Chapter 5: The Traitor Appears (Revised)

  After Li Chengbing left, Xu Bin felt no sleepiness and soon walked out of the room to a mountain pass beside the stronghold. Under the moonlight and starlight, the great mountain looked mysterious and quiet.

  Compared to the time and space before rebirth, he had also seen such a night scene on Junfeng Mountain where he was sniped, relying on the starlight. This made Xu Bin, who felt a little lonely, look at this somewhat familiar but double-strange mountain, with a hint of homecoming feeling.

  There is a saying, 'falling leaves return to their roots.' Now, Xubin, who has borrowed a corpse to return to this time and space, looks at the village in the distance below the mountain, where the lights of farmhouses are faintly visible. For some reason, he feels a deep sense of intimacy in his heart.

  Although he couldn't understand why he was reborn in this time and space after being assassinated, he was very clear-headed. As long as he really wanted to or made an effort, he could do something practical for the people of Longhua Country with the same skin color and accent as his previous life, or for the hometown of this body, and he really had the ability to change some things.

  Now he is in Gannan Province, which is also an inland province like his hometown Xiangjiang Province in his previous life. As an inland province of Longhua Country, it should be famous for its unique geographical advantages and climatic environment, with rich products, cultural gatherings, and the reputation of "material splendor, heavenly treasures, human excellence, and spiritual wonders".

  At this time, Gannan, which was under the control of the warlord Liu Yang, did not allow the people to enjoy the benefits brought by these geographical advantages. On the contrary, Liu Yang, who controlled Gannan, treated it as his rear base for food and supplies. Not only did he plunder the people's wealth, but also forced the people of Gannan to flee in all directions.

  Although Xu Bin was not interested in paying attention, he is now the governor of Gannan under that warlord, but he knew one thing, if the situation in Longhua country continued to be chaotic like this, the people on this side would also be affected by this prolonged war.

  Although the space-time he is in is different from his previous life, due to the soldier's sensitivity to danger. Xu Bin seems to be able to imagine a scene of refugees fleeing and homes being destroyed from this quiet night color. Because Gannan Province is rich in rice production, it will inevitably become a war reserve granary base for those domestic ambitious warlords to compete for.

  In the past, people jokingly referred to Xu Bin's hometown of Xijiang Province as a "revolutionary old district", but his understanding of this old district was that it was an area that had always been poor and backward. In his view, if there hadn't been several wars in Xijiang in the past, and someone could have resisted the Japanese devils from setting foot during the Anti-Japanese War era, he believed that after China truly unified, the people of that region would also have lived a happy and peaceful life!

  If Gannan is really Xijiang from his previous life, then who dares to guarantee that the tragedy of his past life won't happen again on this land?

  As a man who can be called a pure soldier, Xu Bin does not like to discuss politics because in his view it is full of intrigue and backstabbing. He is a straightforward person with a bit of a short temper and prefers to focus on simple military work.

  But at the same time, he is very aware of a truth: if the history of Gannan continues to develop in the same way as Xijiang did in the past, then this land, which still appears peaceful today, will also witness countless human tragedies like those that occurred in Xijiang's past.

  Will this strange time and space also happen in the past of Xijiang's hometown?

  Xu Bin, who felt like he was getting more and more paranoid, was suddenly interrupted by a nightingale flying out of the distant mountain forest. He thought to himself that he hadn't even taken care of a single bandit's den yet. Could it be that after crossing over, he had also come down with delusional disorder?

  To know, this is not the Republic of China era, but the warlord era of Longhua State. Many historical events may be different from those in his previous life, so he needs to change his inherent thinking as soon as possible. If he rigidly applies the historical trajectory of his previous life to this space, it's likely to cause big trouble.

  Xu Bin, who had been thinking too far and too complicated about things, put aside the national affairs that didn't need to be considered for the time being and began to think about the difficulties in front of him. Only by solving the hidden dangers in the mountain stronghold could he rely on this small bandit lair to gradually accumulate funds and strength.

  Even if he can't complete any earth-shaking mission, or become a national hero who stands tall. But the principle of doing things according to one's ability is still very clear to Xu Bin.

  Just as Xu Bin was about to return to his residence, he went to find San Shu, who was in charge of managing the mountain stronghold's assets and logistics, to carefully count the capital that he could freely dispose of in this life. Suddenly, from the forest just now, several nightingales flew out in a flurry, as if fleeing in all directions.

  Due to his past military profession, Xu Bin suddenly realized that something was not quite right in this forest. It's normal for a nightingale to fly up from its resting place, but if a group of nightingales fled their resting place continuously throughout the night, there could only be one possibility: something had appeared in the forest where they roosted that scared them away, or more precisely, a person.

