On the official road from Luqiao Town to Qingzhou Mansion, two thousand Jinyi guards were slowly marching with four prisoner cars and more than 100 "silver cars", Chang Yanling looked up at the rising sun in the east, and asked Li Zushu beside him: "You say, will the thieves in Jining City be fooled?" ”

"I guess so." Li Zushu thought for a while and responded, "Brother Wang believes in Mr. Zhen so much, he shouldn't be wrong." ”

Chang Yanling said: "But why do I feel that this matter is a little suspenseful? ”

"Don't be fooled." Li Zu said, "Brother Wang is such a powerful person, even the invincible Jiannu has been cleaned up by him, can he still deal with this group of thieves?" ”

Chang Yanling said: "This is also true, it seems that I really think too much." ”

"Report ......" Chang Yanling's voice fell, and suddenly a fast horse galloped back, shouting loudly, "Two generals, a large group of thieves have been found in the north twenty miles!" ”

"How many are there?"

Chang Yanling and Li Zushu asked almost at the same time.

Tanma responded: "There are mountains all over the field, at least 10,000 people!" ”

"Good boys, so many people!" Li Zushu was speechless, "It seems that the thieves in Jining City are out of the nest." ”

"Quick!" Chang Yanling hurriedly turned around and shouted to a few brocade-clothed hundred households behind him, "Quickly set up the cannon and form a car formation!" ”

Chang Yanling gave an order, and two thousand brocade guards quickly began to line up, preparing to defend against the enemy! Although these two thousand Jinyi guards are not elite border troops, they are all officers and soldiers, whether it is equipment or training, they are far superior to the rabble of the White Lotus Sect, not to mention that this time the officers and soldiers have already prepared, and they dismantled ten small cannons from the naval division warship in advance and mounted them on the cart.

When the brocade guards were almost in formation, a dense group of thieves had already appeared in the distance.

Chang Yanling and Li Zushu, the two gentlemen who have never been on the battlefield, felt a little furious when they saw this scene, but fortunately, Wang Pu had already prepared, and sent Scarface to come to the battle with two hundred elite soldiers, and when the thieves rushed into the range of firearms, Scarface waved the steel knife in his hand forward fiercely, and shouted: "Fire!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Ten small artillery, 200 soldiers in front of the car formation, and more than 500 brocade guards hiding behind the car formation opened fire at the same time, only to hear a deafening loud noise, the battlefield was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, the fire was shining, and the huge sound made the whole ground begin to tremble.

The White Lotus thieves who shouted and rushed over were suddenly blown up, many thieves were blown to pieces in an instant, and their severed limbs and bodies flew all over the sky, and more thieves were knocked down by the fire, screaming and falling in a pool of blood, the White Lotus thieves, who had never seen such a tragic scene, immediately blew up and fled in all directions, Li Qingshan and Yuan Shizhong couldn't help no matter how they stopped it.

The three thousand thieves led by Li Yan and the Red Lady were much calmer, but the White Lotus thieves who fled in all directions still disrupted the thieves' formation, and when Li Yan and the Red Lady finally reorganized their formation and prepared to attack the officers and troops in front, the overwhelming shouts suddenly sounded behind themselves.

The red lady turned around quickly, only to see that a large group of freshly dressed and bright-armored officers and soldiers had rushed over from behind, it was the two thousand officers and soldiers led by Huang Dequan, this group of officers and soldiers fought against pirates at sea all year round, and they were the real elite of a hundred battles! The White Lotus thieves, who were fleeing in panic, collided head-on with Huang Degong's officers and soldiers, and were killed all over the field in an instant.

Huang Degong took the lead and led the officers and troops to mercilessly crush from the rout of the White Lotus Sect.

Almost at the same time, the two thousand brocade guards who were waiting in front also rushed out of the car formation with a shout, and rushed towards the three thousand thieves led by Li Yan and the Red Lady.

It's really not good to fight tough battles and evil battles, but beating the water dogs is their forte.

