"The security guards and bandits mixed with the monkey Zhang Mengjin, more than 1,000 people wanted to attack Ningsai, and the officers and soldiers shot it away, and the general Chen Sanhuai chased the thief for more than 30 miles, beheaded 273 people, and the rest of the people scattered. Meng Jin was afraid of the might of the Sanhuai soldiers, and led more than 100 people from the remnants of the party to the top of Artemisia. The thief's nest Jinding Mountain was restored to the ...... owned by the villagers. ”

Yang He, the governor of the three sides, looked at the newly obtained official document, and his brows were slightly relaxed. Now that the situation in Hequ has deteriorated again, Jiayin, the border thief king who came back from Shanxi, has made a big fuss again. Fugu, which was recovered in September, was captured by Wang Jiayin in October. The meanders of the river in the east have become difficult to manage, and this Yansui West Road can no longer have any more problems.

As if remembering something, Yang He looked at the official document again and whispered to himself: "Zhang Mengjin? I think I've heard someone mention it. ”

While thinking about it, Yang He picked up an official document presented by Du Wenhuan. Seeing Du Wenhuan's signature, the trilateral governor finally reacted, and he read softly: "It's Du Taowu (Du Wenhuan's character), he told himself about this Mengjin." ”

At this time, Yang He gradually recalled what Du Wenhuan had told him about the Meng Jin falling grass at the beginning of the year, and Du Wenhuan said to himself at that time: "My countryman Zhang's family, Su Xiaoyong, has a villa near the river pond, the forest spring is lovely, Li Yushi bought it as a villa, Zhang Fuxu, and Li Yu have been arrested for illegal things." Zhang was afraid of disaster, and knew that eighteen people were rushing into the green forest and gathered in the security guard. However, all of them are loyal and righteous, and they all have the heart to be appeased. Meng Jin's younger brother Meng Guang, once accompanied the army to Kou Hao'an, and the third brother Meng Cheng was both talented and virtuous and filial piety. Li Yushi's mistakes can be known. (Note 1)

At that time, Yang He thought that there was a conflict between Du Wenhuan and Li Yingqi, and deliberately said bad things about Li Yingqi. According to the imperial history of Li Yingzhi's character, Yang He, as the governor of the three sides, is relatively clear.

In July of the first year of Chongzhen, Li Yingzhi told about the problems in Shaanxi, and he did not pretend to be blind like other Shaanxi officials. In his recital, Li Yingqi recounted the disaster situation in Shaanxi at that time, "there was no rain in May, so that in autumn, there was a drought in the three dogs, and the seedlings withered".

In view of the local public order situation in Shaanxi, which is "plundered by daylight and eaten by the weak," because of the famine, he predicted that there is likely to be considerable turmoil in Shaanxi in the future, and finally he also believed that this turmoil is likely to "cause great chaos and shake the world." It can be known that Li Yingqi is a practical official, and Du Wenhuan may have a conflict with Li Yingqi, so he said bad things about him. Thinking of this, Yang He didn't care much about what Du Wenhuan said about Zhang's desire to be appeased.

Now it seems that Ningsaibao, which lacks a major general, can beat Zhang Mengjin out of his nest. What Du Wenhuan said about Zhang's courage is really untrue, and this Zhang brother is nothing remarkable.

Moreover, Du Wenhuan did not pursue Wang Jiayin at the beginning, causing Wang Jiayin to flee into Shanxi, and Yang He has been reprimanded by many Shanxi officials. Now Wang Jiayin has made a comeback, announcing that the results of the imperial court's vast amount of time and money spent in the past few months have been in vain. Yang He was naturally very dissatisfied with Du Wenhuan. However, he didn't think much of it, and continued to deal with the many official duties that were piled up in front of him.

If Zhang Mengcheng and the other leaders in the cottage knew what Yang He was thinking at this time, they would definitely be so angry that they would vomit blood. But now, the leaders of Jinding Mountain have also obtained this manuscript of the official document that even Yang He has read, and they are very happy about the content recorded in it. The leaders of the cottage finally adopted the idea of completing the third uncle, and in order to change the legal skin for the family and relatives of Jindingshan, they successfully planned the performance.

At the beginning of the performance, Zhang Mengjin led more than 100 brothers to harass Ning Sai. The old and weak remnants of Ninsei left the fort and planned to retreat after making a show. I didn't expect that this group of thieves who invaded were so daring, and they were directly scared away in front of the officials and soldiers. There were also more than 20 hungry people who had been held hostage, and more than 40 heads loaded in the car.

