Chapter 10 Nanjing Nanjing (China)

  I crept up to the devil who was urinating, held my breath, slowly stood up straight, aimed at the devil's head with my left hand, and wrapped it around his neck. My right hand's short knife cut open the devil's artery as easily as cutting open tofu. Blood spurted out instantly, while the urine below continued to drip down. The body fell down along with my loosened left hand. The devil covered his own neck with both hands, stared wide-eyed, and in an instant, what entered his field of vision was not his face but a pillar.

  "Post! Post! Post!" I shouted loudly, tears streaming down my face as I desperately helped the post cover up the throat that I had cut open.

  Suddenly I felt someone behind me, his hand had already reached my neck, he wanted to strangle me. "Damn it" I shouted in my heart, my body quickly rotated, taking advantage of the momentum, the short knife in my right hand swiftly stabbed towards the enemy behind me.

  "Slap slap!" A burning sensation spread across my face, and I woke up from my dream.

  "What's going on?" I muttered dazedly, covering my face.

  "Fa Ke, I'm calling you, you damn well actually clenched your fist and hit me."

  "Rubbed his scorching face and smiled at the pillar!"

  This night's sleep was particularly hard-won, recently it's been a rush to get through the night, the time difference is still not adjusted, plus Lao Gui's stinky feet, Zhu Zi's snoring, and Hao Zi's grinding teeth. Fortunately, this house has many rooms, so I changed to another room and slept soundly in the cold.

  "The whole city is under martial law, all the city gates are closed!" Just got up and heard Haozi's shout.

  "What's going on?" asked Lao Gui and Zhu Zi.

  "This morning, before dawn, groups of ordinary people wanted to leave the city. After consulting with the officials, the result was that the military and civilians were united in defending Nanjing to the death!" Huo Zi reported on the reconnaissance situation.

  "My grass, how can these student bastards move so fast!" It seems that those students have done a good job. I really didn't expect that one student could actually have such great energy and stir up such a big storm in just one day!

  "Mouse, is there any other way out?" I asked in a hurry, now even if it's just a dog hole!

  Haozi shook his head.

  "Liu Lang, lead the way, let's go find those students. Now we have no choice but to rely on them." Lao Gui said decisively.

  The streets were congested with people carrying large and small packages, families of three or four supporting each other, slowly surging forward with the crowd. I was like a big salmon, swimming against the current. Relying on my memory, I quickly found Nanjing University. Before entering the school gate, I saw a large group of students gathered at the entrance, and the beautiful female student standing on high ground giving a speech. I waved my hand to let her see me, but this silly girl was too busy with her speech, seemingly organizing some kind of petition or something. The guys around her looked at me waving for half a day without responding, so I picked up a small stone from the ground, raised my hand and threw it out. From a distance of over 10 meters, it accurately hit the female student's slightly bulging chest.

  The student's face turned slightly red, then immediately regained her composure, following the trajectory of the stone, looking over here. Seeing me, the student smiled, then said something to the student next to her, and continued speaking.

  After a while, a student took us to the place where I was tied up last time. This thing I never told Lao Gui and others, it's really too embarrassing. After waiting for a moment, the female student chairman pushed the door and came in, gave a brief introduction to Lao Gui and others, and then got down to business.

  "What's going on here? Isn't this causing a commotion throughout the city and shaking the morale of the troops?" I complained, although I didn't know how they had managed to make such a big fuss, but this was definitely not good news.

  "We just informed a small number of people, and didn't expect it to spread so quickly!" A male student chimed in, as if he wanted to take the responsibility for the female student.

  "What's going on now? Can't get out of this damn thing!" said Zhuo Zi, sitting on the table, angrily.

  "Didn't you see? We've already organized the students to petition, and we'll definitely let a few of you out, deserters!" It was still that student from just now, staring at the pillar.

  "Fa Ke, who are you calling a deserter!" Now Fa Ke has become a catchphrase for Zhu Zi. As soon as he hears the word "deserter", Zhu Zi immediately jumps down from the table. Those who have been soldiers know how much pressure this word carries.

  "Shut up, all of you!" At this time, it still takes an old devil to hold down the pillar.

  Everyone fell silent

  Pulling the old ghost, the three of them walked out of the room, found a quiet place and said: "Now the whole city is in chaos, the entire garrison is maintaining order, I estimate that the Garrison Command Department must be particularly empty now."

  "Do you want to kidnap the commander of the defending army?" Zhu heard my intention and was startled.

  "Lost your nerve?" I said, looking at Zhuzi.

  "Cut the crap! Do it if you dare!" Zhu Zi retorted.

