I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 294 Relief
Zhu Wannian is the magistrate of Laizhou, quite capable, and organized many local young and middle-aged people to participate in the defense of the city.

These people are the children of good families who know the basics. They have wives and children. It is absolutely impossible for them to voluntarily surrender to the rebels, and it is impossible for them to collapse without being attacked.

Coupled with Zhu Wannian walking in the queue with a sword in hand, the young and strong felt that the magistrate was not afraid of life and death, so why would they care about it?

Of course Zhu Wannian knew that the people in Laizhou defended the city just to make do, and it was absolutely impossible for them to fight outside the city.

His purpose of taking people out of the city was to bluff, and he hoped to echo the reinforcements to expand the results of the battle.

Each of his [-] men lit two torches, and the team was so long that the rebels really thought that the main force of the Ming army in Laizhou City had killed them.

The result was really good. The rebels retreated for [-] miles and re-camped, dug trenches and set up refusal horses, and Laizhou was relieved.

Huang Yi led the Xinghe Army to kill more than [-] rebels at a cost of less than [-] casualties, captured more than [-], and seized several weapons, armor, and horses and mules.

A lot of gold and silver treasures were also confiscated from the captured rebels and the killed rebels, the value of which was not less than 15 taels in silver.

It can be seen that after robbing so many prefectures and counties, the average value of wealth carried by a rebel is not less than 50 taels of silver.

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

According to unofficial historical records, the rebel army looted a small half of Shandong, and the wealth they robbed was no less than 1000 million taels in silver.

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

Of course, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, etc. who escaped made even more fortunes. After all, they had nearly 1 horses and family members who escaped.

It is estimated that the value of the gold and silver treasures taken away by them exceeds 300 million taels of silver, and the value of the wealth that was sunk by boat and fell into the sea should not be less than 200 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 human being for two lifetimes, and he is really not interested in money!
Because living in ancient times, without force and power, no matter how much money you have, it is nothing but a dream.

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

The Xinghe Army needs great development, so it needs a lot of money and food.

The main purpose of Huang Yi's trip to Denglai was to let the rebels make wedding dresses for Xinghejun.

Are the rebels wrong?
Are rebels bad?
Huang Yi thinks it's all karma!
This is all caused by the unparalleled power given to Yuan Chonghuan by Emperor Chongzhen!

This is still a tragedy caused by Chongzhen's death.

Chongzhen should rehabilitate Mao Wenlong when Yuan Chonghuan was cut to pieces, and properly resettle and appease the old generals of Dongjiang Town and those Liao people.

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

If Huang Yi was one of the old generals in Dongjiang Town, he would raise his arms and call out his mother!

But it is absolutely impossible for him to surrender Jianlao!
So Huang Yi didn't feel that Li Jiucheng and his son, Wang Zideng, Kong Youde, Mao Chenglu, Chen Shiyou and other old generals of Dongjiang Town were wrong at this time.

But in the end, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, etc. led their troops, gold and silver treasures, artillery, and warships to defect to slavery and the crime is unforgivable!
Huang Yi's history must be different if he has opened up. The Xinghe Army appeared on the Denglai battlefield. In any case, the rebels cannot be allowed to surrender to their former mortal enemy!
The Xinghe army won the first battle and easily broke the siege of Laizhou. Wang Kun, the chief eunuch of the army, immediately wrote a victory report and sent it to the capital with [-] li in an expedited manner!

At this time, the Laizhou Theater is facing a big problem!

How to unify command?Who will direct?
Because there were more than 5000 Ming troops retreating to Laizhou, plus the [-] soldiers and horses of the Xinghe Army and the people organized by Zhu Wannian, the number was close to [-].

This is not counting the young and middle-aged men who became servants and were captured by the bandits and horse thieves sitting in Kou's lair along the way.

Not counting the more than 2000 captured rebels.

It stands to reason that the No. 1 candidate is Liu Yulie, the governor of Shandong and Denglai, who has been in office for several months, and the minister of the Ministry of War.

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 involved in countering the rebellion fought under the leadership and command of the Xinghe Army.

If you can't do that, then go your own way.

Wang Kun smiled wryly. The civilian officials in Laizhou include governors, governors, military guards, inspectors, etc., and many generals are chief military officers.

According to the court's law, when will it be the turn of a lieutenant general to command?

But Wang Kun had 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, deputy generals, and generals died in the battle. The governor of Shandong has all died for the country.

The imperial court sent several reinforcements, but all of them lost troops and generals!
When the Xinghe Army rushed to the battlefield, they defeated the rebels and won hundreds of levels.

Everything about eunuchs comes from divine grace, and eunuchs who can relieve the emperor's worries will be favored for a long time.

Half of Shandong was corrupted, how anxious Emperor Chongzhen was to get angry, Wang Kun saw it with his own eyes.

Who should have the final say on the Denglai battlefield, does Wang Kun need to think about it?
It is impossible for Huang Yi to enter Laizhou City, and he will not go to see Governor Liu Yulie, and it is even more impossible 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: the supervising army is an existence that surpasses civil servants and military generals, why rush to Laizhou to meet those defeated generals?

Why can't Liu Yulie lead the civil servants and military commanders to the Xinghe army camp outside the city to ask to see the supervising army?
Wang Kun deeply believed that eunuchs and civil servants had different paths, and the elders could not control the eunuchs.

The Governor Liu Yulie has made no achievements in Denglai, and he Wang Kun has made great contributions when he first arrived.

Of course let the governor come to see!

Now for the fun!

Liu Yulie waited for the general of the Xinghe Army and the supervising army to come to the city to meet him, but there was no one there.

Then there was a Jinyiwei General Banner to send a message, Wang Kun, the military supervising eunuch, asked the governor Liu Yulie, the governor Xie Lian and other civil 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 generals, but Huang Yi didn't care and didn't participate.

It's still early to calculate the time, and we can't beat the rebels out of courage all at once, at least give the rebels hope before the Liaohai freezes.

Therefore, Huang Yi also put on a posture of standing up for the camp, and did not directly attack the rebel camp with the courage of the great victory.

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

After analyzing and summarizing, the rebel generals came to the conclusion that it was because the imperial court's reinforcements were generally low in combat effectiveness some time ago, which caused the generals of the "Marshal Du" to underestimate the enemy.

It gave the Xinghe Army who had just arrived on the battlefield a chance!

We must find the venue to boost morale!

"Marshal Du" Li Jiucheng personally led the troops to challenge, commanded more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, and more than 200 general cannons bombarded the Xinghe Army camp.

(End of this chapter)