Ma Jinzhong, who hadn't seen his son for a few years, secretly went to the inn where Su Qiqi lived, because what Zhang Ru did was a secret of Jinyiwei, so he didn't take the old and young women and children with him.

Su Qiqi likes the tiger-headed horse comrades very much, and the little guy is also extremely dependent on Su Qiqi, so except for the two gentlemen who nominally teach Ma Tongpao who will regularly teach the little guy every day, most of the time, the little guy is tired of Su Qiqi's side.

Fan Wuyi, who has been idle in Xishan for two years but has a white beard, looks like an old lady, and is enjoying the service of a pair of small meat fists from his fellow horses. Su Qiqi was holding a small blue and white porcelain teacup, drinking tea without a sip, and there were several Soaring Cloud Riding Female Ti Riders who were extremely strong compared to Jiangnan women standing at the gate.

The entire inn was occupied by the people of Jinyiwei, and the shopkeeper chose to disappear after taking a hundred taels of silver, leaving the two little two who were specially serving as silent.

Ma Jinzhong, whose face was covered with a black cloth in broad daylight, got on the roof of the inn with ease, tiptoed to the location of the hall, and gently lay his body on the tiles.

The Jinyi Wei Ti Cavalry, who had already found Ma Jinzhong's traces on the roof, did not make a sound, because when the masked thin man in Tsing Yi appeared, they saw a waist tag of the Jin Yi Wei Biao Yun Cavalry.

Gently lifting the dusty tiles to reveal a small gap, Ma Jinzhong squinted his eyes and looked down.

The moment the footsteps sounded, the old and refined Fan Wuyi straightened his body, and he still looked so calm, but his attention had completely shifted to Su Qiqi and Ma Tongpao.

There is an ambush on the roof, and it is impossible for ordinary people to go up without the slightest movement, and there are at least fifty elite handles around the entire inn, so Fan Wuji did not make any moves for the time being.

Ma Jinzhong looked at his son quietly through the gap, the little guy was spreading joy in Su Qiqi's arms, looking at Su Qiqi's expression, he seemed to like his son very much.

After watching it for a while, Ma Jinzhong was reluctantly relieved, he was born and died outside, and the last thing he could not let go of was his family. The wife over there in Jianzhou has her own old brother to take care of, and there will be no accidents. What he was most worried about was his young son who was following Zhang Ru, because he knew that Zhang Ru was very busy, and his attention to his son would definitely not be too high. It's just that he didn't expect that although Zhang Ru himself was not by his son's side all the time, the woman who had been regarded as a sister-in-law by all the brothers of Jinyi Weibei Zhenfusi was like a son.

Quietly came and left quietly, except for Fan Wuyi and a few Soaring Cloud Riders on the roof, no one knew that there was a person lying on the roof of time.

After leaving the inn, he walked more than 100 zhang, and Ma Jinzhong quickly turned into a small alley.

The two tailtails behind him paused at the corner of the street, and then followed into the alley. After entering, they found that this alley turned out to be a dead end, and there was no way out at all.

There is something in the alley at a glance, and the two-zhang high wall is impossible for ordinary people to climb over, and Ma Jinzhong just disappeared.

In another alley four or five streets away, Ma Jinzhong, who had two more mustaches on his mouth and clothes on his body that had also turned into brocade clothes, blended into the crowd of people in the downtown area, and soon disappeared without a trace.

The two who followed in vain, after buying two jugs of wine on the street, returned to the inn hand in hand, and before entering the inn, the two also greeted the two horsemen guarding the door very affectionately.

The team that captured the generals of the border army in Taiyuan Town was on the way back, and in three days, all the 17 people who were loyal to Donato in the 39 forts of the 39 forts in the 39 gates of Taiyuan Town were arrested by the Jinyi Guard.

Of course, in the process of arresting, there were some guys who didn't want to believe in the military order, and these people were directly taken down by the Jinyi Wei Tiqi by violent means.

Taking over the military affairs of Taiyuan Town, the process is considered to be frightening, this time the Taiyuan border army has come to a big change, and Zhang Ru, who does not have so many senior generals in his hands, can only temporarily promote some generals who have not yet fallen.

The temporary replacement of the post of Taiyuan General Army is the old camp fort garrison Hu Jiujiang.

A garrison with no rank and no fixed personnel, an official position that can only be had in wartime, has become a general army with no rank and no fixed personnel, and the changes that have taken place are not insignificant.

The General Army of the Nine Sides nominally had no rank or fixed number, but in fact it already had a fixed number after the Tumu Fort Incident. At least, the general soldiers of the nine-sided towns will not be easily replaced, their official ranks may not be high, but each of them is a veteran of the battlefield, whether it is Xuanfu Zhang An or now Taiyuan's Duo Natuo, each of them is more or less stained with the blood of Tartars.

It is equivalent to a garrison general from the fourth rank of civil officials, and a general soldier equivalent to the third grade, that is a world of difference. It is precisely because the general soldier nominally has no rank, so the official title of Zhang Ru, the governor of the nine sides, is only calculated according to the official rank of the commander of the Jinyi Guard. In the final analysis, although he has controlled millions of soldiers and horses on the nine sides, he is still only a third-grade official.

