Under One Person: I am the Master of Maoshan

Masakazu Morita had not slept for several nights. Just as he was about to lie down in bed and rest for a while, he heard loud gunshots.

He jumped up from the bed and ran to the yard: "What's wrong! What happened!"

After a while, the adjutant came running over and said, "Captain, Gao Mujun and his men's bodies were thrown here in bags."

After hearing this, Morita was disappointed: "Where is it? Show me now."

The adjutant waved his hand behind him, and saw several soldiers carrying four bags. Morita looked closely and saw three bags of lamb ribs and Honda Yasuji's body in front of him.

"Bakayaro!" Morita kept roaring.

After calming down for a while, he walked to the office and called Xiong Ni at the foot of the mountain.

"General, we have found the bodies of Takagi-kun and the others."

Hearing that Gao Mu and his men had been killed, Yamashita Xiongni instructed: "Be sure to protect their bodies."

Morita trembled as he described the miserable condition of several people to Yamashita. After listening to him, Yamashita Xiongni didn't say anything else and hung up the phone.

Masakazu Morita looked as pale as death. He knew that he was definitely finished this time.

A few days later, in the Tang Sect, the old sect leader Tang Bingwen frowned as he looked at the letter in his hand, then looked at Zhang Wang and said, "Take your friends from the inn down to have a good rest. I will definitely treat them warmly."

Gao Tianjue clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, old master. I have something important to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."

Tang Bingwen nodded and said nothing. Then he thought for a while and said to the people around him, "You go down first. I have something important to discuss with Mr. Hong and the others."

Yang Lie, Tang Miaoxing and others walked out after hearing this.

After they left, Tang Bingwen gave You Ke and You Shou's letter to Mr. Hong and Tang Jiaren for circulation.

Master Hong was horrified after reading the letter. He did not expect that his two disciples would rather take the risk of defecting to the Tang Sect and follow the young mountain master Shen Yan to fight against the Japanese. They only said that they would return to the Tang Sect to answer for their crimes after eliminating all the Japanese pirates.

“Senior brother, these...these two children..." Master Hong wanted to explain and plead for them but couldn't find any good words.

The eldest master Tang Jiaren said with a smile, "Master, apart from anything else, what these two children did is quite to my liking. Although they violated the sect rules, do you think you can be more lenient with them?"

Tang Bingwen kept tapping the table with his fingers, thinking about the impact of this incident on the Tang Sect.

After a long while, he spoke: "People like us who have the means should contribute to this war. Although what You Ke and the other two did violated the sect's rules, we cannot risk the world's disapproval by punishing them when the war is imminent. Well, let's consider the punishment for them after the war is over."

Master Hong felt better and asked, "Then if their two apprentices ask where the master has gone, what should I tell them?"

"Tell the truth"

At night, You Ke's four disciples gathered together. Wang Mo looked at his eldest brother Li Sen and said, "Brother, Master and Uncle Master have gone down the mountain to fight against the Japanese. What should we do?"

Li Sen's expression was firm: "Master, if you have something to do, I will do the work for you. Of course, I will follow you."

"But does this count as betrayal of the Tang Sect?" Gao Qian was a little hesitant and afraid.

Li Sen was very clever: "Of course not. I have already thought about it. I have accepted an order from the Jin District. You can go with me. After the battle, you can just return to the mountain to report."

After the four of them had made their agreement, they packed their bags and went down the mountain under the cover of night. When they reached the mountain pass, they found that their master was leaning on a cane, with Uncle Guanhai standing behind him.

Li Sen and the others looked at each other, and finally he stepped forward and said, "Master, Master Guanhai, you haven't rested yet so late."

Master Hong nodded and said, "Xiao Sen, you accepted the order from Zhang Jinqu during the day. Have you thought about it? Your skills are not good enough. It's not too late to regret now. It's just a sum of money. My Tang Sect can afford it."

Li Sen and the other three knelt on the ground. "Master, we in the Tang Sect will never back down from accepting an order. We will complete the mission even if we lose our lives."

Mr. Hong looked at them with some reluctance, but still let them go down the mountain.

