After occupying Ningxia City that night, Liu Dongyang was appointed as the chief military officer of Ningxia, with Bi Chengen and Xu Chao as the deputy commanders of the left and right sides, Tu Wenxiu and Yizi Biyun as the left and right generals, and the second son Bi Chengzhong, Yizi Bihong, Bisai, Jiyun, Liu Chuanbai, Zhang Wenxue, Wang Wende, He Yingshi, Chen Lei, Bai Luan, Feng Jiwu and other other officers of all sizes were rewarded.

Bibai instructed the generals: "Now that Ningxia has broken down, the guards in various districts are not yet aware of it, and the imperial court has not heard of it, so it is advisable to attack quickly and consolidate the foundation." Ling Cheng En and Xu Chao each led a part of the governor's general army to send troops to Ningxia Zhongwei, Yuquan, Guangwu, and Lingzhou, and attacked the forts in Hexi. Lingyizi Biyunbei attacked Pingyu and seized the border defense area in northern Ningxia. Tu Wenxiu led the crowd out of the customs to form an alliance with the Mongolian leaders of the set of rabbits and slaughtered monks to enter the customs to help. General Bai led an army south to prevent the Guyuan official army from going north, waiting for an opportunity to attack it to deter Zhufu Dao County. Before the imperial court noticed, the Mongols invaded the entire territory of Ningxia. The generals took the order and left.

After Tuwenxiu went out of the customs, Pegasus galloped straight to the camp of the set, and the road was intercepted by Mongolian rangers, and Tuwenxiu immediately negotiated in Mongolian language, and made the rangers lead the way on the grounds of surrendering to the rabbit. After meeting with the leader of the set of tribes, Li Rabbit and the two slaughtering monks, Tu Wenxiu presented a letter of worship, asking for an alliance to help. The rabbit has long been dissatisfied with Bibai, and now he saw Bibai to show his alliance, and he was indignant in his heart, and sneered: "Bibai is really a two-faced villain, who is willing to be a dog of the Han people to bite his own people!" Now the dog can't stand it, and here are brothers again, shameless, scum of the steppe! ”

Zai Seng said: "At present, although we have occasional battles with the Ming army, it has not caused a full-scale war, and the Hetao area is rich in water and grass, if we start a war rashly, I am afraid that the grassland will not exist." But if you are taken down, you can still get a lot of wealth from the Ming Emperor! When he heard this, he laughed and immediately summoned the guards into his account.

Tu Wenxiu listened, known that the rabbit had a grudge and slaughtered the monk without ambition, after a little thought, he knelt on the ground and worshipped, the rabbit was deeply surprised, only to hear Tu Wenxiu said: "You misunderstood our leader, since the death of Altan Khan, Mongolia was divided, all the tribes were pursued by the Han people, fell apart, cattle and sheep were lost, countless casualties, every Mongolian was grief-stricken!" The leader did not want to see his people slaughtered, so he had to bow down. The so-called killing of the same clan is also the leader's revenge on the early enemies, and it can also be used to block the tongue of the Ming army. After the enemy was eliminated, the leader of my family did not kill his fellow clansmen again, and all of them pretended to be Han Chinese. However, the Han people have been different from Huayi since ancient times, and we have been enduring bullying and humiliation all the time, so we have secretly prepared until today to occupy Ningxia and share it with the whole clan! ”

After hearing this, the rabbit was furious: "Clever words! What endures humiliation is, in my opinion, mercenary! Occupy Ningxia and share it with the whole clan?! How do you share it?! ”

Tu Wenxiu immediately said: "The head of my family is willing to live in the area of Huamachi in Hexi!" After hearing this, the monk was overjoyed and said to the rabbit: "The area around Huamachi is vast, and it is an excellent land, if you enjoy this place, you will have no worries, relying on other dangers, and it seems that it is not difficult to defend Ningxia now." He rescued the fire one day, so that our clan moved to the customs and got what he wanted! ”

Tu Wenxiu said again: "If the two leaders have no objection, please help me send troops to pacify the captives, and then all the gold and silver properties in Huamachi and this place will belong to the two leaders." The brotherhood of the same clan, the leader of my family will never forget, share honor and disgrace, and always form an alliance. ”

