Chongzhen four years leap November (14th), the thieves do not occupy the mud Zhang Cun Meng led more than 3,000 people, from the fish river to the city of Anding. The poor people in the city are thieves, and the city is falling. Dai Junen, the soldier, and Wang Chengen, the chief soldier, led the troops to attack it. The thieves were invincible, abandoned the city and went east, and were defended by Zhang Mengjin. The thieves were invincible, fled for more than 30 miles, and the corpses were pillowed. Meng Jin chased the thief's head without mud, and the thief was cut off and returned to the moon, and the winged tiger returned. (Note 1)

Although Ma Xiangzhong lost his goal, Zhang Mengjin led the team to continue to chase and kill the fleeing thieves. Zhang Zhaoen once again exerted his ruthlessness, driving his war horse to kill seven escaped rogue horsemen one after another.

The thieves were persecuted by Zhang Zhaoen, and at the same time saw him rushing up alone. Several rogue horsemen, relying on their own bravery, planned to flank Zhang Zhaoen together, but they were all cut off by Zhang Zhaoen one by one.

When the leader of this gang of thieves was hacked to death, everyone else dismounted and surrendered. As soon as their war horses were fed, they carried out strenuous exercises, which were really no match for the carefully prepared pursuit troops under Zhang Mengjin.

Zhang Mengjin interrogated the prisoners of war and learned that they only killed the leader of the thieves, Yun Jiaoyue, not the thieves. Therefore, after leaving some of his subordinates to escort the prisoners, Zhang Mengjin continued to lead the army to pursue eastward. However, after pursuing for thirty miles in a row, he did not catch up without mud. Zhang Mengcheng had no choice but to admit that he was chasing the wrong direction and had to return the same way.

In fact, if he continued to pursue for two miles, he would be able to catch the big thief who did not get wet, but unfortunately there was no if. After that, he first fled to Qingjian and then went north to Suide.

Along the way, he re-recruited people to regain his strength, and found an unemployed man in Suide who was very unemployed. After personally testing the other party's martial arts, he happily appointed him as a captain under his command. This person was known as a general in the future, and in the world of later generations, everyone used to call him Li Zicheng.

Zhang Mengjin, who didn't know that he missed the big fish, returned to the battlefield stained red by blood. His younger brother Zhang Mengguang also completed the pursuit at this time, and came to Zhang Mengjin with the head of a thief leader.

According to the captive, this man was another rogue warrior, nicknamed the Winged Tiger. Among their gang of thieves, martial arts and horsemanship were the best. But no matter how good it is, it is useless, he has become a member of Zhang Mengjin's gang of merit.

The more than 300 officers and cavalry in pursuit of this time beheaded a total of 531 people, captured more than 1,500 thieves, and captured all the thieves. Although Zhang Mengjin and his gang secretly got rid of it, the thieves were settling down the silver money cloth that was robbed. But such a beautiful result still stunned Dai Junen, who received the news, and Wang Chengen, the chief soldier who arrived later.

Zhang Mengjin and his gang, who have made great contributions one after another, have become another gold medal fighter on the West Road of Yansui Town after Zhang Yingchang, deputy chief soldier of Dingbian. Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui, wrote again to ask his old friend Dai Junen, saying that he could transfer Zhang Mengjin and others to the Yansui Fubiao Chinese Army, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, also had the idea of transferring this group of thugs into his command.

Shaanxi Governor Wu Fu also received the news, he wrote in the Shangshu to the imperial court: "It is difficult for the country to use the rebellion. However, the security guard Zhang Mengjin was determined to serve the country and repeatedly frustrated the thieves. This month, with 300 fine horsemen, he broke the stability and escape thieves, and captured and beheaded 2,000 strange. The heads he obtained were all personally inspected by the ministers, and he was a strong true thief, and the clouds and the two-winged tiger were also like the heads. The generals have heavy troops and are cowardly and unwilling to go forward, and they are only willing to scatter the thieves to repay the merits, and most of the thieves who signed up are mistaken for rewards, so that the thieves are spreading. Wouldn't it be ashamed to spend tens of thousands of salaries in the imperial court without a practical soldier. ”

After that, Zhang Mengjin's reputation spread to the ears of other officials in other places. Yang Sichang, the son of Yang He, the former governor of the trilateral region, also used Zhang Mengjin as an example to prove that his father's previous punishment was indeed unjust. I hope that the court can change the punishment at its discretion and restore his father's innocence.

