When the Shandong Righteous Army besieged Linyi, the news scattered.

Three days after the capture of Linyi, a Song army from the Haizhou direction reached the east bank of the Yi River.

After Yao Chang selected and absorbed the rebels from all walks of life, the size of the Shandong rebels reached more than 40,000 people, and after a little rectification, on the day when the Song army appeared in Hedong, before they had contact with the other party, they led 40,000 Shandong rebels to leave Linyi and rush to Yinan.

The rebel armies from all walks of life who stayed in Linyi, as well as the surrendered army, were less than 20,000 people, and how they dealt with themselves and how they got along with the Song army was no longer Yao Chang's business.

According to the previously agreed strategy, after taking Linyi, the entire Shandong East Road is basically cut off from the Shandong East Road, unless the Jin people recapture Linyi or Yidu Mansion, it will be difficult for their tentacles to touch the land of the seven states of Shandong East Road, that is to say, as long as it is properly governed, the entire Shandong East Road will become the rear of the Shandong Righteous Army.

However, before effective governance, it is first necessary to take Mizhou, Weizhou, Laizhou, Dengzhou and other state capitals to govern and pacify the rebels from all walks of life.

Before leaving Yidu Mansion and going south to Linyi, Yao Chang discussed with Luo Cong and Shen Jin the military plan after taking Linyi, and decided to return to Yidu to train and rectify the troops first.

However, after taking Linyi and absorbing powerful rebels from all walks of life, with a strength of 40,000, Yao Chang's mind has changed.

After the Shandong Righteous Army arrived in Yinan, it rested for a while, and then changed the original plan of going north from Yishui County to Linqu and returning directly to Yidu Prefecture, and the whole army turned east and entered the territory of Mizhou.

Ten days later, 40,000 Shandong rebels arrived in Zhucheng County, Mizhou, through Juxian and Wulian.

Last year, when Yan Liang led a million army to invade the south, in addition to the West Road, the Middle Road, and the East Road, there was also a large army from the sea straight to Lin'an, this road naval army was controlled by the Jin State Ministry of Industry Shangshu Su Baoheng, and the place of preparation was in Mizhou, but the naval army had just completed the preparations, and was about to leave the port and enter the sea, but did not want to be attacked by Li Bao, the deputy governor of the western part of Zhejiang and the deputy governor of the sea vessels, led by Li Bao, the deputy governor of the Western Zhejiang Dynasty and the deputy admiral of the sea vessels, led a sneak attack on Chenjia Island, as a result, the 70,000 people of the Jin State naval army were wiped out, most of the warships were destroyed, and many military assets such as food, weapons, and armor were captured. It's a pity that there are too many things to carry, and I am afraid that I will be snatched back by the Jin army in Mizhou City, so I burned it with a fire, which burned for four days and four nights before the fire was extinguished.

Shen Jin had told them about this before, and at that time, he had also attacked various rebels near Mizhou, saying that they were not worthy of cooperation.

In the first battle of Chenjiadao, although the Jin naval army suffered heavy losses, and almost all the grain and grass in the harbor were destroyed, there were still five or six thousand troops in the cities and counties of Mizhou, and there were not a few people who hoarded grain and grass.

When the Shandong Righteous Army went south, the troops were insufficient, and they were afraid of delaying time, so they did not approach Zhucheng County.

On the day of entering Zhucheng County, the Shandong Righteous Army buried the pot early to cook and camped to rest.

After a night's rest, the next morning, when the sky was dark, the army set out and went straight to the city of Mizhou.

In the afternoon of the same day, an army of 40,000 suddenly appeared under the city and surrounded the city of Mizhou in one fell swoop.

Although the Shandong Righteous Army appeared suddenly, the city of Mizhou, which had been disturbed by the attacks of the rebels from all walks of life for a long time, was extremely cautious, and saw the unidentified men and horses of the brigade from a distance, so he immediately closed the city gate.

Therefore, although the Shandong Righteous Army surrounded the city of Mizhou, it could not enter the city immediately.

Seeing that the city was heavily guarded, if you want to storm it, you have to immediately build siege ladders and other siege equipment, and it will take five days to prepare, let alone five days, so Yao Chang gathered to discuss the meeting and wanted to listen to the suggestions of the audience.

"Mizhou City is right in front of us, there are countless grains, grasses, weapons, and armor in the city, whether we can get our hands on it depends on our ability. We remember that many of you are locals, but can you take Michigan? Yao Chang sat in the middle, his eyes swept over his face one by one.

"I have an idea, I don't know whether to say it or not." Suddenly, there was a humanity.

"Commander Li said something alleged, but did not say it as inappropriate." Yao Chang turned his eyes and saw that it was Li Tiegun, a rare brave man in the righteous army, who killed hundreds of enemies alone in the battle of Linyi, and no one dared to approach.

"Although the city of Mizhou is high, but I know, there are not many defenders, there should have been five or six thousand people, since the entire navy was wiped out last year, the defenders in the city have fled out of the city one after another, and now there are four thousand people who are good. According to my idea, if we attack directly, we have 40,000 people, and it is impossible for them to resist, and it will not take an hour to take Mizhou City. If Lord Yao believes me, I will lead the army to attack the city! Li Tiegun said loudly.

"Since it's a strong attack, Lord Yao, I also ask for the siege!" As soon as Li Tiegun's words fell, another general of the rebel army scrambled to ask for help.

