ong ▁arrived ▁first , ▁but ▁they ▁suffered ▁a ▁dev ast ating ▁defeat ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁dis band . ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁decided ▁to ▁gather ▁his ▁strength ▁and ▁wait ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 1 , 0 0 0 ▁ab original ▁troops ▁to ▁arrive . ▁However , ▁the ▁apparent ▁le th arg y ▁with ▁which ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁carried ▁out ▁his ▁mission ▁attract ed ▁criticism . ▁His ▁critics ▁also ▁point ▁out ▁that ▁Z hang ▁was ▁an ▁ar rog ant ▁man ▁who ▁led ▁a ▁lux ur ious ▁l ifest yle , ▁and ▁lack ed ▁in ▁tact ▁when ▁dealing ▁with ▁others , ▁especially ▁his ▁sub ordinates . ▁With ▁the ▁trem end ous ▁power ▁he ▁held , ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁would ▁pun ish ▁officers ▁for ▁private ▁matters ▁like ▁giving ▁him ▁an ▁angry ▁look , ▁and ▁once ▁even ▁f log ged ▁a ▁vice - p ref ect ▁for ▁critic izing ▁him ▁— ▁never ▁since ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁dynast y ▁had ▁a ▁vice - p ref ect ▁been ▁treated ▁this ▁way . ▁He ▁also ▁refused ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua , ▁the ▁commission er ▁sent ▁by ▁the ▁em peror ▁to ▁scr ut in ize ▁his ▁actions , ▁since ▁he ▁considered ▁himself ▁above ▁Z ha o ' s ▁rank . ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua , ▁however , ▁had ▁considerable ▁influence ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁prote ge ▁of ▁the ▁Senior ▁Grand ▁Secretary ▁Yan ▁Song , ▁who ▁controlled ▁the ▁imperial ▁court . ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁had ▁ur