Chapter 12: Righteous Rescue (Seeking Collection)

  The appearance of the main battle tank alleviated the fear that had just accumulated among the Japanese troops. Faced with Zhang Yixuan in the clock tower, hundreds of Japanese soldiers could only be beaten. The arrival of the tank meant that all problems could be solved with one cannonball.

  Shan Yixuan hugged the three eight big covers and hid behind the wall of the bell tower, secretly scolding in his heart: This is going to be a disaster, for helping a few bandits, he actually put his life on the line, it's too suffocating. The sound of the tank was getting closer and closer, Shan Yixuan's heart began to panic, looking at the three eight big covers and the remaining bullets beside him, he couldn't help but sigh, thinking that going out would definitely get him killed, not going out, waiting for the tank to come over, one cannonball would also get him killed.

  Just as Shan Yixuan was hesitating, a chaotic sound of horseshoes rose, followed by sporadic gunfire. Shan Yixuan was stunned, looked out and saw a group of Japanese people frantically turning their guns around, while on the road, a group of men riding tall horses, holding big knives and guns were crazily slashing at the panicked devils.

  Shan Yixuan furrowed his brow and thought to himself: "Why do these people look so familiar?"

  Two crisp gunshots later, a familiar voice entered Shan Yixuan's ears.

  "Damn it, find someone for me first, and the others can wait!" Liu Yiming looked at the corpses lying all over the road and couldn't help but feel a chill down his back. What kind of person was so twisted that they could...

  Shan Yixuan heard Liu Yiming's shouting and couldn't help but smile, immediately picking up a rifle and crawling out of the clock tower. "I'm over here!" Shan Yixuan shouted while firing at the devils blocking Liu Yiming.

  "Big brother, he's here!" One of the brothers rode a horse to surround Shan Yixuan, firing his gun for cover while reporting back to Liu Yiming.

  Liu Yi Ming galloped his horse to the side of Shan Yixuan, sizing him up and down, seeing that all parts of Shan Yixuan were still intact. He immediately said: "Damn it, I've finally found you! What's going on can be discussed after we get out of danger, let's go!" Shan Yixuan hesitated for a moment before leaping onto Liu Yi Ming's horseback.

  "Brothers, retreat!" Liu Yiming led his brothers in a charge out of the encirclement. Dozens of fast horses galloped towards Qinglong Stockade.

  "Eight!" Qingteng Yimut's face turned iron-green as he stared at the escaping bandits. Hundreds of people couldn't stop a few dozen bandits, and by the time the clock tower was within range of the main battle tank, the enemy had already cleaned up the battlefield. The blood flowing on the battlefield belonged to their own people, the wounded were their own people, and those who sacrificed were also their own people. This battle was the first major defeat since the Japanese army entered Yangcheng. They were defeated so badly that Qingteng Yimut felt an urge to disembowel himself.

  Shan Yixuan looked at the majestic and domineering words, thinking to himself that this was indeed a place where dragons and tigers were hidden. Liu Yiming handed the reins over to one of his brothers and walked over to Shan Yixuan, clasping his fists in gratitude. "Brother Scorpion, thank you for saving my brother!" Shan Yixuan smiled and said, "Liu Boss is being too polite, if it weren't for all of you, I would have been done for as well."

  "It can't be said that if you don't save my brother, you won't show up in a desperate situation. Please, scorpion...". Liu Yiming said, making a welcoming gesture. Just a few hours ago, he was still thinking about how to take revenge, and now, he didn't expect to invite this "enemy" to be a guest at Qinglong Village in such a way.

  Shan Yixuan hesitated for a moment, thinking that if he continued to push, something would eventually come out of it. He might as well go along with Liu Yiming's plan and smiled as he followed him up the mountain stronghold. As Shan Yixuan walked, he couldn't help but secretly admire the terrain of the entire mountain stronghold, verifying Liu Yiming's claim that it was an excellent strategic location for defense.

  Liu Yiming instructed his subordinates before leaving, saying: "You go take a look at Hu Zi and Lao Wu, tell them that the brothers have returned safely. Tell the brother who cooks to kill pigs and sheep tonight and accompany Brother Xiezi to drink a few cups!"

  Shan Yixuan turned around and said softly, "Liu Lao Da doesn't need to be so polite." "Hey, coming to my territory means listening to me! Saving my brother's life is the same as saving mine. What, Brother Scorpion looks down on us for being mountain bandits?" Liu Yi Ming said seriously.

  Shan Yixuan awkwardly shook his head and said: "No, it's just that I feel sorry for letting Liu Laodage spend money!"

  "Haha, don't worry, Scorpion brother can play with ease! From now on, your matters are the matters of Qinglong Village, how's that?" Liu Yiming said as he looked at Shan Yixuan. Shan Yixuan smiled slightly and walked into the main hall, after they sat down, he said: "Actually, I do have something to discuss, brother, I wonder if Old Liu can help me with it!"

  "Brothers, if there's anything you need help with, I, Liu Yiming, will not hesitate to risk life and limb to assist!"

  From Liu Yiming's attitude and way of speaking, Shan Yixuan thought that Liu Yiming was a man who valued relationships and righteousness. He couldn't defeat the devils alone, but if he said so, would Liu Yiming think that he wanted to steal his thunder? That wouldn't be good.

