He Daqing, do you know how I've lived these past years?

"bump"

With a loud thud, the general slammed his fist on the table, sending some loose wood shavings flying.

"Who is it? Take men and arrest that person right now! I'll make him wish he were dead!"

Charlie hesitated for a moment and said:

"General, it was Leyou who gave the order."

Upon hearing the name, the general was so angry that his carefully styled hair stood on end.

"How dare he? How dare he?"

"If it weren't for those old guys like Shan Chu insisting on attacking Great Xia with those wizards and ninjas to develop blood slaves, we wouldn't have been decimated by the cultivators of Great Xia."

Fuck! Fuck!

The general cursed as he smashed things in the room.

"Charlie, go and contact that tiger in the American military."

Tell Creed that if he comes, I can help him deal with the wolf.

Watching Charlie walk away, the general clenched his fists and murmured:

"Leyou, you really deserve to die, you really deserve to die! I'll sell off national resources to kill you and vent my hatred!"

……

After having a good breakfast and storing his luggage in his spatial storage, Leyou walked to the square and saw the soldiers who had already assembled and were waiting for Jiang You and the others to return to their unit.

"Sir, sir"

They could hear Jiang You's shouts from afar.

Leyou turned around and was stunned by what he saw.

Most people were carrying large and small bags, and some were even carrying several metal boxes.

Some carried red or blue cloths on their backs, while others also carried stools.

Damn. They're raiding the place!

"Sir, look, I've brought back all that unscrupulous merchant's stuff. The iron box is full of silver dollars."

Le You looked speechlessly at the excited Jiang You in front of him and said:

"I told you to smash up the shop, not to ransack the house!"

"Sir, you don't know, when I went there they were opening for business, selling counterfeit goods to deceive the people, so I simply decided to go all the way."

Jiang You hurriedly explained,

"Oh, you're just deceiving the people? Never mind then."

"Take stock of these things and distribute them all to the soldiers in the regiment, with the majority going to the group you're with."

If the metal box can't be opened, call the engineering corps to open it.

"Hurry up, I'll give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

"Yes, sir."

After saluting, Jiang You hurriedly ordered the engineering company to open the boxes, and he himself began to take inventory.

As the silver dollars and jewels were distributed, the soldiers cheered continuously.

Leyou, smoking a cigarette, looked at the crowd and shouted loudly:

"If anyone wants to send something back, report it to your superior, going up the chain of command, and I'll help you send it home."

"Thank you, sir."

"Thank you, sir."

Leyou nodded, remounted his horse, and shouted.

"Set off"

As before, the tank company and the motorcycle company were divided in half, with the soldiers in the middle, and they marched rapidly towards Yunnan.

"Sir, soldiers from the Eighth Army are heading our way."

"Oh, really? That's one of our brothers. Commander Li is also my superior officer. We probably fought side by side when we attacked Songshushan in Longling."

"Go and report my unit number immediately."

"It's the officer."

Leyou watched the messenger ride off on his motorcycle, then patted his horse and galloped forward as well.

"Haha, look who it is, our Meng Chang is here!"

"Sir, it's really nice to see you."

"Haha, well done! I've been hearing so much about you lately!"

"You flatter me, sir."

Leyou dismounted and hurriedly took out a cigarette, offering it to the man who was slowly approaching.

"Where are you going? Aren't you heading north?"

Leyou hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"I have secret orders, so I cannot go with you."

Commander Li pondered for a moment, then looked at Le You and said:

"Guangdong-Guangxi or Yunnan-Dian?"

Leyou didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly.

Commander Li also said with a serious expression:

"You know about the Savage Mountain from the expedition 42 years ago, right? As far as I know, there are still the Ten Thousand Mountains in Guangxi, and some places in Yunnan that might be strange. Be careful."

Leyou suddenly remembered the snake-dragon from before and couldn't help but shudder.

"Sir, have you encountered this before?"

"Haha, it's just a folk tale, don't take it seriously."

Leyou burst into laughter after hearing this.

The two chatted for a while before saying goodbye, as their journey north was urgent.

After bidding farewell to Commander Li, Leyou hurriedly ordered a forced march.

Winter goes and spring comes.

A month later, Leyou and his group finally arrived at the Yunnan-Guizhou border.

Looking at the rice noodles in her hand, Leyou slowly reminisced.

