In the fourth year of Chenghua (1468), the Ninth Double Ninth Festival in September. Autumn is high and cool, and the land is golden. This year, there was a lot of rain, and the water of the Datong River rose a lot more than in previous years, surging to the south day and night, and the Tulu ditch was mottled by the sun. Another bumper year.

The soldiers on the Yada Teaching Field of the Lu Tusi Department were in high spirits to practice martial arts, only to see all the athletes raising their swords and guns, the war horses galloping, and Lu Jian rode in person with a dignified face, and the scene was reviewed.

Yes, it is another bumper harvest year, but the border troubles are still there, maybe one day the Tatars will suddenly gallop and loot everywhere, and Guyuan Mansi rebelled again, and broke the two encirclements and suppressions of the imperial court, and the situation is not optimistic.

Don't be careless!

Be sure to be vigilant!

Lu Jian thought silently in his heart. Strictly require his subordinates to practice carefully, and never be lazy.

At this time, suddenly the hand came down and reported that the holy decree had arrived.

He hurried to the office to receive the order. As expected, the emperor ordered him to immediately lead a thousand troops to Guyuan to participate in the suppression of the Manchu rebellion. Lu Jian didn't dare to slack off, while setting up a banquet to entertain the envoys from the capital, to understand the relevant matters of the Manchurian rebellion, and at the same time arranging his subordinates to rectify the army and horses, prepare grain and grass, and set out on a certain day!

Lu Jian had long heard of the Manchu rebellion, and now he came from the imperial court to understand more.

It turned out that the ancestor of the fourth Manchurian Ba Dan, was the late Yuan Pingliang Wanhu, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty led his subordinates to attach to the imperial court, Gaozu awarded Pingliang Wei Thousand Households. The tribes of Bataan were scattered in Kaesong and other counties, called Tutar (the Mongols who successively moved from the Mongolian Plateau to Ganningqing in the Mongol Yuan period or the early Ming Dynasty were called "Tutars"). ), living on animal husbandry and hunting. Following the customs of the past, there were no taxes and forced labor, and most families were relatively well-off. Put Dan's grandson to four, and the family conditions are better. In the early years of Chenghua, the Tatars came to the Maoli children to invade internally, and there was a person named Li Jun in the soil tartars, not only did not escape from the escape, but also took the sheep wine alone to worship the Maoli children. The Maori child was very happy and gave Li Jun a lot of horses and other things. Li Jun had the idea of moving north to the Maori child. At that time, there was a bully named Zhang Jiao among the Tartars, who gathered a group of scoundrels and often plundered around under the banner of Tatar Maori children, and the common people could not bear the harassment of him, so he reported it to the governor Chen Jie. It happened that at that time, a group of Tongwei people went out to avoid forced labor and hid in Mansi's house. Governor Chen Jie sent his men to the four shops to chase shops. Man Si didn't understand the law and was very scared. In addition, Liu Qing, the commander of the capital, and Feng Jie, the commander of the garrison, were greedy, harshly exploited the soldiers, and often extorted finances from the Tartars, which led to resentment among the Tartars. At this time, Li Jun took the opportunity to lobby for chaos in the fourth class.

Man Si's nephew Man Si was in command of Ping Liang at the time, and his boss urged Ping Liangwei to immediately arrest Man Si and Zhang Jiao. Man Yu didn't know that Man Si and the others already had the idea of rebellion, so he led his subordinates to chase after Man Si. When Man Si heard the news, when Man Si arrived, he pretended to promise to blame Yousi, and entertained Man Man and his subordinates with good wine and meat, and when Man Man relaxed his vigilance, he kidnapped Man Man, killed his subordinates, gathered the surrounding soil tartars, and rebelled into Shicheng.