As for the thieves in Shaanxi, the news is closed, except for a few thief leaders who have really suffered losses, the rest of them don't know what kind of opponents they will encounter in the future.

When everyone was praising Zhang Mengjin's military exploits, Zhang Mengcheng of Jindingshan didn't know that his eldest brother was once again showing his might on the battlefield. He was holding a strangely shaped metal pipe and trying to blow a tune. This strange instrument, which Zhang Mengcheng called the "military horn", quickly attracted the attention of the students in the cottage.

Although I don't understand this thing that is a bit similar to suona, why does my husband care so much. However, the children watched as if they were looking at a new toy, and watched him use the instrument. Because he said that he was going to build a drum and bugle corps, and the members of the drum and bugle corps would be selected from among them. Of course, the drum is the waist drum, and the eighth achievement is this "military horn".

After Zhang Mengcheng intermittently blew out a piece of music, Xigui, who was more than a mile away, held a red flag and waved it constantly, indicating that he had received the information completely. Zhang Mengcheng was very happy, and asked his students to hold two red flags and let Xigui ride a horse to a distance of two miles. Zhang Mengcheng changed the tune and continued to blow, and Xigui waved the red flag again, indicating that he had received the message.

Zhang Mengcheng was very satisfied with the performance of the military horn produced by the cottage. Tell your students to send a signal for Xi Gui to rush back. And he himself handed over the military horn in his hand to Zhang Shuangxi, who had just returned to the cottage. Zhang Mengcheng turned around and talked to Liu Ting, a craftsman from the cottage.

"This time the military horn is doing well, and I will make some more according to this pattern in the future. You don't have to worry about the materials, I will instruct people to continue to collect. Even if it's a little slower, it doesn't hurt, as long as the quality is good first. And after that, I will approve the strips, and your team of craftsmen will each be rewarded with three taels of silver, and each of you will be given two catties of mutton. ”

"The little one is here for the other craftsmen, thank you for the leader of Xiucai."

"How's the boy's bow and arrow I told you to make last time?"

"If you turn around, all the bows and arrows have been prepared, just waiting for the leader to check them." Liu Ting has been abducted to the cottage since Chongzhen was taken captive for three years, and in the short days, he has gradually figured out Zhang Mengcheng's temper.

There are some things that Zhang Mengcheng may be able to ignore for the time being, but if he hasn't handled things well. That's not something that can be solved by eating less and getting two whips. Now this seemingly mild-mannered leader of the show, his methods of doing things have become more and more like the big boss who once ordered the skinning of prisoners of war.

Liu Ting was originally just a carpenter who could carve engraving, but the owner who hired him was cut off by thieves outside. Unemployed, he had to return to his hometown and live by picking up some casual work everywhere, and he could only barely make ends meet, and he had no hope of starting a family. When repairing furniture for a rich man in his hometown, Liu Ting met a group of Jindingshan who went out to plunder, and then was forcibly plundered to the mountains as bandits.

Originally, Liu Ting was cowardly, and he couldn't do the business of killing people and setting fires. When he was whipped by the management team once, he happened to hear Zhang Mengcheng passing by looking for a carpenter. In order to improve his miserable situation, Liu Ting immediately shouted out his own work. Later, at the request of Zhang Mengcheng, Liu Ting successively produced the engraving, ruler, compass, blackboard and other teaching tools used in the cottage thatched cottage to print teaching materials.

Later, together with other craftsmen in the cottage, he made wooden tools such as bird hammers, large waterwheels, and water mills. At the same time, he also became a qualified bow master by virtue of the huge demand for cottages. Because he is ingenious, good at learning and researching, and can communicate well with other craftsmen, Zhang Mengcheng directly asked him to be a small foreman in the cottage.

"Recently, in our village, we got a set of "Agricultural Books" by the sage Wang Zhen of the previous generation, which has a lot of good things in the "Atlas of Agricultural Tools", and after a while, I will gather all the craftsmen in the village to study the tools in it together, and see if we can change the agricultural tools in our village. I'm going to trouble you again. ”

"The leader gave us food, clothing, and land and mother-in-law for us. Naturally, we have to do our best to repay the cottage. ”

"Oh, yes. How did you do with the chess pieces and chessboards I asked you to make for me last time? After most of the official questions, Zhang Mengcheng asked Liu Ting about his personal requirements. Previously, Zhang Mengcheng had perfected the tactical wargames he had conceived a little, so he also entrusted the craftsmen of the cottage to take time to help Xiucai make some wargames.