"Attacking is not the first choice, if you can take Mizhou City without blood, it's best, you really can't take it, and then consider attacking. Don't fight between the two rulers, let's consider other ways first. "To tell the truth, Yao Chang doesn't want to storm Mizhou City at this time, once it is attacked, the formation will be chaotic, and the order will be lost, and when Mizhou City is captured, the rebel army will rush into the city, it will not be able to control it, burn and loot, I am afraid it will not be able to stop it in time, if so, even if Mizhou City is taken, it will not be able to restore rule as soon as possible.

"Lord Yao, if you don't fight, then you can only wait for them to go out of the city and surrender, but there is enough food and grass in the city, they can afford it, more than 40,000 of us can't afford to wait, and the brothers have to eat!" Some rebel generals objected.

"Yes, there are only a few people in the city, and in less than an hour, we can take Mizhou City, and if we move troops now, we can spend the night in the city tonight." The generals of the rebel army chimed in.

"We have taken Yidu Mansion and Linyi, the entire Shandong East Road is in the bag, and it will all belong to us in the end, if there is another better way to take Mizhou, why smash Mizhou?" Seeing that all the generals wanted to attack, Yao Chang immediately reasoned with them.

The generals of the Righteous Army are all from the Righteous Army, and now they only care about destruction, but do not understand construction and maintenance, in order to restore the great plan and stabilize Shandong, there are some truths, they must understand.

Let's not talk about the recovery plan, just talk about whether you want to take care of your own things, just this sentence, and it will be listened to by the generals.

Yidu Mansion, Linyi, one south and one north, the two passages into Shandong East Road were all taken by the Shandong Righteous Army, and the Jin people could not touch it, so the other states and counties were indeed in the pocket of the Shandong Righteous Army, as long as they took it down, it was their thing, and it was indeed not much good to smash it at this time.

With such an easy-to-understand truth, everyone quickly figured it out, and then gave up the idea of storming Mizhou.

So if you don't storm it, how can you capture Mizhou City?

For a while, almost everyone was thinking about this question.

After a while, someone suddenly said: "I knew some people in the city before, and some of them worked in the Yamen, I wonder if I can use them?" ”

"Do you have someone in the Mizhou Yamen? What does it do? Yao Chang immediately asked.

"Headcatcher. I had a very good relationship with him in my early years, but I didn't have contact for many years, but how useful can a head catcher be. The man shook his head, thinking differently.

"It can't be said that if the head catcher has prestige, hundreds of errands in a city will be under his command, no matter how many officials are changed, as long as there is no accident, the capture of a state and a county will not change, as long as the capture remains unchanged, they can easily maintain the order of a city. Maybe a headhunter won't help take the city, but after taking the city, their help is indispensable. Yao Chang was overjoyed, Lord Yang started to catch himself back then, who said that it was useless to catch heads.

Then he said: "In this way, you can find a way to send a message to your old people in the city immediately, and see if you can find out the details of the city." ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away." The rebel generals received the order.

"Mizhou can't be stormed, but we can make a strong offensive to coerce the defenders and officials in the city, if they take the initiative to surrender the city, it is naturally easy to say, if they really can't think of a good way, they have to attack in the end. Siege equipment such as ladders to climb the city should be made first, and whether they can be used or not will be talked about later. What do you think? ”

After Yao Chang finished speaking, everyone had no objections.

"Everyone also thinks about it, if there are acquaintances in the city, you might as well shoot books into the city and get in touch."

The discussion under the city of Mizhou ended quickly, and the generals of the rebel army returned to their respective camps.

The soldiers of the rebel army, who were skilled in carpentry, immediately took action, looking for trees and making ladders.

In the evening of the same day, several letters were shot into the city with strong bows, including those of the generals of the rebel army, some of the ordinary soldiers, and of course, Yao Chang's own letter, which stated that the Mizhou governor had personally opened a letter.

When night falls, the lights inside and outside the city of Mizhou are bright.

That night, almost all of the letters that were shot into the city were sent to the Zhizhou Yamen and to the Mizhou Zhizhou.

Zhizhou Liu Ge convened a group of subordinate officials to discuss in the yamen to discuss how to deal with themselves and how to retreat from the enemy.

"My lord, I heard that at dusk, there is a flying book outside the city entering the city, I don't know what is written in the book?" An official asked.

Liu Ge said: "What else can there be, it is nothing more than to tell the official Yidu Mansion that it has long been lost, and Linyi was also captured not long ago, and the Jin people have been unable to enter Shandong." This official didn't believe that Yidu Mansion was the capital of Shandong East Road, how could the imperial court let it go, I heard that Jinan Mansion had enough troops, and maybe it would be able to recover Yidu and pacify Linyi in a few days. ”

"My lord, Su Shangshu defeated Mizhou last year, and 70,000 people in Shandong were lost, and there were no soldiers in Shandong. A few months ago, I heard that the imperial army had also gone north to Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion, preparing to fight Wanyan Yong in Liaoyang, how many troops can Jinan have? Even if there were, they didn't dare to transfer away, the Song Dynasty army was in Suzhou, Xuzhou, Haizhou, threatening Jeju, Jinan Mansion, if you move lightly, the east and west roads of Shandong will be dangerous, without the order of the imperial court, the defenders of Jinan Mansion will be thankless, to Shandong East Road to recover the lost territory? Xia Guan Ke heard that even Wanyan Huhe was captured, and now he is still locked up in Yidu City, and if he really wants to move Yidu City, they will kill people. Wanyan Huhe's identity is special, others don't know, adults should be clear, right? ”

The official obviously did not agree with what Liu Ge said.