Ma Jinzhong, Ma Guangyu, Zhao Xihe and other leaders of the Musu barbarian rebel army and the rebel people in the Taominhe Prefecture area, when they felt that the situation in the northwest had deteriorated and finally began to make some moves, Li Banghua who was sitting in Yan'an Mansion and Yuan Chonghuan who was in Guyuan, as well as the Shaanxi officials and troops in the areas of Fengxiang (Baoji) and Jiezhou (Longnan), all made westward moves at the same time.

Moreover, the move of the officials and troops to advance westward together from the southeast, north, and south soon made the situation in Taominhe, Qinzhou, and other places suddenly become more chaotic.

Taozhou is the later Lintan, Minzhou is the later Minxian, Hezhou is the later Linxia, and Qinzhou is the Tianshui of the later generation.

These places have always had an important position in the history of the Chinese nation, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are important birthplaces of the Chinese nation.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, this place was first invaded by the Western Xia who rose in the northwest, and then invaded by the Jurchens and Mongols who rose in the north one after another.

It wasn't until the Mongols destroyed the Western Xia and Jin kingdoms successively, and settled here with a large number of Hui people from West Asia, that this place finally fell into the hands of Mu Suman day by day.

Let's say that the officials and armies of Guyuan, Qingyang, Fengxiang, and Jiezhou have all made moves for a while, and the leaders of Zhongmu Suman, who have been separated from the officials and soldiers of the imperial court and have been in peace with each other, everyone became nervous and began to prepare a way back for yourself.

At this time, Ma Jinzhong, who was in the city of Hezhou (later Linxia), was even more leaky because of the overnight rain, the delay of the boat and the head wind.

Sai Yide's old imam's previous judgment was still very accurate, after Ma Jinzhong had just made the decision to transfer his troops to the west, it had been less than half a month, not only had a warning signal from the east, but there was also a crisis in the west that was close at hand!

At noon on the second day of the sixth month of the third year of Chongzhen, Ma Jinzhong was hesitant with the letter sent by Ma Shouying and Tolontai asking for help, not knowing whether he should send his own army stationed in Anding (that is, Dingxi, Gansu in later generations) to help Ma Shouying resist the official army led by Zhang Jiamo, the general of Gansu City.

As soon as Ma Xin and a few people saw Ma Jinzhong's face, they immediately shouted: "My lord! The stone barrier is broken! The pirates are coming!

"Thousands of pirates suddenly stormed Jishi Pass this morning, and the defenders sent by the brothers to Jishi Pass were outnumbered and defeated, and now Jishi Pass has changed hands, and Haikou can go to Hezhou City every day!"

Ma Jinzhong was thinking about the siege of the officials and troops in the east, but he didn't expect that the west of his house was also attacked by the Haikou at the same time, and he immediately asked in surprise:

"Where's the mill?! Do you know where the pirates are!? ”

After the Musubarian riot occurred in Hezhouwei, Ma Jinzhong took advantage of the chaos to send people under the rule of Hezhou Wei, as an outpost and barrier between Hezhou Wei and Xining Wei.

Although the Acropolis of Xining is not big, but it is all built of bricks and stones, it is one of the frontier towns of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest, if there is no heavy artillery, it can not be defeated by the horse army alone.

As the former general of the border army in Lintao Town, Ma Jinzhong knew this, so since the mutiny, he had no idea of attacking the Xining Acropolis at all, but he was also worried that the Li family, the hereditary commander of the Xining Acropolis, would send troops to find him trouble.

Therefore, this sent some people to the Nian Bo Institute to control the Nian Bo and the crucial Jishi Pass between the Nian Bo and Hezhou City, and it seems that they are still guarding the frontier for the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that for more than half a year, there has been no movement in the direction of Xiningwei, but the situation in the east is getting more complicated day by day, and Ma Jinzhong has not paid too much attention to the west, but he never thought that the news he could receive in Hezhou City could also be received by the defenders of Jishi Pass.

When the Musu barbarians in Hezhou City marched out of the west of the city, the Musu barbarians who were sent to garrison the Nian Bo and Jishi Pass were also panicked.

Not only did the soldiers flee constantly, but the part that barely stayed had little morale.

The Mongol cavalry of the Chahar Division, which was not good at attacking the city, only rode their horses a few times to attack, opened their bows and fired volleys, and the Mongolian herdsmen who were detained in the Jishi Pass opened the gate from the inside, and the hundreds of wooden barbarian soldiers guarding the Jishi Pass dispersed in a hurry.

Thanks to the fact that dozens of them escaped quickly, snatched out the east gate of Jishi Pass, and fled all the way back to report the news.

