Withdraw from the whole body

  "I request to join the Communist Party of China, abide by the Party's discipline, obey the Party's arrangements, and keep the Party's secrets..." Luo Yi recited slowly, while Bai Yunfei's face twisted in distaste as if he had eaten bitter medicine, writing down Luo Yi's words on paper.

  "During my time at Whampoa, my thinking was influenced by Director Chou and other progressive instructors. I deeply realized that only socialism can save China, without it there would be no new China. After the KMT betrayed the revolution, I was entrusted by the Party to infiltrate the reactionary army... Every night, I would think longingly of the Party organization and my comrades. How I yearned to lead my troops towards the light!... Looking up at the Big Dipper, I thought of the Party Central Committee..."

  "Little brother, what's all this nonsense? Why are you making me write these things? If they fall into the hands of the secret agents, I'll lose my head!"

  Luo Yi smiled and said, "This is the thought report you wrote for the party organization, which has to be written every month. Don't worry, I won't hand it over to the secret service, I'll send someone to deliver it to the Soviet area for you. I think the Red Army might be more interested in this thing."

  "Are you from the Red Army?" Bai Yunfei asked in surprise.

  Luo Yi said: "I am not, you are."

  "I am not..."

  "Now you're done, continue writing..."

  Under Luo Yi's pressure, Bai Yunfei wrote a two-page "thought report". It was also strange that Luo Yi was not active enough and had never participated in student extracurricular party schools. Now he wanted to compile but couldn't come up with a few sentences. After Bai Yunfei signed his name and pressed his handprint, Luo Yi took the "thought report" and handed it over to Su Xiaofeng.

  "Take this and hand it over to Old Zhu in Nanchang."

  "Boss Zhu?" Su Xiaofeng was a bit stunned, earlier Luo Yi had mentioned those things that he didn't know what they were, and now another fake "Boss Zhu" appeared out of nowhere, making Su Xiaofeng even more confused. This kind of trickery, Su Xiaofeng hadn't even heard of it before, let alone tried to do it himself.

  "Old Zhu, you've seen it." Luo Yi gave Su Xiaofeng a look, "Tell him to put this thing away. If nothing happens, just let it be. If I get into trouble, have him send this thing to the National Army's Military Police Corps in Nanchang. At that time, I'll have no choice but to ask Colonel Bai to bury me."

  Bai Yunfei pointed at Luo Yi with his finger, unable to speak for a long time.

  "Boss Zhu's contact password is like this, our people say 'what's red', he answers 'spirit is refreshed'. Then ask 'how did it turn yellow again', answer 'anti-cold wax'. Remember or not?" Luo Yi continued to fabricate, speaking as if it were true.

  Su Xiaofeng finally reacted and nodded desperately: "I remember, Luo Zi, no problem, if Bai Yinglong dares to go back on his word, I'll make him regret it for the rest of his life."

  Luo Yi's nonsense actually made Bai Yunfei believe it, this kind of underworld jargon isn't something anyone can come up with. Seeing Luo Yi speak so smoothly, Bai Yunfei couldn't help but trust him a bit more. After that, for half a year, there were always a few weird people in Nanchang City looking for bosses with the surname Zhu, and when they found one, they would ask "what's red on your face". Unfortunately, none of the Zhu bosses knew to answer "your spirit is flourishing", their answers were usually "have you had a relapse of schizophrenia?"

  Su Xiaofeng tucked away Bai Yunfei's "thought report" and instructed Luo Yi a few words before flashing out of the command center and heading back up the mountain. At this time, it was indeed not the time for dawdling, as Luo Yi had already forced Bai Yunfei to withdraw his troops. If no one kept an eye on him, who knows if he would cause more trouble again, and the Gathering Alliance would be finished. As for whether this "thought report" could intimidate Bai Yunfei and prevent him from making a move against Luo Yi, it was a gamble. Before leaving, Su Xiaofeng also "borrowed" a box of hand grenades and a box of bullets from the tent. With his superhuman strength, he carried the two boxes of ammunition and was still able to run swiftly.

  Lu Shuangyong and others had been waiting for Luo Yi's news. After Su Xiaofeng returned, he first distributed bullets and hand grenades to each of the helpers, so that they could resist when encountering the National Army. Then, everyone quietly got up and took advantage of the night to escape from the encirclement at Laohu Cliff. To be on guard against any unexpected event, Lu Shuangyong divided the helpers into several groups, with four or five people in each group, passing through in batches. After one batch had safely passed through, they would send a signal and then the next batch of helpers would continue to move forward.

  The garrison around Laohu Ridge had indeed withdrawn, but left behind a telephone. Lu Shuangyong waited until everyone had exited the encirclement before picking up the phone to contact the enemy's headquarters.

  "Hey, looking for our brother to talk." Lu Shuangyong said over the phone.

  Luo Yi said over the phone: "It's me, Lu Ge, how is the situation?"

  "All brothers have escaped, you'd better withdraw quickly too."

  "Alright. Lu Ge, you guys run further into the mountains and don't wait for me. I can't go find you now. After the National Army withdraws, send someone to Tongzhou County to look for me." Luo Yi said in a low voice to Lu Shuangyong.