Li Rabbit interrupted Tu Wenxiu: "Just say it well, it's not difficult to take Pingyu Fort, pasture cattle and sheep, gold and silver slaves, what should I do if I regret it afterwards?!" Just by your words, we will send troops? That's too much to think of your leader! You occupy Ningxia, so can the Ming court sit idly by? The army is coming to suppress it, but don't expect me to fight with the Ming army again for you. ”

When Tu Wenxiu heard this, he also knew that Li Tu didn't dare to take risks for this, and then persuaded: "Don't worry! The imperial court will come to conquer and suppress it, and the head of my family has expected this matter for a long time, and has made full preparations. At that time, we will attract the main force of the imperial court, and you can lead your troops to attack and plunder at will, and no one will stop you. The front and rear flanked the attack, and the Ming army collapsed. Even if the Ming army is aware of it and divides the troops to refuse, then the leader of my family will have a chance to take advantage of it. You and the leader of my family are both grassland heroes, who doesn't know about the border plug? The troops led by him can be called a group of wolves and eagles, and the two sides join forces, and the inside and outside should be combined, and the land inside the pass is at your fingertips. The covenant can be made now, and I will give the deposit. If the leader of my family betrays the alliance or the situation is unfavorable in the future, you can directly withdraw from the customs and leave us alone, and you can also be worry-free. The rabbit was overjoyed, so he made an alliance with Tuwenxiu and gathered his soldiers to attack Pingyu Fort.

On the other hand, Bi Chengen and Xu Chao captured the forts in Hexi, Bi Chengen led the army to Ningxia Zhongwei first, Ningxia Zhongwei General Xiong Guochen saw that the thieves were huge, and the dust and smoke covered the world, Xiong Guochen thought that he was outnumbered, and abandoned the city and fled on the grounds of moving troops. The officers and soldiers of the Ningxia Central Guard were at a loss, the people were in a panic, and the Confucian scholar Zhou Zhe in the city was full of indignation, and shouted on the stage to call on the gentry to donate wages, and the people guarded according to the gate, intercepting the deserters and coordinating the guard. Bi Chengen ordered the general Wang Hu to lead the crowd to attack the city, Wang Hu ordered the arrow rain in the city, hit the city gate with fire, the sound of killing outside the city shook the sky, both sides of the city gate fell into a short hold, the west gate garrison Han Fan was broken, and the west gate was opened to Wang Hu to surrender. Seeing this, Wang Hu took the lead in breaking into the west gate, and the rebels broke into the separate ways to kill them, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were in chaos, the gates were lost, and Zhou Zhe was captured.

After the fall of the city, he ordered Wang Hu's troops to rest on the spot, and led the army to continue to advance. Wang Hu was angry that Zhou Zhe gathered the crowd to resist and wanted to kill him to warn the soldiers and the people, and the people who surrendered persuaded Zhou Zhe to ask Wang Hu for the crime to save his life, so as not to have a different head in the family. Zhou Zhe was furious when he heard this, and hit his head against the pillar: "I would rather sacrifice my life for the country, how can I bend my knees and beg the thief to save his life!" ”

Wang Hu was furious when he heard this, and the left and right staff officers hurriedly pulled Wang Hu to persuade: "This week, Zhenai is a great Confucian in the city, with a resolute temperament, and is deeply respected by the people. So that when we leave the city and plunder, there will be no civil unrest. Wang Hu agreed.

A few days later, Wang Hu recruited soldiers to send troops out of the city to the north, and led 50 people to temporarily live in Ningxia Zhongwei to guard, Zhou Zhe learned that it was convenient for his son Zhou Bang to plan: "Now Ningxia Zhongwei is empty, leaving Wang Hu and other less than 100 people. Wang Hu is vulgar and unscrupulous, as long as he prepares enough wine and food to congratulate him, he will be able to anesthetize his carelessness, and you will quickly select more than ten like-minded people to pretend to be Confucian scholars to hide sharp blades, waiting for an opportunity to attack. ”

Zhou Bang still had doubts about this, and said to his father: "Although Wang Hu has few followers, it is difficult to transfer from the left and right, and it is difficult to protect us once he assassinates us. Zhou Zhe said with a smile: "The rebels are chaotic, have no sense of loyalty, are snobbish, reckless and ignorant, wait to kill Wang Hu first and then reprimand, share the money, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to catch all of them." Hurry up and prepare. ”

