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Chapter 245 Capture the City (3)

When Guo Zhiyuan and the others walked into the house, they saw Zhao Bingcheng, whose mouth was tied into "hairy crabs" and whose mouth was still stuck in a cloth strip. Chu Wan'er proudly raised her snow-white chin. Guo Zhiyuan gave her a thumbs up and walked to Zhao Bingcheng. Zhao Bingcheng looked at Guo Zhiyuan with horror, and struggled violently, making a low "whimper" sound from his mouth.

Guo Zhiyuan looked at Zhao Bingcheng and smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Zhao, no, I should call you General Zhao, please rest assured, we will not hurt you, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself, I am Guo Zhiyuan, the newly appointed magistrate of Zhangzhou Prefecture, the imperial court..."

When Guo Zhiyuan was exposed, let alone Zhao Bingcheng, even Zhao Dongkui widened his eyes in surprise. He had never figured out what Guo Zhiyuan came from. He thought that Guo Zhiyuan was a secret spy of the Jinyiwei, but he didn't expect that Guo Zhiyuan was actually the magistrate of Zhangzhou Prefecture. You must know that the magistrate is a sixth-rank civil servant. At the age of Guo Zhiyuan, he would definitely have a bright future in the future and there would be no such risk.

Guo Zhiyuan seemed to have guessed their thoughts and continued slowly: "General Zhao must be very surprised why I am here, right? I am not afraid to tell General Zhao that the court has mobilized 100,000 troops to destroy your rebels in one fell swoop. I just want to make a forefront. It won't take long for you rebels to be destroyed..."

Hearing that the court mobilized 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress them, Zhao Bingcheng was even more shaking. He was now full of fear and would not doubt whether Guo Zhiyuan had raised the tiger skin to serve as a banner. This was the effect that Guo Zhiyuan wanted. He changed his tone and said, "But I can give General Zhao a chance. As long as General Zhao can abandon the secret and turn to the light and cooperate with me to take down Zhangpu County, I can make General Zhao meritorious and exempt General Zhao from his death penalty..."

Seeing that Zhao Bingcheng was still hesitating, Guo Zhiyuan pointed at Zhao Dongkui and said, "Look at you, the Captain Zhao, are very smart. You have long abandoned the secret and turned to the light. Many of General Zhao's subordinates have surrendered to the court. If you don't believe it, you can ask him..." Zhao Dongkui was now in trouble, so he had to cooperate and nodded.

Zhao Bingcheng was already very greedy for life and death. In addition, he was always interested in enjoyment and didn't even go out of the county government. Naturally, he knew nothing about the situation outside. After making such a fool, he realized that the situation was hopeless. He nodded in frustration, expressing his willingness to cooperate with Guo Zhiyuan and the others to take down Zhangpu County.

After controlling Zhao Bingcheng, the next thing was simple. Guo Zhiyuan first asked Zhao Bingcheng to issue a military order to transfer Zhao Dongkui's troops to strengthen the county yard guards. Zhao Dongkui's subordinates had already been solved by Guo Zhiyuan. Naturally, all the transferred people were Guo Zhiyuan's registrar soldiers. In this way, the registrar soldiers took over the guards in the backyard of the county yard without any idea. The original county yard guards did not suspect that they were the ones who thought that Zhao Dongkui's contribution to the beauty was rewarded by Zhao Bingcheng, and he was secretly envious.

Then Guo Zhiyuan asked Zhao Bingcheng to give an order to summon the rebel leaders in the city to discuss matters. Although the rebel leaders felt a little strange, the second master Zhao had always been ignorant, so why did he suddenly become diligent today? However, Zhao Bingcheng was Zhao Bingjian's younger brother after all, and he dared not to stop him. As a result, the rebel leaders were all wrapped in dumplings and were arrested as soon as they entered the backyard of the county government. A few of them wanted to resist were killed on the spot by Guo Zhiyuan without hesitation. These rebel leaders had no loyalty at all. Seeing that the situation was not good, they expressed their willingness to abandon the secret and turn to the light and surrender to the court.

But a new problem has come again. Although these rebel leaders surrendered on the surface, Guo Zhiyuan dared not really trust them completely. The only thing he could trust was his fifty regiment of the village soldiers, but there were more than a thousand rebels in the city. The 50 regiment of the village soldiers under his fifty regiment could not suppress so many rebels. Once something went wrong, the situation might be out of control at any time!

At this time, thanks to Zhao Dongkui's idea for Guo Zhiyuan. Zhao Dongkui knew that he had become a rebel and had no way out, so he could only try his best to prove his value. He told Guo Zhiyuan that after Zhao Bingjian launched a rebellion, he arrested Huang Yingju, the magistrate of Zhangpu County, and some famous gentry in Zhangpu County, as well as some famous gentry in Zhangpu County, but they were not killed. Now they are all imprisoned in the county jail. These people have certain prestige in Zhangpu area, and many of the rebels are blindly obedient local people. As long as these detained officials and gentry were released, they should be able to suppress these headless rebels.

Guo Zhiyuan was overjoyed when he heard this. In the original history, Zhao Bingjian was captured by Huang Yingju, the magistrate of Zhangpu, and the rebellion was quickly put down. Although there were some accidental factors, it also showed that Huang's magistrate was still very courageous in doing things. Releasing him would definitely be of great help to Guo Zhiyuan's rapid control of Zhangpu County.

As soon as he arrived at the county jail, Guo Zhiyuan was also shocked. The prison was crowded with people. I think Zhao Bingjian was not sure whether his uprising could succeed. He kept these people as bargaining chips for negotiations with the future with the court, so he did not kill anyone. Among these people, Guo Zhiyuan quickly found Huang Yingju. The magistrate of Zhangpu was quite strong. At first, he thought that Guo Zhiyuan was sent by the rebels to persuade him to surrender, so he pointed at Guo Zhiyuan and cursed. Until Guo Zhiyuan revealed his identity and took out the seal letter that the court appointed him as the magistrate of Zhangzhou Prefecture. Huang Yingju cried with joy and knelt in front of Guo Zhiyuan and cried in tears: "Mr. Guo, the official dereliction of duty has caused the fall of Zhangpu County. Please punish him!"

Guo Zhiyuan quickly helped Huang Yingju up and comforted him: "Mr. Huang doesn't need to blame himself too much. It is understandable that Lord Huang is not careful for a moment. It is urgent to stabilize the situation as soon as possible. This official only brought fifty personal soldiers, and there are still thousands of rebels in the city. I wonder if Lord Huang has good plans to help me control Zhangpu County?..."

Huang Yingju also cheered up again. He lost Zhangpu County. The court must hold him accountable. If he could make a mistake and help Guo Zhiyuan take down Zhangpu County, he might have a chance to keep his official hat. He hurriedly said: "Don't worry, there are many loyal people in the county yamen runners, and there are many local gentry here. There are loyal servants and servants in their mansions, and hundreds of people gathered together. If it weren't for the sudden incident, Zhao Bingjian's traitor took advantage of the loophole, Zhangpu County would not be so easy to fall. As long as we wait, it's easy to take down Zhangpu County!..."
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