Haishi
Everything was silent, and the darkness of the night seemed to swallow people up.
Maybe because he knew the weather was going to change, even the moon secretly hid itself.
Li Yunze led a large army and set off towards Qingzhou City in the dark night.
They stopped one mile away from Qingzhou City.
At this time, on the Qingzhou City Gate Tower, Ye Mingxuan and Lin Jiang were quietly approaching the guards on duty.
His Highness told them not to kill anyone if they could use poison.
These soldiers are not extremely evil people, they are all forced to perform military service.
The two men used a bag of sweat medicine to knock down all the garrison above.
Lin Jiang took out the smoke bomb from his waist and fired it into the sky.
Li Yunze saw the signal and said to Li Chaoyang and Mantang beside him: "Let's go, be quiet when entering the city, and try not to disturb the people."
"yes, Sir."
Li Yunze and Ye Yutong rushed out first, with Yan Yi and his guards accompanying them.
Li Chaoyang shouted behind him: "Brothers, rush!"
"Come on, rush on, rush on."
Here, Ye Mingxuan and Lin Jiang have opened the city gate and brought their cavalry to welcome them.
Magistrate Zhou had just fallen asleep when he heard a knock on the door.
The person outside the door knocked a little urgently. He immediately got out of bed, threw on some clothes, opened the door, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
The guard outside the door said anxiously: "Master, I saw someone setting off smoke bombs at the city gate."
"What." Magistrate Zhou was shocked and immediately ordered: "Get your horses ready, I'll go over and take a look."
But before he walked out of the door with his guards, Han Zhen walked in with a group of men in black.
"Prefect Zhou, it's so late. If you don't have a good rest at home, where are you going?"
Magistrate Zhou looked at him and the two rows of men in black behind him, and was shocked.
Thinking of the smoke bomb the guard had just mentioned, I knew something serious must have happened.
He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who are you? You are so brave, you dare to break into the government office without permission."
Zhou Zhen smiled and said, "You don't need to know who I am, but what I can tell you is that Yun Chaoguo is about to change its master.
If you are smart, just stay here and don't run around. His Royal Highness will come to ask you later. "
Magistrate Zhou asked in confusion: "Who are you talking about? His Royal Highness? Which prince?"
Han Zhen snorted coldly and said sternly: "His Royal Highness Li Yunze is the only legitimate son of Emperor Zhengyuan and Empress Lin. Why, you don't know this? Then how did you pass the exam to be the crown prince?"
Magistrate Zhou stared at him with his mouth open for a while, then stammered: "Tai, Tai, Prince, is that Prince?"
Han Zheng ignored him. He held the sword on his waist with his right hand and said, "Prefect Zhou, just wait inside."
Prefect Zhou stood still, listening to the sound of the city gate opening not far away, as well as the cheers and the sound of horse hooves as soldiers rushed into the city, knowing that the prince's troops had successfully entered the city.
After several years of drought, he had long been dissatisfied with the emperor.
But he was just a small prefect, and all his requests for relief grains came to nothing. He was helpless to watch the people starve to death.
In the second year of the drought, he even found an old monk outside and asked him to fool his brother-in-law Chen Shimei into giving porridge.
What he thought at the time was that as long as the victims could survive for a while, it would be fine to wait for the next rain.
Even if there is no food, the wild fruits and vegetables all over the mountains and plains can always keep everyone hanging on.
But who knew that the drought had lasted for three years, and no relief food was distributed at all, and he couldn't just harvest his brother-in-law's wool.
Besides, even though his cheap brother-in-law is the richest man in Qingzhou City and has a rich family, he can't control so many victims.
In the end, he really had no choice but to close the city gate tightly and keep out of sight.
Han Zhen saw him standing there silently, not knowing what he was thinking, so he ignored him and stood in the courtyard with his men.
At this time, a group of government officials rushed in from outside. Seeing the scene in the courtyard, they immediately drew their swords and prepared to save the prefect.
Magistrate Zhou waved his hands towards them and said to the government officials: "Put down your swords and wait here. They are not bad people."
Han Zhen glanced at him and thought to himself, he is a smart man and is good at judging situations, but he doesn't know what he is thinking.
Whether he is sincere or fake, His Highness will not care.
Because what is important now is his attitude. As long as he surrenders, it will be easier for the officials and people below.
His Highness cannot waste too much time in Qingzhou City, because the first city was defenseless, which allowed them to attack so quickly.
But as time goes by, the defense of the city behind becomes stronger, and it will not be so easy by then.
Magistrate Zhou was silent for a moment and said to Han Zhen: "My lord, would you like to let me out?
There are nearly five thousand soldiers in this city. They don't know His Highness's identity. If the two sides fight, His Highness will be injured again. "
Seeing that Han Zhen was silent, he added: "Actually, these soldiers are also children from poor families, and they were all recruited during forced recruitment.
No salary has been paid in the past three years, and only a few people support it every day. Everyone has many complaints about the capital, but a small soldier dares not to speak out against the imperial power. "
Han Zheng knew that those soldiers had been drugged by Lin Jiang and Ye Mingxuan. But he also wanted to see if the prefect was trying to play any tricks this week.
After staring at him for a while, he warned: "Let's go, but I advise you to be more honest, otherwise my sword will not have eyes."
"Sir, please don't worry. My whole family is here. If you really have any evil intentions, you can just do it."
Han Zheng said to his men: "You bring thirty people here to protect the family of Prefect Zhou, and I will take him to greet His Highness."
"yes."
