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

When the people Jiang Lang brought saw that Jiang Lang was dead, they were so frightened that they dared not move. They all prostrated themselves on the ground and trembled.

After the signal was sent out, Long Kaiyang quickly gathered the team and came over in a mighty manner.

The 11,000 soldiers who had been lurking in the city were all gathered together. According to Zhao Zhenyuan's previous arrangement, they quickly occupied the government office and the city lord's mansion, and then occupied several main streets to prevent riots.

As for the soldiers left behind by Qian Jingui, Zhao Zhenyuan had no intention of recruiting them. No matter whether these people had done bad things or had blood on their hands, no one who was seeking the skin of a wolf could be left alive.

But what to do with these people? It is estimated that His Majesty will soon send people to take over Huai'an City, and the new city lord will deal with these people himself, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

Zhao Zhenyuan didn't expect that it would be so easy to take Huai'an City. According to Qian Jingui's temperament, he would have to put up a strong resistance for a few days. Unexpectedly, in less than two days, he took Huai'an City inexplicably without losing a single soldier.

Zhao Zhenyuan rode at the front of the team, followed closely by Long Kaiyang, and behind them were a mighty force of 20,000 soldiers.

Because there were 10,000 soldiers controlling the situation in the city, Zhao Zhenyuan and his group entered the city unexpectedly smoothly.

No one resisted, and no one deliberately caused trouble. Instead, the common people were unexpectedly excited and looking forward to the arrival of the great marshal.

They had been exploited by Qian Jingui for too long and wanted to resist but had no ability. Now that the God of War Dayu had come to help them drive Qian Jingui away, they were so happy that they didn't dare to have the slightest bit of disloyalty.

After entering the city, Zhao Zhenyuan asked Long Kaiyang to temporarily take over the post of the Lord of Huai'an City, and wait for the court to send a new Lord to take over. As for the 10,000 soldiers borrowed from Yangcheng, after entering the city and taking over Huai'an City, they were allowed to return to Yangcheng without any trouble.

The Lord of Yangcheng City borrowed 10,000 soldiers to help them capture Huai'an City. Although it did not play a big role, it was still a great achievement. It is estimated that the reward from the court will not be small. The Lord of Yangcheng City was also very happy and said that if Huai'an City was of any use in the future, they could come to him.

Under Zhao Zhenyuan's strong rectification, Huai'an City suppressed the bad thoughts of some people in just a few days. Those who should be killed were killed, those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned, and those who should be exiled were exiled. Huai'an City was thus completely disciplined.

Later, Long Kaiyang finally remembered the secret letter from His Majesty. When he handed it to Zhao Zhenyuan, the reorganization of Huai'an City was already in the final stage.

Zhao Zhenyuan suspected that Long Kaiyang must have deliberately handed the letter to him so late, but Long Kaiyang refused to admit it, and Zhao Zhenyuan could do nothing about it.

In the letter, Zhao Zhenyuan finally learned about Marshal Gui's movements. It turned out that he had gathered a large number of troops outside the capital, preparing to formally force the emperor to abdicate.

But Zheng Xian was no pushover. The Imperial Guards had nearly 30,000 men, Zheng Xian had nearly 10,000 private soldiers, 4,000 to 5,000 imperial guards guarding the four city gates, and another 10,000 or so soldiers in the open and in secret. Just in the imperial city alone, Zheng Xian could mobilize 50,000 to 60,000 men, and these soldiers were trained every day. They were simply not on the same level as the scattered troops of Grand Tutor Gui who had not trained for many years and were temporarily assembled. If a real fight broke out, Grand Tutor Gui would have no way out.

So Zheng Xian told Zhao Zhenyuan not to worry about the capital and to settle the matter of Huai'an City first.

This letter was sent several days ago. Not knowing what the situation in the capital is now, Zhao Zhenyuan really wanted to kick Long Kaiyang to death, but thinking that Huai'an City and Yucheng still depended on him to govern, he temporarily suppressed the urge to kick him to death.

The soldiers in the suburbs of Huai'an City were also swept away by Zhao Zhenyuan. These soldiers had insufficient combat effectiveness to begin with, and Zhao Zhenyuan didn't spend much effort to kill them on horseback. The few remaining ones were taken back to the city. Of course, some of them who ran fast escaped, but not many.

After the soldiers on the outskirts of the city were eliminated, Zhou Jixiang got the news and disappeared without a trace with all his men overnight.

Zhao Zhenyuan stayed in Huai'an City for a full ten days, and only left after the new city lord completely took over Huai'an City.

After Zhao Zhenyuan left Huai'an City, he rushed to the capital without stopping.

Just as Ah Man said, after the plague, floods occurred in many places, many farmlands and houses were destroyed, and the people lived in dire straits.

On his way back to Beijing, Zhao Zhenyuan punished several corrupt officials, destroyed several thieves' dens, and helped build dams. He stopped and walked a lot, and it was a month later when he returned to the capital.

What Zhao Zhenyuan didn't expect was that when he arrived at Wushili Changting in the capital, he happened to encounter the last battle between the imperial court and Grand Tutor Gui!

Zhao Zhenyuan cursed in his heart. It took him so long to return to Beijing. Now that the capital was in sight, he could go home soon. The war was not over yet. He really suspected that the army was waiting for him to come back for a fight on purpose.

Outside the fifty-li long pavilion, the two armies were facing each other.

The court army was led by Zhao Zhenyuan's deputy general Zhang Jing, and his deputy generals were Du Changfeng and Hua Wushuang.

Hua Wushuang and Du Changfeng rode their horses close together. Du Changfeng was handsome and elegant, while Hua Wushuang was heroic and dashing. They looked like a perfect match made in heaven.

The leader of the army on the side of Grand Tutor Gui was Zhou Jixiang, who brought back all the soldiers hiding in Huai'an City. After integration, Grand Tutor Gui still had about 60,000 soldiers, but this group of scattered soldiers was not cohesive enough. After the previous battles, they were defeated every time and lost about 20,000 soldiers.

However, the imperial court also lost several thousand soldiers, and Zheng Xian was so angry that he broke many teacups.

Zhang Jing and Zhou Jixiang had similar experience in marching and fighting, but Zhou Jixiang was a cunning man, and Zhang Jing suffered a lot at his hands, which was why he lost so many people.

As soon as the battle started, Zhou Jixiang tied up Zhang Jing's parents and said to Zhang Jing with a fierce smile: "Your parents are in my hands now. Do you want to be a loyal minister or a filial son? Think about it yourself."

When Zhang Jing saw his parents tied up like dumplings and thrown out, he was so frightened that his eyes went blind and he almost fell off his horse.

Zhang Jing pointed his sword at Zhou Jixiang and cursed, "Zhou Jixiang, you despicable villain, if you dare to touch a hair of my parents, I will kill you, you bastard."

Zhou Jixiang laughed a few times, then stabbed Zhang Jing's father in the back with a sword. Zhang Jing screamed and was so frightened that his heart was broken.

Zhou Jixiang pulled out the sword and Zhang's father screamed again.

Zhou Jixiang sneered and said, "I've already moved, what can you do to me?"

Zhang Jing was so angry that he couldn't utter a word, and his hand holding the sword kept shaking.

Hua Wushuang and Du Changfeng were both furious. It was too despicable that two armies were fighting and they actually captured someone else's parents to threaten them!

Hua Wushuang raised her spear and tried to stab Zhou Jixiang, but Zhou Jixiang was faster than her. He put his sword against Zhang's mother's neck and said coldly, "If you move one step closer, I will kill her."