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However, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng never imagined that Sun Yuanhua, who had been let go, disappeared inexplicably on the way, and neither his body nor his body was found alive. Suddenly, the whole country was in an uproar about this incident, and there were rumors that Sun Yuanhua was absconding in fear of crime.

He hid incognito. (The incident in Pingnan seemed to have aroused the wrath of the current Ming Emperor Chongzhen, and the court's attitude toward the rebels began to change. In the past two months, Xie Lian was first ordered to replace Sun Yuanhua.

, immediately took office as the governor of Denglai. Immediately after Xu Congzhi was injured, Zhu Dadian was sent to replace Xu Congzhi as the governor of Shandong. He suppressed their rebels and even sent Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the palace, to Shandong. In Qingzhou

Sit in charge and supervise the army to supervise the suppression.

It was a long way from Fujian. Yu Xiaotian and over 10,000 Fujian officers and soldiers were transferred from Fujian to Shandong to suppress them. From these circumstances, it is obvious that the imperial court has completely occupied the main suppression side in the dispute over suppression.

If you have the upper hand, then the possibility of appeasing them will become lower and lower.

This also made Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng quite worried and even a little scared. They had been making various preparations for accepting the recruitment for such a long time, preparing to bargain with the court to save their lives and future status, but

As a result, their plan to force the imperial court to recruit people seemed to be getting further and further away from them.

Now the situation has begun to become unfavorable for them. After Zhu Dadian arrived in Qingzhou to supervise the suppression, he immediately strengthened the defense forces at the junction of Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture. He sent people to Qingzhou Prefecture many times to conduct exploration and testing.

, it was found that all counties along the line have sent additional officers and soldiers, and the strength of the officers and soldiers is gradually increasing.

Now it seems that the official army has not yet reached the strength to immediately send troops to counterattack him, but with the court's dispatch, the official army will become stronger and stronger, and there will be more and more troops. If this continues, things will not be good.

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Although their rebels have fought very well in the past few months, winning every battle and growing in strength very quickly, after all, they only occupied the small Jiaodong area. Now they have not fully occupied the entire Denglai area.

To control, even in Dongjiang Town, Mao Chenglu and others raised troops to respond to them, trying to respond to them across the sea, but the situation there was not necessarily any better than him.

Now Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, is leading the remaining Dongjiang Army and the rebels of Mao Chenglu and others in repeated battles. The two sides are in a tug-of-war. For the time being, Mao Chenglu and others have not gained an advantage, and now the court is here

On the other side, the wind seemed to have turned, as if they had made up their minds to attack them.

No matter how powerful their rebels are, their resources are limited after all, and they are fighting in a different place. This is Shandong's territory, and the people in Denglai do not support them.

They want to challenge the imperial court with this, but obviously they can't defeat the imperial court no matter what. Although the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is not optimistic, a starved camel is bigger than a horse. If they really drive the imperial court crazy, they will call in more than a dozen

Ten thousand troops, the imperial court estimates that it can still do it!

So now that things have reached this point, they must continue to expand their territory and strength as soon as possible, and have the ability to compete with the imperial court, so that they can't suppress them, and finally force the emperor to recruit them.

But if they want to expand their territory and strength as soon as possible, Laizhou City is a roadblock that cannot be removed. As long as Laizhou is not captured, they will not be able to continue to expand into the hinterland of Shandong. This place is like a nail, nailed into their throats.

Go up and make it difficult for them to sleep and eat well.

These days, Li Jiucheng has been sending people over to urge him to attack Laizhou City as soon as possible. However, Zhu Wannian, Xie Lian, Yang Yufan and others in the city are fighting to the death and tightly guarding the city, making it impossible for him to attack repeatedly. Although he has transferred

They used more than ten Hongyi cannons and dozens of various artillery pieces to bombard Laizhou City repeatedly, but they still could not capture Laizhou City.

Therefore, Kong Youde looked at the city wall of Laizhou City and felt quite helpless. Finally, after careful consideration, he came up with a plan, which was to fake surrender.

After thinking of this, Kong Youde asked one of his clerks to write a letter to Xie Lian in the city in his own voice. In the letter, he told his so-called difficulties and various problems.

Helpless, there is also his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, and he has now realized his mistake and expressed his willingness to put down his butcher knife and surrender to the court. He hopes that Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian can accept his surrender.

This letter was quickly sent to Laizhou City and presented to Xie Lian, Zhu Wannian and others. After these people saw this letter from Kong Youde, they were in an uproar. Most of them thought that Kong Youde was not trustworthy.

This person is a capricious villain and cannot be trusted. This time he expressed his intention to surrender, which is very likely to be a false surrender.

Moreover, the commander-in-chief Yang Yufan firmly believed that Kong Youde had no good intentions and could not believe anything he said. He might have pretended to surrender this time because he wanted to deceive the gates of Laizhou City and attack him.

Lower Laizhou City.

Nowadays, due to the siege of the rebels, Laizhou City's external communications have been cut off. They are not clear about the situation of the court, let alone the current attitude of the court towards the rebels. In general, the court's attitude seemed to be very ambiguous some time ago, and it has always been unwilling.

