Chapter 827 Five Years Later (Sixteen): One Man Holds the Pass Against Ten Thousand
After Li Dalang and Lao Qi handed Sanavarman and his child over to Shi Le'an (you haven't forgotten this person, have you? He appeared in Chapter 571 and was Jiang Yijun's lover.), he and Lao Qi returned to their Shi family army's residence in Champa.
"Boss, Seventh Brother, you're back?"
Gao Haiping got up to greet the two people who had returned, and the other dozen or so people scattered throughout the room also got up one by one.
Li Dalang waved for everyone to sit down and said to them, "Sit down, everyone, take a rest. We've all been quite tired over the past month."
General Shi said that our team has made a great contribution this time, and when we return to Chang'an, he will definitely recommend us brothers for commendation!
I wouldn't dare say how many, but I'll definitely get promoted!
Those who were selected into the special forces like Li Dalang were first and foremost from a respectable family background, and secondly, they possessed certain skills. There were as many as three or four people like Li Dalang who had trained their bodies since childhood and possessed remarkable martial arts skills.
Among the remaining people, besides their martial arts skills, they each had their own strengths.
For example, Wang Dadan, this seemingly simple-minded and straightforward man, actually has excellent knife skills.
Moreover, Wang Dadan used a heavy blade, not the ordinary Tang horizontal sword used in the army, but a specially made long sword passed down in his family, which was more than twice as heavy as an ordinary Tang sword.
As for Gao Haiping, his martial arts skills were average, but he had an exceptional talent for disguise.
This disguise isn't just about putting on a fake beard or changing clothes.
Instead, they pretend to be whoever they are, from their appearance and demeanor to their accent and behavior.
When Gao Haiping is on a mission and needs to gather intelligence, he can be a street laborer carrying bags, or he can be an arrogant young man from a wealthy family.
As for the man codenamed "Seventh Brother," he came from the Seven Stars Sect in the martial arts world. Among the special forces soldiers in Li Dalang's team, the Seventh Brother was the most skilled in martial arts and had the best lightness skill.
Although Lao Qi is powerful, he has a fatal flaw: he is a taciturn person!
When Lao Qi answered questions from Li Dalang and the others, he usually used only one or two words.
"yes."
"good."
"Can."
"no."
Only when he couldn't answer with just one or two words would the seventh brother say a few more.
With such a personality, no matter how high his martial arts skills are, the seventh brother can only work under Li Dalang.
After chatting with everyone for a few minutes, Li Dalang told them to disperse and go get some rest.
Li Dalang, however, did not go to rest. Instead, he and Gao Haiping changed their clothes and went out.
After winding their way through a mountain valley and passing through layers of guards, their identity tags were checked three times before they finally reached their destination—the wounded soldiers' camp.
"Boss, I wonder how Thirteen is doing?"
"The doctors who came with the army this time are all highly skilled; they were specially selected from the Imperial Medical Academy. Thirteen's life can definitely be saved!"
Li Dalang didn't say what he was going to say: Thirteen's life could be saved, but his arm and hand might not be so lucky.
When Li Dalang and Gao Haiping were heading to the tent where the wounded soldiers were staying, they happened to run into Shijiu, who was wearing a light green shirt, coming out of the tent entrance.
"Brother Nineteen!"
"Dalang!"
Neither Li Dalang nor Shijiu expected to run into each other in such a place, and both of them could not hide their excitement.
“Brother Nineteen, this is my brother Gao Haiping, who has risked his life for me. You have met him before. I brought Haiping and Dadan home with me when I returned home that time.”
Gao Haiping naturally recognized Nineteen, after all, he had seen Li Dalang secretly visit Nineteen several times back in the border town of Shule.
Not to mention, that year the army returned victorious, and on the Emperor's birthday, the army returned to Chang'an to receive the Emperor's reward. Li Dalang specially led him and Gao Haiping back to the Li family. Guo Sanlang and Guo Silang were also at the Li family that time.
(Chapter 752 plot)
After Shijiu and Gao Haiping exchanged greetings, Gao Haiping, being very perceptive, immediately cupped his hands and said, "Boss, you chat with Brother Shijiu, I'll go in and see how Shisan is doing."
Gao Haiping cupped his hands in greeting to the Nineteenth Prince, then lifted the tent flap and went inside.
So, Nineteen took Li Dalang to the doctors' tent not far from the wounded soldiers' tent to talk.
"I never imagined I'd see you here again!"
I thought you special forces soldiers were all out on unusual missions, and I rarely saw you.
I truly never expected that we'd meet in such a foreign land!
Nineteen hadn't seen the Li family for a long time, and once he saw Li Dalang, he had endless things to say. Listening to Nineteen's rambling on and on, a quarter of an hour passed.
Li Dalang had no choice but to raise his hand to interrupt Nineteen: "Nineteenth Brother, Nineteenth Brother!"
We arrived in Champa around the same time. If it's been a long time since you received a letter from home, then it's been just as long for me.
I am very happy to see Brother Nineteen today, but I came here today to see a brother in my team who was injured.
Another day, another day if I have time, I will definitely have a drink and a chat with Brother Nineteen!
Let's have a good talk with Brother Nineteen, and think about our families together!
When Nineteen heard that Li Dalang had come to visit the wounded soldiers, he quickly asked him what was wrong with his brother Thirteen.
So he was your brother!
Big Brother, you were aware of the situation of the thirteenth brother when you brought him here. It's not that we doctors didn't want to save his hand; given his condition, it was already incredibly lucky that he survived.
"We're so grateful we have good medicine here. If those scoundrels hadn't been willing to give us alcohol, who knows how many more wounded soldiers would have perished."
Although Li Dalang had been mentally prepared before coming, he was still heartbroken to hear from Nineteen that Thirteen's hand was beyond saving.
With a droopy face, Li Dalang and Nineteen entered the wounded soldiers' tent. Sure enough, at the very top, they saw Thirteen, whose upper body was completely bare, with nothing below his shoulders and wrapped in white bandages, and Gao Haiping, who was also droopy, sitting beside Thirteen's bed.
Gao Haiping's eyes were red, and he forced himself not to shed tears.
"Boss, Thirteen...he..."
Li Dalang approached Thirteen's bedside. He looked at the forced smile on Thirteen's face, which was already drooping, and now looked even worse, almost as if it had turned black.
Li Dalang suddenly reached out and threw a punch, which landed squarely on Thirteen's chest!
"Boss!"
"Dalang!"
The sudden punch caught everyone except Li Dalang off guard.
Thirteen, who felt a slight pain in his chest, was even more confused about what Li Dalang was doing.
Thirteen stared wide-eyed at Li Dalang, whose face was filled with anger and heartache, his eyes full of incomprehension.
"I'm hitting that fake smile on your face!"
Thirteen, don't think that just because you don't have hands, I won't have the heart to hit you!
Let me tell you, from the very first day you joined the team, I will be your team leader for life!
You'll be my soldier for life!
You've lost your hands, and you're still forcing a smile in front of me?
I'm telling you, you'd better cry, cry loudly!
After you've finished crying, you'll still be that tough guy, the hero who shields his brothers from harm, buys them time to escape, and stands alone against a thousand!
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