Seeing the results handed over by the soldiers after returning to the camp, Chen Sanhuai immediately took his family to make a pursuit, but Chen Sanhuai, who was suspicious in his heart, did not dare to force it, but just picked up a few discarded heads discarded by Zhang Mengjin and others from a distance behind Zhang Mengjin and others, and after chasing for a few miles, he no longer continued the pursuit. After he inquired about the later behavior of Zhang Mengjin and others, Chen Sanhuai used his imagination to write this official document.

In fact, Zhang Mengjin and others have prepared many other follow-up plans for the success of this camouflage plan. It's just that before he used it all, he found that Chen Sanhuai had already done the next things for Jin Dingshan.

Now that Jindingshan has driven out the thieves, the escaped "villagers" have returned here and started their own peaceful life. Of course, in order to prevent the return of thieves, the "villagers" of Jindingshan also organized a group of "village warriors", who were armed with weapons better than ordinary officers and soldiers, and spontaneously protected their homes. Moreover, they have recently killed several "thieves and thieves" who claim to be the aborigines of Jinding Mountain, and they have also received some rewards after dedicating their heads to the magistrate of Baoan County.

I don't know if this thing can be pretended forever. However, at present, there is some spontaneous tacit understanding between the officials and soldiers of the Northern Military Fort and the official government in the security city, and these phenomena still make the brothers who stayed in Jinding Mountain happy.

The idea of the people of Jindingshan is actually very simple, because after learning the news of the surrender of the imperial court, the brothers of Jindingshan dispelled the idea of surrendering immediately, and they planned to break the jar and make a big fuss. However, considering the military prestige of the official army a while ago, and thinking about the geographical environment of Jinding Mountain, everyone couldn't help but be a little worried.

Zhang Mengjin and his gang have been raising the banner in Jinding Mountain for almost three years. The subordinates of the cottage ranged from the leader to the minions, and many of them had their own children with the female relatives who had plundered or taken refuge. At the same time, up and down Jinding Mountain, there are a large number of relatives who have taken refuge in the wind. At present, most of the population in the cottage is the family and relatives of the villagers from the leader of the cottage to the minions.

For the encirclement and suppression that the imperial court is likely to launch in the future, if they don't care about the relatives in the cottage who are difficult to move with the team, they can escape in advance with the armed forces of the cottage, and then coerce some people to directly attack the prefecture and county. In the end, the entire Yan'an Mansion was turned upside down, and it was a big deal to lose a cheap life.

But they can't afford not to care about their own kindred, whose lives are much more important than their own. So after thinking about it, the leaders picked up the suggestion of the third uncle from the previous year. After making some additions, they plan to make a golden cicada shell first. Then the leaders took the outlaws down the mountain and began to make a fuss everywhere, trying to see if they could fight for wealth in this scene.

The final result of the skin change is still unknown, but it is off to a good start. It's just that the brothers in Jindingshan can no longer blatantly go around collecting food, grazing, or collecting protection money.

Relying on the previous reserves of the cottage, it is barely enough to supply all the owners of the cottage. But with those hundreds of horses, the grain reserves are definitely insufficient. So Zhang Mengjin reorganized the cavalry in the cottage, and after the plan began, Zhang Mengjin left the cottage with three hundred cavalry and two hundred foot soldiers, leaving only the three masters Zhao Wankui with a few leaders, leading more than ten cavalry and the remaining foot soldiers and Ding Zhuang to watch the field.

A few months ago, a group of fugitives came to the west, and they ran to the territory of Jinding Mountain to collect grain, and they happened to be discovered by Fan Shunjiang, who was patrolling outside. The two sides did not fight in the end, and the group of fugitives was politely invited into the cottage, because the person in charge actually happened to know Fan Shunjiang.

After Fan Shunjiang's introduction, everyone knew that this person's name was Liu Jin, who was Fan Shunjiang's fellow villager, and was currently begging for food under the hands of Shen Yiyuan, who was gradually rising in the west. Zhang Mengjin didn't want to conflict with Shen Yiyuan, and entertained Liu Jin. He was entrusted with sending some gifts to the god of one yuan, and at the same time expressed his respect.

After that, the two sides sent envoys to each other, and the relationship was not bad. Now Zhang Mengjin plans to make a big fuss on the West Road of Yansui Town, so he chooses to join forces with Shen Yiyuan. And directly sent an invitation to it, and the two families are ready to act together. This time it was not a show or harassment, but a real intention to capture the Ming army's fort. Fan Shunjiang, who was sent out to contact, should be about to rush back.

"Xiucai, look at what's going on lately." Guan Zhiqing walked into the tent with his nephew and said to Zhang Mengcheng, and at the same time he asked his nephew to hand over all the robbed bunch of official documents to Zhang Mengcheng.

