Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

In the dungeon specially built in Yong'an City, Linzhou to detain serious criminals, Su Zhengyang saw Yuan Gongwang and Chen Mingyuan, who were now in a very miserable state and looked like they were in a trance.

The moment he saw Su Zhengyang, Yuan Gongwang rolled and crawled to the iron bars of the cell as if he had seen a life-saving straw. He held the bars tightly with both hands and kept talking to Su Zhengyang: "Senator Su! Governor Su! Seeing that I, Yuan Gongwang, have followed President Yang in the uprising for many years, even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. Please let me go."

Although Chen Mingyuan in the cell opposite Yuan Gongwang was not as excited as Yuan Gongwang, he also stuck to the iron bars, staring at Su Zhengyang motionlessly, hoping to hear words from him that could save their lives.

Su Zhengyang glanced at Yuan Gongwang with disdain and sneered, "You, Yuan Gongwang, are one of the first group of old officials in Northern Frontier who followed the president to start an uprising. But after the establishment of the Northern Frontier Government, the president entrusted you with an important task and promoted you to become the governor of a province, a powerful frontier official. But how did you repay the president and the Northern Frontier Government?"

"I followed Zhang Chengxiang, colluded with Fusang, openly started an uprising, betrayed the Northern Frontier government, and stabbed the president in the heart when the situation was most difficult. Is this your reward?"

Seeing the undisguised, bone-chilling murderous intent in Su Zhengyang's eyes, Yuan Gongwang trembled all over and knelt in front of Su Zhengyang with tears in his eyes: "I was wrong. I, Yuan Gongwang, am a beast worse than pigs and dogs. I am sorry to the president and to Northern Xinjiang! Councillor Su, please let me go, please let me go. I will take my family back to the mountains and forests and never get involved in any political affairs again."

"You are an adult. You should understand that if you do something wrong, you have to pay the price. Instead of kneeling in front of me and begging for mercy, you should retain a little dignity as the governor of a province and an old official of the Northern Frontier."

Yuan Gongwang burst into tears, sat on the ground with a look of despair, and cried loudly.

On the other side, Chen Mingyuan said calmly, "Member Su! I, Chen Mingyuan, have done something wrong to Northern Frontier and China. You want to kill me, I admit it, but there are dozens of people in my Chen family, and the youngest is less than four months old. I only ask you not to harm innocent people and let them go! This is my only extravagant hope!"

Su Zhengyang turned around and looked at Chen Mingyuan. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "I, Su Zhengyang, will never be soft-hearted to those who collude with foreign enemies and intend to sell out their country. Considering that you, Chen Mingyuan, voluntarily surrendered, I can give your granddaughter, who is not even half a year old, a chance to live. The rest of the Chen family will be executed, leaving no one alive! This is the price your Chen family needs to pay!"

After Su Zhengyang finished speaking, he turned and left the dungeon.

"Get ready. In three days, we will publicly execute the members of the Yuan and Chen families, and send a telegram to the whole country announcing their fate. I want everyone to know that this is the fate of betraying Northern Frontier and betraying China!"

"Yes, Governor."

Three days later, at Caishikou in Yong'an City, hundreds of people from the Yuan and Chen families were taken to the execution ground. Amidst the cries of wailing and wailing, they were sent to hell without hesitation by the bullets of the Northwest Revolutionary Army soldiers.

Many media outlets, including Zhenxing Newspaper, rushed to report the incident, making the remaining Ding and Pang factions feel deeply powerless and desperate.

"Let Elantra come to see me, and make some preparations. I will be going to the frontline of Yunzhou with Elder Tang in two days."

A moment later, Ilante, the captain of the Divine Punishment Special Forces, appeared in Su Zhengyang's office.

The reason why Su Zhengyang asked Elantra to come was to complete a five-star task that had been released by the system long ago but he had not completed it.

The mission was to assassinate Zhang Chengxiang, the Governor of Zhili.

It was precisely because of Yang Jiekai's indecisiveness, always thinking about stabilizing the situation on the Northern Expedition battlefield before dealing with internal problems, that Zhang Chengxiang took advantage of the opportunity and almost caused a disaster.

Under the current circumstances, if something unexpected happens to Zhang Chengxiang, Zhang's troops in the three provinces of Zhili will be left leaderless, which will be of great benefit to the Northern Xinjiang government's operations to suppress the rebellion.

"Leader! Your most loyal subordinate, Elante, pays his highest respects to you. I will lead the God's Punishment Special Forces to complete any mission you assign!"

Su Zhengyang nodded and handed the black and white photo of Zhang Chengxiang to Yilante.

"Zhang Chengxiang, the governor of Zhili?"

Elant, who had been working under Su Zhengyang for some time, naturally knew that the person in the photo was the leader of the rebels in Northern Xinjiang and the Governor-General of Zhili, Zhang Chengxiang.

Su Zhengyang nodded and said, "I want you to lead your special divine punishment force to sneak into Jiaozhou and complete the secret assassination of Zhang Chengxiang. Only success is allowed, failure is not allowed!"

"Yes, leader! Please rest assured that I will personally lead the most elite first and second squads under my command to Jiaozhou and bring Zhang Chengxiang's head back to you."

After giving the assassination order to Elantra, Su Zhengyang had a meal with Yang Qiyue, and explained his intention to go to the Yunzhou border battlefield at the dinner table.

A trace of worry appeared between Yang Qiyue's brows. The situation of the Northern Frontier government is very good now. As the governor of Linzhou and the supreme leader of the Northwest Revolutionary Army, does Su Zhengyang still need to take the risk and go to the front line in person?

Su Zhengyang stretched out his right hand and gently helped Yang Qiyue tidy up her black hair.

"Don't worry. I have a reason to go to Yunzhou. Jiangbei Province was originally the territory of our Su family. My father spent most of his life on the land of Jiangbei, but ended up being assassinated. My sister and I were also driven out of Jiangbei and became displaced. All of this is related to the Pang family. I must see the Pang family disappear with my own eyes to comfort my father's spirit in heaven."

"Besides, there are still many old members of the Jiangbei Army who are grateful for my father's kindness. Although most of the old members of the Jiangbei Army have been dealt with by the Pang family, under this situation, as long as I show up in person, I believe I can successfully instigate many of the old members of the Jiangbei Army. Constant civil wars and internal consumption are not what I, Su Zhengyang, want. I hope to prevent my compatriots from shedding blood and sacrificing on meaningless battlefields, and instead, clench their fists and strike hard at foreign enemies, so that our country can truly stand up straight."

Yang Qiyue listened quietly to Su Zhengyang's thoughts, nodded and said: "Zhengyang, I understand your thoughts and future goals. Since you have made a decision, just go for it. No matter what happens, I will be behind you and support you silently."

After dinner, Yang Qiyue began to help Su Zhengyang pack his clothes, and repeatedly reminded Su Zhengyang to pay attention to safety.

Getting along with Yang Qiyue makes Su Zhengyang feel caring and at the same time, he doesn't feel any burden.

As for Su Zhengyang's ideas, Yang Qiyue always listened and tried to understand them from his perspective instead of opposing or arguing.

Two days later, at the Sishui City Railway Station in Yongzhou, after hugging and saying goodbye to Yang Qiyue who had personally seen him off, Su Zhengyang boarded a special train bound for Jinzhou City on the southeastern border of Yunzhou.