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 tyrants guarding the city on it can be seen clearly. Both sides are so close that the city seems to be broken at any time.

The guards guarding the city were burning manure with charcoal and firewood, and the rebels who attacked the city also used simple stone throwing tools to throw burning objects into the city. On the noisy earth, there were thick smoke rolling on all sides. The newly-launched branches and leaves and flowers between the plants seemed to wither in the smoke.

There was a chaotic situation not far from the city gate, and several wooden ladders were overturned, and the rebels shouted and scattered to all sides. The people in the city mainly used rolling wood and rocks, as well as "gold juice" (boiling manure water), and 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 was too short and there was no decent official army. The frightened officials and gentry led the people, and it would be only a matter of time before the city was 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 was Qingzhou Prefecture. Therefore, it was very risky for everyone to go to Changle County. The rear wing was easily attacked by the official army. At first, Liu Jun did not agree to march into Changle County.

However, after everyone robbed Linqu County, the Qingzhou Prefecture's official army remained unmoved; 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 his march 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 to 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 Jundun looked 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."

Qingzhou Prefecture is west. 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" written on it.

While Liu Jun sent more people to the north to inquire, he found other leaders of the White Lotus Sect to discuss. There were dead soldiers in the White Lotus Sect, but most of them were mobs, and several of them knew it. The officials and soldiers came to help, and everyone wanted to retreat. 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 took his confidant generals to ride a horse first. But Bai Long and others disagreed. After all, it was indeed unreasonable to run away before they could fight.

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

Liu Jun walked with Bai Long and other leaders and rode a horse to the north of the city. His eyes passed over the gathering of groups of rebel troops 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 fog in the distance, and the "rumbling" sound was shrouded in the air, as if something huge was coming over the sky. The black shadows of the cavalry were vaguely visible in the dust, and bright armor reflected the sunlight from time to time in the haze. The group of cavalry formed a rough array, with flags flying in the horse team, and long cherry guns standing up, densely packed like a forest, and so terrifying.

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

There was a "cracking" sound in the rebels' crowd, and the arrows flew into the air. The team turned around and returned. At the same time, a life-seeking horn sounded from the large group of horses in the north.

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

Arrows quickly enveloped the air, and countless black shadows made the light on the ground seem a little dimmer. The howling feathers of the arrows 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 their homemade rough bows and arrows, and they were shot on the armor of the official army, and they were like raindrops. Not to mention shooting people, most 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 cavalry and shooting flew everywhere, screaming endlessly. Many people who were brought in could not even withstand the volley of bows and arrows, and soon began to disperse.

The official cavalry formation was almost unaffected. Groups of horse soldiers maintained their formation and shot in a roundabout way in front of the formation. After the light cavalry, the large group of cavalry behind raised their cherry spears and started charging. 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 smoke-filled outside the city seemed to be boiling at this moment. The rebels who had been slow in action before seemed to become more flexible, after all, they were very desperate to flee in all directions.

...The "King" flag in the cavalry camp that rushed to the rebels in Changle County was the flag of Wang Bin of Dingguo. The cavalry led by Wang Bin were the elite Beijing camp who accompanied the northern patrol. The cavalry in Jing camp was well-equipped and rewarded. Since the battle of the crime, they have been through battle formations and are not something that the rebels can resist. Even if the rebels have ten times the number of people, they may have no effect.

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

The eunuch Cao Fu was in a dirt house, in front of the monarch and ministers, and replied to Wang Bin’s memorial.

Zhu Gaoxu had no expression on his face, and he was not surprised. The content was roughly that 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 greet him, praising the emperor who sent troops to rescue him. Zhu Gaoxu noticed that Wang Bin reported that he did not catch the leader of the thief, and a group of leaders of the thieves fled to Linqu County.

After the eunuch finished reciting the report, Qi Guo Duke Qiu Fu hurriedly said, "There is a mountain west of Linqu County, and the traitors will definitely escape into the mountains. Ding Guo chased him, but it is afraid that it will not be so easy afterwards, and maybe they will suffer a loss."

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 the Duke of the Kingdom.

Qiu Fu was named Duke after the Jingnan Campaign, and later he has been standing on Zhu Gaoxu's side. Of course, his qualifications are older than Wang Bin. However, looking at his ability to use military forces to fight, Zhu Gaoxu did not think that Wang Bin was inferior to Qiu Fu in his heart, but he was just unwilling to comment easily.

Like Qiu Fu, Wang Bin was a guard of the Prince's Mansion, and he was the master of the new king's direct line, and he reached the peak of the martial official. Their foundation was still a bit poor, and he was not as strategically as Qu Neng Sheng Yong and Ping'an. However, Zhu Gaoxu knew Wang Bin very well. Wang Bin performed well in the battles of Yunnan's chieftains and the "Battle of Crimes"; except for occasionally disobeying orders, Wang Bin had no major problems in presiding over the local battlefield and used tactics.

Zhu Gaoxu pretended to be relaxed and said, "The White Lotus Sect Rebellion in Qingzhou Prefecture is just a mob. The soldiers in the Beijing camp fought against it and had a great chance of winning. There is no need to worry too much about fighting such a battle. The issue of the 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 get angry?"

All the civil and military officials in the hall laughed.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Transfer two more infantry squadrons to come over, join Wang Bin's command, and bring heavy weapons such as artillery to make it easier for him to attack the village 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 he really had nothing to worry about.

While thinking, he said, "For those who participated in the rebellion, they would be taken to the capital to interrogate the Dharma; the obsessed few religious people were sent to Nuergandusi by boat to cut down wood. All the remaining people were exiled to Liaodong, and Liaodong had no shortage of food but only people."

While picking up the pen to record, Hou Hai carefully reminded: "The Lord, there are still many White Lotus Sect riots in Shandong's prefectures."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "After the rebellion of Qingzhou Prefecture is quelled, please ask Chu Da and others not to be anxious. We will wait for exemption from grain taxes, labor service, and distribution of relief grain will be effective, and it will win the hearts of the people. It will take time for people from all over the country to promote the evil affairs of the White Lotus Sect. After three or two years, good and evil are clearly distinguished. We have gradually figured out the list of White Lotus Sect leaders in various places, and then we will catch them all in one go, completely solving the chaos in Shandong's governors. If you have the right, there will be many helps, but few supporters. At that time, the chaos - where will the party escape?"

After hearing this, the civil and military officials bowed and shouted, "The wise and wise man."

At this time, the reforms between Peking and Jiubian were being prepared, and the affairs of the Shandong Provincial Administration and the General Office were not over, but everything took time. Zhu Gaoxu did not need to stay in the north anymore, so he ordered his departure to return to Beijing.
Chapter completed!