In Zhaoyuan City, not far northwest of Qixia, if you go all out, it will be a two-hour journey from Qixia County to this side.

When Xing Yidao took Yan Ding towards Qixia City, Huang Yang led two Wendeng soldiers with about 400 people to rush here.

According to the information collected in advance, there are only about 300 officers and soldiers of the Liu Department in this Zhaoyuan City, which is far less than the number of people in Qixia City, and the highest officer here is just a general.

The Wendeng soldiers were full of energy, and when they rushed to Zhaoyuan City lightly, the city gate had not yet had time to close.

There were not many officers and soldiers of the Liu Department stationed in the city who came out to guard the duty, and most of them either ate wine and meat in the city, or slept soundly with wine and food, and did not expect that the Wendeng camp would come to attack at all.

Most of Liu's officers and men were huddled in the barracks, and they were not willing to go out and walk around in the evening.

The so-called sentry soldiers were only symbolically arranged on the women's wall of the south gate, and when Huang Yang and Wen Dengbing suddenly appeared, only one of those people was peeing down and noticed that something was wrong.

However, when he saw the head of the black press, he was stunned for the first time, and did not get up to warn and shout to close the door, and by the time these sentries reacted, the city gate had been taken down by Wen Dengbing.

After entering the city, Huang Yang first sent people to occupy several city gates to block the rout, and then ordered the team to advance layer by layer.

The Wendeng soldiers are all armored and armed with guns, which is distinctive, and the officers and soldiers of the Liu Department are actually no different from the water thieves, and they are even inferior to the water thieves in some aspects, and they are simply irresistible.

The number of officers and soldiers of the Liu Department on this side is not as large as that of the Wendeng soldiers, so this process is simpler than that of Qixia City, and it didn't take half an hour for these more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Liu Department to fall in a pool of blood.

On a very ordinary night in April of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and many people were still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year's Festival.

However, tonight should be the most memorable night for the soldiers and civilians of Dengzhou Mansion.

Out of nowhere, the "mountain bandits" came out in droves and attacked the barracks of officers and soldiers everywhere, but they did nothing to the people.

On this night alone, the barracks where seven officers and soldiers of the Liu Division, including Qi Xia and Zhao Yuan, were stationed, and the barracks were all destroyed, and this kind of thing lasted for three days.

In the past three days, the other half of the Dengzhou Mansion was peaceful, but the other half was a big sword fight, and Liu's officers and soldiers scattered in all directions, crying and screaming for days, and the news did not reach Liu Zeqing's ears until mid-May.

At this time, he was in a green building in Nanjing.

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Liu Zeqing was not worried about the number of Wang Zheng's subordinates, and thought that it would be decided that he would go back and gather the soldiers to fight.

So he was very relieved to have fun here, singing every night, which was quite a bit of fun.

Speaking of which, Liu Zeqing recognized a godfather here, and he worked hard to please him, and it took so much effort to become the chief soldier of Shandong, isn't it just for the sake of lust.

It's not that everyone is as stupid as that Wang Zheng, who struggles to climb up but doesn't know how to enjoy!

In late May, when a family member reported the losses from various places to him, Liu Zeqing's eyeballs almost popped out of his sockets.

His barracks in various parts of the Dengzhou Mansion were almost uprooted within half a month, and the entire Dengzhou Mansion is now a vacuum, with nearly 4,000 officers and soldiers killed and wounded.

The meaning of the nearly 4,000 dead and wounded is that these people are completely incapable of fighting, and it is completely impossible to retract them, and it is extremely difficult for the remaining people who are still in Dengzhou Mansion to retract them.

This is not counting, the officers also suffered heavy casualties, and there were nearly 20 people who died just by determining the general rank, and there were actually five backbones at the 1,000 general rank.

Liu Zeqing fell softly on the seat, roughly calculated, at least more than 50 generals at all levels will be lost, and there will be many veterans among the more than 4,000 people and the scattered soldiers, Liu Zeqing can rely on them to get to where he is today.

As long as the silver in his hand is enough, with these veteran backbones, Liu Zeqing can gather the number of people to build an army as long as he goes to a random place to catch strong men.

I really didn't expect that less than a month after I came to Nanzhili, the soldiers on the side of Dengzhou Mansion were completely lost, that is, the entire Shandong territory, and his soldiers were less than 10,000 people, which was too stretched.

However, in retrospect, Liu Zeqing had the title of Shandong General Soldier on his head, saying that he had more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, and it was also the first strength in the interior of Shandong.

can actually pull out all his barracks in Dengzhou Mansion within a month, who can have such strong strength, how could he provoke such a person?

Liu Zeqing's first thought was naturally Wang Zheng, but he shook his head immediately after him.

The number of people he arranged in Dengzhou Mansion was twice as large as that of Wendengying, which was also the reason why he could enjoy it in Nanzhili with peace of mind.

If you want to kill your more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in such a short time, it is almost impossible to complete the task without 8,000 people dispatched at the same time.

Not to mention how many soldiers and horses Wang Zheng can mobilize for a local deputy general who has not yet taken office, an army of this size can be mobilized in the entire territory of Shandong, and it is impossible for the governor Yamen not to know at all, and if he knows, it is impossible for no one to write to remind him.

If Wang Zheng can pull up so many people when he controls half of the Dengzhou Mansion, then how thick his foundation is, this is too incredible.

It's really impossible.

Thinking about it left and right, Liu Zeqing was depressed, losing more than 4,000 men and horses, and it is estimated that even Shandong cannot stabilize the strength of the first few places, and it hurts to think about it.

At present, the only thing Liu Zeqing can do is to immediately shrink the remaining people and horses in Dengzhou Mansion, how much can be retracted, as for the rest of the territory of Dengzhou Mansion, he is already powerless.

In the past, Liu Zeqing only thought about occupying more territory, but he didn't think that the stationing of hundreds of people here and there was too easy for people to break through.

After receiving this news, Liu Zeqing couldn't sit still anymore, and even the delicate Qin Huai Maiko in his arms no longer felt tempted, and was full of anxiety.

Shandong is the foundation of his own life, if he loses, he will even lose the qualification to be Liu Fu's godson, and when the time comes, all the enemies will come to the door, and it will be all over.

Liu Zeqing went on the road back, and Dengzhou Mansion was not idle.

The soldiers stationed by Liu Zeqing in Dengzhou Mansion were scattered and died, and only those few remaining strongholds were also terrified all day long, and after a long time, they finally received the order to retreat.

The garrison generals and thousands of generals breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out the camp without hesitation, and disappeared without a trace.

Soon after they left, the Ninghai Prefecture Salt Administration Inspection Department first took over these places, set up passes around them, and controlled all the main roads in the name of investigating illegal salt.

If the resistance is fierce, the salters will not spare their hands, and they are often killed on the spot.

The salt lords in the salt road in the north of Dengzhou Mansion are all in the same way as Spiegel, and what has happened recently is that the new deputy commander-in-chief Wang Zheng and Shandong commander-in-chief Liu Zeqing are seizing power from each other.

But now it seems that Liu Zeqing, who has deep roots in Shandong and is most likely to win, has suffered a big loss.

In less than a month, Liu's men and horses have withdrawn from the entire Dengzhou Mansion, and even Penglai has become a vacuum.

How strong is this king?