Ming Zuo

Chapter 225 The Disaster of Zongfan
In the battle of Laiyang, the new army captured many more prisoners than in Dongchang Mansion.

However, the work of the Political Department and the Intelligence Department is already familiar, and the efficiency is faster than before.

After screening, a total of more than [-] diehard members of the White Lotus Sect were found out and executed on the spot.

This also allowed the people of Laiyang to somewhat eliminate some hatred, and no longer hated the rest of the captives so much.

The food and grass for the new army arrived that night, and all the prisoners actually had their first solid meal.

This reassured the prisoners.

Even if we drive them away, they probably won't leave.

The biggest gain from the Denglai trip is that Huang Zongxi has a few more younger brothers by his side.

Zuo Menggeng couldn't help laughing when he saw Zuo Maodi, Shen Xun, Jiang Cai, and Jiang Gai following Huang Zongxi's side and clumsily learning about propaganda work.

Wen Tianxiang's fate changed at the end of Ming Dynasty, which is also a kind of relief.

While the White Lotus Rebellion in Denglai was quelled, the situation in other places was deteriorating.

Zuo Menggeng received the military information.

The Murong Cai Department of the White Lotus Sect, which was rampant in Jinan and Qingzhou, captured Changle and threatened Yidu.

Yidu is the seat of the government of Qingzhou, and it is also the seat of King Heng's vassal.The local government was terrified, and distress letters were sent to the capital, Jinan and Dengzhou.

"Uncle, my nephew is going to quell the White Lotus Sect in Qingzhou. Let me bid farewell today, uncle take care."

Sun Yuanhua looked at Zuo Menggeng with complicated eyes, knowing that once this son left, he would definitely become the mourner of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

But he couldn't dissuade him, knowing that Zuo Menggeng was growing steadily, but he could only watch helplessly.

Otherwise, the White Lotus Sect will completely corrupt Shandong, and the harm will be even worse.

what is this?
The lesser of two evils?
The sense of powerlessness made Sun Yuanhua depressed, and he just said: "I hope you can think about the people, don't kill too much."

Zuo Menggeng understood what he meant, and said: "Dongjiang Town is a generation of tigers and wolves. After Mao Wenlong's death, the rest of the people are not trustworthy. Uncle still needs to be more careful. If things go wrong, my nephew will definitely help."

The first thing Sun Yuanhua did after taking office was to take in the remnants of Dongjiang Town.

Zuo Menggeng knew the consequences of this incident, and wanted to remind him, but found that he couldn't.

Because the resettlement of Dongjiang Town was not Sun Yuanhua's idea, but Sun Chengzong's order.

Sun Chengzong's idea is very simple, that is, he intends to reproduce his strategy in Liaodong.

Although it is no longer possible to form a strong encirclement on all sides, if Dongjiang Town can be used to continue to contain Houjin, it will always give the Liaoxi Corridor some time to reorganize.

Sun Chengzong has forgotten that Dongjiang Town is not what it used to be.

The death of Mao Wenlong made the generals of Dongjiang Town lose their trust in the court.

Now they just want to live for themselves.

Recruiting Dongjiang town to Dengzhou at such a time would definitely cause trouble in the future.

If it was only Sun Yuanhua, Zuo Menggeng could still persuade him.But when it comes to Sun Chengzong, Zuo Menggeng wisely did not speak.

That old Sun Ge is very domineering, and his words are undeniable, and he doesn't want to ask for trouble.

Honestly, take advantage of the White Lotus Rebellion to develop yourself.

When the strength arrives in the future, there is no need to look at other people's faces.

All the captives were sent back to Linqing, where they will be screened again.

Qualified young and strong will be incorporated into the reserve force of the new army, and will be added to the front line in the future.The unqualified ones are allocated to various factories, farms and other places, so that everyone can make the best use of them.

However, this batch of manpower is too much after all, and Linqing may not be able to fully digest it.

Zuo Menggeng couldn't help looking at the Yimeng mountain area, knowing that a second base area needed to be opened up.

Among the several strands of the White Lotus Sect, Murong Cai is the weakest.

This person was originally the little leader of the White Lotus Sect, but he stood out only because the other leaders died in the court's arrest one by one.

It just so happened that when Xu Yaqing started an incident, all the White Lotus Sect was mobilized, and the whole Shandong was surrounded by flames of war.Murong Cai joined in the fun, taking advantage of the emptiness of the Jinan and Qingzhou prefectures, and captured many places one after another.Not only looted a lot of wealth, but also coerced tens of thousands of refugees.

Murong Cai is no longer satisfied with the countryside, but sets his sights on the city.

Changle County was successfully captured by him using internal forces, and he also captured a lot of weapons and armor.

Murong Cai's greed is getting bigger and bigger...

"Murong Cai, a native of Changshan, Zhucheng, whose ancestors migrated here from Suzhou during the Northern Song Dynasty. He was originally the master of the Black Stone Altar of the White Lotus Sect. ... Yidu."

Wu Zhenxi, the deputy director of the Ministry of Intelligence, had a weird expression while telling everyone about Murong Cai's information.

Don't talk about him, everyone can't help laughing.

"This guy is so courageous, how dare he attack Fucheng?"