Stone City is a stone fort of Tufan in the Tang Dynasty. The city is very dangerous, the cliffs on all sides are dozens of feet high, there is no road, and it is impossible to climb to the top unless you rely on ropes. The summit of West Hill is flat and can accommodate thousands of people. There are walls in the gaps around the mountain, which are two or three feet high. There are five stone wells in the city to store water, and there is a plank road outside the city, and a small city is built under the plank road to protect it. There is a small hill sanitation barrier in front of the mountain, and a high wall is built behind the mountain, leaving a small gate for each one, only allowing a single rider to pass through. The fourth and other people had come here when they were hunting in the past, and they were familiar with the terrain and knew that there was a danger here, so they rebelled and entered the stone city. Man Si proclaimed himself the King of Zhaoxian, called Li Jun the King of Reason, and had 4,000 troops. Immediately afterwards, he robbed Ganzhou and attacked Guyuan Qianhusuo, and Li Jun died in battle. They all commanded Liu Qing to lead troops to encircle and suppress them, but they were defeated. They all commanded Xing Rui, Shen Cheng and others to lead the guards to fight under the city, and were defeated, and Shen Cheng was killed in battle. The thieves are more powerful, and the unemployed in the vicinity come to defect.

This is in April. In May, the imperial court ordered the governor of Shaanxi to take charge of the imperial history Chen Jie, the chief soldier Ning Yuanbo Ren Shou, Guangyi Bo Wu Cong, the governor of Suiyan to the imperial history Wang Rui, and the general Hu Kai to lead the troops and horses to the expedition. In July, the Ningxia soldiers arrived first, and Chen Jie and others were eager to make meritorious contributions, and without waiting for the arrival of the Suiyan soldiers, they rushed from Guyuan to Caixiang Fort alone. By then, it was already two drums in the night, and the barracks were hurriedly built, and the soldiers were very tired. At dawn the next day, he ordered his soldiers to march along the mountain to Stone City. Ten miles away from Shicheng, thousands of rebels such as Man Si came out to greet him, please surrender. Chen Jie's subordinate soldier named Feng Xin was quite knowledgeable about the art of war, and he suggested to Chen Jie: "The fourth-class thieves are fraudulent. Our army arrived at night, marched hastily without rest, and lacked water to drink, and everyone was too exhausted to fight. It's not too late to wait for the soldiers to recuperate and fight again! "But Chen Jie and Wu Cong didn't take the traitor in their eyes at all, didn't listen to the advice, and hurriedly attacked with their troops. The fourth class retreated to Shicheng, and then drove out thousands of cattle and sheep from Shicheng to rush the formation of officers and soldiers in front, and the elite soldiers followed closely behind. At that time, the rebels did not have weapons, and most of them fought with wooden sticks, and the officers and soldiers were defeated. Thousands of officers and soldiers who were surrounded by the mountains were killed by traitors. With the help of captured officers and military equipment and armor, the Fourth Manchurian Army became even more arrogant. Later, he continued to intercept the Jingning Prefecture Road, plundered the grain transportation in Gansu, and claimed to attack Shaanxi.

In this situation, the imperial court ordered the governor Liu Yu to supervise the military affairs, and the eunuch Liu Xiang, who supervised the military affairs, to lead the troops of the Beijing camp and the four towns of Shaanxi to crusade against Manchu. Xiang Zhong, the imperial historian, specially invited the imperial court to order that after a long time on the battlefield, Ganzhou Fuqiang Bo Mao Zhong and Zhuang Lang were able to command Lu Jian to lead all troops and horses to come to help the war and jointly exterminate the four Manchurian rebels.

Now the generals such as Xiang Zhong, the eunuch Liu Xiang, and the governor Liu Yu led the army to Guyuan, and they will arrive soon. Please command Lu Du to send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible.

Lu Jian was surprised and delighted when he heard this, he was very worried about the arrogance of the four rebels, and he was happy to be able to participate in the counterinsurgency with Fuqiang Bo Mao Zhong and others again.

Lu Jian was full of respect for Mao Zhong.

Lu Jian and Mao Zhong joined forces again to send troops in the third year of Tianshun (1459). In this year, the tile spurs entered Kou Gansu in a big way. Mao Zhong's soldiers went out of Liangzhou, won three battles and three victories, broke through Zhenfan, and was promoted to the governor of the right army and the left capital. In order to cooperate with Mao Zhong's battle, Lu Jian, together with Lin Hong, the governor of the town, led troops to intercept and intercept them, and killed more than 50 people, and Lu Jian was also promoted to command Tongzhi.

