Chapter 39: The Mutiny of the Troops

  Zheng Xiuxiu and Zhang Cuicui were walking towards this side with Meng Yuxian.

  Seeing all this, I felt quite tense inside, and the hand holding the teacup was actually trembling a bit.

  Gazing at Yang Xing with a faint smile, he said: Captain Yang, it's been a while. That play the other day was truly amazing, wasn't it?

  Seeing the crowd's expression of seeming to understand yet not understanding, feeling a burning sensation on her face, she awkwardly smiled and said: "Miss Meng, please sit down. I was preparing to give you a surprise, but who knew that fate would play tricks on me, fate would play tricks on me."

  Tears welled up in her eyes as she glared at Yang Xing: "Yang Lang, you are indeed a heartless man. Why did you have to entangle me, Meng Yunxian, back then in Kangding? And why did you have to rehearse with me before the Sanqing Conference, making me play the villain and allowing yourself to pose as a righteous gentleman?"

  Yang Xing was momentarily speechless, just about to explain, when he saw Meng Yunxian hurriedly take out a jade pendant and throw it at Yang Xing, saying: "Yang Lang gave me such a gift that day, I was so touched. Who would have thought that Yang Lang is a two-faced traitor? And who would have thought that there's another childhood sweetheart by his side?"

  Yang Xing watched as he covered his face and left immediately with the crowd present.

  Zheng Xiuxiu's husband, Er San He Shang, was confused and looked at Yang Xing, then at his sister-in-law Zhang Cuicui and said: "Zhang Cuicui, what's going on? What's wrong with this Meng Ban Zhong?"

  Zhang Cuicui glared at Yang Xing and said, "Commander Yang, I didn't expect you to be a philanderer. You're unclear about your relationship with Meng Banzhao, but one thing is certain - with a character like yours, don't bother getting involved with my sister Xiuxiu again."

  Zhang Lan saw Yang Xing being embarrassed in front of everyone and squeezed over to see what was going on.

  Seeing himself becoming a laughing stock in front of everyone, Yang Xing's face turned red with embarrassment, not knowing what to do.

  Wang Mingzhang immediately stood up and explained: Everyone, my brother is not what Meng Ban said. Although he was unclear with Meng Ban in Kangding, when he returned to Chengdu, Meng Ban began to despise me, this brother of mine is absolutely not a heartless person.

  Wang Xiu heard what Wang Mingzhang said, and the more he spoke, the blacker it got. He stood up to explain: Everyone, I am Wang Xiu, the battalion commander of the third battalion of the Model Regiment. At the time in Kangding, our regimental commander was in love with Meng Banzhou...

  Wang Cai's eloquence was matched only by his good looks, and later Zhang Cuicui and Zheng Xiuxiu also came to their senses, publicly acknowledging that the two had been classmates in the past, separated for many years, and only reunited today on the street, thus slightly reducing their reputation as a talented but unfortunate pair.

  When leaving, Yang Xing repeatedly apologized to Zhang Lan and others, then escorted Zheng Xiuxiu and others back to their residence.

  But considering the bad influence of this matter, Yang Xing decided to write a letter himself and let Siwa bring it to Meng Yuxian. He hoped to resolve the dispute between them and clear his own unlucky reputation.

  But surprisingly, after this incident, Zheng Xiuxiu's emotions were not affected at all, and she even invited Yang Xing to give a lecture at their school.

  Yang Xing was originally quite vigilant, knowing that after Yin Changheng and Tao Zekun left, there were rumors that Hu Jingyi was preparing to appoint Tao Zekun as the model regiment commander.

  However, after the strong country will be established in each company and platoon of the model regiment, Yang Xing is no longer so worried. This political commissar system, wasn't it tried and tested in the previous life? What can Hu Jingyi and Wang Lingji do to themselves?

  Especially after seeing Wang Lingji's failure, Yang Xing was even more so. On this day, he and others such as Wang Huixu and Cheng Peng thought that they were not afraid of thieves stealing, but rather afraid of being remembered by thieves. Although Chengdu is a good place, it is not everyone's home, let alone the focus of Sichuan and the Southwest region. They asked someone to plead with Hu Jingyi, now that the situation in Sichuan is in great chaos, bandits and thieves are rising everywhere, and the Model Brigade is willing to go to various places to suppress the bandits.

  Upon hearing this request, Hu Jingyi also agreed, and the entire team basically eliminated their vigilance, thinking that Hu Jingyi would never dare to openly take away the troops.

  That day, Zheng Xiuxiu came to invite her several times and asked her to give a speech at their girls' high school.

  It is also unknown who spread it out, but Yang Xing, a famous general of the Sichuan Army, was Zheng Xiuxiu's childhood classmate, and they all made a big fuss about it.

  This time, the students from Chengdu Girls' High School came to the model regiment in twos and threes, sometimes for a visit, sometimes for an inspection. Seeing that the alarm had been lifted, considering that they would be leaving Chengdu soon and didn't know when they could return, they agreed to everyone's invitation.

  Standing on the stage, there are all sorts of charming women. To say that this era is tough, but the women are particularly good-looking, unlike in the past when everyone looked the same after the invention of television.

  Everyone was eager to let Yang Xing tell the story of the Battle of Pingkouliangzi, and after several days of adaptation, Yang Xing's face became thicker and thicker, sometimes even imitating a storyteller, which shocked these young ladies into screaming nonstop.

  Just as things were going smoothly, Yang Da Niu rushed over with a huff and whispered several times in Yang Xing's ear, which was like a bolt from the blue. When Wang Ling Ji led away the Second Battalion, he had a dispute with He Er Chuan, a company commander below, which eventually led to a serious confrontation between Wang Ling Ji and his loyal followers and the members of the Strong Country Society in the Second Battalion.

