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Chapter 250: Chaos in all parts of the Ming Dynasty! Yang Tinghe is like a lost dog! Zhu Houzhao: The Ming Dynasty is not in chaos enough!
Zhu Fu didn't know.

Qufu was not very peaceful at this time.

Shandong Governor Zhu Qin was frowning as he listened to the battle reports from various places brought by his subordinates.

"That is to say... except for our Qufu, Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebels have now swept across the entire Shandong province, right?"

"Yes, Governor, now the official roads in various places are basically controlled by them..."

"Once Jinan Prefecture is lost... all the restless guys have shown up. It is estimated that there are at least hundreds of thousands of rebels in the entire territory..."

Pan Zhen, the Shandong assistant magistrate, replied in a serious tone, and glanced at Jinan prefect Zhao Huang with a slight contempt.

"General Pan, the loss of Jinan Prefecture is not our fault. Who knew there was a thief inside?"

"The governor is out on an inspection tour...you're not here either!"

Zhao Huang cried out for injustice, saying that it was not his fault that Jinan Prefecture was lost.

"Alright! There's no point in investigating why Jinan Prefecture was lost! Now... what should we do?"

"Should we ask for help over there?"

"Or...what's going on in the court now?"

Zhu Qin couldn't help but glance at the current Duke of Yansheng, Kong Wenshao: "Duke of Yansheng, has Lord Li replied? What is the situation in Nanjing?"

The current Duke Yansheng, Kong Wenshao, is a 24-year-old young man. His status is already noble, but his wife's status is even more prominent. She is the daughter of cabinet member Li Dongyang, so he is also Li Dongyang's son-in-law.

"My father-in-law hasn't replied yet..."

"Or, in the current chaotic situation..."

"Even if my father-in-law replied, I'm afraid..."

Kong Wenshao's answer was not optimistic either.

After this answer came out, everyone became even more silent.

"Governor, didn't you go to Dengzhou to send the imperial team to Japan before? Could it be that... the Minister did not reveal some information about the situation in Nanjing?" Prefect Zhao Huang asked again.

In fact, he also had some complaints...

The current situation in Shandong is not caused by him.

But... some time ago, the Ming army set out to Japan. Zhu Qin got the news and called a group of officials to Dengzhou to inquire about the situation. Unexpectedly, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant, and the whole world was in chaos, catching them off guard.

By the time they realized what was happening, the rebels' fate had already been sealed and their homes were gone.

Their first reaction was not to quell the rebellion.

Instead, they wanted to hide it from their superiors. Otherwise, once the responsibility for the loss fell on Jinan Prefecture, they would be in dire straits.

However, they soon discovered that it was not just their Shandong province that was in chaos, but also neighboring areas such as Henan and Hebei. Even the bandits next door were roaming around so fast that they swept over without much reaction.

Anyone who has some knowledge of this situation would know that there was a huge chaos in the Ming Dynasty.

I dare not act rashly anymore.

Now, judging from the summary...

The Ming Dynasty has changed!
They would be even more reluctant to act rashly.

"Minister Chen said that when they set out, Nanjing was fine, and His Majesty was fine too... But now, based on this news? Prince Xing might be using His Majesty's hand to transfer the garrison away from Nanjing..."

It’s no wonder Zhu Qin was overthinking. There was a lot of false news flying around at the moment, and the news from the cabinet and Nanjing were conflicting, and they didn’t know who to listen to.

However, people are more willing to believe in judgments that are favorable to themselves.

"Our Ming Dynasty...I'm afraid it will take a while..."

And under this circumstance, a voice of speculation rang out again.

"Uncle! What are you talking about? Our Ming Dynasty is at its peak, how could it possibly reach that point!"

After saying this, Kong Wenshao couldn't help but scold his second uncle, Kong Hongtai, who was the previous Duke Yansheng.

"Everyone stop saying that!"

"General Pan! The Ming Dynasty will definitely not be in chaos! Now that it has come to this, we have no choice but to organize troops as soon as possible to prevent any unexpected events! At the same time, I will report to the court and ask the court to send troops to quell the rebellion!"

No one dared to break this convention, but when the era of great strife came, no one could resist the temptation to let their imagination run wild.

"Yes!" Pan Zhen accepted the order.

"Duke Yansheng...you must also report the situation here to the cabinet and Jinling as soon as possible...we are waiting for news from the court!"

"I know! We are worried now too."

A meeting seemed to be ending, but at this moment, someone suddenly came to report.

"Report! Governor... there is a group of people claiming to be the imperial army coming outside the city..."

The team sent by Zhu Fu arrived.

However, in the current situation, it was not Zhu Fu who came, and Zhu Qin, Zhao Huang and others who had been fooled once did not dare to believe it easily.

……

"Second Uncle, how can you say that in front of them?"

After returning to the Kong family, Kong Wenshao couldn't help but blame his second uncle Kong Hongtai.

"Alas... I am just telling the truth! Besides... our Kong family is standing firm... Given the current situation, we also have to plan for the future of our Kong family! The world has suddenly become so chaotic..." Kong Hongtai was even more outspoken in front of his family.