After Zhou Bang's preparations were completed, Zhou Zhe immediately led the team to Wang Hu to congratulate him. Wang Hu somehow, Zhou Zhe replied: "The general army is majestic, and the Central Acropolis has been owned by the general. In order to express our intention to surrender, we will bring our own food and drink, and hope to get drunk with the general. Wang Hu was overjoyed, drove left and right, and drank with everyone. When the wine was half-drunk, Zhou Zhe signaled that everyone surrounded Wang Hu in the name of toasting, and then stabbed him with daggers. Zhou Zhe cut off Wang Hu's head, led the crowd to rush to the door to reprimand the rest of the rebels, and pretended to appease them with money, but ordered them to be set on fire in the house. The city ran to tell each other, and the Acropolis was restored. However, the good times did not last long, and the thief army reoccupied it.

In the direction of Pingyu, the rebel offensive was the most difficult. Tuwenxiu, Biyun led the army to Pinglu, Pingyu general Xiao Ruxun out of the city to meet the battle, Pingyu is well-prepared, there are many firearms, Xiao Ruxun responded with two wings of cavalry, sent firearms and artillery, archers to suppress Tuwenxiu's central front, the rebel firearms are insufficient and the precision of the movement is scattered, the battle was once dominated by Xiao Ruxun, when the Pingyu defenders after a few rounds of volleys, the infantry lined up forward, and the two wings of the infantry cavalry were divided into parts to flank, but the right wing of the movement was not properly hindered, Bibai Yizi Yiyun grabbed the fighter, and the horse led the army to the right flank, Biyun is brave and good at fighting, strong in martial arts, and the soldiers led by the Bi family are unstoppable, Xiao Ruxun urgently ordered the front battalion to return to defense, and Biyun was still able to threaten Xiao Ruxun's own formation several times.

Biyun scolded sharply: "Courageless rats! No matter how many guards there are, you can only protect you for a while, as a general, it is better to go out of the battle and fight to the death with me, and it is still glorious to be defeated if you can die at my hands! Otherwise, I'll raze this bunker to the ground!" ”

Xiao Ruxun immediately laughed a few times, and scolded back: "You are the Hulu outside the Saiwai, and when you come to this Pingyu Fort today, you must be very prepared in your heart!" Reckless and stupid people, the general would be ashamed to do something with them. Rebel thief! You're going crazy! No matter what you do, you won't be able to break through this Pingyu Fort! You will definitely leave your head here this time! ”

Biyun was furious, slapped his horse forward, and led the troops to charge again. After the rear team of the Ming army died in formation, the front battalion rushed to attack from the side, and Biyun could not advance lightly and then acted backwards in a roundabout way. Xiao Ruxun originally wanted to change the formation, but he was surprised that if the formation changed, the thieves would be close to the gate and divide the defenders inside and outside the fort. Xiao Ruxun encouraged the morale of the army, personally picked the elite of the army to force out the thief army, and urgently ordered the formation of the army to turn, and once again set up horizontally in front of Pingyu Fort. Seeing that Xiao Ruxun was distracted, Biyun shot an arrow in a hurry, but Xiao Ruxun avoided the key point and shot him in the thigh.

The morale of the rebels was high, and Xiao Ruxun saw this and ordered Xu to retreat into the city. Since then, Xiao Ruxun has not been able to hold on and swear to the death. Even so, in order to hold on to the aid for a long time, his wife Yang sold jewelry to buy food as military rations, and worked the army every day, and Yang mobilized the women in the city, among which there were many wives and children of the guards, taking care of them day and night, taking care of logistics, in order to protect the health of the family, and to protect the city from falling, the soldiers in the city were deeply encouraged and were willing to die to serve.

Every day when the enemy army attacked the city, Xiao Ruxun personally went to the city gate to supervise the battle, commanded the soldiers to alternately maintain the armament, strengthen the city defense, and share weal and woe, Xiao Ruxun ignored the fact that his legs were not healed, and still insisted on patrolling the city defense four times a day, taking care of the wounded soldiers, commanding the defense, inspiring the army, eating with the defenders, and singing with the same song, so the war spirit in the army surged, and it was more admired by the people.

