On the 19th day of June in the fifth year of Chongzhen, more than 10,000 people such as the lone wolf, the king of one word, and Bailiuxi were defeated by the deputy general Zhang Yingchang and the garrison Zhang Mengjin.

First of all, the garrison Zhang Mengjin detected the pre-offender of the thief and urgently told Dai Junen, the soldier of Jingbian. Meng Jin asked the officials and troops to be transferred north, lured the thieves in, and took the opportunity to swallow them. Jun Enri: "The thieves have entered, and if the officials and soldiers retreat, the people of Siyi will not be able to protect them." "It is the proposal of Meng Jin, and the soldiers of the Quartet are recruited to set up an ambush in the city of Baoan Dijia.

The thieves scouted and investigated, and they tried to ambush the officers and soldiers. When it was, Meng Jin led 500 horses to rush forward, and the thieves were everywhere and disappeared. After Meng Jin divided his elite soldiers, he led hundreds of horsemen and rushed straight as a vanguard.

The thieves were injected with arrows, Meng Jin also shouted to fight, and the soldiers were indignant and fought to the death. and Meng Jin's brother led the elite soldiers to attack, and they reached the back of the thief, passing through the formation, and the southeast corner of the thief fell first. Meng Jin took advantage of the situation to attack, the thieves were defeated, and the zombies covered the wilderness.

Zhang Yingchang, the deputy general of the Huiding border, also arrived, and the officers and troops attacked together, and then defeated 2,000 other thieves. The battle shot down the thief Qu Bai Guangen, and Qu Kui had him gallop away. Ying Chang and other leading troops fought again, broke their crowds, and at dusk, they collected their troops and returned to the camp.

Tomorrow, after the battle and defeat, chase the thief to the Ganquan Mountain. A total of 953 thieves were beheaded before and after, and more than 500 robbers were captured. The array beheaded the famous thief Bai Liuxi, a helmet, Shi Yaoyu, the old ingot, the fire general, etc., and the Ganquan escape thief was exhausted.

Meng Jin made a lot of efforts to suppress the thieves, but his sex was tyrannical, and the thieves hurt many of his athletes, so he ordered the battalion sergeants to torture and kill the thieves. The thieves wailed all night in the Meng Jin camp, and the officers and soldiers of his battalion were also terrified when they heard it. Ying Chang was worried, and hurriedly moved the remaining thieves to his camp, and stopped Meng Jin's reckless behavior. Meng Jin was very angry, and pulled out his sword several times, but finally stopped left and right.

When the military constitution Dai Junen heard this, he also sent his cronies to reprimand Meng Jin. However, he thought of Meng Jin's courage and strategy, and he had merit, but he did not report it in the end. The thieves are afraid of Meng Jin's military might, and they all spread the day: "Although there are many officers and soldiers who are good at fighting, our generation should avoid Zhang Monkey." ”

Zhang Monkey is the alias of Meng Jin, Gai Mengjin was a thief at the beginning, and he was called the Monkey of the Sky.

———— from the private record of a squire in Shaanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The news of Che Jibao's death came from the Jinding Cottage three days after the Battle of the 19th. Although Zhang Mengcheng's wife, Cai Qixian, personally went out and invited the best doctor in Artemisia Peak.

After the miracle doctor of Artemisia arrived at the cottage, he skillfully used the maggot therapy that had been studied for several years, but Che Jibao unfortunately became the failure of the maggot therapy.

Although the mugwort miracle doctor continued to work hard with his disciples, Che Jibao still passed away in a coma with a high fever caused by a wound infection, painfully and quietly.

Zhang Mengcheng, who had just scabbed over the wound at that time, forcibly propped up his body and walked to Che Jibao's side and kept shouting. But Che Jibao, who fell into a coma, just kept whispering the names of his lost family members in his sleep, and finally couldn't wake up and have a good chat with his wife, children and friends around him.

Finding that Che Jibao was no longer breathing, Zhang Mengcheng kept pounding the ground with two fists and yelled loudly. Zhang Zhaoen, who was just able to move alone at that time, as well as Ma Xiangbo, He Zongwei, and Li Yang, several leaders who were present, worked together to stop Zhang Mengcheng from continuing to go crazy.

And Zhang Mengcheng also aggravated his injuries because of his emotional behavior. Dr. Artemisia Ding, who was in charge of the treatment, used scissors to cut open his blood-stained clothes, and then carefully cleaned the wound and re-sutured the wound.

But that night, Zhang Mengcheng suddenly had a fever, which frightened Cai Qixian, who was guarding the side. The young wife quickly summoned all the chiefs and doctors of Jinding Mountain, and after they had been guarding them almost all night without closing their eyes, Zhang Mengcheng finally woke up the next day with a fever.