Reinforcements were sent, and it seemed that the governor's opinion prevailed.

If the imperial court's opinion still prevails, then the arrival of the reinforcements is far away, so they can't grasp why Kong Youde suddenly proposed the idea of ​​​​surrendering and accepting recruitment at this time.

This also caused Xie Lian, Zhu Wannian and others to be unable to effectively judge Kong Youde's ultimate goal, and they had differences on whether they should accept Kong Youde's surrender.

Although Yang Yufan and others insisted that Kong Youde could never be trusted, they could not be fooled by him, and they could never leave the city to accept his so-called surrender.

However, Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian thought that it might not be appropriate to do so, because if Kong Youde really wanted to surrender this time, if they didn't go out and accept the surrender, wouldn't it be equivalent to ruining a God-given opportunity and forcing Kong Youde to continue to cause rebellion?

Go down?

In addition, Xie Lian also believes that Kong Youde will suddenly propose surrender at this time. Maybe it is because he has been unable to capture Laizhou City for a long time and has begun to retreat. He knows that if he continues to attack Laizhou City, he will not be able to capture Laizhou City. If Laizhou City cannot be captured, then

They have no way out, so they may be afraid, want to rein in the situation, and choose to surrender to reduce their responsibility for causing rebellion.

Therefore, both Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian believed that they could not sit back and watch Kong Youde want to surrender this time but ignore it. As long as there was a chance, they must try. If they did not dare to go out and accept the surrender this time, Kong Youde might take this opportunity.

, loudly publicized that he was willing to surrender, but they, the officials, did not dare to surrender. He continued to rebel because they were forcing him.

By then I'm afraid this will be enough for them, so no matter what, they must try to see if Kong Youde really wants to surrender this time.

Yang Yufan, as the chief military officer, cannot make the decision in this kind of matter. In addition, Yang Yufan is relatively young. Although his ability to lead troops is not weak, he cannot influence the thoughts of Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian on many matters.

Moreover, Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian did have their own difficulties in this matter. Even if they knew that Kong was virtuous and deceitful, they had to accept the surrender because if they didn't go, they would be told the truth. Therefore, they discussed and decided,

Xie Lian stayed in the city and took charge, while Zhu Wannian left the city and accepted the surrender outside the city.

According to the agreed date, at three quarters in the morning of the Qixi Festival, Kong Youde led a large number of rebels and began to assemble outside the south gate of the city. This time the rebels did not seem to show any intention of attacking the city. All the cavalry were on foot, without horses or swords.

The flags and flags were all rolled up without taking them out of their sheaths. All the generals in the army also gathered in front of the formation. They walked to the south gate of the city and began to gather. Kong Youde was carrying a bundle of thorns behind his back and was bare-chested.

Pretending to beg for mercy under a thorn, he led all the rebels to line up outside the south gate of the city, waiting for Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian in the city to come out of the city and accept their surrender.

On the top of the city, Xie Lian and Zhu Wannian had already led their troops to observe the actions of the rebels on the gate tower of the south gate of the city. When they saw that the rebels began to gather, and they were different from the posture they used to attack the city in the past, they showed a respectful and dejected look. Indeed,

It's a bit like surrendering.

However, Yang Yufan still insisted on his opinion. The rebels' move was a deception and a false surrender. They wanted to control Xie Lian, Zhu Wannian and others when they came out of the city to accept the surrender, and coerced the defenders in the city to open the city gate.

Zhu Wannian still agreed with Yang Yufan's concerns at this time, but Xie Lian's attitude was more wavering. Hesitating again and again, he still wanted Zhu Wannian to leave the city and accept surrender.

Zhu Wannian gritted his teeth and told Yang Yufan: "This time I leave the city to accept surrender. If the rebels really surrender, then so be it. But if the rebels are deceitful and I am held captive by them, you must put the overall situation first, not me."

If you are held in a difficult situation, defending Laizhou City is the most important thing, so just fire the artillery immediately! General Yang, you personally supervise the battle, load the cannon, and lead the troops to be ready. Once things change, fire the artillery immediately! Don't worry about me!"

Yang Yufan listened to Zhu Wannian's instructions. Although he was reluctant to give up, he also knew that he could not stop Zhu Wannian. Zhu Wannian was actually ready to die when he left the city this time. He had already put his personal safety at risk. Such moral orders

He was very moved and nodded in agreement with tears in his eyes, saying that he would live up to Zhu Wannian's trust and asked Zhu Wannian to take more care after leaving the city.

As the city gate slowly opened, the suspension bridge also creaked and slowly began to lower, until with a roar, it rested heavily on the wide moat.

Zhu Wannian led more than ten soldiers on horseback and slowly walked out of the city gate. Many people shouted loudly: "Zhufutai... take care, sir!..."

Zhu Wannian had a solemn expression on his face, and he repeatedly clasped his fists at the people around him to see him off. Then he gritted his teeth and walked out of the city with a dozen soldiers without hesitation.

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