After the rebellion in Ningsai was put down, Hong Chengchou, who had planned to rush to Ningsai, changed his direction due to the military situation elsewhere. However, he agreed to the finishing plan sent by Zhang Fuzhen and others, and together with Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui, he made a performance to the imperial court.

It turned out that the more than 1,000 surrenderers who surrendered to Ningsai, as well as the families of these surrenderers, were divided into two groups by Dai Junen. Most of them were kept in Ningsai, and a small number of people who were well controlled were brought back to the Jingbian camp by Dai Junen. In addition, there was another change in Yansui West Road, that is, Duhe Fort, which had only been restored for a long time, was dismantled, and the soldiers were once again incorporated into Ningsai.

And Zhang Mengjin and Cai Zhongming, who made great contributions this time, were unanimously appreciated by Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui, and Dai Junen, the Jingbian soldier. Zhang Mengjin, who performed well in the counterinsurgency, was promoted by Zhang Fuzhen to become the new garrison of Ningsaibao.

Cai Zhongming, who had a good relationship with Dai Junen in Jingbian Camp and also made great contributions to the counterinsurgency, was strongly recommended by Dai Junen and was promoted by the imperial court to become the ethics of Ningsaibao.

The two bigwigs in Yansui Town have privately said that this is just an early reward, if they can appease Ningsai's Dingding for the imperial court and behave well in the days to come. They will definitely be further promoted, and they may be directly transferred to Zhang Fuzhen's subordinates.

After the original governor of Yansui, Hong Chengchou, became the governor of the three sides, he intended to bring his original governor pacesetter to Guyuan together. Therefore, there is a high probability that there will be a vacancy in the Yansui Town Governor Pacesetter Camp under Zhang Fuzhen.

Zhang Fuzhen, who had seen the combat effectiveness of Zhang Mengjin and his group, intended to promote Zhang Mengjin to serve as the Fubiao Dusi or Zhong Officer under the Governor of Yansui, and Dai Junen, the Western Route Soldier, also had the idea of enhancing the combat power of his subordinates. For Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi, who had already shown loyalty to the imperial court, Zhang Fuzhen and Dai Junen both wanted to further encircle them.

For the appreciation of the two bigwigs, Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi and others are more happy. Although it is necessary to bite the bullet and try to appease the din in the fort. At the same time, it was necessary to inspect the side walls and refill the piers with soldiers to build a system to defend against the Mongols. But Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi were very serious and meticulously started the next work.

Under the orders of Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi, Jindingshan and Artemisia Peak transported a lot of grain at the same time. Moreover, Zhang Mengjin also slaughtered a lot of captured cattle and held a celebration banquet with the descendants of Ningsai. The people who were appeased saw that Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi's soldiers were strong and strong, so they didn't dare to make trouble.

At the same time, because the descendants had a good meal, everyone began to identify with the new leader. So after they were reorganized, they honestly repaired the city walls. At the same time, we are also working on the construction of water conservancy facilities and the reclamation of land, and we are preparing for next year's harvest as soon as possible.

There is another thing worth saying, that is, Zhang Mengcheng also has an official body. Because he had a pretty good performance in this rebellion to quell Ningsai, he finally got a hereditary position of 100 households.

And this hereditary position of military attache also made Zhang Mengcheng further clear to others about his willingness to enter the army. When the big boss of Jindingshan found that the matter was irreparable, he finally had to accept the choice of his third brother.

It's just that Zhang Mengcheng, the former showman, still didn't stay in Ningsaibao, after all, the matter of Lao Chao Jinding Mountain is indeed more important. Therefore, Zhang Mengjin, the big boss, still let his third brother quickly return to the Jinding cottage that had restored calm with some of the seized materials.

Although Zhang Mengcheng failed to take the opportunity to further expand his team. However, he did not slack off because of this, and still began to seriously manage the reconstruction work of various cantonments in Jinding Mountain. At the same time, the former Xiucai also picked up his whip again, and the group of wild monkeys in the cottage were finally disciplined.

Under the conscientious supervision of Xiucai, Jin Dingshan gradually restored its former order. At the same time, Zhang Mengcheng, who was constantly inspecting various places, also found that the prestige of Jindingshan and his gang in Baoan County had risen by more than one step.

After some simple understanding, Zhang Mengcheng immediately figured out the reason for the incident. It turned out that because of the outstanding performance of Jindingshan and his gang, the rest of Baoan County was not looted on a large scale by the rebels. Therefore, the people of Baoan County did not suffer any military disasters, but successfully completed their autumn harvests.

