Chinese army.

"Flying Tiger Battalion Meng Ke, Chaolu, Zuo Battalion Qiu Xian, Borshu, column cone formation with me to attack the thief Daxu, be sure to capture its main general, act immediately!" After Li Yu finished speaking, he rushed out first with a horse lance in his hand, Mo Rige roared, followed with a knife, Chen Erzhu blew the trumpet of the charge, Liu Shishi held the black eagle flag, followed closely one step, and the attack of the Fengzhou Iron Cavalry began.

As soon as the power of the iron cavalry exploded, the hungry people could not withstand it at all, and the cavalry in armor poured a dense rain of arrows on the opponent, while wantonly slashing and killing the enemy in front of them, like a huge wave crashing, the blocked flow of people was instantly swallowed, and the people were powerless to resist, and they dodged in all directions in terror, and the iron cavalry almost effortlessly broke through a large gap.

"Speed up, speed up, rush over and cut down that banner." Li Yu shouted, the long lance continued to knock the enemy in front of him to the ground, he had long noticed that only this flag was decent in the other party's messy flag, this was a Ming army battle flag, the red flag was crookedly embroidered with the word "Zhao", this should be the other party's handsome flag, he shot at this banner, Mo Rige held a shield in one hand, a knife in the other, tightly guarding his side, Chen Erzhu's trumpet sounded continuously, Meng Ke, Chao Lu on the left, Qiu Xian, Borshu on the right, like an iron tong pointing to the big flag, A gang of thieves under the banner was frightened - the iron cavalry of the official army fought too fiercely, and it was not safe to hide behind the formation.

"Brothers, hurry up, here are all thieves and big bosses, don't let them run away, catch them alive!" Monk slashed down a guy who had slashed a knife in front of him, and pounced on a group of people riding donkeys and mules under the banner with teeth and claws, these people were much better dressed and armed, and they were obviously different from the others, but they were panicking, some yelling and waving knives, some got off their mounts and tried to drill into the crowd, and a few were changing their clothes.

The thief wanted to escape too late, the iron cavalry surrounded him in an instant, Li Yu stared at one of them and rushed over, this guy was too ostentatious, not only wearing armor, but also riding a horse rarely, seeing a tall and strong officer killed on the opposite side, he waved his knife and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but the other party ignored him at all, and the long lance was smashed down in the air as a stick, and in an instant, the knife was knocked off the horse, and when he got up from the ground, a cold steel knife was already on his neck, and the subordinates around him were similar to him, Pointed at by the cavalry's swords and spears, they squatted on the ground trembling one by one.

"I don't want to kill anyone, tell me who is lighting the lamp, say it!" Li Yu shouted at the captives, the captives didn't dare to breathe, and they all looked at the guy on horseback without saying a word, in fact, no one needed to identify him, everyone could guess that he was the big boss.

"Official, the villain doesn't want to rebel, they forced me to do it, the villain is willing to surrender, as long as the court spares his life, the villain will no longer dare to have dissent." Lighting the lamp's face was pale, and he knelt down as soon as his legs were weak, and while kowtowing and pointing at his subordinates to defend himself, the other leaders were also anxious, and immediately opened their mouths to expose the great crime of lighting the lamp and deliberately rebelling, they were forced to get on the thief ship, and the lamp and his accomplices immediately turned their faces and quarreled.

"Shut up for me, aren't there many dead? Go and shout at once, and tell the people to surrender, and I will let them go home alive, and if they die, you will be killed. Li Yu pointed to the battlefield and scolded the captive.

Lighting the lamp and his accomplices were escorted around shouting, shouting around, it didn't seem to be of any use, the battlefield was still a fight, "fight until Shanxi has food" The shouts were higher and higher, Li Yu got angry, grabbed the collar of the lamp, and said viciously: "Light the lamp, do you want to let the people here die?" I'll kill you right now. ”

"I'm crazy with hunger, I'm crazy from hunger, it's useless for adults to kill me, it's death to go back to my hometown, and it's death to be killed by officers and soldiers, and no one listens to me." I lit the lamp and cried.

Li Yu threw the lamp to the ground in a fit of rage, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the displaced people who had lost their command were scattered into countless pieces, shouting and crying shook the heavens and the earth, their defeat was a foregone conclusion, but they were still fighting with rudimentary weapons, there was no way to retreat and no way to live, this was their desperate struggle, death didn't matter to them, no one cared when to end their lives, Li Yu looked at all this blankly, feeling weak, he wanted to help these poor people, but what could he do?

