Xiao Huan, the chief bookkeeper of Yanggao County, has always felt a little restless these days, as if some terrible threat will befall him, especially early this morning, he found that his right eyelid has been beating non-stop, which made him even more uneasy.

"The left eye jumps wealth, and the right eye jumps disaster. Could it be that I'm really going to encounter something lately? While thinking about this, Xiao Huan has begun to examine everything that has happened around him recently, to see if there is anything that he has ignored.

But looking left and right, he felt that everything had been going well recently, and there were no troublesome cases to be solved in the yamen, because of the opening of the field, now that the county yafu treasury is full, it will not be a matter of public accounts. The only doubt can only fall on his immediate boss, Yanggao County Commander Zhen Renbing.

Recently, Zhen County's performance does look different from usual, and he always looks worried and unwilling. But obviously the situation in the county has been very good recently, and he was even more smiling some time ago, why did he suddenly have a big change?

While thinking about it, Xiao Huan's heart moved, and he remembered the official who claimed to be from the capital a few days ago. At that time, the man gave him a lot of pressure, and his intuition told him that this person was indeed not ordinary. And the prefectural magistrate suddenly became what he is now after meeting him.

"Could it really be that he said something to Xiao Zhixian? Should I ask? Xiao Huan soon fell into a tangle of contradictions. As a subordinate, it is naturally difficult to ask such a question to your boss, but if you are just from the perspective of a friend, it is not a big deal to care.

Just when he hesitated, suddenly several officials rushed into the second hall with nervous faces, and shouted loudly: "Master, it's not good! Go out...... Something happened! Something big is going on there in the field outside the city! ”

"What?" Xiao Huan, who was sitting and thinking in his signature room, jumped up from the chair when he heard this, hurriedly came to the door in three steps and two steps, grabbed one of them and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Three...... The third old man ...... "The official saw that it was him, so he said in a somewhat frightened voice: "There was a sudden dispute in the field, and several Mongolians were killed on the spot, and then the Mongolians and our Ming merchants fought completely!" ”

"There is such a thing!" Xiao Huan couldn't believe his ears, but then he understood, it turned out that the source of his uneasiness actually came from the field outside the city?

And just when he was stunned, the door of the public house of the county order on the other side was also pushed open, and Zhen Renbing also walked out, but his face was pale, and he looked even more terrible than Xiao Huan: "Quick, go to the barracks and invite the army to the field, you must control the scene!" ”

This order was issued, but Xiao Huan was stunned again. How could the first reaction of the county magistrate be to transfer troops? At this time, shouldn't the first thing the government should do is to hurry over and appease the hearts of both sides? Once the officers and soldiers are dispatched, the Ming merchants may not feel anything, but the Mongolian people there are afraid that there will be a misunderstanding, and then things will inevitably be even more out of control!

Zhen Xianling has always been steady, how could he make such a mistake? Xiao Huan's mind turned, and he glanced at the other party with some surprise, not knowing whether to dissuade him. But when the words came to his lips, he thought of a little more, originally with the habit of Zhen County's order recently, he should also be in the field at this time, why is he staying in the county government now? Could it be ...... A terrible thought suddenly rose from his heart.

No matter how you look at it, today's Zhen County Order is no different from the past, why did he suddenly change his previous habits? And as soon as he didn't go to the scene, there was such a serious dispute there, is there an ulterior connection between the two? Plus his reaction and response after hearing this...... Thinking of this, Xiao Huan's eyes were full of suspicion when he looked at his boss again, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

But Zhen Renbing didn't care about the eyes and thoughts of this subordinate at all, and when he saw that several officials were still stunned, he hurriedly shouted: "Why don't you go quickly?" Do you want the Tartars to come to my Yanggao County? ”

This angry shout finally brought these officials back to their senses, and after hurriedly agreeing, they turned around and ran out. And Zhen Renbing shouted again after calming down for a while: "Come on, pass on my order, quickly close the four gates of the county seat, and prepare to defend the city!" ”

Hearing his command, Xiao Huan's face finally changed completely: "My lord, what are you ......" He finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to persuade him. If the other party does this, even if the two sides have not come to the point of meeting each other before, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a war in the future! That wasn't what he wanted to see.

But Zhen Renbing didn't mean to talk to him at all, so he quickly interrupted: "Master Xiao, everything in the county government will be entrusted to you, the official is still not worried about the outside, I have to go and see." As he spoke, he didn't dare to make eye contact with his subordinates, so he quickly wiped himself out.