Zhang Mengcheng found that the price of grain for the security guards who had obtained a bumper harvest was much lower than that in other areas, and the merchants from other places had not fully reacted at this time. Therefore, Xiucai took the opportunity to use the money from the cottage treasury and the recent surge in prestige to quickly purchase a lot of local grain in Baoan County.

Although Jin Dingshan couldn't eat all the surplus food of the security guards in one bite, the other local tyrants reacted quickly. However, Zhang Mengcheng still relied on taking the lead and made a lot of money in reselling grain.

Not to mention anything else, Jinding Mountain alone should compensate for the five hundred stone fine grain expenses to the top of Artemisia. Under Zhang Mengcheng's quick response, a lot of losses were successfully recovered.

Later, Zhang Mengjin and other leaders who received the news in Ningsai excitedly slaughtered a sheep to celebrate. At the same time, it increased the share of money and grain transported by Jinding Mountain, and there were its own people in Ningsai Dingding. Therefore, Zhang Mengjin and his gang occupied a considerable advantage when competing with Cai Xiaozi and others to win over the hearts of the people.

Cai Xiaozi was unwilling to be left behind by the other party, and also increased his investment in the work of Ning Sai Ding's collection. Under the competition between the two families, some more obscure things that should have been done were gradually exposed in the eyes of other officials in Nimseburg. But even then, the officials did nothing.

After all, at present, Zhang Mengjin and Cai Zhongming are celebrities who are valued by the two bigwigs in Yansui Town, and they have also contributed a lot to the previous counterinsurgency work. The other officials of Nimsayburg are all old fritters, so naturally they will not have the disdain to find the bad luck of the two former thieves.

And Zhang Mengjin and Cai Zhongming are also quite good at being people, and give them some sweetness from time to time. Therefore, these officials took an attitude of turning a blind eye to some of the things that Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi did, and anyway, Zhang and Cai did not violate their interests.

As for the highest military attache in Ningsai, the staff general Wu Hongqi, who came back. The situation is a little bad, and now he is still counting on Zhang Mengjin and Cai Zhongming to help him complete the work of making meritorious contributions as soon as possible.

Moreover, the descendants of Ningsai have not completely settled down at this time, and Wu Hongqi needs to use the strength of Zhang and Cai to maintain order in Ningsai. Therefore, Wu Hongqi naturally did not do anything unpleasant to the two of them, and even turned a blind eye to the absences or smuggling of some officers in the military fort.

Under such circumstances, the affairs of Ningsaibao were gradually completely controlled by Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi. The other officials, consciously and unconsciously, were gradually overshadowed by the two former thieves, and the situation in Ninse gradually stabilized.

Although there was no more chaos in Ningsaibao, Zhang Mengjin and others were a little relieved. However, the subsequent changes in the situation on Yansui West Road did not allow Zhang Mengjin and others to be stable for long.

In another defense area under the rule of Jingbian Province managed by Dai Junen, a new thief suddenly appeared. Tan Xiong of Ansai's Tan family camp set off a rebellion and gathered a crowd to directly attack the county seat. Chai Guobi, the magistrate of the county, set up a garrison, and at the same time asked for help from the Jingbian soldiers who were in charge of the defense of Ansai County.

Dai Junen, who had just let Ningsai's rebellion stop, could only sigh helplessly at the troubles of the eventful autumn, and then quickly mobilized his soldiers and horses to help.

And here, history has undergone some changes again because of Zhang Mengcheng, a little butterfly.

In the original history, the official army should still be besieging Fort Ninsey at this time. There was no quick and timely response to Tan Xiong's rebellion in Ansai County.

However, due to the outstanding performance of Zhang Mengjin and others in this time and space, the rebels of Ningsai did not plunder enough food to hold on, so the official army quickly captured Ningsai Fort, and now they can also start to act quickly.

Therefore, after receiving the emergency from Ansai County, Bingxian Gu Junen directly led the army to the south quickly. At the same time, he ordered more than 300 elite cavalry to be drawn from Ninsei Fort and rushed to Ansai to quell the rebellion.

Since Ningsai had just been pacified, Dai Junen chose to let Zhang Mengjin, who had previously been on the West Road, continue to sit on the defense. And Cai Zhongming (Cai Xiaozi), who Dai Junen knew a little more, became the commander of the troops on the Ningsai Fort expedition.

Then, Cai Xiaozi took Guan Zhiqing and a few people, and rode all the way into the day and night. On the way, they also met 157 "Xiangyong" who had their own horses from Jinding Mountain and Artemisia Peak, and on the night of Yihai (the sixth day of the first month) in the fourth year of Chongzhen's 11th month, they suddenly launched an attack on Tan Xiong's troops outside Ansai City.