In fact, even He Chaoyang himself had not expected that the search for the missing persons in the mountains would go so smoothly. Although a few villagers were unfortunately injured, they successfully rescued all those trapped.

Moreover, most of these wounded were victims of violent interrogation by hostile agents, who aimed to force the villagers to lead them across the border to escape.

The one with the most serious injuries was Yang Xingye, who was being carried on his back.

The reason he was so badly injured was because Yang Xingye relied on his cleverness and kept leading this group of people in circles in the woods.

You know, it might work in the short term because this group isn't familiar with the forest, but if they keep going in circles like this for a long time, they'll eventually be exposed.

Enemy agents, having discovered that their group had been going in circles, were naturally angry, so Yang Xingye's numerous knife wounds were all retaliation from enemy agents.

Of course, it was also thanks to Yang Xingye's delay that the hunting team of eight was able to wait safely for He Chaoyang and his group to rescue them.

Otherwise, they would probably be deep in the mountains by now, instead of still wandering on the edge of the mountains.

Although He Chaoyang was confident that he could find them by following the clues, he knew it would definitely not be that easy.

And during the arrest operation, it was this clever kid who first spotted them, and the villagers who organized the hunting team cooperated with them to eliminate these enemy agents in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, even if it were him, it would be impossible to eliminate nearly twenty enemy agents without any casualties while commanding these inexperienced villagers.

What He Chaoyang couldn't understand was why these spies would bring so many able-bodied young men with them to cross the border.

This clearly deviates from conventional practice. Normally, in such cases, they would only capture one "tongue" to act as a guide to help them escape, while other unrelated persons would usually be killed.

It seems I should indeed give a detailed report on the situation here to my superiors when I get back.

These guys need to be thoroughly interrogated to find out what kind of conspiracy they are plotting.

It must be admitted that these enemy agents were really unlucky.

If they hadn't been so greedy and tried to take all the young people from the hunting team away, they wouldn't have provoked He Chaoyang, this ruthless man, and ultimately ended up being arrested.

Overall, He Chaoyang and his group's trip into the mountains went quite smoothly, and He Chaoyang was in a very good mood.

However, this relief lasted only a moment.

Just as He Chaoyang witnessed Chen Shuning recklessly traversing the bushes without regard for his own safety, even he, who had never felt nervous while on a mission, instantly tensed up.

He almost lost his grip and threw Yang Xingye, who had fainted from blood loss, away.

He hurriedly shouted at the top of his lungs, "Shuning! Don't run around! Just stay where you are and wait for me to come find you!"

Then, as if remembering something, she called out again, "Shuning, don't worry, I'm not injured. Yang Xingye only suffered minor injuries and lost a lot of blood. I've already bandaged him up, and he's not in any danger."

Upon hearing the news that He Chaoyang was safe and sound, Chen Shuning finally felt a huge weight lifted from her heart, but only then did she feel a burning pain on her cheek.

No longer as anxious as before, she carefully withdrew from the bushes and slowly turned onto the path to wait for the group to descend the mountain.

When He Chaoyang and his villagers came down, Chen Shuning hurriedly went to greet them. After carefully checking and confirming that He Chaoyang was indeed not injured, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and followed the group down the mountain.

Perhaps the intense gunfire had alerted the villagers at the foot of the mountain. Before they even reached the foot of the mountain, they could see a large group of villagers hurrying up the mountain.

Upon hearing the gunshots from the mountains, the villagers, whose families had gone up with the group, were naturally worried and rushed up the mountain without hesitation to search for their loved ones.

Leading the group was the captain of the Qingshan Brigade. Despite his advanced age, the old man was surprisingly agile. He was the first to rush to He Chaoyang's side, looking at the person behind him with a tense and concerned expression, and asked, "What happened? We just heard gunshots. Did we encounter a wild beast or...?"

The old man didn't have time to ask the rest of the question, and of course, there was no need to, because he had already seen the enemy agents being suppressed by the villagers who had followed behind.

A dozen or so enemy agents were being held down by the villagers. Shen Baogen had only ever seen such a scene before, at a public trial in the county.

The sight frightened the old man so much that he could barely speak. Pointing at the group of enemy agents whose clothes were tattered and whose faces were covered in wounds, he asked tremblingly, "Little He, what... what's going on here?"

He Chaoyang was constantly worried about the scratches on his wife's face from the tree branches, so even though he was carrying someone on his back and had to help Chen Shuning, who was unsteady on her feet due to the slippery snowy road, He Chaoyang still walked at the front of the group.

Just then, the captain caught them red-handed, and they had no choice but to give a simple explanation: "The hunting team was on their way back to the cabin to rest yesterday afternoon when they were hijacked by this group of enemy agents who wanted to sneak out of the country from here. They were about to be taken out of the country together by these people."

To be honest, Brother Yang was the smartest. He not only pretended to cooperate with them, but actually led the group in circles all morning.

During the rescue operation, they actively cooperated with us from both inside and outside, helping us to capture these enemy agents who were preparing to illegally cross the border.

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