Although the members of the Broken Wing Angel Legion and the Wei family's elite personal guards were all proud and arrogant, when Wu Zhengnan appeared, they all became more and more silent. Wu Zhengnan didn't deliberately do anything, but his seemingly ordinary actions would bring huge invisible pressure to people.
It wasn't until this moment that young people from aristocratic families like Wei Potian discovered that those who can stand firm on the Eternal Night Continent do have the ability to match their status, and personal combat power is only a part of it. They see things too simply.
Zhang Youheng is much more sophisticated, he was hardly affected by anything, calmly took out a thick stack of documents, and said: "General Wu, we have received a lot of accusations against you, and the contents are all here, do you want me to read it?" ?”
Wu Zhengnan said indifferently: "Tell me, what's there?"
Zhang Youheng began to read one by one in the same flat tone. He read it briefly and concisely, but it took him a full ten minutes to finish all the accusations.
After hearing these accusations, Qianye felt a little strange. Zhang Youheng listed dozens of violations of the military law, but most of the crimes included, even if Qianye only had less than a year of service experience in the Imperial Army, he felt that they were dispensable. For example, falsely reporting vacancies and misappropriating military pay; for example, a certain battle was ineffective, and reinforcements were late.
These items were indeed written in black and white on the Imperial Military Law, but most of them belonged to things that the upper echelons of the empire would not delve into at all without serious consequences, while the lower echelons of the army were commonplace. Take the late arrival of reinforcements as an example, even if it is not a place like Yongye where the army has its own system, even in the upper continent of the empire, there are often conflicts between the armies and mutual conflicts. The reinforcements were intentionally late for half a day. This kind of thing is so common that it is harmless. Moreover, it is difficult to obtain evidence if it is intentional due to the influence of celestial phenomena and terrain.
And what Wu Zhengnan did to step on the red line of the imperial military law was to sell strategic materials and bloodline seeds to the dark race, but Zhang Youheng didn't even mention a single word in Zhang Youheng's materials.
Although according to the laws of the empire, the punishment for dozens of misdemeanors added together is no less severe than these two major crimes. But Qianye felt absurd. The real crime was not investigated, but he was punished for some negligible faults
After reading, Zhang Youheng said in a mechanical and cold tone: "General Wu, the above is all the allegations. Do you have any objections? If there is no other arrangement, please go back to the military headquarters with us for investigation."
At this time, the expressions of the officers on the Seventh Division side in the conference room eased up a lot, and the tense atmosphere that was originally tense was relaxed. But Wu Zhengnan didn't look at anyone, his eyes were fixed on the meeting table in front of him, and he tapped his fingers silently. Hearing Zhang Youheng's question, it took him a while to respond.
"Go to the military headquarters..." Wu Zhengnan smiled, and asked again: "Who else will be investigated here?"
Zhang Youheng opened another document and calmly read out nearly ten names, most of them were staff officers below the lieutenant colonel and small military officers in the logistics department, not even a full-time regimental commander.
After the list came out, the officers of the Seventh Division were almost obviously relieved. It seemed that this investigation was only aimed at Wu Zhengnan personally. As for the few insignificant staff officers, who would care about their lives? With Wu Zhengnan's identity, it would be abnormal to not have an accomplice.
Wu Zhengnan was very indifferent, and asked: "Have all the charges been convicted?"
Zhang Youheng put away the documents and said with a fair face: "No, this is just an accusation. According to the procedure, you have one chance to defend yourself."
"Public or private?"
"Open." Zhang Youheng's answer made the members of the Seventh Division heave a sigh of relief, and even Wu Zhengnan finally showed a relaxed expression.
Qianye sat in the last row, squinted his eyes, and had a panoramic view of everyone in the meeting room. But Wei Potian, who was sitting at the conference table, almost jumped up, and was quickly held down by the old man of the Wei family beside him. Fortunately, he has become much calmer over the years, and he didn't have an attack on the spot.
Zhang Youheng stood up and said, "General Wu, please arrange the military affairs of the Seventh Division. You will appoint the temporary commander, but the city defense must be temporarily handed over to the Broken Wing Angel Starwing Squadron. You will be in the east of Heiliu City in three days. The airship base outside the door meets us at the headquarters of the expeditionary force. Everyone on the list just now must be brought along. In addition, you can bring a squad of guards. That’s it.”
Wu Zhengnan got up and sent Zhang Youheng and the others out of the meeting room. He stood at the door and said goodbye to everyone who passed by with a smile that looked extraordinarily sincere.
Wei Potian's face was dark, and he had the urge to smash Wu Zhengnan's old face with a punch. But he wasn't really stupid yet, he knew that if he punched, his fist might hurt worse than Wu Zhengnan's face.
Without saying a word, Zhang Youheng hurriedly left the division building, got on the off-road vehicle, and left directly with his subordinates, without going with Wei Potian.
