Inside the tent.
Li Zexuan put away the telegraph and lay back on the bed to rest. Today, oh, it should be yesterday. Yesterday, due to some accident, the Second Battalion had suffered a setback in the military combat competition. At the same time, the Fifth Battalion had also achieved rather good results. After this battle, he could be considered to have gained a firm foothold in the Black Armored Army, and had also killed the arrogance of that old man, Qiu Xinggong.
Of course, the situation in Taiyuan City in recent days had been on his mind all the time. Now that he heard that the situation in Taiyuan City had improved, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Next, he could put more effort into preparing for the battle between the Second Battalion and the Fifth Battalion in two days.
In his initial judgment, the key to saving Li Tai was not the number of soldiers, but time. As long as the situation in Taiyuan City could be stabilized, he could buy time to save Li Tai. The person he sent would have a chance to save Li Tai. He believed in that person's ability.
In fact, if it were not for the fact that the Black Armored Army was tied up, Li Zexuan would have rushed to Taiyuan as soon as he heard about the crisis in Taiyuan. Not only because Li Tai was a prince of the Tang Empire, but also because the elites of Yanhuang College were still in Taiyuan. Those people were the seeds of engineering and the treasures of the College.
"Merchants of the An Kingdom, the Nine Families of Zhaowu! Humph! I didn't want to provoke you, but since you've provoked me, don't blame me for being ruthless! "
In the darkness, Li Zexuan thought about the Iron Egg telegram that An Shunshan had bribed the prison guards and government soldiers, as well as the merchants of the Kang Kingdom to hoard food and create chaos in the city. His eyes flashed with a cold light as he muttered to himself.
If this had happened when he had just transmigrated, he would not have had the strength to fight against the Nine Families of Zhaowu. But now, he was not only the Marquis of the Tang Empire, but also the actual controller of the largest Chamber of Commerce in the Tang Empire. Not only did he have power, but he was also very rich. He alone could fight against all the Hu merchants of the Tang Empire, not to mention the many powerful members of the Chamber of Commerce under his command.
At this time, those nine surnamed Hu merchants had provoked him. It could only be said that they had found the wrong opponent! Li Zexuan had no qualms about chasing all the Nine Surnamed Hu out of the Central Plains and replacing them with members of the Yan Huang Chamber of Commerce!
Of course, this was all for later. He still had more important things to do right now. Once the trouble in Taiyuan was resolved, once he was done with the matters at hand, it wouldn't be too late to settle the score with the Nine Families of Zhao Wu!
The tent was still filled with the sound of snoring. The sound of Li Zexuan waking up to send and receive the telegram did not wake Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin up. The main reason was that the two of them had exhausted too much energy during the day. At this time, even if there was thunder outside, they would not be able to wake up, let alone the beeping of the telegram!
Li Zexuan shook his head helplessly, then laid down and turned over, closing his eyes to rest. Tomorrow's military training was not easy, so he had to make the best use of the time to rest and conserve energy!
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Smack ~!
"Speak! How many people have you bribed? "
"Speak! Who else is in cahoots with you? "
Although it was the latter half of the night and the vast majority of people had gone to bed, the prison in Taiyuan was still brightly lit and 'bustling'! Xuan Ye, Sky Eagle, Zuo Gongquan, Fan Tingquan, and the other soldiers of the Bing Province had all been subjected to torture. All sorts of interrogation methods had been used, such as the truncheon, burning charcoal, and whipping. Fang Gongteng would not be as merciful to these people as he had been to Zhao Deyan. Even if these people were beaten to death, they deserved it, and it would not affect the situation in Taiyuan City!
Fang Gongteng paced back and forth in the corridor, inspecting the interrogation in the various cells. This time, he had specially selected a dozen interrogation experts from the army to interrogate the traitors Zuo Gongquan and Fan Tingquan, as well as the two experts Xuan Ye and Sky Eagle. More than a dozen cells were being interrogated at the same time. Fang Gongteng was racing against time!
This was because he had already given Li Junxian a military order. Before daybreak, he would ferret out all the people in the Bing Province Army who had colluded with Anshunshan and the Turkic spies! Since he had said this, he would do everything in his power to carry it out.
"Lieutenant, according to Fan Tingquan's confession, the Fourth Battalion Lieutenant and the two Squad Commanders have also received benefits from Anshunshan!"
A soldier ran out of the cell and clasped his fist to Fang Gongteng.
Fang Gongteng expressionlessly said, "Pass on my order! Capture the Fourth Battalion Lieutenant and the two Squad Commanders! Immediately interrogate them. If it's true, find out if they have any other accomplices. If it's a false accusation, you don't need this general to teach you how to punish Fan Tingquan, do you? "
The soldier's heart trembled as he hastily clasped his fist. "This subordinate understands!"
After saying this, he hastily got up and walked out of the prison.
In all his years in the Bing Province Army, this was the first time he had seen Fang Gongteng so cold-blooded and merciless! But speaking of which, before this, Fang Gongteng had not been the commanding general of the Bing Province Army, only a minor lieutenant. Above him were the Commandant and Governor. Even if he wanted to show off his power, he wouldn't have had the chance!
"Lieutenant, Zuo Gongquan has confessed, and General Huang has also received benefits from Anshunshan. Anshunshan was worried that the Provincial Governor's Residence would be temporarily replaced, so he made two preparations!"
Another soldier ran out and clasped his fist to Fang Gongteng.
Fang Gongteng's face darkened even more as he coldly ordered, "Capture him! Immediately capture him! This general will personally interrogate him! "
Fang Gongteng had practically gnashed his teeth as he spoke these words. Zuo Gongquan and Huang Wu were considered old men in the Bing Province Army. When Xu Tingda, the Bing Province Army's Commandant, was still here, these two men could be said to be Xu Tingda's right-hand men. In terms of qualifications, these two men were not inferior to Fang Gongteng at all. But now, under the temptation of a huge sum of money from Anshunshan, these two old generals of the Bing Province Army had chosen to defect to the enemy without hesitation. How could Fang Gongteng not be heartbroken?
After all, when he was ordered to temporarily take over the Bing Province Army, he had planned to rely heavily on these two old generals! Otherwise, he wouldn't have handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding the Provincial Governor's Residence to Zuo Gongquan!
"Yes!"
The soldier bowed and accepted the order, then turned and left.
Fang Gongteng's face was as gloomy as water. He looked at Zuo Gongquan and the others who were being tortured in the prison next to him and then looked at the back of the soldier who had left. He couldn't help but ask himself in his heart, "This world has not been peaceful for long, so why is the Bing Province Army in such a state?"
It seemed that Li Er had asked him to temporarily take over the military affairs of the Bing Province Army. This was because the Bing Province Army had become a "mess"!
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