Chapter 38: The Dispute at Qinglong Stronghold

  In just one day, Shan Yixuan did what the Nationalist Party wanted to do but couldn't. In just one day, Shan Yixuan broke the independent regiment's half-year task goal.

  This action was completely beyond Du Yihuan's expectations, and he could never have imagined that Yangcheng would be liberated in this way, and the airport would be occupied. The battle plan that had been carefully prepared beforehand now seemed to be of no use at all.

  "Xuan Ge, how are we going to deal with these devils?" Lao San walked up to Shan Yi Xuan and asked in a low voice. Although the death of Big Brother was distressing, this kind of thing was something that nobody wanted to happen. The most pressing task now was how to dispose of these devils.

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment, indeed, the devils couldn't stay in Yangcheng for too long, otherwise the news would leak out even faster, and he himself couldn't always stay in Yangcheng. "Take away their guns, disperse all the workers building the airport, let them go back to doing what ordinary people do, send someone to keep an eye on them. Remember, don't harm them, these people are still useful to us." Shan Yixuan instructed.

  Shan Yixuan finished speaking, and Lao San led a group of people carrying several light machine guns with 1,500 people towards the airport.

  Qingteng walked up to Shan Yixuan's side and paused for a moment, saying: "You are the best commander I have ever seen. I hope you keep your word!"

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said in a low voice, "If Chinese people want to settle accounts with you Japanese, it will take your Japanese several lifetimes to pay off. What I said won't be taken back, but if someone among you tries to play smart and escape, my men aren't pushovers!" Shan Yixuan looked at the few people brought by Old Three, all of whom were brothers with high shooting accuracy and good martial arts skills in training. Seeing that everyone was holding crooked-handled swords, Shan Yixuan couldn't help but smile - Old Three was quite clever.

  Sei Tōichi let out a sigh, the defeated general, still wearing the insignia of a high-ranking officer on his shoulder, but now completely devoid of the demeanor of a commander. The haughty expression had vanished entirely. "I will try to restrain them as much as possible from causing harm to China, I apologize." Sei Tōichi said in somewhat stiff Chinese.

  Shan Yixuan was taken aback and asked, "Do you speak Chinese?" The other person nodded and said, "When I was very young, I was very interested in China's history and culture. I know that China has a long history of over 5,000 years and is known as the land of etiquette, the country of porcelain, and the country of silk."

  "So that's how it is, your parents taught you how to invade China since you were little?" Di Yixuan sneered with a smile. Although he said so, but in his heart, he had another opinion about Qingteng Yimoku.

  "No." Qingteng Yimut shook his head and continued, "After graduating from military school, I was sent to the European battlefield as a frontline commander. Due to the Emperor's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere plan being repeatedly thwarted in China, I was dispatched to the Chinese battlefield. When I saw the harm my army had caused to the Chinese people, I prayed in my heart that the deceased Chinese spirits would forgive us!"

  Shan Yixuan was taken aback, not expecting this guy to be not too bad after all, at least he still had some conscience. It seemed that his own judgment hadn't been wrong! "Take your people to the airport and follow my men's orders, I guarantee your people won't come to any harm. I'll find you again later, go now!" Shan Yixuan had wanted to say something more, but seeing that it was already late, he still had to rush back to the mountain stronghold, there were many things he hadn't done yet, and he couldn't stay here!

  Qingteng smiled wryly and walked towards the airport, followed by two brothers holding guns. Watching them leave, Shan Yixuan let out a long sigh, such Japanese people with a conscience are really not many. He shook his head helplessly and said to the remaining people: "Clean up the battlefield, load all the weapons and ammunition onto the truck and take them to the mountain stronghold!"

  Shan Yixuan rode a motorcycle towards the mountain village after finishing speaking.

  Liu Yiming's body was placed in the main hall, and all the brothers were heartbroken, hanging their heads in grief. They looked at this big brother who was like a close relative to everyone, and the mood of all the brothers was extremely heavy. The main hall was filled with wailing, and even the old men who wouldn't shed a single tear when hit by bullets were almost all crying today.

  "Who killed my brother? I'll avenge him!" A brother pulled out a box of guns from his bosom, gritting his teeth and saying.

  "Damn it, is that the one with the surname Shan? Trying to take the position of the eldest son by killing his brother?" One of the brothers wondered suspiciously. They went out together, why did only the eldest son die?

  The brothers' voices rose together, and all the brothers couldn't help but suspect Shuang Yixuan. Liu San stood aside, and it seemed that he was the only outsider in the whole mountain stronghold. Liu San was also puzzled, since Er Dangjia could kill devils, he shouldn't have any dealings with them, but why did Er Dangjia seem so familiar with that Japanese officer? At this time, all the spearheads in the mountain stronghold were already pointing at Shuang Yixuan.