In the fifth year of Tianshun (1 4 6 1 years), the tile spurs came to plunder Xining, Zhuanglang and other Gansu provinces with tens of thousands of horsemen, and entered Liangzhou. Mao Zhong led 3,000 horsemen to camp in Liangzhou Twelve-Lipu. Tens of thousands of enemy horsemen raided, Mao Zhong led his soldiers to resist the enemy, and countless enemy soldiers fell from their horses. After a day and night of fierce fighting, the officers and soldiers were exhausted, and the enemy troops continued to swarm up. The army was disgraced. At this critical moment, only Mao Zhong was calm and calm, full of spirit, comforting and encouraging all the soldiers to fight to the death with the enemy, and the enemy army could not move forward. Lu Jian learned that the military situation was urgent, and together with Lin Hong, he led the troops to ambush the Wusheling Ridge, and suddenly attacked, and then retreated in defeat.

In the seventh year of Tianshun (1 4 6 3 years), Yongchang, Liangzhou, Zhuanglangsai and other places were attacked by tile thorns many times. Mao Zhong and Wei Ying, the chief military officer, divided their troops to recruit. Mao Zhong first defeated the Bava clans. His Zan Sa, Ma Jisi and other clans, other generals could not attack for a long time, and Mao Zhong broke them one by one. After the war, Mao Zhong was awarded the title of Qiangbo.....

"Ah Da, I also want to join the army to kill traitors!"

Just when Lu Jian was deep in thought, suddenly a twelve or thirteen-year-old child broke into the living room, and shouted as soon as he entered the door.

"Lin'er, why don't you know the rules so much! Don't meet the guests of the court yet! ”

Lu Jian scolded the child on the one hand, and introduced to the guests - "This is the dog Lu Lin, who is twelve years old this year!" ”

Lu Lin hurriedly bowed to the visitors and said hello.

"What a gatekeeper! You see that the little commander is magnificent, his eyes are blazing, and he will become a great weapon in the future! Congratulations! ”

"You are still young, study hard, practice martial arts well, and there will be opportunities for you to make contributions in the future!"

Arrange for the guests to rest, and Lu Jian came to the bedroom. His wife, Lee, is still waiting for him.

"Going out to war again?"

"Yes, this time I went to Guyuan to exterminate the four traitors."

Lu Jian briefly briefed his wife on the Manchu Fourth Rebellion, and then said, "The old general of Fuqiang Bo Mao Zhong also came to participate in the war, and he may bring his grandson Mao Jun with him,—— this child has the style of his grandfather." The last time he was with Fu Qiangbo, he wanted to marry us, which is also a good thing."

Lee nodded yes.

Soldiers are fast.

Lu Jian led the soldiers of the Lu family without removing their armor and unsaddle their horses, and they came to Guyuan Stone City in ten days. At this time, Xiang Zhong, the imperial historian, Liu Xiang, the eunuch, Liu Yu, and Mao Zhong, the governor of Fuqiang, had all arrived at the stone city first.

Lu Jian settled down and immediately went to the commander's tent to meet the imperial historian Xiang Zhong, the eunuch Liu Xiang, and the governor Liu Yu. Seeing Lu Jian come to report in high spirits, everyone was very happy. After the greetings, everyone began to discuss the military situation. Unexpectedly, Xiang Zhong had a story with Shicheng.

