Early the next morning, in the mountains of northern Hubei Province, Lin Haixiao was foggy.

In the mountains, I heard the sound of hooves, but there was no human figure.

It was only from time to time that slogans sounded, startling the birds and finches to know that there were people and horses walking early in the morning.

Yin Zhengmao walked at the front of the team, while Xu Jie and the others followed behind the old camp.

Yin is a literati, and he was also born as a dignified two-rank jinshi before.

The reason why he led the troops was because he had led the troops and exterminated Wei Yinbao and other anti-thieves during his tenure in Guangxi, and he was the most knowledgeable of the four people in military affairs.

He rode on the horse, looked at Liu Min, a young general beside him, and said, "Call someone to inform the poles, do you have a reply?" ”

The so-called pole is actually another name for bandits in Shaanxi and Hubei.

There are also places called buttons or twists.

Through these years of operation, the Zhu family has recruited a lot of Yunxi poles, and these people have followed the Zhu family to eat grain, and they have long been arranged in Shizigou.

Lion Ditch is actually only ten miles away from Niangniang Mountain, and someone was sent to inform it last night, it stands to reason that the two sides should have connected at this time, but the pole has not moved, which makes Yin Zhengmao have an ominous premonition in his heart.

Liu Min replied: "Since the reply from the pole last night, two or three groups of people have been sent out this morning, and there has been no reply to the letter until now!" ”

When Yin Zhengmao heard this, he said to Liu Min: "You send someone to go to the back to inform Manager Xu and the others." ”

Because it was wartime and his own people, Yin Zhengmao did not call Xu Jie [Pavilion Elder].

That kind of title is too ridiculous for the current Daming.

He preferred to address the people, using the official title of the march.

After Liu Min sent someone to the old camp to spread the word, he said to Liu Min again: "You take fifty people to explore the road first, if you don't meet the pole at the bottom of the mountain, then go to the lion ditch to check it out, and talk back quickly!" ”

Yin Zhengmao had a hunch that something might have happened on the side of the pole.

But when the army was launched, he didn't dare to delay, so he could only call his capable young general Liu Min to check.

When the team reached the bottom of the mountain, sure enough, as expected, the poles did not come to meet.

The worst assumption in Yin Zhengmao's heart is almost certain,

At this moment, a fast horse suddenly rushed out of the morning mist, and when the man saw Yin Zhengmao, he hugged his fists on the horse and said: "Deputy Chief, it's not good, General Liu is surrounded by a pole in the ruined temple of Lion Gully!" ”

"Pole, pole upside down!"

Yin Zhengmao was furious when he heard this: "How could Liu Min be trapped in it? Didn't I tell him to come back quickly? ”

The man said: "The brothers we sent out a few times ago were detained by the poles in the broken temple, and General Liu went to rescue them, but they were surrounded by the poles. ”

Yin Zhengmao scolded secretly immediately when he heard this, and he quickly decided: "Speed up and rush to Lion Gully." ”

Shizigou is in Niangniang Shandong, but the first stop of their trip is in Yunyang in the west.

However, Yin Zhengmao issued an order that was in the opposite direction.

Soon, Gao Gong of the old camp in the rear came over on horseback, and when he saw the first sentence, he asked Yin Zhengmao: "What's the matter, how to go west." ”

Yin Zhengmao hurriedly said about the pole mutiny on the horse.

Gao Gong scolded angrily: "Now we must go to Lion Gully, but once it is launched, then we will be exposed!" ”

Yin Zhengmao was the one who led the soldiers, and he said in an unquestionable tone: "We must first go to destroy the pole of the mutiny, otherwise these people will definitely report to the government, maybe these people have already sent someone to the government!" ”

"What then?" Gao Gong was so anxious that he was sweating all over his head.

"Let's not go to Yunyang, go directly to Junzhou, and continue to march east to defeat Xiangyang after conquering Junzhou!"

"Ah~~~~~~" Yin Zhengmao's decision made Gao Gong's eyes widen, "But then we will ...... with the Lord"

"We must go to Xiangyang first, we must not miss the opportunity and do not come again, miss this opportunity, even if we defeat Yunyang, Xiangyang is ready, and then our best result is to be surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court in Yunxi, and slowly retreat into the Shangluo Mountains in southern Shaanxi!"

"A place like Shangluo is full of mountains, and there is no way to supply grain and grass locally, and it will really be ruined when the time comes!"

Gao Gong saw that Yin Zhengmao had already thought quite comprehensively, so he nodded and said, "I'll go back and report to the manager!" ”

With that, he turned his horse's head and went to the back of the group.

……

In the broken temple, Liu Wei led people to retreat in the broken temple, and the terrain was still entangled with the poles outside.

He was originally from Guangxi, and he was the first batch of strikers trained by Yu Dayou in Guangxi.

However, Liu Wei is not a pure Han person, but a Han and Miao people.

Because of the problem of bloodline, he was abandoned by his father since he was a child, and he was bullied a lot, and was later accepted by Yu Dayou into the selection of Feng to teach martial arts and battle formations, and he has gradually grown up over the years, and he is already a well-known general in the army.

At this time, there were still two women in the temple, Liu Wei looked at the woman and said, "I haven't asked until now, why did you bring two women out when you went to the pole camp to preach the news?" ”

One of them went to the pole camp early in the morning and said: "Fuck, these poles are so bad, since last night they have burned a few small villages in the vicinity, and robbed several women for their lewd pleasures, we can't see it, and robbed two of them!" These brutes! ”

Only then did Liu Wei realize that the mutiny of the pole was not planned for a long time, but an emergency.

He really wanted to scold these two bastards who ordered the order, wasn't that a bad thing for the army?

But as soon as he saw the two women trembling, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.

What did they rebel for?

Isn't it because the people can't get by?

If they can't do the right thing for heaven, then what is the difference between them and those officials and soldiers in the imperial court?

Seeing that there was a pole outside to climb over the wall, he saw an arrow shoot out, and a scream suddenly sounded at the courtyard wall.

He didn't look at it, and turned his head to everyone: "Cheer up, Deputy Chief Yin won't leave us alone!" ”

Not long after he finished speaking, the poles outside the courtyard shouted: "Yin Zhengmao is here with people, let's go!" Don't get tangled up with these guys! ”

Liu Min and everyone were overjoyed when they heard this, and sure enough, the deputy chief manager brought someone here.

Not long after, Yin Zhengmao hurried over with someone, and when he saw Liu Min open his mouth, he asked what was going on.

Liu Min told the matter.

After listening to this, Yin Zhengmao muttered: "If the pole is just because of the two village women, it will not turn against us......"

Suddenly, he was shocked and said, "Oh no, they are trying to confuse us!" ”

Liu Min was puzzled: "Deputy Chief Manager, what do you mean by this......?" ”

Yin Zhengmao didn't have time to elaborate, and hurriedly ordered: "Pass the order, regardless of the old and weak, hurry up and go to Junzhou!" ”

At this time, Yin Zhengmao was anxious, the pole mutiny could never be because of the woman, the woman was just the smoke released, their real purpose was to make Yin Zhengmao and others think that they had a falling out with the Ming army because of the woman.

In fact, they had already prepared for a mutiny, and maybe someone had already set off to report to the police last night.