Liu Zhenhua closed his own eyes, things had come to this point, he was determined that there was no way out for himself. Unfortunately, his life's journey had only lasted twenty-two years, and he had just tasted the flavor of power, but in the end, he hadn't even married a wife before having to sacrifice his life for the revolution.

  Thinking of my short life, the thing I regret most might be handing over Uncle Liu Guoxiang to Shen Hongying, this treacherous and unscrupulous person. In vain, I buried Uncle's life, and also lost my own life in the process. If there was another chance to relive it, if...

  Thinking of this, Liu Zhenhuan's son finally couldn't hold back his tears.

  The gunshot finally rang out, but it was very strange that after Liu Zhenhuan held his breath, he didn't feel any pain at all. Was this what death felt like? He opened his eyes and looked at himself in confusion, wondering why he couldn't feel any pain.

  If Lan Bo were still alive, he would definitely jump up and scold loudly upon knowing Liu Zhenyuan's thoughts at this meeting. You damn fool, it was I who suffered the gunshot wounds, what pain are you feeling?

  Unfortunately, a habitual criminal like Lan Ba is destined to go to hell and naturally does not have any spirit in heaven. Just now, a righteous bullet (are bullets divided into righteous and evil?) very easily ended the magnificent life of Lord Lan Ba.

  The bullet hit right between the eyebrows, and Lan Ba, who had always considered himself a hero, fell to the ground with a thud. The people around him widened their eyes in shock, unable to believe that Lan Ba was really dead. Before they could even come back to their senses, another round of gunfire erupted, with shots ringing out one after another. More than a dozen of the entourage were instantly knocked to the ground, and the rest immediately realized something was amiss and turned to flee.

  The result had just run out a few steps, and a row of bullets also shot out from the woods behind, knocking down seven or eight more.

  Close behind, more than twenty green-clad men with mud on their faces and leaves on their bodies rushed out shouting: "Surrender your guns and we won't kill you..."

  The nine Shen Hongying soldiers who survived by luck immediately dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy in the face of the black muzzles.

  The mud-faced man with leaves on his head seemed to not understand the dialect of these people, and violently gave one of them a rifle butt: "Shut up, all of you."

  The situation suddenly reversed, and Liu Zhenhuan and several others stood still on the scene, unable to figure out what had happened.

  Liu Zhenhuan took a closer look at the people who had saved him and found that they were not monsters, but soldiers disguised with tree bark and leaves. Yes, soldiers, looking at the weapons in their hands, all of them were clear and made by Hanyang Arsenal.

  However, these lifesavers didn't care about the few people around them and were busy interrogating the captured persons, which made Liu Zhenhuan, who had been the commander of Guangxi's anti-Yuan Shikai army, very embarrassed.

  After a while, a man of medium build with a gentle air walked over, wearing exactly the same clothes as the soldiers, and it was impossible to tell his rank: "Who are you people?"

  Liu Zhenhuan replied cautiously: "We are merchants, being pursued and killed by these bandits, fortunately we were rescued by you."

  That man's eyes rolled: "You just talk about the ball, you can get such a good shotgun as a businessman, and I Li Dachao mixed to company commander only got this thing. It seems that you are not good people, in vain I saved you, Guo Mengzi, Wang Chenhao!"

  Upon hearing Li Lianzhang's summons, a towering figure over 1.8 meters tall, clad in camouflage gear, jogged over with powerful strides. "Commissar, what's up?"

  "Take them down with guns," Li Dachao ordered lightly.

  As soon as they heard that they were going to be disarmed, Liu Zhenhuan's remaining four bodyguards immediately tensed up and raised the guns in their hands. At this moment, a figure suddenly darted into the midst of the four men, and almost in the blink of an eye, the bodyguards found that the guns had disappeared from their hands.

  Liu Zhenhuan was extremely surprised to see this person with exceptionally quick movements, who turned out to be just a fifteen or sixteen year old kid.

  "This team is really hiding dragons and crouching tigers, I don't know whose team it is." Liu Zhenhuan hastily politely cupped his hands and said: "May I ask, Commander Li, which family's team are you from?"

  Li Dachao didn't answer immediately, but scolded: "Wang Chenhao, you think you're showing off, don't you? What are you doing with that flower move? If the gun goes off accidentally, you'll be done for. Don't think just because your master says you have a copper skin and iron bones, you can take a bullet like it's nothing. Hurry up and put it away."

  The child known as Wang Chenhao threw four guns at Guo Meng, who was exuding a fierce aura, and walked away.

  Li Da Chao took the gun from Liu Zhenhuan's hand and smiled, saying: "Ah, brother, we are soldiers of General Wang's defense team in Xiangxi. You haven't told us, where are you from?"

  "Xiangxi Defense Team?" Liu Zhenhuan's heart skipped a beat, he had been running for three days and got lost seven or eight times, could it be that he had already run into Hunan Province?

  Well, I've also heard of the name of this Xiangxi defense team. Not long ago, they even sent a telegram to eliminate the Changde army that supported Yuan Shikai. Although I haven't heard that Mr. Sun Yat-sen appointed General Wang as the commander-in-chief of the anti-Yuan army, since he is not on the same path as Yuan Shikai, then he must be on the same path as me.

  There's no need to hesitate anymore, Liu Zhenhuan adjusted his clothes and said in a low voice: "I'm Liu Zhenhuan, Commander of the Guangxi Army against Yuan. Please introduce me, General Li."

