"It's nothing, we're just fixing a car." The bearded man greeted an officer who was walking towards him with a kind and innocent expression. "Sir, we're just fixing a car, nothing serious. Don't worry, we don't cause trouble, we're all good people."
However, the newcomer ignored him, walked up to Ye Xingchen, gave him a military salute, and then smiled and said, "Xingchen, you've come?"
Liu Xuesong's father was Liu Kaifeng, who was also one of the five generals. He and Liu's father were close friends who shared life and death.
After his father's death, Liu Xuesong gave up his promising future and stayed at the base in Yushan, hoping to one day avenge his father.
A few days ago, Liu Xuesong's wife and child had a difficult childbirth in the hospital, which almost resulted in the death of both of them. Fortunately, Ye Xingchen came out in time and even went so far as to use his soul-searching technique to save his wife and child.
"Yes, I'm not too late, am I?" Ye Xingchen chuckled.
"It's not too late, my good brother." Liu Xuesong laughed heartily and stepped forward to shake hands with Ye Xingchen.
The bearded man was dumbfounded. He had thought Ye Xingchen was easy prey, but he never expected that this prey would be connected to the guards of Hell Mountain.
"What's going on?" Liu Xuesong pointed at the bearded man.
"Sir, it's alright. Your friend's car broke down. We'll fix it right now, for free." The bearded man forced a smile, trying his best to make his face look kind and approachable.
This guy actually has a kind face; he's the kind of person who can easily gain people's trust and deceive them.
Generally speaking, what this guy says has a natural charm that makes it hard for you to refuse.
"The car broke down? It doesn't seem like it broke down naturally, it looks like it was smashed." Liu Xuesong frowned slightly. As the squad leader, his vigilance was naturally beyond question.
The car in front of me was clearly vandalized, and the people here on the border are known for their fierce nature. More importantly, none of those who dare to do business in this market are easy to deal with.
"No, it's just broken. We'll fix it, right away..." The bearded man chuckled, "Sir, I don't look like a bad person."
"They really don't seem like bad people; I was completely fooled." Ye Xingchen smiled and said, "Xuesong, let's push this thing away."
"Men, blow it up..." Liu Xuesong understood what was going on, his face darkened, and he gave the order directly.
"Yes." The lead Type 96 main battle tank immediately turned its gun barrel around and aimed it at the repair shop, the cold gun barrel exuding a chilling aura.
The power of modern firearms goes without saying.
"Fire!" Following the tank crewman's command, he pressed his hand down hard, and with a loud bang, the tank fired its cannon.
Boom... The simple tin house collapsed instantly under the powerful artillery train. The violent explosion generated a powerful heat wave, and a shockwave spread in all directions, causing dust and smoke to rise everywhere.
Fortunately, there was no one left inside the tin shack. Liu Xuesong's face tightened slightly. With a wave of his hand, the tank, along with several armored vehicles behind it, rumbled forward and ran over the tank.
In less than a moment, the once passable tin shack was reduced to ruins, and everything inside was mercilessly crushed to dust.
Even Ye Xingchen couldn't help but sigh, "Modern firearms are indeed powerful."
This is just a main battle tank and armored vehicle. If a modern war breaks out, hundreds of modern weapons will be like a steel torrent. Unless one is a saint, even a master of celestial phenomena would be crushed to pieces by the impact of this steel torrent.
The bearded boss looked at his repair shop, now reduced to ruins, and he was almost in tears.
Over the years, he had indeed made a lot of money operating in this place, but today it has all vanished in an instant. Moreover, judging from Liu Xuesong's appearance, it seems that this matter is not over yet. This time, he has really kicked a hornet's nest.
“Let’s go to the Prison Mountain Base,” Liu Xuesong said.
"No, I'll go to Xuan City to scout things out." Ye Xingchen shook his head and said, "Besides, it's best not to let anyone know that I'm coming to Xuan City."
"Understood. Men, take these people away." Liu Xuesong waved his hand.
"Yes, take them away." Immediately, a group of soldiers ran out and subdued the bearded boss and his henchmen.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? We haven't broken any laws, this is unacceptable!" the bearded man yelled.
"Whether it's illegal or not, we'll know once we take him back for questioning, won't we?" Liu Xuesong glanced at him, expressionless.
“You are the army, you have no right to do this. You are going to hand us over to the local police.” The bearded man continued to struggle relentlessly.
"Hand you over to the police? Dream on! You've disrupted military patrols and are colluding with spies." Liu Xuesong sneered, "If you dare to misbehave again, you believe I can send you to a military court?"
The bearded man kept his mouth shut. He realized that Liu Xuesong was just taking them away and detaining them for a while, and wouldn't do anything to them.
He couldn't bear the heavy charge of espionage, and besides, few of the people operating along their border had clean records. If they wanted to investigate, they could definitely find out something. So now, he had no choice but to obediently be taken away.
A group of fierce soldiers escorted the bearded boss and his subordinates away. Liu Xuesong had a table set up and sat down with Ye Xingchen.
“Xingchen, I’m on duty right now and can’t drink, otherwise I really need to have a few drinks.” Liu Xuesong said, “When you’re free, come to our prison mountain garrison. My superior has heard of you and wants to meet you. We can have a few drinks then.”
“No problem. Go back and tell your superiors to make more preparations. It might not be long before a conflict breaks out on the border,” Ye Xingchen said.
"What's wrong? Do you have some inside information, or... is it related to your trip to Jinluo City?" Liu Xuesong was taken aback.
"Before I came here, the Imperial Preceptor Yi Anchen came to see me." Ye Xingchen smiled and said, "He said that he observed the celestial phenomena at night and saw the Po Jun and Qi Sha stars in the temple, which means that war will break out again on the border. This matter is also a tribulation for me."
"I went to Jinluo City this time with the determination to break through the city. The Jin clan of Jinluo City will definitely retaliate, so it is right to make more preparations."
"I understand. No wonder we've been conducting field training and checking our weapons reserves these past few days, and digging trenches at the border every now and then. It seems we've received instructions from above." Liu Xuesong suddenly realized.
“Right, since Yi Anchen has predicted that the celestial phenomena will change and that there will be conflict on the border, it’s impossible for the people above not to make any preparations.” Ye Xingchen smiled and nodded, “You should also pay more attention. I don’t think the area around Prison Mountain is very peaceful.”
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