Chapter 5: The Astonishing Skill of the Bandits (Part 2)

  "Brother, calm down, calm down. This brother is mentally unstable, please don't take him seriously." Master Hu watched as Qin Tian took down two people with just two moves. The first move was to use his thumb to block the opponent's punch, then quickly spin counterclockwise while lifting his leg for a kick. Zhang, the leader of the gang, flew out. Meanwhile, Qin Tian had already grabbed the other person and pinned him down. The movements were smooth and continuous, truly a display of exceptional skill and bravery. This was an extremely dangerous move, requiring great precision, and any slight mistake would have resulted in disaster. It could only be said that these two people were too reckless.

  "I heard that today is Meng Da's birthday, considering the face of Da Dangjia and Hu Ye, I will let you off this time." Qin Tian quickly removed all the bullets from his gun and threw them to the ground.

  "Thanks, thanks for sparing my life!" Master Hu thanked Qian Tian on behalf of the cannon head, showing great chivalry.

  "Does Mr. Hu have a dollar? Lend me one." Qin Tian knew that the common currency of this era was the yuan.

  Hú yé immediately took out one and handed it to Qín Tiān, who said: "I'll return ten to you later!" After finishing speaking, he used his thumb to flick the silver dollar into the air, then pulled out a 92 pistol and fired five shots at it. The crisp sound of metal rang out five times. And this silver dollar was shot higher and higher. Finally, the silver dollar fell to the ground, but Qín Tiān didn't pick it up, because now this silver dollar should be very hot.

  Meng Da's family member made a gesture, and one of the thugs ran over to pick up the silver dollar and handed it to him. Meng Da's family member took the silver dollar and was immediately stunned - what is this? It actually has such power! It turned out that this silver dollar had been hammered into a five-pointed star shape by Qin Tian, and what surprised everyone even more was that this five-pointed star was extremely regular. This shows that the other person's skill is truly extraordinary.

  Meng Da stepped forward and asked: "May I ask what this is? It can actually shoot through the ocean?"

  "This is something I'd rather not say, it's a very difficult thing to explain." Qin Tian somewhat regretted this, originally this was the bandits' way of surviving, everyone treated it as a precious treasure, and once his own power was revealed, it was inevitable that some bandits would have designs on it. Now regretting it was too late. However, it didn't matter, people who could snatch it from his hands weren't nonexistent but probably very few.

  "I didn't expect to find such heroes here, Green Sleeve of the Mountain Villa has gained a new understanding this time." The Green Sleeve of the Mountain Villa came over and exchanged greetings with Qin Tian and Gong Ziqi, also introducing herself.

  "Nice to meet you!" Tianbao replied with a sincere smile, and received a charming smile from the green-sleeved girl.

  At this time, the four handsome men and women who came later arrived in front of Qin Tian together and saluted: "We have seen a great hero, we want to ask you to be our teacher and learn shooting skills from you, please fulfill our wish!"

  This situation made Qin Tian somewhat dizzy, what's going on!?

  "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's bow!"

  Four people knelt down in front of Qin Tian and were about to kowtow, Qin Tian quickly helped them up and asked: "Who are you?"

  "We were just passing by, our master passed away last year. Originally we wanted to go to Pingjin for a generation, but on the way here it looked very lively, so we came over to take a look and unexpectedly met Master."

  "Don't call me Master for now, where are your parents?" Qin Tian said while sizing up the two men and two women in front of him.

  "We were taken in by our master since we were young, and he's a Taoist. He taught us many things but not how to fight. After drifting around for a year, we finally understand that in this era, it's the killing tools that are supreme. Please help us master."

  "Please, Master, fulfill our wishes!" The other three also shouted in unison.

  "Heh heh, not bad. It's clear that you're all skilled martial artists, and your abilities shouldn't be underestimated. And it seems like your skills with hidden weapons are quite impressive too? Let's not bother introducing ourselves for now, help me protect that sister over there first. Once things settle down here, we can have a good chat." Qin Tian was overjoyed in his heart, as he was about to gather some people with special talents. These two men and two women were all quite young, the youngest looking around 16 or 17 years old, while the oldest was probably only around 20 years old. Moreover, they all had impressive martial arts skills backing them up. What's more, they didn't have too many distractions or attachments."

  Four people saw Tian Tian and did not refuse, immediately very obediently walked to the front of Gong Ziqi, and surrounded the girl. The girl didn't think she would get such treatment, and couldn't help but carefully examine Tian Tian and Gong Ziqi again. She found that these two men were very handsome and had a strong aura. They were calm and composed in front of so many bandits, and basically didn't put them in their eyes at all. Also, no matter how you looked at it, they didn't seem like bandits.

  Tan Tian looked around and said, "I don't know why you're holding this alliance conference, but what you're doing is right. The various mountain strongholds must unite to achieve great things. I've heard that whoever has the greatest ability and endurance can become the leader of the nine mountains and eighteen villages. Well, today I want to be that leader. Is anyone dissatisfied?"

  Tan Tian and Gong Ziqi have both shown their skills, and none of the bandits present think they can defeat them. So there is a dead silence on the scene.