  "Commander?" Li Dachao's mouth was open wide enough to fit an egg: "We've fallen to this point, and he's still Commander?"

  Young Liu Zhenhuan's face suddenly turned red...

  At the forward command post, Liu Zhenhua met with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.

  After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they discovered that everyone was from the same hometown (Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had naturally known this all along).

  Among them, Liu Zhenhuan and Li Zongren's hometowns are nearby, one in Maping and the other in Guilin; Bai Chongxi is from Lingui.

  Now that they had established a relationship, Liu Zhenhua naturally put forward without hesitation: He hoped that the brothers of the Xiangxi Defense Team would consider them to be comrades-in-arms against Yuan and lend him 3,000 troops to attack Shen Hongying, who betrayed the revolution.

  Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi exchanged a glance, then told Liu Zhenhua in Guangxi dialect that it was impossible.

  The reason is very simple. Bai Chongxi complained: "In this mountainous Guangxi, our telegraph machine can't even contact my commander-in-chief at home."

  Liu Zhenhuan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, borrowing troops was just an excuse, Liu Zhenhuan didn't have any hope to begin with. Think about it, since they're not related to you in any way, why would they lend their soldiers to you? These soldiers are for fighting, what if there are casualties, who's going to take responsibility?

  But just now this Guangxi fellow's words clearly and unmistakably told me that I am still within Guangxi territory.

  Liu Zhenhuan finally understood that these revolutionary comrades from Xiangxi wouldn't appear in Guangxi for no reason. Although it's currently about overthrowing Yuan, who dares to say they're not here to seize territory?

  Haha, Liu Zhenhuan suddenly realized something: he had already reached this point, why bother about territory or not, being able to borrow troops to avenge was the right solution, and if he could rescue his own uncle and teacher Liu Guxiang, that would be even better. As for power and position, it was no longer necessary to think about them now.

  Now that he understood this point, Liu Zhenhuan's brain immediately became active. He cupped his hands and said: "Two fellow provincials, I am Liu Zhenhuan from Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, originally the commander-in-chief of the Guangxi army against Yuan Shikai. Yesterday, I was betrayed by General Shen Hongying and have lost everything, becoming a stray dog. There's no need to say more, just like asking you two to consider our revolutionary comradeship, quickly dispatch troops, defeat the rebel army, and rescue my family members. Regardless of the outcome? Liu and his men will follow your command from now on."

  Li Zongren was about to refuse, but let Bai Chongxi step on his foot under the table. The words that came out were: "Zhenhuan brother, this matter is worth discussing, you go take a bath and rest for a while, how's that?"

  Liu Zhenhuan nodded and stood up, just about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and said: "There's another one who's been chasing me, named Tao Er. If possible, I hope your army can capture him quickly, so as not to let the news leak out."

  After finishing speaking, Liu Zhenhua left the forward command post under the leadership of his deputy.

  Before Li Zongren could say anything, Bai Chongxi suddenly shouted: "Come on, let Li Dachao lead the reconnaissance company to set out and capture a batch of suspicious elements active around here, they must be taken alive."

  After finishing, Bai Chongxi finally expressed his idea to Li Zongren: "De Lin big brother, this Liu Zhenhuan is an opportunity now. But now we are in the mountains of Guangxi and cannot contact Commander-in-Chief Xu with radio. However, on this battlefield, it's a chance that can't be missed, if missed, it will never come again. I think we may need to make a decisive move ourselves."

  Li Zongren immediately understood Bai Chongxi's mind, and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Jian Sheng younger brother, are you planning to do something not according to the original plan again? Last month in Changde, you came once already. Do you still remember what Yang Chief of Staff was like at that time? If we come again, what if...

  Bai Chongxi immediately interrupted Li Zongren's words: "Big brother, there is no need to worry, we will not accept any orders from outsiders. Besides, big brother, think about it, you are 22 years old this year, and I am only 20 years old. At such a young age, we have already become lieutenant generals and division commanders, and there are many people under our commander-in-chief who are not convinced of us. The battle of Changde was said to be won by us, but in the eyes of many people, it was He Jian and his group from the Military Intelligence Bureau who made the greatest contribution, while we were just following the plan and picking up the fish. If we cannot make great achievements in this action in northern Guangxi, how can we Guangxi people mix in Xiangxi in the future? The Revival Society in the military academy should be known to big brother, that must be the intention of our commander-in-chief, but so far no one has come to contact us. Several battalion and company commanders under my command have all joined this organization, so we need to be careful!"

  This has also been a long-standing problem for Li Zongren and others. Although Wang Daoyi treated them well, they were after all from Guangxi, and in the Xiangxi Group dominated by Hunan people, they belonged to outsiders. And as outsiders, Xu Yuanquan and Wan Yaohuang were much better off. Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, people from the two lakes region (Hunan and Hubei) and those from the two Guangs (Guangdong and Guangxi) have had a general relationship. The degree of mutual recognition between Hunanese and Hubeinese is definitely higher than that towards Cantonese and Guangxi people, so Bai Chongxi's words are absolutely not unfounded.

  Li Zongren was moved, this forward command post, according to the commander-in-chief's intention before departure, although there were two lieutenant generals, but with Li Zongren as the chief and Bai Chongxi as the deputy, so the final decision still had to be made by Li Zongren.

  Li Zongren turned his head and asked Bai Chongxi: "Jiansheng, what do you think we should do?"

  Bai Chongxi heard that his big brother had accepted and immediately smiled: "At present, I have a bold idea..."