In China, no matter how stupid a person is, he knows that when the boss asks you in front of everyone, his real purpose is not to ask, but to give orders to you in a more tactful way.

Yan Di naturally would not be so stupid that he refused the order from the boss. He even showed an unconcealed look of joy in his eyes. He saluted Yang Feng and said loudly: "Don't worry, please don't worry, let's go here and I will definitely take Meng Jin down for you."

Yang Feng corrected: "You are not taking Mengjin for me, you are taking Mengjin for Your Majesty, the people of the Ming Dynasty, and prevent the people of Henan Prefecture from being massacred by the bandits."

"Yes, I'll go here."

"Go, this time I will hand over Cao Yingmao's cavalry battalion to you to command. I hope you will not disappoint me."

"clear!"

Looking at Yan Di who was leaving excitedly, although the remaining generals were a little disappointed, they also knew that life was still long and they would have opportunities in the future if they wanted to make contributions. There was no need to care about this little thing.

After Yan Di left, Yang Feng ordered the entire army to rest on site for a day, handle matters such as collecting prisoners, cleaning the battlefield, etc., and set off for Mengjin early tomorrow morning.

As the second largest river in China, the Yellow River, from west to east, divides most of Shanxi and Henan. Therefore, if a bandit wants to enter Henan, it must cross the Yellow River. As a number of complete docks and a large number of ships in Henan, Mengjin, which has a large number of ships, has become a place they must occupy.

Gao Yingxiang was very lucky. Thanks to the negligence and carelessness of the Henan government, and the destruction of the mainland garrisons in the Ming Dynasty, they easily occupied the most important city of Mengjin.

At this moment, the bustling Mengjin Wharf, which was once extremely lively, looked very unusual. Although there were still many ships lined up on the pier, the merchants disappeared completely, and replaced by a bandit wearing a red turban and dressed in different clothes.

In the past, the lobby of Mengjin Governor's Palace was very lively. More than ten tables were lined up, and hundreds of bandits were drinking and eating meat. From time to time, there were roars of rock-scissors, and the whole scene of demons dancing around.

A man in his thirties with a national face and short beards on his jaw sat on a chair with a big horse with a golden knife, watching the bandits around him drinking and eating meat while sitting alone here eating silently, drinking a few sips of wine from time to time.

This man is no one else, but the leader of the bandit, Gao Yingxiang, known as the King of Chuang.

Among all the bandits, Gao Yingxiang is a rather strange person, and his uniqueness is that he is not strange at all.

In the Ming Dynasty, bandits generally had only two reasons for rebellion, either they could not survive or they did not do well. Moreover, almost all of these people were from muddle-legged backgrounds and had no cultural cultivation, so naturally they could not talk about any discipline.

After winning the battle, he laughed and ate meat, drank and made a fortune. When he lost the battle, he scolded his mother. But Gao Yingxiang was different. This guy was usually serious, and he won that way, but he still lost that way. It seemed that few things could move him. In the words of later generations, this guy had the potential for facial paralysis.

But this cannot be considered a disadvantage. As the leader, you must naturally have the majesty of your elder brother, otherwise you will not be in awe of you.

Although Gao Yingxiang is serious, he is very loyal and treats his subordinates very well. This is why these bandits are willing to elect him as the leader.

Since he was elected as the leader by the thirteenth battalion bandits of the Thirteenth Clan, Gao Yingxiang led the bandits to Shaanxi and Shanxi. He changed his original style of attacking cities and lands as a local emperor, but instead plundered all the local money and food every time he captured the place, and took local people to join their team.

The food was stolen and the house was pushed down and burned. For the people, this was a way to cut off their roots. Following these bandits may still survive. If they stayed in the local area, they would have to starve to death.

It was this method that Gao Yingxiang developed a team of less than 10,000 people in just a few months to 200,000. For a time, Gao Yingxiang's reputation shocked the court and the country and spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Strength is proportional to ambition. With strength, Gao Yingxiang naturally wanted to do something he didn't dare to do before. He was a little inflamed and aimed at Luoyang.

Luoyang's geographical location is very critical. After occupying it, you can enter the Guanzhong Plain to the west, connect to Kaifeng to the east, cross the Yellow River to the north, reach the Loess Plateau, to the northeast, to the North China Plain, and to the south, you can reach the Nanyang Plain.

And the most important point is that Luoyang has the largest population and wealth in Henan, especially the Fuwang who lives in Luoyang is even more wealthy than the country. As long as he can take over Luoyang and get the wealth and population there, his people will immediately double. At that time, he can even lead a large army back to Shaanxi and eliminate Lu Xiangsheng and his new army.

But before he could take action, he heard that the court sent another army to deal with them, and is now coming to Mengjin.

After hearing this, Gao Yingxiang sent his capable subordinate, He Yilong, to lead 7,000 troops to Luoyang, and then led a large army to follow him.

But until now, He Yilong has not heard from him, which makes him feel very uneasy.

At this moment, a bandit hurried into the lobby, came to him and whispered: "King of Chuang, there is our whistle outside to ask for a visit."

"Let him in."

"yes!"

Soon, a man in his twenties, with a tough manner, hurried in, came to him and knelt down on one knee: "Li Zicheng, the officer of the sentry camp, met the King of Break!"

Gao Yingxiang looked at Li Zicheng, who was covered in ragged clothes and covered in blood, and a feeling of something bad came into his heart. He quickly asked, "Well, why are you back? What happened?"

Li Zicheng showed a sad expression on his face: "King of Breaking, no, our troops met the officers and soldiers in Wild Boar Ridge, and they have been defeated!"

Although Li Zicheng's voice was not very loud, it was enough for the people around him to hear it clearly. The originally noisy lobby became silent in an instant, and hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at him in unison.

"What?"

Gao Yingxiang was shocked all over and his voice was louder, "What's going on? Tell me in detail immediately."

Li Zicheng quickly told the battle situation in its original form, and then said: "According to the news we just received, the Ming army that defeated us was the famous Jiangning army. Their commander was Yang Feng, the Duke of Xinguo, who was known as the most capable of fighting in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Jiangning Army...Yang Feng?"
Chapter completed!