"I'm here today, it's sincerity." The lieutenant colonel took a deep breath of smoke, the cigarette butt shining in the unclear basement, "Three waves of people can't kill you, these six people can't kill you either, and you can easily kill me." It seems like I was lucky today though—you only gave me one punch. ”

"The reason I'm still here is to keep this going — and if you're so disappointed in us, you can kill me here."

Li Zhen took a serious look at the lieutenant colonel officer, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly. After going through so many things, it's hard for anyone to make a good impression on him in a short period of time, but this one in front of him has done it.

The lieutenant colonel seemed to be a skilled officer—he did not see in him the fierce and bloody air of ordinary soldiers, on the contrary, his eyes were relatively soft—especially among such a group of fierce soldiers. And when Eiki strode over and punched him just now, he was obviously scared - his fingers were still trembling slightly.

But this man had the courage to come forward, and said that kind of thing again with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Through the conversation between the two people, Li Zhen roughly figured out what was going on.

It seems that the two had reached some kind of agreement before to have a meeting. However, on the way to this place, Rongshu was ambushed, and there were three waves of people - the stump that Li Zhen saw after the most was seen seemed to be one of them. But according to the lieutenant colonel, it was not his idea, but the idea of his superiors.

This kind of thing is indeed understandable - when officials and bandits negotiate, there will always be people who have something else in mind. If you can kill one of the two "bandits" on the way. It's not a small gain.

However, it can be seen from this that the lieutenant colonel's senior officer does not seem to be very optimistic about this meeting, and he has a completely dispensable and fearless attitude.

Although the current military junta has in a sense stripped of its "official clothes", the habits left over from hundreds of years cannot be changed for a while—the arrogant and arrogant habits with a strong imperial style.

Obviously, Rongshu can also think of this layer.

He looked at the lieutenant colonel angrily for a moment, calming himself down: "That general of yours will know how stupid he is to do this. But I don't want to get out of business today—I want to get down to business. Did you bring something? ”

The lieutenant colonel breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Brought." ”

"Then let's go in and talk." Rongshu turned around and walked over to a cement pillar, stretched out his hand and knocked. The cement pillar shook slightly, and the roof stumbled with dirt residues, and then the outer wall of the cement slowly descended, revealing the metal material underneath. This looks like a cylindrical elevator. It can accommodate up to four people.

Eiki glanced at the lieutenant colonel. The lieutenant colonel smiled awkwardly: "We did check here." But I didn't find it. ”

He thought for a moment and added, "Actually...... The general has already regretted it. Otherwise, there wouldn't be just seven of us here today. ”

Eiki smiled for the first time - nothing more than a mocking smile: "Do you think I'll care?" ”

The lieutenant colonel sneered.

Eiki clicked a few times on the elevator's outer operation panel, opened the door, and stepped in first. Suddenly, he said to the lieutenant colonel, "Or you will come and follow me?" ”

The lieutenant colonel was stunned. Then a smile came out of his face: "It's a joke." ”

Rongshu snorted. Stretched out his hand to beckon Li Zhen to walk in.

The elevator could only accommodate four people, and Uncle Rong left the two on the ground. And the lieutenant colonel, after a slight hesitation, also signaled the soldiers behind him to stay on the ground, only to frown slightly when he saw Li Zhen.

Rong Shu knew what he was thinking. When he closed the elevator door, he said softly: "This is a third party, not my person." ”

The elevator went down, and there was a slight "buzzing" sound in the small space. The lieutenant colonel frowned and looked at Li Zhen, and said after a second, "You didn't tell me about this." ”

"Temporary intentions, plans have changed, just like you." Rongshu said with a faint smile.

The lieutenant colonel looked at Li Zhen with hesitant eyes, and there was a look of distrust in his eyes. After a while, he looked away and didn't ask Li Zhen who he was, as if he was sulking.

The elevator stops and the door opens.

Outside is a spacious room. Li Zhen realized that this house might have been one of the "fir and eagle" meeting points in the past. There was a lot of communication equipment in the room that hadn't had time to be removed, and materials and documents were scattered all over the floor - perhaps false information deliberately left for the intruders to see.

Eiki stepped out of the wall and pressed a few clicks on the touch screen on the wall, so that the room that had been lit up by the fluorescent lighting of the wall brightened, and the display screen that had not been removed was brought back to life.

