Chapter 1968

The person in charge of the arrest scene in Yangyue Village by the Ministry of Security was Wang Baisuo. Before he came, he was worried that the arrest operation at night might turn into a chaos. After all, although he was nominally in charge of all the people present,

However, the main force of the operation is the local garrison, and the instructions issued by it need to be conveyed through the military command system in order to be implemented. Even if the military does not make any discounts, the execution efficiency may greatly reduce the actual effect.

Moreover, the capture environment was in the wild. If the action was slightly delayed, it was possible for Xue Zheng and others to escape in the dark. However, the actual situation was much better than he expected. Two Danzhou garrison troops were transferred to participate in the operation.

The infantry company successfully completed the siege of the target area, and in the process captured two bandits who were guarding the horses on the outside.

Wang Baisuo didn't even have much chance to give orders. The military had already completed the early siege operation, which made him relieved. As long as these people can be trapped here, they will be caught sooner or later.

, in fact, there is not much difference. As for whether to keep alive, Zhang Qianzhi actually has no hard requirements. He just asks Wang Baisuo to keep an eye here, not to carry out unnecessary killings, and try to leave a few alive.

As a witness in the subsequent investigation.

The reason why Zhang Qianzhi did not issue a death order to keep alive was because this group of people dared to plan and launch attacks again and again in Haihan territory. They must be desperadoes, and the risks in the arrest process are very high.

.If the front-line personnel performing tasks have too many scruples when arresting people, it will inevitably cause huge risks during the arrest process, and the lives of our own people are of course much more valuable than these nameless people.

Therefore, Zhang Qianzhi just asked Wang Baisuo to handle the situation as appropriate on the spot and control the situation by himself. There was no need to report everything to the rear. Of course, if there was a chance to catch him alive, it would be a great achievement.

So far, tonight's net closing operation has captured three suspects. Whether those hiding in the forest will choose to actively resist or surrender to save their lives has no bearing on the overall situation. Naturally, the government will choose the safest way.

handle the matter.

Therefore, although the military suspended the final offensive, Wang Baisuo did not express any objection to this. Anyway, the opponent was already in flight, and there was absolutely no need for the soldiers to take risks and fight into the woods at this time.

"Take the captured people back to Danzhou City immediately and hand them over to Mr. Zhang without fail!" All Wang Baisuo could do at the moment was to quickly send those captured in Yangyue Village back alive to Zhang Qianzhi.

A sudden interrogation was carried out, and at the same time, the headquarters in Danzhou City was informed of the arrest progress on the front line.

At this time, Zhang Qianzhi had already begun interrogating the suspect caught in the inn in the city. This was the only gain of the Security Department in the city. Zhang Qianzhi needed to confirm through this person as soon as possible whether he had other accomplices in Danzhou City.

Lurking. However, since only this one person was caught alive at this time, the reliability of his confession could not be confirmed through cross-comparison, so Zhang Qianzhi did not have much confidence in whether the information he obtained was reliable.

Zhang Qianzhi walked out of the hot and stuffy torture room. Her clothes were soaked with sweat. The subordinates waiting outside quickly offered tea. Zhang Qianzhi took the tea cup and drank it in one gulp, then wiped the sweat on his head with a towel.

, and asked: "Is there any news from the front?"

"Your Majesty, there is no new news yet."

"If there is no news, maybe it is the best news." Zhang Qianzhi muttered to himself.

He was about to return to the torture room to continue interrogating the suspect, when another subordinate came in and reported: "Sir, Mayor Zhang is here."

As a local magistrate, Zhang Xin pays no less attention to this case than Zhang Qianzhi. After all, the political risks he takes for this are much greater than Zhang Qianzhi. If the case cannot be settled, it will subsequently affect the future of the Joseon Crown Prince and his entourage.

The trip to Danzhou will be a disgraceful record for his political career.

Zhang Qianzhi is also very grateful for the support provided by Zhang Xin. Without the full cooperation of the Danzhou government, his plan to lure the snake out of the hole would not have been implemented, and the investigation and arrest of this case would not have gone so smoothly.