With a dark face, Wei Potian jumped into his off-road vehicle, and as soon as he closed the door, he yelled at the old man of the Wei family: "What the hell is going on?! That's not what I said at the beginning!"
Qianye sat next to Wei Potian, he was exceptionally calm at this moment, and the guesswork in his heart had already vaguely formed a rough outline. The current situation seems to be quite anticlimactic. Wu Zhengnan seems to have been charged with dozens of violations of military laws, but none of them were finally convicted, and he still has a chance to defend himself. This kind of thing, as long as it doesn't come to the end, may cause side effects.
As for the so-called public defense, the venue was chosen at the headquarters of the expeditionary force, which meant that the upper echelons of the expeditionary force could also intervene in this investigation. At that time, some of the innocuous crimes, such as deploying troops without order and excessive loss of armaments, will immediately become insignificant as long as any expeditionary leader is willing to say a few words. As a result, it may even be possible to avoid direct punishment.
Zhang Youheng met after three days. In fact, he gave Wu Zhengnan three days to deal with the mess. With this buffer period, some serious and difficult accusations could be completely wiped out. The crime will be gone.
Facing Wei Potian's anger, the old man of the Wei family said calmly: "Master, this is the result of the original discussion. Have you forgotten?"
Wei Potian recalled carefully, it seemed that this plan was mentioned that day, and it was also the least difficult and most stable plan. However, Zhang Youheng spoke vaguely, without saying anything to death, and only gave a rough and possible range of treatment.
However, thinking of this matter, Wei Potian became even more angry: "That's what he said, but he didn't say that everything should be dealt with in the slightest way! If so, then it's a ghost to discuss it!"
"Master, this is the best way. As long as Wu Zhengnan is under investigation, once he leaves his Seventh Division, things will be much easier. He can use the senior officials of the expeditionary army to exonerate him. Can't we let Broken Wing The angels and the adults of the Imperial Army uphold the original sentence?"
Speaking of this, the old man of the Wei family paused, and then said: "In addition, whether it is to force the rebellion or directly kill a major general of the expeditionary army, this matter is too big, and it has far exceeded your authority. .If we really do this, young master, I'm afraid you will be strictly controlled by the master in the future."
"Just take care of it! I can't just watch Wu Zhengnan just get away like this, can I?"
However, the old man of the Wei family made a gesture and said: "Master, as long as Wu Zhengnan is no longer the commander of the expeditionary army, the future will be bright." There was a bit of meaningful murderous intent in his words.
Wei Potian hung his neck and wanted to say something, but Qianye reached out and pressed his shoulder hard, saying: "Potian, it's ok, it's not easy to do this step."
At this time, Qianye has basically understood the meaning of the layout behind the Wei family this time. Their goal from the beginning was to tear Wu Zhengnan from the position of division commander through impeachment. No one will care about what happens next.
This is a very roundabout method, even considered vicious, but it is also a method that will have little rebound in all aspects. From the reaction of the officers of the Seventh Division just now, it can be seen that if they knew that this matter was only aimed at Wu Zhengnan, almost no one would follow Wu Zhengnan to rebel.
Similarly, although those trivial accusations would add up to serious penalties, but without the felony of taboo trading, other divisions would not be implicated, let alone some big shots. Otherwise, even if Wu Zhengnan was the only one responsible for the taboo deal, the top executives of the expeditionary army would be reprimanded or punished for lax military management.
Qianye recalled that Song Zining told him what was going on there, and secretly sighed in his heart. He only now fully understood the significance of Song Zining's behind-the-scenes activities, which was a drastic move. Wu Zhengnan will not be exonerated this time. If the result of the trial is only to dismiss a major general and division commander instead of executing a major general and division commander according to military law, it is basically certain that the highest level of the expeditionary force will not speak out. Song Zining should have expected today's situation a long time ago. The power tactics of powerful families are often surprisingly similar.
After thinking through the cause and effect, Qianye suddenly felt more tired than after a big battle. However, although his chest was a little congested because of what he saw and heard today, the warmth in his heart lingered, even if he would get an unsatisfactory trade-off result in the end, this time he was no longer the only one fighting alone.
Wei Potian was still angry and said: "But this guy actually colluded with people from the 15th Division and wanted to kill you!"
Qianye smiled and said: "It's not the first time he wants to kill me, isn't it okay until now?"
Wei Potian muttered a few words, it was nothing more than to make Wu Zhengnan look good afterwards, and then he fell silent.
After everyone left, Wu Zhengnan returned to his office, stood in front of the window, and looked down at the city that was almost built by him.
There was a soft knock on the office door.
"Come in." Wu Zhengnan's voice was very calm, and there was only one person who dared to disturb him at this time.
It was indeed Qi Sicheng who came in, he walked quickly behind Wu Zhengnan, and said with a trace of joy: "General, this result is not bad!"
Wu Zhengnan said with a half smile but not a smile: "What's so good about it?"