After that, Zhang Mengcheng returned to his previous calm, and patiently handled the affairs of the cottage with other leaders. He took the initiative to visit the families of the dead soldiers, and began to comfort the sad widows one by one.

Ma Xiangbo and others, who stayed in the cottage, were worried about his injury, so after learning that Zhang Mengcheng had left without authorization, he personally led someone to bring Xiucai back to the house to recuperate.

After that, Zhang Mengcheng planned to continue teaching the children in the village, but he was still stopped by Cai Qixian, who was staring at him.

Zhang Mengcheng didn't say anything, but went back to the house and turned out a dozen IOUs that Che Jibao had written for himself over the years. After that, he took these IOUs and came to Che Jibao's mourning hall. While reading the contents of these IOUs to Che Jibao's coffin, he threw the IOUs mixed with paper money into the brazier.

Time continued to pass like this, and Zhang Mengcheng's injuries stabilized more than ten days later. After a few words of advice, the miracle doctor of Artemisia Peak returned to Artemisia Peak's residence. On the second day after the divine doctor left, the officers and soldiers who chased the thieves into the lair deep in the mountains also sent back the news.

Although they cleared Bailiuxi's lair, captured some thieves, and also snatched back the seal letter of Dunzhou Road. However, the biggest bandit leader, the lone wolf, still cunningly avoided the search of the officials and soldiers.

The eldest brother, Zhang Mengjin, was emotionally indignant, and made a decision that other officials and soldiers gathered in the local area were sideways. Zhang Yingchang, the highest-ranking military attache on Yansui West Road, almost had a fight with his eldest brother's troops because of this incident.

Later, although the eldest brother Zhang Mengjin was reprimanded by Dai Junen for killing prisoners without permission, it seems that Dai Junen does not intend to continue to pursue Zhang Mengjin.

On the contrary, he asked Zhang Mengjin to recruit more than 200 people from among the captured thieves to supplement Zhang Mengjin's troops. asked Zhang Mengjin to cooperate with other officials and soldiers to continue to pursue and suppress the thieves, and wipe out the thief's nest in Lubaoding in one fell swoop.

Although Dai Junen's approach has attracted some discussions from Shaanxi officialdom. However, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui, did not object, and Wu Fu also supported the decision to take the lead in replenishing the combat strength of Zhang Mengjin's troops.

Because this battle in Baoan County really surprised them, their original plan was to focus on sweeping away the thieves in Dongchuan Iron Horn City first.

However, in the battle of June 19, the officers and soldiers not only captured thousands of people, but also successfully killed and captured many famous thieves. Now that the power of the thieves has been greatly damaged, and they have been completely frightened, Lu Baoding, one of the three thieves' nests in Shaanxi, seems to be able to take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out in one fell swoop.

Therefore, because the situation has changed, the bigwigs of Shaanxi to suppress thieves have temporarily changed the plan they had discussed before. The original plan for the official army of Tiejiao City to enter and suppress was postponed again, and now the officials and troops of all roads have gathered, ready to wipe out all the thieves' nests in Malan Mountain in one fell swoop.

And Zhang Mengjin, who has repeatedly made military exploits, was finally promoted to his position and became the capital of the Jingbian Battalion.

Zhang Mengjin's garrison was also moved from the Ningsai camp to the Jingbian camp, forty miles to the east. According to Dai Junen's previous statement, if Zhang Mengjin was promoted, he should be transferred to a position such as Fubiao Qidu Division under Zhang Fuzhen, the governor of Yansui.

But now there has been a change, Zhang Mengjin has not become the direct subordinate of the governor of Yansui, but has become more closely connected with Dai Junen, the military commander of the Western Road, which makes the leaders of Jindingshan a little puzzled.

The eldest brother Zhang Mengjin and the others were a little suspicious, whether it was because Cai Xiaozi had caught the mud under Zhang Fuzhen's nose before, so Zhang Fuzhen planned to promote Cai Xiaozi to a confidant.

Thinking of these things, the leaders of Jinding Mountain were disappointed but also a little happy, after all, they were stationed in Jingbian and were not too far from Jinding Mountain, the old nest of everyone.

Although because of Zhang Mengjin's promotion, the leaders of Jindingshan have some gains and losses. But then they received new news that the new garrison officer of Ningsai was actually Cai Zhongming.

It seems that Zhang Fuzhen does not plan to build his henchmen, but he is doing his best to help his friends of the same year win the hearts of his subordinates.

