Li Ding glanced disdainfully at the blood-red gem.
He knew that countless lives had been lost because of this thing!
A child was even disemboweled alive because of this trinket.
To be honest, in his eyes, it was just a piece of broken rock.
As he said, the stone itself had no value; it was people who endowed it with value.
And the pigeon-blood red itself had no meaning to him.
Li Ding just didn't want this thing to fall into the hands of the Federal Government Army and become their diplomatic capital, so he kept it.
"Aiso, what do you think is the right way to handle this?"
Li Ding didn't answer his deputy's question, but instead asked.
Of course, the deputy knew that his commander had already had plans for Mani Town.
Asking him at this moment was simply the commander testing him.
The deputy thought for a while before solemnly replying, "My subordinate thinks that we should deal with Mani Town with a swift and decisive strike."
"Firstly, Mani Town, though not far from us, is already considered the territory of the Federal Government Army."
"If we drag it out for too long, the Federal Government Army will definitely take action. While it won't have much impact on us, it will ultimately increase trouble."
"Secondly, while Aiso of Mani Town claims to be a治安官 appointed by the Federal Government."
"At the end of the day, he's just a village head."
"Although he has cultivated a so-called orphan team over the years and they have some combat effectiveness."
"But they are vastly inferior to the guerrillas of Nan Bo Mo, let alone compared to the real Federal Government Army or our Bo Bei Army."
"Therefore, my subordinate believes that as long as we dispatch a unit to occupy Mani Town, Aiso will have no choice but to submit."
After listening to his deputy's analysis, Li Ding nodded slightly. The deputy's analysis was almost identical to his own prediction.
Mani Town wasn't the key.
The priority was to resolve the matter as quickly as possible, catch the Federal Government Army off guard and give them no time to react.
Cai Shu had already agreed to provide the Bo Bei Army with advanced weapons and equipment.
Before the new equipment arrived, Li Ding didn't want to have a large-scale frontal clash with the Federal Government Army.
Li Ding gave his deputy an order: "Go and dispatch a unit to Mani Town. Be quick, make a big show, and ideally crush Aiso's psychological defenses in one fell swoop."
The deputy saluted and stood at attention, responding: "Yes! Commander, I'll go right away!"
One hour later;
Several military pickup trucks drove out of the Bo Bei Army camp, heading straight for Mani Town.
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Mani Town.
Lan Bo, captain of Aiso's orphan team, rushed into the town in a panic.
At the entrance of the town, Aiso's wife and brother-in-law looked at Lan Bo with puzzlement, asking: "What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Lan Bo replied in a hoarse voice: "It's bad! The Bo Bei Army has arrived!"
Then;
Without waiting for them to react, Lan Bo continued to run towards Aiso's room.
Aiso's wife Mala Nian and her brother-in-law Cha Po looked at each other, both seeing the fear in each other's eyes.
The Bo Bei Army was renowned.
And now it was a time of war with the Federal Government Army.
Mani Town, as a member of the Federal Government Army.
The arrival of these Bo Bei Army soldiers at this moment, obviously wouldn't be a good thing.
Mala Nian, Aiso's wife, anxiously asked Cha Po: "Brother-in-law, is it that Cai Shu's doing?"
"We didn't let Aiso cooperate with him on the cold chain, but instead did it ourselves. Did he find out and want to retaliate against us?"
"Everyone in Bo Mo knows that Cai Shu has close ties with the Bo Bei Army. Could it be anyone else besides him?"
However, Cha Po shook his head and said: "Sister-in-law, don't think too much."
"How could the Bo Bei Army be at the beck and call of Cai Shu? It must be something else."
"Don't worry, with so many Bo Bei Army soldiers acting, the Federal Government Army couldn't possibly be unaware. Reinforcements will arrive soon!"
As they spoke, several military pickup trucks had already driven into Mani Town.
Hundreds of Bo Bei Army soldiers jumped out of the trucks and quickly secured control of the town's major access points.
Inside the town, at Aiso's house.
Aiso looked down from the balcony upstairs, seeing the Bo Bei Army soldiers setting up camp in the town!
His heart was filled with alarm.
"Father... what should we do?"
Lan Bo, standing beside him, anxiously asked Aiso with worry in his eyes.
Aiso guessed in his heart that these Bo Bei Army soldiers were probably connected to Cai Shu.
These soldiers were setting up camp again, clearly determined not to give up until they achieved their goal.
But at the same time, Aiso was also terrified by the boldness of Li Ding, the commander of the Bo Bei Army.
Mani Town was the territory of the Federal Government Army, weren't these soldiers afraid of the Federal Government Army coming to attack?
But thinking about the Bo Bei Army's record against the Federal Government Army in recent times, Aiso felt helpless.
The Federal Government Army had suffered many defeats in battles against the Bo Bei Army.
If not for the problems with the Bo Bei Army's weapon and ammunition supply, the war situation would have already undergone a major shift.
Aiso was in a dilemma. He knew that the Federal Government Army was weak in the face of the Bo Bei Army.
This time, the Federal Government Army probably wouldn't be too proactive.
But at the same time, Aiso didn't want to submit so easily. He wasn't willing to be swallowed up by Cai Shu so easily.
Thinking about this, Aiso hurriedly said to Lan Bo, "Lan Bo! While the Bo Bei Army's blockade isn't yet fully established, you quickly go and seek help from the Federal Government Army!"
Lan Bo also knew the urgency of the situation and didn't dare hesitate. He quickly grabbed his gun and ran out.
Watching Lan Bo's retreating figure, Aiso's heart was still filled with dark clouds.
He secretly prayed that Cai Shu had only managed to convince a certain officer in the Bo Bei Army.
If it was the commander himself who had taken action this time...
Then things would be serious!
At the same time.
Cai Shu, who had returned to Da Ban from the Bo Bei Army camp, began to use all his resources to prepare for the arms deal he had promised Li Ding.
It was clearly impossible to rely on conventional channels.
Even though corruption was rampant within the Federal Government Army and money could buy many favors.
But on key issues, the officials of the Federal Government Army weren't fools.
Funding the Bo Bei Army with arms was an absolute taboo.
So Cai Shu understood that it was absolutely impossible to open a channel through the Federal Government Army for this matter.
If he didn't go through the Federal Government Army, he would have to find a way through customs and checkpoints.
And to buy arms for the Bo Bei Army through this route, one person was absolutely unavoidable.
That was the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Chen.
The Chamber of Commerce controlled most of the economic exchanges in Bo Mo.
For example, Wu Hai Shan, the owner of the ore mines, was one of the members of the Chamber of Commerce and could be considered Chen's top subordinate.
This shows just how influential the Chamber of Commerce was in Bo Mo.
Thinking about this, Cai Shu sent people to the Chamber of Commerce to seek Chen's cooperation.
However, the people he sent were turned away without even seeing Chen.
He went to Wu Hai Shan to try to get him to pull some strings, and although Wu Hai Shan agreed readily, in reality he didn't do anything at all.
For a while, Cai Shu was in a difficult position.
But at that moment, Chen himself called and contacted him.
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