"Xianggong, we are in ambush!" The Red Lady's face turned pale, and she said urgently, "The rabble of the White Lotus Sect has completely collapsed, and the old slut of the White Lotus Holy Mother has also deceived us, there are more than two thousand officers and soldiers at all, and the two official armies in the front and back add up to at least five thousand people!" ”

"Let's not talk about that." Li Yan said in a deep voice, "I have to find a way to rush out." ”

The red lady said: "There are officers and soldiers in front and behind, and the canal on the right can't be crossed, and now you can only break through to the left!" ”

"Nope." Li Yan shook his head and said, "Since the official army has carefully designed this trap, it will never leave such a big flaw, there must be an ambush on the left, and we will just fall into the calculation when we break through there!" ”

The red lady said: "What should I do then?" ”

Li Yan gritted his teeth and said: "There is no other way now, but to break through to the canal!" Fortunately, the canal was not wide, and the brothers could swim through it. ”

The red lady said without hesitation: "Then break through to the canal." ”

Li Yan gave an order, 3,000 thieves turned south and went straight to the canal, Huang Degong and Chang Yanling, Li Zushu joined forces, followed and killed, just when the thieves just fled to the canal and prepared to swim, the sailor fleet led by Wang Pu suddenly killed a horse pistol and blocked the 3,000 thieves.

Li Yan is a general under Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, who has always been cautious in his use of soldiers, and rarely hits the scheme, but this time he was clever and misunderstood, and as a result, three thousand thieves were dumpled by the official army by the canal, and almost the whole army was wiped out, and in the end only dozens of cavalry soldiers escorted Li Yan and the Red Lady couple out of the encirclement, and fled back to Jining in a panic.

Wang Pu made a quick decision and personally led the army along both sides of the canal to Jining.

In order to snatch the huge wealth in the hands of Wang Pu, the White Lotus thieves have been dispatched, and at this time, only the old and young women and children are left in Jining City, which is almost an empty city, and the officials and soldiers have attacked Jining City without much effort. Standing at the gate of Jining City, the official Huang Xiyong was so excited that he burst into tears, Jining was recovered, and his head was saved.

"General!" Huang Xiyong turned over and knelt at Wang Pu's feet, crying loudly, "Thank you for your reconstruction!" ”

"Lord Huang, please get up." Wang Pu was really not used to others kneeling on him, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help Huang Xiyong and persuaded, "My lord doesn't have to be like this, it is the duty of my generation of military generals to recover the lost territory for the imperial court." ”

Huang Xiyong said: "But no matter what, Xiaguan's life was saved by the general, and from today on, you are Xiaguan's reborn parents." ”

"It's serious, Lord Huang is serious." Wang Pu smiled slightly, and suddenly turned around and shouted, "Someone is coming, immediately send a report to Jingshi, and say that General Ben has recovered Jining and severely damaged the White Lotus thief soldiers!" ”

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Purple City, Qianqing Palace.

When Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the recital, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, suddenly entered the main hall with a panicked expression, knelt on the ground and played: "Long live, mountain...... Shandong Tang Daily. ”

"Shandong?" Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "Submit it!" ”

Chen Xinjia took a few steps forward on his knees, and the great eunuch Wang Chengen took the Tang newspaper from his hand and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen unfolded the Tang newspaper and hurriedly read two lines, and then his face changed greatly: "Jining has fallen?" It's worth it! After the fall of Jining, the road to the north of the southern grain will be cut off, and the people of Beijing and the soldiers of the nine sides will have to worry about running out of food! ”

"Banzai, hooray." Chen Xinjia said in a trembling voice, "The minister has already transferred troops from the towns on the nine sides, preparing to quell the rebellion in Shandong within three months and re-dredge the Cao Road. ”

"What about Liu Zeqing?" Emperor Chongzhen was furious and said, "How did he, the Shandong general soldier, actually let a group of rabble capture Jining!" If the grain in the south can't be transported on time, if there is a food shortage in Beijing, or even if the soldiers of the Nine Sides mutiny, I am the only one who asks! ”

Chen Xinjia said in a panic: "Long live, the White Lotus Sect is powerful, General Liu's troops lost the first battle, and now they are mobilizing officials and troops from Qingzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou to prepare to recover Jining." ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly remembered something, and asked Chen Xinjia: "Chen Aiqing, is General Wang about to arrive in Jining?" ”

"Huh!?" Chen Xinjia's face suddenly turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice, "Judging from the itinerary, it's ...... It's almost there. ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly shouted: "Wang Chengen! ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and replied respectfully: "The slave is here." ”

"Immediately draft an order, let Shandong General Soldier Liu Zeqing send troops to meet General Wang, if General Wang has any mistakes in Shandong, I ...... Destroy his nine clans! ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen replied respectfully, "The slave and maid are the will." ”

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and still felt uneasy, so he turned around and said to Chen Xinjia: "Chen Aiqing, you immediately transfer the Beijing camp to Shandong to respond." ”

"Obey."

Chen Xinjia wiped the cold sweat from the corners of his forehead with his sleeve and left.

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