"Second Uncle... Have you already sent your clansmen to Jinan Prefecture?"

After hearing these words, Kong Wenshao couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

"No! How dare I... Impossible!" Kong Hongtai denied it three times directly, and then softened his tone: "It's just that your cousins ​​are also in Jinan... They said that Liu Liu and Liu Qi seem to be able to accomplish something!"

"Second Uncle, our Kong family doesn't need to get involved in this kind of thing!"

"When the world is pacified, there will still be a place for our family! Why should we let them get involved in this mess!"

Although Kong Wenshao was young, he was no fool as he inherited the title of Duke Yansheng. He immediately realized that his second uncle had made a stupid move.

“They were forced…”

"Alas... they were captured by Liu Liu and Liu Qi to be their military advisors!" Kong Hongtai finally gave the reason.

Kong Wenshao was silent. There was really no way!

……

"Military Advisor Kong! Now we have taken over Jinan City! What should we do next..."

Jinan Prefecture, prefectural government office.

Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others were surrounded by a group of beauties and asked the young man next to them.

"My Lord, Second Lord... According to the description in the book, the current situation should be to defeat the imperial army head-on. As long as we defeat the imperial army and then announce that the Ming Dynasty has run out of luck... and then connect the provinces, it would be best to find a relative of the Zhu family..."

As a young scholar from the Kong family, he is naturally well versed in this area.

"Haha...Brother! Look, this is a professional!"

"Well then! Military Advisor Kong, how do you think we should deal with the troops outside the city?"

"Defend! Don't leave! As long as we hold Jinan City... even if hundreds of thousands of troops arrive, we can hold out! You know, Emperor Taizong was forced not to enter Jinan City..."

"Hahaha……"

"Then listen to the military advisor!"

"Everyone, rest assured, keep dancing and have fun!"

"Even Zhu Yuanzhang could rise from a beggar to an emperor, so why can't we?"

The scenes of Liu Liu and Liu Qi's enjoyment are basically what every rebel leader looks like after achieving initial success.

This scene was played out almost everywhere in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang's deeds naturally inspired every comrade.

……

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"Then why were Han Fu and the others already prepared?"

Liaodong, Liaoyang.

The war had already started, and fighting broke out in Liaoyang City in an instant. At the city gate, Chen Zhong cursed and hacked down a newcomer, then looked anxiously at the closed city gate.

"Has the city gate not been opened yet?"

"Almost there! General!"

The Changling guards finally broke through the city gate.

"Yang Tinghe! Chen Zhong! If you try to run away again, we will not show mercy to your families!"

When they were about to rush out, Han Fu, Zuo Ning and others surrounded them, holding their family members hostage.

"Get lost! At this point... can our family still survive?"

"Brothers, ignore them, charge!"

Chen Zhong didn't care about all this and shouted loudly again.

“Zuo Ning! Go back and tell His Majesty… Liu Jian is in your hands. Considering that we have served the Ming Dynasty for so many years, please let us go! As long as we live, we will never set foot in the Ming Dynasty…”

There was blood on Yang Tinghe's forehead. Looking at the people who were chasing him, he sighed deeply, and then quickly fled Liaoyang with Chen Zhong.

"It's not that easy to escape!"

"Yang Tinghe, you traitor!"

"Catch them!" "Only by catching them can we atone for our crime!"

The furious Liaodong Governor Deng Zhang naturally refused to let them leave.

The Liaodong soldiers are still in hot pursuit!

But they were facing a desperate enemy and after chasing them for half the night, they finally let them escape.

"Captain Zuo, we didn't do our job well and let them escape!"

After a night, Han Fu came back exhausted and guilty, and apologized to Zuo Ning.

"General Han, it's ready..."

"Who would have thought that Yang Ting and the others would be doomed to fail..."

"Now... with Liu Jian and their families, it's enough!"

"But... it's best not to let them escape peacefully. Next, you must continue to chase and intercept them!"

Zuo Ning looked at the dejected Liu Jian and knew that this was the best they could do.

"Don't worry! Captain Zuo, they only have two to three thousand men now... Unless they surrender to the Mongols, we will dig deep into the ground to bring them back!"

Han Fu still looked terrified. After all, strictly speaking, they were also accomplices.

"It's not your fault... they are just too treacherous!"

"I will truthfully describe Yang Ting and his treacherous deeds in my report to Your Majesty."

"Okay, I have to go back and report!"

The matter was considered to be over, and Zuo Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He grabbed Liu Jian and others and hurried back to the capital to report.

As they watched Zuo Ning and his companions going away, Han Fu and his companions continued to hold their breath and intensified their efforts to hunt down and search for Yang Tinghe, Chen Zhong and other stray dogs.

……

"Something's wrong!"

"Great Khan! Daming seems to have realized it now!"

"They have a lot of troops gathering towards Datong..."

"Many of our teams that went out to hunt Grass Valley were directly eaten by them!"

"Also! Those Ming people have become smarter and are running into the city. It's difficult for us to find various supplies!"