Because they couldn't attack for a long time, Tu Wenxiu and Bi Yun were afraid of the punishment of Bibai, and thought hard about a good plan to break the city, Tu Wenxiu said: "Pingyu is worthy of being a border defense land, the garrison is perfect, and the soldiers dare to fight." Unlike other guards, who were able to collapse at the first touch, our army did not exceed twice as many as the defenders, and there were many casualties under the siege of the city for several days, and there were not enough firearms, so it was difficult to break through the gate of Pingyu. What should I do? Biyun said angrily: "It's better to make a lonely bet, tomorrow I will rush forward and swear to break the peace!" ”

Tu Wenxiu rebuked Biyun for the courage of the reckless man, not knowing how to plan, Tu Wenxiu said: "Ten will surround it, and if it is doubled, it will be attacked, and if it is broken, the army will be increased." I heard that the rest of the generals have occupied all parts of Ningxia one after another, and I am deeply ashamed that our army is blocked here! Now the only soldiers that can be borrowed are the Rabbit Division. Thinking of this, Tu Wenxiu ordered Bi Yun to go to the place where Litu was, leading his army to attack and pacify, and Tu Wenxiu broke the city from the side. Biyun ordered Pegasus to leave the camp.

Tu Wenxiu wanted to invite the rabbit to help after being discovered by Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun's mind is brave and martial, and the rabbit is cruel and murderous. So a day later, he personally led the elite to set up an ambush in Nanguan at night, wanting to catch turtles in the urn. Focusing on the rabbit set up a large camp in the west of the South Pass, Biyun led the Mongolian cavalry to roar through, before the South Pass, Xiao Ruxun led the troops to attack, Biyun saw Xiao Ruxun come overjoyed, ordered to divide the left and right to encircle and shoot and then divide into the assault, Xiao Ruxun was defeated, and led the troops to retreat from the South Pass.

Biyun wants to capture Xiao Ruxun, the herald of the Mongolian main force of more than 10,000 people chased into the pass, after the main Mongolian force entered the pass, the door was closed, the fire on the mountain rock was everywhere, the fire salvo, the fire flew arrows, Xiao Ruxun led the troops to kill, the Mongolian soldiers scattered and fled, the fireworks shrouded in the night, the horses were frightened, except for the soldiers who died in battle, there were countless trampling on each other, and the rest of the enemy soldiers reined in the horse and rushed to the gate without any intention of fighting. Biyun couldn't stop drinking, and when he was distracted, he was shot off his horse by Xiao Ruxun and died in the chaos. Xiao Ruxun ordered the door to open and close, and took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill and go straight to the Li Rabbit camp, and the Li Rabbit was shocked when he heard the report, and gathered the remnants to retreat fifty miles to temporarily avoid Xiao Ruxun's soldiers. Xiao Ruxun destroyed the Litu camp and captured some enemy soldiers, cattle, sheep and livestock, and returned to the city in a triumphant manner. Tu Wenxiu was shocked when he saw this situation, so he retreated to stay for ten miles and continued to station, and Tu Wenxiu himself led his relatives back to Ningxia to worship and confess.

On the side of the Guyuan army in Shaanxi, when they heard that Ningxia was abnormally mobilized, they sent 500 cavalry to investigate the truth in two ways, and led 3,000 troops to ambush on the Beishan trail. On the other hand, the Guyuan soldiers had to report the Ningxia mutiny, and they made a detour to Guyuan and were chased by Bibai, and they were completely wiped out with all the outnumbered. Bibai took advantage of the victory to march into Guyuan, first feinted and divided his troops to the east to attack the county, the rebels were strong, and the counties were surrendered. Guyuan Town and Ningxia are the same Ming Dynasty nine-sided important towns, the city is strong, the garrison of Guyuan Town has a total of 60,000 people, although following the change of Zheng Luo to pacify the Tao River, there are still more than 10,000 garrisons in the city who are jealous of worship, and they lead troops back to the north after two days of feints.

