Thirty minutes later, the hotel door was pushed open again.

A group of gun-toting bandits drove the off-road vehicle out of the backyard aggressively. Wells, holding Chen Jinshui, sat in the back seat of the second car.

The two were still talking, but each was writing and drawing in a notebook.

The content of their conversation was only meant for Li Tianran to hear, but the words written in the notebook were their true dialogue.

"So, now those people are all lying in ambush around the farm, waiting for us to arrive before surrounding us?" Wells wrote in the notebook, "Are there any military police among them?"

"Absolutely not! They're all residents of the town, with almost zero combat power." Chen Jinshui said obsequiously, writing in the notebook, "As far as I know, many people in the town have recently become dissatisfied with you and your men's looting of food. They are preparing to unite and resist!"

Wells' face darkened when he saw what Chen Jinshui had written.

"Now most of the Southern City military police have been transferred to support the border line. You can take this opportunity to kill one to warn a hundred, so that no one in the towns around Southern City dares to resist you again. You are the... emperor here!" Chen Jinshui added another sentence in the notebook, "I am willing to serve you and become your most loyal lackey!"

"Our plan starts with suppressing those headed by Li Tianran!"

Wells squinted at the notebook in Chen Jinshui's hand, a ferocious and crazy murderous intent on his face.

He snatched the notebook and wrote a line of English letters on it in a flamboyant manner.

killthe

Those five or six people who didn't show up were kicked out of the plan by Li Tianran.

"Have a drink." At this moment, Lao Yang walked over carrying two bottles of Hongxing Erguotou (Red Star Erguotou liquor), violently twisted open the caps, took two big gulps with his mouth against the bottle, and then, with a red face and red ears, handed the bottle to the next person, "It can keep you warm and give you courage!"

Li Tianran looked at Lao Yang with some surprise.

He didn't expect that this rough-looking man was actually so thoughtful.

Liquor can indeed give courage.

Even in ancient times, there was the saying of drinking three bowls of wine before killing someone and going up Liangshan (a legendary mountain hideout for outlaws).

The two bottles of wine were passed between the two teams. In this cold weather and severe situation, everyone wanted to use alcohol to dispel the fear in their hearts.

Glug!

Glug!

The strong liquor entered the throat, first a burst of spiciness, like a line of fire spreading directly to the stomach, and then the whole body warmed up.

In such cold weather, being able to drink two sips of liquor is indeed a rare enjoyment!

At this time, the faces of the two teams of militia members were slightly red. Although there was still tension in their eyes, the fear had disappeared a lot, and even their bodies began to stabilize, no longer trembling.

"Little Li, have a sip too." Lao Yang walked over with the wine bottle and said with a simple and honest smile.

"I don't need it." Li Tianran shook his head.

Liquor can certainly embolden the soldiers, but on the battlefield, the commander must keep a clear head, so Li Tianran didn't allow anything to numb his nerves and affect his judgment.

"Then I'll finish off the rest of this blessing." Lao Yang raised the wine bottle, drank the remaining bit of liquor in the bottle, and then burped with great satisfaction, "This wine is really strong! The old saying is right, now I dare to fight those bandits with bayonets!"

Li Tianran smiled.

He suddenly remembered a joke about drinking he had heard before.

Before drinking, I belong to Southern City; after drinking, Southern City belongs to me!

Liquor is really emboldening, but it can also make people swell with arrogance!

It's better to drink less!

"Little Li, do you think Chen Jinshui can lure those bastards into the trap?" Lao Yang squatted beside Li Tianran and asked with some worry, "I'm afraid they'll see through something!"

Li Tianran's mouth curled into a cruel smile when he heard this.

"Don't worry, everything is under my control."

At this moment, a voice came from the headsets of many team members.

"They're coming! The convoy is coming!"

It was the voice of the team member on lookout duty.

Li Tianran immediately waved his hand and said in the headset, "Everyone to your positions, prepare!"

Whirr!

The eighteen team members dispersed very quickly, quickly ambushing on both sides of the road. The gray-brown coats on their bodies blended with the color of the decaying bushes. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell them apart!

Yes, Li Tianran didn't set up an ambush on the farm at all, but set the ambush point halfway along the only path the bandits would take to leave the hotel and drive to the town!

From the beginning, he had no intention of trusting Chen Jinshui!

Chen Jinshui was just cannon fodder that Li Tianran sent to his death.

Therefore, Li Tianran didn't tell Chen Jinshui the truth at all, and no matter what Chen Jinshui said to the bandits in the hotel, it wouldn't have any effect on the outcome.

The bandits would always leave the hotel. If Chen Jinshui said what Li Tianran had told him to say before, then the bandits would go to the farm to rob food; if Chen Jinshui betrayed Li Tianran, then the bandits would also think that the battle location was near the farm, and they would never have imagined that Li Tianran would set up an ambush just after they left their base camp!

Chen Jinshui thought he could outsmart Li Tianran, but he didn't expect that everything he did was under the surveillance of the guards. When he was frantically communicating with Wells in the notebook, those images had already been transmitted back to Li Tianran's mind.

At this point, Chen Jinshui's death was sealed!