Zhang Mengjin, who was stationed in Ningsai, reunited with his family and began his long-awaited leisure time. However, the commotion of the Nimseiburg Descenders quickly brought him back to reality.

Because the money and food promised by the court were once again unpromised, the soldiers who lacked food and clothing made a fuss again. Fortunately, Liu Shiyao, who had been hidden in the descending ding, came out in advance to report the news, and Zhang Zhaoen, who got the news, also quickly led the team to appear and protect Zhang Mengjin, who was a little careless at the time, so there was no big mess in the end.

This riot also affected other people, Wu Hongqi thought it was another mutiny, and hurriedly fled with the family members around him. The other court officials arranged in the fort also hid in their residences in horror and did not dare to come out.

Cai Xiaozi almost panicked, and with the help of his fifth brother, he successfully hid in the barracks of the mugwort peak troops. However, he quickly reacted and saw that the troublemakers were not so organized, or that the people still had scruples. Therefore, Cai Xiaozi hurriedly dispatched troops and horses and rushed to Zhang Mengjin's residence to help Zhang Zhaoen, who was confronting the descendants.

And the incumbent leaders of Jin Dingshan also reacted one after another, and Zhao Wankui led the birds and guns to appear behind Dingding. Zhou Shaoteng led the cavalry troops, and Yu Baocheng also led other foot soldiers to follow the three masters. The Jindingshan garrison troops, who were in formation, sent a huge shock to the rioters.

Faced with the threat of force, the Descendants finally wisely chose to give in. And Zhang Mengjin, Cai Xiaozi and others did not coerce further. Instead, they only tied up a few of the leading soldiers and sent them to Dai Junen in the Jingbian camp, because they learned through interrogation that these people had made contact with the thieves outside.

For the other people who were in turmoil, Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi allocated some of the money and grain from Jindingshan and Artemisia Peak in a timely manner, and finally stabilized the Dings again. It wasn't until these things were done that Wu Hongqi, who had escaped, ran back slowly, explaining to Zhang Mengjin and other military attachés who had been staying in Ningsai that he had just gone out again because of something.

Although Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi despised it in their hearts, they did not make any moves to make Wu Hongqi unable to step down. It's just that this general, who is always on business, has become more and more unbearable in Ningsai Fort.

In the end, under the organization of Zhang Mengjin and others, all the military attaches of Ningsaibao jointly signed together and once again sent an official document asking for money and food to Dai Junen, the military preparation road of the West Road. It's just that this time Ningsai's matter only received a few useless words of praise from Bingxian Dai Junen, and he failed to get back a penny of silver.

In the end, it was Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui, who used the power in his hands to finally squeeze out some money and food from other places, stabilized the situation in Ningsai, and also helped his friend of the same year to save a little prestige.

After pacifying Ningsai's Dingding with Cai Xiaozi, Zhang Mengjin, who originally thought that he could finally rest for a while, suddenly received an order from Dai Junen, the military commander.

It turned out that the thieves suddenly captured Anding County, and as the Yansui West Road Jingbian Garrison Road, which was also in charge of Anding defense. Ninsey almost rebelled again, which was already very embarrassing for Dai Junen. Now there is such a serious gaffe in his defense area, which makes Dai Junen feel unbearable.

In order to avoid ruining his reputation among the princes of the court, Dai Junen, who was the most powerful civil official in the West Road, quickly sent an order to Ning Sai next to him. He recruited Zhang Mengjin, who was quite good at fighting, and prepared to personally lead the team to directly recover Anding County.

Zhang Mengjin, who was appointed, was not verbose, after negotiating with Cai Xiaozi, who was in charge of staying behind. He personally took his three hundred horsemen to Jingbian and killed Anding County with Dai Junen.

According to Dai Junen, Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Yansui, was also rushing to Anding with his troops at this time. Zhang Mengjin didn't have much curiosity about this warlike general soldier, he just pondered how to take most of the credit.

However, they were surprised then, because when they arrived at the city of Anding after several days of marching, they learned that the thieves who had occupied the city had abandoned the city and fled.

Zhang Mengjin didn't want to return in vain this time, so after asking Dai Junen for instructions, he immediately took his three hundred elite horsemen to chase in the direction of the thief's escape.

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"The great boss, the bandits, have crossed the river. The leader of the car asked the little one to come over and ask, do we want to continue chasing like this. "A minion from Jinding Mountain reported to Zhang Mengjin the movements of the thieves.

Although more and more people have now joined Zhang Mengjin's men, the soldiers under Zhang Mengjin have become more and more regular. But for some old subordinates, they still can't change the habit of calling them that they originally developed in the cottage.

"Keep chasing, and continue to report back to me when you find out about the thieves." After Zhang Mengjin issued the order, he also led his cavalry brigade to continue the pursuit.

