Zhu Wannian was the magistrate of Laizhou and was quite capable. He organized many young and middle-aged people from his hometown to participate in the defense of the city.

These people are all well-informed sons of good families, with wives, children, and children. There is absolutely no way they would surrender to the rebels on their own initiative, and they would not be able to break up without being attacked.

In addition, Zhu Wannian was walking in the queue with a sword in his hand. The young men felt that the prefect was not afraid of life and death, so why did they regret it?

Zhu Wannian certainly knew that Minzhuang's defense of the city in Laizhou was just makeshift, and there was absolutely no possibility of fighting outside the city.

The purpose of his taking people out of the city was to bluff, hoping to respond to reinforcements and expand his victory.

Each of his eight hundred people carried two torches, and the line was so long that the rebels really thought they had killed the main force of the Ming army in Laizhou City.

The result was really good. The rebels retreated 20 miles and re-camped, dug trenches and set up resisting horses, and Laizhou was relieved.

Huang Yi led the Xinghe Army to kill more than a thousand rebels with less than a hundred casualties, captured more than two thousand, and seized weapons, armor, and several horses and mules.

A lot of gold and silver treasures were also collected from captured rebels and killed rebels, with a value of no less than 150,000 taels in silver.

It can be seen from this that after robbing so many states, cities and counties, the average wealth carried by a rebel was no less than fifty taels of silver.

These should only be carried by ordinary soldiers, and their generals must have gathered most of the gold and silver treasures robbed.

According to unofficial records, the rebels looted half of Shandong, and the wealth they robbed was no less than 10 million taels in silver.

As a result, all the generals who participated in the counter-rebellion made a fortune.

Of course, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others who escaped made even greater fortunes. After all, they had nearly 10,000 troops and their children escaping.

It is estimated that the gold and silver treasures they took away were worth more than three million taels of silver, and the value of the wealth that was sunk and fell into the sea by the boat should be no less than two million taels.

This is why Huang Yi is willing to come to Denglai to quell the rebellion!

It's not that Huang Yi is greedy for money. To be honest, he has been a man for two generations and is really not interested in money!

Because in ancient times, there was no force and power, no matter how much money you had, it was just a mirror.

With overwhelming force, one can naturally gain power and increase financial resources.

The Xinghe Army needs large-scale development, so it needs a lot of money and food.

The main purpose of Huang Yi's trip to Denglai was to fight against the enemy and let the rebels make wedding clothes for the Xinghe army.

Were the rebels wrong?

Are rebels bad?

Huang Yi thinks it’s all karma!

This was all caused by Emperor Chongzhen giving Yuan Chonghuan unparalleled power!

This is still a tragedy caused by Chongzhen who wanted to save face and suffered.

Chongzhen should have rehabilitated Mao Wenlong, properly resettled him, and appeased the old generals of Dongjiang Town and the Liao people when he was cutting Yuan Chonghuan into pieces.

However, the fact is that the Liao people and soldiers were discriminated against, the court was insensitive, and the emperor was stupid.

If Huang Yi were one of the old generals of Dongjiang Town, he would have raised his arms and rebelled against his mother!

But there is no way he would surrender and become a slave!

Therefore, Huang Yi did not think that Li Jiucheng and his son, Wang Zideng, Kong Youde, Mao Chenglu, Chen You and other old Dongjiang Town generals at this time were wrong.

But in the end, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, etc. led their troops, gold and silver treasures, artillery, and warships to defect to establish slavery, which is an unpardonable crime!

The history of Huang Yi will definitely be different if he cheats. The Xinghe Army appears on the battlefield of Denglai. The rebels cannot surrender to their former sworn enemy no matter what!

The Xinghe Army won the first battle and easily relieved the siege of Laizhou. Wang Kun, the eunuch in charge of the army, immediately wrote a victory report and spent 600 miles to rush to the capital!

At this time, the Laizhou War Zone faced a big problem!

How to unify command? Who will command?

Because there were more than 15,000 Ming troops retreating to Laizhou, plus the 9,000 soldiers and horses of the Xinghe Army and the Minzhuang organized by Zhu Wannian, the number was close to 30,000.

This does not include the young men who became slaves and were captured by the bandits and horse thieves who were sitting in the bandit's lair along the way.

Not counting the more than two thousand captured rebels.

It stands to reason that the first candidate is Liu Yulie, the Governor of Denglai and Minister of War of Shandong who has been in office for several months.

How could Huang Yi follow the principles of the Ming Dynasty?

No one can command the Xinghe Army!

He made a request to Wang Kun!

The best result is that all Ming troops participating in the counter-rebellion fight under the leadership and command of the Xinghe Army.

If you can't do that, then let's fight each other.

Wang Kun smiled bitterly. The civil officials in Laizhou include governors, governors, military guards, inspectors, etc. Many generals are chief military officers.

According to the laws of the imperial court, when will it be the turn of a mere deputy general to take command?

But Wang Kun has already changed his mind!

He hates Huang Yi, but he has to admire Huang Yi.

The Denglai battlefield is very dangerous. More than a dozen generals, lieutenants, and generals died in the battle. This can be seen from the fact that the governor of Shandong also died for the country.

The imperial court sent several reinforcements, but they all failed, and they all lost troops and generals!

When the Xinghe Army arrived on the battlefield, they defeated the rebels and gained hundreds of levels.

Everything about eunuchs comes from divine favor. Only eunuchs who can take care of the emperor's worries will be favored for a long time.

Half of Shandong was rotten, and Wang Kun saw with his own eyes how anxious Emperor Chongzhen was.

Who should have the final say on the Denglai battlefield? Does Wang Kun need to think too much?

It is impossible for Huang Yi to enter Laizhou City, nor to see the Governor Liu Yulie, nor to obey orders.

Wang Kun originally wanted to go to Laizhou City to meet the civilian and military generals involved in countering the rebellion, but was dissuaded by Huang Yi.

Huang Yi's original words were: As a supervising army superior to civilian and military generals, why did they rush to Laizhou to meet those defeated generals?

Why couldn't Liu Yulie lead the civil and military generals to the Xinghe Army camp outside the city to ask for an audience with the supervisors?

Wang Kun deeply believed that eunuchs and civil servants were in different paths, and the elders could not control the eunuchs.

The governor-general Liu Yulie made no achievements in Denglai, but Wang Kun made great achievements when he first arrived.

It's natural for the Governor to come and see you!

The next step is interesting!

Liu Yulie waited for the commander-in-chief of the Xinghe Army and the supervisory army to enter the city to pay their respects. He waited left and right but saw no one.

Then there was a message from the General Banner of the Jin Yiwei. The eunuch Wang Kun asked the governor Liu Yulie, the governor Xie Lian and other civilian and military generals to meet at the Xinghe Army camp outside the city.

Wang Kun and Jin Yiwei were arguing with those civil servants and military generals, but Huang Yi didn't care and didn't participate.

It is still early to calculate, and we cannot defeat the rebels to lose their courage all at once. At the very least, we must give the rebels hope before the Liaohai Sea freezes.

Therefore, Huang Yi also put up a posture of establishing a stronghold and holding on, and did not take advantage of the victory to directly attack the rebel camp.

At this time, Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and other rebel generals began to pay attention to the Xinghe Army that had just arrived on the battlefield.

The rebel generals analyzed and concluded that it was due to the generally low combat effectiveness of the imperial reinforcements some time ago, which led to the generals of the "Du Marshal" underestimating the enemy.

This gave the Xinghe Army, which had just arrived on the battlefield, an opportunity to take advantage of it!

We must regain our position and boost morale!
Chapter completed!