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"How is the progress on your side? Can it be handled before dawn?" Zhang Xin came in without being polite to Zhang Qianzhi and went straight to the point.

According to the scheduled itinerary, the crown prince of Joseon, Li Bo, will arrive at Danzhou Port shortly after dawn. This time is not a preview, but a real one. Zhang Xin certainly does not want there to be anyone on the ground in Danzhou after this night.

There are no unstable factors.

"The arrest operation in the city has come to an end. We are currently waiting for the results of the operation in Yangyue Village. If nothing happens, we will have news back in one or two hours at most." Zhang Qianzhi responded respectfully.

But Zhang Qianzhi didn't dare to vouch for Zhang Xin. After all, there were more than a dozen people to be arrested in Yangyue Village. In the wild environment, it was difficult to guarantee that one or two people would not escape in the chaos. He had tried his best to perfect the arrest.

However, he also knows that no matter how perfect the plan is, it needs people to execute it, and in an operation involving hundreds of people, it is difficult for everyone to make it watertight. If there is a small mistake in one link, there will be

It may give the target of arrest an opportunity to take advantage.

Even though Zhang Qianzhi was extremely smart, he never expected that his opponent would collapse. After discovering that he was surrounded, instead of decisively breaking out, he started fighting among himself. After a lot of killing each other, only four people were left.

, the chance of escape has basically been lost. Even if they were allowed to leave at this time, it would be difficult for the four of them to drive away the sailboat parked in the fishing port more than 20 miles away.

So at this time, Zhang Qianzhi's plan has actually been successful, but the news from the front has not been sent back so quickly, and he himself does not know it yet.

Sure enough, about an hour later, the frontline dispatch that Zhang Qianzhi had been waiting for finally arrived at the headquarters. It was said that the bait set outside Yangyue Village had indeed worked, and Xue Zheng and his gang were introduced into the encirclement. Those who participated in the operation

The army troops had a brief exchange of fire with the besieged bandits, and the number of casualties was unknown. Two other bandits were captured and would be escorted to Danzhou City by carriage later.

For safety reasons, the frontline command headquarters suspended the arrest operation after completing the encirclement, intending to maintain the status quo and conduct a complete clearing of the area within the encirclement after dawn.

Judging from the number of horses prepared by the gangsters in the local area, it is completely consistent with the number of people previously known by the Ministry of Security. The next step is to wait until dawn to carry out the arrest, and then check the number of people to confirm whether the gangsters have been caught in one fell swoop.

Zhang Qianzhi immediately sent someone to inform Zhang Xin of the good news, otherwise Zhang Xin would not have been able to sleep well that night. The number of gangsters in the direction of Yangyue Village was also consistent with the confession of the suspect captured in Danzhou City, and the

The suspects also admitted under torture that they had indeed stayed in Changhua for several days before, but had to withdraw due to emergencies before they could take action at the last moment.

At this point, all kinds of information fragments can basically be matched. This group of people chased all the way to Danzhou, and their target was the crown prince of Joseon. They tried to attack Li Bo through an attack. But his true identity was unknown.

But the person kept hemming and hawing, and gave several versions, each of which was different, and obviously had certain anti-reconnaissance capabilities. Zhang Qianzhi didn't know which version to believe.

For the Ministry of Security, the real motive behind these people's attack on the Joseon Crown Prince is the most important part of the current investigation. Otherwise, just catching the people back will not close the case.

According to Zhang Qianzhi's guess beforehand, he believed that this kind of organized action must have a relatively strong backer. From the fact that Xue Zheng spent a lot of money to buy information from Huo Fei in Danzhou, it can be seen that the main messenger behind them was almost at any cost.

want to achieve this action goal.

Judging from such terrible financial resources, Zhang Qianzhi even felt that Dongchang and Jinyiwei all had to step aside. These yamen could not afford such a large amount of activity funds to support an operation that may not be successful. And if this matter happens,

Exposed, it is very likely to offend Haihan, and Ming Dynasty does not seem to have the need to take such a risk to offend Haihan and North Korea at the same time.

Then the question arises, apart from the few high-profile special agencies of the Ming Dynasty, who else would have the courage and ability to organize such a dangerous operation in Haihan?