When the main force passed through Guangxi, they encountered the people they had previously helped. Immediately, the villagers from the surrounding areas brought out their own grain to reward Leyou's Independent Regiment.

Seeing the smiles on the faces of the people, Leyou was also deeply moved. Now that the enemy had surrendered, everyone could finally live a good life.

I heard from Pan Gui and the others that many people in Guangxi are highly educated and cultured. Even among people of the same age, they are not like him who can only write his name with a brush, and even then, his writing looks like chicken claws.

Leyou instructed Jiang You to distribute the remaining gold and silver to the people, since they were about to go to the Dian King's tomb and would have everything they needed.

"Sir, there's a telegram."

Distracted from his thoughts, Leyou looked helplessly at the messenger shouting from a motorcycle in the distance.

Couldn't you keep your voice down? Sometimes people can be scared to death!

"Sir, urgent report from Chengdu!"

Leyou took the telegram and began to read it.

A moment later, he said to the messenger:

"Report back to General Bai, accepting the recruits."

Watching the messenger depart, Leyou recalled the young men who fought bravely even after losing their arms and legs—wolf soldiers, ah…

"The entire army will advance 50 li (approximately 25 kilometers), find open ground to set up camp, and send out patrols one battalion at a time."

"go ahead"

……

The next morning

"Sir, approximately two battalions of men have arrived with warrants to report."

Jiang You called softly to Le You inside the tent.

The dazed Leyou instantly snapped back to reality; the recruits General Bai had instructed him to accept had arrived.

Le You hurriedly put on his coat and stepped out of the tent. He saw two officers standing behind Jiang You. Recognizing that they were military academy graduates and battalion commanders, he immediately burst into laughter.

"General Bai has already told me that from now on we're all brothers. You should take the soldiers to rest and have breakfast first, as we'll be staying here for several days."

This will also allow you to get to know each other better.

"It's the officer."

The two battalion commanders also saluted and were led away by Jiang You.

Excluding the two companies of soldiers remaining at Hongxianglu Port, my regiment should have over 3000 men.

Sure enough, a moment later Jiang You reported that there were 3200 soldiers.

At this time, at the national border,

"Everyone threw the bodies into the pit and then burned them."

Bury it after the fire is extinguished.

Chen Si, coughing up blood, leaned against a tree and addressed the people still standing around him.

"Fourth Master, let us rest for a bit. I feel like I can't feel my legs anymore."

"Fourth Master, my head hurts so much!"

"Fourth Master..."

……

At this moment, the area around Chen Si was a mess, with corpses everywhere, large and small.

Some were wearing black clothes.

Some were wearing military uniforms.

Some were dressed in the common people's hemp clothes, just like Chen Si and the others.

Upon hearing this, Chen Si shouted loudly:

"Those who aren't dead, hurry up, or if they get reinforcements, don't blame me for not saving you."

"We're about to go to the Tomb of the King of Dian. If you don't want to get rich, you can just lie there."

Upon hearing Chen Si's words, the person lying paralyzed on the ground began to get up.

Some people try hard to remember but can't get up.

Some men managed to get up using the bayonets stuck in their stomachs.

Some people even used their only remaining hand to support their bodies as they got up.

"Those with the strength can go and burn it, then leave."

Chen Si watched as everyone gritted their teeth and staggered towards the motorcycles in the distance.

He forcefully lifted the two cans of gasoline, walked back, threw them on the ground, and said...

"Fourth Master, I'm afraid I can't go back. Could you give my share to my family? Otherwise, I won't be able to return even as a ghost."

A man pressed his two bloodied and mangled legs and said...

"Hmph, I wouldn't have bothered before, but now we're soldiers too. As long as you're alive, I'll take you back. You can give the money to your family yourself."

Watching some able-bodied people who still had the strength to keep pouring gasoline,

Chen Si shouted loudly:

"Bring back the gasoline cans, and also bring back the bodies of our brothers."

"Bring a few more brothers who can't get up, and bring them too. Let's find another place to rest."

After an incense stick had burned, Chen Si looked at the increasingly powerful crowd and mocked them:

"Hmph, who would dare to accept someone like us, dressed in the dirt?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sparking cigarette butt flew in an arc and landed on a corpse.

Flames suddenly burst forth, and the flames continued to spread outwards along the oil stains.

After a short while, Chen Si watched as all the corpses turned to caramel, spat out a mouthful of blood, and walked to his motorcycle to chase after the crowd.

……