At the moment when the city gate opened, Ye Zhiyuan turned around and walked down the city tower quickly, he was going to the door to greet King Qi.

It's just that in the process of going downstairs, Ye Zhiyuan felt a little unsteady in his heart, and felt that he seemed to have ignored something, it seemed that Yan Dongyang and the guards of the Qi Palace's mansion were a little impatient, and as soon as the city gate was opened, they rushed in in a hurry, which may be the reason why King Qi was seriously injured! Thinking of this, Ye Zhiyuan couldn't help but speed up his pace, behind him were thousands of guards at the door, and the soldiers on the city wall also went downstairs one after another, after all, the king of Qi was about to enter the city, except for a few people, they had to go down to pay their respects, and the prince was below, and it didn't seem good for you to stand on top of the prince's head.

"Governor Ye, your old man is really fast, the prince is seriously injured, you still have the heart to put on your show?" Yan Dongyang looked at Ye Zhiyuan, who was hurrying down from the steps, and then glanced at the civil and military officials gathered behind him, and said in a strange way.

"Hehe, Brother Yan, please forgive me, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the city gate is not allowed to be opened at night, and now it is close to Yinshi, for the sake of prudence, the lower officials still have to check before they can be released, and I hope Brother Yan will forgive me, by the way, how is the prince? Bring your brother to meet you! “

Hearing Ye Zhiyuan's words, Yan Dongyang smiled lightly, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm in Ye Zhiyuan's words, he tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth were furrowed: "The prince is there, in the second carriage, you go and pay a visit!" ”

As he spoke, the first carriage had already driven through the city gate and passed away in the city, the second carriage slowly stopped behind Yan Dongyang, and the guards of the Qi Palace's mansion rushed in and quickly controlled the vicinity of the city gate, while the rest of the guards gathered around the second carriage, facing Ye Zhiyuan and the others who had just come down from the steps.

Under the light of the torches, Ye Zhiyuan's expression suddenly became solemn, he hurried to the side of the carriage, and said, "Where is the injury, Lord Wang?" Is it badly injured? Would you like to see a doctor? While speaking, Ye Zhiyuan stretched out his right hand and was about to pull the car door, but a hand stretched out from the oblique thorn and gently pressed the car door: "Lord Ye, the prince can't see you, his old man is too injured to see the wind." ”

Ye Zhiyuan slowly retracted his hand, he glanced back at Yan Dongyang, crossed his shoulder, and looked at the steps behind him, he found that in just a while, the guards of the Qi Palace's mansion had already begun to ascend the city, he looked back at the city gate again, and found that there were still soldiers coming in outside the door, but these soldiers were very poorly disciplined, noisy and shouting, and often scolding in their mouths.

Ye Zhiyuan's heart "chuckled", he finally understood where the feeling of unsteadiness came from, King Qi had not shown up, he didn't even make a sound, this was too inconsistent with King Qi's character, if King Qi was complacent, he would have come out a long time ago; If King Qi is really injured, then as long as he can move, he will inevitably scold and be furious; Now in this way, there are only two possibilities, the first is that King Qi is very injured and unable to speak; The second possibility is that King Qi is not in the car.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhiyuan looked back at Yan Dongyang: "Okay, then go and prepare some herbs and medical officials for the prince." “

Before Yan Dongyang could answer, Ye Zhiyuan suddenly turned around, grabbed the handle with both hands, and pulled the car door open, but unfortunately before he could see it clearly, a sword stretched out from the car door and stabbed straight into his throat, and at the same time, a low voice came from the car: "Yan Dongyang, do it!" ”

"Yes!"

"Maitreya is born, and the white lotus is reborn!"

"Maitreya is reborn, and the white lotus is born!"

......

When the officials of Qingzhou Mansion heard this slogan, they all changed color and blurted out: "White Lotus Sect!" ”

However, it was too late.

The guards of the Qi Palace, or the bandits of the White Lotus Sect, suddenly turned their faces and moved towards the nearby officers and soldiers, and when they were caught off guard, the defenders had no power to resist at all, and they fell to the ground with serious injuries, and the defenders at the city gate and on the city tower were quickly eliminated, and the shouts of killing quickly fell silent.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cai Wenjie and Qianhu Wanduan and others hurriedly ordered the officials and soldiers to resist, and ran towards the city by themselves, but unfortunately, they were blocked by a carriage, which was the carriage that had just entered the city, and the ruts of this carriage were very deep, Ye Zhiyuan and others thought that it was loaded with treasure, but at this moment they found that it was not the case. The door opened, and there were more than a dozen big men jumping out of the car, all wearing white tights and white cloth belts on their heads.