In Datong, the situation here at Dayan Khan is not optimistic either.

As the capital was pacified, soldiers from the nine borders returned one after another, and they also found that they were gradually being surrounded.

In the past, they only needed to fight against tens of thousands of soldiers from the Nine Frontiers, and they could come and go without a trace.

But after occupying the city, they found it not easy to escape.

"Where are their rebel troops that I asked you to contact?"

"They didn't react at all?"

The little Mongolian prince naturally realized that something was wrong, but looking at the map of the Ming Dynasty, he still had a sense of hope in his heart.

"They treat us with disdain... they look down on us and don't want to work with us!"

Speaking of this, the envoy felt sad and tired. They were despised by a rebel army that they looked down upon.

"Let's arrange a group of people to retreat to the grassland first..."

"I always feel that something is wrong with Daming..."

The Mongolian prince was naturally aware of danger and immediately made a backup decision.

"What about the others..."

"If the other tribes do not obey the Khan's orders, then let them try the Ming army themselves..."

"We wait and see!"

"All right……"

Although the situation in the north is changing rapidly, it is still spreading to the worse due to the speed of information transmission.

"Haha! The Khan is such a coward... Ming Dynasty is in such a mess now, yet he is still so cautious!"

"Look, haven't we captured another city?"

The leaders of other tribes, after seeing their brilliant battle results, all looked down upon the Mongolian prince's caution.

……

"This is the current situation of our Ming Dynasty!"

"The north, Shanxi and other places can basically be considered to be occupied by the Mongolian prince and his people!"

"Shandong, there are now three separatist forces!"

"Henan and Hebei can be considered to have lost half..."

"Southwest! Tusi and some others also exploded..."

"In the entire Ming Dynasty, only the southern Zhili, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are considered our sphere of influence!"

"In this situation, do you think there is still a chance for me to turn the tables?"

"What do you think I should do next?"

Jinling, Jinling Military Academy.

Zhu Houzhao personally stood on the podium and taught a group of dozens of young officers selected from the best of the military.

Of course, he had no military skills.

But he can demonstrate to the students the situation of the Ming Dynasty that he has summarized here.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is actually similar to that of Taizu back then..."

"Yes! Your Majesty, given the current situation, we have to take action!"

"Your Majesty, please give me 10,000 troops, and I will conquer the southwest!"

"Your Majesty, I also want an army of 10,000 to pacify Shandong!"

"Your Majesty, please give me 30,000 troops. I want to completely wipe out Mongolia!"

The atmosphere in the classroom is naturally very lively, not to mention that all those present are passionate young people.

Although they have only been training for more than a month, each of them is eager to go to the battlefield.

"Haha...you guys, pacify the southwest and Shandong?"

Zhu Houzhao sneered and said, "I think I am already arrogant, but are you all more arrogant than me?"

"Why? Are you going to suppress the rebellion with just your mouth?"

"You've been taking classes for so long, and this is it?"

"Each of them is better at talking about war on paper than Zhao Kuo!"

Zhu Houzhao naturally had high hopes for this group of young students, but after more than a month of training, they obviously had not made any progress, and he was a little disappointed.

Duke of Wei Xu Ju was watching from the side and his face was even more gloomy.

The class fell into silence.

"Okay! That's all for today's class!"

"You should follow the teachings of Duke Wei and think about it carefully!"

"Also! Everyone's training will be doubled today!"

Zhu Houzhao had no mood to teach and directly announced the end of the get out of class.

Being the principal of Jinling Military Academy was tiring for him.

"Your Majesty... I actually think what they are saying is correct. If we don't take this opportunity to act, the Ming Dynasty might fall into an even worse situation?"

"Duke Chengguo and his men have been blocked in Shandong. The current situation is worse than we imagined."

"But, it will take at least three months for these new recruits to go to the battlefield!"

Xu Yu also seemed worried. The worse the situation in the Ming Dynasty became for him, the more sleepless he became and the more anxious he became.

"Three months, that's three months!"

"We can afford to wait these three months!"

"I still think the Ming Dynasty is not in chaos enough. It has been more than a month! The situation of the princes rising up has not appeared. I only hope that my new army can fight against their elite troops! Now they will crush them... This war between the north and the south that I have started is completely meaningless."

Zhu Houzhao was not in a hurry at all.

They currently have the firepower and can basically send troops at any time.

New soldiers can be trained on the battlefield, but...

The rebellion was put down too quickly, and the interest groups in the Ming Dynasty have not yet been reshuffled.

Apparently, the bullets need to fly for a while.

In addition, the new tactics also require the deployment of trains and other transportation, which also requires waiting.

"Your Majesty, when that time comes, it may be too late." Xu Yu said worriedly.

"It's not too late, not at all! So... Father-in-law, the way of teaching will change! Whoever comes out on top in the various tests to come will be allowed by me to lead 3,000 new soldiers to practice new tactics on the battlefield!"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and decided that it was necessary to combine theoretical discussion with actual training, so as to avoid any embarrassment if he accidentally got it wrong.

(End of this chapter)