The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 691 Another Escape!!!

Mudfish, who was on the phone in the living room, heard his wife's screams upstairs. Not knowing what had happened, he hurriedly put down the phone, pulled out a "Big Black Star" pistol from his waistband, and prepared to go upstairs to check the situation.

Mudfish had only taken a few steps when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wrist. The "Big Black Star" in his hand fell to the ground; a bullet had hit his wrist.

"Ah! Ah..." The loach held its injured hand with its other hand and cried out in pain.

Then a person emerged from the shadows with a silencer-equipped handheld device.

Mudfish recognized the man; he was one of the three people Boss Mi had brought back.

Therefore, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground, begging loudly for mercy: "Big brother, spare my life! It wasn't me who wanted to harm you all. It was 'Lang San' who sent people. It has nothing to do with me..."

I'll give you money, lots of money, just let me go..."

"Hello, hello, Mudfish, what's wrong on your end..." A voice came from the still-connected phone receiver.

Zhang Jin walked over, listened silently for a moment, then hung up the phone and cut the telephone line.

Then, he asked the loach, "Who were you talking to on the phone just now?"

"Yes...it's Lang San, brother, I'll tell you whatever you want to ask." At this point, all Mudfish wanted was to save his life.

Zhang Jin asked sternly, "Why did Lang San want to kill us?"

"It was Lang San who betrayed Mi Laoda when he was arrested."

Therefore, fearing that Boss Mi would retaliate against him, he wanted to strike first.

"How did Lang San know we were at your house?" Zhang Jincheng narrowed his eyes.

"It was...it was me who told Lang San."

I was blinded by greed, worried that Boss Mi would find out about my deal with Lang San and wouldn't let me off the hook, so that's why..."

“Use steel nails to tie this guy up too.” Zhang Jin thought for a moment and finally had Lei Jun tie up the loach as well.

Zhang Jin went to the basement, removed the obstruction covering the secret entrance, found the switch, and opened the entrance.

After doing all this, he returned to the living room.

Lei Jun had already tied up the loach, and Zhang Jincheng said, "Okay, let's go."

Zhang Jin walked into the yard, removed the silencer, and fired two shots at the ferocious wolfhound.

Such a commotion quickly shattered the tranquility of the small town.

The two walked into the yard and broke the door lock again.

Zhang Jincheng said with a smile, "With such a commotion, Captain Liu's team will be here soon. Let's hurry..."

On the hillside outside Mengwu Town, Liu Xiaotao, Lin Xiaoxue, and others were resting in several off-road vehicles.

Suddenly, a few chirping sounds came from the town, startling them awake.

Liu Xiaotao immediately jumped out of the car and raised his infrared binoculars to observe the town.

Their vantage point was high enough to give them a good view of the town.

Lin Xiaoxue immediately noticed that the villa where Zhang Jincheng and his family were located had lights on, because the other houses were completely dark.

Just then, two more sounds came from the direction of the small building.

Lin Xiaoxue's heart jumped. "Captain Liu, something bad has happened! Zhang Jincheng and the others might be in trouble."

Liu Xiaotao was equally anxious: "Let's go!"

The two got into the car, and Liu Xiaotao started the engine and sped off towards the small building.

Lin Xiaoxue didn't sit idle either; he used his communication equipment to urgently call for support from other teams.

From the first 'q' sound to Liu Xiaotao and his group arriving at the villa, only about five minutes had passed.

Several police cars then arrived.

Liu Xiaotao and his group found the gate open. Lin Xiaoxue was the first to jump out of the car, turned on the high-powered flashlight from the Type 92 rifle, and peered into the yard to observe the situation.

After parking his car, Liu Xiaotao quickly directed a squad of armed police officers who were assisting them in tracking the fugitive to surround the small courtyard.

The armed police captain leading the team acted immediately after receiving instructions from Liu Xiaotao.

Liu Xiaotao carried a Type 79 submachine gun. To facilitate nighttime operations, a laser red dot emitter and a high-intensity light were also installed on the tactical rail, which came in handy at this moment.

It was just before dawn, the darkest time of day, and the courtyard was pitch black.

