However, everyone only glanced at it briefly before rushing into the village.
With hostages in hand, the journey went quite smoothly.
"there!"
Liu Qingguo suddenly pointed to the path on his right, "Over there! I saw someone over there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his gaze finally fell upon the figure he had met again after several months. However, things had changed. Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar back, Liu Qingguo was at a loss for words.
It was both complex and heartbreaking!
It was still so familiar, but that person's heart had turned black and dirty!
At this moment, everyone looked at the figure who was facing away from them. He was looking down at the back mountain, and there was an indescribable sense of loneliness and pain on his face.
pain?
Can someone who can abandon their conscience and cruelly kill their comrades also experience pain?
Don't you find it ridiculous and ironic?!
"Captain, he... seems to know we're coming," Xu Feng murmured with a complicated expression, his eyes fixed on the figure while keeping an eye on his surroundings.
Lu Lingxiao gestured for them to disperse, then led a small team toward the direction where the person was.
Step by step.
Getting closer...
Just a few steps away, the statue-like figure finally moved.
He made a gesture, and immediately someone dragged over the three or four people who looked like puppets, turning them to face Lu Lingxiao and his group. Their resolute eyes stared at the approaching crowd without any emotion.
"Long time no see, everyone!"
Seeing familiar figures stop a few steps away, Meng Daqiang's gaze swept over everyone before settling on the man with the sturdy posture of a pine tree.
After a long while, he finally let out a sigh.
"Long time no see, Commander Lu!"
He never imagined that the day he would see Commander Lu and his comrades again would be like this.
He thought he would never see them again after he took off his uniform, but unexpectedly, they met again just a few months later.
"It's finally time to meet you, Mr. M!"
Lu Lingxiao curled his lips mockingly, unable to utter the name "Old Meng" anymore. "Mr. M, Meng Daqiang, you fucking bastard, you're really something!"
"Look at who you're pointing a gun at! That's your former subordinate, your comrade-in-arms who fought alongside you through thick and thin!"
"Meng Daqiang, have you fucking fed your conscience to the dogs?!"
"On the way here, I kept wondering who this person was? Who could it be? Why would he know so much about our military affairs? But when I learned that the expert in Nanjiang Village was Mr. M, I felt like I wanted to chop you up!"
"I, Lu Lingxiao, have seen countless people and trusted so many, and have trained batch after batch of outstanding soldiers, but I misjudged you the only one!"
Lu Lingxiao's finger joints were trembling.
From the moment he began to suspect that Mr. M was Meng Daqiang, he felt incredibly angry, disappointed, and heartbroken. However, when he witnessed his former comrade-in-arms taking his comrade-in-arms hostage and pointing a gun at his comrade-in-arms, he finally couldn't hold back.
"You son of a bitch surnamed Meng, you're a fucking beast! What are you doing? What are you doing?!"
Xu Feng pointed angrily at Meng Daqiang, his eyes bloodshot. "You actually pointed a gun at your savior! Don't you have any heart? Have you forgotten who carried you and ran all the way to get medical treatment when you were seriously injured during a mission two years ago?"
"It's Tiehu! It's him!"
Even though he was covered in injuries, his body was stung by thorns, and his face was scratched, he still resolutely did not give up on you, and even protected you very well from beginning to end.
"When he carried you to the hospital, Tiehu almost collapsed, but the first thing he said when he rushed into the hospital was to beg the doctor to save your life!"
"And what about you? What are you doing right now?"
"You're pointing a gun at your savior! Your most trusted comrade-in-arms!!"
"You bastard surnamed Meng! These comrades trusted you so much, why did you treat them like this! What right do you have to torture them like this! I ask you, what gives you the right!" He Jian'an couldn't help but erupt when he saw the miserable state of his comrades.
"I was so reluctant to see you leave that I even teared up. Looking back now, I was so blind! I was such an idiot!" Liu Qingguo roared at him like a lion, veins bulging on his forehead.
At this moment, everyone looked at Meng Daqiang, who was holding a gun to their comrade, with anger, murderous intent, and hatred. They all couldn't help but cock their guns and then point them at the man.
As long as the captain gives the order.
They immediately riddled the man with bullets.
This kind of person doesn't deserve our mercy, and he is unworthy of the title "soldier".
Especially Tie Hu, he probably never dreamed that the battalion commander he trusted most would one day deceive him and torment him for personal gain, and even want his life!
“You’re right to curse me. I have no heart. I’m a heartless beast!” Meng Daqiang smiled bitterly. “I’m sorry to Tie Hu, I’m sorry to Commander Lin who valued me, and I’m even more sorry to my former brothers!”
"Why? Why become a lackey of foreigners?" Lu Lingxiao was utterly puzzled.
"Anyone can betray their country, but you can't! Because you are a soldier. The military trained us to protect our country. Even after you retire, the passion, sense of mission, and righteous spirit in your bones will live on forever!"
"But you chose this path!" A path destined to be at odds with them.
He couldn't even imagine the shock that Commander Lin, the Commander, and the Political Commissar would feel when they learned that the soldier they once valued so highly had become a demon who killed his own comrades after retiring from the army.
"Meng Daqiang, if you have even a shred of conscience, then let them go! Look at these people, covered in blood. If they don't get treatment, they'll die!"
"Have you really forgotten all the camaraderie we once shared?"
Lu Lingxiao continued to negotiate with Meng Daqiang. He was genuinely angry, but at the same time, he was also buying time for Zhizhi.
"Think about those graves you see in the martyrs' cemetery, how many heroes lie in those cold, lifeless graves, have you forgotten them all?"
"Yes, I remember it all! I remember every single scene!" Mentioning the martyrs' cemetery, Meng Daqiang felt a pang in his heart.
To this day, he still can't forget the scene of those family members hugging each grave and crying uncontrollably, their grief unbearable.
He admired those heroes and even thought that if he were to sacrifice himself in a mission one day, he would be remembered by everyone!
But unexpectedly...
Just as Meng Daqiang was lost in his memories, an alarm suddenly sounded in the stilted house in the center of the village.
The next second—
"boom!"
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