Stop pretending, I'm a security guard, a five-star general!

Tianan Pass, one of the twelve S-class passes of the Great Xia Dynasty, is also one of the main battlefields where fierce battles were fought against the demon army!

At this moment, the moon is bright and the stars are few; it is already late at night.

Most of the soldiers inside Tiananguan Pass had already gone to sleep, with only a few soldiers on night duty standing on the city wall, patrolling and keeping watch.

At that moment, three figures suddenly appeared in the night sky.

An elderly man and a young couple.

Upon seeing this, the patrolling soldiers on the city wall were immediately startled and shouted:

"Stop! Who is coming!"

Qin Qingshan, with an indifferent gaze, tossed down a token.

The patrolling soldier quickly took it and saw that the front of the token was engraved with the character 'Qin', while the back of the token was engraved with the five large characters 'Commander of Tianan Pass'!

Upon seeing this, the patrolling soldier's pupils contracted sharply, and he quickly bowed respectfully, clasping his hands in a fist salute:

"So it is General Qin! I was blind and did not recognize you. I hope General Qin will forgive me!"

Qin Qingshan waved his hand dismissively and looked down, only to find that apart from some patrolling soldiers, there was no one else on the city wall.

Upon seeing this, the young man behind him frowned slightly and said:

"Teacher, it seems the deputy commanders of this city gate are not very welcoming of your arrival."

The woman standing to the side didn't say anything, but her expression was rather unpleasant.

Knowing that the new commander-in-chief had arrived, the lieutenants did not come out to greet him.

Clearly, this was a show of force to intimidate them.

Qin Qingshan's expression remained unchanged; instead, he smiled calmly.

"The Ma family has been cultivating this town for hundreds of years, and most of the soldiers are their people. It's normal that they don't treat me, an outsider, well."

"But you two... I accidentally disturbed your honeymoon. I need your help. You two won't blame me, will you?"

Upon hearing this, the young men and women behind them quickly shook their heads and said solemnly:

"Teacher, you are too kind. Your kindness to us is like giving us a second life. We have always wanted to repay your kindness. Now that you need our help, we will do our best without hesitation!"

"Hehe, okay, let's rest for today and see what's going on with this town tomorrow."

Qin Qingshan chuckled and stroked his beard before leading the two men behind him toward the commander's residence to rest.

Meanwhile, inside the city walls, in a spacious mansion, seven deputy generals guarding the city were gathered together, discussing something.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Qin Qingshan will probably arrive tonight."

The speaker was a dignified man with a square face named Ma Anshan, a two-star Martial Emperor, and the only Emperor-level expert among the seven deputy generals present.

After General Ma Teng left Tianan Pass to serve as an inspector in the southeastern province, he temporarily took over the position of the general guarding Tianan Pass.

"Shouldn't we go out of the city to greet them now?" another man, who was slightly thinner, asked.

"Welcome my ass!"

A burly man, with a rugged build resembling Li Kui (the Black Whirlwind), tore off a large chunk of beast leg meat with his mouth open, waving his hand dismissively as he said:

"Before General Ma Teng left, he personally instructed us not to let Tianan Pass fall into Qin Qingshan's hands, so we naturally don't need to give him that face."

"But he is, after all, our future commander. If we don't go to greet him today, he might become resentful towards us," someone said, frowning and expressing their concern.

"Hahaha, so what? As long as the seven of us work together, even if that old dog Qin Qingshan dislikes us, he can't do anything to us."

"After all, he can't just withdraw all seven of us and leave himself as the sole commander to defend the city, can he? Hahaha, don't worry, just eat meat and drink wine to your heart's content!"