Chapter 40: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (Please Collect)

  Shan Yixuan passed by the original "Huang Xie Army Command", the sign had been taken down, Shan Yixuan shook his head helplessly, wasn't this also too showy? He thought and then headed straight to the Ghost Commander's headquarters.

  "Comrade, who are you looking for?" A young soldier wearing the Eighth Route Army uniform blocked Shuang Yixuan's path. Shuang Yixuan furrowed his brow and said lightly, "I'm looking for your battalion commander!"

  The young Eighth Route Army man looked stunned and continued to ask: "May I ask your surname, comrade?"

  "Shan Yixuan!"

  "Ah?" The young Eighth Route Army soldier exclaimed in surprise, never expecting the young man in front of him to be the legendary Single Yixuan. "Please wait a moment!" The man turned and ran inside.

  One minute later, the man led Shuang Yixuan to a office and whispered: "The captain is waiting for you, please go in!" Shuang Yixuan nodded and pushed open the door to enter.

  Zhao Wenzhen raised his head and saw Shan Yixuan walking in, smiling and getting up to say: "Rare guest, rare guest! Brother Shan has time to come to my place today? Have you thought it through?" Zhao Wenzhen said as he poured a cup of tea for Shan Yixuan, continuing: "Authentic Longjing, found in the little devil's office, take a taste!"

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said faintly: "Does Captain Zhao still remember the matter he agreed to with his brother back then?"

  "What's going on?" Zhao Wensing asked suspiciously.

  "Have you liberated Yangcheng? And have you kept the fact that you've entered Yangcheng from outsiders?" Singleton didn't even notice the fragrance of the tea on the table. If this matter were to be recorded by some newspaper or camera, the Japanese troops in Xuzhou would absolutely not let it go! However, this regiment commander didn't have any sense of danger at all.

  Zhaowenxing took a sip of tea and said, "Brother, you're worrying too much, aren't you? The devils have concentrated their main forces in Xuzhou, they shouldn't pay attention to the dynamics here in Yangcheng. Since our troops entered Yangcheng, look at how straight the waists of the common people on the streets are! This is a great thing for the construction of the military-civilian relationship between us and the Eighth Route Army!"

  Shan Yixuan furrowed his brow and said seriously, "What good thing? If there's a big battle in Xuzhou, Yangcheng will be the first strategic location that the devils want to protect. The devils have an arsenal here for transporting military supplies to various war zones across the country. There are railways connecting Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shandong war zones, as well as North China and Central China war zones. The Japanese army has also built an airport in this area, do you still dare say that the devils won't attach importance to this place?"

  Zhao Wenxing did not expect that his one sentence would make Shan Yixuan so excited, but thinking about it, what Shan Yixuan said was not unreasonable either.

  Shan Yixuan took a deep breath and continued, "Commander Zhao, the devils are sparing no effort to dispatch an entire regiment to reinforce the security of Yangcheng in order to build an airport. This is a matter of great importance that cannot be taken lightly. If the devils were to find out that the Eighth Route Army has begun to take action in Yangcheng, it would only increase their suspicions and worries. Provoking the devils now would undoubtedly be asking for trouble. The devils are currently mobilizing large troops towards Yangcheng, they want to engage in a decisive battle behind the Xu River, and easily retake this important strategic city with two or three regiments!"

  Zhao Wenzhong was taken aback and asked in doubt, "A battle with one's back to the water? Do you mean that the devils will engage in a major battle with the Chinese at Xuzhou?"

  Shan Yixuan only then remembered that they and himself were not from the same world, but still nodded and said: "Hmm, you can think about it, the devils' planes cannot take off and bomb according to plan, in a situation where ammunition is severely insufficient, will the devils give up this city?"

  Zheng Wenzhen was taken aback and said: "Then what do you think we should do?"

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said: "Let your people wear the devils' clothes! Don't be too ostentatious!"

  "Ah?" Zheng Wenzhen looked at Shan Yixuan in surprise and said: "Brother, isn't this a bit bad?"

  Shan Yixuan curled his lip and said, "In order to reduce the sacrifice of our country's soldiers on the front lines, you can let your soldiers be a little more humble!" According to historical records, there was less than a month left before the Battle of Xuzhou would begin, and the enemy's planes and pilots had become Shan Yixuan's biggest headache.

  Zhao Wenxing sighed and said in a low voice: "This is not very good, is it?"

  Dan Yixuan was taken aback and asked, "What's the big deal? The clothes have changed, but people haven't. You can still help the common people, just tell them you're the Eighth Route Army, but don't reveal the secret to outsiders!"

  "Alright!" Zhao Wenzhong nodded and said, "This time we'll be wolves in sheep's clothing. I'll listen to you this time, I'll immediately give the order for all eight routes of the garrison in Yang City to change into Japanese military uniforms."

  Zhao Wenzhong finished speaking and called over the guards, passing down the order. For a while, everyone was bewildered as they changed into Japanese military uniforms, and once again patrol teams wearing Japanese military uniforms appeared on the streets. The residents who had just lived in peace for two days were frightened by the sight of the patrol team wearing devils' uniforms and ran away in all directions, each person screaming as they rushed home. The originally bustling street was suddenly empty.

