On the official road from Luqiao Town to Qingzhou Prefecture, the two thousand Jinyiwei were escorting four prison vans and more than a hundred "silver vans" slowly. Chang Yanling looked up at Chaoyang in Dongfang Chusheng and asked Li Zushu beside him, "You think, will the bandits in Jining City be fooled?"

"It should be." Li Zushu thought about it and responded, "Brother Wang believes in Mr. Zhen so much, so he shouldn't be wrong."

Chang Yanling said: "But why do I feel this matter is a bit lingering?"

"Don't worry about it." Li Zushu said, "What a powerful man, Brother Wang, even the arrogant Jiannu was dealt with by him. Can't he deal with these thieves?"

Chang Yanling said: "That's true, it seems that I'm really thinking too much."

"Report..." As soon as Chang Yanling finished speaking, a fast horse suddenly galloped back and shouted loudly, "Two generals, a large group of bandits were found twenty miles north!"

“How many people are there?”

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

Taming Ma Ying said: "There are at least ten thousand people all over the mountains!"

"Be good, so many people!" Li Zushu said astonished, "It seems that the thieves in Jining City have been dispatched in full swing."

"Quick!" Chang Yanling turned around and shouted to the several households in the brocade clothes behind him, "Hurry up the cannons and form a car formation!"

With the order of Chang Yanling, two thousand Jinyiwei quickly began to line up and prepare to fight the enemy! Although these two thousand Jinyiwei were not elite border troops, they were all official troops. Whether in equipment or training, they were far superior to the mobs of the White Lotus Sect. What's more, the official troops were prepared this time and removed ten small cannons from the navy warship in advance and put them on a large cart.

When the Jinyiwei was almost in line up his formation, dense bandits had already appeared in the distance.

The two playboys Chang Yanling and Li Zushu, who had never been to the battlefield, felt a little scared when they saw this scene. Fortunately, Wang Pu was prepared and sent Scarface to take the formation with two hundred elite servants. When the bandits rushed into the range of the firearm, Scarface waved the steel knife in his hand forward and shouted sternly: "Let's fire!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Ten small cannons, two hundred clans lined up in front of the chariot array, and more than five hundred Jinyiwei musketeers hiding behind the chariot array fired at the same time. A deafening sound was heard, and gunpowders suddenly filled the battlefield, and the fire was shining, and the huge sound made the entire ground tremble.

The White Lotus bandits who were shouting and rushing over were immediately blown upside down. Many of the bandits were instantly blown into pieces, with broken limbs and broken bodies flying all over the sky. More bandits were piled up by muskets and screamed and fell in pools of blood. The White Lotus bandits, who had never seen such a tragic scene, were immediately blown up and fled in all directions. No matter how Li Qingshan and Yuan Shizhong stopped them, it was useless.

The three thousand thieves led by Li Yan and Hongniangzi and his wife were much calmer, but the White Lotus bandits who fled everywhere still disrupted the bandits' formation. When Li Yan and Hongniangzi and his wife finally reorganized their formation and were about to launch an attack on the official army ahead, the overwhelming shouts suddenly sounded behind them.

The Hongniang turned around quickly and saw a large group of brightly-clad official troops rushing from behind. They were two thousand official troops led by Huang Degong. This group of official troops fought with pirates at sea for many years and was a real elite of war! The Bailian bandits who were fleeing in panic collided with Huang Degong's official troops, and were killed in an instant.

Huang Degong led the army and ruthlessly crushed the White Lotus Sect's defeated troops.

Almost at the same time, the two thousand Jinyiwei who were waiting in front of him also shouted and rushed out of the car formation and rushed towards the three thousand thieves led by Li Yan and Hong Niangzi. The defeat of the White Lotus bandits seriously encouraged the majesty of the group of Jinyiwei's uncles, and they soon turned from lambs to evil wolves, rushing over like a ferocious god.

Fighting tough battles and fighting badly these Jinyiwei masters is indeed not good, but beating the dogs in the water is their specialty.

"My husband, we are ambushed!" Hongniang said anxiously, "The mobs of the White Lotus Sect have completely collapsed, and the old bitch of the White Lotus Holy Mother has also deceived us. The official army is more than two thousand, and the two official troops in the front and back have at least five thousand people!"

