▁placing ▁poison ed ▁ship ments ▁of ▁wine ▁on ▁the ▁pir ates ' ▁path ▁which ▁killed ▁up ▁to ▁ 8 0 0 ▁of ▁their ▁number . ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁was ▁present ▁at ▁the ▁scene ▁of ▁battle ▁in ▁a ▁suit ▁of ▁arm our , ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁actually ▁at ▁H ang z hou ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁never theless ▁went ▁along ▁with ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁and ▁den ounced ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁as ▁well , ▁adding ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁become ▁ar rog ant ▁after ▁the ▁victory . ▁In ▁the ▁imperial ▁court , ▁Yan ▁Song ▁convinced ▁the ▁em peror ▁that ▁the ▁victory ▁proved ▁that ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁had ▁the ▁cap ability ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁pir ates ▁and ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁was ▁correct ▁in ▁his ▁accus ation ▁that ▁Z hang ▁had ▁been ▁holding ▁back , ▁only ▁striking ▁when ▁he ▁heard ▁about ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ' s ▁accus ation ▁against ▁him . ▁Inf uri ated , ▁the ▁em peror ▁ordered ▁Z hang ▁J ing ' s ▁arrest ▁on ▁June ▁ 5 ▁and ▁had ▁him ▁executed ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 2 . ▁ ▁Z hang ▁J ing ' s ▁replacement , ▁Z hou ▁Ch ong ▁( 周 <0xE7> <0x8F> <0xAB> ), ▁had ▁his ▁powers ▁greatly ▁limited ▁compared ▁to ▁his ▁prede cess or . ▁Instead ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 ▁coast al ▁provinces ▁under ▁Z hang ▁J ing ' s