Lin Xiaoxue walked in front and noticed a dark, shadowy figure lying on the ground, which looked like a corpse.

When she shone her flashlight on it, she found it was just a dead dog; it was a false alarm...

Shortly after.

Liu Xiaotao led his team to search and found the bound Mud Loach, his wife, his henchmen, and of course, the bodies of the five assassins killed by Zhang Jincheng and his two companions.

In addition, in the basement of Mudfish's house, a case was solved...

Looking at the bound mudfish, Liu Xiaotao realized that the binding method was done by one of his own people.

Seeing the bound loach, Lin Xiaoxue seemed to understand something.

……

After interrogating Mudfish, Lin Xiaoxue walked to Liu Xiaotao's side and said, "Captain, 'Phoenix' is in danger. This guy just confessed."

Those four assassins were sent from abroad to eliminate our bait and 'Phoenix' and his group.

"'Phoenix' escaped danger and eliminated these assassins."

Do you know who sent the assassin?

"They were sent by Lang San."

"Could it be that our plan has been discovered by the other side?"

Lin Xiaoxue shook her head: "I estimate that this person confessed that Lang San and Mi Gao had a deep grudge, and it is more likely that they killed each other."

"Okay, I'll go report to 001. You stay here and search carefully..."

Liu Xiaotao reported the situation to Liu Wu and asked for instructions on the next steps.

Liu Wu immediately instructed them to hand over everything here to the police, and the action team would do everything in its power to ensure the safety of Zhang Jincheng and the other two.

……

Lang San, who was in the "Jin San region", never dreamed that the top fighters he sent out would all be killed.

When Mudfish tipped him off on the phone, Lang San immediately realized he had encountered a formidable foe.

Lang San couldn't guess who these three people beside Michael were, that they were so powerful.
Before he could even ask what was going on, Mudfish suddenly hung up the phone.

When I tried to call back, the other party's connection dropped, and I couldn't get through.

Lang San instinctively felt that something must have happened to the loach as well.

The Mengwu loach route was the smuggling channel that Lang San valued most.

If this line is broken, a new channel must be opened, and the cost will be enormous.

Another thing that really bothered Lang San was that if Michael came back, he would definitely fight him to the death.

To be honest, Lang San wasn't afraid of Mi Gao.

Michael had at most a few hundred men under his command, while his brother had several thousand. The two were simply not on the same level.

However, the three experts that Michael brought from China this time made Lang San very worried.

Lang San thought to himself, these three people are probably after me.

As the saying goes, strike first and gain strength, strike later and suffer disaster.

Lang San decided to go and discuss it with his second brother, hoping that his second brother would send troops to kill them on the way.

The conflict between Michael and Lang San has only intensified in the last two years. Michael is an old "trader" in the Jin San area. Before the National League Army was torn apart, he was in charge of the "flour" business.

After the collapse of the National League Army, the scattered forces urgently needed money to grow and expand, so they began large-scale "flour" production...

The Lang brothers are rising stars who have only recently taken over the old town in the last three years.

In the following two years, they became the largest flour dealers in the "Golden Three Region".

Because they started out late, the Lang brothers had fewer channels, so they started targeting the channels held by other "flour dealers".

As a long-established "flour dealer," Michael had many smuggling channels under his control.

Lang San snatched away many customers from him, thus accumulating deep resentment.

This one.

Driving his car, Lang San and his bodyguards arrived in the old town to find his elder brother.

The people of the old town recognized Lang San's car and knew of his arrogance; when they saw him coming, they would all keep their distance.

These three brothers are now the "local tyrants" of the old city area in the "Jin San District," getting whatever they want.

From the window, Lang Laoda saw Lang Laosan's car roaring into the courtyard.

After Lang Laosan walked in, Lang Laoda said unhappily, "How many times have I told you not to drive so arrogantly and recklessly? You need to set an example for the people below, but you just won't listen."

Lang Laosan said nonchalantly, "I'll go set an example right away. Our people should be fearless. You can't accomplish great things if you're timid and hesitant."

The eldest brother knew what kind of person his third brother was and knew he couldn't persuade him, so he simply ignored him and changed the subject: "How's business lately? Are they checking our goods more closely over there?"