Ma Jinzhong, who was in a state of confusion when he heard the news, was listening to the general banner and small banner who had fled back talking about the situation of this wave of pirates, but he heard a rush of footsteps outside the commander's office.

"My lord! My lord! The pirates are coming! The pirate cavalry rushed to the north gate! ”

The generals who rushed into the courtyard were the guards at the north gate of Hezhou City.

When Ma Jinzhong heard this, he didn't care about asking any more questions, and immediately led everyone out of the command and envoy's office, turned over on his horse, and galloped towards the north gate with his left and right entourage.

At this time, the leader of the "Haikou" who led the crowd to the north gate of Hezhou City was none other than one of the few remaining iron lance Konot ten Sumu generals under the tent of Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department, Lin Dan Khan's second brother-in-law, Gun Chuktuying, and Lin Dan Khan's younger brother Roasted Rabbit Taiji.

Ma Jinzhong took Ma Xin and others, hurried to the north gate of Hezhou City, which was waiting for the battle, and hurriedly boarded the north gate tower where Yuan Chonghuan killed Ma Wanshou and Zhao Dayin that day, and suddenly saw more than 3,000 Mongolian cavalry, and the righteous people stopped at the north gate outside the north gate.

In front of the Mongol horse team, a tall and sturdy Mongolian general was waving a long sword and scolding.

Although Ma Jinzhong didn't really hear the scolding mixed with Mongolian and Chinese, he could probably understand what it meant, who had been dealing with the Tumut Mongols for a long time in the border areas.

At this time, the man who could only hear the scolding of his horse outside the city shouted: "Listen, barbarians at the head of the city! Before dark, the city of Erhe Prefecture offered 5,000 horses, mules, cattle and sheep, and 500 young women to us to bring back to the Great Khan of the Mongols under heaven!

"If you refuse to obey the order, when my Chahar army arrives, all the men and women in the city will be beheaded!

"Listen, barbarians at the head of the city! The city of Orihe Prefecture ...... before dark."

After Ma Jinzhong listened to it twice, he heard it clearly, and what the scolding person outside the city said was like this over and over again.

At this time, I remembered what Sai Yide said, and I knew that what Sai Yide said was not wrong, this Lin Dan Khan, who fled all the way from the Mongolian steppe to the Qinghai steppe, was really poor and crazy!

As soon as Ma Jinzhong appeared in the city, soon the defenders of Mu Suman at the head of the city hurriedly came over and handed over an arrow shaft wrapped in cloth.

Ma Jinzhong took it, unfolded it, and saw rows of Mongolian requests written crookedly in Chinese characters:

Two thousand horses, a thousand mules, a thousand sheep and oxen, and five hundred women, slaughtered the whole city when it was dark.

Ma Jinzhong closed it after reading it, and handed it to Ma Xin, who opened it and looked at it, and immediately became angry and said, "Commander!" When the Haikou soldiers came to the city, they actually came to the door to blackmail, which was too deceitful!

"Seeing that they are only 3,000 cavalry, and I have several times the cavalry in my city, why don't you go out of the city to fight with them?!"

Ma Jinzhong looked at the subordinates around him, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, and then said:

"This group of pirates is no longer the pirates of the past! These Haikou are under the command of Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department brought to Qinghai!

"At this time, looking outside the city, there are only more than 3,000 horsemen, how do you know that behind these 3,000 horsemen, there are no tens of thousands of cavalry, waiting for us in the distance!

"Besides, at this time, Zhang Jiamo, the chief soldier of Gansu, is leading an army of 10,000 people to storm Jingningzhou City, if my generation starts a war with Lin Dan Khan, Jingningzhou City will be broken, and my generation will suffer from the enemy on its back, and there is no way to retreat!"

Speaking of this, Ma Jinzhong took the list from Ma Xin's hand again, looked at it again, sighed slightly, looked at Ma Xin and said: "Endure the humiliation for a while, only then can there be a wide sea and a high sky!" ”

Ma Xin couldn't help but say, "My lord! How can there be horses and sheep in the city as many horses and sheep and women to them at this time!? If it had been left half a month ago, it would have been better to arrange in the city, but at this time, what else was there in the city besides us garrisoning? ”

"There is still silver! Lin Dan Khan is extremely poor, and he just asks for money and things! Now that the trade routes in the northwest are cut off, and there is no trade at all, even if our generation has silver in hand, it is of little use in our eagerness! It is better to use silver to marry Lin Dan Khan, and leave a way back for the brothers in the future! ”

Ma Jinzhong said this, so that Ma Xin and others were speechless.

Seeing that the left and right henchmen did not speak, Ma Jinzhong immediately walked up to the battlement of the city and shouted something, not only introducing his name, but also asking about the identity of the person who came.