After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

It was already evening when Zhao Zhenyuan returned to Yucheng.

He and the ten thousand soldiers traveled day and night, sleeping in the open air, without eating or sleeping well. He lost weight and was almost unrecognizable. However, his eyes were still astonishingly bright, and no one could last more than three seconds under his gaze.

After Zhao Zhenyuan led his troops to Yucheng, he did not enter the city. Instead, he ordered them to set up camp and rest ten miles outside the city.

After dinner, night had fallen and Zhao Zhenyuan went into the city alone.

Long Kaiyang has been both excited and uneasy these days. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep at the thought of bringing down Qian Jingui, but he was also afraid that Zhao Zhenyuan would never come back, and all his plans and preparations would be in vain.

Just as Long Kaiyang was looking at the stacks of information in his hands with a frown on his face, Zhao Zhenyuan suddenly appeared behind him.

Zhao Zhenyuan put the gun in his hand on the table and said loudly: "Hurry up and get me some meat and wine. I've been starving these past few days."

This loud shout almost scared Long Kaiyang, who was thinking deeply, out of his wits. He turned around and saw that it was Zhao Zhenyuan. He immediately became happy and quickly saluted Zhao Zhenyuan.

Zhao Zhenyuan waved his hand and said, "I've been hungry for several days. Now I just want to eat some meat and drink some wine. Hurry up and ask someone to bring some wine and food."

Long Kaiyang hurriedly called for someone to bring food. He only shouted once and the servant came in. After the servant left, Long Kaiyang realized that such a big man as Zhao Zhenyuan appeared in the room without a servant to inform him or follow him. He couldn't help but think of the last time Zhao Zhenyuan appeared in front of him inexplicably in the same way.

Long Kaiyang was a stubborn person. He simply asked questions when he couldn't figure out something: "Marshal Zhao, how did you get in? I always thought that my City Lord's Mansion was heavily guarded, but no one informed you when you came twice. Did my guards goof off?"

Zhao Zhenyuan rolled his eyes at Long Kaiyang and said, "Do you want to know how I got in?"

Long Kaiyang nodded desperately.

Zhao Zhenyuan saw that Long Kaiyang was very naive and cute, so he decided to help him.

Long Kaiyang just heard Zhao Zhenyuan's words, and then his eyes blurred and Zhao Zhenyuan disappeared!

Long Kaiyang thought he was dazzled and rubbed his eyes desperately, but after rubbing them a thousand times, Zhao Zhenyuan still disappeared out of thin air. It was not that he was dazzled.

Just when Long Kaiyang was shocked and thought he had seen a ghost, Zhao Zhenyuan appeared inexplicably again.

Long Kaiyang was now convinced that he had seen a ghost. He stepped back several steps in fear, pointing at Zhao Zhenyuan and stammering, "You, you, who are you?"

Zhao Zhenyuan couldn't help but slap Long Kaiyang. Long Kaiyang's face was swollen. He covered his face, looked at Zhao Zhenyuan with fear and grievance, and said with a sob: "Why did you hit me?"

Zhao Zhenyuan sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and then said, "Because you are stupid, I really don't know how you got the position of city lord."

At this time, the servants brought up the food.

There is meat, vegetables, wine and soup.

Zhao Zhenyuan poured himself a bowl of soup, took a sip, and said, "Come and pour me some wine."

As the lord of a city, Long Kaiyang had no choice but to come over and pour wine for Zhao Zhenyuan.

Long Kaiyang served Zhao Zhenyuan carefully. He observed him for a long time and saw that Zhao Zhenyuan could eat and drink, and his appetite was amazing. His breath was also hot. Only then did he slowly feel relieved that Zhao Zhenyuan was not a ghost.

After Zhao Zhenyuan had eaten and drunk his fill, he glanced out the window and said, "I will go to Huai'an City first. You should gather the remaining 10,000 soldiers and go outside the city to join the 10,000 soldiers in Yangcheng. You must reach Huai'an City before dawn. After arriving in Huai'an City, don't rush to attack the city. Set up camp ten miles away, and then send people to the city gate to beat drums, shout and curse, and deliberately provoke. If someone chases you out, run away. They will definitely not dare to chase too far to prevent fraud. After they return to the city, your people will continue to provoke them three times in this way until Qian Jingui leads his troops out of the city. Your people will retreat another ten miles. With Qian Jingui's careful and cautious character, he will definitely not chase them again. After Qian Jingui returns to the city, you will set up camp twenty miles away and wait for me to come back. In addition, the 10,000 soldiers in the city must follow my command before they can act. Anyone who dares to reveal his identity privately will be dealt with according to military law."

Long Kaiyang was confused. He had never led troops or fought in a war, so he had no idea what Zhao Zhenyuan was talking about. But fortunately, he was obedient. It didn't matter if he couldn't remember. He just wrote it down.

Long Kaiyang carefully wrote down the battle plan that Zhao Zhenyuan mentioned, which made Zhao Zhenyuan frown. If the enemy got the battle plan, the whole army would be destroyed.

But Zhao Zhenyuan still went with Long Kaiyang, because Long Kaiyang was a dullard and couldn't remember the plan, which would delay things even more.

Moreover, Zhao Zhenyuan's purpose was only to lure out Grand Tutor Gui. He did not really want to rely on Long Kaiyang to defeat Qian Jingui. The 30,000 troops he assembled were also a bluff to force Grand Tutor Gui to show up.

But these cannot be told to Long Kaiyang. The more he says, the more likely something will go wrong.

After seeing that Long Kai had written it down carefully, Zhao Zhenyuan gave him a few more instructions, then picked up his Silver Dragon Spear and walked out in a swagger.

After Zhao Zhenyuan left, Long Kaiyang remembered that His Majesty had sent someone to deliver a secret letter to Zhao Zhenyuan, so he hurriedly chased after him. However, he did not see Zhao Zhenyuan until he reached the door, so he had to ask the guard at the door: "Which direction did Marshal Zhao go?"

The four guards at the door looked at each other, shook their heads, and said in unison that they had not seen anyone come out of the house.

After hearing this, Long Kaiyang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. If it weren't for the secret letter from His Majesty in his hand, which was written by Chang Guang himself, he would have really thought that he had seen a ghost.

Zhao Zhenyuan took only half a night to reach Huai'an City with his spear in hand. Zhao Zhenyuan climbed up the several-meter-high outer wall with ease using his hands and feet.

After coming down from the city wall, Zhao Zhenyuan went straight back to the small courtyard where he rented. Seeing that it was still early, he went back into the room and lay down on the bed. Not long after, he began to hear loud snoring.

Sun Yi did not go out to do odd jobs these days. Instead, he got up early and wanted to chat with Zhao Zhenyuan. He had been alone for too long, and he finally met a soulmate. He would feel sorry for himself if he didn't have a good chat.

When he got up the next day, the room was empty and the person was gone.

Sun Yi quickly ran to the stable. Fortunately, the horse was still there. As long as the horse was there, there was no need to worry about not coming back.

So these few days Sun Yi diligently fed Zhao Zhenyuan's horse, for fear that Zhao Zhenyuan would be unhappy when he returned and ask him for the money back.

Five days passed like this. One day, Sun Yi got up and went to the side room without washing his face or brushing his teeth. Unexpectedly, he saw Zhao Zhenyuan lying on the bed. He was so excited that he limped to the bedside, hugged Zhao Zhenyuan and shouted, "Brother, you are finally back?"