Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

after an hour.

10:15 PM.

Under Edgeworth Jeremy's arrangement, the 6th Guards Division, stationed near the President's residence, was fully prepared for any armed action.

The 10th and 12th Guards Divisions also closed the city gates and entered a state of martial law as planned.

The 6th Guards Division's garrison.

Division Commander Ramsden Van Loon saluted Edgeworth Jeremy: "Commander, everything is ready!"

"The Sixth Division has completed its assembly!"

"We split into two groups: one to take over the president's guard camp, and the other to head straight for the president's mansion."

"Tell everyone—the entire Presidential Guard has defected; any resistance encountered will be annihilated on the spot!"

"Yes!"

"Rest assured, Commander, the Sixth Division will definitely complete the mission successfully!"

Commander of the 6th Division, Ramsden Van Lenten, saluted again, turned, and took his orders.

On the other side, the 12th Guards Division also dispatched a regiment to run in multiple directions, following Edgeworth Jeremy's orders, towards the residences of the major Salo officials in the capital city.

A regiment from the 10th Guards Division headed straight for important institutions such as the Sharo Intelligence Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Meanwhile, key targets such as the Post and Telecommunications Building in the capital city were taken over by the guards dispatched by Edgeworth Jeremy.

After the martial law was declared, telephone communications in the capital were also cut off.

A bloody operation, destined to cause chaos, quietly began under the cover of night........................

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10:35 PM.

The office building of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Salo.

"stop!"

"What do you do?"

The guards in the gatehouse, using the dim nightlight, saw a heavily armed team arrive at the gate and hurriedly came out to greet them.

"By order of the President, the entire city will be purged of those who colluded with the enemy!"

"Home Secretary Obadiah Cleveland has been secretly colluding with the Imperial Guard, who have been ordered to take over the Ministry of the Interior!"

Before the bewildered guards could react, the leading major, a member of the guards, waved his hand.

The soldiers behind him immediately opened fire.

After a burst of gunfire, several guards fell into pools of blood before they could even understand what was happening.

Immediately afterwards, a large contingent of heavily armed Imperial Guards soldiers swarmed in and quickly stormed into the Ministry of Internal Affairs building....................

Gunfire erupted, with shouts and cries of anger rising and falling.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, which had always been able to act with impunity in Sara, never dreamed that its headquarters would be subjected to a surprise armed attack!

According to intelligence provided by the Secret Service, Home Secretary Obadiah Cleveland was in the Home Office building at that time.

Upon hearing the gunfire, Obadiah Cleveland, keenly aware that something was wrong, immediately picked up the phone on his desk to call for help.

However, it was too late.

The communications in the capital city are now under the control of the Royal Guard.

Almost simultaneously, the same scene unfolded in the official residences and office buildings of important departments throughout the capital city...................

Before the operation, Chen Guyan gave a list to Edgeworth Jeremy.

Edgeworth Jeremy issued the clearing order based on this list.

Anyone on the list was labeled by Edgeworth Jeremy as a traitor with "conclusive evidence" and was ordered to be killed!

In other words, none of the people on the list will survive!

Because the list compiled by the secret intelligence agency contains hardliners who are determined to go down a dead-end path.

Persuasion based on reason and emotion, or even the lure of high-ranking positions and generous salaries, is unlikely to change these people's stance.

Therefore, these people are definitely of no benefit to the Great Qian Dynasty.

Why not take advantage of this armed uprising to solve the problem once and for all!

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"What's going on? Who dared to forcibly break into the Ministry of the Interior building?!"

Obadiah Cleveland angrily slammed the phone, which had been disconnected, to the ground.

"Sir! It's the Imperial Guard!"

"They said they were ordered by the president to come and eliminate traitors..." Obadiah Cleveland's assistant stumbled in.

"What? Suppressing traitors?"

“Where did the Ministry of the Interior get traitors!” Obadiah Cleveland’s face darkened instantly.

“Sir, the leading officer said…” the assistant officer cautiously looked at Obadiah Cleveland: “They said you are a traitor!”

"They say the CEO has given the order to execute you on the spot..."

"They've rebelled! The Royal Guard has rebelled!" Obadiah Cleveland's last shred of hope shattered, and he immediately ordered his gathered men, "Grab your weapons and hold them off!"

"The Royal Guard has mutinied!"

"No wonder communications were cut off, this must be the work of the Royal Guard!"

As he spoke, Obadiah Cleveland took out his sidearm from the drawer, loaded it, and instructed his assistant officer beside him, "Immediately send an urgent coded telegram to all garrisons in the capital region!"

"Tell them that the Imperial Guard has rebelled, and tell them to quickly send troops to quell the rebellion!"

"Where are the people from the Seventh Inspection Division?"

"With such a huge mess in the Imperial Guard, why didn't the spies from the Seventh Surveillance Division send out a heads-up beforehand?!"

"Go quickly! Find me the people from the Seventh Inspection Division..."

"Sir! The Seventh Inspection Division is leading the Imperial Guard Corps this way!"

"What!" Obadiah Cleveland listened incredulously to the increasingly close sounds of gunfire outside, finally understanding the problem.

No wonder the Royal Guard's rebellion went undetected.

It turns out that the Seventh Inspection Division also had problems!

"Sir, we'll hold them off first, you retreat!"

Seeing his remaining dozen or so men rush out on their own initiative, Obadiah Cleveland slumped into his seat, looking utterly dejected.

run?

Where are you going?

How to run?

Hearing shouts of fighting and gunfire all around, the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs building must have been surrounded.

Unless Obadiah Cleveland grows wings and sneaks away under the cover of night.

Moreover, they must not be discovered by the soldiers of the Royal Guard.

Otherwise, even if it grew wings and flew away, it would become an aerial target and be shot down by a hail of bullets....................

Now, besides despair, Obadiah Cleveland has another question lingering in his mind—who gave the order for the Sentinel Corps' defection?

Is it the outgoing Edgeworth Jeremiah or the soon-to-be-appointed Legion Commander Alcott Antoine?

Or have these two turned against each other?

To be honest, Obadiah Cleveland, who had only recently taken over as Home Secretary, was really unsure about this issue.

Because, prior to this, Obadiah Cleveland had a very good impression of both of them.

After all, the Royal Guard is known as the most loyal protectors of Salo.

Therefore, Obadiah Cleveland never dreamed that a rebellion would actually happen to the Sentinel Corps.......................