After this performance, Xiao Huan is almost certain of one thing - this change, his boss has been prepared for a long time, and even all this is in his premeditation. How so?

It's a pity that he is only a county official after all, and he can't do anything in this matter, even if he knows that Zhen County Ling is taking an extremely dangerous path, it is difficult to change. The only thing he can do is pray that everything can still be controlled, and Gaoyang County will not suffer any catastrophe.

But the development of events obviously did not allow him to do so. In just half a day, everything took a sharp turn.

Originally, it was just a small contradiction, but as someone started to do something and even hurt someone, the nature completely changed. However, this is still within the control of the government, and as long as it is handled properly, there will be no further conflict between the two sides. But with the confused arrangement of Zhen Renbing in Yanggao County, the whole situation has become completely irreparable.

When they saw that the city gate of Yanggao County was suddenly closed, and there were hundreds of more defenders on it, the hearts of the Mongolian people who were confronting those merchants in the field sank to the bottom.

Seeing that their people were killed by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and their so-called officials who maintained the safety of the field were only muddy, they were already extremely indignant. Now seeing that the county not only did not come to solve the problem, but put on a vigilant appearance as if they were facing a great enemy, how could they still trust these Ming people?

As a result, many Mongolians shouted for revenge, brandishing their knives and killing the Ming merchants in front.

And the businessman's side was not to be outdone, and he was entangled with it.

Although in terms of combat effectiveness, the merchants are naturally far from being the opponents of these herdsmen on the steppe. But fortunately, the merchants of the Ming Kingdom had a great advantage in numbers. Moreover, the Mongolians who came this time did not bring bows and arrows, and they did not even have time to mount their horses, so the result of this chaotic battle was actually a draw between the two sides.

Eventually, the Mongols retreated. Not only did he throw away the horses, skins and other goods he had brought with him in the yard, but he even left one or twenty corpses as a result. On the merchant side, although there were also a lot of casualties, no matter how you look at it, they all have the upper hand.

It wasn't until they watched these people retreat in embarrassment that the merchants let out bursts of cheers, as if they had really won a battle.

Only Zhao Yi was full of anxiety at this time. Because he knew that the impact of this dispute must be very great, and it was needless to say that the field would not be opened in the future, and maybe after the Mongolian people returned, they would attract a large number of clansmen and send troops to retaliate against Yanggao County!

It was only when he vaguely made this assumption that the merchants finally calmed down from the joy of victory. It was only then that they realized what a huge mistake they had made on impulse.

I shouldn't have done this, but the surging scene just now made everyone who should be calm fall into a frenzy, so they put aside all their concerns......

Soon, these people, who understood it, quickly took action, took all their goods and all the goods that were discarded by the Mongolian people in their hands, and then fled the scene as quickly as possible, fleeing Yanggao County, which was about to face the anger of the Mongolian people.

Originally, if the county government could dispatch people in time, they could have left all of them behind. But as a result, Zhen Renbing actually chose to turn a blind eye to the fear of these businessmen and absconded, and watched them leave like this, and only let everyone guard the city gate.

Although some people raised objections to this, under the tough attitude of the magistrate, everyone had to accept this fact.

But it is impossible for anyone to accept such an outcome. Only three days later, several Mongolian cavalry had already slaughtered Yanggao County, threatening to avenge their clansmen who died in the field.

A small-scale offensive and defensive battle ensued.

Fortunately, this Yanggao County belongs to the Xuanfu after all, but it is one of the important towns on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty. After encountering the Mongol attack, the Xuanfu general army immediately sent men and horses to the rescue. At the same time, there was also the determination and preparation of the whole city to defend to the death, so finally did not let the Mongolian people succeed, and under the heroic struggle of the Ming army, the enemy who would attack was completely defeated and defeated.

So soon, a piece of good news was sent to the capital by fast horse. Of course, in addition to reporting the victory, the local government did not forget to put all the blame on the Mongolian people, saying that it was precisely because they did not keep their promises and used plague horses to buy and sell that led to the outbreak of this battle.

Therefore, for such unreasonable foreign thieves, it is far from enough to use gentle means, and we should use a tough way to beat them to the point of being afraid and painful, so as to truly ensure the stability and stability of our Ming Dynasty.

Along with this war report, another almost similar piece of good news was also sent from Shanxi to Beijing......