Many times, even if you are mentally prepared, things often get worse than you think.

On the night of the third day of the tenth lunar month, Chen Xiaoting vigorously gathered Yan Jinsheng and Zhang Jingping together, and informed the two of the situation that the White Lotus Sect was about to cause trouble.

Under the persuasion of Chen Xiaoting, the two bigwigs finally agreed to implement full martial law control on Yongxi.

According to their plan, unofficial forces were not allowed to enter and leave the cities and villages, which fundamentally restricted people to the localities.

But after the issuance of martial law, those who really want to rebel will definitely ignore it, so there must be a military mobilization.

Therefore, still under Chen Xiaoting's emphasis, Yan Jinsheng decided to increase his troops again at Luoyun Pass.

There are two places in Yongxi that cannot be missed, one is Luyang City, where the capital is located, and the other is Luoyun Pass, which is located in Guangde.

The army responsible for guarding Luoyun Pass has strengthened its strength since the start of the war with Liangzhou, and there will be no problems.

Even if some of the guards were not so reliable because of the King of Anyang, the Dusi had already taken corresponding measures.

This is also because King Anyang was exposed early, otherwise those who were bought by him would be a hidden abscess for Yongxi.

Although martial law had been issued, just two days later, there were still incidents of rebellion by the White Lotus Sect in various places.

A large part of the elite guards in Yongxi were transferred to Liangzhou to support, so the troops were relatively stretched.

According to the plan taken out by the Dusi Yamen, in addition to the additional guards at the prefecture and city level, the county level can only assist in the guards.

To put it simply, the larger and more valuable city guards send troops to defend it, and small cities such as county towns can only rely on themselves.

Those rebellious White Lotus Sectists were not crazy, so naturally they fought there because the defense was weak, so in just three days, four county towns were breached.

The severity of the matter has risen sharply, and although these thieves are still a rabble, they are at least stronger on the surface.

They captured the county seat, and I don't know how many homeless people will be coerced, so that these anti-thieves will further grow.

Sitting in the lobby of a thousand households, Chen Xiaoting leaned back on a chair and squinted, quite irritated to listen to the summary of the situation of the officials, and the more he listened, the more he felt that the situation was not good.

At this moment, I saw Zhang Cheng walk into the lobby, come to Chen Xiaoting and say, "My lord, Pingyuan Mansion City has been breached!" ”

Chen Xiaoting opened his eyes suddenly, this is the first city to be breached, could it be that the anti-thieves have grown to this point?

So he immediately stood up and walked to a map of Yongxi to take a closer look.

"The city of Pingyuan Mansion has fallen, and it has become a piece of the county town that has been breached, and these anti-thieves will be even more arrogant!" Chen Xiaoting said coldly.

As for why the heavily defended capital city was breached in three days, the reason is actually not important.

Whether it is a failure in the defense of the city or who neglects their duties, there is no way to hold them accountable, and the most important thing now is to suppress the thieves.

"What else is there any news from Pingyuan Baihu?" Chen Xiaoting then asked.

"The news says that the siege thieves are not ordinary thieves, and their performance in battle is no less than that of the garrison army, my lord...... This is most likely a rebel! Zhang Cheng said with a gloomy face.

Zhang Cheng means that these thieves who are besieging the city are likely to be the rebel guards.

Is this possible? Of course, it is possible, because in the current chaotic situation, the actual control of the guards below is the weakest.

One or two thousand households of the army rebelled, and you can't find it in the short term, because you don't know that he has gone to fight.

"Spread the news to the Metropolitan Yamen!" Chen Xiaoting said in a deep voice, this is all he can do now.

Fortunately, although it has become a pot of porridge outside, it is mostly concentrated in the poor areas west of Yongxi, and the anti-thieves in the eastern provinces of Yongxi are much smaller.

Of course, this is also thanks to the crackdown of the Thousand Households, such as Dongping Guangde, where the grassroots organizations of the White Lotus Sect have been scraped several times.

Therefore, the situation was not as bad as imagined, so Chen Xiaoting felt that he needed to boost his morale.

And the one who needs encouragement and support the most is now the Dusi Yamen, who is mainly responsible for counterinsurgency.

"Forget it, I'll tell them the news myself!" Turning around, he said.

Naturally, no one could stop him if he wanted to go, so after a simple preparation, Chen Xiaoting rushed to the Dusi Yamen with a team of people.

At this time, on the streets of Yongxi, because of the existence of martial law, there were almost no people to be seen, which made this big city rarely quiet.

When I entered the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division, it was obvious that this place was very different from usual, and the atmosphere was much more tense.

The following people were busy with specific affairs, and Yan Jinsheng stood in front of a huge sand table, frowning and looking at the situation in a daze.

"My lord, Pingyuan has fallen!" One of the conductors whispered, he had just received the news.

"Pingyuan? Which county seat in Pingyuan? Yan Jinsheng turned around and asked.

The famous servant can only explain: "It's Pingyuan Mansion City!" ”

Hearing this, Yan Jinsheng's chest was like a big stone, making him feel that it was difficult to even breathe.

"Waste, it's all waste, this Yongxi will be defeated by these wastes sooner or later!" Yan Jinsheng scolded angrily, and he didn't know if he was scolding his subordinate officers or those civilian officials who were up and down.

The other people in the room were in a similar mood to Yan Jinsheng at this time, and they all felt that the situation was becoming more and more difficult at this time.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have not been many cases of rebellion and invasion of prefectures and counties, so Yan Jinsheng and them have become sinners, which is the biggest source of their pressure.

At this moment, I heard a voice outside the hall: "It's just a thief, what is there to fear from the rabble?" Lord Yan, don't worry too much about this! ”

Chen Xiaoting's voice Yan Jinsheng immediately heard it, so he looked up and saw that Chen Xiaoting had already stepped into the room.

"Chen Qianhu, the situation is not optimistic!" Yan Jinsheng sighed.

Today he came to appease people's hearts, so Chen Xiaoting approached and said to everyone: "It's just that we occupy a few prefectures and counties, and Yongxi still has seventy percent of the land in the hands of the officials and soldiers, and the advantage is on our side!" ”

Chen Xiaoting told the truth, so the officers present could listen to it.

"The White Lotus Sect rebelled, as long as he suppressed them quickly, you would have a great merit at that time, why should you frown?"

"This is an opportunity to make a difference!" Chen Xiaoting said with a smile.

Although his words could not immediately change the atmosphere, they still had some use, at least ...... They can be sure that the factory guards will not fall into the ground.

Don't think this is funny, this is a very real problem, the factory guards are desperately planting charges, which is a huge psychological burden on everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now you just need to suppress these thieves, and the credit is yours!"

Pointing to the anti-thieves who had been connected on the sand table, Chen Xiaoting said solemnly: "Surround them, and then catch them all!" ”

Whether it's nonsense or not, Chen Xiaoting expressed his opinion anyway, and he also felt that it had a certain tactical significance.

Although the anti-thieves are violent, they are still much worse than the official army, and it is not difficult to concentrate superior forces to defeat them.

At this time, whether it was a show or something else, Yan Jinsheng could only muster up his fighting spirit and said to the subordinates present: "That's right, we want to catch all these anti-thieves!" ”