But after these things were done, not only the leaders of Jinding Mountain, but even the people at the top of Artemisia couldn't understand why Zhang Fuzhen did this.

Afterwards, after receiving some officialdom news from Yansui Town through other channels, the leaders of Jin Dingshan and Artemisia finally understood.

It turned out that on the second day of the sixth month (Wuchen), the imperial court had decided to remove Zhang Fuzhen from his post as governor of Yansui. The reason is actually because Zhang Fuzhen used to appease the thieves and others, but Ding still rebelled repeatedly.

The officials in Beijing have lost interest in Zhang Fuzhen, who has been impeached many times. Far away from Shaanxi, they decided to let Zhang Fuzhen roll up and get out.

On the same day, they had already appointed Chen Qiyu as the new governor of Yansui, the upstart of Shaanxi's left-hand envoy to the right-hand vice-capital, who was expected to succeed Zhang Fuzhen in August after the imperial decree was officially delivered.

Therefore, Zhang Fuzhen, who is more well-informed, naturally wants to manage his power for his friends of the same year before he is dismissed.

And these good battles on the West Road are naturally the focus of Zhang Fuzhen and Dai Junen's attention. Compared with Chen Qiyu, who suddenly parachuted in and didn't know the details, most of the people on the West Road welcomed Dai Junen, who had led them for a long time.

After these things were dealt with, Dai Junen, who had completely regained his military power, recalled Cai Zhongming, who had become a garrison in Ningsai, to Yansui West Road.

Wu Hongqi, the general of Ningsai, and Zhang Mengjin, the capital of Jingbian Camp, led their subordinates to launch a general attack on the thieves at Lubaoding together with other officers and soldiers at the same time.

The bandit leaders of Dongchuan also understood the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and they led their men and horses to attack everywhere to attract the attention of the officials and soldiers. And several big leaders such as Ke Tianfei, Hao Lin'an, and Liu Daojiang (Liu Wu) led the team to deal with other thieves in central counties who were already in trouble.

However, the thieves who came out of Dongchuan were blocked by the officials and troops in other directions. In the area of Wuqiying and Jintang Mountain, there is Zhang Yingchang, the deputy general of Dingbian, and Cai Zhongming, the new Ningsai garrison, who is in charge, so he doesn't have to worry about the defense of this place at all.

The large army led by Ke Tianfei and other thief leaders was defeated by Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Yansui, and could only flee back to Tiejiao City with the team to defend.

Although in the end, the official army successfully captured Lubaoding and defeated the rescued Dongchuan thieves, but the official army did not achieve a complete victory.

The local bandit leader Lone Ranger led his elite troops to avoid the pursuit of the official army, and they took advantage of the gap between the various officials and soldiers to successfully escape into the Iron Horn City in Dongchuan.

And solving the Lubaoding is not the end, in the Malan Mountain area south of the Lubaoding, there are still many remnants of thieves hiding in the mountains, and the officers and soldiers need to carry out the next step of the attack.

Although the largest nest of thieves in the Malanshan area has been wiped out, if these hidden thieves are allowed to survive, they are likely to make a comeback in the future.

Therefore, the officials who participated in the suppression of thieves in various parts of Shaanxi Province have transferred their men and horses, intending to squeeze the living space of the thieves in accordance with the previous method of sweeping away the thieves in Suide Dongchuan, and eliminate the thieves in Malan Mountain little by little.

As for the men and horses sent by Yansui West Road, after a period of consideration, Dai Junen chose the general Wu Hongqi, who has performed well recently.

Although Wu Hongqi is still in a state of meritorious service because of the previous Ningsai incident. But after this period of hard work, he has changed Dai Junen's understanding of him again.

This Ming Army officer with good roots, although he may not be able to establish special merits like Zhang Mengjin and Cai Zhongming. But in the face of a weak enemy, he will definitely complete the task very safely.

And Zhang Mengjin, who made great contributions before, was seriously injured because of the athletes he raised. Dai Junen planned to transfer him back to the station, so that he could digest the new income of the degraded Ding.

Recuperate for as much as possible through a short period of hard work. For this elite army with excellent combat power, Dai Junen plans to spend more effort to envelop them.

In the previous matter of killing prisoners of war, Dai Junen had already suppressed this matter with the help of Zhang Fuzhen's influence. These behaviors of Zhang Mengjin and others also show that they still have a lot of gangsterism.

In order not to cause any trouble to him as a soldier in the future battles, Dai Junen plans to reorganize this army.

Because as the highest-ranking civilian official with troops on Yansui West Road, Dai Junen has already received the news. The plan to invade Iron Horn City, which has been repeatedly postponed, will be implemented in the near future.