The people in the cottage, who were hiding in the cottage to prepare for the busy farming work, and at the same time had been carefully guarding the official army in the north, fell into confusion. Regarding the sudden start of the transfer of officers and troops in the northern military fort, Zhang Mengcheng couldn't understand it at first. It wasn't until he heard that there were not only a few military forts in the north, but the entire Yansui Town, that he realized that the situation was not simple.

So he took out the booklet that he secretly recorded the memories of the afterlife, and after flipping through it, he vaguely guessed the reason. The other leaders of the cottage are trying to inquire with their own connections, but the inside line in the northern military fort doesn't know what happened in Yansui Town.

The order for the transfer was issued directly by the governor of the three sides, the governor of Yansui and the general army of Yansui town. The specific reason is only known to the higher-ups, and even the garrisons and commanders of the forts are not clear, anyway, there must be a big movement.

The large-scale movement of officials and troops brought panic to the border bandits and bandits who were close to the border fort. Including Cai Shorty at the top of Artemisia, the other big bosses of the cottage couldn't figure out what was going on. Could it be that the imperial court finally couldn't stand the bad public security situation in Shaanxi, and made up its mind to wipe out the bandits everywhere in Shaanxi?

Zhang Mengjin, who also doesn't understand you, once again summoned a group of leaders in the cottage to discuss what the situation is in the north.

Zhang Mengcheng saw a group of brothers gossiping, saying everything. It is said that the big boss of the next county is too big to fight the city and county, forcing the officials and troops to be anxious; Some say that the captives will invade the south on a large scale, and the officers and troops will converge to prepare for defense; Others say that it was because the border towns had been in arrears for too long, and there was a large-scale mutiny in one of the military forts, etc.

Although all of you swear by what you say, and you also listen carefully to the speculations of other leaders, no one remembers what Zhang Mengcheng put forward here half a year ago. In order not to waste time, Zhang Mengcheng, the former showman, had to clear his throat and wake everyone up directly.

"Do you remember half a year ago, when we discussed when it was a good time to recruit An?" Even if it was specifically pointed out that Zhang Mengcheng was still sad to find that except for his eldest brother Zhang Mengjin and Ma Xiangbo, who was born as a landlord, he seemed to recall something, and the other leaders were all confused.

"Xiucai must know something again, don't sell it, just say what comes to mind. We don't remember very well, and we can't remember things that happened so long ago. Guan Zhiqing saw that Zhang Mengcheng knew about the transfer of officials and troops in the north, so he directly asked Zhang Mengcheng to tell what he knew.

"Yes, Xiucai, we know that you are amazing, don't waste time, just say what you know." Sometimes Zhang Mengcheng knows something, but he always puts on a stinky fart that he wants to hear everyone praise. Che Jibao, who has the best personal relationship with Zhang Mengcheng, has long been very familiar with it. So he didn't give Zhang Mengcheng a chance, and directly urged him to say what he thought of before Xiucai.

failed to pretend to be thirteen according to the expected rhythm, Zhang Mengcheng was slightly disappointed. However, he still understood that the big thing was important, so he said directly without delay: "This time it may not only be Yansui Town, but all the border towns in the world may have movements." If my prediction is correct, the Dongyu in the east should have bypassed the Shanhaiguan Pass and attacked directly under the city of Beijing, and the soldiers in the world are now busy with King Qin. ”

"What, this Beijing city is going to be defeated, and the Ming Dynasty is going to be finished?" It was Yu Baocheng who made this surprise, although this time his words were not right. However, the time of "to be finished" is defined as more than ten years. In the eyes of the Tieba debaters who like to pick out words in later generations, he can't be wrong.

"It's really fake, Xiucai. This Dongyu can really walk through the territory of the Mongols, and then break the barrier on the west side of Shanhaiguan and rush directly into the pass, you are not mistaken. Che Jibao, who still had illusions about the border defense of the Ming Dynasty, said in disbelief.

"This Ming is over, who are we going to ask for?" Wei Heyong seemed to believe Zhang Mengcheng's words, and said a little depressed.

"Eh, eh. Old Wei came back to his senses. Xiucai just said that it was possible, and it was only to attack the city of Beijing. I heard that the walls of Beijing City are more than ten zhang high, and there are hundreds of thousands of horses in the Beijing camp inside, and the food and salary are much better than those of the border army. Moreover, Beijing has the emperor in charge, and the dragon vein is blessed, so it is not so easy to capture. Li Yang saw that something was wrong with Wei Heyong, and hurriedly expressed his insight and said with relief.