  Someone wants to sneak up on the mountain stronghold at night?

  Thinking of this possibility, Xu Bin hastily bowed down to observe the movements in the forest. Although the moonlight was good at night, it was still a bit difficult to see clearly what was happening at least 100 meters away in the forest. But Xu Bin didn't think about seeing clearly who it was, he just needed to confirm that there were people active in the woods.

  Those people who are still awake at such a late hour and have run into the woods beside the mountain village, surely aren't here to pay a visit as guests!

  Just as Xu Bin was observing the movement in the woods, a prolonged and short-pitched "Oo oo oo" cry suddenly came from the woods. As a former member of the Huaxia Southwest Falcon Special Forces, Xu Bin thought to himself that the people in the woods were really playing with big knives in front of Lord Guan. This password learned from owls, he was an elite special forces expert who was proficient in jungle warfare, how could he not distinguish whether it was a bird's cry or a human's cry?

  The other party may not have expected that the secret signal they sent out to prevent exposure would instead expose them in front of Xu Bin. After knowing that there were indeed enemies in the forest, Xu Bin's first reaction was to inform his brothers in the mountain stronghold to be prepared. Otherwise, sneaking into the mountain stronghold at midnight could bring unpredictable danger to the enemy if they were not careful.

  Just as Xu Bin was about to quietly leave, he suddenly heard a faint and obviously suppressed footsteps coming from the mountain path leading to his hiding place.

  What kind of person doesn't rest at such a late hour and still runs here? Could it be that self-imagined traitor? Are they in contact with these enemies hiding in the woods?

  Xu Bin's mind was filled with countless questions and speculations, and he quickly slipped into the weeds by the side of the road like a ghost, waiting for the person who was walking lightly to pass in front of him. Xu Bin couldn't believe his eyes, and he rubbed them again, unable to imagine that the person meeting with Lin Zhong could be him.

  Through the memories of his youth, this guy was called San Hou Zi by his own father, and his real name is not clear. All that's known is that this bandit, who is only a few years older than him, has been responsible for gathering intelligence and information for the mountain stronghold since he was rescued by his father several years ago. Could it be that this time, the one who betrayed his father and the mountain stronghold brothers is this person?

  Are the three monkeys insiders? The fact no longer allows Bin not to believe, seeing the three monkeys sending secret signals with people in the woods below. Xu Bin's heart really hated to kill this treacherous and ruthless white-eyed wolf immediately, but reason told him to hold back his anger and quietly leave from the side of the road and quickly ran back to the mountain stronghold.

  As soon as he returned to the mountain stronghold, Xu Bin immediately found Li Chengbing and ordered him to quietly call up the brothers in the stronghold. Using the defensive fortifications of the stronghold that had been built years ago, they would catch these guys who dared to covet their territory off guard.

  Xu Bin inadvertently discovered the enemy who was sneaking into the village at night, and even caught San Huzi, whom he had already cleared of suspicion of being a traitor. This made Li Chengbing, who received the news, feel deeply ashamed.

  In Li Chengbing's view, the fact that San Houzi was still alive today was entirely due to the kindness of the former Mountain Master, who had taken pity on him and brought him under his wing when he first came down from the mountain. This kind of lifesaving grace would never allow San Houzi to betray the Mountain Master.

  Who would have thought that the three monkeys, who were trusted as sons by the master of the house, would do such a crazy and ungrateful thing to betray their benefactor and sell out their mountain stronghold?

  Li Chengbing called the bandits out of the room in secret and didn't tell them that Sanhuzi was a traitor, because he knew very well that these brothers who thought similarly to him would not wait calmly for the ambush if they knew that Sanhuzi was the traitor who sold out their master.

  Li Chengbing, who was familiar with the terrain of the mountain stronghold, took charge of deploying the troops. Xu Bin could rest assured and instructed his uncle to hide in the backyard, whose face showed a hint of worry. Xu Bin quickly returned to his room and pulled out two brand-new box guns from his drawer.

  This twenty-round capacity revolver is very suitable for use in close combat situations. This was also the gun that his cheap father had bought him for self-defense when he learned to shoot. To know, this gun is not cheap at all, ordinary people really can't afford it.

  Perhaps it was because Xu Bin hadn't experienced the thrill of battle in a long time, but thinking about tonight's opportunity to relive the exhilaration of hand-to-hand combat he had felt during his time in the Hawk Special Forces made him feel alive. The confusion he had initially felt after crossing over also quickly disappeared without a trace following this first battle after crossing over.