  "Report! The main force is coming down from the mountain, several thousand imperial troops. It seems they want to surround and annihilate us." A scout rushed over on horseback, roughly reporting what he had seen as he dismounted.

  "Thousands of government troops!? It seems they've received news of our gathering and want to capture us all at once! What do you think we should do?" Meng Da, the leader, was also startled. The authorities had always turned a blind eye to their activities, so why were they making such a big fuss today? He had formed this alliance to consolidate his power among the bandits, in case of any unexpected events. Could the old Daoist's prediction be so accurate? He hadn't expected things to happen so quickly.

  "Meng Da, the master of this house, we were invited by your heroic notice. You repeatedly assured us that our safety would be guaranteed. If anything unexpected happens to us, I'd like to see how you'll explain it to the nine mountains and eighteen strongholds!" The second master of Fei Yun stronghold roared.

  "Everyone, calm down and hurry up with the preparations." Meng Da was also panicked at this time, escaping was impossible now, they could only fight hard.

  Qin Tian looked around at the surroundings, where three mountains surrounded them and there was only one mountain road. The place he came down from wasn't difficult to navigate, but thinking about going back up without a rope would be somewhat challenging. Qin Tian made a hand gesture to Zhang Jia, telling him to find a good sniping spot. As for the Nationalist Army of this era, speaking honestly, there were some decent ones, like the 29th Army and the Communist Party's forces in Sichuan, who didn't deserve disrespect. However, most of the Nationalist Army wasn't worthy of praise, especially the Central Army, which was also known as the "Suffering Army" and the "People's Plunderers".

  The three northeastern provinces retreated without a fight, abandoning 30 million people in Northeast China and leaving behind ready-made weapons, arsenals, and even completed aircraft for the enemy. Thinking about this makes me furious with the Nationalists. Therefore, despite the large number of people who have come, they may not accomplish much.

  Tan Tian let Zhang Jia see his gestures and movements. He also let Wang Xinting and Fu Yulong ambush, occupying the advantageous terrain. He had already thought it through, today he would rescue these bandits, sell them a big favor, and in the future, it would be easier to implement his own plan.

  The scout ran back to report that the National Army's men and horses had entered the mountain and were approaching the entrance of the stronghold.

  "His, Flying Dragon Fort's brothers are all copied, in a while we'll fight the vanguard and mix with them. Don't let other mountain heads' brothers look down on us." Meng Da said with some resentment. Watching his painstakingly managed Flying Dragon Fort for over a decade about to be finished off, he really couldn't bear it.

  Tan Tian and Gong Ziqi stood at the entrance of the mountain village, just like ordinary people. Tan Tian had already let four young men take that girl to the back.

  After an hour, as expected, about two battalions of National Army arrived at the entrance of the mountain village. Among them were seven or eight officers riding tall horses with great fanfare. Qin Tian saw them say something to each other, Wang Xinting could read lips, but he was quite far away from himself, and now Qin Tian didn't want to expose their position either.

  A cavalry officer shouted loudly: "You bandits inside, listen up! If you surrender now, our commander might still let you keep your whole corpse. Otherwise, we'll kill every last one of you!"

  It's all the same, surrendering is death, not surrendering is also death. It seems that this captain has no intention of letting these bandits go. The little devils are about to attack, years of civil war have consumed national strength, and now the old generals put all their energy into suppressing communism. Most of these bandits should be forced to become outlaws. If they had food and clothing without worry, who would come to be a bandit?

  "We've wronged you and provoked you, why are you attacking our Flying Dragon Fort?" Meng Da asked, unable to hold back.

  "You're harboring Communist bandits, so you will definitely die today!"

  "How dare you! Which eye of yours saw us colluding with the Communist Party?! This is utter nonsense!" Meng Da, the head of the household, recalled that girl and gave Cai Tou a fierce glare. Scared, San Dangjia didn't dare say another word.

  "My brothers under me saw with their own eyes that your third master saved a girl, and that girl is a communist. Hand her over to me quickly, maybe we can still negotiate."

  "If I were to make a deal, would there really be room for negotiation?" Meng Tu asked, seeing that things had taken a turn.

  "Of course, as long as you give us the person, we can sit down and have a good talk about cooperation. I know many of your people from various factions came today, as long as you don't let us brothers take a useless trip, everything is easy to discuss!"

  Tan Tian couldn't help but laugh to himself, so this was a shakedown. Catching that girl was just an excuse, and they could still get plenty of benefits by taking advantage of the situation. This team leader was corrupt enough.

  "Let's talk about it first." Meng Da said as soon as he saw a turn for the better.

  "Talk!? Alright, first hand over the female comrade to me."

  "Alright, you wait!" Meng Da said to his subordinates: "Go and bring that woman to me, hurry up and hand her over to them. I'm telling you, Old Three, it's all because of you that we're in trouble!"

  Several rascals immediately rushed towards the girl. Seeing them coming to catch the girl, the four young men all took a stand.

  (This book is purely fictional. The place names and character names are not to be taken as real. New book uploaded, seeking all kinds of support! Collect! Recommend! Comment!)