Chapter 17: Unwavering Justice

  "Can't you endure it anymore? Li Wenqi, your team leader doesn't want to do it anymore, does he!" Li Mingshan coldly scolded, pointing at the leading Li Wenqi.

  Li Wenqi's forehead was covered in cold sweat, to be honest he really regretted being the first to speak up earlier. If Wu Shaotong were to be ruined by Li Mingshan, then he would actually gain more silver in the future. Especially at this moment, when Li Mingshan had already pointed his spearhead at him, was it worth it?

  Li Mingshan saw Li Wenqi, this old slippery fellow, not speaking anymore. He spat on the ground and scanned the other soldiers with a glance, scolding: "You've all forgotten your origins, have you? It seems that in a few more days, the Mountain Character Battalion will really change its surname to Wu! Hmph, I'm warning you, if you again stand in the wrong position with me, I'll deal with you together."

  The whole platoon of soldiers suddenly fell silent, with a look of helplessness on each face.

  Li Mingshan turned around, just about to order the continuation of Wu Shaotong's binding, when a discordant voice emerged: "Wu Daren is not wrong, we are voluntary participants in the training!"

  Everyone was shocked and amazed.

  Li Mingshan turned his face coldly, and his fierce gaze fell on Zhou Xiaohu who had just spoken. Because Zhou Xiaohu was a new recruit who had just been assigned recently, he didn't know this young soldier, so there was no need to leave any face for him, so he took the opportunity to kill the chicken and warn the monkey. He pointed at Zhou Xiaohu and said coldly: "You, come out."

  Zhou Xiaohu hesitated for a moment, and the old soldiers around him showed anxious and worried expressions. However, in the end, he still walked out with his chest held high, and when standing in front of Li Mingshan, he gave a standard "crack" as he stood at attention.

  Li Mingshan suddenly snatched a rifle from one of his soldiers and, before anyone could react, swung the butt at Zhou Xiaohu.

  Zhou Xiaohu's face was heavily slapped, blood splattered everywhere, and he immediately fell to the ground.

  Li Wenqi, who was usually on good terms with Zhou Xiaohu, couldn't help but call out at this point: "General Qian, he's just a young kid, he doesn't understand things, you're magnanimous, do you want to stoop to the same level as a kid?"

  Li Mingshan hummed and glared at Li Wenqi before shouting at the soldiers behind him, "Who else?"

  Li Wenqi shrank his neck back and didn't dare make another sound, but his face was still a picture of unbearable pain.

  At this time, Zhou Xiaohu covered his face and got up from the ground again. After staggering for a while, he straightened his waist and stood upright in military posture once more.

  Li Mingshan saw this scene, his face fell again, he walked over and raised the gun butt to hit Zhou Xiaohu again, while scolding: "You dare to be stubborn, you dare to be stubborn!"

  Zhou Xiaohu fell down again, but he clenched his teeth and didn't cry out in pain.

  However, this time Li Mingshan did not intend to give up like that. He raised the gun in his hand and continued to smash it towards Zhou Xiaohu who was lying on the ground. When he smashed down for the first time and raised the gun butt to make a second strike, he suddenly felt his hands slip, and the rifle disappeared from his own hands.

  Li Mingshan turned around in surprise and suddenly found that Wu Shaotong had appeared behind him at some point, the rifle now lying in his hands.

  "Wu Shaotong you..."

  "You can target me, but as long as I am the sentinel officer of the rear guard, I will take responsibility to protect my soldiers." Wu Shaotong didn't give Li Mingshan a chance to speak, and coldly said first. His face was filled with anger, and the fierce light in his eyes had already far surpassed Li Mingshan in terms of momentum.

  Li Mingshan only felt a chill down his spine, and he was stunned for a moment. However, very quickly, he immediately brought out an even stronger anger to cover up his own weakness.

  "Damn you, Lao Mou! You really want to rebel! Come on, catch him!" he shouted loudly.

  The soldiers of the garrison immediately raised their guns and aimed at Wu Shaotong.

  Li Mingshan sneered and said: "You still want to pretend to be a hero? I'll kill him right in front of you today, let's see what you can do!"

  After finishing speaking, he turned around and kicked Zhou Xiaohu, who was lying on the ground, again.

  He had just kicked his first kick and hadn't even had time to kick the second one when he heard a "click" sound of a rifle bolt being pulled from behind, followed by the icy muzzle pressed against the back of his head.

  "Want to try moving again?" Wu Shaotong's tone was very low-key, but it made people shiver.

  Li Mingshan was stunned. He had not expected Wu Shaotong to threaten him in public, and it was a real threat!

  "You, you dare..." His voice was involuntarily trembling. So many years and it was still the first time he had been held at gunpoint, something that hadn't even happened when he was on the battlefield before.

  "Do you want to try?" Wu Shaotong's gun barrel moved a step closer.

  "Betray you, betray you...... Come on, kill him for me, kill him......" Li Mingshan shouted for help, but his voice was much weaker than before.

  The soldiers of the General's camp saw their superior being held hostage and naturally became tense, rushing over to surround Wu Shaotong.

  Wu Shaotong remained calm and quickly pulled out a pistol from his waist, the Browning pistol given by his instructor when he graduated from the German military academy. He used the pistol to replace the rifle and pressed it against Li Mingshan's head, then aimed at the feet of the surrounding soldiers with the rifle and fired without hesitation.

  The sudden gunshot frightened all the soldiers in the headquarters, they all shrank back immediately, recognizing that Wu Shaotong was now very likely to do anything. Although he also had a gun in his hand, Wu Shaotong had Li Mingshan as a hostage.

  After all, these little soldiers holding guns are just making a living, and some of them have not even fired a shot yet, which is already a notch weaker in terms of psychological quality. What's more, if things get out of hand and the situation escalates, who can take responsibility?

  So the soldiers of the General's headquarters just held their guns and pretended to be tough, but no one dared to really shoot Wu Shaotong.

  Wu Shaotong dropped his rifle and grabbed Li Mingshan's collar, holding him in front of himself.

  The rear guard soldiers saw this scene, and everyone was equally surprised. How could Mr. Wu point a gun at General Li Qian?

  Their mood suddenly became complicated, although no one wanted to see Mr. Wu make a big deal out of it, but after all, Mr. Wu had his reasons, on the small side, he was protecting Zhou Xiaohu, and on the large side, he was protecting all the soldiers in the rear guard.

  Just before Xu Guang took action against Chen Qun, Wu Daren also stood up, which is enough to prove this point.

  But what can they do now? Are they going to follow Wu's rebellion together?

  At this moment, Wu Shaotong immediately spoke up and said: "Li Wenqi, go to the Army Ministry's officer and military law department right away."

  Li Wenqi was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he hurriedly asked: "Wu Daren... now that things have turned out like this, won't the arrival of the military law officials be even more unfavorable to you?"

  Wu Shaotong smiled calmly and said: "You can go if you want, I, Wu Shaotong, have always acted with integrity and stood upright, not afraid of being unreasonable."

  Li Wenqi was at a loss, but since Wu Shaotang had ordered him to do so, he could only comply. Immediately, he hastily ran out of the Da Xiaochang towards the Lujun Yamen.

  The coerced Li Mingshan trembled with fear and said: "Wu Shaotong, you dare... wait until the people from the Ministry of War arrive... I'll see you..."

  Wu Shaotong sternly interrupted: "Shut up!"

  Li Mingshan was suddenly speechless.