  Put down the phone, Luo Yi bowed deeply to Bai Yunfei and said: "Thank you, Commander Bai, for your great kindness. My brothers are safe now. They asked me to tie you up and escape in the dark. I thought about it and felt that I couldn't do that. If your men find out that you've been tied up by us, it won't be good for you. So, I'm going to let you go now. Can you guarantee my safety?"

  Recently, Luo Yi had been chatting with Bai Yunfei. Since everything was already a done deal, there were no obstacles, so they chatted very happily. Bai Yunfei was from the Whampoa Military Academy and had some insight. Luo Yi was a 21st-century university student, with 70 years of historical allusions in his belly compared to Bai Yunfei, and also had many new ideas about military affairs. The two people chatted and both felt benefited greatly. Luo Yi told Bai Yunfei his name and clarified that he was not a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, but had only read some books in the county town. Bai Yunfei sighed and said that if someone like Luo Yi didn't become a bandit but joined the National Army, they would definitely have a good future.

  Luo Yi thought that from the perspective of his own personal safety, tying up Bai Yunfei and escaping himself was the best plan. By the time the duty officer discovered this situation at dawn, he would have already run far away. However, the flaw in this plan was that it would expose the fact that Bai Yunfei had been kidnapped. Out of self-preservation, Bai Yunfei would definitely relentlessly pursue and annihilate the Ju Yi Gang. This would put the Ju Yi Gang, which had just escaped danger, back into a predicament. He is now pondering Bai Yunfei's psychology and believes he won't make things difficult for himself. After all, more than 40 people have already escaped; if he were to make things difficult for Luo Yi now, wouldn't that expose everything?

  "Don't worry, I, Bai Yunfei, always keep my word. I definitely won't go back on it." As expected, Bai Yunfei swore an oath.

  Lu Yi untied the ropes from Bai Yunfei's body and stuffed them under the bed, waiting for his reaction. Bai Yunfei shook off the numbness in his wrists, hastily pulled out a bottle of red wine from under the table, poured himself a cup, and downed it in one gulp. After calming down slightly, he swirled the wine bottle and asked Lu Yi, "Want some?... to warm up."

  Luo Yi shook his head: "I can only drink a little beer. Is there any draft?"

  Bo Yunfei: "I don't know what to say"

  After drinking the wine, Bai Yunfei was finally relieved and returned to normal. He sat there dazed for a while before asking Luo Yi, "The bombardment you mentioned, which direction is it from?"

  Luo Yi pointed to a location on the map and Bai Yunfei made a note. Then he said: "Younger brother, you have guts and wisdom, I admit defeat. To be honest, it's not impossible for me to call someone to catch you now. That thought report you mentioned, I think 80% of it is just bluffing. However, I admire you as a person, so I won't make things difficult for you. Where do you want to go? The surrounding areas are all my troops, without my command, you probably can't get out."

  "Find a car and take me to Tongzhou County, will you?" Luo Yi said. Tongzhou was a county at the foot of Jiuling Mountain, where Luo Yi planned to wait for Lu Shuangyong to pick him up. Otherwise, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack if he had to find his way alone in the vast mountains. Who knows, maybe he wouldn't even find the team and would become prey for wild beasts instead.

  "No problem, I'll arrange for you at dawn. I'll have the orderly send you over."

  "Thank you, Director Bai. I have another unreasonable request. Since I've already troubled you so much, can I trouble you a bit more?"

  "Please go on."

  "Little brother, I'm a bit short on cash, can the commander lend me some money?" Luo Yi thought of Wei Xiaobao and Wu Sangui's negotiating tactics. If you want to prevent your opponent from having murderous intentions, the best way is to discuss bribery with him. The more greedy you appear, the more harmless you will seem to the other side, and they will be less likely to harm you.

  Bo Yunfei opened the trunk, took out two bundles of silver dollars and threw them in front of Luo Yi: "I'm going to war, I don't have much money with me. Here are 200 silver dollars, make do with it for now. If it's not enough, look for me again."

  "Also... can I borrow a pistol from you? Otherwise, what if I get robbed in Tongzhou? It's no big deal if something happens to me, but what if Mr. Zhu from Nanchang thinks it was you..."

  Bo Yunfei looked at Luo Yi, gritted his teeth for a long time and said: "I, a proud graduate of the Huangpu Military Academy, actually fell into the hands of such a despicable person like you."

  "Didn't Han Xin also have a time when he drilled into people's crotch?"

  Bai Yunfei took down a shotgun from the wall, along with its holster and several boxes of ammunition, and handed them all to Luo Yi: "Here you go, I'm a nice guy through and through. I can tell that you're not an ordinary person, who knows what will happen in the future, maybe you'll soar to great heights, so I'll try to get on your good side first."

  Luo Yi took over the gun holster, pulled out the gun and played with it in his hand, praising: "What a great gun... I still have..."

  "What else do you want!" Bai Yunfei was furious, "If you dare to extort me again, I'll have someone take you away!"

  "Hey, I'm exhausted after a whole night of noise. Mind if I take a nap on your bed? Can you wake me up at 9 am?"

  Bo Yunfei finally collapsed, he listlessly plopped down onto the stool, pointed to the bed and said: "You go sleep, you are really my grandfather."