Guan Yuze was brought out by the second boss Guan Zhiqing, and Li Dan also said that he wanted to go down the mountain together. Zhang Mengcheng thought about it for a while and decided to simply take Li Dan and several other older boys down the mountain together. Today's reading micro cottage is taught by his niece Zhang Yalian, Zhang Mengcheng has left enough teaching materials before going down the mountain, all of which are handwritten with pinyin, as long as the carpenter engraves the engraving on the manuscript, and constantly thickens the children's textbooks, the students can continue to learn.

Originally, the eldest brother Zhang Mengjin meant to let his third brother Zhang Mengcheng continue to stay in the cottage to guard and teach. But Zhang Mengcheng resolutely said that he wanted to live and die with his eldest brother and second brother, and Zhang Mengjin felt that it was not bad to have Zhang Mengcheng on the side to make ideas, so he took Zhang Mengcheng down the mountain together.

"In the east, Wang Jiayin actually came back from Shanxi again, and captured Fugu again. It seems that the main force of the official army will have to control us for a while. Zhang Mengcheng quickly skimmed through some recent official documents and said happily.

At the same time, he took another official document, quickly read it and said: "Zhang Xianzhong, who surrendered a while ago, and a few other leaders with five or six thousand people are also making trouble now, but Hong Chengchou and Du Wenhuan quickly defeated most of them with the official army. Only Zhang Xianzhong is still resisting with some people.

"Shen Yiyuan, this old boy doesn't know if he's thought about it, otherwise let's not wait for him, let's do it alone now." Yu Baocheng first heard that Wang Jiayin, who had made a big fuss about the river a while ago, had returned, and the officers and troops in the east could not turn back, so he was very happy. But then he heard that the main force of the official army had quickly settled several big bosses, and he was very worried that the official army would quickly settle the situation in the east, so he said to Zhang Mengjin of the big boss worriedly.

"Yes, yes, we can't wait any longer, and if we wait any longer, the time for Xiucai to say is gone." Che Jibao also said.

Zhang Mengcheng, who had information from later generations, knew very well that Yang He, the governor of the three sides, would preside over the Fuce in the future, trying to stabilize the chaotic situation in Shaanxi. Therefore, after the brothers of Jindingshan heard the news of the surrender of the imperial court, Zhang Mengcheng still insisted that not all the officials of the imperial court were like this, and everyone's hope of recruiting peace was not dashed.

Jin Dingshan, who originally hated and feared that he was going to die and break the net, finally stabilized his mind after listening to Xiucai's speech. At that time, Zhang Mengcheng learned through the official documents collected that most of the main forces of the official army were in Hequ to meet the enemy. The defense force in the western part of Yansui Town should be very empty, and the western part of the neighboring Yan'an Province and the northern part of Qingyang Province will be weak for a while.

If you want to get the opportunity to recruit An, you can only make a sudden disturbance at this time and force the government with empty power to accept their request for Zhaoan. If the official army finally settles the problem in the east, then the official army will go all out to deal with them, the bandits in the western part of Yan'an Prefecture. At that time, even if they chose to surrender, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not follow in the footsteps of Wang Zishun and others. After listening to Xiucai's analysis, the cottage people finally made up their minds, and in order to seize the opportunity of Zhao'an, they were ready to start making a big fuss at this time.

"Yes, big boss. If you wait any longer, I'm afraid something will happen. Wei Heyong, who has always been calm, also said at this time.

"Big brother, let's get started."

"The big boss can't wait any longer."

"Let's do it, brothers, no one can stop us."

Several other leaders present did not want to wait, and began to persuade Zhang Mengjin, the big boss, to act immediately.

After listening to the speeches of the brothers around him, Zhang Mengjin took a puff of his cigarette stick, and finally made up his mind and said: "Don't wait, let's gather everyone and set off for Ningsai." ”

The brothers immediately cheered, and all of them began to act with excitement. On the way to Ningsai, they ran into Liu Jin, the messenger of Shen Yiyuan, and Fan Shunjiang, who had returned with them. At this time, they received the news, it turned out that Shen Yiyuan had already decided to start a big fight, and a few days ago he had already led their 3,000 troops to the Xin'an border camp.

PS: Note 1's "My Townsman Zhang's ...... Eighteen people are in the green forest." This quote is from the first volume of the Liukou Zhi. I made it up at the back, don't blame it. In history, Du Wenhuan may have said Zhang Xianzhong, because Zhang Xianzhong is a native of Dingbian Willow Stream, and he is not very far from Ningsai. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong raised troops in the eighteen villages of Mizhi, and the leader of the eighteen villages may indeed be "known eighteen people". But after all, Mizhi is too far away from Nimset, and there is no other strong evidence for this. Therefore, the plot set in this book puts this matter on Zhang Mengjin. It should be noted that the author is not clear about the real origin of Zhang Mengjin in history.