  Zhu Sanmin and Wang Sima of the First Battalion, upon hearing that Wang Lingji was preparing to withdraw his troops, also joined the battle group. They led their team to the Second Battalion, relying on their numerical superiority, and actually tied up Wang Lingji.

  At this time, Wang Xiu had already arrived, and Fang felt that something was wrong, so he hastily asked Yang Da Niu to come and inform Yang Xing.

  Seeing Yang Da Niu rushing in, Yang Xing's face turned white, Zheng Xiuxiu and a group of female high school classmates were shocked and rushed over to ask what was wrong.

  When they heard that Wang Lingji was about to take away the Second Regiment, everyone was in an uproar, and the whole meeting hall fell into a hubbub of voices.

  As soon as he heard this, Yang Xing immediately reacted and prepared to leave. Zheng Xi grabbed Yang Xing's hand and said: "Zhen Dong, don't go! Zhen Dong, don't let them fight. Don't be a soldier anymore, being a soldier is too dangerous."

  He felt a warmth in his heart, but shook his head repeatedly and said: "Xiuer, don't do this, if you go, I'll have to worry about taking care of you. Fourth son, leave two brothers here to protect these classmates, the others, follow me back to the military camp immediately."

  Zheng Xiudai was shocked and stood up, grabbing Yang Xing's hand and not letting go.

  Feeling a warmth in his heart, he suddenly bent down and lightly kissed Zheng Xiu's lips, saying: "Xiu Er, don't worry about me, I will return safely."

  The classmates who were stunned immediately put down their pens

  At once, under the gaze of everyone, he took off his military uniform and ran to the school gate, jumped onto a horse, and rushed towards the Model Troop.

  When Yang Xing rushed to the Model Regiment, he saw from a distance that troops were moving towards the Model Regiment and that the area around the barracks had already been cordoned off.

  Yang Xing furrowed his brow, his eyes welling up with tears. Damn it, these people are so treacherous! I relaxed my guard for just a moment and this is what happens.

  Seeing troops going towards the model regiment, Yang Da Niu pointed to a small river: Regimental commander, each street is guarded by soldiers of the First Division, can't get in.

  Yang Xing nodded, and suddenly laughed: Ah, now there's only one way to do it. Big Cow, you take two brothers with you, think of a way to sneak in quietly, hand over this handwritten letter to Wang Zhiyi, hand it over to Cheng Peng, and I'll go to the headquarters to reason with Hu Daidu.

  Yang Da Niu looked and became even more anxious, grabbing Yang Xing's hand to stop him from going, and repeatedly exclaimed: "Captain, at this time you go see Hu Da Duzong, it's no doubt jumping into the net yourself."

  Yang Xing shook his head, smiling wryly and said intermittently: "Big cow, I won't go find Hu Dajun, what can be done? The letter can't be sent out, and if there's no mediation, the Sichuan army will definitely have internal conflicts."

  Siwa Zi, a native of Jianghu, had been watching the garrison for a long time and finally laughed: "Commander, it's not that there's no way. Isn't that the tomb of the Ming Dynasty Shu King over there? A few years ago, before I joined the army, I walked through there with a few people. We can follow the path to climb up the mountain."

  Yang Xing was overjoyed and tightly grasped Si Wa's hand in gratitude.

  They immediately rode their horses to the tomb of the King of Shu, and the fourth child pushed aside a heap of weeds, revealing a dark tunnel.

  After walking for ten minutes in the tomb path, I suddenly felt a great brightness before my eyes. It turned out that we had arrived at Fenghuang Mountain and reached the Model Troop's campsite.

  At this time, the model team was in a state of chaos, and it wasn't until Yang Xing led a group of guards to arrive that the situation slightly improved.

  Arriving at the headquarters, he saw Wang Lingji with his hands tied behind his back and being held captive. When Yang Xing arrived, he hummed repeatedly: "Yang Xing, would you rather see the model regiment destroyed for your own power?"

  Seeing Yang Xing's furious expression, Wang Zongxu felt the seriousness of the situation, pulled out his pistol and slammed it on the table: "Wang Lingguan, you turtle son, don't say that I'm not respectful to my teacher, tell me, what is your plan? Why do you want to split up the model regiment?"

  Wang Lingji argued: "I split the model battalion, Wang Zhiyi, don't be deceived by Yang Xing this turtle son? The one who split the model battalion is not me, it's him. Commander Hu Da was about to appoint me as the battalion commander and Yang Xing as the deputy battalion commander. If you all agreed, would there be such a thing happening today? You don't even think, I am from the military department, my seniority is no worse than Commander Yin and Battalion Commander Tao. He's a junior doing the battalion commander, do you obey me or not?"

  Yang Xing suddenly pulled up Wang Lingji and dragged him outside. Seeing Yang Xing's furious expression, Wang Lingji exclaimed in shock: "Commander, don't kill me, don't kill me!"

  Yang Xing dragged him outside the door, pointing outside and saying: "You're a good official, Wang Ling, you see what you've done, splitting up the model troops. Look now, an entire Sichuan army division has arrived. Do you want to see the model troops destroyed?"

  Wang Lingji paled and said: Captain, I just wanted to be the captain, I didn't want to be under you. You see if this is okay. As long as you agree to let me be the captain, I guarantee that the Sichuan army surrounding us will withdraw immediately.

  Cheng Peng cursed: You, Wang Lingji, think it's so easy. Go tell Hu Jingyi that every single one of our model troops is a hero. At Pian Gou Liangzi, you also saw that when we faced 8,000 Tibetan barbarians, we weren't afraid at all. So why are you afraid of these few Sichuan soldiers today?

  Wang Lingji was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he stammered: T-then what should we do?

  Yang Xing laughed and said: What else can we do?!