After the 5,000 soldiers and horses in the state capital were wiped out, Ye Zongliu's confidence skyrocketed unprecedentedly, and he distributed all the captured thousands of blades and baggage, and the combat power of the army under his command instantly increased a lot.

In this fierce battle, although the casualties of Chen Gongshan's men and horses under Ye Zongliu's subordinates were not small, more than 3,000 people were killed by the official army, and the main force of 50,000 troops led by Ye Zongliu to rush to the aid also lost more than 4,000 people, but compared with the improvement of the morale of the army after the victory, these casualties are nothing.

After Ye Zongliu led the main force to return to the Shaotingkeng Silver Mine, he forcibly recruited a large number of young men from more than 100,000 displaced people to replenish them, and replenished the number of men and horses under his command to 80,000!

At the beginning of December of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, the imperial court ordered Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces to strictly investigate the illegal opening of silver mines, and ordered the political envoy of Zhejiang, Si Heng Prefecture, to thoroughly investigate the case of Ye Zongliu's gathering of people to rebel!

However, in the face of Ye Zongliu's tens of thousands of troops and the complex terrain around Xianxialing, Hengzhou Mansion has not acted for a long time, and there are few garrisons left in Zhejiang, so it is difficult to make a difference.

And Ye Zongliu began to exert his strength, sending Zheng Xiangsi and Canghuotou to each lead 5,000 men and horses to attack separately: Zheng Xiangsi led the crowd to attack Xianxia Pass, and Canghuotou led the crowd to attack Cen Yang Pass, which borders Fujian and Jiangxi!

Fortunately, due to the fact that Xianxia Pass and Cen Yang Pass were easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with the efforts of the officers and troops stationed in the two passes, Zheng Xiangsi and Canghuotou were all unfavorable in attack, and they led the remnants to retreat to the Shaotingkeng silver mine.

The two lost more than 3,000 soldiers this time, Ye Zongliu was furious, and the two of them were punished, and then Ye Zongliu once again replenished his troops from the homeless people, preparing to continue to attack other cities.

In the face of the rampant behavior of Ye Zongliu's subordinates, the Ministry of War issued official documents one after another, ordering the collection of civilian mines as official ownership, imposing death on those who open mines without permission, and sending their families to the frontiers, "If anyone who does not accept the investigation, the army will be dispatched to pursue him."

After receiving the order from the Ministry of War, the garrisons in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces all took down some small-scale civilian mines, and the garrisons were helpless against such "giant bandits" as Ye Zongliu.

However, the urgent documents of the imperial court played by the garrisons in various places came one after another, and they all fell on the copywriting of the Ministry of War, and Ye Zongliu's name appeared on the submission of the Ministry of War every day, which made Yingzong annoyed!

For this reason, Yingzong issued a strict decree and mobilized soldiers and horses to suppress the thieves of Ye Zong's Liusu Department!

After receiving Yingzong's order, the military department immediately issued a document to mobilize soldiers and horses, raise money and food, and ordered Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces to strictly guard the provincial borders to prevent "rebellious soldiers" from escaping and entering; At the same time, the Ministry of War ordered Fujian Senator Zhu Yuan to mobilize 13,000 officers and soldiers stationed in the guard posts in various parts of Fujian, and within a month to enter the area of Xianxialing, and to attack the thieves of Ye Zong's detention center, and all the officers and soldiers in Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces will cooperate in suppressing them!

Seeing that the New Year was about to be celebrated, Fujian Senator Zhu Yuan was very reluctant after receiving the order, after all, what kind of character Ye Zongliu was, he knew very well, the corpses of the 5,000 soldiers in the state capital before were not cold, did he have to lead the troops to fight this vicious battle?

Although extremely reluctant, Zhu Yuan did not have the courage to disobey the order of the Ministry of War, and the one-month time stipulated by the Ministry of War was too tight, Zhu Yuan did not have time to slowly select elite generals, so he could only rush to Pucheng County in northern Fujian in advance to stop, recruit and transfer troops and horses on the spot, and it took ten days to gather 13,000 soldiers and horses.

However, what kind of goods these thirteen thousand soldiers and horses are, Zhu Yuan knows very well, in the face of Ye Zongliu's 80,000 army, he has no chance of winning!

At this moment, Zhu Yuan could only pin his hope of victory on the cooperation of the soldiers and horses of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces.

In this way, Zhu Yuan is destined to be disappointed!

When Zhu Yuan led 13,000 soldiers and horses hastily requisitioned to the north, the soldiers and horses of Zhejiang and Jiangxi did not attack at all!

Zhu Yuan, who got the news, was completely dumbfounded, it was impossible for his thirteen,000 soldiers and horses to defeat Ye Zongliu's 80,000 thieves!

But for today's plan, there is only one path left for Zhu Yuan to choose, and that is to go north to conquer!