These white-clothed men had murderous faces, their eyes were red, looking at Cai Wenjie and Wan Duan and others who were running towards them, and the leading man shouted wildly: "Kill, kill all these dog officials, and avenge Your Majesty!" ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Wan Duan puffed up Yu Yong, pulled out his waist knife and fought with the man in white, while Cai Wenjie and the others had no power to fight back, and the big men on the opposite side were all extremely cruel, as if they didn't see them kneeling and begging for mercy......

And behind them, several big cars behind also jumped out of some white-clothed people, they looked like crazy tigers, frantically slashing and killing all the officers and soldiers who stood in front of them, in front of them, there was no life!

......

The fighting under the city continued, but a fire was ignited on the city, and outside the city, excited shouts of killing swept across the wilderness and rushed into Qingzhou City.

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On December 25, the sixth year of Jianwen, Qingzhou City was captured by the White Lotus Sect, the prefect Ye Zhiyuan, the commander Tong Gang, the same knowledge Cai Wenjie and more than ten civil and military officials were killed, the five thousand defenders in the city were caught off guard, more than 2,000 people were killed in the battle, and the rest were coerced into the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect looted money and grain in the city, and most of the wealthy families in the city were looted, and the Qi palace was no exception, fortunately the princess Wu and the three princes managed to escape, mainly thanks to the foresight of the Wu family, she ordered to strengthen the guard after the king of Qi left; In addition, the king of Qi connected the palace courtyard wall to the city wall, which also had a certain effect, and the lookout personnel issued a timely warning of what happened at the city gate, and the princess Wu immediately escaped from the palace after hearing the report, escaped from the north gate of Qingzhou, and then rushed to Jinan.

In the process of attacking the mountain, the guards led by the King of Qi encountered a fire attack and suffered heavy casualties, which was partly because the army of the King of Qi brought a large number of fire-causing objects. King Qi's original intention was to burn down the cottage in the event of a breakdown of negotiations, maybe in his heart, An Lianrong, maybe he couldn't save it, of course, it might be too late to save it.

However, the cavalry led by the King of Qi himself, because of forage, was strained as a whole, and fled under the siege of the White Lotus Sect bandits, and after the King of Qi escaped from the encirclement of the White Lotus Sect, there were only a few dozen people around him.

The king of Qi who escaped by luck did not dare to return to Qingzhou, nor did he dare to go to Jinan, he fled to Yanzhou with people day and night, and then wrote together with the king of Lu who was sealed in Yanzhou, in addition to stating the facts, he also accused the officials of Shandong of expropriating and expropriating the people, and at the same time tolerated the traitors, connived at the White Lotus bandits who unloaded the stone sheds, and did not send troops to exterminate them as soon as possible, causing today's catastrophe.

And Shandong officials are not to be outdone, they pointed out that the king of Qi's henchman butler master is an important figure in the bandits, the bandit army is in the name of the king of Qi to deceive the gate of Qingzhou, in addition to the king of Qi sent troops without authorization, causing the emptiness of Qingzhou, is also a major reason for the fall of Qingzhou, combined with these two articles, Shandong officials advocate blaming the king of Qi, that the king of Qi is suspected of colluding with the bandits and rebellion, and it is recommended to cancel the guard of the king of Qi and severely punish the king of Qi.

The White Lotus Sect captured Qingzhou, obtained a large number of supplies, weapons and soldiers, and greatly boosted morale, and then under the command of the Holy Maiden, except for some people who stayed in Qingzhou, sent most of the men and horses to the nearby county regardless of the New Year's Festival, braving the severe cold to pounce on the nearby county, and the nearby county also had the leader of the White Lotus Sect to respond, so by the end of the first month of the seventh year of Jianwen, the White Lotus Sect had captured Qingzhou, Juzhou, Jiaozhou and Anqiu, Shouguang, Zhucheng, Jimo and other seven county seats, Laizhou City was also attacked, and the bandit army seemed to want to capture Laizhou and prevent the sailors from landing, Their worries were not wrong, the artillery fire and supplies of the sailors were the main reason for the preservation of Laizhou City.

By now, the uprising of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong had reached its heyday, and Xu Huizu led the army to Jinan. On the 20th day of the first month of the first year of Jianwen, Xu Huizu held a military meeting in Jinan, which was attended by the veteran general Xu Kai, the commander of the Guards Cao Yushu, the Shandong Metropolitan Secretary Liu Tunnel and others, and the political envoy of Shandong and the envoy of the inspection attended the meeting as observers.