"Business is fine, but I have some bad news." "What bad news? Did you get into trouble again?"

Lang San then told his elder brother about Michael's escape and how his attempt to send assassins to Mengwu had failed.

Lang Laoda frowned and remained silent until Lang Laosan finished recounting the events. Then, he calmly asked, "Do you know anything about the three people who saved Michael?"

"We don't know yet. All we know is that they are highly skilled and definitely not ordinary people. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to easily kill the few skilled fighters I've trained for many years."

Moreover, while I was on the phone with Mudfish, he suddenly stopped responding.

I doubt……"

After pondering for a while, Boss Lang said, "Boss Khun Sa only had about a hundred men at the beginning. It was only after acquiring professional talents that he became the boss of the 'Golden Three Region' in just a few years."

You can win the world if you have a good general.

Now that Michael has these three people helping him, he will become a major threat to us sooner or later.

Therefore, we must eliminate them no matter what, the sooner the better.

"Big Brother is truly farsighted; I didn't even consider this aspect," said Lang Laosan with genuine admiration. "Then what should we do?"

Lang Laoda got up and walked to the map. After studying it carefully for a while, he turned to Lang Laosan and said, "Look here, when Mi Gao comes back, he will definitely go back to his old lair, Awa Mountain Village."

To reach Awa Mountain Village from the border, one must pass through Longzui Cliff, a strategically important and impregnable pass.

We have some brothers lying in ambush here; the enemy won't be able to escape even if they grow wings.

“That’s great. I’ll leave this to you, brother. I’ll go to Mandalay.”

Since Michael's accident, I've stopped using this informant. I'm going to release this poisonous snake back to Awa Mountain Village.

If my brother's men succeed, I'll go all the way and take over Awa Mountain Village.

"Hehe, the girls in Michael's family are too..." Lang San said with a lewd look on his face.

"Look at you!

Let me tell you, stop focusing your attention on women.

You've married five or six women and you're still not satisfied?
"I bet you'll die on a woman's belly sooner or later!" Old Man Lang said irritably.

The eldest brother, Lang, knew his younger brother all too well; he was a reincarnated lecher who couldn't resist beautiful women.

Lang San didn't care about his elder brother's words at all and shamelessly said, "A man should eat, drink, and have fun while he's alive, otherwise what's the point?"
"I'm leaving now..." he said as he left Boss Lang's command post.

The two brothers split up and went their separate ways. Before Michael returned, a trap was already in store for him.

……

Meanwhile, Michael, still shaken, and Zhuang Yan, who was protecting him, waited in the woods for Zhang Jincheng and the other two to return.

Suddenly, a few 'q' sounds came from the town.

The two immediately tensed up. Zhuang Yan was worried about the safety of Zhang Jin and the other person, while Mi Gao was worried that he wouldn't be able to escape.

Just as he was getting anxious, he saw the two of them return and quickly went up to ask what was wrong: "What happened? Why is there a QQ sound?"

"Oh, don't even mention it. We were spotted by Mudskipper and his gang as soon as we entered the yard. He fired two shots at us, and we retreated because we were afraid of causing trouble," Zhang Jin said as he walked.

"So what's our next step?" Zhuang Yan asked hurriedly.

"Let's leave here first. I'm afraid the 'q' sound just now might attract the attention of the people chasing us, and it wouldn't be good if we drew them here."

"Hurry up and move towards the border," Zhang Jin urged the three men to leave quickly.

The group ran frantically for more than two hours before finally stopping to rest in a grove of trees after the sun came out.

After resting on the ground for a while, Zhang Jincheng took out a map from his pocket.

Michael came over when he saw this.

Zhang Jin said to Mi Gao, who had come over, "Brother Mi, where do you think we should go?"

Before Michael could answer, Lei Jun interrupted, "Brother, you think he didn't kill us enough? We just escaped one tiger's den, and now he's leading us to another?"

Zhuang Yan chimed in, "That's right, we can't be bitten twice, I think it's better for each of us to have our own way."

"You two stop complaining to me. This wasn't Boss Mi's intention."

"Didn't you see that the other side is also trying to take down Boss Mi?"

Don't bring up things like that again.

