Faced with a powerful enemy, the East Factory wanted to arrest Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen on the battlefield.
The prefect of Yanzhou advised the eunuchs of the Eastern Depot: "They did lose Yangzhou, but the reason was not theirs, but the betrayal of the traitors."
The eunuch from the East Factory stared and asked, "Do you want to plead for them?"
The prefect of Yanzhou shook his head: "I can't say I'm begging for mercy, I just want to say a few words from my heart. The two Mr. Zhangs are loyal ministers and generals who serve the country and the people. Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, why not give them a chance to prove themselves."
"Haha," the eunuch from the East Factory snorted coldly, "It seems that you have a good relationship with the two of them. Come, arrest the prefect of Yanzhou as well."
The Dongchang thugs rushed forward and arrested the three of them.
The commander of the city guards was about to stop him, but the prefect of Yanzhou stopped him loudly: "Don't talk."
"This... this..." The commander of the city guards was so confused that he said to the eunuch of the East Factory: "Don't arrest anyone. Even if you want to arrest someone, don't do it now! If you arrest them all, how can I defend the city by myself?"
The eunuch from the East Factory snorted coldly: "That is your business, and has nothing to do with us."
The commander of the Rencheng Guards held out his hands: "Why don't you arrest me too!"
The eunuchs of the Eastern Depot were overjoyed: "Good things come in pairs... in triplets... no, in quadruplets!"
Under the command of the eunuchs, the Dongchang men also took control of the commander of the Rencheng Guard.
The power of the East Factory came from Chongzhen.
Every move is intentional.
In addition, since the captured person did not resist, the others could not resist either.
So I could only watch them being taken away.
When the news came out, Yanzhou Prefecture was thrown into chaos.
Although there were enough soldiers and food in the city, the prefect of Yanzhou and the commander of the Rencheng Guard were captured.
The people below are in a state of disarray.
Although other civil officials or military generals could also lead the military and civilians to fight against the rebels, their appeal and organizational abilities were average.
The ability to stabilize the local gentry is even worse.
Upon hearing that the Yanzhou prefect had been taken away by the Eastern Depot, the local gentry immediately panicked.
Some people began to pack their bags and planned to flee north.
Someone was digging in the yard and hiding all the valuables.
Others did nothing but were ready to surrender.
at the same time.
Qufu, Dongpingzhou, Dong'e, Yanggu and Pingyin of Yanzhou Prefecture.
Mengyin, Juzhou, Yishui and Zhucheng of Qingzhou Prefecture.
In the cities of Puzhou, Guancheng, Fanxian, Chaocheng, and Guanxian of Dongchang Prefecture.
Similar things are happening.
The main local officials were taken away for investigation by the Eastern Depot or the Embroidered Uniform Guard under various pretexts.
For a time, half of the cities in Shandong were leaderless.
The situation in Shandong is precarious.
......
evening.
Outside Jining City.
Zhu Guobi, Marquis of Funing, Liu Kongzhao, Earl of Chengyi, Xu Wenjue, Duke of Wei and others sat on the stools, looking unhappy.
They have been besieging Jining for half a month.
We tried every possible means but still failed to take it down.
The more difficult it is to conquer, the more anxious we become.
But you can't be hasty in fighting a war, especially a siege.
Therefore, the more anxious you are, the harder it will be to attack.
Liu Kongzhao was the first to speak: "Everyone, as the saying goes, if you can't capture a city after a long siege, you will lose it. There are more and more wounded soldiers in the army, and morale is getting lower and lower. If we can't take Jining, I'm afraid we will have to temporarily withdraw and rest."
Zhu Guobi shook his head vigorously: "We can't retreat! Once we retreat, all the morale we have built up will be wasted."
Liu Kongzhao asked back: "Then what do you say we should do?"
Zhu Guobi shouted: "No matter what we do, we must take Jining even if it costs lives!"
Liu Kongzhao stood up and clapped his hands: "Okay, okay, okay, my people have been attacking the city these past few days, and tomorrow it will be your turn. I won't feel bad no matter how many people die then."
Zhu Guobi pointed at Liu Kongzhao's eyes: "You..."
Xu Wenjue acted as a peacemaker, stood up and said, "Okay, stop arguing. There's no point in arguing. The most urgent task is to take Jining."
Zhu Guobi and Liu Kongzhao asked in unison: "What do you think we should do?"
Xu Wenjue answered without hesitation: "Seeking help."
Zhu Guobi asked: "Who should I ask for help?"
"Zheng Zhilong or Ma Shiying."
Zhu Guobi immediately curled his lips and said, "Come on! Zheng Zhilong seems to have sent troops, but in fact, he has not. He has been hiding near the East China Sea. Either there is a problem with food and grass, or there is a problem with his health."
"Let alone Ma Shiying, who lost a lot of troops in the fight to capture Guide Prefecture. It's good enough that he didn't support us, but are we still counting on him to support us?"
Xu Wenjue spread his hands and said, "I have no other choice. I can't ask Nanjing for help again, right?"
Speaking of asking Nanjing for help again, Liu Kongzhao suddenly slammed the table and stood up.
He was furious: "Nanjing is a bunch of rubbish! Ever since we entered Shandong, they said reinforcements would arrive soon, but after fighting for such a long time, we haven't seen a single reinforcement."
Zhu Guobi sighed, somewhat helplessly: "Actually, this matter cannot be blamed on Nanjing."
"Who should we blame? We can't blame ourselves, right?"
Zhu Guobi waved his hands quickly: "Of course we can't blame ourselves. If we have to blame someone, we should blame Qin Liangyu's nephew Qin Yiming and her grandson Ma Wannian."
Xu Wenjue didn't know the specific situation, so he asked, "What's going on?"
Zhu Guobi was filled with righteous indignation: "What else could it be... Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian agreed to send troops before we did, but they never did."
"At first, they used the excuse of insufficient money and food. After His Royal Highness the King of Shu raised enough money and food, they said that the armor was incomplete and the weapons were not good enough. After the weapons and armor were prepared, Qin Yiming claimed to be sick. Before he recovered, Ma Wannian started to claim to be sick again!"
"Everything is finally fine, but now they're saying there's a plague in the army!"
After hearing this, Liu Kongzhao and Xu Wenjue felt angry and helpless.
The Sichuan Army under Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian is an elite force.
Even if they agree to send troops but don't, we can only coax them but not make them our enemy.
But that doesn't stop them from cursing.
Liu Kongzhao was the first to curse: "Fuck, Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian only talk but don't move their legs, they are just making a fool of us."
Xu Wenjue cursed, "How damn hateful! If they join us in the expedition, the small province of Shandong will not be able to stop us."
Just as everyone was cursing, footsteps were suddenly heard outside.
The curtain of the military tent was lifted, and a Nanjing Jinyiwei in plain clothes walked in.
He said to Zhu Guobi: "Master Zhu, the opportunity has come."
Zhu Guobi didn't understand, so he stood up and asked, "What opportunity?"
Jinyiwei lowered his voice: "A chance to quickly take over Shandong!"
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