Li Mingli was not idle, he went to the backyard with a guillotine to cut grass, fed it to his war horse and a sheep raised at home, and went to the west side of the front yard to feed the chickens, there was a rooster and five hens at home. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When doing these things, Li Mingli is also very focused, he was originally a handsome, fair-skinned young man, although he was a military household in Shenyang City, because he has lived in the city for generations, in fact, he is a standard city boy, usually does not practice, only when he is in the school parade, he carries a gun and wears a worn mandarin duck jacket to stand in a line. In peacetime, there is no need to farm for the officers of the guard post like the military households outside the city, but they just do some chores in the Jiangmen mansion, and they have small businesses to do at home, and they have lived a good life. Later, he became a recruiter, was captured after the defeat, and has been a veteran until now, and all the work in the farmland is also taken up. The current Li Mingli is much stronger than a few years ago, a little more fierce, and the expression on his face seems to be soft and focused, but when his eyes turn, people can realize the coldness and fierceness in his eyes.

Both hands are already covered with calluses, there used to be thick calluses at the tiger's mouth, which were sharpened when practicing swords and bows and arrows, and they have been doing farm work for more than half a year, and their hands have been sharpened with thick calluses......

Li Mingli's bow, horse, sword, and sword did not dare to be thrown away, in a place like Houjin, no matter what, martial arts are the foundation of life.

After doing these chores, Li Mingli returned to the wing room to sit and drink tea, there was a crackling sound when burning wood came from the stove, their house was actually quite simple, similar to the shack built by the wandering Liao people, the foundation was dug very low, the house was only half exposed, there was no window only the portal, the sleeping house built a pit to burn firewood for heating, at least to ensure that it was warm when sleeping, there was no fire in the wing, the house was actually very cold, but there was a pot of hot tea, there was grain in the locked cabinet, and there were several liters of grain buried underground, These are the foundations of his life, so if there is anything to do, Li Mingli will come to this room to sit.

There is a hard bow used by Li Mingli hanging on the wall, this is a typical Qing bow, the back of the bow is long and thick, and the strength is much stronger than the small bow of the Ming army, and even because the bow shape is different, the skills of opening the bow and using force are almost completely different, Li Mingli originally liked hunting, the bow foundation is not weak, he has practiced in Houjin for several years, and it is uncomfortable to shoot arrows without opening the bow every day, and the archery is advancing by leaps and bounds, he raised his eyes and looked at the bow on the wall, and felt a pity that his archery skills were useless, and the management of the official villages of Houjin was very strict, It is not allowed to hunt without permission, just as those wild pear trees and apricot trees were investigated and liquidated as official property, and the wild beasts in various places are also the property of the old Khan, and they are not the objects that the Han soldiers can shoot at will.

Cao Zhenyan has not been free for a month, and he asked someone to bring some New Year's goods to the Li family a few years ago, which is not much, and it seems that the Cao family's life is not very good.

The biggest action a year ago was to check the people who had no food, and the Han people who had no food at home, whether they were Han soldiers or free people, were all classified as coats and assigned to the Jurchen nobles of all sizes for slavery, and a large number of Han people were classified as slaves of the Guanzhuang banners of various banners, and the free people were reduced to slaves who were restricted to farming.

In the inventory of people without food, many Han troops and Han people have not been able to pass the customs, only a very small number of lucky people in the whole Liaodong passed the inspection, they still retain the identity of free people at this time or were carried into the Jurchen Eight Banners, to the Tiancong period almost all Han people were incorporated into the Han Army Eight Banners, either Baoyi, or Han Eight Banners, there are a few lucky people who have always maintained the identity of the Eight Banners.

Li Mingli is still a banner man with a blue flag, and his identity is a horse attendant, and there are five or six layers of Jurchens whose identity is more noble than him from Niu Lu Ezhen, and he is not valued by the Han army under his banner, but fortunately, he has a good relationship with Niu Lu Ezhen Tabai, and the family has enough food, and Li Mingli successfully passed the customs when he checked the people without food.

There was a sudden noise outside, Li Mingli was very alert, and immediately got up and took off the knife on the wall and hung it on his body.

"In charge, it seems that something happened to Zhuang Xitou?"

The eldest girl also heard the movement and trotted over with a pale face.

"Be careful if you have a body." Li Mingli frowned and said: "When the sky falls, there is me, you go back to the stove, if there is really something wrong, you will drill the cellar with your mother first!" ”

"We're waiting for you."

"Less!" Li Mingli said angrily: "Lao Tzu has run away for thousands of miles, and you are worried about what I will do." If you don't hide, I won't dare to run, it's not like the whole family is dead. ”

The eldest girl didn't dare to talk back, there were tears in her eyes, but she was calmed down by such a roar, and in such a troubled world, the woman was also trained to be much stronger.

Li Mingli didn't say more, at this time there was a noise, and it seemed that there was a scream, it was very abnormal, it was very likely that the Dongjiang soldiers came from Hexi to sneak attack, if there were few people coming, it would be easy to do, if it was a large-scale raid, then it would be a big trouble.