"Feed to those who descend!" "Those who descend will be paid!" There were bursts of shouting on the battlefield, and more and more people also shouted, Li Yu's heart moved, pointed to the lamp and shouted: "Take your people to shout that the surrenderer will send food, hurry up." ”

Zhang Chuanjie, Manzhu two battalions of infantry plus temporarily incorporated into the two battalions of Bai An, Zhou Yuji, Hu Dawei and others to resist the thieves head-on, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers in the face of thousands of people, the more they fight, the more frightened, the more the deputy battalion officer of the full pillar Hou Shijie was a little softer to the fellows, he was hit by a hoe, so angry that this guy screamed, the Fengzhou soldiers were ruthless, killing the corpses everywhere in front of the battle, but the hungry people were not afraid of death, and they kept coming, and the soldiers wearing armor and holding the blade could kill people effortlessly, but they could not stop the huge waves that kept shooting, Li Huai, who was in charge of the command, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered the two battalions of Zhang Chuanjie and Manzhu to shrink their formations, and put the two infantry battalions close together, relying on each other to resist the continuous flow of people, and the battle reached this point, all the people were desperate, Zhang Chuanjie, Manzhu, Bai An, Zhou Yuji, Hu Dawei and fierce as a tiger and other officers had personally gone into battle, and Ding Qiming's artillery team had long been out of use, and they also drew their swords and rushed up to join in hand-to-hand combat.

Li Huai and Du Hongtai kept shooting arrows, their arms were sore, Li Huai threw the bow angrily, and shouted to Zhang Daojun: "Brother Zixuan, you can't fight like this, you have an idea!" ”

Zhang Daojun's face was pale, in order to boost morale, he rushed to the front and swung his sword to kill several thieves, but he still couldn't stop the overwhelming thieves, but he was squeezed to the ground, if it wasn't for the surrounding soldiers to save him, he would definitely be trampled to death, he bit his lip and couldn't speak, looking at the battlefield in a daze, Du Hongtai shouted: "If we continue to fight, we will be in trouble, Yushan, we can't kill anymore, the people over there are also our Yansui villagers." ”

Li Huai looked at the chaotic battlefield, cold sweat broke out on his head, the opponent's banner fell, obviously Li Yu had succeeded, Terrig and Kubai didn't take much effort to defeat the opponent's two wings, but then it was more difficult to fight, the thieves who lost their unified command went crazy, and fought to the death with the officers and soldiers regardless of life and death, Terrig and Kubai sent people to report that they had already killed the other side, but in the face of a lot of unarmed old people, women and children couldn't fight, they asked for instructions on what to do, Li Huai couldn't cry or laugh, This army created by Li Yu has suffered from the same problems as Li Yu, and can kill people without mercy in the face of the enemy, but when he sees the old and weak women and children but can't do it, what can he Li Huai do.

"Send the order down, let the soldiers shout for the surrender to send food, and keep shouting." Li Huai came up with an idea, Zhang Daojun wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The battle is finally over, the disparity in strength between the two sides is too great, the common people can force the Fengzhou army to be in a hurry, but they can't defeat the opponent, the cold and hungry hungry people can't bear the temptation of food, and they surrender one after another.

The 20,000 displaced people who surrendered were driven to the Yellow River, and they refused to leave, Li Yu pulled several carts of grain up the river embankment, and those who were willing to cross the river to go home immediately sent two liters of rice, but the people did not eat this set, and would rather die than cross the river, they set up sheds and lit bonfires under the river embankment, men, women and children crowded together, and did not leave in the east of the river.

Li Yu was annoyed, the people couldn't drive away, he couldn't afford to raise it, he didn't want to do anything to kill people, and after a victory, he trapped the Fengzhou army, Zhang Daojun had a big quarrel with him, and he slapped his ass and left, Li Yu had to hold on, but fortunately, Li Huai and Du Hongtai went to Shilou County to borrow some food, so they barely survived.

Lighting the lamp and his gang of leaders are particularly lucky, they are counted as accepting Zhao'an, and put them back to control the people - Li Yu has already inquired clearly, Lighting the lamp's real name is Zhao Sheng, a native of Qingjian in Yan'an Prefecture, he has read a lot of books, but he has repeatedly failed, and he is in his forties, and he has not even mixed up with the fame of showing off his talents, because he was framed for making a war at night to imitate the Tang Dynasty's great anti-thief Huang Chao, and he rebelled in desperation, and because he was elected as the leader by the homeless people because of his literacy and hyphenation, Li Yu chatted with him for a while, thinking that this guy was timid and afraid of things, and he was not the material for rebellion at all, Just can use him to do something, Zhao Sheng himself also felt that the risk of rebellion was too great, not only the government wanted to kill the head, but the accomplices might one day also take his head to make contributions, the two hit it off, Zhao Sheng immediately decided to take refuge in Li Yu and assist the Fengzhou army to appease the people to atone for their previous sins.

