On the bare yellow sand field of Yansui West Road, Zhang Mengcheng was leading a small group of cavalry at this time, and hurried to the Duhe Fort.

Ever since receiving the news that Ru Chengming had been executed by Yang He, all the Dings who had been placed near Ningsai were terrified, fearing that the imperial court would prepare to settle accounts after the autumn and kill all of them, the former thieves who committed the most heinous crimes.

The descendants had already decided to live a good life after recruiting An. In the past, they gathered people to make trouble, but they only asked the court to issue the monthly rations in full, and at the same time reissued the bounty that had successfully intercepted the Mongols before, not because they really wanted to rebel.

Moreover, Yang He did ask Shen Yikui to come forward and show the official document, saying that the imperial court understood everyone's difficulties and would soon send the arrears of grain and silver.

But he didn't expect that Yang He, who was the governor of the three sides, was untrustworthy and directly killed the representatives elected by the degraders. The previous Kumon was just a trick to deceive everyone. In this regard, everyone was extremely disappointed with the attitude of the imperial court, and at the same time very angry.

When Ru Chengming was originally a big leader under Shen Yikui, he was quite prestigious among the low-level soldiers because of his bravery and good fighting. After that, he was also willing to come forward and ask for the reward for everyone, to buy food to support everyone's family.

Therefore, the people who descended Ding all served Ru to become famous, and many things would be discussed with him. And the original big boss of the plate Shen Yikui, after accepting Zhao'an, dodged in the interests of everyone, which made everyone quite disappointed.

In this way, Ru Chengming's prestige in the hearts of the low-level soldiers continued to rise, and gradually there was a tendency to overpower the original big palm god.

Therefore, in order to maintain his status, Shen Yikui cooperated with Yang He to kill Ru Chengming. This practice has further reduced everyone's trust in Shen Yikui, and many people have privately scolded this Ningsai garrison lord for becoming a cautious aunt.

While being dissatisfied with Yang He and Shen Yikui, many people also felt fear. Because there is news that the imperial court has also begun to suspect the Dingding of Ningsai because of the rebellion in other places, and intends to continue to purge the dangerous elements.

They also heard that Yang He even had a list in his hand, and Ru Chengming was the top few people on this list. So Ru became famous only for the first, and by no means the last.

There are also rumors that they burned too badly in Qingyang Mansion before. Represented by the remaining gentry in Heshui County, there were constantly people asking the imperial court to severely punish the degraders of Ningsai. Even if you can't punish everyone, you have to deal with the leader of the thieves who take the lead to comfort the dead and injured people of Heshui County.

These gossips that kept circulating among the descendants shook the loyalty of the other leaders who followed Shen Yikui to accept the appeasement.

They are all worried that they will be the next person to be disposed of by the imperial court after Ru became famous. So during this period of time, they continued to connect in private, exchanging new information with each other, and constantly telling their worries, and these people also found Zhang Mengjin and his gang who were installed in Duhe Fort.

And Zhang Mengcheng in Jinding Mountain received these news a few days after Ru Chengming was executed by Yang He. Zhang Mengcheng thought that the situation on Yansui West Road was quite wrong now, so he quickly put down what he was doing and rushed to the Duhe Fort, where the eldest brother and the others were.

Zhang Mengcheng and his entourage, who were desperately hurrying, ignored the oncoming sand and dust, and finally rushed to the vicinity of Duhe Fort. Seeing that the banner of the Ming Dynasty was still fluttering on the head of the city of Duhe Fort, Zhang Mengcheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Su He, who was accompanying him, pointed to the distance and said, "Look, sir, there are people leaving there." ”

When Zhang Mengcheng heard this, he saw that there was indeed a cavalryman who left and rushed in the direction of Ningsai Fort. Zhang Mengcheng, who was a little uneasy in his heart, was unwilling to continue wasting time, and immediately took his subordinates into the Duhe Fort. After handing over the mount to the soldiers in the fort, Zhang Mengcheng asked where his eldest brother was, and without waiting for anyone to report, he went directly to find it.

"Big brother, did someone from Ningsai come to you just now?" As soon as Zhang Mengcheng entered the house of his eldest brother Zhang Mengjin, he did not greet the others present, so he directly asked about his suspicions.

