From the afternoon of that day to the morning of the next day, Zheng Wanyi personally dealt with the surrendered people.
They were placed outside the city and watched by well-equipped guardsmen to prevent attacks.
After Shen Yunfan and the others returned to the city, they went directly to find Wang Tong, but the boy had long since disappeared. It is said that he ran away after learning that the Yamen Ling had been arrested.
In order to find out the conspiracy of the two men, Xu Liuliu went to interrogate the Yamen order.
However, the Yamen were very strict and insisted in the end that they had a personal vendetta against the prefect, so they killed people out of enmity. At this point, the murder case of the prefect seemed to have been solved.
But Shen Yunfan felt that the matter was not that simple, so he sent five ghosts to continue to interrogate the Yamen Order.
Di Xingchang said dissatisfied: "I have gone to the trial myself, and you still don't believe the result? I'm afraid no one in the entire Southern Wei Dynasty can do a better trial than me!"
The previous result was determined by Di Xingchang. The reason why he was so active was to make up for his mistakes.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yunfan did not believe the results of his interrogation at all. Di Xingchang, who was already unhappy, naturally became even more dissatisfied.
As a result, not long after, the Wulugui people came back.
"Master, the trial has come out. That Yamen Ling and Wang Tong colluded with the barbarians. Not long ago, they wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the capital to jointly occupy Jiaozhou and become the king."
"But the prefect was an upright man and refused to join in the evil, so they killed him. Wang Tong escaped and also went to the territory of the barbarians."
After all, the people of Wulu Ghost were trained by Liu Cheng himself, and their interrogation methods are far beyond comparison with ordinary people. Therefore, the Yamen did not tell the truth until now.
"Not bad." Shen Yunfan threw a piece of silver to Wulu Gui, and then glanced at Di Xingchang next to him.
For a moment, Di Xingchang just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. Damn it, why has everything been going sour lately? Even the interrogation couldn't be done by others?
Shen Yunfan ignored him and just got up to go to Hu Chun and Xie Min to inform Wang Tong of his plan.
After hearing this, the expressions of the two people changed drastically: "I didn't expect that they would dare to be so rebellious?"
"Betraying the imperial court should implicate the nine tribes!"
Shen Yunfan pondered: "Now that the governor of Jiaozhou is dead, Zhou Tong has fled, the government officials are in jail, and there is no one to manage Jiaozhou. Mr. Xie, are you competent to act as the governor and handle the political affairs of Jiaozhou?"
Although Xie Min didn't trust Shen Yunfan at first, he himself was a loyal minister. Only after seeing Shen Yunfan quell the banditry with his own eyes yesterday did he become more convinced of Shen Yunfan.
So he nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will manage the political affairs of Jiaozhou properly!"
"Okay, then I will take care of military affairs seriously."
Hu Chun was startled when he heard this and asked, "What do you mean? Are we going to start a war?"
"That Wang Tong has been colluding with the barbarians for a long time and wants to be the little king of Jiaozhou." Shen Yunfan muttered, "Let me ask you, if it were you, would you be willing to give up this plan?"
"If you give up, you will never make a comeback... If you ask me, I won't give up." Hu Chun said seriously.
"Yes, Wang Tong will not give up. Now that he has nothing, he will naturally fight to the end. You have been confronting the barbarians for many years. How much do you know about the barbarians?"
"There's a lot of information, I'll get it for you!" Hu Chun went out and came back soon with some military aircraft files.
Shen Yunfan took a look and found that most of the contents were battle reports from previous years.
Jiaozhou City was first built as a military city to resist barbarians, so it was built on the west side of Jiaozhou, almost on the front line.
The entire Jiaozhou garrison, totaling 15,000 people, is lined up from north to south with Jiaozhou City as the core, and is stationed in various counties and villages on the western border.
Over the years since the city was built, they have fought against barbarians, large and small, more than three hundred times, winning and losing each other.
Among them, the largest battle took place this year, shortly before Shen Yunfan was released from prison.
At that time, the late Emperor of the Southern Wei Dynasty passed away and the country was unstable. The barbarians took advantage of the situation and launched a large-scale attack, deploying almost all their troops. In that battle, Jiaozhou also obtained intelligence that the entire barbarian army should have about 8,000 people.
This number is much less than that of the Jiaozhou defenders, but the problem is that the Jiaozhou defenders can only defend and cannot really fight.
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First, the barbarian invasions and plunders were very flexible, often attacking in the east and in the west, and fighting on multiple fronts. Therefore, the Jiaozhou defenders had to disperse their forces to defend the entire territory, resulting in relatively few troops in each place.
Secondly, even if the Jiaozhou defenders repel the barbarians, they cannot pursue them. Because the huge Xishan Forest is the best refuge for the barbarians. Even if they are defeated, they will not be completely wiped out as long as they sneak into the forest.
Therefore, the Jiaozhou defenders were in a very passive situation and could only defend but not attack.
After reading the battle report, Shen Yunfan looked solemn.
Hu Chun said: "Now that Wang Tong is an internal agent, the barbarians must have a clearer understanding of the entire territory of Jiaozhou. By then, their attacks will probably be even more mysterious and unpredictable!"
"Well, our eyes are dark here, and we still know too little about the enemy."
"How about we wait for the hard work and hold on with all our strength?"
"Can I keep guard for the rest of my life?" Shen Yunfan smiled, "Now that I'm here, I will completely eliminate this scourge for the Southern Wei Dynasty. I'll hit you with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches."
"This..." Hu Chun and Xie Min looked at each other, thinking that this imperial envoy was too crazy.
The barbarian problem that has not been solved since the founding of the country can be solved by just a court official coming?
This is a bit fanciful.
Xie Min advised: "Master Imperial Envoy, barbarians are no better than bandits. Bandits can still be surrendered, but barbarians are brave and good at fighting and are ruthless in their actions. They are extremely difficult to deal with. What's more, there is a saying in the art of war. Know yourself and the enemy and you will be victorious in any battle. We know too little about barbarians. !」
"We know little about the barbarians, but we know a lot about Wang Tong." Shen Yunfan pondered for a moment, "My father once said that when I don't know what the enemy will do, I imagine myself as the enemy."
"If I were Wang Tong, how would I attack Jiaozhou? Should I concentrate my forces and complete the victory in one battle, or should I attack Jiaozhou slowly?"