  "Stop talking nonsense, I think the second master is quite good, how could he harm Big Brother?" Monkey saw that everyone had forgotten the battle of Yitian Heaven back then. If it wasn't for Shan Yixuan's arrival, after the Japanese soldiers were fully equipped, the first to be surrounded and annihilated would have been the enemy's rear armed forces. At that time, Qinglong Village wouldn't be like now, they could still capture Qingteng Yimu this big guy.

  Several old men from Qinglong Village looked at each other, and what the monkey said was true. If the devils reinforce Yangcheng with more than 2,000 people, this battle will be fought without a doubt. However, in terms of combat experience and command ability, no one can think of such a wonderful battle plan. If the devil's reinforcements arrive, eliminating bandits and driving out nearby armed forces will be the top priority. Any commander with a bit of brains would not want any armed force that is not on the same side as him to exist on his own territory.

  "Monkey, Lao Da has been good to you, how dare you speak to outsiders? Have you also been bewitched by him?" Zujianmin glared at Monkey with some anger. After being selected for the special forces team, Zujianmin had already fallen out of favor within a day's time and was ruthlessly deleted from the training list by Shanyexuan. He was told to work hard on his physical training, as it would be difficult for him to join the special forces with his current physique.

  Many of the brothers who joined the special forces team ridiculed him even more, claiming that he had visited prostitutes too many times and had gotten his waist caught. He was nominated to leave the special forces team and held a grudge against Shan Yixuan, previously he didn't dare say anything because Shan was the big boss. Now that the big boss is dead, no matter what, he couldn't let Shan Yixuan off easy.

  Just as everyone was still discussing whether Shan Yixuan was a killer or not, Shan Yixuan stopped his motorcycle and walked in with big strides, his face very heavy. Although Liu Yiming had only been with him for less than a year, the bond of sworn brothers would not be much different. Shan Yixuan felt extremely guilty about Liu Yiming's death. If he had gone to collect ammunition, perhaps there would have been two different outcomes. The person lying in the hall today could have been himself.

  "Xuan Ge is here!" A brother outside the door shouted loudly as soon as he saw Shan Yixuan arrive. It sounded like a majestic and noble aura. Shan Yixuan stopped his foot that had just stepped out of the door, looking at the shouting brother with confusion.

  "Xuan Ge!" The brother who was guarding the door looked at Shan Yi Xuan with some trepidation and lowered his head.

  Shan Yixuan smiled, from the moment he stepped into Qinglong Village to now, Shan Yixuan had never heard any announcements whenever he appeared anywhere. Today, at this special time, facing a special matter, Shan Yixuan let out a bitter smile, patted his brother's shoulder and walked in.

  The sudden announcement outside the door made the voices inside that had just been discussing suddenly stop. Everyone couldn't help but look at Shan Yixuan, who was walking in from outside. In their hearts were guesses and doubts - was he really the murderer who killed Liu Yiming?

  Shan Yixuan walked up to Liu Yiming, bowed deeply and said in a low voice: "Big brother, take care on your journey. Once brothers, always brothers for life!"

  "Hypocrisy!" Zu Jianmin looked at Shan Yixuan with disdain and said.

  Shan Yixuan looked up at Zu Jianmin, this person was too familiar to him. From the moment he was taken out of the special forces, Shan Yixuan had felt his resentment. At that moment, he had determined that this person was not suitable to be brothers with himself.

  "Jianmin, shut up!" said the elder of Qinglong Village with a serious tone. Before things were clear, he was still the second-in-command of Qinglong Village. Now that the head of the village had left, he was even more in charge, as one of the founding elders of Qinglong Village, it would be too petty if no one spoke up for this newcomer.

  Zu Jianmin wanted to say something, but was pulled by his brother beside him, and Zu Jianmin stopped talking. The entire hall suddenly became quiet, and even the sound of a needle falling could be heard.

  Shan Yixuan ignored the gossip of Zu Jianmin and walked to the front of Qinglong Village elder, saying: "Elder, since the opening of Qinglong Village, you have had the right to make decisions. If the elder has a candidate in mind, then dismiss my position as second-in-command!" Shan Yixuan paused for a moment, then continued: "The head of the family was not killed by me. But I am responsible and did not protect my brother well, which is my greatest regret."

  The elder sighed and didn't say a word.

  Shan Yixuan was silent for a moment, then said: "I didn't let the special forces brothers go up the mountain because I was afraid that they would be biased towards me. I don't want to make Qinglong Village leaderless after the battle and have brothers fight each other. In addition, this time we captured 1,000 devils from Yangcheng, seized countless guns, ammunition, and weapons, two tanks, and a military warehouse is intact. The special forces brothers went to guard the prisoners, just in time not to argue with you brothers here."

  As soon as Shan Yixuan's words fell, everyone was stunned, and no one had expected that such a thing would happen when they were playing cards and practicing guns. A city of Yang was broken in this way without being attacked.

  The old man couldn't help but take a deep breath and asked: "Is what you said true?"