  "Isn't there another way? When the war breaks out, how about we mix in and get out?" Lao Gui also thought this method was too risky.

  "The devils' strategy for attacking Nanjing is definitely to surround the city first, then bomb it, and finally launch a fierce attack. Do you think we can escape? Even if we have a way to escape, what about the ordinary people outside? What can they do? Let them fight against the devils with their firewood sticks?"

  "Grass, Ghost Brother, we're done!" Now, Zhu Zi and Hao Zi are standing on my side.

  "Damn it, you little brat will get me killed sooner or later. What can we do now that we have nothing? With just our fists?" The old devil could only agree to the three-on-one fight.

  "The weapon made the female student think of a way." Seeing that they can stir up the whole city's people overnight, I believe they still have some ways to do it, especially that female student, who might be a communist.

  Find that female student, dismiss other students, and leave only two of us in the small hut.

  "We plan to abduct the Garrison Commander and then forge orders to open the city gates. We need weapons, guns and knives, as well as military uniforms."

  "This is no problem! We will definitely make it happen, you all wait here for me! My name is Qin Xueyan!"

  Liu Lang!

  Qin Xueyan turned around and walked out after shaking hands.

  As soon as Qin Xueyan walked out, the three old devils slipped in through the door. "Haozi!" Lao Gui shouted, making a gesture with his eyes towards Haozi, who nodded and slipped out.

  "Zhùzi, go take a look at other exits." The old ghost told Zhùzi to find other exits.

  "Ghost brother, don't you believe me?" I said, looking at Old Ghost.

  "Believe me! Don't believe that chick!"

  Qin Xueyan quickly came in with a flustered expression, followed by another person. Two handguns and four short knives were placed on the table.

  "This is Third Brother. He helped us out before and will take care of the military uniform tonight." Qin Xueyan introduced to me, panting slightly.

  He took a look at Third Brother, who was not very tall, with a sharp face and eyes that were not big but full of spirit. He nodded to Third Brother and thanked him before seeing him out the door.

  "Can you believe it?" I asked Qin Xueyan.

  "No problem, I absolutely trust San Ge."

  Time is passing minute by minute, and this feeling is really driving me crazy: First, I don't have 100% trust in Qin Xueyan and San Ge; if something goes wrong, we might get caught and executed on the spot. Second, last night's business, I don't know how dangerous it was, but I do know that if I had a choice, I wouldn't go. Sneaking into the garrison's headquarters to kidnap their top commander? Ha! If we get caught, being shot dead would be a luxury. Looking at Lao Gui and Zhu Zi still chatting about yesterday's brothel adventures, I really don't understand whether these guys are brave or just reckless.

  "Aren't you worried?" I interrupted, unable to bear listening to these two cheap people discussing women's bodies.

  "What's the use of worrying? It was your idea in the first place!" Zhuzi retorted.

  "Was it my idea? Was it my idea for you to go to a brothel?" The pressure of the past few days finally made me erupt.

  "Damn it! What's wrong with going to a brothel? I've come all the way here to die with you, can't we just have some fun?! Damn it!" Zhang's voice was clearly louder than mine, and this guy hadn't received the same education as me. In his mind, visiting prostitutes was probably on the same level as taking a bath.

  "Damn it! You still have the nerve to go to a brothel! Bastard!" I cursed furiously, feeling inexplicably irritable and like my entire body was on fire, desperately needing an outlet for release.

  "Alright! Shut up, all of you!" The old ghost kicked open the pillar that was already pouncing on me, then hugged my face with both hands and said: "Relax! Look at me! Breathe, relax! I know how you feel, going through such a battle for the first time on the battlefield, it's not bad to hold on until now. We go to brothels as a way of release, and so does the mouse when it eats. Do you know why the mouse can eat so much?"

  I slowly calmed down and shook my head.

  "That's because he eats and then spits it out, that way he feels comfortable. Everyone has their own way of venting, some visit prostitutes, some gamble, some smoke heavily, some drink and cause trouble, some farm, some hunt, all sorts of things. Liu Lang, sooner or later you'll find your own way too, but it absolutely cannot be by taking it out on your own brother! Got it?" The old ghost finished speaking his own summarized philosophy.

  "Ah, sorry! Pole!" I regained my senses and turned to Pole. After listening to Old Devil's theory, I actually thought that it was okay for Pole and the others to go whoring around, what a messed up way of thinking.

  "Haha, if you want to fight with me, I'd be happy to play along and beat you up, it's quite refreshing!"

  Three people were chatting randomly in the house, slowly wasting this hard-won peace.