In March of the fourth year of Chongzhen, there was a group of 10,000 people, and under the leadership of the big boss Shen Yikui, he chose to caress him. Among them, there were about 7,000 hungry people and more than 4,000 border people.

Shen Yikui led more than 1,000 of his men, led by the general Wu Hongqi, to garrison Ningsai Fort. The remaining more than 3,000 people also expressed their willingness to accept the imperial court's placement. These 3,000 border soldiers and some hungry people who were willing to join the army, forming a force of more than 4,000 people, were on their way to the garrison. (Note 1)

This time, the 5,000 troops who followed the side of the Kamiichi Kuishu, some of them quietly left under the leadership of some leaders who were unwilling to surrender after being appeased, and disappeared.

However, fortunately, the number of people is negligible, and Yang He, the governor of the three sides, is more concerned about most of the people who are willing to accept the appeasement of Shen Yikui. He asked the imperial court to distribute 20,000 taels of silver to help and dismiss the people who had been placed and those who had returned to their hometowns to work as farmers.

In this recruitment, Wu Hongqi was originally just a brick well garrison. Because he has some talent and prestige, he has been appreciated by Yang He, the governor of the three sides. In the end, Wu Hongqi was promoted to the secretary of Ningzhai with the support of Yang He, and was in charge of the generals, so the general Wu Hongqi was also a beneficiary in this appeasement action.

Zhang Mengjin was awarded a moral talisman and led his men to the Jiangduhe Fort, which had been withdrawn as early as the sixth year of Wanli. The defenders here were merging their soldiers into Fort Ninsai because of the serious desertion in Yansui Town.

However, because of Yang He this time, thousands of people were planted near Ningsai on Yansui West Road at one time, which was enough to restore the military fort, and at the same time, it also added a pit to the insufficient official position to appease the thieves. Therefore, after Zhang Mengjin was lucky to get the position of integrity, he took his 622 soldiers and 325 horses and mules to arm.

Li Dan saw the place where he grew up, and suddenly felt a little sad. Although the original Ming army has long been no longer stationed here, there are still some soldiers and civilians living here. He grew up here from a military family, but everyone in his family starved to death one after another, and only later did he ask for food until the security guard was rescued by Zhang Mengjin.

Now there is not even a single household in Duhe Fort, because after Shen Yiyuan captured Willow Stream Fort at the end of last year, this place was also looted by Shen Yiyuan's people. Now there is not even one who knows about Li Dan's past.

Looking at the nostalgic hometown, but I can't find a familiar face. Although he is helpless, Li Dan has been trying to make himself strong. At this time, I finally couldn't bear it anymore, and secretly found a no-man's corner and cried.

The brothers of the Zhang family looked at Li Dan who was hiding, and they did not choose to come forward to disturb. Because everyone understands that it is better to let him be alone at this time, rashly stepping forward to comfort him will only hurt Li Dan's fragile self-esteem. The monkey baby who grew up by the yellow sand has to experience these alone can gradually grow into an iron-clad tough guy in northern Shaanxi.

This time, in addition to Zhang Mengjin being appointed as the integrity of Duhe Fort, Guan Zhiqing was appointed as the seat of Duhe Fort. Zhao Wankui, Zhang Mengguang, Ma Xiangbo, Zhou Shaoteng, Fan Shunjiang, and Che Jibao were appointed as the general banner, and Ma Xiangzhong, Yu Baocheng, Wei Heyong, Zhang Zhaoen, Li Yang, and He Zongwei were appointed as the general banner.

Strictly speaking, these people are not considered military attachés, and the lowest military attache in the Ming Dynasty was under the guard system, and the grade was from the sixth-grade military rank to test 100 households.

Under the garrison system, the posts of chief soldier, deputy chief soldier, staff general, guerrilla general, and general general were generally selected from the hereditary military attache of the guard. For example, Zhang Mengjin's ethics and Guan Zhiqing's fort are the two positions, and most of them are hereditary military attachés selected from the four ranks of Zheng, from the fifth rank or from the Zheng, and from the sixth rank.

It's just that now the matter is in a hurry, and Yang He, the governor of the three sides, appeased so many people at once and placed them near Ningsai and several other military forts on Yansui West Road. With the administrative efficiency that the Daming Guard has always dragged on, coupled with many yamen that need to be coordinated. Naturally, it would not be possible to incorporate so many big and small bosses into the hereditary system of the guard so quickly.

