Chapter 26: The Eighth Route Army Visits? (+3 more updates)

  "The big masters and the second masters are here. There are a few people in military uniforms at the foot of the mountain, saying they want to meet you!" A brother rushed into the hall and said to Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming.

  Liu Yiming rubbed his head and frowned, saying: "Wearing military uniforms? Are they Chinese?" The other nodded and said with a smile: "Whether or not they are Chinese, I don't know either, but they all speak Chinese..."

  "Hmph..." Shuang Yixuan couldn't help but laugh out loud. The two of them looked at Shuang Yixuan, Liu Yiming smiled awkwardly and asked: "Brother, what do you think these people in military uniforms want from me?"

  Shan Yixuan coughed lightly twice, thought for a moment and said: "Since they are Chinese, wearing military uniforms to come here must be to win us over. Big brother might as well take a look first!" Shan Yixuan thought to himself, 21st-century TV dramas all play it this way, could this be based on fact? With doubts in his heart, Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming both anxiously let the brothers who had just entered bring those people up.

  A few minutes later, several men wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms walked towards the main hall of Qinglong Village. The sentry on the road made a few people's hair stand on end. If they wanted to attack Qinglong Village without covering it with large-scale firepower, this was indeed a hard nut to crack. High Flyer, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 115th Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, thought to himself.

  Shan Yixuan saw a few people wearing dark blue uniforms and already guessed that they were the Eighth Route Army. He muttered to himself, "The troops near Yangcheng can have at most one company of soldiers, how come today they brought people up to Qinglongzhai?"

  Gao Fei walked ahead of several people, and when entering the hall, two brothers blocked the way for several people. Gao Fei and his men were not fools, they took out their own weapons and handed them over to the inspecting brothers, although some were extremely unwilling, but after all, this was not in their base.

  "May I ask who is the head of Qinglong Village?" Gao Fei asked, looking at Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming sitting in the main seat with a fist.

  "If there's anything, just say it, here there are no big shots or second-in-commands, but between the two of us, what we say still carries weight!" Liu Yiming was about to ask Gao Fei who was the big shot, feeling that if he said he himself was the big shot, Shan Yixuan's face would definitely be lost, so he swallowed his words again.

  Shan Yixuan looked at Liu Yiming and smiled, saying: "This is my brother, what's the matter, just say it!" Shan Yixuan said calmly to Gao Fei and several others.

  "I am Gao Fei, the regiment commander of the 115th Division's Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. I have come here for two reasons: first, to ask if you two know about the Battle of Yixiantian? Second, to ask if you two are willing to lead your men to join our Eighth Route Army?"

  Liu Yiming was about to say something, but Shan Yixuan cut him off and said first: "We did win a battle on the front line, but we don't know who did it!" Shan Yixuan didn't want this matter to be too publicized. If the Eighth Route Army really knew, it wouldn't matter, but if the devils found out, that would add another enemy.

  Liu Yiming heard Shan Yixuan say this and suddenly realized his intention, thinking that he had almost made a big mistake!

  "As for whether to join the Eighth Route Army, as far as I know, the troops of the Eighth Route Army have not expanded to this side yet. How did your troops come here? Did you fly over?" Duan Yixuan was a bit skeptical about the identity of several people. If it were really the Eighth Route Army, then so be it. But if they were devils, wouldn't that mean leading his brothers into the fire pit! Duan Yixuan stared straight at Gao Fei standing in front of him, trying to see a flaw in his eyes.

  Liu Yi Ming nodded and said, "Yangcheng has several hundred devils, why didn't the Eighth Route Army go to meet them first when they came? Instead, they come to my small mountain stronghold, just to ask who won that battle?"

  Gao Fei shook his head and sighed, "Do I need to deceive you? The villagers of Yangcheng are living in a sea of flames, you can see that for yourself. Our Communist Party's aim is to drive out the Japanese invaders and let the people live a good life!" Facing Shan Yixuan's questioning, Gao Fei felt very depressed!

  "Oh!" replied Shan Yixuan, "You are from the Eighth Route Army, what brings you here?" Although he used to be a member of the Communist Party and was loyal to his country and people, things were different now. He had to know what they wanted, and couldn't let their arrival disrupt his plans.

  Gao Fei was taken aback, and then said somewhat unhappily: "What do you mean? What's the point of this?" Gao Fei was annoyed by Shan Yixuan's question.

  Liu Yiming found himself unable to interject and could only listen to the conversation between the two, vaguely feeling that Shan Yixuan's temper was somewhat off.

  Shan Yixuan coldly smiled, picked up the handgun on the table and walked to Gao Fei's front, coldly asking: "Tell me, did you come here with some military purpose?"

  Shan Yixuan's actions shocked everyone, Liu Yiming was stunned, stood up and looked at Shan Yixuan who was somewhat excited, but didn't know what to say.

  Several people behind Gao Fei were also panicked, no one expected that Shan Yixuan would turn his face so quickly. In the hearts of several people, Shan Yixuan had already been stereotyped as a complete madman. Since the gun was previously put down, several people only pointed at Shan Yixuan with their fingers and shouted: "What do you want to do? Let go of our battalion commander!"

  "What's going on? Looking for trouble? Let our squad leader go!"

