Chapter 754 The only person who sins is the Zhang family
Chapter 754: Zhang is the only one whose sins are so heinous
"This! This is!"
"Two adults, this is what our soldiers found among the collapsed houses... If I read it correctly, it should be your mediocre county soldiers, right?"
"No...that's right...but he..."
After the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Shen brothers rushed into the city, they gradually disrupted the trap.
This is also the difference between them and the real elite soldiers under Cao Cao - discipline.
After knowing the cause of the fire in the city, Jiang Wan concluded that there were still remnants of arsonists in the city, including members of the Zhang family. Since he could not let these people go, in order to avoid future troubles, he specially sent people to ambush outside the city gates.
Anyone who attempts to escape will be punished as a traitor.
The law is ruthless, but it is the most effective method at this time.
After preventing the rebellious officials and traitors from escaping.
Jiang Wan quickly arranged two teams, one led by Zhang He, Cao Zhen and other generals, to put out the fire in the city with all their strength.
And the other team -
"General, Prime Minister... I have been ordered to investigate the reason for the persistent fire in the city. Soldiers who died accidentally were found everywhere in the city."
"And the cause of their death is not caused by burning as it seems on the surface. This corpse is the most obvious and complete one-"
The person who spoke was Li Fu, a special talent who had been recruited into Cao Cao's army since his northern expedition against the remnants of the Yuan family.
Now he is the leader of an unknown special operation unit under Cao Cao. He leads a group of masters with great skills, especially those who are good at stealth and stealth, to help Cao Cao complete some tasks that are difficult for ordinary people to accomplish.
Under Yi Xiaotian's instruction, Li Fu also followed the army to Hanzhong this time.
Because it was mentioned in the brochure, Jiang Wan believed them unconditionally and handed over the investigation of the source of the fire to Li Fu.
And Li Fu did not disappoint everyone.
At this moment, he was carrying the body of a dead soldier and directly took off the armor from the soldier's back with one hand.
The blood may not be clearly visible because it was covered by armor before, but now it seems that the blood that covered the entire back of the corpse and the obvious knife wound are enough.
Prove the cause of death of this person.
"One stab in the back of the heart and one in the left chest. He should have died on the spot, not in the fire."
"What's going on! Someone is killing our soldiers?"
Shen Dan was furious. No wonder, he worked so hard to help put out the flames in the city, but then, his soldiers were killed for no reason... Anyone would be angry... Hmm... wrong?
"No! It's not for no reason! Could it be...!"
Shen Yi suddenly spoke from the side, attracting everyone's attention.
"Did Sir Shen Yi think of something?"
Jiang Wan asked calmly. While asking, he was squinting at the sky, as if he was looking for something.
Of course Shen Yi didn't pay attention to these small details.
"The Zhang family! The Zhang family must not have left Nanzheng City yet! I heard before that they are still moving things from Zhang Lu's treasure house. If I guessed correctly! They are the ones causing trouble!"
"The Zhang family..."
Cao Cao frowned, obviously a little angry.
If the Zhang family could protect Hanzhong City with a good attitude before the Shen brothers, and offer Nanzheng City to them when he arrived, he would not be able to bypass them.
Although the crime was not as serious as his family members, Cao Cao still had the idea of wanting to win over these local wealthy families in Hanzhong.
However, after learning that the initiator of the fire in the city and the identity of those who were blocking the army from putting out the fire were actually the hateful Zhang family, Cao Cao no longer had any mercy in his heart.
"Find them...kill them all!"
"Here!"
Cao Cao gave the order, and Li Fu obeyed and immediately disappeared.
"Gong Yan...the source of the matter has been found. We have so many soldiers and horses, maybe tonight..."
Cao Cao, who seemed a little optimistic, breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Jiang Wan, who had been standing aside with his hands behind his back.
However, Jiang Wan withdrew his gaze from the sky and just shook his head:
"It shouldn't be that simple..."
Now Cao Cao and Xun You were a little surprised, but they didn't say anything more.
I just thought Jiang Wan was being too cautious.
——
Things seemed to be going surprisingly well.
The Zhang family is indeed good at being Taoist priests, and they may have some talent as arsonists...but as assassins, that's obviously a bit too much.
In front of Li Fu, the Zhang family's poor disguise and concealment methods were as if they were naked in front of him.
It only took three hours, before the sun set, the fire that could not be put out no matter what before was gradually controlled in a small corner, while hundreds of Zhang family members were pursued and intercepted by the special forces led by Li Fu.
Half of them were executed, and half were captured alive.
At this moment, these criminals of Nanzheng City were kneeling and standing in a row on the streets of the market in the center of the city, listening to their orders.
After hearing the news, both the surviving people in the city and Cao Cao and others who were anxiously waiting went happily.
"Gong Yan! You see, the matter has been resolved... Sometimes, being too cautious is not a good thing -"
Cao Cao patted Jiang Wan on the shoulder and said with a smile. However, he found that Jiang Wan kept raising his head and looking at the sky——
Xun You also followed Jiang Wan's example and looked up into the sky, only to see a few scattered clouds and a gray scene. He could not see anything.
"Little brother Gongyan, what have you been looking at since just now?"
"Celestial phenomena."
In one sentence, Xun You and Cao Cao were speechless.
The celestial phenomena... they don't understand much and can't talk to them.
"If you, Gongyan, are interested in celestial phenomena, you might be able to communicate more with Brother Yi and the others!"
"Prime Minister, we are here!"
"Hmm! Got it."
He said every sentence, and soon, a few people arrived at the extremely crowded market entrance.
As the news said, at this moment, except for the extremely angry Hanzhong people who kept throwing rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs towards the center of the open space and spitting out the fragrance, everyone in the field was tied up. The person kneeling in rows was none other than Zhang Wei.
The leader of the Zhang clan.
Two hundred and twenty-seven people, the rest were all killed.
"Kill them! Kill them!"
"It's these dogs that destroyed my house! We must kill them!"
"Prime Minister, you must uphold justice for us Hanzhong people!"
"These evil people! Death is not a pity!"
Complaints from the people poured into Cao Cao's ears, which also aroused the anger in Cao Cao's heart.
He took one step ahead and walked directly to the field, waving his sleeves and sword, and made an extremely loud voice:
"Fellow folks, please rest assured! What I, Cao Cao, hate the most in my life are those who are enemies of the people!"
"The Zhang brothers and their clansmen have committed heinous crimes and brought disaster to the depths of Hanzhong! It is not a pity for such thieves to die!"
"Listen to my order and kill him!"
When many people heard Cao Cao's order and gave out loud shouts, only Jiang Wan vaguely saw Zhang Gui kneeling at the front, and the corner of his mouth seemed to have a meaningful arc.