d The Manchu army swept through Shandong, so that the officials at all levels in Shandong panicked, and the decisive battle between the imperial court and Zuo Liangyu was underway, and the results had not yet come, many people were not optimistic about the imperial court, and in the face of the Manchu Qing siege, the Shandong people changed their minds.

In Tai'an County, the county commander Xue Zhongmu and the county Cheng Miaokai were plotting in the county government to surrender the Qing.

"My lord, Yan Yingyuan is a die-hard element, his subordinates have already tested his tone, it seems that if you want him to clear down with us, I'm afraid it's impossible." Miao Kai said helplessly to the county order Xue Zhongmu.

"This person is stubborn and obstructs our way to success, damn it! However, the two thousand city guards in the county town are all controlled by this person, which is a big trouble! The county magistrate said with a frown.

As an official of the Ming Dynasty, this county order actually said that it was a meritorious service to the Manchu Dynasty, which was really the sorrow of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the eloquence of Dolgon, in the early days, he used high-ranking officials to entrap the Han gentry to surrender, acting as a pawn, and then showing his fangs after defeating all the Han regimes, completely enslaving all the Han people, shaving the head, changing clothes, staking land, and catching Ding and filling slaves, all of which came out after the destruction of Nanjing City and the destruction of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Because Tai'an County in Shandong is a large county in Shandong, with a population of more than 100,000, there are more soldiers in the county than in other counties, reaching 2,000 people.

"My lord is right, this Yan Yingyuan is blocking our way to make meritorious contributions, it really deserves to die! If we don't want to kill him! Miao Kai said ruthlessly.

Miao Kai had a fire in his heart, and today he went to test Yan Yingyuan's tone, and vigorously praised the Manchu Qing and Dolgon's eloquence in front of Yan Yingyuan, saying that the Manchu Qing helped the imperial court defeat the thief Li Zicheng, which was a favor to the imperial court, and so on A series of good words, he almost directly said the surrender of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But he didn't expect that after Yan Yingyuan listened to his words, he immediately pointed to his nose and scolded, scolding him for having that kind of mind that is not as good as a pig and a dog, and the spit flew to his face, and several of Yan Yingyuan's subordinates almost moved their hands at him, thinking that although he Miao Kai was just a small county man, he had lived for decades, when had he been treated like this, how could he not let him be on fire.

"Kill him? No, no, he was personally appointed by the emperor, and he still has a holy --- on him" Before the county order was finished, it was immediately interrupted.

"My lord is so confused, if I descend to the Manchu Dynasty, I am still afraid of what his court will do, and the court will be afraid of us! It is precisely because he Yan Yingyuan has received the emperor's favor that he only thinks about being loyal to the court and repaying the emperor's kindness, and his heart is stubborn, and he will not be used by us, since he Yan Yingyuan has become a stumbling block to our achievements, we must kill him! And as soon as possible, now the city of Jinan has been breached for a few days, short today, long tomorrow, if we do not make a move before this, and ready to open the city gate to meet the matter, the Qing army will inevitably send people to attack the city, I am afraid that it will be too late. Miao Kai said anxiously.

The Qing army has set up camp in a place dozens of miles away from Tai'an, deterring several surrounding counties, just waiting for these counties to surrender on their own initiative, and now only Tai'an County is left, and the situation is critical.

The county magistrate nodded, secretly scolding himself for being confused, and he was still worried about what the court would do at this time.

"It's okay to kill Yan Yingyuan, but I heard that Yan Yingyuan's own courage is not weak, and there is a group of loyal subordinates, if you are strong, it may be difficult, and if you don't do it well, it will hurt us, what good way do you have?" The prefectural order is a little embarrassed.

Although Yan Yingyuan only brought a dozen people when he took office, he had to say that Yan Yingyuan's ability was not weak, and he firmly controlled the two thousand guards and horses of Tai'an in the month he took office, and all the bandits and bandits in Tai'an County were swept away in just a few months, and now Yan Yingyuan's reputation in Tai'an is almost more than that of Tai'an County.

What made Tai'an County Commander and County Cheng grit their teeth the most was that Yan Yingyuan relied on being a county lieutenant appointed by the emperor, and did not accept the dispatch of the county order at all, and refused to accept the order many times on the grounds that the matter was not beneficial to the people, otherwise the county order and the county Cheng would not have to take the risk of plotting how to take Yan Yingyuan's life, but directly ordered Yan Yingyuan to be transferred, and then notified the Qing soldiers to take over Tai'an.

"My lord, why don't we ------ like this" Miao Kai thought for a while, leaned into the ear of the county magistrate and whispered for a while.

After listening to Miao Kai's plan, the county commander's eyes lit up, nodded, and said with a cruel smile: "Well, this is a good idea, as long as Yan Yingyuan and his two right-hand men are poisoned to death together, and a few secret soldiers and horses we have planted in the two thousand guards and horses, I dare not say that I control all the soldiers and horses, but it is not difficult to open a city gate."

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After discussing with Miao Kai again, the county magistrate decided on all the details, and then set up a banquet in the county office, and asked a family member to invite Yan Yingyuan and several others to the banquet. At the same time, two other family members dressed up as ordinary people, and after each leading their horses out of the city gate, they quickly ran towards a Qing army camp in their twenties and thirties, but they didn't know that the actions of these two family members had already attracted the attention of the county soldiers stationed at the city gate.

Tai'an County Lieutenant Office. Suddenly receiving an invitation from the county order to a banquet, Yan Yingyuan and several henchmen were stunned.

"Big brother, needless to say, this must be a Hongmen banquet." Chen Mingyu snorted coldly and said.

"Yes, eldest brother, the second brother is right, what Cheng Miao said to the eldest brother in that bullshit county this morning, he almost said directly that the eldest brother would surrender to the captivity, if the eldest brother hadn't stopped him, the second brother and I would have beaten him a long time ago. Miao Kai is the person of the county order, and the meaning he conveyed this morning is afraid that it is also the meaning of the county order, and the county order invited the eldest brother to the banquet this time, if it is not a Hongmen banquet, brother, I absolutely do not believe it. Feng Houdun said with a sneer.

Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun are sworn brothers, the three of them grew up together, and they all held positions in Jiangyin, among which Yan Yingyuan was the oldest, Chen Mingyu was the second, and Feng Houdun was the youngest. Yan Yingyuan received the imperial court's decree to serve as the lieutenant of Tai'an County, in charge of the Tai'an military, the three of them discussed, Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun both resigned from their positions in Jiangyin, and followed Yan Yingyuan to Tai'an as Yan Yingyuan's right-hand man.

At this time, suddenly a county soldier hurriedly ran to find Yan Yingyuan.

"County Captain, something happened! Event! This county soldier came to Yan Yingyuan to tell him.

"Bang!" After Yan Yingyuan and the others listened to the county soldier's story, they slammed the table, stood up and said angrily: "The county commander and the county Cheng really plan to collude with the Qing prisoner to betray Tai'an, it's really damned!" ”

Yan Yingyuan gritted his teeth, although he had been a little surprised in advance, but when he really confirmed it, it still made him extremely angry. It is because of these dog things that eat inside and outside that a large area of Shandong has fallen so quickly, and now even the Tai'an County Commander has moved such a mind, it seems that if it were not for Tai'an's soldiers and horses in their own hands, Tai'an may have been betrayed.

"Big brother, now that it's confirmed, what should we do now, please give me an idea.

Chen Mingyu said.

"What else do you need to come up with, why don't our third brother directly lead the troops into the county government and destroy those two soft-boned dogs!" Feng Houdun has a hot temper, UU can't bear this when he reads the book () the most, anyway, Tai'an's soldiers and horses are in their hands, and the county government is only a few dozen officials, how can it be their opponent.

Yan Yingyuan shook his head and rejected the proposal of the third Feng Houdun: "No, the county order and the county Cheng are the officials of the imperial court, although we have confirmed it, but we only heard and saw it, and we couldn't come up with tangible ironclad evidence at all, so we rashly led troops to attack the county government, I am afraid that the people will mistakenly think that we are rebelling." ”

"Then what did the big brother say?" Feng Houdun asked.

Yan Yingyuan thought about it, and Sen Ran smiled and said: "It's not that there is no way, we can give him a plan, didn't he invite the three of us to the banquet together?" When the time comes, everyone sits at the same table to eat, if he really dares to make any moves, hehe! ”

The three of them glanced at each other, if the county commander really dared to set up a Hongmen banquet, with the courage of the three of them, it would not be difficult to subdue a weak old man in the county order.

"Okay, listen to the eldest brother, let's go to the banquet!"

The three brothers decided to deal with it, and they prepared to go to the county government for a banquet.

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