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 made two moves and took away the gun. The first move was to use his thumb to press against the trigger, then quickly rotate the gun counterclockwise while lifting his leg for a kick. The person holding the gun flew out, and Qin Tian had already aimed the gun at him. The movements were smooth and continuous, truly a display of great skill and bravery. This was an extremely dangerous move, and any slight mistake would have resulted in the gun firing. 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 Meng Da and Hu Ye, I will let you off this time." Qin Tian quickly unloaded all the bullets from the gun and then threw the gun to the ground.

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

  "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 a coin and handed it to Qín Tiān, who said "I'll return ten to you later!" After speaking, he used his thumb to flick the coin into the air, then pulled out a 92 handgun and fired five shots at the coin. The crisp metallic sound rang out five times. The coin was shot higher and higher, finally falling to the ground. Qín Tiān didn't pick it up, because the coin should be very hot now.

  Meng Da's family member made a gesture, and one of the thugs ran over to pick up the bullet and hand it to him. Meng Da's family member took the bullet and was stunned - what kind of gun is this? It actually has such power! It turned out that this bullet had been shot 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 marksmanship is truly incredible.

  Meng Da stepped forward and asked in front of Qin Tian: "Excuse me, what kind of gun is this that can shoot through the ocean?"

  "This is something I'd rather not say, it's a difficult thing to explain." Qin Tian somewhat regretted it, this gun was originally the bandits' life-saving treasure, everyone regarded it as precious, and now that his own gun's power had been revealed, it was inevitable that some bandits would covet it. Now it was too late for regrets. However, it didn't matter, people who could snatch a gun from his hands weren't nonexistent but were probably very few.

  "I didn't expect to meet such heroes here, Red Sleeve Mountain Villa's Green Sleeve has gained a lot of experience this time." Green Sleeve from Red Sleeve Mountain Villa came over and greeted 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 are now orphans, our master passed away last year. Originally we wanted to go to Pingjin for a generation, but on the way here, we saw that it was very lively, so we came over to take a look, and unexpectedly met our 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 is a Taoist priest. He taught us many things but not how to use guns. After drifting around for a year, we finally understand that in this era, guns are the most effective tool for killing. Please help us master it."

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

  "Haha, not bad, it's clear that you're all seasoned practitioners, and your martial arts skills shouldn't be low. And your hidden weapon level isn't bad either? Don't rush to introduce yourselves for now, help me protect that sister over there. Once things are settled 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 not very old, the youngest looking around 16 or 17 years old, and the oldest no more than 20 years old. Moreover, they all had martial arts skills by their side. What's even more delightful is that 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 did not think that she still had this treatment, and involuntarily carefully looked at Tian Tian and Gong Ziqi again. Found that these two people are very handsome. Moreover, they are extremely domineering. In the face of so many bandits, they are calm and composed, and basically don't put them in their eyes. Also, no matter how you look, they don'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 of the national army has come down from the mountain, numbering in the tens of thousands. It seems they want to surround and annihilate us." A scout rushed over on horseback, almost falling off his horse as he reported.

  "Thousands of government troops!? It seems they've received news of our gathering and want to capture us all at once! What should we 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 formed this alliance to consolidate his power among the bandits, in case of any unexpected events. Could the old Dao's prediction be so accurate? He didn't expect things to happen so soon.

  "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 other nine mountain strongholds!" The second master of Fei Yun stronghold roared.

  "Everyone, calm down and hurry up to prepare." Meng Da was also panicked at this time, it's impossible to leave now, can only fight hard.

  Qin Tian looked around at the surroundings, where three mountains surrounded them, with only one mountain road. The place he came down from wasn't difficult to navigate, but thinking about going back up was a different story, and it would be quite challenging without using ropes. 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 have anything to be ashamed of. However, most of the Nationalist Army was really not 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 the 30 million people of Northeast China and leaving behind ready-made weapons, arsenals, and even completed aircraft for the enemy. Thinking about this makes me hate the National Government to the point of gnashing my teeth. 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.

  "Damn it, the brothers of Feilong Fort are all armed, and soon we'll be fighting against them. Don't let the other mountain heads look down on us." Meng Da said with some resentment. Watching his painstakingly managed Feilong Fort for over a decade on the verge of destruction, 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, about two battalions of National Army arrived at the entrance of the mountain village. Among them were seven or eight officers riding tall horses and looking very arrogant. Qin Tian saw them talking to each other, Wang Xinting could read lips, but he was quite far away from him, and now Qin Tian didn't want to expose their position either.

  "A mounted officer shouted loudly: 'You bandits inside, listen up! If you surrender now, our commander might still let you keep your whole body intact. Otherwise, we'll wipe you out without leaving a single chicken or dog alive!'"

  It's the same as not saying anything, surrendering is death, and 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 greatly consumed national strength, now the old general puts all his 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!"

  "I'm going to curse your ancestors, which eye did you use to see that we're all communists?! This is utter nonsense!" Meng Da Zhang thought of the girl and gave Cai Tou a fierce stare. Scared, San Dang Jia Cai Tou didn't dare say another word.

  "My brothers under me have witnessed with their own eyes that your Third Master saved a girl, and that girl is a Communist Party member. 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 hand over 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 make a wasted trip, everything is negotiable!"

  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 captain 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 in it are not to be taken as real. New book uploaded, seeking all kinds of support! Collect! Recommend! Comment!)