"If you are not afraid of being attacked, then you can also transfer border troops to work hard. I see that the soldiers in Beijing can't beat the Dongyu, and the Dongyu is very evil. Don't you know, I was still in Liaodong ......" Zhou Shaoteng fought against Donglu in Liaodong and knew how powerful Dongyu was. So he kept saying that the Eastern Captives were very disciplined in their melee infantry and cavalry charges, and that they were well armoured.

"That's because we can't eat enough, and the guy in our hands is broken, and the Jingying in Beijing must be much better than us. This Dongyu is not a monster, let me eat and wear a good armor, Lao Tzu can pinch them both to death with one hand. "When Fan Shunjiang did not collect the night in Liaodong, he also fought against the sentinels of the Eastern Prisoners. Having achieved results, he did not think that Donglu was invincible.

"Uncle Fifteen, if all the troops here are transferred, can we make a big fuss." On the contrary, the most belligerent Zhang Zhaoen mentioned the point.

"We can make a big fuss, and the other masters can also make a big fuss. It's just that this winter is coming. It doesn't look like it's going to be going to be going on for long. Zhao Wankui has obviously not forgotten the particularity of time.

The leaders are expressing their opinions, whether they are excited or overwhelmed. Zhang Mengjin, the big boss, knocked on the hammer under his hand, and after waiting for everyone to calm down, he asked Zhang Mengcheng: "How sure is your speculation, third child?" ”

"Seven or eight points. In a few more days, we should be able to hear from other border towns such as Ningxia Town and Guyuan Town. If they move, too, then that's right. And this news can't be contained, sooner or later the border army in the north will spread, and the Di Bao should also reveal some news at that time. No matter how late we collected the news in the cottage, we should have known it by mid-November. Although Zhang Mengcheng didn't say anything full, he usually said that he was seven or eight points sure of things, and in the end everything was as he said.

"Okay, let's wait for news in the stockade with peace of mind. At this time, they first collected some more grain and prepared it in the stockade, and Li Yang and Zong Wei continued to pay attention to the situation in the north. Wan Kui, you go to Cai Xiaozi and tell him Meng Cheng's guess. Let him calm down, and don't be frightened by the movement in the north. At the same time, remember to keep it secret, and then everything will be as Meng Cheng said. Let's take a good look at the two of us, and think about whether we want to do a big vote together. Zhang Mengjin, who got the reply, immediately made a decision to decide the future direction of the cottage.

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On October 27 of the second year of Chongzhen, martial law was imposed in the capital. The Houjin army slaughtered under the city of Beijing and raged all the way. Zhao Shujiao, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, was killed, and Zu Dashou ran all the way back to Shanhaiguan in anger because of Yuan Chonghuan's imprisonment. And Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a hurry in Beijing, hurriedly ordered all localities to supervise the fire rate of the king of Junqin.

At one time, the governors of the three sides, the governors of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, Henan, Jiangxi, and a series of general soldiers from various border towns all set out for Beijing Qinwang from all over the country with their elite troops.

Among these Qinwang armies that will be mobilized in the future, Zhang Mengcheng remembers the Qinwang army in Shanxi most clearly with the memory of later generations, because their experience is the most sighing.

Shanxi's Qinwang army was all strong soldiers along the border, and after arriving in the Jifu area, the military headquarters of the pit father actually let them change three places in a row to garrison in three days. On the first day, they went to Tongzhou, on the second day, they went to Changping, and on the third day, they were asked to go to Liangxiang.

According to the previous regulations, "the soldiers will be sent to the place of faith within three days to provide food", so the Shanxi soldiers who were successively dispatched and did go to the garrison could not even get a grain of food in the end. The hungry and tired soldiers could only plunder around the garrison, and the governor of Shanxi, Geng Ruqi, and the chief soldier of Shanxi, Zhang Honggong, were questioned and imprisoned.

Seeing the arrest of the two bigwigs who brought him to King Qin, Zhang Honggong's troops immediately mutinied and dispersed. And Geng Ruqi's Fubiao Battalion and Taiyuan Battalion also fled with 700 mutinous soldiers under Zhang Honggong.

The two bigwigs who had already been imprisoned were therefore given additional responsibility and were finally ordered to be executed directly. Later, these deserters joined the bandits and bandits in Shanxi, making the future rebellion of the bandits in Shanxi even more serious.

As for the Qin Wang Army in Yansui Town, they also escaped a lot under the corruption and blackmail of the chief soldier Wu Zimian. Zhang Mengjing, the governor of Yansui who had just taken office for a few months, could only die in grief.

This is the most useful information for the people of Jinding Mountain, because the fleeing Qinwang army is the elite troops in the border army of the Ming army, and they dare not return to the camp after escaping, so they can only take refuge in the local bandits. If Jindingshan wants to strengthen itself, it must not miss this opportunity.