Chapter 173 The Situation

In the city, inside a trading company.

Gu Tongshan walked to the window, picked up his phone and dialed Xu Hu's number.

"Hello? Master!"

"The garrison people came earlier, but we didn't pay them any attention. Listen carefully, the higher-ups will definitely support you today. Just get the job done." Gu Tongshan said with a frown, "Absolutely do not engage the garrison. If you can't handle it, call me immediately. Our navy has a way."

"Understood," Xu Hu replied.

"We're waiting for your news here." Gu Tongshan hung up the phone.

Near the Longjiang border bridge, Xu Hu sat in the car, his face gloomy. "Call the brothers leading the team and tell them to block the road. As soon as they see people from the other side, call me immediately."

"Okay!" The young man in the passenger seat nodded immediately.

On a highway about two kilometers from the border bridge, Wei Xiangzuo held his phone, frowning, and said, "Are you guys stupid? Don't let anyone wander around the garrison's entrance. If you gather at a military unit's entrance, they can determine that you have illegal military intentions at any time. If they really open fire, you'll be shot for nothing, understand?"

"Understood."

"Xu Hu is in charge tonight. He decides whether to fight or kill. We just follow his lead," Wei Xiangzuo instructed again.

"Understood, Brother!"

After speaking, Wei Xiangzuo hung up the phone, turned his head, and said to the six or seven head henchmen beside him, "The negotiations broke down. We're going to war."

"Can we really fight? If the garrison sends those people into the city, do we dare stop the cars?" A middle-aged man said with his hands behind his back.

"If the garrison really gets involved, the navy will naturally have a way to come forward and solve the problem." Wei Xiangzuo said softly, "The higher-ups dare to issue this order, which means they must have a plan. It's outside the district, so there are fewer rules. Just mess around."

"Alas, Old Gu really dotes on Xu Hu." One of the henchmen couldn't help but sigh, "If someone from our gang was killed, I don't think the navy would get involved."

"Say less!" Wei Xiangzuo scolded.

…

Outside the Haiyan pit.

Two naval vehicles received orders to leave their original stationed area and headed east.

In the car, a military officer held a phone and asked, "Brother, there won't be any problems, right? We haven't received orders from the command headquarters."

"The command headquarters has already defaulted." The man on the phone replied in a low voice, "You don't have to worry about anything. Just stay near the border bridge. If the garrison doesn't show up, don't you show up either, understand my meaning? The Coast Guard and Customs Anti-Smuggling have already approved the procedures. If the garrison is determined to protect the other side, you can go directly and arrest them. The principle is that conflicts can happen, but don't open fire first."

"Understood."

"That's it."

The two hung up the phone, and the officer turned to the driver and ordered, "Drive faster!"

…

Inside Outpost No. 04 of the garrison patrol.

Yu Mingyuan yelled at the patrol squad leader, "What the hell are you doing?! What does it mean that I'm leaving first, and you're not taking care of them anymore?"

"They have troops within the defense line coming to pick them up, but the higher-ups mean that you shouldn't get involved in the following matters. You should go back first..."

"Bullshit! If someone is picking them up, why would you let me leave first?" Yu Mingyuan roared disbelievingly, "Before they went, I promised that no matter what happened tonight, I would protect them. Now that I'm suddenly leaving, what will they think? How am I supposed to explain myself?!"

"Brother Yu, I'm just a small squad leader, worthless. How would I know the specific arrangements made by the higher-ups? If you don't leave, it'll be difficult for me to explain. Don't make things difficult for me, okay?" The squad leader replied with a distressed look.

Yu Mingyuan looked at him, his forehead veins popping, and after a long silence, he directly took out his phone.

"Mingyuan!"

At this moment, the military officer who had accompanied Bai Hongbo and others up the mountain earlier walked over and said to him in a low voice, "There must be a reason why the higher-ups arranged it this way."

Yu Mingyuan looked up.

"Listen to me, let's go first," his friend replied in a low voice, "Don't cause trouble for the higher-ups."

Yu Mingyuan stared at him and suddenly asked, "If I leave, can the garrison send them across the line?"

His friend was stunned.

"Can you? Speak!" Yu Mingyuan roared.

"They probably won't send them, but someone within the line will definitely pick them up." His friend glanced around, "Don't shout. Think about it, if someone is sent, and a conflict occurs with the navy on the road, and they can't control the situation in the end, and they open fire, what do we do? That would be a big deal?!"

"You and I both know how many people are outside. If they're not sent, how can they enter the line? If people can't even get in, what are you picking up?!" Yu Mingyuan put his phone in his pocket, turned around and left: "I'm definitely going back with them. Whatever the higher-ups do, they can decide for themselves."

"Mingyuan!" His friend chased after him.

"...If I don't care about them now, then all the previous decisions were stupid." Yu Mingyuan roared back: "Don't try to persuade me, I don't want to argue with you."

His friend looked at him, speechless.

Yu Mingyuan walked into the barracks, raised his head and shouted: "The garrison won't send us, but someone within the line will pick us up. I'll go back with you. If Xu Hu wants to do anything, let him kill me first! Let's go."

Su Tianyu, Kong Zhenghui and others were very surprised to hear this, but after seeing the complex and angry expression on Yu Mingyuan's face, they knew that they shouldn't complain to him at this time.

"It's not a solution to be stuck here, so let's go." Su Zhengcai stood up.

"Let's go!"

Yu Mingyuan gave a shout, strode forward, and led everyone out.

At the gate, the squad leader of the border post said to Yu Mingyuan's friend, "I didn't receive an order to escort people, so we can't leave our posts."

"I know." His friend nodded: "I'll go out with Mingyuan."

"You...!"

"Damn, dare Xu Hu kill me?!" His friend replied with a gloomy face, and directly got into his military vehicle.

Yu Mingyuan raised his head and shouted at the squad leader: "Where are the people picking us up?"

"The border bridge," the squad leader replied.

"Let's go, get in the car!" Yu Mingyuan shouted at Su Tianyu and Kong Zhenghui, and took the lead to get into the car.

"It's a bit dangerous!" Old Man Kong said to Bai Dabiao in a low voice, "The garrison won't send them across the line, they are afraid of being caught in a dilemma."

"Whatever!" Bai Dabiao replied with a gloomy face: "I definitely won't stand still and let Xu Hu chop me."

After speaking, everyone got into the car together.

…

In the city.

Yu Jinrong sat on the sofa and looked up at a middle-aged military officer and asked, "Our garrison isn't showing up?"

"If you go, the navy will go too, and the Coast Guard and the anti-smuggling department of the Customs will also be there. They'll just say they want to summon Bai Dabiao, what are you going to do? What reason does the garrison have to stop them?" The officer took a sip of tea, and asked with a flat expression: "There are only a few people at Outpost No. 04. If a conflict breaks out on the scene, are you going to open fire, or not? Isn't that being caught in a dilemma?!"

Yu Jinrong was silent.

"Just wait within the line," the middle-aged military officer stood up: "I'm going to make a call."

…

At six o'clock in the morning, as dawn broke, seven or eight cars drove out of Outpost No. 04.

In the car, Su Tianyu lowered his head and sent messages with his fingers flying...