Originally, the benefits could not fall on Hu Jiujiang's head, but it was really this Taiyuan town that was run like an iron plate by Dorna, and the guerrilla generals who could speak were all taken down by Jinyiwei.

Among the remaining garrisons, Hu Jiujiang has more military merits, and in addition, his foundation is also the cleanest, and he has always been alone.

Otherwise, with his military merits, he is afraid that it is more than enough to be a guerrilla general, and he has been in the army for thirteen years, and he has always been a guard in the old camp fort, but he doesn't like to bend his will.

Before the new commander-in-chief took office, Hu Jiujiang needed to control 70,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan, and this task was very heavy.

So before that, Zhang Ru specially called him to the General Military Mansion to ask him what he meant: "Hu Jiujiang, this change is not what the general wants, but you must make a decision in a hurry." This acting chief soldier, are you when? Or is it inappropriate? Is it possible? Or can't it be? ”

Rong Ma has been half a life, who doesn't want to mix up his personal appearance, Hu Jiujiang is no exception.

It's just that this barbarian from Changsha Mansion, Hunan, is the same as Lin Kedi's Changsha barbarian, and he is a master who doesn't like to bow his head easily. He couldn't even frown at the knife on his neck, let alone the threat of Donald's semi-soft and hard.

With the opportunity, Hu Jiujiang didn't want to let it go, and immediately patted his chest and said: "The last general is willing to be!" ”

Zhang Ru nodded and said, "Okay, Ben will not be in Taiyuan for too long, so I can't give you much help." You immediately go back and prepare for a major survey of the forts that are closely related to Donat, and all the border soldiers, whoever they are, must conduct a survey. Those who can continue to stay and use will stay, and those who can't be rearranged will stay. ”

Hu Jiujiang nodded solemnly: "The last general can save it." ”

"Go ahead! The people of the Brocade Guard will be ready to cooperate with your actions. Zhang Ru said happily.

He likes smart people, and it can be seen that the Huxiang man in front of him who is thirty years old is quite smart.

Zhang Ru planned to rectify the military discipline in Taiyuan, but there were also some people in the Taiyuan border army who were ready to make some small moves.

Among them, the most prominent representative is Chu Hong, a guerrilla general under the command of Fu Xionghua, a general of Ningwuguan.

Chu Hong's characters are very useful, he is smart, and he has a good relationship with Fu Xionghua, and the two are sons and daughters. When Jinyiwei galloped to Ningwuguan to arrest Fu Xionghua, it was this Chu Hong who stood up to obstruct it, and in the end, in desperation, Jinyiwei's talent showed the general army Fu Xionghua to be executed on the spot.

Fu Xionghua died, and before the smell of blood dissipated from Ningwu Pass, Chu Hong was in full swing ready to deal with the executioner of the capital who held the general soldier Donat hostage in his mouth.

Ningwu garrisoned 4,700 people and 9,200 guest soldiers, which can be regarded as a pass with more defenders.

As the confidant of the chief soldier Dornard's henchmen, Fu Xionghua was unable to appear at the banquet that entrapped Zhang Ru because he was suffering from a cold disease. Chu Hong naturally knew what the chief soldier was thinking, so in his heart, Zhang Ru, the governor of the nine sides, naturally became his enemy.

To deal with foreign enemies, the Ming army has never been soft, but the erosion of the border army has reached the point where it must be governed, and most of the current border troops are dealing with their own people, dealing with foreign enemies, and it is very good to surrender without surrendering the city.

Ningwu Pass was heavily guarded, and the appointment of Hu Jiujiang, the new Taiyuan commander-in-chief, could not reach Ningwu Pass, and even the border troops with Yanmen Pass, Longquan Fort, and Guguan Pass had a tendency to mutiny under Chu Hong's contact.

The total number of people in Zhang Ru's hands is no more than thousands, even if the soldiers under the command of Hu Jiujiang and others are combined, it is not more than 10,000.

With more than 50,000 soldiers standing on Chu Hong's side, and the disparity in strength, it is really not easy for Hu Jiujiang to completely control the scattered situation in Taiyuan Town.

He didn't dare to ask Zhang Ru for too much support, after all, An Jinrong of Taiyuan Thousand Households can be said to be fully cooperating with him.

To say that this Hu Jiujiang is also a bold person, from the intelligence of Jinyiwei, he learned that Ding Sheng, who was guarding the Guguankou, had a wavering attitude, and he took four or five guards to the Guguan without saying a word.

When Ding Sheng saw the dusty Hu Jiujiang appear under the city, he was really dumbfounded, he never thought that this guy would be so bold.

After a battle of wits and courage, Hu Jiujiang successfully won over 6,000 guards at the Guguan Pass, and then contacted other passes.

In half a month, this barbarian from Changsha Mansion gave full play to the brute nature in his bones, and successfully controlled the three passes, nineteen mouths, and thirty-nine forts in Taiyuan Town.

Of course, when he finally dealt with Chu Hong's Ning Wuguan, he used some means to take down Chu Hong and all his henchmen, and killed more than 1,000 elite soldiers who Ning Wuguan wanted to resist.

After this time, Zhang Ru had a new understanding of Hu Jiujiang, and at the same time, a letter asking for Hu Jiujiang's life was also sent back to the capital through Jinyiwei's special transportation channel.