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

The deaths of these people were so horrific that the impact was too great for Qian Jingui, who had never marched or fought a war and only wanted to make money. He collapsed in the corner and couldn't get up for a long time.

Just because he couldn't get up didn't mean Zhao Zhenyuan would let him go, and the second round of yelling and scolding began.

And this time it wasn't just one person who was cursing, but a hundred people were cursing in unison, scolding Qian Jingui as worse than dog shit, and Qian Jingui was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

When a person is very angry, he can do anything and all fears are just empty talk.

He got up, rushed out of the safe house, and yelled like a madman: "Where are the people? Where did they die? What's the point of keeping you useless people? Hurry up and drag them down, set up your bows and arrows again and shoot them to death!"

There was a general in Huai'an City named He Changyi. He was a former subordinate of Zhao Zhenyuan and had rich experience in marching and fighting. However, he retired due to injury and illness. Later, he accepted the arrangement of the court and went to Huai'an City to lead the army.

But Qian Jingui was narrow-minded and suspicious and never trusted anyone. Although He Changyi was the chief commander, Qian Jingui never delegated power to him and only asked him to do miscellaneous tasks every day.

If He Changyi knew that it was Zhao Zhenyuan who led the troops to attack the city, he would have persuaded Qian Jingui to surrender long ago. However, he didn't know that he couldn't even climb up the city wall and was being commanded around by Qian Jingui. Now he and the soldiers were busy moving arrows from the warehouse and stacking them under the wall.

At this time, Qian Jingui was shouting on the city wall like a madman. He Changyi couldn't help but look up, but unfortunately the city wall was too high and he could not see anything.

The imperial court strictly prohibited cities from fighting privately for any reason. Now Long Kaiyang led his troops to challenge him. If Qian Jingui was not too arrogant and had been more careful, he would know that this matter was not that simple. However, Qian Jingui was blinded by greed and wanted to take this opportunity to suppress Long Kaiyang, relying on the fact that he had more than 10,000 private soldiers, to see if he would report him again in the future.

He Changyi just looked around for a while at the bottom of the city wall, and then he saw corpses being carried down from the city wall one after another.

He Changyi's heart tightened. The war between the two cities was illegal, and so many soldiers died. If the court knew about it, Long Kaiyang would definitely be sentenced to death. But Long Kaiyang didn't look like a fool. He wouldn't do such a thing. Why would he come to Huai'an City to provoke a war for no reason?

He Changyi felt that something was fishy. Although Qian Jingui was a shrewd person, he was not willing to suffer any loss. The other party must have taken advantage of his character and deliberately provoked him, angered him, and made him behave irrationally.

When He Changyi thought of this, a chill rose from the bottom of his heart. This person was really too powerful. In addition to his great tactics, he also knew how to control human nature. If he was a tyrannical person, the people of Huai'an City would be in great danger.

The more He Changyi thought about it, the more anxious he became. He couldn't stay there any longer. He had to find a way to save the people of Huai'an City.

He Changyi also knew a little about Long Kaiyang's character. He knew that he was not a warlike and tyrannical person. For the sake of the people in the city, maybe asking him to withdraw from the war would help.

Thinking of this, He Changyi walked to the horse stable on the city wall, untied a horse, jumped on the horse and rode away.

He Changyi had stayed in Huai'an City for several years. He knew which places could lead out of the city. There were also soldiers guarding other exits, but He Changyi was the commander-in-chief, so these people did not dare to stop him and let him out of the city.

After leaving the city, He Changyi went straight to Long Kaiyang's camp.

At this time, Zhao Zhenyuan just withdrew his troops back to the camp.

Zhao Zhenyuan had fought back and forth three times, and these three times caused Qian Jingui to lose tens of thousands of arrows and hundreds of people to die. It can be said that he had won a great victory.

When Long Kaiyang saw Zhao Zhenyuan returning from another victorious battle, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He asked people to prepare good wine and food for Zhao Zhenyuan and serve him well.

At this time, He Changyi had already arrived outside the tent and asked to see Lord Long.

He Changyi was the enemy's general commander. Long Kaiyang didn't want to meet him very much, fearing that he would plot against him. But when Zhao Zhenyuan heard the name He Changyi, he raised his eyebrows and asked someone to bring him in.

When He Changyi came in, he first saluted to Long Kaiyang, and then sincerely asked Long Kaiyang to withdraw his troops to avoid harming the people in the city and bringing disaster to the people.

Long Kaiyang was already unhappy when he saw that He Changyi only saluted him but not Zhao Zhenyuan. He became even more unhappy when he saw that He Changyi dared to ask him to withdraw his troops and used the common people in the city to morally blackmail him.

Long Kaiyang pointed at Zhao Zhenyuan and said unhappily, "I heard that you also retired from the border army. Didn't you see who this person is?"

It was only then that He Changyi noticed that there was a dark, thin, and tall man sitting in front of the coffee table in the tent, eating meat and drinking wine with big mouthfuls, without even glancing at him.

This person looked familiar at first glance, but he didn't look like him when he looked at him more closely. Moreover, this person was arrogant and looked down on everyone, which made He Changyi feel a little disgusted.

But He Changyi didn't dare to show his displeasure, so he could only ask: "Excuse me, who is this?"

Long Kaiyang glared at He Changyi and shouted, "You are so blind that you can't even recognize Marshal Zhao."

Marshal Zhao?

General Zhao Changguang?

When He Changyi heard the three words "Marshal Zhao", his legs involuntarily knelt down. This was the fear and respect that came from the bottom of his bones.

He Changyi buried his head deeply in the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I, He Changyi, pay my respects to General Zhao."

Zhao Zhenyuan threw the last piece of chicken into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed the bones, took another sip of wine, and then asked, "What are you doing here?"

He Changyi repeated his thoughts without even raising his head.

Zhao Zhenyuan sneered and asked, "You have been in Huai'an City for many years. Have you ever done a good thing for the people?"

He Changyi lowered his head even lower after hearing this. In order to keep his position, he helped Qian Jingui do a lot of bad things in the past few years, but not many good things.

Seeing that He Changyi remained silent, Zhao Zhenyuan continued to ask, "You must know exactly what kind of person Qian Jingui is, but you have never reported to the court in the past few years, nor have you stopped him from doing evil. Now you come to ask for a ceasefire, saying that it is for the people. Are you doing it for the people or for yourself? I believe you know it very well in your heart."

After hearing this, He Changyi felt a chill in his heart.

He felt that he was too careless as he ran to Long Kaiyang's camp without finding out everything. If he had known that it was General Zhao who led the troops to fight, even if he had a hundred times the courage, he would not have dared to run up to him and seek death.