In the past, the generals of the Shandong Army walked on thin ice in everything and treated any battle with caution.

Because they all know that it is not easy for Wang Zheng to lead the Shandong army from Dengzhou to today's point, and it is really not a mistake to be made.

The status and honor of the entire Shandong army are only related to Wang Zheng alone.

At that time, in addition to the Shandong Army, there were also many strong armies, such as the Tianxiong Army trained by Lu Xiangsheng when he reorganized the Three Mansions, the white pole soldiers of the female hero Qin Liangyu, and the Qin Army under Sun Chuanting, the brave and good Cao and so on.

But now, these strong soldiers, generals, and famous ministers who can fight well are either squeezed out to death by their own people, or they are imprisoned and suspicious by Chongzhen's self-destruction of the Great Wall.

Chongzhen would rather believe in Gao Qiqian and let him hold a heavy army, rather than trust the loyal man Lu Xiangsheng, and as a result, the Tianxiong army was wiped out in Julu.

It didn't take long for the white pole soldiers to be almost exhausted in Liaodong, both big and small Cao were killed on the battlefield, and Sun Chuanting was even more miserably imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen.

But now Sun Chuanting is no longer facing the thieves who scattered at the beginning, but has become the climatic army and the western army, and has some roots in Henan and Huguang.

Sun Chuanting's subordinates are no longer the elites of the past, and they have all been replaced by miscellaneous soldiers in the guard, with only these people, plus simple ordnance, whether they can defeat Li Zicheng again is still two words.

Behind the continuous decline of Ming generals, famous ministers and strong armies, Zuo Liangyu and other bastard-like warlords have risen.

Zuo Liangyu, who turned out to be just a small person, is now the strongest warlord in the Central Plains provinces, and the long-legged general He Renlong, whose prestige among the officials and troops is not low.

Due to Wang Zheng and Zuo Liangyu's several unprofitable deals, the Shandong Army and the Left Department are quite friendly on the surface, and there has been no conflict at present.

But from Zuo Liangyu's achievements in recent years, people can also see some clues, the left in Henan and Huguang was chased by the Chuang army and the Western army, and the tail was running around, losing armor along the way.

From this point of view, the so-called strongest left army in the Central Plains is obviously not much higher than the Cangzhou defenders.

In the past, the Shandong army always thought that there were many strong armies in the world, and no battle could be careless, and every time he went out, Wang Zheng had to draw up a detailed retreat route with the military council department in case of defeat.

But today, the Cangzhou garrison fled without a fight, and was directly scared away by the Shandong army, and the fighting in the city was relieved, which made the originally excited soldiers disappointed.

What kind of officers and soldiers are these, they are simply fragile straw bales.

In the final analysis, the battle of the Shandong army soldiers against the rebels in the city was a complete massacre, and after the whole battle, there were very few people on the other side who even rushed to the front, let alone what casualties were caused to the Shandong army.

However, a few soldiers were attacked by the panicked people when they rushed into the courtyard, but with the degree of protection of the Shandong army, this kind of attack could not even break through the armor, and it was not worth mentioning at all.

At this point, the rebellious soldiers trapped in the barracks have completely lost the courage to resist, and several thousand generals began to persuade Han Shengfang to surrender.

After all, the disparity between the two sides is too great.

As more than a dozen people who threw down their knives and guns and ran out to surrender, they were shot mercilessly by the Shandong military birds, and the people inside came to their senses, followed by a big chaos.

As the saying goes, a dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, and a rabbit can bite you in a hurry, but the officers and soldiers in the barracks can't even raise the courage to fight.

The reason is not the other reason, or the difference in strength between the two sides.

Nearly 100,000 soldiers of the Shandong army have already drained the entire Cangzhou siege, and even if you escape from the canal by boat, you will be shot into a sieve.

The Shandong army is a preemptive strike, the advantage is too great, whether you charge desperately or surrender on your knees, there is absolutely no possibility of survival, and you will never be able to win anyway.

......

In the Zhizhou Yamen of Cangzhou, Zhizhou Lu Qianning and several civil officials hid inside, and they didn't dare to come out.

At this time, Lu Qianning was actually desperate in his heart, a few civil officials couldn't control the people at all, and now they have almost run away, and there are basically no people left in the yamen except for a few civil officials and officials.

The stool and the white silk were ready, and Lu Qianning committed suicide by hanging the beam when the rebels outside broke in, so as to leave a good reputation.

However, he stood tremblingly on the chair, even though the door was crumbling, but he still did not rush to stretch out his head, after all, people always have the desire to survive, even if there is a little hope, they have to wait to see if there is a miracle.

"Bump, hit Lao Tzu hard, bump it open, the woman and the treasure inside are divided casually!"

There was an arrogant voice outside, probably a group of chaotic soldiers were banging on the door and banging happily, Lu Qianning finally gave up, sighed bitterly, and said with self-pity:

"Let's be a martial artist in the next life, at least I don't have to hang myself anymore......"

After speaking, he just stretched his head into the middle of the white silk, and was about to kick his feet and return to the west, but he heard a shout of killing from outside the door, but this fight did not last long, and it was quiet again in a few moments.

"Did I hear ...... wrong?"

Lu Qianning shook his head self-deprecatingly, and said in his heart that he was really not giving up, and he was dying, and he hoped that someone would save him.

At this time, the door was opened with a "clang", and a noisy footstep came in.

"Zhizhou, what about Zhizhou, dead or not!?"

"Wang Dashuai has asked Zhizhou to go to the garrison mansion to talk about it, damn, quickly send someone to search, if you live to see someone, if you die, you must find the body!"

Hearing this, Lu Qianning was a little incredulous at first, but after hearing the three words, he suddenly realized, Wang Dashuai, in this world, isn't the handsome surnamed Wang that Wang Zheng.

"Not dead, not dead—"

Ordinary people walked in front of the ghost gate, and they were supposed to die, but they suddenly came to life in a desperate situation, and they often had to be excited, and Lu Qianning was like this.

Maybe he was too excited, he accidentally stepped on the corner of his pants when he came down, and kicked the stool over by the way, at this time his head was still in the white silk, and he wanted to retract it but it was too late, and he was hung up all of a sudden.

Seeing that he was about to drive to the west, Lu Qianning's eyes flashed with crystal tears, what kind of sin did he create in his previous life.

However, there is no end to the road, and the sound of the stool kicking over alarmed the soldiers of the Shandong Army who were searching around, and soon someone followed the sound to this room.

It was too late, it was too late, and when the Shandong soldiers saw Lu Qianning rolling his eyes and foaming at the mouth, he was immediately taken aback, and immediately rushed up a few steps to hold him steadily.

I only heard the soldier shouting:

"Come on, come on, Zhizhou can't think of hanging!"

After saving Lu Qianning, the eyes of the surrounding Shandong soldiers looked at him differently, full of unusual colors.

This incident spread quickly, and it made Lu Qianning cry and laugh, and everyone was spreading it, saying that there was a garrison in Cangzhou that was afraid of war and absconding, but there was also a Zhizhou who was upright and dared to die.