Ninghai Prefecture.
The commander of the Dengzhou Guards and his subordinates ran into the city, panting heavily under the protection of his personal guards.
"Quickly close the city gates!"
"Quickly close the city gates!"
"Quickly close the city gates!"
A heart-wrenching scream came from the soldiers who had fled from the front line, causing the soldiers guarding the city gate to be shocked.
Then, his face turned pale as he realized that he had suffered a great defeat at the front line.
The front line of Tangquan Town was not far from Ninghai Prefecture. The rebel army from Weihai Guards might come to attack Ninghai Prefecture soon.
"Close the door, close the door!"
The general flag guarding the city gate hurriedly gave the order, somewhat panicking.
"Boom!"
As the city gates closed, everyone in Ninghai Prefecture knew that the 50,000 strong army of the Dengzhou Prefecture had suffered a great defeat at the front line!
Out of 50,000 people, only 3,000 or 4,000 managed to escape.
They were almost wiped out!
It was too tragic!
This made Ning Hai Province even more anxious!
"Are the Weihai Guards that strong? This was an army of 50,000, and it was gone just like that?!”
"It's not as terrifying as I imagined. After all, the 50,000 soldiers of the Dengzhou Prefecture are very weak. After all, there are only 5,000 to 6,000 elite soldiers among them. The remaining 40,000 or so are just people who make up the numbers.”
"But even so, that's still 50,000 people!”
"That's right. The 50,000-strong army was destroyed in one battle, and the Dengzhou Prefecture suffered heavy losses. However, they don't have the ability to organize another 50,000-strong army!”
"The Dengzhou Prefecture is finished!"
"Our Ninghai Province won't be able to escape either!"
"What should we do!"
“......”
The wealthy merchants in Ninghai Prefecture were all panicking and anxious.
When the officials of Ninghai Province heard that the frontline had suffered a great defeat and that only three to four thousand soldiers had escaped, their faces turned pale and ugly.
It was as if his father had died!
"It's not a war crime, it's not a war crime!”
In the Ninghai Prefecture's government office, the commander of the Dengzhou Guards who had escaped shouted loudly under the watchful eyes of his subordinates and the officials of Ninghai Prefecture.
"The strength of the Weihai Guards is beyond our imagination. Not only do they have 15,000 elite soldiers, but they also have an extremely strong supply system. The reserve troops were extremely abundant. If there were hundreds of casualties at the front line, they would immediately replenish them by hundreds. If there were thousands of casualties, they would immediately replenish them by thousands. They don't lack any food or weapons. They're more like government troops than us!”
"Everyone, how should we fight such a battle?!”
"Let alone 50,000 mobs, even if I were to lead 50,000 elite soldiers, I can't guarantee that I can defeat them. At most, I can only say that I can stop them!”
"Their soldiers are tenacious, disciplined, and fearless. Not to mention these, their weapons and equipment were extremely excellent. More than 70% of the soldiers were wearing armor and helmets. It could be said that they were armed to the teeth!”
"What's even more terrifying is their replenishment ability. They have no lack of soldiers, rations, weapons, and equipment!”
" We can replenish a batch of them as soon as we destroy them. Unless we completely block them, cut off their logistics and transportation lines, and annihilate them, we won't let a single one of them go!”
"Otherwise, our Dengzhou Prefecture's strength alone won't be able to suppress them!”
"I suggest that we immediately ask for help from the Shandong Military Department and ask them to mobilize a hundred thousand soldiers, at least thirty thousand of which are elite soldiers!”
The Ninghai Prefecture officials looked at each other with wide eyes, speechless.
They couldn't tell if the commander was trying to shirk responsibility and exaggerate the enemy's strength, or if the Weihai Guards were really that strong.
However, the 50,000-strong Dengzhou Prefecture army was almost completely wiped out. This was an ironclad fact.
It was an irrefutable fact.
As for asking for help from the Shandong Military Governor, based on their understanding, the Dengzhou Prefecture Magistrate and some of the officials in charge did not want to ask for help from the outside. Wouldn't that expose the matter?!
Once the matter was exposed and the imperial court found out that such a powerful rebel force had appeared in the Dengzhou Prefecture, how many officials in the Dengzhou Prefecture would be able to keep their heads?!
The commander of the Dengzhou guards was secretly delighted when he saw the difficult expressions on the faces of the officials of Ninghai Province. He knew that the officials of the Dengzhou Prefecture would definitely not be willing to ask for help from the Commandant's Office.
As long as he kept the matter a secret, so what if he lost the battle?!
The Dengzhou Prefect was dissatisfied?
If he was dissatisfied, then so be it. After all, he did not have the right to remove him from his position as commander!
However, the most important thing now was to see if the Weihai Guards would attack Ninghai Prefecture and continue to occupy Dengzhou Prefecture.
If the Weihai Wei army was not good enough, then it would be useless no matter how well he planned.
Fortunately, he was very lucky and glad that he had stayed in Ninghai Prefecture for a few days without seeing the Weihai Guards attack Ninghai Prefecture.
They sent out scouts and found that the Weihai Guards had already retreated to Tangquan Town's defense line. They had no intention of attacking Ninghai Prefecture.
This made everyone in Ninghai Province heave a sigh of relief. They had escaped a disaster!
The commander of the Dengzhou Guards then walked out of Ninghai Prefecture and returned to Dengzhou Prefecture with his defeated subordinates.
The news of the 50,000 strong army being wiped out had already spread throughout the Dengzhou Prefecture.
The Dengzhou prefect was also helpless.
Not to mention that he didn't even have the authority to manage the Dengzhou Guards. Even if he had the authority, the Dengzhou Guards were already the most capable army in the Dengzhou Prefecture.
If things went wrong, it might even cause a mutiny.
He could only ignore it in annoyance. He would hide this matter for as long as he could!
In nearly a month, he had also figured out the situation of the Weihai Wei army. This was an ambitious force, different from the refugee armies in Shaanxi and Henan. They destroyed everywhere and ate wherever they went.
Weihai Wei's forces were actively developing agriculture, commerce, and maritime trade.
To Weihai Wei, war was only for the sake of more resources. The need for development was far greater than war.
Weihai Wei needed time to develop and digest the newly occupied territory.
It was the same for him in the Dengzhou Prefecture. He also needed to reduce the influence of this matter until no one discussed it, so that outsiders did not know about the situation in Weihai Wei.
The Dengzhou Prefecture and Weihai Wei had reached a tacit agreement on the truce.
Of course, the biggest reason was that the 50,000 soldiers of the Dengzhou Prefecture had been wiped out. They no longer had the strength to fight, so they had no choice but to stop fighting.
As for Weihai Wei, there was no need to continue fighting. They needed time to develop, digest the new territory, and accumulate strength to prepare to fight against the entire Shandong Ming army.
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