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July 20th, Chengdu under the night sky was bubbling with clamor and excitement.

"They really came..."

In the Wu Hu Inn in the north of the city, Yu Hezhong, feeling the clamor from outside, went out to the courtyard and climbed to the second floor, looking towards the distance. In his field of vision, flames rose, and it was clear that the expected turmoil had occurred on this day.

The inn where he lived was now booked by Liu Guangshi's forces, so there was no need to worry about security. When Yan Daolun also came to the second floor, someone from the inn's front hall brought in a piece of paper: "The Huaxia Army is outside, telling us not to go out tonight."

Yan Daolun nodded. Immediately afterward, someone came from the back: "Mingxin Ward is being blocked off."

Mingxin Ward was located not far behind the inn, across the river. Yan Daolun and Yu Hezhong and others approached the room on the second floor, opened the windows on that side, and saw that gongs were indeed sounding over there. People had already begun to guard the entrance to the ward. The household guards of wealthy families came out of a mansion one after another, holding sticks in their hands: "We are the Nie family's guards, protecting the safety of everyone in the ward today. Please do not leave the ward easily."

"Nie Shaotang." Yu Hezhong heard Yan Daolun say in a low voice, "He has completely surrendered to the Black Flag."

This Nie Shaotang was originally a local gentry. During the Southwest War, he was persuaded to surrender by Shishi and did not take any disruptive actions. When Yu Hezhong was taken by Yan Daolun to see Shishi for the first time, he had heard of this person's name. Now that he was taking the initiative to maintain order, he was determined to go along with the Huaxia Army.

He recalled his mood when he saw Shishi the day before. On the one hand, he didn't want to see anything happen to the Huaxia Army, but on the other hand, when he saw such precautions, he felt a little uncomfortable. The trouble should be a little bigger.

In the end, he only said, "The Huaxia Army is prepared."

Yan Daolun nodded: "Naturally, they will be prepared... Now it depends on how determined the others are..."

……

"The Huaxia Army is prepared..."

After asking his servants to move a ladder and watching from the courtyard wall for a while, Guan Shanhai muttered to himself, with countless thoughts weighing on his mind at this moment...

"It depends on how big it can get."

He climbed down the ladder and walked around the courtyard. The girl, dressed neatly, came over with light steps, but he impatiently pushed her aside. Then, he summoned his most trusted servant and ordered in a low voice: "Tell Yan Ying and the others to get ready. Whether or not to act depends on the situation..."

His pulse throbbed, like the heat of summer...

……

South of the city. Huo Liangbao waved his hand, signaling the brothers carrying knives and guns to slowly retreat back into the courtyard. Then, he also retreated step by step.

He closed the gate and bolted it shut.

The crowd stood in the courtyard, silent for a long time, looking at each other without speaking.

Standing by the door, Huo Liangbao clenched his fists, crumpling the document issued by the Huaxia Army into a ball. A huge sense of humiliation and defeat was enveloping him.

After a while, the most quick-witted person in the镖局 (Biaoju, security service) moved. He brought a ladder, propped it against the wall, and looked outside.

"The Black Flag's lackeys are still there..."

"Still there..."

"They're leaving soon..."

Amidst the reports, after a long time, the man on the wall finally swallowed and turned his head back, saying, "They're gone."

Huo Liangbao turned around, looking at the crowd. The crowd's eyes were eager to try. After a long time, Huo Liangbao raised the paper ball in his hand and threw it out violently.

"To hell with it—"

He turned around, unbolted the door, and pulled it open forcefully. Someone shouted from behind, a bloodthirsty cry like that of a wild beast.

There were no Huaxia Army people on the street in front of him. Huo Liangbao exerted force with his feet and rushed out the door!

A night breeze brushed by.

Someone pulled the trigger—

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Cut back to the scene.

On June 29th, Ning Xi, who had finally settled the issue of his younger brother's third-class merit medal, walked into the temporary command headquarters of the Chengdu Patrol Department with Fang Shuchang, Hou Wu, Xu Shaoyuan, Su Wenfang, and others. The command headquarters was large, with many people, tables, and files coming and going.

After a while, Ning Yi arrived and gathered the higher-ups, distributing a document to read.