"It's already done, and if the boss still wants to paint it, we can deal with it as soon as possible." Although Liu Ting didn't know what the Xiucai leader asked them to do, they still completed it very seriously.

"It doesn't have to be that way, these are just some of the things I haven't figured out yet. Let's deal with it sloppily first, and if it's all ready in the future, then I'll leave it to you. ”

"The leader is really serious, we will not slack off."

Zhang Mengcheng is still very satisfied with Liu Ting's attitude. Not just some farm tools or gadgets, after crossing the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Mengcheng also thought about making money by developing processes such as producing glass and cement.

But Zhang Mengcheng was not a professional craftsman in later generations, and in order to fill his stomach after crossing, he was already hard enough. After that, there were all kinds of twists and turns, so Zhang Mengcheng actually knew almost nothing about the process.

After following his eldest brother to establish a career in the cottage, Zhang Mengcheng paid considerable attention to accumulating and enhancing the technical talent reserve of the cottage. Liu Ting has gone from a country carpenter who could only carve engraving and making furniture to a skilled master with a lot of skills, and Zhang Mengcheng has spent a lot of effort in between.

Although glass and cement are these things, I haven't had time to delve into them. But when the agricultural production of the cottage is further strengthened in the future, Zhang Mengcheng will definitely give it a try. Even in the surrounding environment, there is really no market demand. But in order to produce the lenses needed for telescopes, Zhang Mengcheng will never give up.

After asking Liu Ting about the production situation, Zhang Mengcheng turned his head and saw that his students were all vying to blow a few newly produced military horns.

However, all the students with the trumpets puffed out their cheeks and blew hard, but they could not make the trumpets sound. So they left the stage one after another to the laughter of others, and the rest of the students immediately stepped forward to challenge.

Guan Yuze, who is usually very clever in learning things, failed to succeed after using various skills, so he had to quit with unwillingness. Seeing Guan Yuze's appearance after failing in the challenge, Zhang Shuangxi smiled like a fool. I completely forgot how stupid I looked when I challenged just now.

Regarding the frolic of his students, Zhang Mengcheng just stood quietly aside, allowing everyone to challenge at will, and he did not give guidance. One is that this kind of challenge game can really exercise the initiative of students. The second is the study and life of the cottage, which is really a bit boring, and Zhang Mengcheng is willing to give the children some time to relax themselves.

"Horn~" After people continued to come forward to challenge, a child finally succeeded in making the military horn sound. However, when Zhang Mengcheng saw the child's puzzled expression, Zhang Mengcheng knew that he was completely blind just now.

After that, the boy puffed up his cheeks and continued to blow, but he failed to make the trumpet sound again, and finally he was unwilling and handed the trumpet into the hands of other students. But after that, he didn't stop talking, and kept telling his classmates about his experience.

After all the children tried it, Zhang Mengcheng slowly walked over. He began to teach his lovely students how to control a new musical instrument.

PS: Note 1: In the "Suikou Chronicles" volume 1, "Chongzhen Records" volume 4, "Jiyuan Mail" volume 9, "Ming History Chronicle" volume 75, "Guoyu" volume 91, "Pingkou Zhi" volume 1, "Liukou Zhi" volume 1, Jiaqing "Yan'an Mansion Chronicles" volume 6, Siku Quanshu "Shaanxi Tongzhi" volume 82 and other historical materials, all of them are not muddy (Zhang Cunmeng) captured Anding County.

And in the fourth volume of "Huailing Liukou Always Record", there are more than 3,000 people such as a city, a cloud, and Xue Hongqi. At the same time, what is more strange is that in the 14 pages of the first volume of the first volume of the Suikou Chronicles, the series of books is integrated into the first edition, and it is mentioned that a city, a cloud, and Xue Hongqi attacked Anding on the night of the 14th day of the 11th month of the leap month. There is no mention of the non-muddy things recorded on page 11 of the same book. In the ninth volume of Wu Fu's "Chai An Shuji", "The border thieves are rampant", there is a record of "Yan'an Mansion reported that there was a Xue Hongqi in Anding County". Wu Fu's account is naturally more convincing than other private history writers who are in a corner. However, there are also records of Xue Hongqi "recruiting thieves to attack the city" in the article, and it cannot be ruled out that Xue Hongqi and others are headed by Feng Buzhu. Therefore, this book still adopts the statement of attacking Anding County without mud.