The Shandong army fought normally, and the casualties were almost negligible, but this time it was caught off guard under the ambush of these rabble, and nearly 400 soldiers were injured.

In addition to the battle of Hetuala, which was the heaviest casualties in the history of the Shandong army, Lu Jingrong, as the main general, felt ashamed and unusual, and his heart was both angry and worried.

That night, there was a knock on the gate of Haizhou City, and the remaining more than 2,000 Shandong troops came to the city panting, but at this time there was still no reaction from the city.

Lu Jingrong then remembered, didn't he send someone to Haizhou for help as soon as possible, why didn't he see the shadow of Haizhou soldiers at the end of the battle?

The city was quiet for a long time, and suddenly a burst of fire lit up, and several Haizhou soldiers with torches showed half of their heads and shouted downward:

"The garrison has already given an order, even if you live in front of the door, we Haizhou will not send a single soldier!"

At this time, the horseman who reported the news came to Lu Jingrong from behind and cried:

"General, it's a crime to be lowly!"

Lu Jingrong comforted the soldier a few times, and asked carefully about the passage, it turned out that the soldier rushed to Haizhou City non-stop, but was stopped by the officers and soldiers of the city defense.

The military situation was urgent, and there was no room for delay, and the soldier finally even dismounted and begged the other party to open the door and let him bring the news in, but in fact the commander of the city could not bear it, and indeed reported the news back.

But the conversation between the general and the garrison is unknown, and in the end he waited impatiently, only knowing that it was a few clusters of arrows, and at first he went back to report to the general of Haizhou, but there was no one.

Lu Jingrong was also dealing with officials and soldiers other than Shandong soldiers for the first time, and he still had illusions, but he never thought that the other party would be so ruthless.

said a thousand ways and ten thousand, it is obvious that the officials and soldiers in Haizhou are not effective in suppressing thieves, and the salt merchants have invited the Shandong army to come to help with a lot of money, and when it is really time to fight, they will not send troops to rescue, but they will not even open the city gate?

This time Lu Jingrong came in person, the Haizhou garrison still did not open the door, and even ordered to increase the strength of the city defense, and more Haizhou soldiers went to the city with torches, and raised their bows and arrows to aim at the Shandong soldiers under the city.

This has released a news, the soldiers were shocked when they saw it, they were obviously friendly soldiers, everyone was a Ming official army, and they were all relieved when they came here, but they were treated as robbers when they didn't think about it.

Lu Jingrong clenched his hands suddenly, and the skin under his armor even burst into bruises, but he was helpless, he couldn't let the soldiers who had just experienced the big battle storm Haizhou City.

In the end, there was no way, Lu Jingrong had to temporarily retreat a few miles back and camp for repairs.

Now Lu Jingrong is in a dilemma, he called the staff officer of the army late at night, and the two talked about how to go next.

The method given by this staff officer was very simple, to transmit the news back to Shandong, and the Shandong armies in Wengzhou and Laizhou had already assembled under Wang Zheng's order, which was to prevent the emergence of such a dilemma.

But for Lu Jingrong personally, he is really resistant to this method, in his heart, he has suffered such a big casualty but has not received the slightest, it is really his own fault.

If the news is transmitted back to Shandong, he will really be to blame.

However, Lu Jingrong also understood that there was really no other way at the moment, and almost all the officials and soldiers and thieves from all walks of life were very dissatisfied with the arrival of the Shandong army.

"Commander Lu, don't hesitate at this time, where is the decisiveness in front of the battle, do you want the soldiers to suffer more casualties here!?"

Hearing the staff officer's words, Lu Jingrong's face turned blue, and he sat there silently for a long time, but finally got up suddenly and said:

"Pass on the general's military order, just say that the situation has changed, please help!"

"Obey!"

Hearing the decision of the main general, the soldiers in front of the door shouted this sentence almost in surprise and joy, and several fast horses carried the hope of more than 2,000 Shandong soldiers outside Haizhou City, and galloped towards Shandong.

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"The barracks led by Commander Lu were intercepted, with heavy casualties, and the Haizhou garrison did not save them when they saw death, and closed their doors!"

"The Chai family and the thieves ambushed the Shandong army, and the Lu commander cleverly broke the ambush!"

The news spread all over Shandong, and the Shandong army was all angry, and the commander of the regular soldiers of Wengzhou Mansion Xing Yidao and the commander of the regular soldiers of Laizhou Mansion Liu Xiong had earlier received Wang Zheng's military orders, and each sent three regular barracks to be stationed near Tengxian and Lingshanwei.

After hearing the news, the two parties immediately took action and spent three days gathering in Andongwei, Qingzhou Mansion, but they did not leave the country directly, but waited for a few more days, and this was to lead their troops into the boundary of Huai'an Mansion.

There were more than 7,000 soldiers in six battalions of Shandong reinforcements on this road, plus the accompanying auxiliaries and firearms battalion soldiers, the number was 9,000.

The reason why the Shandong army sent troops into Nanzhili was that they were invited by the salt merchants to help fight against pirates, pirates and thieves from all walks of life.

With an annual protection fee of more than 1.4 million taels, even if everyone shares it, it hurts like a stinger in the palm of his hand, can't Wang Zheng do his best to quell the chaos.

It is rumored that the defeat is that these Shandong soldiers who entered the country no longer have the ability to protect safety, and they can't even enter Haizhou City and talk about quelling the chaos, it seems that they should urge the Shandong army to send reinforcements as soon as possible, or think of driving the Shandong soldiers out.

However, before the salt merchants could negotiate urgently, another bombshell news came.

The two prefectures of Wengzhou and Laizhou in Shandong have already mobilized heavy troops, and I heard that the number of people coming this time is twice as much as the previous one, and even the cavalry battalion and firearms battalion of the regular soldiers have come together.

Obviously, the tiger of the Shandong army is angry and is about to come to the real thing.

Hearing this news, the Haoqiang were depressed, and they mobilized tens of thousands of people to besiege the three battalions of the Shandong Army, and it was an unexpected ambush, no matter what they thought, they could easily eat it in one bite.

In other words, if this kind of battle with a huge disparity in thought, if it is not for the annihilation of the opponent, everyone is embarrassed to brag about it.

But the final result was that it was not taken down, and the coalition army that took all the powerful forces in Huai'an Mansion was destroyed by the commander surnamed Lu in a few words, which was really unexpected, and it was impossible to gnaw meat, but a few teeth were broken out by the hidden bones!

In fact, Xing Yidao and Liu Xiong both shouted hello to Lu Jingrong after hearing the news, and the ability to drive the enemy soldiers in front of the formation was really good.

If these three battalions are eaten in one bite, and the news of the defeat of the Shandong army comes out, all kinds of troubles will follow one after another, and it will not be so simple to quell the chaos.

But Lu Jingrong withstood it, although he did not win the battle, but he kept most of the troops, with this reason, the Shandong army could take the opportunity to make trouble and deal with the mess in Huai'an Mansion.

No matter what Lu Jingrong thought, Xing Yidao and Liu Xiong decided to ask Wang Zhengwang for merit for him later.