"...We've been preparing for so long, and the organizational issues can finally be settled. The military parade will be held in early August, and a conference can be held at the same time. Afterwards, the processes for both civilian and military affairs can be determined, and the assessment standards have been initially prepared... For your side, security is a major problem. With a major event imminent, there are many who want to cause trouble. Haven't people been clamoring in the city recently, wanting to greet us?... In the past, those who greeted us were the outlaws of the world. This time, many scholars have come, which is also right. We need to have a good... greeting, to get to know each other."

Ning Yi tapped the table.

"According to predictions, once this process is released, the situation in the city will immediately become tense. The military parade is in August, so before the end of July, there will be a group of people who don't believe in evil and want to take risks, whether it's to carry out assassinations or riots, to ruin our plans in advance. My idea is to first put out the bait, to guide their thinking, to make them try to kill me, rather than wanting to disrupt the military parade or ruin the conference..."

"Zhu Ji will be responsible for guiding public opinion in this regard, strengthening the idea of assassination as a demon, and weakening the idea of disrupting the military parade and the conference. At the same time, we can instill in them the idea that the army entering the city is the deadline, so that they try to seize this opportunity before then... We can't say that we didn't give them a chance, but if they place too much hope on this and things are ruined, their next steps will be even more difficult, and fewer people will follow..."

"The household registration survey from the past two years was very necessary. Those who came from Jianmen Pass this time have all been registered after entering the city. There are already more than eight thousand seven hundred, and it is expected to break ten thousand, even reach fifteen thousand. With this list, you have already done the first round of screening, so you can cooperate with Zhu Ji to do several summaries. The group with the greatest danger should be screened out first..."

"The elites of each army are currently being transferred, and they will cooperate with you in your work. If there are tough nuts that can't be cracked, they will take care of them. In the past, we had fewer people and a smaller area, and the people below were relatively pure, making it easier to screen out the enemies. Today is different. The area is larger, and we don't know who is good and who is bad, so our defense must be comprehensive. To maximize efficiency with the least amount of manpower, we need a reasonable organizational method and allocation ability..."

"Then... bring over the Chengdu map... Based on this detailed map, each street, ward, and road must be reasonably allocated. How many people should be assigned to each street, where are the crowded areas, where are the key areas, where are the areas prone to fire, how many water dragons should be arranged, how many doctors can be allocated, how many soldiers for siege warfare should be arranged, and how quickly can reinforcements arrive if there are any omissions in a certain area? All of this must be done well."

"These things have also been said before. The preliminary survey of Chengdu has been done almost. There are still more than twenty days left. All plans and contingency plans must be completed, and one or two exercises must be done in secret. This time, we can poke small holes. If someone sets fire to their own home, there's nothing we can do, but we can't have major chaos. When necessary, we can expose my location and lure them towards me, then catch them all in one fell swoop..."

"This matter is Fang Shuchang's overall responsibility. You are also responsible for the connection with Zhu Ji and the intelligence department; Hou Wu continues to be responsible for the work of patrol and arrest, and will also take over the reinforcements in the army afterwards; Xu Shaoyuan is responsible for various matters concerning medical affairs, fire fighting, and aftermath, and will transfer whoever he needs. You guys determine the details of the entire plan. Du Sha and the others are responsible for my safety as bait, and the rest of the connections should also be clear. In addition, Ning Xi runs errands here, responsible for the liaison and reception after the army personnel arrive... Any questions?"

Everyone indicated that they understood.

Ning Yi's fingers tapped on the table: "Then let's adjourn the meeting. I have to rush to the next one."

When this meeting was held, it was still the hottest period of summer. Chengdu had several bouts of summer rain and cicada chirping. By the sixth day of the lunar month, the entire plan had been arranged. When the manuscript was released externally, two groups of elite soldiers from the army arrived first. One of them was the female soldier team brought by Min Chuyi. She also received an order from Su Tan'er in Zhang Village, so she led the team to arrive here before the Qixi Festival, combining public and private affairs.

At noon that day, Ning Xi took Min Chuyi and others to the temporary command headquarters and arranged tasks.

