The general has been arrested?

The fiercely resisting soldiers were momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Continue to resist or surrender?

They looked at each other blankly, their weapons already hanging down.

Seeing this, Gu Yuzhi continued, "I am the Prince Wen! I promise that if you lay down your weapons and surrender immediately, I can petition my brother the Emperor to pardon your crimes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers were even more bewildered.

They also wanted to lay down their weapons, but as the general said, their identity was a big problem. Would the emperor be willing to accept them and make them real government soldiers after he found out that they were just private soldiers?

They dared not gamble, but...

With their generals arrested, what can they do?

The general hadn't expected to be captured. After coughing violently a few times, he spat out another mouthful of blood and said in a hoarse voice, "No..."

The general didn't have a chance to say what he couldn't do.

Because of the force with which the guard Zhang struck, the general was knocked unconscious.

Guard Zhang threw the generals to the ground like trash and shouted, "Look at the city before you! Are your relatives and friends inside? Are you really going to go down this path to the bitter end?"

One man, remembering his pregnant wife, could no longer hold his weapon steady. With a thud, the weapon fell to the ground. He covered his head with his hands, slowly squatted down, and muttered, "I surrender. I want to go into the city to see my wife."

Once one person took the lead in surrendering, many more laid down their weapons and squatted on the ground.

Before long, only a very small number of people remained standing still with weapons in their hands.

These men had no relatives in Huizhou and were unidentified private soldiers of a prince.

They knew that once they surrendered, the Prince of Wen would be unable to obtain information about them from the Ministry of War, and they would become true rebels.

The generals did initially say that they were only there to besiege Huizhou, which is why they came without any scruples. But now, Prince Wen has arrived in Huizhou and is leading the city's garrison in a rebellion...

Regardless of whether the King of Chu rebels or the Emperor leads a large army to stabilize Jiangnan, Jiangnan is in chaos, and Huizhou cannot possibly remain unscathed.

Gu Yuzhi looked at the few soldiers who were still putting up a stubborn resistance and slightly raised his hand: "Capture them."

He turned to look at Guard Zhang and pointed to the soldiers who had already surrendered, saying, "Take these soldiers into the city and make arrangements for them. Find out if any of them have family in Huizhou. If so, let them meet."

Gu Yuzhi's thinking was very simple.

Just like him, when panicked and fearful, one desperately wants family members or people one depends on to be by one's side.

Once these people see their families and are told how good Prince Qi is, they will definitely stop thinking about rebelling.

Gu Yuzhi waved his hand, and Guard Zhang selected a few elite soldiers. Several of them escorted the surrendered soldiers into the city, while the other elite soldiers escorted the generals and those soldiers who resolutely refused to surrender to the prefect's prison.

Upon receiving the news, the able-bodied men in the city quickly went out to clean up the battlefield. The wounded were taken back for treatment, and the dead were buried on the spot. As for weapons such as arrows and longswords, they were all taken back so that they could be reused.

Guard Zhang leaned close to Gu Yuzhi and whispered, "Your Highness, I have a feeling that something is not right."

Gu Yuzhi was about to split his elite troops in two to reinforce the East and West Gates when he suddenly heard Guard Zhang's words. He blinked and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Has Your Highness considered why the remaining people are resisting so stubbornly and refusing to surrender?"

Even if these people's relatives are not in Huizhou, they must still be in Jiangnan.

The floods in Jiangnan, coupled with the outbreak of plague, were not enough to make the generals doubt the King of Chu or to demoralize the soldiers.

Guard Zhang explained in a low voice, "Especially this general's attitude is very strange, as if he wants to hide something, something that he absolutely cannot let us know."

Gu Yuzhi scratched his head and said "Oh," then rolled his big eyes and grinned at Guard Zhang: "Don't worry, they've been captured!"

He patted Guard Zhang's arm: "Guard Zhang, you don't need to come with us anymore. Go to the prison and interrogate them properly, especially that general."

He stood on tiptoe and whispered, "It would be best if we could know where Brother Chu is!"

The evidence against the Prince of Chu for his treasonous acts is now conclusive. They can formally arrest him once the Emperor issues the arrest warrant.

Guard Zhang nodded with a stern face: "Your Highness, I will do my utmost to not disappoint you."

Those who stubbornly resisted were traitors and sinners of the entire Sang Dynasty, so he naturally wouldn't go easy on them, especially that general.

Guard Zhang led the man away in a triumphant and imposing manner. Gu Yuzhi then had Jiang Kangming call out the remaining elite soldiers who were still capable of fighting, dividing them into two small teams.

Gu Yuzhi was about to lead the group to Xizhimen with his spear when a sharp pain shot through his arm, and the spear fell to the ground with a thud.

His face was contorted in pain as he stared in disbelief at his right arm.

What's wrong? Why does my right arm hurt so much?

Could it really be as that elite soldier said, that his shoulder was dislocated?

Gu Yuzhi, with a sullen face, pinched his right arm from top to bottom, and felt that something seemed wrong with his elbow.

At this moment, Jiang Kangming had already left with those dozens of elite soldiers, and Guard Zhang was also gone. Gu Yuzhi was at a loss for what to do.

Just then, Gu Yuzhi suddenly heard Xie Changshi's voice: "Your Highness!"

Gu Yuzhi looked up and saw Chief Secretary Xie and Imperial Physician Qin hurrying over, jogging along.

Because this was a battlefield, Xie Changshi and Qin Yuanpan, who were civil officials, did not follow along and waited anxiously in the city.

Finally seeing the city gate open, Jiang Kangming led a group of men and rushed towards Dongzhimen, but His Highness was still nowhere to be seen.

The two of them could no longer contain themselves and ran out quickly.

"Your Highness," Chief Secretary Xie said, panting, "Are you alright?"

Gu Yuzhi pouted, pointing to his right arm with a wronged expression: "Chief Secretary Xie, there's a bulge on my right arm..."

Two steps behind, Judge Qin pushed Xie Changshi aside, grabbed Gu Yuzhi's arm, looked at it, squeezed it, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's nothing serious, just a dislocated arm."

He made Gu Yuzhi squat down, and then Qin Yuanpan used his knee to brace against Gu Yuzhi's armpit to stabilize his arm. Then he used his other hand to hold his arm and slowly rotate it inward, pulling the arm back to its original position.

Gu Yuzhi's eyes welled up with tears, and he forced his lips together, feeling an intense pain in his hand, far more painful than any of the external injuries on his body.

Just then, he suddenly heard a "crack" sound from his joint, and the pain seemed to disappear instantly...