Arresting people inevitably caused some chaos. Fortunately, while Wang Xuan had been promoting the campaign on a large scale these past few days, he had also done his best to maintain local order, so no panic broke out...
Well.
Facing the Han Army soldiers standing in perfectly straight lines along the streets, with ring-pommel sabers hanging from their waists, "panic"? That didn't exist!
I'm so happy! Q_Q
Jia Xu's official robes had never looked more formal. He sat upright on the high platform, his face solemn.
He extended his dry, wrinkled hand, resembling a withered branch, picked up a command arrow, and tossed it forward while shouting, "Kill!"
At his command, a row of heads fell.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
This time, they had cut off more than just the heads of Jiangling's influential clans. They had also severed the last trace of resistance in the hearts of Jingzhou's minor clans, gentry, and wealthy merchants.
Especially after the "execution list" accidentally spread from Jia Xu's side.
Although it was merely unofficial information, that was precisely what made it so credible. After all, for a momentous upheaval like this, nothing was ever carried out without rigorous and thorough discussions beforehand. The intelligence they had paid a hefty price to obtain was naturally reliable.
As for the speed at which it spread, it far surpassed that of a galloping horse!
After offering several hundred people to Heaven in one stroke, the army began heading north along the route with soaring morale. The half-trained navy, led by Gan Ning, took the Yangtze River to the Han River and then traveled upstream. Most of the remaining troops, led by Guan Yu, took the land route straight toward Xiangyang.
As it happened, Jiangling's fall had been reported to Yiling that very night. Wen Pin flew