After surrendering, everyone longed to establish merit and then inherit the official position.
After all, as officials in Shanxi, they know better than anyone else what the situation is like in Shanxi right now.
It wasn't until Yang Zhiyong left that officials in various places lost their will to resist.
He was forced to leave only after Shanxi was filled with officials and generals who had lost the will to resist.
It can be said that officials throughout Shanxi are already prepared to surrender to Li Qin's court.
Now all they have to do is wait for Li Qin's army to arrive and go through the surrender process.
He retained his official position and continued to act arrogantly and domineeringly.
The music continued, and the dancing continued.
Zhang Heng's army thus crossed Jingxing unscathed and marched all the way to the walls of Taiyuan.
They encountered no resistance along the way.
Not only did he not lose any soldiers, but on the contrary, his army expanded from 30,000 at the start to nearly 40,000 by gathering soldiers who surrendered along the way.
Looking at the towering city of Taiyuan in the distance, Zhang Hengshuo felt incredulous that things had actually gone so smoothly.
After he led his army to the city of Taiyuan, he immediately saw that the city gates of Taiyuan were open.
All the officials left behind in Taiyuan knelt on both sides of the road, and upon seeing Zhang Hengshuo arrive with his army, they said:
"General, you have led the imperial army to Taiyuan. The traitor Yang Zhiyong has fled south. Today, we open Taiyuan to welcome you, General."
Zhang Hengshuo watched this scene, then turned around and glanced at Qi Wenbai, who had been clearing a path for him.
Is this your achievement?
You didn't do anything.
Forget it, let's go into Taiyuan first.
Subsequently, Zhang Hengshuo, guided by officials from Taiyuan, led his army into Taiyuan unscathed.
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