The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 17 Good News

"These weapons are for them... Of course, in addition to the equipment, the Qing court must have prepared other items in advance, and the dragon flag must be one of them."

"On the one hand, we have to conduct an open and secret investigation in Xinmin County. On the other hand, we have to take advantage of the fact that these recruits have not yet become a force to be reckoned with and kill them directly!"

After saying this, Jiang Cheng slammed the ammunition box in front of him with his right hand. His tone was so cold and fierce that even Hai Rushong was shocked.

"Yes, that's right... It's no problem to deal with them, but how do we investigate?"

At first, Hai Rushong regarded him as a dandy young master, but now he has given him a clear way of thinking.

From the beginning, she didn't want to give him any face, but now... she actually took the initiative to ask for his opinion.

"Now all members of our cavalry battalion have been withdrawn. Now we need to send out everyone who can be sent out. We need to catch and kill them all one by one."

Jiang Cheng rubbed his smooth chin, "As for their spies, leave it to me!"

"Uncle Hai, I don't want more. Just give me two. They should be smart, strong and good at close combat... and their marksmanship must be extremely accurate."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lanxuan, who had returned from Gao Wensheng's place, said loudly, "Go with him."

As if afraid that he would refuse, Jiang Lanxuan added: "I don't trust anyone to take care of it. In addition to cooperating with Fei Lan, you also have to keep an eye on him for me!"

This is such a great feeling. I can’t wait for him to go with me.

But luckily it was you, Dad, who spoke up, otherwise I would be embarrassed to ask someone at the deputy battalion commander level to follow me.

"Okay, I agree to this."

Hai Rusong looked frustrated, "Hey...are we still going to discuss the matter between our two families?"

After hearing this, Jiang Lanxuan's face suddenly turned dark again, and he turned around and walked out panting.

Hai Rusong was eager to catch up, shouting as he ran: "Hey, why don't you talk anymore? I said something unpleasant before, and now I regret it, okay? Let's talk again, don't put it off."

The voices of the two old guys were gradually fading away. Jiang Cheng put his hands in his pockets and followed them out. His father had already jumped on his horse and was calling him from a distance.

Knowing that he had to hurry back to sort out the matters of Xinmin and the cavalry camp, Jiang Cheng did not delay any longer and hurriedly trotted and clumsily mounted the horse.

The original owner's "ability" was revealed, causing several brothers around the horse farm to laugh secretly.

Jiang Cheng's face felt hot as his father rode out of the door.

"Feilan, wait for me for a day or two. I'll come find you after I've arranged everything at the horse farm!"

Hai Rushong shouted after him before he rode away.

Two days later, Hai Rushong brought a young man of equally sturdy build to the Jiang family.

The young man's features were almost exactly like Hai Rushong's. Jiang Cheng then remembered that he was Hai Rushong's eldest son Hai Pingchuan, who had returned from the interior after learning martial arts.

I wanted to find a job in Fengtian, but I never found a suitable one.

"Uncle Hai, you are abusing your power for personal gain!"

Jiang Cheng was half lying on the bamboo chair and laughing. Seeing Hai Pingchuan was a little embarrassed and shy, he turned around and said, "Hey, I was just joking! Have you forgotten that when we were kids, we climbed into your house to dig out a magpie's nest!"

Hai Pingchuan still kept his head down and didn't answer. His father was so anxious that he punched him on the shoulder and said, "I'm talking to you... Hey Feilan, please forgive me. This kid of ours has been like this since he was a child."

Jiang Cheng shook his head and smiled, then stood up from the bamboo lounge chair, chatted with the two of them about some family matters, and then asked Aunt Chen to clean the room and arrange for them to live in.

Both father and son were the type to make the best of a situation and adapted quickly.

After that, Hai Pingchuan got up early every day to practice martial arts, and also studied with Jiang Cheng under the scholar hired by Jiang Lanxuan.

During this period, Jiang Cheng began to make up for his lack of knowledge of Chinese characters. As a college student soldier from the 21st century, he had sufficient cultural knowledge compared to the Republic of China.

The only thing he lacked was traditional Chinese characters. He worked so hard on them during this period that Hai Rushong and Chen Ma, who were familiar with him, were stunned.

When has the young master ever used his skills like this?
He has changed a lot recently, it's really like the ancestor of the Jiang family has appeared.

Although their days were dull, news from Fengtian continued to reach their ears.

Thanks to Jiang Cheng's reminder, the cavalry battalion was completely withdrawn from the provincial capital.

The current Fengtian City can no longer be described as undercurrents. Various forces are fighting against each other, and many people have suffered misfortune.

Instead, they hid in Xinmin, maintaining neutrality in the name of "suppressing bandits". Neither Old Feng nor Old Zhang had time to look at them for the time being.

But as time went by, Hai Rushong, who had a hot temper, became more and more anxious.

It happened to be a rainy day and he could only hide in the house and couldn't vent his excess energy. The deputy battalion commander who was in charge of the horse farm couldn't hold it in any longer and directly brought his son to smash Jiang Cheng's bedroom door.

"Feilan, you invited us to your house, aren't you just trying to fatten us up? We're being fed delicious food and drinks every day, so when are you going to go catch some bastards in the county?"

The weather was bad and Jiang Cheng didn't even get out of bed. Seeing that he was so anxious that he was about to burst into anger, he couldn't help but sit up with a smile: "During this chaotic time, isn't it good to keep fat?"

"Bah, if you want to fatten up, don't drag me along... Liuliyuan has a lot of things to do. In the summer, when the flood season comes, the horses can't be kept up. In autumn and winter, they become a layer of water fat. Can the horses still be used as war horses?"

Hai Rushong spoke in a lot of technical terms, "You don't understand, kid. If we don't raise horses well, we will destroy the roots of our cavalry battalion!"

"I know, I know. How could I not know this?"

Jiang Cheng grabbed his clothes and started to put them on. "But we can't catch the spies in this city just by farting, right? We still have to wait..."

"What are you waiting for?"

"Well..."

Before he could answer, Aunt Chen lifted the curtain and went into the coat room.

Looking up, she saw the three of them standing in the inner room, so she didn't rush in.

"What's wrong, Aunt Chen? Is there something wrong?"

Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Jiang Cheng hurriedly asked.

"Master, I have already gone to the two grain stores in the market to ask about the matter you asked me to investigate. The recent shipments are indeed similar to what you described."

"Really?"

Jiang Cheng was overjoyed. He tilted his head to look at the puzzled father and son, but continued to ask, "How is it? What is the specific situation?"

"The owner of the grain store said that the Japanese have indeed been buying more grain recently, and they are very diligent."

Mother Chen counted on her fingers, "We just ordered some at the beginning of the month, and they asked for more three to five days later, and the quantity is not small! They also said that they plan to continue to order more in ten to twenty days..."

"All in all, it adds up to this number!"

After hearing this, Jiang Cheng was so happy that his eyes disappeared with laughter: "Oh, Aunt Chen! This is great news - I have to give you a credit!"

"What a mess! I don't understand anything at all."

From the moment Chen Ma started talking, Hai Rushong just watched with a puzzled look on his face, until he heard the words "good news", he could no longer hold back.

(End of this chapter)