Chapter 954: More help but few help

The rebel army was besieging Changle County, and countless people gathered to surround this quaint and old town.

The engravings of the stone plaque on the city gate are a little blurred, and the city tower has no majestic momentum; the rammed earth wall is only as high as two people, and the appearance of the strong men guarding the city on it can be seen clearly.

The two sides are so close that the city seems to be broken at any time.

The servants guarding the city were burning manure with carbon and firewood, and the rebels who were siegeing the city also used simple stone throwing tools to throw burning objects into the city; the noisy land was filled with smoke.

The new branches, leaves and flowers between the plants seem to wither in this smoke.

There was chaos not far from the city gate, and several wooden ladders were overturned, and the rebels yelled and collapsed in all directions.

The people in the city mainly resisted the enemy with rolling wood, rocks, and gold juice (boiling water). All kinds of equipment were relatively simple; even so, the rebels were still repelled several times, and they were too easy to retreat.

The leader Liu Jun watched for a while, but he was unmoved by this situation.

The city is too short and there is no decent official army. The frightened officials and gentry led the people, and it will be only a matter of time before the city is destroyed.

Liu Jun is concerned about now only the reinforcements of the guards in Qingzhou Prefecture.

The rebel army came from Linqu County, and the flank between Linqu County and Changle County is Qingzhou Prefecture.

Therefore, it is very risky for everyone to go to Changle County. The wings on the back are easily attacked by the government troops. At first, Liu Jun did not agree to march into Changle County.

However, after everyone robbed Linqu County, the Qingzhou Prefecture official army remained silent; and some people suggested sending people to disguise themselves as people and specifically watching the movements of Qingzhou Guards.

With this situation, Liu Juncai agreed to continue to advance in order to expand his strength.

As expected, when the rebels attacked the surrounding county towns, there was no movement at all in Qingzhou Guards, and the official troops had not even gathered together to form a camp.

At this moment, a horse rushed through the crowd and headed straight for Liu Jun's flag.

There were not many horses in the rebel army, and most of the people riding horses were scouts.

Soon, the knight wearing a white turban found Liu Jun and dismounted and reported: The government army is here.

Liu Jun was surprised and asked: Come from Qingzhou Prefecture?

The white turban shook his head and said: Go back to the general, we saw the officers and horses in the north, all of which were cavalry, with a large number of people and horses, only twenty miles left.

And Qingzhou Prefecture is on the west side. Liu Jun asked again where the official army was, but the scout didn't know, and only said that the commander's surname was Wang because he saw a flag with the word Wang.

While Liu Jun sent more people to the north to inquire, he found other leaders of the White Lotus Sect to discuss.

There are dead soldiers in the White Lotus Sect, but most of them are mobs, and a few of them know it; the officials and soldiers came to help, and everyone wanted to retreat, so there was no problem with this idea.

However, there was a dispute over how to retreat.

Liu Jun felt that this place was far away from the mountainous areas of Linqu County, and the siege crowd could not escape the cavalry. He should abandon most of the people as soon as possible and only take his confidant generals to ride a horse first.

But Bai Long and others disagreed. After all, it was really unreasonable to run away before they could beat him.

The official army arrived very quickly. In less than an hour, it gradually approached Changle County from the north.

Liu Jun and Bai Long and other leaders walked together and rode a horse to the north of the city.His eyes crossed the rebel army that gathered in groups and immediately saw the officers' troops.

At this time, Bailong's voice suddenly said: I think General Liu's previous proposal makes some sense.

General Liu's previous proposal was to give up resistance and run away immediately, while Bai Long opposed it at first.As soon as Bai Long finished speaking, several people around him looked at him with strange eyes.

But I saw dust and mist in the distance, and a muffled sound was shrouded in the air, as if something huge was coming.

The black shadows of the cavalry were vaguely visible in the dust, and bright armor reflected the sun from time to time in the haze.

The official cavalry group formed a rough array, with flags flying among the horse team, and long cherry guns standing upright and densely packed like a forest, which was so terrifying.

Soon, a small group of people quickly came out and ran closer.When he arrived at the land of an arrow, someone in the team shouted: The Lord has an order that those who put down their weapons can survive.

There was a crackling sound in the crowd of rebel soldiers, and arrows flew into the air.The team turned around and returned, and at the same time, a life-seeking horn sounded from the large group of horses in the north.

After a while, the horses of the official army began to accelerate, and the dust became stronger.There seemed to be several burly dragons on the ground swimming in the soil, rolling up the soil and flying.

The arrows quickly enveloped the air, and countless black shadows made the light on the ground seem a little dimmer.

The whistling feathers sped on both sides of the north and south. However, most of the bows and arrows of the rebels were hunting bows seized from the county government and rough bows and arrows, and shot onto the armor of the official army, like raindrops, jingling and jingling. Not to mention shooting people, most of the arrows could not even penetrate the hard leather armor on the war horses.

On the contrary, the rebel army was in chaos in an instant.The arrows of riding and shooting flew everywhere, screaming endlessly. Many people who were brought in could not even resist the volley of bows and arrows, and soon began to disintegrate.

The official cavalry formation was almost unaffected, and groups of horse soldiers maintained their formation, shooting in a roundabout way in front of the formation.

