Zhu Wannian was the prefect 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 should they care about it?
Of course, Zhu Wannian knew that Minzhuang's defense of the city in Laizhou was just makeshift, and there was no way he could fight in the field outside the city.
The purpose of his taking people out of the city was to bluff, hoping to respond to reinforcements and expand the victory.
Each of his eight hundred people carried two torches, and the team 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 set up camp again, dug trenches and set up resisting horses, and came to the state to relieve the siege.
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 horses and mules.
A lot of gold and silver treasures were also collected from the captured rebels and the killed rebels, with a value of no less than 150,000 taels in silver.
It can be seen 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 involved in countering the rebellion made a fortune.
Of course, those who escaped, such as Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, made even greater fortunes. After all, they had nearly 10,000 men 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 is really not interested in money in his two lives!
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 was to fight against the evil and let the rebels make wedding clothes for Xing Hejun.
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 rehabilitate Mao Wenlong when Yuan Chonghuan was cut into pieces, and properly resettle and appease the old generals of Dongjiang Town and those Liao people.
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 Shi and other old Dongjiang Town generals 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 the cause of slavery, which is an unpardonable crime!
The history of Huang Yi must be different after he cheated. The Xinghe Army appeared on the battlefield. No matter what, the rebels cannot be allowed to surrender to their former mortal enemy!
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, Laizhou War Zone faced a big problem!
How to unify command? Who will direct?
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 and middle-aged men who became laborers who were captured by 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 Shandong and Denglai who has been in office for several months, and the Minister 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 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 servants who came to the state included governors, governors, military officers, inspectors, etc. Many of the generals were 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 hated Huang Yi, but he had to admire Huang Yi.
It was very dangerous to go to the battlefield. More than a dozen generals, deputy generals, and staff generals died in the battle. This can be seen from the fact that the governor of Shandong died for the country.
The imperial court sent several lines of 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 entering the battlefield? Does Wang Kun need to think too much?
It is impossible for Huang Yi to enter the prefecture city, nor to see the governor Liu Yulie, nor to obey the orders.
Wang Kun originally wanted to come to Zhoucheng 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 who transcends civilian and military generals, why do you rush to Laizhou to meet those defeated generals?
Why can't Liu Yulie lead the civil and military generals to the Xinghe Army camp outside the city to see 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 Liu Yulie made no achievements when he came here, 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 supervisors to enter the city to pay their respects. He waited around but saw no one.
Then there was a message from the General Banner of the Imperial Guard, and the eunuch Wang Kun asked Governor Liu Yulie, 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 least we must give the rebels hope before the Liaohai Sea freezes.
Therefore, Huang Yi also put on 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.
After analyzing and summarizing, the rebel generals came to the conclusion that it was due to the generally low combat effectiveness of the imperial reinforcements some time ago, which led to the soldiers and 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!
"Capital Marshal" Li Jiucheng personally led the troops to challenge, commanding more than a dozen Hongyi cannons and more than 200 general cannons to bombard the Xinghe Army camp.