  "I don't need to go through boiling water and walking on fire, I want to follow Big Brother Liu to fight the devils!" Duan Yixuan looked at Liu Yiming.

  "Ah?" Liu Yiming was shocked and almost jumped up, good grief, he actually wanted to follow him to fight the devils! Thinking back to the corpses lying on the Yangcheng road just now made people break out in cold sweat. Such a formidable figure actually wanted to follow him as an outlaw? Liu Yiming thought he had misheard, and asked again: "Bro...ther...brother, what did you just say?"

  Shan Yixuan bit her lip and said firmly: "I say I want to follow Big Brother Liu to fight the devils!"

  "Really? Is this for real?" Liu Yi Ming's calmness was undone, and he immediately got up to sit beside Shan Yixuan, asking anxiously.

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said, "Really!"

  Liu Yi Ming scratched his head and said, "Brother is so formidable, why do you still want to join my Qing Long Zhai?" Liu Yi Ming didn't think much about it, he just felt that the person in front of him was not simple, so why would he still want to join a humble Qing Long Zhai as a notorious mountain bandit.

  Shan Yixuan couldn't help but smile wryly: "Liu Lao Da, no matter how formidable I am, I'm still just one person. Just like today, if it weren't for your assistance, I might have become cannon fodder for the tank. The Japanese devils in Yangcheng mobilized a mortar team to kill me, but I took them out with a single bullet. During the stalemate, they even deployed a tank! You guys saved me at the same time that the enemy's main battle tank was on its way!"

  Liu Yiming suddenly enlightened and nodded, saying: "So the tank that drove out from the main road was for you!"

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said, "This proves that I am strong alone, but also have weaknesses. Resisting the Japanese is not just my responsibility, it's the responsibility of all Chinese people. Last time you said your men didn't harm ordinary people, only fought against the devils and local tyrants, so I thought Liu Lao Da was a man of good character too, that's why I wanted to join Qing Long Zhai."

  Liu Yi Ming nodded and said, "As long as you don't mind our mountain bandit air, we welcome you!" Liu Yi Ming thought for a moment and asked, "Brother, you said your name is Scorpion, but it's not easy to call out loud. Can you tell me your real name? And was the ghost in Yangcheng all done by you?"

  Shan Yixuan smiled, Liu Yiming was apparently not too confident in his own abilities. "It wasn't just me who killed them, those two brothers holding the medicine also had a share! Scorpion is just a code name, since Old Liu called it awkward, I'll call myself Yixuan!"

  Liu Yiming smiled and said: "Alright, brother Yi Xuan, welcome to join Qinglong Village."

  Shan Yixuan had just entered Qinglong Village for a short time, and almost all the brothers in Qinglong Village knew about his legend. One person resisted hundreds of devils, and surprisingly, he was unscathed and killed hundreds of devils. This delightful thing, in their opinion, could only be done by Shan Yixuan.

  Seito looked angrily at the hundreds of Imperial warriors lying on the ground, his anger burning like a fierce fire in his heart. "Report to Major Koga, our casualties are one hundred and sixty men, eighty of whom were killed by these wooden branch-made flying darts, twenty by cannonball explosions, and sixty by gunshot!" A statistical result-carrying devil stood respectfully in front of Seito with a small notebook in hand.

  "Bah! That damned Chinese is dead, dead, DEAD!" Qingteng Yimut cursed fiercely, "Order the plainclothes squad to investigate this person's background for me. I'll dig three feet underground if I have to find out who this person is!"

  "Ah-hai!" The soldier who was in charge of counting the results closed his book and turned around to leave.

  "Report to Commander Sakai, Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi's telegram!" A devil with a wireless radio on his back hastily ran to the side of Qingteng Yimut and stood at attention.

  "Mind!"

  "Colonel Sei Tofu, in accordance with the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere plan established by the Empire of Japan, our army has been establishing a stronghold in southern Shandong Province through forced means. Recently, the Chinese military's crazy counterattack has exposed our airbase in southern Shandong to thorough destruction under their gunfire. According to headquarters' research and decision, we will construct an airbase on open land in Yangcheng. Your mission is to guarantee the construction of a runway that allows planes to take off and land freely within two months. Additionally, due to your unit's possession of numerous military supplies, headquarters has decided to dispatch a regiment under your command and promote your rank to Colonel! I hope you will not betray the trust placed in you by the Empire of Japan. Commander Ichiro Kobayashi."

  "Today's events, no one can tell the Commander-in-Chief about this, it is our military's shame, do you know that?" Seito Ichimoku worried that someone would leak the information, and as a result, being demoted from his position was nothing compared to seppuku.

  "Hai!" all Japanese commanders responded in unison.

  At night, Shan Yixuan finished dinner and returned to the single room that Lao San had found for himself. He lay on the bed thinking about Yang Ziluo, wondering if this time counted or not. Today he had killed at least a hundred devils anyway!

  Yang Ziluo sat anxiously outside the door, thinking, where are you? Was today's incident done by you? Why is there no news from you now?

  Yang Yonghao saw his daughter sitting alone in the yard, and after putting a coat on her, he said: "Daughter, tell your father the truth, do you really like that kid from this afternoon?"

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