In this way, Zhu Yuan wrote to the military department to impeach the generals of Jiangxi and Zhejiang, and on the other hand, he went north to Xianxialing, and finally set up camp in Fengling, which is twenty miles away from Xianxialing, and after preparing to rest for two days, he was stationed in Xianxia Pass to guard, first occupy Xiongguan and be invincible before thinking about anything else!

That night, Zhu Yuan led 13,000 officers and troops under his command to camp in a mountain col in Fengling to escape the bitter cold wind.

Although Fengling is located at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, but now that it is close to the first lunar month, this place is also cold and windy, quite biting, especially the army sleeping in the wilderness, if there is no hidden place, but there is no way to spend the night!

In the middle of the night, Zhu Yuan nested in his tent tossing and turning, his heart was extremely irritable, and he listened to the cold wind whistling outside, and became more and more upset.

After a while, Zhu Yuan finally couldn't bear it anymore, walked out of the tent in a thick cotton coat, and walked around the camp.

The whole camp was silent at this time, only the cold wind was cold and whirring, and most of the 13,000 officers and soldiers had already fallen asleep, leaving only a very small number of sentries wrapped in thick clothes and standing guard unbearably.

Zhu Yuan walked to the north of the camp, and the two sentries next to him hurriedly stopped their chests and saluted Zhu Yuan.

"How's it going, what's out of the ordinary?"

"If you go back to your lordship, there is nothing abnormal!"

Another sentry said, "My lord, it's just that the weather is too cold, and the brothers are frozen!" ”

"yes!"

Zhu Yuan frowned and said, "It's too cold!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Yuan heard an unusual noise in the dark mountains in front of him, and a trace of alarm suddenly surged in his heart.

"What's that!"

Zhu Yuan asked, pointing to the dark night ahead.

The two sentries also heard the voice, and their eyes widened into the distance, trying to see what was going on in the night.

Hearing the sound getting louder and closer, the uneasiness in Zhu Yuan's heart became more and more intense.

At this time, Zhu Yuan could no longer hold back the uneasiness in his heart, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Assemble!" All assembled! ”

This shout instantly pierced the silent official camp and spread throughout the night sky, and the two sentries next to him also rang the gong in their hands one after another, shouting in victory: "Assemble!" Brothers, copy guys! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that stars suddenly appeared in the mountains around the official camp, and countless torches illuminated the entire mountain col, and the night disappeared in an instant, turning into day!

"How so?"

Zhu Yuan looked at the army of Ye Zongliu's subordinates attacking from all directions, his heart was full of despair, and he muttered a sentence, and the whole person was dumbfounded on the spot.

And the thieves who raided the official camp rushed to the front in a blink of an eye, and a fierce and vicious bandit rushed to Zhu Yuan, and slashed Zhu Yuan to the ground with a knife, and he was angry on the spot!

Immediately afterwards, the entire official camp fell into extreme chaos, 13,000 officers and soldiers were suddenly attacked, plus Zhu Yuan was killed, and they fell into a situation of passive beating in an instant.

Moreover, this time, in order to annihilate the officers and troops of Zhu Yuan's department in one fell swoop, Ye Zongliu deliberately mobilized Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, and Ye Xi 83 generals, mobilized 40,000 troops, and only left 10,000 horses to garrison the Shaotingkeng silver mine, and it can be seen that he almost used all his strength!

The 40,000 thieves had the intention to attack 13,000 undefeated miscellaneous officers and soldiers, such a battle could not be fought, and the battle was a one-sided massacre at the beginning!

The entire camp was full of fires, the screams of officers and soldiers, and the bloodthirsty roars of bandits, and the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers had no way to organize a counterattack, so they could only be slaughtered like lambs.

At this time, even Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, and Ye Xiba, the three thief generals, rushed into the battlefield with their guards and wantonly killed people in the official camp.

Now that the victory is decided, the three of them no longer care about anything else, but just wantonly vent the anger in their hearts and their extreme dissatisfaction with the court.

A few days later, the news of Zhu Yuan's defeat of Fengling swept through the entire Ming officialdom like a cold wind at this time, not only the civil and military officials of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi provinces were terrified, but even Yingzong was extremely shocked, and within one day, he issued seven holy decrees to reprimand the military department for ineffective work, and severely reprimanded twenty-eight relevant officials in a row.

Yushan Town.

Liu Juntao also received the news that Ye Zongliu had defeated the official army again, and he was also shocked in his heart.

You must know that the Ming official army at this time is not as low as it was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it is still quite combative, but I didn't expect to be defeated by that Ye Zongliu, I really can't imagine it!

Liu Zi'an next to him also frowned, and said, "Mr. Lian, what do you say the court will do next?" ”

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "It's not difficult to guess, the imperial court will definitely mobilize soldiers and conduct another expedition!" Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a soft conduit to the Tartars and thieves, and this time it is the same! ”

Liu Zi'an said with a smile: "Mr. Lian, that may not be a bad thing for our Yushan Town!" ”

Liu Juntao instantly understood the meaning of Liu Zi'an's words, and said with a smile: "Yes! Looks like we're going to have to do some preparation in advance! ”