Yangyue Village, more than 20 miles north of Danzhou City, has now returned to its former peace. Although some villagers like Feng Agui noticed the situation outside the village, no one dared to open the door and go out to watch the excitement at this time.

The previous burst of gunfire had already shown that this was no joke. There were probably some bandits outside the village who had eaten the guts of a bear and wanted to do business in Danzhou, but they were blocked here by the army.

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Feng Agui was not afraid of trouble. His nephew was serving in the army in Danzhou. He also knew that the Haihan Army had strict military discipline and would not harm the people for various reasons. He was just a little worried about the group of grain merchants resting outside the village.

They were involved in this disaster. If they had known this, it would be better to let them rest in the village.

The grain merchants that Feng Agui was worried about now had only four people left, and there was not much time left for Xue Zheng to make a decision. The Haihan soldiers outside were still shouting slogans to persuade them to surrender, but maybe they

In the next moment, they will rush in directly to get people.

"Boss, since everyone else is dead, shouldn't we go out and surrender?" Someone finally boldly asked.

"Surrender? Why surrender?" Xue Zheng was actually still thinking about how to get out of the current predicament at this time. Hearing his subordinate's question, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment without reacting.

"Boss, didn't you just kill Zhuo Scarzi and the others just to silence them? Now there are only a few of us left, so just tell the truth!"

Xue Zheng was really dumbfounded when he heard this. It turned out that even people in the same camp as him thought that what he just did was just to kill people who disagreed with him at this critical moment, so as to gain a chance to survive from the Haihan people. They

It is even possible to think that Xue Zheng had reached some kind of secret agreement with the Haihan people before this, and the action in Yangyue Village was just to have a legitimate reason to gather all the people here to solve the problem at once. After all, this place

It is more than twenty miles away from Danzhou City. Even if you kill people and set fires, you don't have to worry about causing any trouble.

"So you all think that I killed Zhuo Scarzi and the others in order to surrender to the Haihan people?" Xue Zheng was extremely disappointed with the current situation. Even if the remaining three people were close to him, it would be difficult for him to hold back.

The anger in my heart grew.

Although the other three people couldn't see Xue Zheng's expression clearly, they may have sensed the anger in Xue Zheng's tone, and they all remained silent at that moment, which was regarded as acquiescing to Xue Zheng's statement. For them, this errand was

There is nothing we can do anymore, and the leader has chosen to deal with all the other accomplices who have different opinions. Of course, he is prepared to do whatever it takes to save his life. At this time, any talk of morality and justice is unnecessary nonsense. They are not just inexperienced.

A rookie, of course, understands that being able to survive is the most important thing, and for this reason, killing a few of his own people is nothing he can do.

"Well, since you all think like this, I have nothing to say." Xue Zheng knew that at this time he wanted to encourage these people to rush out with him for a last-ditch effort, or to kill himself with the poison in the pendant.

, then they probably won’t listen to their orders anymore. After all, once they have the idea of ​​​​survival, it will be difficult to be determined to die.

And Xue Zheng also realized that his previous violent reaction was probably because he still had the desire to survive in his heart, driving him to struggle. The choice of surrendering to survive was still very difficult for him, after all, it meant that he had to

betray his boss, otherwise even if the Haihan people accept surrender, they probably won't really let him live.

But Xue Zheng had sworn a poisonous oath before to repay his master with death, and when he set out from Sanya to carry out this mission, he did have the intention to die. But now that it was time to die, he repeatedly

Hesitation, after all, exposes the weak side of one's heart.

Time passed slowly by in this confrontation, and the patience of those trapped inside and those outside carrying out the siege was gradually disappearing. Later, the calls to surrender outside gradually became sparse.

, until it completely quieted down, I guess it didn't have any effect, so I simply stopped. However, there was no intention to withdraw the encirclement after shouting. Xue Zheng and others looked in all directions, and there was nothing for them to do.

In the loophole of the breakout, the Haihan army kept a certain distance from the forest. There were even cavalry figures cruising in the fields further out. Where could they run on two legs?
Chapter completed!