Rongshu checked between the screens for a while, then turned around and sat down in a swivel chair, and waved his hand at the other chairs scattered around him: "Please sit down, let's talk here." ”

The lieutenant colonel walked up to him, stopped, looked around, and was silent for a while, then said, "It's been five years since we first interacted, and you should know who I am. ”

Rongshu smiled: "I know. ”

"Then why are you so presumptuous?" The lieutenant colonel took a deep breath and glanced at Li Zhen with his peripheral vision, "I admire you as a person. It's just the two of us, and I can talk about it—I don't want to be your enemy. You said you wanted me to do it with you, and I wanted you to do it with us, so I persuaded the general to engage in such a negotiation. Although there were accidents, by and large, the attitude of the general was already determined. ”

"We can negotiate, we can even cooperate. The fact that there are only seven of us here today is the best proof of this. ”

A smile appeared on half of Rong Shu's face: "Lao Xing, what exactly do you want to say?" ”

"He's not going to be a third party." The lieutenant colonel turned around and pointed at Li Zhen, "There are a few dragons crossing the river in the north, and you and I know it." Aside from the people of Murmansk, there was no third force in the land. If you're still feeling angry, I can apologize to you again, but don't joke about that kind of thing – we don't have much time and no chance. ”

Rong Shu shook his head slightly and laughed: "Old Xing, in fact, you should ask me who he is first." ”

He asked Li Zhen with his gaze, and the lieutenant colonel's expression became a little confused.

So Li Zhen, who had been silent, grinned and said in a low voice: "I am Li Zhen." Third party. ”

In order to avoid some unnecessary verbal battles, he gently stroked his face with his hand. So the disguise was removed, and the face was revealed.

The lieutenant colonel took two seconds to digest the sentence, and then his eyes widened in amazement. He looked slightly flustered at this moment, and his face was cloudy. But after the end, he still put his heels together and saluted Li Zhen with a military salute.

In fact, the salute was not entirely sincere, nor was it entirely due to Li Zhen's status as a genuine general—mostly because the lieutenant colonel felt that this was the only action so far that would not make him look so helpless.

Siberia had also heard of the telegram from the middle of Yuzhou, but the generals here did not think that the one in Yuzhou would have time to come to this bitter cold place to meddle in business, so they still went their own way. But now this one suddenly appeared here and was mixed up with the "thief......

The lieutenant colonel had a faint premonition in his heart. The hunch made him feel like he had been immersed in a bucket of warm water, and he didn't know if there was a flame burning underneath the bucket.

Li Zhen saluted in return and sat down beside Rongshu. Only then did he ask, "What does this have to do with me?" ”

The lieutenant colonel hesitated slightly, and also sat opposite the two men. However, the look on his face was serious and nervous, his knuckles were white, and he only looked at him and asked Rongshu silently what was going on.

Eiki reached out and pressed aimlessly on a touch screen on the table next to him, and spoke.

The first thing seems to be said to Li Zhen.

"You're going north, to Murmansk, so I'm bringing you here. We know a lot more about the situation in the north than you do, and they know a lot more about it than we do. I know you're well-informed, but you probably can't imagine what's going on over there. ”

He turned his head slightly, as if to say to the lieutenant colonel, "I met him on the road, so I brought him with me." You can keep your heart in your belly, I don't think this one has any idea of you so far - you are the military, after all, and we used to be thieves. ”

He made a joke, but the lieutenant colonel did not laugh.

So Eiki continued: "So I think there is no harm in joining us in the negotiations. To be honest, Lao Xing, if you hadn't ambushed three waves of people on the road, I wouldn't have made this decision so quickly - with this person by my side, I wouldn't be afraid even if you ambushed an armored division here. ”

The lieutenant colonel looked at Li Zhen and then at Rong Shu, and sighed bitterly.

"Okay." He said, "General Li is indeed a genuine third-party force here, and I have no opinion. ”

At this point, the two sides reached an agreement — but Li Zhen still didn't know what they meant by "negotiations," and what Rong Shu said he couldn't imagine the situation.

But fortunately, the last thing he lacks now is patience.

Because of this patience, he finally figured out the ins and outs of this meeting in half an hour.

There is more than one military junta in the Siberian snowfields, but the group "Fir and Eagle" has a wide range of activities – with almost all of them.

The main purpose of the negotiations was an exchange and a commitment: Fir and Eagle promised not to commit any further hostilities in the region, and the junta would exchange information on Murmansk.

Li Zhen glanced at Rong Shu again.

The strength of this organization made him a little frightened.

They used a group of guerrillas to defeat the regular government army, even if the local government was the weaker one in the north. (To be continued......)