"Big brother, let's just be such a small person, can we beat the thieves if we continue to chase? I heard that those who are not muddy and Yun Jiaoyue are in charge, and after laying down the stable city, they have sheltered a lot of people, and there are 5,000 thieves at least, and maybe tens of thousands at most. ”

Zhao Wankui was more worried about this pursuit, and when he first heard that there were only 3,000 thieves, he thought that he should be able to beat it. But then it was rumored that Bu Mu had accepted many newcomers into the gang, and he had joined other thieves, and his power had increased greatly.

Zhang Mengjin recognized the huge gap in the number of personnel, but he had sufficient confidence in the size of the combat power of the two sides. "Don't worry, the thieves are mostly rabble. Not to mention that they have 10,000, even 100,000 people, we can beat them down. Although the elite cavalry under those leaders can fight a few battles, as long as we crush the other debris, they will also be scattered. ”

After a period of marching, the sentry in front reported the news again, thousands of people from the thief brigade were on the official road, rushing to the direction of Qingjian, and the old camp of the thieves was all in the center of the brigade. Che Jibao said that the thieves were quite vigilant, and it would be difficult for the big boss to win if he attacked in a hurry.

After receiving the news, Zhang Mengjin immediately gave the order, and the front team Zhang Mengguang moved forward at full speed. The rest of the teams followed Zhang Mengjin behind Zhang Mengguang, and soon caught up with Che Jibao's sentry cavalry.

Seeing the arrival of the big boss's team, Che Jibao said to Zhang Mengjin: "There are many thieves and a lot of cavalry, so it will be difficult for us to win if we attack rashly." We might as well continue to secretly follow the bandits and wait until they have a flaw, and then it's not too late for us to attack. ”

Zhang Mengjin agreed with him and ordered his subordinates to keep their distance from the thief brigade. At the same time, he turned his head to Che Jibao and said, "I will take a large group of people and horses and quietly follow behind the thieves for several miles, and you will continue to monitor the thieves with people." If the thieves have been on strict guard and do not show flaws, after half an hour, I will let Lao Zhou lead the team to change shifts with you, and then you and Lao Zhou will take turns to attack, and change shifts every hour and a half. ”

After Che Jibao nodded in agreement, he continued to move forward with his men. And Zhang Mengjin's subordinates all dismounted. While resting, wait for further orders.

In this way, Zhang Mengjin has been quietly following behind the thieves, and the sentry riders who came to report the news have also changed several times.

"The thief brigade sent out sentry cavalry backwards, and asked the big boss to retreat for a few miles, hide his traces and then pursue."

"The thieves continue to be on guard, please send the men and horses of the big boss to meet the leader of the car."

"The thieves are slowing down, the men and horses are taking turns to cross the river, the thieves have not seen any flaws, please make a decision."

"The thieves are tired, but the rear team is still on guard, please continue to wait."

"The ranks of the thieves and horses have been disorganized, but the terrain is rugged, and it is difficult for the cavalry to gallop, so please make the decision of the great master."

Zhang Mengjin carefully considered the messages that came one after another, but still felt that the timing was wrong. So the big boss gritted his teeth, simply gave up the opportunity to appear, and decided to let his subordinates feed his mounts once. Zhang Mengjin believes that the thieves will definitely show their flaws again in the future, as long as they wait patiently, there will always be a good opportunity.

Although his cavalry could not act in a short period of time because of the feeding of the war horses, Zhang Mengjin thought that this risk was worth it for the general attack later.

"The thieves have regrouped, and the rear team is on guard again, and a cavalry team has been sent to patrol the rear, so that the big boss is on guard."

"The thieves have recalled the cavalry, and the front team of the thieves has stopped marching, and all the horses seem to be ready to eat."

"The thieves and horses set up camp to cook, and the front team, the middle army, and the rear team have all converged. There were no less than five thousand people, the foot soldiers were still on guard, and most of the elite horsemen had dismounted and began to rest. The thief cavalry had already begun to feed the horses, and the leader of Zhou hoped that the big boss would immediately start an assault. ”

Zhang Mengjin, who had been holding his thoughts, was almost frightened when the thieves sent a cavalry team to the rear before. Because his horses had just been fed, they could not engage in fierce combat. So he beckoned everyone to hide in hiding, but fortunately, the rogue cavalry only acted in vain and did not check carefully.

When Zhang Mengjin heard that the thieves had begun to set up camp and cook, the thieves had already begun to feed the horses. Zhang Mengjin finally felt that his patient wait was rewarding, and hurriedly summoned all his subordinates to mount their horses, and the whole army went to kill the thieves' old camp. The cavalry of the Ming army, who had been quietly following behind the thieves, were finally ready to show their minions, and a big war was about to break out.