Zhang Mengjin, who was still surprised that his third brother suddenly appeared, said to Li Dan beside him after hearing Zhang Mengcheng's question: "Danzi is watching outside, if the cangguan's subordinates come over and ask." You came forward to stop the person who came, and said that Meng Cheng was here to discuss family affairs with me. ”

After that, Zhang Mengjin turned his head again and said to Zhao Wankui: "Wan Kui went to the warehouse official to drag, and said that the monthly ration recently issued was mixed with too much sand and soil, and the soldiers in the fort were angry, so you need to go with him to check the grain stored in the granary." ”

After the two obeyed the order to go out, Zhang Mengjin, the big boss of Jinding Mountain, finally replied to Zhang Mengcheng: "There was indeed someone from Ningsai who came just now, and it was someone under Huang Youcai. He contacted me and said that God was planning to rebel again, and wanted us to start up together. ”

I just looked around the room and found that everyone else was there except for Ma Xiangbo. Zhang Mengcheng, who was about to greet the leaders around him, was taken aback by his eldest brother's words, and he was really worried about something. "Big brother, you didn't promise them anything, did you!?"

"I replied that I would discuss it with my brothers for a while, so I asked them to go back first." Zhang Mengjin said simply.

Zhang Mengcheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said to Zhang Mengjin: "We must not agree to this matter, big brother, if we rebel again at this time, there will be absolutely no way to survive in the future." ”

Hearing the opposition of his third brother, Zhang Mengjin did not speak, and Zhang Zhaoen, who has always been impulsive, jumped out at this time to express his opinion.

"Uncle Fifteen, don't you know that Ru Chengming, who went to ask for rewards before, was killed. The imperial court is ready to exterminate all of us, the leaders of the Descendants. We can't wait any longer like this, we should take action immediately, and after gathering the people around us, we will make a big fuss again. ”

"I just knew that Ru Chengming was dead, so I rushed over. If I hadn't been staring at the autumn harvest in the cottage, I would have received the news and ran over, and we must not do this thing to rebel again. ”

Due to the busy time of the autumn harvest recently, the other grains in Jinding Mountain are almost ready for harvest. Therefore, Zhang Mengcheng, who has always been concerned about the situation outside, received the news a day or two later than Duhebao.

"Xiucai, do you think we shouldn't rebel? But now it's all burning eyebrows, and I'm afraid it's worse to continue waiting. Now the main force of the official army is either in Shanxi, or in the thieves besieging the central county town. If we don't take advantage of this effort to fight back, there will be no good opportunities in the future. Fan Shunjiang saw that Zhang Mengcheng did not support the rebellion, so he expressed his opinion.

He Zongwei also said: "Xiucai, what Lao Fan said is right. And if we don't fight back now, when the others turn back, we will be the first to fight. Thousands of people are coming, and we are not opponents. ”

Zhang Mengcheng saw that there was some truth in what they said, and he knew that they had already held a meeting, and the conclusions reached at the meeting were probably a little bad.

"Now Ru Chengming is indeed dead, but how did you know that the imperial court was going to continue to attack, just rely on those few rumors that I don't know who spread them? I received these rumors in Jinding Mountain, if the imperial court really planned to do so, would it be so simple for everyone to know? ”

"But there is no wind and no waves, after all, now Ru Chengming is indeed dead. The official document used by Yang He to deceive people a while ago is indeed true, how can we believe that the court is so untrustworthy, it is better to start first. Che Jibao saw Zhang Mengcheng questioning the rumors, although he was also a little skeptical, but after thinking of Yang He's previous behavior, he still strengthened his thoughts.

Seeing that everyone still thought that they should rebel, Zhang Mengcheng had no choice but to continue to persuade: "We have all experienced so many years on the road together, how can we put all our lives on the line just because of a few rumors." I'll ask everyone, if you are the imperial court, if you plan to avoid future troubles, is it better to kill them one by one, or is it easier to serve them in one pot? If the people in the court really plan to get rid of the troubles, they should be like Li Yingzhi killed the prince and them before. After gathering all the leaders, they were looking for an excuse to kill them together, why did they only kill Ru Chengming first to startle the snake. ”