The rebels led by Bi Chengen and Xu Dynasty either attacked and attacked or lured the city with the seal letter, the soldiers were strong, came and went like the wind, they were good at killing without taboo, rampant arrogance, the Ming army stationed in various places was either caught off guard or because of the weak single force and difficult to resist, and they had the help of Mongolia in the set, the rebels were invincible everywhere they went, the forty-seven forts and fortresses in Ningxia were all returned to Bibai except for the Ping, and more than 60,000 soldiers were proud of the border fortress, and it was rumored that they wanted to tear the earth and seal the king, and the whole Shaanxi was shaken.

Bibai, who occupies the whole town of Ningxia, is gathering the generals to discuss the follow-up arrangements at this time, and Bi Chengen took the lead in congratulating: "Now that the whole town of Ningxia has been occupied, although only Pingyu Weike is still under siege. In addition, the set of rabbits and slaughtering monks and cavalry responded, with more than 60,000 troops, occupying dangerous points, and my father could be called the king and the land, and achieve hegemony! ”

Liu Dongyang was worried about when the imperial court would be requisitioned, and he was anxious that Bibai could have a plan to deal with it, so he said to Bibai: "Now, the imperial court will send troops to recruit and suppress, and how to deal with it needs to be planned as soon as possible. Xu Chao agreed, and asked for a plan.

Pacing in the Bibai hall, he said to the generals with two strategies: "How to deal with it, I have two strategies that can be discussed by everyone, one is to take advantage of the fact that the imperial court has not yet reacted in time, and use the suspicious army to attack Xi'an, and the main force is secretly advancing eastward and attacking the Beijing division!" If you capture the capital and capture the emperor and the prince, the world will be in chaos! The vassal kings of all over the country are vying to be the emperor, and each of the hundred officials has their own support, and this great tomorrow will be a mess, so we can be called the king and the emperor! It's just that the land of Sanjin has multiple mountains and mountains, and there are many fierce generals, so it is difficult to enter lightly. If you take a detour to gather the Beijing division outside the pass, it is difficult to predict the outcome based on the current situation. ”

Xu Chao answered: "This strategy should not be feasible, I heard that there is a famous general in Shanxi, Ma Gui, who is invincible." Li Rusong, the son of Ning Yuanbo and Li Chengliang, is also leading troops in Shanxi. The mountains and mountains in Shanxi are steep, and once they are blocked, they will no longer have the effect of surprise attacks. The combat power of Xuanfu and Datong military towns ranks first in the nine sides, and they should not be underestimated. In the early years of Wanli, Qi Jiguang was supported by Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet at the time, to build the Great Wall in the north, to train soldiers, to study the tactics of firearms, and to build a new defense in the north of Beijing. Liu Dongyang sighed after hearing this, even if he took a detour outside the gate, it would be more auspicious and less auspicious, and he would ask for advice again when he saw that he did not answer.

Bibai replied: "Since the enterprising Beijing division is not passable, the second is to stick to the war, wait for the imperial court soldiers to arrive, and then choose the opportunity to annihilate the army, when the imperial court reorganizes and transfers troops, our army goes south to Guyuan and Xi'an, and occupies the entire territory of Shaanxi. Kill Shangshu Zheng Luo, enter and expand the Tao River change, so that Huoluochi can reoccupy Xining Mansion, and form an alliance with us, and the territory is connected to each other, so that there is more than advance and retreat, both offensive and defended. When the clansmen move inward, the number of soldiers can reach 200,000. In my opinion, this plan is feasible, and the key lies in how to completely annihilate the official army and seize the opportunity to go south to Xi'an. All the generals nodded yes.

Then Bibai ordered, ordered Bi Chengen to lead 2,000 troops to guard the Lingzhou Thousand Households, ordered Xu Chao to lead 2,000 troops to guard the Xingwu Thousand Households, ordered Jiyun to lead 2,000 troops to guard the Weizhou Thousand Households, ordered Liu Chuan to lead 2,000 troops to guard the Thousand Households of the Central Guard, and gathered 5,000 troops to besiege Pingyu, and each of the 36 Forts was stationed in 300 Tun to guard, and the Rabbit led the main force to respond to the Guanwai Strategy, and the rest of the Rabbit Department and the Slaughtering Monk Department were stationed in the Huamachi area, and Bi Bai, Liu Dongyang, Tu Wenxiu and Bi Chengzhong led 20,000 troops from the town of Ningxia to prepare for the imperial court to conquer.