"According to the latest intelligence we received from Gawain Robards, head of the Auror Office, the current Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, recently accepted Kingsley Shacklebolt's proposal and quietly dispatched most of the Aurors to attend the Weasley family's wedding. We believe Harry Potter is highly likely to appear at the wedding. It is said that he is close to the Weasley family..."
Before attacking the Ministry of Magic, Yaxley was giving the other Death Eaters a last-minute briefing.
Today's operation was more of an unexpected opportunity.
If he had not suddenly obtained this crucial intelligence from Piers Cinkness, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement whom he had controlled, Yaxley would never have tried to persuade the Dark Lord to alter the original plan. Taking advantage of the Ministry's weakened defenses, they would launch a direct assault on the Ministry, kill Scrimgeour, and seize complete control of it.
Compared with the so-called Boy Who Lived, Potter, Scrimgeour was the Death Eaters' true enemy. Looking at the Death Eaters who had fallen around them, nearly all of them had been ordered executed by that bastard. How could that not fill them with fury and resentment?
Now, at last, it was time to settle the blood debt with Scrimgeour.
To make the plan proceed more smoothly, Yaxley had also sent a small number of Dark Wizards to create chaos. They had successfully destroyed Big Ben on the banks of the Thames in London, luring a large number of Ministry employees and Aurors away.
After all, their goal was not to wipe out the Ministry's Aurors and employees, but to kill Scrimgeour. Then, through a coup, they would take control of the Ministry and completely crush the resistance within it. By then, even those Aurors would be forced to submit