Yidu is not only the capital city of Qingzhou, but also the residence of King Heng. Although there are not many troops, the fortification of the city is no small matter.

No one thought that a group of messy bandits could capture such an important town.

Zuo Menggeng patted the table to calm everyone down, and said: "This is just right, we can go straight to the capital, and save ourselves from chasing thieves everywhere."

Everyone said yes, and they went back to rectify the army one after another, and sent troops to Qingzhou on the same day.

Zuo Menggeng left Wu Zhenxi behind and asked, "Your minister hasn't come back yet?"

Wu Zhenxi lowered his voice.

"The minister has gone to Terengganu and Laizhou."

Zuo Menggeng nodded slightly, still trusting Zuo Fu's ability.

The new army moved extremely fast, and this time even abandoned the artillery unit, but the infantry rushed forward.

Changle was regained the next night, and then divided into two, attacking Yidu.

Yidu City is as stable as Mount Tai at this time.

Wang Qiaonian, the prefect of Qingzhou, leaned on the city wall. Although there was nothing he could do about the thieves outside the city, he didn't have to worry about being breached.

As early as when Changle was lost, he woke up, quickly found out the spies in Yidu City, and stabilized the city defense.

Facts have proved that unless there are ghosts in a fortified city like Yidu, let alone thieves, even if the regular army comes, it is not so easy to capture.

What worries him is that the autumn harvest is coming soon.If the bandits don't leave, all the crops will be ruined.

With the same idea as him, there is also Prince Heng's son Zhu Youfen.

"Prefect Wang, you are responsible for guarding the land, you don't want to retreat from the enemy, you just guard the city, and let the thieves ravage the village, are you worthy of my son?"

Zhu Chang, the last king of Heng, died as early as the seventh year of Tianqi, and the eldest son Zhu Youchen also died in the second year. Only Zhu Youfen, the third son of a concubine, was left in charge of the palace.

Not surprisingly, it won't be long before Zhu Youfei will succeed King Heng.

Therefore, facing Wang Qiaonian, he bossed around and was not polite.

Is he accusing Wang Qiaonian of being afraid of the enemy?
He is concerned about his land.

King Heng has tens of thousands of hectares of farmland in Qingzhou Mansion, which is a huge income for the Wang Mansion every year.

Now that Wang Qiaonian can't repel the thieves, the fields can't be harvested, and all the losses are worthless money.

Wang Qiaonian couldn't breathe under the pressure of King Heng, and was very depressed.

"Your Highness, there is a lot of chaos and thieves in the city. There are no defenders in the city. It all depends on the gentry and the bravery of the country. You must not go out of the city to fight. Once you lose the city, your highness will lose or lose. How will you explain to your majesty? "

King Heng was furious and didn't listen at all.

"If you don't drive away the thieves, the crops in the palace will be ruined. At that time, so many people in the palace will starve to death, and there will be no food for the orphans. It's all thanks to you."

Wang Qiaonian was extremely angry, and he was not polite anymore.

"In any case, I have the final say on the matter of defending the city. Please return to the residence to rest, Your Highness, and don't be harmed by the swords and arrows of the thieves."

For Prince Heng's family, Wang Qiaonian had never had any good feelings for him since he took office.

At a time when the country is in turmoil, this family is still extravagant, greedy and violent, and plundering and plundering, so that local officials can't even collect taxes.

The entire Qingzhou city covers an area of ​​just over 1400 mu, but how big is Prince Heng's Mansion?
More than 1200 acres.

There are thousands of people in Prince Heng's mansion, and the total population of Yidu County is only over [-].

Last year, the tax collected by the whole government amounted to more than [-] taels of silver, but when it was collected again this spring, it was only more than [-] taels of silver.

Wang Qiaonian was puzzled, so he went to investigate, and found that more than [-] mu of land had entered the name of Prince Heng's Mansion.

The state-owned moth is like this, what else can I say?
Wang Qiaonian was disheartened, ready to resign and go home to serve his mother.To King Heng, he was not polite.

Seeing Wang Qiaonian being so tough, Zhu Youfei was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

He really didn't dare to act recklessly, otherwise Chongzhen's suspicion would be aroused, and the consequences would be serious.

Out of nowhere, I suddenly heard the sound of guns and guns under the city.

The people in the city were shocked and looked around quickly.

I saw two Ming armies rushing out of the forest suddenly, charging and firing guns at the same time.

Seeing that the thieves couldn't hold on and fled all the way to the southwest, Wang Qiaonian finally showed a relaxed smile.

"Great, this must be the arrival of General Zuo Menggeng of the Dongchang Association."

Now there is only such a Ming army capable of fighting in Shandong, and the governments all over the country are looking forward to it, waiting for the Dongchang Association to come over quickly to put down the rebels.

It was clear that the crisis in Yidu City had been resolved, but Zhu Youfen didn't show any joy.

Seeing that the new army opened up the line and pushed all the way, he stomped his feet, and hurriedly shouted to Zhou Quan, his personal eunuch: "You dog slave, hurry up, let this gang of Qiu Bamo trample on our field."

The eunuch was scolded and rushed away, leaving only Wang Qiaonian's wonderful expression.

(End of this chapter)