The other Zhuangzi are three or four miles away, more than a dozen Zhuangzi is a Niu Lu Ezhen Guan, there are more than 60 Manchurian armor soldiers, and more than a dozen white armor, and there are 1670 Jurchen Banner Ding, adding up to about 220 Jurchen Dingkou, Li Mingli is also counted in the Qiding Dingkou, the blue flag of the Niu Lu is thirty-three, only less than the forty-five Niu Lu Zhenghuang Banner, ranking second in the Eight Banners, but the number of Ding Kou of this flag is relatively insufficient, there are many Niu Lu not even two hundred Ding, Compared with the two yellow flags, which are more than 300 or even 400 ding, it is far behind.

In addition to this cow record, there are two other cow records, but they are all ten miles away, and even if the conch is blown, it will take at least an hour to catch up.

Thinking of the sound of the horn, Li Mingli realized that no one sounded the trumpet, he was slightly determined, but he still carried the bow and arrow on his body, he has always been soft armor, just inside the arrow robe, and after a short moment, the whole person has reached the state of battle.

At this time, many people rushed out of the low houses, most of them were Han soldiers or Han people, and most of the Jurchens lived together, and the quality of their houses was much stronger than that of Li Mingli's side.

There is a main road from east to west in the village, from the village road is a north-south road, and then to the west across the farmland and barren saline-alkali land is the big river, Li Mingli pressed the knife and arrow, trotted all the way to the west, there are many Ding Zhuang men are also dressed like him, all of them are fully armed and run to the west, to the Jurchen gathering area, Li Mingli found that no one ran out here, and when he arrived at the head of the village, he saw at a glance that more than 100 banners and armor were gathered at the head of the village, everyone was wearing armor, carrying bows and arrows, and had already put out a battle queue, More than a dozen white armor rode on horses, looking at this side with cold eyes, and even the bannermen were wearing chain mail, holding spears and knives of various colors, or holding bows and arrows, guarding the side of the village.

"Li Mingli, you stand here." Niu Lu Ezhen Tabai was also there, wearing iron armor and riding on a horse, when he saw Li Mingli coming, Tabai pointed a tiger gun in his hand, and ordered him to be on guard not far from his side.

"What is the matter today, master?" Li Mingli hurried over, and stood on duty with his hand on the sword, and his Jianzhou Jurchen was quite proficient.

"Don't ask too much about this." Tabai is usually quite kind, but today his face is pale, and his eyes are murderous.

Li Mingli didn't dare to ask again, there were only a few bannermen from the Han army around him, and most of the rest were Jurchens, and those young bannermen who were only fifteen or sixteen years old were also wearing chain mail and holding knives and guns standing beside him, with murderous aura in their eyes, he knew that if he accidentally committed a taboo, he was likely to be killed immediately, and the Jurchens killed the Han army like slaughtering a dog, and sometimes they hardly needed too many reasons.

Looking at the past from where Li Mingli was, it was almost densely packed with Jurchen armor soldiers and bannermen, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard not far away, and everyone widened their eyes, and found that it was the soldiers and horses of two Jurchen Niulu with blue flags nearby who also rushed over, and there was also a garrison on the left wing of Mongolia who also arrived on horseback, so that the bannermen and armored soldiers plus the Mongolian soldiers, the strength here has exceeded 500 armor soldiers, which is almost enough to launch a small-scale war.

Both sides of the road are withered yellow reeds and snow, the east and west sides are farmland and sparse woodland and shrubs, and you can follow a few paths all the way to the big river to the west, and the place where you can see is the border between the Later Jin and the Ming army.

Although Li Mingli knew that it was not an action against himself, and it didn't look like he was going to cross the river to fight, he still kept licking his lips, and his heart was extremely nervous.

There was a group of bannermen from the Han army who were further apart, and their expressions were even more nervous.

The Mongols had already ridden their horses through the paths on the north and south sides of the village, and two groups of Jurchen armored cavalry were mixed in with them.

Everyone was armed with bows and arrows, but it was not an enemy who attacked, but surrounded their Zhuangzi.

Li Mingli's heart was pounding, he was very worried about the eldest girl and his mother-in-law, but at this moment, he must not move a little, the Jurchen bannermen around him are all staring at him, those half-sized children with beards or soft hair are the most ruthless, they are not affectionate at all, and they are not as easy to be co-opted as the upper-class Jurchens...... After Li Mingli entered the winter, he took over the errand of fishing, and often sent fish to the mansions of Niu Lu Ezhen and the two Zhang Jing, and most of the good things sent by Cao Zhenyan were also sent to the hands of these big people, so that he could gain a firm foothold in this official village, and he did not have his share in all previous things. And these half-grown Jurchen cubs in front of them are the most terrifying, it is when they want to show their martial arts and fierceness, the Jurchens started with killing, and the elders encourage these little cubs to practice their combat skills and the courage to kill, in addition to their own Jurchens have a little affection and rationality, they have a little contempt and hostility for all Han people, including the Mongols, and even the Haixi Jurchens and Shengfan Jurchens, and they are even more murderous without blinking.