Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 12: Dark Clouds in Kyoto

After Wang Li's father handed over the courtyard to Manager Sun, the family of three often paid attention to the developments in the direction of Kyoto. His father no longer dared to enter Kyoto easily because the atmosphere was even more tense.

There were all kinds of news. Some said Commander Zheng was about to surrender, some said he was going to run away, and some said he had mobilized the troops and would resist even if it meant destroying Kyoto.

The activities of spies and even bandits from various forces outside are becoming more frequent and rampant.

But even in this situation, Wang Li's father still bought elementary school books from families in the neighboring village whose children were in school.

Wang Li was speechless. His father and mother's desire for him to study was irresistible. Wang Li had no choice but to take time out every day to read the basic textbooks under the guidance of Village Chief Wang.

When Wang was young, his family was very well-off and he was a legendary landlord. He went to a private school for a few years and wrote good calligraphy. Although he did not reach the level of taking the imperial examination, he could still recognize words and write letters normally, which was why he became the village chief.

Wang Li's father paid the price of two pig legs to invite Village Chief Wang to give Wang Li one hour of private tutoring every day.

Village Chief Wang agreed to this only because he saw that Director Wang Li was likable.

The political and military atmosphere in Kyoto was tense at this time.

In the commander's office at the Kyoto Headquarters, General Zheng is receiving members of the Gray Society sent by the Nandu White Party to Kyoto.

General Zheng shouted excitedly: "Nandu headquarters doesn't trust me. I have been loyal to the party and the country for so many years. Do you suspect that I will revolt? I am a senior general of the party and the country. Do I have no faith and loyalty? Do I need you henchmen to supervise me?"
And my family doesn't need your protection, so you guys should evacuate all the people, otherwise I will call in the gendarmerie and have them shot.

Remember, this is Kyoto, my territory, not your headquarters, so don't be too presumptuous.

The members of the Gray Society were embarrassed and explained immediately: General Zheng, don't get me wrong, we are just following orders. We have absolutely no intention of monitoring your family. We are just protecting them. After all, people from the Northwest are everywhere, and we are afraid that they will be desperate and kidnap your family to threaten you.

If you disagree, I will withdraw the personnel immediately. But I also hope that you can understand that the interests of the party and the country are above everything else, and victory in the war is above everything else. After saying this, he left the office with his men.

After leaving the office, he gave instructions to his men: Tell your people to evacuate openly, track him more closely, and activate Baihu to keep a close eye on him.

After he left, General Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Although this was Kyoto and his old nest, a large number of special agents were sent here from the south.

There were basically no secrets around him. Although Nanbian said that they were considering him and could transport his family to the south by special plane, he knew that they wanted to detain hostages. So he firmly disagreed, which also led to Nanbian's distrust of him.

In fact, General Zheng was very conflicted. Given the current situation, he knew that the capital city could not be defended at all. The Red Army had already entered the pass and would soon surround him.

If he did not surrender, the ancient capital of several dynasties under his feet would be destroyed. As a staunch patriot, he did not want such a thing to happen.

Moreover, he also needed to consider his family. He thought that it was meaningless to fight to the death. Therefore, he contacted the Red Party through special channels and reached an agreement that he would blow up the northern city wall in the near future.

Taking this as a signal, the Guards and Gendarmerie were organized to first clear out the special agents in the south, then clear out the staunch resistance factions, and finally open the city to surrender.

The reason why he was able to keep in touch with the Red Party in such a tense environment was thanks to Zheng Lan, the daughter of his deceased brother.

Zheng Lan is the White Tiger mentioned by the Gray Society member just now.

However, the Nandu side never imagined that the White Tiger, on whom they placed great hopes, was actually a member of the Red Party.

It was also through her that General Zheng was able to contact and communicate secretly with the Red Party without being discovered.

(End of this chapter)