Su Fei was the only one left in the council hall. He walked to the window and gazed out over Cool Prefecture City, his eyes unfathomable.
Wiping out the outlying forces was only the first step.
Once he completed the first step, he would move on to the second.
This war had only just begun.
Half an hour later, the gates of the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office swung open. Hundreds of Imperial Guards in Flying Fish Robes, Spring Embroidered Sabers at their waists, stood in orderly ranks, their momentum soaring like a rainbow.
Zhang Jing stood at the front, with five Hundred Households Officers each commanding a squad.
Zhang San and Li Si led two squads of elite riders on either flank, ready to reinforce any position at a moment's notice.
"Brothers, move out."
At Zhang Jing's command, the five squads of Imperial Guards raced toward different parts of Cool Prefecture City according to their prior arrangements.
Under the plan Su Fei had drawn up, each squad had specific targets.
These targets had all been obtained by interrogating captured gang members and bandits.
They precisely marked every outlying stronghold the Heavenly Dao Alliance had around Cool Prefecture City.
The Fierce Tiger Gang's headquarters lay in the west of the city.
With the Heavenly Dao Alliance backing them, its members ran roughshod over the area, extorting protection money and committing every kind of evil.
At that moment, the gang members were gathered in the courtyard, drinking and gambling, utterly unaware of the approaching danger.
Bang! A tremendous crash rang out.
An Imperial Guard kicked open the headquarters' gates, and Hundred Households Officer Wang charged in with his squad, their Spring Embroidered Sabers drawn.
"The Imperial Guard is conducting an investigation! The Fierce Tiger Gang has colluded with the Heavenly Dao