District 9

At around 11 o'clock in the morning, Gu Yan returned to Yanbei, rushed to the governor's office, and met Wang Zhou's division commander.

As soon as these people saw the crown prince coming back, they immediately gathered around him, crying and complaining about what happened to Wang Zhou's army.

"Prince, you have to make the decision for us! In order to become the governor, Lin Yaozong has already killed us, the generals of the Gu family."

"Yes, before Lin Xiao's special operations brigade entered Texas, our military headquarters sent them several telegrams and informed them that there might be a mutiny in the 956th Division and military conflicts might occur in some areas, but they didn't do that at all. Listen. They forced their way into the field and were ambushed by the remnants of Yi Lianshan. They also clashed with our troops cleaning up the rebels. They opened fire first and killed many of us!" The commander of the 955th Division said indignantly: "This is a military conspiracy. They deliberately let Lin Xiao enter Texas just to find a reason to send troops to oppress and control our army... Our military headquarters was unprepared and was attacked by more than 20,000 people from the Sichuan Army and Fatty Teng. The troops were surrounded and suppressed..."

"Prince, all of us have fought for our Gu family on the battlefield and been injured, but now we have no way to survive. If you don't take action, all of us will be killed by Lin Yaozong. .”

"...!"

A group of generals maintained a very low profile and spoke passionately about their dangerous situation, as pitiful as ordinary people who had nowhere to express their grievances.

After listening to what everyone said, Gu Yan immediately waved his hands and said, "Don't make any noise, everyone. Sit down. Everyone, sit down."

Everyone calmed down and sat down on the sofa.

"I have heard a little bit about your army. The Governor's Office has also contacted the Sichuan Army and Fatty Teng's Division." Gu Yan said in a very neutral tone: "Right or wrong, the Governor's Office will investigate strictly . If our army is in charge, I will come forward to make the decision for everyone, and we will never let our direct troops be suppressed by other factions."

These words brought the two parties closer, but in fact they did not make any important commitments.

"Prince, the other party has taken control of our military headquarters. Isn't this unreasonable? This is a great shame and humiliation for us! If it were other troops, they might have counterattacked. But we consider that if we open fire, we may force The situation is more complicated and will bring trouble to the old governor and you, so we refrained from provoking a second military conflict..." The commander of the 955th Division stated his position again.

After Gu Yan was silent for a while, he immediately said: "Well, you guys wait a moment, I will call Fatty Teng immediately and ask him to take Commander Wang Zhou and other military generals back to the Eighth District for investigation."

"Okay, okay!" When the 955 division commander heard this, he didn't make any more excessive demands, and he didn't dare to directly morally coerce Gu Yan.

After everyone communicated for a while, Gu Yan walked out of the conference room and dialed Fatty Teng's cell phone: "Uncle Teng, are you sure?"

"Yes." Fatty Teng immediately replied: "If we can't find the problem, shoot me!"

"If you are sure, you should hurry up. I'm afraid that people from the old troops in the First and Second World War zones will jump out and accuse you." Gu Yan said with a slight frown: "Things must be implemented as soon as possible and cannot be left hanging. Only when we are sure that there is something wrong with Wang Zhou , and if there is conclusive evidence, then we can take the next step."

"clear!"

"I'm waiting for your call."

"Okay, that's it."

After saying that, the two ended the call.

Gu Yan stood in the slightly empty corridor, lowered his head and took out his cigarette case and lit one. There was no expression of joy or joy on his face.

He is a temperamental person at heart, and the chaos in the eighth district made Gu Yan very sad. He couldn't understand why the brothers and troops who once fought side by side were in such trouble today.

Is the position of Governor really so magical?

Gu Yan never thought there was anything good about sitting in that high position. He even disliked that position. If my old man hadn't sat on it, he might have lived a few more years.

Gu Yan's mood was a little low. He prayed in his heart that the alliance was just a group of clowns and would not involve anyone he cared about.

…

Inside Wang Zhou's military headquarters.

Seventy or eighty officers and generals were all interrogated in isolation.

When this net is pulled down, all the fish caught are big fish. Although there are many die-hards, not everyone is willing to carry the thunder and risk their lives for the upper class.

As the old saying goes, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, but it is impossible for people in their 70s or 80s to have unified thinking. In addition, they were all captured "accidentally" and were unprepared, so some of them vomited quickly.

In a temporary interrogation room, a battalion commander responsible for attacking Baishantou said: "At that time, Yang Zexun gave our battalion a death order, telling us to capture Lin Xiao alive on the mountain."

"In other words, you knew clearly that those on top of Baishan Mountain were Lin Xiao's troops, and then you still opened fire, right?"

"Yes." The officer nodded: "We still had questions at the time as to why we wanted to attack the special operations brigade, but the higher-ups said it was an order from the military."

"What else? Who can prove what you said?!"

"My battalion deputy and company commander were there when the higher-ups issued the order. They can prove it." The battalion commander knew very well. A commander at his level could only listen to the orders from the upper-level, but he could not ask why. , so even if he did attack the special operations brigade at Baishantou, he was only executing the orders of the military department, and his responsibility was not huge. But if he didn't vomit and was labeled as Wang Zhou's direct descendant, he might be sentenced to a severe sentence.

"Is there any other evidence? Were the communications recorded? Tell us clearly the details of the call between you and Yang Zexun..." Fatty Teng's people were still pressing.

…

at the same time.

Four semi-official media outlets in Yanbei were interviewed by their superiors.

At noon that day, four official media reported on the Battle of Baishantou at the same time. The direction was to somewhat discredit the Sichuan Army and Fatty Teng's division.

The content of the report raised four or five questions about the Sichuan Army's attack on the Eighth District troops, and also raised many questions about Fatty Teng's division's reckless opening of fire on Chen's troops.

As soon as the report came out, ordinary people also learned the details of the military conflict in Texas, including the siege of Wang Zhou's military headquarters.

Public opinion is fermenting, and the Tongmenghui has obviously begun to use its own political power.

Why did the state media dare to report on this at this time? It was obvious that someone at the top of the Eighth District Government Office had spoken up.

…

In the afternoon, around four o'clock.

On a military vehicle in a certain area, a man whispered: "In the Old Triangle, you go and light the last fire."