  The loud noise attracted Zhang Gang's brother from outside. Several people saw that Gunya's gun was pointing at Gao Fei, who was wearing a military uniform, and immediately raised their guns to aim at the others, shouting "Squat down, don't move, hurry up, squat down!"

  Several people had no choice but to squat on the ground, previously heard that the people of Qinglong Village did not rob or loot the common people, so they didn't take precautions and called for weapons. If they knew it would end up like this, they would have armed themselves before entering the mountain. Now, several people can only secretly curse in their hearts, occasionally scolding Shan Yixuan, whose temper is worse than a donkey's.

  The cold muzzle was pressed against Gao Fei's neck, but Gao Fei didn't even blink, and Shan Yixuan smiled and said: "Tell me, you came to Yangcheng, is it for some military purpose?"

  Gao Fei glared sideways, furious that Qing Long Village was such a dump. He thought to himself, "I knew I shouldn't have given them the chance!" But out loud, he said, "Why don't you just kill me? It'll save us both the trouble of wasting our breath!"

  Liu Yiming was stunned and thought to himself: Do brothers have a feud with them?

  Shan Yixuan cocked the trigger and said coldly, "What, do you think I don't dare? You're here to destroy the airport built by the devils, aren't you?"

  "How did you know?" Gaofei asked with a frown. As soon as the words left his mouth, Gaofei realized that he had inadvertently leaked military secrets! Shan Yixuan lowered the muzzle of his gun and muttered to himself, "It's really a pity if half-built airport is destroyed." Shan Yixuan put down his gun on the table with an expressionless face, turned around and said: "I was just probing, I didn't expect you to give me the answer!"

  "How despicable!" Gao Fei's face turned red with rage, he never thought that the young man in front of him would be so sinister.

  "I want to talk to your commander!" Shan Yixuan felt it was necessary to communicate with the leader of the Eighth Route Army, if not, they could only take action ahead of time.

  Liu Yiming pulled Shan Yixuan aside and asked in a low voice, "Brother, I don't understand. Isn't it a good thing that the Eighth Route Army is attacking the Japanese airport? Why won't you let them?" Last time when he mentioned to Shan Yixuan that his brothers were itching for action and wanted to make a big move by taking out the Japanese guarding the airport, he was rejected. Today, the Eighth Route Army came to take out the Japanese at the airport, but instead of joining in, Shan Yixuan was pointing his gun at them and even wanted to talk to their captain... What was going on in this guy's mind? Liu Yiming looked at Shan Yixuan with confusion.

  "Haha, big brother, don't worry about this matter, I have my own way of handling it. Just wait and see, I'll give you a surprise!" Duan Yixuan smiled mysteriously, his smile making Liu Yiming feel a bit uneasy. What was he planning to do? Liu Yiming wondered...

  Shan Yixuan walked up to Gao Fei and a few others, saying calmly: "This one's called Gao Fei, I'm going to keep him here. You all go back and tell your squad leader or your highest commander that I want to have a talk with them!"

  "No way, who do you think you are? What right do you have to leave our squad leader behind?" Several people heard that they were going to leave Gao Fei behind and immediately looked up at Shan Yixuan.

  "I said leave the squad leader behind, no need for so much nonsense!" Shuang Yixuan didn't want to entangle with a few people anymore, and immediately told several brothers: "Send them away, remember to return their guns!"

  "Yes!" Several brothers immediately said to a few people: "Get up! Let's go!" Then they took several people and walked down the mountain.

  Liu Yiming looked at Gao Fei and then turned to Shan Yixuan, asking: "Brother, what should he do?"

  Shan Yixuan turned around and said to Gao Fei Nannan, "Brother, lock him up! Get a few more brothers to keep an eye on him, don't let this guy escape!" Shan Yixuan thought about whether this would lead to trouble with the Eighth Route Army, while also thinking about his own plan. According to historical records, the Battle of Xuzhou was about to begin, and all Shan Yixuan wanted to do was give the Chinese and Japanese armies a huge surprise!

  "Alright!" Liu Yiming knew that Shan Yixuan didn't want to say anything, so he stopped asking and called a few brothers to lock up Gao Fei. In a small room, there were twenty or thirty people arranged around him, watching him closely. Even if Gao Fei had wings, it would be hard for him to escape.

  Several people hastily returned to Zhaojiazhuang, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment had just arrived in Zhaojiazhuang yesterday, and in one day's time, they had become close with the local villagers and learned some things about recent events in Yangcheng from their mouths. The regiment commander, Zhao Wenxing, was certain that recent events in Yangcheng were likely related to the mountain bandits of Qinglongzhai. Qinglongzhai was the largest group of mountain bandits near Yangcheng and Zhaojiazhuang, a force that dared to fight against the Japanese devils, aside from the underground party and the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, it was now Qinglongzhai. Qinglongzhai had frequently clashed with the Japanese army in the past, relying on its advantageous terrain. Therefore, Zhao Wenxing dispatched the regiment commander to see if they could recruit this armed force.

  "Lao Zhao, it's almost dark, and Gao Fei and the others still haven't returned. I hope nothing has happened to them?" asked Zheng Wen, the political commissar, with some concern.