"The more they act like this, the more we should follow Boss Mi and see what they can do to us," Zhang Jin said, feigning anger.

Michael quickly nodded and said, "Boss Zhang is right. I never expected that bastard Mudskipper would be bribed by Lang San."

That guy is a heartless ingrate. He used to get a lot of benefits from me, but he betrayed me in the blink of an eye.

Don't worry, I promise this won't happen again.

After Michael finished speaking, he lay down and looked at the map.

After a while, he got up and looked at the surrounding mountains, then pointed to the map and said to Zhang Jin, "Boss Zhang, are we in this place now?"

Zhang Jin glanced at it and said, "That's right, this is the place. I didn't expect Boss Mi to be so good at identifying terrain."

"Hahaha, I've fought in wars for over a decade, and I crawled out of piles of corpses," Michael said proudly.

"My apologies, my apologies. Let's learn from each other in the future."

In peacetime, we have very little experience in actual combat…

After being flattered by Zhang Jincheng, Migo's spirits immediately lifted: "Once we get to Kim Jong-un's side, it will be too easy to start a war."

Two days without hearing QQ sounds is considered a long time!
They were either fighting government troops or other gangs.

"Fighting for territory and 'flour'—if you don't fight others, they'll fight you; you can't stop even if you want to."

Lei Jun's curiosity was piqued, and he quickly asked, "What's Jin San's equipment like? What kind of weapons are they using?"

"Hehehe, I'm not bragging, but whatever equipment you want, I can get it for you."

We can also buy the world's most advanced technology.

"Can you get your hands on the equipment of the American commando team?" Zhuang Yan asked immediately afterward.

"Haha, no problem. If you three like them, I'll get you a few sets when we get there. I guarantee they're original."

"Really?"

Before Zhuang Yan could finish speaking, Zhang Jin waved his hand and said, "These are all secondary. The most urgent thing is how to get through this."

"Yes, yes, brother is right."

Zhang Jin then asked, "Boss Mi, tell me your plan?"

"It's about 100 kilometers from where we are to the border. I originally went to find Mudfish so that he could find a car to take us there."

In that case, we can go home in two days at most.

Now, the only option is to walk back.

"This will take about a week, and we don't have any supplies to provide." Michael looked troubled.

“That’s not the problem; the key is how to cross the border,” Zhang Jin said.

Michael pointed to the map and said, "Crossing the border isn't difficult; there are countless ancient tea-horse trails in this region."

Zhang Jin pointed to the map and said, "Going from here, there are two big rivers in the middle."

As far as I know, these rivers are swift, and ferries cannot navigate them unless they cross the bridge.

But there must be checkpoints on the bridge…

"This won't stump us. Wherever people live on both sides of the river, there will be ziplines."

We chose a remote spot to cross the river; we'd used this method to transport flour before.

“Alright, we’ll do it the way Boss Mi suggested.” Zhang Jin put away the map and ordered, “Steel Nail, lead the way, Monkey, bring up the rear. We’ll keep a 100-meter distance between each other. Let’s begin.”

Without saying a word, Lei Jun started leading the way.

The group moved towards the border.

Not long after, Lin Xiaoxue led her people to the spot where Zhang Jincheng had just stopped, following the marks he had deliberately left behind.

Here they found a note left by Zhuang Yan, which explained their route of action.

Lin Xiaoxue quickly used the radio to report their whereabouts to Captain Liu Xiaotao.

After being reported up the chain of command, Liu Wu finally ordered them to abandon their final mission and withdraw completely.

Liu Xiaotao returned to the secret base and arrived at the command post of Brigade Commander Liu Wu.

He gave another detailed report on what had happened in the past few days.

Liu Xiaotao was somewhat confused as to why 001 had given up the pursuit. Zhang Jin and the others were still so far from the border; what if they lost contact?

After listening to Liu Xiaotao's report, Liu Wu ordered, "Make arrangements with the border troops in the surrounding area and leave an opening for them to pass through."

Liu Wu then said to Liu Xiaotao, "Was it because you were worried about Zhang Jincheng and the others that you were told to withdraw?"

Liu Xiaotao nodded.

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(End of this chapter)