With a formidable enemy at the gates, the Eastern Depot chose this critical moment to arrest Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen.
The Prefect of Yanzhou tried to reason with the Eastern Depot eunuch: "It is true that they lost Yangzhou, but the fault did not lie with them—they were betrayed by traitors."
The Eastern Depot eunuch glared at him and demanded, "Are you pleading their case?"
Chapter 1278