"Remember to take care of yourself after you get down the mountain. This task is not easy to complete."

"Master, uncle, take care!" After kowtowing, the four of them used their body movements to quickly rush down the mountain.

"Master, they are still children. Should we chase them back?" Guanhai's face was full of worry as he watched the four people going down the mountain.

After a long silence, Master Hong said to him, "Go back to the mountain."

The Tang Clan is ruthless, but people are also emotional. Killing is just the Tang Clan’s business, but people are not cold machines.

In the headquarters of the new 1st regiment, Shen Yan and Li Yunlong had a dispute over who should lead the 1st battalion to cooperate with the brigade headquarters in combat.

"No, you absolutely cannot go. Your superiors have given you the task of forming the 937th Battalion. Cooperating with the brigade in combat is not within your responsibility." Li Yunlong denied Shen Yan's idea of ​​leading the team.

Shen Yan refused to give in. "Captain, it is most appropriate for me to go. Our main force must stay in the base. Once the Japanese reinforcements from Changye County come out to sweep the base, who can command the new regiment without you in the main force battle?"

Li Yunlong seemed somewhat convinced: "But if you are not here, what if the last incident happens again?"

Shen Yan smiled and made arrangements: "I've made up my mind, Captain. I'll leave the Seven Swords of Liuyun at home for you. I'll only take Youke, Youshou and Tianming with me, so that we can communicate quickly if anything happens."

"Also, once the Japanese reinforcements arrive in Changye County, let Zhang Dong and his men harass them whenever they have time, so that they can't tell the difference and hide in the city."

Li Yunlong thought about it for a while before nodding and agreeing: "Okay, you take the first battalion. You are not good at commanding operations, but Zhang Dabiao is capable. You can take care of each other if something happens."

The next day, the Inoue Corps' army marched into Changye County and took over the city defenses of Changye County and the two strongholds of Tongtai and Lizhuang.

After the handover with Inoue Yoshito, Morita Masakazu asked: "Inoue-kun, what is the general's punishment for me?"

Inoue Yeren said with a smile: "There is no punishment. The failure is not your fault. Let's work together to eliminate this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers in Changye."

After hearing this, Masakazu Morita felt relieved and immediately offered to buy him a drink.

Inoue Yoshito said he had good wine and set up a banquet in the room.

After the dishes were served, Inoue Yoshito said, "You go down first. General Yamashita has a secret for me to pass on to Captain Morita."

The adjutant looked at Masakazu Morita, and Morita let the men go without thinking much.

Inoue took the wine jug and poured him a glass: "Come and taste the fine wine from my hometown. This is what my wife brought for me."

Morita was flattered, drank a glass and praised: "Good wine, I wonder what the general's mission is."

After seeing him drink it, Inoue stood up and walked to the shelf with samurai swords: "Morita-kun, you have caused great losses to the empire this time, and the House of Nobles is very angry. In order to reduce the pressure on the military, you should commit suicide."

Morita couldn't believe it and said, "No... It's none of my business. Those four samurai asked for it themselves."

But suddenly I felt pain in my stomach: "What did you put in the wine?"

Inoue pulled out a short knife and stabbed it into his abdomen. Morita screamed in unbearable pain.

Inoue Yoshito whispered in his ear: "The general asked me to thank you, Morita-kun, for your dedication to the military. The general will take good care of your family."

Then he pulled the knife out horizontally and stabbed it back in to form a cross wound.

Morita's body fell to the ground. The adjutant outside heard the shout and rushed in: "This... Colonel Inoue..."

Inoue Yoshito winked at his adjutant.

"Bang" a bullet hit Adjutant Morita's head.

Inoue walked out expressionlessly and picked up the phone: "General, Captain Morita committed suicide in his room because he felt guilty. I was unable to stop him. Please punish me, General."

"Alas, how could this happen? It's a pity. Morita was the most loyal soldier of our empire. His body must be sent back to the country for a proper burial."

"Hi"

After putting down the phone, Yamashita Xiongni raised his lips slightly and said to himself: "According to the Chinese, Morita-kun should be called a 'scapegoat'"