Therefore, it is very strange that in several military forts on Yansui West Road, many people with military positions but not military attaches suddenly appeared. Many low-level hereditary military attachés, on the contrary, will envy these people who have military positions but are not military attachés, because only if they have a military position, they will have real power.

Because the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty were very indiscriminate at this time, it was still easy to be promoted to a low-level hereditary military attaché of the guard. For example, if a soldier first beheads one of the Dayu, it will be promoted to a small flag, then another will be promoted to the general flag, then another beheading will be promoted to a hundred households, and then another beheading will become a hundred households.

And so on, every level of beheading will be promoted to one level, and a low-level soldier can be promoted to a six-rank trial hundred household as long as he pursues and kills the third level of Dayu, and becomes the lowest-level hereditary military attaché. If you decapitate three levels more, you can upgrade to a thousand households of the fifth grade. After that, you can continue to do so, and you can go even higher. Although this may seem absurd, it was true in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty. (Note 2)

With the bravery of the leaders of Jinding Mountain, he killed some of the Dalu who went south or the thieves who made trouble in the mainland. It should still be easy to achieve, but Zhang Mengcheng didn't get anything at this time.

When accepting Yang He's appeasement, Zhang Mengjin was counting on Yang He to restore Zhang Mengcheng's fame, and Cai Xiaozi also interceded at that time. Although Yang He also said at that time that he would try his best to help, it was just that there were many things in an endless stream, so Yang He had not been able to get busy. When Zhang Mengjin asked again, Yang He went to Qingyang Mansion to deal with official business, so Zhang Mengcheng is still a white one.

However, Zhang Mengcheng didn't care very much, knowing that Zhang Mengcheng, who would usher in the Jiashen Revolution in more than ten years, was not so rare to take the civilian route of the Ming Dynasty, and the most important thing was how many troops he had in his hands at the moment.

Zhang Mengjin and his gang came down from Jinding Mountain with the elite to accept the appeasement and change into an official skin, a total of less than five months. During this period of time, the Jinding Cottage was already a village union of more than 3,000 people. In addition to the more than 600 soldiers in Duhe Fort, there are more than 800 Jianding in Jindingshan.

The Jinding Mountain Cottage, which is incarnated as a local clan union, is already a local tyrant in Baoan County. In Baoan County, only the power of Cai Shorty at the top of Artemisia can be compared.

Although Zhang Mengcheng failed to get any military positions, Jindingshan also formed a "Xiangyong" cavalry team of more than 60 people, which was commanded by Zhang Mengcheng. Although it is said to be a village warrior, it is actually no different from the cavalry in the Duhe Fort. It was used to rotate the cavalry in Duhe Fort.

Although he didn't get any official body, Zhang Mengcheng still followed him to Jiangduhe Fort. He plans to repair the dilapidated Fort and see if there is anything that can be used around Fort Duhe. After all, with the addition of Jinding Mountain and the horses and mules of Duhe Fort, the total is close to five hundred.

Such a heavy consumption of grain and grass is quite heavy for Zhang Mengjin and his gang, who can no longer rob everywhere. If the supply of the imperial court could be expected, there would be no such thing as a rebellion.

PS: Note 1: In volume 46 of "Chongzhen Long Edition", Yang He's achievements in this appeasement in history are, "6,997 hungry people have been dispatched, more than 3,000 people have been sent to the border, and more than 4,300 people are willing to return to the right and serve their lives, more than 3,200 horses and mules, and a lot of guns and armor." Because of the butterfly effect in this book, the number of people who follow the gods has been strengthened.

Note 2: For details, please refer to the 123 volumes of the "Daming Huidian". In fact, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the military position was quite noble, and the secular position was not lightly awarded. Although the number of officers in the Hongwu period was small, the quality was very professional and the morale was quite high. This is also an important reason why the Ming army in Zhu Yuanzhang's era was able to dominate the world. In the Yongle period, the military attache system of the guard began to gradually collapse, and even became more and more out of control after that. The military attachés of the guard post were indiscriminate, which was also an important reason why the combat effectiveness of the Ming army became increasingly poor.