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

Hongniang said: "There are official troops in front and behind, and the canal on the right cannot pass through. Now I can only break through to the left!"

"No." 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 ambush on the left. We will break through there and just fall into the plot!"

The Hongniang said, "What should I do?"

Li Yan gritted his teeth and said, "There is no other way now, so he can only break through the canal! Fortunately, the canal is not wide, so brothers can swim over."

The Hongniang said without hesitation: "Then break through to the canal."

With the order of Li Yan, the three thousand bandits broke the road and headed south to the canal. Huang Degong and Chang Yanling, Li Zushu joined forces and followed him to chase him. Just as the bandits had just fled to the canal to prepare for swimming, the navy fleet led by Wang Pu suddenly killed a retaliation and blocked the three thousand bandits.

Li Yan is a general under the rebellion king Li Zicheng. He is always cautious in using troops and rarely falls into a trap. But this time he is smart but is mistaken by intelligence. As a result, three thousand bandits were made dumplings by the official army by the canal, and almost destroyed the entire army. In the end, only dozens of personal soldiers protected Li Yan and Hongniangzi and his wife to break out of the siege and fled back to Jining in panic.

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

In order to seize the huge wealth in Wang Pu's hands, the White Lotus bandits had already set out all out. At this time, only the elderly, young, women and children were left in Jining City, almost empty city. The official army attacked Jining City without any effort. Standing at the gate of Jining City, the promoter Huang Xiyong was so excited that he burst into tears. Jining recovered, and his head was saved.

"General!" Huang Xiyong turned over and knelt at Wang Pu's feet, and cried loudly, "Thank you for your re-creation!"

"Master Huang, please get up quickly." Wang Pu was really not used to others kneeling on him, so he quickly stepped forward to help Huang Xiyong up and advised, "Master, you don't have to do this. It is the responsibility of our generals to recover lost territory for the court."

Huang Xiyong said: "But no matter what, the life of Xiaguan was saved by the general. From today on, General, you will be Xiaguan's reborn parents."

"The words are heavy, Lord Huang is heavy." Wang Pu smiled slightly, suddenly turned around and shouted, "Come here, I will immediately report to the capital, saying that this general has recovered Jining and severely injured the White Lotus bandits!"

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Zijin City, Qianqing Palace.

While Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the memorial, Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, suddenly entered the hall with a panic expression, knelt down and said, "Long live, Shan...Shandong Tang News."

"Shandong?" Emperor Chongzhen frowned, "Come on!"

Chen Xinjia walked forward a few steps, and the eunuch Wang Chengen took the Tang newspaper from him and submitted it to Emperor Chongzhen in front of Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen opened the Tang newspaper and hurriedly read the two lines. Then his face changed drastically: "Jining is lost? This is great! After Jining falls, the road to transport grain from the south will be cut off, and the people of the capital will still worry about the soldiers on the nine sides of the army being out of food!"

"Long live, long live." Chen Xinjia said tremblingly, "I have drawn troops from the nine-sided towns to prepare to quell the rebellion in Shandong within three months and re-drag the Cao Road."

"Where is Liu Zeqing?" Emperor Chongzhen said furiously, "How did he be the general of Shandong? He actually allowed a group of mobs to capture Jining! If the grain in the south cannot be transported on time, if the grain in the capital is famine, or even the soldiers on the nine sides mutiny, I will only ask!"

Chen Xinjia said in panic: "Long live, the White Lotus Sect is in great momentum. General Liu failed in the first battle. Now he is mobilizing the official troops from Qingzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou Prefectures to prepare to recover Jining."

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly remembered something and asked Chen Xinjia: "Chen Aiqing, is General Wang coming to Jining soon?"

"Ah!?" Chen Xinjia's face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice, "From the itinerary, it's almost... it's coming soon."

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly shouted: "Wang Cheng'en!"

Wang Chengen rushed forward and responded respectfully: "I am here."

"Immediately draft an order to ask Shandong General Liu Zeqing to send troops to respond to General Wang. If General Wang makes any mistakes in Shandong, I... destroy his nine clans!"

"I obey the order." Wang Chengen responded respectfully, "I will draw the order."

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it but still felt worried. He turned around and said to Chen Xinjia: "Chen Aiqing, you can immediately transfer the Beijing camp to Shandong to pick it up."

"I obey the order."
Chapter completed!