Bai An, Hu Dawei and the group of Yansui people under Meng Ruhu were also sent to take care of the displaced people, Hu Dawei and Meng Ruhu were full of complaints, the military salary promised to us by the governor of Shanxi has not been received, and now we have to accompany these people to drink porridge, what is this! Bai An looked disdainful of the two of them, what kind of people do you see? It's the people of Yansui, the people of our hometown, you can't bear to see them starve to death? The adjutant general is righteous, rushing to this point, we also have to help him, the tiger is mighty and fierce as a tiger, so there is nothing to say.

Zhang Daojun came back a few days later, entered Li Yu's big tent, spread his hands, shook his head and said: "I went to Fenzhou Mansion once, and people didn't care about our business, so they gave the hundred and ten stone grain, and the government and big households refused to give more grain, I have no choice, Li Hanmin, Li Yushan, you two caused trouble, go and think about it yourself." ”

"Brother Zixuan, you also saw the situation at that time, unless you kill everyone, you won't be able to finish this battle, you can't let our Fengzhou soldiers fill it in, what do you blame Yushan and Hanmin, Brother Zixuan, you are from Shanxi, and you are the only one who raises grain!" Du Hongtai was not happy.

"Whoever told you to kill them all, won't you drive them across the river? Could it be that Fengzhou Iron Cavalry defeated Jiannu, but it couldn't deal with a group of ordinary people? ”

"Brother Zixuan, this is different, the common people are here to live or die, what can we do with them? Forcibly evicted may not be how many lives will be lost, this life has to be done by the people of Shanxi, Brother Zixuan can go to Fenzhou Mansion again, local affairs naturally have to be taken care of by them, and we don't want to be dragged here. Du Hongtai will never let go.

"People are smarter than you, do you think they really can't control a group of ordinary people? They're hiding from trouble, and you're going to have to do it yourself if you get into trouble. As soon as Fenzhou Mansion was mentioned, Zhang Daojun became angry, and these guys were killed and did not want to take over the homeless people.

Li Huai has been silent, and then suddenly spoke: "Brother Zixuan, some words are better spread out, the court does not provide money and food relief, and the plight of the displaced people will not be solved, everyone understands this truth, the ministers are afraid that they are eager to kill all the displaced people, but no one will say that they are even more unwilling to do it, the emperor wants face, the ministers want fame, whoever does it will be the target of the public, and whoever will die without a place to be buried, we Fengzhou people are barbarians, but we are not stupid, we will never do it when the court is a murderous knife, slaughter the people and then ruin our reputation, Brother Zixuan, you, I, and Hermes-Epitek are all people on the same line as the governor, and if something happens to us, I'm afraid the governor won't be able to get out, so Brother Zixuan should do his best. ”

"I'll go to Taiyuan." Zhang Daojun's face turned pale, turned his head and walked out.

"Brother Zixuan, you won't go to Taiyuan and won't come back, right?" Li Yu hurriedly shouted.

"If I don't come back, you will die here." Zhang Daojun didn't answer.

Looking at Zhang Daojun's distant back, Li Yu asked Li Huai pitifully: "Second brother, Shanxi hasn't paid us yet, and we will starve in a few days, if Lord Song doesn't care about us, what will it be?" ”

"We have to move, our army is mobile and flexible in combat, the Yellow River is thousands of miles away, we can't defend it, we can't defend it, and we can't do anything to appease the displaced people, staying here is also a dead end for us," Li Huai pondered for a while, and then said to Du Hongtai, "Du Shuai is in charge of the army again, Meng Qing immediately ran to Yulin and contacted Du Shuai, it's a big deal that we cross the river to Yansui, Du Shuai will definitely take us in." ”

"This is easy to do, I will go to Yulin to find my uncle immediately, but how can the court reply? And what about these people? Du Hongtai replied.

"Regardless of the imperial court, since Yuzi is the deputy general of the aid and suppression, it is always right for us to suppress the thief, if the imperial court is to blame, please give us food and salary, as for the people, it is a big deal to give some food and disperse the gang, and if there is trouble, it will be left to Shanxi to solve it by itself." Li Huai said with a wave of his hand.

Taiyuan, Song Tongyin listened to Zhang Daojun's report, so angry that he beat his chest, during this time he was also suppressing thieves, last year's drought in Shanxi, the people could not pay taxes, additional and complained, the northwest refugees who fled to Shanxi took the opportunity to drum up chaos, and Shanxi was also full of bandits, fortunately, the dragons without a leader could not become a climate, Song Tongyin planned to be optimistic about the family, and then cut off these bandits one by one, but he didn't expect Li Yu to cause him a ** annoyance.

"How did I forget that this guy is a good person, he didn't look for trouble when he was young, he was going to hurt me again when I arrived in Shanxi, I regretted that I shouldn't have asked him to Shanxi, where am I going to find him money and food now, drive him away, Shanxi will not keep him." Song Tong scolded angrily.

"My lord, I am angry, Hermes-Epitek and Yushan are the people you brought up, and they do their best, and we can't blame them for this, let's think of another idea." Zhang Daojun also replied with a frustrated face.