"...We have divided the entire city of Chengdu into a total of forty-five large blocks, with ten to twenty people assigned to each block. No more than a thousand elites will enter the city... You will be grouped into five- or ten-person teams, cooperating with patrolmen or members of Zhu Ji and the intelligence department who are familiar with the local situation. Pay attention to listening to their advice. After all, you are not familiar enough. Fortunately, you came early, so you can go to the local area for a walk first..."

After that, soldiers arrived in batches. After Ning Xi, who was in charge of liaison, gave a brief introduction, he took them to Hou Wu for handover. At this time, the internal relations of the Huaxia Army were close. Hou Wu was originally from the army, and then did a lot of rear security work, so it was not difficult for him to allocate these soldiers. And even if there were a few thorns, after Ning Xi received them and handed them over, nothing would go wrong - this was something that the "Crown Prince" was responsible for, and no one with any sense would dare to neglect it.

As time went on, the initial outlines of the personnel screening became visible, and some highly dangerous opponents were marked.

On July 14th, the elite of the Seventh Army represented by Niu Chengshu, Liu Muxia and others entered Chengdu, on July 15th Wang Dai arrived in Chengdu, and on the 16th, Mao Yishan led a team into the city. Many of the top few from past army competitions, those who survived at this time were all in these teams. And before this, the elite of the Twenty-ninth Army who came with Chen Fan and his wife had also arrived. Yuwen Feidu, Xiao Hei, and others had long since returned to the team, and the honest monk and others who came from outside had also been active in the underground of Chengdu with the merchants for several days.

"...This time's gathering in Chengdu has indeed attracted some guys with pretty good martial arts skills in secret. It's very likely that they have ulterior motives if they enter the city at this time and are unwilling to participate in our martial arts competition. Of course, if they don't take action, we welcome them to come for sightseeing, but if things break out and they run around in the streets, we must control these people as soon as possible. There are a few names here, Xu Yuanzong, Wang Xiangfo... There is an assassin named Chen Wei, who was once very famous, confirmed that he is coming, but his location is unknown..."

"...We have also arranged for our men to take on the first batch of masters who need to be eliminated, but this is not a competition. First of all, we treat them with courtesy. We want to thank those who are willing to go back, those who are willing to step back, those who are willing to surrender and accept our arrangements, and we can compensate and apologize later. But if they confront us at that time, remember that you are soldiers, and you don't need to talk about any江湖道义 (Jianghu code of conduct) when dealing with these 江湖 (Jianghu, martial arts world) scum."

"If there is time, can we have a match?" Niu Chengshu, a latecomer, raised his hand during the meeting. Fang Shuchang glanced at him: "No."

Then he threw out a piece of paper: "You take people to take care of Wang Xiangfo. He is a martial arts fanatic. This time he is here, his cultivation may be the most powerful. Don't take it lightly. Liu Muxia is assigned to your group. The five of you will deal with him alone."

"Yes!" Niu Chengshu saluted and then took Wang Xiangfo's file and sat down.

Then he threw out a piece of paper: "You take people to take care of Wang Xiangfo. He is a martial arts fanatic. This time he is here, his cultivation may be the most powerful. Don't take it lightly. Liu Muxia is assigned to your group. The five of you will deal with him alone."

"Yes!" Niu Chengshu saluted and then took Wang Xiangfo's file and sat down.

Fang Shuchang's gaze swept over everyone: "This time, more than fifteen thousand people have entered from outside Jianmen Pass. Although we have cooperated with the people outside to screen them twice, there must be fish that slip through the net. There may be more masters in the city than just these, so don't think that you only have one or two tasks on hand. You may have to fight all night. In addition, in addition to listening to the ground command, a total of thirty-five high places in the city are prepared as watchtowers, and hot air balloons will also be raised when necessary, so you must also pay attention to the information above..."

People from the army came one after another. This was not the first time for such a meeting. This time, the most elite personnel were arranged. Fang Shuchang finished all the arrangements.

"...Now everyone is watching outside, wanting to greet us, wanting to call friends and swarm up. Mr. Ning also said that if the situation is urgent, he can expose his position and lure people over... but I think we shouldn't bring people over there, it's ugly."

After he finished speaking, everyone stood up and saluted.

"—Yes!"

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Time returned to this moment of autumn wind.

Xiao Hei walked onto the street.

Huo Liangbao opened the door, gritted his teeth, and ran towards the street.

