The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 54 Malfeasance
"You said."

Gao Wensheng immediately stood up straight and looked back at him.

"The Mongolian bandits on this side of Daliu Street are so strange,"

Looking sideways at the corpses with obvious Mongolian features on the ground, Jiang Cheng's eyebrows were almost twisted together. Although his voice was not very high, his expression and tone were cold and stern, and he didn't look like a teenager at all.

"We are fighting fiercely here, but we haven't seen any trace of Ximen's people. What are they trying to do?"

Gao Wensheng was smart enough to understand the implication of his words.

He nodded immediately and left some people to treat the wounded and collect the bodies. Gao Wensheng took a few reliable subordinates and went to the west gate of the county town.

Jiang Cheng turned around and told Cai Junheng to hurry up, but he soon noticed that the other party had a strange expression: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

He answered calmly, pretending to be indifferent as he followed Jiang Cheng.

After returning to Jiang's house, the father and daughter had a conflict as soon as they met.

Cai Junheng's face turned purple and he started to curse her for being disobedient, running around everywhere, and making him anxious.

Of course, all of this is understandable.

Which father would be willing to let his daughter run around without permission?
What's more, it happened at such a chaotic time.

But wait...didn't this girl say that she is not valued at home?
Seeing Wu Dalang almost jumping up in anxiety, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but curse inwardly:
Are you kidding me?
To put it in modern terms, it's really shameless to try to gain sympathy in this way!
All of a sudden, Jiang Cheng completely lost his good impression of them and without giving them any face, he directly ordered them to leave.

Whether it was polite or not was another matter, but Cai Junheng didn't take it to heart. After all, his daughter saved him again in one day.

With his pride, he really couldn't say thank you, but he still said goodbye seriously, grabbed his daughter and left angrily.

Not long after the group left, Jiang Lanxuan, who was in the military camp, also returned.

Looking up and seeing that his son was not asleep, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Feilan, come to my study."

"Hey!"

He responded and hurriedly trotted to catch up. Jiang Cheng followed him in, closed the door, and began to report the battle situation in Daliushe Street. He also explained the battle losses and the fact that Cai Junheng came to help.

"You saved his daughter again?"

Jiang Lanxuan raised his chin to him and motioned him to sit down as well. "Don't mind your own business in the future."

"Oh, Dad, do I look like someone who is obsessed with beauty?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful. Is it even necessary to say whether he is greedy or not?

When the cavalry battalion was first transferred to Xinmin, the two places the original owner liked to go to the most were the opium den and the brothel;

"Ahem! It's all because of that stupid guy. I just wanted to avoid him!"

Jiang Cheng gave a helpless smile and described the incident clearly. He then said, "Dad, you kept me awake at night just because of this?"

"So, those Japanese ronin you arrested were brought back for this matter?"

Jiang Lanxuan took a deep breath and looked serious, "Our 10th Regiment has just established itself in Xinmin, and you are going to recruit the Japanese. What good will it bring?"

In fact, after Jiang Cheng finished this matter today, he felt that he was reckless.

But if I got beaten up for no reason and swallowed my anger, wouldn't I be a coward?
"I'm not afraid! Dad, everyone is responsible for their own actions. If the Japanese come to my house, I'll ask them to come find me and tell them that I told them to do it."

Jiang Cheng straightened his back, as if he would not retreat even if all the Japanese in the world were coming towards him.

"Dad is also happy that you have this thought—"

Jiang Lanxuan stared at him absentmindedly for a few seconds, then sighed, "There are too many Japanese troops stationed there, and they are very powerful..."

"Not to mention us, even the warlords can't afford to offend them,"

"You caught eight of them in one go. What do you want me to do with them?"

At this point, Jiang Lanxuan stood up, clasped his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in front of him, emphasizing each word, "Just let him go, where is your dignity? Where is the dignity of our Xinmin garrison?" "They arrest us if they say so, and release us if they say so. We will lose face when facing these Japanese in the future."

Jiang Cheng listened and nodded woodenly: "Yes... but if we don't release it, the Japanese will probably use this as an excuse to harm us Xinmin."

"You hit the nail on the head."

Jiang Lanxuan sighed and said, "Now the whole Fengtian Province is in chaos, with Mongolian bandits everywhere. The governor can't take care of us."

"Now, we have no choice but to release them first and prevent the Japanese from causing any trouble."

Jiang Cheng slapped the armrest and stood up: "No way! Then, Dad, will you still be able to stay in Xinmin in the future?"

"Don't forget, that damned Cai Junheng is still in our county town!"

Jiang Lanxuan was in a dilemma: "Then this..."

"I have a plan!"

Jiang Cheng's eyes lit up, "Do you still remember that Machino from last time?"

"We have done him so many good things. Now it is time to use him."

"We can contact him through Xuecheng or Brother Xishun. If he can help us, everything will be easy!"

Jiang Lanxuan smiled: "Good boy, you have really grown up!"

"It seems like what your uncle said is true. You can be a staff officer in the future, haha!"

Jiang Cheng was also happy to see such a happy smile on his father's face, which was usually serious.

After taking care of the matter, I contacted Machino without much effort early the next morning.

When this guy heard about this, he didn't say he wouldn't do it, but he didn't say he would do it either. He just hung up the phone.

It's broken. The devil failed at the critical moment...

Is it possible that things are going to get bad?
While he was thinking, Gao Wensheng and Yang Hong entered the yard. They watched him walk without stopping, and greeted him while jogging towards Jiang Lanxuan's study.

Something happened again?

He couldn't help but hang up the phone and Jiang Cheng followed him all the way.

But before he even entered the door, he heard Jiang Lanxuan's violent abuse -

Listening to the curse words, it seemed like this was dereliction of duty and cowardice, and I wanted to shoot him.

After entering the door and standing aside without asking about the situation, Jiang Cheng stood outside the three people with his hands hanging down and listened: He soon found out that the person in charge of the west gate post last night was called Xu Min, an old military officer in his early forties.

Although Feng Province is incredibly hot during the day, it is actually a bit cool at night;

He led several soldiers into the city gate tower, got two roast chickens and some side dishes, and drank until they passed out.

Not to mention that they didn't know that the bandits had sneaked into the city, they didn't even know that a fight had broken out in the city...

When Gao Wensheng and his men went there, these idiots were still lying around in the city gate tower and snoring. He was so angry that he almost shot them all on the spot.

Seeing his boss fuming, Yang Hong was so scared that he dared not breathe. He lowered his head and could only mutter things like "I am guilty" and "I am incompetent".

"Where are all the people!?"

Jiang Lanxuan was still furious. "Forget it. No matter where they are, take them to the parade grounds. Announce their crimes clearly in front of the entire regiment and execute them!"

"Wensheng, you take care of this!"

Jiang Cheng suddenly stopped them and said, "No! Don't shoot them first..."

"I think there's something fishy about this!"

(End of this chapter)