  Shan Yixuan saw Zhao Wenzhong settle the matter quickly, and he was also delighted. Although he had been a bit neglectful before, two days' time was not enough for the enemy to discover anything. He casually joked with Zhao Wenzhong for a couple of sentences before getting up and leaving. Shan Yixuan walked to the Yang family's large courtyard, where the original police were no longer guarding the house. Instead, two men wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms stood upright outside the door.

  Shan Yixuan smiled and raised an eyebrow, it seemed that Zhao Wenzhong was still a thoughtful person, thinking about it, he was about to step inside.

  "Comrade, hello! Who are you looking for?" a soldier of the Eighth Route Army blocked Shi Yuxuan's way and asked.

  Shan Yixuan curled her lip and muttered: What a nuisance, this is the several times today! "I'm looking for Miss Yang Zilu!"

  The young man furrowed his brow and asked, "May I ask what business you have with Miss Yang?"

  "Is there anything I need to report to you?" Dan Yixuan said somewhat irritably. If it weren't for the fact that they were from the same faction, he would have beaten them down long ago.

  Shan Yixuan's infuriating appearance made the two Eighth Route Army men extremely dissatisfied. The two of them exchanged a glance, and in an instant they raised their guns, the muzzles suddenly pointing at Shan Yixuan's head.

  Shan Yixuan furrowed his brow and involuntarily took a step back. These two guys were even more unhinged than he was? Just because they were a bit fierce, did they have to load the gun? "What's the meaning of this, brothers? In my lifetime, there haven't been many people who dare point a gun at me. Have you thought this through?"

  "What business do you have with Miss Yang? Our Miss Yang doesn't see guests lately!"

  Shan Yixuan furrowed his brow, "No guests? Has something happened?"

  Just as Zhuan Yi Xuan was deciding whether to rush in, a familiar voice rang out from the courtyard. "What's going on outside?" Yang Zi Luo looked at the two guards holding guns and asked curiously.

  A member of the Eighth Route Army put away his gun and ran to Yang Ziluo's side, saying: "Miss Yang, there is someone outside who wants to see you!" Yang Ziluo was stunned, Who could it be?

  Yang Ziluo followed Ba Lu to the door, and when Yang Ziluo saw that unfamiliar yet familiar Shan Yixuan, tears fell from her eyes. In her heart, she didn't know whether it was sadness or joy! Shan Yixuan stood at the door, looking at the crying Yang Ziluo, feeling very guilty in his heart, he had been away for so long and finally dared to swagger back.

  Yang Ziluo wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, rushed out of the gate and hugged Shan Yixuan tightly, crying while saying: "You still know how to come back? How could you only think of coming back now? Don't I exist in your heart?"

  Two guards saw this situation, looked at each other, ejected the bullets from their guns, stood up straight and pretended they hadn't seen anything!

  Shan Yixuan patted Yang Ziluo's back and softly comforted him, "Haven't I come back?"

  "Ah!" Xuan suddenly felt a wave of pain in his shoulders. Yang Zi just pouted and said, "Hmph, who told you to not come back and see me for so long?"

  Shan Yixuan said with a hint of grievance, "Aren't I back now? Is Uncle at home?" The other nodded and said, "He's in the study!" Shan Yixuan secretly gave Yang Zilai a peck on the cheek and said, "I'll go see Uncle for a bit, I'll come keep you company later!"

  Yang Ziluo nodded understandingly and said, "Good!" Shan Yixuan smiled and walked towards the study.

  In the study, Yang Yonghao was writing "loyalty to the country" with a brush. Shan Yixuan had just entered the room, and Yang Yonghao's last stroke of the character for "country" happened to be his final one. Yang Yonghao looked up, saw Shan Yixuan standing at the door, and said in surprise: "When did you come back?"

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said, "I've just arrived! Recently, due to the big commotion caused by Xiaodan in Yangcheng, I was afraid of bringing trouble to Uncle, so I didn't dare come back to visit you. Please forgive me, Uncle."

  Yang Yonghao put down his brush and asked: "Have you killed enough of those one hundred devils?"

  Shan Yixuan shook his head. Yang Yonghao slightly furrowed his brow and said, "How did you agree to it back then?"

  Dan Yi Xuan sighed and said: "I didn't mention a hundred devils' heads. However, when we just left Yangcheng, the devils suffered hundreds of casualties outside the Yangcheng Bell Tower. Later, on the first line, more than 2,000 devils were killed or wounded, and several hundred people lost their lives in the military warehouse. This time, we captured over 1,500 devils in Yangcheng, and 300 to 400 imperial troops... I think this should be enough?"

  Shan Yixuan's words made Yang Yonghao take a cold breath, although he had thought about these things being related to him before, but he didn't expect that all the big and small things that happened in Yang City were related to him! "Do you mean there are no devils in Yang City now?"

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said, "Yes, fake devils! In order not to let the devils know that the Eighth Route Army has entered Yangcheng, and also not to let the outside world know that we have obtained this important strategic location, we must keep it a secret. I've already contacted Captain Zhao to have all the Eighth Route Army soldiers wear Japanese uniforms to patrol and help with work! I know you're the head of the Maintenance Association, but I believe you absolutely won't leak this message to the Japanese!" From the moment he saw the two Eighth Route Army soldiers outside the door, Shan Yixuan recalled his expression when he asked Zhao Wenxing not to make things difficult for the Yang family compound.