On the nearby house pavilion, Yuwen Feidu pulled the trigger. The fire burst open, and the compressed air propelled the bullet, flying out of the barrel.

"Within three hundred steps, I am the daddy."

The beast-like shout came with the night wind. Huo Liangbao stepped onto the stone steps outside the door amidst this shout, and the crowd followed.

Bang—

Huo Liangbao's head exploded.

His body shook in the high-speed charge, then fell with a thud on the road under the steps.

The crowd behind him was blocked at the door, and the last few people bumped into each other, then jumped and looked outside.

The people outside stared blankly at the corpse under the steps, and bits of flesh and blood splattered on them.

Xiao Hei sighed on the road in front, waving his hand at them.

"Go back."

A group of fierce-looking镖师 (Biaoshi, security guards) were blood boiling, the veins on their foreheads were still throbbing, and the fists they had clenched were still shaking in the air. Because they were a little stunned and crowded together, they didn't react properly for a moment.

Someone was jumping up and down in the very back.

"What's wrong? What's wrong... hey, let me see..."

……

Xu Yuanzong roared loudly and rushed towards Wang Dai, as did a group of his brothers.

Wang Dai drew out his broadsword, then suddenly pounced to the side. The Huaxia Army soldiers behind him lined up and raised the muskets in their hands.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom—

A group of martial artists scrambled to avoid the attack, blood blossoming out, and someone fell to the ground. Then, several soldiers drew their swords and pushed and killed over from the end of the street like a wall. Several other soldiers continued to fill gunpowder.

Wang Dai's broadsword had already slashed down on Xu Yuanzong—

……

Niu Chengshu and Wang Xiangfo were beating each other in the road. The heavy fists and desperate impacts smashed a bluestone slab on the side of the road into two pieces.

"Haha, refreshing—"

"Haha, exciting—"

Before long, they both had blood in their mouths, but instead laughed heartily.

Someone in military uniform appeared from the other side of the road. It was Liu Muxia. He stood by and watched for a moment, and when the two separated slightly, he frowned and said, "Looks like it's going to take a long time..."

Wang Xiangfo was having a good time fighting and was warmed up. He opened his arms and said, "Do you want to join in!"

According to 江湖规矩 (Jianghu rules), a third party generally does not interfere in such one-on-one matches. His words were laced with sarcasm.

Liu Muxia nodded: "Okay."

Wang Xiangfo blinked his eyes: "Ah..."

In the dark corner of the street, someone suddenly rushed out, instantly arriving beside Wang Xiangfo, grabbed his waist, and pushed him back. Wang Xiangfo punched downwards. Liu Muxia grabbed the heavy steel knife and swung it over with the sheath. Niu Chengshu punched him hard in the waist and ribs, and then others came over.

Lu Xiaolun, standing by the wall on the other side of the street, watched five figures surround Wang Xiangfo. Fierce punches and kicks were constantly thrown out. The street was full of砰砰砰 (Peng peng peng) sounds. Wang Xiangfo tried to break free and break out at the first moment, and even launched a counterattack, but after a while, he hugged his head and curled up on the ground...

Lu Xiaolun turned around and left towards the end of the street as silently as possible...

……

The lively night had just begun, and some fish that had slipped through the net had already caused minor troubles in some places.

Ning Yi and Chen Fan were holding binoculars on the tower, exploring everywhere, with two snipers waiting for orders beside them.

"When do you think they will find this place? I haven't used my skills for a long time, and they're almost rusty..."

Ning Ji had left Lao Xiao Jian Gou's courtyard, looking in the direction of the fireworks, and running at full speed through the dark streets like a hurricane. He was so excited.

"Wait for me wait for me wait for me wait for me啊 (A) (particle used at the end of sentences) ..."

Then he ran to the street where he heard a fight and met Lu Xiaolun, who was coming out. Lu Xiaolun was startled by the sudden appearance of the little boy. The boy looked at him, then poked his head inside, and then suddenly, his face flattened.

"It's over already..."

He took off again, running wildly to other places.

Lu Xiaolun wiped the sweat from his forehead and headed back home.

In the city, outsiders were making their first greetings with the Huaxia Army, and the Huaxia Army's response had just begun...

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