After the light cavalry, the large group of cavalry behind lifted their cherry spears and began to charge. The horses charged forward like arrows off the string, and rushed faster and faster.

The iron cavalry was almost unblocked and soon broke into the rebels and penetrated the formation.

On the flat land outside the city, the soldiers and horses from both sides fell from north to south.

The outside of the city, filled with thick smoke, seemed to be boiling at this moment.

The rebel soldiers who had previously acted slowly also seemed to become flexible, after all, they were very hard to flee.

...In the cavalry camp that rushed to the rebels in Changle County, the king flag was the flag of Wang Bin of Dingguo.

The cavalry led by Wang Bin were the elite troops of the Beijing camp who were on the northern tour.

The horse soldiers in the Beijing camp were well-equipped and rewarded, and since the battle against crime, they have been through battle formations, which are not something that the rebels can resist.

Even if the rebels have ten times the number of people, they may not be of no use.

The battle outside Changle County is without any suspense.The next day, Kuaima had already reported the good news directly to Zhu Gaoxu's headquarters.At this time, Zhu Gaoxu and the remaining guards had just entered the ground in Shandong.

Eunuch Cao Fu was in a dirt house, and in front of the monarch and ministers, he replied to Wang Bin’s report.

Zhu Gaoxu had no expression on his face, and he didn't have much surprise.

The content is roughly the official army broke through the rebel army formation with one blow, and killed the thieves who fought stubbornly. Most of the rebel refugees surrendered and the official army captured a lot.

The officials and civilians of Changle County opened the city to welcome him, praising the emperor who sent troops to rescue him.

Zhu Gaoxu noticed that Wang Bin reported that he did not catch the thief leader, and a group of thief leaders fled to Linqu County.

After the eunuch finished reciting the report, Qi Duke Qiu Fu hurriedly said: There is a mountain west of Linqu County, and the rebels will definitely escape into the mountain.Duke Ding chased after him, but he was afraid that it would not be so easy afterwards, and he might have to suffer any losses.

Zhu Gaoxu certainly understood Qiu Fu's meaning. Qiu Fu wanted to go there himself, and he seemed to look down on Wang Bin's ability as Duke Wang.

Qiu Fu was granted the title of Duke of the Kingdom after the Jingnan Campaign, and later he has been standing on Zhu Gaoxu's side, and of course his qualifications are older than Wang Bin.

However, looking at his ability to use troops to fight, Zhu Gaoxu did not think that Wang Bin was not as blessed as a blessing in his heart, but he was just unwilling to comment easily.

Like Qiu Fu, Wang Bin was both a guard from the Prince's Mansion, and he achieved the title of the Dragon as a military official with the new king's direct line.

Their foundation is still a bit poor, and they are not as strategically as Qu Neng Sheng Yong Ping'an.

However, Zhu Gaoxu knew Wang Bin very well. Wang Bin performed well in the battles of Yunnan's battle against chieftains and the Battle of Crime. Except for occasionally disobeying orders, Wang Bin had no major problems in leading the local battlefield and made good use of tactics.

Zhu Gaoxu pretended to be relaxed and said: The White Lotus Sect bandits in Qingzhou Prefecture are just mobs.The soldiers of the Beijing camp fought against him and had a great chance of winning, so there was no need to worry too much about fighting such a battle.The issue of Shandong Provincial Administration and the General Office is not mainly on the battlefield.

He then said in a joking tone: Wang Bin just won the battle ahead. If I ordered him to replace him, wouldn’t he be angry?

The civil and military officials in the hall laughed.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: Two more infantry squadrons were transferred to Wang Bin's command, and bring heavy weapons such as artillery to make it easier for him to attack the camp in the mountains.

Hou Hai and others immediately agreed.

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu no longer wanted to talk about the topic of counter-rebellion battlefield, and there was really nothing to worry about.

While he was thinking, he said: For those who participated in the rebellion, they would be taken to the capital to interrogate the Dharma; a few obsessed religious people were sent to Nuergandusi by boat to cut down wood.All the remaining people were exiled to Liaodong, and Liaodong was short of food and only people.

While picking up the pen to record, Hou Hai carefully reminded: Master, there are many White Lotus Sect rioters in Shandong.

Zhu Gaoxu said: After the rebellion in Qingzhou Prefecture is quelled, please ask Chu Dan and others not to hurry.We have achieved the effect of exempting grain tax, exempting labor, and distributing relief grain. We have won the hearts of the people. It will take time for our family members from all over the country to promote the evil affairs of the White Lotus Sect.Three or two years later, good and evil are clearly distinguished. We have gradually figured out the list of White Lotus Train leaders in various places, and then we will catch them all in one go, completely solving the chaos in Shandong's governor's office.If you have the truth, you will have many helpers but few helpers. Where can the rioters escape at that time?

After hearing this, the civil and military officials bowed and shouted: The wise and wise martial arts of the emperor.

At this time, the reforms between Peking and the Nine Borders were being prepared, and the affairs of the Shandong Provincial Administration and the Ministry of Justice were not over, but everything took time.

Zhu Gaoxu had no need to stay in the north, so he ordered his departure to return to Beijing.

The places that each dynasty attaches most are usually in the north, which is related to the rise and fall of the dynasty.However, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes often looked to the south. He always believed that the ocean was the future of this era.