It turned out that Xiang Zhong was a person from Jiaxing Mansion, an orthodox seven-year jinshi, and a member of the criminal department. With the orthodox lord's personal expedition, he lost the civil engineering, and the Tartars herded his horses on the battlefield, stripped off his clothes, dressed in bearded clothes, and unkempt. Xiang Zhong suffered this hardship, but rode a good horse, absconded and returned, walked from the middle road, saw Hu Qi haunting from a distance, and was afraid of being caught by him, so he had to walk day and night. I don't know the path, so I can only look at the south of Beidou. After four nights like this, I don't know how many distances I have traveled, and I can't even walk on a horse. Xiang Zhong felt panicked, so he had to abandon his horse and walk, and gradually came to a dead end, which was a high mountain in the sky. This mountain is called Shicheng Mountain, and it is like a city, with cliffs and cliffs, thousands of zhang high. Xiang Zhong sighed: "It seems that I am going to die here!" Am I at the end of the day, what is this place? Wandering around, I found that there seemed to be a road to climb, so I had to climb the vines and attach trees, climb up step by step with difficulty, gradually reach the top of the mountain, look back around, it turned out that the mountain is high all around, it is like a city wall, the top of the mountain is wide and flat, can accommodate thousands of people, and there is a road in the middle to go up. Xiang Zhong looked at the situation and said secretly: "Why is this place so dangerous? If there are thousands of people in it, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, they will not be able to attack, but there is no spring. After that, I felt extremely hungry and thirsty in my stomach, my heels were swollen and painful, I couldn't walk firmly, and I fell to the ground. Leaning against the stone and sighing, look at the dying. In a trance, he saw a golden-armored god help him up and said, "This is where you will make your career in the future." He didn't see it, but when he saw a large piece of something abandoned on the ground, Xiang Zhong looked closer, but it was a large piece of beef jerky. Xiang Zhong couldn't take care of it, picked it up and ate it, and then felt his mouth dry: "How can you get a mouthful of spring water to save your life?" Seeing a clear spring under the mountain from afar, Xiang Zhong probed down step by step, walked to the spring, ate a few bites, and then said refreshedly: "This time I have a life." The spring water was several miles away from the mountain, and Xiang Zhong said secretly: "If this spring is cut off, the danger of this mountain will be useless." Then he let go of his steps and fled for his life, and walked for another seven nights before arriving at Dexuan Mansion. The customs officials came to report to the imperial historian Zhang Hao and the governor Luo Hengxin, and ordered them to be put into the pass. When I entered the pass, my eyes turned black, I fell to the ground, fainted to death for a long time, and poured it with ginger soup before I woke up, and I couldn't take a step. Seeing that there were hundreds of tribulus terrestris under his feet, Luo Hengxin asked someone to pull it out with him, and it took several days to pull it out, a total of one liter of it, his feet were red and swollen, the skin and flesh were cracked, and the blood flowed endlessly, and he was sick and lay for more than three months before he could leave.

When everyone heard this, they were amazed, and they realized more and more that Shicheng was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but everyone was willing to work together to help the border affairs and destroy the four rebels.

Xiang Zhong had been to Shicheng before, and he knew very well that the situation here was dangerous, and the only way to break through Shicheng was to sit in a trap. Then they divided their troops into seven routes, fearing that there would be an ambush, cutting down grass and trees all the way, burning them and entering, so that the thieves could not ambush the soldiers, and gradually approached the thieves' nests, surrounded by groups,

After that, Lu Jian specially came to the Ganzhou military camp to visit Fuqiang Bo Mao Zhong. Fu Qiangbo, who was 75 years old, was in good spirits and spoke like a bell. Seeing Lu Jian walking into the handsome tent, he stepped down from the handsome position, enthusiastically took Lu Jian's hand and said hello aloud. Fu Qiangbo also called out his nephew Mao Hai and grandson Mao Kai to meet Lu Jian.

Knock the door out of the tiger. Mao Hai is in his forties, just in that year. Mao Kai is in his twenties, with strong blood and strong eyes, and a pair of big eyes. Greeting and greetings, Fu Qiangbo specially asked: "Commander Lu, I heard that there is a daughter in your mansion, who is the same age as my grandson Mao Jun, who is eager to learn and progress, and especially likes the art of war, can you marry a relative?" ”

When Lu Jian heard this, he was very happy: "Uncle Fuqiang's grandson is a handsome man among people, but I am afraid that our little girl is not worthy." ”

"Where, where. It's not too late for us to talk about this matter when this rebellion is put down! Uncle Fu Qiang should be strong and strong, and his vigor has not diminished, and then he said: "A thief is not afraid. Although they won two battles in a row and their morale was at their peak, as long as the battle began, the officers and soldiers bravely stepped forward and fought with all their might, they would be able to completely overwhelm the enemy in terms of momentum and spirit, and win the victory of encirclement and suppression. He also encouraged Lu Jian to fight bravely and make new contributions!